Tweed Echo – Issue 3.02 – 09/09/2010

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THE TWEED Volume 3 #02 Thursday, September 9, 2010 Advertising and news enquiries: Phone: (02) 6672 2280 editor@tweedecho.com.au adcopy@tweedecho.com.au www.tweedecho.com.au

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Pensioner wins appeal in police assault case Luis Feliu

An 80-year-old pensioner convicted of assaulting a policeman during a scuffle over the use of a police siren at Pottsville village shopping centre in February last year has won his appeal against the charges. The Lismore District Appeals Court recently upheld the appeal by Raymond ‘Bill’ Morrissey, of Hastings Point, against his conviction for assaulting and obstructing the on-duty police officer at Pottsville on February 20, 2009. In his judgement, Justice James Black was critical of the actions of police and the prosecutor in the case,

Mr Morrissey shows the injuries which resulted from his scuffle with a policeman. Photo supplied

saying he hoped not to see a similar case before him ever again. Mr Morrissey had defended the charges but was convicted in Mullumbimby Court last November and placed on a 12-month good-behaviour bond. The maximum penalty for assaulting police is five years in jail. He spoke to The Echo last week about his ordeal resulting from the altercation in the shopping centre carpark involving his wife Fay, friend Pam Roney and the policeman. ‘I’m obviously relieved this is all over but I’ll never forget it, I should never have been charged in the first place’, he said. ‘Now every time I hear a siren I have nightmares about it, I’ve lost a lot of respect for police as a result, which is a pity because Fay and I used to socialise with them,’ Mr Morrissey said. ‘I received lots of letters of support from all over, which was encouraging but there were also a few nasty ones in the papers which criticised me without knowing the facts. ‘Well, now they know, I was innocent all along in this.’ His wife Fay said she ‘didn’t expect to go through something like this over such a simple issue’. The original charges were laid about a month after the incident took place, in which time much publicity on the incident had been generated by the local daily newspaper, including a front-page headline ‘Elderly man in blue with police’ and a follow-up story headed ‘I fought the law’. In earlier court hearings, Mr Morrissey said ‘it all started off with the bloody siren, it scared the living daylights out of me’, referring to a police

Spring flowers go on display

Murwillumbah garden enthusiast Ron Nelson bears an uncanny resemblance to federal opposition leader Tony Abbott and he’s been told that quite often. But, unlike the reinstalled opposition leader, green thumb Ron prefers gardening to bike riding as a pastime and is looking forward to this Saturday’s annual flower and garden expo. He is pictured in the thick of a fresh display of cliveas in the colourful Murwillumbah garden of Twin Towns and District Garden Club secretary John Bennett. Photo Luis Feliu

A popular annual Tweed Heads flower show this Saturday has bloomed into a showcase ‘flower and garden expo’. Show secretary Freda Shaw said that over the past 17 years, Twin Towns and District Garden Club’s flower show had ‘evolved to become much, much more’ thus the name change. Club vice president John Bennett from Murwillumbah said he expected a large number of entries for the event this year being held this Saturday (September 11) at Tweed Heads Civic Centre from 8.30am-

car driven into the shopping centre ing to the motorist, the policeman carpark around midday by Senior approached him and the two women Constable John Mulhearn. and accused him of ‘being a motor mouth,’ putting his face ‘right in front Unnecessary siren of mine, demanding my name and He had called out to the constable, address’. He refused, saying he had not brotelling him the siren, used to pull over a car already entering the car park, ken the law and was then told to acwas unnecessary. He said the officer company the officer to the front of told him it had nothing to do with the police car, again refusing to do so. Morrissey said he had called the ofhim and to ‘shut his mouth’. Morrissey claimed that after talk- ficer a ‘smart arse’ after the officer had

3pm. Entry is only $2 for adults and children are allowed in for free. As well as the professionally judged flower and plant show, the expo will feature workshops on how to care for and pot succulents, cliveas, bromeliads, orchids, begonias and African violets. It will also include plant sales, children and adult photography classes, raffles, lucky door prizes and refreshments. For more information call Freda on 07 5524 1357 or Rewa Jarman on 07 5590 9448.

made ‘some smug remark’ to him. The officer then told him he would be arrested for verbally abusing a police officer.

Wife knocked over Morrissey said the officer had ‘grabbed’ him first to arrest him, but in the process his wife was knocked over. When Morrissey repeatedly tried to help her up, he said the of-

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Music education has come a long way, and technology has played its part. At 11.30am (AEST) last Thursday, the Wollumbin High School Band performed the theme song Come Play Your Part simultaneously with school bands across Australia in a first-ever video linkup of around 2,000 schools. The 17 senior Wollumbin students were able to synchronise the playing of the song with thousands of other students live, using overhead video screens and microphones, as part of the national Music ‘Count Us In’ competition involving almost half a million students, teachers and families from 1,600 school communities. Wollumbin High principal Karen Connell said the ‘connected classroom’ and the technology bringing such a combined music concert together was ‘amazing’. The new purpose-built classroom was funded by the federal government’s Building the Education Revolution and is also used as a language lab where students take interactive lessons from teachers in other

Wollumbin High School Band members rehearse minutes before the live video linkup across Australia where all school bands played the same song at the same time. Photo Luis Feliu

parts of the country or world. ‘Science students can see the teacher and ask questions using the remote linkup, students at this school can be taught by teachers at other schools using this mode, so when a teacher from Kingscliff High School writes on his or her white board, what they write comes up on this large screen exactly as he or she is doing it, it’s

amazing technology.’ Music teacher Robbie Cenda said the band had only been together for around nine weeks and the students had enjoyed every minute of the ‘real exciting project’. According to the program website (www.musiccountusin. org.au), the event was a ‘massive nationwide celebration of the value of school music

education’ and ‘voices, drums, ukuleles, recorders, violins, rock bands and orchestras rang out over the entire country, from Campbelltown to Kalgoorlie, Katherine to Cammeray’. And of course, the beautiful Tweed Valley. Wollumbin High was the only school from the region to take part in the program.

Pensioner wins appeal in police assault case

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ficer restrained him, which made him ‘see red’ and so he punched him. The policeman called for backup as a result of the heated melee, which left Mr Morrissey and both women with minor injuries. Mr Morrissey said the next day he and his wife went to hospital for treatment for bruises and abrasions as a result of the scuffle. He said the young man originally pulled over before the incident was never charged with anything and the prosecutor in the lower court had ‘called us liars’. ‘The judge in the appeal said the prosecutor had run the case more like a murder trial, rather than a case of a minor altercation involving elderly people.’ Ray Morrissey with wife Fay and friend Pam at home in Hastings Point this week. Photo Luis Feliu

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Southern Cross University (SCU) will officially open a new English Language Centre at its Tweed Heads campus today, Thursday, (September 9) the third of its kind for SCU, which runs similar centres at its Coffs Harbour and Lismore campuses. The centre, at SCU Riverside in Brett Street, will be launched by Vice Chancellor Professor Peter Lee at 1.30pm, coinciding with festivities for the university’s annual Fusion Festival, which celebrates cultural diversity at SCU and in

the wider community. Director of the university’s international office, Jo Asquith, said the language centre, which comprises five classrooms and computer lab access, was already home to more than 30 international students. Ms Asquith said the centre catered for study tours and students who came to Australia purely to study English, as well as students who were improving their language skills in preparation for undergraduate and post graduate study. ‘The students will be study-

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ing at the centre for anywhere between two and 50 weeks, and they’ll all be living with local families in the Tweed Heads and Gold Coast area which will immerse them in the language as well as the culture of Australia,’ she said. ‘We’re also hoping to open the centre up to the community with language classes such as French, Japanese and German on offer to the general public.’ Living libraries, bush tucker barbecues, storytelling and dancing were some of the activities on offer as part of the

Fusion Festival this week. Equity and diversity officer Julie Porter said, ‘We want to foster an increased understanding of different cultures and enhance communal harmony through interaction in various forms, from cultural to social, intellectual and sporting events.’ A highlight of this year’s festival was a photographic competition, with the theme UNIty in diversity ‘embracing generations’. The photos are on display at SCU’s GC campus for the remainder of this week. www.tweedecho.com.au

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Milne sacking ‘pushed by Holdom’ Ken Sapwell

The Tweed’s mayoralty for the next 12 months could again be decided by a draw with one of the seven councillors threatening a repeat of her boycott on the vote last year. Councillors are expected to vote for the a new mayor on September 21. Cr Joan van Lieshout failed to vote last year after other councillors ditched her as mayor, forcing the lucky-dip draw out of a cardboard box for the positions of mayor and deputy mayor. She told The Echo this week that she was considering the same move again as she didn’t feel she could ‘support councillors who will not back me’. Cr van Lieshout also said the system of councillors electing a mayor every 12 months was simply ‘wrong’ and that the mayor ‘should be popularly elected’. ‘I have no idea at this stage who I will vote for, my question

is why others think I’m not worthy of nominating, when I’m always told to nominate someone else,’ she said. ‘I would’ve thought I had a great deal of support out there after the recent federal election campaign, my concerns for the community are just as relevant and my heart is in my job of representing our community,’ she said. The former mayor and federal Liberal Party candidate for Richmond said she was forced to make ‘an agonising decision’ last time around on the mayoralty vote ‘and I’m still in that position because I believe in integrity’. ‘If I nominate someone, I feel that person should be worthy of it, so that’s my dilemma again. Who’s nominating me? No-one will, so why should I vote for any of them? ‘I had a glass feeling of how far I could go with my colleagues, yet they’re not interested in

working with me. What is it about me? Is it my personal integrity? I just don’t do deals’. Cr van Lieshout, speaking from New Zealand where she experienced firsthand last weekend’s earthquake which destroyed many buildings in Christchurch, said the system in the Tweed where councillors voted for the mayor every 12 months was not as democratic as it should be with councillors making deals with each other for the top job. ‘People have the right to choose their own mayor, this system cripples us all, it should not be the politicians electing the mayor but the people.’ Other councillors also are still undecided on whether to nominate for the mayoralty or deputy mayor’s job, with current mayor Warren Polglase keeping tightlipped about the issue. Cr Dot Holdom however, told media she is considering standing for the job.

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could get it back on track. One leading AAC member said she had been surprised by the move and believed that members had a good working relation with the councillor. The mystery deepened when Cr Polglase resisted renewed calls to explain after the AAC forced him to retract and apologise at the last council meeting for reasons he initially gave for the surprise shake-up. Cr Holdom said in an email yesterday (Wednesday) that Cr van Lieshout’s recollections were not correct, but declined to elaborate or answer any questions relating to the matter.

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to put the record straight,’ she said of last week’s revelations that AAC members were concerned about Milne’s removal and demanding mayor Warren Polglase clarify the reasons for it. She said even though Cr Polglase put forward the mayoral minute which triggered the reshuffle, it was Cr Holdom who had quietly lobbied her on a one-on-one basis for support in voting Cr Milne off the AAC. ‘I was never intending to end

up as an alternative delegate on the committee myself, it’s just the way it ended up.’ Cr Milne said the allegations were outrageous. ‘I have never to my knowledge made anyone cry and I haven’t discussed any more than half a dozen development issues with the committee in the two years since I was appointed,’ she said this week. ‘In each case they’ve had the potential to impact significantly on cultural and heritage matters which are of interest to the committee. I have never disclosed anything to them which was considered confidential or that was not already out in the public arena. ‘It is ridiculous to suggest that I was upsetting them and insulting to claim they were capable of being manipulated by me to help pursue my own ends. The whole thing is outrageous.’ Her sacking has been shrouded in mystery since Cr Polglase issued a mayoral minute in May suggesting the AAC was dysfunctional but refused to give reasons to explain how Cr Milne’s sacking

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Closed-door talks between councillors and a developer about a new shopping centre on the Seabreeze estate at Pottsville will go ahead on Tuesday following the narrow failure of a rescission motion to scuttle the controversial meeting. The council voted 4-3 to oppose a push by Cr Barry Longland to overturn a decision at last month’s council meeting agreeing to a request by Metricon for a closed-door meeting to push its plans for a ‘supermarket-based shopping centre’ on the estate. But two of the councillors who voted for a face-to-face despite strong community disquiet signalled they would not support the company’s plans because of its potential to killoff existing retail outlets in Pottsville village. Crs Kevin Skinner and Joan van Lieshout said they only supported a meeting because they had yet to hear what the company wanted to build, both saying it could be just a small commercial project such a child-care centre. Cr Skinner said he had seen small businesses suffer in Kingscliff when a supermarket was built in the town and believed a new one at Seabreeze would send smaller supermarkets in the nearby village ‘broke’.

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Cr van Lieshout also didn’t support a bigger supermarket on the estate , saying if one had to go anywhere it should be ‘out near the highway.’ ‘We are all assuming that these people want to build a supermarket, for all I know it could be a child-care centre which is something I would support,’ she said.

Plans resurrected Metricon outlined its hopes of resurrecting plans for a supermarket-based shopping in an email which mayor Warren Polglase sent to all councillors in June, less than a year after the council won a court battle to stop the project and months after it adopted a locality plan ruling out a shopping centre in the near future. The email, which has been leaked to The Echo, tells councillors in part: ‘Metricon is considering lodging a fresh development application for a shopping centre but prior to doing so would like the opportunity to present it to councillors at a workshop.’ Crs Katie Milne and Dot Holdom, who were the only two to support Cr Longland’s push to

scuttle the meeting, also voiced fears about the negative impacts a supermarket would have on existing businesses. Cr Longland said he supported the Land and Environment Court findings that only a neighbourhood-style shopping centre should be allowed on the estate because a major supermarket would trigger the economic decline of nearby Pottsville village. He said it also followed the implementation of a new locality plan for Pottsville earlier this year which gave certainty to local businesses by stipulating that any future supermarket should be located in the village. ‘It’s spurious to suggest Metricon has a democratic right to talk to us, they’ve already had their day in court and they lost. We shouldn’t be giving false hopes and misguided messages to proponents who want to work outside the planning framework,’ he said. Cr Polglase tried to initiate the meeting three months ago following a request from Metricon, but in a bizarre twist ended up voting against it when Pottsville business chamber president Tania Mur-

dock won council support to also attend. He finally won narrow support for the meeting at last month’s council meeting after allowing Ms Murdock and other community members the opportunity of a separate meeting to discuss the supermarket issue.

Shops threatened Metricon’s hopes of winning a lucrative slice of the Tweed’s retail market with a major shopping centre at Seabreeze were dashed last year when a judge found it contravened the council’s retail strategy and threatened shops in the village centre. Senior Commissioner John Roseth said in his judgement handed down in the Land and Environment Court that the community was split over the plans but without a survey it was impossible to tell who was in the majority. He found that ‘there is a huge likelihood of the demise of the Pottsville village centre’ if the development went ahead, adding that these fears had been expressed by local traders who had mostly set up in recent years.

New political era dawns Kate McIntosh

The decision by so-called kingmakers Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott to back a Labor government has raised hopes of a more accountable system of governance, says a Tweed political watchdog. At a press conference on Tuesday, both men said they would wield their newfound power in a bid to ensure a better deal for rural Australians. Their decision handed the leadership to the Julia Gillardled Labor government by the narrowest of margins and put an end to 17 days of electoral uncertainty after both major parties failed to win the required votes needed to take power outright. Community Voice spokeswoman Dr Fiona McCormick said the outcome will help deliver a more collaborative style of government. ‘In some respects, it gives everyone a new freedom to consider the issues rather than toe the party line,’ she said. The decision has also been welcomed by Richmond MP Justine Elliot. ‘I welcome the support of Mr Windsor and Mr Oakeshott for the return of the Gillard Labor Government and look forward to continuing to deliver positive outcomes for regional areas like our own,’ Mrs Elliot said in a statement. ‘I am honoured to have been re-elected as the federal Member for Richmond, and I thank the people of the North Coast

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Justine Elliot pictured with Julia Gillard when Ms Gillard last visited the Tweed in February as deputy prime minister.

for the privilege to represent them again in federal parliament.’ Mrs Elliot is yet to find out whether she will retain her position as Minister for Ageing in a new Gillard government. There is speculation that Janelle Saffin, who was reelected as federal member for Page, may be offered a ministry role. With independents holding the balance of power in the House of Representatives and the Greens holding the balance of power in the Senate from July 1 next year, Dr McCormick said the major parties would now be more accountable for their policies. She said issues such as health inequities in rural Australia and the need for integrated transport and communications infrastructure required a nonpartisan approach. ‘People in rural areas have

worse health outcomes than those living in major centres and regional development is hampered by poor transport and communications planning and disjointed state and federal policies,’ she said. Dr McCormick also praised the four key independents for their integrity during the marathon negotiations. Tuesday’s announcement followed weeks of wrangling between the major parties and key independents, which saw Tasmanian independent Andrew Wilkie last week side with Labor and outspoken north Queensland MP Bob Katter throw his support behind Opposition leader Tony Abbott. Both Mr Windsor and Mr Oakeshott cited Labor’s capacity for reform, including a national broadband policy and its approach to climate change and renewable energy, as a major deciding factor. www.tweedecho.com.au

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Revised plan avoids concreting Chinderah waterway

The waterway described in a report to councillors as a ‘drain’. Photo Luis Feliu Ken Sapwell

Residents campaigning against Tweed Shire Council’s approval of plans to concrete over a natural waterway at Chinderah have welcomed an unexpected about-face by developer, Wareemba Investments Pty Ltd. Under amended plans yet to go before the council, the company is seeking approval for road layout changes which will avoid destruction of the historic waterway first mapped 113 years ago. Residents, who had recently asked Planning Minister Tony

Kelly to overturn the controversial conditional approval, said they are hopeful councillors would now realise the creek’s true significance. ‘It’s caused a lot of people a lot of needless stress,’ said Lynda Mack, a retired mortgage broker who’s spearheaded a residents’ campaign to save the creek which they say is a key fish-breeding habitat. ‘We’re grateful that all this is going to be looked at again, but we’re at a loss to understand why the council didn’t insist on the changes in the first place,’ she said.

Residents of the Tweed Heritage Caravan Park led the charge against the creek’s removal only after learning that the council had given the green light to the four-lot subdivision without debate 10 months ago. They were upset that the waterway had been described in a report to councillors as a drain when it showed up as a natural watercourse in one of the shire’s earliest published maps. They later found an unpublished report from a council ecologist saying the subdivi-

sion plan would ‘remove at least half of an endangered ecological community’ containing amphibians, reptiles and birds. Directors of the Sydneybased property investment company declined to respond to The Echo about whether their change-of-mind was linked to the growing pressure to save the creek. But they say in their new application that the modified access will provide ‘considerable benefits, including less removal of native vegetation and less road construction beside the caravan park.’ The council gave deferred commencement approval last October pending an all-clear from NSW Fisheries and the Tweed Byron Aboriginal Land Council, provision of compensatory habitat and a plan to address acid-sulphate soil contamination risks. Council chief planner Vince Connell said planners were ‘relatively supportive’ of the new application which he believed would be more viable than meeting the conditions imposed on the original consent. He said the council decided to deal with the original application as a deferred commencement after the developer threatened to appeal to the

Land and Environment Court over what it saw as council’s ‘deemed refusal’. Mr Connell said an alternative shorter access route was logical but the council dealt with the proposal for the 630-metre long road ‘as it

was proposed to us.’ The controversy over the issue triggered a policy overhaul which gives caravan park residents the same rights as ratepayers to be notified of developments which may impact on their environment or lifestyle.

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Pottsville Beach Public School’s Lachlan Blood comes to terms with giant teeth. School children in the Tweed have more tooth decay than any other region in NSW, but the ‘dental vans’ that visit schools are being phased out in favour of regional clinics. In the belief that there should be more focus on prevention than dental repair, local dentist ‘Dr Chris’ from Tweed District Dental has joined a Griffith University Public Health Community Engagement program designed to help teach children good dental habits. The pilot program is hoping to attract ongoing funding. Photo Simon Haslam

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Classical music festival a clear winner Organisers of last weekend’s 19th annual Tyalgum Festival of Classical Music have hailed it a big success with hundreds of people booking out the historic village hall for the various performances. The three-day festival was well attended, especially for performances by Russian pianist Tatiana Kolesova, the Queensland Conservatorium Brass Ensemble and jazz duo Jose and Lisa Mcaughlin. Rain on Sunday forced the Right: Tenor saxophone player Kel Picnic in the Park to be moved McIntosh blows a few notes during to Tyalgun School. the performance at Tyalgum School Top left: Cellist Shannon Tobin on Sunday afternoon by the Jazz Can(left) and Katherine Philp from aries. Photos Luis Feliu the Camarata of St John’s compare notes at Tyalgum Hall just before their concert with Tatiana Kolesova on Sunday afternoon. Shannon, a previous performer at the Tyalgum festival, is getting married tomorrow, Friday. Katherine is the Murwillumbah born and bred daughter of festival music director Jenni Hibbard.

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Middle left: Well-known Tweed muso, Peter ‘Scrubby Wardrop’ Hurcombe, playing guitar for the Jazz Canaries. Bottom left: This as yet unnamed band of youngsters played for the first time together at the festival on Sunday. Tentatively known as the Tweed District Youth Band, the group comprises primary and high-school students from throughout the Tweed. Band leader and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Best is keen to promote the band and he can be contacted through Tweed River High School.

The 2008 Speed on Tweed parade of historic racing- cars Speed on Tweed promises an action packed program as it gets under way this weekend. An impressive line-up of special guest drivers from past and present racing-car eras are scheduled to appear as part of festivities which culminate in a series of street races through Murwillumbah. The free entertainment program features a vintage car parade tomorrow, Friday (September 10) from noon, street party from 5.30pm and fireworks at 9pm, plus this Saturday night’s concert (September 11) featuring three rock bands from 7pm. Tickets to the event available from the Speed on Tweed shop in Brisbane Street, Murwillumbah or at the gate. This year’s event benefits Life Education Australia, which helps promote alcohol and drug awareness among teens.

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Stand-off over infrastructure fee cap stalls development Ken Sapwell

Tweed mayor Warren Polglase has welcomed the government’s decision to lift its cap on what councils can charge developers for infrastructure works from $20,000 a block to $30,000 a block on so-called Greenfield sites. But he says it’s not enough to lift the council’s first development freeze which was imposed on the shire’s oldest subdivision last month because of the stand-off over so-called section 94 development contribution charges.

‘It’s obviously a step in the right direction but it still doesn’t address the real costs of providing the infrastructure, especially the horrendous costs of building new roads,’ he said. He said he would be part of a combined council delegation organised by the Northern Organisation of Councils (NOROC) to present a study to Planning Minister Tony Kelly to try to convince him to lift the cap altogether. Meantime, some owners of blocks on the prime coastal subdivision approved more than 80 years ago are being

told the stand-off means development applications to finally build houses on their land will not be processed unless they agree to pay nearly $50,000 a block. The council decided on the hardline stance after considering a report at the last council meeting, revealing Mr Kelly had reneged on an undertaking by his predecessor, Premier Kristina Keneally, to exempt it from a $20,000 statewide cap on section 94 charges. Planners say Mr Kelly’s decision to reimpose a cap could potentially scuttle complex ar-

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rangements whereby a developer had agree to pay nearly $50,000 a block for vital infrastructure works. The council has authorised Cr Polglase and senior staff to meet with Mr Kelly to urge him to reconsider the arbitrary cap which planners say will only lead to more delays in developing the long-stalled Seaside City subdivision. Seaside City, located between the Casuarina and Salt developments, was created as a 215-block subdivision in 1927, with all but about 30 of them later acquired by Richtech Pty

Ltd, which once also owned the Casuarina and Salt sites. But development of the prime beachfront land has been stalled as various owners squabbled over ways to share infrastructure costs for such things as roads, water, sewerage and street lighting, the report said. It says the stalemate ended when a court agreed to a scheme whereby Richtech paid council $48,226 a block, with other owners reimbursing the company through an arrangement with the council. ‘The minister’s action has the

potential to disable the complex arrangements put in place by the Land and Environment Court, council and Richtech for financing, delivering and apportionment of the cost of the Seaside City subdivision works,’ chief planner Vince Connell says in his report. The council unanimously endorsed Mr Connell’s recommendations, including a request seeking a reinstatement of an exemption on the contributions cap and a freeze on processing any development application for non-Richtech land at Seaside city.

No Rally Group and Tweed Tourism dispute figures No Rally Group (NRG) has called on Tweed Tourism to clarify what the ‘real economic impact’ of the controversial world rally was on the Tweed. NRG spokesperson Michael McNamara has asked the organisation’s chief, Phil Villiers, to join him in a joint approach to NSW Treasurer Eric Roozendaal ‘to settle, once and for all, the ongoing disputes about the economic impact of the rally’. He said the call followed recent media reports on the latest tourism figures, showing a decrease in international visitors and overnight stays in the first three months of this

year (compared to 2009). ‘This time last year, Mr Villiers and others were claiming that the rally would increase international visitor numbers as a result of the international TV coverage of the rally, it just didn’t happen like they predicted,’ Mr McNamara said. But Mr Villiers stood by his support of the rally yesterday, saying ‘As we stated in our submission to the review panel and again last week to the NSW Minister for Major Events, Kevin Greene, there is absolutely no doubt that Rally Australia had an extremely positive impact. In addition to the substantial increase in

bookings received through Tweed Tourism’s reservation service, accommodation houses throughout the shire received direct bookings from rally-goers, resulting in many properties being filled to capacity with guest staying up to seven nights or more. ‘As for longer-term impacts on visitor numbers, it would be unrealistic to expect to see a dramatic increase up to March 2010 but you would have to draw a very long bow to suggest that any downturn reported by accommodation providers in the first three months of this year could be blamed on the rally.’

Pipe-organ restorer Simon Pierce from Brisbane, left, tests the keyboards as longtime All Saints Anglican Church organist Ross Johnson, centre, looks on while Brisbane pipe-organ builder Derek Smart polishes the top of the console. Photo Luis Feliu Tania Phillips

At 84 it’s hardly surprising that the pipe-organ at All Saints Anglican Church in Murwillumbah needs a little work, but it’s in expert hands. The organ, which has already outlasted one church building, is being brought into the computer age, thanks to wellknown Brisbane-based organ builder Simon Pierce. Simon has fitted a new digital console to the beautiful Tasmanian oak instrument. Not only that, but the console has been

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brought down from the gallery into the body of the church, good news for longtime church organist Ross Johnson. Ross, the official organist at the church for the past 50 years, said he would now be seen at the front of the church playing the 800-pipe organ’s new high-tech console. The relay system, which until recently operated via a telephone cable, has also been computerised. ‘This organ came from the original church in 1926, I’ve looked after it for 15 to 20 years,

it’s arguably one of the best of its kind on the north coast, it has a lovely tone,’ Simon said. He would know, he looks after 120 organs from Lismore to Brisbane and as far out as Roma. While being an ‘organ-builder’ is not a profession most of us know much about, it’s obviously something Simon loves to do. The next recital at the church featuring the new-technology organ will be at Hymnfest 2010, next Sunday, September 19, at 2pm.

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Dragged kicking towards reform Volume 3 #02

September 9, 2010

Wails of anguish The formation of a minority Labor government with the help of independent MPs, two of whom are former National Party members, has been greeted with barely concealed ferocity by Coalition politicians and supporters. No doubt the more informed of them knew which way the wind was blowing by the start of the week, but the result on Tuesday still seems to have come as a surprise to most, including many political commentators. After all, seats were tied and, aggregated nationally, the Coalition had won a few thousand more votes. More significantly, three of the independent MPs weighing up their options for the past 17 days were conservative men from conservative electorates. How could the prize not fall to Tony Abbott? There is no doubt that Julia Gillard played her weaker hand much better than the leader of the Coalition, who seemed to think he should govern by divine right. No doubt the clumsy mistakes in Abbott’s policy costings (perhaps haunted by the arithmetical ghost of Barnaby Joyce) worried the independents, and his attempt to bribe the new Tasmanian MP with a billion dollars plucked from thin air would not have helped, but it appears that the prime minister sweetly persuaded two of the three conservatives that she represented a better chance for stable government. They may well have thought that supporting Abbott would not guarantee a long term of parliament, as his belief in his right to rule would have made him drop the partnership for another election as soon as he saw a scrap of party advantage. So the federal parliament now gingerly treads into a new political space. Coalitions have been common, but a minority government has not been seen in Canberra within living memory. One of the first things demanded by the independents is reform of parliamentary procedure, which Mungo describes in his column on this page. A fairer division of resources between city and bush is also on the cards (fair in this context is not equivalent spending per head of population, which would result in a handful of mega cities with nothing in between). There is no doubt that the independents will possess extraordinary leverage, with an effective veto on government bills they cannot be persuaded to support. But if voters warm to the idea of more crossbenchers not beholden to the kind of ethic-free apparatchiks who infest the major parties, then more independents in future parliaments will dilute this individual power. In the meantime the howls of the disappointed continue. The defeated Nationals candidate in Richmond, Alan Hunter, is reported as saying, ‘Politics is a numbers game. There isn’t room for individuals.’ Because independents are not tied to the party whip, Mr Hunter believes they can act in unexpected ways. ‘It’s really like casting your vote to the breeze,’ he says. There speaks the terror of the conventional politician confronted with the possibility of change, and less power in the hands of the two-party system. It is of course sheer nonsense to pretend that the views of an independent MP, who has had to fight to be heard above the clamour of the major parties, would not be well known to the voters. And if such a person succeeds in being elected it is because the voters know and trust their independent far better than the party hacks served up to them in the ‘numbers game.’ It is not only Coalition politicians who are upset by the choice of the independents. The new government faces an uphill battle to get a fair hearing from the majority of mainstream newspapers. These are of course the News Limited titles owned by Rupert Murdoch, of which the local variety is the Gold Coast Bulletin. In the USA Murdoch has discovered the winning formula of televising right-wing hysteria dressed up as news, to the point where the only serious political debate takes place on the Comedy Channel. We don’t have Fox News here, but we do have The Australian and all the other Murdoch sewers, so look forward to a campaign of denigration and distortion, interspersed with deliberate lies. The two conservative independents who have opted for country above party are in for an interesting time. – David Lovejoy

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t would be, said Julia Gillard between slightly gritted teeth, a historic opportunity to improve our parliamentary democracy. Still less credibly, Tony Abbott mused on the delights of a kinder, gentler polity. Bullshit. The hard fact is that both of them had to be dragged kicking and screaming to the cause of reform and succumbed only when the alternative – the loss of their last chance at the Treasury benches – was even worse. When they had the power, both fiercely resisted any alteration to the comfortable status quo, using as their excuse for inaction: ‘Well, you did it when you were in government.’ In fact the changes proposed in what the independent Rob Oakeshott likes to describe as the new paradigm are hardly radical. The idea of answers to questions being concise and relevant is not up there with quantum theory. Making parliamentary committees work, releasing information to the public, a debates commission, a fair go for private members, a parliamentary budget committee, a review of the rules governing political funding and advertising, an independent speaker – the proposals coming from the Greens and the independents were all closer to the bleeding obvious than the truly visionary. And of course both sides of politics have had plenty of opportunities to implement them while in government. But somehow the only times they have realised their importance was when they have been in opposition. While in government they took turns at using their incumbency to abuse the process as far as they were able, and each successive government pushed the boundaries back further. Rudd

was worse than Howard was worse than Keating was worse than Hawke was worse than Fraser was worse than Whitlam… even when you follow the line back to federation you still find evidence of the old axiom that power corrupts; the sainted Alfred Deakin was no slouch at steamrolling the opposition when he felt the occasion demanded it. The golden rule has always

their own advertising against a resource rental tax. And then, of course, there were the media, with the Murdoch press as always the most poisonous. At the weekend The Australian ran the screaming front page headline: ‘Greens push same sex laws’. Yes, the Green-Labor (in that order) coalition was poised to deliver the most radical left wing government in history. The paper stopped short of saying that the Greens planned to make heroin, sodomy and vegetarianism compulsory in every school, but then, it was to be assumed that all regular readers knew that already. Much further down the page the national daily reported in just two paragraphs that its own Newspoll, like another survey conducted by the Fairfax press, showed a significant majority wanted the independents to side with Labor. This may have been a result of the revelations of the opposition’s $10.6 billion costing fiasco, dismissed by The Australian’s economic apologist Michael Stutchbury as ‘not a black hole, just a few potholes’ – some potholes. The Australian chose to emphasise its earlier poll showing most voters in the independents’ own electorates preferred the coalition – this poll was, of course, taken before the revelation about costings. It seemed an entirely fitting note on which to wrap up its election coverage – self-seeking, trivial, misleading and above all very, very dumb. There have been many losers in the 2010 election, but none more to be pitied than those who relied on News Limited for their political information. If only we had enough independents to force a reform agenda on the monopolists of the media….

people wish it hadn’t. And this is the problem reformers like Oakeshott in particular find difficult to face. Australian politics is inherently antagonistic. It is not a cosy club in which all the members come together to philosophise about the common good. It is an ongoing contest between competing interests for the advantage of one over the other, and it is fantasy to pretend oth-

Proposals coming from the Greens and the independents were all closer to the bleeding obvious than the truly visionary. by Mungo MacCallum been: if you see a head, kick it, and the current embrace of consensus and cooperation, of peace, love and brown rice is the sheerest hypocrisy. Politicians are by their very nature authoritarian; the only time they will give up power, even at the pettiest level, is when they are compelled to. Which does not bode well for Oakeshott’s new paradigm. While the independents are there to enforce it, it will probably work – well, up to a point. But once majority rule returns, whichever of the big parties is in the chair can be guaranteed to reinstate business as usual as soon as possible. Any idealist who doubts this need only glance at the NSW state parliament, which went through its own period of reform under the sway of independents as recently as 1991. Less than 20 years later the place is a byword for sleaze, scandal and brutality; the only reform which survives is the one guaranteeing fixed four year terms of office and a lot of

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erwise. The two sides may go by different names; they can be called upper and lower class, pro- and anti-Labor, progressive and conservative, red and blue. They are natural enemies and while at times of national emergency they may make a temporary truce, their natural condition is conflict. And when the crunch comes, as it did in this parliament, even the staunchest independents have to choose their sides. It is, of course, hardly a democratic outcome; in the end three men elected by a little over one per cent of the national vote choose the government. But at least they were elected. This time the political warlords, the lobbyists and agents of influence had little say in the process. This doesn’t mean they didn’t try. Incomprehensibly the tobacco companies kept up their campaign against plain packaging throughout the interregnum, and right at the death the miners resurrected

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They need watching The successful motion by Dot Holdom to start council meetings at 3.30pm instead of 4.30pm has me puzzled. When most of the regular watchers either have young children or work in schools, I couldn’t think of a more inconvenient time. Or perhaps that is the point. To everybody, but especially seniors, please, come and watch them – some of them need it. Lisa Townsend

Murwillumbah

JRPP thanked I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to the astute NSW Joint Regional Planning Panel who recently, under the chairmanship of Garry West, unanimously rejected an application to jam an extra 45 houses into Noble Lakeside Park, Kingscliff. (Literally. With not enough land avaliable, their verandahs were to have extended well over the lake.) It is deeply gratifying that Tweed Shire residents at last have access to a consent authority prepared to seriously consider the environmental and social impacts this type of inappropriate over-development can bring to this once pristine shire. A salutary lesson, indeed, for an apparently developmentmad council planning department, who treated all objections with contempt, referring them back to the applicant, then accepting without challenge the applicant’s replies before recommending to the panel that the development be approved. Thank you again, JRPP. Roma Newton

Kingscliff

No teacher’s aide Today we have just arrived home after a meeting with the principal of our local school advising him that we can no longer sustain the burden of raising the $5,000 per term required to employ a teacher’s aide in our son’s classroom. Is our son’s school in a lower socio-economic area of a second-world country? No, it is in a beautiful part of the NSW Northern Rivers area. Yet our son who has autism receives an inferior education because of his condition, and he is only one of hundreds if not thousands of children in Australia who aren’t receiving the education of that of a neuro typical child. Are our children second class citizens who don’t deserve an education? That is the message we as parents are receiving. We have no aid funding from the government, and the $5,000 www.tweedecho.com.au

plus that we ourselves as parents have been paying each term for the last three years, is no longer sustainable. For this amount of money we could put our son into a private school, but would still find ourselves in the same situation, no funding for aides. Children with autism need one-on-one attention to learn. They constantly need prompting to move from task to task. This is just one of the many symptoms. What we find very sad as parents is that our son most likely has the highest IQ in his school, and if given the chance could be an asset to the community and not the burden that he is destined to become if not given the chance of an education. As parents are we supposed to be his teachers at school as well as at home? Or do we pull him out of school and teach him ourselves? This puts an extreme burden on families as there will be no respite and autism is an extremely challenging condition that can wear the strongest family down. I would like to ask where do we go from here?

Rally review needs auditing…

Q Here we go again! More selfserving fiction from the government in the form of the HMRA’s Repco rally review. I would like to see pictorial evidence of the alleged crowd of 86,000 people attending. Where could they all have been hiding? I think perhaps it was 8,600 people attending 10 stages each. Still a generous estimation, but more believable. It is laughable to table a review lauding the economic benefit to a region without doing any kind of economic analysis. If it has, let the taxpayers whose money was spent on this outlandish event see the evidence. Of course we expect it to be transparent, and include all costs to the taxpayer including policing, infrastructure before and after the event, the clean up afterwards and post rally repairs and maintenance to damaged roads and sports fields. We also expect they take into account the income from the ever popular Speed on Tweed Raeanne Ederle and Raymond and Father’s Day activities. We Cooper cannot accept a review that ofTyalgum fers any less

Mayor’s stubbornness Mayor Warren Polglase is hellbent on assisting/allowing Metricon to once again submit a development application to build a Woolworths supermarket at Seabreeze estate in Pottsville. Even though the council spent $560,000 on legal fees last year successfully preventing the development he now after spending this money has successfully moved a motion for council to have a private meeting with Metricon on September 14 at 4.30pm. What a disgrace, this is an outrage. John Wightman

Pottsville IGA

Tree thought Had a fair bit to do with timber in my younger days. I went around to the Chinderah pub one day and there was no way I would park under that fig tree. I hope that when a limb does fall there is no one sitting in the shade in their motor car. Ken Hansen

Kingscliff

Praise for protesters I call on the Japanese government to review its support of the corrupt whaling industry following the recent conviction of anti-whaling protestors. The conviction of Japanese anti-whaling activists Toru Suzuki and Junichi Sato for exposing the corruption within the whaling industry is an indictment of the Japanese government’s support for this inhumane practice. Toru Suzuki and Junichi Sato found evidence that whale meat that is slaughtered in the name of so-called ‘scientific research’ is in fact being sold on the black market by crew

Q Recent media reports suggest that the Fédération Internationale de Automobile (FIA), the governing body of world motorsport, will move the rally from the Northern Rivers if those opposed do not join up in the efforts to ensure a smooth return of the event in 2011. I, for one, say ‘Good Riddance’. This event, despite loud and clamorous claims to the contrary, was never the money spinner that would bring a bucket of gold to the traders in this area. It certainly did not deliver the promised buckets of gold and bucketloads of international tourists, just massive community division and disappointment. The traders, the council and state government would do better to support a series of smaller, more ecologically sensitive and sustainable community-focused events than this flashy and colourful, but eventually destructive, monstrosity. They should look to the sucSuzanne Gray cessful implementation of the Chinderah Main Street Program in Ban-

members from the whaling ships. Instead of being lauded for their courage in bringing to light such corruption, Toru Suzuki and Junichi Sato were treated deplorably during the investigation and have now had convictions brought against them for theft and trespass. I find this very troubling as when I met Toru Suzuki last year I was impressed by his integrity and commitment to the campaign against Japan’s whaling activities. Earlier this year, the UN Human Rights Council found that Toru Suzuki and Junichi Sato had been arbitrarily deprived of their liberty by the Japanese government in response to protesting against whaling activities, a direct contravention of their universal human rights. The Japanese government must be told in no uncertain terms that the mistreatment of citizens who are expressing their right to protest and hold a government accountable for its actions is appalling and needs to stop. The evidence presented by Toru Suzuki and Junichi Sato confirms that the system of issuing scientific permits for killing whales is merely a way of getting around the international moratorium on commercial whaling and that there is simply no need for the unnecessary and outdated practice of hunting whales. I have written to the Japanese Consulate-General to urge the Japanese government to heed the concerns of the international community.

Doing it for ourselves

Council held a fascinating lecture last Saturday on biodiversity protection for the Border Ranges and Northern Rivers, delivered by Shane Ruming from DECCW. Impressive in its scope, the lecture identified species and areas needing conservation, including the various classes of threats to them. Noticeably absent, however, was exactly how the plan would be implemented. For that a different plan needed to be referred to. It seems that at the end of the day it is left up to us concerned citizens already exhausted from putting all our time, energy and money into fighting a multiplicity of environmental wrongs (Repco rally, Byrrill Creek dam, Kings Forest, Cobaki Lakes, the koala crisis, historic tree felling and so on), now we have to take up the cudgel for this Biodiversity Management Plan to be implemented! According to a report by Charles Darwin University titled Into Oblivion, all of our native mammals will be extinct within 20 years. Animals who have evolved for millions of years and survived ice ages, bush fires, hunting, and rising sea levels will soon be gone. Wouldn’t it just be easier for the Department of Environment, having identified the problem areas and species, to get on with it and do the job themselves (since they hold the purse strings) instead of relying on us to put pressure on councils to apply for grants, which may take years Ian Cohen to obtain and then implement, NSW Greens MLC precious time our threatened <echowebsection=Letters>

galow, which focused, to great effect, on supporting core community values. The Tweed generally, and Murwillumbah in particular, needs leaders with vision, who trust the community they lead and serve, not self-serving sycophants who are prepared to support any and all comers in the hope of a fast buck. The council needs to actually listen to, and hear, the dreams and concerns of local residents who live in and care about the local community and its environment rather than cashedup developers. Michael McNamara

Pumpenbil Q The NSW Auditor General, Peter Achterstraat, needs to delve into the figures relating to so-called ‘fantastic economic benefits’ of the Repco rally, because Tourist Accommodation data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) indicates otherwise. For instance, takings from all Tweed hotels, motels and serviced apartments with five or more rooms during the entire month of September 2009

and priority species simply don’t have? Or is this just a plan to make the government look like it’s doing something while actually doing nothing? This is 2010, the Year of Biodiversity. Remember that Australia does have the worst record for mammal extinctions in the world and we are in the sixth mass extinction of all species. Time to get serious, fast. I also question the effectiveness of council and locals using 1080 bait to control feral dog populations (banned in the rest of the world except New Zealand). This poison has a toxic flow

was less than $0.5 million better than they were in September 2008. This accounted for an extra 867 visitor nights – for the entire month. In relation to the impact of the rally, Tweed Tourism said that their booking system had only processed 308 room nights, representing $44K (average $143 per night, ie. mostly four or five star accommodation). To put this in perspective, the Socioeconomic Impact Assessment calculated that the rally would generate 92,000 visitor nights and bring in $13 million for tourist accommodation alone. Interestingly, the Auditor General scrutinised the finances of the 2009 V8 Supercar race at Homebush, and found it had ‘cost the government $10 million more than the approved $35 million’, and brought ‘significantly fewer economic benefits than had been estimated.’ Like Repco Rally Australia, it was also organised by the disgraced ex-minister Macdonald. Jules Lewin

Uki on effect for the rest of the environment and native species who happen to ingest the bait or ingest animals who died from the bait, something predictably not monitored by landholders. For more info see www.wlpa. org/1080_poison.htm. There simply has to be a better solution but so far DECCW and various pest agencies haven’t come up with one. For more info on the plan go to www.environment.gov. au/biodiversity/threatened/ publications/recovery/borderranges/ Menkit Prince

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Going berko over burqas Michael McDonald

Judge Shauna Deane in Perth has reluctantly gained a worldwide reputation for requiring a witness in a fraud case to remove her burqa, or, more precisely, the face veil part of it. The alleged fraudster’s defence team had argued the jury should be able to see her facial expressions. Judge Deane agreed and ruled the witness had to be fair to everyone involved in the trial. It’s an obvious area where personal modesty should give way to legal necessity. As is the case when getting a photo for a driver’s licence or avoiding intimidating bank staff, as might a balaclava. Some people find the burqa intimidating in a public place. Can’t say it grabs me that way, although I’m not a burqa fan, just as I’m not a fan of unicorn tattoos. I’d suggest banning it would be counter-productive, just as it would be banning the wearing of crucifixes. If you feed the shadow, it becomes more powerful. Some argue the value of the burqa for protecting female modesty – and modesty is obviously a revolutionary choice in today’s raunch culture – while others regard it as a device for oppressing women.

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Others argue it prevents men from slipping the chain on their baser natures. According to Saudi scholar Shaykh Saalih alFawzaan (may Allah preserve him, preferably in aspic): ‘The correct view as indicated by the evidence is that the woman’s face is ’awrah which must be covered. It is the most tempting part of her body, because what people look at most is the face, so the face is the greatest ‘awrah of a woman.’ ’Awrah could be translated as nakedness. Aficionados of bonnet dramas understand the erotic appeal of a well-turned

ankle or a knowing smile but I figure if you can’t resist the temptation of a woman’s naked face you shouldn’t bother getting out of bed in the morning. The burqa is one of those cultural trappings surrounding a religion, as are sidelocks (payot) of Orthodox Jews and the silly frocks worn by cardinals. It is a form of magical thinking from the same bag as animism. Magical thinking creates emotional outrage to sensible decisions such as Judge Deane’s. Among the philosophical paths complementary to religions perhaps only the Zen Buddhists have recognised the folly of magical thinking: ‘If you meet the Buddha, kill him.’ Of course Buddhism-fancying loonies will not see this as an exhortation to abandon concepts but an invitation to grab a high-powered rifle and wait for a living Buddha to come along. All we secularists can do is sigh and wait for the trappings of religion and the associated magical thinking, now manifesting in the so-called New Age in a workshop near you, to go away. Fat chance. Or we could be happy that a secular democratic society, with all its flaws and bullshit, gives us the opportunity to wear the burqa – or not.

Irrational belief in the power of technology Geoff Dawe

We pride ourselves as a society on our rationality, and science has become rationality’s flagship. Yet the foundation of the society is still firmly based in belief and superstition, rather than reason. We superstitiously believe nature imperfect or inadequate and have built machines and technology to fill perceived gaps in nature in the ongoing process of wrapping ourselves in cotton wool. There is no proof that nature is inadequate; just enquiry left undone. So irrational has become the belief in technology that its by-products are believed without scientific veracity to be more innocuous than the by-products of organic substances. In the 14th century, European consciousness suffered a setback from which, I would suggest, it has not fully recovered. The Black Death caused European consciousness to become irrationally fearful of human shit rather than wary of it. Combined with sewerage in the growth of cities, the overall effect was to hold humanure away from, rather than return it to, soil as part of the nutrient cycle that can be learnt from any elementary science book. Science has factually allocated a particular place for human shit that is toward the wellbeing of the whole. The soci-

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No science. Belief! It is with this belief that we are prepared to bet increasing chemical loads in the society do not cause cancer or degenerative diseases such as Alzheimers. Superstition! Why else are there appeals for funds to research cancer cures, while the known deterioration of air, water and soil; the bases of life, are not considered reasonable areas to begin enquiry into immune system dysfunction. The irony is that it is humanure, other manures and organic matter generally that enliven soil life so important to the proper functioning of immune systems. By withholding organic matter, including humanure, from the soil, there is the deterioration of immune systems and greater susceptibilty to all disease including the potential pathogens in humanure. Thus there is a Catch 22 of escalating environmental degradation: the danger of humanure is increased if it is not used in soil to strengthen immune systems to resist the danger of humanure! The superstitious belief that nature is inadequate has led to the doing of things backward: withholding organic matter from soil, deteriorating immune systems and pretending that increasing chemical loads will not cause ill-health.

ety nonetheless largely does otherwise. In the 15th century, German-Swiss physician Paracelsus determined that when different toxins were combined, the resulting toxic mix was more toxic than the sum of its parts. Yet six centuries later, that scientific information is all but ignored, as there is a pretence that the byproducts of technology, its pollution surrounding us in many forms, is minimally harmful even as with increasing technology dependence it increases daily. Why do we not test the synergistic (combined effect) of chemicals added to the water supply? It is because we do not want one of our worst fears realised – that we poison tap water with our our own hand, and, we wish to maintain a belief that its toxicity in combination with the many other toxins in the environment is Q Geoff Dawe is a Uki-based nonexistent or minimal. environmentalist

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Television Guide 1. Music and basketball don’t exactly gel for Will Ferrell in Semi Pro (NBN, Friday, 9.45pm), a satire of the lamer kind. 2. Philosophy and gunfights – the best of both worlds in Star Trek – Nemesis (TEN, Saturday, 10.30pm). 3. Not exactly Wittgenstein but Iron Man (NBN, Saturday, 8.30pm) is one of the brighter films based around a superhero, and Robert Downey Jr has great fun in the lead role. For those in search of a cult fix, Blade of the Immortal on ABC2 on Mondays at 11.10pm is derived from the popular manga series, which follows the deeds of Manji, a samurai who must atone for his past evil – of course.

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4.30 Shortland Street 5.00 Something In The Air 5.30 The New Inventors 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Catalyst 11.30 The New Inventors 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Enough Rope With Andrew Denton 1.30 East Of Everything 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) 10.10 Lateline 10.55 The IT Crowd 11.20 The Gruen Transfer (M) 11.50 rage (M)

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4.15 The Drum 5.05 Q&A 6.00 Stateline 6.30 Behind The News 7.00 ABC News 7.45 The Quarters 8.00 ABC News 8.45 Contact Sport 9.00 ABC News 9.45 The Quarters 10.00 One Plus One 10.30 Stateline 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Stateline 12.00 ABC News 12.30 7.30 Select 1.00 Big Ideas 2.00 Four Corners 2.45 Media Watch 3.00 Stateline 3.30 Foreign Correspondent 4.00 ABC News 4.30 Behind The News 5.00 ABC News 5.30 One Plus One 6.00 ABC News 6.30 Australian Story 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 Select 8.00 Q&A 9.00 The World 9.30 Foreign Correspondent 10.00 ABC News 10.30 Landline Extra 11.00 Australian Story 12.00 Big Ideas 1.00 Stateline 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 Stateline 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 Stateline

ARIES: This week’s cosmic spotlight is on personal stocktaking: honestly assessing where and how your life could do with a few improvements. Listen to the astute, practical voice of midweek new moon for any flaws in your plans before launching them into action. TAURUS: This week’s Perfection Police could really rev up your adrenalin. Nobody wants to see a Tauran lose their temper, but you won’t fail any karmic exams by drawing a line in the sand either. Be charming though, because this is a tremendously sexy week. GEMINI: This week’s reorganizing of your domestic sector could be exciting and unsettling. Exciting if you don’t let a stubborn streak dominate decisions – and if unsettling you can can stabilize

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SBS 2 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 Global Village 6.30 Taste Takes Off 7.00 A Fork In The Road: Europe

7.30 Syrian School 8.30 The Fight Boxing 9.30 Movie: Death Note (M 2006) Japanese thriller. Stars Tatsuya Fujiwara, Asaka Seto 11.50 Movie: A Tale Of Two Sisters (MA 2003) South Korean thriller. Stars Im Soo-jung, Yeom Jeong-ah 1.50 Weatherwatch

The X Factor Find My Family Kids’ Programs Seven News M*A*S*H Deal Or No Deal Prime News Seven News Home And Away Better Homes And Gardens World Food Spectacular AFL Premiership Season Geelong v Fremantle 1.00 Home Shopping

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 Jamie Does Stockholm 8.30 NCIS (M) 9.30 Law & Order: SVU (MA) 10.30 Go Girls (M) 11.30 Ten Late News 12.00 Sports Tonight 12.30 The Late Show

7 TWO 6.00 Kids Time 8.30 Sons & Daughters 9.00 Home & Away 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 Coronation Street 10.30 Emmerdale 11.00 All My Children 12.00 Kitchen Time

2.00 Movie: Birds Do It (G 1966) Soupy Sales, Arthur O’Connell 4.30 Alf 5.00 Hot Property 5.30 Full House 7.00 Airline USA 7.30 Ghost Whisperer 8.30 Escape To The Country 9.45 60 Minute Makeover 10.45 How Not To Decorate

11.40 Movie: Breathless (MA 1983) Richard Gere, Valerie Kaprisky, Art Metrano 1.40 Harry’s Practice 2.10 Leyland Brothers 3.10 Room For Improvement 3.40 AFL Flashback

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Weatherwatch World News Ballet: Cinderella The Chopin Preludes Flightless Revolucion Five Visions of Cuba 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Mythbusters 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Monster Moves 8.30 Iron Chef 9.20 RocKwiz 10.10 Movie: My Best Friend (M 2006) French comedy. Stars Daniel Auteuil, Dany Boon, Julie Gayet 11.55 La Vuelta Cycling LIVE 2.00 Weatherwatch

6.00 NBN News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Rugby League Finals LIVE – Gold Coast Titans v New Zealand Warriors 9.45 Movie: Semi Pro (M 2008) Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Andre Benjamin, Maura Tierney 11.45 Movie: Passenger 57 (M 1992) Wesley Snipes, Tom Sizemore 1.20 Movie: Agatha Christie’s Death On The Nile (M 1978) Peter Ustinov, Bette Davis 4.00 Danoz 4.30 Good Morning America

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6.05am to 4.30pm Kids’ Programs 4.55 Trapped! 5.25 My Goldfish Is Evil 5.50 Pat And Stan: Baby-Sitters 6.00 The Twisted Whiskers Show 6.30 Escape From Scorpion Island 7.00 Rush TV 7.25 Good Game: SP 7.45 Dragon Booster 9.15 Close

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7.35 The Colbert Report 3.30 Letters And Numbers 8.00 Wallace And Gromit 4.00 The Journal 8.30 Life On Mars (M) 4.30 Newshour 9.30 Breaking Bad (M) 5.30 Global Village 10.20 Seven Ages Of Rock (M) White 6.00 Letters And Numbers Heat White Light: Art Rock 6.30 World News Australia 11.10 BBC Four Sessions (M) Nick 7.30 Rituals Cave And The Bad Seeds 8.30 The First Blitz Autumn 1916 12.10 Planet Rock Profiles Nelly 9.30 World News Australia Furtado 10.00 Hooker Harlot Whore (M) 12.35 The Graham Norton Show (M) 11.00 Movie: The Miracle According 1.05 Zoo Days 1.35 Close To Salome (M 2004) Portuguese drama. Stars Ana Bandeira, Nicolau Breyner 12.40 Movie: One Nite In Mongkok 4.00 ABC News 4.05 The Quarters 4.20 (MAV 2004) Cantonese action. The Drum 5.00 ABC News 5.15 The Stars Cecilia Cheung, Daniel Quarters 5.30 Newsline 6.00 ABC News Wu Breakfast 9.00 ABC News 9.30 Australia 2.40 Weatherwatch

6.05am to 4.30pm Kids’ Programs 4.40 King Arthur’s Disasters 5.05 Erky Perky 5.20 Kid Vs Kat 5.35 Stoked 6.00 Dance Academy 6.30 In Real Life 6.55 News On 3 7.05 The Legend Of Dick And Dom 7.35 The Tribe (G*) 8.30 Heartbreak High 9.00 Close

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5.30 The Cook And The Chef 6.00 ABC 5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 The Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 1.30 11.30 Seven Morning News Fabulous Beekman Boys 6.30 Scrapheap Insight 2.30 Real Top Guns 12.00 Movie: Shopgirl (M 2004) Challenge 7.15 The Daily Show 3.00 Living Black Steve Martin, Claire Danes

Network News 10.00 ABC News 10.30 Business Today 11.00 ABC News 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Landline Extra 1.30 ABC News 2.00 Midday Report 2.30 One Plus One 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Contact Sport 5.45 The World This Week 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 The Quarters 7.00 ABC News 7.30 One Plus One 8.00 ABC News 8.30 Australian Story 9.00 The World 10.00 Four Corners 10.45 Media Watch 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Foreign Correspondent 12.00 ABC News 12.05 The Drum 12.45 The Quarters 1.00 BBC World News 1.30 Australian Story 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 Foreign Correspondent 3.00 Lateline 3.40 Media Watch

ABC 3

SATURDAY 11

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GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 ET 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Get Smart 12.00 Here’s Lucy 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 Star Trek 2.00 Charlie’s Angels 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs

7.30 Movie: Raise Your Voice (PG 2004) Hilary Duff 9.45 Movie: When Harry Met Sally (M 1989) Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher 11.50 Movie: Evil Never Dies (AV 2003) Thomas Gibson, Katherine Heigl 2.00 Sex Shop (MA) 2.30 Star Trek 3.30 Seinfeld 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Get Smart 5.30 The Flintstones

NBN 6.00 Danoz 7.00 Weekend Today Saturday 9.00 Saturday Kerri-Anne 10.00 Kid’s Programs

SBS 2

2.00 Movie: The Treasure Of V8 Supercars Phillip Island Pancho Villa (PG 1955) Rory 1.00 Everybody Hates Chris Sydney Weekender Calhoun, Shelley Winters 2.00 Jessica Watson – True Spirit Seven News 4.00 Discover Downunder 4.00 The Making Of… Aussie A Man And His Dogs 4.30 The Garden Gurus athletes complete training for Bledisloe Cup Rugby LIVE – 5.00 Australia’s Funniest Videos Delhi Commonwealth Games Australia v New Zealand 6.00 NBN News 5.00 Ten News 10.00 Movie: The World Is Not 6.30 Rugby League Finals LIVE – 5.30 Sports Tonight Enough (M 1999) Pierce Wests Tigers v Sydney Roosters 6.00 Before The Game Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Judi 8.30 Rugby League Finals LIVE – 7.00 AFL Premiership Season LIVE Dench, Robert Carlyle Penrith Panthers v Canberra – Western Bulldogs v Sydney 12.40 Movie: Redemption (AV 2003) Raiders Swans Jamie Foxx, Lynn Whitfield, Wes 10.30 Movie: Star Trek – Nemesis (M 10.29 Lotto Williams, Tom Barnett 2002) Patrick Stewart, Jonathan 10.30 Movie: Be Cool (M 2005) John 2.30 Home Shopping Travolta, Uma Thurman, Danny Frakes, Brent Spiner De Vito, Vince Vaughn 12.50 Medium 1.00 Movie: Coast To Coast (M 1.50 Infomercials 2003) Richard Dreyfuss, Judy 4.00 Religion 6.00 Friday Night Footy Encore – Davis, Selmar Blair

5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 The Squiz 6.30 At The Table With…

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2.00 5.30 6.00 6.30 7.30

7 TWO

7.00 A Fork In The Road Indonesia 7.30 A History Of Britain 8.30 UCI Mountain Bike Cycling World Championships Canada 9.30 Movie: The Child (M 2005) Belgian drama. Stars Jeremie Renier, Deborah Francois 11.10 Movie: Her Whole Life Ahead Of Her (M 2008) Italian comedy. Stars Isabella Ragonese, Massimo Ghini 1.15 Weatherwatch

your psychic shock absorbers by focusing on whatever private image of security works for you. CANCER: If you feel the need for more sleep than usual this week, listen to your body talk and do what it tells you. Midweek new moon encourages discussions with others, while crabwalking that fine line between being discriminating but not judging too prematurely. LEO: This week supports all improvements to your physical, emotional and financial health: detoxing, new fitness regimes, clutter chucking, general lifestyle tidying, feng shuing grunge areas. Your party hat mightn’t get much wear, but vacuum your magic carpet because that’s about to change…

Geelong v Fremantle 8.30 Movie: Because They’re Young (PG 1960) Dick Clark, Michael Callan

10.30 Movie: The Tiger Makes Out (PG 1967) Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Bob Dishy 12.30 Movie: Damn The Defiant! (PG 1962) Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Anthony Quayle 2.45 Home & Away Catch-Up 5.00 The Great Australian Doorstep 5.30 Better Homes And Gardens 6.30 Dr Finlay 7.30 Heartbeat 8.30 Lewis (M)

10.30 Movie: Blue Thunder (M 1983) Roy Scheider, Warren Oates 12.40 The World Around Us 1.30 AFL

VIRGO: Best use this week’s dithering, shilly shallying people as a chance to expand your compassion tank, because the Sun, Mercury and midweek new moon all in Virgo will co-operate with any efforts you make – including writing that detailed wish list for your coming year. LIBRA: A week of possibly the best advice you’ll hear all year, even though it’s difficult interesting Librans in no frills economy. But right now powerful celestial forces are giving you a new perspective of your relationship to the world as a radically practical creative… SCORPIO: Venus sashaying into Scorpio delivers a juicy boost to your animal magnetism, asking: can feeling just too sexy for your shirt, skirt or whatever y u

3.00 The Baron 4.00 Infomercials 6.00 Bundesliga Football 6.30 National Football League

9.00 NASCAR Nationwide Series LIVE – Richmond 12.00 Major League Baseball LIVE 3.00 Thursday Night Live Encore 4.00 ASP World Tour Surfing: Bells Beach 5.00 World Rally Championship 5.30 Sports Tonight 6.00 Before The Game

7.00 AFL Finals Series LIVE – Western Bulldogs v Sydney Swans 10.30 Formula 1 Qualifying Italy 11.50 Twenty20 Cricket League

are or aren’t wearing ever be a problem? This week maybe, when success depends on balancing passionate and practical. SAGITTARIUS: As this week spins you like a compact disc past emotional issues resurface, but they’re relatively easy to delete. Spring’s sprung early for Archers, attracting people with ambitious plans like bees to pollen – but wait till next week before making important decisions or declarations. CAPRICORN: Bolli/Stoli escape routes never ultimately lighten the load of being born Capricorn, and this grounding week replenishes your energy if you can avoid them. Travel, either physically or via inspiration from another culture, will restore the pep in your step

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GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 3.00 Seinfeld 4.00 Hogan’s Heroes 5.00 Green Acres 5.30 The Nanny 6.30 Movie: What A Girl Wants (G 2003) Colin Firth, Kelly Preston

8.30 Movie: Just My Luck (PG 2006) Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine 11.00 Movie: Before Sunrise (M 1995) Richard Lincoln, Ethan Hawke 1.00 Movie: Link (M 1986) Terence Stamp, Elizabeth Shue 3.00 Seinfeld 4.00 Hogan’s Heroes 5.00 Top Cat 5.30 The Flintstones

and the shine to your eye. AQUARIUS: Right now variety’s the strife of life and the simpler you keep things, the less goes wrong. Shaky relationships unravel, former laws of life no longer apply and even your most cautious opinions can cause uproar. This week No Comment is a strategy with considerable merit. PISCES: Partnerships top Pisceans’ September agenda and yes, they’re being tested. Again. Midweek new moon offers practical ideas for revamping a flagging situation, though you’ll have to dodge the fish hooks of people annoyed by laboriously thinking things through while you get there quicker with intuition.

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ABC 1

ABC 2

5.00 rage 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Insiders 10.00 Inside Business 10.30 Offsiders 11.00 Asia Pacific Focus 11.30 Songs Of Praise 12.00 Landline

6.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Francesco’s Mediterranean Voyage 6.30 First Tuesday Book Club 7.00 Art Nation 7.30 Opera: Rigoletto 10.00 The Office (M) 10.30 Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (M) 11.00 Live At The Basement Clint Crighton and Travis Collins 12.00 jtv Live silverchair’s One Night Stand 1.00 Beautiful Noise My Morning Jacket 2.00 Close

1.00 Gardening Australia 1.30 Message Stick (G*) 2.00 Travel Oz 2.30 Spirit Stones (G*) 3.30 Ballroom Babies 4.30 The ABC Of Dance 4 Film 5.00 First Tuesday Book Club 5.30 Art Nation 6.00 At The Movies 6.30 Mother And Son 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Life With David Attenborough 8.30 Midsomer Murders (M) 10.00 Compass Schools of thought 10.30 Opera Australia’s Golden Jubilee 11.30 Movie: Angel And The Badman (PG 1947) John Wayne 1.25 Movie: Things To Come (PG 1937) Raymond Massey 3.00 Wirrangul Women (G*) 3.30 Talking Heads Don Burrows 4.00 First Tuesday Book Club

ABC 3 6.05am to 3.10pm Kids’ Programs 3.40 Dead Gorgeous 4.35 Class Of The Titans 4.55 Iron Man 5.15 Good Game: SP 5.35 Rush TV 6.00 Spliced! 6.20 Total Drama Action 6.45 Escape From Scorpion Island 7.15 Blue Water High 7.40 The Latest Buzz 8.05 The Sleepover Club 8.30 Heartbreak High 9.00 Close

ABC 1

MONDAY 13

The Cook And The Chef Waterloo Road Kids’ Programs Travel Oz Talking Heads Sir Richard Branson 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 The War Second World War 12.30 The Clinic 1.25 Movie: The Ex-Mrs Bradford (G 1936) William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Gleason 3.00 Trans Tasman Bowls Aust v NZ 4.00 The Cook And The Chef

ABC 3 6.05am to 3.35pm Kids’ Programs 4.00 Lizzie McGuire 4.25 News On 3 4.30 Pat And Stan 4.40 King Arthur’s Disasters 5.05 Erky Perky 5.15 Kid Vs Kat 5.30 Stoked 6.00 Dance Academy 6.30 In Real Life 6.55 News On 3 7.05 The Legend Of Dick And Dom 7.35 The Tribe (G*) 8.30 Heartbreak High 9.00 Close

ABC 1

TUESDAY 14

4.30 Shortland Street 5.00 Something In The Air 5.30 The New Inventors

6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Architects Of Change 1.30 The Einstein Factor 2.00 Waterloo Road 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Big Chef Takes On Little Chef 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Foreign Correspondent 8.30 Seven Ages Of Britain Worship 9.35 QI (M) 10.05 Artscape 10.35 Lateline 11.10 Lateline Business 11.40 Four Corners 12.25 Media Watch 12.40 The Chaser’s War On Everything (M) 1.10 Movie: Slaughter Trail (PG 1951) Brian Donlevy, Gig Young 2.30 Sunset To Sunrise (G*) 3.00 Big Ideas 4.00 Good Game (M)

ABC 3 6.05am to 3.00pm Kids’ Programs 3.05 Spellbinder 3.35 Trapped 4.00 Lizzie McGuire 4.25 News On 3 4.30 Pat And Stan 4.40 King Arthur’s Disasters 5.05 Erky Perky 5.20 Kid Vs Kat 5.30 Stocked 6.00 Dance Academy 6.30 In Real Life 6.55 News On 3 7.05 The Legend Of Dick And Dom 7.35 The Tribe (G*) 8.30 Heartbreak High 9.00 Close

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TEN

6.00 Religion 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 10.00 Matty Johns Controversy Corner

6.00 Arrive Alive Cup 7.00 Weekend Today

Finals Series – Western Bulldogs v Sydney Swans 10.00 Formula 1 Qualifying – Italy 11.00 Bundesliga Football 1.00 Serie A Football 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 Beach Volleyball World Tour 4.00 World Championship Powerboating 4.30 I Fish

6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 The Hills 12.30 Eclipse Music TV 1.00 Ballistyx Snowboard Show 1.30 Here’s Lucy 2.30 Hogan’s Heroes 3.30 Green Acres 4.30 The Nanny 5.30 Wipeout 6.30 Top Gear 7.30 The Big Bang Theory 8.00 The Big Bang Theory

7 TWO

ABC NEWS 24 4.00 Stateline 5.00 Big Ideas 6.00 Stateline 6.30 Behind The News 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Talking Heads: Leo Schofield 8.00 ABC News 9.00 Insiders 10.00 ABC News 10.30 Stateline 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Stateline 12.00 ABC News 12.30 Offsiders 1.00 Big Ideas 2.00 Landline 3.00 Stateline 3.30 Asia Pacific Focus 4.00 ABC News 4.30 Behind The News 5.00 ABC News 5.30 Inside Business 6.00 ABC News 6.30 Foreign Correspondent 7.00 ABC News 7.30 One Plus One 8.00 Insiders 9.00 The World 9.30 Asia Pacific Focus 10.00 ABC News 10.30 Message Stick (G*) 11.00 ABC News

SBS 2

6.00 ADbc 6.30 Cooking In The Danger Zone: South Korea 7.00 A Fork In The Road: San Francisco

12.00 Big Ideas 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 Stateline 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 Stateline

7.30 Tour Of Britain Cycling 8.30 UFOs, Lies And The Cold War 9.30 Movie: The Keys To The House (PG 2004) Italian drama. Stars Kim Rossi Stuart, Charlotte Rampling 11.30 Movie: Balls (M 2004) German comedy. Stars David Rott, Rolf Zacher 1.20 Weatherwatch

ABC 2

SBS 1

11.30 Compass Anglicans: Sydney Style

10.20 Torchwood (M) 11.10 Blade Of The Immortal (M) 11.35 London Live Manic Street Preachers, Charlotte Gainsbourg, The Coral, Dizzee Rascal 12.10 Soundtrack To My Life Alison Moyet 12.40 I’m From Rolling Stone (M)

4.30 Futbol Mundial 5.00 The Crew 5.30 Living Black 6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Mythbusters 8.30 Man v Wild The Rockies 9.30 World News Australia 1.00 Mind, Body And Kick Ass Moves 1.30 10.00 Skins (MA) Zoo Days 2.00 Close 11.00 Entourage (MA) 11.30 The World Game 12.30 Living Black 1.00 Movie: Time Of The Wolf 4.00 ABC News 4.05 Big Ideas 5.00 ABC (MA 2003) French thriller. News 5.15 The Quarters 5.30 Asia Pacific Stars Isabelle Huppert, Patrice Focus 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Chéreau, Béatrice Dalle ABC News 9.30 Australia Network News 3.00 Weatherwatch

ABC NEWS 24

10.00 ABC News 10.30 Business Today 11.00 ABC News 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Inside Business 1.00 ABC News 2.00 Midday Report 2.30 7.30 Select 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Contact Sport 5.45 The World This Week 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 The Quarters 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 ABC News 8.30 Lateline Business 9.00 The World 10.00 ABC News 10.30 Newsline 11.00 ABC News 11.25 The 7.30 Report 12.00 ABC News 12.05 The Drum 12.45 The Quarters 1.00 BBC World News 1.30 Newsline 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 The 7.30 Report 3.00 Lateline 3.35 Lateline Business

ABC 2 5.30 The Cook And The Chef 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 A Seaside Parish 6.30 Scrapheap Challenge 7.20 The Daily Show 7.40 The Colbert Report 8.00 Outnumbered 8.30 Criminal Justice (M) 9.30 Deadwood (MA) 10.30 Teachers (M) 11.30 Billable Hours (M) 12.00 The Beast (M) 12.40 Mind, Body And Kick Ass Moves 1.10 Zoo Days 1.35 Close

ABC NEWS 24 4.00 ABC News 4.05 The Quarters 4.20 The Drum 5.00 ABC News 5.15 The Quarters 5.30 Newsline 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 ABC News 9.30 Australia Network News 10.00 ABC News 10.30 Business Today 11.00 ABC News 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Australian Story 1.00 ABC News 2.00 Midday Report 2.30 Talking Heads 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 7.30 Select 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 The Quarters 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 ABC News 8.30 Lateline Business 9.00 The World 10.00 ABC News 10.30 Newsline 11.00 ABC News 11.25 The 7.30 Report 12.00 ABC News 12.05 The Drum 12.45 The Quarters 1.00 BBC World News 1.30 Newsline 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 The 7.30 Report 3.00 Lateline 3.35 Lateline Business

NBN

6.00 Religion 10.30 Football Asia 7.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Les Murray’s Football Feature 11.00 The X Factor 8.00 Meet The Press 11.30 V8 Supercars LIVE – Phillip 12.00 UEFA Champions League 8.30 Kids’ Programs Island 12.30 Speedweek 10.00 Hit List TV 5.30 New Zealand On A Plate 1.30 World Superbike Champion12.00 Andra Pro Series Drag Racing 6.00 Seven News ships Germany 1.00 One Tree Hill 6.30 Sunday Night 2.00 Tanaka-San Will Not Do 2.00 Big Cat Diary 7.30 The X Factor Callisthenics 2.30 Meerkat Manor 9.00 Bones (M) 3.30 Are You My Mother? 3.00 Seas Of Life 10.00 Castle (M) 4.30 Living Black 4.00 Landed Music 11.00 Air Crash Investigations 5.00 Cycling Central 5.00 Ten News And Sports Tonight 12.00 Room For Improvement 6.00 Thalassa 6.00 The Simpsons 12.30 Home Shopping 5.30 Seven News 6.30 Modern Family 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Lost Worlds 7.00 Rules Of Engagement 8.30 Dateline 7.30 Junior Masterchef 9.30 Mad Men (M) 8.30 Offspring (M) 6.00 AFL Grand Final Classic 8.30 Kids’ 10.30 Inspector Rex (M) 9.30 Married Single Other (M) Programs 10.00 AFL Game Day 11.30 Decadence: Family 10.30 Formula 1 Grand Prix Italy 11.00 Movie: The Long Gray Line 12.00 La Vuelta Cycling LIVE 12.45 Infomercials (PG 1955) Tyrone Power, 2.00 Weatherwatch 4.00 Religion Robert Francis, Ward Bond 2.10 Movie: The Natural (PG 1984) Robert Redford, Kim Basinger, Glenn Close 5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 6.00 Twenty20 Cricket League 7.30 AFL

4.30 Shortland Street 5.00 Something 5.30 The Cook And The Chef 6.00 ABC 5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News In The Air 5.30 The New Inventors 6.00 News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Kids’ Programs Collectors 6.30 Scrapheap Challenge 7.10 Australia The Daily Show Global Edition 7.35 The 1.30 Dateline 11.00 Landline Colbert Report Global Edition 8.00 The 2.30 Insight 12.00 Midday Report Goodies 8.30 Good Game 9.00 Summer 3.30 Letters And Numbers 12.30 The Casebook Of Sherlock Heights High (M) 9.35 Sanctuary (M) Holmes 4.00 The Journal

1.30 2.00 2.45 6.00 6.30

PRIME

SBS 1 5.00 Weatherwatch 7.00 World News

SBS 2 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 Living Black 6.30 Eating Art

7.00 A Fork In The Road New Orleans 7.30 Tour Of Britain Cycling 8.30 Nuclear Nightmares 9.30 The World Game 10.30 Movie: Ashes Of Time – Redux (M 2008) Chinese action/adventure. Stars Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin 12.15 Weatherwatch

ONE HD

5.00 Packed To The Rafters 6.00 Jersey Boys 6.30 Breaking The Magician’s Code

7.30 Movie: Bean (PG 1997) Rowan Atkinson 9.15 Movie: Fierce Creatures (M 1997) Kevin Kline, Jamie Curtis, Michael Palin 11.00 Movie: Car 54 – Where Are You? (M 1994) David Johansen, Al Lewis 12.50 Movie: The Singing Detective (MA 2003) Robert Downey Jr, Mel Gibson 2.00 AFL Flashback 5.00 Home Shopping

PRIME 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show

11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: Confined (M 2010) Emma Caulfield, Michael Hogan, David James Elliott 2.00 All Saints (M) 3.00 Find My Family 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.00 M*A*S*H 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 The X Factor 8.30 Criminal Minds (M) 9.30 Covert Affairs (M) 10.30 Trinny And Susannah’s Great British Body (M) 11.30 My Name Is Earl 12.00 Towards The Golden Triangle 1.00 Home Shopping 5.30 Seven News

7 TWO 6.00 Kids Time 9.00 Home & Away 9.30 Shortland St 10.00 Coronation St 10.30 Emmerdale 11.00 All My Children 12.00 Kitchen Time 2.00 Movie: Sunny Side Of The Street (G 1951) Frankie Laine, Billy Daniels 4.30 Murphy Brown 5.00 Best Dish 6.00 Ugly Betty 7.00 Airline USA 7.30 Heartbeat 8.30 Movie: Ladies In Lavender (M 2004) Judi Dench, Maggie Smith 10.40 Wycliffe (M) 11.40 Infamous Assassinations: Michael Collins (M) 12.15 The Prisoner 1.30 AFL Flashback 3.30 Leyland Brothers World 4.40 Room For Improvement 5.00 Home Shopping

PRIME

SBS 1 5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show

1.00 Movie: Tony Takitani (PG 2004) Japanese drama. Stars Issei Ogata, Rie Miyazawa 2.30 Tales From A Suitcase 3.00 Living Black 3.30 Letters And Numbers 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Global Village 6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Insight 8.30 One Born Every Minute 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Hot Docs: Man On Wire (M) 11.40 Movie: Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame (M 2007) Iranian drama. Stars Bakhtay Noroozali, Abbas Alijomeh 1.45 The Al-Qaeda Code (M) 2.40 Weatherwatch

11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: Our House (M 2006) Doris Roberts, Judy Reyes, Jim Cody Williams 2.00 All Saints (M) 3.00 Find My Family 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.00 M*A*S*H 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 Beat The Star 8.30 Packed To The Rafters 9.30 Parenthood (M) 10.30 Keeping Up With The Kardashians (M) 11.30 The Apprentice (M) 1.00 Home Shopping 5.30 Seven News

5.00 Grand-Am Sportscar Series 8.00 Sports Tonight 8.30 World Rally Championship Japan 9.00 Formula 1 Grand Prix LIVE – Italy 12.05 Twenty20 Cricket LIVE 3.45 National Football League

TEN

10.00 Wide World Of Sports 11.00 The Sunday Footy Show 12.00 Sunday Roast 1.00 Movie: The Great St Trinian’s Train Robbery (G 1966) Reg Varney, Frankie Howard 3.30 Rugby League Finals LIVE – St George Illawarra Dragons v Manly Sea Eagles 6.00 NBN News 6.30 RBT 7.00 Hot Pursuit 7.30 60 Minutes 8.30 Movie: Iron Man (M 2008) Robert Downey Jr, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges 11.00 Cold Case (M) 12.00 Super League 2.00 Skippy 2.30 Infomercials 3.30 Religion 4.00 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO!

9.30 Movie: Guess Who (M 2005) Bernie Mac, Ashton Kutcher 11.40 Movie: Stripes (M 1981) Ivan Reitman, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 The Avengers 5.00 Here’s Lucy

NBN

6.15 Ten Early News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 Time/ Life 11.30 Infomercial 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 White House: Through The Lens 8.30 Good News Week (M) 10.00 Cops (M) 10.30 Late News 11.15 The Late Show 12.00 Swingtown (M) 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

ONE HD 6.00 National Football League

10.20 National Football League LIVE 1.30 Serie A Football 3.30 Twenty20 Cricket League 6.30 World Rally Championships 7.00 Formula 1 Grand Prix 9.00 Sports Tonight 9.30 One Week At A Time 10.30 World Football News 11.30 Johnny Lewis Boxing Classic 12.30 Sports Tonight Late 12.45 Omnisport

1.15 Twenty20 Cricket League LIVE 5.00 Omnisport 5.30 IAAF Athletix

12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show 1.00 The View 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Alive And Cooking 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Afternoon News 5.00 Antiques Roadshow 5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Two And A Half Men 8.00 Hot In Cleveland 8.25 Lotto 8.30 Rescue Special Ops (M) 9.30 The Secret Millionaire 10.30 CSI: NY (M) 11.30 Til Death 12.00 Super League 2.00 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Get Smart 12.00 Here’s Lucy 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 Green Acres 2.00 Hogan’s Heroes 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 6.30 Wipeout 7.30 Hellcats 8.30 The Vampire Diaries (M) 9.30 Ladette To Lady USA (MA) 10.30 Gossip Girl (M) 11.30 South Park (MA) 12.00 The Vampire Diaries (M) 1.00 Gossip Girl (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Get Smart 5.30 The Flintstones

TEN

NBN

6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Ten News 10.00 The Circle 12.00 Dr Phil (M) 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 Talkin’ ’Bout Your Generation 8.30 NCIS (M) 10.30 Late News & Sports Tonight 11.15 The Late Show 12.00 Law & Order (M) 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 Danoz

12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show 1.00 The View 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Alive And Cooking 3.30 Kids’ Programs 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 9.00 The Real Hustle (M) 10.00 20 To 1 11.00 How To Have Sex After Marriage (MA) 12.00 Balls Of Steel (M) 12.30 Entertainment Tonight 1.00 Skippy 1.30 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

SBS 2

7 TWO

ONE HD

GO!

5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 Global Village 6.30 At The Table With… 7.00 A Fork In The Road: Budapest

6.00 Kids Time 8.30 Sons & Daughters 9.00 Home & Away 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 Coronation Street 10.30 Emmerdale 11.00 All My Children 12.00 Kitchen Time 2.00 Movie: The Saracen Blade (PG 1954) Ricardo Montalban, Betta St John 4.30 Murphy Brown 5.00 Best Dish 6.00 Ugly Betty 7.00 Airline USA 7.30 Fawlty Towers 8.10 The Vicar Of Dibley 8.45 Benidorm 9.15 Not Going Out 9.50 Gary Unmarried 10.20 The Sopranos (AV) 12.20 My Own Worst Enemy (M) 1.40 AFL 3.45 Leyland Brothers 5.00 Home Shopping

6.00 One Week At A Time 7.00 World Football News 8.00 Sports Unlimited

6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Get Smart 12.00 Here’s Lucy 12.30 Seinfeld 1.30 The Hills 2.00 Hellcats 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 6.30 Wipeout 7.30 The Bachelorette 8.30 Seinfeld

7.30 Tour Of Britain Cycling 8.30 Hitler’s Bodyguard 9.30 Movie: Forbidden Fruit (M 2009) Finnish drama. Stars Amanda Pilke, Marjut Maristo, Malla Malmivaara 11.20 Movie: That Woman (MAV 2003) French thriller. Stars Josiane Balasko, Eric Caravaca, Frederic Pierrot 1.05 Weatherwatch

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9.00 Major League Baseball LIVE 12.00 ITU World Championship Triathlon – Budapest 2.00 World Football News 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 Twenty20 Cricket League 7.00 Golf Central 7.30 World Rally Championship 8.30 NASCAR Sprint Cup 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 Liverpool Football 1.00 Sports Tonight Late

1.15 Twenty20 Cricket League LIVE 5.00 Omnisport 5.30 ATP World Tour Tennis

9.30 Movie: The Animal (M 2001) Luke Greenfield, Rob Schneider, Colleen Haskell 11.15 South Park (M) 12.15 Star Trek 1.15 The Hills 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Get Smart 5.30 The Flintstones

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WEDNESDAY 15

ABC 1

ABC 2

4.30 Shortland Street 5.00 Something In The Air 5.30 The New Inventors 6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.30 Talking Heads 2.00 Waterloo Road 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 Gruen Transfer 9.30 United States Of Tara (M) 10.00 At The Movies 10.30 Lateline 11.05 Lateline Business 11.30 The Silence (M) 12.25 Chandon Pictures (M) 12.55 Movie: Youth Runs Wild (PG 1944) Bonita Granville 2.00 Big Ideas 3.00 National Press Club 4.00 Catalyst

5.30 The Cook And The Chef 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 How Do They Do It? 6.30 Scrapheap Challenge 7.10 The Daily Show 7.35 The Colbert Report 8.00 Good Morning Kalimantan 8.30 Winnebago Man (M) 10.00 Inside Hana’s Suitcase 11.35 Something In The Water (M) Rockumentary 12.30 A Place In Slovakia 1.00 Mind, Body And Kick Ass Moves 1.30 Zoo Days 2.00 Close

ABC NEWS 24

6.05am to 3.00pm Kids’ Programs 3.05 Spellbinder 3.35 Trapped 4.00 Lizzie McGuire 4.25 News On 3 4.30 Pat And Stan 4.40 King Arthur’s Disasters 5.05 Erky Perky 5.20 Kid Vs Kat 5.30 Stoked 6.00 Dance Academy 6.30 In Real Life 6.55 News On 3 7.05 The Legend Of Dick And Dom 7.35 The Tribe (G*) 8.30 Heartbreak High 9.00 Close

4.00 ABC News 4.05 The Quarters 4.20 The Drum 5.00 ABC News 5.15 The Quarters 5.30 Newsline 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 ABC News 9.30 Australia Network News 10.00 ABC News 10.30 Business Today 11.00 ABC News 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 National Press Club 1.30 ABC News 2.00 Midday Report 2.30 Message Stick (G*) 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Stateline Select 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 The Quarters 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 ABC News 8.30 Lateline Business 9.00 The World 10.00 ABC News 10.30 Newsline 11.00 ABC News 11.25 The 7.30 Report 12.00 ABC News 12.05 The Drum 12.45 The Quarters 1.00 BBC World News 1.30 Newsline 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 The 7.30 Report 3.00 Lateline 3.35 Lateline Business

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4.30 UEFA Champions League LIVE 6.45 UEFA Champions League Delayed 9.00 World News 3.30 Letters And Numbers 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Global Village 6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Inspector Rex (PG) 8.30 Anna Pihl (M) 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Movie: The Beat My Heart Skipped (M 2005) French drama. Stars Niels Arestrup, Romain Duris, Jonathan Zaccai 11.50 Movie: Beamer (MAV 2003) Russian crime. Stars Maxim Konovalov, Sergei Gorobchenko 1.55 Weatherwatch

SBS 2 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News

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Global Village Made In Spain A Fork In The Road Hungary Tour Of Britain Cycling The Love Of Money Movie: The Cave Of The Yellow Dog (PG 2005) German drama in Mongolian. Stars Urjindorjyn Batchuluun, Buyandulamyn Daramdadi 11.10 UEFA Champions League Delayed 1.00 Weatherwatch

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4.30 UEFA Champions League LIVE 6.45 UEFA Champions League 6.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Poh’s Kitchen Delayed 12.00 Midday Report 6.30 Scrapheap Challenge 9.00 World News 12.30 Agatha Christie’s Partners In 7.10 The Daily Show 2.30 Dateline Crime 7.35 The Colbert Report 3.30 Letters And Numbers 1.30 Collectors 8.00 Spicks And Specks 4.00 The Journal 2.00 Waterloo Road 8.30 The Gruen Transfer 4.30 Newshour 3.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Horne And Corden (M) 5.30 Global Village 6.00 Lost Gardens 9.30 Gary: Tank Commander (M) 6.00 Letters And Numbers 7.00 ABC News 10.00 Harry And Paul (M) 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 The 7.30 Report 10.30 Tracey Ullman’s State Of The 7.30 Food Safari German 8.00 Catalyst Union (M) 8.00 Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam 8.30 9/11 (M) Phone calls from the 11.00 Little Miss Jocelyn (M) 8.30 Heston’s Feasts 11.30 John Safran’s Race Relations (M) 9.30 World News Australia towers 12.00 Ideal (M) 12.30 Roman’s Empire 10.00 UEFA Champions League 9.50 Sweet Mona’s Ballarat choir (M) 1.00 Mind, Body And Kick Ass Moves 11.00 Keane (M) 10.30 Lateline 1.30 Zoo Days 2.00 Close 11.05 Lateline Business 12.45 Movie: Kiss Me First (M 2004) 11.35 Live At The Basement Old Italian romance. Stars Stefania Man River Rocca, Marco Cocci, Luca 12.30 Movie: Another Man’s Poison Zingaretti 4.00 ABC News 4.05 The Quarters 4.20 (M 1952) Bette Davis, Gary 2.20 Weatherwatch The Drum 5.00 ABC News 5.15 The Merrill 2.00 Movie: Jamaica Inn (PG 1939) Quarters 5.30 Newsline 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 ABC News 9.30 Australia Charles Laughton Network News 10.00 ABC News 10.30 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 3.35 Before Galileo (G*) Business Today 11.00 ABC News 12.00 6.00 Global Village 6.30 Food Trip 7.00 4.00 Can We Help? Midday Report 12.30 Catalyst 1.30 ABC

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Cryptic Clues ACROSS 1. Scotsman has heat in one organ grasped by that woman (10) 6. Bird not done – that’s smart! 10. One French game bird loses its head – that’s not fair! (7) 11. Energy and movement – oh what a feeling! (7) 12. No lab keen to dissect the talus (8)

NBN

6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Kids’ Programs

5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 Danoz

11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: Matters Of Life & Dating (M 2007) Ricki Lake, Raoul Bhaneja, Inga Cadranel 2.00 All Saints (M) 3.00 Find My Family 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.00 M*A*S*H 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 Four Weddings 8.30 City Homicide (M) 10.30 True Australian Thrillers (M) 11.30 Suburban Secrets (M) 12.00 Room For Improvement 12.30 Home Shopping 5.30 Seven News

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 (G) 7.00 The 7pm Project 7.30 The Simpsons 8.30 Lie To Me (M) 9.30 Law & Order (M) 10.30 Late News & Sports Tonight 11.15 The Late Show 12.00 Numb3rs (M)

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 Pyramid 4.30 Afternoon News 5.00 Antiques Roadshow 5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Two And A Half Men 8.00 Hot Property 8.25 Lotto 8.30 The Farmer Wants A Wife 9.30 RPA 10.30 Embarrassing Bodies (M) 11.30 Til Death 12.00 Eclipse Music TV

1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

12.30 20/20 1.30 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

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ONE HD

6.00 Kids Time 8.30 Sons & Daughters 9.00 Home & Away 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 Coronation Street 10.30 Emmerdale 11.00 All My Children 12.00 Martha Stewart Show 1.00 Kitchen Time

6.00 Golf Central 6.30 NASCAR Nationwide Series 7.30 NFL Total Access 8.30 This Week In Baseball

2.30 Movie: Zarak (PG 1956) Victor Mature, Michael Wilding, Anita Ekberg 4.30 Murphy Brown 5.00 Best Dish 6.00 Ugly Betty 7.00 Airline USA 7.30 The Royal 8.30 McCallum (M) 10.10 Wycliffe (M) 11.15 The Black Donnellys (AV) 12.15 The World Around Us: Africa Alive 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Leyland Brothers World 5.00 Home Shopping

9.00 Major League Baseball LIVE 12.00 ITU World Series Triathlon 2.00 IAAF Athletix 2.30 I Fish 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 Sports Unlimited 4.30 ASP World Tour Surfing 5.30 BMX Road Fools 6.30 Pro Bull Riding 7.30 The Making Of 8.30 TNA Xplosion 9.00 Sports Tonight

9.20 Twenty20 Cricket LIVE 1.00 Omnisport 1.15 Twenty20 Cricket continues 5.00 Omnisport 5.30 Football Game Of The Week

PRIME

4.30 Shortland Street 5.00 Something In 5.30 The Cook And The Chef 6.00 ABC The Air 5.30 The New Inventors News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs

News 2.00 Midday Report 2.30 Compass 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Landline Extra 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 The Quarters 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 ABC News 8.30 Lateline Business 9.00 The World 10.00 ABC News 10.30 Newsline 11.00 ABC News 11.25 The 7.30 Report 12.00 ABC News 12.05 The Drum 12.45 The Quarters 1.00 BBC World News 1.30 Newsline 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 The 7.30 Report 3.00 Lateline 3.35 Lateline Business

TEN

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show

TEN

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Kids’ Programs Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: A Walk 9.00 Ten News In The Clouds (M 1995) Keanu Reeves, 10.00 The Circle Aitana Sanchez-Gijon 2.00 All Saints (M) 12.00 Dr Phil 3.00 Find My Family 3.30 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show

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 World’s Strictest Parents 9.30 How I Met Your Mother (M) 10.30 Ghost Whisperer (M)

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 Bondi Vet 11.30 Stag (M) 12.00 Animal Cunning 8.00 Recruits 1.00 Home Shopping 5.30 Seven News 8.30 Rush (M) 9.30 Burn Notice (M) 10.30 Late News & Sports Tonight 6.00 Kids Time 8.30 Sons & Daughters 11.15 Bet 24/7 – Odds On (M) 9.00 Home & Away 9.30 Shortland 11.45 Thursday Night Live

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Street 10.00 Coronation Street 10.30 Emmerdale 11.00 All My Children 12.00 Kitchen Time

2.30 Movie: They Rode West (PG 1954) Robert Francis, Donna Reed 4.30 Murphy Brown 5.00 Best Dish 6.00 Ugly Betty

7.00 Movie: Ella Enchanted (PG 2004) Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Joanna Lumley 9.00 Movie: A View To A Kill (M 1985) Roger Moore, Grace Jones, Christopher Walken 11.30 The Professionals (M) 12.30 AFL Game Day 1.30 Eli Stone (M) 2.30 AFL Footy Flashbacks 4.30 Harry’s Practice 5.00 Home Shopping

From The Week

GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Get Smart 12.00 Here’s Lucy 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.00 Charlie’s Angels 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 6.30 Wipeout 7.30 Wipeout USA 8.30 The Big Bang Theory 9.30 Spartacus – Blood And Sand (AV) 10.30 Dark Blue (M) 11.30 South Park (MA) 12.00 Human Target (M) 11.30 South Park (MA) 12.00 Human Target (M) 1.00 Spartacus – Blood And Sand (AV) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Get Smart 5.30 The Flintstones

NBN 5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 Infomercials 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show 1.00 The View 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Alive And Cooking 3.30 Magical Tales 4.00 Pyramid 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 Cops LAC (M) 9.30 The NRL Footy Show 11.15 The AFL Footy Show 1.00 Entertainment Tonight 1.30 Skippy 2.00 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

12.45 The Late Show 1.45 Video Hits Up Late 2.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

ONE HD 6.00 Football Game Of The Week 7.30 Serie A Football 8.00 Bundesliga Football

9.00 Major League Baseball LIVE 12.00 National Football League 2.30 Beach Volleyball World Tour 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 ATP World Tour Tennis 4.00 Arsenal Football 7.00 Golf Central 7.30 Thursday Night Live 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 UFC Unleashed 11.00 TNA Xplosion 12.00 Sports Tonight Late 12.15 Omnisport 12.45 Golf Central

1.15 Twenty20 Cricket LIVE 5.00 Omnisport 5.30 IAAF Athletix

energy, becomes a wanderer (7) 26. Rabid Irishman to give money to surround island (7_ 27. Battery part may be 14 down (4) 28. Act by each cat or dog – evaluate! (10)

GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Get Smart 12.00 Here’s Lucy 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 The Bachelorette 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 6.30 Wipout 7.30 Top Gear 8.30 The Big Bang Theory

9.30 Movie: Elektra (M 2005) Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Terence Stamp, Kirsten Prout 11.30 South Park (M) 12.00 Eclipse Music TV 12.30 Ballistyx Snowboard Show 1.00 Dark Blue (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Get Smart 5.30 The Flintstones

for the health (4,3) 22. Stubborn animal in Arthur’s seat rejecting old books (5) 24. Pen the French – could be 6! (5)

Quick Clues

ACROSS 1. Person from Scottish DOWN mountains (10) 1. Nigerian tribesman to 6. Smart, fashionable (4) laugh at America (5) 10. Of different sizes or 2. Go around, smell ranks (7) that woman – could be 11. Feeling, sentiment (7) Achilles! (5,4) 12. Common name for 3. Bay with 4 friend – a the talus (part of the funny couple (6,3,5) human skeleton) (9) 4. Holds column (7) 13. Fit out, kit (5) 5. Component of English 14. Anal purge (5) fast holding me back (7) 15. Place, position (9) 7. Britain, one at home, 17. Pale, unemotional (9) up for a sort verse (5) 20. Discourage, put off (5) 8. Is Simon Katich, for instance, competent to be 21. American flowering plant, similar to aloe (5) a tool? (3.6) 13. Outfit for energy? Joke! (5) 9. Julian rooted me madly 23. Young Chinese revolutionaries in the 14. Purge the foe who swaps – what a tragic pair! cultural revolution (3,6) young for an article (5) (5,3,6) 25. Wandering, of no 15. Forced into a suit for a job (9) 14. Crib money needed fixed abode (7) 17. Lacking 11, Elizabeth nurses well before birth (9) John, deceased (9) 16. Bury the old Jordanian 26. Fabric design; also 20. Put off venison on Tuesday (5) queen among the others name of Irish protestant fanatic Ian (7) 21. Unknown university caught (5,4) 27. Accommodation unit about a spiky sub-tropical 18. Age containing a American plant (5) revolutionary – a painful in prison 28. Perform, pout into 23. Misread drugs as central to affliction (7) effect (10) China’s cultural revolution (3,6) 19. Is the bugger a DOWN 25. Unhappy comedian loses father? That’s not good

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1. Nigerian tribesman (5) 2. Noble Hellenic warrior; chief character in a Hellenic story or play (5,4) 3. Comedy duo from the silent film era (6,3,5) 4. Wrestling holds (7) 5. Basic constituent, indivisible substance (7) 7. Short Japanese poem (5) 8. Kitchen utensil, useful for campers (3,6) 9. Tragedy by Shakespeare (5,3,6) 14. Pertaining to unborn or rudimentary state of an animal (9) 16. Latin phrase meaning “among other things” (5,4) 18. Otalgia (common name) (7) 19. Soft drink, especially in America (4,3) 23. Ship of the desert (5) 24. Manner, fashion (5)

Last week’s solution

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ILLY, 360 AND SKRYPTCHA COOLANGATTA HOTEL, SEPTEMBER 17 VANESSA HOFFMAN & RHADA LUFFLEY CAFE FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 17 THE MASON RACK BAND CABARITA BEACH BAR SEPTEMBER 17 BLIND LEMON SEAGULLS CLUB SEPTEMBER 17 LOOSE TALK CURRUMBIN RSL, SEPTEMBER 17 SEDUCTION WITH DJS; SELLOUTS, TRENT SWAYDE, NEVER LAND BAR FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 17 THE DESERT SONG THEATRE PRODUCTION, TWEED CIVIC CENTRE, SEPTEMBER 17,18 SURECUT KIDS MONTHLY PARTY NEVER LAND BAR FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18 THE UKITOPIA ART COLLECTIVE COSTUME PARTY, UKI HALL, SEPTEMBER 18 THE DESERT SONG THEATRE PRODUCTION, TWEED CIVIC CENTRE, SEPTEMBER 19 REGURGITATOR GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL, BYRON BAY SEPTEMBER 19 CALLING ALL CARS NEVER LAND BAR FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 24 ROOM UPSTAIRS LUFFLEY CAFÉ SEPTEMBER 24 THE DESERT SONG THEATRE PRODUCTION, TWEED CIVIC CENTRE, SEPTEMBER 24 GRINSPOON COOLANGATTA HOTEL, SEPTEMBER 24 THE SARUZU QUARTET SOUNDLOUNGE, SEPTEMBER 24 BOUNCE CREW DJS NEVER LAND BAR FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25 MOONDANZ AND 4PLAY WITH JIMMY Z AND JOEL TURNER COOLANGATTA HOTEL SEPTEMBER 25 ISSAC PADDON & THE TIDES GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL, BYRON BAY SEPTEMBER 25

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Sufi inspired music Rainbow Region Gigs is a newly formed promotional agency for the North Coast. Their first foray into the heady world of gig booking is As wide as the sky, which will be a night of Sufi inspired music, this Saturday at Stokers Siding Hall. It features accomplished musicians Tony Gorman on clarinets and sruthi boxes and Bobby Singh on tabla. Tony’s life changed dramatically when he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1997. The threetime ARIA award winner suddenly found himself challenged by the most basic motor skills. But in a courageous journey back to musical expression he has discovered a new voice and direction. In collaboration with Bobby Singh he has created a stunning vehicle that transcends genre and the physical limitations of MS creating a feast of improvised sound and rhythm. Bobby spent his childhood in India studying the tabla from the great maestros of Mumbai. He is an internationally renowned virtuoso of Indian classical music and cross cultural genres. He is a well-loved performer at arts festivals across Australia and has garnered an impeccable reputation from his collaborations with some of Australia’s finest musicians. Together they have created a musical fusion of western classical, jazz and Indian classical styles. The fledgling booking and production agency was created to help showcase local talent and to help enable visiting artists to access the region by performing in a variety of venues. The gig starts at 8pm at Stokers Siding Hall on Saturday, September 11. Tickets are $15 and are available at Organic Revolution, Main Street, Murwillumbah or at the door on the night. Delicious veg and non-veg meals, cakes and drinks will be available on the night.

Fashion Zombies Formed by Michael Charles in 2009, the Fashion Zombies are a high energy garage rock band. They play original songs and covers from garage rock, glam and punk bands such as The Ramones, The Stooges, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Velvet Underground and The Troggs. Tony Young and Michael Charles are the songwriters and creative force within the band and are ably supported by Brian Seymour on bass and Mark Everson on keyboards. Catch the Fashion Zombies at Southern Cross Tavern, Bilinga, September 12 from 3pm.

Mason Rack Band Mason Rack Band have recently returned from their fourth Canadian summer festival tour with the new album Live in Canada. He has a new line up: apocalyptic drummer Joel ‘Thunderfoot’ Purkess from Canada joins bassman Steele Chabau – watch for the new drum percussion show involving all three in the band. The Mason Rack Band have been invited to appear again at The Adelaide International Guitar Festival for 2010 and Blues at Bridgetown in WA. This year they performed at Byron Bluesfest, Ipswich Festival, Cairns Blues Festival and Blues on Broadbeach amongst others. See the band at Greenmount Surf Club on Friday, September 10 from 8.30pm and the Currumbin RSL Saturday, 7.30pm.

Moustache with a Doolan attached As the pivotal member of the experimental and progressive 70’s band, ‘Wickety Wak’, the moustache with Greg Doolan attached is the elder statesman/mo of the club scene. Green rooms, curtain calls, cheese platters, throngs of 60 plus women – the moustache still demands respect and maintains the edge needed to excel in the field of solo club entertainer. Fashion may come and go, however the mo attached to Doolan has demonstrated that longevity is all in the attitude. What more attitude can you have than by looking like a porn star? You can’t make this up. It’s true, Greg EASE FIDDLE ME PL LEAGUES S AR BE GH EI BURL AY RD TU CLUB SA

remarkable promotional photo I have r ever e seen. South Tweed Sports Club, Saturday 7.30pm. S

Wiley Reed W Wiley Reed gives a performance with W true heart, soul, rhythm and blues. Born tru in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, he has been entertaining audiences both in Australia ent and overseas for more than 30 years. With his distinct voice and style, he is regarded by many as one of the best jazz and blues SIC SUFI INSPIRED MU singers in Australia today. Wiley has an sing 8PM LL HA G IN SID S STOKER extensive repertoire covering blues, rock, exte SEPTEMBER 11 jazz and more. He has featured at numerous major music festivals including Byron Bay Doolan’s moustache has won countless Blues Festival, Blues on Broadbeach Festival and the ‘Mo awards’ – a prestigious accolade that recognises Gympie Music Muster. See him perform at Seagulls the true value of facial hair and club musicianship. Club on Friday, September 10 from 8pm. Tweed Heads Bowls Club 7.30pm Saturday.

Issi Dye is courageous, and without a mo Unfortunately for Issi Dye, he does not sport a moustache. I am sure he did at one time – there would be no escaping it with all the years he has crooned the club circuit. I looked everywhere on the internet but found no mo on Issi. Damn the internets! The picture I did find however, was far more gutsy than letting a moustache attach itself to your face. Credit must be given here; no-one else has the chutzpah to dress as an oppressed American negro from the turn of the century and call it entertainment. Bravo Issi, bravo. He is one of Australia’s leading original cabaret stars, says his website. ‘Issi handles all different types of cabaret and rock ‘n roll artists to suit the most fastidious clients all over Australia.’ Fastidious clients are, as everybody knows, a pain in the arse. Thank you Issi, for placating these curmudgeons so the masses can enjoy your rare talent. Shine on, you crazy diamond. Please note: the accompanying picture of Issi is not how he will appear on stage, it is just the most

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Fiddle Me Please Fiddle Me Please is not an x rated website but an act that works the clubs across Queensland and remote parts of Australia. David Lee heads the line up which can appear as a duo or with several other musicians depending on the venues’ requirements. All styles of music are covered from current hits to treasured old favourites, country and good old rock’n’roll. David has worked over the years as fiddle player for such acts as Keith Urban, Lee Kernaghan, Troy Cassar-Daley, Rusty and the Ayres Rockettes and Pixie Jenkins – just to name a few. As a duo, David is joined by Kylie Barrington on vocals and percussion. Kylie fronted the duo Fretish until 2001 and has appeared on various television programs including In Brisbane Today. She has also performed at the Gympie Muster, and has vocalised on countless television and radio jingles. Kylie’s melodic and powerful voice is the perfect accompaniment to David’s exceptional talents. Burleigh Bears Leagues Club Saturday. Read more at www.myspace.com/fiddlemeplease

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party with live entertainment, casual dining, vintage car displays and a fireworks spectacular at 9pm. Drumming troupe Samba Blisstas will Fred Lang be performing throughout festivities. High enAfter an 18 year career in an industry not known ergy street races will run Saturday and Sunday. for its longevity, the middle aged maestro of Live entertainment on Saturday includes The mirth and merriment has just about seen and Chevrolets and Just the Ticket from 7pm on the done it all. Fred Lang is comedy’s everyman and Main Stage at Mt St Patricks School. After the is able to perform a variety of gigs. From topic main event the town will swing into life with specific sportsman’s luncheons to poorly paid rock ‘n’ roll inspired music and dance at various comedy clubs, from the tasteful tone of black local venues across town. The Festival of Speed tie society to the rough and tumble of troops on Tweed is a non-profit event run by Rally on active duty, Fred has spoken and the crowds Australia and the Rotary Club of Murwillumbah. have laughed. This year’s event benefits the Endeavour FounHe is supported by comedian Paul McMahon, a dation. Speed on Tweed is on at Murwillumbah Raw state finalist QLD 2008 and 2009 and 2010 Showgrounds from September 10-12. For Big Joke Village Idiot Winner. MC for the night more information visit www.speedontweed.com is Mandy Nolan. The show is Thursday September 9 at the Currumbin RSL. Show starts at 7.30pm and the cost is $15 members $18 non members. Bookings are recommended. The RSL provides free childcare at their kids club while shows are on so parents can enjoy a laugh. Getting Your Phil Tickets can be purchased at www.currumbinrsl.com.au or call 07 5534 7999. 2010 marks 50 years of guitar playing for Phil Emmanuel. In the past 50 years, Phil has shared the stage with such great artists as Slim Dusty, John Farnham, Jimmy Barnes, Vanessa Amarosi, Charlie Pride, Dire Straights and many more. In Chillingham Markets 2000, the Emmanuel brothers Phil and Tommy There will be lots of local handmade items and performed at the closing ceremony at the Olymproduce as well as the famous homemade pic games in Sydney, playing to an audience of Chillingham jams, chutneys, sauces and relishes 4.5 billion worldwide. He’s at The Beach Hotel, this Sunday. Byron, Friday from 9:30pm. You can also find out more about renewable energy and water saving tips by visiting the Mullum Music solar workshop stall. Chillingham Voices choirPassionate programming is the key at Mulllum master Harlie Axford and his group Chilli Cool Music Fest this year when they present another Jazz will be performing. All funds raised will go a genre-defying, grassroots meets international towards supporting the East Timor Familia Hope event from November 25 -28. Topping the bill Orphanage. Well known local artist Sue Axford is is Indie acoustic rock sensation, Kaki King, the donating a lovely slumped glass creation to be girl Rolling Stone declared a Guitar God. Hot raffled on the day. Donations can also be made on the heels of her latest album release Junior, at the food stall. The markets are on Sunday, King is riding a global wave enthralled with her September 12 at the Chillingham Community dazzling musicianship as she moves from anger Centre from 8am to 2pm. to heartbreak, mirth to melancholy in just a few chord changes. The little girl discovered in the subways of New York has grown up, her music has matured as she proves herself one of the Speed on Tweed great artists of this generation, in the league This year’s festival pays homage to an historic of the Janis Joplins, the Ben Harpers, and the car racing movement throughout Australia. Kurt Cobains. She is joined by folk/country artist On the guestlist are some of the most famous Mary Gauthier who is a truth teller, using music names in the racing industry including John to shine her light into the truth and lies of the Goss, Kevin Bartlett and Sir Jack Brabham. Fesworld. After six groundbreaking albums and tivities get underway on Friday about 11.30am more than 12 years of recording, Nashville artist with a street parade. By night Murwillumbah’s Mary Gauthier plants a Cuban heel on Mullum main street will be transformed into a street soil as a featured MMF artist. Tijuana Cartel have been getting bodies moving all over the country. Pioneering Dance music with a World A Tweed Shire Council community facility feel they blend flamenco, percussion and pulsing global rhythms. Jazz lovers get a look in with Cat Empire’s Harry Angus, Father and daughter act, The Promised Land: the art of Lawrence Daws Dick and Christa Hughes (MaA Caloundra Regional Gallery travelling chine Gun Fellatio) and the genexhibition celebrating the life and career of tleman of jazz, Vince Jones. iconic Australian painter Lawrence Daws Day tickets and season passes available at www. mullummusicfestival. The Industrialists com or contact the An exhibition of over 100 collages created Festival hotby nine artists of the region line 6684 Catching thoughts under the sky: Peter Schardin 6195.

KID KENOBI NEVERLAND BAR SATURDAY

ABOVE: LEIGH CARRIAGE GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE SATURDAY

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Tweed River Art Gallery

Ivana Perkins: In dreams of darkness there is light (Detail)

On display until 26 September

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Printmaker Peter Schardin interprets the landscape through play with line, tone, hue and chroma JUPP / OCA 1999-2009 - Acquired award winning photographic works Artists by artists: works from the collection - portraits and self portraits CPM 1992-2008 - Showcasing acquired works on paper from CPM \

*DOOHU\ IRU +LUH The Country Energy Space / Peter and Judy Budd Foyer is a popular venue for weddings and functions while the Frances Mills Centre is available to hire for meetings and creative workshops. Contact Anne Schardin on 02 6670 2792 FREE ADMISSION Open Wed-Sun 10am-5pm 2 Mistral Rd Murwillumbah NSW 2484 02 6670 2790 www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/artgallery

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Nam Yeng Viet/ Thai Restaurant

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.

Nam Yeng

Experience the new taste of modern era by the sea Multi Award winner of ‘Restaurant – Café’ on the coast for last few years. Now even bigger and better with a Shop 5 , Reflection Tower 2 new extensive menu. Lunch: Japanese crumbed whiting, Moroccan chicken 110 Marine Parade, salad, eye fillet pasta. Coolangatta. Dinner: Confit duck, sumac dusted lamb rump, zarzuela Licensed and BYO (Spanish stew), chermula spiced chicken Kiev, pan (wine only) seared snapper.

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Cafe Lazumba

Cecada Modern Dining

FINGAL HEAD

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

Sheoak Shack

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

Fins

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

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

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Enjoy contemporary dining in a relaxed atmosphere with waterfront views, professional, friendly staff and award winning chefs. Three courses only $14.95 – members or $24.95 non members – every weekday lunch. Winner – Best Club Restaurant QLD 2007, 2008 and 2009 (Clubs Queensland Awards). If you are looking for delicious food, coffee or romantic sunset cocktail on the riverbank, the Sheoak Shack is the beach shack for you with a funky laid back daytime vibe or a party atmosphere with live music on Saturday nights from September 18. This gallery/cafe showcases the work of high quality local artists and is available for private functions… more Byron than Byron, in sleepy Fingal Head. Experience an intimate cooking class with international celebrity chef Steven Snow. Themed– ‘FINS DINNER PARTY FAVOURITES’ Wed 13th October, 2010 11am-2pm $109 per person (lunch and wine included) Bookings essential

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

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

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.

14 Bay St Tweed Heads 07 5536 1811

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

Cafe Laz mba

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

Mount 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.

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

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O-Sushi

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

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The Echo’s guide to

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Mandy Nolan If you want to have a successful life then you better have a 10 step plan. As a comedian I’ve been privy to a number of motivational speeches lately encouraging people to maximise their life enjoyment by ‘monetising’ their thinking and ‘activating their social groups’. I’m like, do they mean charging my friends for unsolicited advice? OK, so I’m off this weekend to give my first keynote to a bunch of stockmarket traders who want to know the secret to my success. I’ve set about developing the Mandy Nolan 10 Point Plan. It’s less ambitious than most, but I believe it speaks to our deepest humanity and fulfils the egoic desire to come out on top. No matter what the cost. Step 1: ALLOCATE THE BLAME Too often when something goes wrong we take on the blame. I say, outsource! Use those management skills. Take responsibility for not taking responsibility. Remember when you were a kid and you got in trouble and your Mum would say... who broke the vase? And you’d go ‘wasn’t me’ and your Mum would say, ‘Must have been Mr Nobody.’ Find your own Mr Nobody and make your problems his business. Step 2: TAKE THE CREDIT If someone around you has a great idea or takes a risk and it comes off, take the credit. Tell people they stole your idea. If you’re convincing enough even they’ll believe it. Step 3: GO THE GUILT How do you get people to do things that they don’t want to? What did your mother do? How did she get you to clean your room or wash the dishes? She used guilt. She’d walk into your room and see your jocks and socks all over the floor, burst into tears and go ‘You’re killing me.’ You can use this technique in the workplace. It’s the ultimate delegation tool. ‘No don’t worry I’ll do it. Oh no, I’d love to clean the morning tea kitchen again.’ Step 4: THE POWER OF SULK What do you do when things don’t go your way? Don’t talk. Look down. Avoid eye contact. Don’t use full sentences. Use those shoulders. Hunch and mumble. Your dark silence is like an attention magnet. Soon everyone will be talking about you. It’s a hostage situation, and you’re not letting anyone off the hook. Remember, when they ask what’s wrong, just bark: Nothing. Works wonders on kids. They’ll be in therapy for life.

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Step 5: THE BACKSTAB Bitch about your friends or co-workers, it’s the surest way to undermine them and put yourself back on top. If you can’t find someone to annihilate then time to find new friends. Or join Facebook. Step 6: BEAT YOURSELF UP Inside every winner is a complete loser. That loser is you. Step 7: COMPARE YOURSELF TO OTHERS If your friends are doing well, that’s one less opportunity for you. Make sure you measure yourself against your family, friends and workmates. Make sure your fat friends stay fat. Buy them chocolate and subscriptions to Eagle Boys. If your fat friend is suddenly hotter than you, then that makes you the fat one. Step 8: TALK YOURSELF UP There’s nothing more impressive than people with no actual talent who believe in themselves. These people go on to create the mediocrity that others end up aspiring to. Without talentless nobodies with huge egos we wouldn’t have the Paris Hiltons, Britney Spears or Lady Ga Gas of this world. Step 9: CRITICISE YOUR PARTNER There’s no better stress relief then getting stuck into your partner and blaming them for everything that’s wrong in your life, or that you hate in yourself. Let some steam off – it really helps you re-focus and remind yourself that the only failure isn’t the person in the mirror, it’s the person standing behind you holding your freshly ironed pants. Step 10: MAKE ALL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT YOU Everyone loves you. Let’s face it. Why wouldn’t complete strangers want to be subjected to conversations that centre entirely on you, your family, your ideas and your life? When you are in a social situation make sure you dominate the chatter and bring every conversation thread someone else starts back to yourself. Even at funerals. No one will ever forget you! I hope you find some inspiration from the Mandy Nolan 10 point plan for success, or ‘Total World Achievement Theory’ or TWAT. I can’t take all the credit though, I didn’t come to this by myself, I’ve had some pretty awesome teachers who I would say are complete and utter TWATS. It’s not hard, every one of you has the ability to be a TWAT just like me. Just ask Tony Abbott.

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The Tweed Echo has the most comprehensive entertainment gig guide in the area. For your free listing, email gigs@tweedecho.com.au or phone us on (02) 6672 2280. Deadline is noon Tuesday prior to Thursday’s publication. THE BEE GEES SHOW

THURSDAY 9

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Young Film

Q CLUB BANORA, BANORA POINT 6PM MARK DIVOLA Q CUDGEN LEAGUES CLUB 5.30PM MACCA Q T WEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6PM VEENIE’S WITH CRAIG SHAW Q T WIN TOWNS 8.30PM TIME CAPSULE

So your kids want to be in pictures? Well, Director Mark Piper opens the doors of his Byron Bay Film and Television School to present his first holiday program. The weekend workshops start on Saturday September 25 and run through to Sunday October 10. Further details contact Mark Piper directly on 0414 888 884 or markpiper@ ozemail.com.au or go to http:// markpiper.com to register.

GOLD COAST Q BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 6PM BRENDAN ROSE Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 8PM DAN ENGLAND, DJ MICHAEL Q CURRUMBIN RSL 7PM SIDE SPLITTING COMEDY WITH FRED LANG Q GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE, 7.30PM UNPLUGGED IN THE BASEMENT – DAVID TAYLOR

Carmen at Dendy One of the world’s best known and loved operas must surely be Bizet’s Carmen, with its passionate themes of sex, violence and jealousy. Dendy Byron Bay Cinemas is presenting an encore performance of the New York Metropolitan Opera production of Carmen on Sunday at 1pm, and again on Thursday September 16 at 10.30am. Tickets $20, Club Dendy members $18, on sale now or at the door.

MOUSTACHE WITH A GREG DOOLAN AT TACHED, TWEE D HEADS BOWLS CL UB 7.30PM SATURDAY

KEBOX ROLL JU AY ROCK ‘N DYE, SATURD Y S T IS R SPO S WITH T WEED SOUTH B 7.30PM CLU

THE DELLTONE S TWIN TOWNS 8.30PM SATURDAY

FRIDAY 10 TWEED Q MURWILLUMBAH SHOWGROUNDS SPEED ON TWEED SEPTEMBER 10-12 Q THE AUSTRALIAN HOTEL, MURWILLUMBAH 8.30PM MR TROY Q BILAMBIL SPORTS 8PM JOHNNY CARR Q CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB 7.30PM NITESTAR Q CABARITA BEACH BAR & GRILL 8PM BLIND LEMON Q CUDGEN LEAGUES CLUB 7.30PM PAUL ANTHONY Q CLUB BANORA, BANORA POINT 7PM DAVE CAVANAGH Q IVORY TAVERN 8PM DJ ANDY FINN Q LUFFLEY CAFE 7PM KEL & THE JAZZ CANARIES Q MURWILLUMBAH HOTEL 9PM DJ HERVE Q MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES CLUB 6.30PM MANTRA – ROCK & ROLL DUO Q NIMBIN HOTEL, 7.30PM LIVE MUSIC Q POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 7PM TREVOR RIX Q SALT BAR, KINGSCLIFF, 8.30PM THE ZONE Q SEAGULLS CLUB 8PM WILEY REED Q T WEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 7.30PM SWITCH Q T WIN TOWNS CLUB 8.30PM

Q BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 7.30PM DON WHITAKER Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 9PM DAN MICHAEL, REMEDY Q CURRUMBIN RSL 7PM RELISH Q ELSEWHERE BAR, 10PM THE ELECTRONIC BOOGIE SHOW WITH AJAX AND AUDUN Q GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 8PM COMEDY IN THE BASEMENT – STEADY EDDY Q GREENMOUNT SURF CLUB, COOLANGATTA 8.30PM MASON RACK BAND Q NEVER LAND BAR, COOLANGATTA 8PM THE DEMON PARADE Q NORTH BURLEIGH SURF CLUB 7PM BEAUTY & THE BEAST N

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Q THE AUSTRALIAN HOTEL, MURWILLUMBAH 8.30PM BOBKATS Q CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB 7.30PM LIMEJUICE Q CABARITA BEACH BAR & GRILL 8PM HAMISH DUTTON DUO Q CLUB BANORA, BANORA POINT 7PM DAN HANNAFORD Q CHINDERAH TAVERN 3PM BILL JACOBI Q COURTHOUSE HOTEL, MURWILLUMBAH, 7PM BIG BOPPA Q IMPERIAL HOTEL, MURWILLUMBAH 7PM MEMPHIS MOVERS Q IVORY TAVERN 8PM FATHOM Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL, 8.30PM JON J BRADLEY Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB 7.30PM HAPPY DAZE KARAOKE Q MURWILLUMBAH HOTEL 9PM T.O.U.C.H Q MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES CLUB 6.30PM MANTRA – ROCK & ROLL DUO Q POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 6PM WAYNE RANSON Q SALT BAR, KINGSCLIFF, 8.30PM DARREN MARLOW Q STOKERS SIDING HALL 8PM SUFI INSPIRED MUSIC FEATURING TONY GORMAN AND BOBBY SINGH

Q T WIN TOWNS 8.30PM THE DELLTONES Q T WEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 7.30PM GREG DOOLAN SHOWTIME

GOLD COAST Q BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 7.30PM FIDDLE ME PLEASE DUO Q BURLEIGH HEADS BOWLS CLUB,6.30PM DOUG STUART Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 9PM DJS LEE ROY AND MICHAEL Q COOLANGATTA AND TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB 6.30PM CHRIS COOK BAND Q CURRUMBIN RSL 7.30PM MASON RACK BAND Q ELSEWHERE BAR, GOLD COAST 10PM SECRET LOVE HEROES WITH DJ THOMAS J Q GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 7.30PM JAZZ IN THE BASEMENT – THE LEIGH CARRIAGE BAND Q NEVER LAND BAR 9PM KID KENOBI Q NORTH BURLEIGH SURF CLUB 7PM STREET CAFÉ Q SOUTH TWEED SPORTS CLUB 7.30PM ROCK ‘N ROLL JUKEBOX WITH ISSY DYE

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TWEED Q THE AUSTRALIAN HOTEL, MURWILLUMBAH 1PM DOWN BEAT JAZZ Q BABALOU, KINGSCLIFF HOTEL, 2PM SOUTH PACIFIC SOUND SYSTEM – DJ T’LINGER AND DJ ALFIE (GUEST PERCUSSIONIST JOHN) Q CHINDERAH TAVERN 2PM LIVE MUSIC Q CABARITA BEACH BAR & GRILL 2PM WAYNE VITALE Q CHILLINGHAM VILLAGE MARKETS, FROM 8AM, THEN 10AM CHILLI COOL JAZZ Q CLUB BANORA, BANORA POINT 11.30AM GEORGE & BETH HAMILTON Q IVORY TAVERN, TWEED HEADS 3PM FAT ALBERT Q POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 4PM ALICE ANDERSON Q THE RIVERVIEW HOTEL, MURWILLUMBAH 2PM KING LOUIE BAND Q SPHINX ROCK CAFE, MT BURRELL 1PM DAN HANNAFORD

IN YOUR AREA CAFÉ D’BAR GALLERY 275 BOUNDARY ST, COOLANGATTA 07 5536 2500 OPEN EVERY DAY COMMUNITY PRINTMAKERS MURWILLUMBAH (CPM INC) 33-35 KYOGLE ROAD BRAY PARK, MURWILLUMBAH 02 6672 8276

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MINJUNGBAL ABORIGINAL CULTURAL CENTRE CNR KIRKWOOD ROAD & DUFFY STREET, SOUTH TWEED HEADS 07 5524 2109 OPEN: 9AM-4PM EVERY DAY EXCEPT WEEKENDS SHEOAK SHACK GALLERY CAFE 64 FINGAL RD, FINGAL HEAD 07 5523 1130 OPEN WED-THURS: 11AM-5PM, FRI- SAT: 11AM10:30PM, SUN 9:30AM-5PM

CURIOUS ART GALLERY 94A CHINDERAH BAY DRIVE, CHINDERAH 02 6674 5340 OPEN: 10AM-5PM WED-SAT, SUNDAY 12PM-5PM

STOKERS SIDING POTTERY 224 STOKERS ROAD, STOKERS SIDING, TWEED VALLEY 02 6677 9208 OPEN 7 DAYS FROM 9:30AM -5PM

GALLERY VISION U4B/18 STUART ST, TWEED HEADS 07 5536 1699

SHELENA RUSSELL GALLERIES 36 GRIFFITH ST, COOLANGATTA 07 5536 6559 OPEN: MON-FRI 10-5PM, SAT 10AM-2PM, SUN 10-12.30PM

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SEAN SCOTT PHOTOGRAPHY SHOP 3, 110 MARINE PARADE, REFLECTIONS TOWER TWO, COOLANGATTA 07 5599 1150 OPEN: MON-SUN 6.30AM- 5PM TUMBULGUM GALLERY 110 RIVERSIDE DR, TUMBULGUM 02 6676 6234 OPEN 11AM-4PM WED-SUN THE WAY OF DESIGN GALLERY 2/792 PACIFIC PARADE, CURRUMBIN BEACH 07 5534 1530 OPEN: TUES-SAT: 9.30AM -2.30PM TWEED RIVER ART GALLERY 2 MISTRAL RD (CORNER OF TWEED VALLEY WAY), MURWILLUMBAH 02 6670 2790 OPEN WED-SUN 10AM–5PM

Q T WEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 5PM DAVID LEE Q T YALGUM HOTEL, 8PM OPEN MIC NIGHT

GOLD COAST Q BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 2.30PM SMOKIN CRAWDADS Q SOUTHERN CROSS TAVERN, BILINGA 3PM FASHION ZOMBIES Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 2PM MR DOON Q CURRUMBIN RSL 1.30PM DANCE ON Q ELSEWHERE BAR, 10PM SUNDAY NIGHT ROYALE WITH AUDUN, STRETCH PAPER CRANES, GIV (SOUNDTRAFFIK) Q LE MONDE KIRRA 1.30PM BILL JACOBI Q COOLANGATTA SURF CLUB, 2PM ROSE CARLEO Q TALLEBUDGERA SURF CLUB 1.30PM BLUESVILLE STATION

MONDAY 13 TWEED Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB 12PM DON WHITAKER Q T WEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6PM PETER JOHNSON Q T WIN TOWNS CLUB 7.30PM SPIN

TUESDAY 14 TWEED Q T WEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6PM DAVO Q T WIN TOWNS CLUB 8.30PM SHANDELL

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TWEED Q GREENMOUNT SURF CLUB, COOLANGATTA 7PM FREE JAZZ BAND Q T WEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6PM MICHAEL Q T WIN TOWNS CLUBS 8.30PM DAVO Q IVORY HOTEL, TWEED HEADS, 8PM GREG WALL

GOLD COAST Q GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 7PM DAN O’DONNELL

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Sport

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Fishing for snags David Solano

inevitable. Most of the snags we retrieve by driving back over it and pulling the lure off in the opposite direction. It’s fun catching a big one here as your brain first thinks, ‘snag!’ Then the snag starts moving and everything gets exciting. I did manage a good size panie of about 45cms and a good bream on the smaller 2.5cm gulp shrimp. Craig and Steve caught a few but none worth a photo. Sunday I took the yak for a paddle and managed to catch a monster puffer fish about the size of two footballs, not the most handsome fish I’ve seen. Cheers.

It was too rough for fishing outside on the weekend with all that wind and rain. As my mate Craig ‘Cosa’ Costigan had just got his boat back from the repair shop, (he had the front platform deck replaced), we decided to see if the big flatties had arrived behind the hospital. With the weather just starting to warm up a little, the big lizards head for the seaway coffee rocks which start near the hospital and end past the north entrance to Jack Evans Boat Harbour. We did several runs to no avail – the way we fish here is Q If you have any fishing to bounce big 7” gulp minnows along the bottom and on news you would like to top of and in between the cof- share with David, phone fee rocks so a lot of snags are 0415 747 969.

SPORT RESULTS BOWLS Cabarita Beach Women

07.09.10 C Grade Singles Final - Winner - Kay Thompson; Runner up - Cheryl Morgan. 07.09.10 Social Bowls - Winning Rink - Tom Quayle, Bert Overall, Jim Paterson, Ken Ross. Consolation Roma Woodbury, Barbara Cox, Betty Campbell. Raffles - Joan Double, Cheryl Morgan, Pam Kennedy. Condong Ladies Congrats to J.Glasby on winning the final of the pairs championship, M.Sweetnam coming in second. Social for two games of triples, H.Ross, B.Mullan, & Elvey def., M.Sweetnam, R.Thorley &D.Hardie.. E.Hunt, B.Smith & B.Dunne def., M.Stanfield. M.Wilkins & D.Dawes. Comp winner today was D.Dawes. Condong Men Wednesday 1st 40 bowlers Winners B Young, R Paxton, C Douglas runner/ ups J Dawson, J McDonald, S Dawson. Raffle T Lee, R Pilon, T Lee. Saturday 30 bowlers played, winners were P Meadows,B Foster, W Curby, R/UPS P Messing, D Benge, Kooka. Raffle winers R Fuller, P Martain, R Northcott. B grade triples J Walsh, R Bell, R Pilon def B McBurney, M Bennett, K Palmer./ P Meadows, W Curby, B Foster def K Hall, L Muir, T Kennedy./ B singles R Fuller def Kooka./ R Kaehler def R Gerdes. / S Keen def L Muir./ B pairs R Fredericks, G Palmer def J Miller, K Lutherborrough/.M Woods, D Cowan,def Turtle, D Benge / .Open Triples R Pilon, S Reading, P Martain, def M Chilcott, R Northcott, S Knight./ Comming Events AGM for Condong club, and Mens club OCT 3rd Cudgen Leagues Ladies Thurs 2nd, Rnd 1 clb selected pairs results Judy Martin, Isabel Nipperess def Penni McGill, Pat Pieterse; Marie Ellen, June Wotherspoon def Marion Hull, Colleen Wein; Mary Hay, Bev Hall def Ronni Stevens, Maureen Alcorn; Beryl Mapp, Faye Turner def Eileen Burke, Helen Wylie. Thurs 2nd ladies social results – winners rnk1, Marie Ellen, June Wotherspoon. Raffle – Isabel Nipperess. Bookings – 02 6674 1816 / 2734. Cudgen Men Results B Grade Singles D. Lowe over W. Bell, K. Foran over R. Cox, B. Murray defeated L. Browning, J, McGill over G. Murphy & J. Toms defeating T. Grimes. B Grade Club Triple’s results for games played this week resulted in T. Grimes, W. Shardlow & D. Lowe winners over S. Archbold, B. Murray & K. Hanson – B. Bell, J. Hazell & G. Boarder come out on top of K. Foran, F. Smith & G. Whelan by one

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shot after an extra end was needed to separate the two teams. Other weekly results Monday Mixed bowls saw R. Tough, Speedy & D. Lowe take the prize, winners on Wednesday were K. Davey, B. Moore & Brian Moore and the winner of the loosing rink saw S. Archbold, B. Murray & K. Hanson collect the cash, Saturdays results went to B. Cusack, I. Turnbul & Coog Pritchard while the loosing rink winners were K.Foran, F, Smith & G. Whelan. Kingscliff Ladies Wed. Sept. 1st. Social Bowls. Winners Rink 14. J.Greenbank,M.Hendry. E.Downes Rink 10 B.Davies.J.Bebe.B.Mirls. R/U. Rink 8. D.Greenwell.R.Wallace.M.Atk inson. Semi Final Major/M inors. A.McNamara.C.Smith def D.James.M.Lincoln. A.Wonka I.Azzopardi def. N.Sherlock.M.Gardner. Pennants Played 3rd September Div 2 at Home Kingscliff def Tugan won 5 points. Div.5 Away Kingscliff Def. Twin Towns won.4 points. Kingscliff Men Results of Round Five in Pennants: Division 2 defeated McKenzie Park 75 shots to 48 to maintain their 5 point lead in this division. Division 3 lost to Beaudesert 65 shots to 55. Division 5 won all three rinks defeating Benowa 92 shots to 28. Division 8 defeated South Tweed by 3 shots to win 63 to 60. Social Bowls Results: Thursday 2nd September: Winners: B Harris, H Azzopardi, I Smith; P Atkinson, G McNamara, R Heales; P Murphy, R Julius, V Lewis. Plate Winners: H Moores, K Jordan, K Davey. Saturday 4th September: Winners: A Simpson, R Stephens, R Hayes. Tuesday 7th September: Winners: J Ritchie, M Richards; Runners Up: L Rootsey, J Cook. Plate Winners: R Arrowsmith, M Matteucci. Pottsville Women Winners:J.Brammer, F.Brady & N.Tait. R/Up: P.Field, A.Mackay & G.Moore. Lucky Bowler:J.Crombie. Raffles:A. Mackay & P.Sherwood Contact the club on 66761077 and follow the prompts. Tweed Heads Ladies Tuesday Ladies Four N. Wise, M. Crane, M. Kelly, E. Bartram def. J. Tomlin, H. Mooney, E. Watson, J. Ward. L. Turner, D. Kerwitz, J. Withington, J. Finney def. L. Rayward, R. Reiter, D. Turner, H. Mason. D. Steward, S. Jackson, J. Green, P. Houghton def. M. Groghan, F. Hewitt, K. Figura, D. Kendall; S. Spears, J. Hoffman, A. Martin, def. L. Spencer, D. Maheusci, A. Lovasi. H. Carter, A. Nash, S. Asser, N. Dowling def. M. Gwynne, J. Webster, M. Higgins, B. Bitmead. P. Garwood, D. Long, M. Blagborough, J. Wilke, def. R. Laycock, E. McGrath,

Banora athletes meet football experts Banora Point High School’s Talented Athlete Squad was given a major boost thanks to a visit from Gold Coast United youngster James Brown and former Manchester United player John Curtis. The A-League hotshots shared their stories of reaching their football dream during a stop at the school late last week. The Banora students have all been identified as talented football players - a situation that former Kingscliff junior Brown, was in just a few short years ago. Brown and Curtis were put through their paces with a question and answer session with the youngsters, before turning the tables and putting the students through their paces, coaching them through their regular weekly training session. ‘Talent identification programs are a vital part of the development of football on the Gold Coast,’ said James. ‘As M. Marquis, D. McNamara. P. Clark, M. Cooper, A. Duckworth def. J. Dodsley, H. Bardsley, W. Grant. C. Davis, B. Graham, B. Jacobsen, B. Macdonald def. N. Bell, C. Sieben, M, Heydt, P. Henderson Wednesday Ladies Pairs A. Harris, V. Cunningham def. V. Moore, R. Curtis. L.A. French, H. Bosisto, def. P. Collins, G. Wood. L. Rayward, M. Dare def. N. Mallett, E. Martignole. J. Wabe, P. Reedy, def. S. Lusby, M, Preton. E. Bradley, L. Hodsdon, def. M. VanRunt, F. Pekarsky. P. Mann, J. Finney, def. P. Griffith, L. Elsey. P. Clarke, F. Hewitt, def. E. Simpson, M. Cooper. R. Davies, C. Murphy def. D. Duncan, J. Gilroy. E. Carter, A. Plowright def. M. Purcell, W. Wilson Thursday Ladies Fours N. Craig, K. Sieben, K. Davies, D. Cunnington def. P. Collins, K. Henshaw, J. Ryman, J. Finney. H. Reid, P. Trappel, N. Wise, S. Ganter def. B. Everson, B. Rodger, V. Pridham, S. Iles. D. Duncan, M. Riley, J. Dodsley, N. Dowling def. A. Warman, J. Clark, A. Elford, D. McNamara L. Spencer, F. Hewitt, S. Asser def. Y. Waddington, B. Jacobsen, M. Purcell. R. Reiter, N. Bell. J. Withington, D. Turner, def. A. Harris, D. Kendall, H. Bardsley, H, Ramsay C. Keane, D. Stewart, D. Evans, P. Reedy, def. D. Hunt, D. Kerwitz, G. Darcy, S. Goldsmith. J. Patton, J. Hoffman, M. Crane, D. Woods, def. B. LeBoeuf, N. Matheson, B. Sydenham, J. Kerkow. B. Bryant, J. Green, P. Houghton, L. A. French, def. J. Lyon, M. Gwynne, S. Hambleton, B. Cooper. J. Ryan, G. McCarthy, B. Bitmead, L. Vidulich, def. D. Buchanan, B. Carey, B. Graham, A. Duckworth. Tweed Heads Men’s Bowls Club Pennants: Results from Round 5 Div 1: v Tugun won 71/42 [16/0] Div 2: v Mermaid Beach lost 58/62 [2/14] Div 4: v South Tweed won 62/54 [14/2] Div 7: v Musgrave Hill lost 47/56 [2/14] Div 8: v Broadbeach lost 58/60 [2/14] Div 9: v Coolangatta won 69/44 [14/2] Championships: B grade Pairs: Round 1: Laurie Rea, Frank McPhillips d. Alan Wood, Kim Stephenson 35/14; George Mynott, Jack Blagbrough d. Robert Carnes, Ian Wildman 27/8; Brendan Wilson, Mitch Jackson d. John Asser, Stan Loeber 39/9; Gary Hewitt, Arthur Collins d. George Pyke, Ken Joy 33/6; Round 2: Peter Newman, Col Fishlock d. Clinton Bailey, Jim Bryant 22/21; Senior Singles: Semi-finals: Keith Downey d. John Strachan 25/10; Dennis Freeman d. John Parker-Smith

Banora Point High students with ex-Manchester United’s John Curtis and Gold Coast United youngster James Brown.

someone who has gone through the local system, I am delighted to be able to help assist the students and provide them with information about my own perp sonal experience of being iden-

tified, training hard and moving through the ranks to eventually reach my football goals. ‘John’s experience of reaching the highest level and playing for Manchester United in

25/11. Social Results: ults: Sun 29 Aug Green 1: Bev & Bob McIntyre, Keith & Gillian Horlick; r/up: Ray & Esme Carter, Pat & John Mann. Green 2: David Middlebrook, Betty Rodger, Brenda & Bill Adams; r/ up: Russell & Joyce Pearce, Pauline Mooney, Ron Edwards. Green 3: Kaye & Ernie Robins; r/up: Margaret & Bill Partridge Tues 31 Aug – Winners: Men – .Col Elsey, Lol Sables, Ramsay MacDonald, Jack Blagbrough; r/up: Ken Withington, Norm Hollis, George Martin, Mike Nedjati; John Sieben, Ian McLean, Leigh Tynan, Peter Goldsmith Winners – Ladies – Marilyn Wright, Shirley Scott, Sylvia Lusby, Alison Ebsworth; Jean Redman, Jill Clark, June Gilroy, Toni Lynch; r/up: MaryAnne Cumming, Molly Ramshaw, Dawn Fysh. Wed 1 Sept –Random Rink Draw Green 1: Hayden Soulsby, Michael Nedjati; r/up: John Lewis, George Bradshaw, Jeff Walter. Green 2: John Reardon, Dennis Freeman; r/up: Bob Chapman, Mal Rae.. Green 3: Karl Figura, Jim A. Smith; r/ up: Gordon Holthouse, Terry Patton. Green 4: Jim Cowen, Bill Finney; r/up: Bob Trinder, Fred Willis. Fri 3 Sept: Green 1: John Moon, Norm Picking, Mal Rae; r/up: Peter Howell, Tom Kelly, Geoff Dixon. Green 2: Bob Chapman, Robert Young, Ron Parker; r/up: Bryan McGuinness, Norman Hoffman, Des Murrell. Green 3: John Rayward, Rod Mullings, John Mann; r/up: Fred Willis, Elwyne Rigby, Ivan Mackay Green 4: Bob Trinder, Lol Sables, Bob Graeme; r/up: Ray White, John Brabham, Jim Cowen. Sat 4 Sept: Green 1: Bruce Dare, Ann & Terry Venables; r/up: Richard Mills, Don McDonald, John Craig, Mike Nedjati. Green 2: Jack Maloney, Ernie Robins; r/up: Occie, Neil Jebb Sunday 5 Sept – Father’s Day Green 1: Sylvia & Dennis Lusby, Bill & Jean Finney; r/up: Cynthia & Derek Chapman, Jean & Jim Cowen. Green 2: Barbara & Ramsay MacDonald, Sharon & John Asser; r/up: Pat & Norm Clarke, Liz & Les Bolton. Green 3: Lily & Lou Georger Mynott; r/up: Mary &Tom Preston, Alma & Bryan McGuinness Random Winners: Pam & Tony Govett, Col & Lydia Elsey; r/up: Jill Hole, Don McDonald, June & Brian Hodginson

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the English Premier League, alongside the likes of David Beckham is rare, and he was able to hand on his valuable knowledge to this group of aspiring footballers.’

The past few years have been a whirlwind of dizzying competitive highs for Sally Fitzgibbons. In 2008 she qualified for the ASP World Women’s Tour faster than any surfer, male or female, ever. Sally became the only surfer to claim concurrent ASP World Junior, ISA World Junior and ISA World Open titles. She was also a twotime Australian Junior Series Champion. The Surfing Australia HPC has called in the red hot World Championship Tour number two to encourage and inspire female surfers these spring school holidays.

Guests at the the weekend event, held on September 25 and 26, will meet and surf with the champion surfer and some of Australia’s best fully accredited coaches will be on hand and the opportunity for video analysis of each wave surfed during the camp. Girls under 21 years of age are invited to the camp which caters for all surfers whether they are looking to finish their first cutback or start landing aerials. For more information on the surf camp, phone James on 02 6674 9868, or email:james@ surfingaustralia.com.

DARTS Tweed Valley Results of games played Monday 6th September. In A Grade Jokers 14 def Cgulls 1, Gulls 10 def Hogan’s Heroes 5 and Blues 11 def Lions 2. In B Grade Leftovers 7 def Duck Offs 4, Devils 7 def We’re Back 4 and Tigers 6 def Sharks 5. Point score subject to confirmation A Grade Jokers95, Gulls and Blues both on 71, Hogan’s Heroes 50, Lions 40 and Cgulls 25. B Grade Devils 56, Tigers 52, Leftovers 47, We’re Back 46, Duck Offs 39 and Sharks 24. GOLF Murwillumbah Sundat 29th August Women;s Winner M.Van Der Broek 34 pts C.B Members Winner W.Henderson 38 pts c.b B.R.D 34 pts Monday 30th Vets Imdividual Mixed & Membres 4.B.B/B Stableford .Winners Mixed K.Hall & C.Hulme 47 pts R.Up C.Waugh & J.Bertrams 45 pts Winner Members W.Haigh & M.Styles 50 pts R.Up L.Reynolds & K.Forster 49 pts N.Pin 2nd.D.O’Brien & W.Haigh 8th G.Somerville & K.Forster 10th C.Waugh & R.Pols 14th C.Waugh & W.Bruce B.R.D to 43 pts c.b Wednesday 1st September Ind Stableford Winner A.Grade G.Smith 40 pts c.b R.Up E.Kerr 40 pts B.Grade G.Coxx 44 pts R.Up I.Batten 41 pts c.b N.Pin 2nd P.Jones 10th I.Gillies 14th E.Kerr . B.R.D to 34 pts c.b Friday 3rd Sept Mmebers Winner K.Borger 44 pts Saturday 4th Ind Stable ford Winners M.Knight 38 pts c.b R.Up B.McLean 38 pts B.Grade T.McGreevy 41 pts R.Up A.McLean 40 pts C.Grade M.Imm 40 pts c.b M.Rayner 40 pts C.Grade G.Faulkner 46 pts R.Up D.Devine 42

pts 2nd A.McLean 8th J.Akehurst 10th.G.Faulkner 14th K.Lansley B.R.D to 36 pts c.b SHOOTING Murwillumbah Pistol Club 4-Sept-10; Standard Pistol - J Turner 635, A Berry 585, R Fleming 580, D Dowling 576, P Schlunke 575, D Stebbing 545, S Nash 539, R Rees 531, P Norris 524, A Uren 520, J Hoctor 518, P Hulme 499, A Gazzard 482. Free Pistol- A Gazzard 597, J Lumsden 540, D Stebbing 466. Ladies Air Pistol- V Aumann 386, E Bartrim 380. 4/5-Sept-10; Air Pistol- J Lumsden 574, R Cavanagh 571, J Hoctor 538, L Allen 443. 5-Sept10; Rifle - R Gospel 600, B Wenban 599, E Wenban 598, L Blair 598, M Luxton 595, B Welsh 594, J Blair 594, R Blair 593, J Guinery-Smith 590, J Baker 590, R Cavanagh 589, N Luxton 588, B Cornford 585,J Lumsden 570, J Hoctor 570, D Gazzard 568. Murwillumbah Rifle Club Fullbore: Shooting was at 700 yards for the monthly trophy. W.Shoobridge 100.5, 1, 101.5; D.Chittick 99.9, 1, 100.9; A.Cronk 96.6, 3, 99.6; B.Barrett 90.5, 7, 97.5; E.McKeever 83.2, 15, 98.2. Smallbore: J.Malek 387, 18, 405; G.Johnston 384, 19, 403; A.Cronk 399, 4, 403; A.Glover 397, 6, 403; B.Jenkins 394, 9, 403; W.Sunderland 397, 2, 399; T.Lamb 387, 12, 399; W.Pulkownik 357, 41, 398; C.Freeman 387, 11, 398; W.Shoobridge 384, 12, 396; D.Hawkins 387, 7, 394; R.Milligen 380, 13, 393; E. McKeever 366, 23, 389.

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ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER: The Byron Shire Echo newspaper This is a full-time position paying a salary + super + bonus + car package. We have two newspapers: The Byron Shire Echo and The Tweed Shire Echo. Due to growth in both papers, we now need a separate sales manager to lead our well-established Byron sales team. You will be working from our Byron and Mullumbimby offices with a supportive team in an already successful newspaper. This is a challenging role leading our 5 person Byron sales team to new heights. Are you seeking a local organisation that is wellestablished, yet progressive and future-focussed? Do you have a passion for what The Echo, with two well-regarded and popular free and independent newspaper titles, can deliver to its advertisers? You need: t /FXTQBQFS BEWFSUJTJOH TBMFT FYQFSJFODF QSFGFSBCMZ BU NBOBHFS TFOJPS MFWFM t 5P CF QSFQBSFE UP MJWF JO #ZSPO BSFB t $VSSFOU ESJWFST MJDFODF t *OUFSNFEJBUF DPNQVUFS TLJMMT t 8FMM EFWFMPQFE PSHBOJTBUJPOBM TLJMMT BOE BO BCJMJUZ UP DSFBUF B QPTJUJWF UFBN DVMUVSF UISPVHI MFBEJOH CZ FYBNQMF Please email your resume and a covering letter to simon@echo.net.au

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

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6QRRS\ Snoopy a 1 year old Snoopy, old, desexed male, Belgian Shepherd X is in foster care with Friends of the Pound. He is a well behaved, slightly built dog with an easily managed, short haired coat. He is really good looking but needs to gain a bit of weight. He gets on well with older children but would be better as the only dog in the family. If you have space and time for a big dog, and would like to give Snoopy a permanent, loving home, please contact Pam at the FoP Adoption Information Booth on 07 5524 8590 or after hours on 02 6676 0078. Visit www.friendsofthepound.com to view other dogs and cats looking for new homes.

Ex-servicewomen Tweed/Coolangatta and District Ex-Servicewomen’s Association holds its general meeting on Monday, September 27, at 9.30am in the Four Seasons Room, Twin Towns Services Club.

Health, safety expo Pottsville Safe and Healthy Community Information Expo, hosted by the Pottsville Beach RSL and sponsored by the Pottsville Beach Neighbourhood Centre’s Community Technology Centre, on Wednesday, Sept 22, from 9am-1pm, at the Pottsville Community Centre. Free entry, all welcome. For info call 02 6676 4555.

Family fun day Pacific Coast Christian School Family Fun Day on Saturday, September 18, raffles, face painting, talent show, plants, giveaways 9.30am-2pm. For info call 0412 536 020.

Dementia awareness Dementia Awareness Week. Lifestory albums created by people with early dementia and their carers will be on display from September 17-18 at Tweed Library with a special demonstration workshop on Tuesday, September 21, from 10am-2pm. An opportunity to ask questions and to meet facilitators and past participants. Places available for next Lifestory group program in October, call Pam at Tweed Valley Respite Service on 02 6674 2267.

Singers wanted The Voice Weavers Choir is looking for talented guys and girls. If you like to sing come along on a Thursday evening from 6.30pm. We meet in the C’gatta/Tweed Heads area. For info call Mary 0418 668 259 or Jan 07 5536 1078.

Heart and lungs Tweed Valley Huffers ‘n Puffers and Dicky Tickers Support Group is a new group formed to support all those in the community with heart and lung problems. We meet every second Thursday of the month at Condong Bowls Club at 11am. Next meeting September 9. For info call Di at 02 6672 4330 or Ron at 02 6676 2294.

Walking groups ONLY ADULTS SEDUCTIVE MASSAGE by attractive Australian. Ocean Shores. 0413034492 SENSUAL, SEXY, TANTALISING, full body rub. Total stress relief in intimate environment. Tweed Heads 0410254976 WELL presented staff req for new men’s massage centre in Tweed. 0415746443 LADIES URGENTLY required at Lismore’s premium adult venue. Top $’s, free food & accommodation. 66225533

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Murwillumbah on the Move walking group meets at the Information Centre (Budd Park) at 7.20am every Wednesday and Saturday. Enjoyable walks around town. Call 6672 1660 or just turn up. New Kingscliff Thursday morning walk will start Thursday, September 16, and every Thursday after that. Meet 7am at the Ed Parker Rotary Park (near the bridge on Sutherland St) Kingscliff. For info call Lesley on 0421 573639. Twin Towns Runners and Walkers meet every Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 6pm Coolangatta beach front (opposite McDonalds). All ages, all levels of fitness. Fun and free, for info visit www.ttscrunnersandwalkers.org

Hospital auxiliary Tweed Hospital Auxiliary now accepting items for our fete to be held on October 9 next, for pickup call the gift shop on 07 5506 7867 except for collection in Kingscliff and/or Banora Point call Russell on 02 6674 3077.

U3A U3A Twin Towns welcomes new members, new courses opening in digital photography, French, astrology, astronomy and belly dancing. AGM at 4 Boyd Street, Tugun on Tuesday, September 21 at 10am. For info call 07 5534 7333 before noon Mon-Fri.

Mental health Tweed Valley Mental Health Carers Network meetings, Mondays Sep-

tember 6 and 20. Families and friends of people with mental illness are welcome to share friendship, information and experiences with other carers from 10am at the Tweed Heads Library, Brett Street. Volunteer members help, for info call 07 5598 6372.

Cycling ride WollumbinBUG is hosting Ride The Rim, Tweed Valley Cycling Odyssey, to be held September 17-19 at Murwillumbah showgrounds, and hoping it will be an annual event to celebrate Bike Week in the Tweed. The rides are of different lengths and difficulty level, from 5km to 50km. The group celebrates its first birthday with a dinner/bush dance at the showgrounds on the Saturday night, entry $20, for info call Dominic on 0418 755735.

Books wanted Friends of the Library Kingscliff will hold its next book sale on Saturday, October 9, from 9am-11.45am. Donations of second-hand books are urgently needed, can be left at the library in Turnock Street, Kingscliff. For info call Larry on 02 6674 1607.

New vogue dancing Learn to dance new vogue, Thursday 1.30pm-2.30pm, no partner required. New vogue dancing on Thursday morning 9am, Friday and Saturday evening 7pm, dance to live music. Coolangatta Senior Citizens Centre, Gerrard St, Coolangatta, call 07 5596 4050 for info.

Knitters Wrap with Love: knitters needed to make squares for rugs to go to charities worldwide. Phone Barbara (Mur’bah) 02 6672 1660, or Judi (Tweed Coast) 02 6674 2968.

Riding for Disabled Riding for the Disabled Tweed Valley Centre needs helpers for Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday mornings during school terms. Horse skills useful but not essential, training provided. For info call 0419 437 217.

A’cappela choir Voice Weavers Southern Gold Coast A’cappela Choir welcomes new members. We meet every Thursday night between 6.30pm-8.30pm at St Peters Church hall on Dutton and Lanham Streets, Coolangatta. For info call Mary on 0418 668259.

VIEW club Twin Towns Evening VIEW Club meets at 6.30pm on the second Wednesday of each month at Tweed Heads Bowls Club. For info call Barbara 07 5523 1057. Twin Towns Day VIEW Club meets on the first Thursday of the month at South Tweed Sports Club, for info call Freda on 07 5524 1357.

Garden club Tweed Coast Garden Association’s next meeting is on September 14 from 1.30pm at the Cabarita Community Hall. Members bring something for show and tell, the trading table and your entries for the benching. Currently seeking new members, for info call 02 6676 4402.

Volunteering Looking for a way to gain work experience, meet friends and/or contribute to your community? Volunteering could be your answer! Each week NORTEC Volunteering has approximately 200 volunteer positions available through community organisations in our region. For info on vacancies visit www.nortecltd. com.au or call 02 6672 8288.

Family centre The Family Centre is taking bookings now for a range of parenting and self-help courses. Numbers are limited. Playgroups places also available

in our Cabarita Tuesday and Murwillumbah Wednesday playgroups from 9.30am-11.30am. For info call 07 5524 8711 or visit www.thefamilycentre.org.

per person. Contact Jill 02 6674 0636 or George 07 5524 4558

Pensioner food

A popular parenting program to strengthen family relationships, this 3-week course aims at helping parents to stop poor behaviour, start positive behaviour and understand the nature of discipline and emotion coaching. Wednesdays, September 8, 15, 22 from 6pm-8pm at the Pottsville Beach Neighbourhood Centre. For info call Angela at PBNC on 02 6676 4555.

New venue for Wednesday food giveaway is at the PCYC hall in Florence Street from 1pm. A driver for a light truck to bus people there is needed, or others who can offer lifts. For info call Terri 0414 376 057.

Kingy playgroup The Kingscliff Beach Babes Community Playgroup meets every Tuesday morning at 24 Kingscliff St, Kingscliff, for craft, songs, stories and free-play. All children 0-5 years and their caregivers are welcome. For info call Chantal 6674 2856.

Croquet Tweed Heads Croquet play days are Monday 9am and on Thursday and Saturday from 9.30am. We also conduct golf croquet sessions on Tuesday from 2.30pm and on Thursday and Saturday from 1pm. All welcome to come and try. Phone 07 5599 1611 for more info or just come to the lawns at 39 Recreation Street, Tweed Heads on any play day. Coolangatta Croquet Club, Lanham Street invites you to a free lesson at 9.30am any Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday or 1pm Sunday. Murwillumbah Croquet Club play days are: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. For more info on free introductory lessons, call the club on 02 6672 2064.

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

Red Cross Tweed Heads Red Cross branch will resume monthly meetings on 2nd Friday of each month in the commu-

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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.

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.

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. For info call Prema Das on 6679 5541.

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Alcoholics anonymous Murwillumbah meetings: Tuesday, 10am, Community Centre, Knox Park; Thursday, 7.30pm, Baptist Church, Eveleigh Street; Friday, 7pm, Uniting Church, Main Street. Info line 24-hour 07 5591 2062.

nity room at Tweed City Shopping Centre, starting with morning tea at 9.30am. Visitors welcome, for info call Joyce on 07 5524 1277.

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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

MONTHLY MARKETS 1st Sat Brunswick Heads (02) 6628 4495 1st Sun Banora Point Farmers’ Market 0417 759 777 1st Sun Byron Bay (02) 6680 9703 1st Sun Pottsville (02) 6676 4555 1st Sun Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714 2nd Sat 2nd Sun 2nd Sun 2nd Sun 2nd Sun 2nd Sun

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

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

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

FARMERS MARKETS Each Sat Each Thu Each Tue Each Sat

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8-11am Bangalow (02) 6687 1137 8-11am Byron Bay (02) 6687 1137

New Brighton (02)6684 5390 8am-1pm Uki (02) 6679 5438

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Sept 2

03:22

New moon

Sept 8

20:30

First quarter

Sept 15

15:50

Full moon

Sept 23

19:17

Day of month 1 W 2 T 3 F 4 S 5 S 6 M 7 T 8 W 9 T 10 F 11 S 12 S 13 M 14 T 15 W 16 T 17 F 18 S 19 S 20 M 21 T 22 W 23 T 24 F 25 S 26 S 27 M 28 T 29 W 30 T

Sun rise 0600 0559 0558 0557 0556 0555 0553 0552 0551 0550 0549 0548 0546 0545 0544 0543 0542 0540 0539 0538 0537 0536 0534 0533 0532 0531 0530 0528 0527 0526

Sun set 1731 1732 1732 1733 1733 1734 1734 1735 1735 1736 1736 1737 1737 1737 1738 1738 1739 1739 1740 1740 1741 1741 1742 1742 1743 1743 1744 1744 1745 1745

Moon Moon rise set 0958 0022 1048 0119 1146 0214 1249 0306 1356 0353 1505 0436 1615 0516 1724 0555 1832 0633 1940 0714 2048 0756 2154 0842 2258 0933 2358 1026 1121 0052 1217 0140 1313 0222 1408 0259 1501 0333 1553 0404 1645 0434 1737 0503 1830 0532 1924 0603 2020 0637 2117 0714 2215 0756 2312 0844 0939

SEPTEMBER 2010 Astronomical data and tides

High tide, height (m) 0028,1.16; 1305,1.44 0133,1.09; 1409,1.45 0253,1.07; 1520,1.51 0414,1.12; 1629,1.60 0517,1.22; 1728,1.72 0611,1.34; 1821,1.83 0700,1.46; 1912,1.89 0746,1.58; 2001,1.89 0833,1.67; 2051,1.82 0920,1.73; 2141,1.70 1008,1.75; 2231,1.54 1057,1.72; 2324,1.38 1147,1.66 0020,1.22; 1242,1.58 0123,1.11; 1344,1.50 0238,1.06; 1453,1.45 0355,1.07; 1603,1.44 0456,1.13; 1700,1.46 0543,1.20; 1747,1.49 0622,1.28; 1828,1.52 0657,1.36; 1903,1.54 0729,1.42; 1937,1.54 0800,1.48; 2011,1.52 0831,1.53; 2045,1.48 0904,1.57; 2119,1.42 0938,1.59; 2157,1.36 1015,1.59; 2237,1.28 1055,1.57; 2322,1.21 1141,1.53 0016,1.14; 1235,1.50

Low tide, height (m) 0623,0.56; 1945,0.60 0721,0.60; 2105,0.57 0834,0.60; 2219,0.49 0949,0.55; 2319,0.37 1055,0.46 0011,0.24; 1154,0.35 0058,0.14; 1248,0.24 0142,0.08; 1343,0.17 0225,0.06; 1436,0.13 0307,0.09; 1530,0.14 0349,0.17; 1626,0.19 0432,0.27; 1723,0.28 0516,0.39; 1825,0.38 0604,0.50; 1933,0.46 0700,0.59; 2046,0.52 0806,0.65; 2158,0.53 0919,0.66; 2257,0.50 1025,0.62; 2343,0.46 1121,0.56 0021,0.41; 1208,0.50 0054,0.37; 1248,0.45 0124,0.34; 1326,0.40 0152,0.32; 1402,0.37 0220,0.33; 1439,0.36 0248,0.34; 1516,0.36 0318,0.37; 1556,0.37 0350,0.42; 1639,0.41 0426,0.47; 1726,0.45 0506,0.52; 1820,0.49 0556,0.58; 1927,0.51

All times are Eastern Standard Time. 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.

The Tweed Shire Echo September 9, 2010 23

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BNI is an international referral-based business networking group with a successful chapter based in the Tweed. We meet every Thursday 8.15am-10am. BNI Eagle chapter pass at least $2m in business amongst its members each year.

Meet one of our members:

Mark Phillips and the team from Gold Coast Electrical Solutions have been busy in the last three years! Mark says, ‘We’ve been working hard at making a name for ourselves in the local electrical field, as the company you can trust. ‘But the name doesn’t really say it all, for us, as we don’t just service the Gold Coast – we love to help clients on the Tweed Coast too – from Pottsville to Coolangatta and Murwillumbah! ‘We cover all aspects of electrical installation and maintenance, from domestic to commercial and industrial. You can rely on our fully qualified and trained staff to do the job well. ‘With an honest work ethic and prompt reliable service, we take pride in quality workmanship, and always ensure that our customers are fully satisfied. We are the local company with a big name, but personal and affordable service.’ Try us today. Phone Mark on 0423 773 881

BNI POSITION VACANT:

PLUMBER Mark says: I’ve been a member of BNI for 2 years and I am President of our chapter. BNI has helped my business grow, and can help your business. However we do not have a plumber in our group. If we did, we would be referring business to you! So if you are a plumber in the Tweed, Tweed Coast, Coolangatta region then I’d love you to call Belinda Dinsey from our membership committee on 0488 590 117. She will arrange an obligation free visit to our meetings so that you can see how we do business... for you.

24 September 9, 2010 The Tweed Shire Echo

The ridges around Reserve Creek have been ringing with the sound of chainsaws in recent weeks, alarming residents who fear another episode of unauthorised tree removal is occurring. Their concerns were heightened by the sight of trucks owned by a saw miller trundling down their roads laden with huge logs. What’s worrying them, but seemingly not the authorities, is that the trees may be coming from two privately owned 100-hectare allotments backing onto the Mooball National Park. The lots have been largely zoned environmental protection and support one of the shire’s fast dwindling koala colonies. The trees are supposed to be protected by the Native Vegetation Management Act which is administered by the local catchment management authority, who locals say have been conspicuous by their absence during the highly visible and noisy operation. Backburner thinks the reason is that staff in the Murwillumbah office may not have been properly alerted. If you would like to see action on illegal clearing call the Environment Department on 131555 and mention DP755698. Q Q Q Q

The fate of the Chinderah fig tree is shrouded in more mystery than the cactus weighing down its limbs. Readers will recall that a sit-in by Kingscliff arborist Brett Hamlin saved the 114-year-old fig from the chop and triggered a special council meeting to seek an interim heritage protection order for the tree. Greens councillor Katie Milne initiated the move after the council advised her and everyone else that nothing could be done to save the tree because it was on private land. The mayor reluctantly convened the meeting but ejected reporters and residents in the public gallery while they discussed for nearly an hour public liability scenarios and the seemingly straightforward step of first asking an arborist

The Blue Frog French Patisserie and Cafe in downtown Murwillumbah celebrated its tenth birthday last month with a weekend gathering and a big new look for the popular cafe to mark the occasion. Partners in business and life André Le Nair, left, a former seismologist, and lifelong pastry chef Gilles Bertrand, right, opened the cafe during the 2000 Banana Festival. The name ‘Blue Frog’, they say ‘comes from us, the Frogs, and to be different, blue rather than green!’ The opening of a French patisserie in rural Murwillumbah ten years ago came as a nice surprise to many travel-seasoned locals. The boys said: ‘We were actually quizzed by some “nosey” ladies (who became good friends since) whether we will be making Lamingtons!’

to assess the tree’s health. A tree expert finally climbed his ladder on Monday, a full five days after the council asked staff to organise an urgent inspection. Now Wozza says he may not even reveal the results until the next council meeting in two weeks, just to keep everyone in suspense. Backburner thinks the theatrics will not sidetrack moves to reinstate the shire’s heritage register and put the fig back on the list. The register, which listed historic buildings and a few landmark trees as worthy of protection, was quietly shelved by the old council before it was sacked in disgrace in 2005.

to take part in an art exhibition to mark LandCare Week this week (September 6-13). Students have put up a drawing or photo of their tree, accompanied by a short explanation of what makes their tree so special. A teacher told Backburner ‘we are looking forward to some interesting stories and art work’. Q Q Q Q

Unlike some rural folk, Dairy Australia seems to take climate change seriously – it’s set up a toolkit at www.dairyaustralia. com.au/climate, which is also interesting for the general punter. Federal Labor’s offer of money for farmers’ carbon sequestration sounds like one way to help invigorate rural Q Q Q Q With our trees fast disappearing economies before our farmers owing to council’s inaction, the all disappear. young students at Fingal Head Q Q Q Q Public School must’ve had an The gremlins got into our inkling the trees’ future is bleak page 2 story on Rolland Pike as they are currently displaying last week. There was a small their artworks of their favou- photo of the Emmy-winning rite tree in the community. The art director inset on the main students have been invited by pic of Rolland’s parents, but it Fingal Head Coast Care Group disappeared on the way to the

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printers. But you can still see Rolland’s photo on our website: www.tweedecho.com. au/index.php?option=com_ wrapper&Itemid=754 (Just click on issue 3.01 and go to ‘Next Page’.) Q Q Q Q

Deputy dog Cr Phil ‘You’re All Morons’ Youngblutt, wants another go at the No. 2 job and he’s hoping he’ll get the nod at the mayoral election next council meeting. He did a bit of campaigning in the Snooze this week, saying he thinks the council is doing ‘a lot better now, but there’s only one person out of step and that’s [Greens Party councillor] Katie Milne’. Wrong Phil, most people actually think it’s the other way round, with the pro-development faction Phil belongs to being way out of step with the community’s expectations as expressed at the last council election. Backburner’s money is on dark-horse councillor Kevin Skinner to upset the mayoral election applecart.

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