Tweed Echo – Issue 3.06 – 07/10/2010

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LOCAL & INDEPENDENT

Mayor opposed to funding speed fest through special legislation which set aside local environment and other Tweed mayor Kevin Skinner is against laws to ensure the event went ahead. using ratepayer funds to prop up the popular homegrown Festival of Speed Abrupt response The Echo on Monday asked the on Tweed in the wake of the world rally relocating from Tweed/Kyogle mayor if he would move to divert the $120,000 funds and in-kind support shires to Coffs Harbour next year.

The newly-elected mayor said offered to rally organisers.

‘No, no way, why should we?’ Cr he won’t back any move to divert $120,000 of ratepayer funds used for Skinner responded abruptly.

‘I have no intention of doing that… the controversial rally to help the local historic-car festival if it loses funding the No Rally Group will probably prosupport from the rally organisation, test against that [Speed on Tweed] to which the state government has as well, they’ll have a go at that too,’ he said. given millions in secret funding.

‘If they think we’ll allocate public Last week Cr Skinner said he would ‘welcome the rally back here with money to prop it up, no way – I’ve had open arms in a heartbeat’ if it did not car races,’ he finished.

By contrast, his deputy mayor Bar‘work out’ at Coffs Harbour, where he ry Longland responded calmly, saying expected further protests.

But following the surprise an- ‘let’s wait and see’ what CAMS had nouncement last Thursday by the in mind for the festival first before Confederation of Australian Motor council acts on the issue.

‘I’d like to see Speed on Tweed conSport (CAMS) that it would shift the rally to Coffs Harbour for next tinue – it’s a good homegrown event year’s Australian round of the world and I’ll do what I can to keep it going,’ rally championship, fears grew the he said of the event run in MurwilMurwillumbah-based event would lumbah for the past nine years.

Cr Skinner last week told media he be, as the town’s business chamber chief said, ‘dead in the water’ without felt the festival’s future looked ‘shaky without strong backing and said he the backing of Rally Australia.

Rally organisers had underwritten hoped CAMS would support it.

The No Rally Group (NRG) said it the Tweed on Speed festival last year to the tune of $300,000, or a half share was ‘outrageous’ that the new mayor of the event, as a sign of commitment should ‘now single out one commuand good faith to the community and nity-initiated and organised event for Murwillumbah Rotary Club running punishment’ by refusing to support it it. It had also committed to support- without any consultation’.

NRG spokesman Michael McNaing the local event for three years.

But opposition grew to the running mara said that when challenged last of the rally through the two shires in year about council’s funding and othSeptember and every two years for er support for the rally, council rethe next 10 years. Protests intensi- sponded by pointing out the $120,000 fied after the state government forced represented the money value of prothe event on the shires by rushing continued on page 2 Luis Feliu

Surf club writes its way into history Kate McIntosh

Tweed Heads and Coolangatta Surf Life Saving Club has a history worth writing about.

A new book traces the proud history of the Greenmount club, Queensland’s oldest surf lifesaving club.

Written by retired Terranora journalist Brian Styman, 100 Years of Saving Lives is due to be launched later this month ahead of planned centenary celebrations in March next year.

‘During the 100 years not a life has been lost on Greenmount Beach while it has been under the watch of

Author of the book on the history of the Tweed-Coolangatta Surf LIfesaving Club, Brian Styman, left, and chairman of the club’s centenary committee, Alan Hickling at the clubhouse this week. Photo Jeff ‘Reel Life’ Dawson

the Tweed Heads and Coolangatta club,’ chairman of the club’s centenary committee, Alan Hickling said.

‘In the early days it faced great adversity as it fought for financial survival and this publication charts the ebb and flow of this exceptional club since its inception.

The club was formed following a meeting of Tweed Heads and Coolangatta businessmen in 1911.

However, the club had an even earlier beginning, with the first version established in 1909 after the rescue of a group of people from Murwillumbah on Greenmount Beach.

Mr Hickling said the club struggled for two years and almost folded before the rescue of a Brisbane visitor led to the meeting that saw the formation of the current club.

The club went on to record a num-

ber of firsts. Not only was it the state’s first surf club, it also held the first official surf lifesaving awards, had the first recognised rescue and was home to the world’s first female bronze medallion holder, Edie Kieft. The club was also the first to have junior lifesavers patrolling during World War I and in 1922 formed the state’s first ladies’ life saving club.

During the 1920s the club had to be shifted by punt in order to avoid encroaching tides. Mr Styman said such incidents showed the determination and dedication of club members.

A first-time author, Mr Styman spent three years compiling the book, but says he was happy to take on the task.

‘The surf club does so much for the continued on page 2

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community and I just thought it was time to give something back,’ he said.

‘One hundred years is a long time. They’re trying to make it something to remember and this [book] is just one of the facets of that’.

Mr Hickling said the book has attracted great interest from club members, with about 100 books already sold.

The book is available for sale at the club at a cost of $65.

The official launch takes place at the club on Saturday, October 16, at 4pm (DST).

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Compensation sought over rally Kyogle councillor Ross Brown has called on the state government to provide at least $1 million each to Tweed and Kyogle shires as compensation for the relocation of the controversial world rally to Coffs Harbour.

Cr Brown, who was Kyogle mayor during the event, was angry at the way his community was treated throughout the rally saga, telling local media that the way the shires were told the news ‘just shows the complete lack of respect for us, there is no doubt this decision was made some time ago’.

Cr Brown said he wasn’t sure about any legal action ‘but considering they are getting an extra $9 million and we invested considerable money, time and emotion into the event, I believe we should get some compensation’.

‘I think $2 million should be removed from the money given to CAMS and $1 million each be given to the Tweed and us.

We were given the Abu Dhabi Spirit of Rally Award last year (from the World Rally Championship organisers) and I will be moving that we give that back.’

Lismore MP Thomas George said he was ‘absolutely disgusted’ at the way rally organisers treated the shires. Mr George said CAMS had ignored the NSW government over a meeting planned with stakeholders before the decision was made.

‘I wanted questions answered and we haven’t been given the courtesy of that. Both councils had committed themselves for the 10-year period, and to not even have been offered the courtesy or opportunity to sit down and discuss the perceived concerns associated with the event is a disgrace.’

Minister backs secrecy over rally funding

Tweed mayor Kevin Skinner is dead against helping the local Festival of Speed on Tweed with ratepayer funding but his deputy Barry Longland, background, would like to see it continue. Photo Luis Feliu

Costings of rally needed: Cohen North Coast Greens MLC Ian Cohen has again called on the state government to release costings of the controversial world rally to see what real benefits it had for the Tweed and Kyogle shires.

Mr Cohen also fears Coffs Harbour will face similar issues related to the rally which was foisted on the two Northern Rivers shires last year.

‘It’s a significant win for the local community but I remain concerned about the potential impact of the rally for Coffs Harbour communities from this environmentally and financially irresponsible event.

‘Holding an international motor sport in one of Australia’s most biodiverse and iconic natural areas, the Green Cauldron, demonstrates the frightening lack of vision in Events NSW. ‘However, simply moving the event is not a win for the wider community as the Coffs Harbour area may face similar

issues to those experienced in the Northern Rivers region.

The organisers and the NSW Government need to open the books on the event and commission an independent examination of the submissions made to the IMC Review.’

Mr Cohen said that moving the rally also did not address ‘the lingering concerns about the economic costs and benefits of this event’.

‘I think there is a real fear that the income generation figures touted by the treasurer Eric Roozendaal are grossly inflated and inaccurate. There remain questions as to why any local area would accommodate this type of event.

‘I again call on the government to release detailed costing on how much they have spent on this event and what the real profits will be so that the people of Coffs Harbour can make an informed decision about whether they want the Repco rally in their backyard.’

NSW Major Events Minister Kevin Greene has defended the secrecy surrounding funding for the controversial world rally, believed to be millions of dollars.

In response to questions from The Echo about the funding, Mr Greene said the major events market was ‘highly competitive’ and that therefore ‘effective commercial negotiations demand a degree of confidentiality’.

‘Disadvantage in bidding war’ ‘The release of certain commercial information would create a disadvantage in a major events bidding war if other cities were privy to what Events NSW paid to secure an event,’ he said.

Mr Greene said this would potentially create ‘an inflated marketplace which reduces the amount of events that Events NSW could invest in, thus reducing the amount of economic, marketing and community benefits delivered to the state and increases the likelihood that event bids will be lost to other states or overseas’.

The minister also said there was nothing in the special legislation introduced by his predecessor Ian Macdonald ‘that precludes the rally moving to Coffs Harbour’.

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She said NRG had ‘never taken a stand either for or against’ Speed on Tweed, an event founded in part by an NRG member. The event ‘grew from a local community initiative a number of years ago: if it truly reflects something valued in our community then it will survive. If not, then it will eventually fold’.

‘In any case, the rally organisers’ support for Speed on Tweed has been described by a spokesperson for the Murwillumbah Business Chamber as “underwriting” the event rather than providing 50 per cent of the funding. In a business sense, this means that rally organisers guaranteed that the

the community. If the funds were raised it would cost them nothing!’

CAMS president Andrew Papadopoulos said the Rally Australia board ‘has given inprinciple support to continue with Speed on Tweed based at Murwillumbah’.

Mr Papadopoulos told The Echo the board would review the outcomes of this year’s event and talk to council and other key stakeholders such as the Rotary clubs and CAMS before making any firm decision.

Tweed Council general manager Mike Rayner sits on the Rally Australia board and was often criticised for taking on that role, decided by council late in 2008, because of its potential conflict of interest.

Mr Rayner told The Echo he was ‘withholding’ a decision on whether to stay on the board pending further talks at board

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sions with CAMS and Murwillumbah Rotary regarding the future of Speed on Tweed, prior to preparing a report for council to consider.

Rally chairman quits Meanwhile, Rally Australia board chairman Alan Evans is the latest casualty in the rally saga, quitting from the board this week as a result of the decision to move the rally.

Mr Evans, who remains on the CAMS board, told media the board had ‘given in to the threats’ of what he repeatedly called a ‘small undemocratic minority’ of protesters.

His departure over the rally follows that of disgraced former state development minister Ian Macdonald, who forced the rally onto the Tweed but was forced to resign earlier this year. Mr Macdonald was referred to the state’s corruption watchdog, the Indepen-

was found he improperly used public funds to pay for flight upgrades.

Former Rally Australia director and organising committee chairman Gary Connelly resigned late last year and the contracts of his three-man Murwillumbah-based team were terminated suddenly soon afterwards.

But despite severing his ties with the controversial rally, Mr Evans on Tuesday continued pushing for a major motorsport event on the Tweed, telling ABC Radio that he’d like to see an event such as the Targa rally in Tasmania held here in the future.

Festival of Speed on Tweed chairman Bill Larkin told local media he thought the festival would survive without the rally being held in the area and the organising committee would soon meet to discuss its future.

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Pottsville residents have welcomed plans for an industrial estate near their fast-growing town, but are worried part of it could be turned into another residential development.

Pottsville Community Association president Chris Cherry said most residents recognised the need for more job opportunities and supported developer Heritage Pacificâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s push to create employment lands west of the town. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;But I think the community is very interested to see how the council will ensure this area is developed for employment purposes and not simply for more residential development,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ms Cherry said.

Her comments follow a meeting with the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s managing director, Don Neale, who indicated he was hoping the council would allow some residential development to take place on the site about five kilometres from the town centre. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;We believe that the industrial land should be for employment purposes only and not be watered down with residential development,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; she said.

Mr Neale told an association meeting of about 50 people last week that employment lands were desperately needed in the shire to stem the flow of 11,000 residents driving across the border every day to work.

But he said nothing could

be developed on the land until a new sewage plant was built or the existing Hastings Point plant, which was currently at full capacity, was upgraded.

He revealed he would be asking the council to approve a new â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;closed-systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; treatment plant which operated at greatly reduced costs because it did not have to deal with stormwater run-off like most other plants.

But Ms Cherry asks whether the stormwater would simply be discharged into the ocean, with the potential to create pollution.

Major retail centre Mr Neale also indicated his company was interested in establishing a major retail centre on the highway site. He told the meeting that the 5,000 square metres of retail space in the village would need to increase sixfold over the next 20 years to keep up with demand.

Ms Cherry said the association had not yet formed a view about a retail development on the site, but were strongly opposed to Metriconâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s push to establish a major centre on its nearby Seabreeze estate.

The association invited Mr Neale to expand on his plans after the council recently gave him the greenlight to rezone a 14.5ha site as part of an overhaul of the North Coast regional strategy.

Ms Cherry said residents were upset that councillors had ignored their plannersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; advice

that the rezoning be restricted to an area of 12.3ha to exclude areas of steep slopes and to protect other areas considered to be of high conservation values.

The council voted 4-3 to support an option which planners advised was the worst of five possible outcomes.

The option, which was favoured only by the developer, allows the removal of a prominent hill and intrudes into an area covered by a tree preservation order which has already been subject to illegal clearing activities.

The move was strongly opposed by Crs Barry Longland, Dot Holdom and Katie Milne who said the developer would have been well aware of the constraints on the land before he took out an option to purchase.

rezoning application by Heritage Pacific.

But council staff say that legal action should be put on hold if the landowner enters a legally binding agreement to restore areas of land which were cleared without approval.

Until this is done council will not process the rezoning application. The report says a decision to avoid litigation will â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;minimiseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; further legal costs. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;There is no guarantee that any successful legal proceedings will result in the revegetation of the site to the same extent that could be negotiated with the landowner on the basis of not proceeding with the rezoning application,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Mr Connell said.

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The decision to let the landowner, identified only as Tagget, off the hook follows secret legal advice from solicitors Lindsay Taylor Lawyers and agrees with staff recommendations.

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Festival manager Kerry Turner said the multicultural event went quite well with ‘an amazing positive atmosphere’ despite the soggy grounds.

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Homeless forced to camp on street Kate McIntosh

Homeless men, women and children are being forced to ‘camp’ in cars, under buildings and near churches due to a lack of crisis accommodation in Tweed shire, advocates say.

You Have a Friend president John Lee said many of Tweed’s marginalised and most vulnerable people are facing an increasingly desperate situation.

Mr Lee has been campaigning for the establishment of a drop-in centre, which he says would go some way to help alleviate the problem.

But he says moves to get the centre off the ground have stalled due to a lack of funds, with pleas to local government and MPs going largely unheard.

‘This is a desperate situation and it’s genuinely getting worse,’ he said.

‘It’s pretty bloody sad the lack of support that’s going on.

‘My question is where can they [homeless people] go? The answer is nowhere. They’ve got no home, nowhere to go.

It’s that bad. They only need a place to shower and sleep, doesn’t have to be overnight as they can just move on.’

Mr Lee said up to 50 people sleep rough in the Tweed/ Coolangatta area on any given night.

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You Have a Friend president John Lee, left, and volunteer Karen Cavanagh ready to serve out meals to the homeless at Murwillumbah’s Knox Park recently. Photo Jeff Dawson

The You Have a Friend organisation currently serves more than 300 meals a week at breakfast, lunch and night outreaches in Coolangatta, Chinderah and Murwillumbah.

It also supplies food to local households, caravan parks, as well as a housing commission complex.

Last year the state government provided just one per cent or $750,000 of the $69 million allocated to homelessness to the Tweed district.

This is despite the fact that in

the 2006 census, Tweed Heads had the highest homeless rate per capita in NSW, exceeding both Sydney and Newcastle.

While unemployment, relationship breakdowns and long housing waits were all contributing factors to homelessness, Mr Lee said addiction and mental health issues were of particular concern.

Mr Lee says the lack of support was driving many to despair. ‘Many of these die from what we call street-related causes such as alcohol and

drugs and they have no support,’ he said.

‘Six people we know of have died in the past 30 months around the Tweed – three of those have suicided, two of them were young women in their 30s, while the other was a young guy in his 40s.’

Mr Lee says he is hoping to collect 4,000 signatures in a petition to lobby government support for a local drop-in centre.

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The Sydney-based author’s latest novel The Prisoner of Mount Warning draws on his own experiences in bohemia circles in the Northern Rivers region during the 1960s and 70s.

During that time Michael (pictured right) headed a monthly writer’s saloon at iconic Surfers Paradise nightspot the Swingin’ Safari and was active in the arts scene from Melbourne to Mullumbimby.

In his latest novel, central character Charles Dorritt recovers from a breakdown and announces he is publishing his memoirs of torture and sexslavery at the hands of the security services.

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The book was written entirely at Michael’s Tweed hinterland property and the locations will be familiar to locals.

Despite the Tweed having an active literary scene, Michael said Mt Warning rarely features heavily in novels.

‘It’s a bit of a clean slate really. It hasn’t been written about much,’ he said.

‘Visually I used it because I could see it as I was writing.’

A ‘sinister looking old shed’ in his backyard also inspired

the setting of his central character’s sexual enslavement.

It’s the second time Michael has used the Tweed in his work, with his 1982 fantasy novel Pacific Highway also set in the region.

Originally from the English midlands, Michael recently took early retirement from his his job teaching literature and creative writing at the University of Sydney where he is now an emeritus professor, and plans to relocate to Tweed permanently.

He says he now wants to concentrate on writing and plans to use Dorritt as a recurring character in a series of private-eye novels.

It’s another chapter in a diverse career that has included stints as a milkman, applepicker, newspaper columnist and postman. Michael’s novels have been translated into 20 languages. As well as chairing the Australian Academy of the Humanities and the NSW Writers’ Centre, Michael was also once named Cosmopolitan’s Bachelor of the Month.

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Tweed Climate Action Now (CAN) is taking part in this Sunday’s (10/10/10) global day for local climate action, by installing an accessible and wheelchair friendly raised vegetable garden at Tweed Valley Respite Service in Dungay.

A CAN spokesperson said a lacklustre approach to climate change by world leaders had prompted millions all over the world to take action into their own hands by holding a global work party this Sunday the 10th of the 10th, 2010.

Judy Oakenfull said environmental network 350.org is organising the global event.

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If we’re going to get back to 350, we need to start working on solutions right away’.

Last October, the group helped mobilise over 5200 actions in 181 countries. News television network CNN called it ‘the most widespread day of political action in the planet’s history’.

‘This year looks set to be even bigger with nearly 6,000 events taking place in 183 countries already. Events this year range from women in Pakistan learning how to use solar ovens, to students in Zimbabwe installing solar panels on a rural hospital, to sumo wrestlers in Japan riding their

bicycles to practice,’ she said.

The vegetable garden will benefit people who ordinarily are unable to participate in gardening because of their disability or lack of access to a garden plot of a suitable height.

‘Personal organic veggie gardens are part of the climate solution as they help to reduce carbon emissions by cutting down the fuel needed for transport used to get the produce from grower to market, from market to shops, from shops to plate. They also reduce any need for inorganic fertiliser which harms the soil and its inhabitants. The food from such a garden is generally fresher and healthier as well.’

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Good riddance It’s gone, good riddance, and what we are left with is the indignation of those few who did benefit from the world rally being staged in Tweed Shire.

The rally was of no serious benefit to the businesses of the shire. Day trippers from Queensland with their car boots full of grog did not add to our wealth. Most motels, restaurants and cafes reported normal or below normal custom.

Even the rally itself seems to have been a financial flop (but who can tell, because although it’s public money they lost, the information is kept private). Officials have been reduced to counting free tickets, media passes and captive householders along the route in order to bolster their attendance figures. Only a few business cheerleaders took anything away from the event.

The saga also brought into focus how our tourism promotion bodies, funded by a mix of membership fees and government grants, work against the expectations of their communities.

Tweed Tourism, funded to the tune of around half a million dollars a year by Tweed Council, unashamedly promoted the rally despite a good number of its members being involved in eco-tourism. They were not in favour of the event because it trashed the Tweed’s ‘brand’ – a brand which relies heavily on biodiversity values. The tourism boss even jetted down to Sydney to do some last-minute lobbying to retain the rally in the shire. At the same time the Tweed Tourism website boasts about our Green Cauldron, part of the ‘prestigious’ Australian National Landscapes Program which recognises this natural wonderland.

Tourism chiefs are apparently yet to see this glaring conflict.

Northern Rivers Tourism’s boss was another to publicly rue the loss of the rally, blaming the ‘lack of a proactive lobby for supporting major events in the region’. The fact is there was a pro-active lobby against the rally, as many felt it was inappropriate event for an area full of world-heritage national parks. And again the Northern Rivers Tourism website contradicts its boss by saying its mission is to ‘develop and promote authentic and diverse tourism experiences for a sustainable future for the region’.

The rally also served to corrupt government processes in the region. The local council was hopelessly conflicted by the evident gap between rally rhetoric and reality, a conflict symbolised by the general manager holding a directorship of the event he was partly responsible for regulating.

When the state government took over the process, after it seemed that local residents’ concerns were beginning to be heard, the miasma of incompetence and corruption that surrounds NSW Labor headed north, ensuring controversy before the rally and disinformation in its aftermath.

Therefore, it would be wise to examine closely the motives of those who will tell you with a straight face that black is white and that losing the rally is a huge blow to our region. Ask them for detailed figures when they point to ‘financial losses’. Ask for survey evidence when they say that the ‘silent majority’ was in favour of the rally.

An intrusive and entirely inappropriate motor sport, which is commercially so unviable that it can only take place with secret taxpayer subsidies, has been sent packing, thank God. Now God help Coffs Harbour.

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J

ulia Gillard can afford to be reasonably satisfied with the first week of the rest of her government.

She might have lost a procedural vote of no real consequence (although The Australian seemed to regard it as an event only marginally less devastating than the floods in Pakistan) but in general her troops stuck together and she managed to open up a crack in the opposition.

Peter Slipper insists that he promised nothing at all in return for Labor’s support for his election as deputy speaker; well, having seen the battering his old foe Alex Somlyay received during his own negotiations for the position, he would, wouldn’t he. But Slippery Pete, as he is now universally known, has form: he ratted on the National Party to join the Libs and has since shown an insatiable appetite for the lurks and perks associated with his job.

And the mere fact that he was prepared to accept nomination and then defeat the choice of his own side suggests that his commitment to the cause of Tony Abbott is less than total.

The embarrassment caused by his elevation is reward enough in itself for Gillard, but it would not be surprising if there was some more tangible quid pro quo involved further down the track.

But for the moment it does not appear that Gillard will need one in the near future.

It is true that, since Abbott reneged on his original agreement, when Harry Jenkins, rather than Slipper, is in the chair, her theoretical majority on the floor of the house is just one. But it needs to be remembered that on the crucial matters of votes of confidence and the guarantee of supply Bob Katter is also committed

to abstention, if not support; this raises the figure to two or three, and the Western Australian Tony Crook cannot be counted as rock solid for Abbott either.

So there is a bit of a buffer, and it is likely to remain: if Abbott is serious about trying to woo the independents to his own side, his hairy-chested, ferocious, take-no-prisoners approach is precisely the wrong

Afghanistan is the more manageable because although Tony Abbott appears to have abandoned strict bipartisanship with his call for more troops, at least he and Gillard appear to agree that withdrawal, as demanded by Wilkie, is not an option. Unless and until the increasing rate of Australian casualties becomes a public issue on the something approaching the scale of Vietnam

If Abbott is trying to woo the independents, his take-noprisoners approach is the wrong way to go about it.

by Mungo MacCallum way to go about it. Assuming party discipline holds rather better on the government side than it so far has on the opposition, Gillard’s survival is not an immediate issue.

But her legislative program certainly is. Even last week there were clear warnings that the crossbenchers not only had minds of their own, but that they were ready and eager to exploit their temporary power bases whenever the opportunity arose. Andrew Wilkie’s articulate and passionate denunciation of Australia’s kneejerk participation in the Coalition of the Willing and its reckless and illegal invasion of Iraq and his consequent rejection of the Afghanistan adventure was matched only by Adam Bandt’s thoughtful and heartfelt plea for serious action on climate change.

These are two areas where the government is both vulnerable and sensitive and which are likely to grow in importance during the life of the parliament.

40 years ago, the serious arguments will be about the size of our contribution, not about its rationale.

But climate change is more problematic. Since the Greens forced Gillard to take the issue off the backburner and put it back front and centre where it belongs, the debate about putting a price on carbon (which does not necessarily mean a tax – will someone please tell Tony Abbott) has already replaced the National Broadband Network as the focus of parliamentary debate and the major difference between the parties.

Technically Abbott is correct when he accuses Gillard of breaking an election promise, although the postponement of action on carbon was never presented as the core of Labor’s re-election platform – it was always something forced upon the government by a recalcitrant senate and political circumstances. But there is no doubt that the proposed interparty committee on the subject makes a lot more sense than

Gillard’s people’s assembly, even if Abbott has forbidden his own colleagues from taking part.

Given that the need for a carbon price has been strongly restated by the treasury and is now openly espoused by the large majority of the business community as both good policy and good economics, Abbott’s stance is not necessarily a winning move, and it would be surprising if some in his own party (and not just Malcolm Turnbull) were not already telling him so. And not just in Australia; for his first junket Abbott is in England to talk to the British Prime Minister David Cameron, a Tory who campaigned on the need for action on climate change.

But Abbott being Abbott, he is not going to be persuaded; if he eventually does make yet another backflip on the subject, it will be for reasons of urgent opportunism rather than logic. For the moment mindless opposition suits his program better.

Gillard, meanwhile, is in Brussels talking to 43 assorted leaders; once again climate change will be high on the agenda. And on her way to Brussels she dropped in on Kabul, apparently to see if president Hamid Karzai could give her any tips for the debate on his unhappy country. Or perhaps it was just to collect a few thoughts on political survival under cruel and unusual circumstances.

Last week will have brought some reassurance, but the fascinating thing about the situation which now prevails in Canberra is its unpredictability. Thankfully we have the footie finals, the test cricket and the Commonwealth Games to bring us back to normality during the break. Now that’s real action. Politics, shmolitics.

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Diana Eriksen

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Q With the World Rally now consigned to its rightful place in the cesspit of government ineptitude, I hope that those who organised the community opposition and the 75 per cent of residents who opposed the rally will now direct their concentration to the important issues facing the Tweed.

We need a council prepared to listen to to the growing number of international economists who now realise that a growthdriven economy is ultimately unsustainable in today’s world; a council prepared to set a standard for sustainable development and tell the development lobby that if they don’t like this they can take their 20th century ideology elsewhere; and a council with the guts to set a population limit for the Tweed. These three issues govern all the current environmental, infrastructure and liveability problems which the current incumbents refuse to address.

Now that the trivia has been James McKenzie disposed of, it’s time for these Mt Wollumbin newly-activated campaigners to get real.

Jeremy Cornford Q It is sad that our local MP, Kingscliff Thomas George, reacted so angrily to the news of the dread rally moving to Coffs Harbour. Q Although I for one am happy I consider him a good hard- the rally is going to Coffs Harworking politician, but his bour (I hope they are) I feel sad judgement on the value of the at the discord in the commurally is not well considered at all. nity in the Tweed region. Before He mourned the loss of so- blaming NRG and anti-rally called interstate visitors who protesters, please consider this: zapped over the invisible state although being branded a miline to witness the event. Why nority, around 4,000 signatures is the loss of noisy hoons and were collected against the rally petrol heads on our roads that in a short time.

More votes than either our weekend so tragic? They certainly wouldn’t be marvelling former mayor and deputy got at our beautiful scenery or [in the election], almost more studying the botanical diversity than both together. These were as their eyes would have been submitted as part of the review. glued to the circuit. They did If the rally had been organised not dally after the races to fill properly, using due process inour accommodation places or stead of over-riding our rights buy a good meal at a restaurant, and laws, if there had been efthe bright lights of the Gold fective community consultation Coast were more exciting. Also with a well-informed commuI have been informed that the nity (not one bombarded with fast-food outlets licensed to sell spin) and had there been an food around the pit area mainly unbiased and genuine review came from Queensland. So we process that unequivocally had lots of inconvenience and demonstrated the benefit to the area – and the majority of little financial gain.

The myth that millions of the community still wanted it – people who watched the race the anti-rally groups would not worldwide would be so en- have had a leg to stand on and tranced with the scenic back- the rally would have stayed in drop that they would flock to the region.

This was not the case. So those feeling ‘ripped off ’ have a choice. Either complain (did you actually do anything to support the rally staying?) or join forces to restore the region to the happily community-minded place it was before the rally ripped through town.

Join forces to make the events that are already here, like Speed on Tweed and the Classical Music Festival, Banana Festival and Environment Day festival the best they can be. Join forces to make this area a shining example of eco-friendly tourism.

Our greatest feature is our natural environment. This type of success may not be as overt or glamorous as a one off event like the rally, but the statistics are what count and we can bring success to this region that is beneficial to everyone. Byron is getting crowded, let’s offer an alternative!

Suzanne Gray

Chinderah I have just enjoyed the Unity Festival in Murwillumbah, which celebrated the cultural richness and diversity of this area. This week we also have the Caldera Artfest.

These events showcase the social fabric and artistic creativity of our spectacular bioregion.

Last week the Kingscliff Triathlon brought economic benefits to the town’s merchants.

About 1,000 participants were cheered on by friends and family. No noise. No motor fumes.

No hype or spin. No protests. A healthy event, supported by the host community.

We don’t need a foreign car rally here in the Tweed. Western Australia gave the rally the boot because it didn’t deliver, and it didn’t deliver here.

We have our own homegrown events which bring more pleasure and more profit.

Some recent successful events include: Speed on Tweed, Ukitopia’s Cabaret 360, Ride the Rim Tweed Valley Cycling Odyssey, and the Tyalgum Music Festival.

Throughout the year visitors are attracted to our galleries, eateries and guesthouses by the Banana Festival, Tweed River Festival, and various surfing and surf-lifesaving carnivals.

We look forward to growing our own local brand showcasing our unique environment and talented population. We don’t need a car race imposed from outside to put us on the map. Many places have motor sport, but our claim to fame will be more sustainable events.

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Kingscliff So the controversial World Rally is going to take place

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in the Coffs Harbour area in 2011. Well that’s a good thing.

It would have been even better if our new ‘green’ mayor had not used his vote on Friday to vote for the rally’s return to the Tweed. And it would have been even better still for our ‘green’ mayor not to have welcomed the world rally back if Coffs kicks it out.

(Well there are, I believe, a few greenies and national parks in the area.)

I noted at the emergency council meeting to keep the rally in the Caldera, which, as it turned out, had no effect on the FIA decision, certain councillors declared minimum conflicts of interest where the rally was concerned. I also noted that Mike Rayner did not declare any conflict of interest at the meeting. Perhaps, as he is a council employee and not an elected councillor, he did not have to declare himself. Mind you, it must be quite a relief for him that the conflict of interest spectre hanging over his head no longer exists, and he didn’t even have to make the decision.

Sleep well, Mike.

Now we hear that the future of Murwillumbah’s Speed on Tweed event is in doubt, after a decision to move the World Rally championships to Coffs Harbour. Why should this be so? The reason given is that last year the financially embattled car festival was saved by the rally group, and now its survival will depend on community support.

It may well have been saved by the rally group, but with local ratepayers’ money. Now here’s a radical idea. What if the the council uses the $120,000 of ratepayer money earmarked for each rally event to keep the Speed on Tweed going?

Personally, I don’t care whether the Speed on Tweed survives, but it is rather quaint and does actually bring money to the area, so why not keep it going?And it thrived on community support before the rally hit town, so, again, why not keep it going?

Chris Degenhardt

Q 7th Generation Inc is pleased to hear that the rally has been removed from our National Parks and the ecologically sensitive areas that were identified

by Dr Steve Phillips in his Environmental Report. I wish to congratulate CAMS (the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport) for their acknowledgment of the value they placed on those areas by their decision to remove the rally from National Parks and these ecologically sensitive areas.

Australia’s first National Park was established in 1879 south of Sydney and the next near Adelaide in 1891. The community even back then understood intergenerational equity which means that as a minimum future generations should be left no worse off than the current generation in terms of environmental heritage.

As a community we enjoy these areas today because of the forethought of previous generations who understood the importance of preserving and protecting the environment for the future. As part of the current generation, 7th Generation Inc feel that we must continue that legacy of protection.

7th Generation Inc are disappointed that Events NSW, which was the state government’s approving authority for this event, did not carry out as part of their approval process any community consultation prior to the approval of these areas for the rally. We feel that if this had been done these areas could have been avoided with the first event and therefore limiting community division around this event.

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the Tweed has proved just that, a myth. Rally fans won’t travel anywhere to hug a tree. The natural environment is a low priority compared to watching thrills and spills and fast cars drifting around blind corners.

Good luck, Coffs Harbour, I hope you love the smell of high octane in the morning.

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Q Where are the international tourists Repco Rally promised to deliver?

Millions of dollars of Events NSW and Tweed Shire Council funds have been wasted on this non event. Where are the Events NSW and Tweed Shire Council funds to keep Wintersun here? Wasted on the worthless Repco Rally of course.

Where is the affordable Tweed Tourism regional marketing campaign to draw tourists from Byron and Gold Coast to the Tweed?

All the bucks have been blown by empire builders making monumental mistakes.

Like the region’s National Landscapes Green Cauldron Mt Warning/Wollumbin tourism marketing campaign, launched by ministers Garrett and Ferguson. Wollumbin was applied to Mt Warning (Wulambiny Momoli) as a false dual name; Green Cauldron is nothing but racist, false, destruction of true indigenous culture.

Tweed Tourism manager Phil Villiers was ‘gutted’ at the loss of the Repco Rally. Phil could follow Rally Australia Chairman Alan Evans’s lead and resign.

But why should ‘gutted’ Phil fall on his sword, when there are plenty of public funds to squander?

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It was also clear that there needs to be an avenue for Tweed residents to provide examples of the type of industry and tourism they have experienced in other parts of the world which can provide ed development plan, one that uses another access option that wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t destroy the waterway or the trees alongside it.

This is the plan that should have been used in the first place and will certainly be a lot less cost to the developer and the right option for the environment to save a natural waterway, the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;protectedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; trees, fish, birds and all the other species which live there. And take away the very real risk of sulphuric acid entering the Tweed River and causing massive fish kills.

So although Kevin Skinner, the new mayor, has got off to a shaky start with his â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Green Goalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; he has stated he wants to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;protect our pristine environmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and this is his chance to do the right thing, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;especially in his home areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

And for all the councillors who may not have been fully aware of what was involved when they originally approved this plan, but are now, that common sense will prevail and they will all approve this amended plan for Ozone Street because it is the right thing to do.

Lynda Mack

Chinderah

Water options worry Why is the council voting on the water options on October 19? This decision should be deferred until the councillors have been provided with all the relevant information and facts to make such a crucial decision.

The imminent release of the Tweed Water Sharing Plan, from the NSW Office of Water, DECCW, in October, should guide this decision, and the council should not vote prior to it being gazetted as law. This legislation will be in place for the next ten years. After all, three of the four Tweed Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s water augmentation options were not actually viable or legal within the Draft Water Sharing Plan: the pipelines to SE Queensland, and Rous Water (Richmond Shire) and the prohibition of Byrrill Creek Dam. Have councillors been provided, via the Water Department staff, with the formal statement from the majority of the Community Working 10 October 7, 2010 The Tweed Shire Echo

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models for what would work here, rather than leaving it all up to chance.

A leadership role is required here, but where is that going to come from?

Julie Boyd

Hastings Point Q Last Thursday, many community groups attended a well-run consultation with council on the draft Community Strategic Plan 2011/2021.

This is a document that aims to encompass the vision of the community for our shire for the next ten years. It was noteworthy that the community groups present all seemed to

Group members, asking for a complete independent review of the councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Demand Management Policy prior to making a decision?

MWH, the firm which has been compiling Tweed Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s water reports and policies, has been involved with consultation in the Traveston Dam on the Mary River in Queensland.

Hunter Water are the consultants for the Tillegra Dam near Newcastle. In both cases, independent reviews conducted by the well-respected economics consultancy, Centre for International Economics (CIE), found the dams were not necessarily the right solution, and demand management facts and principles needed to be re-examined.

The Traveston Dam was overturned by the Federal Government due to endangered species, and the Byrrill Creek Dam would be in the same category with more endangered species than at Traveston. Has the recommendation from Aboriginal advisory component of the CWG also been forwarded on to the councillors? These reports all need to be included to see the whole picture.

Cr van Lieshout should not have permission to vote, due to a conflict of interest, as her husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s land and businesses will be affected by the Byrrill Creek Dam. Council should take its time and examine all the facts before coming to any decision on Tweedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future water supply that they may regret in the future.

Joanna Gardner

Byrrill Creek

BUG begs for a big turnout We are having a Ride To Work breakfast on Wednesday, October 13, from 6.30am-8.30am at the Civic Centre park in front of the Tweed Shire Council building in Murwillumbah.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll provide a free breakfast and giveaways and hope to get a good turnout on the morning. The event is being run by Wollumbin Bicycle User Group (BUG) with the assistance of Murwillumbah Central Rotary and Tweed Shire Council.

Ride to Work is a national

share the same needs and vision for the Tweed.

To make this the best possible guide for our future, council needs to hear from as many individual people as possible, so if you are interested in the direction the Tweed is taking, if you are interested in planning for your childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future, if you are interested in protecting what we have here in the Tweed, then please go online and make your submissions regarding what is important to you. You can make a difference.

Chris Cherry

Pottsville Community Association event; it is a behaviour change program, encouraging workers to feel good and have fun by commuting to work by bike and experiencing the health, financial and environmental benefits of riding. This year 150,000 participants are expected nationwide.

Healthy employees are more efficient and productive and regular physical activity like cycling can help protect against serious diseases like obesity, diabetes, mental illness and arthritis. Swedish researchers have shown that bike riding can lower blood pressure, improve blood fats and lower blood glucose.

Cycling is a zero emission form of transport. Cycling just 10km to work each day instead of driving saves approximately 1.3 tonnes (or 1,300kg) of greenhouse emissions each year.

Margy Crisp

Wollumbin BUG

Stuff the community Dot Holdom, I want my vote back! Didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take long for you to join Polglase and his developer mates, what will your next campaign slogan be, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Holdom To Ransomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;?

Seems like if a group complains about something that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fit the agenda of the majority council, just sack whoever is in charge and put someone else in, and stuff the community. Koalas and Aboriginal affairs ring a bell? I strongly suggest that all you new arrivals take an interest in this pro-development council or you could end up living in a place which will be just like the one you escaped from!

Apart from a few councillors that seem to have the best interests of the Tweed and the community at heart, the rest seem quite happy to sell off all and everything in the name of being â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;visionaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and, again, stuff the community!

By the way, now that the elections are over, could Messrs Elliot, Hunter and van Lieshout like to take their campaign signs off the trees on Clothiers Creek Road, Bogangar, thank you.

Ray Roberts

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Myofunctional therapy with strong nasal breathing enhances wellness and learning potential, and correct tongue posture creates more ideal jaw and tooth positioning. Children from approximately four years of age can be helped with simple myofunctional therapy.

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Television Guide 1. Will Smith is in the secret service’s sights in Enemy Of The State (Prime, Friday, 8.30pm), a decent espionage thriller.

2. Amanda Bynes is at her charming best in She’s The Man (NBN, Saturday, 7.30pm), a sort of remake of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, in which genders get bent, folded and mutilated.

3. Richard Ayoade plays the über-nerd Maurice Moss in the new season of The IT Crowd (ABC, Wednesdays, 9pm), which rates up there with Black Books in the pantheon of strange comedy.

TEN has the Commonwealth Games for sports nuts.

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4.30 Shortland Street 5.00 Something In The Air 5.30 Gardening Australia 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Penguin Island 11.30 The New Inventors 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Enough Rope With Andrew Denton 1.30 Lilies 2.30 Spicks And Specks 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Meerkat Manor 6.30 Can We Help?

7.00 ABC News 7.30 Stateline 8.00 Collectors 8.30 Waking The Dead (M) 10.15 Lateline 11.00 Star Stories (M) Britney Spears 11.25 The Gruen Transfer (M) 11.55 rage (M)

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5.30 The Cook And The Chef 6.00 ABC 5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs

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With this week’s Sun, Saturn, Mercury and late week new moon in Libra, make it beautiful is the mandate and Venus activities rule…

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6.30 Behind The News 7.00 ABC News 7.45 Contact Sport 8.00 ABC News 8.45 The Quarters 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 The Quarters 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 ABC News 11.30 Australian Story 12.00 Big Ideas 1.00 BBC World News 2.00 Stateline 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 Stateline

ARIES: The worst use of this week’s Mars in Scorpio animal instincts is unleashing the beast. Second worst is caging it.

Best of all is using it as a powerful ally in achieving this weeks aims, whether they’re mattress action, business initiatives or personal exploration.

TAURUS: With the planetary emphasis in the sign of togetherness this week’s magic moments are in connection with others, whether one on one or group activities.

Socializing is rosiest late week when exciting new introductions could be just the ticket for furthering current projects.

GEMINI: As Mercury moves forward, so do you. Frozen projects thaw, obstacles slide aside and with astral energies at play in your house of pleasure life’s looking

SBS 2 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 Global Village 6.30 Taste Takes Off 7.00 Cooking In The Danger Zone: Uganda 7.30 Syrian School 8.30 Law And Disorder: Whistleblowers

9.30 Movie: 3-Iron (MA 2004) Korean romantic drama. Stars Lee Seung-yeon, Jae Hee 11.10 Movie: Samaritan Girl (M 2004) Korean drama. Stars Lee Eol, Gwak Ji-min, Seo Min-jung 12.55 Weatherwatch

6.00 Kids Time 8.30 Sons & Daughters 9.00 Home & Away 9.30 Shortland St 10.00 Coronation St 10.30 Emmerdale 11.00 All My Children 12.00 Kitchen Time 2.30 Movie: Nicholas Nickleby (PG 2002) Anne Hathaway, Charlie Hunnam 5.00 Best Dish 6.00 Movie: Tinker Bell (G 2008) Animation 7.30 Ghost Whisperer 8.30 Escape To The Country 9.45 60 Minute Makeover 10.45 How Not To Decorate

11.45 Movie: Their Eyes Were Watching God (M 2005) Halle Berry, Ruben Santiago-Hudson 2.00 1998 Aust Open Tennis: Lendl v Cash

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NBN 5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 Infomercials 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show 1.00 The View 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Alive And Cooking 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 News 5.00 Antiques Roadshow 5.30 Hot Seat

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5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News

1.00 Opera: Acis And Galatea 2.40 Anton And The Piano 2.50 A Sensitive Eye 3.25 The Chopin Etudes 3.30 Disfarmer 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Mythbusters 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Monster Moves 8.30 Iron Chef 9.20 RocKwiz 10.00 Movie: Let The Right One In (MAV 2008) Swedish horror.

Stars Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson 12.05 SOS 1.05 Speaking In Tongues 1.35 Knot At Home (M) Security 2.10 Weatherwatch

SBS 2 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 The Squiz 6.30 At The Table With Douglas Rodriguez 7.00 Taste Takes Off 7.30 A History Of Britain 8.30 Voyages Of Discovery Captain Cook 9.30 Movie: Exit (MAV 2006) Swedish thriller. Stars Mads Mikkelsen, Alexander Skarsgård, Samuel Fröler 11.20 Movie: Girls On Top (M 2001) German comedy. Stars Diana Amft, Felicitas Woll 12.55 Weatherwatch

good like a Gemini’s should. Especially with Mars and Venus in the house of lust stimulating your inner sinner…

CANCER: Cancerian Iris Murdoch wrote that people on distant planets tuning into our human wavelength might hear a continuous scream. And another time that people from a flowerless planet would imagine us mad with joy to live in such beauty… Your view this week depends on mood control.

LEO: If family dynamics or office politics are turning life into a pressure cooker of dummy spits and hissy fits and you’re playing lead negotiator, you’ll get the best results by avoiding blame, accusation or venting. Control of the mind-to-mouth highway is crucial this week.

6.00 Saturday Club 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 9.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 V8 Supercars: Bathurst 1000 5.00 The Outdoor Room 5.30 Sydney Weekender 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Australia Smashes Guinness World Records 7.00 Movie: The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (G 1996) Animation 9.00 Movie: The Bourne Identity (M 2002) Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper 11.30 Movie: Mr Majestyk (M 1974) Charles Bronson, Linda Cristal, Lee Purcell 1.30 Home Shopping 7 TWO 6.00 Kids Programs 7.30 Home And Away Catch-Up 9.30 Better Homes And Gardens 10.30 The Great Outdoors 11.30 Monster House 12.30 Street Cafe 1.00 10 Things You Didn’t Know About

1.35 Movie: It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad World (G 1963) Jimmy Durante, Sid Caesar, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney 5.00 The Great Australian Doorstep 5.30 Man About The House 6.00 Love Thy Neighbour 6.30 Doctor Finlay 7.30 Heartbeat 8.30 Cracker (M)

10.45 Movie: The Knock (M 2007) Malcolm Storry, Suzan Crowley, David Morrissey 1.20 2001 Australian Open Tennis: Clement v Grosjean

VIRGO: Your boss planet Mercury’s move to Libra increases your objectivity and ability to view of matters from all angles.

And this week all information should be questioned, examined, researched and verified. Don’t let people’s changes of mind or mood (or your own) throw you off balance.

LIBRA: Mercury, Saturn and Sun in Libra tip this week’s scales in favor of self reinvention, one of your favorite things.

Late week Libra new moon’s your annual opportunity for not so much a new look (you’ve got that nailed) but a new look at the inner you.

SCORPIO: This week sends you on a personal journey of self discovery which involves acknowledging and amending

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NBN News A Current Affair Customs RBT Movie: What Happens In Vegas (M 2008) Cameron Diaz 10.30 Movie: On Deadly Ground (AV 1994) Steven Seagal, Michael Caine, Joan Chen 12.25 Movie: Out Of Order (MA 2003) Eric Stoltz, Felicity Huffman, Kim Dickens 2.20 Movie: Rasputin – The Mad Monk (M 1966) Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley 4.00 Danoz 4.30 Good Morning America

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5.00 rage (PG) 6.00 Kids’ Program 11.00 Poh’s Kitchen 6.00 At The Movies 11.30 Message Stick (G*) Bloodlines: 6.30 Wild At Heart the Torres family 7.30 Hope Springs 12.00 Stateline 8.30 Movie: The Owl And The Pussycat (M 1970) Barbra 12.30 Australian Story Streisand 1.00 WNBL Basketball LIVE – Bulleen v Canberra 10.05 Movie: The Bells Of St Mary’s (G 1945) Bing Crosby 3.00 Movie: McLintock! (PG 1963) John Wayne 12.05 Once A Soldier 5.00 Bowls Queensland Open: 12.35 1 Giant Leap Womens Triples Final 1.00 South Side Story 1.30 Sleep Clinic 6.00 Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook 2.00 Close 6.30 Gardening Australia 7.00 ABC News 7.30 New Tricks 8.30 The Bill (M) 9.20 Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (M) Swansea 4.00 ABC News 4.05 The Quarters 4.15 10.05 Ashes To Ashes (M) The Drum 5.05 Q&A 6.00 Stateline 11.00 rage (M)

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Australia Planet Food Japan 12.30 My Wife And Kids 1.30 Insight Scrapheap Challenge 1.00 V8 Supercars: Bathurst 1000 2.30 Taxi School The Daily Show 4.00 Spit It Out 3.00 Living Black The Colbert Report 4.30 Seven News 3.30 Letters And Numbers The Worst Christmas Of My 5.00 M*A*S*H 4.00 The Journal Life 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 4.30 Newshour 8.30 Life On Mars (M) 6.00 Prime News 9.30 Breaking Bad (M) 6.30 Seven News 5.30 Global Village 10.20 Seven Ages Of Rock American 6.00 Letters And Numbers 7.00 Home And Away alternative rock 7.30 Better Homes And Gardens 6.30 World News Australia 11.10 Radio 1’s Big Weekend 8.30 Movie: Enemy Of The State 7.30 Rituals Europe 12.10 Planet Rock Profiles My (M 1999) Will Smith, Gene 8.30 Convoy War for the Atlantic Chemical Romance Hackman, Jon Voight 9.30 World News Australia 12.35 The Royal Today 11.20 Scrubs 10.00 Footy Chicks (M) 1.00 The Real Good Life 1.25 Close 11.00 Movie: My Name Is Juani (MA 11.50 Movie: All Or Nothing (MA 2002) Timothy Spall, Lesley 2006) Spanish comedy. Stars Manville Verónica Echegui, Dani Martin 2.30 Home Shopping 12.35 Movie: Quo Vadis, Baby?

4.00 ABC News 4.05 The Quarters (MA 2005) Italian thriller. Stars 4.20 The Drum 5.00 ABC News 5.15 Angela Baraldi, Gigio Alberti The Quarters 5.30 Newsline 6.00 ABC 2.25 Weatherwatch News Breakfast 9.00 ABC News 9.30

6.05am to 4.30pm Kids’ Programs 4.40 My Goldfish Is Evil 5.05 Erky Perky 5.20 The Pinky & Perky Show 5.35 Dex Hamilton 6.00 Dance Academy 6.30 In Real Life 6.55 News On 3 7.05 Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab 7.35 The Tribe (G*) 8.30 Sweat 9.00 Close

6.05am to 4.30pm Kids’ Programs 5.00 Trapped!

5.25 My Goldfish Is Evil 5.50 Pat And Stan 6.00 Total Drama Island 6.30 Escape From Scorpion Island 7.00 Rush TV 7.25 Good Game: SP 7.45 The Tribe 9.05 Close

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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 6.00 Movie: Scooby-Doo And The Alien Invaders (G 2000) Animation 7.30 Movie: Kangaroo Jack (PG 2003) Jerry O’Connell, Christopher Walken 9.20 Movie: Little Shop Of Horrors (M 1986) Frank Oz, Rick Moranis 11.20 Movie: Helter Skelter (AV 2004) Jeremy Davies, Clea Duvall 2.00 Sex Shop (MA) 2.30 Star Trek 3.30 Green Acres 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Get Smart 5.30 The Flintstones

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6.00 Danoz 7.00 Weekend Today Saturday 6.00 Good Morning Delhi 9.00 Kid’s Programs 9.00 Scope 1.00 Caulfield Cup Horse Racing 9.30 H2O – Just Add Water LIVE 10.00 Hit List TV 4.30 The Garden Gurus 11.00 Landed Music 5.00 Postcards Australia 11.30 Commonwealth Games LIVE 5.30 Home Cooked! from Delhi – includes 20k 6.00 NBN News walks, squash, table tennis, 6.30 Australia’s Funniest Videos swimming 7.30 Movie: She’s The Man (PG 5.00 Ten News 2006) Amanda Bynes, Andy 5.30 Commonwealth Games Fickman, Alex Brekenridge continues – includes hockey, boxing, swimming, track & field 8.40 Lotto 9.30 Movie: Superbad (MA 2007) events, weightlifting, boxing, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, tennis Christopher Mintz-Plasse 4.00 Religion 12.00 Movie: Splendor (MA 1999) Gregg Araki, Jonathon Schaech 2.00 Movie: Fat Pizza (MA 2003) Paul Fenech, Johny Boxer, Annailese Braakesiek

ONE HD 6.00 Good Morning Delhi 9.00 Asian Amateur Golf Highlights 9.30 Transworld Sport 10.30 TNA Xplosion 11.30 Commonwealth Games LIVE 4.00 Formula 1 Qualifying LIVE – Japan 5.00 MotoGP Qualifying LIVE – Malaysia 6.00 Commonwealth Games continues 4.00 OneAsia Tour Golf Highlights 5.00 NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying

past mistakes. Something that isn’t fair needs to be set right. And with the twin themes of justice and fun operating, this could be much more enjoyable than you thought.

SAGITTARIUS: Plenty of social attractions and sensual distractions this week, just when you really need to start focusing on how to work smarter rather than harder and get better results by doing less more efficiently. An in-depth overhaul of current operating strategies is what’s needed…

CAPRICORN: Relationships may take a bit of work this week, but you’re also likely to find others reasonably open to the idea of rejigging business agreements or altering personal parameters, more willing

3.50 Slash 4.00 Infomercials

GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Get Smart 2.00 Here’s Lucy 3.00 Seinfeld 4.00 Hogan’s Heroes 5.00 Green Acres 5.30 The Nanny

6.30 Movie: Superman Returns (PG 2005) Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth 9.45 Movie: Terminator 3 (M 2003) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl 12.00 Movie: 2001 – A Space Odessey (G 1968) Stanley Kubrick, Gary Lockwood 3.00 Get Smart 4.00 Hogan’s Heroes 5.00 Top Cat 5.30 The Flintstones

than usual to discuss compromises and consider alternatives. How about you?

AQUARIUS: This week’s Libran emphasis is on the importance of inviting more beauty into the Aquariusphere on every level. Or in the words of Libran spokesperson Yogi Amrit Desai, doing everything with so much love that you never want to do it any other way…

PISCES: Piscean superbrain Einstein considered the difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits. In the midst of spectacular global idiocy, this week calls for honest self evaluation.

Avoid past comparisons: you’re not trying for who you once were, but who you’re meant to be.

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6.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Francesco’s Mediterranean Voyage Greek Cyclades Islands 6.30 First Tuesday Book Club 7.00 Art Nation 7.30 Long Story Short Jodi Long 8.30 Theatreland London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket 8.55 A Poet’s Guide To Britain 9.30 Absolutely Fabulous 10.00 The Office 10.30 Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (M) 11.00 Live At The Basement Alex Lloyd 12.00 Sex, Drugs And Rock’n’Roll 12.45 Beautiful Noise People In Planes 1.50 Close

11.00 Asia Pacific Focus 11.30 Songs Of Praise 12.00 Landline 1.00 Gardening Australia 1.30 Message Stick (G*) 2.00 Travel Oz 2.30 Black Wave Exxon Valdez 3.25 The Wagner Family 4.15 Kyle Riabko 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 Last Chance To See Amazonian Manatee 8.35 Poirot (M) 10.15 Compass Mary, Miracles, Saints 11.10 The Sculpture Diaries 12.00 Movie: The Drum (PG 1938) Roger Livesey 1.35 SET The Necks 2.05 Movie: Dangerous Mission (PG 1954) Victor Mature 3.30 Talking Heads Stephen Mayne 4.00 First Tuesday Book Club

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6.05am to 3.10pm Kids’ Programs 3.40 Dead Gorgeous 4.30 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

4.00 Stateline 5.00 Big Ideas 6.00 Stateline 6.30 Behind The News 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Talking Heads: Mark Occhilupo 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 Stateline Select 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Landline Extra 12.00 Big Ideas 1.00 BBC World News 1.30 Stateline 2.00 Big Ideas 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 Stateline

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6.00 Religion 10.30 Football Asia 7.00 V8 Supercars: Bathurst 1000 11.00 Les Murray’s Football Feature LIVE 12.00 UEFA Champions League 6.00 Seven News 12.30 Speedweek 6.30 Sunday Night 1.30 World Superbike 7.30 The X Factor Championships France 9.00 Bones (M) 2.00 Alive And Kicking 10.00 Castle (M) 2.30 Lucio Urtubia 11.00 Air Crash Investigations 3.30 Top Dogs Afghanistan 12.00 Room For Improvement 4.00 Living Black 12.30 Home Shopping 5.00 Cycling Central 5.30 Seven News 6.00 Thalassa 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Lost Worlds 8.05 Kids’ Programs 8.30 Dateline 11.15 Movie: Delirious (PG 9.30 Mad Men 1991) John Candy, Mariel 10.30 Movie: Between Living Hemingway, Dylan Baker And Dreaming (MA 2004) 1.15 Movie: Casino Royale (PG Spanish romantic comedy.

1967) Peter Sellers, David Stars Carmen Maura, Manuel Niven, Ursula Andress Manquina 4.00 Movie: Slap Shot – The 12.25 The Wehrmacht (M) Junior League (PG 2008) 1.25 Weatherwatch Greyston Holt, Jeff Carlson 6.00 Playing Tricks 6.30 World’s Strictest Parents 5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 7.30 Movie: Get A Clue (G 2002) 6.00 ADbc 6.30 Feast Greece 7.00 Food Lindsay Lohan, Bug Hall, Ian Trip 7.30 Ninja Warrior 8.00 Unbeatable Gomez, Brenda Song Banzuke 8.30 Escape To The Legion (M) 9.00 The Xtra Factor 9.30 Movie: As It Is In Heaven (M 10.00 Movie: The Mexican (M 2004) Swedish drama. Stars 2001) Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts Michael Nyqvist, Frida Hallgren 12.30 Heroes Of The Amazon 11.45 Movie: Gilles’ Wife (M 1.30 Movie: Sea Devils (G 1937) 2004) French drama. Stars Victor McLaglen, Ida Lupino Emmanuelle Devos, Clovis 3.20 Leyland Brothers World Cornillac 4.10 Sunrise Over South Africa 1.40 Weatherwatch 5.00 Home Shopping

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4.30 Shortland Street 5.00 Something In 5.30 The Cook And The Chef 6.00 ABC 5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News The Air 5.30 Gardening Australia News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Collectors 6.30 Scrapheap Challenge 7.10 6.00 Kids’ Programs Australia The Daily Show Global Edition 11.00 Landline 1.30 Dateline

12.00 Midday Report 12.30 The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes 1.30 Planet Food 2.00 Waterloo Road 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Travel Oz 6.30 Talking Heads Nick Xenophon 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 Sisters (M) 12.30 The Clinic (M) 1.25 Movie: Race Street (PG 1948) George Raft, William Bendix, Marilyn Maxwell 3.00 Bowls Queensland Open: Womens Triples Final 4.00 The Cook And The Chef

ABC 3 6.05am to 4.00pm Kids’ Programs 4.25 News On 3 4.30 Pat And Stan 4.40 My Goldfish Is Evil 5.05 Erky Perky 5.20 The Pinky & Perky Show 5.30 Dex Hamilton 6.00 Total Drama Island 6.30 In Real Life 6.55 News On 3 7.05 Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab 7.35 The Tribe (G*) 8.30 Sweat 9.00 Close

7.35 The Colbert Report Global Edition 8.00 The Goodies 8.30 Good Game 9.00 Pure Pwnage (M) 9.30 The IT Crowd 10.00 Torchwood (M) 11.00 Blade Of The Immortal (M) 11.25 triple j presents LCD Soundsystem 12.00 Soundtrack To My Life Right Said Fred 12.30 I’m From Rolling Stone 12.45 The Royal Today 1.10 The Real Good Life 1.35 Close

ABC NEWS 24 4.00 ABC News 4.05 Big Ideas 5.00 ABC News 5.15 The Quarters 5.30 Asia Pacific Focus 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 ABC News 9.30 Business Today 10.00 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 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 News 1.30 Australia Network News 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 The 7.30 Report 3.00 Newsline 3.30 7.30 Report

ABC 1

TUESDAY 12

4.30 Shortland Street 5.00 Something In The Air 5.30 Gardening Australia

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 The Genius Of Design Better living through chemistry 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Foreign Correspondent 8.30 Seven Ages Of Britain 9.35 QI (M) 10.05 Artscape Sir Ian McKellen 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: Two Tickets To Broadway (G 1951) Janet Leigh, Eddie Bracken 3.00 Big Ideas 4.00 Good Game

ABC 3 6.05am to 3.00pm Kids’ Programs 3.10 Blue Water High 3.30 Round The Twist 4.00 Dead Gorgeous 4.25 News On 3 4.30 Pat And Stan 4.40 My Goldfish Is Evil 5.05 Erky Perky 5.20 The Pinky & Perky Show 5.30 Dex Hamilton 6.00 Total Drama Island 6.30 In Real Life 6.55 News On 3 7.05 Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab 7.35 The Tribe (G*) 8.30 Sweat 9.00 Close

ABC 2 5.30 The Cook And The Chef 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Dolce Vito Dream restaurant 6.30 Scrapheap Challenge 7.20 The Daily Show 7.40 The Colbert Report 8.00 The Old Guys 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 The Royal Today 1.00 The Real Good Life 1.30 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 Business Today 10.00 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 News 1.30 Australia Network News 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 The 7.30 Report 3.00 Newsline 3.30 7.30 Report

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PRIME

5.00 Weatherwatch 7.00 World News

2.30 Insight 3.30 Letters And Numbers 4.00 The Journal 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 Mount Kilauea 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Shameless (MA) 11.00 La La Land (M) 11.30 The World Game 12.30 Living Black 1.00 Movie: The Eye (MA 2002) Cantonese thriller. Stars Angelica Lee, Lawrence Chou 2.45 Weatherwatch

SBS 2

PRIME 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 TBA 2.00 All Saints 3.00 Medical Emergency 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 The Event (M) 9.30 Covert Affairs (M) 10.30 10 Years Younger In 10 Days 11.00 Sexiest Beach Bodiess (M) 12.00 The Passion Of Spain n 1.00 Home Shopping 5.30 Seven ven Newss

TEN 6.00 Good Morning Delhi 9.00 The Benchwarmers 10.00 Hit List TV 12.00 Malcolm In The Middle 1.00 Commonwealth Games LIVE from Delhi – includes archery, lawn bowls, shooting, tennis, wrestling, diving, table tennis, road cycling 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Commonwealth Games continues – includes road cycling, track & field events, netball, diving, hockey, cycling 3.00 Formula 1 Grand Prix Japan 5.00 MotoGP Malaysia

ONE HD 6.00 Good Morning Delhi 9.00 Asian Amateur Golf Highlights 11.00 NASCAR Nationwide Series 1.00 Commonwealth Games LIVE 4.00 125cc Motorcycle Racing LIVE – Malaysia 4.50 Formula 1 Grand Prix LIVE – Japan 6.55 MotoGP LIVE – Malaysia 8.00 Commonwealth Games continues 3.00 Moto2 Motorcycle Racing Malaysia 4.00 OneAsia Tour Golf Highlights 5.00 Bundesliga Football Highlights

TEN

NBN 6.00 Infomercials 7.00 Weekend Today

10.00 Wide World Of Sport 11.00 Sydney Marathon 12.00 Wild Life Man David Ireland 1.00 F Troop 1.30 Sting Symphonicity Tour 2.00 Wildfire 3.00 TBA 4.00 The Block 5.00 Scenic Tours Canada 6.00 NBN News 6.30 Hot Pursuit 7.00 Send In The Dogs 7.30 60 Minutes 8.30 Movie: Jumper (M 2008) Hayden Christensen, Samuel L Jackson, Diane Lane 10.30 Cops LAC (M) 11.30 Primetime Crime (M) 12.25 Movie: Tinseltown (M 1997) Tony Spiridakis, Joe Pantoliano 2.05 Skippy 2.30 Infomercials 3.30 Religion 4.00 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Cribs 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 Big Bang Theory 8.30 The Middle

9.30 Movie: Mars Attacks! (M 1996) Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Pierce Brosnan 11.40 South Park (M) 12.10 Bad Lads Army (M) 1.00 Bridezillas (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 The Avengers 5.00 Here’s Lucy

NBN

5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 6.00 Good Morning Delhi Time/Life 11.30 Infomercial 12.00 Ellen 9.00 Ten News Degeneres Show 10.00 The Circle 1.00 The View 12.00 Malcolm In The Middle 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 1.00 Commonwealth Games LIVE 3.00 Alive And Cooking from Delhi – includes diving, 3.30 Kids’ Programs hockey, netball 4.30 Afternoon News 5.00 Ten News 5.00 Antiques Roadshow 6.00 Commonwealth Games con5.30 Hot Seat bo tinues – includes rugby 7s, box6.00 Evening News event ing, diving, track & field events, 7.00 A Current Affair wls w wl llss hockey, lawn bowls 7.30 Two And A Half Men 4.00 Religion 8.25 Lotto 8.30 Movie: The Shawshank Redemption (M 1993) Tim Robbins, Mogan Freeman, James Whitmore 11.30 Til Death 12.00 Movie: Deacons For Defense (AV 2003) Forest Whitaker, Jonathan Silverman 2.00 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

7 TWO

GO!

6.00 Living Black 6.30 Eating Art 7.00 At The Table With Daniel Boulud 7.30 The Fabulous Story Of Poop 8.30 The Odyssey Of Life 9.30 The World Game 10.30 Movie: Red Sorghum (M 1987) Mandarin drama. Stars Gong Li, Jiang Wen 12.10 Weatherwatch

6.00 Kids Time 9.00 Home & Away 9.30 9.330 Shortland Street 10.00 Coronation tion Street 10.30 Emmerdale 11.00 All My Children 12.00 Kitchen Time 2.00 TBA 4.30 Murphy Brown 5.00 Best Dish… 6.00 Head Of The Class 6.30 Growing Pains 7.00 George & Mildred 7.30 Heartbeat 8.30 The Xtra Factor 9.30 October Road 10.30 Mistresses (M) 11.35 Last Man Standing (M) 12.30 The World Around Us: Lord Howe Island 1.30 1999 Australian Open Tennis: Davenport v Mauresmo 5.00 Home Shopping

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 Total Wipeout UK 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 (M) 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

SBS 1

PRIME

5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News

5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News

6.00 Sunrise 1.00 Movie: Grave Decisions (M 9.00 The Morning Show 2006) German comedy. Stars 11.30 Seven Morning News Markus Krojer, Fritz Karl, Jürgen 12.00 A Touch Of Frost (M) Tonkel 2.00 All Saints 2.50 A Simple Piece Of Cloth 3.00 Medical Emergency 3.00 Living Black 3.30 Kids’ Programs 3.30 Letters And Numbers 4.30 Seven News 4.00 The Journal 5.00 M*A*S*H 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 5.30 Global Village 6.00 Prime News 6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 Seven News 6.30 World News Australia 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 Insight 7.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue 8.30 Welcome To Lagos 8.30 Packed To The Rafters 9.30 World News Australia 9.30 Parenthood (M) 10.00 Virtual JFK Vietnam if JFK had 10.30 Keeping Up With The lived Kardashians (M) 11.35 Movie: 12 (M 2007) 11.00 Dawn Porter (M) Russian thriller. Stars Sergei 12.00 The Passion Of Spain Makovetsky, Nikita Mikhalkov, 1.00 Home Shopping Sergei Garmash 5.30 Seven News 2.20 Weatherwatch

SBS 2 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 Global Village 6.30 At The Table With Jacques Pépin 7.00 Eating Art

7.30 Civilisations 8.30 Hitler’s Bodyguard 9.30 Movie: The Caiman (M 2006) Italian comedy. Stars Silvio Orlando, Margherita Buy, Jasmine Trinca 11.25 Movie: Clara And Me (M 2004) French drama. Stars Michel Aumont, Sacha Bourdo 12.55 Weatherwatch

ONE HD 6.00 Good Morning Delhi 9.00 Asian Amateur Golf Highlights 1.00 MotoGP Motorcycle Racing Malaysia 12.00 ATP World Tour Tennis 12.30 IAAF Athletix 1.00 Commonwealth Games LIVE 4.00 Postseason Baseball Division Series

TEN

NBN

6.00 Good Morning Delhi 9.00 Ten News 10.00 The Circle 12.00 Malcolm In The Middle 1.00 Commonwealth Games LIVE from Delhi – includes diving, lawn bowls, netball, hockey 5.00 Ten News 6.00 Commonwealth Games continues – includes rugby 7s, diving, track events, hockey, weightlifting 4.00 Religion

5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 Danoz

1.30 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO!

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 11.50 Kitchen Time 2.30 TBA 4.30 Murphy Brown 5.00 Best Dish… 6.00 Head Of The Class 6.30 Growing Pains 7.00 George & Mildred 7.30 Fawlty Towers 8.10 The Vicar Of Dibley 8.45 Benidorm (M) 9.15 Not Going Out (M) 9.50 Louis Theroux (M) 10.50 The Sopranos (MA) 1.20 1996 Australian Open Tennis: Sanchez-Vicario v Rubin 5.00 Home Shopping

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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 Survivor: Nicaragua 10.00 20 To 1 (M) 11.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares (MA) 12.00 Balls Of Steel (MA) 12.30 Entertainment Tonight 1.00 Skippy

ONE HD 6.00 Good Morning Delhi 9.00 National Football League 11.30 Rally World 12.00 NASCAR Sprint Cup Highlights 1.00 Commonwealth Games LIVE 4.00 NASCAR Nationwide Series California 5.00 NFL Total Access

6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 ET 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 Total Wipeout UK 7.30 Drop Dead Diva 8.30 The Big Bang Theory 9.00 The Inbetweeners (MA)

9.30 Movie: Resident Evil – Extinction (AV 2007) Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Oded Fehr, Christopher Egan 11.30 South Park (M) 12.00 Star Trek 1.00 Drop Dead Diva 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Get Smart 5.30 The Flintstones

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ABC 1

WEDNESDAY 13

4.30 Shortland Street 5.00 Something In The Air

5.30 Gardening Australia 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Big Ideas 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.30 Talking Heads 2.00 Waterloo Road 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 James Martin’s Champagne 6.30 Poh’s Kitchen 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Strictly Speaking 8.30 The Librarians (M) 9.00 The IT Crowd (M) 9.30 United States Of Tara (M) 10.00 At The Movies 10.30 Lateline 11.05 Lateline Business 11.30 The Last Enemy (M) 12.35 Movie: The Boy With Green Hair (G 1949) Dean Stockwell 2.00 Big Ideas 3.00 National Press Club 4.00 Catalyst

ABC 3

THURSDAY 14

6.05am to 3.00pm Kids’ Programs 3.35 Round The Twist 4.00 Mortified 4.25 News On 3 4.30 Pat And Stan 4.40 My Goldfish Is Evil 5.05 Erky Perky 5.20 The Pinky & Perky Show 5.30 Dex Hamilton 6.00 Total Drama Island 6.30 Escape From Scorpion Island 6.55 News On 3 7.05 Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab 7.35 The Tribe (G*) 8.30 Sweat 9.00 Close

ABC 2 5.30 6.00 9.00 6.00 6.30 7.20 7.40 8.00 8.30

The Cook And The Chef ABC News Breakfast Kids’ Programs Stop. Rewind Scrapheap Challenge The Daily Show The Colbert Report Good Morning Kalimantan Stuart The day that changed my life 9.30 Real Families 10.20 Fakes (M) 11.10 Rudely Interrupted (M) 12.05 No Way San Jose 12.40 The Royal Today 1.00 The Real Good Life 1.30 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 Business Today 10.00 ABC News 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.30 ABC News 2.00 Midday Report 2.30 The World This Week 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 News 1.30 Australia Network News 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 The 7.30 Report 3.00 Newsline 3.30 7.30 Report

ABC 1

ABC 2

4.30 Shortland Street 5.00 Something In The Air 5.30 Gardening Australia

5.30 The Cook And The Chef 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Poh’s Kitchen 6.30 Scrapheap Challenge 7.20 The Daily Show 7.40 The Colbert Report 8.00 Mumbai Calling 8.30 Kids In The Hall (M) 9.00 Hair By Mr Bean Of London 9.30 Like, Totally! (M) 10.35 Father Ted 11.00 Little Miss Jocelyn (M) 11.30 John Safran’s Race Relations (M) 12.00 Ideal (M) 12.30 Roman’s Empire (M) 1.00 The Royal Today

6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Agatha Christie’s Partners In Crime 1.30 Collectors 2.00 Waterloo Road 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Lost Gardens 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Penguin Island 8.30 art + soul Aboriginal art 9.30 The Great Escape China 1935 10.20 Lateline 11.00 Lateline Business 11.25 Live At The Basement (M) Luka Bloom 12.25 Movie: Let’s Make Music (G 1940) Bob Crosby, Jean Rogers 1.45 Movie: Forget Me Not (G 1937) Beniamino Gigli, Joan Gardner 2.55 Movie: Boy Slaves (PG 1938) Anne Shirley, Roger Daniel 4.00 Can We Help?

ABC 3 6.05am to 3.10pm Kids’ Programs 3.35 Round The Twist 4.00 Mortified 4.25 News On 3 4.30 Pat And Stan 4.40 My Goldfish Is Evil 5.05 Erky Perky 5.20 The Pinky & Perky Show 5.30 Dex Hamilton 6.00 Total Drama Island 6.30 Escape From Scorpion Island 6.55 News On 3 7.05 Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab 7.35 The Tribe (G*) 8.30 Sweat 9.00 Close

1.20 Travel Oz 2.00 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 Business Today 10.00 ABC News 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Catalyst 1.30 ABC 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 News 1.30 Australia Network News 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 The 7.30 Report 3.00 Newsline 3.30 7.30 Report

SBS 1

PRIME

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NBN

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show

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SBS 2 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 Global Village 6.30 Made In Spain 7.00 At The Table WithNorman Van Aken

7.30 Dateline 8.30 Obama’s America The price of freedom 9.35 Movie: Melodrama Habibi (M 2007) French drama. Stars Patrick Chesnais, Julia Kassar 11.20 UEFA Champions League Delayed 1.05 Weatherwatch

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 11.50 Kitchen Time

2.30 Movie: Gideon Of Scotland Yard (PG 1958) Jack Hawkins 4.30 Murphy Brown 5.00 Best Dish…

6.00 Head Of The Class 6.30 Growing Pains 7.00 George & Mildred 7.30 The Royal 8.30 McCallum (M) 10.40 Wycliffe (M) 11.45 The Professionals (M) 1.00 The World Around Us: Secrets Of An Oasis 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Leyland Brothers World 5.00 Home Shopping

SBS 1

PRIME

5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show

1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 1.30 Dead Tired 2.30 Dateline 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 Food Safari 8.00 Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam 8.30 Supersizers Go Medieval 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Movie: The Key (M 2006) French thriller. Stars Guillaume Canet, Marie Gillain 12.10 Movie: The Crime Of Father Amaro (MA 2002) Mexican drama. Stars Gael Garcia Bernal, Ana Claudia Talancón 2.10 Weatherwatch

11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: Forgotten Sins (M 1996) William Devane, John Shea, Bess Armstrong 2.00 All Saints 3.00 Medical Emergency 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 Amazing Race 8.30 Criminal Minds (M) 9.30 How I Met Your Mother 10.30 Parking Wars 11.00 Scrubs

SBS 2 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 Global Village 6.30 Food Trip 7.00 Made In Spain 7.30 Insight 8.30 UEFA Champions League

10.00 Movie: Curandero (MAV 2005) American horror.

Stars Carlos Gallardo, Gizeht Galatea, Gabriel Pingarron 11.40 Movie: Sons (MA 2006) Norwegian drama. Stars Nils Jørgen Kaalstad, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Christin Borge 1.30 Weatherwatch

Kosrae (10) 26. Turn and upper temperature produce a painful affliction (4) 27. Step after Olga, MA (6’1, 6)

GO!

6.00 Good Morning Delhi 9.00 National Football League 11.30 Asian Amateur Golf Highlights 12.00 Golf Central 12.30 ATP World Tour Tennis 1.00 Commonwealth Games LIVE 4.00 Postseason Baseball Division Series

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 Drop Dead Diva 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 6.30 Total Wipeout UK 7.30 Wipeout USA 8.30 Two And A Half Men (M) 9.30 Spartacus – Blood And Sand (AV) 10.30 Dark Blue (M) 11.30 South Park (MA) 12.00 Starsky & Hutch (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

TEN

NBN

ONE HD

5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 6.00 Good Morning Delhi 11.00 Infomercials 9.00 Ten News 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show 10.00 The Circle 1.00 The View 12.00 Malcolm In The Middle 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 1.00 Commonwealth Games LIVE 3.00 Alive And Cooking from Delhi – includes mara3.30 HI-5 thons, hockey, track events, 4.00 Pyramid badminton, squash 4.30 Afternoon News 5.00 Ten News 5.00 Antiques Roadshow 6.00 Commonwealth Games con5.30 Hot Seat tinues – netball, hockey 9.00 Keeping Up With The Joneses 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 10.00 Law & Order: SVU (M) 7.30 Getaway 12.00 Commonwealth Games con8.30 Cops LAC (M) tinues – Closing ceremony 9.30 Crime Investigation Australia 4.00 Religion (M) 10.35 CSI: NY (M) 11.35 Til Death 12.00 The Lost Tribes 1.00 Entertainment Tonight 1.30 Skippy 2.00 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

11.30 Stag (M) 12.00 MacArthur’s Dream 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 11.50 Kitchen Time 2.30 Movie: Sibling Rivalry (PG 1990) Kirstie Alley, Bill Pullman 4.30 Murphy Brown 5.00 Best Dish 6.00 Head Of The Class 6.30 Growing Pains

7.00 Movie: Camp Rock 2 (G 2010) Demi Lovato, Joe Jonas 9.00 Movie: The Sixth Sense (M 1998) Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette 11.10 The Professionals (M) 12.10 1993 Australian Open Tennis: Stevens v Fromberg 5.00 Home Shopping

2. Necessary, essential (5) 3. Old and romantic name for a tomato (4,5) 4. Ease, take the burden from (7) 5. Religious groups, often Quick Clues breakaways (5) ACROSS 6. Apathetic, unconcerned (9) DOWN 1. Intersection of roadway 7. Supreme being, deity (3) 1. Boy grabs woman’s and railway track (5,8) 12. Walt Disney cartoon character underwear, a lot – costly 8. Assist, usually in the (6,5) mongrel! (11) commission of crime (4) 14. Collections of wealth, often 2. Essential that Batman 9. Bicycle (old fashioned hidden, sometimes buried (9) Kilmer keeps it (5) ) (10) 15. Public walkway, broad avenue 3. O Jonathan, a tomato! 10. Sport played with a (9) (4,5) ball, like tennis or soccer 19. Leakage of fluids through 4. French dream about a (4,4) priest, to ease the pain (7) 11. Seed used in middle- permeation of containers (7) 21. Great Italian poet (5) 5. Places about a hundred eastern cooking (6) 23. Big striped cat (5) in religious groups (5) 13. Lawyer (slang) (10) 6. Setter is suffering 16. Ancient Peruvian (40) 25 Unit of poetic metre (3) without resistance, but 17. Cutting tool (4) remains unmoved (9) 18. Closed systems of 7. Turn daughter into an living organisms (10) object of adoration (3) 20. Titillated; tormented Last week’s solution 12. 1099, decoding (6) 16.

Cain murders a South Cryptic Clues system for a computer 22. The intervening period American (4) accessory, a long time (8) ACROSS 17. Tool for cutting commercials, source of amusement!

24. Pacific federation of 1. Well-balanced transit? Not if we hear (4) small island states (10) (6,5) the train’s coming! (5,8) 26 Painful affliction of the 14. Unhappily, tears 8. Criminally assist a gamble (4) 18. Inane speeches, or selfsurround certain riches (9) joints (4) 9. Cleverly develop ice for an eco- contained living systems? (10) 27. Tertiary qualification, friendly means of transport (10) 20. Tormented, but time soothed 15. Three points about senior to bachelor (7,6) map with publicity for 10. Intrepid? After the dance we the pain (6) 22. Tight tempo for intervening public walkway (9) have tennis, perhaps (4,4) DOWN 19. The cosmos is filled period (8) 11. Spade in spot for oil (6) 1. Dog bred from poodle 13. Lawyer needed to resolve 24. Note: old woman’s very good with fluid diffusion! (7) and Labrador (11) home cup tie (10) back in Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and 21. 500 bet on great

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TEN

5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 6.00 Good Morning Delhi 11.30 Seven Morning News 11.00 Danoz 1.00 Movie: 1:1 (M 2006) Danish 9.00 Ten News 12.00 Movie: Phenomenon II (PG 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show drama. Stars Mohammed Ali 10.00 The Circle 2003) Christopher Shyer, Peter 12.00 Malcolm In The Middle 1.00 The View Bakier, Joy K Petersen Coyote, Jill Clayburgh 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 2.40 Your ID Papers!

1.00 Commonwealth Games LIVE 2.00 All Saints 3.00 Alive And Cooking from Delhi – includes squash, 2.50 The Luminary 3.00 Medical Emergency gymnastics, diving, badminton, 3.30 Kids’ Programs 3.00 Classical Destinations 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Afternoon News table tennis 3.30 Letters And Numbers 4.30 Seven News 5.00 Antiques Roadshow 5.00 Ten News 4.00 The Journal 5.00 M*A*S*H 5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 Commonwealth Games 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Evening News continues – includes hockey, 5.30 Global Village 6.00 Prime News 7.00 A Current Affair cycling, diving, boxing, lawn 6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 Seven News 7.30 The Block bowls 6.30 World News Australia 7.00 Home And Away 8.25 Lotto 4.00 Religion 7.30 Inspector Rex (PG) 7.30 Border Security 8.30 RPA 8.30 Anna Pihl (M) 8.00 The Force 9.30 Amazing Medical Stories (M) 9.30 World News Australia 10.30 Embarrassing Bodies (M) 10.00 Movie: Paju (MA 2009) Korean 8.30 City Homicide (M) 11.30 Til Death drama. Stars Lee Sun-kyun, Seo 10.30 Breakout 11.40 Suburban Secrets (M) 12.00 Eclipse Music TV Woo, Shim Yi-young 12.30 20/20 12.05 Movie: The Magdalene Sisters 12.00 Room For Improvement 12.30 Home Shopping 5.30 Seven News 1.30 Infomercials (MA 2002) Irish drama. Stars 3.30 Good Morning America Geraldine McEwan, Anne-Marie 5.00 Early Morning News Duff, Nora-Jane Noone 2.15 Weatherwatch 5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News

poet (5) 23. Cat causes row about gravity (5) 25. Setter is afoot! (3)

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Segue An acoustic duo playing warm jazz and blues with a little country and pop thrown into the mix. Vanessa Hoffman’s beautiful vocals and rhythmic guitar is complimented by Radha on percussion. Radha has been playing drums in bands and duos for over 20 years. He has performed hundreds of shows up and down the east coast of Australia and in New Zealand with bands such as Ocean Road, Billy King and the Rhythm Makers, Melting Pot, Don’t Panic and The Noisy Boys. He has also worked extensively in duos with Mohini Cox and Brad Sims and knows just how to set the groove in a variety of musical styles. Hoffman is also a veteran of the road, having supported the likes of Xavier Rudd, Deborah Conway, John Butler and Things of Stone and Wood. Segue perform at Luffley Cafe, Murwillumbah on Friday, October 8 at 7pm.

Graeme Connors

special ecial guest Laest appearances from La chlan Doley (Powderfinger, Jimmy Barnes) on keyboards, as well as Melbourne’s Suzannah Espie on backing vocals. Cass Eager plays Currumbin Soundlounge on Friday, October 8 at 9.30pm. Supported

by Claude Hay and the Hussy Hicks.

Toni Childs

CLARE BOWDITCH & THE NEW SLANG PLAY SURFERS PARADISE BEER GARDEN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7

Keen for a country fix? Grab your flannels and get along to Graeme Connors.

Dubbed a country and coastal artist (whatever that means), Connors’ songs move across genres ranging from folk, pop and contemporary to country, all stamped with his unique personal style. Connors’ gift for crafting affecting songs has led to a distinguished career spanning more than 30 years and 16 albums.

His impressive award list includes 12 Gold Guitars, an ARIA award, two APRA songwriting awards, two American Song Festival Awards, two MO Awards for live performance, and 12 Tamworth Songwriters Association Awards.

Connors was inducted into the Tamworth Walk of Fame in 2006 and has been made a Tamworth Australia Day Ambassador by the Australia Day Council.

He received the Centenary Medal in recognition of his distinguished contribution to the entertainment industry. He is also featured in the acclaimed, highrating ABC documentary series Heart of Country.

Graeme Connors performs at the Gold Coast Arts Centre on Thursday, October 7 at 9pm.

Songwriters on the Songline A church isn’t the normal venue of choice for a Saturday night out, but you might want to make an exception for this. Songwriters on the Songline returns for the third time this year at the Uki Anglican Church, which boasts an intimate atmosphere and enviable acoustics. Ukitopia Art Collective presents a bill of sacred music from the other side of Mount Jerusalem. Headline artist Shai Shriki, a gypsy guitarist, singer and oud player, promises to bring a Middle Eastern flavour to the Uki Church in a fusion of contemporary and traditional sounds.

Singing in Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish and English, Shriki will perform songs from his haunt-

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ing new album Streetwise, recorded in Mullumbimby.

Support act Vesica Pisces offer an invitation to dive into the sacred through sound. Inspired by the mystery of sacred geometry. This Mullum three-piece weave strings, eastern tinged guitar and soaring vocals to create a unique and uplifting experience, drawing their inspiration from all corners of the globe. A limited number of advance tickets are now available from the Uki Cafe, The Bookshop, Mullumbimby or online at www.ukitopiaartscollective.com.

Twenty tickets will be available at the door on the night. Tickets are $20 or $15 for Ukitopia members.

Refreshments by the Chai Potion crew and Rich Bell will be at the mixing desk. Songwriters on the Songline is on at Uki Anglican Church on Saturday, October 9. Doors open 7pm.

Cass Eager

From East Timor to the East Village, Egypt to the Middle East, Western Australia to Whistler, Sydney artist Cass Eager likes to keep on the move and soak the world in up close and personally. Listening to her new EP Down On My Knees it is also apparent she’s not shy about tackling new musical territory. Eager’s new five-track release encompasses an eclectic style range.

Her voice and music are sometimes funky, while at other times soaked with an alt-country twang. Her 2007 debut Beautiful Day, which reached number CASS EAGER PL three on the charts in Canada, saw the AYS CURRUMBIN singer announced as a finalist in the SOUNDLOUNGE Blues/Roots category of the MusicOz FRIDAY, OCTO Awards and score airplay on Triple J, BER 8 ABC A and Nova. Late last GRAEME year y the effervescent Eager CONNORS PLAYS released a funky Christmas r GOLD COAST album, Santa’s Got Soul, a ARTS CENTRE which celebrated the w THURSDAY, season in true old-school s OCTOBER 7 blues/soul style, and b earned national airplay. e Down On My Knees was D recorded with Eager’s new r band The Velvet Rope, b featuring Jon ‘Howler’ f Howell on drums and Ryan H Van V Gennip on bass, Jono Dallimore on guitar, and D

With her signature husky vocals and emotive lyrics, American singer-songwriter Toni Childs has sold millions of albums worldwide and has been nominated for three Grammy Awards.

She has released four studio albums and is best known for her songs Don’t Walk Away (a Hot 100 hit in the United States), I’ve Got To Go Now (a Top 5 hit in Australia in 1991) and the Emmy-winning Because You’re Beautiful, released as a single in 2004 and featured on her 2008 album Keep The Faith.

With a talent for picking the mood of the times, she is determined to go beyond affirming her role as an important musical voice of inspiration.

Childs’ upcoming Australian tour sees her performing her blockbuster hits, as well as showcasing her latest hit album Keep The Faith. Toni Childs performs at the Gold Coast Arts Centre on Saturday, October 9 at 9pm.

Clare Bowditch ‘Something happened and I needed to work it out,’ says Clare Bowditch.

‘I’m a person who lives and speaks from the heart and I started to wonder if there was a place in this world for me, someone who operates on the commercial fringe. We’re all under such pressure to live up to a perfect one-size-fits-all ideal.’

Working out these feelings of discontent led Bowditch on a random, creative adventure with no fixed outcome. The result was Modern Day Addiction, a luminous album that traverses a landscape of consumerism, expectation, death, addiction, pressure, image, disappointment, love, luck and hope with lush melodies and impressive vocal range.

The ARIA award winner has been thrilling audiences with her beautiful vocal power for over a decade is widely regarded as one of Australia’s most gifted and respected musicians.

On this latest offering Bowditch takes on worthy, yet somewhat dry issues such as cosmetic surgery, eating disorders, influenza, status anxiety and pathological consumerism, sexing it up with her endearing warmth and cheeky, grown up irreverence.

Currently touring with The New Slang, an eight-piece group comprising largely members of her former band, The Feeding Set, Bowditch is on a mission to find meaning in a world of advertising that manipulates by selling constant dissatisfaction when all we want to do is chill and party, chat and nut out this crazy world over a drink. Enough said. See Clare Bowditch and The Modern Slang perform at the Surfers Paradise Beer Garden on Thursday October 7 at 9pm.

Side Splitting Comedy Footy Show favourite Mick Meredith brings his music making comedy mirth to Side Splitting Comedy.

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soAP boX Last night I nearly died. Not on stage after telling a lame joke – that’s a regular occurrence, I’m virtually immune.

YOU’RE KILLING ME! Mandy Nolan about bargains. I would have been whisked off to the in between talking about a self controlled mower.

What’s the chances of losing two Mullumbimby mothers who also happen to It was driving back from a gig in Ballina be smart-mouthed standup comedians? I with my fellow comedian Ellen Briggs at the was suddenly suspicious. Who was behind wheel and my teenage daughter slumped the wheel of that approaching ute? Was in the back texting her lovestruck boyfriend. it a Woolworths PR consultant sick of my Ellen and I love a chat. We were having one constant slagging? Or a Steiner parent, tired of those incredibly deep and meaningful of all the nasty jokes Ellen and I make about conversations that two highly intelligent kids being able to crotchet a book but not well educated women have at 10.30pm, read one. (I really don’t mean it, it is just a subtitled ‘How fricking cheap is Aldi!’ joke.)

The two of us were busy comparing our Was it someone from the anti-swearing husbands’ newly found Aldi Addiction, or lobby, performing a form of verrnacular Aldi-iction. I was telling Ellen how once a cleansing? Was it the teenage boy who week my partner John dumps the weekly regularly yells ‘Mandy Nolan’s a slut’? Was groceries on the table and then becomes it the satire-impaired woman I upset by the host of the Post Aldi Quiz show. He calls saying how much I hate Junior Masterchef? it ‘How much do you think this cost?’ I say (I performed a rant on how they should ‘$250’. He says ‘Lower’. ‘$200’. Lower. ‘$120’. call it Master Shit because those kids aren’t He looks disappointed, like I’m not playing real. They’re precocious middle class kids properly. ‘Higher’. $150’ He’s like ‘Yep. It’s who will always achieve. Being amazing amazing. I reckon it’s a third cheaper’. isn’t amazing. They’re born to be amazing.

Ellen tells me that her husband has just Where are the ADHD kids or the kids bought a mower from Aldi and about 300 with behavioural problems, or kids from toilet rolls. I tell her about the violin that I lower socio-economic groups? The kids almost bought for $60 and the week I saw a who struggle? Aboriginal kids? Here’s a wheelchair at Aldi and how I tried to buy it Masterchef challenge, it happens in poor but it had someone in it. families every day. Here’s your mystery In the middle of this gripping critique ingredient, kids, see what you can do with on the German superstore of random this box of Weet Bix.’ Anyway she demanded unidentifiable goods, a ute travelling at well her $10 back because I was telling over 120 km an hour lost control cornering Aboriginal jokes. Jesus.) and headed towards us. We saw it at the same time, there wasn’t even time to speak. Or was it a ute full of male comedians tired of Byron Shire being held hostage by the The ute careered head on over to our side constant oversupply of Mandy Nolan? of the road. Ellen moved ever so slightly and the other vehicle missed hitting us by a You see, it just seemed too weird. If I were couple of milimetres. Fortunately she didn’t to die, I have willed all my jokes and my comedy empire to Ellen. I hadn’t thought brake; if she had, we would have been about what would happen if Ellen and I history. were killed together. Some bloke would I still don’t know why we’re not dead. We be centre stage doing gags about the should have been killed. At that speed and Brazilian that went horribly wrong and the angle of the impact we would have the embarrassment of having to show his been slammed. Ellen and I were both in vagina to the ‘hot’ doctor. shock. Zoe hadn’t noticed. When middle aged women talk about Aldi, you just zone out. Imagine that. Our last moments on the planet could have been defined by talking

The Chantilly Lace Boutique is on Saturday, October 9 at the Murwillumbah Civic Centre at 7pm. Tickets are available by calling 02 6672 3221 or from Chantilly Lace Boutique in Commercial Road, Murwillumbah.

Nitestar If you appreciate rock, hard earned sweat, performance with passion and a pinch of silly thrown in you won’t want to miss Nitestar.

The four-piece band comprise of Dazzamatazz on bass/ vocals, Mister D on lead Guitar/vocals, Star Vox on lead vocals/keys/guitar and Stardog on drums/vocals.

Together Nitestar pump out a great authentic retro rock sound with blistering female vocals, delivering a solid selection of songs that everyone can enjoy.

With a strong focus on audience participation and rock entertainment, Nitestar deliver a great musical experience. See Nitestar play Cabarita Sports Club on TONI CHILDS Friday, October 8 at 8pm.

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Dan Hannaford Dan Hannaford combines rootsy acoustic guitars, bottleneck slide, jaw harp and a backyard built stomp box to create a unique coastal country sound. The laid back Currumbin muso has built a strong ub profile across the region as an in-demand pub act. He has toured extensively from the coastt to outback Australia and even as far as the d historic city of Bath in the UK. Dan Hannaford operforms at Club Banora on Thursday, October 7 at 6pm.

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Petula Clark Known as the British Shirley Temple, Petula Clark first hit the limelight during World War II when as a child she entertained the troops, both on radio and in concert. She is said to have performed in over 200 shows for the forces across England all before the age of nine. She made her first movie appearance in 1944 and has since appeared in over 30 British and American films.

She went on to become internationally

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Anyway, whoever was driving that out-ofcontrol approaching vehicle: we’re still here.

Vaginas rule. By a pubic hair.

Meredith is one of Australia’s most versatile comedy performers and has established himself over the years as a popular funny man. Meredith cut his teeth in the musical world, playing in bands in his early teens, later detouring into magic and clowning before finally switching to stand-up comedy in his 30s.

His background in a diverse range of entertainment genres has made him an all-round performer and tradesman of comedy. He is able to blend all his skills into one huge show, delivering a comedy buffet with all the trimmings. Meredith’s style has been described as laidback and cheeky, with plenty of laughs and applause. He’s the kind of bloke you’ll laugh at onstage and want to have a beer with afterwards.

He is joined by fellow stand-up comedian Ellen Briggs and Echo columnist Mandy Nolan as MC. Mick Meredith performs at Currumbin RSL on Thursday, October 7 at 7.30pm.

Fashion Parade Enjoy a night of fashion, fine food and entertainment, while helping raise much-needed funds for the Murwillumbah Festival of Performing Arts. The Chantilly Lace Boutique fashion parade is sure to whet the appetites of the fashion conscious.

Highlights include an extended parade of Spring/Summer fashions from Chantilly Lace Boutique, featuring Australia’s Next Top Model beauty, Alamela Rowan, live music with jazz quartet, The Room Upstairs and a Latin dance performance.

MICK MERIDETH PERFORMS Tickets are $65 and include a champagne supAT CURRUMBIN RSL’S SIDE per provided by Murwillumbah’s Luffley Cafe.

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Fins Salt Village, Kingscliff 02 6674 4833 dining@fins.com.au Dinner 7 days Lunch Fri, Sat & Sun

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

Enjoy contemporary dining 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.

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known for her popular hits, including I Know A Place, My Love, Colour My World, A Sign Of The Times and This Is My Song (written for her by Charles Chaplin). With more gold albums to her credit than any other British artist, and total world record sales well in excess of 30 million, international film and music star Petula Clark is still, going strong after sixty years in show business, remaining one of the most sought-after recording artists and concert personalities in the world today. See Petula Clark perform at Twin Towns on Friday, October 8 at 9pm. Tickets are $49.

Before the events of what we now call 9/11, the term ‘chatter’ evoked images of people engaged in happy, social conversation.

A decade later, the term is now often used to describe the sinister

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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.

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Mount Warning Hotel

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

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

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In 2000, during the heady days of the Sydney Olympics, artist n Robert Ryan was happily painting in his home studio in Byron Bay. Cathy Freeman’s gold medal moved him, his view of Clarkes es Beach was inspiring, local real estate was genuinely affordable and he had just bought a brand new car. Life was good.

However, 2001 proved to be a very different year. Internationall air travel after 9/11 was worrying and taking a plane ride was not the experience it once was. Coastal towns up and down the coast also began to feel the pressure and exhilaration of boom times.

The word ‘Chatter’ now evoked the conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan and the arrival of refugee boats alarmed many.

The series of recent works displayed in Robert Ryan’s

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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.

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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.

A Wollongong City Gallery touring exhibition consisting of 14 artists from China and Australia featuring painting, sculpture, installation and video production

Chatter: Robert Ryan Paintings which offer aerial views resembling tapestries from a distance, yet up close layers reveal themselves as in most things in life

Taciturn: Travis Paterson

Prints reflecting on and exploring visual narratives acting as conversations in lieu of conversations Artists by artists: works from the collection - portraits and self portraits CPM 1992-2008 acquired works on paper from CPM Print Award -833 2&$ - acquired award winning photographic works )URP 1RY - d/Art on Screen: a d/Lux/MediaArts regional touring program )URP 1RY - Smile: 14th Les Peterkin Portrait Prize for children (LPPP)

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TWEED RIVER ART GALLERY 2 MISTRAL RD SHELENA RUSSELL GALLERIES (CORNER OF TWEED VALLEY 36 GRIFFITH ST, COOLANGATTA WAY), MURWILLUMBAH 07 5536 6559 02 6670 2790 OPEN: MON-FRI 10-5PM, SAT OPEN WED-SUN 10AM-5PM 10AM-2PM, SUN 10-12.30PM

Q T WEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 12NOON DON WHITAKER 7.30PM JUST THE TICKET

GOLD COAST Q BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 8.30PM LIVE MUSIC Q BURLEIGH HEADS BOWLS CLUB 8.30PM WAYNE RANSON Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 10PM DJ LEE ROY 11PM REMEDY Q CURRUMBIN RSL 8PM BEAUTY & THE BEAST Q CURRUMBIN SOUNDLOUNGE 9.30PM CASS EAGER WITH CLAUDE HAY AND THE HUSSY HICKS

GOLD COAST Q BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 8.30PM LIVE MUSIC Q BURLEIGH HEADS BOWLS CLUB, 7.30PM WACKED OUT Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 10PM DJ CHRIS TOFA Q COOLANGATTA AND TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB 7PM DARREN RAY Q CURRUMBIN RSL 8PM JON BOS ROCKS Q GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 9PM TONI CHILDS

ATHOL BERNIE 8PM CHESTER Q COOLANGATTA SURF CLUB 2PM WARREN THOMAS Q CURRUMBIN RSL 8PM DANCE ON Q CURRUMBIN SURF CLUB 4PM CAPTAIN WOW Q GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 3PM THE 29TH GOLD COAST EISTEDDFOD ‘MUSICALE’ Q LE MONDE CAFE, KIRRA 3PM FIRE ‘N’ ICE Q SWELL TAVERN 3PM LIVE MUSIC

MONDAY 11 TWEED Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB 12NOON DON WHITAKER Q T WEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM PETER JOHNSON Q T WIN TOWNS SERVICES CLUB 8.30PM SPIN

GOLD COAST Q THE CAVE, NOBBY’S BEACH 8.30PM JEZ MEAD WITH GENEVIEVE CHADWICK AND MATT SOUTHON Q CURRUMBIN SURF CLUB 8.30PM LEE AND BOINZ Q GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 9PM GOLD COAST CITY BALLET Q NEVER LAND BAR, COOLANGATTA 10PM HOUSE PARTY WITH JOEL TURNER Q NORTH BURLEIGH SURF CLUB 9PM BLUE CRUSH Q SWELL TAVERN, BURLEIGH 8PM LIVE MUSIC AND DJ

SATURDAY 9 TWEED Q C ABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB 7.30PM THE GENES Q CLUB BANORA, 7PM KYE COLE Q CHINDERAH TAVERN 3PM LIVE MUSIC Q KINGSCLIFF BOWLS CLUB 8PM HAPPY DAZE KARAOKE Q MURWILLUMBAH CIVIC CENTRE 7PM CHANTILLY LACE BOUTIQUE Q POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 6PM RICK BARRON Q SALT BAR, KINGSCLIFF, 8.30PM INNOCENT BYSTANDERS Q SOUTH TWEED SPORTS CLUB 3PM SATURDAY JAZZ Q T WEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 7.30PM DIGGER REVEL & THE DENVER MEN Q T WIN TOWNS CLUBS & RESORTS 9PM TOMMY FLEMING Q UKI ANGLICAN CHURCH 7PM UKITOPIA’S SONGWRITERS ON THE SONGLINE

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Q KIRRA SPORTS CLUB 8PM LIVE MUSIC Q KIRRA BEACH HOTEL 8PM KARAOKE Q NEVERLAND BAR 10PM SEQUENCE Q NORTH BURLEIGH SURF CLUB 8PM LEFT LANE Q SWELL TAVERN, BURLEIGH 10PM LIVE MUSIC

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TWEED Q CHINDERAH TAVERN, CHINDERAH 2PM LIVE MUSIC Q CLUB BANORA, 11.30AM GEORGE & SUZI JAY 12.30PM GLENN BRACE Q CLUB BANORA, 11.30AM GEORGE & SUZI JAY 12.30PM GLENN BRACE Q POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 4PM ABBIGAYLE Q SPHINX ROCK CAFE, MT BURRELL 2PM ELENA B WILLIAMS Q T WEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 5PM DAVE CLAYTON Q T WIN TOWNS CLUBS & RESORTS 1.30PM ROBERT KEITH 8.30PM FROGS ON TOAST

TUESDAY 12 TWEED Q T WEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM BJ LITTLE Q T WIN TOWNS CLUBS & RESORTS 9PM TOMMY MEMPHIS

GOLD COAST Q SURFERS PARADISE BEER GARDEN 8PM UNI AND INDUSTRY NIGHT

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TWEED Q CLUB BANORA, TWEED HEADS, 6PM ROBERT KEITH Q T WEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM MICHAEL Q T WIN TOWNS CLUB 9.30PM CENTRAL SOUND MACHINE

GOLD COAST Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 8PM LIVE MUSIC Q GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 7.30PM MUSE ART LOUNGE Q GREENMOUNT BEACH CLUB 8PM FREE LIVE JAZZ * ALL TIMES ARE LISTED IN DST

GOLD COAST Q BILLY’S BEACH HOUSE, SURFERS PARADISE 2PM LIVE MUSIC Q BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 3.30PM LIVE MUSIC Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 3PM

GUIDE

AMC Tweed 6 Cinemas Tweed City Shopping Centre, 54 Minjungbal Drive, South Tweed Heads 07 5523 3321 www.amcmovies.com.au Murwillumbah Regent Cinema 5 Brisbane St, Murwillumbah 02 6672 8265 www.cinemaregent.com BCC, Coolangatta Coolangatta Shopping Resort Griffith St (Cnr Warner St) Coolangatta 07 5536 9300 Cinemax Cinema 60 Marine Parade Kingscliff 02 6674 4422 The Tweed Shire Echo September 30, 2010 21

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Steve the ‘Flathead Whisperer’ Sports results David Solano

Catching fish was hard work for me on the weekend.

Saturday I fished for bass down on Brays Park Weir again and on Sunday afternoon, I headed out into Cobaki Broadwater.

The bass had shut down but we did manage three midgets between us, so a very uneventful morning.

All of that changed when we got back to the car, only to discover the petrol lid lying on the ground. Some one out there helped themself to some free fuel from my mate Steve’s car, which is an older four wheel drive that doesn’t have a lock on the tank. Luckily we had enough petrol to get ourselves home again.

Sunday I lightened up my gear by changing my fluro carbon leader from 8lb to a 4lb and I went on the hunt looking for some bream.

I used the same plastic but with a much lighter 1/28oz jig.

Steve was after flathead so he

Always a variety of fish and fishermen on the Tweed River – above is a nice 32cm to the fork bream that David caught and below left, is David’s mates Richard Crieghton and Wayne Van den Broek with a monster estuary cod caught in the coffee rocks behind Tweed Hospital. The cod was released again back into the river after the photo was taken.

left the bass gear on but instead of a hardbodied lure, Steve used a 1/8oz TT jig head with a 2.5cm gulp shrimp, in the new penny colour.

Obviously it was a very wet

trip, but it was interesting stuff because we did exactly what we set out to do. Steve managed two cracker flathead over 50cms and I managed to land four bream, one of which was around the 32cm mark.

It was actually funny as Steve had his first flathead experience recently in the yak but wanted another one for a good feed. We had been in the rain for about three hours and were starting to get a little cold.

Steve says to no one in particular, ‘Come on. Just one more!’ then bang! He was on with another lizard and number two was even bigger. Steve’s new nickname is ‘The Flathead Whisperer’, as I’m sure the fish heard him.

If you have any fishing news you would like to share with David, phone 0415 747 969.

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Third quarter October 1 13:52 New moon October 8 05:44 First quarter October 15 08:27 Full moon October 23 12:36 Third quarter October 30 23:46 Day of Sun Sun Moon Moon High tide, Low tide, month rise set rise set height (m) height (m) 1 F 0525 1746 0007 1038 0123,1.10; 1340,1.49 0700,0.61; 2041,0.48 2 S 0524 1747 0057 1141 0241,1.11; 1453,1.52 0815,0.61; 2149,0.41

OCTOBER 2010 Astronomical data and tides

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS Sunday October 3. Move clocks forward 1 hour at 2am

3 S 0622 1847 0244 1347 0455,1.19; 1603,1.59 1033,0.55; 2247,0.32 4 M 0621 1847 0327 1454 0556,1.31; 1804,1.67 1041,0.45 5 T 0620 1848 0408 1601 0657,1.45; 1900,1.72 0038,0.23; 1242,0.33 6 W 0619 1849 0446 1708 0735,1.59; 1951,1.74 0124,0.16; 1338,0.23 7 T 0618 1849 0524 1816 0822,1.71; 2042,1.71 0208,0.13; 1432,0.15 8 F 0617 1850 0604 1924 0908,1.80; 2132,1.63 0251,0.14; 1527,0.12 9 S 0616 1850 0646 2033 0955,1.84; 2223,1.52 0333,0.19; 1619,0.13 10 S 0614 1851 0732 2140 1042,1.84; 2315,1.40 0416,0.27; 1714,0.18 1129,1.79 11 M 0613 1851 0822 2243 0500,0.37; 1808,0.26 12 T 0612 1852 0915 2341 0007,1.28; 1217,1.70 0545,0.47; 1905,0.36 13 W 0611 1853 1012 0101,1.18; 1308,1.59 0632,0.57; 2005,0.44 14 T 0610 1853 1109 0033 0200,1.12; 1404,1.49 0628,0.64; 2109,0.50 15 F 0609 1854 1206 0118 0307,1.09; 1508,1.41 0832,0.69; 2210,0.53 16 S 0608 1854 1301 0158 0415,1.12; 1615,1.37 0944,0.70; 2304,0.52 17 S 0607 1855 1355 0233 0514,1.18; 1715,1.37 1052,0.67; 2350,0.49 18 M 0606 1856 1448 0305 0602,1.26; 1806,1.39 1152,0.61 19 T 0605 1856 1540 0335 0643,1.35; 1849,1.41 0030,0.46; 1243,0.55 20 W 0604 1857 1631 0405 0719,1.43; 1930,1.43 0105,0.41; 1327,0.48 21 T 0603 1858 1724 0434 0754,1.51; 2006,1.43 0138,0.39; 1407,0.42 22 F 0602 1858 1818 0505 0827,1.59; 2044,1.41 0209,0.38; 1445,0.37 23 S 0601 1859 1914 0538 0900,1.64; 2121,1.39 0230,0.38; 1523,0.34 24 S 0600 1900 2011 0614 0934,1.69; 2200,1.35 0311,0.39; 1601,0.32 25 M 0559 1900 2109 0656 1011,1.71; 2241,1.31 0345,0.42; 1642,0.32 26 T 0558 1901 2207 0742 1050,1.71; 2325,1.25 0421,0.45; 1725,0.34 27 W 0557 1902 2302 0835 1133,1.68 0502,0.49; 1815,0.37 28 T 0556 1902 2354 0933 0015,1.22; 1221,1.64 0548,0.54; 1909,0.40 29 F 0556 1903 1034 0111,1.18; 1315,1.60 0644,0.58; 2110,0,41 30 S 0555 1904 0041 1138 0215,1.17; 1417,1.56 0748,0.61; 2115,0.40 31 S 0554 1904 0124 1242 0325,1.21; 1527,1.54 0901,0.60; 2216,0.36 Time lags: Ballina Boat Dock: 15 min; Byron Bay: nil; Brunswick River Highway Bridge: high 30 min, low 1 hr; Mullumbimby: 1 hr 10 min; Billinudgel: 3 hr 55 min; Chinderah: high 1 hr 30 min, low 2 hr; Terranora Inlet: high 2 hr 10 min, low 2 hr 25 min; Murwillumbah: high 2 hr 30 min, low 2 hr 50 min.

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

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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

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

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

BOWLS Cabarita Results 29th September: Winners: W. Chapman and R. Maunders. Runners Up: R. Watkins and S. Brecard. Consolation Winners: S. Massey and B. Wicks Cabarita Beach Women October 5 Social Bowls: Winning Rink, Judy Schmidt, Marlene Lambert, Judy Jones. Consolation: Coral McCaughan, Rhonda Gleeson, Joan Griffiths. Raffles: John Morris, Sue Goode, Roma Woodbury.

Condong Ladies Consistency results today are, E.Hunt def., K.Cusack, H.Ross def M.Wilkins, B.Mullan def, R.Thorley and M.Sweetnam def, P.Flack.

Condong Men Friday 3 Bowl Pairs Shootout Winners B Wilkins, W Chislom. R/U R Gerdes, S Reading $10 each. B grade singles G Palmer 32 def J Miller 30.

Cudgen Leagues Ladies Thurs 30th Ladies social results – winners, rnk2, R Lowe, P Pieterse.

Raffle – A Law. Cudgen Men 03.10 Men’s Championship’s B Singles Final between Darby Lowe def Fred Smith Mixed Pairs T. Grimes & S. Hinks d R. Lowe & D. Lowe.

Presidents Singles I. Turnbull d T. Grimes.

Consistency Singles K. Foran d K. Davey.

Monday Mixed Mufti winners: P. Pieterse, J. Hazell & F. Pieterse, Wednesday Mens Triples Mufti C. Lacey, Bill Moore & Brian Moore won. Losing rink B. Fraser, N. Hoskinson & B. Murray.

NSW Challenge Cup: Cudgen d Ballina.

Kingscliff Ladies Wednesday 29th Sept.

Social Bowls Winners on Rink 18 on countback were J.Styles/E.Claybourn/F.Robinson. R/U. Rink 10 B.Massey/J. Greenbank/M.Sykes. Consistency Singles. Quarters. S.Akers def E.Taylor. J.Scher def D.James.

C.Smith def M.Lincoln. J.Scott def A.McNamara Raffle Winners.

J.Dalmayer, S.Wood.

Division 2 Kingscliff – Bye. Division 5 Kingscliff Defeated Tweed Heads at home 4 to 1.

Kingscliff Men Division 2 d South Tweed 71 shots to 54 in the final round of Pennants.

Division 3 lost to Tugun 72 shots to 56 finishing 5th. Division 5 lost to Robina 55 shots to 45 and finished 8th. Division 8 forfeited to Beenleigh and finished in 8th.

Social Bowls Results: Thursday 30th September: Winners: A Simpson, D Dimmock, D Gleave; R Julius, P Murphy, V Lewis; J Brinsmead, B Morrow, B Beattie. Plate Winners: K Greenbank, R Woolley, R Maltby.

Saturday 2nd October: Winners: D Smith, D Fines, T Green. Tuesday 5th October: Winners: K Banks, T Hills.

Runners Up: P Potter, D Freeman.

Plate Winners: B Wood, D Smith.

Pottsville Ladies Thursday 30th September Winners: P.Field, E.Macdonald,F.Brady & W. Fielding. Runners Up: P.Bryant, V.Scott & N. Bonner. Lucky Bowler: J. Crombie.

Pottsville Men Weekly Results Friday 24th September Winners: J. Field, P. Field.

Runners-up: B. Wilson, D Appleton.

Saturday 25th September Winners: L. Hendry, J. Buckley. Runners-up: K. Boynton, B. Wilson, R. Appleton.

Championship: Mixed Fours Winners: M. Comerford, J. Baxter, T. Baxter, K. Lehfeldt. Losers: F. Brady,

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V. Scott, K. Coyte, D. Townsend.

Winners: C. Royan, M. Campbell, D. Moir, J. Royan Losers: G. Crawley, P. Field, J. Appleton, J. Field Wednesday 29th September Winners: B. Campbell, D. Lee, R. Dudley.

Runners-up: L. Swift, B. Stephens, W. Whitney.

Championship: Mixed Fours Winner: B. Moore, G. Moore, J. Kent, B. Kent. Losers: B. Mackay, A. Mackay, D. Buckley, J. Buckley.

Tweed Heads Ladies Wednsday Pairs .J. Lyon, P. Griffith def. P. Clarke, F. Hewitt. H. Carter, S. Archer, def. B. Bradley, L. Hodsdon. L. Rayward, M. Dare def. G. Evans, K. Henshaw.

A. Harris V. Cunningham, def. V. Moore, R. Curtis. A. Nash, E. Lee, def.

A. Morrissey, N. Neill. F. Martin, P. Dearlove, def. C. Murphy, R. Davies E. Simpson, M. Cooper def. D. Woods, H. Bosisto.

Tuesday Fours S. Price, R. Reiter, D. Turner, H. Mason def. G. McCarthy, J. Clark, D. Evans, J. Wike. P. Clarke, J. Roche, M. Cooper, A. Duckworth def. M. Groghan, F. Hewitt, J. Fisher, D. Kendall. M. Crane, C. Cragg, S. Asser, C. Hawkins, def. J. Ryan, S. Jackson, S. Hambleton, N. Dowling. D. Stewart, S. Jackson, J. Green, P. Houghton def. M. A. Cummings, M. Ramshaw, P. Reedy, D. Fysh. P. Collins, V. Philpott, M. Kelly, def. J. Redman, E. McGrath, R. Laycock. P. Henderson, N. Matheson, M. Heydt, N. Bell, def.

L Turner, H. Bardsley, J. Dodsley, S. Ganter.

Thursday Fours B. Carey, M. Riley, S. Hambleton, V. Robinson, def. M. Ramshaw, N. Matheson, M. Jarick, D. Kendall.

D. Stewart, B. Rodger, J. Roche, M. Gwynne, def. G. Spencer, J. Ryman, J. Green, S. Ganter. N. Crane, J. Stebbings, M. Cooper, D. Turner def. D. Cramb, B. Bitmead, B. LeBouef, J. Withington Thursday Pairs P. Houghton, D. Duncan, def. B. Makin, B. Jacobsen. M. Kelly, C. Hawkins def. T. Dixon, D. Woods.

Tweed Heads Men 5 October 2010 Pennants: Results from Round 9 October 2.

Div 1: against Musgrave Hill won 62/49 [15/1] Div 2: v Robina won 58/55 [14/2] Div 4: v Robina won 64/52 [14/2] Div 7: v Mudgeeraba game washed out points divided [5/5] Div 8: v Beaudesert won 66/41 [15/1] Div 9: v Beenleigh won 83/37 [16/0] Social Results: Sun 26 Sept Green 1: Pene & Arthur Collins; r/up: Vi & Brian Williams.

Green 2: Trish Dixon, Rusty Leeson; r/up: Bernice & James Bryant.

Random Rink Winner: Lucy Turner, Dennis & Glenda McCarthy.

Tues 28 Sept – Winners: Men – Bob Trinder, Ian Davis, Ernie Robins, John Heath; r/up: Bern Jacobson, Ramsay MacDonald, Bob Wike, Jack Blagbrough.

Winners – Ladies – Helen Carter, Dianne Kerwitz, Estelle Bartrin, Joy Withington; r/up: Carolyn Davis, Betty Graham, Beth Jacobson, Barbara MacDonald.

Wed 29 Sept – Random Rink Draw Green 1: Dennis Freeman, John Reardon; r/up: Rick Mayrick, Alex Mason.

Green 2: Sean Harty, Harold Moy; r/ up: Paul Chircop, John Parker-Smith Green 3: Tony Nicholls, Tom Wotton, John Reid, Ian Mather; r/up: Jack Maloney, Roger Sydenham, Ted Crofton.

Indoor Green: John Mann, Ken

Schmidt; r/up: Brian Bitmead, Ron Duckworth.

Fri 1 Oct: Green 1: Robert Henshaw, Ramsay MacDonald, Sam Ramsay; r/up: Geoff Green, George Kendall, Dennis Agnew.

Green 2: Ray Carter, Jim Hammersley, Jim Bryant; r/up: Peter Howell, Tom Kelly, Geoff Dixon.

Green 3: John LeBoeuf, Tom Wotton, John Sieben; r/up: Jim O’Neill, Frank Birkin, John Cunningham.

Tweed Heads Tourers Last Sunday the game was called off due to lack of interest and the rain.

GOLF Chinderah Seniors Social Results for Thurs 30/9/10 - Stroke Winner A grade - Errol Fender net 60(c/back) - new h/cap 9.

R/up - Barbara Spedding net 60(c/ back) - new h/cap 14.

Winner B grade - Yvonne Kafoa net 51 - new h/cap 29.

R/up - Judy Colley net 56(c/back) new h/cap 19.

Ball rundown to net 59(c/back) Monday 4/10/10 Washed-out Club Championships & M/Medal now 11/10/10 Murwillumbah Sunday 26th September Women’s Winner D.Mansini 40 pts Members K.O’Grady 39 pts N.Pin 2nd k.Fiora B.R,D to 37 pts.

Wednesday 29th September 4.B.B.B. Stableford Winners C.Hulme & J.Harris 49 pts c.b R.Up G.Hughes 7 I.Audsley 49 pts c.b Veterans G.Hughes & I.Audsley 49 pts c.b N.Pin 2nd R.Mills B.R.D to 43 pts c.b Friday 1st October Women’s Winner s.Norman 37 pts Members R.Souter 38 pts B.R.D 36 pts.

Saturday 2nd September Individual Stableford in 4 Gradse A.Grade J.Walker 37 pts R,Up N.Grondenwege 36 pts B.Grade J.Moen R.Up J.Akehurst C.Grade T.McGreevy 40 pts R,Up R.Masiar 38 pts D.Grade S.Berrigan 44 pts R,Up p.Russell 36 pts N.Pin 2nd M.Knight 8th J.Djordevic 10th A.Ryder 14th R.Corcoran B.R.D to 33 pts.

SHOOTING Murwillumbah Pistol Club 28-Sept-10; Sports Pistol - A Uren 580, D Gazzard 575, I Young 549, R Bebendorf 547, R Gospel 516, B Dowling 501, B Clinch 501, A Gazzard 494. Ladies Air Pistol - T Clinch 381.

29-Sept-10; Air Pistol - P Schlunke 598, A Berry 576, J Lumsden 567.

2-Oct-10; Standard Pistol - A Berry 594, D Dowling 588, J Blair 587, S Nash 573, J Duckworth 567, P Schlunke 566, P Norris 565, J Clough 564, R Fleming 563, J Lumsden 542, A Uren 541, D Stebbing 527, A Aumann 510, M Fleming 488. Air Pistol - R McClymont 583, J Hoctor 554, P Stupka 543. 3-Oct-10; Rifle - J Baker 696, S Jenkins 600, M Luxton 591, B Wenban 586, E Wenban 583, J Lumsden 581, N Luxton 561, R Gospel 556.

The summer and surf patrol season is upon us. Always make sure you swim on a supervised beach and remember to swim between the flags.

For more information about your local surfclub, visit the Surf Life Saving Australia website: www. slsa.asn.au.

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$459,500 $506,000 $333,500 $357,500 $525,000 $530,000 $360,000 $370,000 $311,025 $515,000 $410,750 $347,500 $367,000 $400,000 $387,500 $310,000 $330,000 $360,000 $320,500 $485,000 $563,000 $385,000 $455,000 $345,000 $390,000 $440,000

5.6% 7.4% 17.0% 4.4% 15.0% 6.5% -2.7% 10.9% -1.6% 3.0% 8.1% 5.3% 7.9% 2.6% 10.7% 5.7% 4.8% -1.4% 3.4% 2.1% 13.7% 3.5% 1.1% 11.3% -2.5% 13.5%

6.2% 6.5% 8.2% 7.4% 9.7% 3.6% 5.2% 3.7% 4.5% 4.4% 1.0% -0.4% 2.5% 6.3% 4.4% 5.7% 12.3% 1.2% 0.7% 3.9% 7.6% 8.7% 3.8% 4.2% 10.4% 3.0%

10.8% 11.2% 12.9% 10.3% 12.4% 12.4% 9.6% 11.4% 12.0% 10.0% 6.0% 9.5% 9.6% 11.5% 10.3% 8.8% 13.9% 8.4% 9.9% 11.4% 12.1% 11.4% 11.4% 9.8% 12.6% 9.3%

$320 $380 $295 $290 $300 $440 $320 $330 $255 $430 $350 $280 $323 $390 $340 $260 $295 $330 $260 $390 $350 $340 $390 $250 $350 $350

6.7% 1.3% 34.1% -3.3% -6.3% -2.2% -5.9% 6.5% 0.0% 0.0% 6.1% 7.7% 7.7% -2.5% 6.3% 0.0% 0.0% 10.0% 4.0% 0.0% 2.9% -1.4% 0.0% 4.2% -7.9% 9.4%

48.8% 24.6% 63.9% 7.4% 30.4% 35.4% 28.0% 26.9% 21.4% 26.5% 29.6% 47.4% 46.8% 44.4% 47.8% n.a.

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Weak new home sales signal need for steady interest rates ley Dale said that the new home market was entering a period of softer demand. ‘Previous interest rate hikes and the withdrawal of fiscal stimulus have dampened

new housing demand, while there has been insufficient progress made in reducing the supply side barriers that raise the cost of new housing,’ Dr Dale said.

to June 2010 analysed has been Busselton in south-west WA. Busselton’s median house prices have increased by 15 per cent over the year.

By comparison Tweed’s median house price rose by 1.1 per cent over that time, with a median house price of $455,000 compared to Busselton’s $525,000.

Median rents actually remained steady in the Tweed, the five year rental change is a low 22.8 per cent!

Coastal units in Byron saw a 5.7 per cent rise over the 12 months, with a median price of $462,500. They were fetching a median rent of $430 a week.

For the June quarter sales, the Gold Coast still dominates the market, according to RP Data.

GC shifted 1,187 coastal houses and 1,544 units, compared to 73 and 40 respectively for Byron.

In the nearby house markets, turnover was good in Ballina (97) and Tweed (201).

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New home sales fell for a fourth consecutive month in August, clearly signalling the appropriateness of keeping interest rates on hold.

The latest HIA – Jeld-Wen New Home Sales Report, a survey of Australia’s major residential builders, showed that the number of new homes sold fell by 2.6 per cent in August 2010. Sales were down by 13 per cent over the three months to August to be 11 per cent lower when compared to the same period in 2009. Building approvals were down by over six per cent for the three month period to July 2010, with further weakness to come.

HIA Chief Economist Dr Har-

In recent times the capital city residential property markets have been recording strong levels of property value growth, but this hasn’t necessarily been reflected in those regions outside of the capitals.

According to the RP Data-Rismark Home Value Index results for June, capital city property values increased by a total of 10.5 per cent over the year. House values increased by 10.3 per cent and unit values were up 11.4 per cent. That Index release also highlighted that the performance of the housing market outside of the capital cities was significantly different with house values in regional areas increasing by just 5.1 per cent over the 12 months.

Over the last ten years house prices in these coastal markets have typically seen strong levels of growth. However, over the last 12 months the performance has been much less impressive.

For houses, the top performing coastal market of the 12 months

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Red Cross Tweed Heads Red Cross branch’s monthly meeting Friday, October 8, at Tweed City shopping centre at 9.30am. Visitors welcome.

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Ride to work day, October 13, Civic Centre Park, Murwillumbah from 6.30 to 8.30am for a free breakfast and giveaways. Take up the challenge with your workmates and be part of the Australia wide commute day. Organised by Wollumbin Bicycle User Group.

Family Centre The Family Centre is taking bookings now for new parenting education courses. Numbers are limited so book early on (07) 5524 8711. Detailed info on all our courses at www. thefamilycentre.org.

Historical society Tweed Heads Historical Society and Museum’s general meeting on Tuesday, October 19, at 10am in Old Court House, Pioneer Park, Kennedy Drive, Tweed Heads West, will have as guest speaker visiting author Rosslyn Thomas speaking on the writing of her book Sighting a Dolphin. Rosslyn comes from the NSW south coast where her book is set, however LOST & FOUND much background information was gained from research done at Tweed DOG FOUND Heads Historical Society regarding small friendly black and white fox terrier Jack Evans Porpoise Pool and his cross, female, found a week ago in the Mt dolphin Jo Jo for her story. Visitors Jerusalem area near Uki. 66795222 welcome, for info call 07 5536 8625.

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PETS

Burmese Brown Pure Bred Brown Kitten – Available now Desexed, chipped, vacc & reg breeder.

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Tweed Hospital Our annual fete is being held this Saturday, October 9, at the Civic Centre, Brett St, Tweed Heads. Doors open at 8am. Stalls include babywear, soft toys, cakes, craft, remnants, sweets, pre-loved clothing, odds and sods, plants and books. Raffle for a digital-ready TV set will be drawn, a barbecue starting at 7.30am.

Garden clubs Tweed Coast Garden Association’s next meeting is on October 12 from 1.30pm at the Cabarita Community Hall. Members please bring something for the trading table and your entries for the benching. This is our 8th birthday and members from other gardens clubs are welcome.

3HGUR P d a 9 month Pedro, th old, ld desexed d d male Chihuahua is in foster care with Friends of the Pound. He is a cute, affectionate, active little fellow (less than 2 kg) who needs space to run but he also loves to snuggle up to his humans!

He would be best as an only dog in a home without small children. If you can offer Pedro a permanent, caring home, where someone will be around most of the time, 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 permanent homes.

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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. For info call Di at 02 6672 4330 or Ron at 6676 2294.

Support group for Tweed’s gay youth launched

An eight-week support and networking group for the Tyalgum Diggers Rodeo Gymkhana, Tweed’s gay, lesbian, bisexTweed Hospital Auxiliary annual Tyalgum Showground, Saturday, fete on Saturday, October 9, at the ual and transgender (GLBT) October 16, 9am fun and games Civic Centre, Brett St, Tweed Heads. youth community starts next for all the family. Rides, skirmish, Doors open at 8am. Stalls include: Wednesday, October 13. country fair, live entertainment, food, babywear, soft toys, cakes, craft, remThe group for youth aged 25 fireworks. For info call Joan 02 6679 nants, sweets, pre-loved clothing, 3897. odds and sods and books. BBQ, light or under is funded by Tweed refreshments and the PCYC band will Shire Council and sponsored Probus club be playing. Donations may be left

by Aids Council of NSW Newly formed Probus Club of Tweed at the gift shop, in the hospital foyer (ACON) Northern Rivers. It Coast needs more members. Come or phone Russell on 02 6674 3077 for will meet on Wednesdays at Guiding along and be part of the fun. Tuescollection. the Cabarita Youth Service day, October 19, 10.30am-12.30pm at One hundred years of girl guiding from October 13 till December The Point, Tweed Coast Road, Hastin Australia will be celebrated with a Walking groups ings Point. Parking underneath. Semi luncheon at the home of Anne BidMurwillumbah on the Move walking 1 from 4.30pm-6.30pm. retired and retired men and women dulph, Banora Point, on Wednesday, group meets at the Information A spokesman for the group welcome, minimal cost. For info call October 20, at 10.15am. All ladies who Centre (Budd Park) at 7.20am every said the main goal of the group Julie 6676 4641 or Jill 6676 4534.

Wednesday and Saturday. Enjoyable was to increase social networkhave been involved in guiding in

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Ride to work WEDDINGS

Guest speaker is John Pumpers from ‘Frog Prints’. Entry is $2, for info call 02 6676 4402. On October 19, we’re having a sausage sizzle in the park at Salt Village (behind the Surf Life Saving Club) from 10am, cost is $5, visitors welcome call 02 6676 4402.

Tweed Coast Garden Association Inc Twin Towns and District Garden Club October meeting will be on Monday, October 11, at 10 am in the Tweed Heads Civic Centre. Entry $3 which includes morning tea between 9am-9.45am. Guest speaker will be Reg Jeynes from Toowoomba who will talk about begonias. All the usual benching classes, library, raffle, prizes.

any way welcome to attend. Colour party, flag raising and campfire songs. RSVP Oct 6 to Pat on 02 6674 4622, Anne 07 5524 1454 or Deslie on 02 6685 8755.

Helping families Could you help a family with young children? Would you enjoy sharing your parenting experience with new parents and families? Do you have a couple of hours each week to spare?

Do you know someone who may be interested? The Family Centre is looking for people from all walks of life that have an interest. For further information call Yvonne, Volunteer Home Visiting Service Co-ordinator on 07 5524 8711.

Ride to work October 13, Civic Centre Park, Murwillumbah from 6.30am to 8.30am for a free breakfast and giveaways.

Organised by Wollumbin Bicycle User Group.

Kingscliff bowls Kingscliff Bowls Club Members are advised that the annual general meeting of the Kingscliff Bowls Club Ltd will be held in the Club on Sunday, November 7, at 9.30am.

Book sale Friends of the Library Kingscliff will conduct their next book sale on Saturday, October 9, from 9am-11.45am.

Many thanks for the many books already donated for the sale. Further donations may be left at the library in Turnock Street, Kingscliff. For info call Larry on 02 6674 1607.

Ovarian cancer walk In Australia, ovarian cancer claims the life of one woman every 10 hours.The Robbie Sammel Ovarian Cancer Awareness Walk on Saturday, October 16, from Kingscliff to Fingal Head, a 15km return circuit, aims to raise funds to help make life without ovarian cancer a reality. Visit www. robbieswalk.com to register or contact Mim on 0415 603 531 or email robbieswalk@gmail.com.

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Mullumbimby Community Gardens will hold an environmental day on October 10, 2010 (10/10/10) from 9am to 5pm with a biochar and biodiesel demonstration. If you want to be involved call Dolph on 0407 032112 or visit www.biocharproject.org.

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 Coolangatta/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

Hospital auxiliary

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 573 639.

Twin Towns Runners and Walkers meet every Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 6pm Coolangatta beach front (opposite McDonald’s). All ages, all levels of fitness. Fun and free, for info visit www.ttscrunnersandwalkers.org.

U3A Twin Towns U3A Twin Towns will hold a laughter workshop/meditation class and a swap meet/fun day on Saturday, October 30, all welcome. Bring any type of goods or produce and swap it, no money involved. Fun Day you can sing, dance, tell jokes. Places available for Scrabble, mahjong players, photography, illustrations, astrology and zumba. For info call before noon 07 5534 7333.

Mental health Tweed Valley Mental Health Carers Network meetings coming up: Mondays, October 18 and November 1. Note: No meeting on October 4 (Labour Day in NSW). 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.

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, all Gerrard St, Coolangatta, call 07 5596 4050 for info.

Lanham Streets, Coolangatta. For info call Mary on 0418 668 259.

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.

VIEW clubs 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.

Coolangatta/Tweed VIEW Club next luncheon meeting Thursday, October 21, in the Horizons Room, South Tweed Sports Club at 11am for 11.30am start. Guest speaker will be Christine Lonie from Red Cross Telecross. Visitors welcome. For info call Margaret on 07 5534 7115 before 5pm on Monday 18.

Parenting program 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.

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 ca Chantal 6674 2856.

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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 St 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.

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.

A cappella choir Voice Weavers Southern Gold Coast A Cappella Choir welcomes new members. We meet every Thursday night between 6.30pm-8.30pm at St Peters Church hall on Dutton and

Alcoholics anonymous Murwillumbah meetings: Tuesday, 10am, Community Centre, Knox Park; Thursday, 7.30pm, Baptist Church,

ing and access to information and referrals for Same Sex Attracted Youth (SSAY).

‘This is a program designed as a space for young people to network, make friends, have fun resource information and develop leadership skills relevant to the GLBT community,’ the spokesman said.

‘The population of SSAY living in the Tweed Shire area is comparable with that of larger other urban/rural areas of Australia, of between 8 and 11 per cent.’

For more info call Tobin on 02 6622 1555.

Eveleigh Street; Friday, 7pm, Uniting Church, Main Street. Info line 24-hour 07 5591 2062.

Exit International For information on end of life choices and to find out when the next meeting will be held please call Elaine 0421 796 713. To attend the meetings you must be a member so ask Elaine how to join if you are interested.

PCYC markets Held every Sunday at the Tweed Heads PCYC, corner of Florence and Adelaide Streets, running from early in the morning to around lunchtime.

For more info call 07 5599 1714.

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

Computer skills Computer Association Tweed Seniors meets at 10.30am on the third Wednesday of each month at Seagulls. Learn computer skills from other seniors. Joining days are on the second Thursday of each month at Seagulls. For info call Noelene on 07 5599 8939 (Mon-Fri 9-5). All welcome.

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

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

Nashos Tweed Valley-Murwillumbah Nashos meet every month on the third Tuesday at 10.15am at the Murwillumbah Services Club (next on Sep 21). New members welcome, call Peter on 07 5590 5467 or Keith on 07 5524 5679.

Gold Coast South-Twin Towns branch will hold its next general meeting on Sunday, November 21, at 10am in the Anzac Room of The Twin Towns Services Club. New members welcome, for info call Ian on 07 5536 4450.

Lifeball Lifeball is an exercise sport similar to netball but played at a walking pace by senior men and women. Come and have a try. Sessions held every Tuesday 9.30am-11.30am at Tweed Supersports Centre, Chinderah, $5 per person. Contact Jill 02 6674 0636 or George 07 5524 4558.

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Weary Hastings Point people are wondering when the saga of a so-called aged-care facility being inexpertly marketed as an over-55 resort to under-whelmed retirees will ever end. The three-storey development, deemed a blot on the landscape by locals who failed in a costly legal battle to stop it going ahead, has stalled with only a third of its 252 units built – and none include any of the required aged or supportive care units required under its seniors’ living facility approval.

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According to Backburner’s informants, only ten of them are actually occupied by people who entered into a leasehold agreement to buy into the independent living units in the hope of one day upgrading to assisted care units. Some seriously doubt whether there’s enough cash in the kitty to complete them and are already making alternative arrangements for their future.

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Tweed River Art Gallery staffer Leeanne Carey admires two etchings by Mullumbimby artist Travis Paterson from his exhibition of prints called ‘Taciturn’ on display till the end of next month. The images display Paterson’s skills in aquatint etching and archival digital printmaking processes. The gallery at 2 Mistral Road, Murwillumbah, is open Wednesday to Sunday 10am-4pm. Photo Jeff ‘Lost For Words’ Dawson

‘It’s like a ghost town down there but it’s impossible to get any information about the future of this thing we call the big ugly,’ said a leading figure in the fight to preserve their village lifestyle by stopping the spread of three-storey unit blocks. ‘We have consistently argued that this development [The Point] was wrong for the town and warned that it could come to a sticky end but no one would listen,’ he said. ‘The sad part is the community spent thousands of dollars fighting this because a former council planner using what we say was a dodgy survey undermined efforts five years ago to impose a two-storey limit. To say that the resident community doesn’t know what’s best is the height of arrogance when everything we predicted would happen actually has happened.’

throwing up council newcomer Kevin Skinner as our third leader in as many years since the last council was sacked amid cries of shame. The Chinderah motelier tapped the spinning wheel of fear and loathing just at the right time to secure key votes for an unexpected coup.

Punters waiting to be convinced of his pristine environment pledge are in no doubt that animosities among our spatprone councillors will be inflamed by his win over one-time ally and National Party heavyweight Warren Polglase and his scuppering of a deal with Dot Holdom. They are also wondering whether the former publican is likely to go off like a fire-cracker anytime soon under the pressure of trying to keep a lid on what Wozza Q Q Q Q once famously described as the most dysMeantime residents are intrigued by a functional bunch in his 19 years in local flurry of unusual activity by players in- government. volved in the development, including Q Q Q Q investors PDK whose once-ubiquitous Kev’s made a rapid climb to the top, but presence in the town is no more and the the new owner of the mayoral car keys one-time owner of the site, local devel- and unlimited petrol vouchers has haroper and former newsagent Allan McIn- boured political ambitions since 1999. He tosh, who’s undergone a late career change was recruited by Murwillumbah busifrom village storekeeper to manager of the nessman Bill Bedser as a candidate in an blighted project. PDK principal Danny election campaign which an investigation Gillies has his prestige Fingal home on the later found was used as an attempt to buy market, joining Mr McIntosh, who is also the council. Kevin confirmed he verbally trying to sell off one of his own properties agreed to stand as number two on the in Coast Road. ticket of National Party stalwart and forQ Q Q Q mer councillor Bob Brinsmead, but says It’s good to see Tweed’s mayoralty merry- ‘when the situation unfolded’ he withdrew go-round is still spinning wildly, this time his name and was never on the ballot pa-

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per. He might need more magic than just boning up on meeting procedure if he’s to prevent long-simmering resentments from boiling over.

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Amusing to listen to the howls of outrage over the rally move. Out-of-touch tourism officials are so concerned about keeping massive, disruptive events on the north coast to justify their bloated salaries that it is surprising that they haven’t invited the Chinese army over for a visit. Might make a bit of a mess but the financial benefits would be extraordinary.

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And how about the Coffs Harbour mayor’s déjà vu reaction to the rally? Backburner was sure we’d heard/read the same words before when mayor Keith Rhoades welcomed the news that the world rally was bound for the ‘Banana Coast’, as that area is often marketed. He used terms like ‘you couldn’t buy this sort of publicity’, ‘this is an absolutely fantastic opportunity for the region’, ‘the world rally is broadcast in 186 countries and has a global audience of 53 million viewers’ and finally, the clincher for the theory that he was reading from the rally’s own script, ‘from an economic perspective, we would see around $15 million directly injected into the local economy through this one event alone’. Backburner reckons the area is due for a name change, now that the Big Banana has lost some of its gloss. We suggest the ‘Doughnut Coast.’

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