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The week’s major news stories around the region

Plains communities to fight Shenhua decision

Greece on its knees: A humanitarian crisis

Should we bring dinosaurs back from the dead?

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Friday 10.07.2015 to Sunday 12.07.2015 Aboriginal sites in history

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Forgive us our sins and win us that trophy I F you’re among the legion of Australian sports fans lining up to give young Nick Kyrgios a slap, you might first consider giving yourself a bit of an uppercut.

Not that the youngster doesn’t need said slap – he’s an arrogant prat, no mistake – but then what exactly do we expect when he’s grown up in a culture where even the worst of bad behaviour is forgiven in direct proportion to the sporting prowess of the offender?

We’ve collectively taught our sports “stars” that no matter the seriousness of the transgression, if they can help us win something – anything – the worst they can expect is a few column inches of momentary derision and a financial sanction that’s roughly the equivalent of half an hour’s play.

Kyrgios’ extraordinary athletic ability doesn’t go anywhere near excusing the disgracefully childish and downright obnoxious behaviour he’s exhibited over the past couple of weeks; any more than Dawn Fraser’s iconic place in Australia’s sporting history forgives her venomously racist slur on the young tennis player’s family and heritage.

But the apologists for both have padded up and come out swinging the willow – “He’s young, he’s under a lot of pressure; he’s just displaying some character”; “She wasn’t thinking, she didn’t mean it, she’s from a different era”... “oh, and by the way, they’re bloody good at sport – so cut ‘em some slack”.

Our national sporting arenas are littered with what should be the figurative corpses of fallen sporting “heroes” (and don’t get me started on the biliously inappropriate use of THAT term in relation to sportspeople). Instead, there’s a constant parade of sporting identities who are blessed with athletic ability but precious little else in the way of personal attributes like commonsense, decency and a respect for anyone but themselves.

Krygios and his equally intolerable stablemate, Bernard Tomic, are just the latest incarnation of sports stars who have been essentially conditioned to assume they’ll be forgiven any wrongdoing as long as they’re helping win, or win back, some nationally significant sporting trinket.

As unpalatable as their behaviour is, it’s a fair assumption on their part.

We’re so completely obsessed with flexing our national sporting muscle on the world’s stage, we’re, grudgingly at best, prepared to forgive and more often than not forget even the most appalling behaviour.

Before Rugby League fans fire up their keyboards on the assumption I’m about to name a line-up of NRL players – although in fairness, that particular football code punches well above its weight in the badly-behaved division – this blindness to transgressions of any

kind infects every sporting arena in the country.

From swimming to cycling, to weightlifting to cricket to soccer and rugby and horse racing and sailing and tiddlywinks and all points in between – if it means another notch in Australia’s sporting belt, we’ll overlook the drugtaking, the domestic violence, the antisocial behaviour, the temper tantrums, the arrogance.

How can we expect sportsmanlike demeanour from our players and coaches and teams when we’re pretty much ignoring the basic foundation of that desirable (dare I say it, ’Strayan) ideal of a fair go? When we’ll call for the lynching of a bloke who flogs his girlfriend to unconsciousness or for a lengthy stay behind bars for a drug dealer... unless, of course, he can help us win some international sporting trophy?

We call them “colourful racing identities” when they’re crooks, plain and simple. Alan Bond managed to dog-ear a page in history as a “loveable rogue” rather than the decidedly dodgy operator he was, simply because he “won” us the America’s Cup – and, for the record, he wasn’t the one hoisting the mainsail or cutting the jib. Just Shane Warne’s off sayin’. Shane Warne’s off field behaviour field behaviour has taken cringeworthy to new has taken lows, but phwoar, whadd- cringeworthy about that spin, eh? And instead of being summar- to new lows, ily tossed off the national but phwoar, sporting radar for their admitted drug abuse, whaddabout that league “legends” Andrew spin, eh?

Johns and Wendell Sailor land themselves cushy regular gigs on national television and in the case of Johns, a place among the game’s “immortals”.

I understand the pressure that’s placed on sportspeople in this country – in most countries, in fact, although we seem to take extra pride in obsession – and I acknowledge the added impost of an omnipresent media cycle. We mere mortals can’t begin to imagine what it’s like – but there’s the rub: it’s we mere mortals who pay the gobsmacking amounts of money these sportspeople are earning. Without us tuning in, there’s no sponsorship, and without sponsorship there’s no money and without money... well, you’re just playing for the love of the game, aren’t you?

That ship has well and truly sailed, sadly – so the best we can hope for is for sporting authorities and management to stop kicking over that line in the sand and actually, genuinely hold their misbehaving charges to account.

Let’s start with Nick Kyrgios, shall we?

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Plains communities to fight Shenhua decision

BY YVETTE AUBUSSONFOLEY JOURNALIST

THE federal government’s approval on Wednesday of the controversial Shenhua (pronounced Shen-wa) Watermark Coal Project on the Liverpool Plains has been met with outrage from communities and bitter criticism from both the NSW Farmers’ Association and Gunnedah council.

NSW Farmers was incensed that on the same day the government launched the Agricultural White Paper, Environment Minister Greg Hunt was announcing the approval of the mine which he’d signed on Saturday, July 4 – four days previous.

Association president Fiona Simson said in a release issued on Wednesday: “The Prime Minister said at the white paper launch that government would never allow an extractive industry project to go ahead where it would threaten the long term viability of our agricultural sector.

“This notion is completely at odds with an open-cut coal mine being built in some of our best food producing land that sits over the top of some of our most important agricultural water resources,” Simson said.

“Our members and the local community are more than disappointed – they are devastated

Signed, sealed, delivered: The Watermark Coal Project agreement signed by Minister for the Environment Greg Hunt days ago. Main photo: Anti-mine sentiment has been running hot for the past few years in Liverpool Plains towns and villages such as Caroona. PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER.

over the lack of political will to protect this area.”

Gunnedah Shire Council councillor and long-time antimining campaigner Tim Duddy told Dubbo Weekender the decision “does not stack up environmentally”.

“It does not stack up financially. It is a dog of a project from beginning to end.

“The agricultural asset of this region will be destroyed. This will bring enormous regional costs to infrastructure and it will not bring any benefits to this region whatsoever,” Duddy said.

The Liverpool Plains is re-

` There is absolutely nothing about this project that is going to benefit this state or this nation and it is the darkest day for Australian agriculture, or that Australian agriculture has faced in the last 100 years.

– Gunnedah Shire Councillor, Tim Duddy

garded as producing 40 per cent more than the national average of food per hectare and is the highest contributor to agriculture value in NSW. “The Liverpool Plains is one of the agricultural icons of the world. This project is as big in a green field site as has been contemplated in this country in the last 25 years,” Duddy told Weekender.

“The Liverpool Plains is also host to the largest underground water resource in the Murray Darling basin system, and we are talking about putting at risk one of the most significant agricultural and water assets this country has, for the sake of a Chinese, government owned mining project.”

Fiona Simson spoke on behalf farmers and community members who will be affected by the 35 square kilometre mine.

“They are angry that after having engaged constructively and fully in a project approvals process, that the project will

proceed. Our farmers and community are sick of having to live with a flawed government planning process which has failed to implement the required measures to adequately protect agricultural land from inappropriate projects here and in other areas of the state,” she said.

“NSW Farmers has worked constructively with the process and taken every opportunity to highlight the complete policy failure that has brought us all to this point.

“It illustrates the failure of government policy to provide protection for our best agricultural land. If an open-cut coalmine project can happen on the Liverpool Plains, it can happen anywhere.”

Duddy described the announcement as a dark day.

“Under the terms of the Free Trade Agreement, any project that is over $100 million is allowed to have Chinese workers, and so Shenhua is a prime candidate to not provide one local

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“There is absolutely nothing about this project that is going to benefit this state or this nation and it is the darkest day for Australian agriculture, or that Australian agriculture has faced in the last 100 years.”

Both Simson and Duddy agree the fight to halt the project is far from over.

“Farmer and community opposition to this project is not going to go away. We will be supporting our members and those in the community to ensure that this mine does not proceed,” said Simson.

“It is plainly obvious that the state government needs to get serious about the real and robust protection of our best food producing areas. We are tired of the platitudes, we want to see action,” she vowed.

Duddy told Weekender opponents of the mine are contemplating other legal action.

“The people of the Liverpool Plains will do whatever it takes to protect this region in the long term and that could involve many things,” he said.

“This project has been corrupted from the beginning.

From the days when Ian McDonald travelled around in a Shenhua private jet, to the now disgraced Minister Archer changing land definitions, to bureaucrats that were sacked after giving evidence at ICAC. “This whole project has been corrupted from beginning to end. What we now have is something where there has been so much money put into it, everyone is too frightened to do anything about it,” Duddy said. “We need miracles at this point.”

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Aboriginal sites take their place in history

BY JEN COWLEY WEEKENDER EDITOR

COINCIDING with this week’s NAIDOC celebrations, the NSW government has formally declared a number of culturally, socially and historically significant sites across the state as Aboriginal Places, including at Menindee and Coonabarabran.

The specific declarations, made under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, demonstrate a recognition and acknowledgement of Aboriginal culture as living and continuing, and that the connection of Aboriginal people to the land and culture makes an important contribution to their wellbeing and future.

Dubbo-based Christian Hampson, from the Heritage Division of the Office of Environment and Heritage says the declaration of Aboriginal Places protects those sites from harm and degradation.

“They’re places that hold special significance for the Aboriginal community. They can be places that relate to pre-contact history as well as post-contact history – camps, missions and so on.”

In practical terms, the declaration doesn’t change land tenure, says Hampson, but once an Aboriginal Place is formally named, the Office of Environment and Heritage works with stakeholders – the landholder or manager and the Aboriginal community – to develop a plan of management.

“In some instances, if it’s on private land, that may mean the development of a protocol for access, ongoing management or any issues that relate to the site. It may even mean that we need to do conservation and protection work. In many cases there’s also interpretation work done because some of the Aboriginal Places are utilised by the Department of Education to promote learning about Aboriginal culture.”

The identification of these sites is through a process of nomination, after which there’s an assessment to ensure the nominated site meets the criteria for a declaration.

“If they do meet the criteria, we do things like oral history recording, literature research and further engagement with stakeholders and the assessment report goes back to stakeholders for comment before a recommendation is made to the Minister,” says Hampson.

It’s a nod not only to history, but to the spiritual significance of certain sites for Aboriginal people.

“It’s about all parts of heritage and history – it’s about stories that relate to those landscapes and what makes them significant. We have places that have spiritual stories from the community, and others that include more recent history – like the reserves and missions and those places that are still in the living memory of some of our elders.”

The consultation process with elders is extensive, says Hamspon. “Part of the great thing about the whole thing is the information we collect from the Aboriginal Place is then given back to the community. Often we find information about the site that they weren’t aware of – stuff about title, and names of

` It’s more about sharing heritage and that’s one of the key things for us – to not just protect heritage, but to care for it and to share it.

– Christian Hampson

Above: Christian Hampson in his possum cloak. Inset: Speaking with a group of children at Menindee.

places – then that all goes back to the community and we’ll also help with the recording of oral history.”

The declarations are not just for the benefit of Aboriginal people, says Hampson. There’s often also a significant contribution from non-Aboriginal people to the significance of those places.

“We’ve done work on pastoral properties, for instance, where the landholders themselves have a significant amount of historical knowledge to contribute and in some cases, we’ll do oral histories with them also,” says Hampson. “It’s more about sharing heritage and that’s one of the key things for us – to not just protect heritage, but to care for it and to share it.”

Among the sites named this week as Aboriginal Places are

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seven-month international journey paying tribute to 41 young men who died in Afghanistan.

Between 3pm and 5pm, a community afternoon tea with Australian veterans and parents of the Fallen (Afghanistan) will be held at the Gilgandra Services Club.

The afternoon tea is a community event and all are welcome.

the Ampi Stockyards at Menindee and a former campsite at Coonabarabran, known by local Aboriginal people as Happy Valley.

Hampson says the significance of the Menindee site is the contribution made by Aboriginal people from the area to the building of the Big Ampi Stockyards.

“They were involved with the early pastoral activities out in that region of Menindee and part of the reason they did that work was to maintain their connection to country. They were able to maintain cultural practices while also learning their skills like horse-breaking and a number of other rural activities. Also, their knowledge of the land assisted the early settlers in that area.”

The Coonabarabran site is a

more recent addition to Aboriginal history, says Hampson.

“Happy Valley, as it’s known, was where during the Great Depression and prior to that there was a fringe camp. The community was very keen for us to research the history of the camp and to get some recognition for their values, because there are a number of elders who have an ongoing connection with the site.

“The idea is also to try to sort out some of the management issues in the area.”

Hampson says it’s important to protect these and other Aboriginal Places so that they remain for the education and enjoyment of future generations.

“It’s also important for people to understand the depth of heritage that’s near them in the places they live.”

Dubbo student awarded $2000 CSU Scholarship DUBBO student Jessica O’Connor was awarded $2,000 to assist with her tertiary studies in physiotherapy as this year’s recipient of the annual Dubbo City Council CSU Scholarship.

Miss O’Connor said that she will use the money to help her achieve her career goal of becoming a physiotherapist.

“I am very proud and honoured to

have been awarded the Dubbo City Council Scholarship,” Miss Connor said.

“There are no words to express how grateful and appreciative I am.”

Mayor of Dubbo Councillor Mathew Dickerson said: “This is another example of how Dubbo City Council helps young people in our community to get the best education possible and contribute to a skilled workforce in Dubbo.”

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Playing with fire: the cool solution to a burning issue

BY JOHN RYAN REPORTER

I’VE never heard fire described as being like “flowing water” when it rustles through the landscape, but then I’ve never been fortunate enough to witness a traditional Aboriginal “cool burning” demonstration.

As a kid growing up on a farm I was exposed from an early age to paddock burn-offs, hazard reduction and bushfires.

I remember my glee at spotting a fire on the mountain neighbouring our farm, and had a sense of ownership when all the local fire-fighting vehicles sped to the flames.

During a burn-off I once fell from the back of a 1950s International ute and was dragged for maybe 100 metres when my leg was caught in a fire hose and before my cousins banged hard enough on the roof to let my uncle know I was in strife – back in those pre-red tape, pre-judgemental days it wasn’t danger, it was just a bit of strife, and 100 per cent my fault.

It’s all good fun as humans have an innate fascination with fire – just witness urban dwellers keen to get around a campfire and the bonding effects of the flames.

Cooking with open coals is also an experience deeply appreciated by many.

Despite headlines in recent years portraying massive wildfires and burnt homes as one of nature’s elite antagonists, for

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most of recorded and unrecorded history fire has been mans’ friend.

In his epic novel, Alaska, James A Mitchener details how fire renewed the ancient landscape.

“After such a conflagration, the roots of tenacious plants whose visible growth had been burned sped the production of new shoots, thousands of them, and these were the finest food,” Mitchener wrote.

“What was even more important, ashes from the great fires fertilised the ground, making it more nutritious and more friable, so that the young trees would grow with a vigour they would otherwise not have known – in its aftermath, grasses, shrubs, trees and animals prospered.”

When the first European colonists arrived in Australia they found Aboriginal tribes utilised their own version of firestick farming, planning “cool” burns that idled through the landscape before any huge build-up of fuel loads which power the wildfires

` This is something that is needed here; with the burning it’s all part of looking after country...

– Mike Nolan, Local Land Service senior strategic land services officer

we now experience, and which are so destructive to both the landscape and any human works standing in the way.

Now locals are hoping to recreate these practises in a vastly changed landscape, with 12 people just returned from a trip up north, attending a workshop to see how people living in AwuLaya country in Cape York Peninsula have designed the process to fit into our westernised, bureaucratically management systems.

Sponsored by Central West Local Land Services, LLS senior strategic land services officer Mike Nolan says it was the chance of a lifetime.

“What was amazing, the fire burns into the wind, there were little kids starting them under supervision and they were nothing to be scared of,” Nolan says.

“Blokes with no shoes on were walking on the burnt ground less than two minutes after the fire passed through – the flames moved so slowly you could see all the insects rise into the trees, every living thing had time to get away, it doesn’t burn everything.

“We saw birds pick up burning twigs and drop them in other places to start their own private cool burns – the fire in cool burns, it flows through like water,” he says, alluding to the spiritual and cultural importance of fire to Aboriginal people.

Nolan was so impressed, he wants to recreate the jigsaw puzzle and see how cool burning can be used in land managed in our

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region, already an Orangebased Aboriginal group is experimenting with slow burn trials to try to combat the rampant serrated tussock in that area.

He sees all sorts of advantages by careful integration of almost lost traditional burning into local land management practices. “In the middle of a drought here, that’s when you light a fire – the dew in the air brings back green grass,� Nolan says, in an eerie mimicry of the research Mitchener carried out while writing Alaska, showing how slow fires boost nature’s production when things are otherwise looking grim.

CWLLS board member Susan Madden, a member of the organisation’s Aboriginal Community Advisory Group (ACAG) and also Macquarie Food and Fibre’s (MRFF) executive officer was also on the trip and says it was an incredible experience. “I was rapt to be invited; I knew about this type of burning but although I was interested in it I’d had no practical experience,� Madden says.

“It struck me how it gave Aboriginal people a sense of their identity, and how these cultural practises had been lost in NSW. “I was all the time trying to think what would we do with this at home.�

The landscape in this region is much altered and Madden says, for farmers, the practice would have to be put into the context of what people were doing on their land.

The trip included local Rural Fire Service (RFS) members and Madden says there was much discussion about hazard reduction and management of public lands. “Managing fuel loads in national parks was a common theme for people at the workshop from across all the state. “It could also be potentially useful on our Travelling Stock Routes (TSRs),� she says, but warns that with local cultural knowledge of cool burning all but lost, the changed landscape would require much trial and error to work out timings, native plant triggers etc. “It needs to be trialled and it

needs to be considered because any setbacks will bring the sceptics out in force. “There are institutional and bureaucratic barriers and also the massive change in the local ecology and we’d need to have a documented process to fit the western-type scientific methodologies for acceptance, but also in a way which recognises cultural practices.�

Speaking of cultural practise, Madden says it was the most relaxing and enjoyable workshop imaginable, with time to meet almost all the 150 participants and engage with them personally, unlike at most conferences where people have to dash out at lunch to text and return calls.

Mike Nolan is hoping some local trials get up and running for a myriad reasons. “This is something that is needed here; with the burning it’s all part of looking after country. “Aboriginal people feel the land is very, very sick and this practice is part of the healing process, there’s something very special about burning.

These photos are from a “cool burning� workshop held recently on Awu-Laya country at Cape York Peninsula.

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Four decades of service ends for Dubbo paramedic

Chris Patrick has witnessed the highs and lows in his role as a paramedic. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

A RESPECTED and dedicated local NSW Ambulance Inspector this week worked his final shift after 38 years of commitment to the service.

During nearly four decades in the job, Chris Patrick has witnessed the highs and lows in his role as a paramedic, from the tragedy of road fatalities to the joy of the unexpected delivery of his own two sons.

Inspector Patrick first joined the Ambulance service in 1978, and his career has taken him all over NSW from Blacktown to Dubbo, where he took up his position as inspector in 2004.

During his career, Inspector Patrick has witnessed many changes within NSW Ambulance.

“It’s changed from a “swoop and scoop and run” procedure – picking up the patients and getting them to the hospital – to now being trained to clinically diagnose and treat the patient in an out-of-hospital environment. The clinical advancements have been amazing and will only continue to grow rapidly.”

A number of major incidents will remain with the retiring inspector, including countless fatalities, one involving the deaths of a mother and her two young children near Taronga Western Plains Zoo. He names a fire at Lithgow in the 90s as among the most difficult jobs he faced during his service.

“I’d just had lunch with two Rural Fire Service officers before they hit the fires.

“Within two to three hours they’d perished and I had to pronounce them deceased. “The next day I went back with the police to recover the bodies.

Long-serving trio honoured by SES COMMITMENT and dedication to a single organisation is rare these days, but three special Dubbo women have proved that longevity is not necessarily a thing of the past.

Between them, Susan Finlay, Nancy Pemble and Michelle Lyons have racked up an impressive 70 years of volunteer service to the SES (State Emergency Service). The trio was honoured at a special presentation evening at the Macquarie Region headquarters in Dubbo this week, with local regional controller David Monk paying tribute to their professionalism and dedication.

Susan Finlay was acknowledged for 15 years’ long service, along with being awarded the coveted National Medal, while Nancy Pemble received the NSW SES Long Service Award for 10 years ethical and diligent service and Michelle Lyons received recognition for five years’ service to the NSW SES. “It’s a real pleasure to present long service awards recognising the significant contributions volunteers have made not only to the SES, but also to their local communities,” Monk said. “SES volunteers are called upon at all hours of the day and night, often in the worst of con-

SES Macquarie Region Controller David Monk with long term volunteers Susan Findlay, Michelle Lyons and Nancy Pemble. PHOTO: SUPPLIED.

ditions to assist communities.

“These volunteers have demonstrated a level of commitment, dedication and professionalism, providing a blanket of safety for the local community. Whether it is a storm, a flood, or providing assistance to other emergency services, SES volunteers are out there giving their best.”

Dubbconnection to betting allegations A 66-YEAR-OLD Queenslandbased man has been ordered to appear in Bathurst Local Court

next month, to answer allegations of the illegal use of NSW race fields information to solicit bets for a greyhound race in Dubbo.

The NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming & Racing (OLGR) has launched prosecution action against the online betting operator, alleging Chan is a principal of a Vanuatu-based online betting operation, BetJack.

It’s alleged the operation illegally published NSW race fields information on its website on May 21, 2015 to solicit a greyhound race bet at Dubbo.

My office at Lithgow looked over the mountain where it happened and I could not sit in my office for two months afterwards.”

On the flip side of the job, Inspector Patrick says the delivery of his sons, Corey, 16, and Sean, 14, were among the highlights.

“We’d arrived at hospital but not in time for a doctor to attend so both times I had to step in. It was a pretty amazing experience.”

The patients he’s met along the way, particularly those he’s treated on a regular basis, also made for some memorable moments for Patrick.

“That’s a bonus of working in the country, you get to know people. If you walk down the street in your uniform, everyone says g’day or waves to you with a smile.

“Just last night I went over to the local Chinese restaurant, the owner knew I was retiring so he wanted to pay for my dinner. I declined of course; he has a business to run, but just the offer was nice.”

Inspector Patrick said despite being “a city boy through and through”, he considered himself a proud Dubbo resident who was well and truly “countrified”.

“Dubbo is a bustling hub which is maturing rapidly. There are a lot of knowledgeable and advanced people out here who are helping the town prosper and grow.”

Inspector Patrick said in leaving NSW Ambulance he would miss both the camaraderie and the variety.

“No two days have ever been the same.”

Acting on information from Racing NSW and the NSW Bookmakers Cooperative, OLGR worked with the Office of Racing in Queensland and investigators from Queensland police who executed a search warrant at a Queensland premises, during which evidence was seized.

OLGR inspectors travelled to Southport in Queensland on June 30 to serve Chan with the court attendance notice.

Under Section 33 of NSW’s Racing Administration Act, bookmakers and wagering operators wanting to use NSW race fields information need to be authorised by the relevant controlling body (Racing NSW, Harness Racing NSW or Greyhound Racing NSW). Queensland Police and relevant racing controlling bodies continue to assist NSW OLGR with ongoing inquiries.

Chan has been served with a court attendance notice to appear in Bathurst Local Court on August 10.

Dubbo struts its stuff on world stage OUR fair city this week took its place on the Asia Pacific stage at the 2015 Asia Pacific Cities Summit and Mayor’s Forum in Brisbane, alongside more than 100 other cities from across

the region including Singapore, Auckland, San Francisco and Sydney.

Dubbo Mayor Mathew Dickerson – one of 10 speakers from NSW – addressed the summit on the challenges of urbanisation, particularly relating to where small cities fit in a global landscape.

Dickerson said the mayors attending the summit are collectively responsible for governing 122 million citizens right across the Asia Pacific region and beyond.

“Some of these Councils such as Taipei (2.69 million), Auckland (1.4 million) and (Brisbane 1.1 million) dwarf Dubbo’s population but the challenges for all cities are similar,” he said.

Boost on offer for local not-for-profits LOCAL not-for-profits could be in line for a share of $10,000 with Dubbo City Council offering a financial boost for eligible organisations under its Financial Assistance Program Each year Council dedicates $20,000 to the program that aims to ease the financial burden of not-for-profit organisations that contribute to the local Dubbo community. Council’s Business Support manager for community services, Jamie Angus said funding is available

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Firies get ahead with new helmets FIRE-FIGHTERS across the region will soon be sporting state-of-the-art helmets, complete with in-built radio technology and lighting to provide greater protection and clearer communications at emergencies.

Member for Dubbo Troy Grant said the new “jet-style” helmets, to be used in structural fires, would provide fire-fighters with greater protection from heat and falling debris. The helmets also have innovative features such as lighting and adjustable eye protection.

Grant said the in-built radio communications equipment will make it easier for officers to hear each other at emergency scenes and to communicate about complex fire-fighting and rescue operations. for selected community groups that meet the criteria Successful applicants can put the financial injection towards helping deliver much-needed services to Dubbo residents The criteria is based on merit and on the potential benefits to the community To be eligible, organisations must be based in Dubbo and the funds must be intended for use with a service or activity based in the city. Applications are open now and will be received until 5pm on Friday, August 7 with successful applications to be determined by council.

Reforms help protect local students VOCATIONAL education and training (VET) providers and brokers will be required to give students more information and more time to consider their payment options, following the federal government’s changes to the VET FEE-HELP scheme.

While the majority of training providers deliver high quality training that gives students real skills for real jobs, a small number of unscrupulous providers have been enrolling students in courses they either don’t want, need or can successfully complete, according to Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton This leaves students with significant debt and no benefit, prompting the government to change the VET FEE-HELP guidelines to protect not only students, but taxpayers and the reputations of the majority of training providers that are doing the right thing In April this year, the government banned providers and

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agents from offering inducements such as “free” laptops or tablets as a hook to enrol students Now, the government has taken it a step further by banning providers from charging withdrawal fees for students who change their mind about a course before the census date, which is the date they begin to incur a student loan debt There will also be a requirement for providers to have a written agreement with their agents, be responsible for their agents’ conduct and list their agents on their website Agents will in turn be required to disclose to prospective students exactly which training provider they represent and that they receive a commission for enrolments Providers and agents will also be banned from misleading students that their training is “free” or “governmentfunded”, that VET FEE-HELP is not a real loan that is expected to be repaid, or telling students that they will “never earn enough to pay it back”.

Training providers will have six months to update their administrative systems to ensure they meet changes coming in from January 1, 2016, which aim to further protect students by banning providers from charging total tuition fees up front.

and his business www.toypalaceaustralia.com.au following an increasing number of complaints about the outfit Customers have complained about placing orders and failing to receive goods within a reasonable time or as promised by the trader Complaints have also been made that requests for refunds have been met with a 20 per cent “restocking fee” NSW Fair Trading said there were concerns the conduct of the trader had resulted in actual detriment and would cause possible future detriment to the state’s consumers Anyone buying goods and services online should exercise caution and consumers who have experienced problems with Toy Palace should lodge a complaint at www.fairtrading. nsw.gov.au Fair Trading advises that if

you have not received goods and you paid with a credit card, you should contact your financial institution to seek a chargeback.

Clontarf kicks goals with financial boost DUBBO’S Clontarf Foundation operations will be expanded to provide more support and encouragement to Aboriginal boys through a major boost to its coffers thanks to the NSW Government.

The Clontarf Foundation program encourages Aboriginal youths to stay at school by harnessing their passion for sport In announcing the $8.6 million injection, NSW Premier Mike Baird praised the foundation, saying it does “an outstanding job of encouraging Aboriginal boys to improve their education, discipline, life skills, self-esteem and employment prospects through participation in sporting programs before and after school”.

As part of the program, students are allowed to participate in sporting activities only on the condition they also attend classes There are currently about 720 students in 11 Clontarf Foundation Academies across the state, including in Dubbo As a result of the additional funding, this number will increase to up to 1,720 and could expand to see as many as 27 academies across the state The NSW contribution comes on top of a $13.4million commitment from the federal government for Clontarf Academies nationwide.

Airport numbers reach for the sky DUBBO’S airport has reached a new record high with passenger numbers rising by 2704 this financial year According to figures released this week, 188,907 passengers flew across all services to and from Dubbo in 2014/2015, an increase of 1.45 per cent Mayor Mathew Dickerson, who along with Deputy Mayor Ben Shields took the maiden JetGo flight into Dubbo from Brisbane this week, said the increase was an “extremely satisfying” result for the airport, adding that it signals local support for regular air services to and from the city The record results include Qantaslink recording the highest number of passengers for an airline servicing Dubbo, recording its best ever month in March But there’s room for improvement in passenger numbers, according to Dickerson, particularly with the new JetGo services to and from Brisbane being added to the mix “The Dubbo/Brisbane/ Dubbo service will benefit business and tourism as people arrive to visit friends and relatives in Dubbo and local businesses enjoy better access to Brisbane clients and markets Residents will also enjoy the new leisure opportunities such as short breaks to Brisbane or to enjoy a Queensland holiday,” he said.

“With the new services to Brisbane commencing 20 July 2015 there will be 147 flights in and out of Dubbo each week.”

Buyer beware on dodgy toy trader LOCAL shoppers who are in the market for toys were this week warned to steer clear of an online toy supply business trading as Toy Palace NSW Fair Trading issued the public warning regarding the operator, Christopher Miles

“As proud Blues supporters, Weekender reckons the less said about this week’s final 2015 Origin game the better. We’ll just let our cartoonist, Paul Dorin, do the talking... even if he’s a Queenslander!”

1. MYTHOLOGY: Who was the father of Hercules?

2. MUSIC: Who wrote the opera “Otello” in 1887?

3. ART: Who painted the anti-war work titled “Guernica”?

4. INVENTIONS: Who invented Tupperware?

5. TELEVISION: What was the name of the character played by Isla Fisher on TV’s Home and Away?

6. SPORT: Name the person who holds the record for most medals in

the Winter Olympics?

7. GEOGRAPHY: Where are the Taurus Mountains?

8. HISTORY: Which famous family ruled Florence during the Renaissance?

9. LITERATURE: In which novel does the character of Long John Silver appear?

10. ANIMAL KINGDOM: Where did Manx cats originate?

11. FLASHBACK: Name the

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solo entertainer who released “Little Sister” in 1961.

12. POP MUSIC: Why did Elton John (pictured left) and Bernie Taupin write “Philadelphia Freedom”?

13. LYRICS: Name the song that contains this lyric: “Look at what’s happened to me, I can’t believe it myself. Suddenly I’m up on top of the world, It should’ve been somebody else.”

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Greece on its knees: A humanitarian crisis The collapse of the Greek economy has dominated headlines around the world and the ripple effect has been felt keenly here in Australia, with the fallout wiping more than $30billion off the Aussie sharemarket and our large Greek expatriate community being significantly impacted by the crisis in their homeland. For a clearer understanding of the situation in Greece and how the crisis came to be, Weekender spoke with Professor Bruce Wilson from the European Union Centre at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

Professor Bruce Wilson

In layman’s terms, how did the current crisis in Greece come to be?

GREECE has been experiencing debt problems for more than a decade – one of the significant causes of this situation was the staging of the Athens Olympics which cost a lot and certainly didn’t generate enough revenue to cover that cost, and then of course the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008 severely exacerbated the financial situation in Greece, along with the rest of Europe.

In that sense, Greece was very much caught up in the problems Europe as a whole faced, but as other parts of Europe have attempted to work their way back into economic growth, Greece has clearly struggled much more.

So Greece was coming from a position behind the eight-ball because of the expenditure on the Athens Olympics?

YES, that’s certainly one of the major sources of the current Greek debt levels.

Olympics generally don’t pay their way, but Greece probably had less capacity and fewer controls in place at the time to manage that cost so it was a serious source of debt.

What happened to bring that spiralling debt to the current crisis point?

GREECE has needed bail-outs and fi-

nancial help – its banks weren’t able to support the economy – and 2011 was the first of the bail-outs, with the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) along with private debtors all putting in money to stabilise Greece’s economy and to stop the run that was occurring on the Greek banks.

In 2012, it became apparent the first bail-out wasn’t nearly enough, so a second bail-out was structured, but this time there was a reduction in the overall debt, particularly amongst private creditors. So most of the remaining debt has been in the hands of public creditors – the European Commission, European banks and the IMF – and in the past four or five months it’s become clear that that bail-out wasn’t going to be sufficient to see Greece through. Hence, negotiations are underway for a new bailout which would be the third and which aims, yet again, to restructure the debt arrangements and the economy within Greece in the hope that the country can rebuild its economy, grow and pay off the debt.

It’s a very difficult situation, isn’t it – because at what point do you stop throwing good money after bad, but there are people’s lives and livelihoods at stake.

THERE are. Greece has something like 30 per cent unemployment; 60 per cent youth unemployment; wages have been cut by up to 40 per cent – it’s an horrific situation. But there are different schools of thought. The current school of thought from Greece’s current government is that the austerity regime

has been precisely the wrong medicine for getting the economy back on its feet and able to look at generating enough resources to repay debt. Amongst the creditors there’s been a growing recognition that that’s the case – that it’s simply impossible for a country that’s facing those kinds of debt levels to repay those debts. On the current official schedule, Greece would be repaying debt until 2054.

It’s the light at the end of the tunnel that’s been the main issue for the Greek government and when they called the referendum last week, it was a last ditch, desperate stance in order to try to say “We can’t go on the way it’s been – we have to re-frame this somehow and come up with a new way of thinking about how we deal with the debt.”

The government is not saying they simply want handouts – they are saying they want to go through a program of reform and restructure for the economy.

There has been debate over the scale and pace of those reforms and certainly there’s a view that the Greek government hasn’t done as much as it should, but their response is to say that they have to not only protect people’s lives and livelihoods, but also to have some sense that we can inject money into the economy so that it can grow.

Does it set an uncomfortable precedent if that debt were to be simply forgiven?

THAT’S certainly a concern amongst the creditors, because there are other countries that have been vulnerable throughout this process – Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland – and if the debt were forgiven, next time any of those other countries got into difficulty they’d simply say, well, we have debts but you can just write them off.

That’s an unrealistic view because the current situation (in Greece) is very different. If you look at Spain and Italy for a start, they have much larger economies. Yes, there’s desperation in Italy in particular and in Spain and Portugal but nothing like the scale we’re seeing in Greece. We’re talking about a humanitarian tragedy in Greece – quite apart from the simple state of the numbers.

` We’re talking about a humanitarian tragedy in Greece.

Does this leave Greece in a politically and geo-politically vulnerable position?

UTTERLY. That’s not to say it’s any more vulnerable than it was six months ago or even two or three years ago. The ques-

Is it your personal view that the debt should be forgiven?

RESTRUCTURED is the word I’d use – which would inevitably involve some forgiving of debt but it’s more the structuring of the debt repayments. In a report from the IMF, controversially released just a couple of days before the referendum, they themselves suggested that to get anywhere near repaying its debt, Greece would need a 20 year “holiday” from paying capital.

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Pensioners wait outside of a branch of the National Bank to receive part of their pension in Athens this week. PHOTO: REUTERS/YANNIS BEHRAKIS

tion now is whether other European leaders will simply abandon Greece – the emergency that presents is one of liquidity. The banks have been rationing 60 Euro a day over the past week, and I gather they’re down almost to exhausting all the funds they have. If they don’t get more money from Europe, Greece will simply have no money, and that would be an extraordinary crisis.

One of the underlying concerns for the European community is that if they don’t provide Greece with the liquidity it needs, then Russia might. Now, it clearly doesn’t have the scale to support Greece in the way Europe does, but the Greeks will look to other parts of the world which may be less friendly to Europe.

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been going well. Where the creditors have absolutely refused to budge is on any discussion about the restructuring of debt. Given their intransigence in that regard, and given it seemed like there was nowhere to move, the Greek government defaulted on a payment to the IMF last week – 1.7 billion euros – that day was the largest default by a developed country to the IMF since it was established.

So it’s a political and economic crisis and I think the decision to put it into the hands of a referendum was like the Greek government playing a double joker – it was the last card in the pack and they played it twice. As it’s turned out, it’s almost certainly going to give them some stronger bargaining position than they had.

What are the ramifiWhat’s the value to ` cations for Australia, Europe of supportapart from the fact One of the ing Greece? Is it simthat we have a large ply political? underlying Greek expatriate IT’S certainly politipopulation? concerns for cal, but it’s also, you I guess it’s not an could say, spiritual. the European “apart from” – it’s a Greece has been toutprimary reason we’re community ed right from the outin what set as being spirituis that if they interested happens in Greece. ally part of Europe. don’t provide The expatriate comThere was a bit of munity here has fudging going on at Greece with been very much afthe time that Greece fected. Many Greeks the liquidity joined the Euro-zone, Australia have and there was conit needs, then in been sending remitcern over the health Russia might. tances home to try of its economy, but to keep their families part of the underlythere going; there are ing reasoning was that Greece was many Greeks born in Australia an important symbolic part of Euwho have gone to live in Greece. rope and that it would strengthAlso, I wouldn’t overstate this, en the ambition around the Eubut Greece as part of the Europero-zone if Greece was involved.

European Union leaders would be an Union is a part of one of Australia’s largest trading partners. sorry to see Greece slip out of the In so far as the developments in Euro-zone.

Greece disturb the health and the focus of the European economy The Greek people voted down the and the single market, that has bail-out measures in last week’s implications for Australia. referendum. Greece is the home But what happens in China has of democracy but is this a decifar greater impact on what hapsion that should have been put in the hands of the people? pens in Australia than Europe, but IT reflects the desperation of the Europe does remain an important Greek government after several trading partner. It’s by far and months of negotiation. The govaway the largest source of direct ernment’s position has been to acforeign investment in Australcept many of the constraints and ia – far more than China, somerequirements the creditors have thing like five times more. So the imposed on them and those crediAustralian economy has a signifitors have certainly restructured cant dependence on the European some of those requirements. But Union and what’s happening in that part of the negotiation has Greece clearly affects that.

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Aged Australians deserve best possible care Re: Registering the need for nurses – Weekender 3/7/15 THANK you for this article which brings to our attention the future plan for staffing in aged care facilities.

Why do the aged, who have worked hard to make Australia a great country to live in, not deserve optimum care at the end stage of their lives?

A registered nurse should be available at all times in aged care centres to ensure the resident receives optimum care.

Aged care workers are dedicated and compassionate but it is ridiculous to think they can replace a registered nurse who has university training.

Registered nurses’ training gives them the skills to recognise changes in a resident’s condition. Aged care workers are only able to give medications from Webster packs and cannot administer injectable medications.

We must all join the campaign to ensure that our aged receive optimum care at this end of their life.

Barbara O’Brien OAM – Dubbo This photo from the Humans of New York Facebook page garnered 650,000 likes and more than 60,000 comments

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BY JENNA MCKEOWN

It’s a dog’s life NICOLE ELLIOT, an American 24-yearold, made animal lovers swoon when she shared her plans for a particular pooch in peril.

Elliot rescued Chester, an older dog on death row, who had been dumped with numerous cancers and in pretty bad shape. The night before picking him up from a shelter, Elliot made plans for the dog’s final days on earth. She organised for a range of adventures, something of a bucket list, and promoted it on social media.

She hopes to bring attention to the lives of unwanted and dumped animals in shelters, and to inspire others to donate to rescue shelters or volunteer their time to hang out with dogs living in shelters, Elliot told ABC News (USA).

In the photos she has posted to her social media, Chester has had a makeover, eaten hot dogs, and seems a much happier dog.

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All day brekkie? We’re lovin’ it IN news that will delight uni students, MacDonald’s has announced it will be trialling an all day breakfast menu in its restaurants in Wollongong. Why Wol-

Your feedback welcome – online + hard copy longong? In a statement released to the media, the organisation said the decision was prompted by “late risers and shiftworkers”. Well... all those sleep-ins have finally paid off, students.

Humans and Hilary LAST week the world famous blog Humans of New York posted a photo for which the comments drew as much attention as the image.

The photograph depicts a sad looking young boy, and the accompanying caption reveals his fears of being disliked for his sexual orientation.

On Facebook alone the post has garnered more than 650,000 likes and more than 60,000 comments but by far the most talked about comment was from Hilary Clinton. “Your future is going to be amazing,” her comment began, and went on to encourage the boy to seek out people who support him. The

bloggers thanked Clinton for her message, and it just goes to show – you never know who is listening.

Anxious solution ANXIETY is one of the most common mental health disorders in Australia, affecting one in four people (according to beyondblue.org.au), and there may be a new way to help sufferers.

Psychologists at the University of British Colombia found that when socially anxious people were encouraged to perform small acts of kindness for others, such as doing someone else’s household chores for them, they reported feeling significantly less anxious overall.

The New Yorker Magazine reports that this lowering of anxiety may be due to a change of focus, reducing time for the self-focused thoughts that often lead to feelings of anxiety. It seems helping others really does help yourself.

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Tony Webber

Tony Webber is a Dubbo resident and former parliamentary staffer.

Hermits and aliens tune-in to relive ALP bloodletting HE fact that the three-part ABC doco on the Rudd-Gillard years even exists is a continuation of the harm the pair wrought in office.

Okay, your leadership greed – knee deep in treachery that would make Lady Macbeth gag and with spite sufficiently poisonous to kill a mongoose – screwed up government.

Down the shitter went your administration, your respective legacies as PM, your worthwhile policy portfolio and your colleagues’ efforts, those of their staff, party supporters and the majority who voted Kevin ’07 that year.

Are you so blind to that harm that you agree to film a documentary about it, just to rub people’s noses in a buckling train crash that still seems like it only ended last weekend?

The Killing Season is billed by the ABC as an “examination of the forces that shaped Labor during the Kevin Rudd / Julia Gillard leadership years”.

Yes, like the iceberg shaped the holiday plans of so many Titanic passengers.

“The Killing Season is an enthralling account of one of the most turbulent periods of Australian political history”.

Except it isn’t really history just yet.

Many of the same players – including the duo’s long-suffering ALP colleagues – and more importantly the same policy issues, are still being contested in the same parliament that Gillard and Rudd reduced to a snake-pit of vendetta and vicious intrigue.

The blurb continues: “This is a mustwatch series for the nation.”

Yes, if you were a hermit living in a hole at the bottom of the garden for eight years, or are visiting from outer space.

We were there; we saw it unfold and force the electorate to vote in a replacement government still wildly unpopular to this day.

The ABC again: “For the first time, Kevin Rudd gives his own, full account of the period and relives in vivid detail the events of losing the Prime Ministership – a retelling he found painful.”

He found painful? Not as painful as the rest of us who had to watch his sulk-

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Surely anyone with self-awareness beyond that of a bull ant, anything resembling remorse, a glimmer of reflection and which retained some conscience, if not social conscience, would think twice about making a documentary to relive this farcical period.

– Tony Webber

Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard, appearing on The Killing Season. PHOTO: ABC-TV

ing vindictiveness circle the country like a diseased vulture looking for some where to land.

“Julia Gillard is forthright with her recollections and analysis and doesn’t spare her colleagues.”

Then or now – points for consistency, I suppose.

But the question is why? No-one walks away from witnessing an embarrassing public argument with any view other than both belligerents have made fools of themselves and in doing so confirmed the allegations made against them.

Gillard admits giving Rudd “false hope” that she wasn’t about to roll him, and Rudd admits to damaging leaking, a revelation that can only come as a

surprise to the aforementioned gardendwelling hermit and recent extra-terrestrial arrival.

As the party traditionally aligned with the least powerful elements of society, the ALP’s imploding hurt many of the most vulnerable people, who, for better or worse, really don’t have anyone much else to look to politically.

Surely anyone with self-awareness beyond that of a bull ant, anything resembling remorse, a glimmer of reflection and who retained some conscience, if not social conscience, would think twice about making a documentary to relive this farcical period.

Read this from former UK Labour minister Alan Milburn:

“The hard question that the Australian Labor party has to ask itself is this: how is it possible that you win an election in November 2007, on the scale that you do, with the goodwill that you have, with the permission that you are gifted by the public, and you manage to lose all that goodwill, to trash the permission and to find yourself out of office within just six years. I have never seen anything quite like it in any country, anywhere, anytime in any part of the world. No one can escape blame for that in my view.”

Maybe so, but there’s a couple of key players who should have at least had the decency to hang their heads in private shame for a decade or so.

Male koalas get loud in mating season, avoiding brawls in tree tops

BY LIZA KAPPELLE

2015 KOALA LIFE

MELBOURNE: Male koalas seeking sex get all shouty and spread out, partly to reduce competition from the other males.

Bellowing seems to prevent fights between the males, as well as letting females know exactly who they are in the breeding season, says University of Queensland researcher William Ellis.

It is not 100 per cent clear how all that bellowing, usually between 10pm and 4am throughout September to December, attracts the females, Dr Ellis says.

But females can identify each male’s signature

call and seem to be attracted to different males each year – so it could be luring them to new partners to prevent inbreeding.

Koalas are cute and very well-known, but there is not much information about their social and mating behaviours.

That is why Dr Ellis and colleagues from Australian, Japanese and US universities were using GPS tracking to map the social system of about 25 wild koalas, including one male named Chuck, at St Bees Island near Rockhampton.

Their paper, in the journal PLOS One, says they thought the koalas would fight during mating season.

But they found their behaviour helped males avoid physical confrontation.

“They can tell who is the biggest, and stay away from him,” Dr Ellis told AAP. That is lucky because fights last longer in breeding season and brawls in tree tops can end in fatal falls.

Their shouts also allow male koalas to space themselves apart, with little direct mating competition, Dr Ellis said.

Curiously, the females spend more time together in the breeding season, something the researchers want to explore more.

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The success of the latest Jurassic movie franchise proves dinosaurs are alive and well in our fantasies – but with the speed at which science and technology is moving, is it really that much of a stretch to imagine we might actually be able to bring these pre-historic creatures back from the dead? Weekender talks to conservation research scientist Dr Rebecca Spindler, and asks not only could we, but should we?

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Dinosaurs in the Wild, Taronga Zoo

T might be 60 million years since they graced the planet, but dinosaurs seem to be once more ruling the world – the movie world, that is.

The latest in the phenomenally popular Jurassic franchise of films – Jurassic World – roared into the history books at it’s opening, taking a staggering $511 million dollars at the box office in the few days following its release. The movie is set to top the billion dollar mark in the not too distant future, as movie-goers young and old indulge their passion for scaring the bejeezus out of themselves with the notion of history’s most feared and revered creatures again roaming the earth.

It’s all a bit of Hollywood blockbuster fun.

But for Dr Rebecca Spindler, Taronga Conservation Society’s manager of research and conservation, extinction – and the capacity of science to reverse it – is serious business.

Spindler shares the general populace’s fascination with dinosaurs, albeit from a more learned and scientific perspective. She’s witnessed first-hand the way dinosaurs – of the life-sized fibreglass, animatronic kind – have the power to enthral 21st century humans, with Taronga’s Sydney zoo having twice hosted the Dinosaurs in the Wild exhibition.

The wildly popular display brought thousands of visitors to the harbourside zoo site in Sydney’s leafy Mosman and even this cyn-

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ical old hack marvelled at the remarkably life-like models, taking a moment to wonder what it might have been like to share the planet with these mysterious creatures.

“That’s it exactly,” burbles the effervescent and unfailingly passionate scientist as we sit overlooking Sydney harbour, millions of years after the final dinosaur gasped its last.

“There are so many movies and TV shows that have us placed in the same world and era as dinosaurs, but actually there was 60 million years’ difference dinosaurs and humans – there’s not a single homo species that’s ever lived with dinosaurs, and that adds to the enormous fascination with these creatures that dominated the earth but somehow had the gall to live without us.

“The fascination lies in their size, their ferocity, what they ate and that strange separation of living in a world we humans have never seen. There are so many myths and legends surrounding them – sometimes based in fact, sometimes not.”

So once we separate that fact from the fiction, what is there to learn from dinosaurs about our world and our environment?

“Interesting question,” says Spindler.

“The biggest lesson, for me, is that there was an enormous array of species that really did dominate the earth and their world was perfectly functional and sustainable – filling all the niches within functioning ecosystems – and within a flash it was all gone.

“We have this adolescent ideology that we’re impervious and that we’re going to live on forever. We think it doesn’t seem to matter how much we dig up, and eat and burn and throw away, the world will always be here for us to keep living that way.”

Dinosaurs should be teaching us not to be complacent, in other words – emphasis on should – and Spindler despairs that the message is being all but lost, or at worst, ignored.

“It wasn’t the dinosaurs’ fault their world ended – they didn’t eat themselves into extinction, for instance. What we need to learn is that what we have now is a privilege, not a right, and we need to take care of it if we’re going to sustain it.” u

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S one of Australia’s greatest minds when it comes to conservation science, Spindler has a front row seat to some of the most miraculous advancements in the field, and as part of the Taronga team, is instrumental in one of the most fascinating projects yet undertaken in the name of conservation – the Reef Recovery project, which is largely housed in an unassuming brick veneer building in the heart of Taronga Western Plains Zoo. In layman’s terms, it’s an “ark” of sorts that lies cryogenically frozen in tanks in that small building, where tissue and blood samples and genetic material are “banked” to give science the best possible chance of saving, protecting and even replicating threatened species.

The science is complicated, but in simple terms, the Reef Recovery project takes spawn from the Great Barrier Reef’s coral – some species of which have already become extinct – freezing and “banking” it for future use and as an insurance policy of sorts as the reef faces the threat of rising sea temperatures and acidity.

It’s truly the stuff of science fiction – so I ask the question we’ve all posed through popcorn and choc-tops while escaping into Jurassic Park courtesy of the big screen: given the leaps in technology and the breadth of genetic material that’s been banked around the world by organisations like Taronga, is it that much of a leap to think we could bring dinosaurs back from the dead?

To answer that question, Spindler first suggests talking about some of the recent efforts to bring back animals that have become extinct in living hu-

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What we need to learn is that what we have now is a privilege, not a right, and we need to take care of it if we’re going to sustain it.”

– Dr Rebecca Spindler man history – for instance, the thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) and the woolly mammoth.

“These are animals that have died and been preserved in reasonably good circumstances – for instance, in permafrost as is the case with the mammoth. It’s entirely possible that we may get some decent DNA strands from the

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woolly mammoth – but even if we do get decent DNA, what do we put that into? We still need some current, living cell that can house that DNA and produce something similar to a woolly mammoth.

“The idea that we could create a 100 per cent woolly mammoth is probably out the window because we’re just nev-

er going to get the full complement of DNA well preserved enough to reproduce that animal. Can we put it into an elephant egg or cell that will contain that DNA and fill in all the gaps well enough? That remains to be seen.”

Beyond that, she continues, lies another hurdle.

“Okay, so you have one individual.

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But you have to replicate that process again and hope that the outcome is of the opposite sex so they can breed – then you need to have somewhere for them to go. You can keep cloning that one individual forever, but to what end?

What’s the point?”

And here’s the real kicker, as far as Spindler is concerned: if there’s no habitat for those individuals, they’d have to be artificially housed and cared for.

“Now, with the thylacine, there are a couple of pouch young that have been stored, and it’s entirely possible we will be able to extract the DNA but not enough to make the leap to creating what we’d call a “full” Tasmanian Tiger.

“So now think about the dinosaurs.

All that DNA is now tens of millions of years old. The sort of degradation it will have gone through makes it extraordi-

narily unlikely that we’ll be able to salvage enough to recreate a “proper” dinosaur of any sort.”

HILE the idea of a real-life Jurassic World scenario remains firmly in our cinematic fantasies, I ask Dr Spindler the other question that’s been playing on my mind: even if we could, SHOULD we?

She smiles. “That’s exactly the question. There’s a massive ethical consideration in all this – if we could bring dinosaurs back from the dead, where would they go? Where do we have the nature, the wilderness, the capacity to feed these things when we’re looking around the corner at struggling to feed the global human population? There are already pockets of the world that are not able to feed their own people and that’s go-

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ing hit more globally as climate change gets worse.”

Her point is well made. How can we even think of the luxury of bringing back these animals only to again subject them to environmental degradation and pressure?

“Precisely. We’re living in a totally different age. We don’t have the plant life they’re used to. We don’t have the terrain they’re used to. It wouldn’t even be a sub-optimal comparison – but it would also be depleting so many of our own resources.”

According to Spindler, the crux of the matter is the allocation of resources and the question of whether the science and technology would be better employed saving those surviving species that are under threat of extinction.

“We’re spending an enormous amount

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of resources and time and expertise and energy and money on de-extinction.

Why – when there are healthy, viable populations of species for which we can foresee a threat and from which we know, with relatively minimal effort, we can preserve excellent quality genetic material? We know we can bring those threatened species back from the brink by inserting those genes into living animals from that population and by maintaining that genetic diversity.”

The incredible scientific leaps forward in the preservation of genetic material are more than just an insurance policy, she says.

“It’s taking commonsense and applying it to science. It’s using foresight.

Knowing that, yes, catastrophe may be out there at any moment, just like it was for the dinosaurs, so let’s have a u

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u viable population both in zoos and frozen in our genetic banks.”

So you’re doing with the cryogenic preservation of genetic material what Mother Nature did with permafrost?

“Exactly!” she laughs. “But we’re looking at it much more strategically. We’re doing Australia-wide foresighting of threats and looking at primary populations that are going to be impacted by those threats.

“We’re getting in now because we can’t mitigate those threats entirely – if we could, we would. But for example, because we can’t stop the canetoad invasion, we’re going in and banking down the genetic diversity in species threatened by that invasion, so the survivors have a better chance of resisting other threats.

“What happens with something like that is that you get a genetic “bottleneck” – you lose 80-95 per cent of a species’ population and the genes that come out the other end may be resistant to that particular threat, but because they have very little genetic diversity, they’re much less able to deal with disease or whatever is the next threat that comes along.”

The aim, says Spindler, is to retain as much of that genetic diversity as possible, to enable the breeding of the ability to adapt, which is the mark of a successful species. But does the argument for natural selection ever factor into the equation and are there some species that through evolution were and are supposed to become extinct?

“Evolution is a constant process. Conservation literally means keeping everything the same, and that’s not realistic,” she explains. “So conservation now really refers to the conservation of processes and functions – the delivery of ecosystem services. By that I don’t mean services to people, but to the environment; to the catchment area of where an animal lives. So we look a lot at species that are the drivers of ecosystem health and resilience.

“When we pick our coral species (for preservation), for instance, they are reef-building species upon which the structure of the reef is reliant. With all these projects, we’re choosing species so that by maintaining their health, we maintain the health of the ecosystem overall.”

Natural selection is a normal process, she says – one that’s an important part of evolution.

“The problem is we (humans) have exponentially increased the number of threats and the rate of change, so species can no longer keep up.

“Ordinarily what you’d see is that some species would not be as resilient and probably “fail” out of their position, but at the same time other species would move into that niche because they would have their adaptations realised, and the benefit of those adaptations would fit nicely in the ecosystem.

“But we’re losing them faster than we can put them back in. The systems are breaking down. We’re also finding that where an ecosystem would roughly adapt in the same location, with climate change we have different pressures – some species are moving up, some are moving down. So what are the new ecosystems going to look like and who’s filling each of those different roles within the niche? We can’t foresee all that, but we’re trying to foresee as much as we possibly can to ensure those “keystone” species remain.”

I suggest that perhaps science sometimes needs to take emotion out of the equation and direct resources to where they’re most needed, but Spindler puts it far more diplomatically.

“It’s more about prioritisation of species.

I get into trouble sometimes because people will say, well, this species is no less important than that species – that these little brown jobbies are no less worthy than the keystone species.

“Fundamentally I believe that’s true but we no longer have the luxury of the time to be able to save all the little brown jobbies AND the keystone species. We have to make choices – and by choosing the keystone species, we have a much better chance of ensuring the ecosystem itself will maintain its health and thereby give those little brown jobbies the best chance of survival.”

Spindler adds that some of the projects currently underway are actually accelerating evolution.

“By that, I mean we’re selecting individuals we know are more resilient to the threats we know are coming along,” she says, citing the case of the coral from the Great Barrier Reef, where the known threat is increased acidity and water temperature. “(With the material banked with the Reef Recovery project) we’ll be able to grow coral that’s more resilient to those changes. Now, this might kill off the genetic diversity in

some of those other species, but because we have everything banked, we can breed back that diversity.”

HE shadows start making their way across the manicured lawns of the zoo grounds and the sounds of Taronga’s residents offer an appropriate soundtrack for a conversation about the survival of the planet’s precious ecosystems. A perch overlooking Australia’s most famous zoo also makes a fitting backdrop for a discussion about that certain movie franchise.

“Have you seen Jurassic World?” I ask one of the country’s most knowledgeable and accomplished wildlife genetic research scientists, who is also among the most personable and engaging people I’ve ever met.

“I loved it!” she says with the same passion with which she approaches her work.

“What a great way to allow people to “get into” the land of the dinosaurs. We have to understand where we’ve come from – it’s like looking back so we can look forward. For all its inaccuracies, it’s a really lovely way to connect people with that natural history.”

I can’t help wondering if she’s able to watch the movie without wanting to debunk the “science”.

“Nope,” she laughs. “I have to say it’s really hard! The second one in particular was horrible! It’s like watching movies like Outbreak or the disease disaster films – I can’t watch them without going, “Oh, bullshit”!

But you have to just disengage the scientific brain and just enjoy the movie for the diversion it is.”

That’s exactly how Spindler sees the whole dinosaur discussion – as a diversion; a distraction from what she passionately believes is the most pressing job at hand for the scientific community.

“At this point we have a responsibility to our future generations to use our resources and our brains and our money very carefully, to make sure we leave them the most functional systems we can. I can’t see how a dinosaur fits into that.”

So we should let sleeping dinosaurs lie?

Dr Rebecca Spindler groans, but has the grace to smile.

“Yes, she says. We should definitely let sleeping dinosaurs lie.”

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“Basil Fawlty” As famed Torquay hotel Fawlty Towers prepares to open its doors for the coming “tourist” season, Weekender managed to separate them long enough for an exclusive interview with curmudgeonly host Basil Fawlty and his hapless and long suffering Spanish sidekick, Manuel.

“Basil”: HEN my wife Sybil and I first plunged ourselves into the dark, murky depths of hospitality, we had very little idea but every ambition for Fawlty Towers. Before I realised she was the spawn of Beelzebub, she was a barmaid in a small South London Tavern and I, at a loose end in my prime, tied a noose around our young necks, married and purchased an aging manor house with water views in Torquay. In those days we had little more than a dream and two bob in our pockets. It’s amazing what a couple of coats of paint, some good old fashioned elbow grease and the incessant, piercing hiss of Sybil’s voice can achieve.

We (or at least, I) always wanted a high class establishment, suitable for “the landed gentry”, catering for people of exceptional social standing.

Somewhere that could lead us into the heady, modern world of the 1980s, while maintaining the qualities of yesteryear. But we soon realised it was too much for just the pair of us. We fished Polly Shearman from art school where she was clearly wasting her life

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away on a folly, and managed to offer her something of a direction for her future... as a maid.

But an establishment of true class requires a bellhop-cum-waiter, and that’s when we landed our trained chimp, Manuel. I say “trained chimp” of course, but that probably denigrates the good, honest, hard work of circus professionals the world over.

Surprisingly, after sifting through the list of prospective hopefuls, we found Manuel to be the standout. Fresh off the boat from Spain with but a thimbleful of English, he was eager to learn and well, quite frankly, he completely eclipsed the other applicant who, despite carrying excellent military references from the Boer War, it was felt that his wooden leg and his 98-year-old frame may have inhibited his capacity for managing two flights of stairs with luggage. Manuel had a go-getter attitude, some culinary skill and was of course, very cheap; willing to work for something approaching the minimum wage.

I first perceived Manuel to be something of a “continental challenge”. With my semester of solid study in Classical Spanish, I thought we may easily breach the cultural divide between his native tongue and the Queen’s English. I soon found him to be more of a Barcelonan mule – able to carry weight when forced to, but essentially very, very slow on the uptake. We now recognise him for the muttering, twit that he is; capable of basic human function and little more. I have found I generally have the greatest success in acquiring his assistance with the rudimentary “point and slap” technique. But then, what do you expect for £12.50 per week, board and meals?

And so I labour on, day-by-day, vainly attempting to single-handedly raise the local standards while managing a 12 bedroom guest house, despite inferiority from “the help”; despite substandard clientele and despite a wife who spits venom and dabbles in the black arts between hair-and-nail appointments and her telephone counselling service.

You should come along sometime and watch how I manage to hold everything together. You may just learn something valuable.

“Manuel”

“Manuel”:

HEN I leave my country I need a job. Mr Fawlty – he help me by hiring me to be his right hand man. I am not good for many work because my language is for not good.

Is not easy for me sometimes to understand Mr Fawlty, but he help me by yelling louder. He try to I think sometimes many guests stay at the hotel who don’t speak much very good English because Mr Fawlty, he yell at them too.

When I come here I leave my five brother and four sister in Barcelona where I from. Sometimes is lonely for me but I have Siberian hamster for friend. Mr Fawlty, he say “Is rat!” but I don’t care because I love him. His name is Basil (not Mr Fawlty – my hamster – is not rat, is hamster). I keep him in room in hotel which Mr and Mrs Fawlty let me live in as home.

To work at Fawlty Towers is for me to be helping with the guests to carry bag to room and to make help in restaurant with bring dish to customers. It is being hard for me because everyone talk so fast and I get confused. Sometimes Mr Fawlty, he help me to learn by hitting me when I make mistake. I think I am not so easy to learn many lessons because he still need to hit me many time.

I think Mr Fawlty, he is glad for me to be here because he always ask me to help him. So day to day I am doing whatever Mr Fawlty need doing even if is different to carry bag and help in restaurant. Even he ask me to clean dead pigeon from water tank.

I have nice friend in Polly who work with me. She is always kind and know a little Spanish. Mr Fawlty, he think he know Spanish too but I not recognise words he say even if he yell them and

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` Is not easy for me sometimes to understand Mr Fawlty, but he help me by yelling louder.

hit me.

Mrs Fawlty always have big hair and I be scared of her because Mr Fawtly is scared of her. Mr Fawlty is in charge of me and Polly and Mrs Fawlty is in charge of Mr Fawlty.

I am lucky to have good job and Mr Fawlty, he look after me even if he hurt me sometimes.

People should come see how kind he is and what good job I do.

Fawlty Towers on stage at DRTCC in July SEE Basil and Manuel’s “alter egos” – the incomparable James Eddy and Allyn Smith – and the cast of Dubbo Theatre Company, as they present Fawlty Towers on stage at Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre from Friday, July 17.

Last year’s triumphant production of three vignettes from the phenomenally popular British comedy series left local audiences howling for more. Never ones to disappoint, the cast returns to the stage this month with three more of the iconic “episodes” from arguably the funniest television series of all time.

If you caught the show last time around, you’ll probably already have your tickets but don’t take Weekender’s word for it – here’s what just two fans said about last year’s performance: ''I thought it was the real John Cleese on stage!" – Maureen McKay ''The audience was in stitches regularly and that is not just because of the quality of the material but because of the quality of the delivery.'' – Renee Redford If you miss this show, well, to quote Basil himself, you’re going to need a damn good thrashing.

Dubbo Theatre Company’s Fawlty Towers opens on Friday, July 17 at 8pm. l Saturday, July 18 – two shows, at 2pm and 8pm; l Friday, July 24 – 8pm l Saturday, July 25 – two shows, at 2pm and 8pm. l Tickets available online or at the box office.

– As told to Jen Cowley.

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Luke Schuyler: You have to be a good communicator in this position or else it just doesn’t work.

Your weekly newspapers – like Dubbo Photo News or Dubbo Weekender – you can go pick up a copy, it’s great and it’s there. But your daily newspapers have probably transitioned from focusing on their newspaper, to actually focusing on what they put up online, so their quality of newspaper has deteriorated.

That’s not just locally, that’s everywhere I think.

You can take the man out of Victoria, but you can’t take Victoria out of the man. Despite becoming a convert to the good work of TAFE Western NSW in his new role as corporate communications officer, 33 year-old Luke Schuyler remains a diehard Melbourne Storm supporter.

With the bigger daily newspapers now, you have a read through them, and you can pick spelling mistakes up and wrong captions. Of course being a journalist you can’t read a newspaper and see a mistake and not get angry about it or frustrated.

I’m a sports nut. Being Victorian, I’m a mad Collingwood supporter I suppose but since I’ve moved to NSW, my fiancé Connie is a mad Bulldogs supporter. I don’t like the Bulldogs – I’m a Melbourne Storm member so being the Victorian connection, I’ve stuck with them, but I love all sports; cricket, tennis, basketball, American sports, everything.

Social media allows places to deliver news on the spot, that’s the biggest change. When I first started out, if there was a big announcement, people didn’t get to read about it until the next day, whereas now if you have a big announcement (clicks fingers), it’s there – it’s on Facebook and Twitter.

With all the local newspapers you have people following them. People want to know their news on the spot now. They don’t want to wait. If you wait a day it’s old news. That’s the main change. It’s in your face, and it’s everywhere.

Growing up I used to love writing about horse racing – it was always my favourite. It’s not about covering the horse race, it’s more the lead up to race meetings and covering race days.

In Victoria racing’s huge; it’s probably a lot bigger than it is around here although I know Dubbo and Orange have their race meetings, but not like in Victoria. Footy and all other sports were fun to write about as well.

I probably sound like a salesman, but even I was really surprised just how big TAFE Western is and what they offer.

It’s a huge part of Dubbo’s community.

There’s hundreds of people who actually work there and doing the work behind the scenes, and then you have your teachers and teachers aides. I’d be surprised if everyone didn’t know at least one person who attends or works at TAFE.

We always used to get media passes to go to the Melbourne Cup but not work as such. We’d go to all the sporting events we could. I grew up in a really small town. It’s only about 9,000 people. I learned most of my skills from a team of three, the two guys down there were really helpful and we were really close.

I never pictured myself being a news reporter, because it didn’t interest me at all. Growing up I not only liked sport, I played a lot of it. Being in a small town, that’s all you can do because there’s not much else to do.

I started out as a sports journalist as an 18 year-old. I left school and was very fortunate to actually get a cadetship, at a little place called Stawell – it’s the home of the Stawell Gift is, which is the richest running race in Australia... well, the world.

When I first started at the Stawell newspaper, it was a team of three. I basically did everything in the back half of the newspaper, my colleague did the front, and the editor oversaw everything. We had to take our own photos; we had to do everything ourselves, so I’m a self-taught photographer, pretty

much a self- taught writer too. I did three years there.

I moved to Echuca for a couple of years as a sports editor then went to a lovely free newspaper, called the Weekly Advertiser, very similar to the Dubbo Photo News, based out of Horsham. I was there for five years writing sports and news. It was my first real taste for writing news.

Five years ago, I moved to Orange and worked for Prime as a sports journalist.

I did a twelve-month stint there.

I have a face and voice for a newspaper let’s just say that, and I’m pretty shy, so it wasn’t a great fit. I moved to the Central Western Daily as a sub, a news writer and photographer. I then did nine months in a maternity position working for John Cobb, the federal pol-

itician, as his media officer, and that’s what led into this new role of corporate communications officer.

You have to be a good communicator in this position or else it just doesn’t work. I became a lot better at communicating while working in politics because it’s hectic mad. It’s 24 hours a day. You didn’t go to work from 9 to 5 – it was all the time. It was a lot more full-on than I was expecting. It was a pleasant surprise and I learned a lot of skills doing that, which made me a perfect fit for TAFE. I do think I’m a good communicator. At home... I’m told what to do and just go along with it (laughs).

My partner’s pretty relaxed and easygoing, we both are.

Social media has changed the way we communicate; it’s taken away a fair bit from your daily newspapers too.

A huge thing about TAFE is the work they do in the Aboriginal community. TAFE Western is one of he leading providers in Australia of training for Aboriginals. They put a lot of emphasis on helping to create opportunities. A couple of weeks ago, we had students who graduated from iProwd, which is a step towards becoming a police officer.

How many Aboriginal police officers do you ever see? We don’t have many.

They’re the kind of fantastic programs that TAFE are really big on, giving Aboriginal and Torres Straights Islanders opportunities.

I’m only relatively new to the position, but so far I’m really enjoying working for TAFE Western. It’s nice to get up and come to work for a company you really believe is doing great things for the community and I’m proud to be a part of it.

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Greg Smart Women’s sport: Time to shift the goal posts HAT was I thinking? the appointment of a new rugby union Expecting the mainstream captain. media to preview the final of Following from the recent (but long the football World Cup in their breaksuspected) FIFA bribery and fraud scanfast news bulletins this past Monday dal, the Women’s World Cup showcased morning. the skills and determination of the playI was hoping for a little pre-match ers. It was a testament to the players’ commentary and analysis – after all, love of the game and their spirit of fair they do have professional sports complay. mentators on staff. Not a huge ask. This In the matches I watched, I saw no was the ABC no less and football is the diving, no histrionics, and no harangumost popular sport in the world. ing of the referee. All this from players But of course not. Silly me – it’s womwho are paid a fraction of their male en’s sport. And Australia is not play- counterparts’ remuneration. ing – the dual prescription for media Consider Australian player Katrina indifference.

Gorry. Gorry is the 2014 female Asian We obviously had items on the rePlayer of the Year, but works up to eight tirement of a male Australian crickethours a day in café while studying for er, the latest recreational drug scandal a business diploma in between footamongst male rugby league players, and ball commitments for national team details of groin related injuries that may the Matildas. She and her Australian prevent men participating in some mid- team mates were paid $500 per match week interstate affray. to complete a the Women’s World Cup, compared with the $7500 per match the They even went to the trouble of highmale Australian players received when lighting the occurrence of Australian they played in last sportsmanship during year’s FIFA World Cup. a men’s hockey Olym- ` pic qualifying match, The women obviousthereby implying that The public accepts ly play for the love of sportsmanship and pro- machismo and the game and not the fessional sport are muprospect of non-existtually exclusive, but larrikinism as part ent riches. Do the male let’s not dwell on that. players share the same of our collective motivation or are they The evening news character, driven by the lure of a was no better. highly paid contract in The Women’s World elevating men’s an overseas league?

Cup final was the The question of motifourth item in the sport and reducing vation could have been sports news...after the women’s sport asked this week of the mourning of an AFL to occasional two enfants terribles coach, rugby league injury concerns and window dressing... of Australian tennis –

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.

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Matildas’ Katrina-Lee Gorry playing during a friendly match against China PR in Wollongong. PHOTO: AAP/DANIEL MUNOZ

Bernard Tomic and Nick Kyrgios. Both these players from the “new generation” of male tennis stars behaved like self aggrandising brats with entitlement issues – Tomic being dumped from the Australian Davis Cup team after publicly sparring with Tennis Australia management, and Kyrgios putting on “poor little me” act after being accused of tanking in a match, then sparring with journalists in the post match press conference.

The media circus weighed in and pushed both these stories from the sports pages to the front pages – and from the absurd to the ridiculous. News stories obsessed about the on-court antics and off-court conflicts. Any faint notion of the pair playing tennis for the enjoyment of the game evaporated. Rather than appearing thankful for being paid

a mountain of money to run around in short pants hitting a ball, both give the impression they deserve our praise rather than scorn.

Kyrgios even went as far as remark that he deserves Australians’ respect. That’s a big ask. Yes he is only 20 years old and has the weight of a sport obsessed and media fed nation on his shoulders, but respect? Respect is earned – just ask the women at the World Cup how it’s done.

The mainstream media won’t care, though. It will continue to reflect society’s sexist and parochial attitudes towards the coverage of sport. The public accepts machismo and larrikinism as part of our collective character, elevating men’s sport and reducing women’s sport to occasional window dressing.

I fear it will never change.

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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...

Sally Bryant

In my book, the shoulders are broad enough to bear it RUST me on this, I’m serious. I’m as big a fan of the classical male frame as any other red-blooded woman, but there are seriously some times when you really do not welcome the arrival into your life of a man with broad shoulders.

It’s a good look, the wide shoulder and narrow hip thing. Not only is it decorative and attractive, it’s also a very efficient design for all sorts of activities.

I’m a great supporter of the male physique. I’m very happy to allow chivalrous men to help me carry my load in life; in some ways I’m saddened there are not more of them around at the times I really need them. Say, f’rinstance when I’m digging big holes in the garden or lugging loads of firewood or changing a tyre? Loving those men with the broad shoulders then. When I need a hand to heave furniture around or tote a barge or lift that bale? Bring on the broadshouldered men, I say.

And in my experience of men of all kinds, the large ones with broad shoulders tend to be of a kind and often biddable nature. The ones I have known have been slow to anger and genial in manner, even when they’ve had to deal with me for protracted periods of time, so that would have to be high praise indeed. Because, although I’m not overendowed with self-knowledge, I would have to concede I do have it in my make up to be moderately irritating. At times.

I’ve known some lovely calm men who were big of frame and strong of muscle and were quite able to put up with me. Not all of them, mind you, but every theory has its exceptions. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that if I was offer-

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ing advice on the very best sort of bloke to find, I’d be suggesting one with those big shoulders.

But when you’re sitting in a confined space and you know you’re going to have to share it eventually? When you’ve marked your territory in a corner of the earth and someone else is going to be co-located in that space? Then it’s not the broad-shouldered man you’d be wishing for. You might even find yourself dreading the arrival of one.

Take for example if you’re in the interior of a smallish commercial plane, which is rapidly filling with passengers – as was the case with me just a few days ago.

There I was, curled up in the window seat of my section of the row, waiting for my seating buddy to arrive. I was one of the first on the plane, because I was in a hurry to get home. (I know that if I get on the plane early, there is no advantage to me in terms of my arrival at my destination. I know that. I know it means I’ll be sitting on the plane for the longest time, waiting for the rest of the flight to arrive. I know all this and yet I persist in my early boarding.)

As I sat there in an initially almost empty plane and watched it fill to the brim, I started to get a bit nervous about the amount of personal space I was about to lose. In the early stages of boarding, there’s always the comforting sense that perhaps you might win the lottery and have two seats to yourself.

And then, as the plane fills you start to hope that, as it’s apparent you’ll be more than likely to have a travelling companion, it won’t be that one there, or the one behind them.

fact you should be thankful the dividAs the stream of passengers continues to flow up the artery of the centre er is there because it confines all that aisle and you scan their faces, wonderglorious muscularity to that one seat. ing which of them will be landing on Without the arm rest it could all become a little communal in nature. Which is your doorstep, there’s a certain amount all very spiffy if you’re getting to know of fervent hope and praying. And for each other better by choice but not so once in my life, I’m not praying for a tall, well-built bloke to alight next to fabulous when it’s a random pairing of me. I’m praying for some little skinny travellers and you have to rub along towidget; some grommet, hopefully one gether for the duration of the flight. with a book they want to read and no afAn hour is a fleeting time in the lantershave on. I’m not looking for personguage of lovers but it’s an eternity when ality, not looking for handsome and ceryou’re sharing limited space with a feltainly not looking for well built when it low traveller who’s invading your space. comes to a seating companion on a one All these thoughts were racing hour flight. through my mind as I watched the last of the throng of Dubbo-bound passenThose shoulders that are so wondergers make their way, nose to tail like a ful to rest your head against, to lean caravan of camels, up the steps, into the on when you need solace, to put your plane and down the aisle. hand on to steady your progress or to borrow when you need a hand to shift And there at the tail end of the mob... something big? Not so handy when you there he was. The perfectly pleasant but have to share limited space with them. thunderously large of shoulder man I Those lovely big shoulhad somehow known ders mean the arms was in my future. It was are spread right across like I’d dreamed him their allocated seat on ` into reality. the plane and encroach Not for anything like into the aisle and your An hour is a a lifetime; just a fiftyseat as well. fleeting time in the odd minute flight.

It wasn’t until I conThe broad of shoulferred with colleagues der commandeer the language of lovers centre arm rest by de- but it’s an eternity several days later that I realised I’d shared my fault; there’s simply noseat from Sydney to where else to put their when you’re Dubbo with rugby legelbow other than on sharing limited end Phil Waugh. Northe centre divider. The physics dictate that the space with a fellow mally I’d hesitate to name someone in this arms are a shoulder traveller who’s column, but I reckon width apart and there invading your his shoulders are broad they must stay. There’s enough to bear it. no arguing with it. In space...

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The Love Boat: The Lost Years – Part 3 This week, we continue our series chronicling the outlandish adventures of an ocean liner adrift in tropical seas – in which Andrew G gives Weekender readers an exclusive behind the scenes glimpse at what really happened on The Love Boat – when Tony met Billy. It’s an unlikely – and wholly fictional – love story...

In our last episode Malcolm “Doc” Turnbull let slip more than he dared with regard to Barnacle Bill. The story continues...

OC Turnbull sat on the leftmost stool at the Skylight Bar nursing a Welsh single malt.

“Give me another one Isaac,” he said, downing the dregs in one flick of the wrist.

“It’s Julie,” said Julie Bishop. “If you have to use a nickname call me Token.”

Julie unscrewed the cap of the 12 year Lisndywelgfareon whiskey and poured a generous double.

Malcolm looked out across the room.

The sun was well over the yard arm and the heaving crowd of the hours before had largely gone; only the committed drinkers remained. He noted that many of these proud lifters had become decided leaners but they all had the sense to lean hard right. Barnaby Joyce had leaned so far right he was lying down.

“Tell me this, Isaac...

“Julie “...why is it that I’m sitting here and Tony is up the bridge. I mean, I was once where he was – where did it all go wrong? Is it because they don’t understand me? That could be it. They took me for granted but they didn’t understand me, the real me.”

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Malcolm pressed his hand against his heart as he spoke. He often did this; he was proud of his heart and liked to point out to people where it was. As far as he could tell, he was the only member of the crew that still had one.

Julie stopped wiping the bar. “You know where you went wrong.

“No. It can’t be that. Not still. All I did was point out that our engines produce pollution, which is poisonous, which is why we have funnels, which is why we needed to fix the funnel that was leaking smoke back onto the Lido deck. It can’t still be that, can it?

“Smoke comes from fire, fire cooks meat, cooked meat is tasty, therefore smoke is good.”

Julie ran through the mantra with practiced air of a Tibetan monk.

Doc’s whiskey swirled darkly in his glass. No one went to the Lido deck anymore, at least, not for long. Not if they didn’t really like coughing. But no one seemed to notice this or if they did they never said anything.

In the distance he could hear First Officer Pyne hard at work on the boards.

“Nope, nope, nope,” he was shouting, “like this.” His thin falsetto washed over Doc as he began to sing, “I know I mustn’t fall into the pit, but when I’m

with a feller, I fergit! See, it has to come from the heart, the audience has to believe that a rough, handsome cowboy has treated you badly, surely we’ve all been through that?”

The rehearsals for Oklahoma were apparently on course.

Doc returned to his former thoughts.

He remembered that there were people who liked him, listened to him, didn’t laugh when they saw him. They were on a boat too. Just not this boat. Through the smoked glass windows of the bar he could see the dim lights of a small wooden tub, crowded with true believers, rolling across the ocean swells. Perhaps there was room for one more on that boat? No, he decided, there wasn’t.

But there was room on this boat for a whole lot more. There was the Lido deck for a start.

He pushed the still full glass back to Isaac (“It’s Julie”) and, wavering slightly to port, weaved his way out the door.

Malcolm pressed his hand against his heart as he spoke. He often did this; he was proud of his heart and liked to point out to people where it was...

His departure was noted with interest

by Gopher Morrison. Doc nearly always drank alone, Gopher had whispered just that afternoon to a trusted staffer, and that was suspicious. He later thought that the act of himself whispering to a staffer was equally suspicious and referred his behaviour to ship security.

When officers came to question him on the matter he refused to answer, citing on-water operations, the need for secrecy, and the fact that as a crew member he was above suspicion in the first place.

He smiled at the simplicity of it all.

In any case, drinking alone meant you were thinking about something. Thinking was a dangerous activity, what if you thought something different? Gopher never thought anything different.

He didn’t have to.

He idly followed Doc out the door. He didn’t need to know where Doc was going, in fact he didn’t care. Gopher knew where Gopher was going and that was good enough for Gopher. He was going to the emergency supply room.

It was time to break out the flags.

Will Gopher find enough flags? Will anyone remember Isaac’s real name? Is Barnacle Bill about to make a special guest appearance? Next week...

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Climb I aboard and fasten your seatbelts

` I like to think each bandwagon journey teaches me something about myself.

HAVE an admission to make. To keep me company while writing these words, I have indulged in a piece of chocolate, and although I have attempted to offset this with a warm mug of healthy almond milk, the calculations are in and I have just consumed approximately six teaspoons of sugar in one sitting. Considering I am into week five of the I Quit Sugar program and these two items do not appear on the eating plan for the day, I can safely say I’ve deviated from the schedule and momentarily fallen off one of the many bandwagons I tend to jump on.

I could choose to be distressed about my lack of willpower and an inability to follow through what I started, but lately it’s occurred to me that I needn’t be so hard on myself. Falling off is only natural – bandwagons don’t have seatbelts.

During the past nine months alone I’ve climbed aboard at least three bandwagons, and over the course of four decades probably more than I can remember. If I had a dollar for every craze I adopted I would own a row of mansions on Sydney Harbour, unless of course I jumped on the dot.com bandwagon and lost all my money.

Third to my handbag and stationery addiction, I find bandwagons very attractive, especially those with member-only log-ins, forums and live discussions about everything and anything relating to my trend of choice. My Facebook feed is less friends and more fad. The photo gallery on my smartphone is full of screenshots of recipes, articles or memes that inspire me to stay on my bandwagon. As for Insta-

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Comment by C CHERYL BURKE Despite a desire to be invisible, Dubbo resident Cheryl Burke insists on frequenting local cafes and restaurants, but ordinarily cannot be found at a gym.

gram, I dare not go near it when I’m lazing on the couch for fear of seeing an image of a Garmin watch with associated hashtags of calories burned, distance run and total weight lost.

I like to think each bandwagon journey teaches me something about myself. When I was besties with Michelle Bridges on the 12WBT I learned that I should perhaps not have signed up for a second time. We were not meant to be friends. Surely my excuses were valid. I had no room in the kitchen to exercise; relocation to another room would wake everyone at a ridiculously early hour; Ms Bridges’ bossiness and enthusiasm at 6.00am was challenging; the menu was too extensive to choose from; I didn’t own a Garmin; my Thermomix had arrived. Time to move on.

To date I would safely say the Thermomix is the most expensive bandwagon I’ve yet ridden. If I accidently refer to it as a mini-cult instead of a bandwagon there’s probably good reason – the price tag. It may not be as expensive as giving 50 per cent of your wage to your guru, but at $2000 I virtually worship my TM5 and refuse to be de-programmed any

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time soon. But although I’m a believer, I also believe they are not for everyone.

When you are the Chicken Tonight sister in comparison with your siblings’ Donna Hay and CWA cooking and baking styles, you might like to consider a Thermomix.

Your risotto and soups will give them a run for their money.

And where would good eating be without exercise, especially at the gym, because it’s common knowledge that a six or 12 month gym membership purchased at some discount rate will ensure your attendance. Every. Single. Day. Only should you get out of bed early, finish work on time, or extend your lunch break to allow for the wardrobe change, the touch-ups on hair and makeup and distance travelled to and from your workplace. I am a serial gym joiner. I see a special and I’m signed up that day. It doesn’t seem to matter that I’m so uncoordinated the only group exercise class I attend is aqua aerobics. Even in the 80s I was unable to conquer the Grapevine Step – exercising under water hides my failure.

I am due to finish the I Quit Sugar Program in three weeks, and although I have reduced my consumption, my emails and Google remind me there are more bandwagons out there to jump on.

It would be unfair to limit myself; riding on a bandwagon is more exciting than riding in a car in the 70s. Not only can I lie down in the back seat, inhale secondhand smoke or hang out the window and tell everyone what I’m doing, I can also fall off guilt free since the chances are that without a seatbelt I’d be extremely lucky not to.

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In praise of grammar for these testing times Comment by YVETTE AUBUSSON -FOLEY Dubbo Weekender writer and journalist.

UL prayz to a guvment anishativ for intradoocing a nashnl litrasee n nyumrisee test comma to nshaw a persns rediness for the clarsroom comma becuz from this parent’s point of view, that would be a bit more important than whether the prospective teacher is able to have a good relationship or not, with my child.

Great teachers can have personality clashes with great kids. It used to be called “tough luck”.

Nurturing their intellect is of course highly important and wouldn’t it be marvellous if, from this parent’s perspective, I could be reassured (hey even assume) that while my children are at school, instead of trying to be their best friends, their teachers are striving to give them the best education possible? Instilling expectations of excellence, no matter what that looks like for each individual, and maybe even teaching them where commas go or, here’s an idea – quasi important communication tools like grammar.

If grammar were a person I would throw my arms around them right now and hold on tight; tell them it’s going to be okay and to ignore what people say about them. I would say, “They don’t know you (obviously!) and that makes it easier to rubbish you.

No matter what they say, you are hardly to be feared; they just need to get to know you if they have the chance.”

Why does grammar have this reputation of being too hard and when did it become irrelevant?

I couldn’t write for a living without it – or feed my kids, pay the rent, make a living, if it weren’t for grammar.

So to hear there is even just one teacher employed by the Department of Education, who would have this essential tool for communication passed over for a good relationship – well, I take that personally and fear that in the future, there might be a generation of kids who could not report the news because they lacked any grasp of language that’s tantamount to threatening the freedom of ideas and being able to communicate them.

Frankly, I think the government has made its move all too late if teachers are comfortable enough to publically state that grammar should take a back seat over the nurturing of intellect which is supremely important – but here’s a novel thought: imagine you could

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do both.

Nurture a child’s intellect AND teach them the fundamentals of language and communication, which from this parent’s perspective, actually look like the same thing.

Teachers may not need to write or use grammar in their profession on a day to day basis, but out here in the real world, there are plenty of written documents beyond 140 characters which require a bit more thought beyond wondering “where does the hashtag go?”

For example, and this might interest school leavers as long as they can read and write by the time they graduate: resumés.

Memos, memorandums of understanding, confidentiality agreements, reports, financial statements, media releases, invitations, thank you letters/emails, research findings, white papers, speeches (often today, transcribed), business plans, journals, letters to the editor, business proposals, business agreements, government reports, news reports, diaries, recipes, birthday cards, telephone messages and books.

Being able to write and read those things is an advantage, unless of course we’re aspiring for the current generation of primary schoolers to aim for jobs not requiring literacy and numeracy such as... well, I can’t think of any: mime artists, circus performers, who no doubt do need literacy and numeracy skills, in the very least to read their bank statements, tax returns, rental agreements, critical reviews.

As a journalist and editor, notic-

` Like a foreign language, the language of grammar becomes instinctive and habitual if taught early. It’s a no brainer...

ing errors in writing is habit. Isn’t that the same for teachers? Has the learning philosophy changed to “near-enough-is-good-enough”, or “it’s not how you write it, it’s what you’re trying to write or mean, that matters”?

What waffle-y feel good cop out rubbish is that?

Are there teachers in the school system choosing to dish up mediocrity in the classroom because they’re investing too much time trying to be hip and groovy best buds watching funny You Tube videos of cats in school in the fear that the regular curriculum isn’t engaging enough” That also used to be called “tough luck”.

My youngest son completed Grade 3 in America recently and the expectation of him was that he learn and know among many grammatical terms, the following: demonstrative and interrogative pronouns, attribute and possessive adjectives, definite articles, conjunctions, acronyms, metaphors, future perfect progressives, imperatives, irregular verbs, antonyms, verbs... the list goes on.

He was eight and already had two years of the same under his belt. By the time he would have left the American elementary system, he would have learned it again and again in Grades 4, 5 and 6, obviously at an increasingly sophisticated level, to prepare him for the higher grades, high school, college and life.

Like a foreign language, the language of grammar becomes instinctive and habitual if taught early. It’s a no brainer.

No, not every kid aced it, but every kid has the chance to step onto that platform of learning and to grow.

Oh, and my son’s relationship with his teachers? Remarkable for the 30 or so students in the class with whom she had to connect but which was much easier in a learning environment where kids did not speak out of turn, or swear (ever – at risk of immediate expulsion) or do anything but show respect.

She was the bedrock to his education that year and showed him the respect he deserved, with the mutual agreement that his education mattered; that it is a right, and that it was her job to give him the very best start to his schooling career and beyond – a job she took very seriously.

My eldest son was learning Latin as part of the basic curriculum in Grade 5. His general knowledge of the English language was becoming astonishing.

From this parent’s perspective, knowing there are teachers in the world who respect the ability of children to learn complex concepts from a very young age begs the questions – why isn’t it the same in Australia?

I wrote this piece in response to an article in this publication last week and was floored, distressed and disappointed to think teachers themselves could so openly and willingly undermine education in a country that, yes, might be a bit of an island, but for many kids is their stepping stone out into a world which is fast leaving them behind.

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What makes your business stand out?

I think a combination of things make Narellan Pools stand out â&#x20AC;&#x201C; our dedication, our staff, our knowledge and personalities. Not to mention our awesome customer service!

How long have you been in business?

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Keeping peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pools clean, the water healthy and the customers happy.

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Spending time with my daughter and granddaughter Any tips for work balance?

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Who inspires you and why?

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MANE EVENT Cubs the pride of the zoo Dubbo’s Taronga Western Plains Zoo is home to some of the planet’s most remarkable, and endangered, species.

A recent “baby boom” has the pitter patter of little hooves, paws and feet drawing even larger crowds than usual – but there’s one particular trio of youngsters that’s stealing the show.

Words: Jen Cowley. Photos: Steve Cowley T’S EARLY ON A FOGGY, BITTERLY COLD SUNDAY MORNING AS we stand gazing from a safe distance at Taronga Western Plains Zoo’s (TWPZ) small pride of African lions – the swirling mist seeming to add to the mystique of the majestic family that sleeps, curled up together in a glorious ball beneath the trees of the exhibit.

As a small but appreciative school holiday crowd gathers, Lazarus – the patriarch of the pride – raises his huge head and peers languidly across the enclosure at the onlookers. He begins a stretch that ripples down the length of his body, shaking his mane and opening his mouth wide for the day’s first yawn.

Our breath – puffing little clouds of condensation into the morning chill – stops. He’s magnificent.

But it’s his family we’ve come to see today. His three cubs – one male, two female – are proving quite the drawcard at the iconic open-range zoo, and as we watch the feisty little felines wake up, it’s not hard to see why u

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Friday 10.07.2015 to Sunday 12.07.2015 | Dubbo Weekender u The young trio pricks its collective ears towards the sound of clicking cameras, but their attention soon turns to a game of tag with their mum, Maya – who is roused from her sleep-in by her rambunctious offspring.

We spend the next hour mesmerised by the early morning routine of the family of lions – Lazarus, as he patrols the enclosure, marking his territory and grooming himself against the trees and low hanging foliage, good-naturedly fending off the raucous attention of his offspring; Maya as she keeps a playful but none-the-less watchful eye on her cubs; and the three youngsters who keep us oohing, aahing and aaawwing with their playful explorations and chiacking.

When you’re part of a line-up that includes some of the planet’s most incredible creatures, it’s no mean feat to stand out from the crowd here, but the four month old cubs are arguably – for the time being at least – the zoo’s “mane” attraction.

MONG those charged with the care of this special and valuable family is Roger Brogan – lion keeper at TWPZ. While the job isn’t always as glamorous as it sounds, it’s hard to feel sorry for a bloke who spends his days getting up close and personal with beasts of such majesty – not to mention the cubs’ outrageous cute factor.

Brogan chuckles. “Yeah, it’s a challenging job but very rewarding, particularly at the moment – the three cubs bring lots of energy and mischief to the day to day chores. You can’t help but smile.”

At just over four months old, the cubs are growing fast – weighing in last week at a healthy 23kg for the male and 18 and 19kg for the females.

“They’re powering along,” says the keeper.

Just how DO you weigh a boisterous 20-odd kilo ball of uncontrolled claws and teeth?

“Very carefully,” he says. Boom, tish.

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ly in your arms. Now they wriggle around and growl and scratch, and they have pretty sharp little claws and teeth.”

Brogan explains that keepers have a weighing platform in the holding facility and the cubs are divided off so they can be weighed individually.

“We just put a bit of food on the platform and weigh them while they eat.”

According to the keeper, who sounds like a proud parent himself, Lazarus and Maya are settling into the parenting role well.

“Although Mum’s starting to get a bit less tolerant of the shenanigans of the three youngsters.

Their teeth are getting bigger and their claws are getting longer and they’re really starting to tackle their parents.

“The cuteness is starting to wear off a bit for Maya,” says Brogan, and I can’t help thinking that, with four months being the feline equivalent of the early teen years in humans, this lioness mum has more in common with her human counterparts than one might think.

Lazarus, on the other hand, loves the rough play but, according to Brogan, pretends he doesn’t.

“He’ll be lying having a good old sleep in the sunshine, next thing he has the kids jumping all over his belly and pulling his mane.

“Fatherhood really suits Lazarus – and it’s good to see both he and Maya having a purpose in their day. They have a job to do. Lazarus’ job is to guard his family – and he loves it, as much as he grumbles when they jump all over him.

“This is Maya’s first litter – she’s only four – and she’s done a great job. Lazarus has been a dad before, back in Auckland Zoo where he came from, so he’s a bit more used to it – but they’re both doing a great job of parenting together.”

HILE the family unit is stable and harmonious at the moment, the zoo is already working on a management strategy that will replicate, as closely as possible, the familial dynamics and genetic spread that would

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“The girls should stay with their birth pride, which they do in the wild, so they’ll stay with mum,” says Brogan. “But the challenge will come when the male cub gets a bit older – Lazarus won’t tolerate him once he becomes of breeding age, so he’ll have to move out of this birth pride – again, as he would in the wild. And we certainly don’t want him breeding with his rellies!”

There’s a focus on maintaining a healthy genetic mix with zoo animals these days – including at both of the Taronga Conservation Society’s two facilities, Sydney and Dubbo – and the same is true with this pride of lions.

“We have to be very conscious of what we’re doing – lions can The challenge will live up to 20 years in captivity, so come when the as cute and cuddly as those cubs are now, there’s a huge commitmale cub gets a ment of planning and resources to bit older – Lazarus ensure the genetic health of the group. We forward plan as best won’t tolerate him we can.” once he becomes Part of that plan is the hope of developing a larger pride at of breeding age...

TWPZ, with Maya and the female cubs an integral part of the basis Roger Brogan – lion of that plan.

“With the little male, we’ll pal keeper at Taronga him up with some other young Western Plains Zoo males who are at a similar stage so he can live in a little bachelor cohort either here or at another zoo. At this stage, he won’t be part of this pride forever and that’s natural – in the wild, the young males move on from their birth pride.”

Brogan says the zoo tries to maintain, or replicate, as closely as possible, the dynamics that would be at play in the wild but even if that weren’t the case, there would be an aggression issue with the cub and his father, Lazarus, if the timing isn’t just so.

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u going on behind the scenes at TWPZ’s lion exhibit.

“If we breed Lazarus and Maya again, and that produces one or two more young males, there would be an opportunity for those young males to grow up with their big brother. If they’re young enough, male lions can mature together quite harmoniously.”

Brogan says the team is getting a little helping hand in this regard from Mother Nature, who would have Maya on “pause” at the moment because she’s lactating.

“That’s helpful for us because if she bred again now, we’d have another litter in 115 days – that’s not very long. It would be far too much for her. We’re hoping it will be another 12 months or so.”

So would there be a case for intervention on the part of zoo staff?

“Definitely. If we thought she was coming into oestrus now, we’d separate her from Lazarus, because as cute as they are, we really don’t want more cubs just yet!”

The situation, he says, will be reassessed in 12 months’ time, along with some extensive strategizing for different and unpredictable outcomes.

The cubs have “We have to be quite strategic, because we need to plan for a number of scenarios. If we been singing for get three males what would be the plan? Three their supper – females? A mix? We need to have those continputting on some gency plans in place before we let them breed quite impressive again.”

Brogan says that while the cub trio is still shows for an feeding from their mum, they’re weaning now. appreciative quickly “They’re only suckling a little bit now and public, they’re getting about a kilogram of food each per day now – chicken wings, pet food, small chunks of meat. They’re fed twice a day, but they’re also now trying to steal a bit of food from Mum as well.”

The cubs have been singing for their supper – putting on some quite impressive shows for an appreciative public, but Brogan says he hasn’t had the luxury of being able to sit and watch his young charges at play.

“I’ve missed out on most of the “shows” the cubs have put on for the public! They see us and they just want to come out the back,” he grumbles with a laugh but, again, given his job description and his daily proximity to such magnificent creatures, it’s hard to sympathise.

“They do put on a bit of a performance when we first let them out in the morning, though.”

Yes. Yes they do. And it’s a sight to behold.

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Business

When being vulnerable is a good thing

BY CATRIONA POLLARD DIRECTOR OF CP COMMUNICATIONS

HEN it comes to business we’ve been led to believe we can’t be vulnerable, show our weaknesses or discuss our challenges. Most of us fundamentally believe if we show this side of ourselves, our clients, employees and partners won’t want to work with us and our business will be seen as a failure.

This is completely and utterly untrue.

We live in a world where bravery is often only seen as a physical thing, such as jumping out of a plane or saving an injured wild animal. We forget that being vulnerable, where you are prepared to discuss your weaknesses and failure, is intensely brave and powerful.

Most successful entrepreneurs will tell you relationships are essential to business success and the strongest relationships are made when there is an emotional connection. This emotional connection can only be built with honesty, where two people are brave enough to share their stories of failure and success.

As Dr Brené Brown says, “Vulnerability is our most accurate

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Steady as she goes on interest rates AT its monthly board meeting this week, the Reserve Bank of Australia made the decision to leave interest rates on hold at 2.00 per cent – news that was largely expected following rate cuts earlier in the year according to the Real Estate Institute of NSW (REINSW).

REINSW President Malcolm Gunning said the RBA would be assessing its position following earlier rate cuts, and that speculation and concerns had been rife regarding a property bubble should interest rates rise in the future.

“However, we believe that

measure of courage... When we shut ourselves off from vulnerability, we distance ourselves from the experiences that bring purpose and meaning to our lives and our work.”

Being vulnerable in business doesn’t mean you need to bare your soul and your deepest, darkest secrets. But it does mean you no longer have to pretend that everything in your business is fantastic; that you can (and should) share with others your challenges, failures, struggles and on the flip side your successes, delight and excitement.

Here’s how you can bring more vulnerability into your business and in turn, build more meaningful relationships:

1.Believe in your stories WE live in a world where we are encouraged to compare ourselves with others. As soon as we do this, we start living smaller lives. We start thinking our stories are not as important as theirs. We need to have the confidence to know our stories are valid, no matter how big or small.

It takes courage to be vulnerable, but sharing your experiences and stories with others needs to come from a place of authenticity. Otherwise, you run the risk of

there is no property bubble in Sydney The world’s best and brightest are attracted to Sydney and this is reflected in current property values.

Those who are still concerned should remember that property should be a long term investment which makes you immune to cycles,” Mr Gunning said.

The official cash rate has fallen 275 basis points since November 2011, with the RBA cutting interest rates twice in 2013 in May and August and at its February and May meetings this year.

Takeaway research is food for thought WE’RE not sure how Dubbo’s Gen-Yers stack up against their city counterparts, but new research show that Aussies in their 20s are going against the grain when it comes to their preferred takeaway food options Australians, rightly or

achieving the opposite of what you want and actually put others off.

2.Be of service: IT doesn’t make sense to be vulnerable for the sake of it. We all have experiences that others might in some way learn from. It is these experiences and your learnings you should focus on sharing. Showing your vulnerability isn’t always about you, it can be about how you can help others.

3.Be yourself: ALLOWING yourself to be vulnerable is also about giving yourself permission to be your true self and stepping from the shadows into the spotlight. When you are your true self you create deeper connections with people because you are speaking your truth and quite often it’s their truth as well.

So go ahead, be brave and be vulnerable, who knows, it might just open a few more doors for your business.

Catriona Pollard is the author of From Unknown to Expert – www. unknowntoexpert.com and the director of CP Communications, which merges traditional PR tactics with cutting-edge social media strategies that engage consumers as well as business. www.cpcommunications.com.au

wrongly, eat a significant amount of takeaway, and conventional wisdom is that the most popular of those options tend to be a handful of certain cuisine types But figures released by EatNow.com.au, an online takeaway ordering platform popular with young Australians, show that from the five million orders made in the past 12 months, the most popular cuisines – more than 58 per cent of all orders – are pizza, Italian, Asian, pasta and Thai, yet only little more than half of Gen Y customers rated these cuisines at five stars By contrast, the best-rated cuisines are the most surprising The findings show Gen Y tastebuds varying greatly between cities, with no two cuisines proving a favourite from any two states In Sydney it’s Middle Eastern; in Melbourne it’s French; Greek in the Gold Coast; bakery foods in Hobart; Vietnamese in Canberra; European in

Telstra to spend $500m on network SYDNEY: Telstra will spend an extra $500 million on improving its mobile network in the next two years.

In his first public address since stepping into the telco’s top job, chief executive Andy Penn said the additional spending would lift Telstra’s total investment in its network to more than $5 billion over the three years to 2017.

“We are committed to maintaining our network leadership in Australia – offering superior experiences for what matters most to customers,” he said.

Millions feared lost in Tesla share scam PERTH: Australians have lost millions to a dodgy Dubai bank account in a bid to buy shares in lithium battery and electric carmaker Tesla.

In one case, a WA couple lost $45,000 after they searched the internet on ways to invest in the company and came across the Larosa Group website.

Consumer Protection said it feared millions of dollars had been lost in the scam, which is being investigated by the Major Crime Squad.

Rockpool experts guide Qantas wine SYDNEY: Qantas will refine its wine list with the help of Neil Perry’s award-winning restaurant group Rockpool.

The airline, the third-largest buyer of wine in Australia, will be guided by 16 sommeliers and mixologists from the famous chef’s restaurants.

Qantas International chief executive Gareth Evans said Rockpool’s experts will hand-pick wine, champagne, spirits and cocktails to offer domestic and international passengers.

Qantas staff will be trained to recommend the perfect drop to customers, he said.

Mr Perry, who advises Qantas on its food menus, said Rockpool has some of Australia’s most awarded sommeliers.

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Adelaide; and American in Perth In a separate survey of 1767 under-25s, nearly half of respondents (45%) said enjoyment and taste is the main factor that influences their food purchase decisions, followed by price (35%) and health (15%) Spokesperson for EatNow, Matt Dyer, said that while people appreciate taste more than any other criteria, it’s clear young Aussies are in their comfort zone when meal ordering “Takeaway is a great solution to a busy life and when we’re busy we’re on automatic This is where we lean on our habits Young Aussies’ best-rated foods prove that they are rewarded for being adventurous and trying something new – yet come back to their old habits This is not going to change any time soon, as our data shows that takeaway orders for pizza, Italian and Asian more than doubled in the past year alone.”

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‘Hungry, tired, sick’ pilot flew too low

BY BELINDA MERHAB CANBERRA: Investigators have found a Qantas pilot was tired, hungry and sick when he flew a plane too low into Melbourne airport.

The captain’s performance capability was “probably reduced due to the combined effects of disrupted and restricted sleep, a limited recent food intake and a cold/virus”, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said in a report released on Thursday on the March 2013 incident.

It said the selection of an ineffective altitude target and ineffective monitoring of the plane’s flight path resulted in a “significant deviation”

below the normal descent level.

Qantas head of flying operations Mike Galvin said the airline had reviewed its training procedures to reinforce the importance of high awareness of situations during landing.

He noted pilots on the Sydney to Melbourne flight had more than 31,000 flying hours between them and that the plane landed safely on this particular occasion.

The flight momentarily went lower than it should as it approached for landing but was corrected after the co-pilot alerted the captain.

The pilots were also alerted by the plane’s automated warning sys-

tem, triggered a few seconds after the pilots began correcting the flight path, Captain Galvin said in a statement.

“While backup systems worked as they should have, including the intervention by the first officer and the automated warning from the on-board computer, we certainly don’t take this incident lightly,” he said.

The ATSB said the flight crew’s attempts to correct the plane did not stop it from descending outside controlled airspace.

It said limited guidance was provided by Qantas on visual approaches into airports but that the airline had since updated its training material. AAP

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Unemployment at 6.0% SYDNEY: Unemployment remains relatively steady at 6.0 per cent, but economists warn it is yet to peak.

The June jobless rate was better than the 6.1 per cent expected by the market, and was up from a revised 5.9 per cent in May. The total number of people with jobs rose 7,300 in June, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said, better than expectations of a fall of 5,000.

Macquarie senior economist James McIntyre expects the unemployment rate to rise, as business investment remains weak and the economy takes some time to benefit from a falling currency.

“We still see the unemployment rate pushing up to about 6.5 per cent by the middle of 2016, that’s why we’re forecasting one more rate cut and there’s a risk of further rate cuts,” he said.

“What the month on month job data doesn’t change is the investment outlook for the economy, and it doesn’t change the income hit from the slide in the iron ore price.”

Mr McIntyre said his job forecast may change if there is a depreciation in the Australian dollar, a swift resolution to the Greek financial crisis and a

response to China’s effort to stimulate its economy.

“The currency is going to be helpful but even at 74 US cents, the RBA thinks that a further depreciation is likely and necessary,” he said.

JP Morgan economist Ben Jarman said recent jobs numbers suggest the non-mining sector is doing some heavy lifting for the economy.

“We’ve been sitting here with subtrend growth still continuing but the labour market is doing better,” he said.

“The non-mining economy gradually improving might be having a bigger bearing on the labour market than people have realised.”

But Mr Jarman said the figures don’t reflect the recent Chinese stock market meltdown or the uncertainty over Greece’s future, which are having international repercussions.

“Things are evolving pretty quickly on the global front, so this data doesn’t reflect the impact of what’s going on in Europe and what’s unravelling in China at the moment,” he said.

“It’s probably too early to say the unemployment rate has peaked because you’ve still got the impact of that shock AAP moving through the system.”

CHECK the entertainment options for which you’re paying. It’s no surprise that a high number of households now have broadband and/or a pay TV subscription. Weigh up the options and determine if you’re getting ‘bang for your buck’ from these services. How much are you spending on TV and movies and documentaries when you’re only watching sport channels? Check with your service provider and see what package options are available and customise your subscription accordingly.

Shop around FROM car insurance to mortgage costs to mobile phone plans, there could be better options that you’re missing out on. Figure out the services that cost you the most then have an honest conversation with the providers about how you might reduce those costs and then shop around. If they want to keep your business they will often find ways for you to save money or get more value out of the amount you’re paying.

Lose the landline WITH the availability of unlimited mo-

bile phone contracts, increasing options and quality of voice-over-internet protocol (VOIP) systems, you might find that you no longer require the traditional landline telephone. This will not only save money but will reduce the chances of receiving human and recorded telemarketing calls. If you can do without it, don’t pay for what you don’t need.

Waste less, spend less WHEN shopping, look at your options when buying individual-sized cartons of juice, yoghurt, fruit, baked beans, etc. They cost more and create more waste. It’s likely to be more cost-effective to buy in bulk, which will in turn keep money in your pocket.

Do you need it now?

WHEN people begin to properly record their household expenses, many are surprised by the fact that they have become so comfortable with the ‘need it now’ mentality. Do you need to buy the latest technology when last year’s still does the job? How about the newest mountain bike, running shoes, the most up-to-date fashion or a new car?

This is a great way to save yourself thousands of dollars a year – by giving yourself permission to be happy with what you’ve got.

Budget, budget, budget THE savings tips highlighted above will only have an impact if you effectively map our your inputs versus outputs. Set yourself goals to work towards and implement the above tactics to give yourself the best chance of achieving them, and speak to your financial adviser to hear more cost-saving tips.

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One manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Palestinian story Palestinian maths teacher Ali Wahdan kisses his son inside his makeshift shelter, in Beit Hanoun town, in the northern Gaza Strip on July 6, 2015. Wahdan, a maths teacher from Gaza, lost his wife, 11 members of his family and a leg to Israeli bombardment of the town of Beit Hanoun, in the north of the Gaza Strip, during last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s war between Israel and Hamas. Nearly 12 months on, doctors have decided to amputate his other leg. It is a cruel reminder of how little progress he has made since the 50-day war. In almost all respects, his life and prospects have crumbled.

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Flu jab urged for Western NSW as case numbers rise RESIDENTS across the western region are being urged to consider getting their ‘flu shots as new statistics show the number of Aussies coming down with the dreaded lurgy has increased by more than 50 per cent compared with last year.

There have been 14,124 flu cases reported so far this year across Australia, including 2,000 in the past week alone.

This is a rise of 4,866 on last year’s reported cases of the ‘flu.

Federal health minister Sussan Ley said vaccination was the single most effective way to protect against the flu, which contributes to more than 3,000 Australian deaths annually.

Ley is concerned that although

last year’s flu season was one of the worst on record, this year is shaping up to be significantly worse with a nearly 50 per cent jump in numbers so far.

“The more people who are vaccinated, the less chance the illness spreads throughout the rest of the community. This is particularly true for those Australians who are ill, vulnerable, pregnant or elderly,” she said.

“The message is simple – get your flu shot before the flu gets you this winter.”

So far this year 4.5 million doses of flu vaccination have been bought under the National Immunisation Program (NIP), which is 200,000 more than were distributed in 2014.

The peak period for the flu season is regularly between August and September and with most people usually taking up to three weeks to develop immunity following their flu shot now is the time to go your flu jab, according to the minister.

“The vaccine not only reduces the chance of getting the flu but it also minimises the severity, complications and hospitalisations if you do.”

Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Baggoley said people who had the seasonal flu vaccine in 2014 still needed to have it in 2015, particularly this year following a rare double strain change in the vaccine.

“Flu is highly contagious and

spreads easily from person to person, through the air, and on the hands,” he said.

The flu vaccine is free to Australians 65 and over, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged from six months to five years and 15 and over; pregnant women and anyone aged six months and over with certain chronic conditions.

Flu shots for these at-risk groups are funded by the Australian Government through the Immunise Australia Program. Speak to you GP or immunisation provider for more information about eligibility for the free vaccine. For more information about the 2015 seasonal influenza vaccine, visit www. immunise.health.gov.au

Mums’ concern prompts hygiene program PARENTS are being urged to take special care with children’s hygiene habits as ‘flu season takes hold across the region.

Schools can be a prime breeding ground for germs, and at this time of year most mothers worry about their children contracting seasonal colds and flu, according to the Global Hygiene Council in a survey revealed this

week showing one in six Aussie mums claim their main concern when their child is at school is the potential of picking up infections from other kids.

The study found that while the majority of mothers are teaching their kids healthy hygiene habits at home, they are not being continued at school To ensure healthy hy-

giene habits are part of their child’s daily routine, parents in the Dubbo area can encourage their children’s primary school to sign up for the Healthy Habits Schools Program The free initiative from Dettol is available to all schools in Australia to take up, with the program specifically developed in partnership with the NSW Department of Education

and Training to provide teachers with a range of curriculum aligned resources to help students stay happy and healthy The program has been designed to make learning about healthy habits fun Along with teaching the importance of personal hygiene and washing hands, the program has all the elements of a healthy lifestyle covered

Each topic has a range of activities, many of which are interactive for a truly engaging teaching and learning experience Activities include simple experiments, song and dance, games and comic strips For more information or to watch the new handwashing song and dance, visit www.dettol.com.au/ healthyhabits.

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Breathing easy with a non-smoking Nanny

BY CAMILLA BARLOW CANCER COUNCIL COMMUNITY PROGRAMS COORDINATOR

ON Monday this week the NSW government’s smoke-free outdoor dining legislation came into effect, meaning people can no longer smoke in any commercial outdoor dining area in NSW. This move follows the introduction of NSW government legislation in January 2013 which saw children’s playgrounds, public transport stops and stations, sporting fields, public swimming pool complexes and entrances from a public building all become smoke-free zones.

If you do smoke in any of these areas, you risk being whacked with a hefty $300 fine.

How things have changed.

Anyone old enough to remember the catchy slogans of “More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette” and “As your dentist, I would recommend Viceroys” will know that smoking tobacco was once advertised as healthy.

Claims that smoking cigarettes could help with cold and flu symptoms, aid with weight loss and getting fit, and give you fresh breath were not out of the ordinary.

An ad for Camels brand cigarettes from 1950 even makes a connection between life expectancy and smoking, using an image of a child

alongside a quote that reads “I’m going to grow a hundred years old!”

It’s hard to believe that this was only about 60 years ago. Australia only began to introduce bans tobacco advertising on TV and radio in 1976, newspapers and magazines in 1990 and billboards and outdoor advertising in 1996. Since these advertising bans came into effect, successive Australian state governments have rolled out staggered tobacco control and regulation strategies, with significant pressure from health organisations such as Cancer Council NSW advocating to “clear the air”. From 2007, you could come home from NSW pubs and clubs not reeking of cigarette smoke.

Although these days are behind us, why is there still a fuss surrounding tobacco?

Despite enormous progress, nearly one million people in NSW continue to smoke.

Tobacco smoking is the biggest risk factor for preventable cancer, with approximately one in five cancer deaths in Australia caused by smoking. But the health issues don’t just end with cancer as we also know that tobacco smoking can also lead to conditions such as stroke, coronary heart disease, emphysema, and osteoporosis, as well as worsen common conditions such as asthma and diabetes.

In NSW the burden of smoking costs the

community approximately $8.4 billion annually. Think of what we could do with that money!

Nicotine is addictive and even with the right support, there is no easy way to stop smoking. While it is up to any individual if they decide to smoke, enforcing these laws in smokefree outdoor public areas is important because exposure to second-hand smoke (or passive smoking) can cause serious illness and death in non-smokers – and this is not a choice. Exposure to second-hand smoke causes cancer, respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in adults; and sudden infant death syndrome, low birth weight, lower respiratory tract illness, middle ear disease and asthma in children. There is no risk-free level of exposure to second-hand smoke.

NSW is often referred to, even by its own citizens, as a “nanny state” and, in this instance, as removing the right for people to smoke. But to that I say: adults have the choice to smoke, but if they do choose to smoke they must understand they can’t let their choice impact the health of others – particularly our children.

So you can breathe easy, as your nanny is definitely a non-smoker.

If you are considering quitting smoking, contact Quitline on 13 78 48 or visit icanquit.com.au.

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Sleep easy Babies should be sleeping 12 hours through the night by three months, says the maternity nurse dubbed ‘the Magic Sleep Fairy’

BY LISA SALMON BABY sleeping through the night is the holy grail of new parenthood, yet many parents fear it’s something their own child won’t achieve for a very long time.

Indeed, new research from Swansea University in the UK has found that more than three quarters of babies aged between six and 12 months still regularly wake at least once in the night, with six out of 10 of them having one or more nighttime milk feeds.

But it doesn’t have to be that way, insists Alison ScottWright, dubbed the Magic Sleep Fairy by her clients.

The former maternity nurse, author of The Sensational Baby Sleep Plan (Bantam Press), insists all babies can sleep 12 hours through the night – 7pm to 7am – from the age of 12 weeks, and explains that when they don’t, tackling the root cause will solve the problem.

“It’s become the accepted norm that babies don’t sleep, and you get these studies saying it’s natural for babies to wake up once or twice a night.

But I really don’t know on what basis they can state that, because babies are designed to

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sleep,” she says.

“Babies pretty much should be sleeping 12 hours through the night by three months – not by leaving them to scream or putting them at the end of the garden, but by understanding their natural patterns.”

Scott-Wright points out that most modern parents try too many methods to get their baby to drop off, using dummies, rocking cradles, and even short car journeys in a desperate bid to win some precious shut-eye.

“People do too much to try and get their baby to sleep, and when the baby’s a bit older, it’s about removing those negative sleep crutches and replacing them with sleep training and teaching them the art of independent sleep,” she explains.

A baby’s natural pattern is to feed more frequently during the day, and less at night, she says. So if babies are crying for feeds at night after about four months of age, parents need to look for the reason – although Scott-Wright points out that removing night-time feeds should only be considered if babies are older, healthy and putting on weight.

“There are very few babies of four months and older that genuinely need food through the night. They might look for

it, but you have to ask why.”

It could be because they’re not eating properly during the day – Scott-Wright says that from three months plus, she would expect a baby to only have four daytime feeds and be sleeping through the night.

“If they’re having five or six daytime feeds, the digestive system is in overdrive, so it doesn’t switch off properly throughout the night,” she explains.

If a baby seems to be getting the right amount of food during the day, but is still waking at night, it may have colic, or acid reflux and look for food to wash away the pain.

“But they’re not hungry, and are looking for a feed for the wrong reason,” says Scott-Wright.

“It’s comfort eating. I’ve had parents say they’ve tried to reduce night feeds and the baby just screams, and when we unravel it all, 99 out of 100 times there’s some degree of acid reflux.”

Another reason for nighttime waking could be that baby isn’t sleeping properly or enough during the day.

“This will negatively impact their night-time sleep and cause them to wake, and they don’t know what else to do

but to look for food, and mum doesn’t know what else to do except feed them,” she says.

A baby may also wake during the night because it wants its dummy. If everything else is OK, the dummy should be removed to improve sleep, says Scott-Wright.

She says a good way to deal with these issues is by using the ‘reassurance sleep training technique’ to replace crutches like feeding and dummies.

To get rid of a dummy, for example, a parent takes it away – not gradually, as Scott-Wright says it has to be all or nothing, otherwise it’s confusing for the child.

After baby’s normal bedtime routine, the parent puts them in their cot without their dummy, and leaves the room. When baby cries the parent goes back in, simply says that’s enough and it’s sleepy time, and leaves.

“You keep going in and out – there’s no time between these visits, and when you go in you say exactly the same thing in the same monotone voice to give him the reassurance that you’re there. You don’t get angry or frustrated, but you’re not going to give in.

“It might take an hour and you might go in the room

20 times, but it’s not about staying in the room until they calm down and go to sleep. It’s short visits.

“Eventually they’ll fall asleep, and when they wake in the night looking for their dummy, you do exactly the same thing.”

She says the technique usually works within two or three nights, and can often work on the first night.

The sleep guru says being a little more structured in the first few weeks or months of a baby’s life means parents can achieve great sleep for everyone, although she stresses her advice isn’t rigid and points out: “Of course you’re never going to leave a baby crying and evidently hungry just because it’s not a feed time.”

She adds: “If parents don’t want to be slightly more structured and want to pick it up a bit later on, that’s fine – it doesn’t mean you can’t turn it around. The older a baby gets the more habits they learn, and the more challenging it gets.

“But sleep problems can be solved whatever the age of the child.” :: For more on Alison Scott-Wright’s sleep techniques, visit www.alisonscott-wright. com

Author Alison Scott-Wright.

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The Sensational Baby Sleep Plan by Alison Scott-Wright, published by Bantam Press.

Dads feeling down after birth Q: "I've got a three-month-old baby and following her birth my husband started showing signs of depression, which I think is more than just tiredness. Is this normal, and what help is there for dads like him?"

ASK THE EXPERT Family Expert Abigail Easter

A: Psychologist Dr Abigail Easter says: "New parents can feel low or depressed after the birth of their baby – new research from NCT indicates that around one in three new fathers (38 per cent) say they are concerned about feeling low or depressed within the first eight months of having a baby.

"Although mood changes or feeling down are common sometimes, your partner may find that feelings of anxiety or low mood persist. Postnatal depression is thought to affect around 10 per cent of new dads, and it's important that they receive appropriate support and treatment.

"Dads sometimes feel uncomfortable about opening up about their emotions, so it may be helpful to encourage your husband to share his feelings, either with family or friends, a health professional or a counsellor.

"If you continue to have concerns, it's best to seek help from your GP who can help you to access support services.

Charitable organisations can also provide support and information."

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You could say Terry Locke doesn’t like to let go of the things he loves. His Norton 850 Commando Mk3 motorbike was built in 1975 and he’s both the second and fifth owner of the gleaming machine. To find out just how that can be, Dubbo Weekender popped ‘round this week to meet both man and bike.

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WORDS: YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY. PHOTOS: CONNOR COMAN-SARGENT. UBURBAN neighbourhoods can be so deceiving – giving off an air of quiet country living... until you open the garage door of Terry and Tanya Locke’s modest brick home in

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East Dubbo. Parked inside, you see the backs of two Hot Rods – one, a mauve coloured 1934 Ford 5 window Deluxe Coupe, the other a burgundy 1927 Ford T model Tudor sedan.

Today though, it’s their 1975, Norton 850 Commando Mk3 motorbike we’ve come to meet.

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Terry Locke and the Norton 850 Commando Mk3

When I bought it, it had 11,000 km on it. I sold it with 23 and bought it back with 25 on it. It had sat for 20 years when I got it back which was the biggest problem because the carburettors were all gummed with old stale fuel...

u less blingy, the bike is a classic, chrome and black ride that would do any 1970s road movie proud.

The still of a winter’s evening is about to be blasted open when Terry Locke starts the engine.

It growls like a ‘40s war bird as he rides it out onto the lawn for the photo shoot.

In position, its chrome glints in the sunset and Locke tells the story of how the bike came to be.

“I’m the second owner and the fifth owner,” he says. “And there’s a 22-year story in between.

“I bought it in 1979 from the original owner who was too old to ride it. Mind you, he’s four years younger than I am! I got it while on holidays in Adelaide.

“I’ve been told it was the last one sold out of Peter Stevens Motorcycles in Melbourne.”

Built by the Norton Motorcycle company in Britain, the MK3 was launched with improved

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specs like an electric starter and a rear disc brake.

The Norton Motorcyle Company went into receivership in 1975 and although the company was salvaged, production of the Commando was not and while they’re not rare, it was certainly an historic year for the brand.

“I paid $1800 when I bought it then I sold it to my best mate’s brother for$2500, which was a lot of money back then. I sold it to build my first house in 1982,” Locke says, and that’s a pretty good indication of the price of bikes and housing a quarter of a century ago.

“I won’t tell you what I paid for it to buy it back but in between time, my best mate’s brother sold it to him then I bought it from him six years ago in 2008.”

As far degrees of separation goes, Locke and the Norton have certainly stayed close over the years.

“When I bought it, it had 11,000 km on it. I sold it with 23 and bought it back with 25 on it.

It had sat for 20 years when I got it back which was the biggest problem because the carburettors were all gummed with old stale fuel.”

Fortunately for Locke, he had the right skills to bring the old girl back to life.

“I’m a fitter and machinist by trade but as soon as I finished my trade I went into the mechanical game and spent 14 years as a mechanic.”

Tanya Locke emerges from the house to join the conversation and I ask her if the bike has been ridden much since her husband bought it back.

“Not so much because it has club rego on it.

Club rego means you join a club and the rego’s only $50 a year but it means you can only go on club events, and it’s part of an historic club.”

Historic vehicles are certainly a passion for both the Lockes, with a Triumph 750 Bonneville, bought in 1978, currently getting some TLC and which they’ve agreed to bring out for Under the Hood, as soon as possible.

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BY GABRIELLE FAGAN URE, there’ll be more cold nights before this winter is finished, but with the shortest day of the year behind us, let’s take an optimistic view and start planning for entertaining later in the year. Sunny days and sultry nights cry out for meals eaten outdoors, and the setting – whether sheltering under the canopy of a tree or gazing up at the stars – can ensure every al fresco occasion is special.

All eyes will be drawn to the table, and its decoration can work marvels on the atmosphere and enhance the enjoyment of the food.

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– then plunder the huge array of attractive and practical outdoor tableware ranges.

“We’re seeing a shift away from the playful colours and geometric patterns seen in trends from the last few seasons, and instead a growing popularity for a more grown-up, elegant feel,” says designer, Nina Campbell.

“This reflects our increasing use of the garden or patio as a year-round outdoor room, where we want to entertain in many different ways – not just for picnic-style informal gatherings, but also for sophisticated occasions.” At least one furniture chain has confirmed that trend, reporting an 11 per cent increase in sales of melamine tableware suitable for outdoors.

So turn your attention to the ta-

Butternut pumpkin makes a hearty soup

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wonderful aroma filling your home, welcoming everyone for nourishment and relaxing conversation around your dinner table.

HERE’S a rich-tasting, family-friendly recipe of hearty butternut pumpkin soup that you simply won’t want to pass up – and the kids can help under supervision, if you like!

No need to precook the fresh pumpkin. Simply toss it in your soup pot to cook with the other ingredients for less than an hour, and then whirl everything together in your blender in minutes. Enjoy the added bonus of a

4 tablespoons butter 1 large onion, minced 2 stalks of celery diced 4-5 teaspoons (or less) curry powder, according to taste 3 cups peeled (a vegetable peeler works well), seeded and cut-up butternut pumpkin 2 large apples, peeled, cored and chopped 4 cups chicken stock 1 cup half-and-half or heavy cream

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Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste Apple slices (see below), fresh chives or parsley for garnish (optional) To prepare it: 1. Melt butter in a large soup pot. Add onion, celery and salt to taste, stirring 3 minutes. Add curry powder and continue stirring until onion and celery are soft, about 5 more minutes.

2. Add pumpkin, apples and stock; bring to a boil. Lower heat to low, cover pot and simmer until pumpkin and apples are very soft, about 35 minutes.

3. Cool soup slightly (important!) and puree by whirling in batches in a blender. Return soup to pot. Stir in cream, season with salt and pepper, and then

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SAIL AWAY BLUE and white’s the perfect combination for an ocean-inspired table top, and instantly conjures a breezy beside-thesea atmosphere.

“Vibrant blues and turquoises flow into bright aqua and emerald greens to create a sense of serenity for an oceaninspired table setting,” says Emma Mann, a home design head.

“Fish motifs and bold spot and stripe patterns bring the feel of a Greek island holiday to the home, and watery prints are reminiscent of the sun shimmering on the sea. Textured ceramics and recycled glass add depth and authenticity to this contemporary look.”

TOP TIP: Beachcomber finds, like sea shells, displayed in clear glass jars, are an appropriate decoration.

GET THE LOOK: Do a supermarket sweep for brilliant blue and white tableware and accessories decorated with fish and deckchair-style stripes.

PARADISE FOUND RAMP up the colour with vibrant, zingy hues for tableware and bunting, and you’ll feel as though you’re in a tropical hotspot.

“Garden parties and barbecues usually involve plenty of guests, so it’s fun and easier to use disposable tableware, which can look just as good as chinaware but avoids the worry of breakages.

Reflecting our increasing enthusiasm for colour indoors, there’s more pattern and zingy shades featuring on al fresco tableware,” says Clare Harris, managing director at a homewares supplier..

“The range of designs and colours available has moved on leaps and bounds in recent years, and designs range from faux porcelain to grannystyle florals and, one of my favourites, tropical brights, to conjure thoughts of exotic climes.”

TOP TIP: Bunting’s been a staple of outdoor celebrations since the 1940s and instantly evokes a celebratory feel.

Groups of honeycomb baubles or tissue paper tassel garlands in classic white, acid brights or pretty pastels can create huge impact on a small budget.

GET THE LOOK: If you truly want to embrace this look, spray-paint an old garden table and chairs in a vivid shade.

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leaves are cleaned and heat pressed into moulds, so are an entirely eco-friendly and a disposable option if you just can’t face washing up!”

TOP TIP: Lay strands of ivy along the length of a table and entwine it around a collection of glass tea light holders. In the centre, make a focal point of a clear

glass water-filled bowl, with floating flower heads.

GET THE LOOK: Simply set a scrubbed wooden table with bamboo bowls or pretty china and white pots filled with pink and white blooms, and then add to the charm with vintagestyle print placemats and napkins.

ROLLING fields and sweeping lawns are the perfect setting for picnics, cream teas or leisurely lunches, but even a modest plot can be transformed into a rural idyll with a country-style table.

“If you want to create a natural, rustic look for your dinner table, opt for serving dishes and dinnerware made from materials like bamboo, woods and rattan,” says Nikki Stuart, assistant tabletop buyer at Habitat. “Handwoven baskets, wooden platters, spun bamboo salad bowls and natural, unglazed stoneware will create a relaxed vibe for your table.

“If you’re having a garden party, we’ve also used introduced the new Palmer collection – bowls and plates made in India from fallen palm tree leaves. The

simmer briefly to heat through. Serve garnished with an apple slice design, parsley or chives.

APPLE SLICE DESIGNS Slice an apple in half through the middle crosswise. Cut several thin, round slices from each of the halves. Set them on a cutting board, and let your child press tiny cookie cutters through the middle core section of each slice – leaving a cute shape in the middle. Discard the cut-out pieces containing seeds and the core. Nibble on the rest!

TIP: To encourage healthy apple snacking, keep an assortment of small cookie cutters on hand and use them for making “apple-slice designs”.

For example, use a heart in February, Christmastree and star-shaped cookie cutters in December, a snowman in winter, and a bunny for spring.

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BY JOANN DERSON z Save the peels from your oranges, and dry them at a low temperature in the oven. You can add them to a pot of coffee or tea for a flavour boost that is refreshing and delicious. z “If your tomato garden is experiencing caterpillars, try planting dill weed close to your tomatoes.

It can provide a diversion, allowing your tomatoes to grow pest-free!” – contributed by Y.F. z Cure your colour in new gar-

ments (especially dark- or brightcoloured) by soaking the item in cold, salty water before washing.

Make sure that the fabric will allow this! z “Take good care of quality paint brushes, and they will take care of you! Wash thoroughly in soapy water and rinse very well. After the brush is washed, combine enough water to cover the bristles and add two tablespoons of fabric softener.

Swish for a minute or two, being sure to get it in the brush good, then hang to drip dry. Before you use the brush to paint, simply rinse the fabric softener away.” – con-

tributed by M.E. z Baking soda can be used as a tooth scrub.

It’s particularly effective against stains, as it is a mild abrasive. z “When you are dusting, don’t forget the light bulbs. Dusty light bulbs can contribute to less-bright lighting and can shorten the life of your bulbs. Turn lights off when you are not using them. You will save electricity that way.” – contributed

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Lily Simpson and Rob Hobson. PHOTOS: PA/MARIAN ALONSO.

Eat yourself well

BY KATE WHITING ILY Simpson and Rob Hobson are the best advert for their new cookbook, The Detox Kitchen Bible, arriving for our interview fresh-faced and sparkly eyed, while I’m nursing a chocolate hangover from leftover Easter Eggs (yes, months later).

But they’re not meeting me to preach about going wheat, dairy and sugar-free: they’re hoping to share the message that cutting down on those foods just 80 per cent of the time will give you more energy – and help you to live healthily without the need for crash diets.

“Our detox is not as you’d imagine, it’s not a strict regime, it’s a lifestyle change,” says Lily, who’s multitasking as she speaks, breastfeeding her sixmonth-old son Finley and sip-

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ping on a hot chocolate (“half milk, half water”), while her dog Rudy sitting obediently at her feet.

“We’re saying, ‘If you eat really well 80 per cent of the time, then 20 per cent of the time, you can go out and have some drinks, indulge and have whatever you want’. Once you understand that and listen to your body, you don’t need to worry, because you know what to cook that makes you feel good.

“It’s really important that people become connected again with what they’re eating.”

The book is split roughly in two parts, with delicious, healthy recipes from Simpson making up the first half, which all come with a list of the health conditions they can be useful for, and the second part is nutrition advice from Hobson, with suggested detox

A barbecue adds warmth to gatherings

BY ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS

THE KITCHEN DIVA

LIKE many families, we enjoy celebrating special occasions by gathering together for a barbecue. These recipes for Grilled Buttermilk Chicken and Grilled Potato Salad with Buttermilk Dressing are guaranteed to set off an explosion of flavour in your mouth while providing you the freedom of time to enjoy family time and holidays together.

plans designed to help your heart, bones, digestive system, mind, weight and immunity, among other things.

Nutritionist Hobson says the best approach is to embrace healthy eating as a whole lifestyle, rather than a diet, and go slowly.

“The way that people end up not doing anything is they just try and do it all at once. Take small steps. Take one recipe a night and start with cooking something fresh,” he says.

“If you’re eating lots of sugar, don’t give it up straight away, just eat one biscuit instead of two.

“We’re not telling anyone to do anything we don’t do. I like a glass of wine in the evenings, but I know that most of the time, my food is spot on, I exercise, I try and get as much sleep as I can, you’ve got to try and find a balance and it’s dif-

GRILLED BUTTERMILK CHICKEN Serves 8.

Marinating chicken in buttermilk and hot sauce is an old Southern American recipe for tenderising and adding flavour to chicken. If you don’t have buttermilk on hand, see the tips below for creating a tasty alternative. When grilling, create two heat zones: start with high, direct heat over the coals, and then move the food away from the coals to cook all the way through without burning.

1 1/2 cups buttermilk, shaken well 8 cloves garlic, chopped 1 tablespoon paprika

put the rest of the cake and the biscuits in the bin and put washing up liquid on them so she couldn’t go back to them...a

ferent for everybody.”

Simpson is all about the balance, too. “I eat butter on toast for breakfast, I have a really filling lunch and a healthy dinner and then I probably have a glass of wine and a chocolate, so it’s kind of that balance,” she explains.

“We hate the word ‘diet’ – I’ve never been on a diet in my life. I tried to do a juice one once, where you have juice all day, and by about 10 o’clock, I was like, ‘I need something to chew’, I’m not into all that strange stuff.”

Simpson set up a meal delivery service with Hobson three years ago, and their fans include Elle McPherson and Sophie Dahl. She knows from her own experience just how much what she eats impacts on how she feels – and looks.

Having grown up eating home-cooked meals, she let

her healthy habits slide when she moved away from home.

“When I moved to London, I got IBS and I had stomach ulcers, which played havoc with my skin,” she recalls. “It was really when I started understanding that very strong link between food and how you feel that things started to change.

“Beetroot makes my stomach feel dodgy because it triggers my IBS, so I tried to cut down and not eat as much. And if I have a breakout on my skin, I know exactly what to do. I totally cut out dairy and I try and reduce the amount of sugar in my diet.

“As soon as I start eating well again, I can think straight and feel less foggy, but a lot of people don’t understand how great they can feel just by eating good food. I have days where I eat rubbish food, but I know how to make myself feel better.”

2 tablespoons poultry seasoning 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon black pepper 2 tablespoons hot sauce 2.7kg (6 pounds) bone-in chicken pieces How to prepare it: 1. In a small bowl or measuring cup, combine buttermilk, garlic, paprika, poultry seasoning, salt, pepper and hot sauce.

2. Divide buttermilk mixture and chicken between two large re-sealable plastic bags. Place the bags of chicken in a bowl or on a sheet pan. Marinate chicken in the refrigerator, turning bags occasionally, for at least 1 hour and up to

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BUTTERNUT, COCONUT & CHILLI SOUP

CHICKEN & QUINOA SALAD

MINI FRITTATAS

(Serves 2) 1 butternut pumpkin 1tsp crushed dried chilli 1 red onion, finely sliced 600ml vegetable stock 200ml coconut milk Salt and pepper To prepare: 1. Preheat your oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper.

2. Peel the butternut pumpkin and cut it lengthways in half.

Scoop out the seeds and fibres, then cut the flesh into 2.5cm pieces. Spread the pieces on the baking tray and roast for 15 minutes.

3. Remove the tray from the oven and scatter the chilli and onion over the pieces of pumpkin. Roast for a further 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for a few minutes.

4. Pour the stock into a medium saucepan and bring to the boil, then turn the heat to low. Stir in the coconut milk and warm for two minutes. Remove from the heat.

5. Put the pumpkin, onions and chilli in a blender and add the coconut milk/stock. Blitz until smooth, then season to taste.

Serve hot.

(Serves 2) 2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, about 150g each 2 sprigs of fresh thyme 2 lemon slices 2 garlic cloves, gently crushed with the skin on 100g quinoa 100g mange tout 150g rocket 100g baby spinach leaves A handful of fresh chives, roughly chopped A handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley 4 dried apricots, roughly cut into strips Juice of 1 lemon 1tbsp rapeseed oil 1tsp flaked sea salt A pinch of cracked black pepper Salt To prepare: 1. Preheat your oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6.

2. Place the chicken breasts on a baking tray and set a sprig of thyme, slice of lemon and garlic clove on each breast. Roast in the heated oven for about 20 minutes until thoroughly cooked. Allow to cool.

3. Put the quinoa in a medium-sized pan and cover with three times its volume of cold water. Set on a high heat and bring to the boil. Once boiling, season the water with salt and continue to boil for six to eight minutes, until just tender. Drain in a sieve and rinse under cold water until cool.

Leave to one side to drain completely.

4. Bring a small pan of water to the boil.

Drop in the mange tout and cook for no longer than two minutes; drain and rinse under cold water until cool.

5. Mix together the remaining ingredients in a bowl, then fold in the quinoa and mange tout.

6. Cut the chicken into strips and mix through the salad. Serve in a large sharing bowl. :: The Detox Kitchen Bible by Lily Simpson and Rob Hobson (photography by Keiko Oikawa) is published in hardback by Bloomsbury.

(Makes 12 frittatas to serve 4) 1 large red onion 2 garlic cloves 2 red peppers, seeded 1 courgette 1 ear of sweet corn (corn on the cob), husks and silk removed 1 sprig of fresh thyme, leaves picked 9 eggs 100ml rice milk Salt and pepper Snipped fresh chives or micro rocket, to garnish To prepare: 1. Preheat your oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Lightly oil a non-stick 12-hole muffin tin.

2. Finely dice the onion, garlic, red peppers and courgette and place in a large bowl.

3. Now cut the sweet corn kernels from the cob. The easiest way to do this is to hold the cob at one end, upright at an angle, with the other end in the centre of a kitchen towel on your work surface, and then run a knife down the cob to remove the kernels. Do this all the way round. Discard the cob and tip the sweet corn kernels into the bowl.

4. Add the thyme leaves to the vegetables and season with salt and pepper. Spoon the mixture into the holes in the muffin tin, distributing the vegetables equally. Place in the heated oven and cook for 12 minutes.

5. Meanwhile, crack the eggs into a large jug or bowl. Add the rice milk and a pinch of salt and whisk until well mixed.

6. Remove the tin from the oven and set it on a heatproof surface. Pour the egg mixture over the vegetables so that each hole is three-quarters full. Bake for a further six minutes until the egg is completely set.

7. The mini frittatas should fall out of the holes easily. Place them on a large plate, garnish with chives or micro rocket and serve.

Sugar has been demonised recently, but Hobson believes it’s “not bad” in small quantities – and make sure you enjoy it while you’re eating it.

“I say to clients, if you’re going to have some sugar, don’t do that thing where you give yourself a tiny little bit of cake and keep going back into the fridge and eating it really quickly.

“Take a piece, put it on a plate, sit down with it, enjoy it, and then you’re done. I had a client who had to put the rest of the cake and the biscuits in the bin and put washing up liquid on them so she couldn’t go back to them.

“Some of the unhealthiest people I’ve seen are walking around ‘health food’ shops. They follow really strict diets, they’ve eradicated everything, they’re living on supplements, they look so tired, they’ve just got it wrong.”

Feeling inspired? Here are three of their recipes to get started with... overnight.

3. Heat grill to medium-low. Remove chicken from marinade (discard marinade); pat chicken dry with food-safe paper towels. Grill chicken, covered, turning occasionally, until cooked through, 30 to 40 minutes.

GRILLED POTATO SALAD Serves 4.

680g red potatoes, cut into 5cm pieces 1 red onion, cut into 1-to-1.5cm-thick rings 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 bell peppers (red and green), seeded and cut in half 4 celery stalks, leaves and white stalk

removed 2 teaspoons salt 1 1/2 teaspoons ground black pepper How to prepare it: 1. Heat grill to medium. Toss potatoes, onion and 2 tablespoons oil in a bowl.

Arrange in single layer on grill and cook, turning frequently, until tender and slightly charred, about 15 minutes.

Dice onions, bell peppers and celery and mix with the potatoes, salt and pepper.

2. Add 1/2 cup of Buttermilk Dressing (see recipe below) to potato mixture and toss to coat. Add additional dressing as desired. Serve warm or at room temperature.

BUTTERMILK DRESSING 1/2 cup plain, low-fat Greek Yogurt 1/4 cup low-fat mayonnaise 1/3 cup buttermilk 3 tablespoons coarse-grained mustard 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 2 teaspoons sherry wine vinegar 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley or basil 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper How to prepare it: Mix all of the ingredients in a medium bowl until blended. Refrigerate dressing until ready to use. Makes 1 1/4 cups.

TIPS: BUTTERMILK SUBSTITUTES Milk: Combine 1 cup milk (2 per cent whole, or heavy cream) and 1 tablespoon lemon juice or white vinegar. Let mixture stand at room temperature for 5-10 minutes. The milk will be thicken slightly, but not as much as buttermilk, and contain small curdled bits.

Yogurt: Mix 3/4 cup plain yogurt with 1/4 cup water.

Sour Cream: Mix 3/4 cup sour cream with 1/4 cup water.

Cream of Tartar: Mix 1 cup of milk with 1 3/4 teaspoons cream of tartar.

Let stand 5-10 minutes until slightly thickened and curdled.

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THE COWLEY LITERARY AWA R D

BY JENNIFER PARRY

Jennifer Parry has suffered the double whammy of a loved father’s suicide and a brutal battle to survive brain cancer. Her fiercely honest and insightful account of that heartache caught the Cowley Literary Award judges’ eyes, and Jennifer is among the finalists in this year’s non-fiction category.

Survivor

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WAS in disbelief when the police came to tell me my father had died. They stood inside the kitchen, looking uneasy and out of place. The oldest one told me Dad had hanged himself that morning.

I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t want to believe it. It felt made up, like a lie, a movie, a TV show. This sort of thing doesn’t happen to me.

This happens to other people.

“What do I do now?” I asked. “You have to ring the solicitor in charge of your father’s will. You’re the executor. Here’s the name and number.”

I was 26 years old and I couldn’t recall hearing the word executor before.

The saddest journey of my life began. One of guilt, disbelief, uncertainty and ultimately of family destruction. It was something our family never recovered from, but we weren’t in the best shape to begin with.

After Dad’s funeral I went back to my life and job. I tried to get on with things. It wasn’t easy. I couldn’t stop thinking about Dad. I saw him in the face of every man in his 60s. He was every man riding a bicycle, every man walking a dog and every man standing on the beach with a fishing rod. He was all of those the future offered. “I am going to make my things because he’d been all of those things. I life amazing,” I said to myself. The universal started to question what I had always believed truths seemed to align themselves again and I were universal truths regarding the nature of began to pack away that dark part of my life. existence and my own place in the fabric of The endless headache started in summer. it all.

I was working a lot, so I put it down to faI got a new job and moved 600km away to tigue, but the relentless pain made me worry. start another life. Moving was a distraction, I thought it could be a brain tumour. I went to but it didn’t make the pain go away. It was my the first doctor after a week. “I think I’ve got fault Dad had died. I should have tried harder. a brain tumour,” I said, feeling ridiculous. He I should have known he was at risk, I should dismissed it as a sinus infection and told me have cared more. I couldn’t sleep at night beto come back in two weeks if I was no betcause my thoughts raced along the connecter. Two weeks later I was back. The headache tions in my brain like cars on a super highway. was much worse. The doctor was out of town, I went to see a counsellor. She helped a lot so I told myself that the headache was a maniand she taught me some strategies to cope festation of my dissatisfaction at work, not a with negative thoughts and insomnia. I still tumour after all. couldn’t shake the feeling that Dad would be The headache never went away, it only got alive if only I’d shown more compassion. Mayworse. I’d also started to feel sick. I went to a be if I’d tried harder he would be alive instead different doctor who told me I was dehydrated of being made into ashes that I’d dropped into and had a migraine. “But I drink three litres of the ocean. water a day. I’m really worried it’s a tumour,” I The last thing I expected was told her as I pointed to my head to meet someone who would where I believed it to be. She change the course of my entire ` gave me a prescription for a milife. Ash and I got together af- After a while I graine drug. ter we met at his birthday parThe headache continued ty. I was invited along by a work started to let go to worsen and sometimes I colleague. “Gees, she is tall” of Dad. I was still couldn’t get out of bed. I was was the first thing I heard him vomiting a lot and was often say and I knew they’d all been sad a lot, but the wracked by horrific pain in my talking about me. A new girl in intense feeling abdomen. I had to call in sick to town doesn’t go unnoticed for work most days. of guilt started to long in outback Queensland.

Ash took me to a third doctor.

Our relationship took some seep away. Ash I told him I had a brain tumour, time to get going because I was but he laughed and said it was worried about trusting him, but did this.... more likely I’d win the lottery. after a while I realised that he “I can feel it. It’s right here,” I said with tears wasn’t out to get me. He was a genuinely nice in my eyes as I indicated behind my right ear. person who loved and cared about me. I was “Can’t I get a scan?” I asked. He sent me home, astounded because I didn’t think this kind of claiming I was suffering from stress and that thing was possible. My last two relationships scans were expensive. had been hateful experiences and my parents I’d been deteriorating for about a month never really seemed to like each other, so I and no one would listen to Ash or I. I couldn’t had no idea that love between a couple could eat, I could barely move and the pain in my be genuine. head was becoming too much for me to take.

Ash was there when things were hard for “Mum,” I cried to her on the phone, “I can’t me. He held me tight when I felt like the guilt do this anymore.” Mum didn’t know what to of my dad’s death would swamp me. He’d do either. whisper that he loved me and that everything would be ok. After a while I started to let go of Ash carried me up the stairs to the doctor Dad. I was still sad a lot, but the intense feel- the last time. He agreed to the scan. A scan ing of guilt started to seep away. Ash did this. that revealed a large and aggressive brain tuWe bought a block of land and planned mour. I wanted to shout “I told you so!” Instead the house we wanted. It was exciting and I I got in the car and started on the 600km trip thought about the endless possibilities that to the hospital for the surgery he’d organised.

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My family and Ash’s came to say goodbye to me before the surgery because it was possible I could die or suffer irreparable brain damage during the operation. I just wanted my headache to go away. That was all I could think of.

The operation went well and my headache was gone when I woke up. I could recite my tax file number, phone number and other identifying information about who I was so I assumed my cognition was intact. The deficits in my thinking were a lot less obvious than basic recall, but that was a challenge I’d have to deal with down the track.

“You’ve got brain cancer. The tumour is called Glioblastoma multiforme or GBM for short,” the doctor told me. “The prognosis is bad. You can expect three to twelve months to live.” I wanted to shake him and slap him and tell him to stop being an idiot and make it all just go away. This kind of stuff didn’t happen to me. This belonged to other people.

The scariest journey of my life began. One of fear, hopelessness, alienation and the final destruction of my family. We were in worse shape than ever after Dad and now this. There was no coming back.

After treatment I questioned how to assign value to anything. The universal truths spun out of reach again and I had no idea what to think about the world, my place in it or about the things I had once assumed were supremely important. “What is the point of anything?”

I would shout at Ash. I couldn’t understand the mechanical existence that everyone was trapped in.

The months wore on and on some more, and still I wasn’t dead. I swore I wouldn’t allow the tumour to grow back. I flatly refused to believe that I would die.

Years of depression and self hatred followed. I felt like I didn’t belong anywhere, or to anything. My brothers stopped contacting me. They stepped away from each other and also our mother. The relationship with my best friend came to an end. I still had Ash and Mum, but my heart was broken in a way I never thought possible. I left that version of me in the past.

The tumour never grew back. It’s now been ten years. I tell everyone I’m cured. The universal truths began lining up some time ago, speaking now the value of experience. I have become a survivor with insight and power gleaned from two horrific experiences that had the capacity to destroy me. I will never look back.

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Peter Gardiner Rhinoceros (after Dürer) 2014 enamel on board 360 x 600cm courtesy the artist

Art’s ancient fascination with the nature of the beast

BY ANDREW GLASSOP WPCC MANAGER

THE Western Plains Cultural Centre, and before it the Dubbo Regional Gallery, collects artworks which feature or talk about the animal. We collect other things as well but this is the main focus of our collecting minds.

Next week sees the official opening of a show the WPCC has co-curated in association with the Lake Macquarie Art Gallery that casts an eye over the ways in which artists have used the animal to speak about subjects sometimes far removed from what we might expect. It is an interesting journey into the minds of the artists and hence into the society we live in.

Animals have of course been used for thousands of years in art. Some of the earliest cave art found in Europe has stunning visions of bison, bulls, horses, strange hyena-shaped creatures and even the now extinct Megaloceros, a deer or elk like creature with antlers that look large enough to hold up a Japanese hatchback.

We will of course never know why these works were made, what motivated our generic ancestors 17,000 years ago to crawl through narrow caves and draw the likeness of a bull on a patch of rock. It might have been a note of thanks to the animals for providing food and clothing, or perhaps a silent prayer to bring the animals back next year or to ensure that elusive miracle of birth and regeneration.

In Australia the tradition is even older, with Aboriginal paintings in the Northern Territory of fish and wallabies dating back to at least 28,000 years ago – these are the oldest confirmed artworks yet discovered. Again, we may never know the true reason for these marks, but it is clear the urge to draw our animal cousins is strong and enduring.

This is interesting information to have in mind when viewing Wildside, the abovementioned exhibition at the WPCC, which is already open for visitors to wander through.

Some works will no doubt gather particular interest.

Hayden Fowler, whom regular visitors to the WPCC will remember, makes an appearance with two very different works. The first is a performance piece, The Call of the Wild, where Hayden was photographed while a bird was tattooed onto his chest. A work that has developed over many years, in many different spaces and cities, it has seen Hayden use his own skin as a permanent, indelible canvas. The work raises the same issues of those early cave paintings: what

` We may never know the true reason for these marks, but it is clear the urge to draw our animal cousins is strong and enduring...

is the meaning of this difficult and painful process? Is it spiritual or mythical, is it the process or the end result, can it be all things at the same time? The result we see in Wildside is a series of photographs of the tattoos themselves, establishing a certain amount of discomfort when you realise the canvas for these works is living flesh.

The second of Fowler’s works comes from the collection of the WPCC. Hunger is a twin channel video work set in a cold constructed set of curved, black marble steps and walls. In one video feed, the wall weeps milk from small holes drilled through the marble. It pools at the base of the wall, seeping out slowly across the screen. It is wasteful, surely, and the stark white of the milk against the black of the stairs and wall brings a strange feeling of discomfort to the viewer, as does the weeping itself. On the second video young lambs greedily push against each other to feed from the wall. They struggle to keep upright on the slippery floor and they struggle to keep their place in the feeding queue against their fellow diners.

Their tails thrash around in excitement and the entire scene should be cute and comforting (who doesn’t like a baby lamb?) but it isn’t.

To see young pure white lambs, with all the symbolism (literary and biblical) they carry, pushing urgently against a cold marble wall to get mother’s milk is even more disconcerting: it is the opposite of what we should see or want to see.

It’s fairly obvious that Hayden is not

talking about lambs as animals here – I am yet to see any great community outcry regarding the greed or otherwise of lambs.

Another stand out work is Peter Gardiner’s Rhinoceros (after Durer). Six metres long and over three meters tall, it towers over the exhibition, imposing itself through its size. The rhino is an animal of particular significance for us.

Taronga Western Plains Zoo has a successful breeding for the rhino and is helping preserve this fabulous beast, but it has also been a great image of brute strength and grotesquery through art history (hat tip to Jessica Moore for that idea), the ultimate example of an animal designed for strength and ferocity over beauty. No wonder it fascinated then and continues to fascinate now.

If you would like to know more about these works, and the exhibition itself, come join us for the official opening next week. Both Peter and Hayden will be there to take part in a Q&A with curator Kent Buchanan. It’s a chance to talk to creators and instigators about a world of art that is as old, almost, as our humanity itself. ● Wildside officially opens at the WPCC on Friday, July 17, at 6 pm. Light canapés will be provided and drinks are available at the bar.

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Could ‘Flesh’ be 50 shades better?

BY HANNAH STEPHENSON E.L. James may once again be stealing the thunder with her bestselling follow-up to Fifty Shades Of Grey – but a school teacher from Lancashire in England is hot on her heels.

Sophie Jackson, 33, has had a publishing dream come true with A Pound Of Flesh, a New York-based prison romance, which has already attracted an impressive 4.5 million online reads, and is the first in a trilogy that sold at auction for a sixfigure advance.

There’s no red room or instruments of torture involved in Jackson’s tale of an ex-inmate and teacher’s courtship,

but there are some steamy sex scenes. However, she says she’s not following in the footsteps of Fifty Shades.

“Fifty Shades is very much built around the idea of this BDSM relationship, which doesn’t feature at all in A Pound Of Flesh. The sex scenes in A Pound Of Flesh are part of this relationship that’s built up, but they are not integral to it.”

The sex scenes were tricky to write.

“Writing sex scenes is more difficult than you think.

There’s a fine line between writing too much and becoming tacky and cliched, and not writing enough so people just gloss over it and don’t get in-

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson arriving for the premiere of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 in London in 2012. PHOTO: IAN WEST/ PA PHOTOS.

A Pound of Flesh by Sophie Jackson, published by Gallery Books.

write three full novels and three e-novellas. She’s almost finished her second book, An Ounce Of Hope, which will be out in January, and the last book in the trilogy will be published next June.

Some of her pupils also quizzed her about it and tried to find the steamy text online.

“It had to come off [fanfiction.net] quite sharpish, because it’s not for anyone under Author Sophie Jackson. PHOTO: PA 18, really. Some of them read it before it was taken off, but they knew they shouldn’t have been volved in what the characters doing it. are doing. The sex scenes take “All my colleagues know the longest for me to write,” she about it and it’s been great beexplains. cause they’ve been so support“But I think if you write ive. They’re aware that there’s something that’s going to get content in it that might be a lityour engine revved, it’s going tle bit racy, but they are excited to work for everyone.” about it. It’s an excuse for them Her story, inspired by the to read something like that.” characters of Stephenie MeyThe income from the ader’s Twilight series, began onvance has allowed her to buy line on fanfiction.net, as ‘Isaher first house and bella Swan’ starts a to contemplate givnew job as a tutor in ing up teaching to ` You’d a Brooklyn prison become a full-time who falls for myshave instant writer, as trying to terious troublemakdo both is proving feedback er inmate ‘Edward difficult.

Cullen’, who has about the “There’s a lot of a past connection characters and, anxiety and deep with her. The charbreaths but it’s acters have been reas a writer, about prioritising. named for the novFirst and foremost, that’s great. el version to avoid a teacher – I’ve The story took I’m rights problems. been doing the job Writing fan ficcertain turns for 10 years and tion was just a I have to give 100 and twists hobby when Jackper cent.. It’s my son posted the because of the free time which prologue, but the is devoted to the readers....a response was inwriting.” stant: “It was just Career moves word of mouth may be afoot, but at the same – unbelievable.” time, Jackson, who is single, is Responding to each chapter making major lifestyle changas it was posted, the readers es. She has given up smoking had some influence in how the and lost six stones in weight on book turned out. the Cambridge diet, dropping “You’d have instant feedback from a size 24 to a size 14 in about the characters and, as a a year. writer, that’s great. The story So was there a catalyst which took certain turns and twists prompted this life change? because of the readers.”

“It wasn’t one moment. LookThe story was snapped up ing back, it was a collection of in the UK by leading publishmoments. I was sitting in the er Headline Eternal and sold kitchen on New Year’s Eve at auction to US giant Simon of 2013 and I just remember & Schuster for a six-figure ad- thinking. I’d struggled to get a vance. The series has also been nice outfit for a friend’s birthsold to a further nine publishday in the run-up to Christmas. ers worldwide.

It was just that feeling of, ‘I’m “I had to pick myself up off 32 and what’s going to happen? the floor,” Jackson recalls, Am I going to be another size laughing. “I was astounded. bigger, another stone heavier It happened so quickly in the next year?’ It was like a switch grand scheme of things.” turned on.

She was commissioned to “I’ve been dieting for over a

year, which wasn’t conducive to going out and socialising. Then the book happened, so I’ve not had time for anything else.”

It takes some willpower to make major lifestyle and career changes, but then she is from a family of strong women.

Born in Scotland, her father left before she was born, so Jackson was raised by her mother. They moved to Lytham St Annes to be closer to family, where Jackson’s mother also held down a variety of jobs to make ends meet.

She’s fairly abrupt about her father, who she says she’s never met, nor is she curious to find out more about him.

“You don’t miss what you don’t have. He hasn’t tried to make contact. He’s missed out on a lot more than I have. I have a mum who is both parents and my best friend. We are a family of strong women.”

She’s going to the US this summer for a holiday but also to meet her US publishers.

Meanwhile, a film agent in Los Angeles has made approaches about making the book into a movie – but she’s not holding her breath.

As for the future, Jackson says if the writing really takes off, she may give up teaching.

She’s cautious about her name being banded about by pundits who predict she’s going to be as successful as E.L. James. She read Fifty Shades as fan fiction but hasn’t read the book, she confesses.

“It’s not my cup of tea but I can see why people got involved with it. It was so new and different. Nobody ever read anything quite as explicit, and it pushed the boundaries for a lot of people.”

She is in no doubt that the success of the Fifty Shades author has opened the gates to a new generation of independent online writers.

“E.L. James was the person who opened the door for the rest of us fan fiction writers to be noticed, which is great.

Without the success of Fifty Shades, fan fiction and self publishers probably wouldn’t get the recognition that they get now.

“The only frustrating thing for me is that I’d really like my work to stand on its own.” :: A Pound Of Flesh by Sophie Jackson is published by Headline Eternal.

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MOVIES.

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‘It’s good to be bad’

BY JEANANNE CRAIG HE’S the girl-next-door who has made a career out of being likeable and down to earth, but Sandra Bullock couldn’t wait to sink her teeth into something nasty.

In Minions, the upcoming spin-off from the animated Despicable Me franchise, the actress dubbed ‘America’s Sweetheart’ voices Scarlet Overkill, a power-hungry ‘supervillain’ with dreams of stealing the Queen’s crown.

“She’s more like me than anything else I’ve been in,” jokes Bullock, who earned an Oscar for the 2009 sporting drama The Blind Side.

“She’s evil, she’s crabby and a little bit bitchy – all the traits that I think make a good villainess.”

Besides, the Miss Congeniality star points out, baddies are the most riveting characters to play.

“It’s more fun to be mean than it is to try and make nice with everybody all the time,” the actress, who turns 51 next month, states.

The main motivation to sign up for the animation, however, was the star’s young son, Louis Bardo Bullock.

The five-year-old accompanied his mum on her recent trip to London, where Bullock attended the Minions world premiere in a stylish peplum dress by Stella McCartney.

But she decided against walking the red carpet with her son (“I would never take him to a premiere...”) – in fact, Louis doesn’t even know what his mum’s day job is.

“I wanted to make something my son could see and watch and enjoy, even though he doesn’t know what I do and he ` I wanted doesn’t know it’s me – I can to make sit in the theatre and watch him,” she says with a smile. something my “Nothing makes me happier son could see than hearing that boy laugh.

[There’s] physical humour and watch and and animation, so hopefully enjoy, even I’ll be able to do that.”

Virginia-born Bullock, who though he came to prominence in the doesn’t know 1994 action movie Speed alongside Keanu Reeves, has what I do and eased her workload since he doesn’t adopting Louis in 2010. know it’s Luckily, the filming schedule on Minions – which is me...a set mainly in the Sixties and

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Sandra Bullock at the World premiere of the film Minions in London last month. PHOTO: JOEL RYAN/INVISION/AP/PA

NEW RELEASES ON DVD & STREAMING ONLINE

BY SAM STRUCKHOFF

HOME VIEWING PICKS OF THE WEEK Diane Keaton, Morgan Freeman in “5 Flights Up”

“Woman in Gold” (M) – Helen Mirren stars as Maria Altman in this real-life story about an Austrianborn woman mounting a legal battle to reclaim an iconic painting that was seized when the Nazis took Vienna, and was claimed by the Austrian government after the war.

Fighting at her side is young lawyer Randal Schoenal (Ryan Reynolds, doing something a little different), who develops his own personal attachment to the case.

It all depends on how engaged you can be with Altman’s struggle to recover the painting, “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I” by Gustav Klimt (you’ve probably seen a poster of it if you’ve ever been near a university). To raise the stakes, the movie endeavours to make you feel for Altman not as somebody fighting for an ineffably valuable painting, but somebody trying to reclaim part of her lost family.

“5 Flights Up” (M) – A couple of retired lovebirds have nested in the same Brooklyn apartment since they bought it in the 1970s. Alex (Morgan Freeman) is a stubborn-

but-loveable painter, and Ruth (Diane Keaton) is a neurotic-butloveable ex-teacher. The neighbourhood has changed a lot, and property values have pierced the sky, so the endearing couple puts their place on the market and start shopping for a new home. An alleged terrorist threat snarls traffic in the city, and there’s an even lessrelevant story about a sick dog.

The movie only functions on the charm of Keaton and Freeman, while the plot – especially those little subplots – are like roads to nowhere. It’s a common pitfall for book-to-movie adaptations. Still, it’s

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Minions. PHOTOS: PA/UNIVERSAL.

Sandra Bullock with the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role received for The Blind Side, at the 82nd Academy Awards. PHOTO: IAN WEST/PA

boasts a star-studded cast, including Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan, Jennifer Saunders and Geoffrey Rush – worked to her favour.

“I wanted to stay home and drive him to school, and the film-makers said, ‘We’ll come to where you are’. I was able to drop him to school, go to work and pick him up,” she says.

Cinemagoers first met the yellow army of little loyal Minions in 2010, in the original Despicable Me film.

The banana-loving band of brothers enjoy causing chaos and are always on the lookout for villains to serve, so the ultra-glamorous Scarlet enlists

them as her henchmen and tasks them with helping her snatch power from Queen Elizabeth (Saunders).

“Scarlet’s like a spoiled eightyear-old little girl,” says Bullock. “She didn’t get the attention she needed growing up, so now she’s going to find a way to be Queen.”

The film takes us from the USA to Australia, China, India and eventually the UK, where much of the pandemonium unfolds – not least when the Minions try and break into the Tower of London to steal the crown jewels.

Former Mad Men star Hamm plays Herb, Scarlet’s ever-sup-

a sweet and smart look at the far end of long-term love.

“71” (MA15+) – A young British private, Gary Hook (Jack O’Connell) is left stranded and struggling to survive in hostile Northern Ireland in 1971 during the full swing of the bloody, decadeslong conflict known as the Troubles.

Based on real accounts of what happened one night in Belfast, Hook is left wounded after a riot separates him from his unit. In one long night, Hook faces threats from all sides, doesn’t know where to go or whom to trust.

The film works both as an examination of modern conflict where lines are blurry, and as expertly crafted action.

portive mad scientist husband, who’s usually found in his lab inventing gadgets.

Bullock was pleased by the pair’s close bond in the movie.

“In an animated film, it’s nice to see a good relationship between adults. Usually they are misfits, but what the film-makers created is a real partnership between Scarlet and Herb.

“They’re the grooviest couple from the Sixties. He’s a scientist and she’s a villain. He loves and adores her and supports her like crazy, which you wouldn’t expect from this period, and she loves and adores him and thinks he’s brilliant, which he is.”

“The Slow West” (R) – Here’s a killer Western with a brain, great acting and a Gatling-gun soundtrack. A babyfaced, upper-crust Scottish 16-year-old named Jay Cavendish (Kodi SmitMcPhee) should last about as long as a snowball in this version of the Old West, if it weren’t for his wry, gun-slinging travel-buddy, Silas (Michael Fassbender, impeccable as always). Jay’s on a mission to find his lost love and experience the West, while all manner of scum and savagery close in. With this first feature film, writer-director John Maclean makes his entrance like a desperado tearing through the saloon doors.

While the Minions (voiced by French animator and director Pierre Coffin) speak gibberish, Bullock was keenly aware of what they were saying.

“We had an unspoken, beautiful relationship,” she jokes.

“What I love about the Minions is that you can’t really understand them, but you absolutely feel what they’re saying.

They emote with so much feeling that the language barrier doesn’t exist.”

Next up for Bullock is the comedy drama Our Brand Is Crisis, based on the 2005 documentary of the same name about the use of US political campaign strategies in the

2002 Bolivian election.

The star – who received acclaim and a second Oscar nomination for 2013 space film Gravity – plays ‘Calamity’ Jane Bodine, a retired political consultant enlisted to help an unpopular president get re-elected.

For now, however, she’s looking forward to sitting down with Louis to watch her character cause a commotion in Minions.

“Now I understand how the people who play [Batman’s] Joker feel,” she says of her wicked alter ego.

“It’s so good to be bad. It’s nice. And I got paid for it!” Q

Top 10 films at the Aussie box office Week Ending 08.07.2015 1 Terminator: Genisys (starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, left) 2 Minions 3 Inside Out 4 Jurassic World 5 Ted 2 6 Far From The Madding Crowd 7 Spy 8 Amy 9 Woman In Gold 10 Love & Mercy SOURCE: MPDAA

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'Those We Left Behind' speaks of the heart-rending choices

BY KATE WHITING THE BOOKCASE

z BOOK OF THE WEEK Those We Left Behind by Stuart Neville is published in hardback by Harvill Secker.

WHERE does the human being end and the police officer begin? How can you keep your soul intact when you deal on a daily basis with the depravity you encounter in society? Can you balance the rights of the victim with the rights of the criminal? Can a police officer deal out compassion and justice in equal measure?

Those are the conflicts facing DCI Serena Flanagan. The emotional needs of a murder victim’s family weighed against the young brothers whose childhoods were taken from them as punishment for a despicable crime. Not forgetting Flanagan’s own husband and children, and her friends and colleagues.

Most importantly her own feelings, the passions and needs which keep her heart beating.

All of these weigh heavily upon a seasoned policewoman trying to steer a course between public expectations and private ambitions, hopes and fears, challenges and changes.

Stuart Neville’s work has put his name on the bestseller lists around the world and earned him an armful of nominations for some of the top crime awards.

His latest creation, Those We Left Behind, focuses on brothers Ciaran and Thomas Devine and their stuttering path back into normal society after seven years of incarceration and explores the questions: How can they function? Who can they trust? Can they even trust each other?

Neville’s track record is proven, with testimonials from the likes of Lee Child and Val McDermid.

Those We Left Behind speaks of the heart-rending choices facing Flanagan and the Devines, and their tortured journeys as they seek a purpose to their lives, battling to keep their heads above water.

To find out who sinks or swims, seek out a copy of this gripping tale of two brothers and one policewoman in

a Northern Ireland fighting to come to terms with peacefully living in a land still torn by the divisions of religious intolerance, and the deep scars it has left on its people.

9/10 (Review by Roddy Brooks) z FICTION Techbitch by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza is published in paperback

by Penguin.

DO you know your Bit.ly from your Feedly? Periscope from your Flickr? Ever think you might need to be dragged into the world of Apps and technology silently kicking and screaming? Then you’ll have something in common with Imogen Tate, the well-respected Editor-in-Chief of Glossy magazine who returns from a sabbatical, only to find her former assistant, Eve, sitting at her desk.

Fresh out of Harvard Business School, cut-throat and manic, Eve plans to overhaul Glossy turning it into an App, where content is now about tweets, Instagram and 24-hour instant updates, rather than detailed editorial and fact-checking.

Dubbed ‘the Devil Wears Prada goes digital’, Techbitch is fast-paced, wickedly funny and has plenty of insider knowledge about the catty world of magazines, high-end fashion and front row antics. This hilarious satire is the perfect lounge-infront-of-the-fire accompaniment – you won’t want to put it down!

9/10 (Review by Georgina Rodgers) Killing Monica by Candace Bushnell is published in hardback

by Little, Brown.

IMAGINE how it would feel for your success to actually be part of your struggle. To feel so pigeonholed into all that made you popular that it is actually scary to consider making a change of direction. That is exactly how Pandy Wallis feels in Candace Bushnell’s latest novel Killing Monica.

After making her name and fortune in a series of books and films charting the life of New Yorker ‘Monica’, a change in mindset and divorce sparks the need to write a different style of novel that has nothing to do with the notorious Monica.

(For Monica, it’s hard not to read Bushnell’s previous creation, Sex And The City’s Carrie Bradshaw).

However, her publishers, loved ones and fans don’t want to hear or read a novel about her ancestors, and it leads Pandy to question all that she thought she knew about herself and those around her.

Bushnell charts Pandy’s search for identity as she meanders through the world of celebrity and fame, questioning what it means to be a woman and a writer, and what it means to succeed.

A great addition to Bushnell’s ever-popular novels, Killing Monica will make you look at relationships, success and identity in a whole new light.

7/10 (Review by Rebecca Flitton) Fresh Hell by Rachel Johnson is published in paperback by Penguin.

BACK with her third instalment in the Notting Hell series, Fresh Hell, journalist Rachel Johnson takes aim at NHMs – that’s Notting Hill Mummies to you and me – and the lives of the UHNWs – Ultra-High Net Worth individuals.

And it’s not all kitchen suppers and Caribbean holidays, as new troubles brew for the Notting Hill set. From iceberg houses to dangerous liaisons, art installations to fertility scandals, the residents of W11 have to negotiate it all, while keeping up appearances, literally.

Johnson, herself familiar with the Notting Hill scene, brilliantly evokes the lives, obsessions and foibles of the super-rich and is never afraid to playfully lampoon her subjects.

Full of humour and parody, the plot’s slightly lacking in intricacy, with a fairly swift transition from crisis to resolution. But it’s all NFNH – normal for Notting Hill, darling.

6/10 (Review by Jade Craddock) z NON-FICTION The Story Of Science: From The Writings Of Aristotle To The Big Bang Theory by Susan Wise Bauer is published in hardback by WW Norton & Company.

SCIENCE is everywhere.

But the science most of us

Candace Bushnell is the creator of Sex And The City’s Carrie Bradshaw.

Her new novel is “Killing Monica”. PHOTO: REUTERS/BRET HARTMAN

encounter in our everyday lives – in newspaper reports and political rhetoric, for instance – bears very little resemblance to the real thing, and says very little of the theory, meaning and importance (or lack thereof) behind it.

That’s where Susan Wise Bauer’s The Story Of Science comes in – it’s not a ‘history of science’, she points out, but major steps and milestones are plotted in their relative historical context, with extracts from the works of the science greats themselves, alongside Bauer’s

narrative in the same engaging and amusing style that made her bestselling History Of The World series so popular.

Again, if her mission was to make an often out-of-reach subject accessible and – while science arguably is always relevant – feel more relevant, because you’ve gained an appreciation for the motivation, challenges and significance behind it, as well as its joys and quirks and brilliance, she’s done a great job.

8/10 (Review by Abi Jackson)

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 10.07.2015 to Sunday 12.07.2015 The Forgotten Spy by Nick Barratt is published in hardback by Blink Publishing.

HISTORY is littered with stories of famous spies – from Mata Hari to Philby, Maclean, Burgess and Blunt. But few people have heard of the treachery practised by Ernest Holloway Oldham. Before the Cambridge Five, as they were known (if you include Cairncross), rocked the British establishment, a deception just as damaging had come to light.

In the 1930s Oldham was the first of Stalin’s British moles, selling secrets to the Russians to feed a lavish lifestyle and a disastrous drinking habit. The temerity of Oldham’s actions and the abject incompetence of the Foreign Office and the security services is laid bare in The Forgotten Spy. Genealogist Nick Barratt has made his name unearthing the family trees of numerous people, but for him, telling the tale of Oldham’s treachery was a very personal project.

The painstaking research for which Barratt has made his name through his work on numerous television series has resulted in a fascinating read as he tells the story of his Great Uncle.

Barratt has spared none of the details, regardless of how painful they may be to the surviving relatives of Oldham or how embarrassing to the civil service.

8/10 (Review by Roddy Brooks) At Night: A Journey Round Britain From Dusk Till Dawn by Dixe Wills is published in hardback

by AA. IN this quirky travelogue, economad Dixe Wills sets off to ‘explore all the mystery, danger, myth and legend offered by the cover of darkness’.

Wills, author of Tiny Islands and Tiny Stations, is an intrepid outdoorsman who would clearly be happier clinging to a mountainside in a sleeping bag in the teeth of a Force 10 gale than snuggling under a duvet in a boring old luxury hotel. So he sounds like the ideal companion for a series of nocturnal excursions around Britain.

He sleeps out in a haunted wood on Dartmoor, gets bombarded by murderous seabirds on the isle of Skomer, camps out under unusually visible stars in the UK’s first Dark Sky Park (where light pollution is banned) in Scotland, and tests out the theory that anyone who spends a night atop Cadair Idris in Snowdonia will awake

either a poet or a madman.

Unfortunately it just doesn’t really work. It quickly becomes clear that Wills is absolutely unafraid of the dark, which robs his descriptions of much of their imaginative and expressive potential. Instead he resorts to a series of moreor-less interesting digressions – about the constellations, the habits of the Manx shearwater, local legends of demonic hounds.

On the sleeper from Fort William to London, he is reduced to copying out all the advice and warning signs, and after Cadair Idris, he turns in several pages of typographical trickery which come across as neither mad nor poetic.

5/10 (Review by Dan Brotzel)

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z CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK Grandad’s Island by Benji Davies is published in paperback by Simon & Schuster.

QUICK disclaimer for parents and grandparents – well anyone really – reading this book to children: you might not be able to get through it without a stubborn lump forming in your throat making your voice go all high-pitched and strained.

Benji Davies, who won the inaugural Oscar’s First Book Prize for The Storm Whale last year, returns to write and illustrate this beautiful book about Syd and his Grandad.

Syd goes to see Grandad every day after school, using a key under a flower pot to let himself in. But one day, Grandad’s nowhere to be found.

Just as Syd’s about to go, Grandad calls down from the attic and Syd climbs up to find him there among a collection of treasures from around the world.

A big metal door leads them out on the prow of a ship, looking over “an ocean of rooftops” and with the Boooop! of a horn, they set sail until they reach an island.

After renovating a wooden hut, they explore the whole place together, complete with a friendly orangutan, exotic birds, beautiful flowers and a waterfall, until Grandad tells Syd he’s decided to stay. So Syd hugs him goodbye and sails back home by himself.

It’s a magical tale of making the most of the time you have with people and learning that they’re still in our hearts even when they’re no longer with us.

8/10 (Review by Kate Whiting)

ADVERTORIAL

A key cog in a big wheel D ESPITE all the inventions of new media formats, printed advertisements still reign.

Printed media has been similar to printed books – a few years back the focus was that e-books would take over. Now e-books’ growth has tapered off and the old-fashioned book prevails – again.

So, too, print advertising continues to aim at its market with appropriate messages. Businesses of all kinds, large or small, exist with the support of customers as they vote with their advertising dollar. Astute purchasing of promotion considers value for money, not just dollars spent.

Just a week ago Dubbo Photo News celebrated ten years of publishing. I recall the opposition gave them ten weeks when they first launched – and that might have seemed appropriate given previous “new starters” didn’t prevail for long.

This is an unsolicited column about the role of advertising on the local scene in current times, as well as the past. It is motivated by the response our bookstore has been achieving with the mix of print advertising running over the years.

One of last century’s icons in advertising was David Ogilvie who wrote “Ogilvie on Advertising”. One of the issues Ogilvie notes is that corporate advertisers often took ages to have decisions made about the medium to use, the content and budget. As it is with many small business decisions, these can be made on the spot, avoiding the need to go back to head office.

And the combined team working on customer service and presentation at Photo News has made it stand out in its field.

There is a well-circulated adage about advertising which runs, “Half the money spent on advertising is wasted. The real problem is how to identify which half.” Many businesses would measure their adverting costs by an expense-to-sales ratio – when the ratio falls, the cost and related method has to be working. When the ratio rises, it calls for a change in tactics, method or composition.

I have always been an advocate for print media advertising.

In another age, when involved with the A l lbu l k /Jet s t r e a m factory, a new product from the factory called the Gruper was introduced. Few people had ever heard of the machine.

Even though this occurred in the early 1970s, two elements remain firmly in mind. It was a full-page text that described the unit’s purpose of converting farm handling of cereal seed and superphosphate from bags to bulk. The machine’s benefits, both economic and physical effort, were easily identified. And the pagelong description of the Gruper at work brought substantial response, with it becoming widely purchased through the wheat belt and beyond – all the way from just north of Hobart to Clermont in Queensland.

We sold a large number of those units. Larger areas were

able to be sown in less time, farmers became more efficient and, typically, competitors observing our success built similar units.

But it was the advertising that helped us achieve results. Last December our advertising using a similar format in Dubbo Photo News (a full page of text, no pictures, just a description, with pictorials on the adjacent page) drew a remarkable response.

Photo News provides an interesting model in small business.

Last week a customer was in the bookstore and, having been prompted by the Photo News 10th Anniversary edition of the previous day, reminded me that our son Tim spent the early days of his publishing business in an office above the bookstore.

That was where he ran the business for a few months until he purchased his present office.

Eveline Lubbers wrote “Battling Big Business” in which she exposes a spirit of troubling intolerance that courses through the corporate world. The text cites strategies taken by big business to dominate, ranging from cutting their prices to pirating staff of small competitors. But they underestimate the tenacity and expertise of small operators, not to mention support they attract from other small business, for the simple fact that they too are confronted by “big business”.

Certainly, as any father would, I have always been keen to see both my sons succeed as

From the bookshelves

by Dave Pankhurst The Book Connection they venture into their careers.

Tim always had a talent with words – as one of the original students at Delroy High School he was involved in the school newspaper. He attended the University of New England and, on completing his final year, the Head of Department wrote a letter “strongly recommending that he undertake an Honours Year”.

A recent publication is “One Plus One Equals Three” by Dave Trott in which he provides an interesting study of the effectiveness of advertising strategies. He begins with a chapter about his discussion with computer technology genius Steve Jobs in which they consider what makes people creative.

When one considers that promotion is one of the five key elements of the Marketing Mix, any business has to consider when appropriating resources that are deemed necessary for business growth, advertising is placed alongside property, personnel, price and product. Not only do businesses generally make decisions about those components, but also media businesses such as Photo News make careful assessments about the advertisements they compose so that they work for their customers, thus gaining repeat sales.

Dave Trott provides a good example of this on page 89 of

his book where he describes advertising for Jewish bread in New York. Focusing on a broad market is one key factor in the selected area.

Dubbo has dozens of “small business” operators, some of whom have grown to be at the peak of their industry sector.

Our success comes from the passion for what we do and the contribution from those who share our goals. Dubbo is a great place to be in business – Emile Serisier identified this back in 1847 when he started Dubbo’s first business, on Macquarie Street, and by the 1860s, his third site was where the Drive-in Bottle Shop is now located. “Dubbo Walkabout” by Bill Hornadge discusses this.

Michael Gerber has written “Awakening the Entrepreneur Within” in which he explains how ordinary people can create extraordinary companies. Dubbo offers that opportunity.

Surprisingly, Mark Twain visited Dubbo when in Australia. In Marion Dormer’s “Dubbo – City on the Plains” Twain is quoted as saying, “(Australia) is full of surprises and adventures and incongruities and incredibilities, but, they were all true, they all happened.” An opportunity for Photo News – a key cog in the big wheel of small business.

Enjoy your browsing, Dave Pankhurst.

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Dubbo Inner Wheel Changeover Luncheon Parkes Mark Coulton and his wife Robyn.

It was an auspicious THE Inner Wheel Club of occasion for the Dubbo Dubbo hosted the ComClub when retiring Disbined District A50 and Dubbo Changeover Lunch- trict Chairman Elizabeth eon at the Savannah Func- Tooke inducted Meryl Usback into the office of tion Centre at Taronga Chairman of District A50 Western Plains Zoo on Inner Wheel for 2015-16.

Saturday, June 27.

It has been 41 years since Eighty-five members the last combined disand their partners attrict changeover was held tended from Lithgow, in Dubbo and a memCowra, Oberon, Blayney, Bathurst, Orange, Orange ber inducted as District Minhi and Dubbo . Guests Chairman.

In her acceptance included Inner Wheel Australian President Beverley speech Meryl thanked members for the privilege Crowe and her husband of serving the district. She Adrian from the Gold spoke of members being Coast, District 450 Chairman Elizabeth Tooke from on a journey together in Inner Wheel to make a Blayney, Mayor of Dubbo difference, while workCouncillor Mathew Dicking together to promote erson, and Member for

BY ALEXANDRIA KELLY

the international theme for the year â&#x20AC;&#x201C; unique and united.

Also on the day, retiring President of the Inner Wheel Club of Dubbo, Meryl Usback, inducted Melva Blake into the office of the President of Dubbo Club 2015-16 and wished her a successful year. Melva spoke of promoting the objects of Inner Wheel of true friendship, personal service and international understanding.

It was also exciting to have three new members inducted to the Dubbo club on the day, making a total of five new members for the year.

Inner Wheel is the largest voluntary womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s or- Inner Wheel Australian President Beverley Crowe, Outgoing Inner Wheel District A50 ganisation in the world.

Chairman Elizabeth Tooke, Incoming Inner Wheel District A50 Chairman Meryl Usback

Incoming Inner Wheel Dubbo President Melva Blake, and Incoming Inner Wheel District A50 Chairman Meryl Usback

Margaret Hughes, Cheryl Pfeiffer, Peggy Chivers and Patti Crofts

David Ironside and Bob McKeowen

Melva Blake, Robyn Coulton, Mark Coulton, Elizabeth Tooke, Beverley Crowe and Meryl Usback

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DYPN 'First Friday' drinks

BY MADDIE CONNELL DYPN gathered at the Commercial Hotel on Friday, July 3, for their first Friday of the month catch up. DYPN is the Dubbo Young Professionals Network. New members from Dubbo are welcome to join the group's causal and corporate events that set out to connect new professionals with others in the area.

Harry Whiteley, Luis Perez-Mora and Jamee Shuttle

Rob, Ali, Jen, Akii and Li-jen enjoying the night

Chris Kelly, Oliva Watson and Yvonne Gilmour

Cheryl, Akii, Juanita and Li-jen

Members of DYPN socialising

Shong Nguyen and Lyndall Taylor

Chris Kelly, Oliva Watson, Shan Alizaden and Yvonne Gilmour

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Changeover dinner for West Dubbo Rotary

BY KAITLYN RENNIE THE members of the Rotary Club of Dubbo West enjoyed a lovely dinner at Club Dubbo on Wednesday, July 1, with many special guests attending the event.

The dinner was to celebrate the work the previous committee accomplished, and to welcome the new committee for the next 12 months.

You can often see Rotary members at local events, and hear of them donating several thousand dollars to worthy local charities.

Marjorie and Don Stephens, Donna Falconer and Harold Woodley

Diane McKeown, Cheryl and Robert Pfeiffer, with David and Amanda Roach

Ernesto Falcioni, Keith Latham, Sylvia Dunn, Karen Hemsworth and Gini Redenbach

Kieran Sunderland, Gargi Ganguly, Warwick and Janelle Burke

Colin Shanks, John Bevan, Yao Yang and Andrew Brooks

Ken and Christine Borchardt with Kay and John Sunderland

Donna Falconer and Lance Murphy

Robert Pfeiffer accepting his position as president from Lance Murphy, previous president

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WHAT’S ON.

Friday 10.07.2015 to Sunday 12.07.2015 | Dubbo Weekender

T H E R E G I O N AT A GLANCE

hear Front man for Icehouse, Iva Davies

ICEHOUSE sing Great Southern Land

The sipping of great regional wine

...in Mudgee along with James Reyne, Mark Seymour, Moving Pictures and Pseudo Echo, at A Day on the Green on October 31 at Robert Oatley Vineyards.

“We played several a day on the green shows in 2012 and each was a pleasure,” front man for Icehouse, Iva Davies said.

“So we’re looking forward to being involved again in the great atmosphere, the line-up of Australian talent and seeing the audiences under the stars.”

With 28 platinum albums, eight Top 10 albums, a place in the ARIA Hall Of Fame and more than thirty Top 40 singles – including the unofficial Aussie national anthem, the seminal Great Southern Land – ICEHOUSE has undoubtedly carved out a special niche in the Australian psyche.

Register online at www.adayonthegreen.com.au

...at the celebration of the 2015 Cowra Wine Show public tasting.

Cowra has one of Australia’s largest wine shows and the Public Tasting is a signature event on the Wine Show Calendar. Test your wine tasting skills against expert judges and sample some of the best wines from Australia’s top wine growing regions. The wine judges take a week to sniff, taste and spit their way through around 1,500 wines during the Cowra Wine Show week.

This event will give wine lovers, wine buffs and those simply wanting to know more about wine an exclusive opportunity to sample the newly awarded gold, silver and bronze medal winning wines.

The vast array of wines has been entered by exhibitors from all the major wine producing states in Australia. Tasting is from 6pm to 9pm on July 25 at the pavilion at Cowra showground.

see A lot of fowl art ...from August 7, 2015 when Fresh Arts Dubbo will be hosting an art exhibition called Chicken Diaries, at Dundullimal Homestead. An opening night will be held from 6pm to 8 pm on August 7 in the National Trust Museum and Café at Dundullimal, at 23 Obley Road.

The Chicken Diaries illustrates stories about a fanciful flock of chickens

one and only, iconic Australian film, Priscilla Queen of the Desert in her spiritual home of Broken Hill.

Held at the Palace Hotel which featured prominently in the film, plus various other locations across Broken Hill from Friday, September 11 to Sunday, 13, the festival will be all the proof you need that life in the outback is anything but dull and... never a drag.

Although on this occasion, that’s ex-

pected! The inaugural tribute features a calendar of events including a Broken Heel Street Party featuring disco, drag shows, live music, and a Eurovision inspired aria, plus a Moo Moo Morning the following day.

For more details contact 08 8088 1699 or email info@thepalacehotelbrokenhill.com.au.

fore. On Sunday 18, enjoy displays of vintage cars, antique tractors, stalls, country music, and more.

The event is being organised by Warren Rotary Club with funds raised over the course of the weekend to be donated to Warren Community Homes.

Sign up for the WomDomNom...

between camping spots. All meals and soft drinks are provided over the four days, and you will be on the water for roughly six hours per day.

WomDomNom stands for Wellington on Macquarie (Wom), Dubbo on Macquarie (Dom) and Narromine on Macquarie (Nom). The paddle costs are $60 per day, or $240 for the four days.

For more information visit, http:// www.womdomnom.com.

bone china, jewellery, coins from more than 20 dealers, some travelling from as far as Melbourne, Tenterfield, Tumut and Newtown. Then relax in the cafe with homemade morning teas and light lunches proudly provided by the Vision Australia ladies. There is a $6 per day entry fee. Proceeds from the Gala Opening Night will go to Look Good Feel Better.

For more information contact Carla Pittman, 0418 294 438.

Dubbo Jazz Festival 2015

and their friends. The exhibition will run daily from Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 3pm, until September 8, 2015.

Fresh Arts is a regional artist collective committed to having fun, professional arts practice and creating exhibition opportunities.

Glam blokes in dresses ...at the Broken Heel Festival marking the 21st birthday bash tribute to the

do Paddle in the Warren Spring Festival... ...on Saturday October 17, 2015 which is the perfect time to head out join the RiverSmart Australia crowd for the fund-raising paddle-a-thon in Warren, from weir to weir for 2 to 3 hours depending on your craft and experience.

This is your chance to see a part of the Macquarie you may not have seen be-

...a four day paddle starting from Wellington on Thursday, November 2015.

Registrations are already open for this recreational paddle which encourages everyone to paddle the Macquarie River.

It is a fully supported paddle, with your camping equipment transported

etc.

Dubbo Rotaract Antiques and Collectables Fair VIEW or purchase rare and exquisite jewellery, furniture and china at the Rotaract Antiques Collectibles Fair Saturday, July 11 to Sunday, July 12. Held at the Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention centre. Over the weekend take the opportunity to purchase quality and unique wares, furniture, fine

CONTINUING in the footsteps of a proud history, while including Trad Jazz, the Dubbo Jazz Festival will be this year expand the Jazz genres to include mainstream jazz, big band, swing dance, gypsy, some blues and roots, swing, funk and soul. The

festival will also be expanding its program ‘Jazz Around Town’ as part of the festival changes. There will be ‘pop up’ performances and small groups/acts to perform in cafes around town, as well as performances at venues like the wineries and the Victoria Park Rotunda. Performers are encouraged to sign up at www.dubbojazz.com.au

To add your event to HSDE, email whatson@dubboweekender.com.au

WHAT’S ON.

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OPEN WEEKENDER

DUBBO GROVE PHARMACY

COFFEE & MEALS

KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ϵĂŵ Ɵů ϭϮ ŶŽŽŶ 'ŝŌǁĂƌĞ͕ :ĞǁĞůůĞƌLJ ,ŽŵĞǁĂƌĞƐ 59A Boundary Road, 6882 3723

OLD BANK RESTAURANT KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ϭϮ Ɵů ůĂƚĞ 'ŽŽĚ ĨŽŽĚ͕ ŐŽŽĚ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ŐŽŽĚ ƟŵĞƐ Ψϭϱ ůƵŶĐŚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ 232 Macquarie Street, 6884 7728

REFLECTIONS RESTAURANT

Open Monday to Saturday from 6pm ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂŶ ĐƵŝƐŝŶĞ ƵƐŝŶŐ ůŽĐĂů ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ͘ &Ƶůů Ăƌ ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ ZŽďĞƌƚ KĂƚůĞLJ tŝŶĞƐ͘ YƵĂůŝƚLJ /ŶŶ ƵďďŽ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů Newell Highway (next to the golf course), 6882 4777.

TED’S TAKEAWAY

Open Saturday and Sunday ϴ͘ϯϬĂŵͲϴƉŵ dŚĞ ďŝŐ ǀĂůƵĞ ŝŶ ƚĂŬĞĂǁĂLJ ĨŽŽĚ͘ 'ƌĞĂƚ ǁĞĞŬůLJ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ͘ 26 Victoria St, 6882 7899

THE ATHLETES FOOT Stop ďLJ dŚĞ 'ƌĂƉĞǀŝŶĞ Cafe for ďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ͕ ďƌƵŶĐŚ Žƌ ůƵŶĐŚ͊ ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ŽƉĞŶ ĨŽƌ ůƵŶĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ͘ ůů ĚĞƐƐĞƌƚƐ ŚŽŵĞ ŵĂĚĞ͘ Open Saturday and Sunday ĂůĐŽŶLJ ďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ͛Ɛ ĨƌŽŵ ϴĂŵ Ͳ ϭϭ͘ϯϬĂŵ ^ĞƌǀŝŶŐ ŝůů͛Ɛ ĞĂŶƐ ŽīĞĞ 110 Talbragar St, 6882 4219

DUBBO RSL CLUB RESORT

VILLAGE BAKERY CAFE

Open Saturday and Sunday 6am to ϱ͘ϯϬƉŵ͘ 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

STICKS AND STONES

Open Saturday and Sunday ƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ ϳ͘ϯϬ ʹ ϯƉŵ >ƵŶĐŚ ϭϮD ʹ ϯƉŵ ŝŶŶĞƌ ϲƉŵ ʹ YƵŝĞƚ ŝŶĞ ŝŶ Žƌ dĂŬĞĂǁĂLJ͘ tŽŽĚĮƌĞĚ WŝnjnjĂƐ Homemade pastas ʹůĂʹĐĂƌƚĞ ĚŝŶŝŶŐ ŽīĞĞ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƐƐĞƌƚƐ ůů ĚŝƐŚĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŵĂĚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ ĨƌĞƐŚĞƐƚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ ƚŽ ĞŶƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĞƐƚ ŇĂǀŽƵƌƐ ĨŽƌ ĞǀĞƌLJ ŵĞĂů͘ 'ůƵƚĞŶ ĨƌĞĞ ĂŶĚ ǀĞŐĞƚĂƌŝĂŶ ŽƉƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͘ 215A Macquarie St, 6885 4852

THE GRAPEVINE ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ϴ͘ϯϬĂŵͲϰƉŵ 'ŽŽĚ ĨŽŽĚ͕ ŐŽŽĚ ĐŽīĞĞ ĂŶĚ ŐŽŽĚ company 144 Brisbane St, 6884 7354

HOG’S BREATH BREKKY

Open Saturday and Sunday ϴĂŵ ʹ ϭϭĂŵ ,ŽŵĞŵĂĚĞ WĂŶĐĂŬĞƐ ŽƐƐ ,ŽŐ͛Ɛ ŝŐ ƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ EŽǁ ƐĞƌǀŝŶŐ ZŽďƵƐƚĂ ĂŶĚ ƌĂďŝĐĂ ĐŽīĞĞ ďĞĂŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ EĞǁ 'ƵŝŶĞĂ ĂŶĚ ŽƐƚĂ ZŝĐĂ͘ 193 Macquarie Street, 6882 4477

CLUBS & PUBS PASTORAL HOTEL KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϰĂŵ͕ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϵƉŵ͘

Open Saturday 8am to 1am Sunday ϴĂŵ ƚŽ ϭϬƉŵ͘ YƵĂůŝƚLJ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ďůĂĐŬďŽĂƌĚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďŝƐƚƌŽ͘ Cnr Brisbane and Wingewarra Streets, 6882 4411

CLUB DUBBO KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ĨƌŽŵ ϵĂŵ͘ ZŝǀĞƌǀŝĞǁ ŝƐƚƌŽ ϭϮƉŵ ƚŽ ϮƉŵ ĂŶĚ ϲƉŵ ƚŽ ϵƉŵ͘ ZĞůĂdžĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůLJ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ͘ Whylandra St, 6884 3000

THE CASTLEREAGH HOTEL KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϮĂŵ͕ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϭϮĂŵ͘ ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ŽƉĞŶ ĨŽƌ ůƵŶĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ ϳ ĚĂLJƐ Ă ǁĞĞŬ͘ ŽŵĞ ĚŽǁŶ ĂŶĚ ĞŶũŽLJ Ă ĚƌŝŶŬ ǁŝƚŚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ďĞĞƌ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ͕ Ă ƌŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ƉŽŽů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƌŽŶƚ ďĂƌ Žƌ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĚĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ƐƚLJůĞ ŵĞĂůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ͘ Cnr Brisbane and Talbragar Streets, 68824877

SPORTIES KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ĨƌŽŵ ϵĂŵ ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ŽƉĞŶ ĨƌŽŵ ϭϭ͘ϰϱĂŵͲϮƉŵ ĂŶĚ ϱ͘ϰϱͲϵƉŵ͘ 101 - 103 Erskine Street, 6884 2044

GYMS RSL AQUATIC & HEALTH CLUB KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ϳ͘ϯϬĂŵͲϱƉŵ KƉĞŶ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ϴ͘ϯϬĂŵͲϯƉŵ 'LJŵ͕ /ŶĚŽŽƌ ƉŽŽů͕ ^ĂƵŶĂ Steam room ^ƋƵĂƐŚ ĐŽƵƌƚƐ Cnr Brisbane and Wingewarra Streets, 6884 1777

SHOPPING DUBBO ANTIQUE & COLLECTABLES

KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ϵĂŵ Ɵů ϮƉŵ ǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ LJŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ Įƚ for your foot 176 Macquarie Street, 6881 8400

GROCERIES ϯƉŵ ŶƟƋƵĞ ĨƵƌŶŝƚƵƌĞ͕ ĐŚŝŶĂ͕ ĐĂƐƚ ŝƌŽŶ͕ ŽůĚ ƚŽŽůƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽůůĞĐƚĂďůĞƐ͘ 4 Depot Road, 6885 4400

THE BOOK CONNECTION KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ϴ͘ϯϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϰƉŵ͘ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϮƉŵ͘ EĞǁ ĂŶĚ ƵƐĞĚ ďŽŽŬƐ KǀĞƌ ϲϬ͕ϬϬϬ ŬƐ ŝŶ ƐƚŽƌĞ͘ 178 Macquarie St, 6882 3311

QUINN’S MYALL ST NEWSAGENCY ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ĨƌŽŵ ϱĂŵͲ ϭƉŵ͘ EĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌƐ͕ ŵĂŐĂnjŝŶĞƐ͕ ƐƚĂƟŽŶĞƌLJ ƐƵƉƉůŝĞƐ͘ 272 Myall St, 6882 0688

THE SWISH GALLERY KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ϵĂŵ ƚŽ ϭϮƉŵ͘ 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 ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ϴĂŵͲϰƉŵ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ϵĂŵͲϰƉŵ 64-70 Macquarie Street, 6882 6133

ORANA MALL SHOPPING CENTRE ϱϮ ^ƉĞĐŝĂůƚLJ ^ƚŽƌĞƐ͕ ŝŐ t͕ tŽŽůǁŽƌƚŚƐ ĂŶĚ ĞƌŶĂƌĚŝ͛Ɛ ^hW /' ͘ ĂƐLJ WĂƌŬŝŶŐ͕ ŶŽǁ ĂůƐŽ ǁŝƚŚ ĂƉƉƌŽdž͘ ϭϲϬ ƵŶĚĞƌĐŽǀĞƌ͘ Food Court ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ϵ͘ϬϬĂŵ ʹ ϱ͘ϬϬƉŵ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ϭϬ͘ϬϬĂŵ ʹ ϰ͘ϬϬƉŵ ǁǁǁ͘ŽƌĂŶĂŵĂůů͘ĐŽŵ͘ĂƵ Cnr Mitchell Highway & Wheelers Lane, 6882 7766

THE PARTY STOP KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ϵĂŵͲϰƉŵ Party Costumes ĞĐŽƌĂƟŽŶƐ ĂůůŽŽŶƐ 'ŝŌƐ ĨŽƌ ŵŝůĞƐƚŽŶĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ dŚĞŵĞĚ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ 142 Darling Street, 6885 6188

DMC MEAT AND SEAFOOD KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ϲĂŵ ƚŽ ϯƉŵ ,ƵŐĞ ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJ͕ ďƵůŬ ďƵLJƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĚ ŚŽƚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ ǁĞĞŬůLJ͘ 55 Wheelers Lane, 6882 1504

IGA WEST DUBBO KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ϳ͘ϯϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϲƉŵ͘ 'ƌĞĂƚ ǁĞĞŬůLJ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůLJ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ͘ 38-40 Victoria Street, 6882 3466

THINGS TO DO WESTERN PLAINS CULTURAL CENTRE KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ŐĂůůĞƌŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƐĞƵŵƐ ŝŶ E^t Ŷ ĞǀĞƌͲĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ĂƌƌĂLJ ŽĨ ĞdžŚŝďŝƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŽƉ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĞdžŚŝďŝƟŽŶƐ͘ 76 Wingewarra Street, 6801 4444

OLD DUBBO GAOL KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ϵͲϱƉŵ >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, July 10 Girl Vs Boy

MOVIE: Magic Mike

The Living Room

ABC3, 7.45pm

GO!, 9.40pm, MA15+ (2012)

TEN, 7.30pm

Being a teenager is fraught with drama. Hormones are running rampant and even the smallest tiff can blow up into a war before you can even say “try to calm down, it’s not that bad”. Documenting the ups and downs of this period sure does make for some hilarious TV though, as this New Zealand production shows so well. While it only ran for a single season, ABC3 is replaying it in its entirety here and it’s a fun-filled way to spend a Friday evening.

Tonight, Tim (Josh McKenzie) tries to serenade his way back into Hailey’s (Carolyn Dando) heart but Kjesten (Abby Damen) has other ideas.

Channing Tatum harks back to his real-life past in this Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s Eleven, Contagion) flick by playing a stripper.

Channing bares some impressive skin in a moving performance as the titular Mike, who has aspirations in the furniture business, but for now is happy mentoring promising nightclub newcomer Adam (Alex Pettyfer). The real star of the show is Matthew McConaughey, who steals the thunder as the boys’ over-the-top boss. Soderbergh teeters into melodrama territory, but that is part of the film’s charm, with impressive dance sequences and stylish editing.

It ain’t magic, but it is fun.

urs, The Living Room If lifestyle programs were colours, o – it’s almost would have to be a bright fluro aid of being childlike in its fun and isn’t afraid silly and standing out. Tonight,, er renovation queen Cherie Barber demonstrates just how far the small sum of $5000 can stretch in a complete bathroom overhaul. manda Delightfully outspoken host Amanda ome Keller (right) checks out the home of country singer Melinda wn Schneider. Also, vet Chris Brown and chef Miguel Maestre rack up n they their frequent flyer points when drop in on the Emirates Flight Training Academy in Dubai. It’s a mixed bag of fun ertained segments to keep everyone entertained and happy.

ABC

PRIME7

WIN

TEN

SBS

6.00 ABC News Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. (CC) 10.00 One Plus One. (CC) 10.30 Making Couples Happy :) (PG, R, CC) (Final) 11.30 Hospital Chaplains.

(PG, R, CC) 12.00 News. (CC) 1.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) 2.00 Big Boss. (R, CC) 2.30 The New Inventors.

(R, CC) 3.00 Catalyst. (PG, R, CC) 3.45 Doctor Who. (PG, R, CC) (Final) 4.30 Eggheads. (R, CC) 5.00 News: Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 The Drum. (CC) A discussion of the events of the day.

6.00 Sunrise. (CC) 9.00 The Morning Show.

(PG, CC) 11.30 News. (CC) 12.00 MOVIE: Hannah Montana: The Movie.

(R, CC) (2009) A girl struggles with the burden of fame. Lucas Till, Miley Cyrus.

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. (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 9.00 11.30 12.00

Today. (CC) Mornings. (PG, CC) News. (CC) WIN’s All Australian News. (R, CC) The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG, R, CC) Variety show.

Extra. (CC) Entertainment news program from The Grove in Los Angeles.

Hosted by Mario Lopez and Maria Menounos.

Alive And Cooking.

(R, CC) Join James Reeson for inspirational, easy recipes that can be cooked at home.

News Now. (CC) News. (CC) Millionaire Hot Seat. (CC)

6.00 Ent. Tonight. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Huey. (R, CC) 7.00 Ben’s Menu. (R, CC) 7.30 Bold. (R, CC) 8.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG, CC) 11.00 MasterChef Australia.

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

(PG, CC) 2.00 The Doctors. (PG, CC) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, CC) 3.30 Good Chef Bad Chef.

(R, CC) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (CC) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (CC) 5.00 Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 Japanese News. 6.10 Hong Kong News. 6.30 Chinese News. 7.00 Tour De France Daily Update. (CC) 7.30 Italian News.

8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News From Cyprus. 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 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 6. Abbeville to Le Havre. Replay.

3.30 Strip The City: Venice – Sinking City. (R, CC) 4.25 James May’s Toy Stories: The Motorcycle Diary. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 6. Abbeville to Le Havre. Highlights.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) Fiona Bruce and the team return to Saltaire’s Victoria Hall in Yorkshire.

7.00 News. (CC) 7.30 7.30. (CC) Current affairs program.

8.00 QI. (R, CC) Guests Dara O’Briain, Sean Lock and Chris Addison join host Stephen Fry for an “H”-inspired discussion.

8.30 Miniseries: Arthur & George. (M, CC) Part 2 of 3. Arthur becomes convinced his young client George is the victim of racial prejudice.

9.20 Janet King. (M, R, CC) Janet discovers who murdered Renmark, but the perpetrator kidnaps her before she has a chance to tell anyone.

10.20 Lateline. (R, CC) News analysis program featuring up-to-the-minute coverage of current events.

10.50 The Business. (R, CC) The day’s business and finance news, including a look at the latest trends on the international share and currency markets.

11.10 Dirty Laundry. (M, R, CC) Comedy game show.

11.55 Rage. (MA15+) Continuous music programming.

6.00 PRIME7 News. (CC) 6.30 News. (CC) 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (CC) Johanna puts the House Rules contestants through their paces with a ‘70s up-cycle challenge. Adam and Demi put the boogie back in a 1974 Kombi. Ed adds flair to Aussie dishes. Try Karen’s shrimp mornay.

8.30 MOVIE: Iron Man. (M, R, CC) (2008) After escaping from kidnappers using an armoured suit, a playboy industrialist turns his creation into a force for good by using it to fight crime. However, it is not long before his new attitude earns him the enmity of the manager of his own company. Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges.

11.00 Tennis. (CC) Wimbledon.

Day 11. Men’s singles semi-finals. From the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England. Hosted by Todd Woodbridge, with commentary from John Newcombe, Rennae Stubbs, Sam Smith and Geoff Masters.

6.00 News. (CC) 7.00 WIN News. (CC) 7.30 Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 18. Canberra Raiders v Newcastle Knights. From GIO Stadium, Canberra.

10.00 MOVIE: Red Dawn.

(M, R, CC) (2012) After North Korea uses a secret new weapon to invade and occupy large swathes of America, a group of teenagers from a mid-western town band together to conduct a guerrilla war against the foreign troops. Chris Hemsworth, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas.

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

7.30 The Living Room.

(PG, CC) Amanda visits the home of country singer Melinda Schneider. Cherie completes a bathroom overhaul.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, CC) Irish comedian Graham Norton chats with American actor Stanley Tucci, EnglishCanadian actor Kim Cattrall, and comedians Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. Music from British electronica trio Years & Years.

9.30 NCIS. (M, R, CC) The team is dispatched to investigate the death of a doctor aboard a US Navy ship during a storm.

10.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M, R, CC) Five comedians compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. Hosted by Tom Gleisner.

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

6.00 Heston’s In Search Of Perfection. (CC) Chef Heston Blumenthal prepares a Christmas feast for some celebrity guests.

6.30 World News. (CC) 7.30 Secrets Of Britain: Secrets Of The Tower Of London. (PG, R, CC) Explores the stories and history behind the Tower Of London.

8.30 Secrets Of The Castle: Defending The Castle. (CC) Part 2 of 5.

Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold continue to take a look at the reconstruction of Guédelon Castle in France. Focusing on the art of medieval combat, they learn how such fortifications were built to resist the sieges of the time.

9.30 World News. (CC) 10.00 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 7.

Livarot to Fougères.

190.5km flat stage.

From France. Hosted

by Michael Tomalaris and Robbie McEwen, with commentary from Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwin, and reports by David McKenzie and Matt Keenan.

5.00 Rage. (PG, CC) Continuous music programming.

4.00 Home Shopping.

12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. (CC) 1.00 A Current Affair. (R, CC) 1.30 MOVIE: Sharky’s Machine. (AV15+, R, CC) (1981) Burt Reynolds.

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

(CC)

12.30 The Good Wife. (M, R, CC) Alicia finds herself in the middle of an investigation regarding a suspicious death.

1.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Shopping.

2.00 MOVIE: Elementary Particles. (MA15+, R) (2006) Two half-brothers struggle with life. Moritz Bleibtreu.

4.00 Sandhurst Military Academy: First Encounter. (M, R, CC) 5.00 Korean News.

5.35 Japanese News.

1.00 2.00

2.30

3.00 4.00 5.30

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, July 10 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.30pm RoboCop (2014) Action. Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman. A cop undergoes surgery to turn himself into a Robocop. (M) Premiere

7.30pm Selling Houses Australia Extreme. (G) LifeStyle

6.00pm Hacking The System. How to think like a criminal. (PG) National Geographic

6.00am Golf. USPGA Tour.

John Deere Classic. First round.

Fox Sports 3

8.30pm First Blood (1982) Action. Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna. A Vietnam War veteran is pushed to the brink. (M) Action

7.35pm Arrow. A superhuman thief robs a warehouse. (M) FOX8 8.30pm Sleepy Hollow.

Sheriff Corbin’s son returns to Sleepy Hollow. (M) FOX8

6.30pm Beasts Of The Bayou. (PG) Animal Planet 6.30pm MythBusters.

The boys try to ride a bike underwater. (PG) Discovery

7.30pm Football. AFL. Round 15. Richmond v Carlton. Fox Footy 10.00pm Rugby League.

NRL. Round 18. Canberra Raiders v Newcastle Knights.

Replay. Fox Sports 1

10.05pm Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004) Comedy. John Cho, Kal Penn.

(MA15+) Comedy

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 2.20 Q Pootle 5. (R, CC) 2.35 Little Princess. (R, CC) 2.50 Dinosaur Train. (R) 3.20 Timmy Time. (R, CC) 3.30 Play School. (R, CC) 4.00 Bananas In Pyjamas. (R, CC) 4.10 Hoopla. (R, CC) 4.25 Mister Maker.

(R, CC) 4.45 Thomas. (R, CC) 5.00 dirtgirlworld. (R, CC) 5.10 Fireman Sam. (R, CC) 5.25 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.30 Octonauts. (R, CC) 5.45 Peg + Cat. (R) 6.00 Ben And Holly.

(R, CC) 6.10 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.25 Curious George. (CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Doctor Who. (PG, R, CC) 8.15 That ’70s Show. (PG, R, CC) 8.35 Light.

(PG, CC) 8.40 The Undateables.

(M, R, CC) 9.30 Secrets Of The Gay Sauna. (MA15+, CC) 10.20 Jimmy Fallon. (PG, CC) 11.00 Unsafe Sex In The City. (M, R, CC) 12.00 Cherry Healey: How To Get A Life. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Doctor Who. (PG, R, CC) 1.40 Jimmy Fallon. (PG, R, CC) 2.30 News Update. (R) 2.35 Close.

5.00 The Numtums. (R, CC) 5.05 Driver Dan’s Story Train. (R, CC) 5.15 Guess With Jess. (R, CC) 5.30 Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps.

(R, CC) 5.40 Olivia. (R, CC) 5.55 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 6.40 Arthur. (R, CC) 6.50 Vic The Viking. (R, CC) 7.05 Oh No! It’s An Alien Invasion. (R, CC) 7.30 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R, CC) 7.55 The Day My Butt Went Psycho. (R, CC) 8.20 Endangered Species. (R, CC) 8.30 Grojband. (R, CC) 9.15 Camp Lakebottom. (R, CC) 9.35 Slugterra. (R, CC) 10.20 Prank Patrol Road Trip. (R, CC) 11.10 You’re Skitting Me. (R, CC) 11.35 Big Babies. (R, CC) 11.50 Canimals.

(R) 12.00 The Day My Butt Went Psycho. (R, CC) 3.40 Almost Naked Animals. (R, CC) 3.50 Riders Of Berk. (R, CC) 4.15 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (CC) 4.40 News On 3. (CC) 4.45 Studio 3. 4.50 Roy. (R, CC) 5.15 The Dukes Of Broxstonia.

(R, CC) 5.25 Operation Ouch! (R) 5.55 House Of Anubis. (R) 6.20 Wacky World Beaters. (R, CC) 6.50 News On 3. (CC) 7.00 The Adventures Of Merlin. (PG, R, CC) 7.45 Girl Vs Boy. (PG, CC) 8.10 My Great Big Adventure. (R, CC) 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation.

(PG, CC) 8.55 Kobushi. (R, CC) 9.00 K-On! (PG, CC) 9.25 Sword Art Online. (PG, R, CC) 9.50 Puella Magi Madoka Magica. (PG, R, CC) 10.15 Close.

Stephen Amell stars in Arrow

7TWO 6.00 Shopping. 7.00 The Woodlies. (C, R, CC) 7.30 In Your Dreams. (C, CC) 8.00 Pipsqueaks.

(P, CC) 8.30 Harry’s Practice. (R, CC) 9.00 Home And Away. (PG, R, CC) 9.30 Shortland Street.

(PG) 10.00 The Martha Stewart Show. (R) 11.00 Homes Under The Hammer. (R) 12.00 Life After People. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Animal Academy. (R) 3.30 The Martha Stewart Show. 4.30 60 Minute Makeover. (PG) 5.30 Homes Under The Hammer. (R) 6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Dog Patrol. (PG, R, CC) A prison visitor breaks all the rules.

8.00 Animal Airport.

(PG, R, CC) Officers confront a smuggler.

8.30 Escape To The Country.

Jonnie Irwin heads to Kent.

9.30 Front Of House. (R) Presented by Oliver Heath.

10.00 Tennis. (CC) Wimbledon.

Day 11. Men’s singles semifinals.

11.00 Homes Under The Hammer. (R) 12.00 Taggart. (M, R, CC) 3.00 The Martha Stewart Show. (R) 5.00 Home Shopping.

7MATE 6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Sofia The First. (R, CC) 7.30 Jake And The Never Land Pirates. (R, CC) 8.00 Doc McStuffins. 8.30 Henry Hugglemonster. (R) 9.00 NBC Today. (R, CC) 11.00 Fifth Gear. (PG, R) 12.00 T.J. Hooker. (PG, R) 1.00 Camp. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 The Amazing Race.

(PG, R, CC) 3.00 Crash & Bernstein. (CC) 3.30 Ultimate Spider-Man. (R) 4.00 Turtleman. (PG, R) 4.30 North Woods Law. (PG) 5.30 American Dad! (PG, R, CC) 7.00 AFL Pre-Game Show. (CC) Pre-game coverage of the big match.

7.30 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 15. Richmond v Carlton. From the MCG. 11.00 MOVIE: Air America.

(M, R) (1990) A pilot is recruited into a corrupt CIA airlift. Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr. 1.15 MOVIE: Apocalypse Now. (AV15+, R) (1979) An officer is sent on a secret mission.

Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando.

4.30 Fifth Gear. (PG, R) 5.30 Zoom TV. (PG, R)

GO! 6.00 Robocar Poli. 6.30 PAW Patrol. 7.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! 7.30 Kitchen Whiz. (C, CC) 8.00 Pyramid. (C, R, CC) 8.30 Rabbids.

(PG, R) 9.00 Surprises. (P, R, CC) 9.30 SpongeBob. (R) 10.00 Green Lantern. (PG, R) 10.30 Young Justice. (PG, R) 11.00 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 11.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. (R) 12.00 Extra. (CC) 12.30 The Batman.

(PG, R) 1.00 Thunderbirds. (R) 2.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. (PG, R) 2.30 Tom And Jerry. (R) 3.00 SpongeBob. (R) 3.30 Rabbids.

(PG, R) 4.00 Kids’ WB. (PG) 4.05 Looney Tunes. (R) 4.30 Young Justice. (PG, R) 5.00 Ben 10. (PG, R) 5.30 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: Scooby-Doo! Music Of The Vampire. (R) (2011) 7.30 MOVIE: She’s The Man. (PG, R, CC) (2006) 9.40 MOVIE: Magic Mike.

(MA15+, R, CC) (2012) 12.00 Secret Mountain Fort Awesome. (PG, R) 12.30 Supernatural: The Animated Series. (AV15+, R) 1.00 Regular Show. (PG, R) 1.30 Rabbids. (PG, R) 2.00 TMZ Live. 3.00 TMZ. 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 4.00 PAW Patrol.

(R, CC) 4.30 Robocar Poli. (R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. (R)

GEM 6.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Skippy. (R) 7.00 Sun, Sea And Bargain Spotting. 8.00 Gilmore Girls. (R, CC) 9.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Alive And Cooking. (R, CC) 11.00 Friends.

(PG, R, CC) 12.00 Secret Dealers.

(PG, R) 1.00 MOVIE: Manuela. (PG, R, CC) (1957) Trevor Howard, Elsa Martinelli. 3.00 Alive And Cooking.

(CC) 3.30 Big Body Squad. (PG, R) 4.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Gilmore Girls. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC) Relatives gather for the wedding.

7.30 Cricket. (CC) The Ashes.

First Test. England v Australia. Day 3. Morning session. From SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff, Wales.

10.30 Cricket. (CC) The Ashes.

First Test. England v Australia. Day 3. Afternoon session. From SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff, Wales.

3.00 MOVIE: Devil Girl From Mars. (PG, R, CC) (1954) Hazel Court.

4.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Gideon’s Way. (PG, R)

ONE 6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 8.00 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 9.00 Natural Conflict. (PG, R, CC) 10.00 Totally Wild. (R, CC) 11.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 12.00 Monster Jam. (R) 1.00 David Letterman. (PG, R) 2.00 The Living Room. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 World’s Busiest. (PG, R) 4.00 Scrappers. (PG, R) 4.30 The Home Team. (R, CC) 5.00 Extreme Boats’ Big Angry Fish. (PG, R) 5.30 iFish.

(R) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 Black Gold. (PG, R) 8.30 Cops: Adults Only. (M, R) Follows officers on patrol in the US. 9.30 MOVIE: True Justice: Violence Of Action. (M, R) (2012) A special agent pursues a criminal. Steven Seagal.

11.30 Bellator MMA. (M) 1.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 9. British Grand Prix. Highlights. From Silverstone Circuit, England. 3.00 Darren & Brose. (M, R) 3.30 Cops: Adults Only. (M, R) 4.30 Scrappers.

(PG, R) 5.00 The Home Team.

(R, CC) 5.30 Football’s Greatest Managers. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 8.00 Vic The Viking. (C, R, CC) 8.30 Toasted TV. 9.30 Wurrawhy. (P, R, CC) 10.00 Touched By An Angel. (PG, R) 11.00 Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 Taxi. (PG, R) 12.00 Charmed.

(PG, R, CC) 1.00 JAG. (PG, R) 2.00 Sabrina. (PG, R, CC) 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. (PG, 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 So You Think You Can Dance. (PG) 9.30 New Girl. (M, R, CC) Coach makes a surprise return to the loft.

10.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid?

(PG, R) 10.40 Sex And The City.

(MA15+, R) 11.20 Movie Juice. (R) 11.50 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG) 12.50 The King Of Queens. (PG, R) 1.25 Clueless. (PG, R) 2.00 Touched By An Angel. (PG, R) 3.00 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 JAG. (PG, R) 5.00 Shopping. (R)

SBS 2 6.00 Urdu News. 6.20 Indonesian News. 7.00 Russian News. 7.30 Polish News. 8.00 DW Global 3000. 8.30 Macedonian News.

9.05 Croatian News. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 Portuguese News.

11.05 Japanese News. 11.40 Hong Kong News. 12.00 Hindi News.

12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Italian News. 1.35 German News. 2.05 Spanish News. 3.05 Greek News.

3.30 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France.

Stage 6. Abbeville to Le Havre.

191.5km hill stage. Replay. 5.30 Urban Freestyler. 5.35 American Ninja Warrior. (PG) 6.30 Cycling.

(CC) Tour de France. Stage 6.

Abbeville to Le Havre. 191.5km hill stage. Highlights. From France.

7.30 Friday Feed.

8.00 The Tim Ferriss Experiment. (PG) 8.30 Ctrl Freaks. (M) Model Lucie tries to become a promo girl.

9.25 Lost Girl. (MA15+) (Final) 10.15 Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait Of Maurice Sendak. (M) 11.00 Attack On Titan.

(M, R) 12.00 Friday Feed. (R) 12.30 PopAsia. (PG) 2.35 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 Waabiny Time. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Bushwhacked!

9.00 Move It Mob Style. 9.30 Go Lingo. 10.00 Around The Campfire. 10.30 Takeover. (PG) 12.00 Pacific Games. Daily highlights. 1.00 Pacific Games.

Daily coverage.

7.30 A Time For Reflection.

7.35 Reflections On Karrawirra Parri.

7.40 Uncle Gundi.

7.45 Symbol Of Strength.

7.50 Walking Beside Us. 8.00 The House Opening.

8.30 Indians And Aliens.

Explores alien encounters in Northern Quebec.

9.00 NITV News.

9.30 Go Girls. (PG) 10.30 By The Rapids. (PG) 11.00 NITV News. 11.30 By The Rapids.

(PG) 12.00 Fusion With Casey Donovan. 1.00 Rugby League.

Koori Knockout. 1.55 Rugby League. Queensland Murri Carnival. 3.00 Rugby Sevens.

4.00 Football. 2011 Lightning Cup. Mutitjulu v Amata. 5.00 Characters Of Broome. 5.30 Kriol Kitchen.

6.00 ABC News Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. (CC) 12.00 News. (CC) 1.00 Capital Hill. (CC) 1.30 News. (CC) 6.30 The Drum. (R, CC) 7.00 News. (CC) 9.30 Lateline. (CC) 10.00 The World. (CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 7.30. (R, CC) 12.00 News. 12.30 The Drum. (R, CC) 1.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 2.00 BBC World News.

2.30 7.30. (R, CC) 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 BBC Focus On Africa. 4.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 5.00 BBC World News. 5.30 Lateline. (R, CC)

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Saturday, July 11 Bondi Vet

Room 101

MOVIE: Avatar

TEN, 6pm

SBS, 8.30pm

TEN, 9.05pm, M (2009)

Dr Chris Brown has won over plenty of fans, which isn’t exactly surprising considering his affable personality, easy-on-the-eye appearance and his success as co-host of The Living Room and I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! among other TV roles. But it is this enjoyable series for which the veterinarian is best known, adding to his charm by saving or improving the lives of adorable animals in need. In tonight’s episode, he meets two-yearold koala Jack, who has somehow developed troubling bumps all over his face. Concerned by the condition, Chris rushes the cuddly creature off to the local clinic for a biopsy.

Despite being inspired by the torture room in George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, this new Aussie take on the BBC comedy of the same name offers plenty to smile about.

Hosted by veteran funnyman Paul McDermott, viewers will get twice the laughs tonight as Room 101 premieres with a delightful doubleepisode in which special guests reveal their pet peeves and try to convince McDermott to consign those certain things, people or concepts to the Room 101 vault (the idea being that doing so banishes them from the world forever). First up are SBS favourites Julia Zemiro and the hilarious H.G. Nelson.

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6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 11.30 Spicks And Specks.

(PG, R, CC) 12.00 Flying Miners: Meet The FIFOs. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) 2.00 Wild Kitchen With Clayton Donovan. (R, CC) Clayton travels up the Nambucca River.

2.35 The Restaurant Inspector. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 Rick Stein’s India. (R, CC) 4.00 QI. (R, CC) 4.30 Saturday Landline.

(R, CC) Presented by Pip Courtney.

5.00 Midsomer Murders.

(PG, R, CC) An author is murdered.

6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) 12.00 MOVIE: Step Up 3.

(PG, R, CC) (2010) Sharni Vinson.

2.00 MOVIE: The Lost Valentine. (PG, R, CC) (2011) A journalist befriends a woman. Jennifer Love Hewitt.

4.00 Medical Emergency.

(PG, R, CC) A man is crushed while cutting branches.

4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. (R, CC) Jude Bolton cooks a healthy dessert.

5.30 The Lucky Country. (PG)

6.00 PAW Patrol. (R, CC) 6.30 Dora. (R, CC) 7.00 Weekend Today.

(CC) 10.00 Mornings: Saturday.

(PG, CC) 12.00 Cybershack. (PG, CC) 12.30 Supernanny: Beyond The Naughty Step. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 The Great Endeavour Rally. (PG, CC) 1.30 MOVIE: Clifford.

(PG, R, CC) (1994) 3.30 Australian Geographic Adventures. (CC) 4.00 Adam’s Pasta Pilgrimage. (CC) (New Series) 4.30 Deep Water. (PG, CC) (Final) 5.00 News. (CC) 5.30 Getaway. (PG, CC)

6.00 RPM. (R, CC) 7.00 ET’s Fishing Classics.

(R, CC) 7.30 Good Chef Bad Chef.

(R, CC) 8.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10: Saturday. (CC) 10.00 Studio 10: Saturday Extra. (PG, CC) Highlights from Studio 10.

11.00 The Living Room.

(PG, R, CC) Cherie completes a bathroom overhaul.

12.00 Motor Racing. (CC) International V8 Supercars Championship. Round 6.

Townsville 400. Qualifying and race 16. From Townsville Street Circuit, Queensland.

6.00 Japanese News. 6.10 Hong Kong News. 6.30 Chinese News. 7.00 Tour De France Daily Update. (CC) 7.30 Italian News.

8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News From Cyprus. 10.30 German News.

11.00 Spanish News. 12.00 Arabic News. 12.30 Turkish News. 1.00 Climbing Great Buildings. (R, CC) 1.30 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 7. Livarot to Fougères. Replay.

3.30 D-Day: The Soldiers’ Story. (PG, CC) 4.30 Carthage’s Lost Warriors. (R, CC) 5.30 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 7. Livarot to Fougères. Highlights. From France.

6.30 Gardening Australia.

(CC) Jane explores the wonderful diversity of fungi with an expert. Costa drops in on a viewer.

7.00 News. (CC) 7.30 Father Brown. (PG, CC) With the help of a time machine, a young man sets out to prove that his father was murdered.

8.20 Doc Martin. (PG, R, CC) After a beachcomber experiences some strange symptoms, Martin has to diagnose what is wrong with her.

9.05 The Bletchley Circle.

(M, R, CC) The women close in on the killer of the five girls, narrowing their list of suspects down to three.

9.55 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (M, R, CC) A satirical news program exposing the humorous, absurd and downright hypocritical.

10.25 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.

11.10 Rage. (MA15+) Features music videos chosen by special guest programmers.

6.00 News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: The Mummy Returns. (PG, R, CC) (2001) A couple must once again battle their old nemesis, the mummy Imhotep, after he is resurrected by a power hungry cult who have kidnapped their son in order to gain possession of a powerful artefact he is bonded to. Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah.

9.35 MOVIE: Hulk. (M, R, CC) (2003) A mishandled experiment causes a geneticist to become an angry green giant when ever he is put under emotional stress. Seeking to find a cure for his condition, he finds himself pursued by an obsessed army general who believes he is an unacceptable danger to those around him. Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Nick Nolte.

6.00 News. (CC) 7.00 The Voice. (PG, R, CC) With some help from coaches Ricky Martin, Delta Goodrem, Joel Madden, Benji Madden and Jessie J, a group of contestants sets out to prove they have what it takes to be a singing sensation. Hosted

by Darren McMullen.

8.30 The Voice. (PG, R, CC) With some help from coaches Ricky Martin, Delta Goodrem, Joel Madden, Benji Madden and Jessie J, a group of contestants set out to prove they have what it takes to be a singing sensation. Hosted

by Darren McMullen.

10.00 The Voice. (PG, R, CC) A group of contestants sets out to prove they have what it takes to be a singing sensation.

11.30 MOVIE: Mystic River.

(AV15+, R, CC) (2003) Three childhood friends are reunited in adulthood after the daughter of one is murdered. However, it is not long before one of them becomes a possible suspect, in no small part due to entirely circumstantial evidence.

Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon.

6.00 Bondi Vet. (PG, CC) After Jack the koala suddenly develops nasty bumps all over its face, a concerned Dr Chris Brown takes charge of the situation and brings the two-yearold to a local clinic for an immediate biopsy.

7.00 MOVIE: Night At The Museum 2. (PG, R, CC) (2009) A former security guard infiltrates the Smithsonian Institution after discovering a magical tablet, which animated the museum exhibits he befriended, has been shipped to Washington.

Adding to the danger is the fact the artefact is working its magic on some dubious characters. Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Amy Adams.

9.05 MOVIE: Avatar. (M, R, CC) (2009) In the future, a paraplegic former marine finds his loyalties tested after he is given the chance to assimilate into an alien culture, thanks to an artificial body, known as an “avatar”, which he operates remotely. Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver.

6.00 Grand Tours Of The Scottish Islands: Fair Isle To Foula – “So Far, So Good”. (R, CC) .

6.30 World News. (CC) 7.30 Scotland: Highlands And Islands. (CC) Explores the picturesque highlands and islands of Scotland.

8.30 Room 101. (PG, CC) (New Series) Paul McDermott interviews celebrity guests who discuss their pet hates and the things that make them angry. He begins with comedian Julia Zemiro, who shares her concerns about good etiquette and self-awareness, from life coaches to ubiquitous packaging.

9.00 Room 101. (PG, CC) Paul McDermott interviews HG Nelson, who discuss his pet hates and the things that make him angry.

9.30 Monty Python’s Best Bits (Mostly) (PG, CC) Celebrities pick Monty Python sketches and explain why these moments are the troupe’s best.

10.00 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 8. Rennes to Mur-de-Bretagne. 181.5km hill stage. From France.

5.00 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

12.20 Tennis. (CC) Wimbledon.

Day 12. Women’s singles final. Men’s doubles final.

From the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England.

4.00 Home Shopping.

2.10 MOVIE: Hearts In Atlantis. (M, R, CC) (2001) A man returns to his home town. Anthony Hopkins.

4.00 Anger Management.

(M, R, CC) 4.30 Extra. (R, CC) 5.00 The Middle. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

12.20 48 Hours: The Bizarre Saga Of Robert Durst.

(M, R) A millionaire is charged with murder.

1.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Shopping.

4.30 It Is Written. (PG) Religious program.

5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program.

2.00 Living With The Amish.

(PG, R, CC) 2.55 Living With The Amish.

(R, CC) 3.55 Living With The Amish.

(M, R, CC) 4.45 Bike Race. (R) 5.00 Korean News. News from Seoul.

5.35 Japanese News.

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

(R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions. Please Note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to late change by networks.

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6.35pm Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) Comedy.

Jason Segel, Kristen Bell.

(MA15+) Comedy

7.30pm Switched At Birth.

Days before Christmas, Bay and Daphne switch places in an alternate reality where the switch never happened. (PG) FOX8

7.30pm Hitler’s Stealth Fighter. A Nazi jet-powered fighter is rebuilt. (PG) History

2.30pm Cricket. One-day International. Sri Lanka v Pakistan. Game 1. Fox Sports 4

7.30pm Treehouse Masters.

(PG) Discovery

9.30pm Supernatural.

Having translated the tablet, Kevin finds a way to close the gates of Hell. (M) FOX8

8.30pm Blood And Glory: The Civil War. This is a miniseries to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War. (PG) History

5.30pm Rugby League. NRL. Round 18. Penrith Panthers v Sydney Roosters. Fox Sports 1

8.35pm The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Comedy.

Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham. Recounts the adventures of Gustave H., a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel. (M) Masterpiece

10.10pm Sex And The City.

(MA15+) SoHo

7.30pm Football. AFL. Round 15. West Coast v Adelaide. Fox Sports 3

10.15pm Die Hard: With A Vengeance (1995) Action.

Bruce Willis. (M) Action

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.55 Pingu. (R) 1.00 Humf. (R, CC) 1.10 Postman Pat. (R, CC) 1.25 LahLah’s Adventures. (R) 1.40 Abney & Teal. (R, CC) 1.55 Mouk. (R) 2.05 Elmo The Musical. (R, CC) 2.20 Q Pootle 5. (R, CC) 2.35 Little Princess. (R, CC) 2.50 Dinosaur Train. (R) 3.20 Timmy Time. (R, CC) 3.30 Play School. (R, CC) 4.00 Bananas In Pyjamas. (R, CC) 4.10 Hoopla. (R, CC) 4.25 Mister Maker.

(R, CC) 4.45 Thomas. (R, CC) 5.00 dirtgirlworld. (R, CC) 5.10 Fireman Sam. (R, CC) 5.25 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.30 Octonauts. (R, CC) 5.45 Peg + Cat. (R) 6.00 Ben And Holly.

(R, CC) 6.10 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.25 Curious George. (CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Total Wipeout. (CC) 8.35 The Home Show. (PG, CC) 9.15 Live At The Apollo. (M, R, CC) 10.05 Dirty Laundry Live. (M, R, CC) 10.50 The IT Crowd. (PG, R, CC) 11.15 Archer.

(M, R, CC) 1.50 News Update. (R) 1.55 Close. 5.00 The Numtums. (R, CC) 5.05 Driver Dan’s Story Train.

(R, CC) 5.15 Guess With Jess. (R, CC) 5.30 Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps. (R, CC) 5.40 Olivia. (R, CC) 5.55 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 6.55 Dennis & Gnasher. (R, CC) 7.20 Jamie’s Got Tentacles. (R, CC) 7.45 Dr Dimensionpants. (R) 8.05 SheZow. (R, CC) 8.20 Almost Naked Animals. (R, CC) 8.30 Riders Of Berk. (R, CC) 8.55 Studio 3 Gold.

(R) 9.00 Good Game: SP. (CC) 9.25 Total Drama All Stars. (R, CC) 9.50 Studio 3 Gold. (R) 9.55 Slugterra.

(R, CC) 10.15 Numb Chucks. (R, CC) 10.40 Endangered Species. (R, CC) 11.00 Camp Lakebottom. (R, CC) 11.25 Kobushi. (R, CC) 11.30 Roy. (R, CC) 12.00 Dani’s House. (R, CC) 12.30 Officially Amazing. (PG, R, CC) 12.55 Officially Amazing.

(R, CC) 2.50 Trop Jr. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Deadly Pole To Pole. (R) 3.25 WAC. (R, CC) 3.55 Studio 3. 4.00 Pixelface. (R, CC) 4.25 The Aquabats Super Show! (R, CC) 4.50 Slugterra. (R, CC) 5.15 SW: Clone Wars. (PG, R, CC) 5.40 Operation Ouch! (R, CC) 6.10 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R) 6.35 Mortified. (C, R, CC) 7.00 Outnumbered. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Operation Ouch! (R, CC) (Final) 8.00 Deadly Pole To Pole. (R, CC) 8.30 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 9.00 Degrassi: The Next Generation.

(PG, R, CC) 10.50 Close.

Jensen Ackles stars in Supernatural

7TWO 6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Saturday Disney. (CC) 9.00 Jessie. (R, CC) 9.30 Shake It Up. (R, CC) 10.00 Shopping. 11.00 SA Life Favourites. 11.30 Great South East. (CC) 12.00 Creek To Coast.

(R, CC) 12.30 Sydney Weekender.

(R, CC) 1.00 Qld Weekender. (R, CC) 1.30 WA Weekender. (PG, CC) 2.00 Melbourne Weekender.

2.30 Intolerant Cooks. (PG) 3.00 Rugby Union. Shute Shield. Round 16. Warringah v Manly. 5.00 Dog Patrol. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Homes Under The Hammer. (R) 6.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) 7.30 Cities Of The Underworld. (PG, R) 8.30 MOVIE: The Stepford Wives. (M, R, CC) (2004) An executive moves to a seemingly idyllic town.

Nicole Kidman.

10.30 Tennis. (CC) Wimbledon.

Day 12. Women’s singles final.

Men’s doubles final. From the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England. 12.20 Miniseries: Like Father Like Son. (M, R) 3.30 Animal Academy. (PG, R) 4.00 Country Calendar. (PG, R) 4.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. (R, CC) 5.00 Shopping.

7MATE 6.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 7.00 A Football Life. (PG) 8.00 Shopping. 9.00 Zoom TV. (PG, R) 10.30 Ultimate Factories. (R) 11.30 Ultimate Factories. (PG, R) 12.30 Selling Big. (PG, R) 1.30 Hillbilly Handfishin’.

(PG, R) 2.30 Swamp People. (PG, R) 3.30 Gator Boys. (PG, R) 4.30 Swamp People. (PG, R) 5.30 Gator Boys. (PG, R) 6.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. (CC) Pre-game coverage of the big match.

7.00 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 15. North Melbourne v Geelong. From Etihad Stadium, Melbourne.

10.30 MOVIE: The Running Man. (AV15+, R) (1987) A man takes part in a deadly game show. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso.

12.40 MOVIE: Unleashed.

(AV15+, R) (2005) Jet Li. 2.40 American Dad! (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Hillbilly Handfishin’.

(PG, R) 4.00 Ultimate Factories: Porsche. (R) 5.00 Zoom TV. (PG, R) 5.30 Home Shopping.

GO! 6.00 Thunderbirds. (R) 7.00 Kids’ WB Saturday. (PG) 7.05 Looney Tunes. 7.30 Pirate Express. (C, CC) 8.00 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 8.30 Scooby-Doo! (PG, R) 9.00 Tom And Jerry. (R) 9.30 Adv Time. (PG, R) 10.00 The Batman. (PG, R) 10.30 Ben 10. (PG, R) 11.00 The Day My Butt Went Psycho. (C, R, CC) 11.30 Move It. (C, R, CC) 12.00 Kitchen Whiz. (C, R, CC) 12.30 SpongeBob. (R, CC) 1.30 Danoz. (R) 2.00 Yu-GiOh! (PG) 3.00 Green Lantern. (PG, R) 3.30 Gumball. (R) 4.30 Tom And Jerry. (R) 5.30 Scooby-Doo! (PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. (2001) Debi Derryberry, Jeffrey Garcia.

7.35 MOVIE: The Spy Next Door. (PG, R, CC) (2010) Jackie Chan.

9.30 MOVIE: Romeo Must Die. (M, R, CC) (2000) Jet Li. 11.50 MOVIE: Undisputed III: Redemption. (AV15+, R, CC) (2010) Scott Adkins. 1.50 GO Surround Sound. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 ScoobyDoo! Mystery Incorporated. (PG, R) 2.30 Gumball. (R) 3.30 Yu-GiOh! (PG, R) 4.00 PAW Patrol. (R, CC) 4.30 Robocar Poli. (R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. (R)

GEM 6.00 MOVIE: Manuela. (PG, R, CC) (1957) 8.00 Shopping. 8.30 Secret Dealers. (PG, R) 9.30 MOVIE: Ghost Ship. (PG, R, CC) (1952) 11.00 MOVIE: Saturday Island.

(PG, R, CC) (1952) 1.00 Postcards.

(CC) 1.30 Duncan’s Thai Kitchen.

(Final) 2.00 MOVIE: Guns For San Sebastian. (PG, R, CC) (1968) Anthony Quinn. 4.20 MOVIE: The Kentuckian. (PG, R) (1955) Burt Lancaster.

6.30 Kalgoorlie Cops.

(PG, R, CC) A look at the Kalgoorlie cops.

7.30 Cricket. (CC) The Ashes.

First Test. England v Australia. Day 4. Morning session. From SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff, Wales.

(Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage).

10.30 Cricket. (CC) The Ashes.

First Test. England v Australia. Day 4. Afternoon session. From SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff, Wales.

3.00 MOVIE: Private’s Progress. (R, CC) (1956) 5.00 Duncan’s Thai Kitchen. (R) 5.30 Postcards. (R, CC)

ONE 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 9.00 Shred! (PG, R) 9.30 Emergency Search & Rescue. (PG, R) 10.30 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 11.30 Motor Racing. Porsche Carrera Cup Australia. Round 3.

Replay. 12.30 RPM. (R, CC) 1.30 Motor Racing. FIA Formula E Championship. Round 9. Moscow ePrix. Highlights. 2.30 Black Gold.

(PG, R) 3.30 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 4.30 Reel Action. 5.00 Escape With ET. (R, CC) 5.30 Robson’s Extreme Fishing Countdown. (PG, R) 6.30 Monster Jam. 7.30 Cops. (PG, R, CC) Officers patrol the streets of the US. 8.30 Extant. (M, R, CC) Molly escapes a psychiatric hospital.

9.30 Ross Kemp: Back On The Frontline. (AV15+, R) Kemp returns to Afghanistan.

10.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M, R, CC) 11.30 Blokesworld. (R) 12.00 Elementary. (M, R, CC) 1.00 48 Hours. (M, R) 2.00 Bellator MMA. (M, R) 4.00 Cops. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Shred!

(PG, R) 5.30 Football’s Greatest Managers. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 8.00 Totally Wild. (C, CC) 8.30 Scope. (C, CC) 9.05 The Loop. (PG) 11.35 So You Think You Can Dance. (PG, R) 1.30 MasterChef Australia. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) Ray begins to call Debra’s mother “mum”.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, R, CC) Guests include Stanley Tucci, Kim Cattrall, Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse.

9.30 Sex And The City.

(MA15+, R) Carrie spots Natasha and Big’s wedding announcement in the paper and later bumps into her while shopping.

10.10 Sex And The City. (M, R) Carrie learns her new boyfriend is bisexual.

10.50 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG) Hosted by James Corden.

11.50 The Loop. (PG, R) 2.25 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Becker. (R, CC) 3.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Home Shopping. (R)

SBS 2 6.00 Urdu News. 6.20 Indonesian News. 7.00 Russian News. 7.30 Polish News. 8.00 Hungarian News. 8.30 Macedonian News.

9.05 Croatian News. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 Portuguese News.

11.05 Japanese News. 11.40 Hong Kong News. 12.00 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. (PG, R) 2.05 The Fabric Of The Cosmos.

(R, CC) 3.05 The World Of Jenks.

(PG, R) 3.30 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 7. Livarot to Fougères. 190.5km flat stage.

Replay. 5.30 Knife Fight. (PG, R) 6.30 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 7. Livarot to Fougères. 190.5km flat stage. Highlights.

7.30 If You Are The One. 8.30 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle: Alaska.

Part 2 of 4.

9.30 Dig. (MA15+, R, CC) Debbie returns to the compound.

10.20 Real Humans. (MA15+, R) 11.30 Real Humans. (M, R, CC) 12.40 24 Hours In Emergency.

(M, R, CC) 1.35 MOVIE: The Tree.

(M, R) (2010) 3.20 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 Football. NEAFL. 10.30 The Marngrook Footy Show. (PG) 12.00 Pacific Games. Daily highlights. From Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 1.00 Pacific Games. Daily coverage. From Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

7.30 Maori TV’s Native Affairs. Maori Television’s flagship current affairs show.

8.30 Mparntwe: Sacred Sites.

(PG) 9.00 NITV News Week In Review.

9.30 NITV On The Road: Mbantua Festival.

10.30 The Blues. (PG) A look through the lens of seven directors.

12.00 Innocence Betrayed. (PG) 1.00 Justice ‘Just Us’ Bowraville Special.

2.00 The Blues. (PG) A look through the lens of seven directors.

3.30 Goin’ Troppo In The Toppo. (PG) 4.00 Express Yourself. (MA15+) 5.00 Away From Country. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 News. 11.30 Australia Wide. (CC) 12.00 News. (CC) 12.30 Landline. (R, CC) 1.00 National Press Club Address. (R, CC) 2.00 News.

2.30 The Mix. (CC) 3.00 News. (CC) 3.30 The World This Week. (R, CC) 4.00 News. 4.30 #TalkAboutIt. 5.00 News. 5.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 6.00 News. (CC) 6.30 Foreign Correspondent. (R, CC) 7.00 News. (CC) 7.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 8.00 Four Corners. (R, CC) 8.45 The Quarters. 9.00 News. (CC) 9.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 10.00 News. (CC) 10.30 The World This Week. (R, CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 12.00 National Press Club Address. (R, CC) 1.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 2.00 BBC World News. 2.30 #TalkAboutIt. (R) 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 Landline. (R, CC) 4.00 BBC World News. 4.15 BBC Sport Today. 4.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 5.30 Australian Story. (R, CC) 1107

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Sunday, July 12 The Tillman Story

CSI: Cyber

Inspector George Gently tly

ABC2, 8.30pm

TEN, 9pm

ABC, 8.30pm

ABC’s Sunday Best has delivered some fascinating stories, and tonight is no exception. In 2002, American football player Pat Tillman left his high-paying career with the Arizona Cardinals to join the military and fight for his country. Tillman became a powerful patriotic symbol, right up to and after his death in 2004. But when his family learnt the US government gave a false account of his death to create a false narrative of the conflict, they were having none of it. Pat’s mum Dannie led a crusade to reveal the truth about how and why her son was killed and asks some difficult questions about the war and the importance of heroes.

The third CSI spin-off series might just pump some life into a TV franchise that doesn’t seem to hold the same standing it did a decade ago. They had no trouble landing the big names, though, with Oscarwinner Patricia Arquette in the lead role as FBI Special Agent Avery Ryan and James Van Der Beek as her righthand man FBI Special Agent Elijah Mundo. Tonight’s case sees the FBI’s Cyber Crime Division trying to find a mad bomber who is obsessed with exposing what they believe is society’s overreliance on technology.

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6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 Insiders. (CC) 10.00 Offsiders.

(CC) 10.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 11.00 The World This Week. (R, CC) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. (R, CC) 12.00 Landline. (CC) 1.00 Gardening Australia.

(R, CC) 1.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 2.00 The King Sun: John Olsen. (R, CC) 2.35 Peter Sculthorpe: The Quartets. (R, CC) 3.55 Fake Or Fortune? Edgar Degas. (R, CC) 4.55 Father Brown. (PG, R, CC) 5.40 Restoration Man. (R, CC) Presented by George Clarke.

6.00 Home Shopping. (CC) 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) Latest news, sport and weather.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) Join Larry Emdur and Kylie Gillies as they present highlights from the past week.

11.00 MOVIE: Hatching Pete.

(R, CC) (2009) A boy is unhappy when one of his friends takes the credit for being their school’s mascot.

Jason Dolley, Mitchel Musso, Tiffany Thornton.

1.00 To Be Advised.

5.00 News. (CC) 5.30 Sydney Weekender. (CC) Hosted by Mike Whitney.

6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00

6.30 Compass: Class Act! (CC) A look at Port Phillip Specialist School and its ground-breaking arts based curriculum.

7.00 News. (CC) 7.40 Grand Designs. (PG, CC) Kevin McCloud meets a couple who have decided to build a new home at the bottom of their garden.

8.30 Inspector George Gently. (M, CC) After an apparent suicide victim is found in a trash heap amid growing tensions over a series of “wildcat” rubbish collection strikes, Gently is convinced he is dealing with a case of foul play.

However, before he has a hope of locating the killer, he must identify the John Doe. 10.00 The Darkside. (PG, CC) Part 3 of 5. Australian ghost tales. Narelle is confronted by a time traveller. Graham sees a vision of a young girl.

Willie is chased by a man with no legs. Romaine is haunted by the past.

10.30 London: The Modern Babylon. (M, CC) The story of how London’s immigrants changed the city forever, is documented.

6.00 News. (CC) 7.00 House Rules. (PG, CC) The remaining three teams battle it out for a place in the grand final. Everything is at stake on a renovation unlike any other. Hosted by Johanna Griggs.

8.15 Sunday Night. (CC) Current affairs program.

9.30 Bones. (M, CC) The Jeffersonian team investigates after the body of a popular TV food critic is discovered at a park.

However, the case take an unexpected twist after the owner of Brennan and Booth’s favourite diner becomes a prime suspect, due to the victim’s negative review of his establishment.

10.30 Tennis. (CC) Wimbledon.

Day 13. Men’s singles final.

Mixed doubles final. From the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England. Hosted

by Todd Woodbridge, with commentary from John Newcombe, Rennae Stubbs, Sam Smith and Geoff Masters.

12.40 MOVIE: Raging Bull.

(M, R, CC) (1980) Robert De Niro.

2.45 Inspector George Gently. (M, R, CC) 4.15 Absolutely Fabulous.

(M, R, CC) 5.00 The New Inventors.

(R, CC) 5.30 Eggheads. (R, CC)

12.00 Tennis. (CC) Wimbledon.

Day 13. Men’s singles final. Mixed doubles final.

Continued. From the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England.

4.00 Home Shopping.

5.30 Early News. (CC)

PAW Patrol. (R, CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Wide World Of Sports.

(PG, CC) NRL Sunday Footy Show.

(PG, CC) Surfing. (CC) World Surf League. Men’s Championship Tour.

Round 4. Oi Rio Pro. From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Wild Life Of Tim Faulkner. (R, CC) Tim visits a wildlife park.

Tigers About The House.

(PG, R, CC) Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 18. Cronulla Sharks v St George Illawarra Dragons.

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6.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries.

(CC) Religious program.

6.30 Hillsong. (CC) Religious program.

7.00 Mass For You At Home.

7.30 Joel Osteen. (CC) Religious program.

8.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10: Sunday. (CC) 10.00 The Bolt Report. (CC) Hosted by Andrew Bolt.

11.00 The Talk. (PG, CC) Guests include actor Josh Gad. 12.00 Motor Racing. (CC) International V8 Supercars Championship. Round 6.

Townsville 400. Top 10 shootout and race 17. From Townsville Street Circuit, Queensland.

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

7.00 Tour De France Daily Update.

(CC) 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News.

9.30 Greek News From Cyprus.

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

12.30 Turkish News.

1.00 Climbing Great Buildings. (R, CC) 1.30 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 8. Rennes to Mur-de-Bretagne. 181.5km hill stage. Replay.

3.30 Speedweek. (CC) 5.00 World Of Cycling. (CC) 5.30 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 8. Rennes to Mur-de-Bretagne. 181.5km hill stage. Highlights.

6.00 News. (CC) 7.00 The Voice. (PG, CC) With some help from coaches Ricky Martin, Delta Goodrem, Joel Madden, Benji Madden and Jessie J, a group of contestants sets out to prove they have what it takes to be a singing sensation and claim the grand prize of a recording contract. Hosted

by Darren McMullen and Sonia Kruger.

8.30 60 Minutes. (CC) Current affairs program. Featuring reports from Liz Hayes, Tara Brown, Allison Langdon, Michael Usher and Charles Wooley.

9.40 A.D. Kingdom And Empire. (M, CC) With Jesus Christ’s tomb empty, Caiaphas tries to cover up the events and launches a search for the missing body.

10.40 Stalker. (M, CC) After an athlete’s estranged wife is terrorised, the team must investigate a long list of potential suspects.

11.40 The Following. (AV15+, CC) After Joe and his followers are condemned publicly, Joe targets the son of a man who is standing against him.

6.00 Family Feud: Sunday.

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

6.30 Modern Family.

(PG, R, CC) Mitch hosts a disastrous playdate with Lily’s overachieving friend, Sydney.

7.00 Modern Family.

(PG, R, CC) After the Dunphys’ house becomes infested with mould, the family moves into a tiny hotel room.

7.30 MasterChef Australia.

(PG, CC) Marco Pierre White returns to see how far the contestants have come, and to push them to step up.

9.00 CSI: Cyber. (M, CC) The team pursues a bomber fixated on revealing the “truth” about society’s over-reliance on technology.

10.00 NCIS. (M, R, CC) A US Navy reservist returns home to find her living room covered in blood and her husband missing.

11.00 MOVIE: The Pursuit Of Happyness. (M, R, CC) (2006) A man struggles to secure a better life. Will Smith, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith.

6.00 Grand Tours Of The Scottish Islands: Islands In Loch Lomond – Landlocked Islands.

(R, CC) Paul Murton discovers the secrets of Scotland’s landlocked islands.

6.30 World News. (CC) 7.30 Michael Scott: The Story Of Luxury: The Middle Ages – A Deadly Sin? (PG, CC) Part 2 of 2.

Historian Dr Michael Scott explores the nature and attitude towards luxury throughout the ages.

8.30 Neil Armstrong: The Enigma Explained.

(R, CC) The story of astronaut Neil Armstrong, told from the point of view of people who loved, lived and worked with him. He became the first human being to set foot on another planet when, on July 20, 1969, he landed on the Moon, an iconic moment in human history.

9.30 Man On Mars: Mission To The Red Planet.

(R, CC) Follows the experts at NASA as they prepare for a mission to land a human on Mars.

10.30 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 9. Vannes to Plumelec. From France.

12.35 Arrow. (M, R, CC) 1.30 What Would You Do? (M, R, CC) 2.30 Impractical Jokers.

(M, R, CC) 3.00 20/20. (R, CC) 4.00 Good Morning America: Sunday. (CC) 5.00 News. (CC) 5.30 Today. (CC)

1.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 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.

2.00 MOVIE: Guilty Of Romance. (AV15+, R) (2011) A woman becomes a nude model. Miki Mizuno.

4.35 Being Bradford Dillman.

(PG, R) 4.45 Iceberg. (M, R) 5.00 Korean News.

5.35 Japanese News.

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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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6.10pm Filth (2014) Comedy.

James McAvoy, Jamie Bell.

A corrupt policeman pushes the limits to win a promotion.

(AV15+) World Movies

6.30pm Project Runway Threads. At only 10, 11 and 12, three of the youngest designers of the season compete for a chance to win this week’s competition. (PG) Arena

6.00pm Britain’s Best Canals With John Sergeant. John Sergeant travels the British canals. (PG) History

1.00pm Football. AFL. GWS Giants v St Kilda. Fox Footy

6.40pm Whiplash (2014) Drama. Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons. (MA15+) Masterpiece 8.30pm Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) Comedy. Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate. (M) Comedy

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.55 Pingu. (R) 1.00 Humf. (R, CC) 1.10 Postman Pat. (R, CC) 1.25 LahLah’s Adventures. (R) 1.40 Abney & Teal. (R, CC) 1.55 Mouk. (R) 2.05 Elmo The Musical. (R, CC) 2.20 Q Pootle 5. (R, CC) 2.35 Little Princess. (R, CC) 2.50 Dinosaur Train. (R) 3.20 Timmy Time. (R, CC) 3.30 Play School. (R, CC) 4.00 Bananas In Pyjamas. (R, CC) 4.10 Hoopla. (R, CC) 4.25 Mister Maker.

(R, CC) 4.45 Thomas. (R, CC) 5.00 Octonauts. (R, CC) 5.20 Fireman Sam. (R, CC) 5.45 Peg + Cat. (R) 6.00 Ben And Holly. (R, CC) 6.10 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.25 Curious George. (CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R) 7.00 Spicks And Specks.

(PG, R, CC) 7.30 Total Wipeout.

(CC) 8.30 The Tillman Story.

(M, R, CC) 10.00 Secrets Of The Gay Sauna. (MA15+, R, CC) 10.45 Bodyshockers. (M, R, CC) 11.40 Louis Theroux. (M, R, CC) 12.40 Don’t Blame The Dog. (PG, R, CC) 1.40 News Update. (R) 1.45 Close.

5.00 The Numtums. (R, CC) 5.05 Driver Dan’s Story Train. (R, CC) 5.15 Guess With Jess. (R, CC) 5.30 Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps.

(R, CC) 5.40 Olivia. (R, CC) 5.55 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 6.20 The New Adventures Of Peter Pan. (R, CC) 6.40 Sally Bollywood. (R, CC) 6.55 Dennis & Gnasher. (R, CC) 7.20 Jamie’s Got Tentacles. (R, CC) 7.45 Dr Dimensionpants. (R) 8.05 SheZow. (R, CC) 8.20 Almost Naked Animals. (R, CC) 8.30 Riders Of Berk. (R, CC) 9.00 Operation Ouch! (R) 9.25 Total Drama All Stars. (R, CC) 9.55 Grojband. (R, CC) 10.15 Numb Chucks. (R, CC) 10.40 Camp Lakebottom. (R, CC) 11.25 Kobushi. (R, CC) 11.30 Roy. (R, CC) 12.00 Dani’s House. (R, CC) 12.30 M.I. High. (R, CC) 1.55 House Of Anubis. (R) 2.40 Great Big Adv. (R, CC) 3.00 Deadly Pole To Pole. (PG, R) 3.25 WAC. (R, CC) 3.55 Studio 3. 4.00 The Legend Of Dick And Dom. (R, CC) 4.30 Hank Zipzer. (R, CC) 5.00 Life With Boys. (R, CC) 5.25 Mal.com. (R, CC) 5.40 Bushwhacked! (R, CC) 6.10 The Penguins Of Madagascar.

(R) 6.35 Mortified. (R, CC) 7.00 Outnumbered. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Officially Amazing. (R, CC) 8.00 Deadly Pole To Pole. (R, CC) 8.30 Yonderland. (R) 8.50 Karaoke High. (R, CC) 9.15 Good Game: Pocket Edition. (PG, R, CC) 9.25 Rage. (PG, R) 1.55 Close.

6.30pm Cinderella. (G) Arts 6.40pm Nashville. Back from touring in Europe, Luke is ready for some uninterrupted quality time with his family, while Rayna realises she may have allowed too much public access into her life. (PG) SoHo

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 Home And Away Catch-Up. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 Homes Under The Hammer. (R) 12.00 Downsize Me. (PG, R) 1.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R, CC) 2.30 The Travel Bug. (Series return) 3.30 Life Inside The Markets. 4.00 Neighbours At War. (PG, R) 4.30 Mighty Ships. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 The Border. (PG) 6.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) A team tries trading kisses for bargains.

7.30 Escape To The Country.

(R) House hunters search for country living.

9.30 Best Houses Australia.

A look at a modern mansion in Sydney and a home with breathtaking views in the Whitsundays.

10.30 Mighty Ships: USS Gravely. (PG, R, CC) A tour of the USS Gravely.

11.30 The Border. (PG, R) 12.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) 1.30 Dr Oz. (M, CC) 2.30 Travel Oz. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 The Travel Bug. (R) 5.00 Home Shopping.

7MATE 6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG, R) 7.30 Shopping.

9.30 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG, R) 10.00 AFL Game Day. (PG, CC) 11.30 Great Escapes. (PG) (New Series) 12.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. (PG) 1.00 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 15. GWS v St Kilda.

From Spotless Stadium, Sydney.

4.00 Seinfeld. (PG, R, CC) 4.30 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 15.

Brisbane Lions v Sydney. From the Gabba.

7.30 MOVIE: The Karate Kid. (PG, R, CC) (1984) A bullied teenager is taught karate.

Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita.

10.10 MOVIE: First Blood.

(M, R, CC) (1982) A Vietnam War veteran is pushed to the brink. Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna.

12.10 MOVIE: Tucker & Dale Vs Evil. (AV15+, R) (2010) Two hillbillies are mistaken for killers. Tyler Labine.

2.00 Repo Games. (M, R) 2.30 Repo Games. (MA15+, R) 3.00 Repo Games. (M, R) 4.00 Hook, Line And Sinker.

(PG, R) 5.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. (PG, R)

6.30pm Killer Whales: The Ultimate Guide. Scientists use new technology to get an insight into the variety and complexity of killer whale behaviour. (PG) Animal Planet

2.00pm Rugby League.

NRL. New Zealand Warriors v Melbourne Storm. Fox Sports 1 3.00pm Football. AFL. Round 14. Hawthorn v Fremantle. Fox Sports 3

6.30pm The Australian 90s. Take a look back at the 1990s biggest moments in news. (PG) National Geographic

GO! 6.00 Thunderbirds. (R) 7.00 Kids’ WB. (PG) 7.05 Looney Tunes.

7.30 Captain Flinn And The Pirate Dinosaurs. (C, CC) 8.00 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 8.30 ScoobyDoo! (PG, R) 9.00 Looney Tunes.

(R) 9.30 Adv Time. (PG, R) 10.00 Young Justice. (PG, R) 10.30 The Batman. (PG, R) 11.00 Rabbids.

(PG, R) 12.00 Tom And Jerry. (R) 12.30 SpongeBob. (R) 1.30 Danoz.

2.00 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 3.00 Young Justice. (PG, R) 4.00 Yu-GiOh! (PG) 4.30 The Batman. (PG, R) 5.30 Thunderbirds Are Go. (PG, R) 6.30 MOVIE: The Mask.

(PG, R, CC) (1994) Jim Carrey.

8.40 The Big Bang Theory.

(PG, R, CC) Sheldon goes home to Texas.

9.40 Gotham. (M, CC) Gordon and Bullock investigate a gang.

10.40 Arrow. (M, CC) 12.40 Almost Human. (M, R, CC) 1.40 Beware The Batman.

(M, R) 2.40 The Batman. (PG, R) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. (PG, R) 4.00 PAW Patrol. (R, CC) 4.30 Robocar Poli.

(R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. (R)

GEM 6.00 Skippy. (R) 6.30 GEM Presents. (R, CC) 6.40 MOVIE: Man About The House. (PG, R) (1974) 8.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Rainbow Country. (R) 10.00 MOVIE: Where No Vultures Fly. (R, CC) (1951) 12.15 Australian Geographic Adventures. (R, CC) 12.45 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 1.15 Soccer. International Champions Cup. LA Galaxy v Club América.

3.30 MOVIE: Ice Station Zebra.

(PG, R, CC) (1968) 6.30 David Attenborough’s Life: Hunters And Hunted. (R, CC) 7.30 Cricket. (CC) The Ashes.

First Test. England v Australia. Day 5. Morning session. From SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff, Wales.

(Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage).

10.30 Cricket. (CC) The Ashes.

First Test. England v Australia. Day 5. Afternoon session.

3.00 Home Shopping. 4.30 Enjoying Everyday Life With Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.00 Seaway. (PG, R, CC)

James McAvoy stars in Filth

ONE 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Motor Racing. World Series Sprintcars.

Round 5. Replay. 9.00 Shred!

(PG, R) 9.30 Monster Jam. (R) 10.30 Reel Action. (R) 11.00 Motor Racing. FIA Formula E Championship. London ePrix.

Highlights. 12.00 World Sport. (R) 12.30 World’s Busiest. (PG, R) 1.30 Temporary Australians. (PG, R) 2.00 4x4 Adventures. (PG, R) 3.00 Bolt Report. (R, CC) 4.00 David Attenborough’s Great Natural Wonders Of The World. (R, CC) 5.00 What’s Up Downunder? (R, CC) 5.30 iFish. 6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. (CC) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 Gold Coast Cops.

(PG, R, CC) 8.30 Territory Cops. (PG, R, CC) Officers pursue a drunk driver.

9.30 Motorcycle Racing.

MotoGP. Race 9. German Grand Prix.

11.00 World Sport. 11.30 The Glades. (M) (Series return) 12.30 The Americans. (M, R, CC) 1.30 48 Hours. (M, R) 2.30 Monster Jam. (R) 3.30 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 4.30 Shred! (PG, R) 5.00 World Sport. (R) 5.30 Football’s Greatest Managers. (R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 9.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 9.30 TMNT. (R) 10.00 Mako: Island Of Secrets.

(C, CC) 10.30 Brady Bunch. (R) 11.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 11.30 MasterChef Aust. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 Neighbours. (R, CC) 5.00 Mork & Mindy. (PG, R) 5.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. (CC) 6.30 The Simpsons. (R, CC) Marge takes in Nelson Muntz.

7.00 Futurama. (PG, R) 7.30 The Simpsons. (R, CC) Marge begins driving aggressively.

8.30 MOVIE: Evolution.

(PG, R, CC) (2001) A rapidly evolving alien lifeform attacks Earth. David Duchovny, Julianne Moore.

10.35 House Of Lies. (MA15+) (Series return) 11.10 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG) 12.10 Nurse Jackie. (MA15+, R) 12.50 Star Trek: The Next Generation. (PG, R) 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

(PG, R, CC) 3.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Home Shopping.

SBS 2 6.00 Urdu News. 6.20 Indonesian News. 7.00 Russian News. 7.30 Polish News. 8.00 Maltese News.

8.30 Macedonian News. 9.00 PopAsia. (PG) 11.00 Portuguese News. 11.30 Croatian News. 12.00 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News.

1.00 Mysterious Cities Of Gold.

(PG, R) 2.00 Lily Cole’s Art Matters.

(PG, R) 3.00 The Jo Whiley Sessions. (R) 3.30 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 8. Rennes to Mur-de-Bretagne. 181.5km hill stage. Replay. 5.30 Secret Life Of… (M) 6.00 Secret Life Of… (PG) 6.30 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 8. Rennes to Mur-de-Bretagne.

181.5km hill stage. Highlights. From France.

7.30 If You Are The One. 8.30 Nick Helm’s Heavy Entertainment. (M) Presented by Nick Helm.

9.05 Drunk History UK. (M) 9.30 Housos. (MA15+, R, CC) 10.00 Swift And Shift Couriers.

(M, R, CC) 10.35 The Sunny Side Of Sex. (MA15+, R, CC) 11.30 Tent And Sex. (M) 12.00 In Her Skin. (M) 1.40 MOVIE: Family Hero. (M, R) (2006) 3.30 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 Tales Of Tatonka. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Soccer. (CC) OFC Champions League. 11.45 Unearthed. 12.00 Pacific Games.

Daily highlights. 1.00 Pacific Games. Daily coverage.

7.30 Backyard Shorts. (PG) Shorts from communities across the country.

8.00 The Deerskins. (PG) 8.30 From The Western Frontier.

9.00 NITV News Week In Review.

9.30 MOVIE: Radiance. (M) (1998) Three Aboriginal women come together when their mother dies.

Rachael Maza, Trisha Morton-Thomas.

11.00 The New Black. (M) A series of short films.

12.30 MOVIE: Radiance. (M) (1998) Rachael Maza.

2.00 Backyard Shorts. (PG) 2.30 The New Black. (M) 4.00 Fusion With Casey Donovan.

5.00 Kriol Kitchen.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 News. (CC) 12.30 #TalkAboutIt. (R) 1.00 News. 1.30 Landline. (R, CC) 2.00 News. 2.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 3.00 News. (CC) 3.30 Offsiders. (R, CC) 4.00 News. 4.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 5.00 News. 5.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 6.00 News. (CC) 6.30 Australian Story. (R, CC) 7.00 News. (CC) 7.30 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 #TalkAboutIt. (R) 12.00 Landline.

(R, CC) 1.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 2.00 BBC World News. 2.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 The World This Week. (R, CC) 4.00 BBC World News. 4.15 BBC Sport Today. 4.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 5.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 1207

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JUST LIKE CATS & DOGS by Dave T. Phipps

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partment of Defence has contracted a private lab to come up with a smell that’s so bad, it can be used to control unruly crowds. z The 1942 film “Casablanca” is consistently considered to be one of the best movies ever made. However, executives at Warner Brothers didn’t expect much from the film and gave

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TAURUS (APR 21-MAY 21) High

VIRGO (AUG 24-SEP 23) In every

relationship there are ups and downs. However, sometimes this does become difficult to continue with. A host of changes can be difficult, but we all have to deal with them at some point. You are not alone in being confused at times this week. A fair bit of hard work lies ahead to make a success of anything right now. Make plans for the weekend, when hearts and minds are lighter.

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LIBRA (SEP 24-OCT 23) A great deal of strong and enthusiastic energy is with you this week.

The New Moon at the start only adds to this. Changes and moves within the family keep you on your toes.

These may also bring impatience and disagreements, which is normal and healthy, so try not to attach blame. Confusion could make you feel like running for the hills at times, but let open discussions happen.

GEMINI (MAY 22-JUN 21) With

the New Moon this week comes a raft of activity in your home and health sector. You are now ready to move ahead with plans that have been on the ‘back burner’. A lack of funds, as well as a lack of confidence, may have been the culprit here. As the week progresses, so does your understanding of a loved one. This solves a few puzzles about their behaviour.

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LEO (JUL 23-AUG 23) A strong mix of love and friendship is stirred up by a New Moon this week.

Passions, at times, run quite high and some arguments are likely. See this as a time of much-needed change, although it is not likely to be easy. Look to the weekend for a nice chunk of fun and relaxation.

Fortunes may change slowly but they should be for the better.

passions and domestic disruptions flow with a new closeness in the family. Something you discover, perhaps when looking into family history, is surprising and somewhat shocking. Even so, there are elements of excitement and recognition in it all. Do you sometimes feel you have ‘been here before’? The overall emotion is one of ambition, but avoid being over-confident in front of those who know more.

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ARIES (MAR 21-APR 20) Love is in the air but so are high passions and strong feelings. Some days you may feel you are on a roller coaster ride, on others, that life slows down too much. This can be confusing.

Take the quieter moments to sort out finances and perhaps make a new budget for the next six months. Give family the importance they deserve. Although your patience may be tested, remember it is better to be kind.

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You should be able to save some money by making small but important changes to everyday matters.

be feeling a bit spiky this week, it is just the right frame of mind to be in at the moment. Having that edge is thanks to the New Moon urging a fresh start. As this is in your financial sector it is the right time to get down to more detail. Why has something been less successful than you expected? Although you may put it down to bad luck, there is usually a reason.

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SAGITTARIUS (NOV 23-DEC 21) You are right out there this

week in asking questions and expecting quick answers. Some of these may concern money and, with the New Moon showing up some dark corners, demand answers! A loved one may need your help and patience to help them understand where they are going wrong. There is no point in getting cross with those who are less able than yourself. Gentle communication is key.

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Love blossoms this week but you may need to set some ground rules. Enthusiasm is enchanting in someone close but it can lead to them making mistakes. Finances are especially highlighted, so be careful about offering a big loan or going on a legal trail that, at the end of the day (or month) may seem unnecessary. Encouraging noises from someone you admire at the weekend could put your head in a spin.

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recent break from routine seems to have recharged your brain.

Apart from giving your heart and home a boost, this will lead to even more progress. Most likely this will be in your finances. Give them a real overhaul. Property and inheritance come to the fore, perhaps through an older person giving some sage advice. This would be a good week to find out about relaxation and mindfulness if you haven’t previously touched on either.

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rekindling of an old love or friendship has already given you pause for thought. So many aspects of your past have been coming up you sometimes feel like a time-traveller.

By the end of this week, however, expect something fresh and exciting to happen.

Of course, you will have to get out there and look for it! Really, do sort out those money niggles.

Monday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday!

Also celebrating today is US actor Harrison Ford, 73 (below left). An active and stimulating time is ahead for you, Cancer. A change in fortunes brings about possibilities you may have dreamed of.

The decisions you make now can be lifechanging, so be careful what you wish for.

Tuesday’s Birthday Luck: You share your day with actress Deborah Mailman, 43 (above). Opportunities to be active and brilliant are all around you. As the chances come to change many things, grasp them with both hands. If thinking too far ahead is a bit much when so many things are happening, go from day to day Cancer.

Wednesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Expect everything to be revolving around you in the months ahead. A new and attractive lifestyle attracts you Cancer, and may seem very possible. Too much activity can be confusing, so stick to some of your routines.

Thursday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! You share the day with US actor-comedian Will Ferrell, 48 (below).

A strong feeling that changes are desirable, and even inevitable, leads you on to a fast path, Cancer. Once you set a pace for these changes they are likely to roll on. It is really important that you look after your health to keep those energy levels up.

Friday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Look after yourself and the energy will keep flowing. Working with others is a great help and means more time to spend with family and friends. It is a time of opportunities, Cancer.

Saturday’s Birthday Luck: Bring something new to the table by changing some aspects of your appearance and attitude. Although this may confuse some, you know t is well overdue. Cancer, this is a chance for you to really be yourself.

Sunday’s Birthday Luck: There is less taking stock now and more speeding towards the future. Cancer, this can be a fast ride for you. At times you may need to get others to pull their weight to allow you to concentrate on more important things.

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Down: 1 Mark time; 2 Cistern; 4 Enamel; 5 Pastorally; 6 Wafer; 7 Roll; 10 Stretchers; 12 Reasoned; 15 Dies out; 16 Chaise; 18 To the; 19 Lido.

QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Posy; 3 Consumer; 8 Ajar; 9 Insomnia; 11 Take no notice; 13 Candid; 14 Pimple; 17 Accept defeat; 20 Cinnamon; 21 Mire; 22 Tenderly; 23 News.

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This week's Go Figure!

The Baker's Dozen Trivia Test: 1. Zeus. 2. Verdi. 3. Picasso. 4. Earl Tupper. 5.

Shannon Reed. 6. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen of Norway has won 13 medals in the biathlon. 7. Turkey. 8. The Medici family. 9. “Treasure Island”. 10. Isle of Man. 11.

Elvis Presley. It was released as a double A-side single. “Marie’s the Name of His Latest Flame” was the hit on the flip side. 12. To honour Billie Jean King’s tennis team, the Philadelphia Freedom, in 1975. 13. “Believe It Or Not”, by Joey Scarbury, in 1981. The song was the theme for the television show “The Greatest American Hero”. The catchy tune made it into all areas of popular culture, including “Seinfeld”, the “Fahrenheit 9/11” soundtrack and “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” film.

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