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Harnessing carbon fund benefits

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The big one, along with some comic relief

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FROM THE GUEST EDITOR

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Why melanoma is everyone’s concern

Yvette Aubusson-Foley editor@dubboweekender.com.au facebook.com/WeekenderDubbo Twitter @DubboWeekender

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Social Mantras The Dos and Don'ts of the online world PAGE 18

Mark and Kelly Knaggs

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And the news no parent wants to hear PAGE 26

John Ryan

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Holistic approach aims to harness carbon fund benefits PAGE 38

Travel

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Local girl Nicola Seargent expores India PAGE 48

The Mcclymonts We chat to the girls about their Dubbo show PAGE 54

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US immigration law on a one way ticket home A CCORDING to US President Barack Obama the US immigration system is broken and everybody knows it.

Except Congress who last year blocked a noble quest by eight US Senators pushing for immigration reform, and while failed is always a harsh word, fail they did.

Congress is like the three little pigs (well, there’s 543 of them really) who are not scared or prepared to let in those hungry-eyed, immigrant wolves.

One of the agitators was senior United States Senator from Arizona, John McCain.

Last week, although he was in Washington, I was able to sit with a couple of staff in his Arizona office, to talk about just how broke the aforementioned system actually is.

Apparently, there are two legal systems in the USA. Regular law, which assumes your innocence until proven guilty, and immigration law which assumes you have something to hide and it’s your job to prove, in fact, that you’re not a wolf, but that you come bearing the gifts of qualifications, expertise and a likelihood of supporting if not creating American jobs.

Not that it helped the German neuroscientist I heard about today, who had a problem with his visa and was deported back to Deutschland, away from his pregnant wife, who had to wait two years for him to be allowed back in and only then it was because someone in the US Citizenship and Immigration Services recognised him as the same man who had once save their life, so managed to get him a quick reprieve.

Or the English wife of an American stockbroker with the Chicago Stock Exchange who was also deported and returned to London with her husband to sit out their two year wait.

Then there’s the Australian family who, according to McCain’s staffers, made the mistake of being honest, when telling Sydney Consulate officers of their intent to eventually live permanently in the United States, while at the same time applying for a temporary visa which is a statement in itself that your intent is to eventually leave.

So instead of rolling his eyes with a “don’t waste my time” swivel of his office chair, and saying something like, “so what’ll it be mate? You goin’ or stayin’?”, the consular officer in question said without explanation, your application has been denied but if you’d like to apply again, all you have to do is pay the money.

Denied? Why would they apply

again for a visa that was just denied?

Hearing uplifting messages at this time about embracing change is like drinking acid to this family whose lives as a consequence are up the creek, down the toilet and in the s$&#, all at the same time.

It doesn’t matter at all to the government, that you have built a life here, the kids are in school, doing very well, American jobs are being created by your presence, your have contributed to the American economy and not bludged from the welfare system, entered the country illegally or used the healthcare system unentitled.

That pretty much sums up the 11 million people granted amnesty on November 20, last year, in an official pat on the back congratulating them for entering the country illegally and managing to stay under the radar for five years, rendering them worthy therefore of a Barack Obama golden ticket.

Welcome to America.

Ironically, when the President made this announcement during an Address to the Nation speech, the words he’d uttered just seconds beforehand went exactly like this: “I’ll make it easier and faster for high-skilled immigrants, graduates, and entrepreneurs to stay and contribute to our economy, as so many business leaders have proposed.”

Cue. The. Crickets.

Average Americans are dumbstruck by these stories.

They are apologetic and feel immigration law is un-American.

Canadians get caught out all the time. Like anyone in the world, who has a clean slate, you can buy a house here.

Canadians can get a rolling sixmonth visa, as long as they head home at the end of each visa period. What is not common knowledge is that after three to four years – when you’ve become a pro at working the visa, you’ve got the garden growing and they know you by name at the local store – border patrol officers decide you’re spending more time in the US than Canada... which equals denied entry.

So where do you turn?

To the one person who can make a difference: an immigration attorney.

As I write this I’m hours away from stepping on a plane home to the Land of Oz – one way.

Mine is the Australian family embracing a colossal change so it’s fitting to come on board as acting editor of Dubbo Weekender for a few weeks, filling Jen’s big shoes, while her feet are away in Cambodia. *Jen Cowley is on leave.

` A benefit of this holistic approach is that crops like industrial hemp sequester carbon and actually leave the soil better off instead of creating a fertility deficit which requires ever more synthetic additives year after year.

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Towney honoured for educational contribution

BY NATALIE HOLMES ES JOURNALIST

ROUD Wiradjuri man, director of Aboriginal Education and Equity Provision at TAFE Western and Dubbo City councillor Rod Towney has been honored with a medal for Public Service at this year’s Australia Day celebrations.

Recognised for outstanding service to Aboriginal people through his leadership of better service delivery, Towney was humbled by the award.

“It is a real honour to be acknowledged, but not something I expected,” he said.

“I love what I do at TAFE Western and am a valued employee. It is a real privilege to work for an organisation that recognises the strength, resilience and capacity of Aboriginal peoples.”

Under Towney’s leadership, TAFE Western has become the single largest provider of vocational education and training for Aboriginal people in Australia, with approximately 7000 students each year.

In Towney’s view, “education opens doors; it leads places”.

“I am passionate about Aboriginal education, my peoples and land. At TAFE, we have students come in who’ve been on welfare benefits; they begin at lower level courses and work their way up to become doctors, teachers or whatever they dream of. We put support services in place to ensure our students succeed and it’s the greatest reward seeing people graduate.”

Towney has worked within the United Nations, many Federal Government agencies and flew around the world to meet with the Queen and several heads of state but he came from modest beginnings which have helped him to remain humble in life.

“Dubbo has, and always will be my home,” he said.

“I come from a family who didn’t have anything which helps me relate to some students and I always tell them that without education, I would not have had the opportunities or experiences I have.”

Towney’s colleagues at TAFE Western were pleased with the recognition he has received.

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Ferals pressure local animal shelter

BY KIM V. GOLDSMITH JOURNALIST ANGING about car parks and out the back of food establishments, peering from storm water drains and fighting off domestic moggies for a feed, feral cats are a growing problem in Dubbo’s urban areas.

Dubbo City Council’s manager of environmental control, Debbie Archer says “kitten season” runs from spring through summer and is a time when there’s added pressure on the local animal shelter, which council took over the management of in July last year.

“November and December have been our busiest months, with an increase of 30 to 40 animals each month during

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“The shelter averages approximately 200 animals each month. In November, we had 230, December 240 and so far in January only 160.”

However, Archer estimates feral cats make up approximately 20 per cent of the animals coming into the Dubbo shelter.

“In the past, we’ve collected approximately 30 cats from one location over a couple of weeks. Where there is a food supply from industry, garbage or well meaning residents, feral cats will breed uncontrollably.

“We have multiple litters dropped off at the shelter, captured by our rangers, residents and local businesses.

“The high number of feral cats obviously have an impact on shelter resources as these animals are a safety risk to

staff, cannot be rehomed, and therefore must be euthanised as soon as possible.

“It’s an area of the shelter operations the staff find very difficult, but it’s a responsibility often left to Council alone to manage.”

A study of invasive animals in Australia, conducted six years ago by the

National Land and Water Resources Audit and Invasive Animal Cooperative Research Centre, estimated cats occupy 99 per cent of Australia.

They’re responsible for the decline and extinction of native animals species across the country and domestic cats make up less than 20 per cent of a

` Even domestic cats can cause significant environmental damage if they are left to roam.” – Dubbo City Council’s manager of environmental control, Debbie Archer

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Narelle Byrnes holding Dexter, Casey Towns holding Zoey and Karina Whittaker with Big Ginge. PHOTO: ELLA MCMILLAN

total population, thought to be as high as 18 million.

Regionally, Local Land Services Central West invasive species officer, Lisa Thomas says observations from pest animal aerial shooting operations are certainly showing feral cat numbers increasing in rural areas.

“While we don’t have exact numbers, we’re seeing populations inching up. This is also supported by the twiceyearly remote camera footage we use to monitor sites such as in Goonoo Forest.”

HE impact of feral cats is broader than just their impact on native wildlife, as they’re also a threat to the health of human and domestic animals populations, with diseases such as cat-related toxoplasmosis.

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to 12 months of age, producing two to three litters of kittens a year, averaging four kittens per litter, for all their adult lives. As soon as a female gives birth she is ready to mate again.

Debbie Archer says to help control feral cat numbers it’s important members of the community do not feed them and they keep their own cats secure so they don’t stray and become feral.

“Even domestic cats can cause significant environmental damage if they are left to roam. We suggest they wear a bell and are kept inside as much as possible, particularly at night when wildlife is often at risk.”

Thomas says the control of feral cats, unlike other invasive species, is problematic due to a lack of targeted, effective baits.

She says while other controls have

been considered, such as cat flu, there are social issues associated with these options, so there’s currently no likelihood of a long term feral cat control solution.

On the local front, Dubbo City Council runs a number of education programs throughout the year encouraging pet owners to desex, microchip and register their animals.

“Our programs aim at increasing the community awareness around responsible pet ownership in an attempt to increase public safety and reduce the number of animals impounded,” says Archer.

Social media plays a part in getting the message out, with the Dubbo City Animal Shelter having close to 1800 followers on Facebook.

“The page gives the shelter an oppor-

tunity to educate the public and to find current and new owners for the animals in our care.

“However, most of the animals we see at the shelter are cross breed animals. The ease of advertising animals via social media may be encouraging pet owners to breed when they otherwise wouldn’t.

“We stress that unless you are a registered breeder you should have your pets desexed to prevent unwanted litters and the heartache of not being able to find homes for them.”

She explains breeders must be aware of the costs associated with breeding, as every animal sold or given away must be microchipped (and accompanied with the relevant paperwork). It’s recommended they be vaccinated as well. n

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The week’s top stories from around the region Compiled by NATALIE HOLMES

Citizen of the Year Phil Priest accepts his award from Dubbo Mayor Mathew Dickerson. PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER/ELLA MCMILLAN

Hooray for Aussie Day UBBO citizens gathered for the annual Australia Day celebrations in Victoria Park on Monday, which included breakfast cooked by the Dubbo Macquarie Rotary Club and music by the Dubbo and District Concert Band.

Journalist and business commentator Janine Perrett was the local ambassador who shared her views on Australia’s press freedom along with her impressions of making her ambassadorial debut in a country community. Award recipients on the day were: Citizen of the Year Phil Priest; Young Citizen of the Year Grace Parker, David Williams for services to sport; Sportsperson of the Year Tim Cox and Young Sportsperson of the Year Emma Corcoran. Officiating at the ceremony, Dubbo Mayor Mathew Dickerson described the 2015 winners as “outstanding high achievers committed to the community, some representing Dubbo to the highest level”.

The official proceedings also included cake cutting, national anthem and a citizenship ceremony for 29 new Australians. Afterwards, locals were invited to have a dip in the pool, with entry to the Dubbo Aquatic Leisure Centre by gold coin donation between 10am and 11am.

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Taxi driver stabbed A TEENAGE girl has been charged after a taxi driver was stabbed in the throat in Dubbo in the early hours of Saturday,

January 24.

The 13-year-old got into his cab on Macquarie Street, Dubbo, about 2.10am and told him to drive to O’Donnell Street.

The driver later told police the girl could not pay her fare so he began driving towards Dubbo Police Station. The passenger then allegedly stabbed him in the throat with a large knife before jumping out and running from the moving vehicle.

The 66-year-old driver was treated at Dubbo Base Hospital. Despite sustaining a 5cm wound to his throat, it is believed the injury was not life-threatening.

The girl was arrested for the crime.

New board members announced DUBBO businessman John Walkom has been reappointed as chair of Regional Development Australia (RDA) for the Orana region, along with Alan McCormack and Reg Kidd representing the Central West and Russell Stewart for RDA Northern Inland.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss said the committees can advise on priority activities that will unlock regional economic development and improve the productivity of their respective regions.

“RDA committees will provide advice to the Government on critical issues affecting each region and are an important mechanism to increase access to Australian Government programmes in their communities,” he said. velopment Australia conRegional Development nal network of 55 commitsists of a national tees designed to stronggional ly focus on regional elopeconomic developaciliment and faciliects tate local projects ake a that aim to make difference in their ities. local communities.

strictions apply to the NSW Border Rivers, the regulated Gwydir and Lower Namoi rivers and to large water users along the Barwon-Darling River system.

“Despite some useful rainfall over the Christmas and New Year period, water supplies for many Darling River communities remain at critically low levels,” he pointed out.

Conditions will continue to be closely monitored and when there is sufficient assured inflow along the Darling River, the restrictions will be lifted.

Humphries said it was the first time restrictions have been put in place since 2006/2007.

Dubbo’s John een Walkom has been hair reappointed chair of Regional Development Australia (RDA) for the Orana region.

A 26-YEAR-OLD man has been charged over the alleged glassing of another man, aged 49, at a licensed premises in Coonabarabran on Monday night.

The two men, who are known to each other, got into an argument, with one allegedly striking the other’s face with a full schooner glass.

A third man sustained a cut to his abdomen after trying to break up the fight.

The 26-year-old has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Restricted access for inland rivers TEMPORARY restrictions are in place for supplementary access to certain inland rivers in northern NSW. Natural resources minister for lands and water, Kevin Humphries said the re-

Bar room brawl in Coona

Grants for Seniors Week WELLINGTON COUNCIL and Central West Lachlan Landcare have been an-

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nounced as recipients of the NSW Government’s Seniors Week grants.

Dubbo MP Troy Grant said the local organisations were among more than 400 NSW organisations to benefit from the assistance.

Wellington Council will receive $1000 towards the Harnessing the Spirit of a Thoroughbred project while Central West Lachlan Landcare will receive $3300 towards the Communities Connecting Through Country project.

The theme for this year’s NSW Seniors Week, Be inspired, is about encouraging and celebrating self-expression.

Man assaulted in Orange POLICE are appealing for public assistance following reports of an alleged assault in Orange.

Detectives from Canobolas Local Area Command are investigating reports that a man was assaulted on Elsham Avenue, between 9pm and 11pm on Friday, January 23. Police were told a green vehicle was seen in the area at the time of the incident.

Child injured in quad bike crash A CHILD was injured in a quad bike accident at Bathurst on Monday evening.

The accident occurred at a nature reserve between William Place and Minna Place in south Bathurst.

On arrival, emergency services located a 31-year-old man, believed to be the driver of the quad bike, and his 10-year-old male pillion passenger on the ground suffering injuries.

Both were treated at the scene before being taken to Bathurst Base Hospital where the driver is suffering internal injuries and the child had a cut on the top of his head.

The accident followed a horror period for accidents last week, with fatal bike incidents in Orange, Walgett and Bathurst.

Green Army installed IT’S been six months since the Green Army was installed in the Central West, and from all accounts, they are doing very well in the role.

The team is supporting the ongoing work of RiverSmart along the Macquarie River.

The group’s CEO Bill Phillips said the Green Army team is working to control weeds and revegetate public lands along the Macquarie River between Narromine and Warren as part of the on-going NatureLinks program which involves working with 26 private landholders along the same stretch. They will also work on walking trail extensions and the installation of additional educational signage at the Tiger Bay Wetlands in Warren and in Narromine.

The Green Army program is a practical, grassroots environmental programme that supports local environmental and heritage conservation projects across Australia. Each Green Army team comprises 10 people (a team leader and nine others). Team members have to be between 17 and 24 to participate and sign up for 26 weeks. Members of the current team all hail from Narromine.

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Mental health minister Jai Rowell on his visit to Dubbo this week. PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER/KAITLYN RENNIE

Rowell praises mental health workers MENTAL HEALTH MINISTER Jai Rowell praised the work of local organisations during a flying visit to the area on Wednesday. While touring local support services including Dubbo Community Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Services and Wambool Aboriginal Suicide Prevention Team, Rowell paid tribute to local staff for their continued dedication in providing responsive

mental health and drug and alcohol treatment.

“Dubbo Community Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol Services do exceptional work in providing assessment, treatment and crisis intervention for people suffering from mental illness and depression,” he said.

The visit followed that of health minister Jillian Skinner last week.

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BY ELLA MCMILLAN N JOURNALIST

Sniper schmiper I DON’T need to see Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper to know it’s glamourising Chris Kyle, glorifying his role in the war and fuelling the misinterpreted hate that many innocent Muslims cop as a result.

The biographical film follows Kyle, hailed as “the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history”. It’s a propaganda film, and the proof is in the reaction of its misinformed, bigoted audience.

According to the Huffington Post, the AmericanArab Anti-Discrimination Committee reported an increase of threats against Arabs and Muslims coinciding with its release.

Award-winning journalist Max Blumenthal too is convinced the film is filled with lies and distortion from start to finish.

And as Junkee’s Glenn Dunks writes, “Culture wars aside: is the film any good? Well yes and no.

Mostly no.” So there you go.

All female Ghostbuster cast AN all-female Ghostbuster’s reboot? It’s happening. And it’s pretty exciting.

Forget that it’s probably only come to fruition from failed attempts to get the old cast together unaided by the unfortunate passing of Harold Ramis early last year but we’ve got Kirsten Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon to look forward to.

I’m all for womenled blockbusters. Director Paul Feig will be up against a simultaneous Power Rangers and King Arthur release but has confidently tweeted a few Ghostbusters teasers, so on July 22, 2016...Who you gonna call?

Really? Bill Cosby is coming back FOLLOWING more than 15 sexual assault allegations it’s a wonder ol’ Bill Cosby is returning to the

stage at all, ever.

I wouldn’t think the majority of people could attend without the constant thought of the allegations made against him involving drugging and molestation. I feel for those who are unable to get a refund after many of his Canadian shows were cancelled or indefinitely postponed.

Props to NBC executives who say there’s no way Cosby will return to the network only wise to sever their ties. Cosby’s promoters are of course defending the idea claiming they’re legally obliged to continue business relationships with clients and don’t want to break any agreements.

Filled with udder excitement ON Wednesday ABC revealed a pun-filled media release with details of this year’s Groovin’ the Moo line-up; a mix of local and international acts all ready to go rural.

The 2015 festival will start in Oakbank South Australia on Anzac Day and finish in Townsville on May 10.

A$AP Ferg will make the trip from the States but I’m excited for domestics acts like Ball Park Music (who do the most incredible rendition of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody) and other Triple J gems like One Day, Meg Mac and Tkay Maidza.

Between Oakbank, Bunbury, Canberra, Maitland and Townsville, now the only decision is where to go?

Emma Watson to play Belle THE internet can’t contain its excitement over Emma Watson announcing she will play Belle in the upcoming remake of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.

The pinnacle of perfection for the part says: “It was such a big part of my growing up, it almost feel surreal that I’ll get to dance to Be Our Guest and sing Something There. My six-year-old self is on the ceiling – heart bursting.”

Watson is basically as close as you can get to a real-life Disney princess – here’s hoping one of my personal favourites Emma Stone some day has the opportunity to play Ariel, or Amanda Seyfried as Rapunzel.

One can only dream.

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SILENT KILLER Why melanoma is everyone’s concern Tim Reid was just 27 when melanoma claimed his life. Like the 30 other people diagnosed with this killer disease every day in Australia, he and his family thought it couldn’t happen to them. Now, his family tells JEN COWLEY a different story.

S a nation of sun worshippers, Australians are well acquainted with the word “melanoma”. We’ve seen the ads, we’ve heard the slogans. We should all be aware of the dangers of this virulent form of skin cancer, which is the fourth most diagnosed in the country behind prostate, bowel and breast cancer.

We should be vigilant, given Australia has the highest incidence of melanoma in the world. We should all know the dangers of overexposure to UV light and we should all know that melanoma can and does kill.

We should.

On average, 30 of us will be diagnosed this very day with melanoma. Sadly, each year more than 1200 Australians die from the disease.

But like most of us reading this and enjoying the long summer days, Paul and Genelle Reid never thought their son, Tim, would be among that number.

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HERE’S a hand drawn portrait of Tim Reid hanging on the wall of his father’s Dubbo office – a gentle and constant reminder of the son he lost to what he calls “this sneaky disease”.

Tim was just a teenager when a routine visit to the doctor first alerted them to something amiss. A number of seem-

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ingly successful surgeries and a near-eight year remission followed, but the melanoma doubled back to claim the life of the then 27 year old in December 2013.

“He had just turned 19,” Reid recalls.

“He was going to the Northern Territory to work on Brunette Downs and had to have a Q-Fever shot. His mum, Genelle, went with him and when he took his shirt off to get the needle, she noticed a mole on his left shoulder blade. She said, “That looks a bit funny” and the doctor agreed, although she had to really push to get the doctor to order the mole removed.

“It was no bigger than your finger nail and it had gone a silvery purple colour. The doctor took it off and it was about a week and a bit after that we got the phone call to say it was a melanoma.”

The father of twin boys, Tim and his brother Mark, says the news was a devastating blow, but that he initially took refuge in denial.

“You still think, well, it’s not going to be us. It’s not going to be Tim. Everything’s going to be fine and it’s not going any further.”

Tim had a number of surgeries to remove the lymph nodes to which the melanoma had spread, followed by a number of three monthly check ups – and it seemed

the treatment had worked. For nearly eight years he and his family believed the popular young man was cured.

“Except for a big scar down here,” says Reid, indicating his side, “And the risk of lymphedema (which can result from the surgery), everyone thought he was out of the woods.”

So the news that the melanoma – which unlike most cases was apparently not directly caused by overexposure to sunlight – was back came as an awful shock.

“He’d had a flu he just couldn’t seem to shake, but we all thought it was because he’d been busy at work and was really run down. He came in one night at about midnight and said, “I think I need to go to hospital.

“That’s when they found a big tumour on his adrenal gland and a number of tumours right throughout his body. We were shattered – you just can’t imagine it.”

It’s the news no parent wants to hear and Reid says he simply felt “numb”.

“It’s very difficult to believe. They didn’t put a timeline on it but they pretty much told us we’d be lucky to have him for much longer. It was both good and bad to know – but it was absolutely devastating.”

Tim was understandably distraught.

“I think he thought he was probably »

He really, really, really wanted to live.”

– Paul Reid, of his son Tim’s fight against melanoma.

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A portrait of his son Tim hangs on the wall of Paul Reid's office - a constant reminder of his son's legacy.

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Paul and Genelle Reid. Inset, their late son Tim - who lost his battle with melanoma in December 2013. MAIN PHOTO: ELLA MCMILLAN

going to die pretty quickly and I think he just felt it wasn’t fair. It’s the only time he ever came close to complaining but he wanted to pursue a treatment – he really, really, really wanted to live,” says Reid, glancing up at his son’s image smiling down from its place on the office wall.

“He never, ever gave up. He knew what was going on but he fought until the end.”

AM O’NEILL knows all about what a fight with melanoma entails.

At 23, she was diagnosed with the disease after discovering a mole on the back of her leg.

“It had spread to the lymph nodes in my groin. So they were removed and I’ve been, touch wood, all clear since. I’m 28 now,” says the newly married Dubbo woman who now uses her experience to work with the Cancer Council on a number of programs, one of which is as an advocate for melanoma awareness.

“I was lucky because it was caught early, but by the same token not so lucky because it had spread. If it had been found earlier, I’d have had a skin cancer as opposed to a melanoma, which is a form of skin cancer that develops in the skin’s pigment cells and grows very quickly if left untreated or undiscovered.”

O’Neill’s message is simple: “Protect yourself. Be sensible when you’re in the sun. Reapply sunscreen and take it easy outdoors – be mindful of the time you spend in the sun, particularly in the middle of the day.”

But while the main and most preventable cause of melanoma is overexposure to Ultra Violet (UV) radiation, mostly from the sun, there are other risk factors that mean the disease can stalk even the most sun-safe among us. Those risks include fair skin, a high mole count, a family history and what the Melanoma Insti-

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tute calls “a pattern of sunburn” in early life, particularly during childhood.

For Tim Reid, the melanoma that ultimately claimed his life wasn’t directly sun-related.

“It was just a roll of the dice,” says his father. “He had quite a few moles on his back and, the same as his twin brother and there was some kind of trigger – we’re still not sure what it was. It’s the ultimate silent killer.

“We’d done all the right things – had all the checkups. At the last check-up in the February, we were told he didn’t need to come back again. By July, they’d virtually given him two months to live.”

Like Tim Reid’s melanoma, O’Neill’s brush with the disease wasn’t directly the result of overexposure to the sun.

“In my case, it was found to be genetic,” she says.

“So the message is that regardless of whether you spend a lot of time in the sun, you should be vigilant with your skin and any changes to moles – be proactive. Have things checked out – even if you’re even slightly concerned.

Regardless of whether you spend a lot of time in the sun, you should be vigilant with your skin and any changes to moles.” – Sam O’Neill, melanoma survivor and awareness advocate

“Prevention is a lot better than cure – and it’s better to be safe than sorry.”

The lines, she says, are getting “a bit crossed” because of a growing awareness of the importance of Vitamin D, which comes from the sun.

“But there’s a balance that needs to be struck. The thing is not to overdo it – like everything we’re told: everything in moderation.”

O’Neill now looks back at her experience – she will have been five years clear of cancer by the end of this year – and says she’s turned it into a positive.

“Everything happens for a reason. I think the reason it happened to me was that I could go on to be a voice for young people living in the country – to make people aware of the dangers of melanoma.

“I’ve looked at my brush with cancer as a positive.

At the time it was frightening but now I think it’s great that I can use my experience to provide a real life example to people to show that it CAN happen to them, and that being vigilant with their skin is really important.”

Reid echoes O’Neill’s mantra of early detection, and the need for constant vigilance even once the “all clear” is given.

“The check-ups are the main thing because if you can avoid having skin cancers turn into melanomas, or even get to the melanoma as early as possible, the drugs that are coming out now are amazing,” he says with a twinge of sadness.

“One thing I wish is that if Tim could have had all this really cutting edge new stuff they’re doing now – stuff he was willing to have a crack at – the genetic research, human genome stuff, things might have been different. But by the time he was diagnosed, the tumour on his adrenal gland was just too big. Because»

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Would you know how to check for melanoma?

The first sign of a melanoma is usually the appearance of a new spot, or a change in an existing freckle or mole.

The change may be in size, shape or colour and is normally noticed over several weeks or months.

The ABCDE guidelines provide a very useful way to monitor your skin and detect the early signs of melanoma. It is important to seek expert advice if you notice any of the following:

A is for ASYMMETRY: One-half of a mole or birthmark does not match the other.

B is for BORDER irregularity: The edges are irregular, ragged, notched, or blurred.

C is for COLOUR variation: The colour is not the same all over, but may have differing shades of brown or black, sometimes with patches of red, white or blue.

D is for DIAMETER: The area is larger than 6 millimeters (about the size of a pencil eraser) or is growing larger.

E is for EVOLVING: Changes in size, shape, colour, elevation, or another trait such as itching, bleeding or crusting. This last point is likely the strongest of all of the warning signs.

Make sure not to miss anything: • Stand in front of a full length mirror in a well lit room.

• Start at the top and work your way down your body.

• Begin by using a brush or hairdryer to part your hair into sections so you can check your scalp.

• Move to your face and neck, not forgetting your ears, nostrils and lips.

• Be sure to check both the top and underneath of your arms. Don’t forget your fingernails.

• As you move down your body don't forget to check places where the sun doesn't shine! Melanoma can be found in places that do not have exposed skin.

• Ask a partner or family member to check your scalp and back.

• The best way to monitor changes on your skin is by taking photographs every few months and comparing them to identify any changes. React quickly if you see something growing and/or changing.

SOURCE: MELANOMA INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA, 2015

Sam O’Neill, melanoma survivor and awareness advocate. PHOTO: ELLA MCMILLAN

of some of the new drugs, it did shrink and some of the tumours actually disappeared, but it was all too late.

“I do wish that in those seven years of remission, there had been some sort of scan done that might have picked up that things weren’t right. I think that if you’ve been diagnosed with melanoma and gone through the surgeries, there should be some kind of routine regular scans done, because chances are something might have escaped.

“Not having those scans done cost my son’s life.”

AUL REID looks up from his desk to the portrait of his cheeky, gap-toothed boy, and his voice wobbles.

“I don’t have any point of reference other than my experience but yes, it’s horrible. I talk about it and about Tim as much as I can but there are times when it gets hard. The “what if’s” are the worst.”

But his son’s legacy lives on, not only for the joy and love he brought his family and friends, but for the contribution his experience has made to re-

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search into this killer disease.

“There was quite a bit of money raised through Tim’s tribute page on Facebook, which we donated to the Melanoma Institute. The research is moving very, very quickly particularly in the area of drug treatments to specifically target melanoma.

“One of his legacies will be that he actually will have contributed to that research,” says Reid, who also believes there should be more access to treatment for cancer patients here in Dubbo.

“It’s criminal in my mind that you have to go to Orange for vital treatment for melanoma. There are no permanent oncologists here – only those who fly/ fly out –so it’s a bit of a lottery as to when you can see them and who you’re going to be able to see.”

While Reid acknowledges the tragedy of the timing of his son’s disease – and the rapid developments, particularly in the field of stem cell research that have been gained during and since – he is grateful for the extra time some of those treatments allowed.

“We had a lot more time with Tim than we

wouldn’t have if he’d had been diagnosed a year earlier, for instance, because of some of the new drugs that weren’t even on trial then. But then we think of how far and how fast the research is coming and the treatments they are developing, and we wish...” he says, his voice trailing off.

Then he returns to the refrain familiar from both he and O’Neill.

“Never be complacent,” he says. “And know what to look for.

“Quite a lot of people say well I’ve had a melanoma cut out when it’s clearly not a melanoma, it’s a skin cancer. But skin cancers can turn into melanoma if you don’t do something about them early.

“That’s the critical thing in my mind. Actually get onto any of these things. Like the women with their pap smears and breast checks, blokes with the prostate and that sort of stuff. The earlier you get it the better chance there is of actually doing something about it. With something sneaky like with melanoma, any mole that changes colour or bleeds or anything – check it out.” n

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Flix on a roll

BY NATALIE HOLMES JOURNALIST

N event that was initially created to give country people a taste of city culture is now drawing metropolitan residents to its annual soirees. Flix in the Stix, now in its fifth year, began as a touring film festival to regional areas.

Event co-founder Simon Rollin explains that Flix has now grown in content, size and coverage since those early days.

“Initially, we introduced it in order to put a good quality product into regional areas that people were already getting in metropolitan areas.

“The city had its Moonlight Cinema and Sunset Cinema so we wanted something for people in regional areas.”

After growing up in the Central Tablelands, Rollin was well aware of the gulf that previously existed between city and country in terms of cultural connectivity.

“I have always had some interest in bringing quality cultural entertainment to the country. I grew up in Orange and spent many weekends wondering what to do. “Many people would travel to Sydney to attend various cultural productions. I’m city-based now but my heart and soul is in the country.”

Rollin says Flix in the Stix now encompasses comedy and music as well as film and visits a broader area.

“It has really evolved and has gone through that process. There’s now more of a focus on food and beverages in order to enhance the experience even more.”

Rollin says it gives him the greatest satisfaction to see the success of his “baby”.

“It’s really a one of a kind event and

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Flix in the Stix will be held at Lazy River Estate on Friday, February 20.

• 6pm gates open • 7pm Music by My Friend the Chocolate Cake • 8pm Comedy by Tripod • 9pm Short Films curated by Deborah Mailman

we’ve worked towards making it viable and sustainable.

“It gives us the biggest feeling of satisfaction to be at the exit and hear that people enjoyed it.”

Rollin points out that support from sponsors and industry professionals has helped to grow the event into what it is today.

“It wouldn’t be the same without sponsorship support and the fact that actors and industry professionals are taking notice gives us that level of credibility.”

This year’s line-up of short films has been curated by Aussie actress Deborah Mailman.

“The entertainment this year is very exciting and Deborah gets it. She gets rural Australia.”

Rollin is also excited to have My Friend the Chocolate Cake as the musical ensemble to perform at this year’s event.

“They were the band that we originally wanted to put on our first tour,” he reveals.

“They are wonderful musicians.

“We’re also really excited to about having Tripod perform. They are really funny, engaging guys and they will really enhance the evening.”

This year’s Flix format will change in order to feature the music, followed by comedy and finishing with film.

Rollin says the adjustment is in order to foster the social engagement of the event.

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Social media mantras:

This year LinkedIn becomes a “twelvie”, Facebook and Flickr enter their eleventh year and Youtube turns ten. It’s getting harder to remember a time when social media wasn’t such an omnipresent part of our lives. Having worked and played extensively on social media platforms for the past seven years, KIM V. GOLDSMITH shares some of what she’s learned along the way.

OKES abound online about social media ‘types’ and given almost 60 per cent of Australians are Facebook users, you’re probably among them.

The question is are you one of those who check their news feed and notifications dozens of times a day (reportedly, nine million Australians check Facebook every day), or do you go for days and sometimes weeks without posting?

Do you watch from a distance without participating

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or is social media a personality contest, through which you seek approval?

Then there’s the opinionated lot – warriors hiding behind their keyboards – and the “deniers” who maintain social media doesn’t really control their lives but panic as soon as they lose connection.

There are those who adopt a new personality online or create anonymous profiles.

The more moderate personalities among us like to be

thought of as informers and influencers, gaining some kind of credibility through sharing new information, or ‘quizzers’ starting conversations through questions.

R are you a virgin, fumbling your way through the early days of a new relationship?

At this point let’s be clear – social media isn’t just about everyone sharing what they had for breakfast or finding out who they were in a past life. It’s

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FEATURE.

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` ... one of the biggest mistakes business owners make when starting out in social media is giving control of the online accounts to the youngest member of staff or family teen.

a complex, interesting, educating and sometimes frustrating world of information filtering.

As a social media coach and communications consultant, I’ve found one of the biggest mistakes business owners make when starting out in social media is giving control of the online accounts to the youngest member of staff or family teen.

They may well be immersed in social media, but it doesn’t mean they know how to have grown up conversations, connecting communities, converting likes into action, curating content or consistently representing the brand you’re invested in.

The one platform everyone thinks of when talking about social media is Facebook. As at October last year, there were 13.6 million unique Facebook users in Australia.

Yet the number of social media networks being used by Australians is extensive; worldwide the networks number in the hundreds if you take into account some of the dating sites. Getting a slice of that pie is challenging for those wanting to promote their business, interests and issues, or to simply find and connect with like minds.

Regardless of whether it’s Facebook,

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Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn or another network, and whatever your reason for using it, there are some basic principles that should be applied across the board.

• The first thing to do is to ensure your privacy settings up to scratch; at the same time as remembering there really isn’t any such a thing in the online world. Your digital footprint is virtually permanent, and as soon as you start connecting with other people you can be assured that you’ve already given up whatever privacy you thought you had.

• Also understand that when you click on the “agree” button as you sign up to »

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Social Media: The Dos and don’ts Do: ü Spend time checking privacy and security settings, regularly; ü Change your passwords regularly; ü Read the fine print; ü Comment on and share things you find interesting; ü Think before you post; ü Check your spelling and grammar before posting; ü Ask questions – start conversations; ü Look at social media as quality over quantity – it’s not all about the likes; ü Have fun, explore the world, meet new people; ü Get offline, have faceto-face conversations and experience life...then share it!

Don't:

the terms of conditions of a particular network account, you are also agreeing to their privacy policy. I know, most people don’t read it, but it exists and it’s your responsibility to understand it at some point.

• At the very least, try to manage who sees your posts or tweets. Don’t let people tag photos of you without your permission and don’t let any Tom or Jane follow your every movement. Know what strangers can see of your content before you let them into your inner circle.

• This is particularly important for today’s job hunters. Teens and twenty-somethings be warned: Job recruiters do look at your social media presence when shortlisting and making important decisions about whom they want representing their business. Keep your piercings, tattoos, tongues and nude selfies to yourself if you want gainful employment... and curb your language. Not only are your grandmother, mother and aunt observing you, so are potential employers.

• If you’re managing a Facebook page or another social media account for professional purposes, keep track of your followers and who you follow or connect with. Spring clean!

It feels good to get rid of those who don’t contribute in a positive way to your life or business.

• Check what others can see from time to time. Don’t forget to Google search yourself as well to see what may have snuck into the public realm.

• Security online has to do with ensuring your updating your computer and devices, changing passwords regularly, understanding the settings of whatever network you’re using and staying across any alerts that may be issues regarding breaches. Be vigilant.

• Security is also about being aware of what information you ‘give away’ online. Turn the geolocation off on your phone or device when you aren’t using it to find your way.

Be aware of what information people are gleaning about your family, children, interests, pets, location, the

street you live in, the car you drive.

• There’s the information you begrudgingly give away in forms, then there’s the information you give away willingly by posting a beautifully composed photo on Instagram with information about your cat Twinkles sitting on the mailbox at the front of your house with a clearly visible house number in the image and the hashtag #darlingstreetcatsofinstagram and an a geo-tag stating where you are.

• While we’re on the #catsofinstagram – please don’t make that public, unless you’re in the cat business. If social media is a professional marketing exercise for you, don’t get confused about who you’re sharing your cat or baby photos with.

• The only time it is okay to share personal information is if you are an advocate and an influencer within your business or interest community.

If your endorsements of something means people will take notice, then it may be a valid crossover.

• While we’re talking hashtags – they are extensively misused and over-used. Hashtags are simply a way of organising and searching for things. They’re only relevant if they are unique to your interest or business or if you wish to join a wider conversation about something.

Hashtags that mean nothing might include #summer #cake #yumyum #art. Just because you can put dozens of hashtags on your Instagram post doesn’t mean you should. Research them and remember less is more.

Just when you’re thinking it’s too hard, there are too many rules, or there’s just too much artifice on social media, I urge you to go forth and socialise. For those prepared to observe and learn before engaging and participating, in the knowledge you’re in the public eye, the rewards can be great.

For anyone struggling and wanting to learn, there are workshops, coaching and other options.

More information is available at www.kvgoldsmith.com n.

û Over-share – as they say, “Too much information!”; û Friend or follow everyone who sends you a request; û Tag people without their permission; û Use texting language or acronyms in your posts; û Write posts using all upper case – no one likes shouting; û Overuse or use irrelevant hashtags; û Don’t say things online that you aren’t prepared to say in person; û Don’t steal images or photos – attribute the owner where you can; û Connect networks e.g. linking Facebook to Twitter; û Forget there is no such thing as privacy.

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TAKING THE REINS Whether for recreation, equestrian competition or racing, being around horses comes naturally to Vince Gordon. fficult Combine that with a background in sales and an easy ability to chat to people from all walks of life and it’s not diffi cult ES to work out why this bloke was selected as Dubbo Turf Club’s new general manager. He talked to NATALIE HOLMES e city. about growing up in a farming community, his love of all things equine and his hopes for the future of racing in the PHOTOGRAPHY Ella McMillan T’S easy to see why Vince Gordon has had success in the career path he’s chosen. He is at once friendly and approachable, with a firm country handshake, a big smile and the glint of larrikin in his eyes.

It’s been 20-odd years since I clapped eyes on the City of Dubbo Turf Club’s brand new general manager, after hailing from the same small Central Western town. The lucky bugger hasn’t changed a bit, a fact I immediately share with him on our first meeting, and which again draws out his broad cheeky grin.

The Gordon of my memory ran a sports store in Condobolin and he quickly fills in the blanks that they were the purveyors of sporting and equestrian goods and also owned a second store in nearby Forbes. It was his store but Gordon says it became a family affair, with his sisters doing their share to help out. As one of seven, there’s no doubt he’s used to sharing the jobs around and that’s how it was growing up.

Running the store, they would take it in turns to work their horse eventing schedule around their work commitments. Horses were always part of their lives and Gordon recalls going through pony club and focusing on riding at a serious level. At 19, he represented NSW in the Australian team at the Inter-Pacific Exchange in Canada, an experience that went unrivalled.

It was then that he could have turned professional, but it would have required either a hefty financial commitment or generous sponsorship.

“Competing was a buzz, that’s for sure. But it was

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also a turning point of whether I went professional or not. In those days, you really had to move overseas to make a go of it.”

Instead, Gordon and his father turned to racehorses, and had an enjoyable run with a few winners. Most notable was Sadistic Lady, a mare who not only gave the partnership 20 wins and track records in Dubbo and Wellington but also “the worst fall I’ve ever had”.

Of their involvement, Gordon says: “Dad was always involved in horses so it was a natural process for the kids to be involved too.

“We got into the racing game as a progression of that and owned and trained horses. Dad would train them and I was the one breaking and educating them. What it gave me is something that many people here don’t know and that’s a thorough understanding of the back

I’m learning about marketing and hospitality and our ambition is to reinvigorate the races and encourage people to come back, to consider it as a viable form of entertainment.

end of the industry.”

Gordon decided to have a spell from horses and worked in retail for a while in a rural supply company in both Dubbo and Mudgee.

The work agreed with him. He could use his extensive rural knowledge and people skills together in a work capacity.

He switched to a different agribusiness, then became the senior territory manager on-farm and in-store for an animal health company where he remained for nine years. In his spare time, the father of two became involved in the community: coaching with the Dubbo Kangaroos (‘Roos) rugby union team, becoming the junior representative on the Central West Rugby board and Little A’s athletics.

When the opportunity to apply for his new role came up, Gordon knew it would perfectly illustrate his skill base; combining a retail background and solid people know-how with a love of horses which had grown with him from childhood.

OW that he’s taken the reins, the task ahead is to breathe new life into the club, and open the doors to even more thrilling opportunities in the future.

“My job is to reinvigorate the turf club and take it forward. There’s a new committee and for me, it’s a new and exciting challenge “I’ll be working with committee president Michael

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Edwards and his team with the aim of taking the race club into exciting times ahead.”

Gordon says he’s on a learning curve but also has a sound knowledge of what he wants and of what’s required.

“I’m learning about marketing and hospitality and our ambition is to reinvigorate the races and encourage people to come back, to consider it as a viable form of entertainment – there are so many things to do but this is a fantastic venue that’s worth millions and is a real asset to the city.

“Racing in general needs to be reinvigorated so that people consider it to be a viable form of entertainment with so many other things to do.”

As we wander onto the track to allow Gordon to showcase the wonderful facility at hand, the springy turf feels like an emerald green carpet beneath our feet, as the clubhouse shines like a jewel in the background.

“This is the best it’s looked in 10 years and it’s one of the best in country NSW. Millions has been spent on its upkeep,” he says proudly.

The track has overcome an infestation of black beetles and Gordon has evidently used his background knowledge of on-farm chemicals to combat the issue.

Pointing out a divot in the grass which has been fixed, he says the turf and surrounding facility is like anything: if you look after it, the rewards will come. And with that in mind, Gordon has big plans.

“I want us to be known for racing. We have 13 races a year, I want to build on that and to maximise the training facility and the function centre as a venue for all occasions.

“This is a huge opportunity, both for me personally, and for the club.” n

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Kelly and Mark Knaggs It’s been an annus horribilis for Kelly and Mark Knaggs whose daughter Addy has stared down stage four neuroblastoma, but the couple says the experience has taught them many things – mostly not to sweat the small stuff. AS TOLD TO Jen Cowley PHOTOGRAPHY Ella McMillan Kelly Knaggs: O hell and back” is a pretty good way to describe the past couple of years.

No-one can ever prepare you for the news that your child is at risk from stage four cancer – it’s something you can’t even imagine. You go weak at the knees and you want to vomit.

If I could have hid in a corner to try to pretend it wasn’t true, I would have.

Usually, when your child gets sick, you give them a Panadol and a cuddle, and it’s under control. But this was completely out of our control – and as a bit of a control freak, it was a gut-wrenching shock you can’t begin to imagine.

We were on holidays when we had the news – and we contacted our local GP who told us where we needed to be and what we needed to do, and we just put our entire faith, hope and belief into the doctors at the Sydney Children’s Hospital – who were wonderful to us and to Addy, who was just seven when she was diagnosed.

They told us how serious it was – stage four neuroblastoma – and they asked us if we wanted to know statistics and so forth. I looked at Mark and we both said, “No.” We just wanted to know if it could be treated – yes – and could it be cured – yes. So we just wanted to focus on the positive and do what needed to be done. We didn’t want to focus on any of the negative stuff.

Mark and I have been married for just over 22 years – time flies when you’re having fun! We met at the pub – where else? It was love at first sight for sure (laughs). We’re great

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mates – and that’s what has helped us to get through all this. Mark is a big man in stature, but he’s also my rock in so many ways. I look to him for comfort and support and I hope I don’t take him for granted. I make sure to ask how he’s doing – it’s important to look out for each other, and to make sure we’re on the same page as we go along. Sometimes the stress gets to you – and even now that Addy’s in remission, we still have regular scans and we tend to get a bit scratchy with each other just before those. But we’re conscious of it and we’ve managed to have a bit of a joke – onwards and upwards is our mantra. There’s no use fighting against each other – what’s happened is no-one’s fault.

We’ve grown even stronger, because we know now how to let go of the small stuff that doesn’t matter. It’s a journey that’s introduced us to so many beautiful people, but we’ve also learned that not everyone can deal with this kind of thing.

There are people who’ll rally ‘round you and there are people who don’t have that kind of courage or strength, and that’s fine too.

We’ve tried to keep life as normal as possible for Addy and her sisters, and that’s a decision Mark and I made together. The family has rallied around to help keep the kids’ lives as normal as can be – and that’s important.

Mark is a beautiful dad. He’s a great husband and he’s our anchor. My world spins with him. We laugh together – a lot! Gotta try to keep it light!

There’s nothing Mark doesn’t know about me – good and bad

(laughs) – and I’m the same with him.

I am so lucky to have him – the man is a tower of strength.

He’s my best mate and I love him dearly. I don’t want anyone to bowl us over with anything else – just puttin’ that out there! – but I’d like to think that if we can get through this, we can face anything.

Mark Knaggs:

F there’s any year that could have put you in the corner of a padded cell in a straightjacket, I reckon that was it.

I still remember those 30 seconds after they told us what Addy was facing – time stood still. It was devastating.

It’s something that happens to “other” people. The hardest thing was watching her go from a kid bouncing around on holidays one minute, to being in ICU getting chemotherapy the next... it’s a major kick in the arse, I can tell you.

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You do imagine the worst – you can’t stop it from crawling into your head at two or three o’clock in the morning.

You wake yourself up – then you deliberately keep yourself awake because you don’t want to go back to the nightmares.

The thing is that you just can’t let yourself do the “what if” thing.

Kelly and I faced it all side by side. It’s hard though, because it’s hard to know what to say and what to do to help ease it – everything’s awkward. But

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that’s one of the things they tell you – don’t overthink it. Just take it step by step. They don’t tell you too much about what’s happening next so that you’re not overthinking things.

The biggest thing that can do your head in is Google. DO NOT Google anything if you’re sick – that’s the only advice I can give anyone. It’s natural to want to educate yourself, but Google seems to just throw the worst scenario at you first – and it messes with your mind. And then you’re battling with negative thoughts.

Being at Ronald McDonald House

was great because we were surrounded by people who were going through the same thing – it’s a shared experience and that network helps you to draw strength.

Kell and I are lucky that we already had a strong marriage. We saw other people crumbling under the pressure, and it’s always the way that when you’re under that kind of terrible stress, you tend to attack the one closest to you. We did get scratchy with each other and we both said things we didn’t mean, but we came through it because we’re great mates. And Kelly is such a pos-

itive person – that makes a big difference. She always sees the world through rose-coloured glasses, and if you’re having a bad day, she’ll do something goofy or say something funny or come up with what I call a “Kelly-ism” – it helps break the tension.

Kelly just has that something special about her – it’s one of the things that attracted me to her in the first place, and I still see it in her now.

She’s bubbly and she can be the life of the party – she lives life to the fullest and she’s so positive. The other thing about Kelly is that she

says what’s on her mind – she reckons if you have something to say, just say it; that’s one of the things I’ve learned from Kelly. She never holds a grudge – and that means we have a very open relationship. I can’t remember the last time we really had a full-on, dinky-di fight.

She’s a beautiful mum – the kids are spoiled, I guess, because we’re lucky that she can be a stay-at-home mum. I feel lucky to have her too.

I’m blessed. And if this past year has taught me one thing, it’s that the little things don’t matter – family matters. It’s everything. n

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WHAT I DO KNOW.

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Guy Sebastian: Soul Man From Afro-haired choirboy to polished pop star, Guy Sebastian has survived the reality TV show curse to become an established and well-respected singer/ songwriter. He will give two intimate shows in Dubbo next month, the only regional destination on his upcoming major city Madness tour.

WORDS Natalie Holmes I was born in Malaysia. Mum is from India and Dad met her when he was studying medicine. He ended up studying geology and we moved to Adelaide. We lived in a friend’s garage for a while until we found a place. I’ve been back there a few times and when I think of Malaysia, I think of the food! It’s awesome. My singing pre-dated church although I did actively sing there later.

When I was young,I discovered soul music and it was unbelievable! The thing that really got me into music was in our house (was that) there was a stacked stereo system with a CD and tape player, and there were records by The Platters, Sam Cooke and Al Green. Until then, I had only heard music on the radio – I didn’t know people could sound like that. Soul became what I learned, and it came naturally enough.

The gospel influence came through singing in church. The whole role of music in church is that it’s not a performance. It’s a way to lift people out of what they’ve been through that week. It’s just a way of saying what they wanted to say and sometimes an escape from life, a refuge. It is very selfless. From church, I learnt that the music is a very powerful tool. It’s not just song, it’s so much more.

I was 20 when Australian Idol was being launched and none of us had ever heard of it. At the time, I’d been playing indoor cricket and went to a friend’s house after cricket. We were just hanging out and this TV commercial came on offering the auditions.

It was a little bit ambiguous and hard to know if it was for real or not. My mates encouraged me to try out and so did Jules (who is now Guy’s wife).

I remember lining up for hours for the audition.

There was no show at the time so we really didn’t know but music was all about image at that time.

People were very focused on that and it was very manufactured.

I was this fat Afro kid studying a Bachelor of Medical Radiation. I thought they would say no because I didn’t have the look or I wasn’t good-looking enough. I didn’t even have any idea of what I was signing up for. When I got into the audition, I looked at the ground all the time.

Marcia (Hines) said it was good and Dicko (Ian

Dickson) said it was the best they’d heard all day.

I still felt uncomfortable though. After the show, I wanted to get rid of the gimmick and not hone in on that. My picture was on a McDonald’s placemat.

I wanted to be known as a songwriter. But that’s always something that you confront as an artist.

You have to prove yourself – you’re only as good as your last song. There’s the added pressure on top of that when you’ve been on a reality TV show.

There’s a big stigma attached. You want to hope that the music speaks for itself. Some people box you and I learned quite quickly not to waste my time on people who aren’t for you.

Winning the ARIA for Best Live Act last year was an exciting moment. It would be the ARIA I am most proud of. To be recognised as a live performer – it makes everything worthwhile. There’s a lot to consider when you’re playing live. I have been working my buns off when it comes to my craft, vocally and musically and I aim to have longevity as a true artist. A lot of people might rely on autotune but that’s just not me. I spend a lot of energy making sure things are just right. I have also been busy doing live performances and have just done 53 shows.

To be successful you really have to focus on yourself and your own ability. I can’t dance like Justin Timberlake or play the guitar like Tommy Emmanuel so I just have to concentrate on me. Right now, I am trimming the fat and getting right down to what I am about. I am going more down the soul path musically. As a songwriter, I am getting influenced by different genres and I am getting close to my really definitive sound. It’s a lot of fun.

I will be in Dubbo soon – I played there on my last tour. I have been playing in a lot of regional places. This time, Dubbo is the only regional place on my tour and will actually launch the metropolitan concerts. Dubbo is a wonderful place to visit. It’s a great crowd and really intimate. The audience really gets into it and encourages you.

The performances in Dubbo will be a ‘warm-up’ for the major city tour and it’s perfect for that. It’s a lovely place and I love the people. It has a really good vibe. Because I’ve put so much into preparing for the show, it will be nice to have somewhere to iron out the little things and hopefully settle the nerves. » Guy Sebastian is a multi-award winning singer/ songwriter who achieved fame after winning the first ever Australian Idol reality talent show on television. He is set to embark on his Madness tour which begins in Dubbo on February 2 and 3.

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Tony Webber is a Dubbo resident and avowed republican.

EAR Australians, As Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, one writes to raise the matter of the announcement of one’s Australia Day knighthood.

One’s principal misgiving, outside the fact that only one other deserving candidate could be found in your entire nation, is that receiving a knighthood from Australia is like securing the adulation of the population of a prison wing, no offence.

You’ll excuse one’s frankness, but while Australians abroad generally misinterpret the common courtesy and hospitality traditionally afforded travellers as, instead, some kind of ringing endorsement of them as a people, in reality, Australians as a group are generally regarded as oafish boors for whom any conversation topic outside sport renders them looking at the ground in a dumbfounded stupor.

For the longest time I thought Sir Les Patterson actually was your cultural attaché.

So getting an Australian knighthood is like being praised for your dignity and aplomb by Ozzy Osbourne.

It’s like offering Sir Laurence Olivier a Logie. Or to use an analogy closer to home, like an honourary degree from Bond university.

This is even more so the case when you consider that in 1947, King George VI made one a Knight of the Order of the Garter, the highest order of chivalry and the most prestigious honour after

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the Victoria Cross and the George Cross in England.

How does that compare to some sycophantic south Pacific former prison colony deciding one has have achieved sufficient merit in its eyes to receive a knighthood, an honour which only resurfaced last year after being mothballed as an anachronistic embarrassment about four decades earlier.

What is one’s title to be now?

The aristocrat formerly known as Prince? (It’s the way one tells them).

People from our aristocratic caste hold anyone lower than the status of viceroy to be little more than battlefield mince-in-waiting.

Australia does not even have a monarchy of its own, which means that you had to seek my wife’s approval to give me one of your bunyip knighthoods.

It is far from flattering, considering the aforementioned jarring conflict of interest and instead reminds one of being rated world’s best dad by one’s own children?

One fears becoming a laughing stock among Europe’s other monarchs: that droll Danish pretender telegrammed to ask whether one’s new sash would be decorated by Ken Done.

Reminding him that his son had the extraordinary poor form to not just marry an Australian, but a commoner from Tasmanian no less, brought a silence to his hasty japery, but one doubts that will be the last one hears.

And it’s more than just your nationality. This interaction of

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Once a king always a king but once a knight is quite enough

Australia does not even have a monarchy of its own, which means that you had to seek my wife’s approval to give me one of your bunyip knighthoods.

classes is vulgar at best. You’ve nothing even resembling a House of Lords and to one’s mortification one understands your Prime Minister is not only of common stock, but also a Catholic who worked for a time, a revolting prospect in its self, as a magazine writer no less.

If there are three horsemen of affront that one detests more, one struggles to summon them to mind.

Honestly, it is long past the time where you as a nation should jolly-well grow up.

Australia is like a dimwit son that showed some fleeting potential for a time, but then refuses to leave home.

It is a stress on the Royal family to maintain this outdated fa-

çade, and a national humiliation on your part to which you seem oblivious.

These regressive awards are more grovelling social-climbing and should go the same way as that drab naval ensign that passes as your flag.

As a nation you are not British anymore and never will be again.

Looking for an identity by fawning to a foreign monarchy is not the way of a confident nation, which makes the irony of receiving this dubious honour on Australia Day even more acute.

You should be looking to your place in the 21st century instead trying to revive the 19th.

God save the Queen from you.

Sincerely, Prince Philip.

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James Eddy

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James Eddy also exercises his freedom of speech on stage with Dubbo Theatre Company, in his classroom at Dubbo College and from the stands at any good AFL match.

No peace when we’re all packing a piece HE aftermath of the Lindt Café siege in December seems to have a couple of significant effects on the Australian public. The most noteworthy aspect was the cultural unity it brought about, which was pleasing, given it could easily have swung the other way had one prominent daily rag (dare I call it “newspaper”) had its way.

The “I’ll ride with you” movement, whether hoax or not, conveyed a warming sentiment of solidarity that spread like wildfire to shut the hate-mongering alarmists up mid-rant.

And then, in a complete juxtaposition came a statement from Liberal Democrat Senator Leyonhjelm that left me floored.

Using some Hollywood logic he blurted that this would never have occurred if gunman Man Haron Monis knew that someone else in that café may have been carrying a concealed weapon; that if we had more relaxed gun laws that allowed more people to carry firearms, the whole situation would have been avoided.

Leyonhjelm got his 15 seconds of fame, and I was happy to let it all slide back into its swamp of obscurity with a gargling banjo soundtrack gently fading its way into the murky depths where it belonged. But I was startled by some murmurings on Facebook.

Sympathetic mutterings about archaic gun laws and nanny states and a society of victims, and I got really uncomfortable.

Then, given the terrible events in Paris that followed in January, prominent Americans like Donald Trump jumped at the opportunity and spoke out for arming the citizens of Europe for self-defence.

The American gun lobby group, the NRA (National Rifle Association), has cleverly simplified the issue of widespread gun ownership into slogans – “The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to have a good guy with gun.” One particularly “witty” blogger presented an elaborate story about how he left a shotgun on his front porch in an experiment to see how many people would be killed or injured over the course of the day, and how many people had passed by his house that day and yet no-one had been killed. His conclusion was that guns don’t kill people, people kill people.

And he was right. Ridiculous, but right.

Firstly, let’s try to disregard the three fatal shootings in the past two months in the US by toddlers who had accidentally accessed their parent’s gun. This is apparently “collateral damage” to the NRA and no argument for scaling back personal armament in the war against bad guys. Of course, these accidents could never happen in Australia...

But the arguments of the NRA operate on the Hollywood logic I referred to earlier.

In Charlton Heston’s world, the world the NRA posturises, the bad guys wore black and walked about with a scowl on their face that said “bad news” and we all recognised clearly that they would be lying in a pool of their own blood in the middle of a

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dusty main street, shortly before the closing credits. In Hollywood, the bad guy has been clearly labelled according to the flavour-ofthe-month national foe. Sure, as audiences have become more sophisticated over time, the bad guys have become a little harder identify, but even still as the heat increases in the plotline, the disguise is melted away to reveal their true colours clearly to even the doughiest cinemaphiles.

But in the real world surely it’s not so easy to spot the bad guy in the crowd.

It seems to me that a bad guy is “the someone” wielding a gun and endangering people with it. At that stage we know it’s probably too late. And the news beats up on an unsuspecting “somebody else”, a scapegoat, who should have recognised the bad guy before the situation developed and points out with all the 20/20 hindsight just how obvious it should have been to Blind Freddy (who is historically a bit of a knowit-all might I add).

Now if you’re not a bad guy, then you must be a good guy, right? And we are all born good guys, surely? So when does a good guy become a bad guy?

In 2015, we live in a world where mental health is no longer a la-di-dah subject.

We are now grown up enough to understand that our minds can suffer just like a diseased liver or a broken arm, and the oldfashioned “stiff upper lip” is no cure.

So, is a person suffering from manic depression, or bi-polar disorder or schizophrenia a bad guy? Of course not – the notion is ridiculous. Do they become a bad guy when they’re having a bad day? What about a really bad day when things become all too much? They’re still a good guy, right?

We don’t dump on them in their moment of weakness, when their rationality is at its lowest?

Adolescence is an awkward stage we all endure and hopefully emerge from relatively unscathed. I remember copping a pounding in the school yard. I remember awkward, unrequited love. With surging hormones, teenagers act impetuously, (teachers and parents may say sometimes a little overly dramatically). Luckily for me, I grew up in a time where the Karate Kid was king and my revenge was taken out in my mind’s eye with pan-pipes playing in the background, practising the “crane” position with a sunset backdrop. Believe it or not, adolescents have been known to make stupid, over-reactive, irrational decisions that to the average bystander seem to be a little over-the-top and emotional. That doesn’t make them a bad guy does it?

So, therefore a person becomes a bad guy when they pick up a weapon and start to wield it unpredictably. Is it such a stretch to suggest that in either of these cases, the difference between a good guy in a bad situation, and bad guy is simply the access to firearms?

A floral memorial outside the fenced off Lindt Chocolate cafe in Martin Place in Sydney, on Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Tens of thousands of Sydneysiders paid tribute to the two victims of the Martin Place siege. PHOTO: AAP IMAGE/DEAN LEWINS

Gun lobbyists can chant their mantras and drop insults like schoolyard bullies, but this country owes a debt of gratitude to the proactive motion of John Howard in the wake of the Port Arthur massacre.

As we are discovering, the police are unable to completely manage which people hold guns. This is no attack on the current state of affairs for sporting shooters and farmers. But the mere paranoid notion of injecting more firearms into our society as a mode of protection from each other, to me is very alarming. Gun lobbyists can chant their mantras, and drop insults like schoolyard bullies, but this country owes a debt of gratitude to the proactive motion of John Howard in the wake of the Port Arthur massacre of 1996, and that should have been the last word in this country.

The solution to current worries cannot be more guns.

Bad guys are easy to spot in retrospect and the US society that Senator Leyonhjelm holds in esteem suffers a greater liability for the very reason that he holds them in such high admiration. The defence of our social liberties lies in our solidarity and cultural unity, not in packing heat.

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Weekender regular Sally Bryant was born with her nose in a book and if no book is available, she finds herself reading Cornflakes packets, road signs and instruction manuals for microwaves. All that information has to go somewhere...

In my book, some things can flag a problem...

ALL me a judgemental killjoy but I’m not a big fan of the Australian flag being bruited around so vigorously on Australia Day. I’m perfectly happy we have a flag; it’s good to see it treated with respect and to be used appropriately for ceremonial occasions. I understand why people have their own flagpoles at home – it’s not something that would float my boat necessarily but I see the attraction. A flag, on a flag pole. That’s where they belong.

But when I see cars beetling down the highway with flags hanging off the sides? The stubby holders covered in our flag? Not so much. In fact, I’m a bit over the whole manifestation of overt nationalism.

Just as I’m not a huge fan of decals of the southern cross being plastered across the back of someone’s car (or tattooed across their chest or shoulders).

I’m not into these big demonstrations of nationalism that involve banners and stickers and cheap ticky-tacky souvenirs (made in some other country). And I hate the decals of people’s bloody families too, while I’m having a spray.

I cannot help looking at all these flags and wondering where it all came from, this jingoistic flag-waving. We used to be a country of quietly patriotic people who took pride in our lack of bombast when it came to our national identity.

We were the sort of people who would look sideways and shuffle our feet uncomfortably when Americans got all wound up about their flag and their eagle and all of their national identity. It was all a bit bottom-clenchingly embarrassing, their repulsive fervour.

And that’s how I liked it. I quite liked the fact that Australians couldn’t really

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wax lyrical about what it was about our country that was so special, but just that it was. I liked the reserve. I liked the lack of outspoken passion (that was at times almost equal to incoherence) because that in itself did not mean that people did not, at the very heart of them, love their country. It just meant they weren’t jumping on some bogan bandwagon of mandatory nationalistic passion.

I’m not for a moment suggesting all countries should take this approach.

There’s nothing more fabulous than hearing the French hammer out the Marseillaise; there’s real style in their nationalism. They are a very stylish race of people, the French. In fact, probably better at being stylishly patriotic than they are at actually fighting for their flag, but we all have our strong points.

And, looking around the nations, each manages to give voice to its own sense of national self, in a way that sums up its people’s zeitgeist. And they have the confidence to do it their own way. They just do it. They don’t ask permission to be proud of their heritage and they don’t need advertising companies to design the concept for them. They just get on with it.

I love the idea of Australia Day honours – that’s good stuff. And I’m pretty taken with the idea of recognising certain Australians each year, as having done something of merit, something above and beyond the normal round of things we all try to do for our villages, our towns, our state or country. I’m even more loving the idea of making a point of finding those people who most of us have never heard of before and taking them, in all their natural modesty, and showing the wider community what ex-

traordinary things they do in their own quiet way. (And I must be the only Australian who is not spewing about Prince Philip getting an Australian knighthood; it’s a symbolic honour for heaven’s sake – it’s a ceremonial thing and irrelevant to most Australians. Like much of the finer points of the dance they call diplomacy, it’s not for the hoi polloi to try to interpret.)

But, back to the honours for the ordinary citizen; when you look around and see how many people there are doing these things, it only serves to make you feel a sense of happiness and pleasure that you live in a society where such good people are born, are nurtured and come to the full expression of their talents. (Maybe some of them, like Rosie Batty, weren’t born here, but they have reached their potential in Australia, for all sorts of reasons, and thank God they did.)

But would I call that national pride?

Would I say that I think the fact that we have people like this who go above and beyond the normal realms of service, would I say that makes our country superior, that it means we should wave our flag harder? What a crock. I’d rather wave the flag of humanity and just be thankful that in a world that

Would I say that I think the fact that we have people like this who go above and beyond the normal realms of service, would I say that makes our country superior, that it means we should wave our flag harder?

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Someone (and it could have been Ambrose Bierce, or Mark Twain... or it might have even been an Australian, but I doubt it) once said that patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

And, while I’m sure I’m missing some of the finer nuances of that quote, it’s one that’s resonated with me for years. But I’m happy to take from it my own interpretation and that is along these lines.

If someone has no sense to make, if they want you to blindly follow their instructions without checking with your own moral compass, and they are repeatedly exhorting you to do if for ‘Straya? Chances are you’re being conned.

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Indonesia blurs line between justice and vengeance

BY JEREMY SCOTT FORMER LOCAL JOURNALIST

N an Indonesian prison cell sit two Australian citizens staring death in the face. At any moment, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran could be told they have 72 hours to live before being dragged blindfolded before a firing squad.

Their crime? Chan and Sukumaran were arrested along with seven other Australians in 2005 for their role in attempting to smuggle 8.3 kilograms of heroin into Australia from Thailand.

In the face of growing diplomatic and political pressure, Indonesian president Joko Widodo recently declared he will not be influenced into issuing a lastminute reprieve for the two men, subject to potential judicial review proceedings.

The decision has reignited the debate around capital punishment. On the face of it, the trend is clear: across the globe, nations are moving decisively in favour of the abolition of the death penalty, with just 21 countries currently using capital punishment. While there are many legitimate reasons to oppose the death penalty – whether it be that there is no truly humane way to kill a person or that there are many recorded instances of people dying for crime they did not commit – the debate centres on whether it is ever justified to take a life.

Advocates for the death penalty point to countries such as Singapore, where a zero-tolerance approach to drugs has

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seen hundreds of people hanged – including Australian Nguyen Tuong Van in 2005 – and led to one of the lowest occurrences of drug abuse worldwide.

They argue, correctly, that the drugs carried by mules such as the Bali Nine have the capacity to destroy hundreds, if not thousands, of lives. They also argue, correctly, that those who commit crimes in foreign countries must be subject to the laws of the land – and who are we to tell them what to do?

It is indeed the right of every society to strike its own balance between the rights of the individual and the rights of society, but just what benefit does a government provide to society when it rules to murder those in its care; and when does a government’s right to protect its citizens outweigh a citizen’s right to life? Furthermore, even if we say for the sake of argument that people deserve to die, does that give the state authorisation to kill them?

The “right to life” debate is incredibly complex. Many would agree that every one of us has an inalienable human right to life – so when is it that we lose

Andrew Chan's poignant appeals against young Australians to not follow in his footsteps will do more to deter young drug smugglers than his death ever could.

that right? Can a person, through their actions, forfeit their human right to life, and if so, where is the line placed that must be crossed?

This is the central hypothetical question that many pro and anti-capital punishment crusaders find difficult to answer. This ethical quagmire is highlighted in that many of the most vocal voices in the current debate against the execution of Chan and Sukumaran were silent when a number of the Bali Bombers were sentenced to death, or in fact when six drug traffickers, including five foreigners, were executed in Indonesia a fortnight ago.

While I agree that many of the arguments put forward by those in favour of capital punishment have merit, in my view they do not outweigh the violence and cruelty inherent in sentencing a person to death. I certainly have some sympathy for the argument that those involved were themselves peddling death in the form of high-grade heroin, the amount of which had the potential to cripple thousands of lives. But can that ever be worth a life?

There is no question that drug mules profit from the human misery they help create. The scourge of drugs has destroyed many south-east Asian countries, and indeed many Australian communities and families, and those caught trafficking drugs should face serious consequences, but I cannot help escape the sense that the Indonesian legal system justice can be delivered in the form of the cold-blooded and nationalistic

vengeance. This was starkly revealed when, on Wednesday, the Indonesian Attorney-General reportedly replied when asked if the Australians were to be part of the next round of executions: "Hopefully".

Complicating the issue is that during their time in prison, Chan and Sukumaran are said to have become model prisoners with all reports suggesting the pair have been genuinely rehabilitated during their time in prison. In his appeal for clemency, Prime Minister Tony Abbott described them as “well and truly reformed characters". Andrew Chan's poignant appeals against young Australians to not follow in his footsteps will do more to deter young drug smugglers than his death ever could.

We should all be outraged that two people will in the coming days or weeks be put to death for a crime they have spent every day since repenting. We should be outraged that in 21 countries across the world people are put to death every day, for murder, for drug trafficking, for the "crime" of being gay. We all must reassess the value we place on human life and the punishments that are applied when the law is broken.

The abolition of the death penalty in Australia was a major step towards how we as a society placed ourselves as a modern, democratic and compassionate society. No nation that lays claim to a commitment to basic human rights believes it has a right to take a person's life in an act of vengeance and in doing so Indonesia must stand condemned.

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BY CR MATHEW DICKERSON N MAYOR OF DUBBO

ET me start off the New Year with two major admissions. Firstly, I support the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. I have followed them since as far back as I can remember. My earliest memories were of Manly being an attractive and creative attacking team – and I probably was attracted to them winning matches and premierships in the 70s.

My second admission is that I don’t think the annual Australian of the Year Award – which has been handed out since 1960 – should go to a sportsperson just for being a great sportsperson.

We have had 14 sportspeople win the award – that’s 25 per cent of all Australia Day Awards. Since 1984 we have had five permanent captains of the Australian Cricket Team (we have had more Prime Ministers in that time) and three of those have taken the title of Australian of the Year. Don’t get me wrong – I love playing and watching sport. I am a member of the Sydney Cricket Ground and applied for membership for all my children shortly after they were born (the waiting list is about 13 years). Highachieving sportspeople are very good and dedicated at playing a sport – which is a wonderful personal achievement and congratulations to them – but do they make such a significant difference to our society to deserve the award of best Australian? I personally think the charity workers and the researchers and the scientists are making a significant improvement to the lives of people into the future. Think of winners such as Fiona Wood and Fred Hollows and the first winner, Sir Macfarlane Burnet.

I make these two highly contentious admissions for no other reason than to demonstrate how wonderful it is to live in a country with free speech. I can have opinions and views and express those without fear of physical retribution (I admit people do laugh at me for following Manly). Having just returned from being in Paris when the Charlie Hebdo attacks occurred, it immediately brought to the forefront the issue of Freedom of Speech. I participated in the Unity March with two million people who obviously thought enough of the concept of freedom of speech that they were prepared to turn up on a cold wintery day and stand up for what we would think is a basic human right.

Far from trying to suppress the thoughts of residents, councils across the state are constantly putting on exhibition a range of pending decisions and policy changes. I actively encourage feedback on items on public exhibition – or in fact on any council issue. Councils want residents to tell them what they think and what their opinion is. It doesn’t mean every resident will receive

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the outcome they desire but every resident has the chance to be heard – again without fear of any retribution.

I have been in many countries where it is normal to see police or special forces armed at posts with sub-machine guns over their shoulder. In some areas I have had the distinct feeling that a glance the wrong way – or a mild comment – will see me in trouble with the authorities.

As we celebrated all that is great in Australia this week one of the aspects of our nation that makes me proud to be an Aussie is that we still have a simple sense of naivety and simplicity. Unfortunately, the tragic Lindt Café incident means we may need to slowly lose that more simplistic approach to life. I was recently asked if security screening at our airport means Dubbo has lost its innocence and, in some small way, I think it has. We are growing up as a city which brings with it many benefits – but unfortunately there are some downsides.

While most Aussies – and Dubbonians – talk of the desire for freedom of speech and assume we have it, there are always restrictions and responsibilities. At the beginning of every council meeting we have an agenda item called “public forum” where any person can apply to address the meeting on any issue relevant to council. Since Australia conforms to article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, does that mean any member of the public can stand at a council meeting and say whatever they want? Not quite. They wouldn’t be allowed to insult councillors or members of staff or make comments that are inconsistent with maintaining order.

There are a variety of other restrictions in place at council – and across this nation. With so many restrictions, do we really have the total freedom of speech we assume we have? If I can’t stand in a meeting and say that, in my opinion, Billy Bloggs is a big-nosed liar, do I have real freedom of speech? Who decides when I infringe upon the rights or reputations of others or make comments that will risk public order? My point is that every government restricts speech to some degree – the hope is the restrictions are so few that residents are encouraged to let ideas and information flow and ensure that we don’t feel marginalised for having different opinions.

As for me, I will keep admitting that I support Manly until they outlaw it!

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Who do your customers trust? Writing headlines ELLO to everyone interested in local marketing and business people, from the team at Panscott Media.

Instead of an opening ad, this week’s Marketing Minute begins with the results of a recent survey on media “trust”. It lays out the level of trust people have in the various major media.

The survey was conducted by independent research company Nielsen for The Newspaper Works which notes: “The level of trust in newspaper content is a key advantage of the medium. It attracts advertisers to newspapers because the environment of trust lends credibility to their messaging.

Consumers will take them more seriously if they are in newspapers.”

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Feature print ad of the week FOR all those who do enjoy the clever print ads we bring you each week, here’s an award winner (above). The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne was the beneficiary of this highly successful campaign run in Victoria. It took advantage of the desire of many social media users to switch off for a while, and instead text their ‘status updates’ to a fundraising number. In the words of the organisers, they were able to “turn social media withdrawal into a fundraising mechanism”. Clever!

Wise Design for effective newspaper ads: Headlines

Every government restricts speech to some degree – the hope is the restrictions are so few that residents are encouraged to let ideas and information flow.

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A US man may have to cancel some of his tee times after he was arrested for allegedly stealing $9200 worth of clubs and other gear. The “golf addict” is accused of taking more than 50 clubs from the pro shop at Gold Mountain Golf Course in Washington state. The 26-year-old’s apartment allegedly contained “golf paraphernalia, photos of himself playing golf and a hat reading “Born to Golf, Forced to Work” in addition to some of the stolen equipment.

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The Apollo Fabric Art Dream

BY ELLA MCMILLAN JOURNALIST

ECENT funding from Regional Arts NSW and Charles Sturt University through the Country Arts Support Program (CASP) has allowed Apollo House to host four fabric art and screen printing workshops.

Resilience at Apollo House coordinator Mel Singh told Dubbo Weekender, “The initiative behind the workshops came from a little lady with a big dream who attends the existing weekly sewing group, which has been running from Apollo House for over two years.”

Many local Apollo women attend the group each week and agreed to create their own fabric with meaning and relevance to their community and their family.

“Participants will have the opportunity to print totems and create flags that are relevant to their heritage,” she said.

The team are looking forward to turning this fabric into garments and products.

“The sewing skills of the group have come such a long way, and they now attend craft markets and community events to sell their work to raise revenue to keep the sewing group sustainable,” Mel said.

The facilitator, Nina Angelo, has over 30 years' experience, and each workshop will be culturally appropriate in promoting creative expression and identity through storytelling on fabric.

“A public launch will display the works of art to the community, injecting a sense of pride and ownership for the residents of Apollo Estate and hopefully inspiring others to dream big,” she said.

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Judy Armstrong, Nikki Edwards, Danielle Lawson, Kristy and Xavier Kerr, Frank Doolan. PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER

There are places available for ten Indigenous adults to be part of four workshops that will run from February 10 to 13.

With only ten places for Indigenous adults to be part of the four workshops, it’s important to secure a spot early by phoning Apollo House on 6881 8756.

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Why children should experience the magic of theatre

BY ELLA MCMILLAN JOURNALIST

IVE performance is a fantastic thing, especially for children. Pablo Picasso once famously said, “All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”

In an effort not to stifle creativity in adulthood and even adolescence, Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre (DRTCC) Manager Linda Christof believes children should be introduced to the magic of theatre early.

“Live performance can be something very different for them, so introducing them to it early on instils that love of performing arts that will hopefully make them want to come back to it.

Children are our future audiences," she said.

In a TED Talk by Sir Ken Robinson filmed in 2006, he challenges the way we educate children and speaks about encouraging an education system that nurtures creativity.

He says, “Every education system on Earth has the same hierarchy of subjects. At the top are mathematics and languages, then humanities, and at the

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bottom are the arts.”

So with ‘edutainment kits’ and sell out children’s shows, are things starting to change?

Linda is optimistic.

"It’s definitely a lot better than it was.

There is so much variety in what's offered with performing arts and visual arts than when I was at school.

"I remember being at school and having to travel to Sydney to see a live performance," she recalled.

Confident that theatre fires the imagination and encourages children to use skills to better understand more difficult concepts, Linda is excited for what 2015 holds in children’s entertainment.

"Students learn in different ways, they can read a book or have a book read to them and interpret it one way, but I think it's great for them to see it portrayed in a different way as a live performance, and any messages that come from the story might be a lot clearer for them being on stage – and it might spark an interest in being on stage," she said.

The DRTCC truly lives up to its "regional" name with students from 72 different schools from across the state attending throughout last year.

“The outreach of our productions is

DRTCC Manager Linda Christof is passionate about children’s theatre attendance.

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far and wide, but our audiences from primary schools are a lot bigger than (those from) secondary schools, even though they are the same ticket price.

Linda puts that down to the fact that

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BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

UCH of the $2.5 billion in the commonwealth’s Emissions Reduction Fund should be flowing to regional Australia – into places like the Macquarie Valley – and that cash is desperately need in order to future proof vital agricultural industries.

Predictions this week from the CSIRO show south eastern Australia is set to see less rainfall and more extreme weather events, which ties in with other forecasts pointing to significantly less winter rainfall in our patch, far more evaporation of surface water and increased rainfall during summer months.

Despite decades of poor prices for the relatively few commodities grown in carbon-depleted soils, farming groups are still grappling with the problem in simple terms, with National Farmers Federation CEO Simon Talbot responding to the report with the common generalisation that Australian farmers are innovative and that more dams and irrigation schemes are needed.

Enter the Orana Carbon Project (OCP) which offers a new and holistic way of making positive things happen across the board.

Initiated under a framework being designed by Regional Development Australia (RDA) Orana, this project aims to ensure every possible carbon dollar flows into the region, and that every potential carbon benefit that can be accrued, is actually captured and harnessed.

There are a number of complexities in the ERF but some of the methodologies are simple and already working, while many others are in the pipeline.

Take for instance the approved methodology of “avoided deforestation”.

Last year a group of Cobar landholders who contracted to not to clear timbered country even though they had permits to do so, collected about $40 million in cash deposits.

That money’s flowed into a

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town suffering a mining downturn and has resulted in fencing being put in, dams being excavated, workers employed and farm equipment being purchased – a huge economic boost for Cobar.

Peter Yench, former Cobar mayor and RDA board member, has already installed more than 40 kilometres of fencing, employed three workers and is currently sinking some “tanks” to provide water security.

The major hurdle to overcome is getting the projects up and keeping the money here, as most of the expertise with the scale to put in minimum bids to the ERF reverse auction system are big players who want to make as much money as possible for the least work.

Enter RDA and the role it sees for itself by becoming a clearing house, information distributor and quantity gatherer to show people how they can get involved, pass on the best information and help coordinate groups of small players into viable entities.

“Most individual growers or small business owners won’t have the time, expertise or capacity to be able to put a minimum bid together,” according to RDA Orana CEO Felicity Taylor-Edwards.

“So RDA, as an interface between these individuals and government agencies, wants to do that for them. RDA has the processes and governance expertise and we can work projects across industries”, Taylor-Edwards said.

HE OCP is an holistic project with many positive potential outcomes including the establishment of a regional biohub to utilise the energy from

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waste products and burn them to provide gas and electricity, turning costly farm and industry byproducts into positive income streams. In turn, the by-products from that energy-creating process is turned into biochar which is in demand for green jet fuels and as a replacement for cooking coal which is currently imported from China – this product also slashes 35 per cent from CO2 emissions if used in the steelmaking process.

Biochar can be mixed with waste chicken litter and turned into natural fertilisers which cut down on the huge carbon footprint from gas and oil based synthetic fertilisers and a world-girdling supply chain, but also helps soil retain moisture and fertility rather than burn it off. This means farmers facing less winter rainfall will find their crops are far more resilient and able to better withstand drier seasons.

Another benefit of this holistic approach is that crops like industrial hemp (iHemp) sequester carbon and actually leave the soil better off instead of creating a fertility deficit which requires ever more synthetic additives year after year.

Each kilo of iHemp crop sequesters 1.393 kilos of CO2 and the plant normally requires zero fertilisers or chemicals which greatly cuts overhead costs for farmers, vastly reducing risk in a risky industry. iHemp is a summer crop and plantings can be conducted from September until February, giving farmers a huge window of opportunity for planting and could provide a tremendous back-up for dryland farmers who don’t

get a good enough break to plant their winter cereals. With thousands of potential markets from replacement paper, carbon fibre, anti-cancer medicines and building materials, iHemp also offers vertical integration potential and job creating opportunities far greater than that of any current crops. And every year a crop is grown, money could be flowing in from the ERF. The list of possibilities is almost endless.

Michael Longhurst is currently pushing for a methodology which could see farmers who spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on diesel pumping irrigating water each year actually paid because they’ve switched to solar pumps with battery back-ups.

That means farmers could rapidly pay for the new pumping systems purely on their energy savings, and also be paid federal government credits for the next 20 years because they’re reducing emissions.

So it’s not a simplistic case much reported in the mainstream media of an Abbott government giving money to its corporate mates to pollute less, but rather one of the greatest gamechangers rural Australia has ever seen.

Given the tight timeframes with which RDA Orana is working to put its submission to the federal environment department, anyone who thinks they could benefit and wants to be part of the ERF should give them a call. *Disclaimer: John Ryan is the CEO of Macquarie 2100 – a community development project for the lower Macquarie region.

` A benefit of this holistic approach is that crops like industrial hemp sequester carbon and actually leave the soil better off instead of creating a fertility deficit which requires ever more synthetic additives year after year.

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Brisbane, were the result of an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

The judge found the company did not seek advice about applicable pay rates, and its actions were “at the very least reckless”.

“Employers should understand very clearly that employees, whether in a vulnerable class or otherwise, are not available for exploitation and are entitled to all of the protections offered by the Fair Work Act,” Judge Michael Jarrett said.

The company was fined $85,000 and director Wen Zhou, of Melbourne, was fined a further $15,000.

Back pay for workers totalled AAP $59,145.

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MELBOURNE: An advertising company and its director have been fined $100,000 and must also pay almost $60,000 to underpaid workers, most of whom had worked for free.

OHMedia Melbourne Pty Ltd underpaid 45 casual employees who staffed promotional stalls in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide for several weeks in early 2011.

Most of the workers were young and in Australia on student and working holiday visas.

Just eight were underpaid, while the rest were paid nothing for work on stalls promoting pre-paid sim cards.

The fines and back-pay order, imposed in the Federal Circuit Court in

Samsung posts 27 percent Q4 profit fall SEOUL: Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smartphone maker, has posted a 27 per cent fall in net profit for the fourth quarter, just days after arch rival Apple reported the biggest corporate profit in history.

The South Korean tech giant reported a net profit of 5.3 trillion won ($A6.17 billion) for the October-December period, compared to 7.3 trillion won a year ago.

It also announced a dividend of 19,500 won a share, up from 13,800 won a year earlier.

The profit fall was cushioned by a boom in high-margin chip sales that helped offset the downturn in the key mobile sector, which has struggled in the face of intense competition from cut-price Chinese rivals. Operating profit in the semi-conductor division rose 35.7 per cent.

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ASIC wants better metadata access CANBERRA: Australia’s vast superannuation pool could be at greater risk if the financial watchdog’s access to stored telecommunications data is curtailed, ASIC says.

Australian Securities and Investment Commission commissioner Greg Tanzer says ASIC regularly uses socalled metadata in investigations – including in more than 80 per cent of insider trading cases.

But under the government’s proposed new telecommunications data retention law, ASIC isn’t listed as an

approved agency with the same routine access powers as police and ASIO. However, ASIC can seek ministerial approval.

Mr Tanzer said the white collar crime ASIC pursued posed significant threats to Australia’s economic security and financial wellbeing.

“Australia’s growing superannuation pool which now stands at $1.87 trillion has been targeted by criminals elements and the physical harm and mental anguish that is suffered by victims of fraud is vast,” he said.

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Become a winner by avoiding these four mistakes STABLISHING a winning position in the marketplace is obviously critical to your company’s success.

That ranking, however, must be based on a sustainable competitive advantage.

How does your business gain an unbeatable advantage? There are two choices: 1. Keep prices lower than those of the competition. As long as your product or service maintains an acceptable quality level, this advantage leads to higher margins.

2. Differentiate products or services from the competition. In other words, your company stands out because it delivers something your customers think is important and unique. That allows you to command a premium price. Provided you keep your costs under control, that premium price translates into a superior return.

There is one other important variable in strategic positioning – competitive scope. Some companies seek an advantage in what might be called a broad scope by serving all types of customers, offering a wide product line and operating in many geographic areas.

Alternatively, companies with a narrow scope focus on a limited range of customers, products, or geographic areas and dedicate all their efforts to that niche or market segment.

In cars, for example, Toyota is the broad competitor while BMW and Mercedes-Benz are differentiators in the premium segment.

There’s room for several successful strategies, as long as each company makes a different choice from its rivals.

The worst error is not to choose – to try a little bit of everything. Then your business has no advantage at all. Being “stuck in the middle” doesn’t work because all good strategies involve tradeoffs. You generally cannot be both lowcost and differentiated because being unique at quality or service usually involves higher expenses.

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1. Misreading Industry Attractiveness ENTREPRENEURS have a tendency to think the most attractive industries are those that are growing the fastest, involve the latest technology or are the most glamorous.

In reality, the most attractive businesses are those that have high barriers to entry and the fewest substitute products or services. With those conditions, it is hard for others to get into the business and customers have few choices of

similar products. The more high-tech or high-glamour a business is, the more likely a lot of competitors will enter and make it unprofitable.

2. Lacking Any Real Competitive Edge THE key to running a profitable business is to find your competitive advantage. Once you find it, hang onto it. For many companies, strategy means imitating their rivals. That is easy to do and gives managers a sense of security. But the copycat strategy offers no competitive advantage. Copycats are stuck in the middle of the pack. To succeed, they need to find different ways of doing business. That is both risky and hard.

3. Pursuing an Unsustainable Advantage A lot of firms succeed initially because they discover a hot new product or service – for example, a new piece of software. But they’re so busy getting off the ground and finding buyers that they forget what will happen if they succeed. A successful software program is usually imitated in a matter of months. So the advantage it gives cannot be sustained.

Real competitive benefits in software come from servicing and supporting buyers by providing regular upgrades and getting a company online with customers so it depends on your organisation. That provides barriers to entry.

Sometimes, small companies simply cannot sustain an advantage against rivals. In this case, it would be wise to regard your business as an investment rather than an ongoing institution. Get in, grow, and then sell out.

4. Failing to Communicate Your Strategy IN a lot of entrepreneurial companies, the CEO thinks up a strategy and never tells anyone else. But without an explicit strategy, how can you test the assumptions on which it rests? How can you modify it over time?

To develop an explicit strategy, you don’t need a planning staff or even a formal planning process. All you need to do is write it down and talk about it with your key managers, directors or close counsellors.

One of the fundamental benefits of communicating a strategy is that it creates unity, or consistency of action, throughout your company. Every department works towards the same objectives.

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Fuelling our Economy

BY ROSS MCCARTHY DUBBO CITY COUNCIL’S CITY TY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM LEADER

OULD 2015’s biggest economic story be oil prices? It is only a few years ago “peak oil” was the big story. Now for oil and gas producers the marginal operations will be under financial pressure, large oil exporting countries will be a geopolitical nightmare. Australian industry and motorists’ current oil prices are equating to a sizeable saving unless you are an oil or gas producer. In July 2014 crude oil prices were around $US115 per barrel following June 2008 peak of $US143 per barrel and now are around the $US48 a barrel; at the same time our currency has devalued from $0.94 to $0.82 against the USD, which has absorbed some of the savings we would have received at the service station.

A barrel of oil is 42 US gallons which equates to 159 litres so with oil at $47 per barrel this equates to $0.30 a litre US or $0.366 litre Australian. This price is before refining, marketing, transport, profit to fuel companies and government taxes including GST and fuel ex-

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cise. The current price drop will leave a hole in the Federal Government’s budget from GST revenue; for example a $0.40 per litre drop at the service station sees the government lose just under $0.04 per litre in income from fuel.

Oil prices are being driven down for a number of reasons as Americans and Europeans, who are the largest consumers of fuel are reported to have driven fewer kilometres in more fuel efficient cars which has reduced consumption. At the same time this supply has expanded with deep well drilling and fracking.

OPEC (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) which is made up of Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela is not restricting supply. Traditionally OPEC has controlled oil prices by restricting supply as a cartel. This time supply has not been restricted and we the consumer are benefiting from essentially a price war between OPEC and non member countries such as the US, Canada and Russia (the world’s largest oil producer).

Our culture has changed over the past few decades. We are all more environmentally aware and more sustainability focused. People will continue to adopt

green technology be it solar panels, hybrid cars and/or turning off the lights when not required, regardless of the drop in oil/energy prices. An interesting number from business and industry media outlet Bloomberg is that oil supplied 31 per cent of the world’s energy in 2012, down from 46 per cent in 1973. While fuel maybe cheaper it is unlikely people will switch to less fuel efficient cars and drive more kilometres, thus the demand is unlikely to increase significantly.

Now we have a few more dollars in our pockets after filling up our cars than last year, the economist will suggest our retail spend will increase which could be good news for our shops and tourism. Domestic tourism will be more attractive with both cheaper fuel combined with a lower Australian dollar, so you may need to book that motel earlier to secure your room. We will expect to see other flow-on effects on the economy. In theory, the goods that contain oil

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will have some interesting decisions to make around interest rates, with oil prices falling and the costs of some goods falling, especially fuel.

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Not only will this saving assist production costs, it will also translate to a reduction in transportation costs to market, as well as some processing costs.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will have some interesting decisions to make around interest rates, with oil prices falling and the costs of some goods falling, especially fuel. In some countries we are seeing deflation, which is the opposite of inflation where prices are falling. Should we see an interest rate cut, it is a decision that will not be just on the back of oil prices alone.

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Could you have a deficiency?

Eating more yoghurts, right, as well as wholegrain cereals and cottage cheese, helps your body’s vitamin B2 levels. Raw salmon, left, and wheat, below right, can also help avoid deficiencies.

BY NEL STAVELEY OME vitamin deficiencies are, for want of a better word, are more ‘popular’ than others.

Take, say, vitamin D deficiency; the celebrity of vitamin deficiencies, the one we all know about after a range of alarmist headlines about falling levels of outdoor activity and rising levels of rickets.

But that doesn’t mean it, and similarly well-known deficiencies like low iron (anaemia), are the only ones we should know about.

“There’s a big trend showing some nutrient intakes are getting worse,” explains Keri Filtness, a nutritionist from Nature’s Best .

Yes, there’s the “resurgence of vitamin D deficiency”, but there’s also “a particularly marked rise in magnesium and omega-3 deficiencies – the new vitamin D, really”, Filtness notes.

So even if you’ve never heard of these possible nutritional shortfalls before, you soon will – just like I did, when I found myself talking to Filtness about the results of a vitamin-deficiency test I’d had done.

It was a simple enough process, just like a normal blood test, and a couple of weeks later, your analysis is ready.

To be honest, I expected the results to be equally as simple, and my reasoning went something like: I eat a generally healthy diet, but I am often tired and could add in bit more red meat, so I’m probably anaemic. I don’t get much sun, so let’s throw in vitamin D too.

But actually, my iron levels were fine. So is my vitamin D. “It’s your omega-3 fatty acid levels that are very low,” says Filtness. “And your magnesium.”

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So the good news is, I’m forwardthinking and embracing this brand new deficiency trend. But the bad news is, with low omega 3, I could potentially be putting myself at increased risk of heart disease... “Omega 3 is crucial in keeping your heart health,” explains Filtness. “There needs to be a ratio with omega 6 – omega 3 needs to be at 4 per cent to be cardio protected.

Yours is 3 per cent.”

And the low magnesium levels leave me vulnerable to (among other things) depression, insomnia, nausea and muscle spasms.

Whichever way you look at it, it’s not a great list (especially when you add on that I’m also low in vitamin B2, upping my chances of lethargy and migraines).

So the only thing to do is look at it as a to-do list that needs to be ticked off.

“You can get your omega 3 levels up by eating more oily fish. Without a doubt, that’s the best way, but many people aren’t meeting their quota of one to two portions a week.”

As for magnesium, I need to up my intake of green leafy veg and wholegrains, and for vitamin B2 it’s more wholegrain cereals, cottage cheese and yoghurts.

Other minor deficiencies are relatively easy to fix with a better diet too – for low vitamin D, it’d be more dairy,

Aussies neglecting bowel cancer tests

HEALTH BRIEFS

SYDNEY: Australians are neglecting checks for bowel cancer, the country’s second biggest cancer killer.

Only 34 per cent of women and 43 per cent of men reported having had a stool sample checked in the last two years, a survey of 1200 people found. By contrast, 70 per cent of women had been checked for breast cancer and 54 per cent of men had been checked for prostate cancer.

“People do not prioritise testing for the disease in the same way they would for other common cancers,” said colorectal surgeon Dr Graham Newstead from Bowel Cancer Aus-

mushrooms and eggs on the menu, while for low iron, more spinach and red meat, and for omega 6; nuts, seeds and ever more oily fish.

But of course, it’s not just about ‘curing’ them once the deficiency is there – what about good old-fashioned prevention? Is there anything we can do to stop getting so low in the first place?

“The trouble is, there is a lot of conflicting advice,” says Filtness. “Say with vitamin D, there’s a lot written about it and a lot of advice about how long you should spend out in the sun without SPF cream.”

There’s also, conversely, a danger that a lot of vitamin deficiencies are caused by us thinking we’re making them better.

“There’s a danger of relying on a supplement, instead of improving your diet,” says Filtness. “I often get emails saying, ‘I know my diet is bad, so what supplement can I take to balance it out?’

“The answer is, you should always change your diet first, as a long-term solution, and not assume vitamin supplements are a licence to eat how you want. There will be important nutritional compounds in food that haven’t even been discovered yet, and you won’t get those just from supplements.”

Other things Filtness stresses are crucial to help prevent dietary deficiencies is the well-worn shout of ‘more fruit and veg’.

“People need to meet the target of at least five a day, if not seven. If it’s five, two should be fruit, and three veg. Plants contain endless vitamins and minerals, plus the crucial antioxidants,” she says.

And if in doubt, or if you’re experiencing ongoing symptoms that don’t seem to have any other explanation, you might want to consider getting a test done, or speaking with your GP or nurse as a starting point – advice is out there if you’re unsure.

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tralia. That’s despite a 90 per cent treatment success rate when it is detected early.

A new campaign launching this week will encourage people to get checked before it’s too late.

The risk is especially high in people aged over 50, who are urged to be screened once every two years.

Over 15,000 Australians are diagnosed with the disease each year.

Govt committed to health insurance rebate CANBERRA: The federal government has rejected calls to scrap the private health insurance rebate to improve the budget.

The Australian Council of Social Service has urged the government to address inefficient tax arrangements rather than make spending cuts in this year’s budget.

Its proposals include the removal of the $6.6 billion private health insurance rebate.

But Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said it is very important all Australians can have timely and affordable access to quality health care.

“The coalition is strongly committed to supporting those Australians who take additional responsibility for their own health care needs,” Senator Cormann told ABC radio on Thursday.

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Friend or foe? The supplement dilemma

BY ROD FARDELL FITNESS TRAINER

ELLO legends. I’ve been fortunate to be given an opportunity to contribute my thoughts on health and fitness this year in Weekender, and I hope you enjoy the read.

For this week’s gig, I’m talking about supplements. Supplements now make up a billion dollar industry – from vitamin tablets to protein powders, rehydration formulas to pre and post workout formulas and that’s before we even mention the products now available to blend them. How we survived without the Nutri-bullet – and by just simply eating fruit and vegetables – is beyond me.

There are many people who use supplements simply because of a deficiency in a particular vitamin or mineral, or because certain intolerances limits their food intake and means they’re missing out key food groups. There are simple blood tests for this, along with indicators based on symptoms.

But now we are a pill and powder popping generation that wants to cover every base, just in case. It would be natural to assume it’s the older generation that would be the biggest market in this area because generally as you get older you have a tendency to feel tired and recover more slowly, lack performance and have joint issues and so on. But all that has changed.

There is now a proliferation of individual speciality stores – both retail outlets and online – that fuel a new generation of people who, without question, will get onto “quick fix” products.

From a gym perspective, I’ve personally seen a large number of young people who are turning to pre-workout formulas – and I’m not talking specifically about a liquid concentrate of protein and some high GI (glycaemic index) carbohydrates, I’m talking souped-up stimulants.

Some of these products were so toxic they were removed from shelves because they were so close to being illegal – think amphetamines.

This is a stimulant which normally comes in large doses of caffeine, guarana or products similar in nature which cause the user to feel a tingling sensation followed by high amounts of energy and alertness. These products would never be approved by ASADA (Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority). The downside is that, like most of these questionable substances, they wear off and some very slowly.

So instead of maintaining a workout intensity users would drop off into a massive low. Other “supplements” would keep the user pinging for up to eight to 12 hours later so they couldn’t sleep and were massively restless and in some cases anxious.

Rest is a massive part of the recovery process in making gains from your training. So this is a catalyst for assisting your training anyway.

The other concern is that users of these products find they become addictive. Everyone wants to go into the workout on top of their game, feeling 100 per cent and pumped to go.

Sorry folks this is not going to happen every time. Some days are diamonds and some days are stones. If you get a stone day acknowledge it and work through at a pace and intensity you can sustain. Work on technique but acknowledge that it will get better.

Long story short – if you are using pre workout supplements that cause these issues, it’s

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Batty welcomes family violence scheme MELBOURNE: Australian of the Year Rosie Batty says a national domestic violence order scheme would be a major step towards change.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott will ask state and territory leaders at the next Council of Australian Governments meeting to fast-track the scheme.

“This announcement is a major step towards bringing about change in how domestic violence is dealt with and in keeping people safe, so I am delighted with the prime

minister’s commitment to seek national co-ordination and support,” Ms Batty said on Wednesday.

Ms Batty is part of a new advisory panel on violence against women, along with former Victorian chief commissioner Ken Lay. “I hope a broad-cross section of expert and community representatives will be part of the panel, too,” she said.

Ms Batty became a campaigner against domestic violence after her 11-year-old son Luke was murdered by his father at cricket training in MelAAP bourne last year.

not a simple combination of nitrates/protein/ simple carbs about one to two hours before that will do the trick. If you believe it is, you’re an idiot.

Please use food over supplements where you can. I personally believe that unless you are medically deficient, using supplements is a waste of money and mostly likely will go straight in your waste (toilet) bin anyway.

The only “supplement” I would personally recommend, depending on the age of the client and their specific program or goal, would be a good multi vitamin – for example, condroiten/ glucosamine (a basic low GI protein) and possibly a product called Infared.

There are a lot of variables involved with taking any supplements and good advice from someone who understands where you are will make a difference. Just please don’t seek advice from someone who is going to sell you a truck load of products because that’s part of their business. They should be able to try to address your nutritional imbalances with food first and then work up from there.

A lot of what happens with supplements can be such a mental thing. Try to make each day a gracious attitude and give some thought to this. Find a way to ignited by passion, fuelled by laughter and challenged by creativity.

Feel the love!

Please note: The information contained in this artlice is intended as a general advice only.

If you have health or fitness concerns or need individual advice, please consult your personal health or fitness professional.

Unless you are medically deficient, using supplements is a waste of money and mostly likely will go straight in your waste (toilet) bin anyway.

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A Ghana fan awaits the start of their Group C soccer match against South Africa at the 2015 African Cup of Nations in Mongomo on January 27. PHOTO: REUTERS/MIKE HUTCHINGS

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You say dirty, I say Delhi Risking her life on an Indian rickshaw was all part of the fun for NICOLA SEARGENT who said this amazing country well and truly quenched her cultural thirst.

S I’m flying through the streets of Delhi, I can only think of the many ways I could die in a rickshaw.

It’s difficult to hear my own thoughts over the constant beeping of horns and ringing of bells. As my driver casually dodges a cow at a terrifying multi-lane roundabout, I hear him mention that most drivers in India don’t have a licence.

Surprisingly, this system of or-

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ganised chaos seems to work in their favour – I’m yet to see an accident, or an injured cow.

India is hot! It’s 8pm and still more than 32 degrees celsius. I mean, even my sweat has sweat so hopefully I’m working off some of the naan bread, rice, curries and super-sweet drinks I’ve been consuming! The local diet here is quite different to what I’m used to, I don’t think there’s a kale and quinoa sal-

ad in sight! I’ll just have to settle for a vegetable samosa and hope that it contributes something to the recommended five-a-day. My insides churn at the thought of eating fried food for a month straight. As long as I can hold it together in public places, I’ll be right (gastro-stop tablets, check).

Aside from the crazy forms of transportation, my first week in India was the most unsafe

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I’ve felt while travelling. This is the 15th country I’ve been to, and not the first developing one, yet I’ve never experienced anything quite like the streets of Jaipur. The ratio of men to women is even more astounding than the population density. There are just people, well, men, everywhere. I hope I’ve packed enough long pants and t-shirts – a woman walking the streets with ex-

posed knees and shoulders is just asking for unwanted attention. When travelling, I like to make a conscious effort to be respectful and accepting of different cultures and beliefs. It’s important to remember that I am a guest in this country, and therefore, I have to be as polite as I would be if I were meeting my boyfriend’s parents for the first time.

I can only admire Indian

women whole-heartedly for venturing out to the marketplace in the heat, covered head-to-toe in their saris while carrying baskets full of vegetables and spices in preparation for that night’s dinner. Which, may I add, they make completely from scratch! During a cooking class in a rural village in Rajasthan, I had some of the best food I’ve ever eaten. Gloria Jeans has nothing on home-

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When travelling, I like to make a conscious effort to be respectful and accepting of different cultures and beliefs. It’s important to remember that I am a guest in this country, and therefore, I have to be as polite as I would be if I were meeting my boyfriend’s parents for the first time.

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brewed masala tea, and you haven’t lived until you’ve tried eggplant curry with boondi raita. The cooking class was held in the home of a local woman who sat on the ground behind a portable stove while the rest of the class watched in awe of the skills that must have been passed down from her mother.

This country is a land of paradoxes.

On one hand, you have some of the most beautiful temples and lavish architecture known to mankind, and on the other, there is widespread poverty and pollution as far as the eye can see. I woke up at 4.30am to be first in line to witness one of the Seven Wonders of the World and it didn’t disappoint! The Taj Mahal, constructed from rich, white marble, is an incredible symbol of the love that Emperor Shah Jahan had for his wife. It was a blessing to be able to witness this architectural masterpiece in person.

Travelling on a sleeper train in India was definitely an experience that was on my bucket list, but so was dipping my phalanges in the Ganges. It took 15 long hours to reach Varanasi, all of which included the time spent stopped in the middle of the train tracks, without any updates from

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the train guard, and without aircon. I was just grateful when I awoke to realise that my bag was still safe after I’d been spooning it all night. Varanasi has to be the most spiritual and dirty place on the planet.

My gag reflexes were tried and tested as I strolled past various forms of waste on the streets, their sources unknown. Upon entering the Ghats, I was filled with an eerie feeling. As the sun rose I found myself in a small wooden boat, sharing the Ganges River with yogis meditating, Hindus praying and local men and women bathing. It’s definitely a whole new way of life here.

India well and truly quenched my thirst for a cultural experience that was opposite to everything familiar. I struggled with the hard fact that most of the population lives in poverty, and that the rest are busy purchasing skin bleaching creams in the hope that they will look like the British actors who star in Bollywood films. I fell in love with the colours, textiles and ancient forts, and spent an equal amount of time marveling at Karma Sutra temples and meals which were served on banana leafs. Despite the pollution, India provided me with more clarity than I ever could have expected.n

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Rise and shine LifeStyle TV chef Phil Vickery believes we shouldn’t skip breakfast. And he has the recipes to make the first meal of the day unmissable.

BY JEANANNE CRAIG HAT did you have for breakfast this morning? A slice of toast on the way out the door? A quick takeaway coffee from one of those dispensing machines, or worse still, nothing at all?

You wouldn’t be alone. According to new research, a quarter of us skip brekkie once or more during the week, while 13 per cent of people never eat it.

A new campaign to encourage us all to eat a proper breakfast is being backed by chef Phil Vickery, who is no stranger to early starts. As well as being a cook book author, he presents regular cookery slots on British breakfast television.

Australian viewers see him on the LifeStyle channel on Foxtel.

The 53-year-old, who won a Michelin star as head chef at the Castle Hotel in English town of Taunton, admits he often missed breakfast during his days in restaurant kitchens.

“Chefs go to work, most of them smoke, most of them drink black coffee, and don’t eat anything else,” says Vickery, who is married to fellow TV presenter Fern Britton. “About 20 years ago, I started eating a proper breakfast, and I found that I felt a lot better.”

The Kent-born, Buckinghamshirebased chef now enjoys a daily bowl of porridge with a drizzle of honey on top (his advice is to make it in the microwave, and keep stirring to make it

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creamier).

The father-of-one and stepdad-ofthree now focuses on TV work and writing cookbooks, but admits he sometimes misses his time at the ‘coalface’ in restaurants.

“I think it’s the camaraderie and the hitting that deadline twice a day, and your life is so rigidly set,” he says.

“When I was a single man, it was fine, but I certainly wouldn’t want to have done it as a married man, because you just wouldn’t see your kids.”

It also means he can indulge his passion for the great outdoors.

“I’m a part-time farmer; I keep pigs.

When I was a young boy, I worked on a farm up until the age of 17, and we picked potatoes, milked cows and that kind of thing. It’s always been in my blood. But as I got older, I always wanted to do a bit of farming and I felt it was a release.

“Having spent something like 25 to 30 years in underground kitchens, I used to crave the outside. Now I just love it.”

And he still makes time to treat Britton – who he met on the British version of popular TV show Ready Steady Cook and wed in 2000 – to the occasional breakfast in bed.

“We’re not big eaters, but she does love a bacon sandwich,” says Vickery. “I do whatever I’m told, I’m very obedient!”

Need some breakfast inspiration? Here are three recipes from Phil Vickery to try at home.

SAUSAGE AND TOMATO BREAKFAST FRITTATA (Serves 4) * 125g new potatoes * 1tbsp rapeseed oil * 4 cooked sausages, sliced * 6 medium eggs, beaten * 200g can reduced sugar and salt baked beans * 2tbsp chopped parsley * 150g cherry tomatoes, halved * Salt and pepper Cook the potatoes in boiling water for six to eight minutes until tender, drain and then slice.

Heat the oil in a 20cm frying pan and fry the potatoes and sausages for two minutes.

Beat the eggs with the beans and parsley and season. Add the tomatoes to the pan and pour over the egg mixture, cook gently for six to seven minutes.

Place under a preheated grill for three to four minutes, until golden and cooked through. Allow to rest for a few minutes before removing from the pan.

MUESLI BREAKFAST BISCUITS (Makes 12) * 100g butter, softened * 25g golden caster sugar * 1 medium egg yolk * 50g oats * 25g oatmeal * 75g wholemeal plain flour * 1/2tsp baking powder * 25g dried apricots (or other dried fruits), chopped * 25g sultanas Preheat the oven to 160C/gas mark 3. Line two baking trays with baking parchment.

Whisk the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy.

In a separate bowl, mix together the remaining ingredients and then mix into the butter mixture to make a firm dough.

Chill in the fridge for 10-15 minutes.

On a floured surface, roll or press out the dough to a 22 x 16cm rectangle, cut into 12 biscuits. Place on the prepared trays and bake for 15-20 minutes until golden. Cool slightly before transferring to a cool rack.

ROAST TOMATO RUBBED TOAST (Serves 4) * 4 ripe vine tomatoes, halved (plus extra to roast and serve) * 4 large Portobello mushrooms, halved horizontally * 1tbsp vinegar * 4 large eggs * 75g fresh baby spinach, rinsed * 1tbsp rapeseed oil * 4-8 slices of Irish soda bread, toasted (or thick cut granary bread) * Salt and pepper Preheat the oven to 200C or gas mark 6. Lightly grease a large baking sheet then place the tomato halves on the tray with the halved mushrooms. Season well and bake for 13 minutes.

Meanwhile, for the eggs, bring a medium pan of water to simmer and add the vinegar. Crack the eggs and gently drop them into the water. Cook for five to six minutes until softly poached and transfer to a warmed plate with a slotted spoon.

Arrange the spinach onto the mushrooms, drizzle the tomatoes and spinach with the oil and cook for a further two minutes until the spinach has wilted.

Squash one tomato half into each slice of toasted bread.

Then sandwich the mushroom and spinach together and place on top of the tomato toast. Top with the softly poached eggs and serve with an extra roast tomato.

Season and serve straight away.

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Lucky Stars

BY NATALIE HOLMES S JOURNALIST

AM MCCLYMONT is dripping with sweat on a stinking hot day in Tamworth. It’s the middle of the city’s annual country music festival and The McClymonts are in town to soak up the atmosphere. As one-third of the award-winning sibling trio, she insists that today’s version of herself is a far cry from the glamorous image portrayed in music videos and magazines.

“I am sitting in a pool of sweat,” she laughs. “It’s Tamworth time – it’s always hectic, non-stop crazy but we love it.”

The three sisters from Grafton have been performing ever since they can remember and Sam recalls older sibling Brooke would charge relatives to see them “live”.

Fortunately though, they were “discovered” at the Gympie Muster many moons ago, and now play

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sell-out shows to appreciative audiences across the country.

“We didn’t know we could do this for a job,” McClymont laughs.

“Which is good because we didn’t really know what else we were going to do.

“We feel really lucky that one thing led to another and here we are.”

Growing up, they listened to a lot of family bands such as The Judds and country legends like Dolly Parton.

These days, they find inspiration in many other genres such as pop and rock and they’re grateful for artists such as Keith Urban and Taylor Swift for changing the image of country music to pave the way for other performers.

“Listening to what’s out there helps with our own inspiration,” McClymont explains.

The trio will kick off their upcoming national tour in Dubbo next weekend in support of their latest album, titled Here’s to You and I.

“Dubbo is the first stop on the tour,” McClymont confirms, adding they last played at Dubbo Show a few years ago, enjoying

themselves immensely.

“We loved it there, and we’re all in such a good place at the moment, we are really pumped

The McClymonts pose for a photograph after winning the Golden Guitar for Group of the Year, at the Golden Guitar Awards during the 43rd Tamworth Country Music Festival in Tamworth, New South Wales, Saturday, January 24, 2015. PHOTO: AAP IMAGE/DAN HIMBRECHTS

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We didn’t know we could do this for a job which is good because we didn’t really know what else we were going to do. We feel really lucky that one thing led to another and here we are.

to get out on the road.”

The tour will encompass both city and country venues in NSW, Qld, SA and Victoria.

McClymont says performing is always fun and the group has become more relaxed and comfortable in front of a crowd as they go along.

They also support one another, both on-stage and off, particularly now that motherhood, marriage and mortgages have entered the mix.

The changes in their lives have also given the girls plenty of material for new songs. Taking a break for Brooke’s maternity leave after years of touring also proved beneficial.

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“It’s really enhanced the music. We have so much more to say now! And we are so happy that more people come out to hear our music.”

Family is a huge part of their lives and the siblings are fortunate to have the backing of strong ties at home.

“They are so supportive and love what we do. They see it makes us happy and we are very lucky to have them. It wouldn’t be the same if we didn’t have their support.”

The girls added to their trophy cabinet last weekend by winning the Golden Guitars for best group and highest selling album of the year at this year’s Country Music Awards in

Tamworth. They also played a show at the Tamworth entertainment centre in the lead-up to the tour and upcoming Dubbo appearance which McClymont says they’re excited about.

“It will be just us having a good time. We will be playing lots of songs off the new album as well as some of the favourites. We’re also looking forward to having a meet and greet with the fans.”

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Never underestimate the soothing power of a hug

FILM IN BRIEF

Hemsworth offered role in ‘Independence Day 2’ Australian actor Liam Hemsworth has been reportedly offered the lead role in Independence Day 2, the follow up to the 1996 smash hit Independence Day. Sources connected to the project told The Wrap that Hemsworth has the offer to star on the sequel, which has a working title of ID Forever.

The original sci-fi film follows the efforts of a group of survivors who lead a worldwide attack against aliens that have taken over earth. Actor Will Smith costarred on the film along with Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum and Mary McDonnell, but stated last year he would not return for the sequel.

Margot Robbie to host Sci-Tech Oscars Film stars Margot Robbie and Miles Teller are to co-host the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation. The pair will present 21 prizes at the Beverly Wilshire ceremony February 7. Portions of the Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation will be included in the main Oscar telecast this year. “We’re very excited to have Margot and Miles hosting this year’s Sci-Tech Awards,” Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs said this week. “Both are fresh voices in our industry.’

BY DAMON SMITH FILM OF THE WEEK

BIG HERO 6 (PG, 108 mins) Animation/Sci-Fi/Action/Comedy/Drama/Romance. Featuring the voices of Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Daniel Henney, TJ Miller, Jamie Chung, Damon Wayans Jr, Genesis Rodriguez, James Cromwell, Alan Tudyk, Maya Rudolph. Directors: Don Hall, Chris Williams.

EVER underestimate the soothing power of a hug.

With one simple squish, you can provide comfort, encouragement or a simple how-do-you-do that transcends a thousand well-chosen words.

Big Hero 6 is the cinematic equivalent of a warm hug, embracing the old-fashioned family values of the Walt Disney brand alongside cutting-edge computer technology that audiences now expect to dazzle their senses.

Directors Don Hall and Chris Williams marry dizzying action sequences that look even more spectacular in 3D to an emotionally rich story of a lonely boy’s unshakeable bond with his self-inflating robot protector, recalling the magical 1999 animated feature The Iron Giant.

The inquisitive automaton Baymax is the stuff that sweet celluloid dreams are made of: tender, loving and unwittingly hilarious.

Every child will want their own marshmallow man to snuggle at night and keep them safe from the harsh realities of modern life that weigh heavily on the film’s grief-stricken ado-

Rita Ora to perform at 2015 Oscars ceremony Rita Ora will perform at the 2015 Academy Awards. The 24-yearold singer will sing “Grateful” from Gina Prince-Bythewood film Beyond the Lights, a track nominated for Best Original Song.

Adam Levine was previously confirmed to sing “Lost Stars” from Begin Again, while John Legend and Common will perform “Glory” from Selma. “Everything is Awesome” from The Lego Movie and “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell...I’ll Be Me are also nominated.

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lescent hero.

“I see no evidence of physical injury,” informs the robot as he scans the boy’s body.

“It’s a different kind of hurt,” laments the teenager.

Fourteen-year-old Hiro Hamada (voiced by Ryan Potter) idolises his older brother Tadashi (Daniel Henney), who is a star pupil of Professor Robert Callaghan (James Cromwell), head of the robotics program at San Fransokyo University.

A fire on campus culminates in tragedy and shell-shocked Hiro is inconsolable until his brother’s greatest creation, a personal healthcare robot called Baymax (Scott Adsit), helps the teenager to confront his loss.

As the boy discovers Baymax’s functionality, he also stumbles upon a secret: the

fire might not have been an accident.

Indeed, a greedy entrepreneur called Alistair Krei (Alan Tudyk) might have started the blaze.

Aided by Tadashi’s loyal friends GoGo (Jamie Chung), Wasabi (Damon Wayans Jr), Honey Lemon (Genesis Rodriguez) and Fred (TJ Miller) plus an upgraded Baymax, Hiro resolves to discover the truth about the deadly inferno.

Based on an obscure title from the Marvel Comics universe, Big Hero 6 is a rip-roaring opening salvo in a potential new franchise.

Directors Hall and Williams orchestrate the requisite thrilling set pieces with brio, including an unconventional dash through the undulating streets of San Fransokyo that know-

ingly flouts traffic laws.

“There are no red lights in a car chase!” squeals GoGo. The animators and script never lose sight of the central relationship of Hiro and Baymax, sketching that bond in exquisitely deft strokes.

Grown men will be choking back tears.

Big Hero 6 is preceded by Patrick Osborne’s Oscar nominated short Feast, which charts the relationship between a Boston terrier and his master from puppyhood to middle age in a series of vignettes.

It’s a pick of the animated litter that leaves an indelible mark on the heart, just like Hall’s and Williams’ turbocharged main feature. :: No Swearing :: No Sex :: Violence :: RATING: 8.5/10

Drew Barrymore says her tumultuous childhood impacted her approach to parenting today. The 39-year-old actress spoke candidly about her non-traditional upbringing in an interview for More magazine. Barrymore was born to actor John Drew Barrymore and Jaid Barrymore in 1975, and previously recounted her troubled youth in autobiography Little Girl Lost at age 16. “I didn’t really have parents, you know?” she told the publication. “And therefore, the kind of parent I will be is a good, present parent. In a way, maybe that was a detriment to my youth, but it’ll be the biggest asset to my adulthood.”

Blake Shelton cast in Adam Sandler film Blake Shelton will make his acting debut in Ridiculous 6. The 38-year-old country star will portray Wyatt Earp in an Adam Sandler spoof western for Netflix, reports The Wrap. Shelton will star alongside Sandler, Nick Nolte, Taylor Lautner, Luke Wilson, Rob Schneider and Terry Crews.

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Clint Eastwood’s film portrays a troubled hero

BY DAMON SMITH REVIEW

AMERICAN SNIPER (MA15+, 132 mins) Thriller/Action/Romance. Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner, Luke Grimes, Jake McDorman, Sammy Sheik, Keir O’Donnell, Ben Reed, Elise Robertson.

Director: Clint Eastwood.

EROES come in many shapes and sizes.

Born and raised in Odessa, Texas, Chris Kyle became a professional rodeo rider until injury forced him to reassess his priorities.

He enlisted with the military and his keen eye – nurtured by his father who taught him to hunt at an early age – set Kyle apart as a sniper.

During four tours of duty in Iraq, he gained the reputation as the most lethal sniper in American military history, with 160 confirmed kills to his name.

Such was his notoriety, the enemy nicknamed him “The Devil Of Ramadi” and put a sizeable bounty on his head.

When Kyle eventually returned home, deeply scarred by clashes with insurgents and the deaths of his brothers in arms, he gradually regained his humanity and reconnected with his family by working with veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

In a bitter twist, having survived Iraq, Kyle was killed by one of those traumatised veterans on a Texas shooting range.

His achievements are celebrated in Clint Eastwood’s impeccably crafted bi-

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opic, which opens on a rooftop in Iraq with Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) staring down a telescopic sight as a woman and her young son emerge from a building.

Tensions steadily cranks up as Kyle places his finger on the trigger.

“They’ll fry you if you’re wrong,” warns his compatriot Goat-Winston (Kyle Gallner).

We rewind initially to Chris’ childhood, where he learns how to handle a gun with his father Wayne (Ben Reed).

“You’re going to make a fine hunter some day,” says the old man tenderly.

When dreams of bull-riding turn sour, Chris enlists and he meets Taya (Sienna Miller) in a bar.

Australian Box Office Top 10 Week Ending 28.01.2015 1. American Sniper ($5,266,519) 2. Paper Planes ($1,675,914) 3. Taken 3 ($1,255,555) 4. The Imitation Game ($1,243,895) 5. Into The Woods ($1,185,530) 6. Unbroken ($1,107,620)

7. Penguins Of Madagascar, pictured ($977,123) 8. Big Hero 6 ($975,529) 9. The Wedding Ringer ($946,858) 10. Wild ($841,460) Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia. Figures are total takings at Australian cinemas.

They marry and she raises their family alone while Chris fights overseas and attempts to outwit an elusive rival sniper called Mustafa (Sammy Sheik).

With each successive tour, Chris returns home unable to communicate effectively with his loved ones.

“I need you to be human again,” pleads Taya. “I need you to be here.”

American Sniper unfolds from Kyle’s fervently patriotic perspective and the lack of narrative balance might trouble some audiences.

Eastwood is more interested here in the psychology of a father and husband than wading through the murky politics and morality of modern warfare.

Battle sequences are choreographed

with meticulous precision and Cooper, who bulked up for the role, affects a drawl to perfection as he conveys the demons that haunt Kyle and drive him further from the people that love him the most.

Miller is solid in a meaty supporting role, reminding Chris of his responsibilities to his family as well as his country.

“I’m making memories by myself. I have no one to share them with,” sobs Taya.

Kyle’s memory is polished to a lustre

by Eastwood’s film. : Swearing :: Sex :: Violence :: RATING: 7/10

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Friday, January 30 MOVIE: Pulp Fiction

MOVIE: Valkyrie

Catfish: The TV Show

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ABC2, 9.30pm

A jolting, powerhouse of a movie, backed with a stellar cast, pumping soundtrack, masterful direction and a bulletproof, genre-defying script that repays repeat viewings. Quentin Tarantino’s ultra-hip exercise in pop moviemaking centres on the crossed paths of two dim-witted hit men, a pair of love-crazy robbers, a doublecrossing prizefighter on the run and a mob boss and his coke-head girlfriend. Abundant in dialogue and characterisation, several of the setpieces – each interweaved with a kinetic finesse – are already cinema classics.

Tom Cruise starring in a fact-based tale of a plot to kill Hitler by a Nazi colonel sounds a little like pretentious Oscar bait but this popcorn thriller is topnotch. X-Men director Bryan Singer tells the gripping tale of Operation Valkyrie, a shadow government that would control Germany if Adolf Hitler (David Bamber) bit the dust. Working to ensure the dictator’s demise is Claus von Stauffenberg (Cruise) and his cohorts – Terence Stamp, Tom Wilkinson, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy and Eddie Izzard. With a little more substance, Valkyrie could have been Singer’s Schindler’s List. It’s not, but it’s an easily digested history lesson on events most know little about.

For those who aren’t aware, “catfish” is a relatively ple who use social new term used to describe people media to create a false identity y with the intention y starting up bogus of deceiving others – usually by ing is that while romances. The unfortunate thing ims they mislead these profiles are fake, the victims are real. And with technology proving an o meet increasingly popular avenue to potential partners, there are more people pen to than ever out there who are open night falling into the catfish trap. Tonight we meet Dorion, who was introduced to Jeszica on xt Facebook. After exchanging text messages and phone conversations, he’s head over heels. But is she really the girl in the pictures?

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(CC) 10.00 Gardening Australia.

(R, CC) (Final) 10.30 One Plus One. (CC) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) 12.00 News. (CC) 1.00 Tractor Monkeys.

(PG, R, CC) 1.30 Adam Hills Tonight.

(PG, R, CC) 2.30 Reality Check. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Family Confidential.

(R, CC) (Final) 3.30 Midsomer Murders.

(PG, R, CC) 5.00 News: Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 The Drum. (CC) Hosted by Steve Cannane.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(CC) Fiona Bruce looks back on the most-talked about finds of the last 12 months.

7.00 News. (CC) 7.30 7.30 Summer. (CC) Local, national and international events from an Australian perspective.

8.00 QI. (PG, R, CC) Guests Phill Jupitus, Katherine Ryan and Josh Widdicombe join Stephen Fry for a “K”-inspired discussion.

8.30 Midsomer Murders.

(M, R, CC) After the owner of a local airfield falls to his death, Barnaby and Nelson uncover no shortage of suspects among the local pilots and military veterans. As they delve into the case, it is revealed a group of activists may have had a hand in the man’s ill-timed demise.

10.00 Whitechapel. (M, R, CC) After a teenage boy goes missing, a desperate Miles considers calling a medium for help.

11.00 Soccer. (CC) AFC Asian Cup. Third place play-off.

United Arab Emirates v Iraq. Highlights. From Newcastle Stadium, New South Wales.

11.30 Rage. (MA15+) 5.00 Rage. (PG, CC) Continuous music programming.

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WIN

TEN

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Sunrise. (CC) Dr Oz. (PG, CC) SlideShow. (PG, R, CC) Surf Patrol. (R, CC) Hosted

by Tom Williams.

Morning News. (CC) MOVIE: Final Run. (PG, R, CC) (1999) A computer-operated train goes out-of-control. Robert Urich, Cathy Lee Crosby.

The Chase. (R, CC) Hosted

by Bradley Walsh.

Tennis. (CC) Australian Open. Day 12. Mixed doubles semi-final and women’s doubles final.

From Melbourne Park.

Million Dollar Minute.

(R, CC) Hosted by Simon Reeve.

6.00 Today. (CC) 9.00 Mornings. (PG, CC) Hosted

by Sonia Kruger and David Campbell.

11.00 News. (CC) 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. (CC) 1.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG, CC) Variety show featuring celebrities, musical guests and ordinary people with interesting tales to tell.

2.00 Extra. (CC) Entertainment news program.

2.30 Alive And Cooking. (CC) Easy-to-cook recipes.

3.00 News Now. (CC) 4.15 News. (CC) 5.30 Hot Seat. (CC) Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 Ent. Tonight. (R, CC) 6.30 GCBC. (R, CC) 7.00 Huey’s Kitchen. (R, CC) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (R, CC) 8.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10. (CC) 11.00 The Living Room.

(PG, R, CC) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 1.30 Entertainment Tonight.

(CC) 2.00 The Doctors. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, CC) 3.30 Ben’s Menu. (R, CC) 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. (CC) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (CC) 5.00 Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 Japanese News. 6.10 Hong Kong News. 6.30 Chinese News.

7.00 Hindi News. 7.25 Italian News. 8.05 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News.

10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 12.00 Arabic News.

12.30 Turkish News. 1.00 Madhur Jaffrey’s Curry Nation. (R, CC) 1.30 Inspector Rex. (PG, R) (Final) 2.25 Silvia Colloca: Made In Italy Bitesize. (CC) 2.30 NITV News Week In Review.

3.00 France 24 International News. (CC) 3.30 Al Jazeera News. (CC) 4.00 The Journal. (CC) 4.30 PBS NewsHour. (CC) 5.30 Global Village. (CC)

6.00 PRIME7 News. (CC) 6.30 News. (CC) 7.00 Tennis. (CC) Australian Open. Night 12. Men’s singles semi-final.

From Melbourne Park.

Commentary from Bruce McAvaney, Jim Courier, Todd Woodbridge, John Newcombe, John Fitzgerald, Roger Rasheed, Sam Smith, Rennae Stubbs, Alicia Molik, Nicole Bradtke and Henri Leconte. With the addition of Margaret Court Arena as a third retractableroof stadium at Melbourne Park, the Australian Open becomes the only Grand Slam in the world with three retractable-roof venues, making it a truly weatherproof tournament.

10.30 MOVIE: Valkyrie.

(M, R, CC) (2008) Based on a true story. Fearing for the fate of his country, an idealistic officer joins a conspiracy to assassinate Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and seize control of the German government near the end of World War II. Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Carice van Houten.

6.00 News. (CC) 7.00 WIN News. (CC) 7.30 The Big Bang Theory.

(PG, R, CC) Sheldon faces a conundrum after he is asked to sacrifice his time in order to fulfil a promise to Amy. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory.

(PG, R, CC) Sheldon has a close encounter with his hero Mr Spock after he begins obsessing over a new toy. Desperate for a date for Howard and Bernadette’s wedding, Raj asks his parents for help.

8.30 MOVIE: Crocodile Dundee. (M, R, CC) (1986) An American reporter travels to the Australian Outback to meet an eccentric tour guide whose story of having survived a crocodile attack has made the local papers. Impressed by what she discovers, she decides to invite him to come back to New York City with her for the publicity. Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon.

10.40 MOVIE: Analyze This.

(MA15+, R, CC) (1999) A powerful mobster seeks the help of a psychiatrist after having a minor breakdown. Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow.

6.00 Family Feud. (CC) Two families try to win big prizes by guessing the most popular responses to a survey of the public.

6.30 The Project. (CC) Join the hosts for a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 The Living Room.

(PG, R, CC) Miguel Maestre meets a crocodile in the Top End. Vet Dr Chris Brown dances with wolves in Canada. Barry Du Bois tackles a room with a split personality. Host Amanda Keller meets one of Australia’s unique collectors.

8.30 NCIS. (M, R, CC) The team investigates whether a fire on a US Navy ship that served as a secret detention site for terrorists was accidental or part of an intentional diversion to aid in an escape. Gibbs returns home in the wake of some tragic personal news, unaware an old enemy is on the loose.

9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles.

(M, R, CC) The team investigates after four people connected to a classified project are killed in an explosion at a diner.

10.30 To Be Advised.

6.00 Rick Stein Tastes The Blues. (CC) Part 2 of 2.

Chef Rick Stein embarks on a culinary journey through the Mississippi Delta, birthplace of the blues.

6.30 World News. (CC) 7.30 World’s Most Dangerous Roads: Siberia. (PG, CC) Part 1 of 3. Six British celebrities travel along some of the world‘s most infamous roads.

8.30 MOVIE: Pulp Fiction.

(MA15+, R, CC) (1994) Three interwoven criminal tales. Follows two philosophical hit-men on their assignments.

A double-crossing boxer and his absent-minded girlfriend are on the run from the mob, while two young lovers contemplate holding up restaurants instead of liquor stores.

John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman.

11.10 World News. (CC) 11.40 MOVIE: Young And Wild.

(MA15+) (2012) A young woman growing up in a strict evangelical family in Santiago, Chile, becomes obsessed with sex. Alicia Luz Rodríguez, María Gracia Omegna, Felipe Pinto.

12.40 WIN’s All Australian News. (R, CC) 1.40 A Current Affair. (CC) 2.10 MOVIE: Sweeney!

(M, R, CC) (1977) A Scotland Yard squad investigates a suicide. John Thaw.

4.00 Extra. (R, CC) 4.30 Good Morning America.

(CC)

12.00 The Project. (R, CC) Join the hosts for a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

1.00 The Late Show With David Letterman.

(PG) Hosted by David Letterman.

2.00 Infomercials. (PG) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R)

1.20 MOVIE: Mr 73. (AV15+, R) (2008) A washed-up cop protects a woman. Daniel Auteuil.

3.30 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 4.05 Countdown. (R, CC) 4.50 Peach Juice. (M) 5.00 Korean News.

5.35 Japanese News.

6.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 11.30 12.00

2.00 3.00

5.30

1.00 Home Shopping.

CLASSIFICATIONS: (P) For preschoolers (C) Children’s programs (G) General viewing (PG) Parental guidance (M) Mature audiences (MA15+) Mature audiences only (AV15+) Extreme violence.

(R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions. Please Note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to late change by networks.

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Friday, January 30 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.15pm Pacific Rim (2013) Action. Charlie Hunnam, Charlie Day. (M) Premiere

7.00pm Entourage. Eric endangers his relationship when he becomes obsessed with another woman. (M) SoHo

7.30pm Omens Of The Apocalypse. (PG) Nat Geo

11.00am Basketball. Big Ten Conference. Maryland v Ohio State. ESPN

8.10pm The Hunt (2012) Drama. Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen. A kindergarten teacher is accused of inappropriate behaviour.

(MA15+) World Movies

7.30pm Forbes Outrageous Fortunes. Follows people who turned simple ideas into bucket loads of cash. (PG) E!

8.30pm The Devil Wears Prada (2006) Comedy. Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep. An ambitious, naive journalism is hired as an assistant to a ruthless editor. (PG) Romance

8.30pm Kirstie’s Fill Your House For Free. Kirstie Allsopp returns for a second series to show that just because it’s free, doesn’t mean it can’t be fabulous. LifeStyle

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7TWO

6.00 Children’s Programs. 2.25 Mister Maker. (R, CC) 2.50 Tree Fu Tom. (R, CC) 3.15 Peg + Cat. (R, CC) 3.30 Play School. (R, CC) 4.00 Bananas In Pyjamas. (R, CC) 4.10 Hoopla. (R, CC) 4.25 Wiggle.

(CC) 4.40 Tinga Tinga Tales. (R, CC) 5.00 Fireman Sam. (R, CC) 5.10 Ben And Holly. (R, CC) 5.25 Dinosaur Train. 5.40 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.45 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.00 Grandpa In My Pocket. (R, CC) 6.15 Charlie And Lola. (R, CC) 6.25 Maya The Bee. (R, CC) 6.35 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 That ’70s Show. (PG, R, CC) 7.50 Jimmy Fallon. (PG, R, CC) 8.40 Playing It Straight. (M, R, CC) 9.30 Catfish: The TV Show. (M, CC) 10.15 Red Dwarf. (PG, R, CC) 10.45 Jimmy Fallon. (PG, R, CC) 11.25 That ’70s Show. (PG, R, CC) 11.50 The Hoarder Next Door. (PG, R, CC) 12.35 Pineapple Dance Studios.

(PG, R, CC) 1.20 Red Dwarf. (PG, R, CC) 1.50 News Update. (R) 1.55 Close. 5.00 Louie. (R, CC) 5.05 Joe & Jack. (R, CC) 5.15 Franklin And Friends. (R, CC) 5.35 Ella The Elephant. (R, CC) 5.50 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 6.40 I Got A Rocket. (R, CC) 6.50 Dennis The Menace And Gnasher. (R, CC) 7.20 Rated A For Awesome.

(R, CC) 7.30 SheZow. (R, CC) 7.45 Grojband. (R, CC) 8.10 Numb Chucks. (R, CC) 8.25 Kobushi. (R, CC) 8.40 The Dukes Of Broxstonia.

(R, CC) 8.45 Slugterra. (R, CC) (Final) 9.10 Strange Hill High. (R, CC) (Final) 9.30 Riders Of Berk. (R, CC) (Final) 9.55 Camp Lakebottom.

(R, CC) (Final) 10.05 Sorry, I’ve Got No Head. (R, CC) (Final) 10.35 WAC. (R, CC) (Final) 11.00 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 11.30 Horrible Histories.

(R, CC) 12.00 Bushwhacked! (R, CC) (Final) 2.25 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 3.55 Vic The Viking. (CC) 4.05 The Jungle Bunch. 4.20 Wacky World Beaters. (R, CC) 4.45 Studio 3. 4.50 Nerds And Monsters. (R, CC) 5.00 Numb Chucks. (R, CC) 5.20 The Aquabats Super Show!

(R, CC) 5.50 Leonardo. (R, CC) 6.25 Slugterra. (PG, R, CC) 6.50 The Jungle Bunch. (R) 7.00 Deadly Pole To Pole. 7.30 The Adventures Of Merlin. (PG, R, CC) 8.15 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 8.40 Astro Boy. (R, CC) 9.00 Lanfeust Quest. (R, CC) 9.25 Deltora Quest. (R, CC) 9.50 Voltron. (R, CC) 10.10 Close.

6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 It’s Academic. (C, CC) 7.30 Sally Bollywood. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Jay’s Jungle. (P, CC) 8.30 Harry’s Practice. (R, CC) 9.00 Home And Away. (PG, R, CC) 9.30 Shortland Street. (PG) 10.00 Men Behaving Badly. (PG, R, CC) 10.30 Dealers.

(PG, R) 11.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) 12.30 How The Other Half Live.

(PG, R) 1.30 Pie In The Sky. (PG, R, CC) 2.30 Men Behaving Badly.

(PG, R, CC) 3.00 Motorway Patrol.

(PG, R, CC) 3.30 Dealers. (PG) 4.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) 5.30 Tennis. (CC) Australian Open. Day 12. Women’s doubles final. 7.00 Motorway Patrol. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Air Crash Investigations.

(PG, R, CC) 8.30 Escape To The Country.

Nicki Chapman helps two naval officers.

10.30 Before And After. (PG) (New Series) 11.00 Front Of House.

11.30 Motorway Patrol. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Dealers Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. (PG, R) 1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R, CC) (Final) 2.00 Tennis. 2010 Australian Open. Round 4. Andy Roddick v Fernando Gonzalez. Replay. 5.30 Shopping. (R)

7MATE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 Art Attack. (R, CC) 7.30 Handy Manny.

(R) 8.00 Henry Hugglemonster.

(R) 8.30 Jake And The Never Land Pirates. (R, CC) 9.00 NBC Today.

(CC) 11.00 Motor Mate. (R) 1.00 T.J. Hooker. (PG, R) 2.00 Dream Car Garage. (R) 2.30 North Woods Law. (PG, R) 3.30 Ultimate Spider-Man. (R) 4.00 Phineas And Ferb. (R, CC) 5.00 Kickin’ It. (R, CC) 6.30 MOVIE: I Am Bruce Lee. (PG, R) (2012) The life of martial arts legend Bruce Lee. Daniele Bolelli, Paul Bowman.

8.30 MOVIE: Bulletproof Monk. (M, R) (2003) A Tibetan monk enlists the help of a street kid, to protect a sacred scroll.

Chow Yun-Fat, Seann William Scott, Jaime King.

10.45 MOVIE: Unleashed.

(AV15+, R) (2005) A trained killer tries to start a new life. Jet Li, Morgan Freeman.

12.50 WWE Afterburn. (M) Hosted by Scott Stanford.

3.00 Swamp Men. (PG, R) 4.00 Motor Mate. (R)

7.30pm Chaka Khan: One Classic Night. The first lady of R&B performs all of her favourites in this 2007 performance. (PG) Biography 9.30pm The Other Pompeii.

Just down the road from historical site Pompeii is Herculaneum, a place that adds even more close-up detail to what life was really like before Mount Vesuvius exploded in 79AD. (PG) History

GO! 6.00 Tom And Jerry. (R) 6.30 Robocar Poli. (R) 7.00 Magical Tales. (P, R, CC) 7.30 Kitchen Whiz.

(C, R, CC) 8.00 Move It. (C, R, CC) 8.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 9.00 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 9.30 Max Steel.

(PG, R) 10.00 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 10.30 Ben 10. (PG, R) 11.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. 11.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 12.00 Extra. (R, CC) 12.30 Search4hurt. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Super Fun Night. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Auction Hunters. (PG, R) 3.00 Extra. (CC) 3.30 Power Rangers.

(PG, R) 4.00 Looney Tunes. 4.30 Tom And Jerry. (R) 5.00 Ben 10.

(PG, R) 5.30 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: The Adventures Of Tom Thumb And Thumbelina.

(2002) 7.30 MOVIE: Where The Wild Things Are. (PG, R, CC) (2009) Max Records. 9.30 MOVIE: St. Trinian’s. (M, R) (2007) Talulah Riley, Rupert Everett. 11.30 Anger Management. (M, R, CC) 12.00 Beware The Batman. (M, R) 12.30 Regular Show. (PG, R) 1.00 Looney Tunes. (R) 1.30 MAD. (M, R) 2.00 TMZ Live. 3.00 TMZ. 3.30 Extra.

(R, CC) 4.00 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 4.30 Robocar Poli. (R) 4.50 Ben 10. (PG, R) 5.10 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. (R)

GEM 6.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Skippy. (R) 7.00 Antiques. (R) 8.00 Human Planet. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 Shopping. (R) 10.30 Alive And Cooking. (R, CC) 11.00 Friends.

(PG, R, CC) 12.00 Hot In Cleveland.

(PG, R, CC) 1.00 Cycling. Elite/U19 Track National Championships.

2.00 Cricket. (CC) One Day International. England v India.

Game 6. Afternoon session.

6.00 Customs. (PG, R, CC) Follows Customs officers at work.

6.30 Cricket. (CC) One Day International. England v India. Game 6. Evening session. From the WACA. 10.00 MOVIE: The Glimmer Man. (M, R, CC) (1996) A mystical detective investigates murders.

Steven Seagal.

12.00 Cycling. Elite/U19 Track National Championships.

Replay.

1.00 MOVIE: Horrors Of The Black Museum. (M, R, CC) (1959) 2.30 MOVIE: The Truth About Women. (PG, R, CC) (1957) 4.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Gideon’s Way. (PG, R)

7.30pm Soccer. AFC Asian Cup. Iraq v United Arab Emirates. From Newcastle Stadium. Fox Sports 4 9.30pm Golf. European PGA Tour. Dubai Desert Classic Round 2. Fox Sports 3

Kirstie Allsopp hosts Kirstie’s Fill Your House For Free.

ONE 6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 8.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 9.00 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 10.00 Python Hunters. (PG, R) 11.00 Loaded.

(PG, R) 11.30 My Surf TV. (R) 12.00 White Collar. (PG, R) (Final) 1.00 Barossa Roots. (R, CC) 2.00 MasterChef All-Stars. (PG, R, CC) 3.15 Totally Wild. (C, CC) 3.30 Totally Wild. (R, CC) 4.00 Get Smart. (PG, R) 4.30 Loaded. (PG, R) 5.00 Adventure Angler. (R) 5.30 iFish Summer Series.

6.00 Family Feud. (CC) Hosted

by Grant Denyer.

6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) Potter asks Klinger for help.

7.30 Megafactories: Extreme Roller Coaster. (R) A look at a roller-coaster factory.

8.30 Swimming. Aquatic Super Series. Day 1. From Challenge Stadium, Perth.

10.30 Basketball. NBL. Round 17.

Wollongong Hawks v Melbourne United. From WIN Entertainment Centre, New South Wales.

12.30 48 Hours. (PG, R, CC) 1.30 Get Smart. (PG, R) 2.00 Python Hunters. (PG, R) 3.00 Monster Jam. (R) 5.00 Sport Science. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 8.00 Vic The Viking. (C, R, CC) 8.30 Toasted TV. 9.30 Wurrawhy. (P, R, CC) 10.00 90210. (PG, R) 11.00 Raymond.

(PG, R, CC) 11.30 Frasier. (PG, R) 12.00 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 JAG. (PG, R) 2.00 Clueless. (PG, R) 2.30 Brady Bunch. (R) 3.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.30 Cheers.

(PG, R) 4.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 4.30 Laverne & Shirley. (PG, R) 5.00 Mork & Mindy. (R) 5.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 Neighbours. (CC) 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 American Idol. Hosted by Ryan Seacrest.

9.30 Snog, Marry, Avoid?

(PG, R) Two girls undergo a make-under.

10.10 Snog, Marry, Avoid?

(M, R) 10.50 Movie Juice. (R) 11.20 The King Of Queens.

(PG, R) 11.50 Everybody Loves Raymond.

(PG, R, CC) 12.25 Frasier. (PG, R) 1.00 Clueless. (PG, R) 1.30 Taxi.

(PG, R) 2.00 90210. (PG, R) 3.00 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 JAG. (PG, R) 5.00 Home Shopping.

SBS 2 6.00 Urdu News. 6.20 Indonesian News. 7.00 Russian News. 7.30 Polish News. 8.00 DW Global 3000. 8.30 Macedonian News.

9.05 Croatian News. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 Portuguese News.

11.05 Japanese News. 11.40 Hong Kong News. 12.00 Chinese News.

12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Italian News. 1.35 German News. 2.05 Spanish News. 3.05 Greek News.

4.05 Iron Chef. (R, CC) 4.55 Knife Fight. (PG) 5.20 The Office. (PG, R) 6.10 Community. (PG, R) 6.35 MythBusters. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 If You Are The One. 8.30 Ali G: Remixed.

(M) Interviews with unsuspecting people.

8.55 Nathan For You. (M) (Final) Nathan comes to the aid of a coffee shop.

9.20 Sex In The World’s Cities: Montreal. (MA15+) Explores the nature of sexuality in Montreal.

10.20 @midnight. (M) 10.50 Love Me, Love My Doll.

(MA15+, R, CC) 11.45 Aqua Teen Hunger Force. (M, R) 12.30 PopAsia. (PG) 2.30 NHK World News In English From Tokyo. 5.00 French News. 5.50 Urdu News.

NITV 6.00 Welcome To Wapos Bay. 6.30 Bizou. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Waabiny Time. 9.00 Go Lingo.

9.30 Bushwhacked! 10.00 Ravens And Eagles. (PG) 10.30 Colour Theory. (PG, CC) 11.00 Football.

NEAFL. 1.00 Watchers Of The North. 1.30 Jesse Owens. (PG) 2.30 Mugu Kids. 3.00 Bizou. 3.30 Bushwhacked! 4.00 Go Lingo.

4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 5.30 NITV News. 6.00 Ravens And Eagles. (PG) 6.30 Colour Theory.

(PG, CC) 7.00 NITV News. 7.30 Around The Traps Yabun Special.

9.00 Cash Money. 9.05 JM’s Healthy Tips. 9.10 Custodians.

9.20 Cash Money. 9.25 JM’s Healthy Tips. 9.30 Blackstone.

(MA15+) 10.30 The Boondocks.

(MA15+) 11.00 NITV News. 11.30 Rock Art And Yingana. (PG) 12.00 Rugby League. Queensland Murri Carnival. 1.00 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. 2.30 Not Just Cricket. (PG) 3.00 Rugby Sevens. 4.00 Rugby League. 2011 Lightning Cup. Warren Creek v Plenty Hwy. 5.00 NITV On The Road: Saltwater Freshwater. (PG)

6.00 ABC News Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. (CC) 12.00 News. (CC) 2.00 Queensland Votes. (CC) 3.00 News. 8.30 The Mix: Remixed. (R, CC) 9.00 News. (CC) 9.30 The Drum. (R, CC) 10.00 The World. (CC) 10.30 #TalkAboutIt. (R) 11.00 News. 11.30 7.30 Summer. (R, CC) 12.00 News. 12.30 Big Ideas. (PG, R) 1.00 BBC Impact. 1.30 The Drum. (R, CC) 2.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 7.30 Summer. (R, CC) 4.00 BBC World News. 4.30 BBC Focus On Africa. 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

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Saturday, January 31 Catching Hell

No Limit

MOVIE: Aeon Flux

7MATE, 6.30pm

SBS 2, 9.55pm

7MATE, 8.30pm, M (2005)

Dangerous weather above sea level and even more treacherous conditions in the depths below threaten them almost every time they head off to work, but that’s just another day in the life of those in the commercial spear-fishing industry. However, with great risk often comes great reward, as millions of dollars of grouper and snapper can be found below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Florida.

What these men and women encounter as they battle the elements and dive to extreme depths is truly astonishing.

Tonight, a diver makes a startling discovery near a wreck, while a captain is forced to find a replacement for a diver he has dismissed.

As we saw in critically acclaimed US series Breaking Bad, talented men who feel they are running out of time and have nothing to lose can make for entertaining television. This French series follows counter-intelligence agent Vincent Libérati, who is suffering from a terminal disease and takes up an offer from a mysterious organisation to perform top-secret missions in exchange for experimental treatment. Heck, what’s the worst that could happen? Meanwhile, he’s also trying to spend as much time as possible with those closest to him – his ex-wife Alexandra, volatile teen daughter Lola and suspicious cop sister Juliette.

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PRIME7

WIN

TEN

SBS ONE

6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 10.30 Rage Retro Month.

(PG, CC) 11.30 Spicks And Specks.

(R, CC) 12.00 Time Team. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Soccer. (CC) AFC Asian Cup. Third place play-off.

United Arab Emirates v Iraq. Highlights.

1.30 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) 2.25 Reality Check. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Basketball. (CC) WNBL. Round 15. Dandenong Rangers v West Coast Waves.

5.00 Inspector George Gently. (PG, R, CC) An adopted child is kidnapped.

6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 World’s Strictest Parents.

(PG, R, CC) 11.00 MOVIE: Halloweentown High. (PG, R, CC) (2004) Kimberly J. Brown.

1.00 MOVIE: Judy Moody And The Not Bummer Summer. (PG, R, CC) (2011) A young girl plans to have an exciting summer.

Jordana Beatty, Heather Graham.

3.00 Surf Patrol. (R, CC) Narrated by Naomi Robson.

3.30 The Chase. (R, CC) 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. (R, CC) 5.30 Highway Patrol.

(PG, R, CC)

6.00 PAW Patrol. (R, CC) 6.30 Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) 7.00 Weekend Today: Saturday. (CC) 10.00 Mornings: Saturday.

(PG, CC) (Series return) 12.00 Discover Downunder Summer Series. (CC) 12.30 Convoy 2014: Celebrating 10 Years.

(R, CC) Highlights of the Camp Quality Convoy charity fundraiser.

1.30 MOVIE: Men Don’t Leave.

(PG, R, CC) (1990) A widow tries to save her family.

Jessica Lange.

4.00 Explore Thailand.

(PG, CC) 5.00 News. (CC) 5.30 Customs. (PG, R, CC)

6.00 A Taste Of Travel. (R, CC) 7.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

(R, CC) 7.30 Places We Go With Jennifer Adams. (R, CC) 8.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10: Saturday. (CC) 10.00 Studio 10: Saturday Extra. (PG, CC) 11.00 The Living Room.

(PG, R, CC) 12.00 The Talk. (PG, CC) 1.00 Healthy Homes TV. (CC) 1.30 Weekend Feast. (CC) 2.30 Huey’s Kitchen. (R, CC) 3.00 iFish Summer Series. (CC) 4.00 What’s Up! Downunder.

(CC) 4.30 Escape With ET. (CC) 5.00 Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 Japanese News. 6.10 Hong Kong News. 6.30 Chinese News.

7.00 Hindi News. 7.25 Italian News. 8.05 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News.

10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 12.00 Arabic News. 12.30 Turkish News. 1.00 Anton Corbijn: Inside Out. 2.35 Subconscious Password. (R, CC) 2.50 World’s Most Expensive Stolen Paintings.

(PG, CC) 3.55 Tim Marlow’s Virtual Gallery. (CC) 4.00 A Season At The Juilliard School New York. (R) 4.30 PBS NewsHour. (CC) 5.30 Roman Homicide.

(PG, R, CC)

6.30 Attitude. (CC) Stories about people with disabilities. Meet two families living with autism who are helping scientists to unlock the mysteries of the mind.

7.00 News. (CC) 7.30 Soccer. (CC) AFC Asian Cup. Final. Pre-Match.

8.00 Soccer. (CC) AFC Asian Cup. Final. Australia v South Korea.

9.55 Soccer. (CC) AFC Asian Cup. Final. Post-Match.

11.00 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R, CC) UK-based panel show featuring hosts Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker taking an off-beat look at events of the week.

11.45 Rage Retro Month.

(MA15+) Continuous music programming.

6.00 News. (CC) 6.30 Tennis. (CC) Australian Open. Night 13. Women’s singles and men’s doubles final. From Melbourne Park. Commentary from Bruce McAvaney, Jim Courier, Todd Woodbridge, John Newcombe, John Fitzgerald, Roger Rasheed, Sam Smith, Rennae Stubbs, Alicia Molik, Nicole Bradtke and Henri Leconte. With the addition of Margaret Court Arena as a third retractableroof stadium at Melbourne Park, the Australian Open becomes the only Grand Slam in the world with three retractable-roof venues, making it a truly weatherproof tournament.

10.30 MOVIE: London Boulevard. (AV15+, CC) (2010) Fresh from a stint in prison, a man decides to go straight by working as a bodyguard for an actor who is being ruthlessly pursued by the paparazzi.

However, after a notorious crime boss offers him a job, he and his client find themselves embroiled in a potentially lethal confrontation. Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley, David Thewlis.

6.00 News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets. (PG, R, CC) (2002) Having spent summer with his family, Boy wizard Harry Potter returns to the Hogwarts against magical advice. The situation takes a terrifying twist however, after something starts attacking the inhabitants of the school and Harry finds himself a suspect in the incidents. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Kenneth Branagh.

10.15 MOVIE: Charlie & Boots.

(M, R, CC) (2009) A loving son embarks on a road-trip with his reluctant father, as they travel from Victoria to Australia’s northern tip to fulfil the father’s lifelong dream. Paul Hogan, Shane Jacobson, Morgan Griffin.

6.00 Miguel’s Feasts. (CC) Host Miguel Maestre goes on a journey of culinary exploration around multicultural Australia.

6.30 MOVIE: Annie. (R, CC) (1982) A young orphan girl’s situation changes when she is selected to spend a short time at the residence of a wealthy family. Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett.

9.15 MOVIE: Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes.

(M, R, CC) (2011) A scientist develops a substance, designed to help the brain repair itself but instead makes the offspring of a chimpanzee, treated with the drug, superintelligent.

His overconfident employer decides to make use of the invention, despite mixed results, triggering an epic tragedy. James Franco, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto.

11.20 MOVIE: Another Earth. (M, R, CC) (2011) An ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident. Brit Marling, William Mapother, Matthew-Lee Erlbach.

6.30 World News. (CC) 7.30 Great Continental Railway Journeys: Hungary To Austria.

(CC) Part 2 of 5. Guided by Bradshaw’s Continental Railway Guide from the early 19th century, Michael Portillo continues his railway adventure with a tour of what was once the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

8.30 MOVIE: The English Patient. (M, R, CC) (1996) During the final moments of World War II, four people meet in a deserted Italian monastery where the life of an unknown, severely injured Englishman is revealed, in flashback, as he is cared for by a young nurse.

Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe.

11.20 MOVIE: Heartbreaker.

(R) (2010) A brother and sister who run a business, specialising in breaking up couples, are hired to sabotage the relationship of a rich man’s daughter just a week before her wedding. Adding to the challenge, is the fact the pair appear to be the “perfect” match despite the father’s objections.

Romain Duris.

5.00 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

12.45 Property Ladder.

(PG, R, CC) Presenter Sarah Beeny meets amateur renovators who are working to expand a cottage in Stanmore.

2.00 Home Shopping.

12.20 MOVIE: Mirrors.

(AV15+, R, CC) (2007) Kiefer Sutherland.

2.20 MOVIE: Alfie Darling.

(M, R) (1976) Alan Price.

4.20 WIN Presents. (R, CC) 4.30 Extra. (CC) 5.00 The Middle. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

1.30 Home Shopping.

4.30 It Is Written. (PG) Religious program.

5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program.

1.10 The Green Room With Paul Provenza.

(MA15+, CC) 1.45 MOVIE: RoboGeisha.

(AV15+, R) (2009) 3.30 MOVIE: Kandahar. (PG, R, CC) (2001) Nelofer Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Sadou Teymouri. 5.00 Korean News. 5.35 Japanese News.

CLASSIFICATIONS: (P) For preschoolers (C) Children’s programs (G) General viewing (PG) Parental guidance (M) Mature audiences (MA15+) Mature audiences only (AV15+) Extreme violence.

(R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions. Please Note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to late change by networks.

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6.40pm Playing For Keeps (2012) Comedy. Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel. A charming, downon-his-luck former soccer star returns home to put his life back together. (M) Romance

6.40pm Grey’s Anatomy.

The chief makes a shocking decision. (M) SoHo

7.00pm Street Genius.

Engineer Tim Shaw takes his unique brand of science experiments to the streets. (PG) National Geographic

12.00pm Basketball.

NBA. Mavericks v Heat.

ESPN

7.30pm Free Birds (2014) Animated. (PG) Family 10.45pm The Majestic (2001) Drama. Jim Carrey, Martin Landau. During the 1950s, a blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter is mistaken for the long-lost son of a small-town cinema owner. (M) Masterpiece

ABC2 6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.00 Sesame Street. (R, CC) 12.30 Arthur. (R, CC) 12.45 Maya The Bee. (R, CC) 12.55 Daniel Tiger’s.

R, CC) 1.15 Q Pootle 5. (R, CC) 1.30 Kioka. (R, CC) 1.40 Boj. (R, CC) 1.55 Pingu. (R, CC) 2.00 LazyTown.

R, CC) 2.25 Mister Maker. (R, CC) 2.50 Tree Fu Tom. (R, CC) 3.15 Peg + Cat. (R, CC) 3.30 Play School. (R, CC) 4.00 Bananas In Pyjamas. (R, CC) 4.10 Hoopla. (R, CC) 4.25 Wiggle. (CC) 4.40 Tinga Tinga Tales. (R, CC) 5.00 Fireman Sam. (R, CC) 6.00 Grandpa In My Pocket. (R, CC) 6.15 Charlie And Lola. (R, CC) 6.25 Maya The Bee. R, CC) 6.35 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Winter Wipeout. (CC) 8.30 God Bless Ozzy Osbourne.

M, R, CC) 10.05 Buzzcocks. (M, R, CC) 10.35 The Inbetweeners. (M, R, CC) 11.00 Plebs. (M, R, CC) 11.25 Siblings. (M, R, CC) 11.55 Hustle.

PG, R, CC) 12.55 Grandma’s House.

M, R, CC) 2.25 News Update.

R) 2.30 Close. 5.00 Louie. (R, CC) 5.05 Joe & Jack. (R, CC) 5.15 Franklin And Friends. (R, CC) 5.35 Ella The Elephant. (R, CC) 5.50 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 9.00 The Basketball Smackdown! (R, CC) 9.15 The Flamin’ Thongs. (R, CC) 9.25 Total Drama World Tour.

R, CC) 9.50 Annoying Orange. (R, CC) 10.05 The Aquabats Super Show! (R, CC) 10.35 Sorry, I’ve Got No Head. (R, CC) 11.00 Almost Naked Animals. (R, CC) 11.25 Canimals. (R) 11.35 Worst Year Of My Life, Again. (R, CC) 12.00 Life With Boys. (R, CC) 12.20 Shaun The Sheep. (R) 12.30 Nerds And Monsters. (R, CC) 1.30 Numb Chucks. (R, CC) 2.30 Slugterra.

R, CC) 2.50 Blue Zoo. (R, CC) 3.15 Kobushi. (PG, R, CC) 3.25 WAC. R, CC) 3.50 Studio 3. 3.55 The Aquabats Super Show! (R, CC) 4.15 ron Man: Armored Adventures.

R, CC) 4.40 Detentionaire. (R, CC) 5.00 Nowhere Boys. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 6.00 Riders Of Berk. (R, CC) 6.20 Figaro Pho. (R, CC) 6.30 The Haunting Hour. (PG, CC) 6.55 Wizards Vs Aliens. (R, CC) 7.25 Wolfblood.

R, CC) 7.50 The Aquabats Super Show! (R, CC) 8.10 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 8.40 Astro Boy. (R, CC) 9.00 Lanfeust Quest. (PG, R, CC) 9.25 Deltora Quest. (R, CC) 9.45 Voltron. (R, CC) 10.10 Close.

8.30pm Inspector George Gently. A woman’s body is found in a church. (PG) UKTV 10.30pm The 100. After being betrayed, Clarke takes matters into her own hands.

Stars Eliza Taylor. (M) FOX8

7TWO 6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 Saturday Disney. (R, CC) 9.00 Good Luck Charlie. (R, CC) 9.30 Shake It Up. (R, CC) 10.00 Shopping. 11.00 Globe Trekker Specials. (PG, R) 12.00 Great South East. (CC) 12.30 Creek To Coast. (CC) 1.00 Sydney Weekender. (R, CC) 1.30 Qld Weekender. (CC) 2.00 Coxy’s Big Break. (R, CC) 2.30 Country Calendar. (R) 3.00 Thorney’s Cooking Central. (PG, R) 3.30 Before And After. (PG, R) 4.00 Secret Location. (PG, R) 5.00 Nick Knowles’ Original Features. (PG, R) 6.00 Escape To The Country.

(R) 7.00 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 MOVIE: Breakfast At Tiffany’s. (PG, R) (1961) A writer becomes intrigued by his neighbour. Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard.

11.30 Dog Squad. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Tennis. 2007 Australian Open. Semi-final. Roger Federer v Andy Roddick.

Replay.

2.00 Tennis. 1995 Australian Open.

Quarter-final. Pete Sampras v Jim Courier. Replay. From Melbourne Park.

7MATE 6.00 Dream Car Garage. (R) 7.00 Motor Mate. (R) 8.00 Shopping.

9.00 Man Made Marvels. (R) 10.00 Toughest Carrier Jobs.

(PG, R) 11.00 Fifth Gear. (PG, R) 12.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG, R) 12.30 Ultimate Factories. (R) 1.30 Swamp Men. (PG, R) 2.30 American Stuffers. (PG, R) 3.30 Gator Boys. (PG, R) 4.30 Seinfeld.

(PG, R, CC) 6.30 Catching Hell. (PG) 7.30 Big Shrimpin’. (PG) Redbone receives some tragic news.

8.30 MOVIE: Aeon Flux.

(M, R) (2005) In the far future, a covert operative sent to assassinate a dictator suffers a crisis of conscience.

Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Pete Postlethwaite.

10.30 MOVIE: Dazed And Confused. (M, R, CC) (1993) Matthew McConaughey.

12.30 NFL. NFC Championship Game. Seattle Seahawks v Green Bay Packers. Replay.

3.30 Dream Car Garage. (R) 4.30 Motor Mate. (R) 5.30 Home Shopping.

7.30pm Treehouse Masters.

(PG) Discovery 10.30pm Secrets In The Dust.

German multi-millionaire Heinrich Schliemann sets out to find the true location of Troy, site of the duel of Achilles and Hector in the Trojan War. (PG) History

GO! 6.00 Thunderbirds. (R) 7.00 PAW Patrol. (R, CC) 7.30 Dogstar. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Green Lantern. (PG, R) 8.30 Tom And Jerry. (R) 9.00 Looney Tunes. (R) 9.30 Adv Time.

(PG, R) 10.00 Digimon Fusion.

(PG, R) 11.00 Buzz Bumble. (C, R, CC) 11.30 Move It. (C, R, CC) 12.00 Kitchen Whiz. (C, R, CC) 12.30 Tenkai Knights. (PG, R) 1.00 Green Lantern. (PG, R) 1.30 Danoz. (R) 2.00 Suburgatory. (PG, R, CC) 2.30 Search4hurt. (PG, CC) 3.00 Yu-GiOh! (PG, R) 4.00 Max Steel. (PG, R) 5.00 Adv Time. (PG, R) 5.30 America’s Got Talent. (PG, CC) 7.30 MOVIE: Down To Earth.

(PG, R, CC) (2001) Chris Rock.

9.30 MOVIE: The Switch.

(M, R, CC) (2010) A man discovers he was a sperm donor. Jennifer Aniston.

11.30 Anger Management. (M, R, CC) 12.00 MOVIE: Night Shift.

(M, R, CC) (1982) Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton. 2.10 MOVIE: The Awakening. (M, R, CC) (1980) Charlton Heston. 4.20 Adventure Time. (PG, R) 4.50 Green Lantern: The Animated Series. (PG, R) 5.10 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. (R)

GEM 6.00 MOVIE: The Amorous Prawn. (R) (1962) 7.55 Tasty Conversations. (R, CC) 8.00 Shopping. (R) 9.30 Avengers.

(PG, R) 10.30 MOVIE: The Young Ones. (R, CC) (1961) 12.45 Cycling. Elite/U19 Track National Championships. 1.45 MOVIE: The Monte Carlo Story. (PG, R) (1957) 3.45 MOVIE: Up Periscope. (PG, R, CC) (1959) 6.00 Boxing. Footy Show Fight Night. Sonny Bill Williams v Chauncy Welliver. Other bouts will feature Sydney Roosters player Willis Meehan and Cronulla Sharks captain Paul Gallen.

9.30 MOVIE: Ali. (M, R, CC) (2001) The life of Muhammad Ali. Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith.

12.40 Cycling. Elite/U19 Track National Championships. Replay.

From Darebin International Sports Centre, Melbourne. 1.40 MOVIE: Up Periscope. (PG, R, CC) (1959) James Garner, Edmond O’Brien.

3.50 MOVIE: Devil Girl From Mars. (PG, R, CC) (1954) Hazel Court. 5.20 Tasty Conversations.

(R, CC) 5.30 Discover Downunder Summer Series. (R, CC)

8.00pm Soccer. AFC Asian Cup. Final. Australia v South Korea. From Stadium Australia, Sydney. Fox Sports 4 8.00pm Golf. European PGA Tour. Dubai Desert Classic.

Round 3. Fox Sports 3

Eliza Taylor stars in The 100.

ONE 6.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 16.

Wollongong Hawks v Adelaide 36ers. Replay. 8.00 Basketball.

(CC) NBL. Round 16. Sydney Kings v Adelaide 36ers. Replay. 10.00 Swimming. Aquatic Super Series.

Day 1. Replay. From Challenge Stadium, Perth. 12.00 Loaded. (PG, R) 1.00 Motor Racing. World Series Sprintcars. 2.00 Megafactories. (R) 3.00 The Offroad Adventure Show.

(R, CC) 3.30 Undercover Boss. (R) 4.30 Adventure Angler. (R) 5.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 6.00 Get Smart. (PG, R) A scientist threatens the water supply.

6.30 Monster Jam. Highlights of monster truck racing.

7.30 Cops. (PG, R) Officers patrol the streets of the US. 8.30 Swimming. Aquatic Super Series. Day 2. From Challenge Stadium, Perth.

10.30 Touch. (M, R, CC) Martin tracks down Philip Green.

12.30 Blokesworld. (MA15+, R) Lifestyle series.

1.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 2.00 Adventure Angler. (R) 2.30 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 4.30 Monster Jam. (R) 5.30 Loaded. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 8.00 Totally Wild. (C, R, CC) 8.30 Scope. (C, R, CC) 9.05 The Loop. (PG) 11.35 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 12.00 Charmed.

(PG, R, CC) 1.00 Taxi. (PG, R) 1.30 Cheers. (PG, R) 2.00 Brady Bunch.

(R) 3.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 90210. (PG) 5.00 Mork & Mindy. (R) 5.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R, CC) Ray buys a new vacuum cleaner.

8.30 Sex And The City. (M, R) Carrie’s single status speaks volumes at her book-release party. Miranda approaches the dating scene as a single mother.

9.10 Sex And The City.

(MA15+, R) Carrie wrestles with ideas for her book’s cover.

11.10 The Loop. (PG, R) 1.40 Everybody Loves Raymond.

(PG, R, CC) 2.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 The Brady Bunch. (R) 5.00 Home Shopping. 5.30 Mass For You At Home. (CC)

SBS 2 6.00 Urdu News. 6.20 Indonesian News. 7.00 Russian News. 7.30 Polish News. 8.00 Hungarian News. 8.30 Macedonian News.

9.05 Croatian News. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 Portuguese News.

11.05 Japanese News. 11.40 Hong Kong News. 12.00 Chinese News.

12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 The Witch Doctor Will See You Now. (PG, R) 2.00 Toughest Place To Be A… (M, R, CC) 3.00 Arctic With Bruce Parry. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Departures.

(PG, R) 5.00 Years Of Living Dangerously. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 MOVIE: Asterix And Obelix In Britain. (PG) (2012) 8.00 If You Are The One. Hosted by Meng Fei. 9.00 Don’t Tell My Mother I’m In… Kazakhstan. (PG) Diego Bunuel travels to Kazakhstan.

9.55 No Limit. (M) 11.00 MOVIE: City Of Men. (M, R) (2007) 12.55 Toughest Place To Be A… (PG, R, CC) 1.55 MOVIE: Belleville Rendez-Vous. (PG, R) (2003) 3.25 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.20 Latin American News.

5.50 Urdu News.

NITV 6.00 Welcome To Wapos Bay. 6.30 Waabiny Time. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Bizou. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Go Lingo. 9.00 Bushwhacked! 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Fusion With Casey Donovan. (CC) 12.00 NITV News Week In Review. 12.30 The Will And The Skill. 1.00 Yarrabah!

The Musical. 1.30 Ravens And Eagles. (PG) 2.00 Colour Theory.

2.30 Surviving. 3.00 Desperate Measures. 3.30 Our Footprint.

4.00 Around The Campfire. 4.30 Unearthed. 5.00 Ngurra. 5.30 NITV News Week In Review.

6.00 Maori TV’s Native Affairs Summer.

7.00 Unearthed.

7.30 Tribal Scent.

8.30 Fusion With Casey Donovan. (CC) Hosted by Casey Donovan.

9.30 Jazz. (PG) 10.30 Around The Traps Yabun Special.

1.45 Desperate Measures. 2.00 Around The Traps Yabun Special.

3.30 Custodians. 3.50 Desperate Measures. 4.00 NITV On The Road: Saltwater Freshwater. (PG) 5.00 Fusion With Casey Donovan.

(CC)

6.00 Big Ideas. (R, CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 11.00 News. (CC) 11.30 State To State Summer. (R, CC) 12.00 News. (CC) 12.30 Big Ideas. (PG, R) 1.00 National Press Club Address. (R, CC) 2.00 News. (CC) 2.30 AusBiz Asia. (R) 3.00 News. (CC) 3.30 Landline. (R, CC) 4.00 News. (CC) 4.30 The World This Week. (R, CC) 5.00 News. (CC) 5.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 6.00 News. (CC) 6.30 Foreign Correspondent. (R, CC) 7.00 Queensland Votes. (CC) 12.00 Big Ideas. (R, CC) 1.00 BBC World News. 1.30 The Mix: Remixed. (R, CC) 2.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 State To State. (R, CC) 4.00 Big Ideas. (PG, R) 4.30 #TalkAboutIt. (R) 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

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Sunday, February 1 MOVIE: The Guilt Trip

MOVIE: The Lake House

Jillaroo School

TEN, 8pm, PG (2012)

GEM, 8.45pm, PG (2006)

ABC, 6.30pm

Andrew (Seth Rogen), an organic chemist who has created a nontoxic household cleaner, is planning a road trip across the US to sell it to chain stores. With an ulterior motive in mind, he invites his mother Joyce (Barbra Streisand) along for the journey. Being a Jewish mother, Joyce spends most of the journey pointing out her sons many flaws. The laughs are thin on the ground, although this is due to a lack of fresh comic ideas rather than any shortcomings of the lead actors. That said, Rogen and Streisand hardly cover themselves in glory and the end result is something you would like to get rid of with a nontoxic household cleaner.

It might seem like some cheap attempt to re-create the chemistry between Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves from Speed, but it’s not as bad as it appears. The plot is an interesting one, placing Dr Kate Forster (Bullock) in 2006 and, via a letterbox that seems to exist in both the present and the past simultaneously, allowing her to communicate with Alex Wyler (Reeves) in 2004. Corresponding across the years, they soon fall for each other, which naturally leads to thoughts of the “Maybe we can meet up?” type. It’s a bit like You’ve Got Mail across the years, but even the star power isn’t enough to save what is predictable fluff.

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6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 Insiders. (CC) (Series return) 10.00 Offsiders. (CC) (Series return) 10.30 The World This Week.

(R, CC) 11.00 The Mix. (R, CC) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. (R, CC) 12.00 Landline. (CC) (Series return) 1.00 Soccer. (CC) AFC Asian Cup. Final. Australia v South Korea. Replay.

4.00 Restoration Home.

(R, CC) Caroline heads to Coulton Mill.

5.00 Midsomer Murders.

(PG, R, CC) (Final) An author is murdered.

6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 Berett’s Tour De Cure.

(CC) Follows sports presenter Mark Beretta as he embarks on a 1600km bike ride to raise money for cancer research.

11.00 Cycling. (CC) Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.

Elite men’s race. From Victoria.

4.00 Tennis. (CC) Australian Open. Day 14. Mixed doubles final. From Melbourne Park.

Commentary from Bruce McAvaney, Jim Courier, Todd Woodbridge, John Newcombe and John Fitzgerald.

6.00 PAW Patrol. (R, CC) 6.30 Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Boots wants to be a knight.

7.00 Weekend Today. (CC) News, current affairs and sports.

10.00 Cybershack. (PG, CC) A look at gadgets and games.

10.30 Endangered: Great Barrier Reef. (R, CC) Presented by Lin Sutherland.

11.30 Ironman. (CC) Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Series. Round 4.

Eliminator. From Surfers Paradise, Queensland.

1.30 Cricket. One Day International. Tri-Series.

Final. Afternoon session.

From the WACA.

6.30 Jillaroo School. (PG, CC) (New Series) Five Australian women longing for adventure sign up to a course in the South Australian bush. They will learn to ride horses and muster cattle in the hope of changing their lives and landing jobs as jillaroos.

7.00 News. (CC) 7.40 Antiques Roadshow.

(CC) 8.40 Sherlock. (M, R, CC) A young man asks Sherlock and John to investigate the death of his father, who was savaged by a mysterious hound. The case takes the duo to Dartmoor where a military base, engaged in secret genetic experiments, may play a key role in the mystery.

10.10 Soul Power. (M, CC) A look at the three-day Zaire 74 music festival which was held in Kinshasa, Zaire.

11.40 Crossfire Hurricane.

(M, R, CC) Part 2 of 2.

Charts The Rolling Stones’ journey from blues-obsessed teenagers to rock ‘n’ roll legends.

6.00 News. (CC) 6.30 Tennis. (CC) Australian Open. Night 14. Men’s final. From Melbourne Park. Commentary from Bruce McAvaney, Jim Courier, Todd Woodbridge, John Newcombe, John Fitzgerald, Roger Rasheed, Sam Smith, Rennae Stubbs, Alicia Molik, Nicole Bradtke and Henri Leconte.

10.30 MOVIE: Striking Distance. (M, R, CC) (1993) A detective is demoted to river rescue for publicly questioning his superiors’ conclusions about the identity of his father’s killer. With the execution of the man he believes to be innocent looming, he sets out to uncover the murderer’s identity and bring him to justice. Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina.

6.00 News. (CC) 6.30 Cricket. (CC) One Day International. Tri-Series.

Final. Evening session.

From the WACA. 10.00 MOVIE: Vantage Point.

(M, R, CC) (2008) After the president of the United States is struck down by an assassin’s bullet, the last fifteen minutes are rehashed from the perspective of eight strangers. Sigourney Weaver, Forest Whitaker, Dennis Quaid, Zoe Saldana, William Hurt.

6.00 Family Feud. (CC) Two families try to win big prizes by guessing the most popular responses to a survey of the public.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! (CC) (New Series) Ten celebrities are dropped into the South African wilderness with little more than their wits, strength and will to survive.

Hosted by Julia Morris and Chris Brown.

8.00 MOVIE: The Guilt Trip.

(PG, CC) (2012) An inventor plans to embark on the road trip of a lifetime.

However, a quick stop at his mum’s house takes a turn for the unexpected when an impulse compels him to invite his mother along. Barbra Streisand, Seth Rogen, Colin Hanks.

10.00 To Be Advised.

6.30 World News. (CC) 7.30 New Secrets Of The Terracotta Warriors.

(PG, CC) A look at China’s fabled Terracotta Army.

Uncovered in 1974 in a 2000-year-old necropolis belonging to the first Emperor of China, the collection of lifelike statues of more than 8000 soldiers, 130 chariots and 670 horses, continues to generate new discoveries.

8.30 George Harrison: Living In A Material World.

(M, R, CC) Part 2 of 2.

Director Martin Scorsese traces George Harrison’s life from his beginnings in Liverpool through to his time as a musician, seeker, philanthropist and filmmaker. Includes interviews with Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, Tom Petty, Phil Spector and Jackie Stewart.

10.30 Mad Men. (PG, CC) A depressed Betty tries to make things uncomfortable for Don and Megan.

11.25 MOVIE: Bride Flight.

(MA15+, R) (2008) Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap.

12.35 MOVIE: Spirit Of The People. (R) (1940) Chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln.

Raymond Massey.

2.30 Sherlock. (M, R, CC) 4.00 Hungry Beast. (M, R, CC) 4.30 A Quiet Word… With Alan Davies. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Big Ideas. (R, CC)

12.30 Home Shopping.

5.30 Early News. (CC) Local, national and overseas news, including sport and the latest weather.

12.00 Dallas. (M, CC) 1.00 Nightline Prime.

(PG, R, CC) 2.00 20/20. (R, CC) 3.00 Impractical Jokers.

(M, R, CC) 3.30 Hot In Cleveland. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Good Morning America: Sunday. (CC) 5.00 News. (CC) 5.30 Today. (CC)

12.00 1.00 2.00 4.00

1.40 MOVIE: Ajami. (MA15+, R) (2009) Stories about life in a Tel Aviv neighbourhood.

Fouad Habash.

3.55 Russia: A Journey With Jonathan Dimbleby: Breaking The Ice. (PG, R, CC) Part 1 of 5.

5.00 Korean News.

5.35 Japanese News.

6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 10.00 11.00 12.00 1.00 1.30 2.00 4.00 5.00

Creflo Dollar. (CC) Hillsong. (CC) Mass For You At Home.

Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) Good Chef Bad Chef.

(R, CC) Studio 10: Sunday. (CC) Studio 10: Sunday Extra.

(PG, CC) Weekend Feast. (R, CC) The Talk. (PG, CC) The Offroad Adventure Show. (CC) iFish. (R, CC) Basketball. (CC) NBL. Round 17. Adelaide 36ers v Townsville Crocodiles.

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. (PG, R, CC) Eyewitness News. (CC)

To Be Advised.

Infomercials. (PG, R) Home Shopping.

Life Today With James Robison. (PG) Religious program.

4.30 CBS This Morning. (CC) Morning news and talk show.

6.00 Japanese News. 6.10 Hong Kong News. 6.30 Chinese News.

7.00 Al Jazeera News. (CC) 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News.

8.40 French News.

9.30 Greek News.

10.30 German News.

11.00 Spanish News.

12.00 Arabic News.

12.30 Turkish News.

1.00 Big, Bigger, Biggest.

(R, CC) 1.50 Luke Nguyen’s France Bitesize.

2.00 Speedweek. (CC) 4.00 Football Asia. (CC) 4.30 Massive Moves: Canalside Castle. (R, CC) 5.00 Climbing Great Buildings. (R, CC) 5.30 Footprints Of War. (CC)

CLASSIFICATIONS: (P) For preschoolers (C) Children’s programs (G) General viewing (PG) Parental guidance (M) Mature audiences (MA15+) Mature audiences only (AV15+) Extreme violence.

(R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions. Please Note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to late change by networks.

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8.30pm The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013) Biographical.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie. A wealthy stockbroker enjoys his high life of corruption and criminal activity. Premiere

7.30pm Cristela.

An ambitious MexicanAmerican law-school student struggles to balance her career with her family life.

(M) FOX8

6.30pm Gold Rush.

Todd is forced to sell his gold to get the mining equipment he needs. (PG) Discovery

1.00pm Basketball. NBA. Los Angeles Clippers v San Antonio Spurs. ESPN

8.30pm Without A Paddle (2004) Comedy. Matthew Lillard, Seth Green. (M) Comedy

8.40pm The Real Housewives Of Atlanta.

Arena

9.25pm Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters (2013) Adventure. Logan Lerman, Stanley Tucci. Family

8.00pm Joni Mitchell: Painting With Words And Music. Joni Mitchell performs before an intimate audience in Los Angeles.

(G) Studio

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 1.30 Kioka. (R, CC) 1.40 Boj. (R, CC) 1.55 Pingu. (R) 2.00 LazyTown. (R, CC) 2.25 Mister Maker. (R, CC) 2.50 Tree Fu Tom. (R, CC) 3.15 Peg + Cat. (R, CC) 3.30 Play School. (R, CC) 4.00 Bananas In Pyjamas. (R, CC) 4.10 Hoopla. (R, CC) 4.25 Wiggle.

(CC) 4.40 Tinga Tinga Tales. (R, CC) 5.00 The Gruffalo. (R, CC) 5.25 The Gruffalo’s Child. (R, CC) 5.55 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 6.00 Octonauts.

(R, CC) 6.15 Charlie And Lola. (R, CC) 6.25 Maya The Bee. (R, CC) 6.35 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Stan Lee’s Superhumans. (PG, CC) 8.15 Swamp Brothers. (PG, CC) 8.40 The Limbless Mountaineer.

(PG, CC) 9.25 In My Shoes. (PG, CC) 9.30 Sam And Evan: From Girls To Men. (M, R, CC) 10.30 Catfish: The TV Show. (M, R, CC) 11.15 Playing It Straight. (M, R, CC) (Final) 12.00 Deliver Us From Evil. (MA15+, R, CC) 1.40 The Real Hustle: Celebrity Scammers. (PG, R, CC) 2.10 News Update. (R) 2.15 Close. 5.00 Louie.

(R, CC) 5.05 Joe & Jack. (R, CC) 5.15 Franklin And Friends. (R, CC) 5.35 Ella The Elephant. (R, CC) 5.50 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 7.40 Camp Lakebottom. (R, CC) 8.00 YooHoo & Friends. (R, CC) 8.15 Endangered Species. (R, CC) 8.30 Riders Of Berk. (R, CC) 9.00 Bushwhacked! (R, CC) 9.25 Total Drama World Tour. (R, CC) 9.50 Annoying Orange. (R, CC) 10.05 The Aquabats Super Show! (R, CC) (Final) 10.35 Sorry, I’ve Got No Head. (R, CC) (Final) 11.00 Almost Naked Animals. (R, CC) 11.25 Canimals. (R) 11.35 Worst Year Of My Life, Again. (R, CC) 12.00 Life With Boys. (R, CC) 12.20 Shaun The Sheep. (R) 12.30 Leonardo.

(R, CC) 1.25 Leonardo. (PG, R, CC) 1.55 Leonardo. (R, CC) 2.50 Blue Zoo. (R, CC) 3.20 Kobushi. (R, CC) 3.25 WAC. (R, CC) 3.55 Studio 3.

4.00 Sorry, I’ve Got No Head. (R, CC) 4.30 Roy. (R, CC) 5.00 Studio 3. 5.05 Life With Boys. (R, CC) 5.30 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 6.00 Riders Of Berk. (R, CC) 6.20 Figaro Pho. (R, CC) 6.30 Nowhere Boys. (CC) 7.00 Yonderland. (New Series) 7.25 Wolfblood. (R, CC) 7.55 Move It Mob Style. (R, CC) 8.15 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 8.45 Detentionaire. (R, CC) 9.10 Stoked.

(R, CC) 9.30 Rage. (PG, R) 2.05 Close.

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Tomorrow’s World. (PG) 7.30 Leading The Way. (PG) 8.00 David Jeremiah. (PG) 8.30 Shopping. 9.30 Downsize Me. (PG, R) 11.30 Bazaar. (PG, R) 12.00 Treks In A Wild World. (PG, R) 1.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R, CC) 2.30 The Hook & The Cook. (PG, R) 3.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. (PG) 3.30 Life After People. (PG, R, CC) 4.30 Command Center. (PG) 5.30 Bush Pilots. (PG) 6.30 Fawlty Towers. (PG, R, CC) Sybil is admitted for a minor operation.

7.00 Keeping Up Appearances. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Escape To The Country.

(R) Aled Jones is in Argyll and Bute.

9.30 Nick Knowles’ Original Features. Presented by Nick Knowles.

10.30 Secret Location. (PG, R) 11.30 Alaska Wing Men: Suicide Sled Race. (M, R) A look at the bush pilots of Alaska.

12.30 Command Center. (PG, R) 1.30 Travel Oz. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Treks In A Wild World.

(PG, R) 4.00 Downsize Me. (PG, R)

7MATE 6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Dream Car Garage. (PG, R) 7.00 Dream Car Garage. (R) 7.30 Shopping. 9.30 Dream Car Garage. (R) 10.00 Mounted In Alaska. (PG, R) 11.00 Summernats. (PG, R) 1.00 NFL Honors. 3.00 Triathlon. Ironman 70.3 Auckland. Highlights. 4.00 Selling Big. (PG) 4.30 Seinfeld. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Doomsday Preppers. (PG) 7.30 Outback Truckers. (PG, R) Dennis battles to stay ahead of a storm.

8.30 MOVIE: Beverly Hills Cop II. (M, R, CC) (1987) A Detroit cop returns to Beverly Hills to help two colleagues solve mysterious robberies.

Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jürgen Prochnow.

10.30 MOVIE: Premium Rush.

(M, R, CC) (2012) Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

12.30 NFL. AFC Championship Game. New England Patriots v Indianapolis Colts. Replay.

3.30 Mounted In Alaska. (PG, R) 4.30 Selling Big. (PG, R) 5.00 Dream Car Garage. (R)

7.30pm The Truth About Us. (M) Biography 10.30pm The Bridges That Built London. A look into the 30 bridges that connect London between Richmond and the North Sea. (PG) History

5.00pm Soccer.

A-League. Melbourne City v Western Sydney Wanderers.

Fox Sports 4 8.00pm Golf. Euro PGA Tour.

Dubai Desert Classic. Final Round. Fox Sports 3

Leonard DiCaprio stars in The Wolf of Wall Street.

GO! 6.00 Thunderbirds. (R) 7.00 PAW Patrol. (R, CC) 7.30 Dennis & Gnasher. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Green Lantern. (PG, R) 8.30 Tom And Jerry. (R) 9.00 Looney Tunes. (R) 9.30 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 10.00 Digimon Fusion. (PG, R) 11.00 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 12.00 Tenkai Knights. (PG, R) 1.00 Green Lantern. (PG, R) 1.30 Danoz. 2.00 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 3.00 Yu-GiOh! (PG, R) 4.00 Max Steel. (PG, R) 5.00 Adv Time. (PG, R) 5.30 Scooby-Doo! (PG, R) 6.30 MOVIE: Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.

(PG, R, CC) (2012) Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson.

8.30 The Big Bang Theory.

(PG, R, CC) Raj’s sister visits.

9.00 The Big Bang Theory.

(M, R, CC) 9.30 MOVIE: Once Upon A Time In Mexico. (AV15+, R) (2003) Antonio Banderas.

11.40 Arrow. (M, R, CC) 12.40 MOVIE: Whiteout. (AV15+, R, CC) (2009) 2.40 MOVIE: Superman/ Batman Public Enemies. (M, R, CC) (2009) 4.10 Beware The Batman.

(M, R) 4.30 Robocar Poli. (R) 4.50 Green Lantern. (PG, R) 5.10 Yu-GiOh! (PG, R) 5.30 Thunderbirds. (R, CC)

GEM 6.00 TV Shop. 6.30 Tasty Conversations. (R, CC) 6.40 MOVIE: Catch Us If You Can. (R, CC) (1965) 8.30 Danoz. (R) 10.00 MOVIE: Carry On Cowboy. (PG, R, CC) (1966) 12.00 Pat Farmer’s Road To Peace. (R, CC) 1.00 Cycling. Elite/U19 Track National Championships. 2.00 MOVIE: Key Largo. (PG, R, CC) (1948) 4.05 MOVIE: The Great Train Robbery.

(PG, R, CC) (1978) 6.30 River Cottage Everyday.

(PG) 7.30 The Great British Bake Off. (PG, CC) 8.45 MOVIE: The Lake House. (PG, R, CC) (2006) Two lovers make a surprising discovery.

Sandra Bullock, Keanu Reeves.

10.45 Person Of Interest.

(M, R, CC) 11.45 Cycling. Elite/U19 Track National Championships. Replay.

From Darebin International Sports Centre, Melbourne. 12.45 GEM Presents. (R, CC) 1.00 Seaway. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Danoz Direct. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 4.30 Enjoying Everyday Life With Joyce Meyer.

(PG) 5.00 Seaway. (PG, R, CC)

ONE 6.00 Sport Science. (PG, R) 7.00 Healthy Homes TV. (R, CC) 7.30 Savage Family Diggers. (R) 8.00 Sport Science. (PG, R) 9.00 Escape With ET. (R, CC) 9.30 Adv Angler. (PG, R) 10.00 Swimming.

Aquatic Super Series. Day 2.

Replay. 12.00 Motor Racing. FIA Formula E Championship. Round 1. Beijing ePrix. Highlights. 1.00 Extreme Collectors. (R) 1.30 Extreme Collectors. (PG, R) 2.00 Penguin King. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 4x4 Adventures. (R, CC) 4.30 People Of The Vines. (R, CC) 5.00 What’s Up Down Under. (R, CC) 5.30 Get Smart. (PG, R) 6.00 Family Feud.

(CC) 6.30 Extreme Fishing With Robson Green. (PG, R) 7.30 Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge. (PG, R) 8.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) A camera is sent to the 4077th.

9.30 MOVIE: The Italian Job. (M, R, CC) (2003) Mark Wahlberg.

11.50 48 Hours. (M, R) 12.50 Loaded. (PG, R) 2.50 Movie Juice.

3.00 Motor Racing. FIA Formula E Championship. Round 1. Beijing ePrix. Highlights. 4.00 Basketball.

NBL. Round 16. Wollongong Hawks v Adelaide 36ers. Replay.

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 9.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 9.30 TMNT. (R) 10.00 Vic The Viking. (C, R, CC) 10.30 Brady Bunch. (R) 11.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 ST: Next Gen. (PG, R) 2.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 Neighbours. (R, CC) 5.00 90210. (PG) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 The King Of Queens.

(PG, R) 7.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) Chris is frustrated with John’s conversation.

8.30 The Simpsons. (R, CC) The Simpsons visit Japan.

9.00 Futurama. (PG, R, CC) Bender becomes intoxicated with a foreign lifestyle.

9.30 The Simpsons. (R, CC) Marge takes in Nelson Muntz.

10.00 MOVIE: EuroTrip.

(MA15+, R) (2004) Scott Mechlowicz.

11.55 The King Of Queens.

(PG, R) 1.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. (PG, R) 3.00 The Brady Bunch. (R) 4.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (R) 5.00 Home Shopping.

SBS 2 6.00 Urdu News. 6.20 Indonesian News. 7.00 Russian News. 7.30 Polish News. 8.00 Maltese News.

8.30 Macedonian News. 9.00 PopAsia. (PG) 11.00 Portuguese News. 11.30 Croatian News.

12.00 Serbian News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Urban Freestyler. (R) 1.10 The World Of Jenks. (PG, R) 2.00 Foodie Planet. (PG, R) 3.00 My Mum Talks To Aliens. (PG, R, CC) 4.05 Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience. (PG, R) 4.40 The Pitch.

(PG, R) 5.30 Brazil’s Next Top Model. (PG, R) 6.30 Parks And Recreation.

(PG, R) 7.30 If You Are The One. (R) Hosted by Meng Fei. 8.30 South Park. (M, R, CC) A new superhero annoys the Coon.

9.30 Danger 5. (MA15+) The members of Danger 5 are reunited.

10.00 A-League Extra Time.

11.00 In Her Skin. (M) 11.50 Free Radio. (PG, R) 12.15 24 Hours In Emergency. (M, R, CC) 1.10 MOVIE: Fighter. (M, R) (2007) 3.00 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 French News. 5.50 Urdu News.

NITV 6.00 Welcome To Wapos Bay. 6.30 Waabiny Time. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Bizou. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Go Lingo. 9.00 Bushwhacked! 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Soccer. UEFA Champions League. Matchday 4.

Juventus v Olympiacos. 12.00 NITV News Week In Review. 12.30 Lore Poles. 1.00 Away From Country. (PG) 2.00 Rugby League.

Queensland Murri Carnival. 3.00 Rugby League. Koori Knockout.

4.00 Deadly Thinking. (PG) 4.30 Good Tucker. 5.00 Te Kaea 2014.

5.30 NITV News Week In Review.

6.00 Awaken.

7.00 Ngurra.

7.30 I Heart My People.

8.00 A First Step. A class of students meet Dhanggati Elders.

8.30 The Medicine Line.

9.00 Mamu. (PG) 9.15 Destiny In The Dirt.

A man must make a lifechanging choice.

9.30 MOVIE: Hollywood Shuffle. (M) (1987) Robert Townsend.

11.00 Whistle In The Wind.

11.20 Interstitials Sport.

11.30 Ngurra. 12.00 Volumz. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 News. (CC) 12.30 Big Ideas. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 1.30 #TalkAboutIt. (R) 2.00 News. 2.30 State To State Summer. (R, CC) 3.00 News.

(CC) 3.30 News Update. (CC) 3.35 Wilko Legends. (R) 4.00 News. 4.30 Compass. (R, CC) 5.00 News. 5.30 News Update. 5.35 The Mix: Remixed. (R, CC) 6.00 News. (CC) 6.30 Australian Story. (R, CC) 7.00 News. (CC) 7.30 News Update. 7.35 The World This Week. (R, CC) 8.00 A Country Road: The Nationals. (R, CC) (Final) 9.00 News. (CC) 9.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 10.00 News. (CC) 10.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 Big Ideas. (PG, R) 12.00 Landline. (R, CC) 1.00 BBC World News. 1.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 2.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 Economy 2017. (R, CC) 4.00 Big Ideas. (R, CC) 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

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A yummy lunch at the Outlook Cafe

BY ELLA MCMILLAN DINERS were enjoying lunch at the Outlook Cafe at Western Plains Cultural Centre on Wednesday, January 21. Owner-operator Anthony Walkom welcomes visitors to drop in,saying ‘your tastebuds will thank you!’ With a passion for the view, the food and the people, the eatery uses the freshest ingredients in their dishes that are said to ‘fill your belly and warm your heart.’

Bev Hadfield and Chris Back

Anne and Greg Shortis with Winston Devlin

Christine, McLeod and Nathan Morris

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Family day out at the pool

BY KAITLYN RENNIE SO far this year, Dubbo has been spared the usual 40 degree+ summer days that are normally a January staple. But that hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stopped crowdsfrom Dubbo and district from heading to the city pool to en-

joy a cool and refreshing dip.

Many families were spotted making a day of it when our photograther stopped by to put a toe in the water at the Dubbo Aquatic and Leisure Centre on Saturday, January 24.

Matilda Hunter, Reuben and Miles Jones, Scarlett and Florence Hunter, and Stella Jones.

Casey and Bella-May Drew

Tristan Delany and Trae Daley

Hayden Collins and Jessica Towns

Jim and Allie Sullivan from Dunedoo

PJ and Tristan Drew enjoying the water

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RSL Club is popular with visitors

BY KAITLYN RENNIE THE rainy day was a good enough reason to head indoors for a great meal or coffee at the Dubbo RSL Club on Wednesday, January 28. There were people from acrosseastern Australia visiting the city, with the person farthest from home coming all the way from Warwick, Queensland.

Denise McCarthy, Janet Hayden, Alan Jackson, Col McCarthy and Jenny Jackson had an excellent catch up at the RSL

Beverly Shipp from Newcastle, Ruby Forbes for Warwick and Geoff Chamberlain from Dubbo

Tanika Kennedy and Shakayla Kelly

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The weird world of celebrity diets

BY HANNAH HANNA STEPHENSON OO OOKSHELVES are now groaning under the weight of new diet books, as a raft of celebrities offer bo advice o on how to minimise those curves and reach rea so-called physical perfection.

Liz Earle’s telling us to juice, Davina E McCall’s McCal banishing sugar, while TV presenter presen Anna Richardson uses psychology to help us master our muffin cholo tops, all in new books.

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She cites the late Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor, who would take a potentially delicious fillet steak and place it on a piece of bread slathered with peanut butter. Harrington tried it but couldn’t eat the concoction, despite being starving hungry.

“The steak’s juices mix with the peanut butter in an unappealing, oily way. I have three bites then throw the rest out,” she recalls.

Legendary Thirties actress Greta Garbo dieted throughout her life, loved fad diets and was a great follower of self-styled ‘doctor of natural science’ Gayelord Hauser, nutritionist to the stars. Harrington found her regime strange, to say the least.

“Some publications even speculated that the two were having an affair based around their shared love of disgusting food,” Harrington observes. food, Harring She tried tto follow Hauser’s principals believed that if you fuel your body – he believe ‘wonder foods’, such as brewer’s with ‘wond wheat germ and molasses, you yeast, whe would live to be 100. finding edible yeast in the shops But find difficult, although she found was dif some in a health food store som which she could sprinkle on wh ccereal.

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than shedding pounds, but that on Beyonce’s diet, she lost ‘about 10 pounds in 10 days’.

“The problem is, you have to exercise for two hours a day, and I just couldn’t fit that in and sustain it,” she recalls.

She followed Beyonce’s ‘Master Cleanse’, which involved consuming only lemonade made out of cayenne pepper, lemons and grade-B maple syrup nine times a day. No food allowed.

“You also have to consume something called the ‘salt water flush’ [salt water that you drink while looking at yourself in the mirror], which is supposed to help your digestive tract.”

Among the worst of the diets was that adopted by Marilyn Monroe, Harrington reflects.

“That diet made you feel so bad because it was almost all cream. She was clearly a drug addict. She ate raw eggs for breakfast every day. I thought I might get salmonella. Then, after a meal she’d have hot fudge sundaes.”

In contrast, Victoria Beckham’s ‘Five Hands’ diet – where you eat only five handfuls of food a day and then declare yourself full – was a lesson in abstinence.

She started the first day with two eggs – small ones, as they had to fit into her er palm.

“I realise how little a he palm actually holds,” she notes. “I do not have thee self-control of Victoria. I didn’t have a fruit plate y instead of a cake for my n birthday, like she did in 2012.”

Learning from one of Beckham’s autobiographies that she wears fake nails, Harrington considered following suit.

“In my most desperate moment on the Fivee Hands diet, I considered getting very long fake nails like Howard

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Grace McCleen’s “The Offering” probes a teen’s confused mind Little does he know the shattering effects his gentle probings will have.

Grace McCleen is the critically acclaimed author of award-winning offerings The Land Of Decoration and The Professor of Poetry and The Offering is sure to result in more nominations.

With praise from Hilary Mantel and AS Byatt, there’s every reason to believe McCleen will remain a firm fixture of the literary intelligentsia for years to come.

9/10 Review by Roddy Brooks

O BOOK OF THE WEEK The Offering by Grace McCleen is published in hardback by Sceptre.

Available now MADELINE is a teenage girl whose life is torn apart on her 14th birthday.

Having moved to live on an island with her overbearing God-fearing father and submissive mother, Madeline spends her days searching for something elusive and playing with her pet dog.

She confuses the normal development of a teenage girl with her own search for God, mixing up what is real and what is imagined.

Mundane things get confused with events in the bible so that the line between what is real and what is imagined becomes permanently blurred.

Events come to a head on her birthday, celebrations laid waste by events so cataclysmic to her family that things will never be the same again.

Having taken refuge in a mental

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infirmary, Madeline is presented with an enigmatic young psychiatrist who attempts to unravel the mystery which has been buried in the layers of her troubled mind.

Mobile Library by David Whitehouse is published in hardback by Picador.

Available now STORIES are king in this darkly delightful tale from journalist David Whitehouse. His second novel (his first, Bed, was published in 2012), starts at the end. Nearly-teenager Bobby Nusku and single mother Val and her daughter Rosa are surrounded by police on a cliff edge in a stolen mobile library. Misfit Bobby ff

Above: Author and serial dieter Rebecca Harrington. Below, left to right, Cameron Diaz, Gwyneth Paltrow and Victoria Beckham have all put their names to diet books.

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Hughes, just so my hand would be slightly longer and therefore able to accommodate more food. And then I remembered that this is really the palm diet. Nails don’t matter. And I sobbed on the street.”

In fact, she admits: “I wanted to die by the end of that diet. I felt constantly hungry.”

So what is her overall verdict? Are celebrity diets best avoided all together?

“In some ways, the best thing you can do is to approach these diets moderately – take a hybrid approach to them,” she says.

“I definitely pay more attention to what I put in my mouth, but dieting is so regimented, it’s sad. Yet there’s this odd hopefulness to it,” she adds.

She says that on most of the diets, she did lose weight, but gained it back almost immediately after eating a slice of pizza.

“I think the main thing I realised is how terribly hard it is to be an ‘ideal’ woman at any time in history,” Harrington concludes with a sigh. :: I’ll Have What She’s Having by Rebecca Harrington is published by Virago. Available now.

Paul Keating

by David Day In the tradition of his bestselling “Curtin And Chifley”, this is David Day’s exhaustive biography of one of our most fascinating prime ministers.

Paul Keating was one of the most significant political figures of the late twentieth century, firstly as Treasurer for eight years and then Prime Minister for five years. Although he has spent all of his adult life in the public eye, Keating has eschewed the idea of publishing his memoirs and has discouraged biographers from writing about his life.

Undaunted, best-selling biographer David Day has taken on the task of giving Keating the biography that he deserves.

Based on extensive research in libraries and archives, interviews with Keating’s former colleagues and associates, and walking the tracks of Keating’s life, Day has painted the first complete portrait of Paul Keating, covering both the public and private man.

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Mateship: A Very Australian History by Dyrenfurth Nick

A ‘mate’ is a mate, right? Wrong, argues Nick Dyrenfurth in this provocative new look at one of Australia’s most talked-about beliefs.

In the first book-length exploration of our secular creed, one of Australia’s leading young historians and public commentators turns mateship’s history upside down. Did you know that the first Australians to call each other ‘mate’ were business partners? Or that many others thought that mateship would be the basis for creating an entirely new society – namely a socialist one? For some, the term ‘mate’ is ‘the nicest word in the English language’; for others, it represents the very worst features in our nation’s culture: conformity, bullying, corruption, racism, and misogyny. So what does mateship really mean? Covering more than 200 years of white-settler history, Mateship demonstrates the richness and paradoxes of the Antipodean version of fraternity, and how everyone – from the early convicts to our most recent prime ministers, on both sides of politics – have valued it.

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THE BOOKCASE/WEEKLY REVIEWS f has run away from his dad and her girlfriend and is struggling to come to terms with his mother’s absence. Val provides a comforting mother figure, who he has strong feelings for.

Hiding from the police, the trio meet a tall and mysterious traveller called Joe, who has a wild temper, but who completes their makeshift family. As they travel north in search of a crumbling Scottish mansion with a private zoo that Joe remembers from his childhood, Bobby and Rosa read their way through the library’s collection of books – literary references abound – and fantasy starts to blur with fiction.

Whitehouse eloquently evokes Bobby’s adolescent angst, with all the jealousy and rage it entails, but his obvious fascination with stories is laboured.

And the book’s more violent scenes sit uncomfortably against the saccharin love-fest between the four main characters. Still, a tale that will haunt right up until it’s clever conclusion.

7/10 Review by Kate Whiting

Now That I’ve Found You by Ciara Geraghty is published in paperback

by Hodder. Available now VINNIE drives Ellen to her physio appointment every week. They never talk.

Vinnie is preoccupied pondering how he will manage this week’s school lunches, teenage tantrums, pocket money and bedwetting.

This is his sole responsibility now, since his wife walked out of their home and away from their family.

Ellen is too far into the heartbreak and devastation of her past to notice what is going on around her. Existing in a static limbo, she is afraid and alone.

One taxi journey changes this forever, shocking both Vinnie and Ellen into finally opening their eyes and their hearts to each other.

In Now That I’ve Found You, Ciara Geraghty gently draws sorrow, happiness, excitement and fear out

of her reader. The journey she creates of Ellen and Vinnie’s relationship is intricate and cautious, yet consistently engaging. A novel about parenthood, families, love and loss, Now That I’ve Found You is an enjoyable and moving read.

8/10 Review by Chloe Chaplain A Place For Us by Harriet Evans is published in paperback by Headline. Available now “THE day Martha Winters decided to tear her family apart began like any other day.” This is how the book opens, but in the first section you learn that seething under the surface, the family is ripped in several ways already – children and grandchildren spread around the world. Slights and unspoken truths are undercurrents.

The place in the title is Winterfold – a blissful spot, where Martha and David have brought their family up. Chapters are narrated by different characters so you get different perspectives on the same incidents and relationships.

The narrative also goes

backwards and forwards in time so you can see the impact that decisions have rippling forwards.

While the covers of Evans’ novels gets the chick lit treatment, some of the issues she deals with are far from frothy – domestic violence or abuse, adoption, bereavement, plagiarism, women’s role in the world alongside some of the romantic staples of boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back again.

The hopes and worries of older, more mature women even get a look in.

6/10 Review by Bridie Pritchard

O NON-FICTION The Bletchley Girls: War, Secrecy, Love And Loss – The Women Of Bletchley Park Tell their Story by Tessa Dunlop is published in hardback by Hodder & Stoughton. Available now IF you found yourself fascinated by Benedict Cumberbatch’s turn as ff

The intelligence and courage to act N the 1960s former MI6 officer, Ian Fleming, wrote a number of fiction works including “Casino Royale” featuring the ‘007 James Bond’ character. In one of these it detailed how 007 was assigned the job of shooting a criminal. The setting for 007’s attack was in a building across the street from where the target was sitting – alongside him, having a full view of the target, another officer fired a shot that broke the window glass; Bond immediately fired the fatal shot.

This setting was almost duplicated on TV when the Martin Place siege occurred late last year. The camera showed the SAS man in the TV rooms with a rifle looking across at the Lindt Café and the hostage taker. The difference between these two situations was that no one had what it took, to give the order to shoot from the TV site.

Tim Fischer has written “Maestro John Monash – Australia’s Greatest Citizen General” which details how he convinced British generals commanding the forces in WWI French battlefields that their strategies were not working.

Returning here after the war he was often denied the opportunity to make contributions to the community, the likely reason given being that Monash’s strategies were in conflict with then Prime Minister Billy Hughes’s.

Being the son of German Jewish migrants with a green-grocer’s shop didn’t help. How many people don’t consider politics as a career because of the image generally earned by

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that occupation? Hence, too few with real talent get to sit on the government benches.

A period of achievement was when Robert Menzies was PM. John Howard has written “The Menzies Era” which describes how he laid the foundations for modern Australia. It was a time of huge economic growth and the book is a unique insight and careful analysis of Menzies the man, the politician and his legacy.

“Crime and Punishment” by Australian writer Russell Marks relates that “if the goal of our justice system is to reduce crime and create a safer society, then we must do better”.

As a criminal defence lawyer, he finds himself before a Magistrate on a traffic charge. Waiting his turn in the long queue he observes the variation of charges, the incidence of repeat offenders, their convictions and penalties. He writes, “There, accepted wisdom is that severely punishing offenders reduces the likelihood that they’ll offend again. Why then do the criminal records of so many show a worsening of offending behaviour over time?”

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From the bookshelves

by Dave Pankhurst The Book Connection A new book by Stephen Seager is “Behind the Gates of Gomorrah”. It relates life inside one of America’s largest hospitals for the criminally insane, treating the real Hannibal Lecters of this world. Seager details the existence of the mass murderers and serial killers – those who have no hope of improving, or intention to improve, their behaviour.

If people fail to adhere to the disciplines of law, one could reasonably parallel the lawbreakers as customers of a business. When a business offers attractive deals to buyers, they become regular customers.

Translate this into the attitude by some to the rule of law.

Dubbo rates as one of the highest shop-lifting sites in the state. Drink-driving, driving

` One could reasonably parallel the lawbreakers as customers of a business. When a business offers attractive deals to buyers, they become regular customers... a

whilst disqualified (the list goes on) are other infringements featured regularly. Widen the list of crimes and the state has become a basket case. Why? Because the penalties do not fit the crime.

Where does this contempt for the law begin? A recent TV article featured a school principal who was so traumatised by threats from parents of misbehaving students that he committed suicide. Society now has two generations that are hell bent on running the community standards at their own discretion.

The Human Rights commission costs taxpayers $25 million a year – on their agenda has been illegal immigrants and others who are protected or overlooked by the administration – even when they commit murder. We are following the same process that occurred in the USA when the Mafia moved in.

In what we deem to be a Democracy we, the people, elect those deemed to be capable and intelligent enough to make choices that will improve our society. And these choices have to involve dealing and the admin-

istration of law enforcement.

Looking at the last decade, including the last Federal Election, consider the bunch of people elected to the Senate on about 1 per cent of the vote. From what the media has shown us of these, would we vote for them again?

Instead of using the cane as the Singapore courts do, Australia uses methods demonstrated by a new edition by Chris Trotter’s “Working With Involuntary Clients”. It discusses how social workers face particular challenges when working with those who are resistant or even openly antagonistic to the offers of assistance. Yet when confronted by offenders who clearly challenge police, it is the police who have to justify their actions.

The courage to act in critical circumstances can also have results. Allan Sparkes has written “The Cost of Bravery” in which he relates how he entered a flooded stormwater drain to rescue an 11-year-old boy. A TV crew captured the crisis – the book covers that story plus later implications the trauma had on Sparkes in his own recovery from the horrors involved.

Let’s proceed through the year with positive decision and action. The country must identify and install competent leaders at all levels of political, administration and legal process. With the nation confronted with economic and social challenges, we need people with Monash-type skills and capacity to act.

Enjoy your browsing, Dave Pankhurst

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f genius mathematician Alan Turing in The Imitation Game, then this biography of Bletchley Park life should be right up your street. In The Bletchley Girls, journalist and broadcaster Tessa Dunlop presents the stories of 12 women who worked at the United Kingdom’s Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) during the Second World War. As Dunlop interlaces their backgrounds and reactions to Park life, you discover this is not simply a biography of one shared experience, but of a generation. Having signed the Official Secrets Act, many of the stories these women have to share have gone unheard for decades – not even their families were to know of the heroic, and ground-breaking work they conducted during that time – and it is enlightening to hear them from the women’s own perspectives.

It is at times hard to distinguish each woman’s voice through a clumsy, interwoven narrative; however the collective conscience of the Bletchley Girls is unquestionably compelling.

7/10 Review by Holly McKenzie

Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary by Anita Anand is published by Bloomsbury. Available now AS subject matter goes, the life of Sophia Duleep Singh offers the potential for about a dozen biographies rather than just one.

The daughter of a Maharajah, her family were exiled from India to Elveden in Suffolk where her father improbably recreated the family estate complete with leopards, monkeys and exotic birds.

Sophia, who also just happened to be Queen Victoria’s god-daughter, grew up to be a socialite and fashion muse.

But she was no ordinary It Girl. Defying a strict edict, she returned to India and fought for women’s suffrage. From tending wounded soldiers to taking on the might of politicians, Sophia proved herself to be unusually resourceful and daring.

This is an unforgettable, vivid tale, sweeping in scale, made all the more extraordinary when one considers it is based entirely on real life.

9/10 Review by Anita Chaudhuri

O CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK

Talon by Julie Kagawa is published in paperback by Mira Ink, priced £7.99 (ebook £1.79). Available now Blood Of Eden author Julie Kagawa returns with a new series. Clutches of dragons are hiding in human form and expanding their numbers after the legendary society of dragon slayers, the Order of St. George, hunted them into near extinction.

A group of dragons under the all-seeing eye of Talon have become strong and cunning, and are ready to take over the world.

Rare among dragonkind, sister and brother Ember and Dante Hill are the only siblings known to their world. As they train to infiltrate society, Ember yearns for freedom, but struggles against the hierarchy of Talon. A rogue dragon she meets at the beach pricks her desire to break free, as the Order close in.

Ember meets Garret Xavier Sebastian, who makes her question her purpose even more, unaware his mission is to seek out and kill all dragons. But as Ember’s personality goes against everything he has been taught about the creatures, he starts to question the Order.

6/10 Review by Rachel Howdle

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hear Madness SIX DEGREES MANAGEMENT are thrilled to announce that one of Australia’s most successful male performers, Guy Sebastian, will perform exclusive warm-up shows for his Madness national arena tour right here in Dubbo.

Be at Dubbo Regional Theatre on February 3 and 4 to catch this exclusive show. Showtime is at 7pm.

Sunday Soapbox LOOKING for a stimulating, alterna-

tive weekend activity? Sunday Soapbox is Dubbo’s newest community outdoor event. Got something you want to talk about? Then this is your opportunity. Head along to the first Soapbox for 2015 on Sunday, February 22, from 11am to 1pm at Victoria Park (near the rotunda).

Take a coffee. Take a friend. They will look forward to seeing you there.

Music for young children PARENTS and children can experience some of the fun music activities fea-

tured in Macquarie Conservatorium’s early childhood music program at the upcoming free Come and Try sessions for MusicPlay and MusicMakers.

Each trial session runs for 30 minutes and are for interested parents and their children who may like to enrol for 2015 classes. The sessions will be held at 10am (4-5 years) and 4pm (5-6 years) on Tuesday, February 3, and at 10am (2-3 years) on Thursday, February 5.

On the Road Again YEARS ago, Edwards decided that he

didn't want to be ‘just another singer’.

He holds his audience with a raucous and typically Australian humour that involves the audience all the way, with songs, funny stories, and original gimmicks.

Edwards’ unique on-stage magic is his ability to entertain and have fun with an audience, with his aim being just to ‘make 'em feel good!’.

See Carter Edwards and Debbie performing On the Road Again at Dubbo RSL Club on February 24. Doors open, 1.30pm, showtime 2pm.

see Shadow Weave

Law term ceremony

THIS is a collaborative exhibition by four Blue Mountains-based artists, each drawing new dimensions from the shadows specific to their own practice.

THERE is to be a formal opening of the Law Term beginning with a church service at St Brigid’s Catholic Church at 9.30am on Monday, February 9 with a morning tea at 11am and then a formal Court opening at 12noon.

The ceremony is in line with an ancient tradition where judges are reminded of their judicial oath at the beginning of a new year.

An installation of sculptural objects, paper cuts, projections and photographs, the exhibition will be immersive and experimental and will explore the intersection between transient new media and tangible art forms.

At Western Plains Cultural Centre until February 1.

Waste to Art WITNESS how local artists transform

trash into treasure at Waste to Art, an annual exhibition showcasing the creative re-use of discarded and recycled materials.

Engaging the community, Waste to Art attracts school children, artists and community members who explore recycling and conserving the environment in their works.

The exhibition explores the creativity of our region as well as highlighting the importance of recycling to sustainable living. The official opening is at Western Plains Cultural Centre on Saturday, February 7.

Restless Years

day will be held from 8am ‘til 12noon on Saturday, February 7.

NSW Athletics Junior Track Titles Junior athletes will converge on the city for the NSW Athletics Junior Track Titles on February 13 and 14. Dubbo's Barden Park will be the venue for this year's event and it is in tip-top shape to welcome the visitors. A big Dubbo welcome is extended to competitors, family and supporters.

To add your event to HSDE, email editor@panscott.com.au

DON'T miss your chance to see Grammy Award-winning international superstar Leo Sayer when he performs at Dubbo Regional Theatre on his first national Australian tour in more than four years.

And, become a Leo Sayer VIP with the limited edition VIP pack giving you a choice of premium seating, a personal meet and greet session with Leo before the show and a copy of Leo's latest CD Restless Years.

Sayer will be performing at 8pm on Wednesday, March 11.

do TIRED of the online dating scene? Head down to the Castlereagh Hotel on Saturday, February 14 for some face-to-face speed dating.

There will be two sessions, for the under 35s and over 35s, along with drinks and canapes. Dress is smart casual and there will be lucky door prizes. Meet other singles and have a great time, you’ve got nothing to lose! The fun begins at 6.30pm. Tickets available at the venue and from Dubbo Photo News.

turning the turf pink at their annual Pink Day Out on Sunday, February 8 in support of the McGrath Foundation’s mission to raise money to fund McGrath Breast Care Nurses in communities right across Australia and increase breast awareness in young women.

The wider Dubbo community can also get involved by getting a group of friends together, purchasing a pink table package, dressing up in pink and supporting Dubbo Turf Club and The McGrath Foundation.

Gates open at 12pm, first race 1.55pm.

Pink Day at the Races

Dubbo Farmers Markets

THE City Of Dubbo Turf Club will be

THE Dubbo Farmers Markets is a show-

case of the region’s produce, fresh from the soils and water basins of the Macquarie Valley and beyond.

Kick start your morning with the smooth flavours of your favourite coffee and chat with friends over breakfast.

The markets offer a range of seasonal fresh produce, fresh fruit and vegetables, herbs and plants.

There is also fresh bread, a selection of local pork, beef and lamb, award winning olive oils, preserves, jams, marinated honey, wine, nuts and much more.

The wet weather venue for the farmers markets is the RSL Club Resort Carpark in Brisbane St. The next market

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head down ready to kick up your heels with some good old-fashioned fun.

Country Music Hoedown

Monday Meditations

TAMWORTH’S done and dusted for another year, but there’s no need to hang up your Stetson just yet. The Dubbo Country Music Association in conjunction with the Dubbo RSL Club, will present a Country Music Hoedown on Sunday, February 8, from 2pm to 6pm. So

A THREE-WEEK Buddhist Meditation Course for healing body and mind starts on Monday, February 2, at the Dubbo Neighbourhood Centre from 1pm to 2pm, and everyone is welcome. Cost by donation. Presented by Wellington Buddhist Centre. Call 6845 4661 for details.

Summer Lovin’

Riverside Markets A VIBRANT market atmosphere located on the banks of the Macquarie River bringing buyers and sellers together to the picturesque venue.

The Riverside Markets showcases stallholders with a range of quality mixed merchandise, fresh produce, art and craft, collectables, plants, clothing, tools, toys, new and pre-loved.

Stallholders most welcome. Stalls will be trading from 8.30am to 12.30pm on Sunday, February 8.

etc.

Dinner under the stars THE committee and volunteers invite guests to attend the 2015 Dinner under the Stars event. It promises to be an evening of fine food, music and entertainment at two eight two eight, Gulargambone on Saturday, February 28. Catering of the three-course meal will be by Relish, along with an auction, bon bons, and entertainment by Singers

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by Wulff & Morgenthaler

FIND THE WORDS This is a theme puzzle with the subject stated below. Find the listed words in the grid. (They may run in any direction but always in a straight line. Some letters are used more than once.) Ring each word as you find it and when you have completed the puzzle, there will be 15 letters left over.

They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.

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OUT ON A LIMB

by Gary Kopervas

FLASH GORDON

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orders organise patrol points police prevent protect rescue respond ride risk

search security sergeant service smiles superintendent teach test ticket trace

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WEEKENDER SUDOKU Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column down and each small 9-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine.

Mr Breger

by Dave Breger

Laff-A-Day STAR + MAP Draw a star in exactly 10 of the empty squares in the diagram below so that each numbered square accurately indicates how many immediately adjacent squares (horizontally, vertically or diagonally) contain a star.

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GO FIGURE >> The idea of Go Figure is to arrive at the figures given at the bottom and right-hand columns of the diagram by following the arithmetic signs in the order they are given (that is, from left to right and top to bottom). Use only the numbers below the diagram to complete its blank squares and use each of the nine numbers only once.

MEGA MAZE

>> AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW: One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for the three Ls, X for the two Os, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, the length and formation of the words are all hints. Each week the code letters are different.

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ARIES (MAR 21-APR 20) Listen

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LEO (JUL 23-AUG 23) Giving someone close a bit more freedom, especially at work, can really take the strain from your shoulders. This is a time when tricksters and blaggers are around, so extra care with money is needed. Travel could be stressful, especially if plans go awry. If you wish to delay a trip, be tactful! However excited you get at the weekend, stay sharp! What you see as a bit of fun, someone else may see as an opportunity to take the lead.

carefully to creative and spiritual types who can point you in the right direction. Although you are feeling romantic, avoid sidestepping practical issues. Where cash is concerned, your luckiest period is in the third week of the month. That is a good time to do deals. However, if negotiations involve a partner and lover, planning can go ahead right away. Are you rushing ahead without proper planning? Be aware of your own words as well as those of others.

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support at home really helps you to concentrate on your work and career this week. Should a loved one want to get away, be tactful if you need to delay. At no time make them feel that your work is more important than personal plans. Taking on too much brings disappointment and does you no good professionally. Any financial hiccups should resolve by the third week. Until then, hold on to that cash!

VIRGO (AUG 24-SEP 23) Personal enthusiasm keeps your energy high this week. In order to keep up the pace, however, you need to be in tip-top condition. When energy is low, saving it is even more important. By pacing yourself there is every chance to continue plodding along. Don't fret if your love life seems to have slowed down. After the month's third week, this will right itself.

Cash should come more easily than usual at the moment, but remember that rainy day.

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Certainly, don't leap at the first offer unless you are super-sure. There is a busy time ahead and so you do need to look after your health and that of those close to you.

LIBRA (SEP 24-OCT 23) It is

hard to avoid the impression that you are really 'in love with love' as this month begins. As a romantic sign you are inclined to try and see the best in others. When it comes down to practicals, however, the truth will out.

Although your eye is on having some fun, it is also a good time for business. Perhaps you could combine the two? With your heart all a flutter it is hard to concentrate, but you must!

Where your love life is involved with your finances, tread carefully. It may be necessary to delay a big purchase until the third week of February if possible. It may also be necessary to explain yourself if people are kept waiting. Still, you really can be quite a charmer when you want to be! Socialising is able to bring great benefits to your bank balance if you are with the right people.

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SCORPIO (OCT 24-NOV 22) If finances are in a state of flux, a bit of extra work may be necessary. Reluctant as you may be, the rewards are potentially high. There is a strong feeling that you are due a bit of fun. No doubt this is the case, but keep as much cash in your bank as possible. It is a time for scammers and scoundrels, so be aware. Romance should be pretty exciting.

Maybe a recent liaison will not be for life. Is that essential? Some wonderful memories come from short-term encounters.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 23-DEC 21) Romance is never far away this

week. Try to keep a loved one's enthusiasm sparking by planning ahead and enjoying the process with them.

Although you are not entirely sure of your finances, it is best to be prepared when good deals come up so do your homework and look forward to a more relaxed time ahead.

Quality encounters continue. Stay calm if you feel that someone is taking advantage.

Show disappointment rather than anger. If you ask others then you will find that it is nothing personal!

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20) Fancy some hard work and

concentration? The rewards are certainly high this week. Certainly, getting your finances in order is both desirable and easier for the next few weeks. A few financial glitches mean that it is even more important to look carefully at the small print! Delays in plans and hiccups in romance soon clear up during the third week of the month. Until then, involve loved ones in forward planning to keep their enthusiasm high.

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and laughter mix with plenty of luck as this month gets underway. The next few weeks see great progress on all fronts, but some extra work will be involved. Any work that you do for a charity or on behalf of others goes well. Being asked to give some of your time at the weekend does not go down well but is worthwhile. Paying attention to details is really important. Any small slip-up could have bad consequences.

ahead with plans to do better at work as this time is well aspected in that area. A few romantic rifts can soon turn to music as the weekend approaches. Extra effort and the use of charm in this area shows its worth. Look after your body and wellbeing right through this month in particular as there is a very active period ahead. Physical exercise, particularly walking and dancing, can really set you on a 'high' this week.

Friday's Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! You share your birthday with actor Gene Hackman (below left). When you feel overworked or overlooked, Aquarius, the temptation is to lose incentive. However, wake up that dream, pick up on your instincts and boot boredom into the long grass! You will then get what you deserve.

Saturday's Birthday Luck: You share your birthday with actor Anthony LaPaglia (above). It is tempting indeed to see others as being more fortunate.

Perhaps, sometimes, they are. Aquarius, this is a year to take life by the shoulders and shake it into shape. This is your time.

Believe it!

Sunday's Birthday Luck: It is not so much that you are inclined to take on too much, Aquarius. It is more the case that you just deviate too much. Giving your attention to that one thing that you believe in can bring success and satisfaction. This time is for you.

Monday's Birthday Luck: Make your plans and build your castle. Just be prepared to pull up the drawbridge if changes gallop in too soon. The months ahead are full of surprises. Some of them will be good! Still, Aquarius, we both know that life is sometimes unfair. Look on the bright side.

Tuesday's Birthday Luck: You want nothing more than to start off on a path that is continuous and good, Aquarius.

Certainty is something that is desirable, for sure. Even so, without a change or dilemma, life would become stale. Embrace the moment and find joy.

Wednesday's Birthday Luck: There is much to be said for working hard and just as much to be said for relaxing properly.

The one without the other just builds up trouble, Aquarius. Although you know this to be true, relaxation is not seen as important. Wrong!

Thursday's Birthday Luck: A long road can seem very boring without any signs and interludes. Waiting for them to appear may not be the answer, Aquarius!

Take control and start something that you know makes sense. What's that I see ahead?

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Find the Words solution 836 Keeping the peace ••• DUAL CROSSWORD No.18,921 CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS Across: 4 Impress; 8 Aright; 9 Preface; 10 Tidier; 11 Intent; 12 Stands in; 18 In the raw; 20 Maiden; 21 Armies; 22 Nitrate; 23 Pomade; 24 Tenders.

Down: 1 Maltese; 2 Wildcat; 3 Shield; 5 Martinet; 6 Refits; 7 Secant; 13 Spinster; 14 Artisan; 15 Twister; 16 Saline; 17 Adored; 19 Harrow.

QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 4 Various; 8 Unique; 9 Ejected; 10 Infant; 11 Compel; 12 Abstruse; 18 External; 20 Govern; 21 Barque; 22 Idiotic; 23 Demand; 24 Revenge.

Down: 1 Musical; 2 Diffuse; 3 Gunner; 5 Adjacent; 6 Income; 7 Uneven; 13 Unending; 14 Unequal; 15 Already; 16 Coddle; 17 Before; 19 Elated.

CryptoQuote answer

Mega Maze

Trivia Test Answers 1. Rubeus 2. Italy 3. Concord 4.

Sir Earle Page, from April 7 to 26, 1939. 5. "Wonderboy" 6. Legendary animals like the Loch Ness monster or Bigfoot 7. Pollux 8. Levi Strauss 9. "Cheers" 10. Lisbon 11. Chris Evert (1985, '86), Steffi Graf ('87, '88, '93, '95, '96), Arantxa Sanchez Vicario ('89, '94) and Monica Seles ('90'92). 12. Wilson Pickett, in 1965. 13.

"Penny Lane", by the Beatles in 1967.

There really is a Penny Lane, near where John Lennon lived as a child.

Tourists still flock to the spot and have stolen so many street signs that the city gave up and painted the street name on buildings.

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