Tweed Echo – Issue 3.15 – 09/12/2010

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THE TWEED Volume 3 #15 Thursday, December 9, 2010 Advertising and news enquiries: Phone: (02) 6672 2280 editor@tweedecho.com.au adcopy@tweedecho.com.au www.tweedecho.com.au

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Gem gallery rocks Tweed Kate McIntosh

Limpinwood couple Russell and Sharon Costin have turned a unique hobby into a way of life. The lapidary enthusiasts and lifelong nature lovers recently opened a gallery showcasing Russell’s 3D photographic work of semi-precious gemstones. The Rock On Gallery is situated on a hilltop in the centre of the Limpinwood Valley offering expansive 360-degree views of the McPherson Ranges and Mt Warning, and Russell and Sharon hope it will become a tourist drawcard for the area. The idea for the gallery came after Russell began experimenting with macro photography of local gemstone specimens about 18 months ago.

Russell Costin shows off a piece of green malachite from Africa and a small slab of the more commonly occurring rhodonite, on display at the Rock On Gallery in Limpinwood. Photo Jeff ‘Rock Steady’ Dawson

Sharon says her husband’s eyecatching images, which are not digitally enhanced, capture the inner colours, shapes and textures of gemstones, with visitors invited to view the works using 3D glasses for fulleffect. ‘Obviously we’d like to show people the real beauty of gemstones,’ said Sharon. ‘The layers and the colours, it’s definitely a new way of looking at rocks.’ The gallery stocks a wide range of products for sale, including t-shirts, mugs, bags and jewellery boxes, designed by Sharon and incorporating Russell’s images. Also on display is a selection of the couple’s impressive private collection which has been sourced from internet sites, gem shows and collectors. These include jasper, agate, chalcedony, rainbow calsilica and tiger eye, with many of the stones cut

and polished by Russell on site. The couple, who have lived in the area for 34 years, also run a nursery, specialising in native plant varieties, on an adjoining property. They hope to eventually wind down that business and focus on photography and gemstones in their retirement. The keen nature lovers were also founding members of the Tweed Valley Wildlife Carers, a volunteer-run organisation helping rescue and rehabilitate injured wildlife. ‘We’ve always had an interest in nature – whether it be plants or rocks or animals,’ said Sharon. Rock On Gallery is located at 235 Limpinwood Valley Road (between Chillingham and Tyalgum) and is open Thursday to Sunday from 10am to 4pm. For more information visit www. rockondesigns.com.au.

Developers of the proposed Cobaki Estate for 5,500 new dwellings to accommodate around 12,000 people wasted little time in lodging a development application (DA) with Tweed Council this week to build the estate’s first 1,000 homes, only days after NSW planning minister Tony Kelly announced approval for the concept plan on site. Mr Kelly said the housing project, the size of a ‘small country town’ on a 594-hectare site on the Tweed side of the border with the Gold Coast just west of Gold Coast Airport, would help cater for the area’s fast-growing population. The Leda Developments project, estimated to cost over $3 billion when finished, includes a town centre based around a full-line shopping centre, with medical and childcare facilities as well as two primary schools. The concept approval includes environment protection and rehabilitation for 194 ha of land with an extra 87 ha of open space and recreational areas. The proposed 17 residential precincts will contain a total of 5,500 dwellings, including detached houses, townhouses and unit blocks up to three storeys, a town centre and neighbourhood centre containing 18.8 hectares for retail, commercial, community and residential uses, also with a three-storey height limit. The minister said the site had been zoned for residential development for over 20 years and ‘covers about 30 per cent of the region’s need for housing over the next 20 to 25 years’, as per the government’s Far North Coast Regional Strategy.

Mr Kelly said he expected strong demand for the new homes in the township which would create an ‘enormous’ number of jobs over the next 20 years, especially in the building industry which needed projects like this to survive. Leda Developments general manager Greg Campbell told reporters on Monday that the first DA for construction of the project’s first 1,000 lots would be lodged with Tweed Council later that day. However, a Leda spokesman yesterday told The Echo a delay in preparing some documents meant it was due to be lodged yesterday afternoon (Wednesday). Mr Campbell said the plan had undergone extensive and rigorous environmental assessment with ‘some 15 environmental management plans covering the site’.

Lot size reduced Mr Kelly said the Tweed Local Environmental Plan’s (LEP) minimum lot size for the urban zone in the new estate site would be reduced from 450 square metres to 120 square metres to ‘allow for a range of different types and sizes of housing depending on people’s different needs, which was in line with a trend across Australia and the world’. He said his department was currently considering an application for earthworks and drainage, landscaping of the central parkland and rehabilitation of riparian corridors. The developer had made some substantial changes from the original plan, including removing a series of man-made lakes from the proposal to avoid potential water quality or

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A curiosity about her adopted hometown led Julie Murray to seek out its early history first hand from those that lived through it. Julie sourced photographs and collected stories of some 60 Kingscliff old-timers now aged from their 50s into their 90s. Their recollections are contained in her self-published book Kingscliff to 1975: We have Stories to Tell. A long-time Kingscliff resident, Julie said she hoped the book would help preserve some of the area’s early heritage. ‘A lot of new people are moving to the area and I didn’t want those stories about what Kingscliff was like in the old days to be lost,’ said the retired school teacher. Julie’s book contains personal stories spanning Kingscliff ’s idyllic beach lifestyle, early development and the impact of industry. The book shows that long before the development of modern holiday homes, Kingscliff was prized as a seaside getaway, with early visitors attracted by its excellent fishing and recreation opportunities.

Long-time Kingscliff resident Julie Murray has self-published a book of personal histories from the coastal town pre-1975. Photo Jeff ‘Secrets to Hide’ Dawson

Julie said sand mining industry had had the biggest impact on the town, resulting in the development of infrastructure and formalised community settlement in the area. Julie, who worked with a team of three friends to produce the book, personally interviewed old-time residents,

recording their stories in their own words. She says the experience was enormously rewarding. ‘It was a bit like sitting on your grandmother’s knee,’ she said. ‘And people are just delighted that their stories were told and so many are happy that

Cobaki township plan approved maintenance issues and widening Cobaki Parkway reserve to improve future access to the estate. It was the second visit to the Tweed by the minister in as many months to announce major projects. Early in September, he approved Leda’s concept plan for the Kings Forest estate for 4,500 homes on the large 856-hectare site west of Casuarina and earlier that day he turned the sod for the upgrade of the $36 million Banora Point Wastewater Treatment Plant which would cater for the Cobaki development. The minister fended off media questions about traffic congestion on Tugun’s Boyd Street north of the airport sparked by the new development, saying his government was negotiating with Gold Coast City Council on a proposed access to the Pacific Motorway (M1) nearby and that Leda would spend $12 million to develop a four-lane extension of the Cobaki Parkway through the estate. Gold Coast Cr Chris Robbins told Mr Kelly the road would be at full capacity once the Cobaki estate grew to 2,000 homes and her council has called on the NSW government to limit the number of houses at the new estate to 2,000 before linking Boyd

their parents’ workload has been acknowledged.’ The book is currently being reprinted and will be available from Kingscliff newsagency and Boardwalk Books in the run-up to Christmas. Proceeds from the book, after publishing costs, will be donated to charity.

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During a rain-drenched media launch on Monday, Gold Coast Councillor Chris Robbins asked NSW Planning Minister Tony Kelly about traffic congestion on Boyd Street (Tugun, Queensland) as a result of the new housing estate across the border at Cobaki (in NSW). Photo Luis Feliu

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future new dam, to which he responded that it would be up to council to ‘look at those sort of things’ during individual DAs for each precinct and the state could not mandate for the water-reuse option because in some areas it would not be economically viable. ‘It is very expensive. I’m

aware that in some areas of Sydney they’re actually looking at pulling out because it’s [dual reticulation] so expensive,’ he said. Mayor Kevin Skinner told media that it was proposed for each new home on the estate to have 5,000-litre rainwater tanks. www.tweedecho.com.au

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Uki plumber James McLaughlan claims his prototype ovoid-shaped water tank will purify drinking water, whether it’s sourced from rain or mains. Motorists recently driving past his Bray Park workshop outside Murwillumbah may have noticed the large white egg-shaped structure and wondered what it is. The concrete, 3,000-litre sealed container is similar in shape to the amphoras of ancient history used to store food and wine and it works in much the same way to store drinking water. ‘Not having any corners in the water tank means the water within does not stagnate and become a breeding ground for disease; the water stores well as it self-circulates because the

‘Even the wine industry is beginning to use the same principle to enhance wine quality.’ Fears about contaminated drinking water collected from roofs infested with rotting matter or parasites such as giardia drove James a few years ago to design a tank which could ‘revitalise’ drinking water. He registered the design and is now hoping to attract enough interest to go into production. The tank is plumbed to the mains water supply or rainwater tank downpipes from a roof, using a filter to clear out contaminants and chemicals such as fluoride and chlorine before the water enters the egg-shaped tank, then it’s ‘re-mineralised’ and piped back into the house for drinking use. He said the physics of the shape is what allows the tank changing external tempera- water molecules to move,’ he to avoid stagnation of its contures throughout the day cause explained. tents.

MP wants corruption claims probed Ken Sapwell

Questions about possible corruption have been tabled in the NSW Upper House by MP Marie Ficarra as the controversy over last year’s divisive car rally continues to trigger ructions in council ranks. The Liberal Party MLC has asked the Local Government Minister if a letter complaining of council boss Mike Rayner’s role on the rally board contained ‘allegations regarding possible maladministration and corrupt conduct.’ It’s one of more than a dozen questions Ms Ficarra asked about council governance just five days after naming Mr Rayner and Cr Dot Holdom in an attack on councils allegedly using  the code of conduct to silence and vilify councillors. Mr Rayner said he was unconcerned about matters raised in the series of questions posed by Ms Ficarra because the minister had already determined there was no po-

tential conflict  of interest. He said he was still waiting to hear from Ms Ficarra before responding to her claims in Parliament six days earlier that he was involved in a campaign of complaints to silence Crs Joan van Lieshout and Katie Milne. In her latest salvo, she asks the minister what she did after getting a letter in July last year from the then mayor raising community concerns of a conflict of interest over Mr Rayner’s role as a board member and ‘lobbyist’. She also asks about another letter which she says was sent by a resident the following month complaining of a conflict of interest over Mr Rayner’s dual role as general manager of the council and a member of the board of Repco Rally Australia. ‘Did the correspondence make allegations regarding possible maladministration and corrupt conduct?’ Ms Ficarra asks. ‘Were the matters raised in the correspondence referred to the NSW Ombudsman or

the Independent Commission Against Corruption? If not, why not?’ The MP queries other rally issues, including when event organisers first involved the council and informed residents, and whether they knew it required a development application.

Council’s sacking Ms Ficarra also delves into the commission of inquiry which triggered the council’s sacking, asking the minister how many of the recommendations aising from the inquiry by Maurice Daly had been implemented. Other questions related to allegations six days earlier when she named Mr Rayner and Cr Holdom as being part of a vilification campaign to silence Liberal Party councillor Joan van Lieshout when she was mayor. She asked what actions the minister had taken to ‘to stop the code of conduct from being used improperly to intimidate and harass certain councillors

(at Tweed) from doing their jobs as elected representatives’. The allegations are the most serious to hit the spat-prone council since it was elected a little over three years ago after the previous council was found to be too close to developers and had used up the trust of the community. They set the stage for a showdown between councillors van Lieshout and Holdom and again puts the spotlight on council’s radical media policy and Mr Rayner’s role on the rally board. Councillors voted for Mr Rayner to accept an offer of an unpaid position on the board without debate in November 2008 shortly after the elections. A council spokesman said Mr Rayner resigned from the rally board effective from November 3 and that he had stayed on till he had a commitment from Rally Australia (RA) to consult directly with council on the local Speed on Tweed event which RA underwrites.

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Site ruled out for police station Ken Sapwell

Long-stalled plans to build a new Tweed police headquarters have hit another hurdle after a site chosen by the NSW Police Force was ruled unacceptable. Planning Minister Tony Kelly told Parliament last week the site at Cudgen chosen for the $4.5 million station and possibly other emergency services was protected farmland. ‘I stand to be corrected, but [my] department has asked police to see if there’s a more appropriate site on the basis that this was not zoned appropriately,’ he said in response to questions about plans for the new station. Tweed MP Geoff Provest said the decision meant that the police had spent $200,000 pursuing a failed development application to Tweed Council, further delaying a new police station which had been prom-

ised four years ago. ‘It’s a bit like tearing up $20 bills on top of the Opera House and throwing them to the wind,’ he told Parliament. ‘The project is back to square one and meanwhile the people of the Tweed suffer from a shortage of police.’

Retain for farming Mr Provest said he thought police were wrong in trying to rezone prime agricultural land at Cudgen which he believed should be retained for farming. ‘There are other alternative sites which are also close to the highway and could prove just as suitable.’ The police claimed the 1.5 ha site at Cudgen was the only feasible location for the proposed station and contended it did not require council consent because it was classed as an emergency facility. The setback is the latest in a saga of failed attempts to

rezone farmland east of Old Bogangar Road for urban development since the Anglican Church failed to build a school on a nearby block 12 years ago. Police had asked the council to go against its Local Environment Plan which prohibits subdivisions of less than 10ha, to create a 1.5ha allotment from a 39ha block owned by the Kingscliff Land Company. ‘The subdivision provides the minimum area necessary for the construction and operation of the station, and provides sufficient land for the continuation of the existing agricultural land use of the newly created adjoining lot,’ the force’s consultants said. The application was being watched closely by other emergency service agencies who have been searching for a flood-free site to consolidate their operations in a so-called super-centre close to the geographic centre of the shire.

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Tweed artists are furious they’ve been completely overlooked again in the design of another costly logo adopted by Tweed Shire Council, this time for its regional art gallery. The new Tweed River Art Gallery logo and associated stationery, costing $6,000 of ratepayer money, replaces an old one featuring Mt Warning with a new tone made up of three squiggly lines (see pictures) in a box with some type outside the box saying where the gallery is. A recent flyer sent to gallery friends and supporters announced the new ‘sophisticated, professional logo and brand’. Council courted controversy early last year when it spent $45,000 on a ‘rebranding’ package including replacing its old logo, which drew widespread criticism for its design and the fact a Brisbane firm was given the job rather than local artists. The same Brisbane firm was given the latest rebranding job for the gallery. Early last year, a majority of councillors initially rejected the rebranding strategy but it was later adopted after general manager Mike Rayner revealed he had already prepared a brief for the Brisbane firm for a new

The old Tweed River Art gallery logo, left, shows an image of the iconic Mt Warning, while the new one, right, does not.

design pending a decision and said he had not foreseen opposition to it. Gallery director Susi Muddiman defended the decision to rebrand the gallery’s image, saying the ‘biggest problem’ with the old logo featuring Mt Warning was that it ‘didn’t necessarily say where we were’. ‘People outside the region thought it was in Tweed Heads,’ she told The Echo, but when asked why an icon such as Mt Warning was replaced with three nondescript lines, she said that even though the image of Mt Warning was ‘a locator’, it was unknown outside the region. She said the words next to the new logo included ‘Murwillumbah’, so people knew exactly where the gallery was. The Echo pointed out the words could have been added to the old logo, but Ms Muddiman said the gallery needed its own ‘separate professional

image’ as it played a vital role in competing for grant funding. ‘I wanted a sophisticated and professional logo, which we now have and this one is more “grown up”,’ she said. She said the lines in the new logo represented ‘the river flowing from the mountains to the gallery’. But Tweed artist Chris Degenhardt said he and other artists were surprised and ‘appalled’ by the new logo which he said replaced the iconic Mt Warning with ‘what looks like a section of Zebra hide’. Mr Degenhardt said he was disgusted the gallery and council gave the work for the gallery’s new corporate identity to ‘a business outside the shire’. ‘Paying out thousands of ratepayers’ dollars to a Brisbane firm would be understandable if we were bereft of creative and artistic talent in Tweed Shire but this is plainly not the case, a point that must be obvious

to the gallery director,’ he said. ‘Instead of supporting a Queensland business, why did the gallery or council not run a logo design competition in this shire? Apart from the fact it would be good for local artists and designers, such an event would have promoted the gallery in a positive light.’ ‘A reason given for the change was that visitors from outside the shire didn’t relate to the symbol of Mt Warning. This seems an odd reason as the mountain is in their faces as soon as they enter this area.’ A council spokeswoman said that ‘as a sub-brand of Council’, it was a ‘logical and economical solution to use the same consultant’ who recently did the council rebranding package as ‘the creation of a brand is a specialist field, just like engineering or planning’. The spokeswoman said tenders were not put out for the new logo as they were only required for jobs valued at over $150,000. ‘If Council had put it out for an artists’ competition, the money would still have had to be spent getting a graphic design firm to transform the artist’s concept into usable computer files. So obviously this would have cost more,’ she said.

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Tweed Shire Council outlining his concerns, says the public toilets in Murwillumbah CBD, are a disgrace and pose a significant public health risk. ‘Both sets of toilets are dirty, vandalised and scrawled with obscenities and racist comments,’ he said.

Visitors deterred He has called on council to repair the toilets, saying the current state of public toilet blocks reflected badly on the town and would deter visitors from returning. ‘In a time when tourism is important, the council cannot keep the toilets in this state of

repair and stop families from coming back,’ he said. Tweed Shire Council’s recreation services manager Stewart Brawley said the toilets are being maintained. ‘The toilets referred to in the resident’s letter are on a normal cleaning regime, however, because of the state of the building, it would require a total refurbishment to comply with relevant standards,’ he said. Mr Brawley said council has engaged consultants to undertake a heritage assessment of the toilet block in Queen Street in a bid to investigate its significance, as well as explore any opportunities for the building’s

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Nuclear spectre enters parliament Volume 3 #15

December 9, 2010

Most dangerous man on earth Julian Assange, founder and public face of the internet whistleblower site WikiLeaks, is wanted in Sweden on transparently trumped-up charges of sexual assault. After voluntarily going into police custody in London he was denied bail by a magistrate who claimed that having just surrendered he might obviously try to escape. Given that the British government has debauched the laws governing extradition between the UK and the USA, Assange may be in danger of rendition – perhaps with a stopover in Egypt for some torture. After all he is possibly the most dangerous man on earth; American politician Sarah Palin has already called for his assassination as a traitor, and other psychopaths are urging that Assange’s son, who has nothing to do with the issue, be hunted down and killed. However, Assange is an Australian citizen and so treason against the USA cannot be laid against his door; nevertheless, like David Hicks who suffered the spite of the Howard government, he can expect no protection or assistance from Australian authorities. Julia Gillard has already made it clear that she is pimping for Washington by declaring Assange guilty without charge or trial. This crude defamation shows how desperate and hypocritical political leaders can be when people reveal the truth about them. For of course Assange’s real crime is to have made public the secret cables of US diplomats. This follows earlier leaks covering war crimes by the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan and the chilling video of an American helicopter deliberately shooting down innocent civilians and journalists in Baghdad. The US government is angered that Assange has let the cat out of the bag (which he didn’t put there in the first place) by publishing leaks which show how two-faced they are in their diplomatic dealings. They routinely spy on their allies, and the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has been revealed as setting her secret services on to the head of the United Nations, at such a detailed personal level that presumably the hope was to find material for blackmail. At first the US authorities said the leaks would help terrorists and endanger lives, yet at the same time declared there was ‘nothing of any importance’ in them, which goes to show how flimsy their whole case against WikiLeaks really is. Every major newspaper in Australia and the world today is publishing more and more WikiLeaks material, so why are they not being prosecuted or hounded by the authorities? Assange is only taking on the journalist’s role by breaking down the shield of secrecy protecting lawlessness in democratic countries. How else would we know governments are up to no good? It is hard to avoid the suspicion that the hysterical reaction of governments around the world is the first stage of a global campaign to shut down WikiLeaks and all similar sites. It is an attempt to control the internet, which in a free society should remain uncensored. Assange has the support of millions of people in all countries who believe an unfettered and free flow of information is indeed the foundation pillar of a healthy democracy. This case defines what the future of our political institutions will be. Will government transparency grow or contract over the next few years? Should we remain obediently ignorant of the machinations of our rulers, or should we cheer WikiLeaks for shining a light in some decidedly dark places? What we should definitely do is show solidarity in any way we can with this most dangerous man. Assange has shown that injustice can be spotlighted in a very effective and non-violent manner, and that in a digital world we can hold politicians to a higher standard than was possible in the past. It should be a matter of pride that an Australian citizen is doing the watchdog job that our mainstream media has so long neglected. Q See also Mandy’s Soapbox, page 19.

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t must be the silly season. The old arguments are all back on the agenda, and none of them is more thoroughly worn than the one about Australia going nuclear. We have endured it in one form or another for at least the last 50 years and there is every prospect that another generation will be rehashing the same debate at the end of this century. The impasse over nukes has a half life longer than that of plutonium. The basics are simple. There is no doubt that nuclear power is a viable source of industrial and domestic electric power; it has proved itself over large areas of the world and will presumably continue to do so unless and until an equally reliable alternative (perhaps the holy grail of controlled fusion) becomes commercially available. Once the plants are in place they are non-polluting; when working efficiently the only gas they emit is water vapour. This, of course, is the basis of the case for using them as a replacement for coal-fired plants; they may be more expensive, but they’re clean. Well, up to a point. There is still the intractable problem of disposing of the nuclear waste or at least of safeguarding it; as the quantities increase and maverick states and terrorist groups proliferate, the chances of theft or misadventure become both greater and graver. And while the design of modern plants is a huge improvement on Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, there are still very few people who would choose to live next door to one – or indeed, anywhere within rocket range. The buggers don’t even like living next

to windmills. The political cost of making the switch might well be comparable to the financial one, and that in itself would be huge. Julia Gillard has made it clear that she just doesn’t think it’s worth it and it is pretty certain a large majority at next year’s National Party conference will agree with her. Meanwhile Tony Abbott doesn’t even want to talk about

– climate change is once again a real and urgent problem. We need action now! A carbon price, that’s the ticket! And in the meantime keep those freighters moving. Of course most of them are carrying coal, which we have now realised is definitely dangerous and evil. But we’ve already decided this is a debate about practicality, not ideals.

Chris Mitchell, decided that Walquist’s remarks were defamatory of himself and announced that he would sue not Walquist for making them, but Posetti and Crikey for publishing them. Actually still no one took much notice; as The Australian’s own Environment Editor Graham Lloyd noted rather complainingly, ‘The story has barely raised a ripple in the mainstream media.’ So to remedy that, and incidentally to ensure that the alleged libel was spread as widely as possible, The Weekend Australian devoted an entire page to self justification. The argument, such as it was, maintained that Mitchell had been eminently fair and reasonable about climate change, even if the paper had given the sceptics and denialists a lot of space. But the paper really, truly believed in man-made climate change and had said so, and now Mitchell wished he had sued Clive Hamilton as well. And that, in about 40,000 not very well chosen words, was the news. The Australian. Think. Again.

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Julia Gillard and most of her colleagues would see this line as out of date. They no longer claim that nuclear power is dangerous and evil; it’s simply unsuitable for Australian conditions. And of course even if we went down that path, it would be many years – perhaps decades – before we could build enough plants to close down the coal fired stations. We can’t afford the delay

Are we no better than merchants of death, on a par with arms salesmen and drug dealers?

by Mungo MacCallum the subject. He is happy to see it as a wedge within the Labor Party but he is not prepared to risk a similar debate among his own troops. So Realpolitik suggests that the nuclear debate will end, once again, not with a bang but a phut. But there is another line of argument: the moral one. Australia is happy, indeed eager, to sell its enormous deposits of uranium for other countries to use. We say we’re only doing it under stringent conditions to countries which have signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty but we know that is sophistry; once the stuff ’s on the boats, we effectively relinquish control of it. We certainly aren’t interested in taking responsibility for the nuclear waste it generates. So if it’s so dangerous and evil that we won’t use it ourselves, what is the justification for flogging it to others? Are we no better than merchants of death, on a par with arms salesmen and drug dealers?

he Australian should really have a new kicker under its masthead: not ‘The Heart of the Nation’ but ‘It’s All About Us!’ Its preoccupation with its own self-importance has reached the level of self parody. The case of Julie Posetti finally proves it. It started when Posetti tweeted a report of what a former writer for the paper, Asa Walquist, said at a small and closed conference. No one took much notice until Crikey ran some of the tweets and The Australian’s unusual editor-in-chief,

nd as an unenthusiastic outpost of the sport in the wrong hemisphere and the wrong time zone we never had any real chance of hosting the 2022 World Cup, and should never have been in the bidding. But since we apparently had a lazy $45 million to spend on the caper wouldn’t it have been simpler to cut out the middlemen and just sling the 22 voting delegates a couple of million each? Sure, we still would have lost, but at least we would have had enough left over for a decent piss-up.

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Long term sites benefit ‘a privileged few’ Q I read with concern Catherine O’Connor’s letter to The Echo last week. While there may be an argument for council to offer holiday camping sites to families young and old, who might not otherwise be able to afford a seaside holiday, there is no justification or obligation for council to provide permanent beachfront second homes to a privileged few. These ‘long term casuals’ are

‘Although human culture and industry may grow, nature remains the same and our first duty is to consider what she asks of us.’ The words of Penelope Fitzgerald seem very appropriate to Cabarita Beach, at a time when Tweed Shire Council is on a path of environmental solved complaint already – and destruction with its proposed his statement is wrong. As the mayor and Cr Youngcoastal developments. blutt are both abundantly aware, Carol Easton Cr Youngblutt’s brother, as preBogangar viously reported, is a caretaker of a highly contentious property Do councillors read? on which there has been recent In the November 30 issue of illegal mowing and tree lopcouncil’s newsletter Tweed Link ping, for which council issued there was a great article about maximum fines. sustainable homes: shows how The issue is not whether the people of the Tweed care Cr Youngblutt has a brother about the environment. renting in Hastings Point, the Shame the powers that question is what interest does be are hellbent on changing the his brother have. His brother beautiful diversity of flora and works for a developer who has a fauna in the Tweed to a huge clear interest in the outcome of concrete jungle packed full of the Hastings Point locality plan people. Do the councillors read which could determine whethyour newsletter? er a development on this propKaren Chadwick erty goes ahead and whether Banora Point the current caretaker remains there employed or whether he Mayoral comment loses his job. It seems people are still shaking The conflict is far more obvitheir heads at the new mayor’s ous, and potentially far more recent comments in the local damaging, than that for which daily. Max Boyd recused himself ‘If you are going to get from voting on Hastings Point knocked over, you may as well as an Administrator. get knocked over for the big Julie Boyd one rather than a small one,’ (re Hastings Point the contentious dam) seems to show a disregard for sound ad- Applause for mayor vice, and the future of reports The recent comments by mayand litigation which will have to or Kevin Skinner on pensioner be paid for by Tweed ratepayers concessions have been taken once he is out of office. totally out of context. Further, his comments that He correctly identifies a ma‘Even now there’s people sug- jor cost the government needs gesting Cr Youngblutt has a to take into consideration for conflict of interest with Hast- high end retirement population ings Point because his brother shires and to compensate such rents a house there,’ is highly shires with increased funding problematic for several reasons. to offset these concessions. He It would seem that he has bro- never at any time suggested ken, yet again, council’s code such concessions were wrong of conduct and media policies or should be removed; he fully – while still engaged in an unre- understands the needs of retir-

basically taking up space that could be occupied by genuine holidaymakers, and at the expense of Tweed Shire ratepayers. Richard Adams (Tweed Coast Holiday Parks) said at the recent Tweed Shire community information meeting that a short term holiday site generates significantly more income than a long term casual site. I have no reason to doubt his calculations and he has no

reason to mislead anybody. Richard and his staff are to be commended for ‘unlocking’ these sites and making them available to the general caravanning public. Ms O’Connor gives her address as the Kingscliff Beach Caravan Park – is this because it is her principal place of residence? If so she should go, as it is after all a holiday park! Michael Hayes

Kingscliff

ees and seeks additional funding so these are maintained without excessive fiscal restrictions upon services. He is in effect working to secure future benefits for these people. We must commend his strong support for the Byrrill Creek dam to secure a safe water supply for future generations. Without a secure water supply there is no future, and his decision is widely supported by the majority who share his future vision. As an old footballer he is used to fast analysis and correct decision-making while keeping his eye on the goalposts without fear or favour. Under his mayoralty fair decision making at all levels will be the order of the day.

Q In response to the matters raised in Ms O’Connor’s letter (December 2) I provide the following information regarding the Trust’s decision to terminate 11 Long Term Casuals (LTCs) at Kingscliff Beach Holiday Park (KBHP). I hope this information will allow your readers to better understand the situation. 1. Long Term Casuals are caravans left for extended periods, often many years, on a site within the park. This means that the LTC has an exclusive use of that public land. The general public are denied access to and use of that site. 2. There were 70 LTCs at KBHP, the termination of 11 leaves 59, which still comprises 37 per cent of total powered G J May sites. Tyalgum 3. For the year ended June 30, 2010, while the LTC cara-

Vote for democracy

It seems to me that our elected officials at Tweed Shire Council have not considered an important function of their role. We have a mayor who says one thing to gain election and does another, and even has the audacity to blame pensioner rebates as a drain on council, a couple of councillors who think the electorate are morons, and other councillors who pretend a conflict of interest when the reality of their situation is an embarrassment of riches for them with more on the way. And then we have a general manager whose wages belie any capability he might have to properly lead his organisation. I doubt that anyone would follow this particular general manager

van was permanently left on the site, the average number of nights an LTC caravan was occupied was 64 nights per annum or 17.5 per cent. For the same period the average occupancy rate for tourist powered sites was 248 nights for 68 per cent. It follows that the grant of an exclusive right of occupation to public land cannot be sustained where it denies a demonstrable demand from the general public. 4. The income produced on an average per site basis, for the year ended June 30, 2010 was: LTC $4,963, powered site $7,662. 5. No one disputes that LTCs spend money in the local community. Likewise, I’m sure we all recognise tourists are also important purchasers of goods and services. 6. It is true the Trust has not spent a lot of money on Kingscliff Beach Holiday Park over the last ten years. The reason for this, and as the community is aware, is the Trust plans to upgrade the park, which will entail a total redevelopment. A variety of planning considerations and environmental issues, all beyond the Trust’s control, has given rise to the delay in development. 7. The Trust’s charter is to provide tourist accommoda-

tion options that represent value for money to all holiday makers. The objective in redeveloping KBHP is to improve the park, its appearance and its integration within the Kingscliff foreshore precinct. A result of redevelopment will be an improved and sustainable profitability, which will benefit all Tweed ratepayers as it means the Trust will, with the minister’s consent, be able to transfer more money to council to better maintain and improve all the Crown land coastal reserves in the Tweed. 8. Termination of the existing LTCs does not mean these people are denied access to KBHP. They will have the same, but not superior, rights as the general public to stay at KBHP. 9. Finally, all LTCs have been repeatedly advised of the Trust’s plans to redevelop KBHP. In fact, each has signed a written acknowledgement to this effect. So while I understand their disappointment, in balance and considering all interests, I believe the Trust’s decision is correct and in the best interest of the whole Tweed community. Richard Adams

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to a bus stop. There is much more to the proposed Byrrill Creek dam than meets the eye and those things challenge the very democracy we base our society on. Cr Youngblutt seems to think anyone who has time to protest their objections is either on the dole or bludging in some way. He has forgotten that a great proportion of people living in the Tweed have succeeded in business or work and moved here to enjoy the quality of life in this most beautiful part of Australia. The right to protest is inalienable and to denigrate those who do makes Youngblutt sound like a demagogue. The next time one of my elected officials dares to impugn my inalienable right to protest I will exercise my right to sue. Byrrill Creek and the proposed dam will be a watershed moment in our shire’s history. I would be willing to bet that the proposed dam has less than nothing to do with the supply of water for future needs in the Tweed but a way to secure water for development on the Gold Coast. We do live in a democracy and we have the ballot box which will be the ultimate test for those who would deny our right to protest. I for one will not stand by while those rights are denigrated by anyone, let alone an elected official. Vote 1 for democracy. Robert Franzos

Murwillumbah

The clock is ticking Once again, Dot Holdom, you disappoint. Why do you find it necessary to respond in an extremely nasty manner to those who take issue with your opinions and methods (The Echo, December 2)? It appears to be an automatic reaction to the slightest criticism, which is unfortunate and does not reflect well on you. Do you ever have anything positive, practical and decent to contribute and are you able to speak with people in a way that does not make them feel set upon? Your history as a councillor would suggest not. Pretty rich, since the ratepayers of this

shire are paying your way! Your attempt to use â€˜poetry’ as a vehicle to comment on Ms Ficarra’s claims missed the mark, falling dismally short. Leave the political commentary to the clever people, Dot. Less of the destructive and more of the constructive is an investment you need to make, and open a dictionary sometime when you are not busy being nasty because your spelling needs some work. Lift your act, Dot, because the ratepayers want more bang for their considerable bucks and thus far you haven’t delivered. I hear the clock. Do you? Maybe it is time you, Kevin, Phil and Warren (all dead wood) saddled up and rode off into the sunset, preferably in another country! We have paid too much for too long and we have not received value for money. Here’s a slogan for the next council elections: ‘Stop The Rot, Get Rid Of Dot!’ Jan Blanchard

Banora Point  Â

Find out for yourself Do councillors serve the community or the developers? Come to monthly council meetings and find out for yourself. At the last council meeting in November Cr Holdom assured us that it was okay for councillors to miss a meeting because she would make sure no ‘bad stuff’ would happen. She then proceeded to vote in favour of council writing to State Planning requesting them not to uphold the prohibition on Byrrill Creek dam. As if this is not ‘bad stuff’! At the last extraordinary council meeting she declared she would ‘fight mayor Skinner to the death’ over a dam. That was only one week prior to the November meeting. Doesn’t look like she’s putting up much of a fight to me. Then she went on to insult Cr Milne for not going along with the water management experts when she herself went against council staff recommendations against a dam at Byrrill Creek! I am disgusted that councillors voted to delay approving the funding to the Caldera Environment Centre for next year’s World Environment Day,

and to have a workshop to discuss the issue. Mayor Skinner really put his foot in it by saying that he did not want people moving here to retire because the rebates on their rates are 50 per cent covered by the government amounting to $1.3 million annual loss to council’s coffers. Cr Polglase assured us that he’s here to ‘serve the community’ and is ‘in favour of transparency’. I always have great trouble hearing his mumbles, yet he can speak clearly and audibly when he wants to, even without the microphone. It’s obvious to us who he really serves – the developers. Cr van Lieshout reiterated her commitment to sustainability while voting against mandatory greywater reticulation policies for new buildings. She said ‘The developers are our clients and we can’t be too hard on them or they will become an extinct breed.’ Cr Youngblutt said he thought the only way blasting at a quarry could be environmentally friendly was to put green bushes on top of the blasting area. Cr Milne was not amused. Has he no imagination or is he just plain ignorant? After the dinner break all hell seems to break loose. We need more people in the gallery then, and maybe there will be less insulting behaviour, as witnessed last month by only five people. When will this council grow up? I so wish we could get rid of the councillors who are causing most of the problems in our shire. The only two councillors giving a darn about environmental protection are Cr Milne and Cr Longland. Come to the next council meeting at council chambers Tuesday 14th at 3.30pm and watch the fireworks. The mayor will push through an even bigger dam for Byrrill Creek – can you handle the drama? Dinner break is usually 6.30-7.30pm Elizabeth Jack

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‘Politically pure’ Mungo MacCallum’s reference to Horst Wessel (The Echo, November 25) when peevishly referring to the Greens’ alleged delusions of grandeur led me

to think I was reading one of Murdoch’s rags. Horst Wessel was a Nazi thug. Shame on you, Mungo! The Greens have polled well because they have policies that strike a chord with a substantial section of the electorate, not because they are seen as politically pure. The most impotent bunch of political impostors are the crew occupying the treasury benches in Macquarie Street. Nobody in their right mind would describe them as being politically pure! Labor ex-premier Carr, now Macquarie Bank consultant, stated that he would not describe himself as a Social Democrat, so what did or does he stand for? Yes, public support does ebb and flow for all political parties. When it flows your way you make the most of it. Ask the independents. Public opinion is also moulded via a monopolised print media, dumbing down by the TV moguls and nonstop propaganda by radio shock jocks. Think of ‘the Parrot’. Mungo wrote of Labor’s charismatic leaders of the fairly recent past. Whitlam was a cut above the others mentioned and was denied the right to carry out his full mandate by the same rightwing forces that are in full flight attacking the Greens. I’ve seen it referred to as the last real Australian Labor Government. Hawke and Keating (both ex-union officials) embraced ‘economic rationalism,’ another term for Thatcher/Reaganism – an economic idea designed to transfer wealth from the working and lower middle class to the already wealthy. Don’t forget they were the ones who flogged off the Commonwealth Bank, which has turned into the CEOs’ wealth bank. The embracing of economic rationalism, monetarism, call it what you will, is the reason why Labor is seen as a policy-vacant organisation. People complain that they can’t see much, if any, difference between the Libs and the Labs. Frank Ball

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Hangover Remedies

Most hangover ‘remedies’ simply attend to one or more of the symptoms and don't really provide a cure as such. The hangover won't stop until the alcohol is out of your system, but here are a few things that will ease the suffering a bit: Berocca – Puts the vitamin B back in, as well as the big glass of water it's mixed with. It's probably best to do this before you go out. Ginseng – It's been noted that since caffeine is a diuretic like alcohol, it can actually make the dehydration worse, so try the herbal equivalent instead. Vegemite on toast – Something in your stomach is good, and salty is even better. Plus you get a Vitamin B top up. Cold pizza – Who knows, but it seems to work. Aspirin – Simply attends to the headache and does nothing for the level of alcohol in your system. Don't take them before you go to bed. Bananas – Sugar in the form of fructose, and potassium, which is one of the things you lose lots of when you drink. Bananas are also a natural antacid to help with the nausea, and are high in magnesium which can help relax those pounding blood vessels causing that hangover headache. Vitamin C – Another thing the alcohol takes out that you're advised to put back in as soon as possible. Orange juice, tomato, a 600mg vitamin C tablet – doesn't matter, just do it. A hot bath – The heat will sweat out the toxins that are causing all the problems. You'll feel a bit woozy at first but go with it and you'll feel better afterwards. Sauerkraut – those who are game swear by this remedy. It makes some sense – eating raw cabbage has been used right through history for preventing as well as curing hangovers.

Hangover Prevention Don't drink. (Doh!) Take a Berocca before you start drinking. The alcohol in carbonated drinks is absorbed more quickly than in non-carbonated drinks. Reduce the amount of sugar you consume with your alcohol. The forced metabolism of sugar and alcohol by your body will accelerate the depletion of B vitamins and make the hangover worse. The 2am pig-out. Pizza or pasta is usually best since cheese and carbohydrates are good sources of amino acids. Actually food is a good idea all round – before, during and immediately after drinking. Food doesn't absorb alcohol, but it does increase metabolism, activates alcohol absorption, and increases the speed with which the body processes alcohol.

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At Alleys Restaurant enjoy contemporary dining where the award winning chefs transform quality fresh, local produce into sumptuous meals and cater to varying dietary requirements. Although not open for Christmas Day, Alleys offers a sumptuous three course Yuletide set menu for group bookings throughout the festive season along with many other event options through the restaurant and function centre. The restaurant is currently taking bookings for New Year’s Eve, which is set to be a massive celebration! Not only will the atmosphere be electrifying but the club themed and staff dressed in true disco style, ready to party and Captain Wow, known as the ever evolving juggernaught of the entertainment industry, will be performing live in the Main Bar. With amazing waterfront views, multi-award winning chefs, reception venue and wedding consultant, Currumbin RSL is not your conventional RSL, so why not catch the free courtesy bus to the best little club in the world. For more information and bookings contact the Club on 07 5534 7999 or www. Rod and Betina Clark at Rodina have some wonderful choices for currumbinrsl.com.au. you this Christmas. Sumptuous fare that will make your mouth water. Conveniently located in the Tweed Centro Shopping Centre, Rodina At Kerala Cafe food is prepared in traditional ways are making Christmas easy by offerwith lots of flavour and spices without the dishes ing a lay-by option when you order. being too hot to eat. It’s the way food is prepared Shop 61 Tweed Centro Shopin Kerala. ping Centre, Wharf St, Tweed Most Aussies who have been to Kerala come to re- Heads live the taste of the Masala Dosas and other mouth- Phone 07 5599 5562 watering dishes served right here on the Tweed. info@rodinasmokedgoods. We are a BYO restaurant and also cater for the busy com.au executive by cooking food to order and freezing it before pick up. All that needs to be done at home is reheat. Open seven days a week from 11am to 9pm. Unit 6, 2 Machinery Drive, South Tweed Heads. Phone 07 5523 0188.

MAINS: Roast pork, crackling and apple sauce / beef with seasoned roasted vegetables OR fresh smoked leg ham, seeded mustard on a fresh garden salad DESSERT: Chef’s Plum Pudding with icecream & custard INCLUDES A DRINK ON ARRIVAL – Bubbly, wine or beer and bon bons etc. OPEN TUES - SUN LUNCH (11.30-2.30PM) t WED - SAT DINNER (5.30-9PM) Christmas bookings available – have your party or function with us! All enquiries phone 6672 1139 t @Murwillumbah Hotel

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Lunch or dinner at Mavis’s Kitchen

Mavis’s Kitchen is one of our newest ‘foodie experiences’ in the Tweed Valley. Set in a gracious old Queenslander on 25 acres of farmland at the base of Mt Warning, the menu is focused on the use of seasonal, local and organic produce. Owners Peter Clarke and Charlie Ebell along with Chef Sandi Allaway have established a biodynamic, organic kitchen garden on the grounds. These gardens supply freshly harvested vegetables to the restaurant, supplemented by organic produce brought in daily by local farmers. Consequently, the blackboard menu changes constantly to reflect what is in season but the emphasis is always on simple, home cooked, unpretentious dishes. (You can view a sample menu on their website.) The building itself also has an interesting history: It was originally located on the Gold Coast where it was something of a landmark as the renowned Harley Street Brasserie in Labrador. When the land was sold, Peter and Charlie arranged for the old Queenslander to be moved lock, stock and barrel to their property in the Tweed Valley. 6 64 Mt Warning Road, Mt Warning. Phone 02 6 6679 5664 www.maviseskitchen.com.au

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Come in and brew your own favourite beers. We also have premium brands such as Little Mexican, Denmark Lager, Netherlands Pilsner, Japan Super Dry, Coolangatta Lager, Tweed Coast Draught. Join PICKLED PIG BREWERS CLUB and taste brewery’s new premium and latest monthly special beers. Enjoy a Saturday BBQ 11am to 3pm. Pop in anytime, call for festive season opening times and specials.

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Be aware when shopping online With Australians increasingly using the internet to purchase Christmas gifts, the Australian Federal Police (AFP), Abacus – Australian Mutuals, industry body for credit unions and building societies – and Southern Cross Credit Union urge people to take precautions when shopping online. National Manager of the AFP’s High Tech Crime Operations, Neil Gaughan, said cyber-criminals, like all criminals, would be preying on the vulnerability of potential victims during the holiday period. “This is not a warning to avoid the internet, because Australians should be able to go online and enjoy the experience of shopping for their Christmas gifts,” Assistant Commissioner Gaughan said. “But consumers should ensure they protect their personal and financial information, keeping in mind some basic steps when using your credit card online so as to prevent fraud and avoid any disappointment and stress. “Just as you would lock your doors to prevent criminals entering your home this Christmas, there are some precautions everyone can take to try and prevent cyber-criminals from compromising your computer.” “Consumers expect high standards from online retailers and we are warning the public about the level of information they give – for instance, no one should have to provide a date of birth to merchants to buy pet supplies,” said Southern Cross Credit Union CEO, Peter Iwanuscha. Some simple tips to protect yourself online this holiday period include: s Installing a firewall, reputable anti-virus software and anti-spyware software, and run real-time updates; s Keeping your passwords private; s Researching the merchant before placing an order; s Reading a website’s privacy and security policies; s Saving all transaction details; s Providing only necessary information about yourself; s Not clicking on links in emails from online retailers or online greeting cards as they may result in malware (malicious software) being downloaded onto your computer. This information brought to you courtesy of Southern Cross Credit Union.

NOT JUST YOUR STOCK STANDARD CHRISTMAS FARE At Jack Sprat’s Butchery they pride themselves on providing the very best quality and stock products that are a little bit different from what you will find in other butchers or the supermarket. Their turkeys are fresh, never frozen, which ensures they are flavoursome and tender. Last year Jack Sprat’s turduckens (a boneless chicken stuffed into a boneless duck stuffed into a boneless turkey with layers of seasoning in between) were very popular. These make Christmas lunch an absolute feast and any combination of birds is possible, such as six birds with guinea fowl, squab and quail in addition to the duck, chicken and turkey. They produce their own traditionally smoked leg hams, including Sweet Pork Bangalow hams which are very moist and tasty. This year Jack Sprat’s also has a limited number of local (Byron Bay) ‘Sunforest’ organic hams. In addition, our whole suckling pigs are perfect for slow roasting on a rotisserie. If you don’t want a whole turkey or ham they have fresh turkey or pork roulades with sumptuous apple and prune or cranberry and chestnut seasoning. Their large sausage coils (duck, pork and pistachio or turkey, cranberry and chestnut) add some flair to any Christmas BBQ. Or for a real treat, try their locally produced parfaits and terrines. The pheasant with turkey, chestnut, port and wild berry terrine is to die for as is the duck parfait, wrapped in prosciutto, with red wine and shallot glaze. Located at 2/26 Minjungbal Drive, South Tweed Heads. Phone 07 5524 1311.

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1. Dasche Hike Tent – just in case someone tells you to take a hike. 2. Stainless steel drink bottles in case you get thirsty on your hike 3. Head torch in case it gets dark on your hike 4. Maglite in case you have to see a really long way while you’re hiking 5. Stanley Flask in case you want a hot drink on your hike 6. Pic-a-nic Basket (he he Boo Boo!) for the basket cases. 7. Melamine dinner set perfect also for hiking 8. Keen walk/hike shoes – need I say! 9. Binoculars for watching birds/ whales/neighbours etc 10. Tents... lots and lots of tents

11. Fish smoker – see if you can buy a Tally Ho paper big enough 12. Cath with Bug zapper tennis racquet (husband swatter) 13. Sparkly gum boots, in case you’re going to Woodford 14. Spotting scope like 9 only better 15. Tony looks a bit like Santa don’t you think 16. Kids’ dinosaur chair for all the dinosaurs out there 17. Back pack – for... yes you guessed it. 18. Telescope 19. Colourful umbrellas if it’s going to rain you may as well look good 20. Rain coat forecast for a wet summer – see where I’m going with this? 21. More back packs 22. Kids’ dog chair for all the ankle biters

Here’s Tony and Cathy, gearing up for a great Christmas. They love the outdoor life and they test the products they sell. That way they can explain what’s best for you. People often see something at Outdoorism and say “you can’t buy that anywhere!” Their reply: “Yes you can, you can buy it here!”

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SUSAN PENDER Some twenty-ďŹ ve years ago, Susan Pender recognised a gap in the traditional jewellery market. Previously jewellery had always been expensive and somewhat serious. Susan believes, however, that jewellery should be worn to enhance style and appearance rather than as an indicator of wealth. She therefore developed a range of designs aimed at the top end of the style (not price) market, for women interested in stylish fashion. Her designs are pretty, original and appeal to women of all ages. The use of natural and animated forms in her designs has become a Susan Pender trademark and many of them feature animals, in particular Australian species. Her range offers value for money and allows women of style to change their jewellery often, rather than repeatedly wearing a few expensive pieces. 90A Marine Parade, Kingscliff. Phone 02 6674 2322 or visit www. susanpender.com.au.

COOLANGATTA-TWEED TENPIN’S NEW LEAGUE SEASON Sign now up for the 2011 league season and get your ďŹ rst week bowling fees for FREE! Join a team or make your own. There’s a league to suit everyone‌from our Junior Bowlopolis, Seniors’ team with afternoon tea, Ladies and mixed teams and for the ďŹ rst time, introducing our NEW Harley Davidson League where you receive you very own Harley Davidson Bowling Ball*! No experience is necessary and when joining a team you receive ďŹ ve free lessons

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PRESBYTERIAN BOOKSHOP Located just over the bridge in Murwillumbah, the Presbyterian Church Bookshop stocks a range of Christian books, gifts, cards, music and videos on consignment from Koorong. Stock is rotated every four to six weeks and special orders are welcome. It is staffed by volunteers, proďŹ ts raised go towards funding the High Schools Scripture teacher in Murwillumbah. Between now and Christmas the shop will be open on Thursday evenings until 7.30. Browse their range of boxed Christmas cards, 2011 calendars and diaries, gift ideas, serious and not so serious books. 16 Wollumbin Street, Murwillumbah. Ph: 6672 2226.

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Television Guide 1. The little screen is infested with Christmas movies already; among the best of them is the animated The Polar Express (NBN, Friday, 7.30pm), based upon the children’s book written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg. 2. Now that intelligence leaks are flavour of the month, it’s a good time to check out the moral dilemmas faced by agents in the award-winning British drama Spooks (ABC1, Saturday, 8.30pm). 3. When not reading the Echo classies, Hilary Swank works on a to-do list left behind by her dead husband in P.S. I Love You (TEN, Sunday, 8.30pm).

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6.00 My Family 6.30 Nigella Express 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Chopper Rescue 8.30 The Silence (M) 9.30 Identity (M) 10.20 Late Edition News 10.30 John Safran’s Race Relations (M)

11.00 Being Human (MA) 12.00 rage (M)

ABC 3 6.05am to 4.40pm Kids’ Programs 5.05 CJ The DJ 5.20 Kid Vs Kat 5.35 League Of Super Evil 6.00 Total Drama Action 6.30 Prank Patrol 6.55 Good Game: SP 7.10 Rush TV 7.35 M.I. High 8.05 Jeopardy 8.30 Aisling’s Diary 8.35 Degrassi: The Next Generation 9.00 Close ‘Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don’t have for something they don’t need.”’ Will Rogers (American entertainer, 1879-1935)

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8.00 Rude Boy Food 8.30 Blur: No Distance Left To Run 10.10 Blur Live At Hyde Park 2009 11.15 U2 Equals BBC 12.05 BBC Electric Proms: Oasis (M) 1.05 Live At The Basement: Ruthie Foster 2.05 Close

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5.00 Australian Indoor Bowls

6.00 Kylie Kwong: My China 6.30 Gardening Australia 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Bed Of Roses 8.30 Spooks (M) 9.35 Jeff Green Up West (M) 10.25 The Graham Norton Show (M)

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6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Ten News 10.00 The Circle 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: Class Action (M 1991) US drama 2.30 Home Improvement 3.00 Rookie Vets 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal

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 Hollyoaks 12.00 All My Children 1.00 Kitchen Time 2.30 Movie: Inspector Clouseau (PG 1968) UK crime 4.30 Murphy Brown 5.00 Head Of The Class 5.30 Growing Pains

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

6.00 6.30 7.30 8.30

Letters And Numbers World News Australia Tropic Of Cancer As It Happened: Blitz Street 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Erotic Tales (MA) 10.35 Mistresses (M) 11.05 Movie: L’idole (M 2002) French drama 1.00 Movie: Ode To Joy (MA 2005) Polish drama 3.05 Weatherwatch

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6.00 Floyd On France 6.30 Bargain Hunt 7.00 George & Mildred 7.30 Ghost Whisperer 8.30 Escape To The Country 9.45 60 Minute Makeover

10.45 How Not To Decorate 11.45 Movie: The Hours (M 2002) US drama 2.00 George And Mildred 2.30 Floyd On France 3.00 2010 Aust Open Tennis: 6.00 Wagon Train 7.00 The Virginian Federer v Murray 5.30 The Book Place 8.30 McHale’s Navy 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Hooked On Fishing 12.00 Gene Simmons Family Jewels 1.00 Quincy ME 2.00 Magnum PI 3.00 The Rockford 6.00 Today 9.00 Alive & Cooking Files 4.00 Knight Rider 5.00 The A Team 9.30 The Zoo 10.00 The Nanny 10.30 Friends 11.00 Murder, She Wrote 12.00 6.00 Monster Garage Movie: Our Man In Marrakesh (G 7.00 That ’70s Show 1967) US comedy 2.00 Sea Patrol 7.30 The Boneyard (M) 3.00 McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 8.30 Ax Men (M) Mary Queen Of Shops 5.00 The Ellen 9.30 Movie: Out Of Reach Degeneres Show

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ONE HD 6.00 FIFA Club World Cup Football 8.00 Sports Unlimited 9.00 Overtime 10.15 MVP 10.30 NBL Basketball – New Zealand Breakers v Cairns Taipans

12.00 Australian PGA Golf LIVE 5.00 Omnisport 5.30 NBA Basketball 7.30 Sports Tonight

8.00 Friday Night Basketball LIVE – Wollongong Hawks v Adelaide 36ers

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10.00 NBA Basketball 12.00 National 11.30 Strikeforce (M) 11.55 Quincy ME Football League 2.30 Sports Tonight 12.50 Wagon Train 1.45 Magnum PI Late 2.40 The Rockford Files 3.40 Knight 3.00 FIFA Club World Cup Rider 4.35 The A Team 5.30 Deal Or Football LIVE – TP No Deal

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6.00 NBN News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Movie: Polar Express (G 2004) US animation 9.40 Movie: Christmas With The Kranks (PG 2004) US comedy 11.40 Movie: Everyday People (M 2004) US drama 1.30 Movie: Lean On Me (M 1989) US drama 3.30 Entertainment Tonight 4.00 Danoz 4.30 Good Morning America

GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Get Smart 12.00 Here’s Lucy 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 Starsky & Hutch (M) 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs

6.00 Movie: Tom & Jerry – Blast Off To Mars (G 2005) Animation 7.30 Movie: Meet Dave (PG 2008) US comedy 9.20 Movie: The Party (G 1968) US comedy

6.00 The Nanny 6.30 Friends 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 Movie: Trouble With Angels (G 1966) US comedy 11.30 Movie: Torque (M 2004) US 9.45 Movie: Dial M For Murder action 1.30 Cribs 2.00 Starsky & Hutch (PG 1954) US drama (M) 3.00 Starsky & Hutch (M) 4.00 Just

5.00 Omnisport 5.30 NBA Basketball ‘Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.’ 11.45 Conan (M) 12.45 Movie: In The Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Get Smart Mark Twain (American humorist, Cool Of The Day (M 1963) US romance 5.30 The Flintstones 2.30 Movie: Dial M For Murder 4.30 writer and lecturer, 1835-1910) Dangerman 5.30 Rainbow Country

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6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 Hit List TV 6.00 Saturday Club 7.00 Weekend 11.00 Landed Music Sunrise 9.00 Saturday Disney 11.00 12.00 Australian PGA Golf LIVE Kids’Programs 1.00 V8 Xtra 2.00 Fujitsu 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Sports Tonight Series Motorsport 3.00 SCU: Series Crash Unit 3.30 Eye Of The Leopard 6.00 The Simpsons 4.30 What’s Up Down Under 5.00 6.30 Movie: Back To The Australia’s Favourite Theme Parks 5.30 Future (PG 1985) US Sydney Weekender adventure

6.00 Seven News 6.30 No Leave, No Life 7.00 Find My Family 7.30 Movie: Anne Of Green Gables – The Sequel (G 1987) Canadian drama 12.00 Movie: Dying On The Edge (M 2001) US drama

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6.00 Kids Programs 9.20 Better Homes And Gardens 10.10 The Great Outdoors 11.05 Kids’ Programs 12.30 10 Things You Didn’t Know About 1.00 Movie: The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (PG 1962) US comedy 2.45 Movie: One, Two, Three (G 1962) US comedy 5.00 Destination New Zealand 5.30 Man About The House

6.00 Danoz 7.00 Weekend Today Saturday 9.00 Saturday Kerri-Anne 10.00 Kids’ Programs

6.00 Love Thy Neighbour 6.30 Doctor Finlay 7.30 Heartbeat 8.30 The Summit (M)

2.00 International Cycling Grand Prix LIVE – Coogee 4.00 Discover Downunder 4.30 The Garden Gurus 5.00 30 Minute Menu 5.30 Antiques Roadshow

6.00 NBN News 6.30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 7.30 Celebrity Singing Bee 8.30 CSI (M) 8.40 Lotto 9.30 AFI Awards 2010 (M) 11.30 Movie: Clubland (MA 2007) Australian drama

12.15 Guardians Of The Wild 1.15 Not Going Out 1.40 Man About The House 2.05 Love Thy Neighbour 2.30 2003 2.00 Grey’s Anatomy (M) 4.00 Home Aust Open Tennis: Henin v Davenport 6.00 NBA Basketball 9.30 National Shopping 1.35 Movie: Big Wednesday (M 1978) 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News Football League US surfing 4.00 Infomercials 6.00 Here Comes The 12.00 Australian PGA Golf LIVE 6.00 The Nanny 6.30 Movie: Our Neighbourhood 5.00 Omnisport 5.30 The WWE Man In Marrakesh (G 1967) US com6.30 Taste Takes Off Experience 6.30 Manly Surf 7.00 6.00 Wagon Train 7.00 The Virginian edy 8.30 Movie: The Sound Barrier 7.00 At The Table With… Sports Tonight 7.30 Andra Pro 8.30 McHale’s Navy 9.00 The Boneyard 6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Get Smart (PG 1952) UK drama 10.55 Movie: Series Drag Racing 9.00 World Rally 10.00 NBC Today 12.00 Formula Ford 2.00 Here’s Lucy 2.30 Green Acres 3.00 7.30 A History Of Britain Summer Holiday (G 1963) UK musi8.35 Witches: Myth, Mystery Championship 10.00 Isle Of Man 12.30 Million Dollar Catch 1.00 Quincy cal 1.10 Movie: King Richard And Seinfeld 4.30 Star Trek 5.30 Unnatural Tourist Trophy 11.00 UFC Countdown ME 2.00 Magnum PI 3.00 The Rockford History And Truth The Crusaders (G 1954) US adventure 9.35 Movie: Don’t Move (MA 124 12.00 NFL Total Access 1.00 NBL Files 4.00 Knight Rider 5.00 The A Team 3.30 Movie: An American In Paris (G 6.30 Movie: Innerspace (PG 6.00 Fifth Gear Basketball 1987) US action 2004) Italian drama 1951) US musical romance 6.30 Engineering Disasters

Andes (M) 1.00 Sun, Sea & Bargain 12.00 SOS (M) 1.00 Drawn Together 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion (M) 2.00 Weatherwatch Spotting 2.05 Close

ARIES: Take care of as much business as you can before end of week Mercury retrogrades for the rest of December. Having this head start will put you in a saner state to deal with the cornucopia of conundrums and complications retro Mercury likes to vex us with. TAURUS: With Venus giving your bedroom stars extra oomph there are WITH LILITH plenty of temptations with your name on, but this is also the year’s last week As the yuletide buzz for negotiating favourable terms and intensifies, end of week conditions in financial and professional retrograde Mercury tosses a arenas so the cleverest Taurans will work spanner into the works while now, play later. GEMINI: It’s easy to be snappy and Capricorn Mars instigates reactive to this week’s edgy energy, damage control… harder but much smarter to relentlessly direct it towards supportive outcomes.

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6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 How I Met Your Mother 7.30 Better Homes & Gardens 8.30 Movie: The Santa Clause 2 (G 2002) US comedy 10.45 Movie: No. 2 (M 2006) NZ comedy

11.00 Late News 12.00 Sports Tonight 12.55 Home Shopping 12.30 The Late Show 1.30 Infomercials 5.00 Religion

SBS 1 5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 Dancing Dreams 2.40 Listen 2.45 A Technicolour Dream 3.55 The Chopin Etudes 4.00 Elena Kats-Chernin’s Wild Swans Suite 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Mythbusters

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4.00 ABC News 4.05 The Quarters 4.15 11.15 The State Within (M) 12.15 The Drum 5.05 Q&A 6.00 Stateline rage (M) 6.30 Behind The News 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Contact Sport 8.00 ABC News 8.45 The Quarters 9.00 ABC 6.05am to 4.30pm Kids’ Programs News 9.45 The Quarters 10.00 One 5.00 Trapped! 5.30 League Of Super Plus One 10.30 Stateline 11.00 ABC Evil 5.50 Pat And Stan 6.00 Total Drama News 11.30 The World This Week 12.00 Action 6.30 Outback 8 7.00 Totally ABC News 12.30 7.30 Select 1.00 Big Wild 7.25 Good Game: SP 7.45 The Ideas 2.00 Four Corners 3.00 Stateline 3.30 Foreign Correspondent 4.00 ABC 11.40 Movie: City Of God (MAV Tribe 9.10 Close News 4.30 Stateline 5.00 ABC News 2002) Brazilian drama ‘As with the Christian religion, the 5.30 One Plus One 6.00 ABC News 1.55 Weatherwatch 6.30 Foreign Correspondent 7.00 ABC worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.’ George Orwell (English News 7.30 7.30 Select 8.00 Labor In Power 9.00 The World 9.30 Landline novelist and essayist, 1903-1950) Extra 10.00 ABC News 10.30 Stateline Select 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Foreign Correspondent 12.00 Big Ideas 1.00 BBC World News 2.00 Stateline 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 Stateline

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6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 The 7pm Project 7.30 The Simpsons 8.30 Movie: Dan In Real Life (PG 2007) US comedy 10.30 Go Girls (MA)

6.55 Scrapheap Challenge 7.40 Republic Of Doyle 6.30 World News Australia 8.30 Movie: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (PG 7.30 Big, Bigger, Biggest 8.30 Iron Chef 8.45 Movie: Love’s Brother (G 1962) US drama 9.20 RocKwiz Rewind 2004) Aust comedy 10.35 Movie: He Walked By 10.15 Movie: The Counter10.50 Movie: Frankie And Night (PG 1948) US feiters (MA 2007) German Johnny (M 1991) US drama drama drama 12.00 Beyond Boundaries: Across The

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5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 1.30 Another Perfect World 2.30 My Biggest Fan 3.30 Letters And Numbers 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Global Village

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 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News Business Today 10.00 ABC News 12.00 6.00 Global Village Midday Report 12.30 Landline Extra 1.30 ABC News 2.00 Midday Report 6.30 Sarah Wiener In Italy 2.30 One Plus One 3.00 Afternoon 7.30 The History Of Singapore Live 5.30 Capital Hill 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 The Quarters 7.00 8.30 Welcome To Lagos Nigeria ABC News 7.30 Contact Sport 8.00 ABC News 8.30 One Plus One 9.00 9.30 Movie: The Good, The Bad, The Weird (MAV The World 10.00 ABC News 10.30 Capital Hill 11.00 ABC News 11.30 2008) South Korean Landline Extra 12.00 ABC News 12.05 action The Drum 12.45 The Quarters 1.00 BBC 11.40 Movie: One Last Dance News 1.30 Australian Network News (MAV 2007) Cantonese 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 Foreign action Correspondent 3.00 Lateline 3.40 1.35 Weatherwatch The Quarters

5.00 rage (PG) 11.00 The Best 6.00 Kids’ Program In Australia 11.30 Message Stick 6.00 My Family Christmas (G*) 12.00 Stateline 12.30 Best Of Special Australian Story 6.30 How Do They Do It?

1.00 WNBL Basketball LIVE – Logan v Bulleen 3.00 W-League Football LIVE – Newcastle Jets v Canberra United

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6.00 The Nanny 6.30 David Attenborough’s Life Of Mammals 7.30 Wild Caribbean 8.30 Meet The Jackals 9.30 CSI: Miami (M) 12.30 Wagon Train 1.30 McHale’s Navy 10.30 CSI: NY (M)

7.30 Air Crash Investigations 8.30 Mega Disasters 9.30 The Universe 5.00 Bundesliga Football 10.30 Movie: Dangerous ‘In our factory, we make lipstick. In Attraction (MA 2000) our advertising, we sell hope.’ Peter Canadian thriller Nivio Zarlenga

On no account start arguments, take risks or drink drive, otherwise you could have some serious explaining to do. CANCER: This week’s biggest ask is to look after your health. Second biggest is not getting upset by people who don’t understand the difference between assertive and offensive. And third is not taking mishaps and setbacks personally because they’re affecting everyone, not just you. LEO: This week’s birthday writer Samuel Butler believed the principal business of life is to enjoy it, and the best way to navigate professional pressures, domestic disruptions and the xmas rush and still get the affection you want is to seduce others with humour – your forte, after all.

9.00 Movie: Sphere (M 1998) US drama

11.45 Star Trek: Original Series

1.45 Movie: Falling Down (M 1993) French drama 4.00 Get Smart 5.00 Top Cat 5.30 Wacky Races

2.00 Magnum PI 3.00 The Rockford 11.30 Conan (M) 12.30 Movie: King ‘Advertising is 85% confusion and 15% Files 4.00 Knight Rider 5.00 The A Team Richard And The Crusaders 2.35 commission.’ Fred Allen (American Movie: An American In Paris 4.50 comedian, 1894-1956) David Attenborough’s Life Of Mammals 5.50 Alicia Keys

VIRGO: Your ruling planet retrograding on Friday for the next three weeks suggests not going into a nosedive if support you expected from others doesn’t eventuate. Nourish yourself instead with whatever momentary connections, temporary treats or passing gems come your way – and there’ll be plenty. LIBRA: Consider the lilies of the field, they toil not… but putting in the hard yards this week will definitely pay off for Libran lilies in terms of kicking back and enjoying the next three, even if events don’t altogether go as planned – as they probably won’t. SCORPIO: Venus gives you wicked charisma and a wiggle in your tail this week, but with the present cosmic fire

boiling your waters remember Drama Creates Karma. And the truth doesn’t hurt unless you intend it to – but why would you when that harms you as well? SAGITTARIUS: This week’s new moon in Sagittarius flings open your annual window of opportunity for the coming year and of course you’re raring to take off, but it’s crucial right now to plan for the long term. With enough instant gratification to keep you happy of course… CAPRICORN: With midweek moon, Mars and Mercury all in Capricorn corner, take the time to explain to others why you’re doing what you’re doing. Mercury retrograde till the end of December gives special weight to what you say, and what you don’t say will be equally

influential. AQUARIUS: Neptune direct in Aquarius gives dreams which seemed unachievable a chance of getting up, though you’ll have to finalise some unfinished business before that can happen. Invigorating end of week Aquarian moon rearranges your belief systems and/or introduces you to something you’ve never done. PISCES: Uranus and Jupiter moving forward in your sign can bring sudden changes which require you to embrace polarities, like being provocative and practical at the same time. A sensible head and dancing legs on the same body? Sure, just so long as you know who’s boss.

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5.00 rage 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 6.00 Kids’ Programs Surfing The Menu 9.30 Mountain 6.00 Heston Blumenthal’s Perfect Christmas With Griff Rhys Jones: Wales 10.30 Beachcomber Cottage 11.30 Songs 7.00 Bush Slam: Stanley Of Praise 12.00 Best Of Landline 7.30 The Whitlams And The 1.00 Best Of Gardening Australia Sydney Symphony Orchestra 1.30 Message Stick (G*) 2.00 Travel Oz 2.30 Tutankhamun: Secrets Of 9.00 The Butterfly Effect’s One Night Stand (M) The Boy King 3.20 Composer Tunes: Chopin 3.30 Rock Hudson: A Dark 9.30 Absolutely Fabulous (M) And Handsome Stranger 4.30 Lord 10.00 Extras (M) Puttnam APSA Keynote Address 5.00 10.30 Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (M) Scene By Scene: Films Of Asia Pacific 11.00 Stereophonics Rewind (MA) 6.00 At The Movies 1.00 US ’83 Festival 1.45 Close 7.00 ABC News

7.30 Schools Spectacular ’10 9.00 Framed 10.30 The Armstrong And Miller Show (M) 11.00 Reel Bad Arabs (M) 11.55 Movie: Song Of Freedom (PG 1936) UK adventure 1.15 Movie: Angel Face (G 1953) US drama 2.45 Movie: Mexican Spitfire Out West (G 1940) US comedy 4.00 First Tuesday Book Club

ABC 3 6.05am to 4.05pm Kids’ Programs 4.30 The Super Hero Squad Show 5.15 Good Game Favourites 5.35 Rush TV 6.00 Oggy And The Cockroaches 6.20 Dani’s House 6.55 Blue Water High 7.20 Kaitangata Twitch 7.50 The Latest Buzz 8.15 The Sleepover Club 8.40 Degrassi: The Next Generation 9.05 Close

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11.25 The Girl With Eight Limbs (M) 12.15 The Clinic (M) 1.05 Movie: Impact (PG 1945) UK drama 3.00 Australian Indoor Bowls 4.00 The Cook And The Chef

ABC 3 6.05am to 4.40pm Kids’ Programs 5.05 CJ The DJ 5.20 Kid Vs Kat 5.35 League Of Super Evil 6.00 Total Drama Action 6.30 Prank Patrol 6.55 Good Game: SP 7.10 Rush TV 7.35 M.I. High 8.05 Jeopardy 8.30 Aisling’s Diary 8.35 Degrassi: The Next Generation 9.00 Close

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TEN 6.00 Religion 7.00 Kids’ Programs 8.00 Fishin’Trip 8.30 The Hit Rater.Com 9.00 The Benchwarmers Oz Made 10.00 Hit List TV

6.00 Thalassa 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Tina Arena 8.30 Secrets Of The Human Body (M) 9.30 Warriors: Spartacus (MAV) 10.30 Movie: Cherry Blossoms (MA 2008) German drama 4.00 Four C orners 4.45 The Quarters 12.45 Movie: Villa Paranoia (M 2004) Danish drama 5.00 Big Ideas 6.00 Dispatches 2010

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6.30 The Vicar Of Dibley 6.00 The Simpsons 7.30 Border Patrol 6.30 Rules Of Engagement 8.00 Coastwatch 7.30 Hamish & Andy 8.30 Bones (M) Reministmas Special 8.30 Movie: P.S. I Love You (M 9.30 Castle (M) 10.30 Crimes That Shook The World 2007) US drama

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6.00 Monster Garage 7.00 That ’70s Show 7.30 Gene Simmons Family Jewels 7.00 Australian Rally Championship 8.30 Movie: Smokey And The Bandit (M 1977) US 8.00 Sports Tonight 8.30 World action Heavyweight Boxing Title Fight 9.30 Movie: The Greatest (PG 10.30 30 Rock 11.00 Boston Legal (M) 11.55 Lost (M) 1977) US biography

12.00 Australian PGA Golf LIVE 5.00 Sunday Night Basketball LIVE – Sydney Kings v Wollongong Hawks

Extreme Health Farm (M) 12.45 Love Thy Neighbour 1.15 Great British Journeys 2.25 1987 Aust Open Tennis: Cash v Edberg 5.00 Home Shopping

2.00 Susan Boyle 3.00 Survivor: Nicaragua 4.00 Postcards 4.30 Antiques Roadshow 5.00 Random Acts Of Kindness

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11.30 Primetime Family Secrets (M) 12.15 Movie: Stealing Sinatra (M 2002) US black comedy 2.05 Skippy 2.30 Infomercials 3.30 Religion 4.00 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

6.00 Religion 6.30 Movie: Nicholas Nickleby (G 1947) UK drama 8.50 Movie: I’m All Right Jack (G 1959) UK comedy 11.00 Movie: The Brides Of Fu Manchu (PG 1966) US adventure 1.00 Movie: Splendour In The Grass (PG 1961) US romance 3.30 Movie: The Searchers (G 1956) Western

6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 The Hills 12.30 Eclipse Music TV 1.00 Jamiroquai 1.30 Cribs 2.00 Help Me Help You 2.30 Here’s Lucy 3.30 Green Acres 4.30 Star Trek: Original Series 5.30 Wipeout

6.00 The Nanny 6.30 Birds Of A Feather 7.10 Bless This House 7.45 Allo Allo 8.30 Movie: The Aviator (M 2004) US biography

11.30 Omnisport 12.00 Serie A 12.50 Wagon Train 1.45 Magnum PI Football 2.00 Sports Unlimited 3.00 2.40 The Rockford Files 3.40 Knight Rider 4.35 The A Team 5.30 Deal Or 11.50 Movie: The Searchers 2.00 Tread BMX 3.30 Omnisport No Deal Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 4.00 National Football Adventures In Rainbow Country 5.30 League LIVE Today

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6.30 Top Gear 7.30 Two And A Half Men 8.30 Movie: Men In Black (M 1997) US action 10.30 South Park (MA) 11.00 Watchmen: Complete Motion Comic (AV) 11.30 Temper Trap (M) 12.00 Twilight Saga Eclipse (M) 12.30 Star Trek: Original Series 1.30 Nightmares & Dreamscapes (M) 2.30 Home Shopping 4.30 The Hills 5.00 Here’s Lucy

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6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Ten News 10.00 The Circle 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: All I Want For Christmas (G 2007) US family drama 2.00 Dance Machine 3.00 According To Jim 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal

6.00 Kids Time 9.30 Shortland St 10.00 Coronation St 10.30 Emmerdale 11.00 Hollyoaks 12.00 All My Children 1.00 Kitchen Time 2.30 Movie: Lilies Of The Field (G 1963) US drama 4.30 Murphy Brown 5.00 Head Of The Class 5.30 Growing Pains

5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 Home Shopping 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 5.30 Hot Seat

6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 How I Met Your Mother 7.30 Animal Squad 8.00 ICU 8.30 Criminal Minds (M) 9.30 Outlaw (M) 11.30 Late News & Sports Tonight 10.30 Nazi Secrets (M)

6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 The 7pm Project 7.30 Glee 8.30 Undercover Boss 9.30 Good News Week (M) 12.00 Soundtrack To My Life: Eric 11.00 Entourage (MA) 11.30 The 10.30 Outrageous Fortune (M) Burdon 12.25 London Live 12.55 Live World Game At The Basement: The Waifs 1.55 Close 12.30 Movie: The Blood

6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Two And A Half Men 8.00 The Middle 8.25 Lotto 8.30 Law & Order (M) 11.10 Airline USA 11.40 Last Man 9.30 Cold Case (M) Standing (M) 12.30 Some Mothers Do 10.30 Movie: Bad Santa (MA ’ave ’em 1.30 Jonathan Creek (M) 3.30 2003) US comedy 6.00 Floyd’s India 6.30 Bargain Hunt 7.00 Some Mothers Do ’ave ’em 8.10 Heartbeat 9.10 Jonathan Creek (M)

12.15 The Late Show 1.00 Infomercials 11.30 Parks And Recreation (M) Floyd’s India 4.00 Leyland Brothers 11.20 The Baron 12.00 Law & Order 12.00 Grey’s Anatomy (M) 1.00 Home World 5.00 Home Shopping (M) 1.20 Entertainment Tonight 1.50 Shopping 5.30 Seven News Guy Sebastian 2.00 Infomercials 3.30 2.40 Weatherwatch Good Morning America 5.00 Early 6.00 Today 9.00 Alive & Cooking Morning News 6.00 National Football 6.00 Wagon Train 7.00 The Virginian 9.30 The Zoo 10.00 The Nanny 10.30 League LIVE 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 11.20 Transworld Sport 2.30 8.30 McHale’s Navy 9.00 NBC Today Friends 11.00 Murder, She Wrote 12.00 Omnisport 3.00 Australian Rally 10.00 NBC Meet The Press 11.00 Gene Movie: More Than Meets The Eye 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 6.00 Global Village 6.30 Sarah Wiener’s Culinary Championship 4.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Simmons Family Jewels 12.00 Quincy – The Joan Brock Story (PG 2003) Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ Adventures 5.00 ATP Champions Tour ME 1.00 Airwolf 2.00 Magnum PI 3.00 Canadian drama 2.00 Wife Swap USA 11.30 Get Smart 12.00 Here’s Lucy Adventures Tennis 5.30 Real NBA 6.00 National The Rockford Files 4.00 Knight Rider 3.00 McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 David 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 Green Acres 2.00 7.00 At The Table With… 5.00 The A Team Attenborough’s Life Of Mammals 5.00 Wipeout 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ 7.30 How Does Your Memory Football League 8.30 World Football 6.00 Monster Garage The Ellen Degeneres Show News 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 The Programs Work? 6.00 The Nanny 7.00 That ’70s Show Pro Shop 11.00 Australian Senior 6.30 Total Wipeout UK 8.30 How Mad Are You? 6.30 Friends Open Golf 1.00 Sports Tonight Late 7.30 Australia Smashes 7.30 Hellcats 9.30 The World Game Guinness World Records 7.00 The Zoo 1.15 National Football League 4.00 8.30 The Vampire Diaries (M) 10.30 Movie: Throne Of Blood Omnisport 4.30 Bundesliga Football 8.00 Whacked Out Sports 7.30 Animal Emergency 9.30 Pretty Little Liars (M) 4.00 Religion Brothers (M 1973) Mandarin action adventure

4.00 ABC News 4.05 Big Ideas 5.00 ABC News 5.15 The Quarters 5.30 7.30 Select 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 ABC News 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.30 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 Dispatches 2010 9.00 The World 10.05 The Drum 10.45 The Quarters 11.00 ABC News 11.30 The 7.30 Report 12.00 ABC News 12.00 Big Ideas 1.00 BBC (M 1957) Japanese drama News 1.30 Australia Network News 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 The 7.30 12.25 Weatherwatch Report 3.00 Big Ideas ‘Censorship is advertising paid by ‘You can tell the ideals of a nation by the government.’ Federico Fellini (Italian filmmaker) its advertisements.’ Norman Douglas, (South Wind, 1917)

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8.30 Family Guy (M)

‘Literature is the art of writing some- 9.00 American Dad (M) thing that will be read twice; journal- 9.30 The Shield (M) ism what will be read once.’ 11.30 The Sopranos (AV) 12.30 Cyril Connolly (English intellectual, Strikeforce (M) 1.00 Wagon Train 2.00 literary critic and writer, 1903 - 1974) Magnum PI 3.00 The Rockford Files 4.00 Knight Rider 5.00 The A Team 5.30 Deal Or No Deal

SBS 2

ABC 3

1.10 Weatherwatch

8.00 Airport 8.30 Law & Order (M) 9.30 Rizzoli & Isles (M)

10.30 Two And A Half Men

11.00 Gossip Girl (M) 12.00 The Vampire Diaries (M) 1.00 Pretty Little 10.30 Southland (M) 11.30 Friends Liars (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 12.00 Law & Order (M) 1.00 Rizzoli & Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Get Isles (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 5.00 Smart 5.30 The Flintstones The Garden Gurus 5.30 Today

TEN

PRIME

7 TWO

NBN

6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Ten News 10.00 The Circle 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: Meet The Santas (PG 2005) US comedy 2.00 Dance Machine 3.00 According To Jim 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal

6.00 Kids Time 9.30 Shortland St 10.00 Coronation St 10.30 Emmerdale 11.00 Hollyoaks 12.00 All My Children 1.00 Kitchen Time 2.30 Movie: Ned Kelly (PG 1970) UK drama 4.30 Murphy Brown 5.00 Head Of The Class 5.30 Growing Pains

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

10.40 Movie: Fun With Dick And Jane (M 1977) US comedy 12.40 Big J’s Place 1.10 Some Mothers Do ’ave ’em 2.00 To The Manor Born 2.30 Floyd’s India 3.00 This Rugged Coast 5.00 Home Shopping

You Saved My Life 12.30 Entertainment Tonight 1.00 Skippy 1.30 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

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ABC NEWS 24

GEM

GO!

6.00 Prime News 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Seven News 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 How I Met Your Mother 7.00 ABC News 6.00 Letters And Numbers 7.40 The Colbert Report 7.00 The 7pm Project 7.30 Minute To Win It 7.30 The 7.30 Report 6.30 World News Australia 8.00 Black Books 7.30 The Oprah Winfrey Show 8.30 I Shouldn’t Be Alive (M) 8.00 The Old Guys 7.30 What Makes A Genius? 8.30 Edge Of Darkness (M) 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles (M) 9.30 Most Shocking Top 20 8.30 Museum Of Life 8.30 SAS: The Search For 9.30 Coming Down The 9.30 Lie To Me (M) 10.30 Scrubs 9.30 To The Manor Bowen Warriors Mountain (M) 11.00 Olivia Lee (M) 11.30 Parks And 10.30 Late News & Sports 10.20 Late Edition News 9.30 World News Australia 10.30 Teachers (M) Recreation (M) 12.00 Mercy (M) 1.00 Tonight 10.30 The Lost World Of 11.30 Being Erica (M) 12.15 London 10.00 Hot Docs: Gonzo The Life Communism (M) Live 12.45 Live At The Basement: And Work Of Dr Hunter S 11.15 The Late Show 12.00 Numb3rs Home Shopping 5.30 Seven News (M) 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion 11.20 Shrink Rap: Robin Williams (M) Christine Anu And Deni Hines 1.40 Thompson (M) 12.10 The Chaser’s War On Everything Close 12.15 Movie: Tales From The (M) 6.00 Wagon Train 7.00 The Virginian Golden Age (M 2009) 12.40 Movie: Day Of The 6.00 World Football News 7.00 8.30 McHale’s Navy 9.00 NBC Today Romanian comedy Triffids (PG 1963) UK National Football League 9.30 Ironman 11.00 Surf Patrol 12.00 Quincy ME 4.00 ABC News 4.05 The Quarters 4.20 2.50 Weatherwatch horror Series: Bondi 11.30 Manly Surf 12.00 1.00 Airwolf 2.00 Magnum PI 3.00 The Drum 5.00 ABC News 5.15 The Real NBA 12.30 NBL Basketball 2.30 The Rockford Files 4.00 Knight Rider 2.20 Movie: New Faces Of Quarters 5.30 The 7.30 Report 6.00 1937 (G 1937) US comedy ABC News Breakfast 9.00 ABC News 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News Omnisport 3.00 Bundesliga Football 5.00 The A Team 4.00 World Football News 5.00 The 6.00 Monster Garage 4.00 Good Game (M) 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Australian 6.00 Global Village Pro Shop 6.00 Golf Central 6.30 Pat 7.00 That ’70s Show Story Classic 1.00 ABC News 2.00 6.30 At The Table With… Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures 7.30 NBA 7.30 How I Met Your Mother Midday Report 2.30 7.30 Select 3.00 7.00 Taste Takes Off Malaysia Primetime 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 8.00 Scrubs 6.05am to 4.40pm Kids’ Programs Afternoon Live 5.30 Stateline 6.00 ABC 7.30 Lost Worlds Ancient Arsenal Football 1.00 Sports Tonight 8.30 Family Guy (M) 5.05 CJ The DJ 5.20 Kid Vs Kat 5.35 News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 The Quarters Discoveries: Ships Late 1.15 Golf Central 1.45 Omnisport 9.00 American Dad League Of Super Evil 6.00 Total Drama 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.30 Hitler’s Sunken Secret 2.00 FIFA Club World Cup Football 4.00 9.30 My Name Is Earl Action 6.30 Prank Patrol 6.55 Good 8.00 ABC News 8.30 Dispatches 2010 9.30 Movie: Mortadelo Omnisport 4.30 Tread BMX 5.00 Golf 10.00 Punk’d (M) Game: SP 7.10 Rush TV 7.35 M.I. High 9.00 The World 10.00 ABC News 10.05 And Filemon – The Big Central 5.30 The Pro Shop 8.05 Jeopardy 8.30 Aisling’s Diary The Drum 10.45 The Quarters 11.00 10.30 Russell Brand’s Adventure (M 2003) 8.35 Degrassi: The Next Generation ABC News 11.30 The 7.30 Report 12.00 Ponderland (M) Spanish comedy Big Ideas 1.00 BBC News 1.30 Australia 9.00 Close 11.00 Nitro Circus (M) 11.30 Network News 2.00 BBC World News 11.20 Movie: If You Love Me, Strikeforce (M) 12.00 Quincy ME 12.50 2.30 The 7.30 Report 3.00 Big Ideas Follow Me (M 2006) Wagon Train 1.45 Magnum PI 2.40 French comedy The Rockford Files 3.40 Knight Rider

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6.00 Love Thy Neighbour 6.30 All Creatures Great And Small 7.30 Bargain Hunt 8.00 10 Years Younger 8.30 Escape To The Country 9.45 Great British Journeys

12.00 International Cycling Grand Prix LIVE – Cronulla

SBS 1

6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 William Shatner’s Weird Or What? 8.30 Man v Wild Andes 9.30 World News Australia 11.00 Hyperdrive 11.30 London Live 10.00 Shameless (MA)

ABC 2

NBN 6.00 Infomercials 7.00 Weekend Today 10.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Surfsport

5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 1.30 Crossing The Line 3.10 Akbulak 3.30 Letters And Numbers 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Futbol Mundial 5.00 The Crew 5.30 Global Village

7.40 The Colbert Report 8.05 The Goodies 8.35 Jeff Green Up West 9.30 Peep Show (M) 10.00 Glastonbury 2010: Stevie Wonder

ABC NEWS 24

7 TWO 6.00 Kids’ Programs 9.30 Movie: The Navy Comes Through (G 1942) US adventure 11.10 Movie: Mandela (PG 1996) Biography 1.40 Movie: Follow That Dream (G 1962) US comedy 4.00 Movie: The Legend Of Johnny Lingo (PG 2003) US adventure

6.00 NBN News 6.30 The Enforcers 7.00 Motorway Patrol 7.30 2010 Best Of 60 Minutes 11.00 Movie: Adaptation (MA 2002) (M) 11.30 The First 48 (M) 12.30 Home 8.30 The Mentalist (M) Shopping 5.30 Seven News US comedy 1.10 Video Hits 1.30 9.30 Chase (M) 11.00 Escape To The Sun 11.40 10.30 Without A Trace (M) Infomercial 4.00 Religion

SBS 2

4.30 Shortland Street 5.00 Something 5.30 Talking Heads: James Reyne 5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News In The Air 5.30 Gardening Australia 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ 1.00 Movie: Persona Non 6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Midday Programs Grata (PG 2005) Polish Report 12.30 Time Team 1.20 Gavin 6.00 Treks In A Wild World drama Stamp’s Orient Express 2.00 The Bill Northern Territory, 3.00 Classical Destinations: Moscow 3.00 Kids’ Programs 3.30 Letters And Numbers 4.00 The Australia 6.00 My Family Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Global 6.30 Scrapheap Challenge 6.30 Nigella Express Village 7.20 The Daily Show

TUESDAY 14

PRIME

6.00 Religion 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 10.00 Kochie’s Business Builders 10.30 Spirit Of Yachting 11.00 Kids’ Programs 4.00 Focus On Christmas: Lifestyle 5.00 12.00 Australian PGA Golf LIVE Three In A Bed 6.00 Seven News 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Sports Tonight

6.00 Wagon Train 7.00 Air Crash Investigation 8.00 Mega Disasters 6.00 Boxing: Undercard 9.00 The Universe 10.00 Engineering 7.00 World Heavyweight Disasters 11.00 Dunlop Targa NZ 12.00 2.40 Weatherwatch Boxing Title Fight LIVE Movie: Run Silent, Run Deep (PG – Vladimir Klitschko v 1958) WWII drama 2.00 Magnum PI Dereck Chisora 5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 8.00 Bundesliga Football 9.30 Serie A 3.00 The Rockford Files 4.00 Knight Rider 5.00 The A Team Football 11.00 MVP 11.30 I Fish

6.30 Stateline Select 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Talking Heads: Les Murray 8.00 ABC News 9.30 The World This Week 10.00 ABC News 10.30 Stateline 11.00 ABC News 11.30 One Plus One 12.00 6.00 ADbc ABC News 12.30 Contact Sport 1.00 6.30 The Hairy Bikers’ Food Big Ideas 2.00 Landline 3.00 Stateline Tour Of Britain Select 3.30 Australian Story Classic 7.30 Ninja Warrior 4.00 ABC News 4.30 Stateline 5.00 8.00 Unbeatable Banzuke ABC News 5.30 Landline Extra 6.00 8.30 Survival Stories From ABC News 6.30 Foreign Correspondent Argentina 7.00 ABC News 7.30 One Plus One 9.30 Movie: Wild Blood (M 8.00 How Kevin Bacon Cured Cancer 2008) Italian drama 9.00 The World 9.30 Dispatches 2010 10.00 ABC News 10.30 The World This 12.10 Movie: Gamblers (M 2005) French drama Week 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Foreign Corresondent 12.00 Big Ideas 1.00 1.40 Weatherwatch BBC World News 1.30 Stateline Select 2.00 Big Ideas 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 Stateline

4.30 Shortland Street 5.00 Something 5.30 Talking Heads: Paula Constant In The Air 5.30 Gardening Australia 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ 6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Midday Programs Report 12.30 The Forsyte Saga 1.30 6.00 Collectors Once A Soldier 2.00 The Bill 3.00 Kids’ 6.25 Scrapheap Challenge Programs 7.15 The Daily Show

6.00 My Family 6.30 Nigella Express 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Family Confidential The Hemmes 8.30 Stephen Fry In America 9.30 Willie’s Chocolate Revolution 10.20 Late Edition News 10.30 Dirt Game

SBS 1 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.35 World News 10.30 Football Asia 11.00 Les Murray’s Football Feature 12.00 UEFA Champions League 12.30 Speedweek 2.00 Patrizio Buanne: The Italian Concert 3.00 Mythbusters 5.00 Cycling Central

7MATE

6.00 Evening News 6.00 Floyd’s India 7.00 A Current Affair 6.30 Bargain Hunt 7.30 The Big Bang Theory 7.00 Some Mothers Do ’ave ’em 8.00 Top Gear 8.00 The Vicar Of Dibley 8.30 Law & Order (M) 9.00 To The Manor Born 9.30 Survivor: Nicaragua 9.30 Benidorm (M) 10.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares 10.00 Not Going Out (M) (M) 11.30 The Bill Engvall Show 12.00

GEM 6.00 Today 9.00 Alive & Cooking 9.30 The Zoo 10.00 The Nanny 10.30 Friends 11.00 Murder, She Wrote 12.00 Movie: The First Travelling Saleslady (G 1956) US comedy 2.00 Wife Swap USA 3.00 McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 Getaway 5.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show

6.00 The Nanny 6.30 Friends 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 Secret Millionaire 8.30 Law & Order (M) 9.30 The Closer (M)

GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Get Smart 12.00 Here’s Lucy 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 Charlie’s Angels 2.00 Hellcats 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs

6.30 Total Wipeout UK 7.30 Drop Dead Diva 8.30 Seinfeld 9.30 Community 10.30 Movie: Taking Lives (M 2004) US drama

12.40 Community 1.00 Drop Dead Diva 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just 10.30 The Big C (M) 11.00 Weeds Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Get Smart (M) 11.30 Friends 12.00 Law & Order 5.30 The Flintstones (M) 1.00 The Closer (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 5.00 Adventures In Rainbow ‘Advertising men and politicians are dangerous if they are separated. 4.35 The A Team 5.30 Deal Or No Deal Country 5.30 Today Together they are diabolical.’ Phillip Adams (ABC broadcaster)

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ABC 1

ABC 2

WEDNESDAY 15

4.30 Shortland Street 5.00 Something 5.30 Talking Heads: Mark Bresciano In The Air 5.30 Gardening Australia 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ 6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Midday Programs Report 12.30 Pilot Guides 1.30 The 6.00 Stop. Rewind Wild Gourmets 2.00 The Bill 3.00 Kids’ 6.30 Scrapheap Challenge Programs 7.15 The Daily Show

SBS 1

TEN

PRIME

7 TWO

NBN

5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 Movie: Nina’s Home (PG 2005) French drama 3.00 Classical Destinations: Salzburg 3.30 Letters And Numbers 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Global Village

6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Ten News 10.00 The Circle 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: The Christmas Card (PG 2006) US drama 2.00 Dance Machine 3.00 According To Jim 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal

6.00 Kids Time 9.30 Shortland St 10.00 Coronation St 10.30 Emmerdale 11.00 Hollyoaks 12.00 All My Children 1.00 Kitchen Time 2.30 Movie: Crusoe (PG 1989) UK drama 4.30 Murphy Brown 5.00 Head Of The Class 5.30 Growing Pains

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

6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Rex In Rome 8.30 East West 101 (M) 9.30 World News Australia 10.05 Movie: Talk To Her (MA 2002) Spanish drama 12.00 Anna Pihl (M) 11.10 The Ugly Truth About Beauty 12.50 Movie: Red Lights (M 2004) French thriller (M) 12.00 The Re-Inventors 12.25

6.00 My Family 6.30 Nigella Express 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 QI 8.30 The Trophy Room 9.00 Outnumbered 9.30 Summer Heights High (M) 10.00 Review With Myles Barlow (M) 10.30 Late Edition News

7.35 The Colbert Report 8.00 Jail Birds 8.30 Inside The Great Magazines 9.20 Joanna Lumley In The Land Of The Northern Lights 10.20 Superhuman

10.40 Party Animals (M) 11.30 Trial And Retribution (MA)

12.35 Movie: Bluebeard (PG 1944) US crime 1.50 Movie: Richest Girl In The World (G 1934) US comedy

ABC 3 6.05am to 4.40pm Kids’ Programs 5.05 CJ The DJ 5.20 Kid Vs Kat 5.30 League Of Super Evil 6.00 Total Drama Action 6.30 Prank Patrol 6.55 Good Game: SP 7.10 Rush TV 7.35 M.I. High 8.05 Jeopardy 8.30 Aisling’s Diary 8.35 Degrassi: The Next Generation 9.00 Close

SBS 2

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 The 7.30 Report 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 ABC News 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Foreign Correspondent 1.00 ABC News 2.00 Midday Report 2.30 Stateline 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 Stateline 9.00 The World 10.00 ABC News 10.05 The Drum 10.45 The Quarters 11.00 ABC News 11.30 The 7.30 Report 12.00 ABC News 12.05 Big Ideas 1.00 BBC News 1.30 Australia Network News 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 The 7.30 Report 3.00 Big Ideas

ABC 1

ABC 2

10.40 Peep Show (M) 11.05 The Goodies 11.40 Inside The Actors Studio: Anthony LaPaglia 12.25 Live At The Basement: Augie March 1.25 Close

11.35 Trial And Retribution (M)

ABC NEWS 24

12.45 Movie: That Uncertain Feeling (PG 1941) US comedy 2.10 Movie: Cry Of Battle (M 1963) WWII drama 4.00 Can We Help?

ABC 3 6.05am to 4.40pm Kids’ Programs 5.05 CJ The DJ 5.20 Kid Vs Kat 5.30 League Of Super Evil 6.00 Total Drama Action 6.30 Prank Patrol 6.55 Good Game: SP 7.10 Rush TV 7.35 M.I. High 8.05 Jeopardy 8.30 Aisling’s Diary 8.35 Degrassi: The Next Generation 9.00 Close

4.00 ABC News 4.05 The Quarters 4.20 The Drum 5.00 ABC News 5.15 The Quarters 5.30 The 7.30 Report 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 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 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 Landline Extra 9.00 The World 10.00 ABC News 10.05 The Drum 10.45 The Quarters 11.00 ABC News 11.30 The 7.30 Report 12.00 ABC News 12.05 Big Ideas 1.00 BBC News 1.30 Australia Network News 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 The 7.30 Report 3.00 Big Ideas

Shopping 5.30 Seven News

7MATE

The A Team

SBS 1

8.00 Mr Bean 8.30 School Of Comedy (M) 8.55 Lunch Monkeys 9.30 Graham Norton Show 10.15 Father Ted

6.00 Floyd’s India 6.30 Bargain Hunt 7.00 George & Mildred 7.30 Are You Being Served? 8.10 One Foot In The Grave 9.10 Pie In The Sky 11.30 The First 48 (M) 12.30 Home 10.10 Wycliffe (M)

ONE HD

4.30 Shortland Street 5.00 Something 5.30 Talking Heads: Andrew Fraser 5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News In The Air 5.30 Gardening Australia 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ 6.45 UEFA Champions 6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Midday Programs League LIVE – Sevilla v Report 12.30 Robin Hood 1.30 Echo 6.00 Poh’s Kitchen Borussia Doermund Beach (M) 2.00 The Bill 3.00 Kids’ 6.30 Scrapheap Challenge 9.10 World News 3.30 Letters And Programs 7.20 The Daily Show Numbers 4.00 The Journal 4.30 6.00 My Family Newshour 5.30 Global Village 7.40 The Colbert Report

6.30 Nigella Express 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Sleek Geeks 8.30 Rake (M) 9.30 Breaking Bad (M) 10.20 Late Edition News 10.30 Damon And Jamie’s Excellent Adventure (M)

6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 How I Met Your Mother 7.30 Medical Emergency 8.00 Under The Hammer 8.30 Criminal Minds (M) 9.30 City Homicide (M)

11.15 Overtime (M) 12.15 The Late Show 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion 6.00 Wagon Train 7.00 The Virginian 8.30 McHale’s Navy 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Beach Patrol 12.00 Quincy ME 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 The Pro Shop 6.30 Arsenal 1.00 Airwolf 2.00 Magnum PI 3.00 6.00 Global Village Football 9.30 ATP Champions Tour The Rockford Files 4.00 Knight Rider 6.30 Made In Spain 7.00 Sarah Wiener’s Culinary Tennis 10.00 Transworld Sport 11.00 5.00 The A Team NFL Total Access 12.00 NBA Basketball 6.00 Monster Garage Adventures 2.30 Omnisport 3.00 Pro Bull Riding 7.00 That ’70s Show 7.30 Closing Down 4.00 Sports Unlimited 5.00 ASP 7.30 How I Met Your Mother Guatanamo Surfing World Tour 6.00 Red Bull X 8.00 Scrubs 8.30 Age Of Terror Fighters 7.00 Xtreme Paintball 7.30 9.30 Movie: The Secret Of The MVP 8.00 Manly Surf 8.30 Overtime 8.30 Family Guy (M) 9.00 American Dad (M) Grain (M 2007) French 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 NBA 9.30 The Drew Carey Show drama Basketball 12.00 FIFA Club World Cup 10.30 Chappelle’s Show (MA) 12.10 Movie: The Son’s Room Football 2.00 Bundesliga Football 3.00 11.00 It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia (M 2001) Italian drama FIFA Club World Cup Football 5.00 ATP (M) 11.30 Strikeforce (M) 12.00 Quincy 1.55 Weatherwatch Champions Tour Tennis 5.30 Spirit Of ME 1.00 Wagon Train 2.00 Home The Equestrian Shopping 4.00 Knight Rider 5.00

Live At The Basement: Clare Bowditch 2.45 Weatherwatch 1.20 Close

3.00 National Press Club Address 4.00 Catalyst

THURSDAY 16

6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 The 7pm Project 7.30 Modern Family 8.00 Raising Hope 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles (M) 9.30 White Collar (M) 10.30 Late News & Sports Tonight

6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam 8.00 Gourmet Farmer 8.30 Oz And Hugh Drink To Christmas 9.30 World News Australia 10.05 Movie: The Chaser (MAV 2008) Korean thriller 12.15 Movie: Carandiru (MAV 2003) Brazilian drama 2.45 Weatherwatch

SBS 2

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6.00 The Nanny 6.30 Friends 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 Wife Swap USA 8.30 The Mentalist (M) 9.30 The Big C (MA) 10.00 Weeds (M) 10.30 Hotel Babylon (M) 11.30 Conan (M) 12.30 Friends 1.00 Getaway 2.00 Home Shopping 5.00 Adventures In Rainbow Country 5.30 Today

GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Get Smart 12.00 Here’s Lucy 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 Charlie’s Angels (M) 2.00 Drop Dead Diva 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs

6.30 Total Wipeout UK 7.30 Top Gear 8.30 Fringe (M) 9.30 Movie: The Matrix Reloaded (M 2003) US action 12.00 Fringe (M) 1.00 Charlie’s Angels (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Get Smart 5.30 The Flintstones

TEN

PRIME

7 TWO

NBN

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: For One Night (PG 2006) US drama 2.00 Dance Machine 3.00 According To Jim 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal

6.00 Kids Time 9.30 Shortland St 10.00 Coronation St 10.30 Emmerdale 11.00 Hollyoaks 12.00 All My Children 1.00 Kitchen Time 2.30 Movie: Gunfighters (PG 1947) Western 4.30 Murphy Brown 5.00 Head Of The Class 5.30 Growing Pains

5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 10.30 Magical Tales 11.00 Infomercials 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show

6.00 Floyd’s India 6.30 Bargain Hunt 7.00 George And Mildred 7.30 Are You Being Served? 8.10 One Foot In The Grave 9.10 Movie: The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers (M 2004) US biography

4.00 Cricket continues 6.00 Evening News 6.30 Cricket continues 8.30 Warnie (M) 9.30 Movie: Ocean’s Eleven (M 2001) US drama

6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 The 7pm Project 7.30 Bondi Vet 8.00 Recruits 8.30 Rush (M) 9.30 Law & Order: SVU (M) 10.30 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.15 The Late Show 12.00 Burn Notice (M) 1.00 Infomercial 4.00 Religion

ONE HD

5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 World Heli Challenge 6.30 Serie A Football 9.00 I Fish 9.30 Sports 6.00 Global Village Unlimited 10.30 MVP 11.00 Overtime 6.30 Taste Takes Off 12.00 FIFA Club World Cup Football 7.00 Made In Spain 2.00 Liverpool Football 5.00 Golf 7.30 Nobel Laureates 2010 Central 5.30 FINA World Swimming 8.30 UEFA Champions League Championships: Short Course 7.30 Delayed – Napoli v Steaua Ironman Series: Hawaii 8.30 The WWE Bucherest Experience 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 10.00 Movie: Obaba (M 2005) UFC 101 12.00 Sports Tonight Late Spanish drama 12.15 Golf Central 12.45 Omnisport 11.55 Movie: Honolulu (MA 1.15 National Football League 3.45 NFL Total Access 4.45 Omnisport 2000) German comedy/ 5.00 ATP Champions Tour Tenniss 5.30 5 0 5.3 drama Australian Senior Open Golf 1.30 Weatherwatch

6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 How I Met Your Mother 7.30 The Amazing Race 8.30 Movie: The Mummy Returns (M 2001) US adventure 11.15 30 Rock

11.45 That ’70s Show 12.20 Home 11.45 The Professionals (M) 12.45 Are Shopping 5.30 Seven News You Being Served? 1.20 One Foot In The Grave 2.20 Floyd’s India 3.00 6.00 Wagon Train 7.00 The Virginian The World Around Us 4.00 Leyland 8.30 McHale’s Navy 9.00 NBC Today Brothers 5.00 Home Shopping 11.00 Beach Patrol 12.00 Quincy ME 1.00 Airwolf 2.00 Magnum PI (M) 3.00 The Rockford Files 4.00 Knight Rider 6.00 Today 9.00 Alive & Cooking 5.00 The A Team 9.30 The Zoo 10.00 The Nanny 10.30 Friends 11.00 Murder, She Wrote 12.00 6.00 Monster Garage Movie: Don’t Make Waves (PG 1967) 7.00 That ’70s Show US romance 2.00 Wife Swap USA 3.00 7.30 The Universe McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 The View 5.00 8.30 Stargate Atlantis (M) 11.30 Strikeforce (M) 12.00 Quincy The Ellen Degeneres Show ME 12.50 Wagon Train 1.45 Magnum 6.00 The Nanny PI (M) 2.40 The Rockford Files 3.40 6.30 Friends Knight Rider 4.30 The A Team 5.30 7.00 The Zoo Deal Or No Deal 7.30 Neighbours At War

7MATE

GEM

1.00 The Ashes 3rd Test Cricket LIVE – Australia v England 3.30 The Cricket Show

12.00 Live At The Chapel Presents Temper Trap (M) 12.30 20/20 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Get Smart 12.00 Here’s Lucy 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 Charlie’s Angels (M) 2.00 Here Comes The Newlyweds 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs

6.30 Total Wipeout UK 7.30 The Big Bang Theory 8.30 Movie: My Super Ex-Girlfriend (M 2006) US comedy 10.30 Movie: Amityville Horror (AV 2005) US 88.00 How Clean Is Your House horror 88.30 Mary Queen Of Shops 12.30 Eclipse Music TV 12.30 Cribs 99.30 Amazing Medical 1.00 Charlie’s Angels (M) 2.00 Stories (M) Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me

10 Embarrassing Bodies (M) 11.30 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Get Smart 5.30 The 10.30 Conan (M) 12.30 Friends 1.00 Mary Flintstones Co Queen Of Shops 2.00 Home Shopping Qu 55.00 Adventures In Rainbow Country 5.0 55.30 Today 5.3

Mungo’s Crossword

ACROSS 1. Bad ALP heroin memory of a conservative regime that lasted more than 800 years! (4,5,6) 9. Restore to life beast without a tail in a straggly tree (9) 10. Unknown direction for making bread (5) 11. Fly from two bad sets (6)

GEM 6.00 Today 9.00 Alive & Cooking 9.30 The Zoo 10.00 The Nanny 10.30 Friends 11.00 Murder, She Wrote 12.00 Movie: Evelyn (PG 2002) US drama 2.00 Wife Swap USA 3.00 McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 Secret Millionaire 5.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show

11.30 The Bill Engvall Show 12.00 Eclipse Music TV 12.30 20/20 1.30 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Ten News 10.00 The Circle 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News

Please note that TV stations like to tinker with things at the last minute and sometimes make changes after this guide has gone to print.

Cryptic Clues

12.10 Airline USA 12.35 Are You Being Served? 1.00 One Foot In The Grave 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Leyland Brothers World 5.00 Home Shopping

6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Two And A Half Men 8.00 Better With You 8.25 Lotto 8.30 Cold Case (M) 9.30 CSI: NY (M) 10.30 CIS: Miami (M)

From The Week

commercial in returns (8) 23. Gold, right gold: a goddess! (6) 26. Tyrant back to moron (5) 27. Second prize at the Show; a symbol of AIDS awareness (3,6) 28. Hurray! Dread news from 14th century conflict (7,5,3)

DOWN 1. “Hydrogen peroxide, rodent! Muse,” called the mad prince to his mate (7) 2. Rent meadow, southeast (5) 3. Re-establish Therese’s gallery (9) 4. Big bird has time in trench (4) 5. Irritate the Gestapo? Not necessary! (8) 6. Shire boss rises: a right old vegetable (5) 7. One country hides nickel – starvation … (9) 12. A record about member, a 8. …with the country panic merchant (8) in the south-east rising to property, status and 13. Trial or trade? (6) position! (7) 15. Mind readers get thrills 14. Spotted coming from following soft, sad sounds (8) 18. Deadly projectile in the news the eastern Adriatic (9) 16. The messenger (8) embraces you, French 19. Resting place holds container designer (9) of ashes, cremated (6) 17. Giggled and rowed 21. Again allows access to about the abstainer (8)

2. Rental agreement (5) 33. Re-establish, Re establish put back in former position (9) 4. Defensive trench around a building, usually filled with water (4) 5. Unnecessary, pointless (8) 6. Chief official of a shire or municipality (5) 7. Lack of nourishment, starvation (9) Quick Clues 8. Landed properties; also ranks or positions (7) ACROSS 1. Trans-European regime 14. Spotted dog, originally from from the 10th to the 19th Croatia (9) 16. Fashion designer (9) century (4,5,6) 17. Giggled, laughed nervously (8) 9. Restore to life (9) 10. Fermenting agent (5) 18. Polish, rub to make bright (7) 20. One who wastes resources; 11. Disease carrying also council worker involved in fly (6) 12. Fear-monger, prophet waste disposal (7) 22. Engine, machine (5) of doom (8) 13. Trial, testing time (6) 24. American billabong, type of lake (5) 15. So-called mind readers, fortune tellers (8) 25. Unoccupied, unemployed (4) 18. Newsflash or Last week’s solution broadcast (8) 19. Seared, incinerated (6) 21. Lets in again (8) 23. Roman goddess of the dawn (6) 26. Fool, moron (5) 27. Scarlet sash, symbol of AIDS awareness (3,6) 28. 14th-15th century conflicts between France and England (7,5,3) 18. The stream eam am m iss hot – make it shine inee (7) (7 20. Dreadful nadir: the queen is a wastrel! (7) 22. Second time, nothing right for the machine (5) 24. Steer to bend for the American billabong (5) 25. Libido, the French doing nothing (4)

DOWN 1. Hamlet’s best friend (7)

world title aspirations will begin by Ian Rogers – and perhaps end. In the first round (a two game Play at Seagulls Club, Thurs 6-10pm match with tiebreaks to decide if the score is tied 1-1) Caoili has been paired with China’s rising star Ju Wenjun, the ninth seed in Turkey and rated almost 300 points higher than Caoili. No Australian has ever made it past the first round since FIDE moved to a knock-out Women’s World Championship, but Caoili, 23, does have some factors in her favour. Her boyfriend, world number It has been 18 months since three Levon Aronian, can provide Brisbane-based student Arianne top class match preparation and Caoili (pictured) qualified for the Caoili’s current form – performWomen’s World Championship ing to Woman Grandmaster level tournament by winning the at the recent Snowdrops v Old Oceania Zonal in Tweed Heads. Hands tournament in the Czech Since then Caoili has watched Republic – has been impressive. the world body FIDE try and It will be a big ask for Caoili fail to find a host for the knock- to survive against Ju but she has out tournament; an offer from a chance. And if she fails, Caoili Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, still has the consolation of a was mooted and then refused $3,000 first round loser’s prize. when FIDE discovered to their surprise that few players were Q The Women’s World Championship can be followed live from keen to travel to a war zone. However, at last this week- midnight on http://wwcc2010.tsf. end in Antakya, Turkey, Caoili’s org.tr/en/live-games.

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A L L Y O U R L O C A L E N T E R TA I N M E N T 7 D AY S A W E E K

DEC 2 – DEC 8, 2010

Jeff Martin and Terepai Richmond

JASON DELPHIN THE PATCH LOUNGE COOLANGATTA DECEMBER 16 KEL & THE JAZZ CANARIES LUFFLEY CAFE FRIDAY DECEMBER 17 THE ALDERMAN BROTHERS KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB FRIDAY DECEMBER 17 LAMPLIGHTS ALBUM LAUNCH THE PATCH LOUNGE COOLANGATTA DECEMBER 17 BIG MUSIC KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB SATURDAY DECEMBER 18 NORTH COAST TIME SHEOAK SHACK SATURDAY DECEMBER 18 KATIA BABALOU DECEMBER 19 ROBBIE ROSENLUND KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB MONDAY DECEMBER 20 HAPPY DAZE KARAOKE KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB FRIDAY DECEMBER 24 KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB CHRISTMAS DAY – CLUB CLOSED DAVID LEE KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB MONDAY DECEMBER 27

Place two very gifted and extremely passionate musicians together and let the magic begin. That is exactly what happened when Jeff Martin (The Tea Party) and Terepai Richmond (dIG / The Whitlams) came together for what was to be a one-off exclusive show at Sydney’s Coogee Diggers back in August. Given that the artists hadn’t actually rehearsed, or had even met prior to the show, the two hit it off famously, playing off of each other as if they’d been jamming together for years. So much so, Jeff and Terepai have forged together, to take to the road on their National World’s Apart tour throughout November/December 2010. Supported by Hazel Eyes The Devil. See them at the Coolangatta Hotel Thursday.

THE HOODOO GURUS AT TWIN TOWNS ON FRIDAY

James Grehan James Grehan is an Australian independent songwriter who has released three albums since 2004 and won a swag of awards and critical acclaim along the way. Most recently James’s song Hold On was featured on the Channel 7 hit series Packed to the Rafters and released on the show’s compilation disc through Warner Music. James's music has been on Triple J and Hot Tomato's high rotation playlists in 2008-9, and he was Winner Best Alternative, Best Regional and the Courier Mail People’s Choice Award 2008 at the Q Song Awards. He was also nominated for the APRA Professional Development Award and the Australian Music Prize. See James unplugged on Thursday at the Gold Coast Arts Centre.

Who's your Hoodoo Guru The mighty Hoodoo Gurus released their ninth studio album Purity Of Essence in April this year and to mark this auspicious occasion they have been doing what they do best: hitting the road and touring the world like they have done for many a decade, exciting fans across the globe with a live show to rock you to your core and leave you aching for more. The Gurus are hitting Twin Towns on Friday.

Ned goes all Edward for the locals THE ALDERMAN BROTHERS KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB FRIDAY DECEMBER 31

Ned Barnfield is an 18-year-old Murwillumbah lad who completed the HSC in 2009 at Murwillumbah High School. Ned has spent the months since doing a Bachelor of Music at the University of NSW where

he is majoring in jazz trombone, playing with a jazz quintet and a myriad of ensembles, learning the ropes of what it takes to be a professional musician. To celebrate the completion of his first year of university, Ned has returned home to entertain the locals and show what he has been up to. 'Music is seen by some as a fool’s errand,' says Ned. 'As if it's a path that leads to poverty, and though no-one should expect riches from their performances, I know of no better pleasure than living with music.' Ned performs under the pseudonym of Edward Black, a fictitious title that simply came about due to him being asked what would he change his name to if I had too. 'I feel that as a performer, stage presence and having a story is essential to connecting to the audience,' he says. 'This turns a good performance into a great one. I had always had an image of what I wanted to be onstage and finally I had a name. Edward Black is an enigma, even to myself. Hopefully he will grow and become even more (or perhaps less) defined as my career goes on.' Ned is having his debut solo concert at the Sathya Sai Public School Hall on Nullum Street Murwillumbah from 6:30pm on Friday.

Jazz Wizards Tweed Valley Jazz Club are thrilled to have Jo’s Wizards of Jazz back for the third year in a row as main band for their December gig. The band comprises Jo Bloomfield – piano, John Braben – trumpet, Geoff Speed - saxophone/clarinet, Tom Nicolson - trombone/vocals, Wally Furst - banjo/guitar, Dennis Ashton – bass and Mauri Thomas – drums. While the Wizards avoid labeling of style, the

emphasis of their music is on the beginnings of jazz as played in the first half of the 20th century. So 'traditional' or 'classic' jazz are appropriate. Whatever the label, the band are a top line band who play jazz with enthusiasm, passion and respect. The Wizards are guaranteed to keep a smile on your dial and your toes tapping, so be sure to come and join in the festive spirit with Jo’s Wizards of Jazz – they will keep you spellbound at the Condong Bowling Club on Friday.

Tijuana Cartel If Carlos Santana had been hanging out in Iraq for the last 10 years then he would have to sound something like the Gold Coast’s own Tijuana Cartel. Their performances are a concoction of multi-layered grooves, splashes of Middle Eastern vocals, lilting Moby-esque soundscapes, Flamenco and slide guitar, trumpet, electronic world beats and live Latin Cuban percussion. A fusion of world music and phat electronic beats. Their musical energy and unrestrained delivery is thrilling audiences wherever they perform. Their tunes meander their way across the bumpiest musical terrain, a rhythmic body moved with stately deliberation creating inspiring and infectious rhythms that you just cannot help but dance to. It is a live show not to miss. Currumbim Sound Lounge on Friday.

Stoked about Christmas The Stokers Community Christmas Special is building to be a great event with Carmelia McWilliam and her Christmas Elves with a mixture of classical and popular Christmas music. Artists at the event

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT TWIN TOWNS CLUB DECEMBER 31 SHIHAD SURFERS PARADISE BEER GARDEN JANUARY 6 RAPSKALLION WITH A FRENCH BUTLER CALLED SMITH CURRUMBIN SOUNDLOUNGE JANUARY 7

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TEREPAI RICHMOND & JEFF MARTIN AT THE COOLANGATTA HOTEL THURSDAY

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soAP boX TOTAL DISCLOSURE: WIKILEAKS, OPRAH, Mandy Nolan AND YOU. She’s an American talk show host who heads a billion dollar company. Yes, she’s an enigma in the world of pop culture. But so is Madonna. Lismore boy Julian Assange has become the World’s Most And Ozzy Osborne. I don’t think the Aussie public should Wanted with what is being called ‘information terrorism’ be coughing up for the full monty when it comes to with the revelations he security. If she wants a real has been unveiling on his WikiLeaks site. I’m so proud. A Aussie experience, then get Lismore boy. See there’s really a panel van full of yobbos to tail her and do donuts outside a lot more to us than just bongs, thongs and conspiracy the Opera House. No one will come near her then. theories. Suddenly Lismore is on the map, and I can The irony is this. Julian guarantee that Mr Putin won’t Assange, who set up be puttin’ a foot there. WikiLeaks back in 2006, a non-profit media organisation World leaders decry Assange’s work as illegal and dedicated to bringing important news and dangerous. He is the new information to the public, is Osama. Although he’s not being hunted to bring a stop blowing up buildings and to his disclosure. He’s a global taking out skyscrapers full of security threat. But Oprah, the Americans. Oh no. Instead, Queen of disclosure, is being he’s created the architecture afforded our highest level of for a systematic dismantling security! of the bullshit and spin that politicians, corporations What secret is she and bureaucrats have used protecting? Some Lismore to shroud the truth. He bloke shines the light on is the Robin Hood of the Russian corruption and the Information Superhighway, US government’s foreign using the world wide web to activities and Oprah arrives circulate the truth to all, not to shoot the breeze with just the privileged. Keith and Nicole. He’s being hunted, she’s being adulated. According to the Sheriff, I’m over this whole Oprah the Truth, while on the one business. It sickens me to see hand supposed to set us how susceptible we are to free, is in fact dangerous American hype. and not a substance that we mere mortals can fully TV will not change your comprehend. Imagine if the life. Winning a car will not stupid people of Planet Earth make you a better person. actually got to know how And sorry, but having Oprah their leaders really operated coming out to Australia and what they really thought! won’t do anything except Where the average human make another hour of telly. ant is expected to be Oprah’s just a very wealthy accountable to the rules and woman plagued by her social morality of their modest conscience. It must be such a social nest it would appear battle. Being a battler herself, that there are very different Oprah is intending to get rules for the big ants. Big ants with the ‘real’ Australians by rule. Big ants don’t want the staying with a real family. little ants to know what is How bloody patronising. going on. If they do, then the What kind of ‘real’ family is big ants can’t get away with it Oprah after? A single mum any more. with four kids and a crystal meth habit? An alcoholic dad This is the first part of the who likes to whack mum irony as it strikes me. The around? Or an Indigenous truth is bad. It could cause family living in a tin shed in terrible conflicts. Even war. Central Australia without Yet, the whole of Sydney even the basic essential of is closing down this week running water? when talk show Queen, the Dame of Disclosure, Oprah, No? What about a real family hits Aussie soil. She’s being living in nice modest middle afforded foreign dignity class comfort in Potts Point? status. A police escort and a Hey, here’s an idea, Oprah. government security detail. Why not look up the Assange Have we all gone completely family and arrange a stay in Lismore? Then you’ll see how mad? She’s not Henry powerful, world-changing Kissinger. She’s not Nelson disclosure really works! Mandela or Mother Theresa.

When it comes to global ironies, this week takes the cake.

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include Callum Brown, fabulous amazing young Stokers talent on classical guitar, and Tony Hogan and Jane Crawford will sing Tony's sweet originals with sweet guitar. The fabulous Stokers Jazzters, Marcus and Rudi will do their special jazz thang. David White, Sue Gallagher and Jenni Hibbard come together for special song and keyboard. Dance Band In the Public Eye will play from 9pm. Be sure to book your meal at fifteenminutesatstokers@gmail.com or 6677 9359. The Stokers Community Christmas Special is brought to you by the combined efforts of the Fifteen Minutes of Fame crew and The Stokers Hall Committee Crew and is on this Friday.

ARIA AWARD WINNER BERTIE BLACKMAN JOINS THE ABSOLUT GLIMMER LAUNCH PARTY CELEBRATIONS AT THE NEVERLAND BAR ON FRIDAY

Music at Kaivalya Meru If sacred or devotional music, kirtan or communal chanting are your thing, then a new music night at Kaivalya Meru Community will appeal. Organiser and resident Dana Mynard is keen to offer an evening that will inspire guests to connect with their hearts and beauty in a lush natural setting. You are invited to join in an exquisite evening with the talents of local musicians The Peace Collective and Vesica Pisces, both of whom appreciate the space between the notes. Vesica Pisces (Rebekah Ray’s soaring vocals and flute, Jason Karabash’s eastern tinged guitar and Elvis Callaghan’s global violin) create a unique experience through original sacred music – with influences from the glacial waters of the holy Ganga, the writing of 13th century Sufi mystics, to the ancient Earth worship ceremonies of the British Isles – and offers listeners an invitation to dive into the sacred through sound. The Peace Collective is at the moment: Elias Harmony on vocals, guitar and flutes, Marti on guitar and vocals, Anira on mandolin, bazouki and violin, and Pete on harmonium and vocals. The spiritually inspired and smoothly lyrical nature of their music takes listeners on a journey into a deep, still place within. Kaivalya Meru is a drug, alcohol and smoke free space located at 3981 Kyogle Road, Lillian Rock. Please car pool if possible as parking on property is limited. The retreat hall on the community is the venue for this Saturday evening at 7.30. For more information please call Dana on 6689 7533 or email: visionsinharmony@ yahoo.com.au.

TIJUANA CARTEL INFECT YOU WITH RHYTHMS AT D THE CURRUMBIM SOUN LOUNGE ON FRIDAY

Breathing stories Just like Breathing is an intimate and honest musical exploration into what makes award-winning songstress Megan Shorey tick. It brings together a collection of some of the world’s newest contemporary works combined with Shorey’s best-known repertoire and hits. Megan Shorey’s powerful, full-bodied voice and passionate sounds coupled with her skilful composition has lead her to be recognised as one of the finest in the business. She wields the grand piano like a weapon and coaxes her audiences into a vocal experience that drips with honesty. With an explosion of raw, gutful and extraordinarily well equipped sound, Megan has the technique to be flexible in any style and genre, but above all she has a voice that is gigantic. Just beautiful, warm and very real. 'I remember sitting at the piano when I was 10, writing songs, little songs,' says Shorey. 'Even then, without a true understanding of the world and my place in it, I knew that I had stories I would want to tell, need to tell. Just like breathing. Megan Shorey Live & Intimate in The Basement, Saturday.

Eizenberg in the Public Eye In the early 1980s Phil Eizenberg was a member of three successful rock groups; The Ferrets, The Mighty Guys (produced by Glenn A Baker) and Jimmy and the Boys – with many recordings to their credit, including a number one Australian hit, The Ferrets' Don't Fall In Love. A session musician for the Polygram stable, with many recordings in the top 40, Phil had the gig to play for major touring theatre shows around Australia and New Zealand, including

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

Winner of the ‘Favourite Japanese Restaurant all over Qld’ in the I Love Food competition 2010 . Eat in or takeaway. Licensed. Open 7 days 11am till late. O-Sushi is a modern Japanese restaurant guided by a philosophy that incorporates traditional values of providing the best possible service combined with fresh wholesome food.

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Enjoy contemporary dining in a relaxed atmosphere with waterfront views, professional, friendly staff and award winning chefs. ‘Think Global, Love Local.’ Showcasing local food is the flavour of the season on Alleys new menu. Sourced from the Tweed and Southern Gold Coast region. Winner – Best Club Restaurant QLD 2007, 2008 and 2009 (Clubs Queensland Awards).

A big thank you to all our patrons. Fins is proud to announce we just won ‘BEST SEAFOOD RESTAURANT’ in regional NSW in the Restaurant and Catering Awards. Next we take on Best in Australia!

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

Tweed River Art Gallery

Cecada Modern Dining Experience the New Taste of modern era

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

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.

Thrower house since its inception as a youth and community officer and works closely with Gold Coast City Council and Elanora Police Beat, who are both involved in this year’s Christmas by the Sea. One workshop currently being undertaken is the creation of a 3D nativity scene which will be a backdrop for the animal enclosure at Christmas by the Sea and Gregg Weber, a youth activities officer, has taken charge of the workshop and said ‘This is a wonderful opportunity for our local young people to be creative, contribute, and feel connected to their community’. There are also lantern making workshops being held prior to the event. These will take place at local schools Currumbin, Currumbin Valley, Palm Beach and Elanora primary and also a weekend IS workshop at Dune Café and the Pines Shopping G R NBE NED AS E PHIL EIZE AT THE Centre. Idonea Gasmire, a local art teacher and D S G H OWS YOU WHAT HE APPEARIN SY DO ON L Sarah Clasen, marketing manager at The Pines IS E R A H R C N ED IN SCHOOL OAK STOKERS AT THE S THE SHE will visit the schools during the last two weeks D N A A T Y H A Y SAI PUBL FRID AD ON IC SCHOO A of the semester and assist the students in creatINGAL HE L H A SHACK F LL THIS F Y RIDAY SATURDA ing lanterns out of Chinese noodle boxes, cellophane, crepe paper, glitter and lots of community with a free Yuletide affair and the Jesus Christ Superstar, The Rocky Horror Picture imagination. Show, and Ned Kelly. response has been fantastic. On the night He studied musicology, song writing and com‘It has been so heartwarming to see a strong rebattery-run position at the University of California (Berkesponse from local businesses from the start candles for the ley), University of New England, and Sydney and it’s refreshing to see these busilanterns will be Conservatorium. nesses have come together to offer available and He has produced a Australian country/blues their time, services and money for Max Employmusic CD featuring didgeridoo and dobro, two the benefit of the local communiment, Currumbin CDs under the Eizenberg name as well as coun- ty.’ says Currumbin RSL marketing Sands Holiday try rock albums, Good Rockin' Tonight, and Faded manager, Laura Versace. Apartments and Memories, and an album of Australian poetry. Each year the event raises monBendigo Bank Phil has formed a new band In The Public Eye ey for a local charity and this Tugun have put with Dave Ovendon (front man from Bullamayear’s charity will be Thrower their hands up to kanka) on drums and Chains' Dirk Du Bois on House. ‘Situated on Thrower volunteer their the bass. With two percussion players and an Drive, Currumbin, Thrower assistance for experienced line-up to call on, they play cool House is a place that aims the event. They grooves and blues. to work in partnership will be wearing In the Public Eye will appearing at the Stokers with a range of service Christmas by the Community Christmas Special on Friday and providers to offer Sea t-shirts (also the Sheoak Shack, Fingal Head on Saturday programs created as part of 7pm. and activia Thrower House ties across a Christmas by the Sea workshop) and broad range Christmas by the Sea 2010 at the Palm Beach helping with collecof cultural, Parklands is set to be a true community event. tion tins and clean up. artisIts inaugural year in 2009 saw close to 3,000 Another initiative to tic, recreapeople in attendance and this year is set to be raise money for Thrower tional and bigger and better. House is through CRC, educational In previous years, Currumbin RSL, partnered College of Hospitality’s interests with C3 Church Currumbin, ran a Christmas sausage sizzle where all carols event along the creek behind the club. In to people profits will be donated. of all ages’. 2009 the event was moved to the Palm Beach For anyone who has says Leesa Parklands with such huge success that both been to the parklands, parties realised the event was outgrowing them, Bennett, MICK MEREDITH IS RAZOR SHARP AND you will know of the who has LOVEABLE AT THE GOLD COAST ARTS both organisationally and financially. This year limited car parking CENTRE ON FRIDAY been with a call was made to local businesses to gift the

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available so a free shuttle service will run from McDonald’s at The Pines Elanora using the Currumbin RSL courtesy bus and McDonald’s staff have said they will offer those waiting water and cordial, especially beneficial if it ends up being a typical Gold Coast balmy summer evening. So come along as all are welcome to enjoy an evening of Christmas cheer at the Palm Beach Parklands on Monday December 13 from 5.30pm, complete with Christmas carols, barnyard animal enclosure, children’s lantern parade and, of course, a special visit from Santa. More information can be found at www.christmasbythesea.com.au.

A Morning With... The Tenors The last A Morning With… concert for 2010 is The Tenors. Come along and enjoy a complimentary light morning tea, followed by a sneak peak of the 2011 A Morning With… program, lucky door prizes, and then be treated to the world-class performers, The Tenors. This breathtaking concert showcases the remarkable talents of two of Queensland's premier tenors. As former long-standing members of The Ten Tenors, David Kidd and Andrew Pryor bring their mix of humour, sophistication and beautiful melodies to the stage in a show to remember. Andrew Pryor is a founding member of the world-renowned The Ten Tenors, and has recorded several albums and travelled the world with the group. He is a regular performer for Opera Queensland and has also performed with Opera Australia at the Sydney Opera House. Andrew studied for five years at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. He has also performed as the tenor soloist in The Messiah, Verdi’s Requiem and Beethoven’s Choral Symphony. David Kidd has toured for the Queensland Arts Council and worked with Opera Queensland, The Australian Rock Theatre, Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra and Chamber Soloists. In 1998, David joined The Ten Tenors and recorded seven albums with them, including two which went gold and platinum in Australia. They have performed at the Sydney Opera House, The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and London’s

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Royal Albert Hall. In 2002, David was awarded a Centenary Medal for Outstanding Contribution to the Australian Music Industry. David holds a Masters of Music from Queensland University of Technology and a Postgraduate Diploma from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. See The Tenors and enjoy a complimentary light morning tea on Monday at the Gold Coast Art Centre's Paradise Showroom.

MANDY NOLAN AND FRIEND TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

A great night of laughs!

Mick Meredith Mick Meredith is one of Australia’s most versatile comedy performers and has established himself over the years as a popular and successful funny man. His style has been described as laidback and cheeky with plenty of laughs and applause, a bloke you’ll laugh at onstage and want to have a beer with afterwards. Mick has headlined all over Australia and beyond including appearances at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Auckland Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe, Port Moresby Yacht Club, Sydney Comedy Festival, Wild West Comedy Festival (Perth), P and O Cruise ships, Kuwait US Army Base, Cyprus United Nations headquarters and the Roo Bar in the Sinai desert on the border of Israel and Egypt where he got the troops from all over the world laughing and raising their glasses at his Aussie humour. Mick has appeared on film, TV and radio including The Footy Show, Mornings with Kerri Anne, Ten HD’s Thursday Night Live, Joker Poker, The Fat, Stand-up Australia, Triple M, The Sydney Cracker Festival Gala and feature films Bloody Hell and Footy Legends with Anh Do, Peter Phelps and Claudia Karvan. Micks’ razor sharp and loveable wit will have you laughing from start to finish and he always delivers a top shelf comedy show. This week at the Gold Coast Arts Centre on Friday.

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Northern Rivers Short Film Competition

This month the Currumbin RSL's Loves Local There are only a few weeks left to enter the third presents Tugun resident Steve Allison, Gold annual Byron All Shorts competition presented Coast based comedian Mark McConville supby iQ Arts and Eco Centre Byron Bay. The Byron All Shorts competition celebrates the porting and Mullumbimby star Mandy Nolan film making talent of the Northern Rivers region as MC. and encourages audiences to experience the Steve Allison has been called ‘The Gold Coast’s many local films that are produced in our region favourite standup comic’, and it’s no wonder, on to the Northern Rivers or that have a connection because on stage Allison is everybody’s best mate. Performing comes naturally for Steve, who has a kind of off the cuff larrikin charm that makes you want to put your feet up, have a beer and a yarn with him. His performances are effortless, and it is no understatement to say that Allison is one of this country’s best undiscovered talents. He is joined by fellow Gold Coast funny man, Mark McConville. Mark has been seen on all of the major commercial TV channels as well as being a featured comic on the Comedy Channel’s Home Delivered Comedy. Radio stations haven’t escaped his attention either, having been REMEMBERING TO BREATHE, MEGAN SHOREY IS LIVE & INTIMATE IN THE GC heard around the country under AC BASEMENT ON SATURDAY the Home Grown Humour banner, but to be fully appreciated he has to be seen community. live. Mark’s direct manner means the audience is engaged from the moment he steps onto the We are very pleased to have the support of Country Energy for a second year and the stage. An innate ability to connect with people contibution from all of our partners. Prizes on means Mark can zero in on the finer points of offer at Byron All Shorts include The Country life and present them in a way that makes you Energy Best Short Film Award of $500 cash, laugh and laugh hard. Screenworks memberships, industry production The night is MCd by Mandy Nolan, quite possoftware from Avid and Gorilla, local companies sibly one of the funniest mothers who’ll ever Manage Your Film production software, a day of reverse into you. Bold, brash, wild and wanton, editing or shooting with In Your Face Producshe’s a force of nature that will erode the resisttions plus dining at Pacific Dining Room, Utopia ance of even the most humourless bastard in and more will be presented to local filmmakers the room! Currumbin RSL Thursday 7pm.

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competing for prizes packages totalling nearly $5000 in value. Films may originate from any format, but must be entered in DVD format and be no more than 30 minutes in length. All genres are acceptable for this competition and films are to be completed within two years of the close of entries, from residents of the Northern Rivers, or films with a relation to the Northern Rivers. Entries close December 24. For more info please contact: 02 6684 5577 or email byronallshorts@iQ.org.au. NY ELIAS HARMO PEACE E TH E TH D AN THE COLLECTIVE AT U EVENT ER M YA AL IV KA 0N SATURDAY

program guide

SUMMER 1 NOVEMBER – APRIL 30

THURSDAY 6am Planet Luv Glitter 9am Arts Canvass Karena 11am The Bohemian Beat Riddhi 12pm Baby Boomers Lunch Alan the yesterday man 2pm Audio Chocolate Rich 4pm Future Classics Matt Meir 6pm Crossroads Paul Martin 8pm Cruisin For A Bluesin Honeydripper 10pm The Booty Call Olylama & Lainie 12am On The One Mr Mantiki

MONDAY 6am Morning Mix Kabes 9am The Lighthouse Lounge Andy Travis 11am Belly Belly Sisters 12pm Pregnancy Birth & Beyond Nicole Foder 1pm Inspiration Rose 2pm Q’s Jazz and Blues Quentin Watts 4pm Cruizy Beats DJ Cruizy 6pm Grailey Whole Celtic Show Margaret Wyatt 8pm Around The World Sammy Ibrahim 10pm Freedom Run Jimmy & Callum

FRIDAY 6am That Friday Feeling Nicky 9am The Spin Cycle Karin Kolbe 11am Not The Comedy Show Paul & Danno 12pm Whirled Music Phil Hurst 1pm Fab Wah Tom T Jet 2pm Grooveyard Teesha 4pm Strictly Vinyl ( Happy Days ) Inchie 6pm Chop Suey Rachi 8pm Submerged/ Down & Out Si Clone Pob & Slinky 10pm Café Royal Al Royale 12am T.G.I.F Switch

TUESDAY 6am Cock a Doodle Doo Lou 9pm Love Life & Laughter Pavitar 11am Byron Business Phil Daly 12pm Soul Fyah Shakona 2pm The Music Garden Michael Brereton 4pm Theme Park Lyn McCarthy 6pm Post Modern Backlash Hudson Birden 8pm Radio Mundial Steve Snelgrove 10pm Shels Place Shel

SATURDAY 6am Buffet Breakfast Chilla 8am Musical Kaleidoscope Jill 10am Cowboy Sweetheart Carrie D 12pm Blues From The Bay Anthony & Ken 2pm Paris Cat Alley Lulu 4pm Intersecting Cultures Angela Rowland & Phoenix Bee 5pm Justice & Miss Chi Justine & Ancika 6pm Random Rhythms Ashgirl 8pm Diggin In The Archives Undertaker & Joan of Ark 10pm Neo Disco Uberman 12am Ice Pick Tango Billy Chills

WEDNESDAY 6am Catch and Grab Holly Holster 9am 2481 Undone Nicqui Yazdi 11am Go Earthcare Ros Elliott 12pm Suara Indonesia Francesca, Kirana, Judy 1pm Passport Tegs & Adsy 2pm The Junkyard Stuey 4pm Cowgirl In The Sand Mel 6pm Bongo Gum Brett Diemar 8pm Free Range Rhythms Elixza 10pm The Freq Consortium Interval

SUNDAY 7am Colours of Byron Des 10am Jazz Moods Jean Brown 12pm Omnibus RG Pedicine & Les Schmidt 2pm Radio Latina Yolanda & Beta 4pm The Bay Lounge Aqua 6pm Roots And Kulture D J Selector 8pm Broken Heart Road Peggy & Fulton 10pm Sounds of Africa Massaganda

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IN YOUR AREA CAFÉ D’BAR GALLERY 275 BOUNDARY ST, COOLANGATTA 07 5536 2500 OPEN EVERY DAY COMMUNITY PRINTMAKERS MURWILLUMBAH (CPM INC) 33-35 KYOGLE ROAD BRAY PARK, MURWILLUMBAH 02 6672 8276 CAROLYN JOHN STUDIO 02 6674 4072 OPEN DAILY EXCEPT THURSDAY CURIOUS ART GALLERY 94A CHINDERAH BAY DRIVE, CHINDERAH 02 6674 5340 OPEN: 10AM-5PM WED-SAT, SUNDAY 12PM-5PM GALLERY VISION U4B/18 STUART ST, TWEED HEADS 07 5536 1699 KENITA’S DECORATIVE ARTS 15 COOLMAN ST TYALGUM 02 6679 3339 OPEN 10AM-4PM 6 DAYS (CLOSED WED) MINJUNGBAL ABORIGINAL CULTURAL CENTRE CNR KIRKWOOD ROAD & DUFFY STREET, SOUTH TWEED HEADS 07 5524 2109 OPEN: 9AM-4PM EVERY DAY EXCEPT WEEKENDS SHEOAK SHACK GALLERY CAFÉ 64 FINGAL RD, FINGAL HEAD 07 5523 1130

OPEN WED-THURS: 11AM-5PM, FRI-SAT: 11AM-10:30PM, SUN 9:30AM-5PM STOKERS SIDING POTTERY 224 STOKERS ROAD, STOKERS SIDING, TWEED VALLEY 02 6677 9208 OPEN 7 DAYS FROM 9:30AM-5PM SHELENA RUSSELL GALLERIES 36 GRIFFITH ST, COOLANGATTA 07 5536 6559 OPEN: MON-FRI 10-5PM, SAT 10AM-2PM, SUN 10-12.30PM SEAN SCOTT PHOTOGRAPHY SHOP 3, 110 MARINE PARADE, REFLECTIONS TOWER TWO, COOLANGATTA 07 5599 1150 OPEN: MON-SUN 6.30AM-5PM TUMBULGUM GALLERY 110 RIVERSIDE DR, TUMBULGUM 02 6676 6234 OPEN 11AM-4PM WED-SUN THE WAY OF DESIGN GALLERY 2/792 PACIFIC PARADE, CURRUMBIN BEACH 07 5534 1530 OPEN: TUES-SAT 9.30AM2.30PM TWEED RIVER ART GALLERY 2 MISTRAL RD (CORNER OF TWEED VALLEY WAY), MURWILLUMBAH 02 6670 2790 OPEN WED-SUN 10AM-5PM

CINEMA GUIDE AMC Tweed 6 Cinemas Tweed City Shopping Centre, 54 Minjungbal Drive, South Tweed Heads 07 5523 3321 www.amcmovies.com.au

BCC, Coolangatta Coolangatta Shopping Resort Griffith St (Cnr Warner St) Coolangatta 07 5536 9300

Murwillumbah Regent Cinema 5 Brisbane St, Murwillumbah 02 6672 8265 www.cinemaregent.com

Cinemax Cinema 60 Marine Parade Kingscliff 02 6674 4422

THURSDAY 9 TWEED Q CLUB BANORA 6PM ROBERT KEITH Q CUDGEN LEAGUES SIMONE CUTTING Q MURWILLUMBAH HOTEL KARAOKE WITH RENEE Q T WEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6PM VEENIE’S - SWIZZLE

GOLD COAST Q GOLD COAST BILAMBIL SPORTS CLUB OPEN MIC AND JAM NIGHT Q BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 6PM MR JOHN Q GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 7.30PM UNPLUGGED IN THE BASEMENT - JAMES GREHAN Q CURRUMBIN RSL SIDE SPLITTING COMEDY 7PM Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 8PM JEFF MARTIN & TEREPAI RICHMOND SUPPORTED BY HAZEL EYES THE DEVIL Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL MAIN BAR 8PM AGENT 77, 9PM DJ CHRIS TOFA Q BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 6PM MR JOHN Q KIRRA SPORTS CLUB 8PM PHIL EIZENBERG’S OPEN MIKE Q THE PATCH LOUNGE COOLANGATTA JASON DELPHIN Q T WIN TOWNS 10.30AM ‘BUBBLE’S’ CHRISTMAS CRACKER Q COOLANGATTA-TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB 7.30PM VOICE WEAVERS CHOIR - END OF YEAR CONCERT FRIDAY 1

TWEED Q C ABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB BLUESVILLE STATION Q CLUB BANORA 7PM PAUL MCQUEEN Q CONDONG BOWLING CLUB 6.30PM OSCAR HUIJSSE WITH KAREN BROWN, TWEED VALLEY JAZZ CLUB PRESENTS JO’S WIZARDS OF JAZZ 8PM Q CUDGEN LEAGUES CLUB ROBERT KEITH Q IMPERIAL HOTEL MURWILLUMBAH 8.30PM COLLINS CLASS Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB 7.30PM THE ALDERMAN BROTHERS Q MARTY’S ON CABA 7PM NORTH COAST TIME Q MURWILLUMBAH HOTEL DJ HERVE Q MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES CLUB TREVOR RIX Q POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 7PM GREG BANKX Q RIVERVIEW HOTEL MURWILLUMBAH 8PM NITESTAR Q SALTBAR, CASUARINA 8.30PM BOJANGLES, DAVE MURRAY

Q STOKERS SIDING HALL 6.30PM STOKERS COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Q TERRANORA TAVERN HAPPY Q T WEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 7.30P DUDES OF DOO WOP

GOLD COAST Q BILAMBIL SPORTS CLUB HARLEY YOUNG Q BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 7.30PM TONY KRUGER Q BURLEIGH HEADS SPORTS CLUB 7.30PM KIWI FX Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 8PM LIME SPIDERS SUPPORTED BY THE DEVILS JOHNSON & BLACK MUSTANG Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL MAIN BAR 3PM DARREN FIELD, 9PM DJ FAZ / FJ LEE ROY, 10PM MR PERKINS Q CURRUMBIN RSL FRIDAY 7PM BEAUTY & THE BEAST WITH ‘BIG WILLY’ AND ANGIE SUBLIME Q CURRUMBIN SOUND LOUNGE TIJUANA CARTEL Q ELEPHANT ROCK CAFE TIM ROURKE Q ELSEWHERE BAR SURFERS PARADISE 10PM THE ELECTRONIC BOOGIE SHOW Q GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 6.30PM COMEDY IN THE BASEMENT - MICK MEREDITH Q MIAMI TAVERN SHARK BAR 8PM OSMIUM, DESPOTIC RUIN, BLOODDRAWN SILENCE, DURUMATA, A WITNESS TO THE SLAUGHTER Q NEVERLAND BAR COOLANGATTA ABSOLUT GLIMMER Q THE PATCH LOUNGE COOLANGATTA LIVING ROOM Q SEAGULLS MESCAHITO Q SURFERS BEER GARDEN VENUS ENVY Q T WEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 12NOON DAVID LEE Q T WIN TOWNS 8PM HOODOO GURUS

SATURDAY 11 TWEED Q C ABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB INNOCENT ACOUSTIC Q CLUB BANORA 7PM BUD Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB 8PM HAPPY DAZE KARAOKE Q K AIVALYA MERU COMMUNITY 7.30PM THE PEACE COLLECTIVE AND VESICA PISCES Q MURWILLUMBAH HOTEL TOUCH Q MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES CLUB JAZZTOWN Q POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 6PM GEOFF DUTTON Q SALTBAR CASUARINA 8.30PM KYLE COLE BAND Q SHEOAK SHACK 7PM PHIL EIZENBERG ‘IN THE PUBLIC

EYE’ Q T WEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 7.30PM DENNIS KNIGHT & THE PETER BLOWES BAND

GOLD COAST Q BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 7PM AKASA Q BURLEIGH HEADS SPORTS CLUB 6.30PM TREVOR RIX Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 9PM DJ ANDY / DJ CHRIS TOFA Q COOLANGATTA & TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB DOUBLE SHOTS Q CURRUMBIN RSL (UPSTAIRS) 7.30PM MASON RACK Q CURRUMBIN RSL 7PM THE BEAM Q ELSEWHERE SURFERS PARADISE 10PM SECRET LOVE HEROES SHOW Q GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 6.30PM LIVE & INTIMATE IN THE BASEMENT - MEGAN SHOREY Q NEVERLAND BAR COOLANGATTA KID KENOBI & MC SURESHOCK Q THE PATCH LOUNGE COOLANGATTA DAN MADA DJ SET Q SOUTH TWEED SPORTS JAZZ 3-6PM 3 SUM, 7.30PM RONNY MONKS Q SURFERS BEER GARDEN VENUS ENVY Q SHED 5 BURLEIGH HEADS 7PM THE MOONS OF JUPITER

SUNDAY 12 TWEED Q BABALOU, KINGSCLIFF SOUTH PACIFIC SOUND SYSTEM Q THE CHINDERAH TAVERN 2PM LIVE ENTERTAINMENT 3PM MUDCRAB RACING Q CLUB BANORA 12.30PM GLENN BRACE Q IMPERIAL HOTEL MURWILLUMBAH 2PM DAVE MURRAY Q MARTY’S ON CABA 1PM CABALLEROS Q POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 4PM JAYNE HENRY Q RIVERVIEW HOTEL MURWILLUMBAH 2.30PM PHIL EIZENBERG Q SPHINX ROCK CAFE, MT BURRELL, 12 NOON MYSTIC BEATS, DJAMBOUKI, ANDREA SOLER, OSMOSIS & MANTLEPEACE Q STUDIO 44 EMPORIUM LIGHTHOUSE PDE, FINGAL 1PM TUPENNY OPERA & IVY LUCILE Q T WEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 5PM ROY DANIELS

GOLD COAST Q BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 2.30PM TOMMY MEMPHIS Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 2PM GLEN MILES, 7PM DAN

ENGLAND Q COOLANGATTA TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB Q CURRUMBIN RSL 1.30PM CATFISH & THE DEE JAYS Q ELSEWHERE SURFERS PARADISE SUNDAY NIGHT ROYALE Q IVORY TAVERN 3PM KING LOUIE BAND Q LE MONDE KIRRA, PAUL APPELKAMP Q NORTH KIRRA SURF CLUB 2PM THE RED WINE & CHEESIE GRIN JAZZ BAND Q NEVERLAND BAR COOLANGATTA LOOSE LIPS Q THE PATCH LOUNGE COOLANGATTA SOUTHERN SOCIAL CLUB WITH DJ FREDDY FLYFINGAZ Q SURFERS BEER GARDEN BACK 2 BASICS SUNDAY SESSIONS RESIDENT DJ Q SURF CLUB COOLANGATTA 2PM SHAYNE CRUMP Q TUGUN SLSC 3PM BROADFOOT

MONDAY 13 TWEED Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB 12 NOON DON WHITAKER Q T WEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM DICK BARNS Q GOLD COAST ART CENTRE PARADISE SHOWROOM 11AM A MORNING WITH... THE TENORS Q PALM BEACH PARKLANDS 5.30PM CHRISTMAS BY THE SEA Q T WIN TOWNS BREEZES LIVE 9.30AM MACCA & DAVO, 1PM TRIVIA, 4PM JAYNE HENRY HARBOUR LOUNGE 1PM WALTER WILANS

TUESDAY 14 TWEED Q T WEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM DAVO

GOLD COAST Q SURFERS BEER GARDEN BEERGARDEN TUESDAY RESIDENT DJ & KARAOKE Q T WIN TOWNS BREEZES LIVE ROCKIN TUESDAY 1PM ROUTE 66, 4.30PM DAVO TUESDAY TUNES 8PM DEAN GRAY

WEDNESDAY 15 TWEED Q T WEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM DON WHITAKER

GOLD COAST Q SURFERS BEER GARDEN 9PM GIRL POWER HOSTED BY BROOKE EVERS Q T WIN TOWNS BREEZES LIVE 10.30AM SUE REID, 2PM STEVEN MICHAEL

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Sport Pairs Champions: J. Hazel & F. Pieterse- Runners Up: N. Bradbrooke & R. Cornel. Club Singles Champion: J. Turner – Runner Cabarita Beach Women Up: B. Murray 02.12.10 President’s Trophy - Congratula- Social Bowls results for the past week were tions to all the ladies who entered this Monday Mixed J. Banks, T. Grimes & K. event and especially our winner Clare Hill. Bawker-Wednesday Men’s Mufti winners Joy Lake took 2nd place honours with F. McConnell, M. Ryan, V. Schiemer & G. Gwen Coustley placed third. A big than- Border losing rink was T. Tilley, R. Makin kyou to the markers who carried out their & I Tilley and Saturday’s Men’s Comp was duties superbly. taken out by P. Tindale, G. Tobin & R. Hutch07.12.10 Social Bowls - Rain came at the inson. beginning of the day to stop play. Raffles Kingscliff Ladies were drawn and the winners were Glenys Wed.17th Nov. Ladies AGM. Outgoing Cartwright, Michelle Mantel and Maria President Mrs.Sandra Akers thanked all Andrews. her Office Bearers for a job well done and 13.12.10 Christmas Break-up and Presen- welcomed New Ladies President Maisie tations - Looking forward to a great night. Lincoln and her new team. CongratulaSee you there. 6.00pm start. tions also to our Seniors Single Champion Cabarita Men June Scott who def Iris Azzopardi, well Wednesday 24th November: done ladies. Winners: I Smith and K Liddington.Runners Wed 24th Nov. Winners on Rink 16 Up: M Cox and T Sweeney. Consolation S.Wood/M.Edmed/A.McNamara. R/U. Rink Winners: Woody and D Hopps. 17. E.Claybourne/E.Peachey/M.Brown. RafSaturday 27th November: fle Winners. S/Wood & D.James Joint Winners: I McGlashan, R Maunders Wed.st Dec. Winners on Rink 5. and M MorganJoint Winners: G Lake, B M.Hendry.D.De.Vries/N.Sherlock/J.Hegarty. Overall and D Hopps. Consolation Winners: R/U. Rink 20.White/M.Sykes/M.Brown. RafL Robson, T Cox and K Ross fle Winners. J.Hansen. & Fay Lean. Monday 29th November: Date to Remember 15th Dec. Ladies Bowls Winners: K Arthur and K Stanley. Runners & Christmas Party commencing 3pm –$10. Up: J Rannie and R McCauley. Consolation Members Tickets are on Sale at Front Desk. Winners: M. Morgan and J Stewart. Kingscliff Men Saturday 4th December In the Semi-Final of the President’s Singles Winners:J Clarke, B Creedon and J Hunter J Ritchie d G Barrack 25 – 23 in a 35 end Consolation Winners: G Rasmussen, B Pill- marathon and R McLeay d T Cusack 26 - 18. ing and K Doolin Inclement weather has delayed the playing Major Minor Pairs Results: T Keyte and P of the Final. In the Mixed Fours F Lean, T Schofield 22 def B Davey and S Anderson King, B Lane, J Hanson d E Taylor, R Amour, 15, J Hunter (sub) and A Latif 19 def R Lee J Scher, G Barrack. B Petri, H Hockey, E and D Hopps 11. Downes, O Simpson d N Sherlock, T Wonka, T Keyte and P Schofield 25 def J Richards J Scott, J North; D James, F McNamara, A and M Fletcher16. McNamara, S jamieson d C James, J Quinn, Major Minor Pairs Final: T Keyte and P Scho- V White, P Jones. Still to play: D Jones, R Jufield def C Mantell and A Latif. lius, S Akers, T Hills v A Wonka, D WhittingCondong men ton, L Willoughby, P Murphy; Social Bowls Wednesday 1st 28 bowlers played Win- Results: Thursday 2nd December: Winners: ners T Kennedy, L Muir, R Fuller. R/UPS J K Dawson, R Norris, B Turner; R Julius, P Walsh, R Brown, R Shoobridge. Raffle win- Murphy, V Lewis; J Brinsmead, B Morrow, B ner of hams Lee Wackett, R Pilon. Mixed Beattie. Plate Winners: K Prichard, K Berger, pairs played S Cook, R Pilon def B Dunne, G Prichard. Saturday 4th December: WinC Douglas.Thursday 3 bowl pairs shootout ners: J Brinsmead, R Dark, B Beattie; G 12teams winners D Reynolds, B Clifford Hallett, J Julius, R Armor. Plate Winners: B 2nd R Paxton, C Douglas. Raffle G Grodfy, B Morrow, B Raeburn, D Smith. We are in the North. Saturday 4th Dec 22 bowlers played season when Christmas Hams are the raffle on showery day Winners R Fuller. R/U P prizes so come along win yourself a ChristConroy, P Meadows, B Foster, W Curby . mas Ham. Advance Notice: Kingscliff Men’s Raffle win Meat trays G Miller, Mrs B Wilkins. December 3 Bowl Pairs with a prize pool B Grade Singles R Fuller def M Knight. FI- of $800.00 will be played on Monday 13th NAL B triples D Reynolds, R Shoobridge, R December. The Presentation evening for Kaehler DEF J Walsh, R Bell, R Pilon. B fours the Ladies’ and Men’s Bowls Clubs will be K Hall, T Kennedy, L Muir B McBurney DEF held on Sunday 12th December. Entry fee P Conroy, P Meadows, B Foster, W Curby. is $12.00 per team. The Men’s Bowls Club Coming events Condong Xmas party De- Christmas Party will be held on Saturday cember 18 names in club please. 18th December. Cudgen Leagues Ladies Pottsville Ladies Thurs 2nd ladies social results winners Thursday 2nd December Yvonne Pritchard, Val Andrews, Faye Winners: HWS E. Macdonald, J. Afflick & Turner. Raffle 1st, Ann Revie, 2nd, Bev Hall. D. Buckley. Runner-Up: LWM P. Bryant, M. Congratulations everyone. Presentations Jackson & M. Comerford of 2010 major championship winners & Lucky Bowler: N. Tait runners up. Singles runner up Faye Turner; Christmas Breakup and Presentation of winner Liz Fleming. Championship Trophies is on the 16th Pairs Faye Turner & Joy Ashford;Triples Pat December Ladies please check notice Pieterse, Helen Wylie, June McLean Tilley; board. Money due for lunch next Thursday. Fours Vickiii Needs, Judy Martin, Joy Ash- Bowls -wear a Xmas Shirt. Bring a gift to the ford, June Wotherspoon. Club events. 2010 value of $10.00 Consistency singles (sponsored by Bill Friday: Deal) winner Faye Turner, Runner up, Liz Self Select Mufti Open 3-bowls Pairs (men’s, Fleming. Semi finalists June Wotherspoon women’s or mixed) 2 pm start; 2 games 13 & Marie Ellen. Club selected fours, Run- ends, winners v winners, losers v losers; ners up, Marie Ellen, Penni McGill, Ronni excellent prize money. Entries: Nomination Stevens, Helen Wylie. Winners, Freda Hall, sheet at club or contact Ron Parker, games Rosalie Lowe, Pat Pieterse, June Wother- director, 0266761077 spoon. Club selected triples, runners – up, Pottsville Mens Bowls Marie Ellen, Judy Martin, June Wother- Wednesday 1st December 2010 spoon; Winners: B. Brewer – J. Hefferen – J. Buckley winners Clarice Blake, Pat Pieterse, Bev Runners-up: R. Sherwood – R. Appleton Hall. Club selected pairs, runners – up, Ro- – W. Whitney salie Lowe & Michelle Van Runt; winners Friday 3rd December 2010 - Ann Revie & Liz Fleming. 2010 major club Winners: D. Moir – R. Scott. Runners-up: championships. J. Kent – B. Kent.. Consulation: J. Burden 2010 club championships,open fours, run- – R. Parker ners – up, Marie Ellen, Eileen Burke,Rosalie Saturday 4th December 2010 Lowe, Faye Turner; Winners - Vickii Needs Winners: R. Parker – G. Reading. Runners(Sub Freda Hall) Judy Martin, Joy Ashford, up: L. Swift – T. Wignall June Wotherspoon. Championship: Mixed Fours Final 2010 Club Championships – open triples, Winners: M. Comerford – J. Baxter – T. runners – up, Ann Revie, Rosalie Lowe, Fuller – Kris Lehfeldt. Runners-up: M. JackIsabel Nipperess; winners - Pat Pieterse, son – B. Jackson – H. Fielding – W. Fielding Helen Wylie, June McLean / Tilley. 2010 club Score 18-9 championships – open pairs, runners – up, Friday bowls Nomination sheet at Club or Colleen Wein & Liz Fleming; winners - Faye contact R. Parker, Games Director, (02) 6676 Turner & Joy Ashford. 2010 Club champion- 1077 Game starts 2.pm. ships – open singles, runner – up Faye Turn- Tweed Byron District Women er, winner (Club champion) Liz Fleming. 06.12.10 Xmas Break-up and District TBDWBA championship fours runners – up, champions presentations held at ConFaye Turner, Ann Revie, June Wotherspoon, dong Bowls Club. Thankyou to our sponLiz Fleming. sor, Tweed Head Bowls Shop, who donated Most improvedplayer for 2010 – Freda Hall. the beautiful bowls bag for our Xmas Raffle Cudgen Men which was won by Marion Parsons, BrunCudgen Men’s Club concluded the compe- swick Heads. tition bowling year holding their presenta- District President Anne and the Executive tion night last Saturday night. Committee would like to extend warm Club Champions for 2010 are: wishes for a happy healthy break over the Fours Champions: W. Bell, B. Murray, J Hazel Festive Season to everyone and look for& F. Pieterse - Runners Up: S. Archbold, R. ward to another great year of bowls in 2011. McIntosh, K. Hansen & J. Turner Tweed Heads Ladies Triples Champions: S, Archbold, R, McIn- Tuesday Fours: tosh & K. Hansen – Runners Up: M. Ryan, V. C. Davis, J. Fisher, F. Hewitt, D. Kendall Def. Schiemer & G. Border M. Kelly, P. Collins, J. Gilroy, M. Gunton. N.

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Will Lee: He got the Jack David Solano

Last weekend was a hoot. A few of my fishing buddies were staying with me for the Kayak Bream fishing competition on the Sunday. On Saturday we decided to lay off the bream and have a relaxing bass fish down at Bray Park. We got lost as I was following and not paying attention to where we were. I couldn’t believe it! We ended up arriving at 4am – an hour late – and there we met Craig Costigan who we found asleep in his van. There was too much fresh in the water shutting the bite down and only two of us caught a fish. Sunday turned out to be an awful day, windy, raining, plain miserable. Only 26 kayaks entered with I think about three like mine (paddle) and the rest were Hobies, which you pedal like a bike leaving your arms free to fish. Everyone was after three fish: bream 26cm to the tip of the tail or bigger. I fished next to my mate Ric all day going from Fingal boat ramp up to Chindera flats using surface lures and shallow crank lures. Martin - 176 Winner B grade - Phil Harris - gross 225 Net winner - Chris Goodsell - 175 Winner C grade - Mel Brodie - gross 232 Net winner - Graham Jackson - 174 Ladies - winner A grade - June G Holmes - gross 217 Net winner - Sandy Daley - 178 Winner B grade - Paula Fearnley - gross 256 Net winner - Maree Platt - 184 Next event 13/12/10- CHRISTMAS PARTY Murwillumbah Sunday 28th Women’s Winner S.Gorton 40 pts c.b B.RD. TO 40 pts Members Winner W.Henderson 38 pts c.b B.R.D 36 N.Pin 2nd W.Henderson .Monday 29th Veterans Mixed & Members 4.B.B.B Stableford Winners Mixed G.Somerville & W.Bruce 48 pts R.Up J.Baker & G.Hughes 46 pts Members K.Bullen & R.Pols 48 pts R.Up H.Axford &

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The amount of fish we caught that were between 25.8cm and 26cm was amazing. I caught five like that and around 15 little rats. Richard got his first legal with his 14th fish, I got two legals just on 26cms but couldn’t land anything bigger. We all caught a heap of fish including a couple of nice flathead each, some whiting and trevally, but the catch of the day would have to go to Will Lee who caught a monster 51cm Jack off Barneys Point on bream gear. What a catch. Will finished third, overall – well

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B.Wedlock 47 pts c.b B.R.D.to 45 pts c.b N.Pin 2nd E.Sherwood 8th R.McIvor & C.Somerville 10th J.Williams & E.Sherwood 14th J.Williams & I.Audsley Wednesday 1st December Individual Stableford Winner a.Grade J.Nankivell 45 pts R.Up G.Hattley 37 pts B.Grade N.Hampton 41 pts c.b R.Up W.Haigh 41 pts N.Pin 2nd C.Hindmarch 10th P.Jones B.R.D to 35 pts c.b Friday 3rd Winner T.Clark 38 pts c.b B.R.D 37 pts Saturday 4th Individual Stroke in 4 Grades Winner A.Grade p.Heath 72 nett c.b R.Up W.Colefax 72 nett B.Grade J.Hunt 69 nett R.Up P.Scott 70 nett C.Grade C.Read 66 nett R.Up C.Clothier 71 nett D.Grade A.Roberson 68 nett R.Up G.Sevil 73 nett8th H.Kirk 10th R.Souter 14th P.Maskill B.R.D to 77 nett c.b

SHOOTING Murwillumbah Pistol club 4-Dec-10; RAPID FIRE - R Fleming 607, R Rees 606, P Norris 590, D Stebbing 582, A Berry 559, D Gazzard 554, J Deubel 540, S Stebbing 499, J Lumsden 396. Standard Pistol R McClymont 574, A Uren 567, G Andronicus 545, R King 533, P Schlunke 532, A Dennison 531, S Nash 526, N Davis 520. Air Pistol - D Reid 595, J Duckworth 575. 5- Dec- 10; RIFLE - B Welsh 612, J GunerySmith 595, M Luxton 588, J Lumsden 588, J Duckworth 578, S Jenkins 574, D Gazzard 571, N Luxton 552.The Club held there Annual Presentations day and Christmase party on Saturday.

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done, mate. I ended up 14th as one of my fish shrunk; when I measured him again he’d lost 2mm and was under 26 cms. What happened there? I think in the heat of the moment I was wishing. I’d like to send a thank-you to Paul from Bunyips Outdoor for offering me the use of a Hobie. I will try one out soon, but I thought as the event was a tournament I should stick to what I’m used to.

DECEMBER 2010 Astronomical data and tides

Day of Sun Sun Moon Moon High tide, Low tide, month rise set rise set height (m) height (m) 1 W 0540 1929 0154 1449 0502,1.52; 1716,1.42 1115,0.50; 2327,0.36 2 T 0540 1930 0232 1554 0558,1.63; 1820,1.39 1224,0.42 3 F 0540 1930 0312 1700 0650,1.74; 1919,1.37 0017,0.37; 1326,0.34 4 S 0540 1931 0357 1805 0741,1.82; 2015,1.35 0106,0.38; 1422,0.27 5 S 0540 1932 0447 1908 0829,1.87; 2106,1.34 0153,0.39; 1512,0.23 6 M 0540 1933 0542 2007 0915,1.89; 2154,1.32 0239,0.42; 1559,0.22 7 T 0540 1933 0639 2059 1000,1.87; 2240,1.30 0324,0.45; 1644,0.25 8 W 0540 1934 0739 2146 1043,1.81; 2324,1.27 0408,0.49; 1727,0.29 1123,1.74 9 T 0540 1935 0838 2226 0452,0.53; 1808,0.35 10 F 0540 1936 0935 2302 0008,1.25; 1202,1.64 0535,0.58; 1847,0.41 11 S 0541 1936 1030 2334 0051,1.24; 1242,1.54 0620,0.63; 1928,0.45 12 S 0541 1937 1123 0137,1.24; 1324,1.45 0710,0.68; 2010,0.49 13 M 0541 1938 1215 0004 0227,1.25; 1413,1.35 0806,0.71; 2054,0.52 14 T 0541 1938 1306 0034 0320,1.29; 1509,1.28 0912,0.73; 2142,0.53 15 W 0542 1939 1358 0103 0415,1.35; 1614,1.22 1022,0.72; 2231,0.54 16 T 0542 1939 1452 0134 0507,1.42; 1718,1.20 1132,0.67; 2319,0.54 17 F 0543 1940 1548 0208 0556,1.50; 1817,1.20 1232,0.59 18 S 0543 1941 1645 0245 0641,1.59; 1909,1.23 0005,0.53; 1324,0.50 19 S 0543 1941 1745 0328 0724,1.68; 1957,1.26 0049,0.51; 1408,0.41 20 M 0544 1942 1844 0417 0808,1.76; 2042,1.29 0132,0.48; 1451,0.33 21 T 0544 1942 1941 0513 0850,1.84; 2128,1.32 0215,0.45; 1533,0.26 22 W 0545 1943 2033 0615 0934,1.89; 2214,1.34 0300,0.42; 1616,0.21 23 T 0545 1943 2121 0720 1020,1.92; 2301,1.37 0348,0.40; 1701,0.19 24 F 0546 1944 2203 0826 1107,1.90; 2351,1.38 0438,0.40; 1746,0.19 1155,1.84 25 S 0546 1944 2243 0931 0530,0.42; 1834,0.21 26 S 0547 1945 2320 1036 0043,1.40; 1245,1.74 0627,0.45; 1922,0.26 27 M 0547 1945 2356 1140 0137,1.43; 1339,1.60 0727,0.49; 2012,0.32 28 T 0548 1945 1243 0235,1.46; 1438,1.46 0833,0.53; 2103,0.38 29 W 0549 1946 0033 1346 0335,1.51; 1545,1.34 0948,0.55; 2159,0.43 30 T 0549 1946 0111 1450 0436,1.57; 1659,1.26 1107,0.53; 2256,0.47 31 F 0550 1946 0154 1554 0537,1.64; 1810,1.23 1221,0.47; 2353,0.48 All times Eastern Daylight Saving. 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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WINDOW TINTING SUNRISE WINDOW TINTING 30 years experience. Cars, homes, etc .........................0412 158 478

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Skin Cancer Clinic Ocean Shores Health All services bulk billed Open 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday Phone 6680 2300

SUBSCRIBE TO THE ECHO If you want to be sure of your copy each week, or if you have a friend who’d like to have a subscription, why not send them one? $35 per quarter or $125 per year, post incl. Write to ‘The Echo’ 6 Village Way, Stuart St, Mullumbimby 2482 including payment in advance.

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THANK YOU WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK Kingscliff Fire Brigade for the efforts they put into servicing free all smoke alarms in Noble Park over 50s. Merry Xmas & a happy prosperous New Year to you & all your families. From Ray & Evelyn (103)

HEALTH From the former owner and creator of KIVA SPA comes HAVEN SPA & BATHHOUSE Oxygenated spa, negative ion sauna, Eminence Organics, body scrubs and wraps with vichy showers, very affordable spa parties & girls parties. Clean & professional with top customer SERVICE s WWW HAVENSPA COM AU Phone 07 55130855

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

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TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE Thai masseur, 1hr $40 & 2hrs $65 Ph Nui 66771670, 0410519341

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SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICE Free STI/HIV checkups Clinics Murwillumbah & Tweed For appointment phone 0755066850

Alison Rahn qualiďŹ ed sex therapist www.alisonrahn.com.au 0432599812

- HONEST & RELIABLE Best rates & service in the Shire. Phone Matt 0427172684 MAG WHEELS 17� ultra light racing, tyres with 70% tread, new $1700, sell $550. Ph Jay 0421485217

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YOGA TEACHER TRAINING with Flo Fenton’s Intouch Yoga in Suffolk Park. One day per week, Wed or Fri, 8am - 4.30pm March to Dec 2011. Full details; www.intouchyogabyronbay.com Phone 0266859910

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BARGAINS Subaru Liberty AWD wagon, automatic, A/C, P/S YWW842 ...............................$2,450 Toyota Corolla Seca hatch, 5sp, 6/11 rego, log books, service hist SMC030 $2,600 Honda Accord sedan, auto, A/C, P/S, c/d MYI124 ................................................$1,950 2004 Toyota Camry Altise sedan, auto, 86,097kms, A/C, P/S, 10/11 rego BH97YG ..... ............................................................$10,250 2004 Holden Barina hatchback, 5sp A/C, P/S, APW90Q..................................... $6,250

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FOR SALE BAMBOO FLUTES Quality Australian Made - Shakuhachi, Native American, Walking Stick Flutes. www.windelfutes.com SADDLES Bates Preceiux, 16.5�, fully mounted $800ono; Isabel No-Cair, 16�, fully mounted $1600. Ph 66845396 TOUGHENED GLASS 2 sheets 2.2x.82 $100 (both). 07 55905696, 0408740480 ART STRETCHERS prof qual, 30, various sizes, as new, half retail. Ph 0411705313

BAMBOO PLY from $10.50sqm & Bamboo Flooring. For ceilings, walls, doors, etc. Ph 66884188 - sample & brochure www.bambooply.com.au TIMBER, pine, treated pine, hardwood, mouldings, sleepers, fencing, Koppers logs, ply, MDF, lattice, made to order. Brims Builders Hardware, Billinudgel 02 66801718, Sth Tweed 07 55236002

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BUSINESS FOR SALE SMALL FOOD distribution business 4 days pw, Nth NSW to Gold Coast. Suit 1 pers or cpl wanting less work $115000 inc all equip & 09 Iveco van. 0421477479

HOUSES FOR SALE NTH OCEAN SHORES Executive home, 4br, 2 bthrm, 10 min walk to beach, spectacular ocean views, $712,000. See www.diysell.com.au ID#P19537 Phone 66284127 or 0429023402

SHARE ACCOM. AMAZING Byron rm for cpl $300pw, bond no bills, incl wiďŹ & pool. 0410616441

TO LET SUFFOLK PARK Baywood Chase, north facing sunny duplex, separate lounge & dining, 1br with BI. Private garden, immac cond avail now. Phone 0425419322 BILAMBIL HEIGHTS 2 br, 2 bthrm, duplex unit, new kitchen, lake views, $280pw includes elec, Ph 0412322818 MURWILLUMBAH 2br, renov, yard, refs, $250pw storage & carport. Ph 66723418 MURWILLUMBAH 4br & study, renov, yard, $350pw, carport, refs. Ph 66723418

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is seeking a VW \HDU $SSUHQWLFH *UHHQNHHSHU for their magnificent 18 hole Championship Golf Course. Applicants must be self motivated, enthusiastic and able to demonstrate a committed work ethic. To be successful in this role you must have a desire to work outside and have a genuine interest in the Greenkeeping/Golf industry. Applicants with their own transport and current drivers licence will be looked upon favourably. 3/($6( ',5(&7 $// $33/,&$7,216 25 (148,5,(6 72 The Secretary Manager Orana Road Ocean Shores NSW 2483 or email secmanager@oceanshorescc.com.au. Applications close 5pm 10 December 2010. Please note: Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

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Noticeboard Red Cross Tweed Heads Red Cross branch will hold its final meeting for the year on Friday, December 10, with a morning tea at 9.30am in the community room at Tweed City Shopping Centre. Meetings resume February 11. For info call Carol on 07 5536 8569.

Fish habitat planting Bimbadeen Landcare Group is holding a planting morning this Sunday, December 12, from 8am as part of the government-backed project Rehabilitating Fish Habitat at Bimbadeen Avenue, Banora Point in the Lower Tweed Estuary. All welcome, wear covered footwear, sunsafe clothes and bring drinking water. Morning tea provided. For more info call Pam on 07 5523 4868 or 0411 663 925.

Book launch Stokers Siding author Phil Latz will be present to sign your copy of his illustrated memoir titled Flying With My Angel – surviving religion, sex and heli-

POSITIONS VACANT WARNING The Department of Fair Trading has warned people to be very careful about responding to advertisements offering work at home. Readers should be wary if asked to pay money upfront for employment opportunities and never send money to a post office box. QUALIFIED CHEF POSITION AT FINS RESTAURANT A rare chance to join the passionate and dynamic team in Australia's most awarded regional restaurant. Email resume: dining@fins.com.au MODELS 18+ years required. Nude female for Picture and People magazines. No experience required. All shapes and sizes. Backpackers welcome. Good money. Professional accredited ACP photographer. Ph 0413627846

copters on December 16, after 11am, at Zebra’s Bookshop, 15 Commercial Rd, Murwillumbah. Phil grew up with the Aranda tribe at Hermannsburg Mission, Northern Territory (was speared in play), worked underground, crashed a chopper on Uluru in 1968, then lived and worked worldwide before retiring on the Tweed.

Library, Brett Street, Tweed Heads on the first and third Mondays of each month (no NSW public holidays). Tweed Valley Mental Health Carers is a network of experienced volunteers offering mutual support and information. Next meetings December 20 and January 17 at 10am. For info call 07 5598 6372.

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Christmas carols

The Bilambil Dance is to be held at the Bilambil Hall this Saturday December 11, dancing begining at 8pm. Old time and new vogue dancing to Trilogy. Door prize, raffles and supper with a visit from Santa for the kids. All welcome. For info call Christine on 07 5590 9806 if you have any further questions.

Salt Village is gearing up to celebrate the sixth annual Carols Under the Stars community Christmas concert this Saturday, December 11, in Salt Central Park. Australian singing legend Normie Rowe will guest star at the event. Salt Surf Life Saving Club volunteers will host a fundraising sausage sizzle and the event kicks off at 2pm (DST) with kids amusement rides and Santa, the concert gets underway at 7pm. For info call Scott

Holiday horse riding At Midginbil via Uki, for 8 to 14 year olds, from 1 to 4 days, 9am-4pm each day. For info call Vicky on 02 6679 7074 or 0429 070 100.

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BIRTHS

Congratulations Michael and Kerri on the birth of Charlotte Elizabeth.

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Wollumbin BUG cycle ride December 15, departing from Murwillumbah Rowing Club, Tumbulgum Road, Murwillumbah, 7am. Join us for a 15km flat ride on bitumen road. For beginner or timid cyclists. Easy pace plus tips from experienced cyclists. Cycle via Racecourse Road to end Tumbulgum Road and return. Rregister for the ride with Margy or Lindsay on 02 6672 4578 or visit peddlepower@hotmail.com.

Justices of the Peace Justices of the Peace, Tweed Valley Branch, wish to advise that the final day for witnessing signatures at Tweed Centro is Tuesday, December 14, and at Tweed City on Thursday, December 16. Duty will resume at Tweed Centro on Tuesday, January 18, and at Tweed City on Thursday, January 20. For info call Margaret on 07 5599 2975.

Low-cost food Low cost food at Storehouse One, PCYC, Florence St, Tweed Heads on Monday at 11.30am-1.30pm DST. Pensioners, concession card holders, struggling families bring your bags and we will help you fill them. For info call 07 5507 6999. We will be closed for the Xmas break, Dec 20-27 and Jan 3.

Historical society Tweed Heads Historical Society’s research centre and Tweed River Museum are open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 11am- 4pm and Sunday 1pm-4pm (DST). Groups and schools by appointment. Friends of the Tweed River Regional Museum have produced a calendar featuring historical photographs from the museum collection, $10 each, call Liz on 02 6672 5660.

Families and carers of persons with a mental illness are invited to attend support meetings at Tweed Heads JAZZ PIANO, DOUBLE BASS & DRUM TRIO FOR HIRE Well rehearsed & accomplished players. Phone 0412732465

LIVESTOCK PUREBRED CHICKENS from Mullum Rural Co-op Wed 15th & Sat 18th Dec 8.30 - 11.30am. Ph 66801408 7pm - 8am

PETS ADOPT A CAT from Animal Welfare League NSW. Phone 66844070 BORDER COLLIE PUPS purebred, black & white, long hair, 3m, 1f, born 15/11, ready to go 24/12. Mum & Dad avail for viewing $600. 0438455252, 66841643 MINI / TOY POODLE / SHITZU 3 black girls, 2 boys, $400 ono. Bella 66770162

REI calls for flexibility in First Home Saver Account The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has put forward a submission to the Treasurer detailing comments and proposals regarding the increased flexibility of the First Home Saver Account. The First Home Saver Account is an initiative that was introduced by the federal government to assist first home buyers in saving for a home through a combination of government contributions and low taxes. The Treasurer recently released an exposure draft of leg-

islation for public consultation aimed at increasing the flexibility of First Home Saver Accounts. ‘REIA welcomes the opportunity to be involved in matters that affect the property market, in particular, assisting first home buyers to achieve the goal of owning their own home,’ said REIA President David Airey. ‘While the proposed changes to the First Home Savers Account will not have a direct effect on housing affordability, it will enable first home buyers flexibility in the timing of their

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purchase to take advantage of house price fluctuations and/or reductions in fixed rate mortgages without having to wait for the minimum of four years to qualify.’ The REIA is supportive of the proposed changes to the First Home Saver Account, however believes that further changes would make the scheme more effective and equitable in achieving its objective. These proposed changes are: t ć F DBQ PO UIFTF BDDPVOUT to be linked to movements in

house prices rather than the CPI. t ć BU ĕ STU IPNF CVZFST IBWF access to their voluntary superannuation contributions for the purchase of a home. ‘We look forward to working with the government on this matter and believe that the First Home Saver Account is an important initiative for young Australians looking to realise the dream of owning a home,’ said Mr Airey. Find out more at the government website www.homesaver. treasury.gov.au.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

Is your lender offering you on the the market? market? the best rate on Not sure? A Mortgage House home loan can be up to 1% cheaper than the bank’s standard variable interest rate*. *as at 21/09/10

betty Betty is a 3 year old, de-sexed female Kelpie in foster care with Friends of the Pound. Betty is a beautiful girl; she has a good nature, is good looking, loves people and gets on well with other dogs. She weighs about 15 kg. She is vaccinated, registered and microchipped. If you can offer Betty a permanent, loving home, please contact Pam at the FoP Adoption Information Booth on 07 5524 8590. Visit www.friendsofthepound.com to view other dogs and cats looking for permanent homes.

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Tour de Tyalgum, December 12 and January 9, departure from Murwillumbah’s duck pond at Knox Park 7.30am. Distance 50km, some hills, sealed terrain. Riding time around four hours, average riding speed 16km/h suited to those who like a longer ride at a more casual pace. Form info visit http://www.mapmyride.com/view_ route?r=267128882650590059.

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CAREER IN CHILDCARE Would you like to become a carer and work from home? Free training & financial support is provided, to enable you to provide accredited high quality care in a home environment. You will be supported by the largest scheme in NSW. Flexible hours. Childcare benefit available. Phone Northern Rivers Family Day Care for more info on 07 5536 1865.

on 0435 725 550. Kingscliff Lions Club Carols by the Coast, December 16, 7pm-8.45pm DST at Lions Club Park, Marine Parade, Kingscliff, adjacent to Cudgen Surf Club. Our line-up of talent this year includes ZoLuKa, Andrea Szabo and the Sing Sisters and others plus the children from the Cudgen and Kingscliff Public Schools.

SOCIAL ESCORTS HOT, SEXY, PETITE In calls & out calls Ocean Shores. Phone 66802420

Wiss House, 7 Ann Street, Kalbar QLD Live in this stunning large home and have an income. Currently running as an award winning B&B with separate owners quarters. Just one hour from Gold Coast or Bris. 5 beds, 3 baths, full AC, pool/spa, mature gardens, stunning views, wide verandas and peaceful lifestyle in small village. Tourist Resort Facility licence. Comm kitchen. Antique furniture, leadlight and stained glass. Pressed

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NSW Planning Minister Tony Kelly seemed a bit narky with Gold Coast City councillor Chris Robbins when she turned up at his press conference to announce approval of plans for a new town right on her doorstep, telling her that the launch was for media only and that as a councillor she must have known that. Cr Robbins is worried the Cobaki Lakes development will lead to traffic gridlock in Boyd Street, Tugun, because the road will be the only way its residents will get in and out. Developer Bob Ell plans to relieve pressure by providing access to the motorway, but only after he’s built 2,500 homes. But Cr Robbins says Tugun residents are furious about the likelihood of future traffic snarls and wants the motorway connection after 2,000 homes, otherwise she will be investigating whether the council or the Queensland DMR has any legal rights to cut off their access from the Queensland side. Q Q Q Q Former mayor Joan van Lieshout has managed to marshal some powerful Liberal Party allies as the fall-out from last year’s contentious car rally continues unabated. Upper House MP Marie Ficarra, who sprang to her defence in State Parliament, is reputed to be a tenacious opponent who Bob Carr likened to ‘Bronwyn Bishop without the delicacy’. Meantime Dot Holdom, the only Tweed councillor named in Ms Ficarra’s broadside against those allegedly opposed to transparency, no doubt vividly recalls when she received a frightening threat of imprisonment from the party’s federal heavyweight Bill Heffernan after her friend, Barbara Fitzgibbon, lodged a complaint with Tweed council about evidence Cr van Lieshout gave to a Senate hearing. The Liberal Party hardman warned the complaint ‘may constitute a

Photo Luis Feliu A fire brigade hazardous materials (HAZMAT) team cleans up on Monday at the scene of the dumping of building material suspected of containing asbestos. The suspected asbestos tiles were found dumped on Wooyung Road near the corner of Tweed Valley Way. The incident is the third such illegal dumping in recent weeks, with Tweed Shire Council warning that the hazardous waste posed a significant public health risk. A HAZMAT response team used plastic bags to secure the suspected asbestos tiles and a Tweed Council work crew then removed them for immediate disposal at the Stotts Creek landfill site. Council says illegal dumping has been steadily escalating across the shire, with the presence of asbestos and other hazardous materials also on the rise. It recently issued fines in relation to rubbish dumped at Numinbah Road and Chillingham. Last month asbestos sheeting was found dumped beside the Tweed Valley Way at Fernvale. Council says where an offender cannot be identified, the cost of cleaning up and disposing of dumped materials is ultimately borne by ratepayers. Council has asked the community to be on alert for illegal dumping. Anyone with information is urged to contact council’s environmental services on 02 6670 2440.

contempt of the Senate and a criminal offence’, carrying fines and up to three years in gaol. Cr Holdom quickly wrote back to say that while she had made some complaints, she was not a party to that particular complaint – although she did admit to taking the mayor to task verbally about her Senate appearance. Her denial has failed to elicit any admissions she was not involved in ‘the unlawfulness of action taken against a witness.’ Ms Ficarra now wants to know whether the GM had been alerted to the matter in one of her questions tabled in Parliament. Q Q Q Q While our ratepayer funded Tweed Tourism likes to promote privately-run but government-funded car rallies, and Gold Coast restaurants, it’s in-

immediate teresting to see our neighbours on the Gold Coast are again showing how tourism in the ‘Green Cauldron’ here should be promoted. Gold Coast City Council last week launched an ‘Eco-Efficiency Pilot Program’ to encourage tourism-related businesses to place greater emphasis on environmental sustainability and boost their green credentials. Cr Susie Douglas said people were now not just choosing their hotels and tourism operators based on price or facilities; ‘they are also looking at how companies do business and their environmental efforts. The great thing about this program is that not only will it help businesses do something for our natural environment and compete in a tough tourism market, it also offers finan-

cial incentives and one-on-one assistance to find savings of up to 30 per cent on key business costs.’ So in the light of this Backburner asks why are we being short-changed in terms of the tourism we promote? Q Q Q Q

Last week we published a poem (of sorts) by Cr Dot Holdom as her official response to the bucketing she and general manager Mike Rayner copped in state parliament recently. Needless to say, the umm, poem drew quite a backlash from readers. One wrote in to say ‘And I actually thought the last council election was about selecting seven sane souls to serve the community, not six Mad Hatters and a Clayton’s Poet Laureate. Alice, eat your heart out!’ Is this what they call poetic justice?

Grail Quest

Introduction to Grail Quest (an 8-week course) which is the opening term of the two year parttime foundation course.

...a journey into the Spiritual Science of Rudolf Steiner...

GRAIL QUEST offers a modern form of adult education based on the work of Rudolf Steiner. Through a deepened understanding of the inner workings of the world and ourselves, inner development and soul transformation are brought about. This in turn leads to an enhanced capacity to transform the outer world. The course consists of lectures, discussions and workshops which are expanded through artistic experiences in music, painting, sculpture, story telling, speech, drama, craft and the new art of eurythmy. No previous artistic experience is necessary. The emphasis of the course is away from competition and is focused on individual growth. The course aims to teach through the heart, hand and mind and to bring our efforts to fruition through love of the deed. GRAIL QUEST is also the prerequisite for the Steiner Teacher Training programme.

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Some of the themes explored in the course are: The Quest for Meaning. The Elements. The Temperaments. Sacred Geometry. The Origins of the Earth & Humanity. The Evolution of Consciousness. Christology. Mystery Schools & Mystery Centres. The Birth of Modern Consciousness in the Renaissance. The Search for the Holy Grail. Life Phases: an Exploration of Biography.

NEW opening hours: 9-5.30 Mon-Fri 1-2 Sat NEW signage: find us at 4/18 Centennial Crct, Byron Arts and Industry Estate 6685 7522 Interior pic : Christopher Frederick Jones Interior pic : Christopher Frederick Jones

8 week Introductory Course: $600 Monday 4.30 – 7.30pm and Wednesday 4.30 – 7.30pm Plus 2 Saturdays 9.30 – 3:30pm Commencing 14th February Venue: Cape Byron Steiner School, McGettigans Lane, Ewingsdale Enquiries: Gerry Josephson 0406 788 050 Kristy Brake 0431 833 959

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www.tweedecho.com.au

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