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NEWS City development strategies need informed voters to steer the way

TRAVEL The unbelievable colour and swirling excitement of India

DEBATE is coal fired power soon to be obsolete?

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It’s not all about that bass S OCIAL media has been atwitter this week in angry response to The Australian newspaper’s obituary for celebrated Wellington-born author, Colleen McCullough.

While it referenced her best selling status in the opening line, the second focused on her appearance – like it mattered – igniting a social and mainstream media maelstrom.

It’s tricky territory, and not just for women, when our appearance is assigned a social value of worth or worthlessness by a third party often self-appointed as superior.

Or from their perspective of face value, they make assumptions – such as that a woman who is over a healthy weight could not possibly be attractive to the opposite sex. Or same sex, as the case may be.

The word assume is a bit of a wisdom clue on why doing that at all ought to be avoided: you only ever end up making an “ass” of “u” or “me” and the writer – who it’s been reported is also deceased, so is missing all the fracas – did that on two counts.

Big mistake is thinking that a woman’s worth is solely in her dress size or a gene pool beyond her control, which predetermines what she looks like, and bigger mistake to think that men can’t or won’t seek the camaraderie of a woman for the intellectual and emotional companionship she offers, or the raucous life experience stories, dirty jokes, intelligent debates, good advice, professional encouragement, genuine friendship and whatever else two consenting adults might choose to share.

I want to ask if the writer of the obit is living under a rock but if he is deceased then that’s probably too close to the bone.

Sorry.

The obituary did open a floodgate on the shallowness of misogyny which you’d hope in 2015 wouldn’t be present in journalism of any integrity.

But in the past decade or so with the advent of photo manipulating software the explosion of imagery portraying a new female ideal in its “improved” form surely makes it difficult to have expectations from women about their appearance which are anything but unrealistic.

Looking like an avatar is now a genetic ideal and achievable if you’re the digital love child of Illustrator and Photoshop.

For the rest us, welcome to the exclusion zone.

Not that any self-respecting, strong independent woman would dignify that with acknowledgement, but when dumbass comments like the one made about an iconic OA Australian who happens to be a woman with a very big brain, the people will rise.

Mini revolutions from real women have caused mind shifts in the past couple of decades as the female ideal has evolved

from healthy, to scrawny to farcical.

Buying bigger sized clothing was once a source of shame for the over size 14s but this group of women got powerful very quickly when identified as a multibillion dollar business opportunity.

The industry repackaged bigger girls to be acceptable, pretty, attractive, normal.

Even though they always were.

The concept may not have filtered down throughout all of society and a person’s weight or attractiveness is still fodder for bullies who compensate for their own imperfections by projecting them onto others.

Thankfully (although if I hear this song one more time... ), within celebrity ranks and by default, their fans, there are numerous voices of dissent, like Meghan Trainor, the 21 year-old American singer songwriter of the tune “All About That Bass”.

It’s a catchy jibe at anyone who thinks a woman on the wrong side of skeletal isn’t attractive.

She who is not the Barbie doll stereotype ideal, sings unapologetically: “I’m bringing booty back, Go ahead and tell them skinny b**ches, hey, no, I’m just playing, I know you think your fat, But I’m here to tell you that, Every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top.”

That skinny women fear being fat or labeled that, causes suffering on the flip side in the face of an assumed inner sense of superiority, when in fact, they may just have been born to parents with high metabolisms and have heirloom genes.

People can be pretty predictable in the face of anything they fear. It’s much easier to demonise or put something down, than make the effort to understand or look past another person’s differences.

It’s hardly bungee jumping but it can take a lot of guts to set our personal biases aside because they’re often the mortar between the bricks of our upbringing, and you may have to rebuild your perceptions in their undoing. Sounds like work.

It’s a lot like assuming a woman with a – gasp – wrinkle, falls off the ladder of social power to don an invisibility cloak where she belongs if she’s – gasp – old.

Worth a read is Natalie Holme’s profile, in this edition about some groovy grandmas, which puts a new slant on ageism and could possibly kick start a new trend where grandchildren become known instead as groupies to their rock star family matriarchs.

Colleen McCullough is a matriarch of Australian society who deserved a better send off, but in hindsight, she got it, through the thousands of female and male voices who spoke out in protest, acknowledging her for her achievements.

From my perspective, it’s no easy task writing one book, but with 24 under her belt – many of them internationally acclaimed – Colleen McCullough is indeed a literary giant.

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City development strategies need informed voters to steer the way

BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

AN Campbell Newman’s toppling be a precursor to less infrastructure being built across Australia.

Last weekend’s Queensland election result was unpredicted and sends a warning that governments used to managing their affairs by trying to score points in the five minute news cycle may now have to ditch huge slabs of difficult policy choices just to get elected in a new race to the bottom.

With federal constraints on funding to local governments and a state policy working towards amalgamations, or at least quantity of scale working relationships between neighbouring councils, it’s impossible to predict the future for Dubbo.

But here’s what it may look like.

In November 2009 a Dubbo City Planning and Transportation Strategy 2036 was handed to council by Stapleton Transportation and Planning, a Sydneybased firm with expertise in that field.

For some reason that document wasn’t accompanied with a glitzy media launch and there were few, if any reports on its contents until a few years later.

According to DCC ‘the broad principles of this strategy are to be considered in future strategic landuse policy, however they do not represent the adopted strategic landuse policy for the city and its future growth.

It’s a great read and there’s some real innovation in there.

Last year a staff proposal to radically re-zone south Dubbo was soundly defeated after massive community outrage, not a typical Dubbo reaction which has normally been summed up by the US phrase ‘You can’t fight City Hall’.

This type of activism is growing in Australia, you only have to look at the Coal Seam Gas protests in recent years and last weekend’s massive protest vote in QLD. So to be informed, this document is a must read.

Informed voters can make informed choices, or at least lobby local councillors about which direction they want Dubbo to head in the future.

Here’s some highlights: • The Green Ring: Stapletons viewed Dubbo as outsiders and looked with fresh eyes at how the city is neatly nested in surrounding hills, and how it settles into the Macquarie River Valley.

It is proposed to establish a ‘Green Ring’ of vegetation, 100m wide and 24km long, that is embedded within Dubbo’s urban fabric.

The report says a complete Green Ring, with tentacles into the rural areas, will allow flora and fauna to migrate through the city and encourage biodiversity, even as the city grows beyond the 40 year limits.

It goes on to say that large sections of the Green Ring are already in place.

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Planning for more bridges. PHOTO: ELLA MCMILLAN

Council has shown plenty of foresight in buying up all riverbank land on the south eastern bank of the Macquarie a few years back, because once it’s gone, you can’t get it back and vastly limits future planning options for general public amenity.

The completed 24km circuit will include a shared bike/walking track,

with the city already receiving huge praise for the Tracker Riley cycleway development.

• Regional Business Ring; • Low level River Street bridge across the river to take the pressure off Erskine Street; • The reconnection of Myall Street between Fitzroy Street and Cobbora Rd

There’s currently a disconnect from the voters and Dubbo’s development because much of the decision making is performed by staff, who then present finished documents to councillors for a yay or nay vote, short-circuiting the elected representatives out of the decision making process.

beside the hospital; There’s currently a disconnect from the voters and Dubbo’s development because much of the decision making is performed by staff, who then present finished documents to councillors for a yay or nay vote, short-circuiting the elected representatives out of the decision making process.

Of course there’s far too much minutiae to expect part-time, non-expert councillors from being involved in daily decisions, but here’s one example where a major project was foisted on ratepayers: Upwards of $2 million was spent hot tarring Jannali road yet the traffic movements on that stretch of supremely expensive bitumen are miniscule compared to other potential projects.

Cost estimates for building an eastern extension of Boundary Road to link up with Sheraton Road have been put in the vicinity of $2 million, and that would take all the south Dubbo school traffic away from Cobra Street, Palmer Street and the obscenely busy Bunning’s roundabout at critical school times, which sees upward of 11,000 vehicles movements each day.

Yet the people, and the councillors, didn’t get a look in on whether that could be an option for those ratepayer dollars, and that’s not good enough.

It’s too fundamental a decision on our city’s liveability to leave to people who weren’t elected.

Another example is the multi-millions council staff want to spend building a low level Tamworth Street bridge, which the Stapleton Report identifies as a stopgap measure to ease congestion until the truck freightway ‘ring road’ is built, with ‘the residents of Macquarie Street between the Tamworth Street Bridge and Hennessy Drive will demand it’s construction when truck drivers start diverting from Cobra Street in noticeable numbers’.

Despite calls from trucking groups and residents, Dubbo City Council remains steadfast that a freightway won’t be necessary until 2036.

If the Baird government is returned, local MP Troy Grant has said a Dubbo truck strategy would be a priority, using that half billion dollars from the sale of the poles and wires to upgrade the Newell and bring forward projects with 20 to 30 year timeframes.

This could potentially see a ring road completed and make the millions needed for a Tamworth Street Bridge an unnecessary spend.

There’s far too much material embedded in this document to cover in a brief article but for anyone interested in the way Dubbo’s heading, a quick read will make you privy to the challenges and opportunities facing our town planners, councillors and local politicians.

Disclaimer: John Ryan would personally like a Tamworth Street bridge as it would shorten the travel time between his home on that street, and his small block just south of the zoo.

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More than just decoration

BY KIM V. GOLDSMITH JOURNALIST VER the past 12 months, people passing through the Neami National-run Dubbo Mental Health Rehabilitation and Recovery Service have been treated to a private showing of art on loan from some of the region’s best artists.

The works have come to the centre as the result of a project overseen by Dubbo and Region Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol (MHDA). It has been so successful in its first year of operation that one of the artists involved has donated several artworks to the program.

Jack Randell has shown work to Australian and international audiences over many decades, yet the reception to his work at the local mental health facility has had a profound impact on him.

“As a practicing artist I expect that my work will have an impact on people whatever the circumstances. My primary interest was hanging my work in a different environment. I really like the idea the work might be integrated into a community function.”

Randell says this is important to him because like other creatives, generating large volumes of artworks, many of these works don’t reach the public domain.

“Not all the stuff gets out, but it’s part of the communicative function of art. So if there are new eyes on my work, anywhere, that includes the internet and private homes and institutions, wherever it goes...that’s important.”

To date, the artworks on loan to the project have included paintings and drawings by Jack Randell (in collaboration with Annette Simpson) and Milena Sallustio.

Six months into the program last year, the MHDA Service sought feedback from the staff and consumers of

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the mental health rehab facility about their thoughts on the works hanging in the building.

It was this feedback that prompted Randell to donate his paintings, worth several thousand dollars.

“I’m not given to giving work away.

For the professional effort I put into constructing a work of art it needs to be reciprocated in some way. What I saw here was an exchange occurring between the facility, the staff and the clients that was really valid. I would much rather this facility has the work than a public museum.

“It’s doing a thing all the time here and I was really quite taken with that. I feel really good about it. The work is a good fit and the essence of the painting, Stop. Revive. Survive., is about that formation of change; the transition from fear, to reflection, to choice.”

The Dubbo Mental Health Rehabilitation and Recovery Service has been operating since April 2013, running a 10bed residential and day program, over six weeks, for up to 20 people at a time.

Service manager, Jackie Wright says demand is “big and growing” with 40 per cent of referrals coming from acute, in-patient hospital units and 60 per cent from the community, including self-referrals, across the Western NSW Local Health District.

She explains the artworks in the beautifully designed, open plan facility are important to making the place not feel like a hospital.

“The works speak to people in different ways, depending on their perspective and what they’re interested in.

“You go into our activity room when there are some art endeavours underway and the atmosphere is fantastic, the mood is great and there’s optimism, there’s laughter.

“It’s part of the rehab mix, but doesn’t work for everyone. We get some really interesting people who stay here, who

The works speak to people in different ways, depending on their perspective and what they’re interested in.”

– Dubbo Mental Health Rehabilitation and Recovery Service manager, Jackie Wright.

Yvonne Muyambi, Jack Randell and Jackie Wright. PHOTO: KIM V. GOLDSMITH

think about different things and like to explore different things.”

While it’s early days for the art project and there’s an anxious wait to see if the rehab facility will continue to be funded beyond the middle of this year, Wright also remains hopeful the art on loan will be a permanent fixture.

Promotions officer with the MHDA Service, Yvonne Muyambi says she went into the art on loan project with no working knowledge of the arts industry or how to even negotiate loan agreements with artists.

“We worked in partnership with Orana Arts, Outback Arts and the Western Plains Cultural Centre so we could put forward an expression of interest to attract artists.

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probably they don’t think their artworks are suitable for a hospital or mental health facility setting.”

Muyambi explains that as well as having the assistance of the regional arts boards, the clinicians at the rehab facility are also involved in the process of selecting the works.

“As they work one-on-one with the clients they determine how suitable the artworks are.

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Deputy Premier, Troy Grant, with local family Jane and Gus Diffey and the Minister for Education, Adrian Piccoli. PHOTO: KAITLYN RENNIE

Special needs school on the board

BY NATALIE HOLMES JOURNALIST

UBBO has been named as the recipient community for a brand new special needs school after government funding of $9.2m was announced this week with NSW Deputy Premier Troy Grant and education minister Adrian Piccoli publicly declaring on Wednesday that the project would go ahead later this year. The announcement comes 20 years after the closure of Fairview Heights School which had previously catered for this sector of the local and surrounding community and included a hydrotherapy pool, specialist rooms for technology and craft activities, along with its own library, gymnasium and bus service.

The news was particularly gratifying for Dubbo mum Jane Diffey who was the main instigator of the need to re-establish a special needs school in the area.

In 2011, she wrote a submission to Grant outlining exactly why the facility was necessary for this region.

While Diffey is supportive of special needs children participating in mainstream education, she is also a firm believer in parents having the opportunity to send their offspring to a school built especially to cater for their needs.

“In 1995, the Department of Education closed Dubbo’s Special Needs School - Fairview Heights School,” Diffey wrote in her submission.

“This was a huge loss to not only the community and outlying regions but to children with a disability and their families.”

According to Diffey, apart from the closure of the school itself, the biggest issue was the loss of the hydrotherapy pool which had been a positive therapeutic source for people with injuries, disabilities and special needs.

“It’s one of the most beneficial therapies for a range of things,” she said.

Without Fairview, there were only two other hydrotherapy pools in Dubbo - at Fitness Perfection and Lourdes Hospital - and there was some red tape issues attached to using these facilities.

Given the size of the Dubbo area, Diffey was stunned that Dubbo became a city without specialised educa-

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tion facilities.

However, as mum to Clare (who had Rett Syndrome and sadly passed away last year), Lucy and Maggie, Diffey is determined to see it happen.

“I was in awe of the fact that we didn’t have that service,” she said.

As such, Diffey arranged for Dubbo MP Troy Grant to visit Orana Early Childhood Intervention, which provides therapy and learning opportunities for children with special needs up to the age of six.

Up to that point, Grant had never been to the centre. After his visit though, many lives were changed, including his.

“He came to Early Intervention for the morning and to Clare’s class, he sang nursery rhymes with the kids and really got involved.”

After that, he asked Diffey to make a ‘wish list’ of items for kids with disabilities and special needs in the community.

Naturally, at the top of the list was a school.

“Without this school, people are limited in the choices they have. There’s a huge physical and medical need to have it and there’s always going to be a need for a special needs school.

As Clare would have started kindergarten this year, Jane and her husband Gus were already scouting around for a school to suit her particular needs long before enrolment.

“She would have needed a full-time aide, the school staff would have needed epilepsy training, we would have needed to look at access for her walker, all of those things.”

Having said that, the staff at Dubbo Central School where Clare would have started this week, were exceptionally welcoming.

“They were fantastic, and very accommodating,”

Diffey said.

However, kids with special needs do require a lot more specific care than most other children in mainstream schools.

“For a lot of kids, therapy is an essential part of their day and it would be ideal if they could have therapy between lessons. But most mainstream schools don’t have the structure or the resources for that.”

Diffey also stressed that there is still a need for support units in mainstream schools and said that some children would benefit from a part-time mainstream/ special needs combination.

“It’s about being able to make the right choice for your child. Therapy is as important as education.”

In 2012, a year after Diffey first talked to Troy Grant, she was asked to write a submission for a special needs school. The resulting four-page document was tabled in parliament.

“I received a letter from Adrian Piccoli saying that they were going to consider the option.

Two weeks before Christmas 2014, the good news was officially given to Diffey and her family that her wish was to become a reality. It was then announced unofficially at the Clare’s Angels New Year’s Eve Ball which benefits both Orana Early Intervention and the Rett Syndrome Association of Australia.

Diffey couldn’t have been happier and has been smiling ever since.

“It was an OMG moment,” she said. “I was shaking, I couldn’t believe it.”

Diffey believes that the special needs school will be a special gift from her very own little angel Clare.

“Clare is bringing this gift to Dubbo because if we hadn’t been blessed with Clare, it wouldn’t have happened. Clare introduced me to a whole world that I wasn’t aware of but am very grateful for.”

It’s about being able to make the right choice for your child. Therapy is as important as education.

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

Dubbo Mayor Mathew Dickerson and Dubbo City Council’s Manager of Sporting Facilities Wes Giddings with Titan Mud Run committee members Lynnie and Mark Thompson, Ann-Maree Chandler, Rod Fardell, Rod Klaassens, Sarah Richmond, Cameron and Peta Coggan. PHOTO: ELLA MCMILLAN

Extension of recreational river trails T’S all about State funding this week with the NSW election getting closer every day. Plans are now underway to extend Dubbo’s Tracker Riley Cycleway south to Regand Park, thanks to a $20,000 grant from the NSW Government’s Building Partnership program which will be combined with funds from Dubbo City Council and a contribution from the proceeds of last year’s inaugural Titan Macquarie Mud Run. Event founder Rod Fardell was excited about the pathway extension.

“It has been amazing that the vision of having a track established alongside the Macquarie River into Regand Park will soon become a reality,” he said.

“This pathway will now extend to the South Dubbo Weir giving residents the ability to run and cycle in another beautiful part of our city.

“The benefit that comes with great recreational facilities is great health and this is a massive win for the Dubbo community,” Fardell said.

The Tracker Riley Cycleway is highly regarded by residents and visitors. This funding will enhance infrastructure to further promote a healthier community and strengthen the relationship residents have with the river.

The cycleway extension is part of the Regand Park Master Plan and Recreation Strategy.

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Parkes and Forbes hospitals in good health DEVELOPMENT of the Lachlan Health Service’s projects at Parkes and Forbes continues full steam ahead with main works construction on the $113.4 million redevelopment making strong progress.

After inspecting the Dubbo site where the new local facility is quickly taking shape, NSW health minister Jillian Skinner said extensive consultation with staff and community groups had ensured the Lachlan Health Service project would best meet the needs of clinicians and patients.

“At Parkes, I’m told the concrete structure is complete and work has commenced on block and steel work, wall framing and the installation of internal services such as air conditioning,” Skinner said.

“At the Forbes site, block and steel work has also commenced and all major ground floor slabs have been poured.”

More than 11,500 tonnes of concrete has already been used in the construction of the Lachlan Health Service Project. The State Government has provided $40.9 million to the Forbes Hospital redevelopment and $72.5 million to construct the Parkes Hospital on a new site.

Aerial views of the hospital redevelopments at Parkes (above) and Forbes (right).

The Forbes and Parkes hospital refurbishments both include new emergency departments, inpatient ward, birthing suites and an upgrade of the ambulatory care treatment area including dental facilities.

The Lachlan Health Service project is scheduled to be complete in early 2016.

Broken Hill woman charged with drug offences A BROKEN HILL woman’s preoccupation with amphetamine supply has resulted in charges being laid against her for neglecting a child in her care. The 24-year-old was in possession of pro-

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hibited drugs and drug paraphernalia when she was arrested at a home in that city last Friday.

She was charged with supplying a prohibited drug, knowingly exposing a child to drugs and two counts of possessing a prohibited drug, along with participating in group criminal activity.

Her arrest was part of the police operation, Strike Force Nublu.

Two man involved in stabbing TWO Coonabarabran man have landed in hot water this week after being charged with attempted murder.

A 37-year-old man was attacked and stabbed multiple times when walking along Castlereagh St in the early hours of last Wednesday morning.

A 32-year-old and 21-year-old man were arrested as a result. The victim was taken to Coonabarabran Hospital and later transferred to Dubbo Base Hospital, where he has undergone surgery. He was believed to be in a serious but stable condition.

Police from Mudgee Local Area Command are investigating the incident.

Assault in Wellington A MAN has been charged with assault following a physical altercation at a licenced premises in Wellington. It is believed that an 18-year-old and a 36-yearold became involved in an argument before the 36-year-old allegedly struck the face of the 18-year-old causing him to fall to the ground unconscious.

The 36-year-old man was arrested and taken to Wellington Police Station where he was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Dubbo West Preschool expansion THE Dubbo West Preschool community is celebrating the addition of a new playroom, made possible by a $248,391 injection of funds under the Community Preschool Capital Works Grants Program.

The grant covers an extension of the Dubbo West Pre-School enabling the capacity to increase from 66 to 88 places per session.

Dubbo West Preschool director Cathryn Albert said extension of the Kookaburra room has been a valuable addition to the facility, allowing them to target their waiting list.

“The parent committee and staff would like to thank the NSW Government for the support they have shown preschool early childhood education in Dubbo and also express huge gratitude toward the families and the Dubbo community who have supported us throughout the build and the playground development.”

Early childhood education is a crucial foundation in a child’s development.

Preparations under way for ANZAC sleep-out Back, Dubbo City Council general manager Mark Riley, RSL Sub-Branch secretary Bill Greenwood, Mayor of Dubbo Mathew Dickerson, Member for Dubbo Troy Grant, RSL Sub-branch president Thomas Gray, RSL Sub-branch committee member Shaun Graham, front, Youth Council members, Murray Kruger, Dan Runciman, Alisha Parker, Natasha Wykes, Leticia Quincy and Kieran Cubby. PHOTO: ELLA MCMILLAN

THEY won’t be doing it as hard as our diggers at Anzac Cove, but a group of local citizens will sleep-out as part of the upcoming centenary commemoration of ANZAC Day. In the spirit of Camp Gallipoli in Turkey, the 2015 Centenary of Anzac Regional Sleep-Out will aim to capture the essence of remembrance and provide a memorable youthled event for the local and regional community that goes beyond respectful reflection. Participants will sleep out overnight on April 24 prior to attending Dubbo’s Anzac Day

Australia’s largest solar plants set for completion DESPITE some staffing issues in Nyngan late last year, AGL Energy looks set to deliver what will be Australia’s largest solar power plants in Nyngan and Broken Hill later this year.

Merchant Energy Group general manager Anthony Fowler said both solar plants are progressing as planned, with first generation expected from the Nyngan Solar Plant by April.

"We expect first generation to take place in the next month or two and all going well, the Nyngan Solar Plant will be fully operational by July 2015.”

Broken Hill is also on track for completion this year.

“The plant, which started construction in October 2014, is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2015,” Fowler said.

dawn service. Attendees will come together to form their own gathering where they can camp, eat, sing and remember together. The sleep-out is being hosted by the Dubbo City Youth Council in partnership with Dubbo City Council and the Dubbo RSL Sub branch and will include participation from the Returned Services League, local service clubs, the 1st/19th Battalion Dubbo Army Reserves, military collectors, students and Dubbo youth services. It was officially launched in Dubbo last Thursday.

The Nyngan (102 MW) and Broken Hill (53 MW) solar plants will have a total capacity of 155 MW. The two solar plants are expected to produce approximately 360,000 megawatt hours of electricity annually. This will be sufficient to meet the needs of more than 50,000 average NSW homes.

Teen thieves arrested GUNNEDAH homeowners have fallen victim to two teenage robbers following a spate of break and enters in the town.

The pair – a 14-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl – were arrested on Monday after numerous break-ins. The boy was charged with 13 offences including three counts of motor vehicle theft; break, enter and steal and five counts of larceny.

The girl was expected to also be charged and both teens will appear in Children’s Court in coming weeks.

Gunnedah was also the location of a drug bust this week, where four people (including a 15-year-old boy) were charged with supplying methamphetamine (ICE) after two local houses were searched. Police also seized other drugs, cash, three cars, a boat, a motorcycle, and two quad bikes.

Masters plans temporarily shelved

Dubbo Mayor Mathew Dickerson, Jennifer Turner from the Early Childhood Education and Care Directorate, Dubbo West Preschool Inc Parent Management Committee president Tammy Pickering, Dubbo West Preschool director Cathryn Albert and Deputy Premier and Dubbo MP Troy Grant.

IT looks as though the Woolworths home improvement store, Masters, has temporarily shelved its plans for installation in Dubbo. Despite being approved

by Dubbo City Council this time last year, a spokesperson for the store said on Tuesday that ‘as a result of a review of our store rollout plans, we have deferred the previously advised construction start date of 2016.’

“Masters Home Improvement remains committed to bringing a new store to

Dubbo.

We will keep the local community updated about our plans to open a Masters in Dubbo. At this stage we have no confirmed timelines to share.”

The planned development will include an 11,500 square metre store, 1000 square metres for other bulky goods retailers and a 534 space car park and is planned for the vacant block at the corner of Cobra and Hawthorn streets.

New school planned for students with special needs DEPUTY Premier and Dubbo MP Troy Grant and education minister Adrian Piccoli have officially announced funding for a $9.2m dollar school in Dubbo for students with special needs. The school is set to be developed on the site of the existing Dubbo West Infants School. Dubbo West Preschool, Infants and Primary schools will be merged at the site of Dubbo West Public School.

Despite closure of the Fairview Heights School (a similar facility) under the Labor government 20 years ago, Grant said this will be a ‘brand new educational resource for Dubbo with farreaching benefits.’

The school will be home to a specialist centre that will respond to students in rural and remote NSW who require personalised learning and support. The existing buildings at the infants school site will be upgraded to provide classrooms for students with additional support needs, as well as housing the specialist centre.

Included in the plan is a special programs room, purpose-built bathrooms, a games court and an undercover student drop off area along with a Networked Specialist Centre with a range of multipurpose rooms. Read more about the project back on page 6.

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YOUR VIEWS Re: Flagging a change – Weekender 24/1/15

THE WATERCOOLER

BY NATALIE BRAMBLE BUSINESSWOMAN

Cash for Cans REMEMBER the good ‘ol days as a kid when you looked at a bottle and cheered that it was worth 10c and then you started dreaming of stockpiling all the containers to turn them into a pile of cash only to be disheartened when someone told you it was only in South Australia?

Well the good news is that for our kids and grandkids this is now a reality in NSW – although they won’t receive the cash personally, they’ll be doing a good thing as their dollars are set to go to charity instead.

It’s good to see our state Government final introducing this recycling using reverse vending machines in populated areas, which will also increase awareness. We might have to wait a while for it to hit the regional areas, but I’m sure like good recyclers you’re already putting these in your yellow bins... aren’t you?!

Kittens Galore IT’S no secret that the world loves

little cute animals and kittens and puppies have most of us at our feet scrambling for cuddles. It’s also a well, researched fact that animals reduce stress levels and increase happiness so what better gift to give yourself or someone is a chance to cuddle a kitten.

At $40 a pop the scales are out on what’s a better investment – flowers or kittens but who can resist a cute kitty kat? At least that’s what Uber (an app-transport network) and the pet shelters are hoping. This scheme has been in operation in the US and the UK to celebrate National Cat Day and not only did they have a kitten shortage, a lot were then adopted which is a good outcome.

So if you have anyone in the city, check out the Uber app and request a kitty for them!

Greste released WHAT amazing news this week that finally Australian Journalist Peter Greste was released from his Egypt prison 13 months after being jailed for ‘defaming Egypt’. Unfortunately for his Egyptian and Canadian collegues they are still in jail but kudos to the Australian Diplomat in Egypt, the pollies, the media and his supporters who were behind an advocacy campaign to get him back home.

His first action was getting on a flight straight out of there to Cyprus. Smart man, I’d be tailing it out of there on the first flight too!

Pollie drama WITH power there is always drama and it seems the current PM is going through a bit himself with a potential leadership battle on his hands and he’s called in the big guns.

Highly criticised Chief of Staff, Peta Credlin is out and his previously invisible wife Margie is back in. We don’t get to see a lot of Margie supporting her hubby and turning up to events because, well... she has a life as well. Margie operates a childcare centre and continues to work, drives herself to and from and still does her own shopping so she’s busy keeping hearth and home wh whilst Abbott attended the events he needed to solo or with Peta in tow.

With the leadersh leadership battle looming Marg Margie joined him this week th Nationat the P al Press Club when Tony’s speech was littered w with great comme comments about his wife wife... she really, rea really didn’t look like sh she wanted to be there though... perhaps this is a slight of hand to get them to leave Pe Peta alone?

Only time will tell.

I WISH to respond to Jai Martinkovits Executive Director of Australians for a Constitutional Monarchy (Dubbo Weekender 23-25/1/15).

Mr Martinkovits cites figures from a recent poll claiming that upwards of 80 per cent of 14 to 17 year olds support the Australian flag. While they might support the flag, I’ll lay London to a brick that most of those 80 per cent of 14 to 17 year olds don’t know why they support it.

As for the Union Jack, its only reminder for me is not colonisation but England’s invasion and conquest of a land deemed “terra nullius” (“land belonging to no one”) – a legal fiction drawn from Roman law and conveniently used to support a claim of colonisation and English sovereignty.

Mr Martinkovits then proceeds to dissect the various symbols of the flag. His reference to “our” Aboriginal heritage is galling. After 200 years, in what way has Australia shown any true robust support for, or cultural observance of, “the various indigenous legends”, myths and lore of “our rich Aboriginal and Torres Strait heritage”?

If Australia is, as Mr Martinkovits states, already “a Crowned Republic” this status implies the Crown to be merely a figurehead with no power or authority. If that’s the case, what point to retain the Crown? Is it not redundant? Perhaps Mr Martinkovits could answer this question: Is Australia any less a nation without the Crown?

I can’t help but get the feeling that, were Australia to absolutely cut the monarchical cord with England, rather than celebrate embracing an independent identity, Mr Martinkovits and his monarchist brothers and sisters would fear losing theirs.

On two final notes – unrelated to the article, but related to subject matter – I have this to say.

Some time last year a major Sydney newspaper canvassed the public for their opinion on who should foot the bill of Prince William, Kate and George’s visit to Australia. The cost approximated $475,000. Well, I believe that issue can be easily resolved. All those staunch Australians for Constitutional Monarchy should bear the costs of all royal visits down under. I suspect this move would swiftly separate the proverbial wheat from the chaff.

Secondly, and perhaps more pertinently as part of Australia Day awards, we witnessed Prime Minister Abbott conferring a knighthood upon Prince Phillip – a well publicised controversy including among some of his own political colleagues.

The irony that Australia, birthed from the loins of its Mother country England, would turn around and grant a knighthood to that country’s royal male head – the Queen’s consort – is not lost on me; nor do I suspect it is lost on its recipient who, in all likelihood, found the conferring of the award somewhat of a quaint and curious distinction.

As a responder to the article’s title I would suggest that “A change is lagging” fits the bill.

Cindy Neilsen – Dubbo

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Is anti cigarette education going up in smoke?

Statistically proven by a National Drug Strategy Survey in 2013, most people who smoke have their first cigarette before their 17th birthday. Little wonder then the Cancer Council NSW has issued a warning this week to parents that the number of tobacco retailers in close proximity to schools is alarmingly high.

WORDS Yvette Aubusson-Foley HE last thing any parent would want is for their child to become addicted to cigarettes, but recent data from the NSW Ministry of Health has found that the average density of tobacco outlets surrounding schools in NSW is 34 per cent higher than the average density statewide.

It’s a cause for concern as it opens opportunities for children to experiment with smoking.

Other studies show that the more tobacco retailers there are surrounding a school, the more likely young smokers are to buy their own cigarettes, and that those who buy their own cigarettes are likely to smoke regularly.

“We’ve known for some time that there are too many places that sell cigarettes in NSW, and little attention is paid to who sells and where. As children head back to school, this new data shows the danger in allowing shops to set up anywhere they like,” said Camilla Barlow, Community Programs Coordinator at Cancer Council NSW Western Region.

“Although smoking rates amongst adolescents are declining, it is still the danger period when it comes to taking up smoking. Almost 13 per cent of 16 – 17 year olds in NSW report smoking in the past seven days, and 30 per cent of these smokers buy these cigarettes themselves,” she said.

“This recent data shows that students don’t have to walk very far before they come across a place to buy cigarettes.

This can undermine the efforts of parents and schools in educating children on the dangers of smoking. Government action to reduce the number of places selling tobacco would support the efforts of parents and schools, and reduce smoking-related deaths in the next generation.”

In Western NSW almost 1 in 4 people

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over the age of 16 are current smokers and 33 per cent more people die each year of smoking related illnesses compared to the state average.

Protecting young people from the temptation of experimenting with smoking, and making tobacco less accessible is an important step in reducing tobacco-related deaths in the future.

Reducing the availability of tobacco for sale in the community is part of Cancer Council NSW’s recommendations to the next State Government, and part of the Saving Life campaign ahead of the state election in March 2015.

As part of the campaign to reduce the number of cigarette retailers, a random audit of 1,739 was done in 2012 of retailers who had registered as tobacco sellers with the NSW Government Retailer Notification Scheme.

The sample of retailers were checked against a list provided by the Ministry of Health for their compliance with retail laws. Findings were released in a report known as the Harmful Not Helpful report, and the government was called upon to hold a taskforce into tobacco retailing, which took place in 2014.

Findings showed that more than one in four audited tobacco retailers (26.6 per cent) did not comply with the requirements of the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2008, either because they had not notified under the Retailer Notification Scheme or because they failed to meet in-store requirements, or both.

The audit also found that for every 13 tobacco sellers on the Ministry of Health list, one was found to be unlisted, which is considered an underestimate by the Cancer Council NSW. The list also included a large number of multiple listings and out-of-date retailer records.

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ISSUE. How the retail environment influences smoking • High density and widespread distribution of tobacco retailers contribute to smoking • Tobacco retailers near schools contribute to smoking and cigarette purchases among adolescents • People not intending to smoke, such as people trying to quit and those who don’t yet have an entrenched smoking habit, are more likely to make unplanned purchases in convenience, route and impulse retailers (e.g. convenience stores, petrol stations, bars, pubs and clubs) • Consuming alcohol, especially in social settings like bars and clubs, increases smoking and undermines quit attempts • People trying to quit smoking are more likely to relapse if they live close to retailers selling tobacco • For some smokers, the mere sight of a retail outlet prompts thoughts about smoking or buying cigarettes, even though tobacco must now be out of sight in stores Do the Math • There are around 10,000 places to buy tobacco in NSW (around 10,000), even in rural and remote areas • There are more than 5 times as many tobacco retailers in NSW as pharmacies • There are 8 times as many tobacco retailers as Australia Post outlets

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s e i n n a r G Jayne Bleechmore Age: 57 Job: Road safety officer Title: Gran Grandchildren: Chloe (6), Sophie (4), Archie (2) and another one due in March Interests: Gym, cycling, creating art, study, yoga, music I don’t know why people worry about getting older. I think we should celebrate it. I don’t feel any different now than when I was younger. I didn’t think I’d get to be 57. When I was 47, I was told I would last until I was 53. (In 2004, Jayne was diagnosed with a tumour in the petrous bone under her brain which was malignant).

But it just spurred me on to make the most of life! I’ve been going to the gym since my children were babies. It’s a very beneficial addiction – it’s not a forced thing, I love it! In addition to being busy, I do think it keeps you young. I also do yoga a couple of times a week and love riding my bike. But if you keep your body fit, you’ve got to keep your mind fit too and I completed a Bachelor of Media Communications at Charles Sturt University recently. I’m also doing Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, it’s really good. I want to get back into my art too. I think it’s all about mind, body and spirit.

That’s the secret to feeling young at heart. I think grandmothers are more active today.

Grandparents in general are working longer and they’re active longer. They have so many other interests that it does restrict the time they have with grandchildren. Sometimes it’s also a case of grandchildren keeping up with grandparents and not the other way around! (laughs). My grandchildren wouldn’t expect to see me just sitting there when they came to visit. I would be just back from the gym or going for a bike ride. When I look at my Mum, it’s different. She retired in her late 40s and was home looking after things. But I am looking forward to more Granny days in the future.

PHOTOS: NATALIE HOLMES

No longer content to go grey and sit by the fire with their knitting, the modern generation of grandmothers are out there getting amongst it – they’re gym junkies, uni students, tech heads and outdoor enthusiasts blowing off the stereotype and setting themselves new boundaries as well as being a good example to their grandkids. NATALIE HOLMES talked to five hip Nannas to find out what makes them tick.

Lorna Brennan Age: 53 Job: School as Community Centre facilitator Title: Ma-ma Grandchildren: Archie (2) and another one due in February Interests: kayaking, orienteering, raising animals, cycling, walking, yoga, any outdoor activities I’m very excited about being a grandmother. I’ve already been a surrogate grandmother to lots of girls through my work.

Archie calls me Ma-ma because I didn’t want the name Granny or Grandma. Being a grandmother is a lot different to being a mother – I can have all the fun!

Archie comes orienteering with me, on the back of my bike, we go to the zoo, the park, I give him piggyback rides and this weekend I think Ma-ma is going trampolining!

We have a lot of fun together and everything is new again as a grandmother. I don’t know how my grandmother felt but I’m different than my mother or grandmother. For starters, I work full-time and they didn’t. We (grandmothers of today) are out there in the world and keeping up with the times. I don’t know if grandmothers are becoming younger, they’re just different and there’s different expectations. In the past, it has been that you’re the primary carer but that has changed for a lot of people.

I’m very lucky that I’m here with my daughter Isla in the same place. Some grandmothers live a long way away and they don’t have the same rapport. When my kids were growing up, I adopted older ladies as surrogate grandmothers because their grandmother was in the UK and it was something I felt they needed. I’m in my grandchild’s life and I feel very lucky.

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I love taking them fishing. I like to teach them things and they both enjoy coming to the farm where I live because they live in town. They absorb everything I teach them.

– Sue Holmes Sue Holmes Age: 57 Job: personal carer Title: Nan Grandchildren: Mia (7) and Aiden (5) plus two on the way (daughter and daughter-in-law both expecting in 2015!)

Interests: Fishing, farming, jewellerymaking I love spending quality time with the kids. It’s more enjoyable than parenting and less stressful because you’ve got more experience. It brings a different level to your life. I was busting to be a grandmother! I’ve always been a caring person and I love nurturing animals, children and older people. I love doing

craft with the grandchildren, playing with the animals and taking them shopping. I also love taking them fishing. I like to teach them things and they both enjoy coming to the farm where I live because they live in town. They absorb everything I teach them. Grandmothers are getting more upbeat because a lot of us can do things on the computer and we’re more engaged with technology. Once upon a time, grandmothers would be knitting, sewing or cooking but there’s more out there to stimulate us now. There’s more technology so grandmothers are becoming more upbeat. Before, if you were over 50, you were classified as old but 50 isn’t old anymore. People are staying in the workforce for longer too.

Anne Ingram

What’s in a name?

Age: 60 Job: Accounts officer Title: Grandma Grandchildren: Alexis (9) and Edison (4) Interests: rock ‘n’ roll dancing, travel (has been to Europe, Canada/Alaska, Greek Islands, Dubai, Asia, USA, UK, NZ), cooking, caravanning

One of the most important roles a woman can have is becoming a grandmother, so what title should mark such an important role? From traditional names like Grams, to fun nicknames like Mee-Maa, these are the top Grammy monikers. And remember, it is a personal decision – if you have or are becoming a grandmother, it’s okay for you to nominate the name that is most comfortable for you.

The first thing I think of when I think about the role of grandmothers is that they are like bus drivers. They take an active role in their grandchildren’s lives.

Back in the day, a lot of grandmothers didn’t even drive but we’re not ‘old ladies’ anymore and the kids think of you as having much more energy than you sometimes have! With parents working, looking after grandchildren has become a necessity in many cases. On the whole, I think we are becoming more active, we are more fit, we are also more fashion-conscious. We are more in sync with technology and Skyping and things like that. A lot of grandparents are still working now too, because society itself has changed in terms of consciousness. Of course, our grandchildren still think we’re old, but at the same time, they want you to jump on the trampoline with them! We are teaching them to ride their bikes, and need the fitness levels to be able to keep up with them at the park, playing handball and stuff like that. It’s much better for your own health and outlook too. And it’s worth it – they are always good for a laugh or a smile!

What should we call Grandma?

Traditional names: -Grandma -Gamma -G-ma -Gram -Grammy - Granny -Grams -Grandmother -Mamey - Mee-maa -Mimsy -Nana -Nanny -Ne-ma -Noni -Ona Some fun names: -Bunny -Cookie -Gabby -Honey -Hu Hu -Jamma -Mamabear -Mamacita -Momo -Momsy -Nooni -Snuggums -Tootsie -Unni Trendy names: -Bamma -Birdie -Foxy -GaGa -GG -GeezerGirl -GeeMa -Glammy -Lola -Mammi -MayMay -MeMom -MomMom -NotherMother SOURCE: SHE KNOWS

A few others we thought of: - Ma - Glamma - Nonna - Oma - Ma-ma

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Carol Maybury Age: 48 Job: Family Daycare support coordinator Title: Ma Grandchildren: Isabella (6), Elouise (2), Everett (11 months) Interests: walking, bouncing on my rebounder, making fresh vegie juices I think grandmothers today are becoming younger. I can’t explain what it feels like, it’s so different to being a mother. It’s a different experience. With parenting, you get into a routine and it’s go, go, go whereas when you’re a grandmother, all the rules go out the window!

I love being a grandmother, it’s like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow! You can have them and love them and just be you and enjoy the time with them. I’m a health nut and my grandchildren

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come to my house knowing that I don’t have junk food.

The only lolly here is a Vitamin C chewable! Nutrition is very important to me and it’s all about having a holistic approach – eating good food and staying healthy. I can’t even remember feeling this well, it’s great.

I love making juice with fresh vegies – it’s my kickstart to the day. I also eat a lot of raw foods which give me lots of energy and keeps me on track. Grandmothers of today, they are a new breed.

They are not like the old stereotype, staying home and knitting. I have my grandchildren one day a week but I also work. I think the pressure on women is different than it was years ago. We try to be Superwoman and I feel like that sometimes, a lot of women do. We also have an ideal that we have to grow old, but we can stay young!

I’m a health nut and my grandchildren come to my house knowing that I don’t have junk food. – Carol Maybury

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DEBATE.

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At the coal face The consumption of coal for energy is a global burning issue as a double edged sword, offering cheap fuel and economic benefits on one hand and harmful carbon emissions on the other. Divisions over finding alternative sources of energy creation in lieu of mining and using more coal are deep so the question remains, is coal fired power soon to be obsolete?

Mark Glover - Director, CEO, Renewed Carbon OR the last 250 years, since the Innrodustrial Revolution, mankind’s proised gress has been succinctly characterised d, to as “digging black stuff out of the ground, able make widgets and leaving an unsustainable carbon footprint in the atmosphere” (it was 250 parts per million (ppm), and is now heading for 450ppm with no comprehensive global response to even hold it at 450pp or approximately 2˚C of warming).

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T The corollary to this is that if we wish to return the atmosphere to anything like the stable ambient state that had nurtured life in general and mankind in particular to this point, we will need to “start taking CO CO2 from the atmosphere, to make widgets and put black stuff back into the ground” or a at least sequester carbon into “long life” build buildings, infrastructure and soils.

But this technically achievable goal needs to be directly incorporated into our mainstream economic thinking and systems, and this will require honest apples-for-apples pricing policies to be

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...alternative energy-generating technologies are, or soon will be directly, competitive with coal when the negative polluting impacts of coal are accounted for – so why is coal allowed such a huge and unfair “free kick.” – Mark Glover

adopted.

We no longer permit businesses or individuals to pollute water, land or air. They will be required to comply with agreed standards, and the cost of that compliance is a cost to the enterprise and therefore transparently reflected in the cost of the resultant products or services. But when it comes to wholesale discharge of CO2, as a society, we lose our collective presence of mind, and condone “free” emission.

The economic future of coal will be radically altered when the actual cost of CO2 emission are sheeted home to the emitters and/or they are required to “treat” emissions to an acceptable standard, as they do now for waste water discharges, solid waste manage-

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ment and the more obvious chemical and particulate emissions to atmosphere.

So, if coal is unlikely to be the “cheap, affordable and essential” source of energy and carbon when it is required to fully internalise its actual pollution costs, what are the alternative sources of energy and carbon.

Coal is currently used for two main industrial purposes. Steaming coal, for power stations and various heat generating processes and metallurgical, or coking coal, to smelt base metal oxide ores into the essential metal products we use today, the greatest of these is the production of iron and steel.

For sustainable power production solar energy comes in a range of usable models. First, there is the»

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obvious solar PV and solar thermal, and then there is the less obvious hydro, wind, wave and tidal (all ultimately solar power). Then there are the more problematic geothermal and nuclear options that could be competitive in an economy where carbon emissions are fully costed and recognised in the price of the resultant energy products.

Interestingly, all these “low” or “no” carbon forms of power generation can only stop the CO2 build up in the a atmosphere getting worse, but they cannot actually rectify the elevated CO2 levels in the atmosphere (and/or oceans). However, most, if not all of these alternative energy-generating technologies are, or soon will be directly, competitive with coal when the negative polluting impacts of coal are accounted for – so why is coal allowed such a huge and unfair “free kick”. biomass as The real hero of the hour is likely to bee “biomass” es or advanced a source of the essential carbon molecules economics need, especially as a direct replacement in the metal smelting sector, as not only a source of ing agent. heat, but most importantly as the reducing ll the coal Biomass was the original source of all on years we use today. Over the last 300 million plants have taken CO2 from the atmosphere phere to create vast volumes of biomass, much of which ses to prewas then locked up by geological processes sent as the “cheap” coal of today. But this proable cess provides the pointers to the sustainable pathway to “take CO2 from the atmosphere to make widgets” and where a proportion of such carbon is sequestered into geological relevant buildings, infrastructure and re-carbonised soils “black stuff” will go back into the ground as a productive method of decarbonising the atmosphere.

Coal can then be phased out as a his-

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torical footnote that kick started industrial development and demonstrated the eventually adopted pathway to returning the global atmosphere to the levels optimal for the continued development of life on earth.

Stephen Galilee - CEO, NSW Minerals Council T is sometimes easy to forget the importance of mining in our everyday lives. Coal provides the power to keep the lights on in the homes, businesses and public services in Dubbo and across the region. It powers schools, offices, cafes, hotels, shops and factories.

In fact coal provides around 80 per cent of our state’s energy needs.

However the importance of mining goes far beyond even electricity g generation. Last financial year over across the NSW benefited from 8,200 businesses busin $13.6 billion in spending on goods over $ and services by mining companies. $2.9 billion of this was directly spent on the bil wages and salaries of 21,516 mining wa workers.

Behind these numbers are w real re people and businesses dependent on mining for their livelihoods.

NSW is a mining state. With the right policies we will be well positioned to pol benefit from increasing global demand bene for coal. co Because the reality is, no other power source can provide secure, cheap and abundant energy in NSW, Australia and across the globe globe.

Energy Agency predicts The International I that overall energy demand will increase by approximately 30% by 2035 and that China and India will account for t half that growth. If we can capture

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this rising demand it will mean more jobs and more support for local businesses.

Cheap abundant energy drives economic growth. It is the main reason that America eclipsed Europe as the strongest economy in the 20th Century. It is also largely the reason why over 500 million people have been lifted out of poverty in China since 1978.

Yet today world energy poverty remains widespread.

1.3 billion people still live without electricity and 2.7 billion live without clean cooking facilities. In India 600 million people cook with wood and organic material, putting their lives at risk through respiratory diseases.

Cheap energy is a necessary condition to alleviate global poverty and coal is the cheapest, most abundant and most reliable energy source available. It is also easier to store and transport than many other energy sources. It is baffling that those who scream loudest about inequality and global poverty are often the first to condemn the coal industry.

NSW has a well-established mining industry, abundant coal deposits and a world-class health, safety and environmental record. As demand for NSW coal increases, mining has the propensity to deliver strong economic benefits as it has done for decades.

It is baffling that those who scream loudest about inequality and global poverty are often the first to condemn the coal industry.” – Stephen Galilee

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Colin and Jake Teale Colin and Jake Teale made history late last year by becoming the first father and son to be named as B and C Grade champions in the history of Dubbo snooker. They talked to NATALIE HOLMES about family loyalty, competition and the need for plenty of patience.

PHOTOGRAPHY Ella McMillan Jake Teale: E play with the Dubbo Snooker Club and I won C Grade and Dad won B Grade. For the first time, it was won by a father and son, side by side. We had both won enough games to get into the finals where I played David Lloyd and Dad played Dudley Beatson. It was a proud moment for us both. I finished first and waited for Dad to finish. As soon as he won, I gave him the biggest cuddle and slap on the back.

I started playing snooker when I turned 18, I’m nearly 20 now.

This was my first proper competition and I did a lot of practice in the lead-up to the finals. I was down at the club (Dubbo RSL) after work every day practicing for 2-3 hours a day over a week and a half.

A lot of people picked us as favourites (to win). I thought Dad had it but I came back from 25 points down in the second frame. Dad’s always played snooker and enjoyed it. I always loved playing pool and it was a good way for us to bond. It seemed like a fun thing to do so I decided to get Dad to teach me how to play. I had to be 18 before I could play, I just always played pool before that. Dad and I have always enjoyed that. I thought I would have a go at snooker as a more advanced game. The fact that I might be able to play was enough for me – it’s more of a thinking game where it’s as much about using strategy to block your opponents as well as playing your own game. It’s a lot harder playing on a bigger table too. I haven’t had much of an opportunity to play away yet but the RSL does go away to places like Lithgow to play against other clubs. I play most Thursday and Friday nights and almost won a three ball handicap against one of the best players in Dubbo recently – it was a close game.

But it’s tricky because the more points you lose off your

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handicap, the harder it gets. I am competitive and last year I decided that I wanted my name on the board.

Now I want a medal. To be a good player, you need to remain calm and you can’t show your emotions. Dad and his best friend (Ian McGuinness) taught me how to play. To start with, I was impatient and stubborn but everyone gives you tips and you get better. Patience is a big thing, and persistence. Dad gave me the basics on how to play and it all comes together at the end. I have learnt that Dad is very competitive but he likes to make sure that everyone has fun. He doesn’t want to make it too serious. We all have a joke and a few beers. At the same time, he’s a quick, smooth player who’s strategic and smart as well. From his game, you can try and work out the tricks. We’ve definitely been close over the years that we’ve been playing together.

Snooker has brought us closer. Winning the championships didn’t change our relationship, but it’s good to have our names there side by side on the board. To be the first father and son to have done it is exciting – and I hope to be winning the B Grade in a couple of years.

Colin Teale: ’VE been playing snooker since 11 April 1978. That was the day I turned 18 and my Uncle Barry brought me to the RSL to play. He was a pretty good snooker player and beat me on both the snooker table and the table tennis table! I’ve been coming ever since. Playing against my uncle was family bonding for us. We thought a lot of each other, he was like a father figure and I used to look forward to that time. I used to just play for fun and then one day a friend said ‘why don’t you play competition?’ I enjoyed it and got a few victories and my friend said I wasn’t a bad player. It’s like anything though, if you give it 100 per cent, you reap the rewards. Ever since I gave up cricket (I played that for 25 years) this has been the next best thing. I love

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playing and when I started, I would play at the Dubbo Hotel, the Civic, Garden, Pastoral and Railway Junction. I just love the game. It’s relaxing, it’s challenging, it’s a lot of fun and has plenty of benefits. I think the most fun I’ve had has been at these tables and I used to come here every weekend and play. I’m grateful to the RSL Club for having snooker here. There’s a great bunch of guys that play. I met this guy who came here from Sydney, his name was Ian McGuinness. He loved golf and had no idea about snooker but eventually he joined the snooker club. He went on to play competition because he wanted to push himself and see how good he was. He bought this snooker cue from overseas and his wife said, now he’s got it, he’s got to use it. He gave his old cue to Jake – and that was the cue he won the competition with in the first year. Sadly, Ian had leukaemia and died last year. He was Jake’s mentor and really helped him. Jake listened to Ian and that’s what helped him get his mind on the game. Jake came up to me after the final and said he loved Ian and dedicated the title to him. Jake loves the game too and I’ve always said to him, if you don’t enjoy it, don’t play. You come to enjoy yourself and winning is a bonus. But at 18, he knew more than I did. It’s just good to see him playing and to be able to do things together as a family, it’s awesome. Not many 19-year-olds play sport or have a common interest with their dad. We used to work together as well. He’s very mature too, particularly for his age. He’s respectful to everybody.

My mother taught me that you’ve got to be polite and respectful to everybody in the room and Jake does that 100 per cent. To me, Jake’s biggest aptitude is respect.

He’s a good kid, and as a player, he’s improving. In his strategy, he’s thinking more. To me, he’s just growing up and growing into the sport. And we are always behind each other.

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David Lomax : Paying it forward From humble beginnings and a rough start in life, this Dubbo businessman now spends much of his spare time “paying it forward”, and has been involved with Rotary’s Chumkriel Language School project in Kampot in regional Cambodia for the past five years. Meet David Lomax – a big man with a big heart.

AS TOLD TO Jen Cowley PHOTOGRAPHY Alex Cowley This is my fifth visit to the Chumkriel Language School project here in Kampot – as a volunteer with Rotary. I first heard of it when fellow Rotarian, and project co-ordinator Mark Horton mentioned it and I thought, that’s something I’d like to get involved with. It sounded like the sort of thing that would be a worthwhile experience. And it has been. Very.

I had no expectations whatsoever when I first decided to come here to volunteer. I didn’t know anything about the project and I’d never been to Cambodia. But the idea of doing something to help out in a developing country was something that appealed to me and still does. I am still amazed at what’s being achieved here.

The project has changed me and changed my life. It’s made me realise how materialistic we all are. We’re far too focussed on possessions and material things. When you see people here and the simple things they have and don’t have – and that they’re happy and they just make do with what they have, they’re very resourceful – well, that just makes you realise how much stuff we have but don’t really need.

Getting to know Cambodian people has also given me a deeper sense of the importance of family. You see how people here value family, and it reminds me that sometimes we take family for granted. I’d like to bring my two sons here just to show them what’s on the other side of the fence – they’re both world travelled, but this project really brings home the message about how important family is.

Since I was here last year, I’ve seen so much development – not just at CLS, but in Kampot itself. It’s great to see so much happening and in terms of the achievements at CLS; one of the things that makes me really happy is to see the development of the agriculture plot. To see the kids helping out with growing and harvesting and cooking the veggies – cutting them up and learning about nutrition and agriculture – is fantastic.

There’s such a great sense of pride to be

involved with this.

Education is everything – and that’s why the work of CLS is so important here. The first time I came over, I remember Mark (Horton) explaining to me that because there were no toilets, the girls didn’t go to school. Then we built toilets at the state school (before the CLS premises were even built) and now there are many girls who attend both the state school and CLS. And that’s just one aspect of the importance of education here.

I visited the salt fields this week, where some of the poorest families live and I realised that it’s the little children we need to target for education. The older kids – 14 and up – are too frightened of school and education, because it’s so foreign to them. CLS is looking to establish a small feeder classroom and library and play area there to get the children used to the idea of learning.

“Learn to be happy, and they’ll be happy to learn” – that’s what one of the Khmer (Cambodian) teachers told me.

And it’s true. CLS is helping to encourage these kids to be happy and healthy, and through that, they’re happy to go to school. The kids are proud to be going to school. We take education for granted

so much, don’t we?

I’m so proud to be a Rotarian and I give a lot of my spare time wherever I can. I’m happy to be involved with things locally as well as the international stuff. Rotary is a great organisation and what’s being done here at CLS is just a small part of what Rotary does all over the world. I would like to have seen more members of my own club (South Dubbo Rotary) come over and see what’s being done here, but having said that, we do sponsor part of the project and hopefully that will be ongoing.

My impression of the Cambodian people is that they have an innocence about them. I wouldn’t say they’re naïve, but they’re easy-going and friendly and they’re just lovely people. They can’t do enough for you. I can’t help feeling a twinge of sadness that Kampot is becoming more commercialised instead of the out-of-the-way little province it once was. But that’s progress.

I had a terrible upbringing – but it’s not something I talk about very much. I grew up without a father and I was put into a boys’ home when I was young. I guess you’d say I came from the school of hard knocks; I had to fend for myself.

It was hard. I didn’t have a lot. I didn’t

have a pushbike until I was 12 – and that might sound silly because it’s something other people take for granted, but it was a monumental moment in my life.

It’s kind of moving to see the faces on the kids and families at CLS when we donate pushbikes – because I remember how important that first bike was for me. It makes me happy to give back.

My wife Sue knows how important involvement in this project is for me. She lets me come over and do the bulk of it, then she usually joins me later in the piece for a week or two. She’ll be coming over shortly to bring me home – to make sure I actually come home (laughs)!

When I look back now I’m very proud of the success I’ve had and of the choices I’ve made to be where I am. And that’s something that makes me want to “give back” even more – to help give other people the kinds of opportunities that I didn’t have. That’s something Rotary enables me to do – to give unselfishly. And you get back what you put in, don’t you?

Note: Rotarians (and “friends” of Rotary) who volunteer at the Chumkriel Language School pay their way in full – all the money raised by Rotary in support of CLS goes in its entirety to CLS.

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Tony Webber is an Australian citizen who bears neither Bambi nor Bishop Tutu any grudge.

For the love of grunting, stop giving the girls a serve T seems to unify us like nothing else.

Whether you’re male or female, a sports fan or a recently unemployed former Queensland MP setting out to vandalise Campbell Newman’s car, everyone holds this one opinion.

Unlike virtually any other issue you can think of, the public is as one about this particular topic: they are against it, and passionately so.

Women tennis players grunting. Actually, just high profile, professional women tennis players; not so much your garden-variety woman having a hit Saturday afternoon.

And people not only oppose it, but they feel very strongly about it, to the point that some claim to be unable to watch the women’s tennis anymore as a result.

Not male tennis, mind you: nor tennis players as a group.

Male players apparently can hoot like a demented gibbon and no-one ever mentions it.

But since the women started to a few years back fans and casual viewers alike have reacted as if they were smoking ice and giving themselves prison tattoos between sets.

And it’s not even really a grunt: more a yell of exertion, reflecting the reality that putting your body through what they put their bodies through takes a lot of effort.

What is it about this trivial aside that means people who can look past the juvenile antics of say cricketers celebrating a scor-

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ing milestone by carrying on as if they had just won the lottery, peaked in their ecstasy trip and been slightly electrocuted at the same time, are consumed with outrage that elite tennis athletes find some advantage in crying out mid-stroke.

You never hear anyone comment on the fact that having scored a century pro cricketers now leap about like a startled springbok, punch the air, fling their bat wildly overhead, hold the helmet skyward, kiss the crest on the front of it, blow a kiss to the partner in the stands, wave triumphantly to team mates outside the change-rooms and then hug their batting partner in the middle.

By the time it’s all over the pitch needs watering.

It is a show of gloating bad sportsmanship that in decades past would have earned you a fine, your captain’s scorn, the fans’ wrath, three weeks sleeping on the lounge and a recommendation from the team doctor that you consider a pre-match sedative.

You never hear anyone complaining about how sweaty the riders get in the Tour de France, or the funny faces weightlifters pull once they get 200kg overhead and feel their spines compacting.

“I used to enjoy the weight-lifting until they started to grimace.

Now I can hardly watch it.”

Yet nobody can tolerate women making audible noise while toiling in the heat for hours.

Serena Williams of the US jubilates during play against Maria Sharapova of Russia in their women's finals match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 31, 2015. PHOTO: AAP/BARBARA WALTON

...women get equal billing in sport the way serious literature got equal billing on pirate ships.

It is sexist and, what’s more, I think the anti-grunters get subtle messages from the sport itself: women can’t play as many sets as the men, and are paid less, for a start.

Of course sport generally is hardly at the forefront of gender equality. In fact women get equal billing in sport the way serious literature got equal billing on pirate ships.

But there’s not too many competitive arenas where a commentator would invite a world ranked pro to “give us a twirl and tell us about your outfit” as happened to seventh in the world, Canadian Eugenie Bouchard, at the Australian Open last month.

Can you imagine Ricky Pont-

ing being invited to talk about his outfit in a post-match interview?

“Cadel Evans, great stage win again today, 596km straight up, airborne at times – just twirl around so the viewers can see your arse in those pants.”

Why does something as utterly meaningless and harm devoid as “grunting” elicit so much more emotion than alcohol sponsorship, golf fashion, or players’ garish tattoos apparently modelled on 1980s RSL carpet.

It hard not to think it is just successful women getting pulled down under the judgemental riptide that doesn’t relent for hard work or credit accomplishment.

That’s worth getting angry about.

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Greg Smart

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By his own admission, Greg Smart was born 40 years old and is in training to be a cranky old man. He spends his time avoiding commercial television and bad coffee.

Abbott leadership not long for this world Y the time this piece is printed, Tony Abbott may no longer be the Australian Prime Minister.

Bearing in mind he became Liberal leader in 2009 on the strength of one vote Abbott’s suitability for leadership has always been threadbare to say the least. When then leader Malcolm Turnbull gave in principle support to Kevin Rudd’s Emission Trading Scheme Bill, much to the chagrin of the LNP party room, the subsequent leadership ballot gave Tony Abbott a one vote lead over Joe Hockey.

There are a number of keyboard warriors who believe he should not be a Parliamentarian at all. Freedom of Information requests to confirm Abbott has renounced his British citizenship (thus meeting the requirement of Section 46 of the Constitution that a person who is a citizen of a foreign power is disqualified from being an Australian Parliamentarian) have been refused by Abbott’s Chief of Staff Peta Credlin, giving weight to the theory he may in fact be ineligible to hold his seat at all.

Conspiracy theory aside – and whether he is or not Prime Minister when this is printed, his suitability to hold high office should be judged by his words and his deeds. And the track record is not good.

The Labor Party leadership fiasco in the lead up to the 2013 Federal Election was a gift to Abbott and the LNP. On the campaign trail, he didn’t need to make outlandish statements or unrealistic promises, just put the minds of the voting public at ease by offering a stable alternative to Labor. With the help of a compliant mainstream media, Abbott and the LNP were assured of victory.

His campaign strategy should have been to keep it simple and stick to the key elements of the Liberal DNA – border protection, budget management, and lower taxes.

He did keep it simple, with simplistic three word slogans the order of the day, but added a twist by pledging no cuts to education, welfare, the ABC or SBS, and, no new taxes or changes to the GST. He stood in front of billboards proclaiming these pledges as his word.

Measured, methodical, adult government was to be the order of the day, the direct antithesis of the previous term of government.

If you are going to stick your neck out this far, you had better be very sure of yourself – otherwise you are drifting into core/non-core promise territory.

Sure enough, it wasn’t long before the cracks appeared.

The Prime Minister’s Office, lead by Chief of Staff Peta Credlin, has became the central point of decision making, effectively shutting out Ministers and

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Back Benchers, just as Kevin Rudd did.

The 2014-15 Budget handed down

by Treasurer Hockey included cuts to welfare, education, the ABC and SBS, as well as increasing the pension age – totally ignoring the pledges made in the election campaign. The tone of the Budget took aim at social equity and the divisive phrase “lifters and leaners” entered the vocabulary of those pushing the merits of the Budget.

Further phrases such as “fundamentally kept our promise to the Australian people” and “we are making the hard decisions to build a better Australia” were sprinkled throughout the defence of the Budget. The LNP spruikers relied on half truths and claimed ignorance of election pledges in order to appease the public, the same voters who listened during the campaign and took Abbott on his word.

As an MP who built his political persona around being a fair dinkum straight talker who promised to keep commitments, Tony Abbott effectively used the one lie of Julia Gillard to undo her leadership. His word is now revealed as meaningless.

With the new Senate in place, and Clive Palmer pulling strings and throwing his finely balanced chips on both shoulders around, Abbott’s job was never going to be easy. As evidenced by his failed negotiations with the Independ-

ents to form government in 2010, Abbott is not a skilled negotiator. Legislation to deregulate universities, and water down financial advice laws and repeal Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act were met with a mixture of resistance or incredulity by micro party senators – as none of them were on the same ideological plane as the Government, despite the wooing by Abbott, Hockey and Pyne.

When he is asked about what he has achieved since taking high office, Abbott always goes to his default setting – we repealed the carbon tax, repealed the mining tax, and stopped the boats.

Not building, but removing. There is an occasional declaration of being the “infrastructure Prime Minister”, a search for a missing airliner, and a military and religious conflict in the Middle East to rejoin.

The turfing out of the Gillard/Rudd government shows Australians don’t like political turmoil. They want politicians to keep their word and get on with the job. The ousting of first term LNP governments in Victoria and Queensland prove the point.

So barely halfway through the Parliamentary term, Australia has arrived at Knife the Sitting Prime Minister Version 2. The first time, Rudd was still popular with the electorate and polling well. His unpopularity was within his own party.

This time, the sharpening of the knives is completely Abbott’s fault. Gaffe prone and lacking sound political judgement, he has failed to take Team Australia on the journey with him and his personal approval rating has tanked. The talk of removing barnacles and rebooting the agenda is seen as the desperate move of a failed government. The promised new jobs have not eventuated, Abbott is wedded to coal, and the 2015-16 Budget is looming, without the last one being settled. Meaningful reform is nigh impossible before we enter electioneering mode again.

The ‘captains call’ of awarding Prince Philip a knighthood is the last straw for many people and demonstrates an astonishing lack of awareness or understanding of the nature of Australian voters. The consequences of this decision, both for him personally and party, may well be catastrophic, as evidenced by the media storm it has created.

Now Abbott has dropped his ‘signature’ Paid Parental Scheme, he is a personal policy vacuum. Campaign promises have been broken and the lurch further to the Right has taken uninformed voters by surprise.

In the court of public opinion and the poll driven media, the decision has been made. How long before Abbott makes one last captain’s call and takes one for the team?

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Sally Bryant

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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... you don’t have to be a twit to tweet ’VE just lived vicariously through someone else’s seven day tweetaffair.

It’s been a week in which we’ve seen a colleague in a ‘twitter relationship’ with a young Scottish actor called Sam Heughan. And anyone who says that on-line relationships are hollow and pointless is missing out on a really enjoyable part of our modern world. It’s not something that’s a replacement for real life, but it’s an amazing new facet to life that can generate a lot of fun, in the right hands.

What we’ve seen in our office this week, is a Serious Fan of a television program called Outlander win the opportunity to have a week of Twitter conversations with a rather ridiculously good looking lead actor who would be the lead actor my colleague has an immense crush on, having inhaled every episode of the series as soon as it hits the screen.

And she’s had the time of her life, swapping witty remarks with someone on the other side of the world. For a week, she’s had his ear, she’s been able to interact with someone she’s highly unlikely to ever meet. She’s been in clover.

The deal was that Sam Heughan’s very clever management, or PR team, or who ever handles his popularity metre, worked out it would be a great idea to offer his fans the opportunity to connect with the actor.

Sam follows the first winner for one week able to have private conversations on Twitter, but they would also tweet to

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each other publicly and the rest of the fandom could follow the conversation.

And then, at the end of that week, each fan has to find a way to pass on the baton to another fan. It has to be some sort of competition that gives everyone a chance to have a crack at being Sam’s twitter pal.

So, it’s like the old idea of a fan club.

The sort of fan clubs that you’d see in the old comics, or in Dolly magazine, or in the old music magazines. You’d sign up and get a signed photo of your favourite actor or singer and you’d be a member of a special club. You’d feel connected.

You’d have a link to someone you really admired.

And all of this in an honest and rather breathless ‘fan’ sort of fashion. Not so much of the tricky stalker in it. It’s more innocent. It’s silly and harmless and rather charming.

This is the opposite side of a coin that has given us the unremitting bullying said to have caused suicides amongst adolescents and even some vulnerable adults. This is an example of how tools like Twitter and Facebook can be used to connect with people. And who

cares that it’s not a proper relationship, like the one you have with your actual friends, the ones you can touch. It’s about enjoying the communication, enjoying the opportunity to connect with people and make them laugh, enjoy being clever and play with words.

And if you’re bantering with an actor on the other side of the world, an actor you find very attractive? Well, so much the better, really.

Most of you are sufficiently well-read (and sufficiently cynical) to think it more than likely that the Sam Heughan my colleague has been interacting with, in such a satisfactory flirtatious and witty flow of repartee, is some bloke with a long nose and no luck with the girls. A modern day Cyrano who can make the Twittersphere sing with wit and flair, a keyboard for rent who can make the actor look even more god-like to his tweeting fanlets.

Let me put your mind at rest. This was no Cyrano. There was a lot of wit in the twitterfair, but it was flowing one way, and that was from Dubbo into the Twittersphere. The replies were friendly and appreciative. I’d go so far as to call them

It’s about enjoying the communication, enjoying the opportunity to connect with people and make them laugh, enjoy being clever and play with words.

warm.

But witty? Not so much. The man has a great future as an actor, he’s definitely decorative, and has a lovely accent. But he needs his writers.

My colleague? My colleague is a very witty woman. And she’s had the most glorious seven days, making smart arsed remarks in the twittersphere and she’s had massive amounts of feedback from her seven-day twitter boyfriend and new followers, saying how funny she is, how much they’re enjoying her discourse.

And how good does that make you feel? It’s been amazing to watch her this week, skipping around with a spring in her step and having to put extra time into wrangling her twitter career. She says it was like a short holiday to an exotic destination.

Not everyone is on Twitter, but for those of you who are, and will see the value in the stats – here they are.

Last week’s statistics: 925 Views, 9 New Followers and 4 Favourites And this week? After a short but well documented and very public (and innocent) flirtation with her favourite Scottish actor?

78.6 k total views, 762 replies, 2,755 favourites, more than 500 new followers.

Her twitter handle is @_RobynHerron. If it’s good enough for Sam Heughan?

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Blurry lines make for a delicate balancing act USTRALIA lost its innocence on December 15, 2014. It was a Monday morning and while the rest of us were suffering Mondayitis, Man Haron Monis took and held 18 innocent people hostage... in a chocolate shop in Sydney’s Martin Place. The entire nation went into a state of shock, of intrigue and of disbelief.

After watching news updates from a few suburbs away, I was warned not to take my usual route home from work (under the Sydney Harbour Tunnel), because our country’s most iconic landmarks were being categorised as danger zones.

Pleading denial, I still took my usual route home that day and as I entered that tunnel, my body was riddled in goose bumps. It was like a ghost town down there. This 2.8km long, four-lane wide, twin tube usually resembles that of a jam-packed Westfield car park but on this day it was the most lonely, eerie channel... and the fastest trip home I’ve ever had.

As we mourned the lives of two innocent victims and slowly recovered from the traumatic wake of the seige, the attack on the Paris based offices Charlie

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Hebdo happened. This French satirical weekly magazine practises freedom of speech in its most acute form. For Charlie Hebdo, offense is the point. The publishers believed that the longer offense was stalled, the more harm the French secular culture would receive in the future. The magazine often featured malicious representations of Islam and was not a stranger to backlash.

Whatever your stance on Charlie Hebdo, the situation raises the question of the nature of free speech and more specifically, where that blurry lines lies between “free” and “discriminatory”. The

Australian Government supports freedom of expression across all mediums but there is no specific legislation regarding free speech in the Constitution.

As a way to offset the assumed human right of absolute freedom, we have legislation like the Racial Discrimination Act, which protects Australians against discrimination and vilification. Despite the attempt to grant both freedom and protection, do these acts inhibit our right of free speech? Are they transparent enough in outlining in what we can and can’t say? Do situations like the Charlie Hebdo attack solicit a tightening of rules?

As Australians, we are lucky to have the freedom, and also the protection,

we enjoy, but we should not rely on legalities to guide our expression. As individuals, we must arbitrate where to draw the line.

Are you the kind of person to take the “if you have nothing nice to say don’t say anything at all” approach? Or are you more of the “I say what I want” type?

And if you’re the latter, can you handle the consequences? Whether those consequences constitute a religious war, a political hold up, a schoolyard biff or social media troll, we have all witnessed the ramifications of complete freedom of speech.

I believe we should use these worstcase scenarios as a lesson and take responsibility for our right, not advantage.

As Australians, we are lucky to have the freedom, and also the protection, we enjoy, but we should not rely on legalities to guide our expression.

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When the future is in the hands of a Dame called Shirls HERE has been much said about the role of political and social commentary in this country over the past few years. How much do they commentate on matters of fact, and how much do their comments actually shape and form the future to their own designs? Having in truth nothing better to do on the weekends I have turned my mind to this self same soothsaying, prophesising and general druid-like behaviour. More specifically, I have turned my mind to foretelling the future, discerning from the muddy mists of the past what wonders time’s arrow has targeted in the future.

In the past I have confined my fortune telling to ... the immediate past, as in the I-knew-you-would-say-that variety.

This has worked well up to a point, but is clearly lacking in terms of any benefit to myself or anyone else. So I have decided to risk the wrath of the gods by becoming an interpreter for the greatest of Australian prophets, an obscure savant from our country’s north.

Born just before the Depression in southern Queensland to pair of Koala wranglers, Shirley Sheila McCrikey was the only one of her siblings to survive her parents’ idiosyncratic approach to rearing children. Weaned at the age of two months, young ‘Shirls’ (as she became known) survived by sucking on gum leaves and catching the occasional possum. During her parents’ frequent trips into the hinterland to rustle up fresh koalas for the thriving koala pitfighting industry, Shirls was babysat by Mrs Eucha, a rare Yellow Box gum tree just off the Bruce Highway. She was encouraged by her parents to develop a loving bond with the Mrs Eucha by being tied to it with a long stretch of fencing wire. Whilst not a preferred system of childrearing and now perhaps illegal, this lifestyle had a profound impact on the young girl.

For example her constant tree climbing led her to develop extremely strong

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forearms. She later exploited this by becoming the champion of the Cane Cutters Crutch Hotel all-comers arm wrestling tournament, six years running, beating previous champion Todd ‘Hatchet Chin’ Tubesock in a match which saw Todd’s arm wrenched clean from its socket and used by Shirls to allow her to play three one arm-bandits at once in the pub’s VIP lounge.

Anyway, I digress. The main point of Shirl’s unusual life was that she spent a lot of time perched, koala like, above various roads, paths and buildings in Noosa observing the world, and became quite adept at knowing what was about to happen based on what she had just seen. In time, her vision in to the future became deeper, but unfortunately less clear.

Her first known prophecy, delivered in what became her trademark four line bush poetry style, is said to have read as follows: When the old grey beard from Whingiwhup / Learns from others that

his loves cup / Is being filled by the redball sling / Then shall the nose begin breaking.

It was not long after she delivered this mysterious missive that old Dave from Whingiwhup found out that his missus was indeed carrying on with the Noosa Carpet Shaggers cricket team’s demon fast bowler and he did indeed break said bowler’s nose outside Mrs Pieball’s takeaway shop. A legend had been born.

Soon interested Noosans would cluster under whatever light pole Shirls had climbed to listen to her prophecies in the hope that some would relate to their future. At times they were rewarded, but often the prophecies were so obtuse or unintelligible they seemingly had no meaning. It was the town’s local studies officer that eventually cracked onto the idea that Dame Shirls (as she had started calling herself) was predicting the future of the entire nation, not just Noosa’s. Thus were they collected and published under the title The Prophecies of the Dame of Noosa Shirley Sheila, better known as the Noosa Dame SS Prophecies. In it Dame Shirls prophesised the fall of the Whitlam government, climate change, the 2nd Iraq War and the abject failure of Hey Hey It’s Saturday’s return to Australian television.

I have a copy of this rare book and am happy to here provide a few examples

Weaned at the age of two months, young ‘Shirls’ (as she became known) survived by sucking on gum leaves and catching the occasional possum.

and my interpretation of them. It is a dark art and I cannot guarantee that all I tell here will come to pass “When a brooched windbag turns dark / The large eared southern star will double park / A spinning cow will fall upright / Blocky and slurred decreasing his might.

“When Prince Phillip is made a knight / Tony Abbot will have made a serious mistake / Malcolm Turnbull will become the new leader / But slow download speeds will totally wreck his online acceptance speech.

“The flesh loved mounds replacing fact / Goodness, charm, intelligence and tact / Will rise no more when craven toad / Shows XY pancakes, of a four score road.”

The page three girls so loved by a certain media baron to replace hard news / Goodness, charm, intelligence and tact / Will finally come to an end when Rupert Murdoch / Insists on printing his eighty year old man-boobs as a birthday celebration.

“When the pig floats on the swollen watered / Then will the Trinity be sorted / The sextet bound laughing red bird / Will destroy the slumbering third.

“When Scotland plays Bangladesh in the ICC Cricket World Cup / There will be three people in the crowd / But a ball hit for a six / Will kill one of them having a quite nap on the hill.”

There are literally 226 more such stanzas in Dame Shirl’s book and I feel I have only just scratched the surface to their deep and alluring meaning. But even if I fail in almost all of my predictions I have the honest satisfaction in knowing that I’ll be about as good as any other media commentator going around at the moment. None of whom, I wager, have ever heard of the prophecies of Noosa Dame SS and their pointed rhyming structure.

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Urban sprawl: A tale of two cities INCE the Industrial Revolution, the proportion of people living in cities has been increasing. Urban dwellers now make up more than half the world’s population for the first time in the twenty-first century. For the best cities possible, we need to understand why a particular city is the way it is, and be mindful of its impact on the environment through impacts on the water and nutrient cycles, the conversion of materials to waste, and the consumption of energy.

Various authors have said: “A city isn’t so unlike a person”, and that “cities are never random. No matter how chaotic they might seem, everything about them grows out of a need to solve a problem”.

And although we’re all human, our geography, nationality, and political situation all differ so significantly that two cities can be completely different from each other. Urban differences are none so stark as Jakarta, Indonesia, and the Special Administrative Region of China, Hong Kong.

European colonialists established cities both at what is now modern day Jakarta and Hong Kong, but this is about where the cities’ similarities end. Indonesia’s sprawling desakota (village city) has a population of more than 29 million spanning a distance of 90km from the CBD. First established by the Dutch in the early 17th century as Batavia, it was given its current name following Indonesia’s independence in 1945.

By contrast, Hong Kong is a hyperdense, compact city reliant on high-rise volumetric urbanism. This means you

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can walk from building to building without necessarily walking on the ground at all. Additionally, it could be possible for your house, workplace, shops and subway to be accessible within the one building. Hong Kong has a population of more than seven million people, with an average of more than six and a half thousand people per square kilometre (sqkm), this figure peaking at 130 000 per sqkm in the area of Mong Kok. Compare with Sydney, which has a population density of around 380 people per sqkm. Hong Kong was established as a British colony in the mid-19th century, and was handed over to The People’s Republic of China in 1997.

There are multiple implications for the existence of these distinct forms.

The rapid expansion of population and area known as Greater Jakarta has been the result of rural-urban migration. Rural Indonesians generally move to Jakarta not so much for the “promise” of a better life in the city, but to escape po-

litical instability and governmental neglect, resulting in a lack of services and opportunities.

In early 20th century Russia, rapid rural-urban migration resulted in serfdom and extremely poor factory working and living conditions for urban migrants. In Jakarta today, poverty-stricken population proportions outnumber well-off people seven to one, and a sense of middle class or inclusive urban society is largely absent.

Settlements and economies are largely informal. As people can’t afford adequate housing, they will find shelter anywhere they can, including on marginal land such as under bridges, near canals, or simply on roadsides. A bazaar economy of informal markets experience a higher proportion of crime, but is just one example of rural culture failing to transition to a safer and more formal urban equivalent. There is inadequate housing policy and development, which results in a disorganised city with informal settlement and low-rise neighbourhoods arbitrarily intersecting with highrise development.

Private car reliance is high in Jakarta, with people commuting up to four hours a day. The megacity has the crisis of operating without a mass rapid transport system, something on which cities like London and New York are highly dependent. Hong Kong is equally dependent on public transport as those cities, with four out of every five trips being made publicly.

Hong Kong has a distinctive major industry with its international financial

centre. Limited flatland has meant there is only a narrow landscape in which building can occur. Although Hong Kong is therefore a hyperdense city, nature is always close by. As the government owns the land, it has clear control and regulation, unlike Jakarta. More recently, development has occurred beyond the previous hill barriers. Hong Kong is known to have a ‘culture of disappearance’, with older building making way for the new.

The vast imperviousness of cities may cause us to forget that the land we build on is also part of the natural environment, and used to be connected to the geographical matrix surrounding a city’s limits. Just as all that comes into a city must come from somewhere, so all that goes out must go somewhere.

The scale of cities’ inputs and outputs is so vast that, for example, the entire city can subside due to excessive water extraction. This is what is happening in Jakarta at a rate of around 10cm a year. Hong Kong is a place where more than 95 per cent of food is imported.

Wherever the food is sourced, the land continuously has nutrients extracted from it, requiring an injection one way or another (most commonly artificial fertilisers).

These two facts are a couple of examples of many implications urbanity has on natural balance. While cities are beautiful places, and the centre of innovation, we must be mindful of how they stray from the harmony of a typical natural habitat.

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Whitewashing the past leaves a black mark on our national day ET another Australia Day has been and gone. We scored a day off, listened to a bunch of songs we didn’t know (as we’re now officially old and prefer to listen to Double J or 702).

We got drunk on VB and cask wine, sat in a shallow pool and felt grateful for living in the lucky country. But as a nation we were also blind to the reality of what Australia Day represents, and how problematic it is.

The January 26 also marks another anniversary, that of Invasion Day. Whether you’re a bleeding heart leftie or not, the truth is this date marks the day that, more than 200 years ago, British Soldiers invaded occupied land and took it for themselves. There is no way around it – it’s not something to celebrate.

On Australia Day in 2015 we saw marches in our capital city calling for recognition of this fact while refugees simultaneously protested their inhumane treatment at our hands.

There is a strange entitlement that correlates with Australia Day celebrations; one that doesn’t seem to make much sense in a modern context. I think it’s time to reclaim the image of Australia from the flag bearing masses and create a picture of what Australia does (or at least should) really stand for. Our white history was largely built on rebellion and upon the shoulders of convicts – where has that underdog spirit gone?

Why the lack of acknowledgement of our longer, ancient, black history?

I love living here in Australia, it’s a beautiful land that I feel fortunate to live on, but also feel no entitlement to.

I am sick of being constantly ashamed of my nation. We don’t have a refugee problem, our intake is minimal compared to the rest of the world and we have “boundless plains to share”. We do, however, have a deteriorating human rights record in relation to these refugees and the first people of this nation.

And that brings me great shame.

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Media & Marketing Minute Compiled by the Sales & Marketing team at Dubbo Photo News/Dubbo Weekender

What makes a good print ad. Supermodels sell. your questions, and believe it or not, the one we usually get is: “What really makes a good print ad?”

The answer is simple – literally!

A simple ad is a great ad. Utilise white space and use it to your advantage – and this campaign by Volkswagen is a perfect example (below). People tend to get caught up in putting as much information as possible into the space they have – but as the age-old adage says, it’s quality not quantity that counts.

For a few more tips, check out these great points from Scarborough Research.

Comment by MADELEINE ALLEN Regional ex-pat Madeleine Allen has a background in media and communications. Her passions are pop culture, politics and ideas, some of which she shares here.

lack of leaders on our political landscape, but I think we get what we deserve. It was us, not them, who put refugees on the map as an election issue (driven home by the Tampa and our own hysterical fear of the other), and it’s our continuing indifference to the problems facing indigenous Australia that allows the politicians to take it off the agenda.

So, in the aftermath of this Australia Day, we should all take a good hard look at ourselves and decide if we want to carry on living parallel lives, spruiking the ideologies of “mateship” and a “fair go” without actually delivering them, or do we want to open up these long ingrained concepts to everyone, so we can actually be deserving occupants of this great land we so happen to be existing on?

Come on, Aussie! We’re all in this together. And while we’re at it, can we change the damn flag? I think that whole monarchy ship has sailed.

It’s time to reclaim the image of Australia from the flag bearing masses and create a picture of what Australia does (or at least should) really stand for.

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Dubbo Weekender now the best way to reach ‘Affluent & Educated’ readers THE new Dubbo Weekender – now sold at newsagents for $2 instead of being a free pick-up paper – has been very warmly received around the region.

And it’s worth repeating – “around the region”.

One of the advantages with altering Weekender ’s business model has been the ability to now make it available all over Western NSW. You can now buy Weekender in most of the towns that utilise Dubbo as a larger service centre – and that’s coverage Weekender wasn’t able to previously offer.

Already, Dubbo Weekender ’s readership is big and growing. And keep in mind, to the best of our knowledge, Dubbo Weekender is the region’s only quality news magazine aimed at reaching the hardto-reach “AB socioeconomic group”.

It offers advertisers an Affluent & Educated readership. It reaches the influential people of this region.

A good ad always: 1. Stops the reader from turning the page.

2. Sells a product’s benefits rather than its features: People buy based on what the product does for them, not on what ingredients it has.

3. Promotes the name of the store or brand while visually creating an image for it.

4. Speaks to a specific group of people.

5. Provides all the facts a reader needs without providing too many.

6. Conveys its message simply. It is believable and honest.

7. Is news: Readers say advertising in newspapers is as important as the news. Finding information is in fact a primary reason that people seek out advertising in newspapers.

8. Offers answers to consumer’s current needs. Advertising sells to people’s wants and not just needs. If people need transportation, they want a Mercedes. If they need clothing, they want Polo.

9. Uses white space. Crammed ads get poor results because readers don’t want to work that hard.

10. Has a sense of urgency. It tells the reader to do something now.

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Why are we afraid of the dark?

A layman’s look at global warming

BY PETER CROFT CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE CENTRE (BEC) (PARKES, FORBES AND DUBBO)

’M not a scientific person and don’t hold myself up as a political commentator or advocate for social re-arrangement, but I do have my own opinions, and I offer the following not as any scientific interpretation or solution or to tell others how to live their lives.

I hope, though to provoke some thought and a bit more honesty about what we can all do personally to make Earth a better and more sustainable place.

I believe we rely complacently on the actions of governments (and oppositions) at all levels to solve our problems even though we give the outward appearance of thinking they’re “all useless”. At the same time, we seem to believe our own individual contribution to society or our ability to counteract the woes of the world and the excesses of massive corporations are beyond our influence.

This attitude comforts us to do nothing.

Our lethargy sometimes emerges as a condemnation of the government, opposition and almost everyone else, for their laxity and lack of action or answer. We, of course, are not able to do anything to change things.

A solution to the problems of the environment cannot be mandated and what is needed is a complete change of attitude from the ordinary human in the street.

Does anyone disagree that what is good for the environment is good for us and the longevity of humankind? I worry if you don’t.

I hypothesise that global warming (if it in fact exists as such) is a direct consequence of over-consumption, or in plainer terms, selfishness, inconsiderate waste and being conditioned to an expectation of a lifestyle by the “in persons” of the day. Hopefully, this is unconscious performance, because I dread to think anyone would consciously damage our earthly home.

We can do innumerable things on a personal plane to help the environment, which will have direct consequences that will personally benefit each of us.

To start, become conscious of what we are doing in every act and the way that we live our lives.

Have you noticed that you can walk about in the dark in your own home and put your finger exactly on each light switch? Why then do you always need to turn a light on?

Can’t you go to the bathroom in the middle of the night without a light? Do you really need it? Are you scared of the dark? Or is it the habit of a lifetime?

If you aren’t scared of the dark, and don’t need to turn the light on – don’t. Positive benefits are less electricity usage and smaller power bills. Once conscious that we don’t

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need a light on, we can turn this exercise into a game of skill – see how many lights we don’t need to turn on. It can be inexpensive entertainment as well. If you are a bloke, and your aim isn’t too good in the dark – sit down!

How often I hear people complain about the rubbish on TV – but still they watch it. Turn it off for an hour each evening and turn off all the house lights as well. Take the dog for a walk. It’s good for the environment, good for us physically, good for our pockets through lower electricity bills, and better for our minds. Who knows, you might even get to meet your neighbours! There is possibly a conflict here as I personally wouldn’t watch most of what is on television for love nor money.

Develop a household budget and stick to it.

Each time you spend money you are probably placing demands on the environment in some way. So if you stick to your budget, you are probably spending less than you would normally. Result? Good for the environment, good for our pockets and we can use the surplus to keep the pressure off the old credit card – a compounding financial benefit, as well as keeping the pressure off relationships.

One problem with all this is that, when balanced against my own life belief which is fundamentally capitalist, I don’t subscribe to huge, corporate commercialism and control.

So what I probably mean is that the efforts of the individual should be accordingly remunerated, but within realistic boundaries of reward and intrinsic consumption.

It gets further complicated because I am a great advocate for small business, and earn my daily bread as a business advisor. Some might say that I am arguing against the revenues of businesses, which, possibly, I am.

Nevertheless, it’s the balance that we really need in our lives; an automatic awareness of life’s responsibilities towards what we do and use, and a reappraisal of how we look at things.

How much food do you waste?

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with this in relation to a public survey: “The survey found that Australians are throwing out $1.1 billion worth of fresh fruit and vegetables every year. A similar amount is spent on restaurant and takeaway food that is ordered and then not eaten. A further $872.5 million worth of meat and fish is thrown away along with bread, pasta and rice valued at $570.7 million and another $512.3 million in dairy products.

“The environmental consequences of such waste are huge. Scarce water resources are wasted and unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions are generated through wasted production and decomposition in landfills. The methane that decomposing food produces has a greenhouse gas equivalency twenty-five times higher than carbon dioxide.”

I’d say it’s the tip of the iceberg and we know what happened when the iceberg met the Titanic.

Another bit from this source goes to my point about the hip pocket nerve.

“The benefits of reducing food waste for the environment seem obvious however it is the household budget that is seen as the biggest incentive for doing so. According to respondents to the food waste survey, it is the potential financial savings that are more likely to motivate them to reduce their waste.”

Governments and corporations are not totally responsible for global warming, nor are they able to produce any appreciable difference to the situation, if not for the targeted actions of ordinary folk like us. We need to get our act together if we really think there is a global environmental problem and that something needs to be done about it.

It is we who are creating global warming through the pursuit of unreasonable expectations of life; selfishness, sloth and over-indulgence – I can run my air conditioning all night if I like, providing the big polluters are made to pay.

The real decisions that need to be made seem too “socially fragile” to openly debate.

There are too many people in the world and this is an obvious dilemma. How do you combat that apart from a change in attitude? I don’t know, but it needs to happen.

The attitudes and expectations of ordinary Australians, and more in real consequence, those of overseas nations, is the real threat.

Warming is a direct consequence of over consumption and any scientific or political solution is only stop gap at the least. The drip needs to be stopped at the tap, if the dam is to be kept full.

Anything that can be done to save us environmentally will involve suburban and rural Australians spending less, not more. We, the people, are the backbone of our wonderful country after all.

Open Polytechnic, one of the Asia Pacific’s leading distance learning providers, to offer Australian students the opportunity to study a Bachelor of Business or Bachelor of Applied Management from just $17,500, compared to $30,792 for a Commonwealth Supported place in an Australian University. Other private providers currently charge up to $50,000 for the same qualification.

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With a decades-long background and extensive experience in business, banking and industry, (BEC) Business Enterprise Centre (Parkes, Forbes and Dubbo) Chief Executive Peter Croft is well placed to share his thoughts on the current state of play in the sector.

He spoke with JEN COWLEY. YOU'VE been involved with business, small and large, in a number of capacities and for a number of years. What are some of the most significant changes you've seen in that time?

I deal with many micro businesses whose methods of operation and sys-

QUOTE ME 42 per cent of Central West businesses indicated that they are encountering a skills shortage, right on par with other regional areas,

tems have remained fairly well intact over many years. Many of these operators have had a reluctance to change markedly or have not seen the need to update to a more sophisticated modus operandi. To some extent their approach does not disadvantage them in

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Central West Orana businesses confident in state economy CENTRAL WEST ORANA businesses remain confident in the performance of the State’s econ-

the marketplace and sometimes can help them to hold their niche, and to minimise their risk.

On a larger scale however, there have been some impressive steps forward.

These include: • Digitisation of a broad range of

omy, according to the latest NSW Business Conditions Survey conducted by the NSW Business Chamber.

“Our survey of Central West Orana businesses shows improved business conditions for the December quarter across a range of key indicators, such as perceptions of the State’s economic performance, staffing levels and capital spending,” said Regional Manager of the Central West Orana NSW Business Chamber, Vicki Seccombe.

“More than 25 per cent of local businesses reported seeing improvements in the State’s eco-

business offerings (transfer of business models from physical to online); • Transfer of data storage from on-site hard drives to cloud based infrastructure; • Increased use of video platforming services, enhancing the ability of busi-

nomic performance in the past three months, up from 20 per cent in the September quarter.

“The survey shows an increase in capital spending for the December quarter, with 22 per cent of local businesses initiating some form of capital spending over the last three months, up from 18 per cent in September 2014.

“Over 40 per cent of businesses reported concerns about operating costs this quarter, and there was also a slight decrease in the number of businesses reporting profits after several quarters of improvement.

“In positive news for jobseekers, 19 per cent of Central West Orana businesses reported that they hired staff in the past three months, compared to just 6 per cent the previous quarter.”

Consistent with the previous quarter, Central West Orana businesses reported difficulties finding suitably skilled staff.

“42 per cent of Central West businesses indicated that they are encountering a skills shortage, right on par with other regional areas, where on average 45 per cent of business struggled to find skilled staff,” Ms Seccombe said.

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nesses to service and interact with clients on a more regular basis; and • Portability of business administration. For example, the use of cloud based accounting systems enabling access from multiple devices anywhere in the world; A remarkable phenomenon though is what has not changed. Some of the major reasons that small businesses fail are still alive and kicking and include: • Failing to plan; • Inadequate cashflow management and debtor control; • Poor record keeping; • Failing to recognise and present an appropriate value proposition to a target customer; and • Failure to seek or take advice Has technology been a blessing or a curse for small business? What are the challenges and opportunities technology presents?

It has been a blessing for those who have been able to adapt and adopt relevant technology. Examples include: • The utilisation of digital advertising mediums and strategies allowing businesses to reach a broader target market (social media, search engine optimisation); • Using digital platforms to either re-

place or complement traditional client service models; • The easy availability of data and research online for commercial due diligence purposes; and • Overhead reduction in areas such as travel and data storage (via the use of video conferencing and the cloud).

A major challenge for adopters is that they can either gain or lose a competitive edge, or lose their focus while trying to come to grips with evolving technology. The costs can sometimes exceed the benefits and what I said in the context of micro businesses is still applicable.

What are some of the main challenges facing small to medium businesses in regional areas in terms of the economic climate?

A primary concern of many businesses is their inability to source qualified, experienced or otherwise suitable staff.

The offer of top salaries will not nec-

essarily produce an applicant that has what it takes to execute the required role. Career orientation is often lacking in a regional setting to be replaced by getting paid and going home.

Developing niche value propositions that differentiate businesses from competitors is becoming more difficult. The increasing use of e-commerce by consumers means large offshore businesses are able to reach customers in regional areas without having a physical presence. I have clients that sell out of small rural locations to anywhere in Australia, competing against those who have had physical presences for generations.

And I’m not just talking about product that can be mailed to the consumer.

With higher volatility expected in financial markets in 2015, considerations such as FX hedging are increasingly relevant to those operating in an international context. For example following recent weakness in the AUD, unhedged

A primary concern of many businesses is their inability to source qualified, experienced or otherwise suitable staff.

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businesses buying USD denominated inputs will be under pressure right now.

Conversely, those exporting to foreign markets will be enjoying enhanced price competitiveness. Fortunately such risks won’t affect many of my clients but they need to be recognised.

I am not a political animal and I am not making a political comment here, however I feel that instability in federal and state governments with suggestions of one term tenures, are undermining to small business and consumer confidence. I have found over the years that when an election is in the wind, sales, confidence and the idea to commence a small business take a swan dive.

Clashes on the international stage might also erupt into unsustainable positions for small business operators. Fuel prices for example are a result of confrontation by major producing countries over market dominance. Not intended I feel for the benefit of the consumer, but an attempt to destroy the competition. What happens after the demise of one or the other? What about the theory of peak oil – how credible is it and what might its effect be in the foreseeable term? We need to be careful not to accept present conditions (including»

Maintain a healthy cash flow MAJOR concern for many businesses is maintaining a health cash flow.

It is the heartbeat of business and keeping it stable requires juggling most aspects of your operation, including accounts receivables, payroll, credit and inventory.

When your business is squeezed by a tight economy – and tight credit – its ability to manage cash flow is critical. Enterprises that successfully practice good cash management generally survive and prosper during downturns; those that don’t are likely to be undone by the weight of increasing debt and the inability to pay employees and suppliers.

With that in mind, here are a dozen strategies to strengthen your company’s cash flow.

1. Take the maximum time to pay suppliers. This amounts to an interest-free line of credit and gives you more time to use your working capital.

2. Ask if your suppliers offer payment incentives. Some businesses offer a discount for paying early. Even if your business regularly purchases a substantial amount from another company, it is in a good position to negotiate favourable payment terms. In addition to early payment incentives, ask for special terms that accommodate your cash flow requirements. For example, negotiate to make payments after your busy season. Many suppliers are willing to offer incentives to speed up their own receivables and bolster long-term rela-

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tionships with good customers.

3. Consider offering your own customer discounts when they pay early. For example, you might provide a small discount when bills are paid within ten days of delivery. It might lower your receivables a little, but it can prod slow payers and have a positive effect on your cash flow. Before taking this step, consider whether you could borrow money at a lower cost.

4. Examine payment terms and your billing schedule.

Send an invoice with your shipments, not after delivery. Waiting until the end of the month can add as many as 30 days to your cash flow conversion period. If your business provides a service and it is appropriate, ask customers for a deposit before work begins. Remind customers of your credit terms.

Check your invoices or statements to ensure there is a clear indication of when payment is due. Encourage customers to pay with fund transfers or internet payments.

5. Closely track and collect overdue accounts. Have your accounting department prepare fast, accurate reports on overdue payments. Monitoring accounts can uncover early warning signs. Act immediately on past-due accounts, using a collection agency if necessary.

Telephone tardy customers and obtain a payment commitment by a specified date. You might give staff members financial rewards when they collect bills that have been long overdue.

6. Start an interest penalty for

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You should sympathise with hard-pressed customers for a reasonable time, but don’t let their problems put a drag on your cash flow.

7. Take precautions when extending credit. Require all new customers to fill out credit applications and check credit references. A written agreement at the onset of a business relationship can help avoid misunderstandings later on. Spell out the terms of the arrangement on the credit application. You might want to go a step further and have customers sign a separate statement or contract stating when payments are due and noting that the other party is liable for any legal or arbitration costs if a bill is not paid. If your business is extending credit to a financially troubled business, insist on securing personal guarantees from the owners, as well as their spouses.

8. Trim expenses and cut unnecessary spending. Look for ways to reduce waste in office supplies, business-owned vehicles, mobile phones and land

lines, utilities, business travel, overtime pay, insurance and more. Your employees may also come up with ideas management hasn’t thought about.

Dispose of unused vehicles, vacant real estate and unnecessary machinery. They could be costing you insurance, maintenance and storage costs. Selling idle assets can boost cash flow and donating them to a qualified charity can be a smart tax move.

9. Keep you inventory lean. As a rule of thumb, the expense of maintaining inventory averages about two per cent of the cost of the goods for each month they are not sold. If your business carried an item for a year, it’s down 24 per cent. It’s hard to overcome this kind of cost handicap – especially in difficult economic times. Don’t fall into the trap of hanging onto slow-moving inventory to avoid admitting you made a mistake. Cut your losses on old

and outdated inventory items or donate them and claim a tax deduction.

10. Look for valuable tax deductions you may have overlooked. Consult with your tax advisor to see if there are potential opportunities or steps you should take to reduce your tax bill.

11. Free up cash by leasing.

Leasing computer equipment, cars, facilities, tools and other gear generally costs more than buying, but you avoid tying up cash. You can also limit your exposure with short-term leases.

12. Examine prices. Many business owners and executives won’t consider increasing prices in a tough economy because they’re afraid customers will head to the competition. But it may be necessary if your prices aren’t keeping pace with expenses. If you do raise prices, explain the reasons to your customers, and if possible, give them notice. Emphasise the value of your products or services.

These ideas are just some of the ways your business can improve cash flow. Consult with your adviser who can help review cash flow statements, find weaknesses, and devise solutions to maintain a healthy balance between money flowing in and out of your organisation.

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interest rates) as being the norm, and be lured into circumstances beyond our control or ability to service with a different external business environment.

The mooted changes to industrial relations regulations – in particular the minimum wage and penalty rates – how should the business sector respond?

This is a very emotive subject because there are two sides to every argument.

Nevertheless I recognise the constrictions that penalty rates and cost of employment put on businesses whose very nature requires out of ordinary hours activity.

When I was in the US recently I abhorred the tipping expectation. In defence of my position I expressed that in Australia, we fairly remunerate our workers and if we can’t do so at a profit, our business isn’t really viable. That’s a position I have always taken. However, workers need to recognise that it’s a balancing act between being fairly paid and not having a job. Roger Fletcher expressed as much when interviewed recently on local morning radio.

While I have mixed views on this, there has to be give and take on both sides. Having said that, I can’t see there will be any major change in the palpable future. Who would be game when there is such uncertainty in the political arena and with elections in the wind? Maybe more huffing and puffing than intention to blow the house down.

What's your opinion of the notion of taxation incentives for the establishment of business/industry in regional areas?

With the right eligibility criteria and execution, it is a useful tool to attract new businesses to regional centres and help existing businesses grow. Benefits will include job creation and enhanced capital investment in regional areas.

However, it is a touchy subject. What do tax-paying established businesses think about “propping up” their potential competitors?

Is this subsidisation really being effectively employed or is being abused?

Good idea with caveats.

What could governments do better to encourage business/industry to consider operation in regional Australia?

My own thoughts include – • Tax incentives for businesses operating in regional areas in target growth industries (with the aforementioned caveats); • Greater investment in regional infrastructure; • Strategies to attract skilled and ambitious young employees to the country; and • Promotion of tourism in regional areas, increasing the visibility of country towns and bringing outside revenue into the local economies which will be recirculated in the form of wages and consumption Governments needs to be wary not to create unsustainable operating environments for those being assisted; not

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Coal mine approvals suicidal for climate THE Greens NSW mining spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham has said the flurry of

create unfair competition against existing operators and that applicants are closely scrutinised to avoid misuse of incentives.

There is a greater need, however, and that is for us all in regional Australia to pull together and to expel the notion of parochialism. Such parochialism can exist at regional, local government, individual business and agency levels.

The common good will produce the greatest results for both individuals and small enterprises. Individuals and small enterprises living comfortably through their own efforts will translate into the same for larger corporations.

In your opinion, what are the main burdens imposed on small businesses, and how should/could these be addressed?

This is a difficult question that I’m not sure I can answer properly – because it depends on what one sees as a burden versus a reality of life. It will depend of course on what industry you are in and what you perceive as an imposition.

My own experience has been that many businesses complain the woes of

“red tape”. When asked of their particular problem, the retort was “...you know – red tape”. I assume we’re talking about government regulation and I don’t deny that with some specific industries, compliance can be onerous. However, I have not had it made obvious to me over my many years in this game, what “red tape” means. The closest and most consistent difficulty I have found is with Development Applications and various related matters that reside in the clutches of councils. Again, no pointing of the finger as I operate throughout a large area of NSW. Some councils of course are very small-business friendly.

To give a perspective of what some see as a burden, I draw the example of the Business Activity Statement (BAS). I see this not as a burden but a great thing to enthuse a business to have its books up to date and hence have its finger on its own pulse. A well-managed business will have its books up to date on a regular basis and if this is so, a BAS will take 10 minutes. Anyone who says it took them a day or more to do their BAS did not have their books up to date, which

A well-managed business will have its books up to date on a regular basis and if this is so, a BAS will take 10 minutes.

coal mine approvals in NSW was negligent and represented a suicidal attitude to climate change, and that the planning system needed to reform to account for the cumulative impact of the emissions from when NSW coal was burnt.

Since September 2014, the NSW Government has approved 1.366 billion tonnes of coal mining.

• Rio Tinto Bengalla – 360 million tonnes • YanCoal Moolarben – 384 million tonnes

• Glencore Mt Owen – 92 million tonnes • BHP Mt Arthur – 128 million tonnes • Shenhua Watermark – 268 million tonnes • Glencore Bulga – 134 million tonnes “The government has the facts about climate change yet continues to make negligent decisions. It knows that coal is the number one cause of climate change, yet it continues to approve massive amounts of new coal mining.

exposes them to great survival risk. Not all will agree with me.

What is the future for traineeships/ apprenticeships in a changing vocational education sector?

My greatest fear for the vocational education sector is the ever-changing environment in which RTOs operate (Registered Training Organisations). I do not believe many of the changes such as the newly introduced standards and the approach of the regulator, do much to contribute to the continuous improvement that they espouse as necessary components of registration. As expressed previously, working together is the key to the development of any system, community or economy.

Getting back to a personal plane, before I went to University and engaged in my current field, I undertook a trade (carpentry and joinery). I personally believe that on the job training combined with a technical investment in parttime accredited training to be one of the most superior methods of professional and technical development available. I propose though that governments that wish to be seen to be doing something will undermine the integrity of the process and the result. You can’t bulldoze properly trained and experienced people through to satisfy a popularity contest.

Disclaimer: Peter Croft’s comments are his own views, and not representa tive of any other agency or group.

“The current government has driven NSW off a climate change cliff. It is the wrong way, we must go back, or face climate chaos,” he said.

RBA's decision to lower cash rate AUSTRALIAN RETAILERS ASSOCIATION (ARA) Executive Director Russell Zimmerman said retailers have been waiting for this outcome for some time and are hopeful the timely rate cut will assist in boosting consumer confidence.

“This decision comes after a drop in fuel costs and the Government’s recently-announced small business tax cuts, which we hope will also help to overcome mixed international and Australian economic news.

“The ARA also asks banks to pass on this rate cut in full to consumers and businesses.

“We’re optimistic that the RBA’s decision will provide retailers with some much needed relief and allow them to start the New Year with confidence,” Mr Zimmerman said

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Potential for plague of locusts

BY NATALIE HOLMES JOURNALIST

OCUST hatchings in the Gilgandra/ Collie area have the potential to reach plague proportions if they’re not kept in check by vigilant landholders. That’s the message from Local Land Services senior biosecurity officer Rhett Robinson, following discovery of the insects in their newly-hatched nymph stage of development in early January.

Robinson said the combination of warm temperatures and summer rain provided the perfect breeding ground for locusts as they take advantage of weather and soil conditions to ensure survival.

“There’s always a background population there but they have really bred in the good conditions.”

Within two weeks of hatching, the locusts have formed bands which are now visible both on the ground and from the air. Sparser populations are harder to spot so Robinson said landholders need to be vigilant about reporting locust numbers in order for adequate control measures.

With development from juvenile to the adult flying stage taking just six weeks, the next two weeks will be crucial.

“Once they start flying, it becomes really hard to control. Fortunately, landholders are good at reporting the problem so that we can issue chemicals and deal with it.”

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 06.02.2015 to Sunday 08.02.2015 lem can actually be, Robinson explained that a band reaching 400m had the potential to become a swarm stretching 4km.

The locusts have the potential to destroy summer pastures and winter crops in their early stages, which could be a disastrous situation for farmers.

“We are trying to spray as many as we can, particularly before sowing,” Robinson said.

“If they are still active then, they will do a lot of damage. Now is the time that it is crucial.”

Invasive Species and Plant Health team leader Lisa Thomas agreed that it is critical for landholders to report any locust sightings so that they can be identified and treated before they mature and take flight.

“If landholders have seen locusts on their property prior to Christmas, they should inspect those areas, as any eggs laid then will be hatching now,” Thomas said.

“If left untreated, these locusts could have a major impact on summer pasture and crops which will impact on a producer’s bottom line.”

Thomas said the first step is for landholders to report any sightings at their nearest Local Land Services office or complete the online reporting form available on our website www.lls.nsw.gov.au/centralwest “Reporting sightings will allow staff to carry out an inspection, provide advice on the relevant control options and issue chemical if warranted,” Thomas said “We also have some equipment available to help landholders such as boom jets and misters.”

In some circles, locusts are considered lucky. However, in biblical times, a plague of locusts was a sign of the end of the world. In agricultural terms, they have the potential for extreme destruction because in large numbers, they are able to rapidly devour all plant material in their path, from field crops to tree foliage. The area affected at the moment stems from the Warren/ Gilgandra shire boundary north of Collie in the west, Armatree to the north and Gilgandra to the east. Locust hatchings in the Gilgandra/Collie area have the potential to reach plague proportions if they’re not kept in check by vigilant landholders. That’s the message from Local Land Services senior biosecurity officer Rhett Robinson, following discovery of the insects in their newly-hatched nymph stage of development in

early January.

Robinson said the combination of warm temperatures and summer rain provided the perfect breeding ground for locusts as they take advantage of weather and soil conditions to ensure survival.

“There’s always a background population there but they have really bred in the good conditions.”

Within two weeks of hatching, the locusts have formed bands which are now visible both on the ground and from the air. Sparser populations are harder to spot so Robinson said landholders need to be vigilant about reporting locust numbers in order for adequate control measures.

With development from juvenile to the adult flying stage taking just six weeks, the next two weeks will

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“Once they start flying, it becomes really hard to control. Fortunately, landholders are good at reporting the problem so that we can issue chemicals and deal with it.”

To illustrate how extensive the problem can actually be, Robinson explained that a band reaching 400m had the potential to become a swarm stretching 4km.

The locusts have the potential to destroy summer pastures and winter crops in their early stages, which could be a disastrous situation for farmers.

“We are trying to spray as many as we can, particularly before sowing,” Robinson said.

“If they are still active then, they will do a lot of damage. Now is the time that it is crucial.”

Invasive Species and Plant Health team leader Lisa Thomas agreed that it is critical for landholders to report any locust sightings so that they can be identified and treated before they mature and take flight.

“If landholders have seen locusts on their property prior to Christmas, they should inspect those areas, as any eggs laid then will be hatching now,” Thomas said.

“If left untreated, these locusts could have a major impact on summer pasture and crops which will impact on a producer’s bottom line.”

Thomas said the first step is for landholders to report any sightings at their nearest Local Land Services office or complete the online reporting form available on our website www.lls.nsw.gov.au/centralwest “Reporting sightings will allow staff to carry out an inspection, provide advice on the relevant control options and issue chemical if warranted,” Thomas said “We also have some equipment available to help landholders such as boom jets and misters.”

In some circles, locusts are considered lucky. However, in biblical times, a plague of locusts was a sign of the end of the world. In agricultural terms, they have the potential for extreme destruction because in large numbers, they are able to rapidly devour all plant material in their path, from field crops to tree foliage. The area affected at the moment stems from the Warren/ Gilgandra shire boundary north of Collie in the west, Armatree to the north and Gilgandra to the east.

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BY LISA SALMON HEALTHY diet and lifestyle is key to avoiding most health problems. But with gallstones, thought to affect as many as one in six people, with famous sufferers including the likes of Eric Clapton and the Dalai Lama, it's not quite that simple.

While eating healthily, keeping your weight down, exercising regularly and not smoking are indeed vital tenets for avoiding the – sometimes excruciatingly painful – condition, some lifestyle factors which may seem healthy, like low-fat diets and losing weight quickly, plus not drinking alcohol, can actually make gallstones more likely.

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One of the most common medical and surgical conditions, it's believed they occur due to chemical imbalances in bile stored in the gallbladder; this leads to tiny crystals developing, which can grow into gallstones, ranging from many as small as grains of sand, to one the size of a pebble.

The stones can sometimes cause extreme pain, often described as being worse than childbirth. However, only one in five people with gallstones experience this agony – the remaining four out of five carriers don't even know they've got them, although they sometimes find out during routine screenings.

GP Dr Sarah Brewer, whose book Overcoming Gallstones has just been published, points out that 70 per cent of gallstones are made from cholesterol, and a diet high in saturated fat and pre-formed cholesterol increases the amount of the substance being pumped by the

HEALTH in brief

Temporary closure of Gilgandra MPS Medical Imaging Unit GILGANDRA Multi Purpose Service (MPS) will temporarily close its X-ray services approximately until March 2 due to an upgrade of their medical imaging facilities.

The Medical imaging department is being expanded to two separate rooms for ultrasound and X-ray in preparation for the installation of new equipment. No X-ray services will be available during this time

liver into bile, making it more likely gallstones will form.

However, she warns that hat "the opposite is also true". A diet that's hat's unusually low in fat can promote gallstones, as the gallbladder mainly contracts in response to dietary fats, so it empties less frequently if a low-fat ow-fat diet is followed, or if dieterss eat less regularly than normal. Bile can pool in the gallbladder,, giving gallstones more chance to o form.

Dr Brewer references a study of almost 90,000 nurses, urses, which found that losing 4kg10kg in weight over a two year period increased the risk of gallstones by 44 per cent, and those who lost more than 10kg were almost twice as likely to develop them, m, with a 94 per cent increased risk.

WHAT'S YOUR TIPPLE? PLE? Avoiding gallstones may ay even be aided by a moderate intake of alcohol. hol acts as a solvent, Dr Brewer says: "Alcohol ponents of gallstones helping to stop the components olution in stored bile. precipitating out of the solution n way in which a modThis is probably the main erate intake of alcohol reduces gallstone formation – but please don'tt use this as an excuse to increase your intake!

"And you may think you're doing good by tting back on fats and trying to lose weight, cutting ur diet, but your gallbeing really strict on your deractive, the bile in bladder can become underactive, ore likely to develop it sludges, and you're more

except in emergencies. Appointments will be available at Dubbo Hospital for Gilgandra patients.

The ultrasound service will continue as normal.

During the upgrade, old equipment will be removed and a new service, an OPG (orthopantomogram) X-ray machine, which takes X-rays of the teeth and jaws, will be installed.

Appointments for other imaging services such as CT scans, injections and biopsies are also available to Gilgandra residents at Dubbo Hospital and appointments for these services can be made on 6880 5900. All examinations are bulk billed.

Local GPs have also been advised of the temporary closure and the alternative arrangements in place.

New smoke-free outdoor dining bans FROM 6 July 2015, all commercial

outdoor dining areas in NSW, including hotels, clubs, restaurants and cafes will be smoke free, under the Smoke-free Environment Act 2000.

Staff and patrons of hotels, clubs, restaurants and cafes will be able to work and dine outdoors without being exposed to harmful second-hand tobacco smoke.

Since the beginning of 2013, smoking has been banned in a number of outdoor public places including all NSW public transport stops and stations, within 10m of children’s playgrounds, at spectator areas of sporting grounds, at public swimming pools and within 4m of a pedestrian entrance to or exit from a public building, under the Smokefree Environment Act 2000.

NSW Health Director of the Centre for Population Health, Dr Jo Mitchell, said the ban on smoking in commercial outdoor dining areas is the next step in the NSW

Government’s efforts to protect the public from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke.

“There is no safe level of exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke. Research has shown individuals in typical public outdoor dining areas may be exposed to high levels of second-hand smoke,” Dr Mitchell said.

“Creating smoke-free outdoor areas reduces exposure to second-hand smoke and can support those who have quit and are trying to quit. It also makes smoking less visible to children and young people.”

Under the Smoke-free Environment Act 2000, smoking will be banned in seated outdoor dining areas while food is being served, with NSW Health Authorised Inspectors able to issue on the spot fines of $300 for individuals and penalties of up to $5500 for occupiers who ignore the ban.

Dr Mitchell said the legislation

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stones.

"But other than that, it's all the u usual messages – eat lots of fruit and vegetables, h high fibre, nuts.

You can take steps to reduce the risk, and even if you do develop gallstones, not everybody has symptoms."

Those who do get symptoms w will often suffer with biliary colic, from gallstone gallstones causing gallbladder and bile duct spasms. The p pain usually beab gins suddenly across the upper abdomen – often after a fatty meal – and may spre spread to the upper back. Some people feel sick or vvomit, and may need to do a huge burp!

If the gallstone is too big to pass ffurther into the bile duct, it may settle back in into the gallbladder, but symptoms can rrecur.

COMPLEX CAU CAUSES While cholesterol choleste levels in the gallbladder is a factor, one in five gallstones are made of bilirubin (a waste product produced wh when red blood cells are broken down). bro And some risk factors are unavoidable. unavoidabl The chance of develop developing the condition also increases with age, females are more fem prone to t them than men (because of the (b effects effect of the female hormones oestrohorm gen and progesterone), one), certain medical conditions ical like like cystic fibrosiss or sickle cell dissease can also disease play pla ay a part, and a family history of gallstones may g lead to an increased risk. risk.

Also, A lso, ded spite the th he links with h losing weight w too quickqu uickly and low-fat eating, traditionally traditionally 'unhealthy' lifestyle lifesttyle factors certainly play p a part too, and gallg stones can be linked lin nked to things like obesio ty, poor diet, smoksmok-

applies to all ignited smoking products, including cigarettes, cigars, pipes and water-pipes.

“There is strong public support for making outdoor dining areas smokefree and a number of businesses have already voluntarily banned smoking in their outdoor dining areas, with positive results,” she said.

For further information regarding NSW Health smoke-free legislation call the Tobacco Information Line on 1800 357 412 or visit www.health.nsw.gov. au/smokefree. For information on how to quit smoking, visit www.iCanQuit. com.au or ring the Quitline on 13 78 48.

Contingency plans in place for Cobar during airport closure CONTINGENCY plans by the Western NSW Local Health District and NSW Ambulance remain in place for the transport of emergency high-care patients from Cobar Health Service to another facility during the ongoing closure of Cobar Airport since Monday 12 January for refurbishment until mid

ing and lack of exercise, which may cause 'silent gallstones' to form with no symptoms – although that's not to say they won't cause symptoms in the future.

LIFESTYLE CHANGES Where lifestyle factors are a probable cause, the good news is, there's lots you can do to help.

"These people are the ones who can do lots about their diet and lifestyle to ensure they don't develop more gallstones," advises Dr Brewer, who's also a registered nutritionist.

She says plant sterols, fibre and vitamin C can all help prevent the condition, and a diet rich in monounsaturated fats from foods like olive, Macadamia nut and avocado oils can also be beneficial, as can omega-3 polyunsaturated fats, like those found in flaxseed, walnut and fish oils.

In addition, Dr Brewer says a number of nutritional and herbal supplements, like vitamin C, magnesium and lecithin, may help to reduce stone formation or enlargement.

"If you eat the right food and take the right supplements, and avoid things that are going to make gallstones worse, then you can live with them quite happily – and many people do, without even knowing they've got them."

SERIOUS TURN Sometimes, but thankfully rarely, serious problems can develop if the stones cause a severe blockage, or move into another part of the digestive system.

In some cases, a bile duct can become permanently blocked, which can lead to a build-up of bile inside the gallbladder causing infect infection and inflammation (acute cholecystitis). Symptoms include upper abdomen pain, fever and a rapid heartbeat, heartbe and a round one in seven people with acute cho cholecystitis will also get jaundice – yellowing of tthe skin and eyes – dark brown urine and d itching.

Acute pancre pancreatitis eatitis may also develop, when a gallstone moves out of the gallbladder gallb bladder and blocks the opening of the pancreas, causing it to become inflamed and painful.

TREATM TREATMENT MENT OPTION OPTIONS NS Sometimes, Someti imes, a passes stone p asses from the th he

February.

There is limited runway access for non-emergency transport and no other aircraft is able to land in Cobar during this period, including the NSW Ambulance rescue helicopter. Patients are therefore being transported to an alternative health facility by road ambulance and then transferred by air if necessary.

Acting Cobar Health Service Manager Genie McMullen said Cobar serves a wide area of people and that it is important to ensure that a plan is in place to ensure patient safety and care is not compromised during the temporary airport closure.

“During the time of restricted transfers, we encourage those people who live between Cobar and another health facility to choose to access the alternative service so they can be transferred safely from there if necessary,” she said.

“For instance, people from Ivanhoe can access Wilcannia, those between Cobar and Bourke can access Bourke and those from Nymagee and Tritton mine may choose to go to Nyngan”.

bile duct on its own, so treatment – aside possibly from pain relief – won't be needed. However, if it doesn't, it needs to be removed.

Generally though, there are three options for gallstones: conservative care, where patients manage symptoms through nutritional and lifestyle changes; medication such as painkillers and antispasmodic drugs, or sometimes even drugs to dissolve the stones or reduce their size; or surgery to remove the gallbladder.

This is one of the most common operations performed – for instance, there are about 18,000 gallbladder removals every year in Australia, but whether this happens or not depends on the severity and frequency of symptoms, and a patient's general health.

"If your gallstones were diagnosed by chance, and have never caused symptoms, you may wish to avoid surgery. In this case, nutritional and lifestyle approaches help between 85 per cent and 90 per cent of people to have no further problems."

She says keyhole surgery to remove the gallbladder is relatively safe, although so some people suffer from painful adhesions afterwar afterwards. And without a gallbladder, bile to help digest food isn't produced in appropriate quantities, so people may experience stomach pain after a big me meal, for instance. Taking digestive enzymes, or even eating globe artichoke, b output, can help. which can hugely increase bile "I think a lot of people w would prefer to avoid surgery if they can, but the ideal is not to have plac by an episode in the first place, die and maintaining a healthy diet lifestyle," Brewer stresses. :: Overcoming Gallstones Gallstone by Dr Sarah Brewer is publishe published by Medilance, priced $17.95.

Eric Clapton and the Dalai Lama both have gallstones. The condition is thought to affect as many as one in six people.

ERIC CLAPTION PHOTO: CHARLES SYKES/INVISION/AP/PA SYKES/IN DALAI LAMA PHOTO: AP/TSERING TOPGYAL/PA

NSW Ambulance is working closely with Western NSW Local Health District to minimise the impact of the airport works on the provision of emergency patient care. Women who are due to give birth around this time are being contacted with advice to make alternative arrangements for the birth of their baby at Dubbo Hospital in conjunction with their GP, obstetrician, or midwife providing their care.

This is particularly important for those with high-risk pregnancies, as NETS, the Newborn and Paediatric Emergency Transport Service, will also not be able to land in Cobar during this time. For more information please contact Cobar Health Service on 6830 2111.

Immunisation history in the palm of your hand YOUR child's immunisation history may soon be in the palm of your hand thanks to the Express Plus Medicare smartphone app.

"Using the app, you can quickly view your child's immunisation history on

the go," Minister for Human Services Senator the Hon Marise Payne said.

"From there, you can quickly email the history to your child's school or childcare centre."

The app also allows users to view Medicare claim history and Medicare Safety Net balance, and update address and contact details.

"If you lose or damage your Medicare card, you can use Express Plus Medicare to order a replacement card," Minister Payne said.

"You can even flip your smartphone into 'landscape' mode and display a digital version of your Medicare card, saving you the need to open your purse or wallet."

Minister Payne said people can access services using the app once they have created a myGov account and linked to their online Medicare account.

"More than six million myGov accounts have already been created. It's quick and easy to register at my.gov. au and to link your online Medicare account," Minister Payne said.

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THE ARTS | FROM DRTCC

First music concert memories brought back to life

BY CHERYL BURKE

SOUND

DRTCC

N the prowl – that's how we get our fun... on the prowl – don't you tell my mum’...

Congratulations if these lyrics sound familiar to you. Truth be told I needed to refer to Google for all the words after ‘on the prowl’. However if my already outed shoddy memory serves me correctly, as an eight year-old I nagged my mum to death to join my eldest sibling at the Ol’55 concert at the local Civic Centre.

Note that nagging my mum to death is a figure of speech, she is still alive and well, although at times my siblings and I would drive her up the wall so often, she was compelled to threaten us with ‘spifflication’.

I am not convinced I was an Ol’55 fan.

My music taste had not fully developed, and as an adult Rock n’ Roll is not my favourite genre. Perhaps because it was the first live concert I attended, the real details and facts are skewed, so I have much fonder memories of the evening and it’s a more romanticised tale to tell.

Is Wilbur Wilde playing saxophone with a cigarette up his nostril the most amorous memory to embrace? From an 8 year-olds perspective, it is definitely an image not to be forgotten!

So when people enter the foyer of the Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre (DRTCC) and are met by life-size banners depicting artists of their youth, it has generated two responses in quick succession – ‘Is that the REAL so-and-so (insert name of artist)’ and ‘I remember seeing him / her at (insert venue here) when I was this old (insert age here).

Being the age of our patron’s ranges from teens to those approaching octogenarian status, the popular artists of their respective generations vary tremendously, as do the experience of their first live show.

When chatting about what makes that experience memorable, be it positive or negative, some of the topics of the discussion are often similar and ones to which we can possibly relate.

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TALKING TO...

Bob Barden

SINCE May 1987, Bob Barden has walked the volunteer’s path at Taronga Western Plains Zoo which has most recently lead him past into the role of Chairman of the Volunteer Committee.

Jokes may be rampant about why the sound crew cannot count any higher than three, but the sound check is a vital ingredient of pre-live performance preparation. The procedure involves a lot more than the obligatory ‘testing onechew, one-chew’ and can take anywhere between minutes and hours.

The more instruments and performers, the more time the sound check is likely to take. Bandying around words like ‘dB Meters, ‘noise-limiter’ and ‘EQing’, may make me sound like a professional, however, admittedly these are only words to me and I will leave the sound check to the trained engineers and ideally enjoy the ‘tonal balance of instruments and voices, both individually and in combination’ that they collaborated with the artist to produce.

One patron who had been caught up in the hysteria of The Beatles tour of Australia in 1964 noted the extreme mania and squeals of the audience at their concert made it rather difficult to actually hear the Fab Four’s performance.

Sound checks also cannot prevent your inability to hear the artist on stage above the ultra loud voice of the person next to you who knows every single lyric of every single song of what is obviously their ultimate favorite performer.

Nor can it block out the screams of the person a row behind you, who may as well be standing 0.5 centimetres from your ear, yelling out requests. Most of the audience undoubtedly likes to hear

the performer’s popular number one songs, but there is only a limited amount of time they are on stage, and unless the performer is Bow Wow Wow, their entire back catalogue will not make the set list.

At the other end of the scale you may experience music that is far too loud. If you think there is no such thing at a live performance you only need ask some residents of Belfast who complained about the noise from the Foo Fighter’s set at the Tennent’s Vital Festival, on a stage over 19 kilometres away from their homes!

If your ears are equally as sensitive to noise, we keep foam earplugs on hand at DRTCC, just ask one of our friendly ushers should you require a set.

LOVE ... and other catastrophes As a teen in the 1970s one patron recounted how she was ‘in love’ with Daryl Braithwaite. Readers from that era would know Daryl Braithwaite was the lead singer in the very popular and successful Australian band Sherbet. Voted TV Week’s ‘Most Popular Australian Group’ six years in a row, readers from a younger generation should take this information on board ought a question relating to these musicians be asked at a trivia night. When the opportunity arose for this patron to attend a Sherbet concert she was not going empty handed. The occasion necessitated a big poster to be crafted, emblazoned with the words ‘I LUV U DARYL’. Although she laughs about it now, a lot of time and ef-

What's on at DRTCC February 13 – Elvis I’ll Remember You February 21 – The Australian Tenors in Songs From the Heart March 7 – Graeme Connors North – 25 Years On March 11 – Leo Sayer ‘The Restless Years’ March 12 – The Listies Make You LOL March 14 – Buddy Holly in Concert March 18 – 360 Allstars March 20 – Denise Drysdale March 21 – First Things First by Joseph Simons March 28 – Simon and Garfunkel – The Concert

Bob still finds enjoyment in the early morning walks but says the real reward is “the knowledge that you’re helping the staff look after the animals and so you’re helping the animals themselves and visitors to enjoy their time.”

On my bedside table at the moment is... my glasses Life has taught me that when it comes to the opposite sex... say yes My top five albums of all time are: Hot August Night, Phantom of the Opera, The Beatles, Roy Orbison, Classics on 45 If I had to name my three best loved movies they would be:

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Old Man of the Sea, Dances with Wolves I draw inspiration from...my parents I believe... in respecting others I don't believe... in holding grudges The one thing that will always make me cry is... hay fever I always laugh when... things are funny I'll never forget... when the white-handed gibbons came back What I know now that I wish I'd known sooner is... the availability of school subjects I never thought I'd... live in a retirement village PHOTO: ELLA MCMILLAN

fort was invested in the massive banner Daryl was sure to see and as such recognise she was his number one fan and the girl most in love with him. Unfortunately, in the mad dash to alight the train at the correct station, the poster remained aboard, perhaps to be seen by another lucky Daryl who got to feel the love.

NO SHOW We’ve all heard stories in the media that share the collective experience of the audience when artists are either late for a performance like Rihanna who took to the stage two hours late at her Belgium show in 2013 or appear stumbling and too drunk to sing, like Amy Winehouse who was booed off stage in Belgrade. Milli Vanilli rose to fame lip-syncing someone else’s songs, using technical difficulties at several concerts as an excuse which didn’t cut it with audiences and ended in their being stripped of their Best New Artist Grammy.

What about the other big name artist who unexpectedly joined Justin Timberlake on stage – the crowd got a huge surprise to see Garth Brooks join Justin for a duet at his Nashville concert.

Good or bad the live music experience for some people is the preferred option over sitting in the lounge room listening to a CD of their favourite artist. But whenever I hear a song from the Bodyguard movie soundtrack, I am taken back to several of my most memorable concert experiences that I never actually got to experience. So if I can offer a tip for people living abroad this is it, do not enter radio competitions to win the ultimate prize without checking the timeframe of when the prize can be claimed.

Winning tickets and all expenses paid trips to see artists that featured on the Bodyguard album was a highlight of my time abroad, but unfortunately my already extended visa was due to expire before Whitney Houston, Kenny G, Joe Cocker or Lisa Stansfield were scheduled to tour the UK. Although there were no stories of cigarettes and nostrils, living the experiences through a good friend to whom I gave the tickets had to suffice.

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FOOD | IN THE KITCHEN WITH...

We are what we eat and in western society that often means food designed for convenience and profit, not nutritional value or well being. When Julie Lovegrove decided she wasn’t feeling the love in her regular diet, getting headaches and body pains instead, she turned to the ancient art of cultured foods and drinks explaining to Yvette Aubusson-Foley how astonishing the results have been.

ULIE LOVEGROVE’S kitchen is full of home made cultured surprises as she pulls from her fridge bottle and jar after bottle and jar of her own cultured creations. Inspired by years of suffering from headaches and body ailments, she researched the health benefits of cultured food, deciding to give it a go.

“I think perhaps it started with learning about the benefits of coconut oil. That was the first change I made. I began using it to cook with and even just a

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spoonful or two raw, straight from the jar! It has a lot of health benefits. I learned not to fear fat, and that in fact, we need it to be healthy,” she says.

Relentless issues with digestion, bloating and pains pushed Julie all in to make serious changes to her diet.

“I cut wheat out and the bloating and pains stopped.

Any time I ate wheat again, the symptoms would return. So, I stayed off it. Then, probably six weeks later, I noticed that I was no longer getting all the headaches

that I was so used to having. I never knew what caused my headaches, but it seems that wheat was the culprit. I also noticed a lot of body aches and pains disappeared too.”

Feeling new and improved, Julie took things one step further, delving into fermented/cultured foods and drink.

“Basically, food and drink that is full of good bacteria,” she explains. “These little guys are our friends

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Preparation involves an easy combination of ingredients straining the kefir grains and fermenting.

PHOTOS: ELLA MCMILLAN AND CONNOR COMAN-SARGENT

and we need them to be healthy. But, again, our modern lifestyle tends to diminish them. Antibiotics kill both good and bad bacteria, our water has chlorine added, which also kills bacteria and our foods all have preservatives in them, which kills bacteria! It’s no wonder we struggle with our health!”

Although there is a lot of information on the Internet and in books on cultured foods, what Julie spends time creating in her kitchen are centuries old recipes

and techniques.

“Generations ago, people would ferment food to preserve it. The good bacteria kept it from going bad and at the same time, it kept them healthy. “We have lost these traditions in our modern society. People don’t do them anymore and it’s coming out in our health. We tend to go for whatever is convenient and quick, and really, it's about taste over nutrition. We really need to get back to real, whole, traditional food - for our

health’s sake.”

Kefir and Kambucha are two of the cultured drinks Julie makes with new batches continually fermenting.

“I realised just how good these cultured drinks are for me when I was going out with my husband for dinner and reached for my handbag, where I normally kept my headache tablets, as I always needed them.

“Then I realised I hadn’t actually needed them for weeks. All of my headaches disappeared!” she says.

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Another norm for Julie’s kitchen is a continual pot of broth simmering in her slow cooker.

“In my research I also learnt about 'leaky gut’ and how our modern way of eating (highly processed foods) can cause damage to the lining of our gut, allowing toxins and undigested food particles to enter the bloodstream, causing allergic type reactions and poor health.

“To heal my gut, I started making bone broth.

Boiling bones for a long time allows all the gelatine and minerals to be extracted from them, into the broth. I have a continual pot of broth simmering in my slow cooker, which I drink and use in cooking as stock. I love it, but it did take a bit of getting used to.”

Water kefir Ingredients Kefir grains* ½ cup, sugar Small amount, hot water, filtered Room temperature water, filtered Method In a large glass jar (sterilised), dissolve half a cup of sugar in a small amount of filtered hot water. Top up with room temperature filtered water. Add the kefir grains. Place lid on the jar and allow to stand (out of direct sunlight) for two days After two days, the bacteria will have eaten up the sugar and made the drink slightly fizzy. It can be consumed like this or you can do a second ferment (recommended).

Second ferment: Into approximately three glass bottles (sterilised), place a third of a bottle of organic juice. Top the bottle up with the kefir (strain the grains with a plastic strainer - not metal!). Place lid on bottle and allow to stand on bench for a further 24 hours.

Refrigerate to stop the fermentation process and consume daily or whenever you like. This slightly fizzy probiotic drink is a great alternative to soft drink!

*You will need to obtain some kefir grains (from a friend, health food store or online). The 'grains' are the bacteria.

Kombucha Kombucha is a fermented black tea drink Ingredients SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast)* 1 cup, kombucha* 2-3 litres water, boiled 4 teabags 1 cup, sugar Method Boil two or three litres of filtered water in a pot. Add four teabags and one cup of sugar. Allow to steep and the sugar dissolve. Allow the tea mixture to cool completely. Pour the cooled tea into a sterilised glass jar. Add the SCOBY and one cup of kombucha tea.

Place a cloth or paper towel over the jar and secure with rubber band (unlike kefir, kombucha needs to breathe). Leave on the bench, out of sunlight, for one to two weeks. Taste to see when you think it is ready, it shouldn’t be sweet but tart. At this point, the kombucha can be bottled and refrigerated to stop the fermentation process, fermented a second time.

Second ferment As with kefir, pour juice into sterilised bottles and top with kombucha.

Allow to stand on the bench for a further week, or so. Again, taste every few days until it's to your liking then store in the fridge. *from a friend, health food store or online

Self healing: After suffering years of head aches, Julie Lovegrove researched her way to good health settling on the wonders of cultured foods and drinks.

Lacto-fermented Lemonade Ingredients 1 large tub, natural, organic yoghurt, strained with cheese-cloth or muslin 10-12 fresh lemons, juiced 1 cup sugar, dissolved in hot, filtered water Method Strain one large tub of natural, organic yoghurt with cheese cloth or muslin. The liquid that comes out is whey. This is what you'll use to ferment the lemonade. The yoghurt that is left can be made into dips, labneh, etc. Squeeze the juice from 10 or 12 fresh lemons. Dissolve one cup of sugar into some hot, filtered water.

Place whey, lemon juice, filtered water (room temperature) and cooled sugar water into a large glass jar (those glass drink dispensers with a tap are perfect for this recipe!). Fill the jar with the water and leave for 48 hours. Enjoy yummy, fizzy, healthy lemonade!

TIP Avoid using metal utensils when dealing with fermented/probiotic foods and drinks. It can interfere with the culture.

Antibiotics kill both good and bad bacteria, our water has chlorine added, which also kills bacteria and our foods all have preservatives in them, which kills bacteria!

FOOD.

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Julie keeps the kefir and kabucha fermenting in glass bottles and jars then puts them in the fridge when the creations are ready to consume.

FURTHER READING There are many other fermented recipes that can be made, including fermented vegetables (like sauerkraut). Many can be found on the internet and there are some great books on the subject.

Some books Julie has found helpful in making the lifestyle change: “Cultured Food For Life” by Donna Schwenk “Wheat Belly” by William Davis MD “The Paleo Approach” by Sarah Ballantine PhD “Mastering Fermentation" by Mary Karlin “Nourishing Traditions” by Jennifer McGruther “Family food" by Pete Evans

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T R AV E L | I N D I A Delhi kids

India: A country of contrasts

In this two part series, intrepid local traveller MARK GOLLEDGE shares with Weekender the “unbelievable colour and swirling excitement” of his three month passage through India.

PHOTOGRAPHY Kim Golledge CAN’T wait to get started. An early morning walk on the first day of my first visit to India. I will check the lie of the land in Delhi before things are in full swing.

As I leave the hotel I meet Omar and he wants to know where I am going and what I am doing. He sits in the foyer of the hotel and I can tell he is the man who does the deals. I will need to wise up a little before I tangle with him.

Outside fire crackers are going off. Its only 7am and the noise has begun early. It’s Diwali festival time in Delhi. The locals tell me it is the festival that celebrates the victory of light over darkness. Some parades are starting up and holy men are walking in front of percussion bands with lots chanting and singing. They are seeking donations of food and money from the believers. It is a scene of unbelievable colour and swirling excitement.

Opposite our hotel is an advertisement for a gathering in honour of the Goddess Kali. There are some magnificent posters of a vengeful goddess. She looks formidable and I will do my best not to upset her in any way. Omar tells me that Kali is one of the 34 million Indian gods I will have the opportunity of meeting while I am in India.

We are staying in Karol Bagh, an interesting part of town. Around and about our hotel there are cows and stray dogs»

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everywhere. One of the stray dogs is eating a pigeon and protecting his meal by sitting on the roof of a taxi.

There are men in loin clothes having early morning baths at public water hydrants. Some other men nearby are drinking from small paper cups and dunking biscuits. I asked to buy a cup and they told me it was Chai tea. Hot, sweet and milky; not exactly my cup of tea but I was to acquire a taste over the next three months. The whole scene is surreal. I am very much liking Delhi.

(And I am starting to talk like the locals already).

Some parts of Delhi are clean and some places are very dirty. As I had been told, it is a place of great contrasts and this was to become more and more obvious during my stay. There are small fires everywhere, burning off the rubbish that had been swept into small piles by the shopkeepers.

It’s starting to get hot and busy now with scammers and beggars about everywhere. The auto rickshaw drivers are very aggressive. They all want to know where I am from, where I am going and what I am doing. Everyone is trying to get a competitive edge over the other.

They follow you the entire length of the street, constantly trying to engage with you and sell you their services.

Another man stops me in the street, twitching a small pointed object in his hand. He offers to get the wax from my ears “and a very proficient job I will do too, sir”. I wasn’t quite ready for this.

I had been in the country a few hours only, so I passed on the experience.

I return to the hotel for breakfast. It employs only men and they all wear dirty clothes; a bit disconcerting, really.

We have But Poori Bhaji for breakfast.

Yes! Also Aloo Parantha with pickles and curds – delicious! And we wash it down with Chai Tea. How long has this been going on and why didn’t anybody tell me about it?

After breakfast we decide to follow a parade. There is great excitement as residents and businessmen come out into the streets with donations and gifts. Locals are even giving us fruit, biscuits, sweets and other food. I slip the monks some rupee and they give me a blessing.

Further down the road we met some fake monks. They explained to us the importance of giving them some »

I have a cold knowledge then that I am truly in a different country and I will have to tread carefully and keep my scepticism in check.

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money because it is Diwali Festival and for this act they would certainly endow us with great blessings. By this stage my rupee was in short supply, especially the lower denominations, so I offered them some Australian coins I had in my pocket. They were most impressed with the coins, especially the gold coloured one with the kangaroos on it. The spokesman pressed the coin to his forehead, closed his eyes and began chanting. I think we were getting a blessing. My assumption that they were fake monks was based on the fact that during our conversation they had offered me some hashish. But maybe some monks do this in India? I suppose my assumption could

have done them some disservice. Anyhow, if they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t monks they were absolutely great blokes and we had a few laughs.

Then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s off to the markets before lunch of chauka hua matter and dal Makhani at a Karol Bagh hotel. It is here where we meet our guide for the day, Wiper. He is about 21, six foot tall and built like a brick shithouse. He explained to us that he likes to take powders to make his muscles big and go to clubs on Saturday nights to impress the girls. He had his own website with lots of pictures of himself. There is absolutely not a shred of modesty or humility about him, but I like him. We certainly

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feel less vulnerable with him as our guide.

He tells us the Gandhi tour we had engaged him to take us on is not a goer. We had booked it in Australia and nobody had factored in that during the Diwali Festival most of the monuments/memorials and exhibitions are closed. He further explains that he thought Gandhi was boring anyhow and he would take us on a much better tour of Delhi. Fair enough!

During the tour he tells of some of the other leaders during the struggle for independence from the English and tells us the young people of India admired and identified with them a great deal more than Gandhi. Interesting! I can’t remember their names but they weren’t pacifists like Gandhi.

Our tour of Delhi with Wiper takes us to a number of interesting and amazing places but by far the most engaging sights are on the streets. The cows, the dogs, the pigs, the people, the traffic and the noise; the most intense place I have ever experienced. There are officially 15 million people and unofficially 22 million; the population of Australia in one city. Many of the unofficial population are the homeless who live on concrete road verges or under the pylons of the city’s metro; some entire family groups. Our guide explains that many are transients and professional beggars who are generationally and by choice homeless.

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usually an attractive young woman carrying a baby who initially extends a hand and then motions to her mouth and stomach. The gesture indicating money is required to feed her and her baby. My compassion would probably have been stirred more if both weren’t so obviously healthy and well fed and I hadn’t received torrents of abuse after my initial refusals. However, there are some people begging who have truly horrific deformities, the like of which I have never seen in our country.

Another group that approaches the car are the salespeople. They have the most amazing array of merchandise which they flog at the traffic lights. Giant balloons are popular; pirated copies of the latest paperback novels and battery operated toys. Amazingly, people are actually buying some of this stuff.

Probably the most interesting group are the transgenders. We would probably call them transvestites. In Delhi they were known as eunuchs. They too, approach cars for money. Wiper told us that even if we didn’t give them money, we must treat them with respect because they are very powerful and could put a curse on us.

He has practical knowledge of this as one of his friends was killed in an accident, too gruesome to describe, shortly after receiving a curse. Wiper says eunuchs are in great demand at weddings, anniversaries and the like and are paid large sums of money to attend and give blessings.

I am struck by the frightening realisation that this man absolutely believes everything he is telling me. I have a cold knowledge then that I am truly in a different country and I will have to tread carefully and keep my scepticism in check.

Wiper advised me in accordance with his knowledge and beliefs and, after all, I have no reason not to give the eunuchs respect and indeed some rupee for a blessing. It is a different sort of travel insurance.

Later, in the evening, Wiper drops us back at the hotel. He will return tomorrow to take us on a tour of all the street food Delhi had to offer. He is a great guide.

I run into Omar in the hotel foyer. We do a deal for a car and driver for the day after tomorrow: 1500 rupees ($30) and a cold bottle of beer delivered to my room: 100 rupees (cash of course).

We are exhilarated and exhausted; covered in dust and dry perspiration. No hot water, brick hard bed and Diwali explosions going off everywhere but I love this place and can’t wait for tomorrow; only 76 days left in India. We have been truly blessed.

Continued next week...

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(MA15+, 149 mins, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Thriller/ Romance) Starring: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Carrie Coon, Neil Patrick Harris, Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit, Tyler Perry, Missi Pyle, Sela Ward, David Clennon, Lisa Beth.

On the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) calls detectives Rhonda Boney (Kim Dickens) and Jim Gilpin (Patrick Fugit) to his home. There are signs of a struggle and his wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) is missing.

Nick's sister Margo (Carrie Coon), who has never liked Amy, assures her sibling that everything will be fine. "Whoever took her's bound to bring her back," she quips cattily.

Nick and Amy's distraught parents (David Clennon, Lisa Beth) front a high-profile media campaign to secure the safe return of "amazing Amy". In the glare of the spotlight, fractures appear in the Dunnes' marriage and police and public openly question Nick's innocence.

Gone Girl is a spiky satire on media manipulation and the glossy facade of celebrity marriages, skilfully adapted by Gillian Flynn from her 2012 bestseller. Admittedly, you have to dig deep beneath the surface of David Fincher's polished film to find the jet black humour but it's there, walking hand-in-hand with sadism and torture that propel the narrative towards its unconventional denouement at breakneck speed.

Oscar nominee Pike plumbs the depths of human emotion in a demanding and complex role, by turns brittle and steely, terrified and driven. In stark contrast, Affleck is solid but little more as the spouse who pleads his ignorance but hides secrets from the people he adores.

As battles of the sexes go, it's a resolutely one-sided skirmish.

Fincher's direction is lean, complemented by snappy editing and a discordant score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

Rating: ****

(MA15+, 111 mins, Entertainment One, Drama/ Romance) Starring: Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, Robert Pattinson, John Cusack, Olivia Williams, Evan Bird, Sarah Gadon, Sean G Robertson, Carrie Fisher, Gord Rand.

Thirteen-year-old Benjie Weiss (Evan Bird) is the pre-pubescent prince of Hollywood, whose upward trajectory is carefully managed by his mother Christina (Olivia Williams). Back at home, Benjie's father, self-help guru Dr Stafford Weiss (John Cusack), realigns the chakras of wealthy clientele including fame-hungry actress Havana Segrand (Julianne Moore), who is pinning her resurgence on a remake of the film that made her mother, Clarice Taggart (Sarah Gadon), a star.

Havana hopes her friend Carrie Fisher (playing herself) might put in a good word with the remake's director, indie wunderkind Damien Javitz (Gord Rand). While Havana awaits news on the role, she employs a new personal assistant, a "disfigured schizophrenic" called Agatha (Mia Wasikowska), whose sardonic take on Hollywood attracts handsome limo driver Jerome Fontana (Robert Pattinson).

Maps To The Stars is a relentlessly grim satire of ambition, greed and dark familial secrets.

David Cronenberg's film is anchored by Moore's fearless and emotionally raw performance as a screen siren, who is haunted â&#x20AC;&#x201C; literally â&#x20AC;&#x201C; by the ghost of her more successful mother.

Wasikowska is similarly impressive as a daughter undone by the sins of her father and Pattinson continues to shove a stake through the heart of his image as a swooning teen dreamboat in the Twilight saga.

Screenwriter Bruce Wagner doesn't always achieve smooth transitions between black comedy, drama and tragedy. However, he is wickedly unflinching in his depiction of how far some starlets will go to extend their 15 minutes of fame... even if it means thrusting a stiletto heel into the head of a rival to clamber up the pecking order.

Rating: ***

Robert Pattinson (above) and Julianne Moore (below) in Maps To The Stars.

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If I Stay

(M, 106 mins, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Drama/ Romance) Starring: Chloe Grace Moretz, Jamie Blackley, Joshua Leonard, Mireille Enos, Liana Liberato, Stacy Keach, Gabrielle Rose, Jakob Davies, Ali Milner.

Cello prodigy Mia Hall (Chloe Grace Moretz) has never felt like she fits in with her parents Denny (Joshua Leonard) and Kat (Mireille Enos) or little brother Teddy (Jakob Davies).

"I've always felt like this Martian

in my family," Mia tells Adam (Jamie Blackley), her school's resident dreamboat, who plays guitar in the band Willamette Stone and is destined for great things, including falling for Mia. Their romance burns bright until Willamette Stone are signed to a record label and the pressure of touring takes Adam away from Mia. Soon after, Denny and Kat pack the children into the car for an ill-fated drive down snow-laden roads.

Mia wakes from a head-on collision and watches paramedics rush her life-

less body into an ambulance. At the hospital, where her grandparents (Stacy Keach, Gabrielle Rose) solemnly await news, Mia observes from a distance as medical staff attempt to save her life on the operating table.

Based on Gayle Forman's bestselling novel, If I Stay is a heart-tugging drama that appeals shamelessly to young adults, who shed their body weight in tears at the far superior The Fault In Our Stars.

RJ Cutler's film sidesteps a serious discussion of mortality by distilling

Mia's ruminations into a series of flashbacks and montages of an enviably carefree childhood and a fairy-tale school romance.

Moretz and Blackley are an attractive pairing and spark pleasing screen chemistry that sustains our interest through some mawkish and emotionally manipulative moments.

The fractured chronology is unavoidable but hampers dramatic momentum, reducing a middle section laden with reminiscence and regret to a crawl.

Rating: **

Chloe Grace Moretz as Mia Hall in If I Stay.

If I Stay with Chloe Grace Moretz as Mia Hall and Jamie Blackley as Adam.

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Brookmyre brings back favourite character for Dead Girl Walking From the story of a military dog's work on search and destroy missions, to the long-awaited return of a favourite literary character, this week's new and recent book releases cover a whole spectrum of reading interests... ● FICTION

BY KATE WHITING THE BOOKCASE

● BOOK OF THE WEEK Buster: The Dog Who Saved A Thousand Lives by RAF Police Sergeant Will Barrow and Isabel George, published in hardback

by Virgin Books THE humble dog has always been called "man's best friend" and this tale only goes to prove that statement.

This is the story of Buster a springer spaniel by breed, a hero to many.

RAF Police Flight Sergeant Will Barrow, an experienced dog handler, tells the remarkable story of how he came to work with and ultimately befriend Buster.

This is an intimate profile of two soldiers working as a team, through the intensity of training for search and destroy missions, to the actual horrors of war, where Buster served at the frontline, finding explosive devices. His bravery would ultimately save many lives.

Now both retired, Buster, a decorated war dog, continues to live with Will and his family, and as Will himself says, it would take over a lifetime to repay Buster for his loyalty.

A must-read, a moving tale, a story of true friendship.

9/10 Review by Phil Robinson

Dead Girl Walking by Christopher Brookmyre is published in hardback by Little, Brown THIS long-awaited return of Jack Parlabane sees the journalist down-on-his-luck and desperate for work, when he gets a call from the sister of an old friend. She wants him to find Heike Gunn, the talented but diva-like genius behind Savage Earth Heart, who has gone missing in Berlin on the last day of their European tour.

Interspersed with Parlabane's search in flashback is an account in blog form of the band's new violinist joining the band and what she makes of finding herself in this rock and roll world after growing up on Shetland playing traditional and classical fiddle.

Brookmyre's story is very much rooted in the real world.

His journalist lives in a postLeveson world but has the smart-mouth tendencies of private eyes of an earlier age.

Readers of the series will be interested in seeing how Parlabane is dealing with the break-up of his relationship and being on the wrong end of a scandal. But you needn't have read any of the previous books first before plunging

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into the seedier side of the music business.

8/10 Review by Bridie Pritchard The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman is published in paperback by Tor UK THE Invisible Library opens with the theft of a book from a magic boarding school – a sort of heist on Hogwarts that immediately sets the tone. The thief is Irene, an agent of the Library. They're an organisation collecting books from different realities overflowing with magic and mystical creatures.

Irene's next mission is retrieving fairy tales from a steampunk London, full of Victorian cogs and fogs. It's a well-worn setting, but Genevieve Cogman adds enough flavour to these tropes to keep it interesting. And even when

the book lapses into paragraphs of exposition explaining the fantastical cocktail of a premise, Cogman is always willing to add cyborg alligators (or similar oddness) whenever it threatens to drag.

Leaving some questions unanswered for possible future instalments, it's a promising debut for both Cogman and the Library. But most of all, it's a fun, bibliophilic adventure suitable for any bookshelf in this reality.

7/10 Review by Stephen Wood Age, Sex, Location by Melissa Pimentel is published in paperback by Penguin THE dating world has never been straightforward, but with the advent of online dating sites, the popularity of speed dating and singles nights, not to mention Tinder, it's more

difficult to navigate than ever before.

After moving to London from Portland, Oregon, American Lauren Cunningham is lamenting her lack of potential suitors, so she decides to tackle the city's single scene head on by turning her love life into a scientific experiment.

She dedicates herself to following the rules of one renowned dating guide a month, no matter how crazy or incredibly ridiculous it makes her look.

A hilarious and refreshingly honest dating romp, Age, Sex, Location will make you chuckle and cringe in equal measure. Witty, rude and a lot of fun, while it's certainly not a classic piece of literature and the protagonist Lauren occasionally verges into annoying territory, it's an entertaining escape for when you fancy some light reading.

6/10 Review by Alison Potter Alice And The Fly by James Rice is published in hardback by Hodder & Stoughton RICE'S protagonist, teenager Gregory Hall, is beset by a debilitating arachnophobia and a crippling shyness which are never explicitly diagnosed.

Nicknamed 'psycho' at school, caught in the middle of his parents' loveless marriage at home, he speaks scarcely a word throughout the book.

But through his diaries, which he is encouraged to write as therapy, we enter into

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As his obsession with the eponymous Alice grows, the narrative builds from one boy's delusions towards something altogether darker.

As befits his narrator, the writing is at times frustratingly simplistic, but in this debut, Rice captures his dislocation and the loneliness well.

It is a book about conformity, and how our desire to conform can blind us to the deeper needs of individuals.

The genre birthed by The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time shows little sign of abating.

6/10 Review by Adam Weymouth

● NON-FICTION The Middle Ages by Johannes Fried (translated by Peter Lewis) is published in hardback by Belknap Press JOHANNES FRIED'S project is certainly ambitious – condensing 1000 years of history into a coherent volume is not an easy task. But Fried manages it with aplomb, anchoring each chapter around a key figure from the Middle Ages.

This is a handy device, allowing him to zoom in on specific places and themes, whilst retaining a firm grasp on the bigger picture. It's a relatively traditional view of the so-called Dark Ages and compared to some contemporary scholars, Fried's view of the Medieval period still emphasises a marked contrast between this period and the bookends of Classical Antiquity and the Renaissance.

This is not a book for the armchair philosopher, with complex twists and turns and a quite incredible amount of detail, to enjoy the writing, some prior grounding in history would be useful.

Overall though, encompassing religion, politics, art, literature, social structures and much more besides, the breadth of the book would make it a useful reference for students and amateur scholars.

7/10 Review by Prudence Ivey After Hitler: The Last Days Of World War Two In Europe by Michael Jones is published in hardback by John Murray

HITLER, broken and despairing, killed himself on April 30, 1945; the war in Europe formally ended on May 9 (though Britain and America celebrated on the 8th). Acclaimed historian Jones resists the common urge to skip over that gap, unearthing a wealth of intriguing detail, much from primary sources.

For instance, an Admiral, Hitler's appointed successor as German leader, is normally a footnote; Jones' attentions reveal a devious figure, as sinister as he was ridiculous.

A key theme is the tensions between Stalin and the Western powers as their alliance increasingly gave way to the tensions which would define the Cold War, tensions which crumbling German forces strove to exploit; nationally, and at an individual level, they much preferred surrendering to nations which had not experienced the brutality of the Eastern Front.

In a year sure to be swamped with WWII publications, few are likely to offer such novel approaches.

8/10 Review by Alex Sarll

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● CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK Glitterbelle: The Sparkliest Princess Ever!

by Rachael Duckett and Harriet Muncaster is published in paperback by Parragon PRINCESSES are big business at the moment – with the Disney ones represented in full at every girls' party throughout the land.

Glitterbelle is a very modern Princess – who hates peas. But there's news for this tree-climbing, scooter-riding girl: her family owe their kingdom to peas, for it was her greatgreat-greatgreat-grandmamma who was discovered to be a real princess when she couldn't sleep on a bed that had a pea hiding under the mattress.

Sound familiar?

Glitterbelle, who'd really like to be a vet, fears she can't be a real princess if she doesn't like peas. But her canny mum, Queen Lizzie has an idea to make everything better.

Illustrator Harriet Muncaster has cleverly constructed the most delightful sets, using cardboard, oodles of diamante and sketches of her small cast, while Rachael Dunkett has woven a story that will no doubt delight its target audience.

7/10 Review by Kate Whiting

Is Greece worth 2/6 a tin?

N article sent in by a customer focuses on the criminal behaviour of American businesses. It quotes Edward Thurlow, Lord Chancellor in the 18th century, saying that, “Corporations, neither bodies to be punished nor souls to be condemned, and thus were incapable of being ‘guilty’.”

Now, America has several hundred thousand rules that carry some form of criminal penalty. In recent decades civil class actions have seen managers seeking discreet settlements aiming to avoid embarrassing legal cases.

David A Stockman’s “The Great Deformation” is subtitled “The Corruption of Capitalism in America”. It includes dozens of examples of illicit actions taken by corporations and he then challenges Washington’s almost idiotic response to these.

Stockman analyses the ineffective way the Federal Reserve has acted, the $800 billion GFC “stimulus package” in 2008, tax avoidance, the bloating of the welfare state and the depletion of the industrial revenue base.

What one reads about America, we can transpose examples to Australia in the past decade.

We seem to be a duplicate with the ACCC taking so long to act against CBA, Coles, Woolworths and others, thus demonstrating that they are really a pathetic deterrent.

Last week there were two press articles on one page – one had the exiting CEO of Coles leaving with a $52 million payout, the other related the $1 per litre milk supermarket strategy

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that sent so many dairy farms to the wall.

Stockman has a chapter titled “Obama’s Green Energy Capers” which examines how, 22 days after Obama’s presidency commenced, an agenda of $60 billion was applied to green energy – solar, wind, electric battery cars and biofuels. Another item covers the General Motors crisis. During the five-year period ending 2008, GM had worldwide sales approaching $1 trillion. The text examines “why GM did not need Uncle Sam’s credit card”.

An interesting study of two groups of American retail traders follows. One includes WalMart, Target, Sears and others in discount retailing; and Tiffany, Saks, Ralph Lauren, Nordstrom and others in the upper market. In 2012 the high-end retailers achieved only 8 per cent of the turnover reported by the discounters.

The manipulation of a country’s finances for self-gain is not a recent occurrence. From our shelves is a 1906 publication “Frenzied Finance – The Crime of Amalgamation” by Thomas Lawson. It relates the story of

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In a 2014 release, “Beyond the Boom”, Australian John Edwards examines the question that if the mining boom is over,

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“The Wolf of Wall Street” by Jordan Belfort shows how the money market is so easily manipulated. In the 1990s, as one of the most infamous names in American finance, this brilliant, conniving stock-chopper led his mob through Wall Street. He relates a tale of power and excess, beginning with his working life selling Italian ices at age 16, moving on to make hundreds of millions until his processes crashed, ending when he was arrested.

In his second book “Catching the Wolf of Wall Street” he

tells of getting out of jail on $10 million bail but he had to plead guilty and act as a government witness – otherwise he had to fight the charges and see his wife charged as well. He cooperated. Here we see one person using the finance system to live a crazy life of parties, sex, drugs, marriage, divorce and prison. Replicate this and whole economies can collapse.

As we all watch the machinations of the Canberra Senate taking the country nowhere positive, a book from the shelves is “Putin’s Kleptocracy”

by Karen Dawisha. After Putin won the 2012 presidential elections, increased targeted repressions began again, reminiscent of the early 1930s or 1960s in the USSR. Non-violent demonstrators were once again sentenced to prison. They now have an economic downturn.

Putin rose from being an outof-work deputy mayor to head the modern KGB. One year later he was President, achieved in less than four years. The book describes “his rise to power, the cabal he brought with him, the oligarchs they have created, the billions they have looted”. The author reveals the deeply corrupt country ruled by a thieving regime.

Search for a country that hasn’t been confronted with the “I, me, mine” agenda and the global financial situation becomes easier to understand.

Even with the recent election result, we have to ask whether Greece is still worth 2/6 a tin.

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Welcome back dancers!

BY KAITLYN RENNIE THE Dubbo Ballet Studio held their start of year orientation at Wahroonga Park on Macquarie St on Saturday, January 31.

The younger dancers enjoyed the jumping castle and play equipment, while the

older talents and parents enjoyed a casual sit around after the long Christmas break.

The event was a great welcome back into the dancing (and school) year, with whole families attending.

The talented dancers at Dubbo Ballet Studio

Ella Parry, Alyssa Chant, Emily Cudmore and Brinley Catto

The open class of 2015

Caitlin Wilcher, Addison Wray, and Jazmyn Haksteeg having fun

“Ballet dads” supporting their children’s dance talents

Kendal Bealing, Georgia Wiley and Caitlin McCarthy

The “ballet mums” and families

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Orana Gardens celebrates fifth birthday

BY ELLA MCMILLAN Orana Gardens Childcare staff and students celebrated their fifth birthday with cupcakes and fruit plates on Wednesday, February 4. Director Pam Lancaster was thrilled to mark the occasion with the children, parents and staff, including a special visit from Dubbo Mayor Mathew Dickerson.

The centre is owned by Dubbo RSL Aged Care Association whose representatives also attended the party. CEO Kristine Saywacker said it was “lovely to see all the children

Pam Lancaster and Dubbo Mayor Mathew Dickerson with the Bumblebees

smiling and having so much fun.”

Orana Gardens Childcare caters for children from six weeks to six years old with staff trained in early childhood education.

Dubbo RSL Aged Care treasurer Bill Greenwood said, “in this day and age when both parents often have to work, there’s a real need for childcare.”

Pam echoed the notion, adding “It’s a fabulous centre and we love working here and being a part of this team.”

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An afternoon out at the Commercial

BY KAITLYN RENNIE The welcoming atmosphere at the Commercial Hotel was enjoyed by many people on Saturday, January 31, with

many enjoying a cold beverage and a beautiful lunch indoors or in the shaded beer garden outside.

Jacob Phillips, Tim Allan and Jono Aird

Kaidence Slavin and Abigail Hannam enjoying the family friendly lunch before playing in the play area.

Father and daughter, Laurence and Lauren Vaughan

Chris Larcombe, Natalie Sandy, Khyarne Biles, and Leigh Dargan

Bob Taylor and Stephen James enjoying a drink

Taylor Stevenson, Abby Thorne, Haeley Cox, Nathan Stevenson, Jake Rush and Emma Stevenson out in the beer garden

Gavin Kelly and Drew Kelly

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A great night at Sporties

BY KAITLYN RENNIE With some great prizes up for grabs, Sporties Club Dubbo was definitely the place to be on Saturday night, January 31. Several meat trays were up for grabs, alongside some refreshing drinks and a great atmosphere to catch up with family and friends.

Eric and Judy Lawrence

Maddison Baker, Barbara and Colin Jeffrey, Janell Baker and Teneil Clarke

Tom and Paddy Nelson, Stuart Naden and Busta Nelson The Beasley mob accompanied by Nong

Lloyd Sutton and Gary Wynne

Ron Forrest and Kevin Answorth

Marcia and Steven Laws

Sunshine Boney, Cyril Jackson and Maggie See

Steve Smith and Terry Bye

Gai Taylor and Steve Smith

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hear Kellie and Pat O'Donnell.

Bookings can be made by calling 6366 9093.

Don’t miss this unforgettable musical extravaganza at the Dubbo Regional Theatre from 8pm on February 28.

364 103 to make an appointment.

Back to Bacharach

Wills Day

BACK to Bacharach is a two-hour concert celebrating the life and music of the legendary Burt Bacharach, featuring powerhouse entertainer Casey Donovan, Australia’s leading vocal coach Doug Williams and theatre star Darren Mapes, along with reality TV star Hayley Jensen.

HEAR more about what’s required to complete your will.

Making your will with the NSW Trustee and Guardian is easy and there’s no charge to appoint them as executor.

There will be a wills day in Dubbo at the ADHC building at 130 Brisbane St on Wednesday, February 11. Call 1300

THE next acoustic gathering of the Dubbo Folk Club is on Sunday, February 8, at the Western Star Hotel from 2.30pm to 5.30pm.

This is an informal group of musicians, singers, poets and friends. All welcome. For further information please contact Di on 6882 0498 or Kath on 6882 4346.

exhibition at Western Plains Cultural Centre.

Waste to Art is 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 opening will be held at 2pm on February 7.

Women out West

phone or text Beth on 0428 988 185.

WOMEN Out West invites you to join a relaxed and informative ‘Evening Interlude’ at their next networking event proudly sponsored and hosted by Western College on Wednesday, February 11 from 6pm. Delicious finger food and drinks will be provided. Meet the team, enjoy a personal tour of the training rooms, resources and other facilities and watch a video clip about Western College history and the training and courses available now being offered.

RSVP to rsvp@wownetwork.org.au or

Become a zoo volunteer

across regional NSW to "awaken the nation's conscience on Aboriginal affairs".

Commencing at the Cyril Flood Rotunda in Macquarie Street, the Freedom Ride will move to Victoria Park for a community welcome, including a performance by the Yarradamarra Elders Choir. This special event will take place at 12pm on February 18. Contact is Grace Toomey at Dubbo City Council on 6801 4000.

ject, aims to support Aboriginal people living in regional NSW to enable them to share their stories through playwriting and performance. During the two-day workshop, professional mentors from Playwrighting Australia alongside key artists from Mooghalin Performing Arts will work with participants on writing, acting and directing for theatre. The workshop will be held at the Fire Station Arts Centre, 116 Darling Street.

Playwriting workshop

Succession planning

A WORKSHOP with industry leaders is being held in Dubbo on February 21 and 22. Staging Stories, an Orana Arts pro-

YOUNG farmers are invited to attend a free NSW Farmers’ workshop on young farmer finance and succession planning

at the Pastoral Hotel in Dubbo on Saturday, February 14.

The workshop features some of the best presenters in the state on getting started and running your own farm enterprise, including NSW Farmers of the Year 2014, Derek and Kirrily Blomfield.

The Young Farmers’ Council will hold its annual general meeting following the workshop, which allows NSW Young Farmer members to discuss the issues that affect them. They will also be discussing and debating policy issues and prioritising them for consideration at the 2015 NSW Farmers’ annual conference in July.

EVITA

Art grants available

THIS is definitely one for the diary!

Dubbo Theatre Company has been granted one of a limited number of licences in Australia to present EVITA from April 24 to May 3. This is a huge coup as it is only available for a few months to a limited number of companies. EVITA is considered to be the best of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s and Tim Rice’s musicals and will be big!

THE NSW Artists' Grant has been initiated by NAVA to assist professional visual and media arts, crafts and design practitioners residing in NSW to produce, present and promote their work throughout NSW, interstate and overseas. Individual applicants are eligible to apply for funding of up to $1250.

Group applications are eligible to apply for funding of up to $2500. Artists

from Regional NSW are encouraged to apply for the Australian Artists Grant if eligible. Funds from this round can be used for projects or exhibitions taking place in May, June and July 2015 only.

Apply at https://visualarts.net.au/navagrants/ Applications close on February 14.

1969 SHARE the love and embrace the greatest year in music with songs from legendary bands such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and many others, accompanied by a 1969 inspired luncheon at Jayes Gallery, Molong from 12.30pm on February 14.

The 1969 band is made up of roadworthy and experienced musicians Bryce Stacker, Kyle Manning, Ben Pettit,

Folk Club

see Wedding Open Day HERE comes the bride...and the groom.

Check out Lazy River Estate as a potential venue for your big day.

Meet the wedding coordinator, enjoy a glass of sparkling and soak up the views from one of Dubbo’s most elegant settings. The open day will be held between 11am and 2pm on Sunday, February 8.

Waste to Art SEE what all the fuss is about at the official opening of this year’s Waste to Art

GET up close and personal with a wonderful range of animals and feel good about yourself at the same time by becoming a volunteer at Taronga Western Plains Zoo. Register for the next volunteer information session on Saturday, February 21. Guests can join the early morning walk at 7am and information session at 9am. Applications will then close on March 7. For more information, contact Jodie Kubski on jkubski@ zoo.nsw.gov.au

do AFL visit AFL fans and players are in for a treat.

The Dubbo Demons will host a visit by the GWS Giants at South Dubbo Oval at 3pm on February 17. The oval is located at the corner of Boundary Road and Palmer Street. Contact person for more information is Matthew Johnson, phone 0407 268 643.

Freedom Ride 50th Anniversary DUBBO is the first stop on a re-enactment of the 1965 bus tour by students of the University of Sydney who travelled

etc.

Schools Cup THE upcoming Schools Cup competition launches the T20 Blast indoor cricket

and the junior representative season for 2015 and is open to students from Years 5-8. The tournaments provide plenty of incentive for young players by coupling skills training and games. Dubbo Sportsworld will be one of the selected stadiums Australia-wide to test the game indoors. The Schools Cup will be held on February 24 and 25 and March 3.

To add your event to HSDE, email editor@panscott.com.au

To add your event to HSDE, email whatson@dubboweekender.com.au

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GROCERIES DMC MEAT AND SEAFOOD Open Saturday 6am to 3pm ,ƵŐĞ ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJ͕ ďƵůŬ ďƵLJƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĚ ŚŽƚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ ǁĞĞŬůLJ͘ 55 Wheelers Lane, 6882 1504

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CLUB DUBBO Open Saturday and Sunday from 9am.

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TED’S TAKEAWAY Open Saturday and Sunday 8.30am-8pm dŚĞ ďŝŐ ǀĂůƵĞ ŝŶ ƚĂŬĞĂǁĂLJ ĨŽŽĚ͘ 'ƌĞĂƚ ǁĞĞŬůLJ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ͘ 26 Victoria St, 6882 7899

Restaurant open 12-2pm and 6-9pm &ƌĞĞ ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶ ƌŽŽŵ ŚŝƌĞ <ŝĚƐ ƉůĂLJŐƌŽƵŶĚ >ĂƌŐĞ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ ďƌŽĂĚĐĂƐƟŶŐ Ăůů ŵĂũŽƌ ƐƉŽƌƟŶŐ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ 161 Brisbane Street, 6882 4488

VILLAGE BAKERY CAFE

SPORTIES

Open Saturday and Sunday 6am to 5.30pm.

Gourmet pies DŽƵƚŚͲǁĂƚĞƌŝŶŐ ĐĂŬĞƐ ĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ ƉĂƐƚƌŝĞƐ 'ŽƵƌŵĞƚ &ƌĞŶĐŚ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ ƐĂůĂĚ ďĂŐƵĞƩĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĂůĂĚƐ͘ WĞƌĨĞĐƚ ďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ ĂŶĚ ďƌƵŶĐŚ 113 Darling Street (adjacent to the railway crossing), 6884 5454

CLUBS & PUBS PASTORAL HOTEL Open Saturday 10am to 4am, Sunday 10am to 9pm.

ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ŽƉĞŶ ĨŽƌ ůƵŶĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ͘ ůů ĚĞƐƐĞƌƚƐ ŚŽŵĞ ŵĂĚĞ͘ Open Saturday and Sunday ĂůĐŽŶLJ ďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ͛Ɛ ĨƌŽŵ 8am - 11.30am ^ĞƌǀŝŶŐ ŝůů͛Ɛ ĞĂŶƐ ŽīĞĞ 110 Talbragar St, 6882 4219

DUBBO RSL CLUB RESORT Open Saturday 8am to 1am Sunday 8am to 10pm.

YƵĂůŝƚLJ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ďůĂĐŬďŽĂƌĚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďŝƐƚƌŽ͘ Cnr Brisbane and Wingewarra Streets, 6882 4411

Open Saturday and Sunday from 9am Restaurant open from 11.45am-2pm and 5.45-9pm.

101 - 103 Erskine Street, 6884 2044

GYMS RSL AQUATIC & HEALTH CLUB Open Saturday 7.30am-5pm Open Sunday 8.30am-3pm Gym /ŶĚŽŽƌ ƉŽŽů Sauna Steam room ^ƋƵĂƐŚ ĐŽƵƌƚƐ Cnr Brisbane and Wingewarra Streets, 6884 1777

SHOPPING DUBBO ANTIQUE & COLLECTABLES Open Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 3pm ŶƟƋƵĞ ĨƵƌŶŝƚƵƌĞ͕ ĐŚŝŶĂ͕ ĐĂƐƚ ŝƌŽŶ͕ ŽůĚ ƚŽŽůƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽůůĞĐƚĂďůĞƐ͘ 4 Depot Road, 6885 4400

THE BOOK CONNECTION Open Saturday 8.30am to 4pm.

Sunday 10am to 2pm.

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KǀĞƌ ϲϬ͕ϬϬϬ ŬƐ ŝŶ ƐƚŽƌĞ͘ 178 Macquarie St, 6882 3311

QUINN’S MYALL ST NEWSAGENCY Saturday and Sunday from 5am- 1pm.

EĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌƐ͕ ŵĂŐĂnjŝŶĞƐ͕ ƐƚĂƟŽŶĞƌLJ ƐƵƉƉůŝĞƐ͘ 272 Myall St, 6882 0688

THE SWISH GALLERY Open Saturday 9am to 12pm. ŝƐƟŶĐƟǀĞ ũĞǁĞůůĞƌLJ͕ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌLJ ĚĞĐŽƌ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵƌ ŚŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƚLJůŝƐŚ ŐŝŌƐ͘ 29 Talbragar St, 6882 9528

BRENNAN’S MITRE 10 &Žƌ Ăůů LJŽƵƌ /z ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ͕ ŚĂƌĚǁĂƌĞ͕ ƚŽŽůƐ ĂŶĚ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ^ĞĞ ƵƐ ŝŶ ƐƚŽƌĞ ĨŽƌ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ Saturday 8am-4pm Sunday 9am-4pm 64-70 Macquarie Street, 6882 6133

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OLD DUBBO GAOL Open Saturday and Sunday 9-5pm >ĂƌŐĞ ĚŝƐƉůĂLJ ŽĨ ĂŶŝŵĂƚƌŽŶŝĐƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŽůŽŐƌĂƉŚƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ Ă ƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ ŝŶƐŝŐŚƚ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ďLJŐŽŶĞ ĞƌĂ ŽĨ ƉƌŝƐŽŶ ůŝĨĞ͘ 90 Macquarie Street, near the old clock tower, 6801 4460

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Friday, February 6 Don’t Just Stand There, I’m Having Your Baby ABC2, 8.30pm

For many people, the birth of their children is the most memorable moment of their lives. But according to this new series out of the UK, twothirds of all fathers feel useless during their partner’s pregnancy and almost half say they are unprepared for the birth. Under the guidance of experienced midwives, this series takes a dozen dads-to-be and teaches them all they can absorb so they can be helpful when the big day arrives.

This week, Martyn, 26, feels completely out of his depth, while confident 25-year-old Shane reckons he can deliver the baby on his own.

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MOVIE: Analyze That

Better Homes And Gardens ens

It’s a good bet that this cheeky encore to Analyze This outwits the original, but it’s essentially the same joke.

Lampooning organised-crime stereotypes, Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal are afforded tremendous scope to put on a cracking display of comic showmanship, under the direction of Harold Ramis. The set-up sees Vitti (De Niro) stage a psychotic breakdown to secure his release from prison, after which he is placed under the responsibility of the reluctant Dr Sobel (Crystal), whose spouse (Lisa Kudrow) would rather eat nails.

There’s nothing remarkable about the plot, but the chuckles are there.

It’s a shame this home-improvement ent show ven it takes a break over the summer, given o many represents such a good time for so people to sharpen up their homes..

Nonetheless, its return to Friday nights will mes and be most welcomed as the Better Homes roving Gardens gurus provide tips for improving your home inside and out. Johanna na Griggs returns for another season of hosting duties, Karen Martini and “Fast Ed” provide some culinary y ideas for the kitchen and Dr Harry Cooper (right) shares his expertise on animals. Adam Dovile, the winner of reality series House Rules, joins the series this year, as does former Home and Away actress Demi Harman.

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6.00 ABC News Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. (CC) 10.00 One Plus One. (CC) 10.30 How To Grow A Planet.

(R, CC) 11.30 Eggheads. (R, CC) 12.00 News. (CC) 1.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) 2.00 Serangoon Road.

(M, R, CC) 3.00 Bed Of Roses. (PG, R, CC) 4.10 Father Brown. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 News: Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 The Drum. (CC) Hosted by Steve Cannane.

5.55 Antiques Roadshow.

(CC) Fiona Bruce and the team returns to the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester.

6.00 Sunrise. (CC) 9.00 The Morning Show.

(PG, CC) 11.30 Morning News. (CC) 12.00 MOVIE: Crimes Of Passion: Voice From The Grave. (M, R, CC) (1996) A woman helps solve her own murder. Kevin Dobson, Megan Ward.

2.00 The Daily Edition. (CC) The hottest issues from the day’s news.

3.00 The Chase. (R, CC) Hosted

by Bradley Walsh.

4.00 News At 4. (CC) 5.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R, CC) Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

5.30 Million Dollar Minute.

(CC) Hosted by Simon Reeve.

6.00 Today. (CC) 9.00 Mornings. (PG, CC) Topical issues and celebrity interviews.

11.00 News. (CC) 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. (R, 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 Millionaire Hot Seat. (CC) Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 Entertainment Tonight.

(R, CC) 6.30 Good Chef Bad Chef.

(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 To Be Advised.

12.30 Dr Phil. (M, CC) 1.30 Entertainment Tonight.

(CC) 2.00 The Doctors. (PG, 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) Liam makes a promise to Hope.

5.00 Eyewitness News. (CC)

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 NITV News Week In Review.

1.30 France 24 International News. (CC) 1.45 The Journal. (CC) 2.00 PBS NewsHour. (CC) 3.00 Al Jazeera News. (CC) 3.30 Rex In Rome. (PG, R) 4.25 Coast: London To Antwerp. (R, CC) 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

(R, CC)

7.00 News. (CC) 7.30 7.30. (CC) Current affairs program.

8.00 QI. (PG, R, CC) Comedy panel game show. Host Stephen Fry and team captain Alan Davies are joined by guests Bill Bailey, Jeremy Clarkson and Jimmy Carr for a K-inspired discussion.

8.30 Midsomer Murders.

(PG, R, CC) (Final) After the CEO of a biscuit company is murdered in Copenhagen, DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson join forces with two female Danish detectives to investigate.

The murder weapon was a poisoned tin and it seems the killer mailed the deadly package to the victim from Midsomer.

10.05 Whitechapel. (M, R, CC) The team find themselves delving beneath the streets of Whitechapel in search of the killer of a jogger.

10.50 News: Late Edition. (CC) 11.05 The Moodys. (M, R, CC) The Moody family organises a surprise 40th birthday party for Bridget.

11.30 Rage. (MA15+) Continuous music programming.

6.00 PRIME7 News. (CC) 6.30 News. (CC) 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (CC) (Series return) New team members, Home And Away actress Demi Harman and House Rules winner Adam Dovile, join Johanna and Tara for a home declutter.

Karen has the perfect recipe to inspire healthy habits. Ed puts a twist on barbecued chicken. Dr Harry travels to Cessnock to meet some wildlife warriors on a mission to save wombats.

8.30 To Be Advised.

11.00 To Be Advised.

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

(PG, R, CC) Howard and Bernadette decide to be married before his NASA mission to the International Space Station, leaving the gang scurrying to complete preparations in time for the big event.

8.00 The Big Bang Theory.

(PG, R, CC) Howard is forced to intervene in an argument between his mother and Bernadette.

8.30 MOVIE: Crocodile Dundee II. (PG, R, CC) (1988) Having settled down to life in New York with his girlfriend, Outback tour guide Mick Dundee finds himself matching wits with drug dealers who are seeking the return of some incriminating photographs.

In order to level the playing scene, he lures them back to the Australian bush. Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon.

10.45 MOVIE: Analyze That. (M, R, CC) (2002) A disturbed mobster is released into the custody of his nervous psychotherapist. Billy Crystal, Robert De Niro, 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 To Be Advised.

9.00 NCIS. (M, R, CC) In the wake of the bombing at the Navy Yard, the team is joined by agents from the FBI in the search for terrorist mastermind Harper Dearing. As the taskforce closes in on the suspect however, Dearing takes his own life rather than be captured, but Gibbs remains convinced he is still at large and plotting his next move.

10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles.

(M, R, CC) Sam suspects foul play after a CIA agent he once worked with is found dead from an apparent suicide before a planned meeting. Deeks and Kensi go undercover at a dog show.

11.00 The Graham Norton Show. (M, R, CC) Celebrity guests include Dawn French, Kirsten Dunst, Sam Smith, Conchita Wurst and Bear Grylls.

6.00 Rick Stein’s Spain. (CC) Rick’s culinary journey continues with a look at some of the not-so-wellknown destinations.

6.30 World News. (CC) 7.30 Soccer. (CC) A-League.

Round 16. Newcastle Jets v Brisbane Roar. From Hunter Stadium, New South Wales.

10.00 MythBusters.

(PG, R, CC) Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman and the gang investigate two adrenaline-pumping myths involving great heights. They discover if it is possible to successfully bob for an apple at the end of a 30m-bungee jump, or play tennis in mid-air as depicted in a viral video.

10.50 World News. (CC) 11.20 MOVIE: Call Girl.

(MA15+) (2012) During the late ’70s, a juvenile delinquent, from the bottom rung of Swedish society, is recruited to work as a prostitute for a madam whose clientele includes some of the most influential men in Stockholm. Sofia Karemyr, Simon J. Berger, Josefin Asplund.

12.45 WIN’s All Australian News. (R, CC) 1.45 A Current Affair. (R, CC) 2.15 Golden Boy. (M, CC) 3.15 Impractical Jokers.

(M, R, CC) 3.45 WIN Presents. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Extra. (R, CC) 4.30 Good Morning America.

(CC)

12.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (PG) Join David Letterman and special guests for his Top 10 and more.

1.00 Home Shopping.

1.30 Infomercials.

(PG, R) 2.30 Home Shopping.

1.50 Man Vs Wild. (PG, R, CC) 2.50 One Born Every Minute USA: The Rocky Road To Parenthood. (M, R, CC) 3.40 South American Journey With Jonathan Dimbleby. (PG, R, CC) 4.45 Sevilla. (M, R) 5.00 Korean News.

5.35 Japanese News.

5.00 Rage. (PG, CC) Continuous music programming.

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, February 6 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORTS

6.40pm Delivery Man (2013) Comedy. Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt. (M) Premiere

6.00pm Family Guy. Peter spends his savings on lottery tickets. (M) FOX8

6.30pm Invasion Earth.

After a fireball streaks across the sky and crashes in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, the lives of the residents are changed forever. (PG) National Geographic

7.30pm Soccer. A-League.

Newcastle v Brisbane. Fox Sports 4

8.30pm Dom Hemingway (2014) Comedy. Jude Law, Richard E Grant. An unstable safecracker, recently released from prison, hunts down his crime boss to collect the reward he believes he is owed.

(MA15+) Premiere

9.00pm Hannibal Burress.

(MA15+) Comedy Channel 9.15pm Saving Hope. A doctor must deal with life in a Toronto hospital after her fiance and fellow doctor falls into a coma.

SoHo

10.10pm Ride Along (2014) Comedy. Ice Cube, Kevin Hart.

(M) Premiere

ABC2 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) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 That ’70s Show. (PG, R, CC) 7.50 Jimmy Fallon. (PG, CC) 8.30 Don’t Just Stand There, I’m Having Your Baby. (M, CC) 9.30 Catfish: The TV Show. (M, CC) 10.15 Red Dwarf. (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) 12.40 Pineapple Dance Studios. (PG, R, CC) 1.25 Red Dwarf.

(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. 9.05 Sally Bollywood. (R, CC) 9.20 GASP! (R, CC) 9.30 What Do You Know? (R, CC) 10.00 Lockie Leonard. (R, CC) 10.25 What I Wrote. (R, CC) 10.30 Three Kinds Of Writing. (R, CC) 10.45 Making Media. (R, CC) 11.15 Music Moves.

(R, CC) 11.30 BTN. (R, CC) 12.00 The Killian Curse. (PG, R, CC) (Final) 12.50 Blue Water High. (R, CC) 1.15 Bushwhacked! (R, CC) 1.40 Steam Punks! (R, CC) 2.05 Escape From Scorpion Island. (R, CC) (Final) 2.35 Jakers! (R, CC) 3.00 The Little Prince. (R, CC) 3.25 Arthur. (R, CC) 3.50 Vic The Viking.

(CC) 4.00 The Jungle Bunch. 4.15 Wacky World Beaters. (R, CC) 4.40 News On 3. (CC) 4.45 Studio 3.

4.50 Nerds And Monsters. (R, CC) (Final) 5.00 Numb Chucks. (R, CC) (Final) 5.10 Endangered Species.

(R, CC) 5.25 The Aquabats Super Show! (R, CC) 5.50 Wolfblood. (R, CC) 6.20 Slugterra. (R, CC) 6.50 News On 3. (CC) 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. (PG, R, CC) 9.25 Deltora Quest. (R, CC) 9.45 Voltron. (R, CC) 10.10 Close.

7TWO 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 Bargain Hunt.

(R) 11.00 Homes Under The Hammer. (R) 12.15 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 The Martha Stewart Show. 4.00 60 Minute Makeover. (R) 5.15 Homes Under The Hammer. 6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Air Crash Investigations: Speed Trap. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 Escape To The Country.

Jules Hudson helps a couple.

9.30 The House That $100K Built. (PG) (New Series) Hosted by Kieran Long.

10.30 Before And After. (PG) 11.00 Front Of House. 11.30 Hotel Secrets. (M, R, CC) 12.30 Life After People. (PG, R, CC) 1.30 How The Other Half Live. (PG, R) 2.30 Air Crash Investigations. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 Front Of House. (R) 4.00 The Martha Stewart Show. (R) 5.00 Shortland Street. (PG, R) 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.

(R, CC) 11.00 Motor Mate. (R) 1.30 T.J. Hooker. (PG, R) 2.30 North Woods Law. (PG, R) 3.30 Money Barn. (PG) (New Series) 4.30 Zeke And Luther. (R, CC) 5.30 Kickin’ It. (R, CC) 6.30 MOVIE: Twins. (PG, R, CC) (1988) A genetic experiment discovers he has a twin. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito.

8.45 MOVIE: Cloverfield.

(M, R) (2008) A monstrous creature attacks New York City the same night a group of friends holds a goingaway party. Mike Vogel, Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan.

10.25 MOVIE: The Butterfly Effect. (AV15+, R, CC) (2004) A man goes back in time. Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart.

12.45 MOVIE: Devil. (M) (2010) Chris Messina.

2.30 Scare Tactics. (M, R) 3.30 Motor Mate. (R)

7.30pm Nomad Chef. (PG) Discovery

9.00pm Cycling. Tour of Dubai. Stage 3. Eurosport 10.00pm Baseball. Australian League. Championship Series.

ESPN

8.30pm Abalone Wars.

Winter storms are set to rage up from the Southern Ocean with the potential to halt all abalone diving for weeks. (M) Discovery

GO! 6.00 Tom And Jerry. (R) 6.30 Rabbids Invasion. (PG) 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 TMZ. 1.00 TMZ Live.

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: Scooby-Doo And The Loch Ness Monster. (R) (2004) Casey Kasem, Frank Welker.

7.30 MOVIE: A Cinderella Story. (PG, R, CC) (2004) 9.40 MOVIE: Remember Me. (M) (2010) Robert Pattinson.

12.00 Beware The Batman. (M, R) 12.30 MAD. (M, R) 1.00 Regular Show. (PG, R) 1.30 Looney Tunes.

(R) 2.00 TMZ Live. (R) 3.00 TMZ. (R) 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 Danoz. (R) 8.00 Supernanny USA. (PG, R) 9.00 Danoz. (R) 10.30 Alive And Cooking. (R, CC) 11.00 Friends.

(PG, R, CC) 12.00 Hot In Cleveland.

(PG, R, CC) 1.00 MOVIE: Loser Takes All. (PG, R) (1956) 3.00 Alive And Cooking. (R, CC) 3.30 Cycling.

Herald Sun Tour. Stage 1. Mt Macedon to Bendigo. Highlights.

4.30 Ellen. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Hot In Cleveland. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 A Current Affair. (CC) 8.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) Fiona Bruce and the team visit Sussex.

8.30 MOVIE: Rules Of Engagement. (M, R, CC) (2000) A lawyer defends an officer on trial. Samuel L. Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones.

11.00 Southland. (MA15+, R, CC) 12.00 Cycling. Herald Sun Tour. Stage 2. Bendigo to Nagambie. Highlights.

1.00 MOVIE: Peeping Tom. (M, R, CC) (1960) Moira Shearer, Carl Boehm. 2.55 MOVIE: The Rebel.

(R, CC) (1961) Tony Hancock, George Sanders. 5.00 Gideon’s Way. (PG, R)

Peter Griffin, animated star of Family Guy

ONE 6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 8.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 9.00 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 10.00 The Hunt For Hendra. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 Extreme Fishing. (PG, R) 12.00 24: Live Another Day. (M, R, CC) 1.00 Wedding Band. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 MasterChef All-Stars. (R, CC) 3.00 Totally Wild. (R, CC) 4.00 Get Smart. (PG, R) 4.30 Emergency Search & Rescue. (PG, R) 5.00 Adv Angler. (R) 5.30 iFish Summer.

6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 Megafactories: Pyrotechnics. (R) 8.30 Cops: Adults Only: Coast To Coast. (M, R) Officers patrol the streets of the US. 9.00 Cops: Adults Only: Coast To Coast. (M, R) Officers patrol the streets of the US. 9.30 Basketball. NBL. Round 18.

Perth Wildcats v Cairns Taipans. From Perth Arena.

11.30 48 Hours. (M, R) 12.30 Cops: Adults Only. (M, R) 1.30 Get Smart. (PG, R) 2.00 Football’s Greatest Teams. (PG, R) 2.30 Cricket. (CC) T20 Big Bash League. Second semi-final. Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Stars.

Replay.

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 8.00 Vic The Viking. (C, 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 Judging Amy. (PG, 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?

(M, R) A group of people have makeunders.

10.10 Snog, Marry, Avoid?

(PG, R) 10.50 Movie Juice. (R) 11.20 The King Of Queens.

(PG, R) 11.55 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 12.25 Frasier. (PG, R) 1.00 Judging Amy. (PG, R) 2.00 Beverly Hills 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 Journal. (CC) 9.05 Croatian News. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 Portuguese News.

11.05 Japanese News. 11.40 Hong Kong News. 12.00 Hindi 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, R) 5.20 The Office. (PG, R) 6.10 Community. (PG, R) 6.35 MythBusters. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 If You Are The One. (R) Hosted by Meng Fei. 8.30 Ali G: Remixed.

(M) Interviews with unsuspecting people.

9.25 Sex In The World’s Cities: Ho Chi Minh City. Explores the nature of sexuality in Montreal.

10.30 @midnight. (M) 11.00 Dad Made Dirty Movies.

(MA15+, R, CC) 12.05 Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

(M, R) 12.50 PopAsia. (PG) 2.50 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 Among Us. (PG) 2.00 Characters Of Broome.

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 First Citizen: Albert Namatjira. (PG) 8.30 Dreamtime Machinetime.

9.30 Blackstone. (MA15+) 10.30 The Boondocks. (MA15+) 11.00 NITV News. 11.30 Bush Plum.

(PG) 12.00 Rugby League.

Queensland Murri Carnival. 1.00 Rugby League. Koori Knockout.

2.00 Away From Country. (PG) 3.00 Rugby Sevens. 4.00 Rugby League. 2011 Lightning Cup. Mutitjula v Laramba. 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) 8.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 9.00 News. (CC) 9.30 The Drum. (R, CC) Host Steve Cannane and a panel of journalists and commentators, with a diverse range of opinions, discuss and debate the events of the day. 10.00 The World. (CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 7.30. (R, CC) 12.00 News. 12.30 Big Ideas. (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. (R, CC) 4.00 BBC World News. 4.30 BBC Focus On Africa. 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

ABC NEWS

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Saturday, February 7 Foyle’s War

MOVIE: Lincoln

This critically acclaimed British drama from Anthony Horowitz (the author of the Alex Rider series) is into its final season. In true British style, that means just three episodes remain, so fans will want to cherish every last minute as Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) navigates the world of Cold War espionage. No longer a detective, Foyle is now working for British Intelligence and tonight, after a professor with links to the Nuremberg war trials is murdered at a London university, Foyle is caught up in the world of corrupt Nazi businessmen. It will be a shame when the credits roll on Foyle’s War for the final time.

Lincoln is yet another masterpiece from Steven Spielberg, who manages to convey all aspects of the film in alarming clarity. The film starts on the battlefield, with war being waged between north and south, yet quickly distances itself from that brutality and focuses instead on the man himself. Recently re-elected for a second term, Lincoln (Daniel Day Lewis, in a deserved Oscar-winning turn) has the goal of legislating against slavery in what at the time was a very un-United States. With an outstanding performance by Sally Field as first lady Mary this Spielberg feature follows Munich and Saving Private Ryan as an instant classic.

ABC, 8.30pm

ABC

MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

ONE, 8.30pm, M (2012)

PRIME7

WIN, 7pm, PG (2004)

Young wizards Harry (Daniel Radcliffe, right), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) make the awkward transition to teen life while dealing with their darkest mystery yet. Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) is on the loose and Harry fears the murderer is coming for him next.

Fortunately, Professor Lupin (David Thewlis) is on hand to help Harry defend himself should Black turn up at Hogwarts School. Potter fans will be pleased that new director Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men) sticks with the formula of friendship, courage and special effects – and his magic behind the camera might win the franchise a few new fans, too.

WIN

TEN

SBS ONE

6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 11.30 Spicks And Specks.

(PG, R, CC) 12.05 Time Team: Coniston, The Lake District. (R, CC) Hosted by Tony Robinson.

1.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) 2.00 Bodyline: The Ultimate Test. (PG, R, CC) A look at the 1932-33 Ashes tour.

3.00 Basketball. (CC) WNBL. Round 16. Melbourne Boomers v Dandenong Rangers. From State Basketball Centre, Melbourne.

5.00 Inspector George Gently. (R, CC) (Final) Inspector Gently must confront his past.

6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

(CC) 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) Highlights from the past week.

12.00 Surf Patrol. (R, CC) A lifesaver faces a life-ordeath situation when she must save an elderly man trapped in treacherous surf.

12.30 To Be Advised.

4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. (R, CC) Tara, Rob and Jason compete to make the best man cave, ladies retreat and family fun zone for just $500.

5.30 Sydney Weekender. (CC) Hosted by Mike Whitney.

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) 12.00 Discover Downunder: Summer Series. (CC) 12.30 The Middle. (PG, R, CC) Sue tries to earn a scholarship.

1.00 Super Fun Night.

(PG, R, CC) Kendall takes her anger out on Kimmie.

1.30 MOVIE: Message In A Bottle. (PG, R, CC) (1999) A woman finds a letter in a bottle. Kevin Costner.

4.00 Explore Canada. (PG, CC) 5.00 News. (CC) 5.30 Getaway. (PG, 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 Family Feud. (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) Hosted by Paul Worsteling.

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 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. News from Turkey.

1.00 PBS NewsHour. (CC) 2.00 Piaf’s Secret Story.

(PG, R, CC) 3.20 The Magic Piano. (CC) 3.55 Munch 150. (PG) 4.55 A Season At The Juilliard School New York: Artists! (PG, R) 5.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Meera Syal. (R, CC)

6.30 Attitude. (CC) The story of Andy McDowell, who at 42 found his world shrinking when he experienced mysterious symptoms.

7.00 News. (CC) 7.30 New Tricks. (PG, CC) (Series return) Gerry investigates the death of an architectural student on behalf of an old friend.

8.30 Foyle’s War. (M, CC) (Series return) Working for British Intelligence, Foyle finds himself drawn into a case involving Nazi businessmen after a university professor is found murdered in a London park. Despite her pregnancy, Sam offers her services as an undercover agent to Foyle.

10.00 Call The Midwife.

(PG, R, CC) (Final) As Chummy and Peter prepare to become parents, Fred is paid a visit by his pregnant daughter, Dolly.

11.05 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (M, R, CC) UK-based panel show featuring host Adam Hills taking an offbeat look at events of the week.

11.45 Rage. (MA15+) Music videos.

6.00 News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: A Bug’s Life.

(R, CC) (1998) A heroic ant mistakenly enlists an unemployed troupe of bug performers to battle a swarm of grasshoppers that are menacing his home. Voices of Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia LouisDreyfus.

9.00 MOVIE: Herbie Fully Loaded. (R, CC) (2005) A teenage girl, who dreams of becoming a NASCAR driver, takes ownership of an old VW Beetle which has a mind of its own. Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Matt Dillon, Justin Long, Breckin Meyer.

11.00 To Be Advised.

6.00 News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban. (PG, R, CC) (2004) Now in his third year at Hogwarts, 13-yearold wizard in training Harry Potter learns that an escaped prisoner called Sirius Black, who has ties to Voldemort, is hunting him.

In a bid for help, he turns to the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Lupin. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Gary Oldman.

9.50 MOVIE: A Few Best Men. (MA15+, R, CC) (2011) After an Englishman falls in love with an Australian, he invites his three best friends to attend the wedding in the Outback as his best men. The unfamiliar situation quickly gets the best of the trio after they find themselves involuntarily involved with a drug dealer. Xavier Samuel, Laura Brent, Kris Marshall.

11.50 MOVIE: Dune. (PG, R, CC) (1984) A young nobleman finds his destiny after his family takes over control of a desert planet. Kyle MacLachlan, Patrick Stewart, Alicia Witt.

6.00 The Brady Bunch. (R) A man and a woman, who each have three children, get married and attempt to merge their families.

6.30 David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities: Life In The Dark. (R, CC) Sir David Attenborough looks at how hedgehogs and rhinos have developed protective skins.

7.00 David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities: Curious Imposters.

(R, CC) Sir David Attenborough looks at some animals that are able to trick others.

7.30 MOVIE: Mr Popper’s Penguins.

(R, CC) (2011) A man’s life changes after he inherits six penguins from his father, an adventurer who died in Antarctica. Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino.

9.25 MOVIE: The Cable Guy. (M, R, CC) (1996) A yuppie businessman is befriended, and then terrorised, by a cable TV technician. Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann.

11.25 MOVIE: Bad Ass. (AV15+, CC) (2012) A man takes the law into his own hands. Danny Trejo, Charles S Dutton.

6.30 World News. (CC) 7.30 Great Continental Railway Journeys: Berlin To The Rhine.

(CC) Part 3 of 5. Guided by Bradshaw’s Continental Railway Guide from the early 19th century, Michael Portillo continues his railway adventure in Germany. The journey takes him west via the Harz Mountains to the industrial Ruhr Valley before visiting the Rhine.

8.30 MOVIE: Shaolin.

(AV15+, R, CC) (2011) At the centre of a struggle for control of China, a warlord, whose ruthless tactics rarely discriminate between soldiers and civilians, is betrayed by a fellow general and forced to take refuge in a hidden mountain temple.

Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse, Bingbing Fan. 10.55 MOVIE: Little Big Soldier. (M, R) (2010) During the Chinese wars of the third century BC, an old foot soldier captures an injured enemy general.

While attempting to take him back for a reward, however, the two have to fight bandits in the mountains. Jackie Chan..

12.00 Home Shopping.

2.30 MOVIE: Aces High. (M, R) (1976) A young pilot is sent to the Western Front.

Malcolm McDowell.

4.30 Extra. (R, CC) Entertainment news program.

5.00 The Middle. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

1.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.30 It Is Written. (PG) Religious program.

5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program.

12.45 MOVIE: Storm Warriors.

(M, R) (2009) Two warriors battle a ruthless Japanese warlord. Aaron Kwok.

2.50 Two Greedy Italians.

(PG, R, CC) 3.50 Two Greedy Italians.

(R, CC) 5.00 Korean News.

5.35 Japanese News.

5.00 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

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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Saturday, February 7 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.50pm God’s Pocket (2014) Crime. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christina Hendricks.

A journalist investigates when a construction worker dies under suspicious circumstances.

(MA15+) Masterpiece

7.30pm Best Australian Gardens. LifeStyle Home

8.30pm Fatal Attraction.

A look into the case of Avis Banks, whose partner found her body with gunshot and stab wounds. (M) Crime & Investigation

1.30pm Basketball.

NBA. Miami Heat v San Antonio Spurs. ESPN

8.30pm Deadfall (2012) Thriller. Eric Bana. Two siblings try to escape to Canada during a blizzard when a heist goes wrong. (MA15+) Premiere

7.30pm Hawaii Five-0. Max reveals shocking information about his childhood to help the team track a serial killer who may have ties to Max’s past.

(MA15+) TV1

10.10pm Tracks (2014) Biography. Mia Wasikowska, Adam Driver. (M) Premiere

8.30pm Fashion Police: Fashion Bowl Special. Join the fashion team dissect the week’s celebrities, events, and style, all showcasing Joan’s uniquely hilarious point of view. (M) E!

ABC2

7TWO

6.00 Children’s Programs. 1.30 Little Princess. (R, CC) 1.40 Boj. 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) 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) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Winter Wipeout. (CC) 8.30 Build A New Life In The Country. (CC) (New Series) 9.15 Live At The Apollo.

(PG, CC) 10.00 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. (M, R, CC) (Final) 12.55 Grandma’s House. (M, R, CC) 1.55 News Update. (R) 2.00 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. 9.25 Total Drama World Tour. (R, CC) 9.55 Slugterra. (R, CC) 10.35 Numb Chucks. (R, CC) 10.50 You’re Skitting Me. (R, CC) 11.15 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) 1.05 Numb Chucks. (R, CC) 1.50 Camp Lakebottom. (R, CC) 2.30 Slugterra. (R, CC) 2.50 Blue Zoo. (R, CC) 3.20 Kobushi.

(R, CC) 3.25 WAC. (R, CC) 3.50 Studio 3. 3.55 The Aquabats Super Show! (R, CC) 4.15 Iron Man: Armored Adventures. (R, CC) 4.40 Detentionaire. (R, CC) 5.00 Nowhere Boys. (R, CC) 5.30 My Great Big Adventure. (R, CC) 5.45 MY:24. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. (R, CC) 6.25 Figaro Pho. (R, CC) 6.30 The Haunting Hour. (PG, CC) 7.00 Yonderland. 7.25 Wolfblood. (R, CC) 7.50 The Aquabats Super Show! (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) 9.45 Voltron. (R, CC) 10.10 Close.

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) 12.00 Creek To Coast. (R, CC) 12.30 Qld Weekender. (R, CC) 1.00 Great South East. (R, CC) 1.30 Coxy’s Big Break. (R, CC) 2.00 Country Calendar. (PG, R) 2.30 Lyndey And Herbie’s Movable Feast. (PG) (New Series) 3.00 The Food Truck.

(PG, R) 3.30 Before And After. (PG, R) 4.00 Nick Knowles’ Original Features. (R) 5.00 The House That $100K Built. (PG, R) 6.00 Escape To The Country. (R) 7.00 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 MOVIE: The Stepford Wives. (M, R, CC) (2004) An executive moves to a seemingly idyllic town.

Nicole Kidman.

11.00 Tennis. Fed Cup. Germany v Australia. Day 1. From Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, Germany.

12.00 Tennis. Fed Cup. Germany v Australia. Day 1. 2.00 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Globe Trekker Specials.

(PG, R) 5.00 Nick Knowles’ Original Features. (R)

7MATE 6.00 Dream Car Garage. (R) 6.30 Dream Car Garage. (PG, R) 8.00 Shopping. (R) 9.00 NFL Game Day. (PG) 9.30 Man Made Marvels. (R) 10.30 Ultimate Factories. (PG, R) 11.30 Summernats. (PG, R) 1.30 American Stuffers. (PG, R) 2.30 Turtleman. (PG, R) 3.30 Gator Boys. (PG, R) 4.30 Seinfeld. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Catching Hell: Who’s Your Sea Daddy? (PG) A captain gets bad news from home.

7.30 Big Shrimpin’. (PG) Redbone re-enters the race for “saltwater gold”.

9.30 MOVIE: The Bone Collector. (M, R, CC) (1999) A forensic expert and a cop pursue a killer. Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie.

12.00 MOVIE: Lock Up. (M, R) (1989) 2.30 Ultimate Factories.

(PG, R) 3.30 Man Made Marvels: Korea Songdo City. (R) 4.30 Dream Car Garage. (R) 5.00 Dream Car Garage. (PG, R) 5.30 Motor Racing. (CC) Bathurst 12 Hour. From Mount Panorama, NSW.

8.30pm The Forgotten General. The life and career of Major-General Sir Andrew Hamilton Russell, Commander of the NZ Mounted Rifles at Gallipoli.

(M) History

2.00pm Golf. Euro PGA Tour. Malaysian Open.

Third Round. Fox Sports 3 5.00pm Soccer. A-League.

Central Coast v Adelaide.

Fox Sports 4

The late Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in God’s Pocket

9.30pm Edge Of Alaska. (M) Discovery

GO! 6.00 Thunderbirds. (R) 7.00 PAW Patrol. (R, CC) 7.30 Dogstar. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Rabbids Invasion. (PG, R) 8.30 Tom And Jerry. (R) 9.00 Max Steel. (PG, R) 9.30 Adv Time. (PG, R) 10.00 Digimon Fusion. (PG, R) 11.00 Heidi. (C, CC) (New Series) 11.30 Move It. (C, R, CC) 12.00 Kitchen Whiz. (C, R, CC) 12.30 Tenkai Knights. (PG, R) 1.30 Danoz.

(R) 2.00 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 2.30 Search4hurt. (PG, CC) 3.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 4.00 Max Steel.

(PG, R) 5.00 America’s Got Talent.

(PG, CC) 7.30 MOVIE: The Spy Next Door. (PG, R, CC) (2010) Jackie Chan.

9.30 MOVIE: Jonah Hex. (M, R) (2010) A bounty hunter must stop a terrorist. Josh Brolin.

11.15 DC Showcase Collection.

(M, R) 11.30 MOVIE: Superman: Doomsday. (M, R, CC) (2007) Adam Baldwin, Anne Heche. 1.00 DC Showcase Collection. (M, R) 1.30 MOVIE: The Exorcism Of Emily Rose. (M, R) (2005) Tom Wilkinson.

4.00 Beware The Batman. (M, R) 4.30 Robocar Poli. (R) 4.50 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 5.10 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. (R)

GEM 6.00 MOVIE: Loser Takes All. (PG, R) (1956) 8.00 Danoz. (R) 9.30 Rainbow Country. (R) 10.00 MOVIE: Three Sisters. (R, CC) (1970) 1.15 Cycling. Herald Sun Tour. Stage 2. Bendigo to Nagambie. Highlights. 2.15 MOVIE: The Old Man And The Sea. (PG, R, CC) (1958) 4.00 MOVIE: The Horse Soldiers. (R) (1959) John Wayne.

6.30 Sun, Sea And Bargain Spotting.

7.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 8.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. (M, R, CC) The team uses social media to solve a case.

9.30 CSI: NY. (M, R, CC) A man shoots a bakery owner.

10.30 Unforgettable. (M, R, CC) 11.20 Marshal Law: Texas.

(M, R, CC) 12.15 Cycling. Herald Sun Tour.

Stage 3. Mitchelton Winery to Nagambie. Highlights. From Victoria. 1.15 MOVIE: Yield To The Night. (M, R, CC) (1956) Diana Dors.

3.00 MOVIE: The Old Man And The Sea. (PG, R, CC) (1958) Spencer Tracy. 4.40 MOVIE: Mystery Junction. (PG, R, CC) (1951) Sydney Tafler.

ONE 6.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 17.

Wollongong Hawks v Melbourne United. Replay. 8.00 Basketball.

(CC) NBL. Round 17. Adelaide 36ers v Townsville Crocodiles. Replay.

10.00 Loaded. (PG, R) 10.30 Emergency Search & Rescue.

(PG, R) 11.30 Emergency Search & Rescue. (R) 12.00 Emergency Search & Rescue. (PG, R) 12.30 People Of The Vines. (R, CC) 1.00 Motor Racing. World Series Sprintcars. 2.00 Megafactories. (R) 3.00 The Offroad Adventure Show.

(R, CC) 3.30 Undercover Boss.

(PG, R) 4.30 Adv Angler. (R) 5.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 6.00 Get Smart. (PG, R) 6.30 Monster Jam. 7.30 Cops. (PG, R, CC) Officers patrol the streets of Palm Springs.

8.30 MOVIE: Lincoln. (M) (2012) A look at Abraham Lincoln’s presidency. Daniel Day Lewis, Sally Field.

11.40 Touch. (M, R, CC) 12.40 Blokesworld. (MA15+, R) 1.10 Cops. (PG, R, CC) 2.10 Cricket.

(CC) T20 Big Bash League. Grand final. Perth Scorchers v Sydney Sixers. Replay. From Manuka Oval, Canberra.

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 8.00 Totally Wild. (C, CC) 8.30 Scope. (C, CC) 9.05 The Loop. (PG) 11.35 The King Of Queens. (PG, R) 12.00 Charmed.

(PG, R, CC) 1.00 Taxi. (PG, R) 1.30 Cheers. (PG, R) 2.00 The Brady Bunch. (R) 3.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.30 Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 90210. (PG) 5.00 Mork & Mindy.

(R) 5.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Snog, Marry, Avoid?

(PG, R) A group of people have make-unders.

9.30 Sex And The City.

(M, R, CC) Four 30-something women change themselves.

10.10 Sex And The City.

(MA15+, R, CC) Miranda dates a modeliser.

10.50 Sex And The City.

(M, R, CC) 11.30 The Loop. (PG, R) Hosted

by Scott Tweedie and Ash London.

2.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (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 Journal. (CC) 9.05 Croatian News. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 Portuguese News.

11.05 Japanese News. 11.40 Hong Kong News. 12.00 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Soccer. (CC) A-League. Round 16.

Newcastle Jets v Brisbane Roar.

Replay. 3.00 Arctic With Bruce Parry. (R, CC) 4.00 Departures.

(PG, R) 5.00 Planet Sport. (PG, R) 6.00 No Kitchen Required. (PG, R) 6.50 Knife Fight. (PG, R) 7.40 If You Are The One. (R) 8.40 Don’t Tell My Mother I’m In… USA. (M) (Final) Diego Bunuel heads to the US. 9.30 Don’t Tell My Mother…

Cairo. (PG, R) Diego Bunuel travels to Cairo.

10.00 No Limit. (M) (Final) 11.00 MOVIE: Sin Nombre. (AV15+, R) (2009) Paulina Gaitan, Marco Antonio Aguirre, Leonardo Alonso.

12.45 Toughest Place To Be A… (M, R, CC) 1.50 MOVIE: Beijing Bicycle. (M, R) (2001) 3.50 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 NITV On The Road: Saltwater Freshwater. (PG) 11.00 NITV On The Road: Boomerang Festival. 12.00 NITV News Week In Review. 12.30 First Citizen: Albert Namatjira. (PG) 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 Yorta Yorta Youth.

6.45 Destiny In The Dirt.

6.55 Interstitials Sport.

7.00 Unearthed.

7.30 Sol3 Mio: Live In Concert.

A performance by Sol3 Mio. 8.30 Fusion With Casey Donovan. (CC) Hosted by Casey Donovan.

9.30 The Blues: Feel Like Going Home. (PG) The story behind blues music.

11.00 Keeper.

11.30 Unearthed.

12.00 Volumz. (PG)

6.00 Big Ideas. (R, CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 State To State Summer. (R, CC) 12.00 News. (CC) 12.30 Big Ideas. (R) 1.00 National Press Club Address. (R, CC) 2.00 News. 2.30 AusBiz Asia. (R) 3.00 News. (CC) 3.30 Landline. (R, CC) 4.00 News. 4.30 The World This Week. (CC) 5.00 News. 5.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 6.00 News. (CC) 6.30 Catalyst. (R, CC) 7.00 News. (CC) 7.30 The Mix. (CC) 8.00 Four Corners. (R, CC) 8.45 The Quarters. 9.00 News. (CC) 9.30 State To State Summer. (R, CC) 10.00 News. (CC) 10.30 Landline. (R, CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 AusBiz Asia. (R) 12.00 Big Ideas. (R, CC) 1.00 BBC World News. 1.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 2.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 State To State Summer. (R, CC) 4.00 Big Ideas. (R) 4.30 #TalkAboutIt. (R) 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

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Sunday, February 8 MOVIE: The Simpsons Movie

Sherlock

ELEVEN, 8.30pm, PG (2007) Moviegoers had a fun time within the first few minutes of the muchanticipated film based on Matt Groening’s beloved TV series. “Why would you pay to see something you can see for free on TV?” Homer goads, before turning to face the camera directly ... “Suckers!” And so begins a riotous ride with the fourfingered family in an adventure packed with belly laughs and sight gags. The jokes, penned by veteran Simpsons writers including Oscarwinning director James L. Brooks, Al Jean and Mike Scully, are razor-sharp as Homer forces Springfield to be evacuated … perhaps forever.

ABC

MOVIE: Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby y

ABC, 8.35pm Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Watson (Martin Freeman) are on the tail of their nemesis in the season finale, and you can be sure the brilliant James Moriarty (Andrew Scott) won’t be captured quietly.

Tonight, the criminal mastermind pulls off a heist on a scale never before seen by the pair. First, the locks of the Tower of London, the Bank of England and the Pentonville Prison are all sprung open. Then, while Sherlock and Watson try to contain the fallout (and the interest of the British public), Sherlock’s reputation and life is changed forever after becoming caught in Moriarty’s web of lies and criminal behaviour.

PRIME7

7MATE, 6.50pm, PG (2006)

Doing for NASCAR what he did for ell broadcasters in Anchorman, Will Ferrell (right) gets more mileage out of playing ying another ego-driven buffoon in this goofy oofy satire. Ferrell is gifted American petrololhead Ricky Bobby, who must contend d with being knocked off his perch by an effeminate French Formula One star (Sacha Baron Cohen, far right) while e his long-time buddy and racing partner (John C. Reilly) steals both his wife and his spot as No. 1 driver for the team. Ferrell doesn’t quite conjure up Ron Burgundy-calibre hilarity with this project, but there’s plenty of juice in the performances off Reilly and Baron Cohen.

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SBS ONE

6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 Insiders. (CC) 10.00 Offsiders. (CC) 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) 1.00 Return To Lake Eyre: The Deluge. (R, CC) 2.00 Muriel Matters! (R, CC) A look at Muriel Matters.

2.35 Soundtrack For A Revolution. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Restoration Home.

(R, CC) Caroline heads to Coulton Mill.

5.00 New Tricks. (PG, R, CC) Gerry investigates a student’s death.

6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) Highlights from the past week.

11.00 Dr Oz. (PG, CC) Dr Oz looks at health issues.

12.00 World’s Strictest Parents.

(PG, R, CC) Two troubled teens to spend a week with the Nanjundayyas.

1.00 The Amazing Race.

(PG, R, CC) The competition begins with teams departing for Taipei, Taiwan. Hosted by Phil Keoghan.

2.00 Motor Racing. (CC) Bathurst 12 Hour. From Mount Panorama, NSW.

6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00

6.00 Who’s Been Sleeping In My House? Ashcombe.

(R, CC) 6.30 Jillaroo School. (PG, CC) The trainee jillaroos face their first team challenge on a practice muster, with chaotic results.

7.00 News. (CC) 7.40 David Attenborough’s Conquest Of The Skies: The First To Fly. (CC) Part 1 of 3. Sir David Attenborough explores the evolution of flying animals.

8.35 Sherlock. (M, R, CC) Sherlock matches wits with criminal mastermind James Moriarty after the demented genius orchestrates break-ins at the Tower of London, the Bank of England and Pentonville prison, all on the same day. However, it is not long before the great detective finds himself in the fight of his life.

10.05 MOVIE: Brideshead Revisited. (M, R, CC) (2008) An aspiring artist falls in love with the sister of a decadent young aristocrat. Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Hayley Atwell.

6.00 News. (CC) 6.30 News Special: Inside The Siege, The Untold Story.

(CC) Featuring previously unseen footage, the hostages from the Lindt Chocolate Café siege share their experiences of the tragic events.

8.00 My Kitchen Rules.

(PG, CC) Victoria’s Ash and Camilla feel the heat in the kitchen as they try to impress the judges Manu Feildel and Pete Evans, as well as their fellow contestants, with their instant restaurant.

9.30 MOVIE: The Proposal.

(PG, R, CC) (2009) After being threatened with deportation, a highpowered Canadian editor gets engaged to her assistant in order to get a green card so she can continue working in the US. He agrees to participate in the charade, but on the condition that they head to Alaska to meet his quirky family. Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen.

11.30 Cougar Town. (PG, CC) Jules tries to prove she and Grayson are a better couple than Travis and Laurie.

6.00 News. (CC) 6.30 60 Minutes. (CC) Current affairs program. Featuring reports from Liz Hayes, Tara Brown, Allison Langdon, Michael Usher and Charles Wooley.

8.45 House Of Hancock.

(M, CC) The true story of the Hancock dynasty, focusing on the relationship between mining tycoon Lang Hancock, his daughter Gina Rinehart and housekeeper Rose Lacson.

10.20 The Block Triple Threat.

(PG, R, CC) The elimination challenge comes to an end and final three teams are revealed. However, the teams are in for a surprise when they meet three favourite All Star teams.

11.30 Dallas. (M, CC) The dark cloud over Southfork continues to grow with the news of a family death.

Christopher and Heather’s relationship is put to the test as John Ross tries to redeem himself with Pamela.

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 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (PG, CC) It’s day six, and a few of the celebrities are having more trouble than others adjusting to the loss of their luxurious lifestyles.

8.00 Shark Tank. (CC) (New Series) A panel of multimillionaires are shown inventions and innovations by everyday Australians.

9.00 NCIS: New Orleans.

(M, CC) The team investigates the murder of a retired SEAL who tracked down individuals impersonating military personnel.

10.00 NCIS: New Orleans.

(M, CC) After the team begins an investigation into an explosion at the NavyMarine Corp Relief Gala, it’s soon revealed that Pride was the bomber’s target.

11.00 MOVIE: Matching Jack.

(M, R, CC) (2010) A woman, struggling to cope with her son’s illness and her husband’s infidelity, has her life turned upside down.

Jacinda Barrett, Richard Roxburgh, Tom Russell.

6.30 World News. (CC) 7.30 Jungle Atlantis: Angkor Wat’s Hidden Megacity.

(PG, CC) Part 1 of 2. Follow experts as they set out to learn more about Angkor and the people who called it home. The capital of the Khmer Empire, the lost metropolis which was located near the vast temple complex of Angkor Wat, was devoured by the jungle around 600 years ago.

8.30 Miracle Landing On The Hudson.

(M, CC) Documents the emergency crash-landing of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River, in January of 2009. Having experienced a sudden loss in power, the pilot, Captain Chesley Sullenberger, managed to safely ditch the aircraft without loss of life, a feat many label as a miracle.

10.10 Mad Men. (PG, CC) The firm pulls out all the stops after they get a second chance to land Jaguar as a client.

11.05 MOVIE: Everlasting Moments. (MA15+, R) (2008) Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt, Jesper Christensen.

12.15 Home Shopping.

5.30 Early News. (CC) Local, national and overseas news, including sport and the latest weather.

12.30 Nightline Prime.

(PG, R, CC) 1.30 20/20. (R, CC) 2.30 Spyforce. (PG, R) 3.30 Hot In Cleveland.

(PG, R, CC) 4.00 Good Morning America: Sunday. (CC) 5.00 News. (CC) 5.30 Today. (CC)

1.10 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 Life Today With James Robison. (PG) Religious program.

4.30 CBS This Morning. (CC) Morning news and talk show. Hosted by Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell.

1.25 Easter Island Underworld. (PG, R, CC) 2.25 The Secret History Of Our Streets. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 Russia: A Journey With Jonathan Dimbleby.

(PG, R, CC) 4.35 The Wholly Family. (M) 5.00 Korean News.

5.35 Japanese News.

12.15 Side By Side. (M, R, CC) Documents the shift from celluloid film to digital.

1.55 Casualties Of War. (MA15+, R, CC) 2.20 Sherlock. (M, R, CC) 3.50 Hungry Beast. (M, R, CC) 4.30 A Quiet Word… With Rob Brydon. (R, CC) 5.00 Big Ideas. (R, CC)

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PAW Patrol. (R, CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Wild Life Of Tim Faulkner. (R, CC) Surfing. (CC) Cycling. (CC) Women’s Santos Tour Down Under.

Highlights.

Cycling. (CC) Santos Tour Down Under. Stage 6.

Highlights.

Ironman. (CC) Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Series. Round 5.

M-Shape. From Newcastle Beach, New South Wales.

MOVIE: Forever Young.

(PG, R, CC) (1992) Mel Gibson.

News. (CC) Customs. (PG, R, CC)

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) Where It All Began. (CC) (New Series) Studio 10: Sunday. (CC) Studio 10: Sunday Extra.

(PG, CC) Weekend Feast. (R, CC) The Talk. (PG, CC) The Offroad Adventure Show. (CC) (Final) iFish. (R, CC) Basketball. (CC) NBL. Round 18. Sydney Kings v Cairns Taipans.

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. (PG, R, CC) Eyewitness News. (CC)

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) 1.55 Silvia Colloca: Made In Italy Bitesize. (CC) 2.00 Speedweek. (CC) 4.00 Football Asia. (CC) 4.30 Massive Moves: Huge Homestead. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Climbing Great Buildings. (R, CC) (Final) 5.30 Nazi Megastructures: Atlantic Wall. (PG, CC) (New Series)

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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6.15pm Need For Speed (2014) Action. Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper. (M) Premiere

6.30pm Amy Winehouse: Eurockeennes. The late Amy Winehouse performs some her greatest hits at France’s rock music festival, the Eurockeennes de Belfort. (M) Studio

6.30pm Cycling’s Greatest Fraud. A behind-thescenes look at cyclist Lance Armstrong’s fall from grace. (M) National Geographic

11.30am Basketball.

NBA. Golden State Warriors v New York Knicks.

ESPN

6.30pm World’s Worst Near Misses. (MA15+) FOX8

6.30pm Gold Rush. (PG) Discovery

7.30pm Outlander. A World War II nurse is torn between two worlds when she is transported to 1743 Scotland after she stumbles upon an ancient stone circle. (MA15+) SoHo

8.30pm The Blackheart Diaries. An insight into the incarcerated Lazarus Mazingane, who was jailed after raping and killing women in South Africa. (M) Crime & Investigation

8.05pm 28 Hotel Rooms (2012) Drama. Marin Ireland, Chris Messina. (MA15+) World Movies 8.30pm RoboCop (2014) Action. Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman. A technology conglomerate builds a partman, part-robot police officer when a Detroit policeman is critically injured in the line of duty. (M) Premiere

ABC2 6.00 Children’s Programs. 1.30 Little Princess. (R, CC) 1.40 Boj. 1.50 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 Meet The Small Potatoes. (R, CC) 5.50 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) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Stan Lee’s Superhumans. (PG, CC) 8.15 Swamp Brothers. (PG, CC) 8.40 Crisis: Then The Wind Changed. (M, R, CC) 9.40 The Miracle Hunter. (M, R, CC) 10.25 Catfish: The TV Show. (M, R, CC) 11.10 My Child’s Not Perfect. (M, R, CC) 11.55 My Child’s Not Perfect.

(PG, R, CC) 12.45 The Real Hustle: Celebrity Scammers. (PG, R, CC) 1.15 Scrappers. (R, CC) 1.45 News Update. (R) 1.50 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. 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) 9.55 Slugterra. (R, CC) 10.35 Numb Chucks. (R, CC) 10.50 You’re Skitting Me. (R, CC) 11.15 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.

(PG, R, CC) 2.25 Wolfblood. (R, CC) 2.50 Blue Zoo. (R, CC) 3.20 Kobushi. (R, CC) 3.25 WAC. (R, CC) 3.50 The Gees. (R) 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 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. (R, CC) 6.25 Figaro Pho. (R, CC) 6.30 Nowhere Boys. (PG, CC) (Final) 7.00 Yonderland. (PG) 7.20 Wolfblood. (R, CC) 7.50 Trop Jr. (R, CC) 7.55 My Great Big Adventure.

(CC) 8.15 Degrassi – The Next Generation. (R, CC) 8.35 The High Fructose Adventures Of Annoying Orange. (R, CC) 8.45 Detentionaire.

(R, CC) 9.10 Stoked. (R, CC) 9.30 Rage. (PG, R) 2.00 Close.

7TWO 6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Tomorrow’s World. (PG) 7.30 Leading The Way. (PG, R) 8.00 David Jeremiah.

(PG) 8.30 Shopping. 9.30 Cycling.

Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. Elite men’s race. Highlights.

10.30 Home And Away Catch-Up. (PG, R, CC) 1.30 Bazaar. (PG, R) 2.00 Treks In A Wild World. (PG, R) 2.30 The Hook & The Cook.

(PG, R) 3.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 3.30 Life After People.

(PG, R, CC) 4.30 Bush Pilots. (PG) 5.30 Mighty Ships. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Fawlty Towers. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 Keeping Up Appearances. (PG, R, CC) Hyacinth visits a stately home.

7.30 Escape To The Country.

(R) Presented by Nicki Chapman.

9.30 Nick Knowles’ Original Features. Presented by Nick Knowles.

10.30 Tennis. Fed Cup. Germany v Australia. Day 2.

1.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. (R) 2.00 Bazaar. (PG, R) 2.30 Treks In A Wild World. (PG, R) 3.00 Bush Pilots. (PG, R) 4.00 Escape To The Country. (R) 5.00 Home Shopping.

7MATE 6.00 Motor Racing. (CC) Bathurst 12 Hour. 2.00 Triathlon. Ironman 70.3 Auckland. Highlights. From Auckland, New Zealand. 3.00 Seinfeld. (PG, R, CC) 4.50 MOVIE: Major Payne.

(PG, R) (1995) 6.50 MOVIE: Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby. (PG, R, CC) (2006) A NASCAR champion faces competition for his crown.

Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly.

9.00 Bogan Hunters.

(MA15+, CC) The Bogan Hunters team takes part in Australia’s craziest automotive pilgrimage, Summernats.

10.45 MOVIE: Van Wilder 2: The Rise Of Taj. (MA15+, R, CC) (2006) Van’s former assistant heads to Camford University. Kal Penn, Lauren Cohan.

1.00 Bizarre ER. (M, R) 2.00 MOVIE: The Killing Machine. (AV15+, R) (2010) Dolph Lundgren.

3.50 MOVIE: Marine Raiders.

(PG, R) (1944) Marines undergo tough training. Pat O’Brien.

GO! 6.00 Thunderbirds. (R) 7.00 PAW Patrol. (R, CC) 7.30 Dennis & Gnasher. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Tom And Jerry. (R) 9.00 Rabbids Invasion.

(PG, R) 9.30 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 10.30 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 11.30 Digimon Fusion. (PG, R) 12.30 Tenkai Knights. (PG, R) 1.30 Danoz. 2.00 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 3.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 4.00 Max Steel. (PG, R) 5.00 Adv Time.

(PG, R) 5.30 Scooby-Doo! (PG, R) 6.30 MOVIE: Planet 51.

(PG, R, CC) (2009) An astronaut encounters a race of little green aliens.

Dwayne Johnson.

8.30 The Big Bang Theory.

(PG, R, CC) Bernadette delivers an ultimatum.

9.30 MOVIE: The Hangover 2. (MA15+, R, CC) (2011) A family member goes missing. Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis.

11.30 Arrow. (M, R, CC) 12.30 America’s Got Talent.

(PG, R, CC) 3.00 Top Gear. (PG, R, CC) 4.30 Robocar Poli. (R) 4.50 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 5.10 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. (PG, R) 5.30 Thunderbirds.

(R, CC)

GEM 6.00 Skippy. (R) 6.30 GEM Presents. (PG, R, CC) 6.40 MOVIE: The Big Job. (R) (1965) 8.30 Shopping. (R) 10.00 MOVIE: Lucky Jim. (R, CC) (1957) 12.00 Cycling. Herald Sun Tour.

Highlights. 1.00 Explore South Korea. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 MOVIE: Across The Wide Missouri. (PG, R, CC) (1951) 3.30 MOVIE: Battle Cry. (R) (1955) 6.30 River Cottage Everyday.

(PG) Presented by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

7.30 The Great British Bake Off. (PG, CC) The bakers prepare pastry.

8.45 MOVIE: The Birdcage.

(M, R, CC) (1996) A club owner’s son asks him to pretend to be heterosexual.

Robin Williams, Nathan Lane.

11.15 Cold Case. (M, R, CC) 12.15 Cycling. Herald Sun Tour.

Highlights.

1.15 GEM Presents. (R, CC) 1.30 Adventures In Rainbow Country. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Enjoying Everyday Life With Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.00 Seaway. (PG, R, CC)

2.00pm Golf. Euro PGA Tour. Malaysian Open.

Final Round. Fox Sports 3 5.00pm Soccer.

A-League. Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington.

Fox Sports 4 The late Amy Winehouse performs her greatest hits in Amy Winehouse: Eurockeennes

ONE 6.00 Sport Science. 7.00 Healthy Homes TV. 7.30 Savage Family Diggers. 8.00 Sport Science.

(PG, R) 9.00 Escape With ET. (R, CC) 9.30 Adv Angler. (R) 10.00 Safe Breakers. (R) 11.00 Game Of Champions. (R) 12.00 Motor Racing. FIA Formula E Championship. Round 2.

Putrajaya ePrix. Highlights.

1.00 Extreme Collectors. (PG, R) 2.00 Attenborough’s Life In The Undergrowth. (R, CC) 3.00 Totally Wild. (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 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge. (PG, R) 8.30 Extreme Fishing With Robson Green. (PG, R) 9.30 MOVIE: Transformers. (M, R, CC) (2007) 12.20 Gang Related.

(M, R) 1.20 Loaded. (PG, R) 1.50 Emergency Search & Rescue.

(PG, R) 2.50 Emergency Search & Rescue. (R) 3.20 Emergency Search & Rescue. (PG, R) 3.50 Blokesworld: Cowboy Shooters.

(PG, R) 4.00 Adv Angler. (R) 4.30 Adv Angler. (PG, R) 5.00 Adv Angler. (R)

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) 11.00 ST: Next Gen. (PG, R) 1.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 1.30 Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 Neighbours. (R, CC) 5.00 90210.

(PG) (Final) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) Hosted

by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Futurama. (PG, R, CC) Farnsworth is embarrassed by his peers.

8.00 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) Homer’s dancing leads him to a new occupation.

8.30 MOVIE: The Simpsons Movie. (PG, R, CC) (2007) Homer accidentally pollutes the town’s water supply. Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner.

10.15 Wilfred. (M) (Series return) Ryan gets a second chance.

10.45 Star Trek: The Next Generation. (PG, R) 12.55 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (R) 2.00 The Brady Bunch. (R) 3.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation.

(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 Maltese News.

8.30 Journal. (CC) 9.00 PopAsia.

(PG) 11.00 Portuguese News.

11.30 Croatian News. 12.00 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Urban Freestyler. 1.10 The World Of Jenks. (PG, R) 2.00 Foodie Planet. (PG, R) 3.05 Toughest Place To Be A… (M, 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. 8.30 South Park. (M, R, CC) The Coon sets out to punish his former friends.

9.00 South Park. (MA15+, R, CC) (Final) Randy becomes obsessed with cooking.

9.30 Danger 5. (MA15+) The team goes back in time.

10.00 A-League Extra Time.

11.00 In Her Skin. (M) 11.50 Rohan Dennis World Hour Record. 1.15 MOVIE: Dark Blue World. (M, R) (2001) 3.15 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. (CC) A-League.

Round 16. Newcastle Jets v Brisbane Roar. 12.00 NITV News Week In Review. 12.30 Lurujarri Dreaming. 1.00 Away From Country. (PG) 2.00 Rugby League.

Queensland Murri Carnival. 3.00 Rugby League. Koori Knockout.

From Raymond Terrace, NSW. 4.00 Kimberley, The Land Of The Wandjina. 5.00 Te Kaea 2014. 5.30 NITV News Week In Review.

6.00 Awaken Forum: Black Is Beautiful.

7.00 Ngurra.

7.30 Sitting Bull: A Stone In My Heart. (PG) 8.30 The Medicine Line.

9.00 Good Tucker.

9.30 MOVIE: On The Ice. (MA15+) (2011) Two teenage boys confront a tragic accident. Josiah Patkotak, Frank Qutuq Irelan, John Miller.

11.00 We Come From The Land.

11.30 Ngurra.

12.00 Volumz. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 News. (CC) 12.30 Big Ideas. (R) 1.00 News. 1.30 #TalkAboutIt. (R) 2.00 News. 2.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 3.00 News. (CC) 3.30 Offsiders. (R, CC) 4.00 News. 4.30 Compass. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 News. 5.30 News Update. 5.35 The Mix. (CC) 6.00 News. (CC) 6.30 Australian Story. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 News. (CC) 7.30 News Update. (CC) 7.35 The World This Week. (R, CC) 8.00 Insiders. (R, CC) 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. (R) 12.00 Landline. (R, CC) 1.00 BBC World News. 1.30 State To State Summer. (R, CC) 2.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 The World This Week. (R, CC) 4.00 Big Ideas. (R, CC) 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

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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 17 letters left over.

They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.

Rough weather

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FLASH GORDON

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action alert assist blowing briefings calm crews cyclone damage damp disaster

evacuate flood boat floods food drop forecast manpower operations planning police rain rescue

ropes sandbags search soaking tarpaulins task threat toil trees unroof volunteers

water wind work

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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.

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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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CRYPTO-QUOTE

GO FIGURE

CRYPTIC CLUES

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ACROSS 1. It shows up little angels (4-4,4) 7. Not the right grown-up (5) 8. Love to bring a bad actor back from Nebraska (5) 9. Payment for further education in English (3) 10. Joking concerning certain aspects about a credit note (9) 11. Can't get up before a quiet sleep (6) 12. Get gold on the carriage (6) 15. I am not complete, being unbiased (9) 17. A man from Bury St. Edmunds (3) 18. That man Reagan gets the bird (5) 19. Rushes back to get a violin (5) 21. Accept the defect, say, and start dancing (4,3,5)

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DOWN 1. Does it lead to a lack of congregation on the roads? (7,5) 2. As well as a number heard (3) 3. It's left Bill, the youthleader, with a leg to stand on (6) 4. Deficit from a season of two months? (9) 5. Fertiliser from Nicaragua no longer used (5) 6. Does he kill in church?

(4,8) 7. Take away the remainder, say (5) 10. A scent to criticise in a European country (9) 13. Went out with Noah? (5) 14. Bad art to stick around the hospital (6) 16. Normal mother in Italy (5) 20. Sporting whistler? (3)

>> 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) With a certain amount of romance in the air, who could not be interested in what is to come? This is a relatively quiet week that gives you time to think. That is fine, but by the weekend you should aim to be socially involved.

Venus, bringer of love and harmony, will be with you next week. This is when temptation is likely to come your way. By using your imagination and confidence you are able to make life more fun for both yourself and your partner.

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LEO (JUL 23-AUG 23) With business brisk, love is probably not the first thing on your mind this week. Even so, as the weekend approaches, thoughts will turn in this direction. Are you planning something special?

Make the most of both your looks and attitude, which could be more sympathetic.

Someone wants you to listen, so why not!

To help love to grow you need to think more of the other person than you do yourself.

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TAURUS (APR 21-MAY 21) Love

VIRGO (AUG 24-SEP 23) At

times this week you will wish for someone to hold your hand.

There are challenges and, of course, these are better shared. Midweek brings thoughts of love and a more settled life. If finances are causing problems, have patience. When you do achieve something, give yourself a treat. The more people that you can chat to at the weekend, the better.

This gives you a better idea of how things are shaping up and how others see you.

is on the mind of many as this week begins. Will your current partnership continue? Will singles finally meet their match? Anything is possible, but how strong is your will? Certainly temptation comes your way. Impractical ideas and fanciful dreams could lead you to go overboard. You could overspend. Take care. If you have secrets to keep or develop some over this week, be aware that they could be short-lived.

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BY CASSANDRA NYE

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LIBRA (SEP 24-OCT 23) Always the romantic, this week brings your finely-tuned antenna back to love. There may be some obstacles but, if you are determined that something will work, it will. Someone who does not instantly attract you could gradually grow in your affections. This may not be a bonfire of passion, but is that what you really need? For some this will be a week of 'goodbyes' as well as 'hellos.' Still, be aware that next week you are to be given the chance to make a fresh start.

GEMINI (MAY 22-JUN 21) An

increasing number of people want to be settled with a partner.

So, will this week bring anything special for you? Some brilliant flashes of intuition this week take you to the place where you want to be. Someone who does not initially attract you strongly could turn out to be a slow burner. On that basis, give anyone that you meet the chance to impress. If you are settled then this is a great time for growing your relationship.

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CANCER (JUN 22-JUL 22) The low temperatures certainly will not stop you from bringing your pulse rate up this weekend.

What are your romantic prospects? Think something through before you make plans for the Valentine's weekend. A group outing may not be good if your partner wants a bit more intimacy. Be prepared to say 'no' if someone gets pushy. Strong influences from outside of the home could seem a step too far.

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all need our own space. This can be one room, a shed, a car, a garden etc. Your inward thoughts this week turn to love and life. Sounds heavy? Not really. You really want to make some headway with a relationship but don't want to rush into anything. That is wise. At the moment it is likely that you have many options but just because you have choices does not mean that you have to make any.

In your own time and at your own pace is the key.

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DEC 21) Making the most of any

relationship takes time and effort, especially effort! This week you may be deciding just how much effort to put into it. Of course, it takes two to make something like this work. Do something special for Valentine's next weekend and then gauge the response that you are getting. Someone from far away seems to be on your mind. If you cannot travel, Skype could be the answer. Certainly let them know how you are feeling (without the frills!)

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CAPRICORN (DEC 22-JAN

20) What you are looking for is a situation where your heart can be happy every day. With Valentines coming up, this naturally sharpens your need.

Encouraging relationships that help you to grow and experience new things is essential. Even so, just because a relationship is long-term does not have to make it boring.

Be more adventurous. Start small if you like.

No need to rush off to some exotic place.

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AQUARIUS (JAN 21-FEB 19) The

need to be close to someone is almost universal. Even so, many of us are not willing to quite make the effort. There is a lot going on in your head which, at the present time, seems to rule your heart. That is fine, but don't let a bad experience colour the future. Closeness needs trust which may need to be built up again. What is not working for you right now could look quite different next week.

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PISCES (FEB 20-MAR 20) This

romantic week ahead makes you think hard about who you want to be with and why. Despite what others tell you that you should want, it does not always tally with what you know that you need. Aim to be in the right place over the Valentine's weekend. That is, the place that you really want to be. Love can arrive like a smack between the eyes. You may take a step back but don't say 'no' until you are sure what or who you are dealing with.

Friday's Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday!

You share your day with Mike Farrell (pictured) who played Hunnicutt on TV’s M*A*S*H – he's 76 today. Rewards are high for those who will stand up for their ideas. Steam ahead, but with your practical hat on. People in business do not want to hear fairy stories (unless of course you are an author!).

Saturday's Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Getting ahead of others is not the same as getting ahead of yourself, Aquarius! Keep a realistic approach and save both time and money. Take nothing for granted but remain optimistic.

Sunday's Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! When it is 'all systems go' you are at your best. Keep an eye on finances, though. Cover the basics and then some before you decide to go spending.

Aquarius, we both know that enthusiasm can turn into rashness. Don't go there.

Monday's Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Your amazing energy and forthright attitude show their worth in the months ahead, Aquarius. Put both to good use in business. More is demanded of personal relationships, which could cause some friction. Be sure of what you want before making changes.

Tuesday's Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Being pretty happy with your lot should not mean taking anything for granted. Remember, Aquarius, that you get so much more out of life if you put plenty in – in your case, energy and enthusiasm.

Wednesday's Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! That wonderful stubborn attitude may work in your favour in the months ahead, Aquarius. Those who are drifting through life are easily led. You find this particularly true at work. Stay in charge.

Thursday's Birthday Luck: This is a time when you can really enjoy being just who you want to be, Aquarius! Standing by your ideas and principles gives the most promise. If you are not in charge right now, then work towards it.

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Down: 1 Overabundant; 2 Nil; 3 Astute; 4 Interfere; 5 Usage; 6 Interruption; 7 Put up; 10 Irregular; 13 Annul; 14 Garish; 16 Set-up; 20 Pen. CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Tell-tale sign; 7 Wrong; 8 Omaha; 9 Fee; 10 Facetious; 11 Catnap; 12 Landau; 15 Impartial; 17 Ted; 18 Heron; 19 Strad; 21 Take the floor.

Down: 1 Traffic light; 2 Too; 3 Legacy; 4 Shortfall; 5 Guano; 6 Mass murderer; 7 Wrest; 10 Fragrance; 13 Dated; 14 Kitsch; 16 Parma; 20 Ref.

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Mega Maze

CryptoQuote answer

The Baker's Dozen Trivia 1. Bay of Bengal 2. St. Bernard 3.

"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" 4. Neil Diamond, in 1966.

It wasn't until many years later that Diamond would say he realised that he'd written the song about himself. 5. 1936 6. Theseus 7. The Band 8. Bing 9. The building was opened on May 9, 1988, by Queen Elizabeth II. 10. The imitation of natural sounds through words like "arf." 11. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue," by Bob Dylan in 1965. There has always been debate about who Dylan is saying goodbye to with this one. One guess is Joan Baez, who he was dating at the time. Others think the target was his folk-music audience, with "Baby" being his last acoustic guitar song. 12. David Villa of Spain, in 2006. 13. The Library of Congress in the USA

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