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Domestic violence: it’s a warzone out there There’s a reason – despite the profession – certain news reports are avoided as often as possible.

A headline doesn’t pique interest when yet another inconceivable deed by one human being against another gets held up to the stark light of media scrutiny and the question, ‘why?’ remains illusively unanswered so the slow motion punch of hopelessness leaves nothing but a residual bruise which is hard to bare.

Such is the malaise of a modern media with a fetish for bad news, which travels fast and “trends”.

This week however, two stories will not and should not go away.

Two women are dead – one of them not yet a woman, just a girl with hopes and dreams ahead of her.

Kirralee Paepaerei. Pregnant; both mother and baby no longer doing fine.

Perhaps the Hunter Valley child victim (her name not yet released at time of publishing) knew better than to hope or dream for anything, living with a man she may instinctively have known would eventually become her killer.

With details still sketchy as we go to print, the police who have called out to the community to not suffer domestic violence but reach out to them now, must know something as they’ve charged the girl’s stepfather with murder.

She was not killed by some blood-lusting ISIS pack or coalition bombing raid but tortured, terrorised and murdered at home.

What welcome news to hear the new PM putting a dollar figure to the protection of women and children with a $100 million domestic violence package making the announcement this week with the Minister for Women Michaelia Cash and domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty.

Money well spent on a host of services and training to improve ways of identifying vulnerable women working with police, social and community workers, legal services and hospitals.

School students will benefit from a $5 million upgrade to the safer schools website to include resources to help students, teachers and parents communicate about respectful relationships.

And that’s to be applauded. I’m on my figurative feet celebrating action, proactive action, which acknowledges Australian homes are a war zone.

But the money is a band aid. Needed. Essential. But it’s covering up something else, hiding that scab of why men beat pregnant women to death, or batter young girls and send them to bed to die.

It’s inhuman. Wrong. Sick. Pandemic.

Yes it’s a power play; we all get that.

Yes women play a role subjecting themselves to abhorrent treatment often simply through paralysing fear or entrapped by their own learned co-dependency.

Women and men need to stop seeing women as that animal-skin clad cave woman being dragged by her hair across the stones like a prized carcass.

And I’m sorry, but no amount of money in all the world, will change what kids learn at home from their parents or carers – whoever

they may be – about relationships.

Our kids can learn about respectful relationships at school and know that perhaps what they see at home doesn’t fit the description and in that way, will learn there is a difference.

But the message is a whisper compared to sitting down at a dining table every night where mum cowers to a dominant man who reinforces authority over his bride with the occasional thump and constant psychological trauma, as the right kind of normal.

The official statistic: one Australian woman is killed every week by her partner and almost one in three will experience family violence at some point.

Unfortunately there are plenty of cultures in the world too who structure their societies on the back of women’s learned and perceived inferiority and institutionalised servitude which the women themselves perpetuate through fear of their lives.

And living in Australia will make no difference to that mindset, perhaps harder for their daughters who must shape shift between cultures.

That invisible boundaries being female creates gives not just your fathers and sons the God given right to beat, maim, burn or kill you, even women join the The official fray because who doesn’t statistic: love a good public stoning.

That is something is a lit- one tle hard to hide in Austral- Australian ian society, but it still happens in this world, in this woman is time. killed every In happier homes where relationships are respectful, week by there’s a differentiation and her partner understanding of abstract and almost concepts like respect for women and children so it one in is unthinkable that violent three will harm would come to pass.

Why in some families are experience these boundaries sacred? family The faces, arms, bodies, hearts and minds, untouch- violence at able and untouched? some point.

Why in other families, is violence the language of love?

It is these puzzles, which need unravelling.

Something sharper than band aid money needs to be poked around inside the hellhole that is domestic violence.

Perceptions of women and children and the power of life and death over them need a fundamental reset in a portion of the population which, though it’s pretty PI to say it in this day and age, don’t need middle class rescue values applied to their world but to be skilled up so they can communicate up the chain what’s wrong and hear their ideas on how to fix it.

One organisation in Dubbo, Emmanuel Care, has pioneered such a program and the PM would do well to spread cash in their direction – they need it, and anyone can contribute – for the real results in empowering women and their children, which they are achieving.

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New Walgett police station formerly opened this week T

Superintendent Stewart welcomed the HE NSW Police Force Commissioner Andrew Scipione, APM, was new facilities and resources that will joined by the NSW Governor Ex- bolster the Local Area Command’s crime cellency General The Honourable David fighting capabilities.

Hurley, AC, DSC (Ret’d), NSW Deputy “I’m proud to host the official opening Premier and Minister for Justice and Po- of our new police station, which is home lice, Troy Grant, and Castlereagh Local to more than 40 police officers and civilArea Commander Superintendent Jim ian staff at the Castlereagh Local Area Stewart in a formal ceremony this week Command,” Supt Stewart said. to mark the official opening of the new “Our new station advances our policstation Walgett Police Station. ing capabilities and means a number Construction on the $16 million, two- of units are under one roof together, storey facility began in August 2014 and to best address the needs of the local has been fully operational since June of community. this year. It replaces previous demount“The dedicated defence training area, able structures, some of which date back for instance, illustrates the needs of our to the 1960s. command, as we are faced with unique NSW Police Commissioner Andrew weather constraints, so training must be Scipione said the contemporary facili- carried out inside to ensure the health ties represent a significant step forward and welfare of our staff,” Supt Stewart for Castlereagh Local Area Command in said. their overall police response to tackling “Improved technology also enables crime. our detectives, Police Prosecutors and “This new police station and the ad- administrative officers to combat crime vanced facilities and resources it pro- on multiple levels.” vides, ensures our officers are best According to the NSW Bureau of Crime equipped to maintain the safety and se- Statistics and Research’s quarterly upcurity of everyone in the community,” date in March 2015, some types of crime Commissioner Scipione have dropped in incidence said. in the 12 months since the new facility was installed.

“Residents should be  The figures showed a very pleased with their sta- Today’s event marked drop compared to tion and have confidence also represents the previous 12 months to in the committed policing March 2014, in domestic staff members who con- an important violence related assaults tinue to work hard to keep development for their community safe. regional policing down from 202 to 180 and non-domestic assaults “Today’s event also rep- as Walgett is now down from 115 to 93. resents an important deBreak and enters rose velopment for regional po- rightly equipped from 94 in the previous licing as Walgett is now with the same year to 123 and thefts rightly equipped with the state-of-the-art from motor vehicles rose same state-of-the-art fa- facilities as its from 45 to 63 reported cilities as its metropolitan occurrence’s. counterparts,” Commis- metropolitan counterparts Located on Wee Waa sioner Scipione said.

Deputy Premier Grant, Governor Hurley, Commissioner Scipione, Deputy Commissioner Kaldas, Superintendent Stewart, Police Chaplain Father Anthony Koppman and Western Region Commander Assistant Commissioner Geoffrey McKechnie.

Street, the new Walgett Police Station’s ground floor accommodates general duties police, police prosecutors, traffic and highway patrol, meal rooms, lockers and custody facilities.

The custody area includes three dock bays and four holding cells, with direct access to the local courthouse via the custody suite. Legal services are also able to utilise this access area to speak with clients before court proceedings.

The first floor houses the Castlereagh Local Area Command office, senior management team, education offices, training rooms, conference area, forensic services group, crime management unit, detectives, proactive crime team and a gymnasium.

The new building also incorporates two audio-visual link (AVL) facilities,

which enable a live broadcast between the station and local court.

In addition, police now have a secure victim support room for those waiting to attend court, which can also be used to conduct interviews.

As part of the forensic capabilities, there is now a designated procedure room and mechanical analysis area to allow for vehicle examinations during criminal investigations and a dedicated area for the state protection support unit, including a fully-equipped defence training room on the ground floor, as well as trailer bays within the police compound where specialist resources and equipment are securely stored.

The facility was formerly opened at 11am on Monday, September 21, 2015.

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Street art to bring BOOM to CBD

BY YVETTE AUBUSSONFOLEY JOURNALIST

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UBBO’S CBD is undergoing a transformation as BOOMDubbo backs the creation of a street art gallery featuring murals of some of the region’s past and contemporary prominent figures.

From a long list of characters, commissioned street artists will artistically interpret portraits of the heroes, anti-heroes, famous and infamous characters of Dubbo and the region throughout the CBD. “BOOMDubbo has a vision of bringing the whole community together, so the business community, the sporting community, the residents, the visitors, the whole region. One of the things we’re doing in working with street artists is it’s a very accessible form of art, it is very public, so love it or hate you do get to see it no matter what, so it’s bringing the art to the people,” said BOOMDubbo project manager, Kim Goldsmith.

“In working with this foundation list of Heroes, Anti-Heroes and Significant Others, they’re meant to be people who are of the region, who have contributed to regional New South Wales in significant ways.

“Whether they’ve gone off into a sporting field or a cultural field and excelled but were born in Dubbo or Wellington or Bourke or wherever, they’re on the list. However, the list of 100 that we started with, after conversations with various people around town has now grown to a list of about 125,” she said.

Visiting street artist Trina Collins also known as Poncho

Army began the first works this week. Collins has appeared in numerous gallery shows, been a finalist in multiple art prizes, and exhibited alongside many leading urban and contemporary artists including Kid Zoom, Beastman, Reg Mombassa, Arthur Apanski and Anthony Lister.

A central theme for Poncho Army’s art is the exploration of contrasts – between urban and rural spaces, between internal and external realities. She loves to capture youthful innocence and often draws upon her experiences growing up in a shrinking rural landscape to gather inspiration for her work.

Collins is experienced in freehand aerosol, stencil art, pasteups and paper cuts, typography and brush painting. Her design skills allow her to create professional digital proofs of all mural concepts to be approved prior to painting, making her one of the most sought-after urban In less than one day, Poncho Army completed a portrait of Ben Hall on the back of 213 Macquarie Street Dubbo, behind Video Ezy and Two Doors Restaurant. Kate Leigh’s face and Colleen McCullough’s Thorn Birds appear beside The Fast Lane Drive Thru Coffee on Bultje Street.

“Trina’s working on five portraits across four sites. And we’ve got everyone from Ben Hall to Colleen McCullough.

We’ve got Kate Leigh, born in Dubbo, who ended up in a girls home before she went on to become notorious with razor gangs. They’re not all heroes but they’re interesting characters who have a story to tell,” said Goldsmith.

“Trina is also doing an artist talk at the FireStation next week. Next month our artist

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One of the things we’re doing in working with street artists is it’s a very accessible form of art, it is very public, so love it or hate you do get to see it no matter what, so it’s bringing the art to the people

when he arrives in mid October for a month will be an artist in residence at the FireStation so he will do a workshop as part of that arrangement and hoping to get him into schools to do artists talks as well.

Collins was the 2013 artist in residence at Wollongong City Gallery. Her work is held in collections around the world including New York, Japan, London, Dubai, Los Angeles, New Zealand and Australia and 2015 saw The National Gallery of Australia archive Poncho Army’s works in their database, which can be accessed by 5200 Australian libraries. She has painted murals for Fraser Coast Council, Albury City Council, Wollongong City Council, Banks-

town Council as well as businesses The Little Prince, Hangtime, His Boy Elroy and Shellharbour Family and Community Services.

“It is a significant investment by BOOMDubbo to bring these artists to town. We want the community to have access to the artists while they’re here,” Goldsmith said.

“The artists we’ve got coming next month, we’re working on getting a sports wall together with 10 significant sports people from the region from a range of eras, sports, and backgrounds and at the moment, we’re just trying to find a location for that.

“That’s where the challenge is going to be. This is where we really need prop-

erty owners and the business community to come on board and say, hey, we’ve got a space, whether it’s a roller door, or something done on a board to put in a shop window, or an entire building we want a whole range of spaces,” she said.

“Dubbo City Council have already been extremely generous in offering suggestions of the property that they control, which we’ve been extremely grateful for because you never quite know sometimes how receptive people are.

“I think what it does is it meshes quite nicely with Ignite Dubbo and actually is a way of achieving some of the Ignite Dubbo outcomes which may have taken a lot longer,” Goldsmith said.

BOOMDubbo street art to watch out for: Kate Leigh: The Fast Lane Drive Thru Coffee, Bultje Street Dubbo Colleen’s Thorn Bird: The Fast Lane Drive Thru Coffee, Bultje Street Dubbo Sir Sidney Kidman: 165 and 167 Brisbane Street, building behind Macquarie Credit Union and Boyce Accountants (facing Browns Lane) Sir Henry Kater: 165 and 167 Brisbane Street, building behind Macquarie Credit Union and Boyce Accountants (facing Browns Lane) For more information visit the soon to be live www.boomdubbo.com or email boom@boomdubbo.com

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Robbie McEwen to ride Tour de OROC A USTRALIAN cyclist Robbie McEwen, triple winner of the green sprinter’s jersey at the Tour de France and with 12 Tour de France stage wins is now backing the Toyota Tour de OROC, agreeing to ride in the opening stage from Wellington to Warren through Dubbo.

“The concept of a cycling Tour as a fundraiser attracted me to this event. It is unique in the distance covered and the number of communities that will benefit from the project,” McEwen said. “I’m very happy to be lending my support to the organisers and helping to raise some much needed funds.”

“An event such as the Tour de OROC can encourage people to get involved with cycling as a sport, to be more active and to contribute to the local community.”

The Tour de OROC committee is delighted that one of Australia’s best ever cyclists will join the region’s largest fundraising event to raise funds for the Macquarie Homestay hospital accommodation project.

“This is a real triumph for the event which is sure to add another element of excitement.

The riders have been buoyed by the announcement and we expect this excitement will be shared by the community and encourage more people to contribute to the fundraising project,” president of the Tour de OROC committee David Hayes said.

“We were privileged to have Commonwealth Games gold medallist Megan Dunn participate in the first Tour de OROC so this is more great news that elite cyclists are willing to back our cause,” he said.

The Toyota Tour de OROC starts on Monday, October 5, 2015. Spectators can watch Robbie McEwen and fellow riders depart Wellington at 8.30am, travel through Dubbo approximately 10.30am, Narromine approximately 12.30pm and in Warren from 5pm. Donations can be made at www.tourdeoroc.com

Phil Stack artist of the year THE Macquarie Credit Union DREAM Festival has announced musician Phil Stack has been chosen to receive an artist of the year award.

Festival vice chair, Anne Field, said “Phil has had a wonderful career, ranging from touring with the legendary James Mor-

menced a service via Airlink to Cobar which gives people from further west access via Dubbo to the east coast capital cities.”

Dubbo to host quit smoking pilot program

Australian cyclist Robbie McEwen. PHOTO: AAP/ BENJAMIN MACMAHON

rison, to being a founding Member of multi-platinum rock/pop group Thirsty Merc who signed to Warner Music in 2003.

“In fact, watching Phil perform with James Morrison was the inspiration for the Artist of the Year Award. Seeing a Dubbo musician perform with such a legendary band, and knowing about his successes with Thirsty Merc, made us think about how we could inspire local artists by highlighting such achievements”.

Festival treasurer Lydia Smith said, “Honouring previous recipients: musical director, Kellie Dickerson; photographer, Mervyn Bishop; and dancer, Ella Havelka; have been wonderful experiences for those who have attended the awards dinners. We expect this year’s event to be equally inspiring.”

Tickets to the awards dinner are available for purchase at www.dreamfest.com.au or by contacting the Artist of the Year Award Coordinator on 0427 843 240.

Phil Stack is currently touring with Thirsty Merc who were devastated this week when the band’s stage manager, Shane Cooper was killed in a car accident.

Aged care symposium THE Western NSW Local Health District’s Aged Care Education Reference Network (ACERN) is presenting a two-day Aged Care Symposium in Dubbo on September 24 and 25.

The program has brought together guest speakers from around the state who will share their knowledge and skills with the aged care workforce to ensure they have the skill base necessary to care appropriately for older patients and clients in hospital and in the community.

Special guest Mavis Vaughan who celebrated her 101st birthday on September 7 will give a presentation called “An Older Person’s Journey”.

Tomingley Gold Operations fund facility THE Hon Troy Grant MP – Deputy Premier, Member for Dubbo joined Glen Pugh, chairman, Tomingley Racecourse and Recreation Reserve Trust; Dennis McGaw, president and committee members, Tomingley Race Club; Mike Sutherland, general manager of Alkane Resources NSW, Kathleen Pizzi, Tomingley Gold Operations administration and finance manager and Greg Lamont, general manager, councillor Sue McCutcheon, deputy mayor and councillor Tony Ellis, Narromine Shire Council to

officially open a new amenities block at the Tomingley Racecourse which has been jointly funded by the Tomingley Gold Project - operated by Tomingley Gold Operations who donated ($94,189.00), the Narromine Shire Council Community Fund and the NSW Department of Primary Industries – Lands ($46,585).

Dubbo City Regional Airport reports healthy traffic RECORDS continue to be broken at Dubbo City Regional Airport as 17,333 passengers flew to or from Sydney, Brisbane, Broken Hill and Cobar in August setting a new high for the month.

Mayor of Dubbo councillor Mathew Dickerson said the result was boosted by the first full month of JETGO services with 956 passengers in their first full month of operation and strong numbers for both REX and Qantaslink.

“The monthly figures are up by 1.3 per cent on the same month last year and have set a new record high for the month of August.”

“With direct flights to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, Dubbo is within a one hour flight of 11.5 million people. No other regional airport in Australia has such easy access to this number of people.”

“The Dubbo to Sydney route serviced by Rex and Qantaslink has the highest demand and requires multiple daily flights,” Councillor Dickerson said.

“JETGO have opened the market with direct flights to Brisbane and Melbourne providing more choice. Rex has also com-

QUIT4OCTOBER is a monthlong initiative run in October dedicated to helping people to quit smoking with the support of their healthcare professional.

The campaign is being piloted in four areas across Australia including three regional areas; Ballarat (Victoria), Toowoomba (Queensland), Dubbo and Ryde (New South Wales).

The QUIT4october pilot program is championed by Lung Foundation Australia and sponsored by Pfizer PFE Australia Pty Ltd and Johnson & Johnson Pacific and aims to encourage people who are attempting to quit smoking to discuss a personalised smoking cessation program with their doctor.

People who achieve their goal of being smoke free for 31 days are at least 5 times more likely to become permanent ex-smokers than they were at the start of the 31 days. This is a result of recovering from the most severe cravings and withdrawal symptoms.

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Healthy Harold and Life Education CEO Kellie Sloane

LIFE Education’s annual Ocsober fundraising campaign kicks off next month.

Ocsober ambassadors Angry Anderson, Professor Gordian Fulde, Georgie Gardner, Natalie Gruzlewski, Kellie and Matt Hayden, Brooke Nichole Lee, Steve Moneghetti, Jacinta Tynan, Peter FitzSimons and the Australian Baseball League have signed up to lose the booze with money raised during Ocsober supporting Life Education, the Australian not-for-profit organisation that is synonymous with ‘Healthy Harold’, and its preventative health programs which are taught across 3,300 schools each year.

It has 100 plus mobile classrooms and qualified educators across the country and reaches over 640,000 children nationally. In the past 35 years more than 5 million students have participated in the Life Education program.

A registered charity, independent of both government and religion, Life Education aims to empower children and young people to make safer and healthier choices through education. Life Education relies on fundraising to maintain its vital service. Further information available at www.lifeeducation.org.au.

Indigenous elder John Hill with NSW Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe.

Fair Trading family fun success NSW Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe officially opened the annual Dubbo Family Fun Day at the Visitor Information Centre Park this Wednesday, September 16. Celebrating NAIDOC Week in Dubbo and the rich and enduring culture of traditional landown-

ers and families, he said: “This event brings the entire community together. The Fun Day is in its 12th year and I am delighted this signature Fair Trading event continues with such outstanding success. It really is a collaborative effort and I thank all the organisations and individuals involved.”

A Welcome to Country was be provided by elder John Hill.

Please join us at Lazy River Estate for an evening of fast paced fun at the 2015 REINSW - Orana Division’s Novice Auctioneers Competition on Friday 9th October where you will see some up-and-coming auctioneers battling it out on stage.

The evening will kick off at 6pm when we welcome Hugh Bateman to Dubbo, his first stop on his Pink Tractor Trek.

Ticket cost is $50 (GST inc) and includes canapés on arrival & dinner We ask that if you cannot make it along on the night to please still show your support to this cause and The McGrath Foundation by donating online at www.pinktractortrek.com.au

Tickets can be collected from any of the supporting agents or by contacting Shayna Chapman 0417 226 059 schapman@bobberry.com.au The Milestone Hotel will be providing a bus free of charge, departing from the Milestone to arrive by 6pm and returning at the close of the function.

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Ainslie Sekaran – Committed to Achieving Her Dream

Students depart Dubbo and are pictured at the Songling No 1 High School in Wujiang. PHOTOS: GEOFF MANN

Sister City Exchange Students depart ON Thursday, September 17 and Wednesday September 24, students left Dubbo bound for Wujiang, China and Minokamo, Japan, respectively, as part of two Sister City exchange programs.

A total of 13 students from different Dubbo high schools have gone to China on the second exchange visit to Dubbo’s Chinese sister city Wujiang accompanied by chaperones Geoff and Bridget Mann and Japan, chaperoned by Tom and Anna Brain.

“The girls all had a lovely

day with their host families on Sunday, each experiencing different things. School made us very welcome yesterday, as you know very different from school in Australia, by 5.10 pm they were quite exhausted,” wrote Bridget Mann, from China.

“We are all looking forward to having the day together and being shown the sights around Wujiang and then supper with the government official. Driving and crossing roads A NIGHTMARE!!!!” she told Dubbo Weekender.

Seventeen year old Ainslie Sekaran is proving that, with the right support, opportunities and commitment, you can achieve your dreams and help those in your family and community along the way.

Ainslie’s always wanted to be the best she can be – with a dream to help children and people in her community. She says that moving with her mum and three sisters from Broken Hill to Dubbo around five years ago was the start of her journey to gaining skills that will help open doors to a future career pathway.

“Since coming to Dubbo, I have lots more opportunities to learn and get the skills I need to have not just a job, but a career. I have been at Dubbo Senior Campus College, and through Skill Set, I have just completed my Certificate II in Business Traineeship with Murdi Paaki”, says Ainslie.

Murdi Paaki, the peak provider in Aboriginal training, education and employment programmes, has been an integral part of equipping Ainslie with the skills and knowledge required to be workforce-ready.

“If it hadn’t been for my Traineeship with Murdi Paaki, I would have dropped out of school with no qualifications, and no idea what I could do after school.

Since going there two days a week for two years, I’ve learned so much about what you have to do to help run a business, and I’ve met some

cool people who really supported and helped me along the way at Murdi Paaki”.

Ainslie says that successfully completing her Certificate II Trainieeship has motivated her to stay in school and finish her HSC this October.

“I’m studying Aboriginal Studies, English and Business Studies and sit my HSC in October this year. I know that without the people at Murdi Paaki who helped me stay in school, I probably wouldn’t have finished.

My dream is to help people in my community – I’d love to work with children and young people to help them and their families”.

Murdi Paaki’s purpose is to offer proactive support that is responsive to the needs of people and communities by being a strong advocate and leader. Murdi Paaki promotes meaningful education, employment and economic development opportunities to help build empowered and prosperous communities and improve the health and wellbeing of its people.

The many positive success stories, like this of Ainslie Sekaran, demonstrate Murdi Paaki’s real contribution and leadership in the lives the futures of young, Indigenous people and communities.

Murdi Paaki wishes Ainslie all the best for her HSC exams.

For more information about MPREC’s efforts in providing education, training and employment pathways, vist www.mprec.org.au

Students depart Dubbo bound for Minokamo. PHOTO: YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY

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Friday 25.09.2015 to Sunday 27.09.2015 | Dubbo Weekender

Dubbo ranks 12th on domestic violence list

BY YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY JOURNALIST

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EGIONAL towns are recording higher levels of violence than their urban counterparts with the top 20 Local Government Areas for domestic assault in NSW all based in regional or rural locations.

Dubbo ranks twelfth on the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research statistics list released this month.

The figures differ to previous data to show the top 20 Local Government Areas for domestic violence related assaults are all regionally based.

Domestic violence is also the leading cause of hospitalisation for women between the ages of 25 and 45, other than disease.

The Country Women’s Association of NSW is partnering with Rape & Domestic Violence Services Australia to raise money for the national 1800RESPECT number, a free service available to every woman in Australia.

CWA will also fund a series of professional development courses in regional and rural centres, to better equip health professionals and community workers with the knowledge and tools to support those who are or have experienced domestic violence.

The locations of these courses will be prioritised based on current needs.

CWA of NSW president Tanya Cameron (pictured left) said domestic violence is a significant issue and one that affects every community.

“A recent survey found one in four children between the ages of 12-20 were aware of domestic violence against their mothers or step mothers, by their fathers or step fathers,” said Cameron.

“We want to use our platform, as an organisation dedicated to improving the lives of women and children in the bush, to say there’s help available, irrespective of where you live.

“We understand that isolation, access to independent support services and difficulty maintaining confidentiality are all barriers for those seeking help in regional communities,” she said.

Karen Willis (pictured right), CEO of Rape and Domestic Violence Services Australia said domestic violence doesn’t just affect the mother, but there are tangible effects domestic violence is having on children that grow up in a violent household.

“This is a whole of community issue and one that is very complex. We need to ensure the people on the ground, in regional and rural towns, have the knowledge and tools to manage such a serious problem.”

Unlike other services that often can only provide support to someone after they have left the violent relationship, Rape & Domestic Violence Australia’s

NSW Recorded Crime Statistics July 2014 to June 2015 Recorded domestic violence related assault incidents

by Local Government Area: Number, rate^ and rank ^^

Local Government Number of Rate per Rank

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Walgett

Moree Plains

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1093

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987

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62

888.3

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Gilgandra

39

878.4

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Bogan

27

877.8

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361

868.4

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Narromine

59

860.8

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Forbes

83

850.5

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Griffith

218

844.6

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Wentworth

58

842.5

16

Wellington

74

817.3

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Kempsey

240

809.6

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Parkes

116

762.3

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Armidale Dumaresq

188

742.3

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1800RESPECT regularly supports people who are still in violent situations. They also offer support and counselling to family members, who may be coming to terms with the fact that someone they know has experienced violence.

“While domestic violence is horrendously common, what is escaping and becoming safe is massively complicated and difficult,” Willis said.

To the person experiencing the violence each event seems like a small event on its own but the cumulative effect over time is that they feel they are totally responsible for everything that goes wrong and will spend much of their waking hours thinking about how they can keep the peace

“It is very rare that violence will start on the first date. In fact most relationships start with lots of intensity and interest. Examples include, “My new boy friend is so great he wants to know all about me, where I’m going and what I’m doing, to six months later I have to report on my every movement and he tells me who I can and can’t talk to’, or ‘My new boyfriend is cool he loves to go shopping with me, to I have to wear what he tells me or else I’m in for it’.

“In the early days demands for compliance with the rules or to give priority to the offenders needs and wants are often couched in terms of ‘if you loved me as much as I love you, you would....’,” said Willis.

“Sexual violence is often an early boundary broacher where the offender will be saying things like ‘if you really loved me you would...’ or ‘you know how I get if I don’t....’.

Rape & Domestic Violence Australia fielded 55,000 calls in the last 12 months from individuals experiencing domestic violence and sexual assault, however a further 18,000 went unanswered due to a lack of funding and support.

“For some the responsibility for what is happening is felt so intensely that they feel they are worthless and do not have a right to safety, etc, while for others it will be, ‘if I leave I am really afraid of what he will do’.

“Since most DV homicides occur after separation this fear is taken very seriously. For others they may believe his promises to change and be prepare to give him one last chance several times over,” Willis said.

“There are also often other considerations, money, children, shame that others may know, access to accommodation, limited support from others as well as the impacts of trauma which may include anxiety, fear, depression, sleeplessness and nightmares.

“Each step is presented as a need to prove something or to keep him happy and outbursts or anger and abuse are blamed on events and others. Responsibility is never accepted for these behaviours.

“To the person experiencing the violence each event seems like a small event on its own but the cumulative effect over time is that they feel they are totally responsible for everything that goes wrong and will spend much of their waking hours thinking about how they can keep the peace. By this stage they are often lost within the relationship and the offender is in a place of domination, power and control.

“By this time the offender will be reacting to any attempt to change or talk about the relationship with threats of an escalation of violence,” Willis said.

“We are very pleased to have the support of the CWA of NSW. Their reach into the heartland of our state, via their 400 branches, provides a vital opportunity to raise awareness, improve services and change attitudes,” she said.

Each of the CWA of NSW’s 400 branches will be helping to raise money for 1800RESPECT or a similar service in their community.  For assistance for domestic violence advice, call 1800RESPECT

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OPINION & ANALYSIS.

Friday 25.09.2015 to Sunday 27.09.2015 | Dubbo Weekender

Moving political mountains one mogul at a time

BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

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E have been a fearful nation for the past few years.

Even though many decisions made at a federal level don’t affect us immediately, or on a daily basis, the dysfunction and criticism of the Rudd – Gillard – Rudd years left a pretty big scar on the national psyche, wiping out much of the confidence Australians had when it comes to facing challenges.

The short-lived honeymoon for the coalition ended after a harsh budget presided over by incompetents hugely out of touch with reality, and things really didn’t get any better from there.

Now, having squandered massive profits and lost opportunities from Mining Boom Mk II, we’re looking to start again, this time with huge deficits and amid a world reeling from rapid change.

So it’s difficult not to be scared again.

I used to be scared of moguls when I was snow skiing, in those idyllic and carefree days before kids came along.

I avoided moguls like the plague and, when I did run into a bunch, it was like being in a clothes dryer until I came off.

Enter an inspirational ski instructor: “No John, the moguls, the moguls are your friends,” he said, as though what he was saying was actually true.

“You use the moguls to help you turn.”

Unbelievably, he was deadset correct. I’d been fearful of embracing the moguls as my friends, indeed they’d been my sworn enemy, all I needed was some gentle instruction about undergoing a radical mindset change.

I was shown how to use the moguls in a zen, judo-like way, hitting them at the right angle

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and using these former enemies to help me rapidly and almost effortlessly pivot onto another direction.

Overnight my skiing experience changed from one of avoidance, to a mindset of striving to accomplish ever more by finding clumps of moguls and improving my already worldclass technique.

Okay, that rhetoric may be a little over the top, so let’s look at the highfalutin words currently being dished up by brand new PM Malcolm Turnbull.

His first doorstop manifesto as PM was all about how agriculture is one of the bright future spots for Australia, and that we should become far more agile and innovative, and embrace the ‘disruptive’ technologies the world is facing, where some industries have been so outflanked that their staid old business cases have crumbled, or are under attack.

There’s been plenty of talk about how Turnbull finds it difficult to take advice from people less intelligent than him, which is apparently just about everyone.

But if my old ski instructor was here, which he’s not because the Dubbo skiing isn’t too hot this time of year, I reckon he’d have a couple of practical, common sense ideas to help turn the PM’s stated national focus on innovation into a tremendously positive new reality.

Firstly, look at all the options in the armoury to create meaningful decentralisation without breaking the bank, in other words, use that judo-approach to get good things happening by macro policy setting which won’t impact treasury too much.

State governments are crying out for commonwealth help to build massive infrastructure to support growth, especially in Sydney.

So why not create zonal taxation, offering tax breaks to companies who move from Sydney to places like Dubbo, Wagga, or Tamworth – this would see plenty of people follow because that’s where their jobs will be, and if they sell their house they’ll probably own one in this neck of the woods mortgagefree and have cash in the bank, and that would be a boon to local retailers.

This would immediately get regional Australia, and coalition partners the Nationals, well onside, and would be a difficult strategy for any party, organisation or individual to rationally criticise.

Rather than growing Sydney by a million people in the next however many years, let’s get one million people to re-energise the bush, and by creating a growing population many more positive social and economic benefits will flow.

If Lithgow, Bathurst, Orange and Dubbo all doubled in size, there’d be a far stronger case to rebuild the railway to Sydney to make train travel more in line with a first world nation than a third.

The business case for a freeway over the Blue Mountains would also become far stronger, and so on, ad infinitum.

While I’m on rail, just find the money, or borrow it at two percent, and build the bloody inland rail from Melbourne to Brisbane.

John Howard built the Adelaide to Darwin rail as an act of political desperation and with-

out a bureaucratically approved business case, and it’s gone from strength to strength to strength.

It’s a bit like JetGo’s direct Dubbo to Brisbane (and soon to be Dubbo to Melbourne) flights; once they built it, the people came, and they’re ramping that service up because of the demand.

While they’re building the inland rail, arrange to whack on a few passenger coaches and keep the prices reasonable, that would provide a huge boost for regional tourism as well for little extra cost with a service which should be able to become at least revenue neutral.

Number three is just a few dollars to kick-start a national industrial hemp industry.

We’re losing thousands of jobs in Geelong and Elizabeth because the automotive manufacturing base is shutting down, let’s replace them with a decentralised manufacturing base.

Farmers can grow hemp and grow wealthy, while the material produced can be processed and manufactured into thousands of products.

Looking at Geelong as a case in point, it has a huge trained workforce soon to be thrown onto the scrapheap, let’s instead mobilise them along with the existing factories and logistics base and integrate them into an innovative new agricultural industry.

Just the money being spent on high level taskforces and meetings to solve the looming unemployment crisis could probably build a few pilot hemp

 ... why not create zonal taxation, offering tax breaks to companies who move from Sydney to places like Dubbo, Wagga, or Tamworth – this would see plenty of people follow because that’s where their jobs will be.

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9. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the Lombardy region?

10. LITERATURE: What 19th-century poet wrote that “the United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem”?

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factories, but that will only create thousands of jobs for workers, not for the highly paid professional board-sitters on these various task forces who are more keen to perpetuate their own lucrative employment.

On some social issues which we’ve kept putting off, here’s my last bit of ski instructor advice free of charge.

Thanks to concerns from conservatives in the government, Malcolm Turnbull has been backed into a corner regarding a plebiscite on same-sex marriage to be held after the next election at an exorbitant cost to taxpayers.

It’s funny how we don’t ever seem to have a paltry few bucks to keep all sorts of good services happening, yet finding hundreds of millions at the whim of a few people is never a drama.

So if as a nation we’re happy to waste so much money, let’s not leave the same-sex marriage debate hanging out there all by its lonesome – let’s have a referendum or plebiscite on Australia becoming a republic at the same time.

And let’s see what other issues our elected representatives should be asking us about at the same time, I’d be more than happy to fill in 20 bits of paper if it meant those in power were actually going to have a respectful consultation process in place.

I’d happily vote yes to free beer, yes to four extra days off each week and no to choosing former military personnel as political candidates – keep them in the military at an operational level to give advice rather than constructing policy.

There’s nothing wrong about serving our country, and hats off to those who do and have, but we don’t need a mind-set in Canberra that being involved in continuous conflicts around the globe should be a natural state of affairs.

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FEATURE.

Friday 25.09.2015 to Sunday 27.09.2015 | Dubbo Weekender

A long lens on life

Abir Abdullah is a European Press Agency photographer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh who has been practicing for 18 years. Abir’s sensitive work on news, children, women and environmental issues is especially notable. He talks about ethics in photojournalism, the pressures he faces to adhere to them and the highs and lows of his career. AS TOLD TO Ella McMillan

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BIR ABDULLAH’S numerous awards include Mother Jones, National Press Photographer’s Association (NPPA), Days Japan, and Islamic UnityIran. He completed the three-year seminar ‘Pleasure of Life’ as assigned and supported by World Press Photo Foundation Netherlands.

His photographs have been exhibited in Europe, South America, Asia and the U.S and his work has published in the World Press Photo book New Stories and Phaidon Press’ Blink.

What made you want to become a photojournalist?

After attending a basic photography course, I felt that camera was like a strong weapon that records stories of the people without any censorship and share it to the world so that people can understand the incidences.

And finally the policy makers, politicians can take action against all odds, which needs to be changed.

What’s been the most rewarding part of your career?

Of course meeting people and recording their stories but the most rewarding part was when my photos were published in the international media and it brought attention to make change to a situation.

With which project do you think you influenced public opinion and policy makers the most?

‘Freedom Fighters: Veterans of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971’ had a great local impact. After the first exhibition, it received huge attention from the local newspapers and TV channels, people came to know the conditions of the wounded freedom fighters. [As a result] the government had taken some initiatives to improve their living conditions.

What has been the most challenging aspect of your career?

As a photojournalist the challenge is doing the job with proper ethics and respect towards the people.

What’s the poorest example of a photojournalist breaking the code of ethics that you’ve seen or heard of?

There are many weaknesses for photojournalists break the code of journalistic ethics. For example, photojournalists make a photo with two photographs. In Bangladesh they often stage photos in a news event.

If you could change anything about photojournalism what would it be?

I would try to make stronger laws against photojournalists who don’t follow the code of ethics.

Do you believe one man can change the world?

One man can never change the situation of the world but he can get attention to bring the issue forward so that the global leaders and politicians can take action and make a change. But sometimes the photo creates so much emotion that the action gets started sooner, like if I give the example of a recent photo of a Syrian refugee Aylan who died after a boat sank, that photo brought huge emotion throughout the world and specially in Europe that forced them to revise the asylum rules.

What power do your photographs possess?

Photographs are always more powerful than words.

My strength is to not only show the weak side of the victims but at the same time my photos show the strength of the people.

Do you have a work ritual or habit?

I do homework or research before every assignment.

I try to gather knowledge from others work but try to find the best location according to the light condition.

What’s the best piece of career advice you’ve received?

The best advice I have received was “Work like mad, if you want to be a photographer”.

What do you have to stay to budding young photojournalists?

My advice is work with honesty, dedication and with respect.

What would you be doing if you weren’t a photojournalist?

I don’t know. I was a good sportsman at my youth, mabe a football player or cricketer if I weren’t a photojournalist today!

What’s one of the fondest moments in your career?

When I got a phone call from Mother Jones that I won the grant. It was early morning, I wake up with

Relatives mourn as they find the body of their missing son on the seventeenth day of the Rana Plaza building collapse, in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 10 May 2013. Reports state that the death toll at this point rose to over 1036 and many more people still missing. 588 bodies had been handed over to relatives after identification. The eight-story Rana Plaza building which collapsed on 24 April 2012 housed mostly garment factories. It is the deadliest disaster in the history of the industry. Reported death toll was 1,134 workers and over 600 more workers were disabled. For these victims, life is a painful struggle. The headlines are soon forgotten in the West, while the victims pay a huge price for producing cheap, fashionable clothes. PHOTO: REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM ABIR ABDULLAH

sleep in my eyes. But after hearing the good news, I almost stood up and forgot about my sleep. I had won the grant given by the US-based organisation which [exists] no more, though the Mother Jones magazine is still running. It was prestigious because it only awarded six grants to [photographers from] six continents every year. I was the winner in 2001 for my project ‘ Freedom Fighters: Veterans of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971’ from Asia-Australasia continents.

View more here: http://www.enterworldpressphoto.org/editie2/ppower.php Name one project and why you chose to cover it?

One of my projects is about the Effects of Climate Change in the Coastal Population of Bangladesh. I think this is very important issue to document. Not only because it is an environment issue but at the same time my photos will speak on behalf of the affected people of global warming.

It is a testimony to the rich countries who create major carbon emissions and stand beside the victims who never run air conditioning or ride on an air conditioned car.

What are you working on at the moment?

At this moment I am working on a project called Deadly Cost of Cheap Clothing.

Documenting the life and struggles of the garment workers who give life to produce cheap clothes for all of us. I plan to publish a book on this issue and make a touring exhibition in the European countries and well as in the US. Why did you choose to document the Deadly Cost of Cheap Clothing?

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If I give the example of a recent photo of a Syrian refugee Aylan who died after a boat sank, that photo brought huge emotion throughout the world and specially in Europe that forced them to revise the asylum rules.

I started documenting the series Deadly Cost of Clothing to show how our garments workers work in unsafe working conditions and they produce clothes for the buyers giving their lives. It is kind of modern slavery and exploitation at large.

View more here: http://www.mediapart.fr/portfolios/horror-and-shame-garment-industry-bangladesh Who’s your inspiration?

My inspiration was my elder brother, who was a very popular poet and writer; he sadly died at the age of only 34.

What do your friends and family think of your profession?

When I started my friends were my guinea pigs to do the photography experiments. They often told me that I had gone mad. My family gave me every [bit of] support from the beginning though they didn’t know how would I survive [financially] doing photography.

What do you love about photojournalism?

It is more than love to me. To me it is passion and commitment to society, to the humans of the world.

Do you have any tough moments or stories to share?

I recently went to Nepal to cover the horrific situation after the earthquake.

We arrived next day of the earthquake at Kathmandu. There were still tremors going on with low magnitude so at night we couldn’t sleep and I couldn’t sleep for almost eight nights during the assignment in Nepal.

View more here: http://www.epa.eu/ photographers/abir-abdullah

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Rescue workers take part in the rescue of the eight-story Rana Plaza building which collapsed in Savar, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, 25 April 2013. More than 1,134 workers perished in the collapse.

Rehana, one of the survivors of the Rana Plaza building collapse visits the building site in Savar, Bangladesh, 14 June 2013. On this date, reports stated that 1,130 workers died and nearly 2,500 were rescued alive after the eight-story building Rana Plaza that housed mostly garment factories collapsed on 24 April 2013. It was the deadliest disaster in the history of the industry. The final death toll was 1134 workers and more than 600 more workers were disabled.

A woman cries for her missing son on the seventeenth day of the Rana Plaza building collapse, in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 10 May 2013. On this date, report stated that the death toll rose over 1036 and many more still missing while 712 bodies were handed over to their relatives after identification after the eight-story building Rana Plaza housed mostly garment factories which collapsed on 24 April 2012 in the deadliest disaster in the history of the industry. The reported death tool was 1,134 workers and over 600 more workers were disabled.

PHOTO: REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM ABIR ABDULLAH SOURCED FROM: WWW.ALEXIAFOUNDATION.ORG

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PROFILE.

Friday 25.09.2015 to Sunday 27.09.2015 | Dubbo Weekender

FINDING

NINA

She has forty years of community art practice, a lifetime of experiences from all over the globe and an Order of Australia all tucked under her belt, but it’s her special connection with Dubbo’s Riverbank Frank Doolan that these days helps inspire Nina Angelo. The accomplished fabric artist tells Weekender how the stars aligned to reignite a friendship forged in the outback more than three decades ago. WORDS and PHOTOGRAPHY Jen Cowley

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ALKING through the front door of Nina Angelo’s home – nestled into a hillside overlooking the Central Coast’s Macmasters Beach – is a powerful, if pleasant, assault on the senses.

It’s bright and colourful, quirky and interesting, eccentric and charming – much like the woman herself.

I’m ushered up the stairs and into the lounge room; the walls – each painted a different bright colour – are festooned with eclectic artworks from around the world, hers and others. Every available inch of the place is home to a curio or a memento with a story – hundreds of pieces of a puzzle that go to make up this refreshingly unconventional artist.

She offers me coffee – and it takes her half an hour to make the brew, given her constant stream of delightfully wandering chatter – but it’s worth the wait.

It’s another half hour before I can get her to stay still long enough for an interview, but again, it’s worth the wait to sit down with the woman so many have come to know lately as something of a muse for Dubbo identity and near-legend, Riverbank Frank Doolan.

But it turns out Angelo, who talks with her hands and bubbles off at slightly confusing but wonderfully expressive tangents, is something of a legend herself.

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T turns out, we discover, that I first met this tiny woman with the shock of wild purple-red hair some 30 years ago – coincidentally around the same time she first came to know “RbF”, as so many know him.

I’ve been holidaying at Macmasters Beach for three decades and first came across Angelo when she ran the beach’s only store – Nina’s Little Shop – selling everything from newspapers to dream catchers and, with hindsight unsurprisingly, great coffee.

Her eccentricity made her something of a local icon, but it wasn’t until earlier this year that Angelo again showed up on my radar as the woman behind RbF’s Facebook page – which, at last count, had more than 1800 followers.

We’d corresponded via electronic introduction through our mutual friend, and were delighted to find we had Macmasters Beach in common, but it wasn’t until the well-known fabric artist opened her front door and screeched “hello Jen Cowley!” that I realised this was Nina of “little shop” fame.

So we begin with a good ol’ fashioned catch-up on local gossip and as our conversation snaps back and forth, liberally pep-

pered with off-hand asides that give a hint as to just how accomplished is this five foot two dynamo, I wonder aloud just how she came to run an unassuming little corner shop in out-of-the-way Macs.

“I guess it was just a time in my life when it seemed like a good idea,” she says, waving her hands expressively. “Everyone said to me, Nina, you’ve always been a free spirit – how are you going to work in that tiny little shop all day, every day?

“But I approached it like I approach everything – with passion. I treated it like my art form – I wanted it to be a place for community, a place for people to come and share stories and sit down and have a yarn.

A little oasis. And that’s what it was.”

The shop has long since changed hands – a couple of times – but the legend of “Nina” remains and once you know her story, it’s not hard to see why.

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NGELO was born in Athens after the Second World War, the daughter of Holocaust survivors.

“My parents met for the first time while they were in Auschwitz – my mother was a Polish Jewish girl and my father was a Greek-Spanish-French Jewish man. He was 20 years older than my mother. They survived, obviously, and they met again straight after the war as refugees in Paris.

“There’s an awesome story about how they met in a café in Paris and fell in love, but that’s for another time,” she says, uncharacteristically staying on conversational track.

“I was probably made in England – where my mother found my grandfather after the war – but I was born in Athens. So I’m Spanish, Greek, French, Polish and Jewish and now I’m Australian,” she laughs.

I remark that she’s like a one woman United Nations and she grins and leans closer.

“You know, I’ve always actually believed I came from the stars – that I popped down to earth after the war and burst out into the world just for my parents. When we came to Australia it was on a Qantas Constellation airplane – so you see? Stars! Everywhere!”

The family arrived as refugees on June 21, 1949, settling in Sydney.

“My parents were very interesting people.

They spoke 13 languages between them,” Nina says, finally taking a sip of cold, but excellent coffee and adding that she herself is fluent in Greek and French.

“We always had people from all over the world staying with us – in and out of the house and it was a very interesting place, our home.”

Nina with friend Riverbank Frank Doolan

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Nina with a prized gift from great friend and Dubbo legend, Riverbank Frank Doolan

Angelo tells me she was always a creative child who, from a very early age, was fascinated by fabric.

“I used to draw on my clothes and on my sheets.

When I was little, I’d look at women’s dresses and think it was wonderful that someone had designed that fabric and that now people were wearing that art.

“Fabric is a way to wear art – I call our stories the fabric of our lives. So we can weave our own stories into fabric. That’s what I do, and what I encourage others to do.”

As an adult, Angelo turned that fascination for fabric into her life’s work – combining her artistic flair with a passion for community engagement and development to help people, particularly children, to explore their creativity and expression through fabric art.

She’s shared her special skill all over the world, including extensive work throughout Australia’s remote and regional indigenous communities.

“I do a lot of work with communities and I’ve worked in just about every country town in NSW, and in some of the most isolated places in Australia. I’ve worked right across to Western Australia and all through the Pacific Islands.

“I’ve been familiar with Dubbo for many years – it’s always been the centre of everything when I was working in Western communities.”

Which leads us neatly into how it was that a Spanish/Greek/French/Polish Jewish girl came to be friend and confidante to an Aboriginal poet from Western NSW. Angelo’s connection with Riverbank Frank first began in 1983 when she was working as a consultant artist for the first time in an Aboriginal community – Bourke.

“I was flown over there with the Royal Flying Doctor Service by an organisation called Contact for Isolated

Children, Families and Communities – they’re still going and they do amazing work with kids and communities in the outback – and another organisation called Network of Community Activities.

“I had never worked in an Aboriginal community before and I was really excited. I was working at a long day-care centre that had been established in Bourke, my role being to decorate the centre with the women who would be using it.

“Frank’s sister, Ellen, was one of the girls I was working with and he came in on my last day there. He was hanging around and helping and we got talking. He told me he was a poet and I’d been writing a lot of poetry myself, so we made a connection.”

Angelo recalls asking the young Frank if he’d share some of his poetry.

“He was a bit shy, but I said “If you share some of your poetry from the outback, I’ll share some of my

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poetry from the ocean”.

“As I was getting on to the plane to leave, he came up to me and gave me an envelope. As the plane took off, I opened the envelope and it still moves me to this day; it was a poem called Black Woman, My Mother the Earth.

“When I read it I had goosebumps and it still gives me goosebumps. It was really powerful stuff.

“I don’t know what it was that he trusted in me – he didn’t trust many white people back then – but there was obviously something.

The pair exchanged works of poetry – his based on his life in Western NSW, hers drawn from her experience of life on the Central Coast. The correspondence continued “for a while”, but life intervened and the two friends gradually lost contact.

“In the last letter he sent me, he asked if I’d have some spare canvas and paints for his sister who was wanting to try fabric art, but just after I received that letter, my house burned down and in the aftermath of that awful time, I admit I forgot all about the request,” she says with a shrug.

Then last year, Angelo received an email “out of the blue”.

“I couldn’t believe my eyes. I’d asked about him often during my travels throughout the outback but no-one ever seemed to have any real idea what had happened to him or where he was.

“Then 30 years later – there he was again.”

Angelo contacted Doolan straight away and recalls that her long lost friend “laughed and laughed” at her surprise.

“He told me he was working at Apollo House in Dubbo when someone suggested it would be good if the sewing group there could print their own fabric.

“Frank went, “hmmm... I used to know a lady called Nina Angelo...”

They Googled me and of course in the intervening 30 years, I’d done quite a bit, so there I was.

“And that’s how we reconnected.

“Ooooh!” she suddenly gasps, launching herself off the bright red lounge. “Oooh. I forgot to show you this!”

She grins as she holds out a beautifully decorated wooden curio, which turns out to be a traditional Australian indigenous pipe used by the Yolgnu people of East Arnhem Land.

“Frank sent me this back when we first met. When my house burned down, it – and his poems – were about the only things that survived. How’s that? I still can’t believe it. But that’s the way the universe works.”

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HE connection re-established, the pair picked up where they’d left off.

“He sent me a package of his poems, like he used to, and I remember opening it and there was that wonderful smell of the fire and the earth, the fingerprints all over it. It was surreal. It was like going back in time.”

So began another chapter in a friendship forged in the outback 30 years ago.

“We’re very close mates. I love him. And yes, I do his Facebook for him – because he doesn’t have a computer.

“He has some very valuable messages to share and his poetry real-

Friday 25.09.2015 to Sunday 27.09.2015 | Dubbo Weekender ly needs to be shared. So I offered to help out with social media. I’m not madly fantastic on technology but I just think his poetry and his thoughts deserve to be shared with the community at large.

“He’ll send me a text and say, I have a post I’d like to put up (on Facebook) or a poem – and I’ll ring him and he’ll have nothing written down, no notes or anything and he’ll just dictate to me and he never has to go back and change anything... he’s incredible. I’ll read it at the end, and I’ll just go, wow.

He’s so articulate. It’s a gift.”

Angelo is working quietly with Doolan on a number of potential projects and programs to engage indigenous youth with art, and she’s keen to spend more time out in the west, including in Dubbo.

She’s also formulating a plan for an exchange for Aboriginal youngsters to spend time on the Central Coast – “A kind of “bush to beach” thing. We really have some amazing stuff her on on the Central Coast, and I’d love to share some of it with those kids,” she says, excitedly running through a litany of ideas she has both for establishing such a program, and for encouraging the pursuit of storytelling through fabric art.

“I really want to work with the communities out there. There’s so much opportunity there to help people to develop their creativity, and perhaps even to start a business and create employment opportunities through using art to tell their stories – but my challenge now is finding funding.”

Nina in front of a Portrait of the artist in her younger days

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T’S easy to imagine the upper echelons of various funding bodies and authorities dismissing this pint-sized whirlwind of artistic energy as an eccentric curiosity.

But there’s a couple of letters sitting after her name that says that ain’t necessarily so anymore.

Nina Angelo has an Order of Australia hanging on her wall (and pinned to her chest when circumstance dictates), but she mentions it almost as an afterthought, and only then after I spot the citation and ask her how it came to be.

“It’s for services to the arts and to the community of the Central Coast,” she tells me, recounting the “big shock” that came with being asked to accept such a national One of Nina’s prized chooks - named in honour honour. of close friend Riverbank Frank Doolan “I was in the shop when I got the letter – it was a cold rainy day The letter was asking if and I was sitting there wondering I’d accept and I just freaked what my life had come to. I’d done out. I put it in my bedside all these exciting things, spent 20 drawer for a while because years on and off in the Pacific IsI didn’t really know how to lands and working in amazing deal with it – it was so uncommunities and doing such excitexpected and so out of left ing stuff and here I am sitting in field. this little shop and the milkman’s “I do what I do because I got his head in the fridge putting love doing it – not for any milk in... accolades.

“Then this letter arrives and on It took me right until the the back is this official looking seal last day to accept.”

I know I’m a crazy and I thought, oh dear, what have I Having her family with done wrong?” her for the presentation of woman. I have She recalls opening the letter, the Order of Australia was crazy hair. I speak reading “all this Order of Australia a special moment, and she’s stuff” and thinking, “oh my God!” conscious of the significance my mind – I tell it of the honour.

Angelo had been nominatas I see it and feel ed through Network of Commu“My father used to say to nity Activities and Contact for me about different things, it. I’m quite “out Isolated Children, Families and “Big deal, Nina” – and I tell there”. But when Communities. you, when the Governor was putting on that medal, “I had no idea what had been inyou have that I could just hear him saying volved in getting it all together, but medal, people “Yeah – this really is a big obviously they’d been working on deal!” it for quite a long time. start listening.

Accolades are one thing.

What you do with those accolades is quite another, she says sincerely.

“What it did was to give me the kudos I needed to really change a few things.

That was the most important thing.

“I know I’m a crazy woman. I have crazy hair. I speak my mind – I tell it as I see it and feel it. I’m quite “out there”. But when you have that medal, people start listening.

Angelo says those two small letters meant she could make some “real changes”.

“I can speak up and people just take you a bit more seriously.

“I guess it’s like Frank being able to make changes in his community and have an influence – but he does it without the medal.”

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Weekender regular Lisa Minner continues with her series focusing on the faces, places and hidden gems along our own beautiful stretch of the Macquarie and beyond into the outback.

With a bit of passion, a love of history, a great idea and some community support, Bron Powell has kicked off Dubbo Town and Country Tours and is filling a niche that will benefit both visitors to the region and town’s folk, alike. Dubbo Weekender spoke to Bron about her new venture and what drove her to pursue it. WORDS and PHOTOGRAPHY Lisa Minner

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OMETIMES leaping out of your comfort zone just seems like the next logical step. Bron Powell of the recently established ‘Dubbo Town and Country Tours’ has done just that by creating a business which celebrates Dubbo’s unique history, regional landscape and fascinating characters.

Originally from the Blue Mountains, Bron has called Dubbo home for the last eight-and-a-half years. She moved to Dubbo to take up a nutrition/health promotion position and found that it wasn’t her cup of tea, but because she loved the people and all that Dubbo has to offer, she was determined to stay, working whatever job kept her here.

Most of her time has been spent in health and social work, and she is grateful for these experiences: “I’ve worked in some great jobs, but finally just felt the need to get out and do my own thing,” hence starting her business.

Dressed in her signature George ‘Dusty Bob’ Smith outfit, with dirt smeared on her face, it’s pretty obvious that Bron’s idea has all the ingredients for a business that will add significantly to Dubbo’s existing tourism industry and inform and educate the local community as well.

The idea for Dubbo Town and Country Tours had been brewing for so long, she’s not sure when the idea assist people with a great business idea to establish became something tangible. themselves with a little financial backing, a small busi“For years I have wanted to do walking tours around ness diploma, and mentors to help them avoid the pittown, there are so many historic buildings and history falls associated with launching a small business. in Dubbo and I don’t think most people know about it.

The scheme has made possible an idea that may have I wanted to get the history out there in a more handsremained on the backburner given the risks and costs on way and I guess it just grew from there.” involved in setting up in the first year.

She said having worked at Taronga Western Plains She said the tours have been well received by both Zoo as a tour guide definitely reinforced tourists and locals who have been collecher dream. tively keen to learn more about Dubbo.

“I realised I just loved being a tour A lot of locals have taken the historic guide but I wanted to focus on something walking tour and have been surprised, a bit more diverse, but Dubbo specific.” they’ve said, “Oh I didn’t know that!”

Bron kicked off her walking tours I realised I just The Historic Tour outlines the beginaround the city at Easter and they im- loved being a nings of the town in Dusty Bob’s padmediately showed promise, so much so docks, an eccentric pioneer and a conshe invested in a mini-bus to expand the tour guide but I vict who moved to the area to look after tours she was able to offer across a wider wanted to focus cattle. area of the region.

Dusty Bob was employed by Palmer and Wylde at “Dibilambil” stockyards, She wants to acknowledge that her on something a on a site now known as Old Dubbo Gaol. business has come to life via the New En- bit more diverse, terprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS) impleIn the 1840s and in possession of a litbut Dubbo mented by the Business Enterprise Centle land, Dusty Bob was approached by Jean Emile Serisier to see if he could tre in Dubbo (BEC). NEIS is designed to specific.

build a store in one of his paddocks and soon after Serisier’s mate Nicholas Hieronymus, built a hotel next door and they became the first two businesses in Dubbo.

Bron said initially in the area there were the properties, ‘Dubbo’ owned by Robert Venour Dulhunty and ‘Dundullimal’ across the river.

“Serisier wanted his store here because more and more people were starting to travel west (because at that point the nearest town was Wellington) to claim new land and then come back for supplies.”

Thus the beginnings of the town we now call home.

Dusty Bob’s own life story is a fascinating one. He arrived in Dubbo in the late 1820s and did quite well for himself, becoming a wealthy squatter who owned five properties by the time he died.

Bron said when she talks about Dusty Bob in her tours she has taken a little poetic licence to try and give him some personality-based on what she has read about him. She says he is still somewhat self-conscious about his convict beginnings and quite an eccentric man; qualities she plays up in her tours.

“Gather ‘round! I don’t want people hearing too much, I’ll tell you a little about my past!” she says in

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Dubbo Town and Country Tour’s Bron Powell dressed as Dubbo pioneer Dusty Bob

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Gather ‘round! I don’t want people hearing too much, I’ll tell you a little about my past...! her animated Dusty Bob voice.

“The way he died was certainly interesting, basically he had too many pre-Christmas drinks with his mates. His horse and cart got out of control and he fell out and met his demise just down there around the corner of Wingewarra and Macquarie Street. He was buried on Christmas day.”

Bron says that she met with the pioneer’s great-great grandson Bryan Smith to get his approval, before she incorporated Dusty Bob into her tour model.

“Bryan was excited that I wanted to focus on Dusty Bob as he is also interested in history and is glad his great-great grandfather’s story is being remembered and shared.”

The town’s historic buildings are a feature of the tours as well, like the stunning Lands Office building in Brisbane Street.

“It’s an incredible building, just the way it’s been designed for cooling – they had quite sophisticated mechanisms back then to cool buildings down.”

She said the more contemporary Aboriginal-themed mural on the wall of the Macquarie Regional Library coordinated by Dave Riley has it’s own story too and the Aboriginal history associated with it has been a point of interest with visitors.

Bron says everyone in Dubbo has been incredibly supportive of her new venture, including accommodation providers who stock her flyers, Dubbo City Council and other tourism providers.

In the future she is looking to attract more school groups, having already tested the waters with St Marys Primary and Broken Hill’s Railway Town Primary school. She says the tours are a great way for students to learn about their local history and value the stories and characters Dubbo lays claim to.

Excited about the future of her bus tours, Bron’s found one of the most relaxing takes in visits to Dundullimal Homestead, Terramungamine Reserve, the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) and a wine and cheese visit to Red Earth Vineyard.

While her Historic Walking Tour is by far the most popular, she also offers a River, Roos and Redgums Tour which is a nature walk along the river. She says the gist of that tour may change soon as she is about to go into partnership with Adventure Watersports in Dubbo.

Coming soon, a Historic Homesteads Tour, will bus guests to significant homes that aren’t usually open to the public as well as a nighttime Ghost Tour focusing on places like Dundullimal Homestead.

She also offers a Farm and Agricultural Tour that will include a shearing demonstration and over the holidays a fun Fantasy Family Bus Tour, which will take in the quirky sites, like the bottle house on the Golden Highway.

“I’d really like to show visitors to the region what life on the land and in a regional city is like, it’s all very exciting!”

Bron Powell with her tour bus and visitors to the city exploring the region.

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Tony Webber lived in the US in the aftermath of the Reagan years.

The Gipper reborn as dogma purist as history is rewritten I

S it a case of if you live long enough you’ll see everything?

Or a case of if you’re dead long enough you can be anything?

The bestowing of folk hero status on former president Ronald Reagan is as comical as it is perplexing.

It is a classic example of the rewriting of history amid an epidemic of amnesia that ties nothing to reality and leaves facts silent while gaudy nonsense fills our nostrils like fresh laid bitumen.

The caricature ghost of Reagan is not only the ringmaster icon of the current Republican presidential nomination circus, but his imaginary legacy has also received a deferential hat tip from Democrat contender Hillary Clinton.

But as far as being the poster boy for this right wing age of government spending atrophy, fiscal fundamentalism, union demonisation and tax cuts for the rich, Reagan’s record is more complex: at times a pragmatic moderate, at other times heartless welfare cutter and “trickle down’ myth-maker, sometime environmentalist, fulltime arms racer and Cold War antagonist.

What you won’t hear from today’s fruit basket of Republican hopefuls channelling The Gipper’s popularity is his support for unions in maintaining wages (“Collective bargaining has played a major role in America’s economic miracle”) for example.

Imagine any conservative politician saying that today.

As for small government, Reagan increased the federal workforce massively, raised the debt ceiling 18 times and nearly tripled the federal debt.

Isn’t hearing the small government mantra from politicians like a car salesman sweeping his arm over the lot and saying; “don’t waste your money on any of these pieces of crap – what you need is less cars.”

By the time he got into office Reagan was already an old man, and two fouryear terms left him without the mental vigour to continue transforming soapbox blarney into a consistent policy platform.

It is increasingly speculated that the

US President Ronald Reagan at the White House in the US in 1986. PHOTO: AAP/ SUPPLIED BY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA

dementia, which claimed his last years may have been a factor in the final years of his presidency.

Unkind observers say that Reagan, the one-time matinee idol, increasingly failed to distinguish between reality and fantasy, between acting like a president, and being an actor playing a president.

He famously told the story on more than one occasion – including in person to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir in 1983 – of having been among the US forces that liberated a Nazi concentration camp, and photographing the horrors therein, which was quite a feat considering Reagan never left US shores during World War II. He also told a room of war veteran Medal of Honour winners about one supposed act of gallantry concerning a bomber pilot going down with his plane that turned out not only to be fictitious but likely drawn from a world war II-era movie.

The world’s fastest and most powerful car is a Bloodhound

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LONDON: The world’s most powerful racing car will soon be unveiled publicly for the first time.

The 1000mph (1609.3km/h) Bloodhound will go on display at Canary Wharf in London and 8000 people are expected to see the supersonic racer.

It is hoped that the STG10 million ($A21.78 million) UK-built

Long after his administration ended in the ignominy of the Iran-Contra scandal, former aides have painted a picture of an elderly president who did not read briefings and increasingly spent most of his time either napping or watching old movies in the White House theatrette.

This left the door open for unsupervised, hyper-ambitious underlings and the usual far right ideological fringedwellers to conduct foreign policy as

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Isn’t hearing the small government mantra from politicians like a car salesman sweeping his arm over the lot and saying; “don’t waste your money on any of these pieces of crap – what you need is less cars.”

car will shatter the world land speed record, which currently stands at 763mph (1227km/h), when it is tested at full speed.

The Bloodhound will undergo 200mph (322km/h) trials next year at Newquay Aerohub in Cornwall before embarking on a series of high-speed runs in a desert venue in South Africa. At full speed the car will cover a mile (1.6km) in just 3.6 seconds.

Andy Green is the current record holder having achieved the

they saw fit, legalities aside.

The aforementioned Iran-Contra affair involved US officials secretly selling weapons to Iran, breaching an arms embargo to do so, to try and free US hostages held in Lebanon, while using proceeds from the sale to fund anti-government Nicaraguan “contra” terrorists, despite being prohibited to do so by Congress.

Though these events do seem almost quaint alongside the horrors of 21st century blood-soaked western blunders in the Middle East, and the unhinged zealots of the George W Bush administration make Reagan’s capture by Cold War hawks look timid by comparison.

That Reagan’s unremarkable and arguably ineffective eight-year term has been rehabilitated to the point where he has taken on rock star status among today’s neo-con plutocrats is classic Orwellian airbrushing of historical reality: who controls the past controls the future.

feat in Thrust SSC at Black Rock Desert in Nevada in 1997.

Now aged 52, Green will be driving the Bloodhound whose project director is Richard Noble, who was also project director for Thrust SSC and who was the driver of Thrust 2 which broke the land speed record in 1983.

The supersonic car, which has been assembled at Avonmouth, near Bristol, is the result of eight years of research, design and manufacturing involving

more than 350 companies and universities.

It has three power plants - a Rolls-Royce EJ200 jet from a Eurofighter Typhoon, a cluster of Nammo hybrid rockets and a Jaguar V8 engine that drives the rocket oxidiser pump.

Between them they generate 135,000 thrust horsepower, equivalent to 180 F1 cars. The pencil-shaped car will be 13.4m long, 183cm in diameter and weigh 7.5 tonnes. PA

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Refugee’s stories THE beloved photo blog Humans of New York has sparked many a copycat style local blog around the world. There is a new kid on the block, but with a very different spin.

Nicola Gray, creator of the site New Humans of Australia has spent time working with refugees in the Adult Migrant English Program. Her photo blog is designed to combat the often-negative stories and images Australian’s are fed by sharing the personal, sometimes traumatic stories behind the New Humans of Australia.

The blog is already very popular and images have been shared thousands of times, hopefully helping to break down negative perceptions.

Emmy Win VIOLA DAVIS made history earlier this week by being the first black actress to win an Emmy Award for best actress in a drama. Yes. 2015, and TV awards are still cracking firsts among racial issues.

Davis plays a lawyer in the compellingly twisted Shonda Rimes produced ‘How To Get Away With Murder’. Rimes is well known for creating shows with interest-

ing roles for women.

Davis remarked in her acceptance speech ‘You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there’.

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Marty Edward: Kinda Kenny Direct from the USA and after sell-out shows in North America, an unforgettable tribute to the biggest names in Country music this century is coming to town.

Marty Edward plays Kenny Rogers. Dubbo Weekender caught up with him for a chat about music. AS TOLD TO Ella McMillan I was born Wales, but have lived all over North America (my Dad was a career military man). I would say I have been a “Jack of All Trades”, having done a variety of jobs from construction, factory worker to computer programmer/ developer and of course an entertainer.

Of all my chosen vocations, music has by far been the most fulfilling.

I started performing, somewhat reluctantly, at a very young age. My Mom was a huge Gordon MacRae fan – her favourite song was “The Desert Song” (1953), the title track from the movie of the same name. She was a very accomplished vocalist and pianist, performing on the radio. She took it into her mind that I was going to learn “The Desert Song”. I learned at an early age that one does not argue with one’s Mom! I learned the song and whenever any of my parent’s friends came to the house, my Mom would drag me out to the piano and make me sing “The Desert Song”.

Keep in mind I was a very shy and introverted child. It was a bit traumatic!

“The Desert Song” was the first song I learned. When I was a little older and really getting into music I learned songs like “Wolverton Mountain”, “Big John” and songs like “House of The Rising Sun”.

My family is mostly musically talented. My Dad and Mom and two brothers have a real ear for music. My younger sister however did not get the gene!

Mom played piano and sang professionally. Dad played keyboards and sang at parties and family gatherings.

He was quite good! Eldest brother is an awesome singer with a classical voice.

Next eldest brother plays guitar and sings – not professionally, but he is very talented.

I admire Kenny Rogers of course – his songs tell stories that touch the heart and soul. Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney, Gary Puckett, Elvis – for the same reason, as well as their awesome vocal talent. A buddy taught me how to play guitar. I will always appreciate that.

Other influences would be the artists above as well as early Bee Gees.

I think the fondest musical memories are some concerts (“Put A Little Love In Your Heart”) that my wife and I produced to raise money to help abused children. It was where I first debuted “Kenny”. It is what started me on a career that has taken me around the world and allowed me to help raise a lot of money for some great causes.

Sure, I was influenced by old records and tapes. A lot of the old country songs from Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Henson Cargill, Jack Greene, Johnny Horton, etc.

I feel that competitions are mostly political or the results are based upon the popularity of the character you are portraying. My biggest career highlight? Performing with a 60-piece orchestra – wow!

The travel is the biggest challenge of my career. Heightened security at air-

ports and the delays it creates makes the travel less enjoyable than it used to be.

Anyone who says they have never made a mistake during a performance is either lying or has never performed.

The professionalism comes in as how you handle the mistake. For me, I will make a joke about it. Kenny Rogers once said, “If I come out and perform a perfect show, the audience likes it. If I come out and make a mistake, the audience loves it!.”

I used to get nervous, but not any more. I get an adrenalin spike from waiting to get out on stage and start my show.

What I most look forward to, coming back to Australia, is the people – wonderful! They make us feel at home – they talk a little funny, but they are awesome. Over the years I have been fortunate to make some lifelong Australian friends, and I treasure them! I am dreading the 7 of the 10 most deadly creatures that live in Australia!

I practice every day with few exceptions. Some days its 30 minutes, other days it can be a couple of hours. Prior to a tour the rehearsals are ramped up, to make the show as musically tight as possible.

We formed the tribute band about seven years ago, and we have been performing together ever since. We all have other shows that we are a part of, but when we get together for the “Kings Of Country”, it’s the three of us. I typically do about 75 shows a year since I cut back.

I don’t balance music well with my other obligations. Music is my life! Only kidding. Music is important to me for a number of reasons, and none of them are anything to do with money. However, It is not the only thing in my life that is important. I make sure to take

the time to appreciate and enjoy those other things.

These three are the kings of country because of their music – hit after hit – has stood the test of time. All of them are as popular today as they ever have been.

There are so many great memories.

From the camaraderie between cast and crew on a tour, to working with some of the finest musicians in the world, to the fun kibitzing back stage (and on stage!), but especially seeing how a song can bring out emotions in an audience.

A New York law firm decided to have a “Texas Hold ‘Em” night for their real estate clients. These clients are dealing on properties worth millions. The law firm thought if they had Kenny Rogers sing “The Gambler” at the event it would make extra special. When they found out what it would cost to have Kenny Rogers himself perform, they decide to look at hiring an impersonator. They contacted me, but before signing the contract wanted to check with Kenny’s management that using an impersonator wouldn’t be a problem. Kenny’s management told them that Kenny wanted to know who they were going to use. The law firm told them “Marty Edwards – Kinda Kenny” (Kinda Kenny is my stage name). When Kenny’s management got back to the law firm they said, “yes, that’s fine, he’s (Marty) is Kenny’s favourite. The law firm was kind enough to pass that on to me.

I have worked hard to be the best and to have it recognised by Kenny himself was so awesome!

I can’t speak for the other two characters, but Kenny Rogers has seen me perform. It was in Billings, Montana.

He was in town for a July 4th concert at the Arena. I was in town doing an outdoor show. He saw my show and had his promoter invite me to his show. I got to

go back stage before Kenny’s show and meet him – a thrill of a lifetime for me!

In the tribute or impersonation business there is a lot of competition. For a lot of artists, along with that competition comes a certain amount of animosity. However, for some reason the “Kenny” guys all get along we have typically met at a convention or similar type of event, and just get along and help each other. I have at least three “Kenny” characters that are good personal friends.

There are three elements to making a great tribute/impersonator: 1. You have to have the look. Even if you don’t have it naturally, but you achieve it with makeup. I am fortunate that all I have to do is comb my hair.

2. You have to have the distinctive sound of your character. The audience needs to be able to close their eyes and hear your character, not you. People don’t come to the show to see you, they come to see Kenny Rogers.

3. Just as important, but overlooked by many – characteristics. Every artist has their own characteristics. The successful tribute/impersonation studies those and always stays in character on stage.

I don’t think there’ll ever be a day when I get tired of the songs. When I perform it comes from the heart, and it is always fresh for me. Plus I do have other shows that are totally different material and I always look forward to “Kenny”.

I think my favourite anecdote is about Johnny Tillitson. For those of you who don’t know, Johnny Tillitson is an American singer and songwriter. He enjoyed his greatest success in the early 1960s, when he scored nine top-ten hits on the pop, country and adult contemporary Billboard charts.

Arguably his most well known hit is a song titled “Poetry In Motion”. Anyway, I had just finished a show in Las Vegas and was heading home. I dropped off the rental car and was waiting for the shuttle bus to the terminal. I see a man standing with an older couple. The man is looking my way and nods. I think to myself “he looks familiar-maybe he is an actor.” After a couple of minutes he brings the couple over to me and introduces me to then as Kenny Rogers, and goes on to say how I had such a huge influence on his career and how I had really helped him. I didn’t want to embarrass him, so I played along. We chatted while waiting for the shuttle bus. What made it even more convincing is that he was just heading to Orlando, Florida for a show at a venue that I had just performed at the month before. I know the booking agent and details about the venue. At this point I am hoping the shuttle bus shows so I can extricate myself from the situation before the cats out to the bag. Finally the bus comes we get on – using the door at the middle of the bus, I let him and the couple get on first. They go left, I go right. I get off the bus first and think maybe Johnny will get off before the couple and I can tell him that I am not Kenny Rogers – not to be. They all get off together.

Johnny gives me a hug and tells me how proud he is of what I did with my career.

I hug him back and tell him thanks, and that he was always one of my favourites (which is true!). I will never forget that meeting!

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Will the real Prime Minister please stand up Comment by STEPHEN LAWRENCE Stephen Lawrence is a Barrister and failed political candidate, (but he doesn’t let that stop him commenting on other political failures).

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OW have we become the “coup capital” of the western world? Not long ago commentators were talking about the ‘increasingly presidential’ nature of Australian politics. What the hell happened? Of course we have never had anything close to a presidential system.

But as someone born in the ‘70’s, a child in the ‘80’s and a young adult of the ‘90’s, I certainly look back on eras somehow defined by the Prime Minister and government of the period. (Time is of course a funny thing and it definitely went slower back then).

In primary school it somehow seemed like Hawkey had been PM forever. As the long summers kept coming the larrikin PM with the big smile seemed always to be there. The Keating experiment, which got me interested as a teenager, was the bookend of the Hawke era and somehow seemed right as an abridged continuation, the bit of extra puff that got the last remaining juice out of a great Labor government that had to fall one day. Economic liberalisation and progressive social reform were the longterm hallmarks of the government that in my child’s mind seemed to rule forever.

Then as a young adult it again seemed like a government was around for a terribly long time.

John Howard, in retrospect at least, was seemingly destined for a long steady period at the helm of the country. I went through a degree, into my first, second, third full time job and little Johnny was always there, deftly dispatching his challengers, never loved, but generally always respected. Tax reform, workplace relations, the abolition of ATSIC, the maintenance of the monarchy, there is no doubt Howard left his mark on the country.

Whitlam was always there too of course, looming large in the national memory as a short term leader, but as the great historical exception of our recent political history, the idealist who forfeited a long period in government by engaging in grand reform that brought about the inevitable counter revolution (declaring “crash through or crash”, he crashed). So were Holt, Gorton and McMahon, but they too can be characterised as bookends, the political petering out of the conservative Men-

zies era.

The pattern of recent Australian political history has been of skilled national leaders, making the most of incumbency, subtly redefining the strong institution of the Prime Ministership in their own image and creating political eras by changing the country.

When Rudd was elected I, probably naively, expected him to rule for many years. I guess I assumed that the man chosen by the Labor party and elected by the people to chart a new national direction, would be great enough to seize the opportunity.

Of course it wasn’t to be. The fall of Rudd has been followed by the Gillard; Rudd redux, and then Abbott governments. There is no doubt the institution of the Prime Ministership has been immensely weakened of late and not too much era making has been going on. The difficult part is to understand why.

Is it the quality of the people, entering parliament? There is no doubt we are seeing more career politicians treading familiar paths to parliament, often at a young age. Is it the increasing number of swing voters? Or, the increasing disillusionment of the population with their political representatives? Increasing online interconnectedness and media consumption feeding an unstable political dynamic as swing voters swing more often? Or is it the increasing policy convergence between left

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Love them or hate them, the newly elected Prime Minister of a country should be a skilled political master, deftly balancing competing interests with one hand while drawing the new national picture with the other.

and right, when there isn’t deep division to fight over are we just left with personality politics?

Whatever it is, or what mix of the above, I must say, I don’t like it. Love them or hate them, the newly elected Prime Minister of a country should be a skilled political master, deftly balancing competing interests with one hand while drawing the new national picture with the other.

They should be given a chance, but also be good enough to take it. They shouldn’t be subject to constant facile popularity contests in the shape of opinion polls, or anonymous sabotage fed by political animal journalists, but they should be good enough to survive both.

I think the poll driven media dynamic is rotten, but I am not convinced our last few PM’s have been quite up to the challenges of high politics. Paul Keating’s Placido Domingo speech of 1990 rings truer than ever.

A word on less weighty matters.

I was in the local court last week, somewhere in the great state of NSW, minding my own business, waiting for a (late) client to attend. I sat and watched the magistrate (who shall remain nameless, but has been slightly controversial in the past) listening to the pleas of self-represented defendants in traffic matters.

The beak listened to the hapless defendants and then, on a number of occasions, took the unusual step of asking the police officers who had charged them if they agreed that leniency should be extended based on what she had heard.

All of them immediately agreed justice could be tempered by mercy. This included a police officer, who had been roundly abused by a young chap he had stopped for speeding (but who was much better behaved in court).

The vibe created was pretty positive. Licenses were kept, you sensed the police felt empowered by the opportunity to play the good guy and some of the defendant’s ingrained distrust and suspicion of police was probably dispelled. All very unconventional, contrary to all legal precedent as a sentencing exercise, but somehow an instance of common humanity and common sense working some good, in the moment at least.

These were simple court matters, dealt with in a matter of minutes, but they did make me wonder how we will look back in a 100 years on a legal system that keeps victims and offenders as far apart as possible, punishes with the crudest of tools and somehow generally leaves unrepaired most of the damage that bad behaviour creates.

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Sally Bryant

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

In my book, which belongs to you, the ratepayer...

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LOVE libraries.

I don’t know who first had the idea of establishing public lending libraries, but I reckon it was a stroke of genius. It’s up there with the invention of the modern printing press when it comes to giving the masses access to information.

And unlike the internet, public libraries really are available to everyone.

To access the internet, you need some sort of device thingy, whether it’s a computer or a tablet or a phone you’re using. You need access to a power source to charge the wretched thing and, a subject close to my heart, you need internet access. Dagnammit.

I’ve been battling the gods of the black spot for several months, pretty much since I moved house during the winter.

It’s been an exercise in uncertainty and frustration and it has brought home to me in great clarity how enervating the whole experience is for those living on the margins.

I am familiar with the concept of having no mobile coverage at all. I am quite relaxed about being in places with no mobile coverage; it’s how I grew up. (Actually, back when I was growing up, mobiles only existed in the pages of Dick Tracy cartoons, but you see what I’m getting at.)

I grew up in a part of the bush where we just didn’t have access to the sort of services others took for granted, and that was that. No rural power, no fresh bread, no television reception; no worries.

It’s very liberating, knowing you have no access at all. It’s black and white, there’s a certainty to it. You are in no doubt. You don’t find yourself constantly checking the phone to see if you have

reception; you know you do not. In fact, capable of doing themselves, but which you can just turn the bloody thing off, probably form their core duties. If you put it away and enjoy the peace. You are unavailable, then they will be forced plan ahead when you know you’re going to actually do some work themselves. outside reception areas, you make your But happy as I am to embrace the concalls before you fall off the edge of the cept of going North of the Wall, where world, you arrange your affairs before there’s no contact for mobile phone calls you disappear from the or internet, I’m not so encyberverse. thralled with the idea of You warn the world. “I’m living in the grey area,  going outside and I may be in the hinterland, in the What I have some time.” world where you’re neiI spend large chunks of ther fish nor fowl. I don’t been having my professional life “off mind building my life trouble coming the reservation” and it’s around a reality which to terms with is immensely liberating. It’s does not include mobile the ‘yes you can very satisfactory to head phone or 3G internet covoff on a work road trip, erage at home, if that is / no you can’t’ knowing the Out of Ofnecessary. It’s not what I’d intermittent fice auto reply is loaded on choose, but that’s life. service that your emails, happily volWhat I have been havI have been leying all those awkward ing trouble coming to inquiries you don’t feel terms with is the ‘yes you dealing with at like dealing with. can / no you can’t’ intermy new house, “I am out of the office mittent service that I have the uncertainty until DATE and will be out been dealing with at my of a massively of range for much of that new house, the uncertaintime. I will be checking my ty of a massively variable variable service. emails intermittently, but service. The teasing of a The teasing of if your inquiry is urgent, service that wavers from a service that you’d best contact my colperfect to non-existent. wavers from leagues. Tra la.”

So I did some research, A colleague, from a foron the internet, when I perfect to nonmer career, used to say was in a place where there existent. the best part about being was sufficient coverage away from your phone and for me to be able to access email is that nine out of ten requests for the World Wide Web of information. It help would disappear by themselves by turns out that I am not the only person the time you’re back online. This time who doesn’t appreciate being marginand motion genius used to say the vast alised, with living as a dweller on the majority of urgent inquiries you get from fringes of the information revolution. colleagues are requests for you to do And there is a Device that you can Purthings that they are not only perfectly chase to Enhance your Experience.

For an Enormous Amount of Money.

And you may even need to have an exterior antenna installed for Even More Hard Earned Cash. But the theory is, you will go from having dodgy phone and Internet reception through your handset to having something far more reliable.

You will go from wandering around the house looking for a sweet spot where you can send a text message to being able to lie back in bed and have conversations in which more than one word in ten can be understood. Happy days!

After choking and gagging over final figure of what it would cost me, I managed to justify the expense to myself and signed up for the enhancement. It sort of felt like the guilty pleasure one must feel, signing up for breast augmentation surgery. You know you want to do it, but how do you explain the cost in a way that doesn’t sound enormously self-indulgent?

Within days, the technician arrived in his little van, and scurried up the outside of the house and installed the aerial, quick as a flash. And he fiddled around with the electronic device inside my house, and tested it and, lo it was good.

And I could see the bars of service on my phone. And I could make phone calls.

And I could make clever remarks on social media, from any room in my house.

Marvellous. Happy as a clam. I signed the paperwork, and the technician drove off into the sunset, with the birds singing.

And then it stopped working.

And all this time, the library was sitting there in town, steady as a rock and full of information.

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Cr Mathew Dickerson

Mayor Mathew Dickerson was born and bred in Dubbo and is married with four children.

You can make a difference, simply volunteer W

ORLDRENOWNED cultural anthropologist, Margaret Mead, once said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”

Seth Godin, marketer extraordinaire, once tweeted, “Fire the committee. No great Web site in history has ever been conceived of by more than three people.

Not one. This is a deal breaker.”

For individuals in our society who think they can’t make a difference – think again.

When I speak to people in our community – or indeed in any community – they will always know individuals who are the real drivers behind an organisation; a group; a club or an activity.

These individuals are changing the world. They are making a difference.

Sure – many have committees to help them out but everyone knows that if this person got hit by a bus tomorrow, the committee would all but fall over.

This column is all about them – these are the people who are using their actions to drive the change they want in their community. You don’t see them complaining to Government and blaming everything on other people – these are the people you just see rolling up their sleeves and getting the job done.

It may be someone on the Netball committee; the Rotary Club; the Scouts; a fundraiser – you get the picture.

On the Monday of the long weekend we will see yet another organisation

making a difference to the lives of the for the region. people of Dubbo and the surrounding The committed volunteer committee area. for this year – led by David Hayes and The second biennial Tour de OROC supported by the Rotary Club of Dubbo (TdO) will push off from Wellington.

South – will again unite the region and The first event in 2013 was a resoundadd more dollars to the project. ing success. The primary objective to There are now twelve LGAs in OROC raise money for Macquarie Homesso the ride has been extended to cover tay was well and truly more than 1,200km in successful. six days – a mammoth A corollary of the pri-  effort for all of those mary objective was that The next time you involved. Some would it united the (then) elev- see a volunteer, go say an epic. By way of en Local Government Arcomparison, the most eas (LGAs) in the region up and thank them. famous bicycle race in that were members of Thank them for the world, the Tour de OROC at the time. May- the difference they France (TdF) covered ors and community peo- are making to the 3,360km in 23 days this ple in each town joined year. in for one cause and not community and To emphasise the reponly was $176,168.63 applaud them for utation the TdO has alraised but when it came changing the world ready achieved, dual time for Rod Crowfoot’s Commonwealth Games – for the better.

And committee to apply for Gold Medallist, Megan $3.3 million of Cobbora if you want to make Dunn, rode on the TdO Transition Fund mon- a difference to this in 2013 and this year we have arguably the most ey last year, it made it world – just get in successful Australian much easier to show and do something. rider in TdF history, Robcomprehensive support bie McEwen. for the project when all Cadel Evans is obviously known as communities committed money and all the first Aussie to win the TdF but RobMayors committed skin off their bottoms – literally. bie McEwen has won twelve individual These are the types of actions that stages – ten more than any other Aussie make a difference in a community. A and, in the entire history of TdF, Aussies small group of ten riders and six support have only ever won 27 stages. crew can lay claim to taking a huge step Robbie also has three green jerseys – towards building a much needed facility there are only three riders in the his-

tory of the TdF with more green jerseys and there is only one other Australian to have ever won just the one green jersey.

The fact that he is a triple Olympian is almost forgotten when you consider just his TdF feats.

The fact that Aussie cycling royalty has agreed to donate his time to Stage one of the TdO gives an example of just how much of a difference a small group of committed people can make. The profile that Robbie will add to the TdO enormously increases fundraising potential and exposure for the area.

I am sure more people will want to ride on Day one of the ride (from Wellington to Warren) as it is not every day you get the chance to ride beside a TdF multiple stage winner. I am sure that on the back of this announcement that the organisers will even sell more tickets in their monster raffle – with prizes such as free flights to Brisbane with Jetgo and free accommodation in Brisbane with TRYP on offer, plus local prizes such as a night for a family at Zoofari, then the prizes are certainly sought after.

The next time you see a volunteer, go up and thank them. Thank them for the difference they are making to the community and applaud them for changing the world – for the better. And if you want to make a difference to this world – just get in and do something.

Tell me your thoughts on where Dubbo currently sits at mayor@dubbo. nsw.gov.au.

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Farmers warned to prepare for locust hatchings in coming months

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Vigilance: Early detection of hatching locusts and reporting is essential. PHOTO: CENTRAL WEST LOCAL LAND SERVICES

ENTRAL WEST Local Land Services is encouraging landholders to be vigilant over the coming months and report any locust activity.

Some areas of central west NSW will have viable locust egg beds following laying in autumn this year. Landholders are urged to check any known egg beds and report any locust activity.

Early detection of hatching locusts and reporting is essential to manage the spring locust risk, according to senior biosecurity officer Geoff Graham.

“We anticipate that with favourable conditions, hatchings could occur from now to late September in most areas,” said Mr Graham.

“We are aware of some egg beds within our region, but there may be others that remain undetected at this point.

“Detection may be hindered by a dense crop or abundant groundcover. It is important to monitor closely and report any locust activity to your Local Land Services.”

The optimum time for control is when the locust nymphs are forming bands on the ground. This is usually around three weeks after hatching.

Areas of known activity in autumn include regions of Coonamble, Collie and Tooraweenah; Trangie, Toongi and Peak Hill; Coonabarabran, Binnaway and Baradine, and Dunedoo, Mendooran and Coolah.

Landholders should report any locust activity to their nearest Local Land Services office or online at www.lls.nsw.gov.au/centralwest Following reporting, staff will carry out an inspection, supply advice on the relevant control options and issue chemical if warranted.

Early control is cheaper and most effective, so Local Land Services is encouraging farmers to contact them with any locust information.

“Once locusts reach maturity and start to fly, control becomes very difficult and costly,” said Graham.

“Early ground control is paramount to minimise the impacts to crops and pasture.”

Central West Local Land Services has equipment and chemical stock on hand to deal with a response.

Locust workshops are currently planned for Dunedoo Bowling Club (September 28), Binnaway Bowling Club (√), Mendooran Memorial Services Club (September 29) and Coolah Sporting Club (September 28).

To find out more contact Rhett Robinson (0428 462 474 or rhett.robinson@lls.nsw.gov. au).

$50 million in grants available

APPLICATIONS for grant funding are now open for Round 2 of the Coalition Government’s Rural Research and Development (R&D) for Profit Programme.

Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Barnaby Joyce has announced that up to $50 million in funding is available under Round 2 of the programme to deliver R&D projects to boost profitability and productivity in the agricultural sector.

“The R&D for Profit Programme is a $100 million Coalition election commitment, with a further $100 million committed as part of the Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper to extend the programme out to 2020-2021,” Minister Joyce said.

“The programme encourages collaboration between industry, researchers and Rural Research

and Development Corporations (RDCs) on projects that will deliver real benefits on the farm.”

Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton welcomed the opening of Round 2 of the R&D for Profit Programme and anticipates this round will be just as successful as Round 1 in developing and delivering cutting edge research and technologies in a way that is practical and accessible for primary producers.

“Round 1 of the programme saw more than $26 million in grants approved that will deliver tangible benefits at the farmgate, including better control methods for major weeds that threaten profitability, and resources to support farmers identify and capitalise on opportunities in export markets,” Coulton said.

“I would strongly encourage

all eligible organisations across the Parkes electorate to consider applying for research projects that could deliver benefits to local grain growers, cotton growers and beef cattle producers given these industries’ importance to our region.”

Round 2 projects will be required to address one or more priorities in the following research, development or extension areas: • advanced technology to enhance innovation of products, processes and practices across the supply chain; • biosecurity to improve understanding of pest and disease pathways; • soil, water and managing natural resources to manage soil health, improve water use efficiency, sustainably develop new production areas and improve re-

silience; and • adoption of R&D focusing on flexible delivery of extension services, which meet primary producers’ needs.

All 15 Rural RDCs can apply for funding under the programme.

To be eligible, RDCs must partner with one or more researchers, universities, research agencies, funding bodies, businesses, producer groups, or not-for-profit organisations, and provide a contribution (cash or cash and in-kind) at least equal to the requested Commonwealth grant funding.

Applications for Rural R&D for Profit Round 2 must be received by the Department of Agriculture by 5pm (AEST) on December 1, 2015.  For more information, visit agriculture.gov.au/rd4profit.

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1. Get your latest set of reconciled financial figures l Make sure your accounts have been reconciled at the end of the financial year; l You will need your accounting Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss Statement; l If necessary, ask your accountant or business advisor; l Do the analysis without delay, even if it’s on the previous year’s figures/ statements (chances are they will still be the same).

l Take an average of trade debtors (start and end of the period); l Divide by total sales for the year (from P&L); l Multiply by 365 – this should give you the average days it takes to get paid; l Is this more than your trading terms? l Take an average of trade creditors (start & end of the period); l Divide by total purchases for the year (from P&L); l Multiply by 365 – this should give you the average days it takes you to pay suppliers; l Is this more than their trading terms? l If you have inventory, do the calculation for average Inventory On Hand

and Cost Of Sales;

3. Perform a cash flow forecast with business advisor

l Do a Profit & Loss budget/ Cash Flow forecast; l 3-way budgets will show what the balance sheet will look like including cash, debtors, creditors, etc; l Using what you have calculated in (2) above, this cash budget will calculate the cash in and out;

4. See what effect changing cash indicators has on bank balance l Change your cash flow budget by doing what if with the days; l See what difference improving the debtor days and supplier days makes to the cash flow; l This should give you encouragement to act immediately! l Implement change to collection and payment terms and conditions

5. Focus on the little things for improvement l Every month, calculate debtor and creditor days; l Check whether they are getting better or worse; l Act accordingly.

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BUSINESS Q&A.

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Taking positive steps through a business merger Hillross Dubbo principal Grant Thompson became self-employed in 2011, running a financial planning business under Hillross after being an employee for them and previous corporates. In the past 12 months they have been working on a joint venture with a mortgage broker to introduce this service for mutual clients. He speaks to Weekender about what the changes will mean. AS TOLD TO Ella McMillan PHOTOGRAPHY Connor Coman-Sargent What is your (business) purpose for existing?

To provide financial freedom for our clients. This is by wealth creation and wealth protection strategies for each individual based on their goals, resources and risk profile. Our CVP (Client value proposition) is “simplistic advice in a complex world”.

Who is your demographic?

Given we’re a regional firm we need to cater for most demographics. Most planning firms have a high number of retiree clients however there is a longevity risk with this client base, hence also targeting wealth accumulators (younger clients).

Do you keep track of what competitors are up to? How? There are some benchmarking reports that I used from various industry surveys provided. Hillross, my licencee also provide like-for-like firm comparisons using other Hillross firms in regional areas for the same size.

How are you planning on continuing to drive revenue?

We are in the progress of creating a joint venture with a mortgage broker.

This will create a separate company that will share income/expenses and profits.

Mortgage broking fits hand in hand with our other client service offering and both businesses will complement each other with cross referrals. Our existing wealth business will drive its revenue growth from continued referrals from COI (centres of influences such as accountant, mortgage broking, solicitor referral relationships) and also from our existing client base, which again word of mouth is best source of referrals.

There are changes in our industry around accountants having to be licenced to provide self-managed super fund advice and this creates opportunities for our firm as we already have this licence and resources to offer this to accountants under a referral fee arrangement or a joint venture arrangement.

We will also be extending our premises

for this joint venture.

Describe the reason for this change.

To complement existing revenue streams and provide additional services to both client bases. There is also a match in management styles and age of both owners of these businesses so cultures are very similar in service offering.

What type of change would you classify this as? Why? Major ownership change and expansion of core service offerings to clients and premises extension hence more capital injection.

Do you believe your procedures match theoretical constructs? How? Yes. Most joint ventures are formed this way by 1. Initial idea 2. Brainstorming/problem solving 3. Flowchart 4. Mapping out action plan 5. Formalise agreements via legal practitioner, and 6. Implement.

What is/was required for the change to be successful?

A positive attitude on all stakeholders and staff members for change. Overcoming any objections and hurdles along the way. DA with council took a lot longer than anticipated as local planning rules had just been amended for our area and we were the guinea pigs.

Describe some issues that you faced or are expecting to face in regards to the change.

With any change/strategy obstacles are thrown up. Existing staff ensuring that new owner/staff feel welcomed as part of existing team. This has not been an issue as cultures very similar in both businesses, which is a ‘can do’ attitude for clients needs/goals.

Describe your current organisation culture.

Staff culture is ‘client first’ attitude at all times. We are a professional services firm and rely on word of mouth for future growth hence service levels are a priority. All staff/owners share this same CVP which makes working life much more pleasant. We also have a very flexible work/life balance culture as realise families are most important

in all our lives. So flexibility is also key with staff/owners.

How will this be affected during the changes?

All staff/owners know when the going gets tough we all get going to ensure smooth transition for our client and centres of influence. However they know doing the hard yards now will provide reward for all and flexibility for employed staff with hours off if working more hours during transition phase.

What has been the response from employees in regards to the change?

Excellent. Our staff has a positive attitude and can cope with change. They have embraced the new service offering and also the new personnel within our existing firm to strive for best client outcomes.

How do you think you could have handled the change better?

More planning earlier on DA with council on premises extensions as well as legal assistance which seems to all take a long time these days. Planning between owners was the easy part but when third parties involved it’s hard to control and more time should have been allocated to this part of process earlier in process.

Which elements are you proud of handling correctly?

Agreements between business owners and mapping out proposed shareholder/ income agreements between us without too much assistance from other legal/ accounting professionals. This was handled very efficiently and very open and honestly between all.

What change management techniques have you used?

The main one was to ensure all staff/ owners knew the advantages of completing the joint venture, which was to provide further services to both businesses. This was to ensure positivity remained high at all times. It also ensured that non-equity staff had a buy into the process and their own thoughts/concerns were taken into account.

How do you plan on sustaining the change?

Momentum is crucial in these changes. Both businesses will be encouraged to provide cross-referrals to each other going forward. The mortgage broking business is very new and minimal clients so the mortgage broker will be able to build on his own COI’s through real estate agents, developers, solicitors and accountants, which in turn provides cross-referral opportunities for their client bases as well.

Any obstacles/hurdles/concerns/or ideas of improvement will be held at regular weekly staff meetings to address and vary actions as required.

Do you have plans to change again in the future? How? As stated above the financial planning industry is going through a large amount of change from regulators. This should be embraced as an opportunity for younger owners such as myself as some of the older advisors will now exit the industry, as they will not be able to cope with increased education and compliance requirements.

This provides ability for future growth and scale by client book acquisition or further joint ventures with advisors that have a similar fit in cultures and client outcomes. Also the accounting world provides great opportunity in the selfmanaged super fund space, as they are required to have a financial planning licence (limited or comprehensive) from mid-2016.

This will also provide opportunity that some smaller accounting firms (lots in regional NSW) will not want the additional costs and compliance burdens of having a FP licence and would prefer to outsource this part of their work to someone reputable that already has everything established but ensuring the accountants clients obtain the service in that space and the accountant retains control of the client relationship overall as they will still need business tax advice, tax management, returns, etc.

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Lifestyle

12 things lactation consultants do

BY DEBRA DIXON IBCLC

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CTIONS taken in the early days of breastfeeding can impact on success or perceived success. Therefore seek early support. The situation can develop differently to how you had expected it would, compounded by conflicting advice causing mothers to feel completely uncertain and overwhelmed – especially true for new first time mothers.

The early post-natal period is a highly vulnerable and sensitive time and is where lactation consultants come in. They can help provide specialised breastfeeding information, which is accurate and up-to-date, plus follow through.

Supporting the mother and baby when expectations are different to what “the book” said or, information is poured on by everyone, and you don’t know who to believe.

Lactation consultants listen to what a mother is saying and encourages her to trust her gut instincts – the mother knows her baby better than anyone else.

International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLC) have the clinical breastfeeding expertise and expert knowledge of human lactation, as assessed by examination and/ or CERPS to provide breastfeeding support to mothers and babies in any aspect of their breastfeeding journey.

Obtaining the credential means that they are entitled to have their name listed on the worldwide IBLCE register found at www.iblce. org. To find an IBCLC in Australia or New Zealand, go to www.lcanz.org.

Lactation consultants: 1. Support the mum to get the baby comfortably attached and feeding effectively at the breast (this is central to nearly every lactation consultation) as most breastfeeding issues have been found to be caused or made worse by a less than optimal breastfeeding attachment.

2. Always aim “to meet the mother where she is at” in her breastfeeding journey – a common expression taught and used in lactation circles (and know that it is a completely

different journey to anyone else’s journey as receiving referrals for lactation consultations her personal circumstances are completely dif- or may refer mothers and babies for medical ferent). Therefore lactation consultants gener- or other specialised care if the issue is outside ally customise the care they provide to best the lactation consultant’s scope of practice. suit the individual mother and baby.

As such, lactation consultants are required 3. Work with mothers experiencing both to possess a working familiarity with other simple and complex breastfeeding issues – at health profession’s documentation so there is any stage of the breastfeeding journey (ante- a relative overlapping of knowledge (as much natal through to breastfeeding older children). as other conditions impact on breastfeeding).

4. Are the experts when helping mums to 8. Assist mothers to sieve through the breastfeed or provide breast milk in special mountain of advice commonly given to mothsituations, eg, pre-term ers, clarifying it, and babies, babies with anagiving her a sense of tomical differences (cleft  direction and goal setpalate, cleft lip, tongue [IBC] lactation consultants ting, helping her to tie, lip tie, mums having are likely the only health achieve what she wants had previous breast/chest professional who considers to achieve, then worksurgery, adoptive breasting with her to meet feeding, relactation, early the mother and baby as one her own goal. post-birth separation of inseparable unit – it is no 9. Provide ongoing mother and baby, mums good suggesting something follow-up and support, or babies with medical for the mum that doesn’t help checking in with the conditions, recurrent ismother at pre-detersues). Many times mums the baby and vice versa – they mined times to check come to the lactation con- are a dyad on how breastfeeding sultant when they haven’t is going, and whether found the resolution to their problem or re- suggestions made have helped or not. Lactaceived the help from elsewhere. Sadly, by that tion consulting is a dynamic process; the contime, often problems have cascaded and there sultation not ending until the situation has are then a multitude of issues to manage. been resolved/is resolving or the mother is sat5. Advocate for breastfeeding mums and isfied she is comfortable with what she doing. babies and for breastfeeding in general. They 10. Work in a variety of settings. Those in are unique in that their professional focus is private practice commonly offer home visits as only on breastfeeding but in all its aspects. part of their service – it is often more useful to They are likely the only health professional observe mothers and babies when in their own who considers the mother and baby as one in- environment and mothers usually appreciate separable unit – it is no good suggesting some- the fact that they don’t need to leave the house thing for the mum that doesn’t help the baby when they are having challenges. This is difand vice versa – they are a dyad, part of the ferent to many other specialists who only see same. Usually lactation consultants will docu- clients in their professional rooms. ment their case notes as one record. (Most oth11.

Educate mothers, fathers and famier professionals tend to have one file for the lies on breastfeeding – both ante-natally and mum and a separate file for the baby). post-natally.

6. Can choose to be active in political lobby12. Educate the community on ing for mums and babies and for breastfeedbreastfeeding. ing itself – such as the development and introduction of hospital breastfeeding protocols and the accreditation of Baby Friendly Hospi-  Debbie Dixon is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and owner of Dubbo tals, workplace conditions and entitlement for Breastfeeding and Parenting Support providing working mothers, the care of breastfed babies regional, rural and remote communities with and children in childcare centres easy access to professional help with breast7. Frequently liaise with doctors, midwives, feeding, infant massage and other services other health care professionals and hospitals, aimed at mothers and babies.

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Smooth the way to uni Tips to help smooth the move from high school and home to university

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HEN the dust settles from the final HSC exam, more than 275,000 soon-to-be students and their families are thinking about the practicalities of university life and, in many cases, living away from home for the first time.

While it’s predicted a record number of young people will be considering the prospect of leaving home for university, many mums and dads will be happy for their children, but at the same time dreading them leaving and learning to cope with Empty Nest Syndrome.

But before that hits them, they have to focus on the present, listing, and possibly buying, all the essentials needed for a new life away from home. Most items will be swiped from home, including bedding, toiletries, and perhaps a bit of kitchen equipment. It may, however, be necessary to buy items including a laptop, small TV, and that most essential of items – a doorstop, to maximise socialising.

As for the approach to student life, the university itself will help, says Sharon Clarke, a director of teaching and learning.

“Universities are well-oiled machines when it comes to welcoming new students on to campus,” she says, explaining that they’ll send all the information needed to help young people get started.

Although it’s tempting for some parents to do all they can for their teenage children, even when they’re living away from home at university, Clarke warns it’s important for mums and dads to bolster their child’s independence.

“The first few weeks at university can be tough, but while staying in touch with friends and family is important, parents should encourage their children to build networks at university and avoid the temptation to be overly supportive – independence is a necessity.

“New students need to build independence, responsibility and resilience if they are to survive and thrive in a university environment.”

She says parents can foster these qualities as soon as their

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child starts university, by not doing their washing or sending food parcels, and discouraging their child from surviving on expensive and unhealthy takeaways and instead encouraging them to cook for themselves.

“It’s better to let new students find their feet,” she says.

“Cooking in shared kitchens, taking turns to cook for friends, and sharing international cuisine with fellow students from across the globe is all part of the learning experience. New students need to get out and mix with others – everyone’s in the same position, and making friends is a first step.”

She stresses that safety and security is important, and as well as making sure their children are aware of risks, parents can help by ensuring they take out insurance to cover personal belongings.

Talking to them about budgeting is also vital, as it can be tempting to splash the cash

they may have saved up as soon as they get to university.

Universities aim to minimise additional costs, so new students should be able to avoid buying many non-essential items.

Many students get part-time work, which not only provides an income, but also gives useful work experience.

“Don’t overspend when you first get to university – you will need to budget carefully,” Clarke warns new students.

And she adds: “You’ll receive lots of information, but nobody expects you to know everything straight away. If you need any assistance, just ask someone – even if they don’t know, they’ll be able to point you to someone who does.”

But it may not be the young student who’s having problems – it could be Mum and Dad back home.

Many parents suffer from what’s known as Empty Nest Syndrome when their children

leave home, and Dr Mark Winwood, a director of psychological services, says: “In the weeks leading up to your child leaving, and as you start thinking about how they’ll cope in their new home, you may yourself start feeling anxious, worried or stressed and your thoughts may move towards thinking about how you’ll cope without them.

These feelings can in turn lead to unhappiness and depression.”

He says parents who feel like this should speak to their partner or a friend about their concerns, which may help alleviate worries.

“It’s also important to remember that children can pick up on parents’ emotions, so try to keep a relaxed, calming atmosphere around the home in the build-up to the move. After all, it’s an exciting new chapter in their lives and they may also be feeling worried about their next steps.”

Dr Winwood explains that al-

What to do about head lice

Hedrin, one in 10 parents end up battling head lice for up to six months due to repeat infestations.

“There are a number of common myths which need to be dispelled. Firstly, head lice can only be passed by direct contact. They cannot jump, hop, fly or swim.

“Secondly, head lice only survive on heads, dying quickly away from their food source. They can’t be caught by sharing things like hairbrushes, towels or bedding.

“Thirdly, lice like to live close to the scalp and can survive on hair as short as 2mm long, so cutting hair short won’t necessar-

ily help and may be upsetting for your child.

“Finally, having head lice has nothing to do with personal hygiene – they can live on all types of hair and no preference exists between clean or dirty hair.

“The key to treating the problem successfully is persistence, and applying treatment properly and as instructed. It can also help to keep long hair tied back. It’s important to know that there are also head lice protection products available, which can be used as part of normal hair washing routines.”

Q: “My daughter caught head lice last term at school, and I’m worried she’ll catch them again.

What’s the best way to get rid of them? I feel so embarrassed about it.”

A: TV paediatric doctor Dr Ranj Singh says: “If you find live lice, don’t panic. Head lice are common in youngsters and there’s nothing to be embarrassed or ashamed about. In fact, according to research from head lice treatment

though some parents feel positive emotions about their child progressing in life, many feel bewildered and anxious.

“They may feel an overwhelming sense of loss. Coping with change can be difficult and, the more difficult the changes, the more stress you have to cope with.”

The resulting depression can have physical symptoms such as aches and pains, sleeping badly, changes in appetite and having no energy. Emotional symptoms can include feeling constantly sad or low, having difficulty concentrating or making decisions, feeling that you can’t cope, irritability, and having negative thoughts about yourself.

But he stresses: “It’s important to remember that you don’t need to tackle problems on your own.

If you’re a parent and are concerned about Empty Nest Syndrome and depression, see your GP.”

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(Meno) pause for thought There’s a lot going on beneath the surface during menopause. Here’s the low-down – from the experts – on what to expect and what can help.

Oestrogen levels fluctuate during menopause. To combat the effects, try to do Pilates at least twice a week. PHOTO: PA /THINKSTOCKPHOTOS.

BY ELLA WALKER

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T'S a well-known saying only two things in life are certain – death and taxes – but for women, there's menopause too.

We know it will strike eventually, most often when you hit your late 40s and early 50s. But despite the fact it's such a common part of life, menopause remains a bit of a mystery and is something many women don't totally understand.

As well as the promised hot flushes, mood swings and the end of popping to the chemist for sanitary products, there's more going on beneath the surface, and how it affects one woman to the next can vary dramatically. Some claim they actually feel better during and after menopause, while for others it can have a big impact on their health and well-being.

Here's the low-down – from the experts – on what's happening to you...

ACHING JOINTS AND BACK PAIN Oestrogen levels fluctuate during menopause. The hormone usually gives strength to muscles and ligaments, so without it, your joints can get achy and are more susceptible to injury. To combat the effects, try to do Pilates at least twice a week, says Lynn Robinson, founder of Body Control Pilates. "Un-

like other sports and exercises, Pilates is done in safe and supportive positions to cut out the risk of strain on joints."

tor and make sure there's enough iron in your diet.

BRITTLE BONES

You may have to learn to love your 'spare tyre'. "If you are going into the menopause, your body will be extremely reluctant to let go of the fat around your middle," explains Marilyn Glenville, author of The Natural Solutions To Menopause. "This is because fat is a manufacturing plant for oestrogen, which will help protect your bones from osteoporosis. It's a very clever system, designed to protect you, but it helps explain why diet and exercise alone will rarely shift that stubborn fat."

"During and after menopause, when oestrogen levels are low, the process of bone loss starts to speed up and can lead to osteoporosis," explains nutritionist Michela Vagnini. Eat healthily, exercise and supplement your diet with vitamins to boost your system. This will make sure the collagen, calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate in your bones (substances woven into them for strength) remain topped up and active.

EXCESSIVE SWEATING AND HOT FLUSHES Almost 75 per cent of women will experience hot flushes during the menopause, and some health services will recommend avoiding certain triggers such as woolly jumpers, stress, alcohol, coffee and spicy foods. Always carry a bottle of water to help keep you cool.

THINNING HAIR Perhaps the most dreaded side effect of menopause is hair loss. "When the levels of female hormones drop, the effects of androgens (male hormones) can increase, causing hair to fall out," says nutritionist Shona Wilkinson. "Another primary cause of hair loss in women is low levels of iron." Speak to your doc-

WEIGHT GAIN

BLOATING AND CONSTIPATION Unstable levels of oestrogen can wreak havoc on your gut too, causing excess wind, constipation and bloating, says Adrienne Benjamin, nutritionist at ProVen Probiotics. It leads to less bile being produced, meaning the gut is drier than usual, creating the perfect environment for the above conditions. Stock up on yoghurt to promote friendly bacteria in the gut to relieve symptoms.

DRY SKIN "Skin regenerates itself every two to four weeks when we are younger, but takes between six and seven weeks as we get older. Low levels of oestrogen

mean slower production of skin-smoothing collagen and oils, as well as reduced ability to retain moisture," explains Dr Glenville. This can also affect lubrication during sex. It pays to be strict with your moisturising regime and invest in a good lubricant.

MOOD SWINGS Low oestrogen can reduce levels of the 'happy hormone' serotonin in your system. Combined with sleep deprivation (thanks to night sweats) and you've got the perfect recipe for mood swings.

A good night's sleep and a diet rich in Omega-3 fatty acids should get you back on an even keel.

WEAK BLADDER "The drop in oestrogen after the menopause causes the bladder muscles to lose their strength and flexibility," explains Dr Glenville. So get practising your pelvic floor exercises and work those muscles!

LOW CONFIDENCE All of the above can lead to low selfesteem and a desire to crawl into a ball and hide until it's over. The thing is, 50 per cent of the population will experience the menopause, so don't be afraid to talk about what you're going through.

Share horror stories, worries, fears and tips for getting through it. And if in doubt, always speak to your doctor.

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Atherton keeps it sweet Jason Atherton's cooking journey has included a stint as head chef at Gordon Ramsay's Maze. His latest book will hit the sweet spot for the "99.9 per cent of people who have a sweet tooth".

BY KEELEY BOLGER

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IKE many chefs, the Michelin-starred Jason Atherton has war wounds from his time in the kitchen. Worst of which is the “big scar” on his leg, the scene of a skin graft “many moons” ago.

“I dropped a pan of reduced veal stock and it stuck to my feet. I was only young, it was 1999, and I got rushed to hospital,” explains Atherton, who has written books and appeared as a judge on a pay TV cooking show.

After six months off work, he went back to the kitchen on crutches and has since then, avoided staff changing hot pans of oil “like the plague”. But as painful as the injury was and as much as it gave him “nightmares” afterwards, the 43-year-old also missed being in the throng of the restaurant.

Born in Sheffield, England, Atherton’s foodie journey began after he moved to London when he was 16, and landed a job at a Michelinstarred restaurant as a pot washer. He worked his way up, eventually becoming a pastry chef, then head chef at Gordon Ramsay’s Maze, and has since set up the popular Pollen Street Social in London’s swanky Mayfair, and a string of other restaurants all over the world.

His workload shows no sign of stopping either, with a newly launched eatery in New York and his latest book, Social Sweets, all coming out in the space of a few months earlier this spring.

Putting out a book about desserts was a “logical step” for the chef, being as “99.9 per cent of people have a sweet tooth and like to finish off a meal with a dessert”, he notes.

Clearly Atherton is in that number.

“Even though they’re really cheesy to look at, one of my favourite things as a child was a Mr Kipling Bakewell Tart,” he explains. “I used to love having those, so being able to make a grown-up version of it is cool.”

Committed as he is to perfecting his pudding recipes and bettering the service he offers in his restaurants, he admits his ambitions are only feasible thanks to the support of his wife, Irha, who works in the restaurant’s head office.

“Without my wife, I wouldn’t be where I am today,” says Atherton, who lives in London with Irha and their two daughters. “Her support and understanding of the journey we’re on together and as a family is unbelievable.

“Everything in life is a compromise.

Running a successful restaurant business is time consuming and on top of all that, pushing Pollen Street Social to be one of the best restaurants, not just in the UK but hopefully in the world, takes time and dedication.

“That and the travel, and being a father and writing cookbooks... You’ve got to be super dedicated, so her support is massive. I couldn’t live without her.”

Tempted by the sound of Atherton’s sweet treats? Here are three desserts from his new book to try at home.

One-Step Lemon Pound Cake

BY DONNA ERICKSON

THE KITCHEN DIVA

DOG-EARED recipes deserve some review now and then, and I’m glad I rediscovered this classic from my mum’s recipe box. It’s a never-fail, fabulous one-step pound cake that is a perfect “first” cake baking experience for kids.

Read the recipe together, and let them search for the dry ingredients in the pantry, measuring cups from a kitchen drawer, eggs and sour cream

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from the refrigerator, and lemons in the fruit bowl.

Grate, measure, pour and mix it all together in just one step.

Nothing could be easier than dumping it all in a bowl and mixing it up for a delicious cake to serve for your next afternoon snack or a dessert at a family picnic.

You can easily change up the flavour by substituting orange zest for lemon, and even reducing the sour cream and replacing it with orange juice.

Don’t be surprised if it becomes your family’s signature recipe. Let’s get started:

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QUICK CHEESECAKE

(Serves 4-6) For the raspberry compote: * 250g raspberries * 50g caster sugar * A twist of cracked black pepper from a grinder * Juice of 1/2 lemon For the cheesecake: * 250g cream cheese * 90g icing sugar, sifted * 1/2 vanilla pod, split in half, seeds scraped out with a knife * 250ml double cream For the crumble topping: * 85g digestive biscuits * 15g unsalted butter, melted First, prepare the raspberry compote. Tip the raspberries and sugar into a heavy-based saucepan and add the pepper. Gently heat the mixture, stirring initially, until the sugar dissolves and the raspberries start to break down. Remove from the heat and add the lemon juice.

Transfer to a bowl and leave to cool completely. If not using soon, cover the bowl with cling film and keep in the fridge until ready to serve.

Put the cream cheese, icing sugar and vanilla seeds into a large mixing bowl. Beat the mixture together with a whisk until well combined. Whip the double cream to firm peaks in another bowl, then fold into the cheese mixture. If not using immediately, cover the bowl with cling film and keep in the fridge.

For the crumble topping, put the digestive biscuits into a clean plastic bag and crush them with a rolling pin to fine crumbs. Tip into a bowl and mix with the melted butter (you can make this a few hours ahead, but store the crumble in an airtight container).

To assemble the cheesecakes, spoon the cheese mixture into individual glasses or bowls. Spoon over the raspberry compote and then the crumble topping. Serve at once.

ENGLISH SCONES

(Makes about 14 small scones) * 225g plain flour, plus extra for dusting * 1tbsp baking powder * 50g cold unsalted butter, diced * 50g caster sugar * 25g sultanas, soaked in a little milk or hot water to plump * 150ml whole milk * 150ml double cream * 1 large egg * 1 large egg yolk mixed with 1tbsp water, for glazing Preheat the oven to 220C/Fan 200C/Gas Mark 7 and dust a large baking sheet with a little flour.

Sift the measured flour and baking powder into a large mixing bowl. Add the butter and rub into the flour with the tips of your fingers until the mixture resemble fine crumbs. Stir in the sugar.

Drain the sultanas and add to the bowl. Stir to mix, then make a well in the centre. Lightly whisk together the milk, cream and egg, then pour this mixture into the well. Using a table knife or rubber/plastic spatula, quickly mix until it all comes together into a soft, sticky dough.

Dust some flour on a work surface and tip out the dough onto this. Dredge the dough and your hands with a little more flour, then fold the dough over several times until it is a little smoother. Pat out the dough with your hands until it is about 4cm thick.

Dust a 5cm round pastry cutter with a little flour, then use it to stamp out neat discs of dough (when stamping out, try not to twist the cutter or the scones will rise unevenly during baking). Gather up the dough trimmings and give them a few folds to combine, then flatten and stamp out more discs. Arrange the scones on a baking sheet, leaving a bit of space around each one.

Brush the tops of the scones with the egg yolk glaze, then bake for 10-15 minutes, or until risen and golden brown on top. Remove from the oven and leave to cool. The scones are best eaten freshly baked and generously filled with clotted cream and jam.

Once cooled, they can be frozen on the day of baking; thaw before serving, then cut the scones in half and toast them, or reheat in a 140C/Fan 120C/Gas Mark 2 oven.

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(Serves 6-8) * 50g unsalted butter, melted and cooled * 50g caster sugar * 300g home-made puff pastry (or shop-bought butter puff pastry) * 3 eating apples (such as Pink Lady, Jazz, Braeburn or Royal Gala) Sifted icing sugar, for dusting (optional) Preheat the oven to 180C/Fan 160C/Gas Mark 4.

Line two large baking sheets with silicone mats or baking parchment. Brush the lined sheets with a little of the melted butter, then sprinkle over half of the caster sugar. Set aside.

Divide the pastry in half. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out each piece to 2-3mm thickness. Place the pastry bases on the buttered and sugared baking sheets. Keep the baking sheets in the fridge while you prepare the apples.

Peel and core the apples, then cut into neat 3mm slices. Remove the pastry bases from the fridge and arrange the apple slices on top, in overlapping rows, making sure that you leave a 1.5cm margin clear around the pastry rim. Brush the apples generously with melted butter, then sprinkle over the remaining caster sugar.

Bake the tart for 30-35 minutes or until the apples are cooked: there should be no resistance when you pierce them with the tip of a knife (if the apple topping has not browned enough, sprinkle with a little extra caster sugar and place under a hot grill for one to two minutes – watching closely – until the sugar caramelises and the top is nicely golden brown). Cool completely before cutting into slices and dusting with icing sugar.

ONE-STEP LEMON POUND CAKE * 2 1/4 cups flour * 2 cups sugar * 1/2 teaspoon salt * 1/2 teaspoon baking soda * 1 cup soft unsalted butter, at room temperature * 1 cup sour cream, at room temperature * 3 eggs, at room temperature * 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract * 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest * Glaze: * 1 cup confectioners’ sugar, sifted * 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice 1. Heat oven to 160C/325F. Grease and flour

Social Sweets by Jason Atherton is published in hardback by Absolute Press.

one Bundt cake pan.

2. Put all of the cake ingredients into a mixer bowl and blend at low speed for about one minute. Beat an additional three minutes at medium speed. It will be light-yellow and creamy.

3. Pour into prepared pan.

4. Bake 55-60 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.

5. Cool the cake upright on a rack for 15 minutes. Remove from the pan and cool completely before glazing.

To glaze, combine confectioners’ sugar and lemon juice in a bowl, mixing with a whisk until smooth. Add more juice for a pourable consistency. Drizzle over the top of the cooled cake and let glaze dry.

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Destination decor

Vintage-style Old Paris Map for walls

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BY GABRIELLE FAGAN

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E all know the feeling – no sooner have you shaken the snow out of your boots, or the sand out of your sandals, and realised the holiday is over than you’re yearning for the next one.

While another get-away might be impossible, and you can’t unfortunately import the blazing sunshine and sultry sunsets, you could recreate the style of your favourite destination in decor, for an at-home vacation vibe.

And there’s no need to fill suitcases

with souvenirs and lug them home to conjure your look; our interiors are so influenced by global trends these days, there’s plenty to plunder from the region’s home decorating stores and from the wealth of specialist companies.

Evoke exotic atmosphere with a ‘faraway scene’ wall mural, or your own holiday photo turned into a canvas, and furniture pieces in characteristic style or colour. Or, confine yourself to few accessories, and then sit back and enjoy a ‘far away’ feeling. After all, it could be the perfect way to avoid airport queues, jet lag, lost luggage and all those other

Showcase the grandkids with a fun photo frame

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holiday hazards.

Here’s how to conjure the atmosphere of France, Morocco or China in your rooms; you may never want to leave home again...

THE CHIC OF IT The French are a such stylish lot, famed as much for their elegant dress sense as their chic interiors, and our love affair with their seemingly effortless glamorous grandeur – sparkling chandeliers and carved ornate furniture – never wanes.

“Curves, carvings, swirls, floral

Not only do the frames look slick, but they won’t break in the mail en route to Grandmother’s house.

BY DONNA ERICKSON

HERE’S HOW TO MAKE THE FRAME:

GRANDPARENTS can never get enough pictures of their grandkids.

Why not treat them with the best gift of all – updated photos of you and the kids!

But don’t just tuck them in an envelope. Show them off in a frame made from extra computer mouse pads you might have stuffed away in a drawer.

Find a special photo. Use it as is or trim off the sides to highlight the portion you want to show in the frame.

For a standard-size photo, you’ll only need half of an 20cm-by-30cm mouse pad.

Cut the mouse pad in half widthwise with a pair of scissors. The cut edge will be the base of the frame.

Measure your photo and then cut out

swags, cherubs – French furniture is the manifestation of pure Gallic romance and conjures all the va-va-voom and romance we associate with the style,” says Georgia Metcalfe, creative director and founder of The French Bedroom Company.

“It’s all about dipping a toe in history but making it work in today’s world, and creating a feeling of luxury with a nod to nostalgic glamour. We’ve always looked (to France) for inspiration and our passion for the French look is enduring.”

DECOR TIP: Muted paint colours play an

a rectangle or square in the middle or to the side of the mouse pad slightly smaller than the photo. Save the cutout piece for a stand.

To make the stand, cut the cut-out piece in half. These two pieces will be the two feet of the stand. Now, cut out a 12mm-deep by 6mm-wide notch into the middle of the long edge of each cut-out piece.

At the base of the frame, cut two 2cm slits about 15cm apart from each other. Widen the slits slightly so that the feet can be snuggly inserted and the frame stands nicely.

Centre the photo in the cut-out

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PASSPORT TO STYLE: Devotees trawl French markets for antique pieces, but specialist companies offer brilliant reproduction ranges which could save all that effort.

Winding streets, bistros and cafes instantly evoke France, so look for wall murals of French scenes. Maps, those essential traveller accessories, make a brilliant wall decoration too. Clockwatch, until your next trip, with a French-style clock.

TALES OF THE ORIENT Symmetry, clean lines and glossy, lacquered furniture in a pared-back setting conjures a tranquil, zen-style atmosphere.

“The enduring popularity of Eastern style is mainly down to its versatility.

The style works with both contemporary and traditional interiors, and as those designing interiors now have less of a throwaway mentality, beautifully designed pieces which will never date, and traceable provenance, appeal,” says Jemma Page, director at a company that specialises in antique and reproduction Chinese furniture.

“The handmade nature of the reproduction pieces also brings character not necessarily found in machine-finished furniture, while the broad range of finishes means there’s something for everyone, from the glossy lacquer for that hotel-chic look, through to the more distressed finish of

Kasbah mother of pearl wall mirror in white

Pip Studio Chinese garden quilt in blue

some antique pieces. Eastern pieces are guaranteed to bring impact to a room, with both their style and colour.”

DECOR TIP: Pick an Eastern palette – shades of blue are enduringly popular – teal, turquoise, duck egg and indigo – while blacks and metallic remain on-trend and tend to signify luxury. Red’s a signature colour, and harks back to the traditional Eastern styles.

PASSPORT TO STYLE: Traditionally a ‘wedding cabinet’ was the equivalent to a girl’s bottom drawer, and contained a collection of oriental silks and linens, which were presented to the groom on their wedding day. These roomy cabinets make a statement and could be used for storage, a wardrobe or as a TV cabinet.

Swoon in the boudoir over the detail, colour and beautiful blooms which abound on a Chinese Quilt. Rugs, whose importance is often overlooked, can bring a scheme together.

MOROCCAN MAGIC Decorative trellis work, pattern, jewel tones and intricate tiling are vital ingredients for a cool Marrakech-style setting.

“Rich, luxurious and exotic, the style’s bold colours and shapes make it a favourite for many interior designers,” says Adnan Bennani, whose Moroccaninspired company specialises in classic and contemporary craftsmen-made homeware.

“Most traditional Moroccan colours reflect the desert or ocean hues – rich golden browns and deep blues – but it’s

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portion and tape it to the back of the frame. For fun, glue or attach a decorative item next to the photo. For example, if the photo is from a fishing trip, attach a real lure that “caught the big one.”

If the mouse pad has designs on it, such as multiples of bubbles, cut out the mouse pad in the shape of a submarine.

Cut out circles for portholes to frame several headshots of the whole family. Or if the mouse pad has flower designs on it, use it for a photo taken in a garden.

When complete, wrap and mail to those special grandparents, who will appreciate the creativity and the gesture.

also common to see reds, oranges, and greens dominating in interiors.

“Most characteristic are mosaic tiles, Zellige, which are hand-cut and come in luminous finishes and various tones. It’s their patterns which are the decorative backdrop of these exotic settings. Interiors are grand, sensual, relaxing and can be magical with their blend of lights and jewel-rich colours.”

DECOR TIP: Hang lanterns for an authentic Moroccan feel. Group over a table or have a metallic pendant, with a punched-out pattern, which will allow intricate patterns to reflect on a wall.

PASSPORT TO STYLE: Mimic the Moorish tile effect with a Wallpaper Panel, featuring a tile design. Introduce more detail with a Wall Mirror. Low seating’s a must for this laid-back but opulent look; Moroccan Pouffes come in different colours, including striking gold. Tray tables, often used to display decorative glassware, are another feature.

Small, simple touches can evoke souk style. A Table Lamp in antique gold, a Silver Lantern, or a Camel Cushion.

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Kantha embroidery camel cushion

Red and pale gold Chinese Rug

Essence Chandelier

Jaipur silver lanterns

Small Java table lamp

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NOW HERE’S A TIP l This facial mask is good enough to eat: Mix together one mashed ripe banana with three tablespoons of sugar, and apply liberally to face. Leave it on for about three minutes, and rinse with warm water. Follow with your favourite moisturiser. l “The best way to soften butter is to let it stand at room temperature for 10 to 15 minutes.

But if you are in a hurry, you can slice it into 1/2-inch pats and roll it between sheets of waxed

Blue distressed lacquer oriental wedding cabinet

paper. It will take only a minute or so.” – Contributed by I.V. l Pet hair is best removed from upholstery with a squeegee.

Drag over the upholstery or even your carpet to collect the hair into a ball. Dispose of the hair in the trash. l “Here’s my tip for using a pool noodle in the garage. We have a narrow parking area, so we cut a foam noodle in half lengthwise, then secured it to the wall where the door might hit when we get out of the car. No bumps, no chips. The noodle saves the

day!” – Contributed by Y.I. l “When you need to measure something that is sticky, like honey or peanut butter, try rinsing your measuring cup with oil, then hot water. The oily residue will make the sticky substance slide out, but it won’t be oily, as the hot water rinses away any excess.” – Contributed by E.R. l If you are moving, use small pieces of plastic wrap to keep your toiletries from spilling en route. Simply unscrew the top, cover with the plastic and reattach the lid.

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BY JEN COWLEY EDITOR

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AN I make a suggestion, New Zealand?

Tourists would be enormously grateful if you could put a sign just before each bend in your roads saying “Warning: Take a lung full of air now!”

– because the view ‘round the corner is about to take your breath away. Again.

Every year, around 1.3 million Aussies take their holidays in the Land of the Long White Cloud – it’s arguably our favourite international destination, with the possible exception of Indonesia (or, more precisely, Bali). The latter might be cheap, but a quick hop across the ditch is just the tonic for a genuinely relaxing and infinitely easy break away.

And you’ll likely fly home with better photos, fewer regrets and all your personal items (dignity included) still accounted for.

Okay – so it’s clear I’m a fan of New Zealand (unless we’re talking about Rugby, then it’s war) and while I’m sure some will argue it makes for an age-appropriate holiday, it’s an extraordinarily hard to please tourist who couldn’t find something to love about the place.

We had two weeks up our sleeves, and chose the self-drive option – in my humble opinion, the only way to see

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this incredibly picturesque country. Unless it’s from the air – which we did on a couple of occasions, and while it puts a hole in the budget, the bird’s eye view of New Zealand’s stunning natural wonders is worth skimping elsewhere.

This time around, we stuck to the North Island, having “done” the South just a couple of years back. There’s no doubt the latter is the more consistently picturesque – all the way ‘round and all year ‘round, the South Island feels like driving through a giant post-card.

Just when you think you can’t possibly be more breathtaken, you ‘round another corner (see above re: warning signs).

But the North offers not only a similarly beautiful visual feast in most places, it also serves up a rich cultural and historical smorgasbord for those who care to look – not that you have to look hard. That’s one of the nicest things about a visit to New Zealand – the fact that Maori culture and tradition is so deeply enmeshed in the country’s identity, it’s refreshingly unselfconscious in its presence, unlike here in Australia where visitors interested in learning more about our beautiful indigenous heritage really have to seek it out.

Airfares to New Zealand are reasonable, particularly if you plan ahead and it’s an easy three hour hop. We began our tour in Auckland, which used to be an uninspiring city but has grown up immeasurably in the past 20 years, and now offers more than just a starting point. Its harbour is worth exploring, as is the redeveloped and developing waterfront area, where there’s a great range of fabulous eateries offering the kind of food and wine experience for which New Zealand is famous. A visit to SkyTower is a great way to get your bearings.

From Auckland, it was a day’s relatively easy drive in our little hire car to Paihia, on the Bay of Islands, where we took a morning’s helicopter ride to take in some of the most spectacular scenery imaginable – with deep blue sapphire oceans twinkling below us, dotted with the 144 bumps of land and rock that give the area its name. The settlements that line the region are perfectly geared for tourists – quaint and inviting and offering a diverse range of accommodation and dining (and wining) options. It’s also home to the Waitangi Treaty grounds, which is an absolute must to get a feel for the rich Maori heritage of New Zealand. Give the cheesy “authentic Maori show” a miss and just wander around the beautifully put together and maintained visitors’ centre, heritage buildings and grounds, where there’s more than enough information to help make the average Australian squirm that this little country made a pretty good fist of getting its act together with native people way back in 1840, while we’re still fluffing around about acknowledging our indigenous people in our constitution.

Another day’s drive along the stunning Coramandel coast took us up hill, down dale and along stretches of starkly beautiful and infinitely photogenic beaches, to Tauranga, one of the main centres on the Bay of Plenty.

We misjudged the timing (actually, we completely blew the schedule with our inability to drive past a photo opportunity, and there are hundreds), arriving at the first of our BnB’s after dark – and thank heavens for the GPS. Staying in someone’s home can be a hit and miss affair and our Tauranga host was an odd little lady who ran the relatively new outfit like a military operation, and favoured piped pan music from dusk ‘til dawn. Still, it’s another tale to add to the list, and made the second of our BnB encounters all the better. At Taupo, we stayed two nights with a charming English ex-pat couple at their beautiful home, Kauri Point, and the experience couldn’t have been more delightful. Tip for nothing – TripAdvisor is your best friend when it comes to BnBs. And always arrive in the daylight.

No tour of the North Island would be complete without a visit to the iconic Rotorua, with its famed geothermal springs and bub-

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Oh, Taupo. When I die and I go to photography heaven, this will surely be what it looks like. bling mud. It’s intriguing to be so up close and personal with Mother Nature, and the pervasive smell of sulphur makes for a rich vein of fart jokes, but it’s the cultural centre we found absolutely enthralling. It’s well worth spending the extra time and money to take a guided tour, part of which included a plain English explanation of how to get your tongue around the Maori language.

This made us feel a little less illiterate with our pronunciation of places like Whakatane (Fuk-a-tah-nee, for those who don’t watch The Footy Show – thanks, Benji Marshall and Beau Ryan).

From there it was on to Gisborne, again making our way through relentlessly green and impossibly lovely landscape, stopping every couple of kilometres for photo ops of towering mountains, yawning gorges and post-card pretty valleys.

Which brought us to Taupo. Oh, Taupo.

When I die and I go to photography heaven, this will surely be what it looks like. The town hugs the shores of the famed Lake Taupo, with a backdrop of the mystical, snow-capped mountains Ruapehu and Tongariro – there are no words to adequately describe the majestic beauty of this landscape, and little wonder these magical mountains captured the imagination of location scouts for the Lord of the Rings franchise.

Again, we made the decision to economise elsewhere to allow for a 90 minute helicopter ride across the lake and around those incredible mountains, with a stop atop one of the peaks that offers a 360 degree view of one of the prettiest places on the planet – worth every single cent.

Taupo is also well geared to tourists, with a feast of restaurants and eateries, plenty of heritage sites and museums, and some surprisingly good shopping for a regional centre, if you’re into that sort of thing. We bought our obligatory possum/merino wool bits and pieces in some of the little out-of-the-way Taupo shops, and paid significantly less than the prices charged in higher-traffic tourist destinations and outlets.

We left Taupo reluctantly after our two day pause at the aforementioned Kauri Point BnB, and headed again through gorgeous scenery to New Plymouth and on to Palmerston North, where it’s tantamount to treason not to visit the New Zealand Rugby Museum.

Fresh from a thumping in the Bledisloe Cup in Auckland the week before, we kept our heads down and our Aussie-accented mouths firmly shut – and it was interesting, informative and beautifully done... if slightly painful for Wallabies fans.

The regional gallery that sits alongside the rugby museum was an afterthought visit that proved one of the highlights of our trip, with the serendipitous opening just the day before of a touring exhibition of National Geographic’s 50 all-time best photographs, complete with the stories behind said iconic photos – and that took a well spent two hour chunk out of our day.

Having racked up somewhere around 4000km in 10 days – not easy to do on the North Island of New Zealand – we opted to spend our last three nights of the trip in Wellington, the nation’s pretty but climatically mercurial capital. No prizes for guessing why they call it Windy Wellington. Still, even with the late winter weather agin us, we found a city bursting with life that spoils the tourist for choice. Fabulous waterfront restaurants and a rich offering of cultural and heritage experiences to keep the enquiring mind hap-

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py for days. The Te Papa national museum is a must, and we were lucky enough to see the newly opened Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War exhibition, a remarkably jingoism-free commemoration of New Zealand’s part in that awful conflict, and a reminder in the centenary year of exactly what the “NZ” part of that iconic acronym stands for.

The display is built around eight gigantic models (made by the same talented folk who worked on the Lord of the Rings sets) based on actual Kiwis who went to that war. The representations are so lifelike and so intricately and exquisitely formed, it’s no stretch to imagine they’ll actually take a breath at any moment. The exhibition is apparently running for four years, and if for no other reason, this makes a weekend hop across the ditch worthwhile.

For our last day in The Land of the Long White Cloud, we took the iconic Wellington cable car to

the top of the city, and made our leisurely way back down the mountain through the botanic gardens, pretty in even the least favourable floral conditions.

When push comes to shove, I wouldn’t recommend trying to cram as much into two weeks as we did – this pretty country deserves more than a passing glance – but the travel is easy, the currency manageable and the Kiwi bastardisation of the language bearable. In the end, it’s just like visiting cousins – they’re us, with shorter vowels, smaller paddocks and, oh yeah, THAT rugby team.

So thanks for having us again, New Zealand – it’s always a pleasure.

And ah, if you could just put up those “breathtaking view” warning signs for self-drive Aussie tourists, that’d be great.

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REDHOT SUMMER

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ICKETS for the Red Hot Summer Tour, which is booked in for March 12, 2016 at Lazy River Estate, Dubbo, are now on sale.

As one of the hottest summer festivals on the calendar, the annual Red Hot Summer Tour is once again bringing out an incredible line-up of the best talent in the Australian Music Industry.

The 2016 tour features the proverbial who’s who of Oz rock royalty; featuring Jimmy Barnes, Noiseworks, The Angels, Mark Seymour and The Undertow, and The Badloves.

Set to be the largest tour in the festival’s history, audiences can expect a day jam packed with classic hits with dates running throughout Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania.

Red Hot Summer Tour promoter Duane McDonald

says the 2016 festival will be huge, with 15 shows booked. “We always receive requests from audiences in regional areas to bring the tour through their town,” he said.

“This year we have expanded to take the Red Hot Summer Tour to new areas and new venues, which makes it the biggest run we have done for the tour to date. We can’t wait to get out on the road in 2016.”

Jimmy Barnes needs no introduction to Aussie audiences. As a legend both from his time fronting Cold Chisel and his top charting solo career, Barnes has toured

Jimmy Barnes

the breadth of Australia.

He has an enviable back catalogue that makes for incredible live performances with songs like Working Class Man, When Your Love Is Gone and No Second Prize to name a few. It has been a few years since Jimmy Barnes has headlined the Red Hot Summer Tour, so it is no surprise that his return is highly anticipated.

The 2016 Red Hot Summer Tour gives rock fans a chance to see Jimmy Barnes at his best and enjoy classic hits which have made him an icon in the Australian music scene.

Noiseworks are Australian rock legends and are well reputed for their incredible live shows. They are adored by music fans and critics alike. The multi-ARIA nominated band features some of the best musicians in the country and have produced a swag of incredible songs, such as Take Me Back, Love Somebody, Touch, Freedom, Miles and Miles and In My Youth to name a few.

The band sold in excess of 1.2 million albums with 15 hit singles before calling a break in the early 1990s. They are now back and they are rocking harder than ever and their upcoming performances on the Red Hot Summer Tour are guaranteed to blow the speakers!

When it comes to great Aussie rock, it doesn’t come much better than The Angels.

It’s been over four decades since brothers Rick and John Brewster co-founded the iconic band and penned some of Australia’s most anthemic tracks.

The Angels are widely reputed for their killer live shows. Fronted now by Dave Gleeson, The Angels have had a massive couple of years, not only celebrating their 40th anniversary, but also releasing an album of all-new material. With hits like Long Line, Marseille, Be With You, After the Rain, Shadow Boxer and Mr Damage to name a few. Audiences will be in for a treat when The Angels take to the stage.

When it comes to one of the country’s most prolific songwriters, the name Mark Seymour is one of the first to pop to mind. Mark Seymour and the Undertow have been steadily touring the country promoting their latest release Mayday, demonstrating to audiences why this talented songsmith has endured such

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longevity in the Australian music scene.

With a back catalogue of songs such as Throw Your Arms Around Me, Holy Grail, Football Train, Do You See What I See and When The River Runs Dry, to name a few, any time in the company of Mark and his band is a treat for all music lovers.

The Badloves are an Australian institution. Established in Melbourne in the late 1980s, they have made an indelible imprint on the local scene, from their original compositions to their collaborations.

Described as having a ‘neo-hippy, retro’ sound, they have an impressive back catalogue including the likes of Green Limousine, I Remember, Lost and Memphis to name a few.

The Red Hot Summer Tour always sells out well in advance, and year after year it has been proven to be one of the best value for money concert experiences in Australia. Music fans are recommended to get in early to secure their tickets so they don’t miss out on one of the biggest lineups of Australian music royalty to share the same stage.  Tickets from Ticketmaster 136 100 | www. ticketmaster.com.au or the Dubbo Tourist Information Centre 02 6801 4450.

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Paul Young: Forever Young

Paul Young. PHOTO: PA /BRIAN ARIS.

BY ANDY WELCH

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HERE’S nothing like hearing a song you’ve not listened to for years to transport you back in time. This is true for artists too, as Paul Young discovered while putting together his best-of album.

“It was very easy to be thrown back

in time,” says Young, 59. “Particularly songs from No Parlez, because that album was such a huge success, and it was my first plunge into recording as an art form.”

Tomb of Memories: The CBS Years (1982-1994), a four-CD collection chronicling the best years of his career, is out now.

As the title states, the songs are from his time signed with CBS, following his departure from early band Q-Tips.

Young became one of the biggest UK solo stars of the decade, releasing a string of hit singles – including Love of The Common People, Everytime You Go Away, Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home); the cover of the Marvin Gaye classic he made his own – and famously taking the opening line of the Band Aid single, Do They Know It’s Christmas.

His debut album, No Parlez, released in 1983, has sold around seven million copies worldwide and remains the biggest-selling album on CBS by a UK artist.

“The label got in touch earlier this year and asked if I wanted to be involved,” Young explains of the bestof. “ It was under way already, but they didn’t know the material as well as I do, so I soon started making suggestions of what should go on the discs.”

That includes three previously unreleased songs Young found, plus various other recordings and alternate takes, that compilers at the label weren’t aware of.

The experience made him nostalgic, he admits, especially as he was hearing some of his songs in the recording studio for the first time in years.

Prior to his 1983 breakthrough, Young was already familiar with recording studios, of course, having fronted a few short-lived bands, but in those early days, it was really a case of recording songs exactly as they played them live.

The process stepped up a good notch or two when he started working on No Parlez, however, and was introduced to producer Laurie Latham – and his many advanced techniques and impressive array of equipment, synthesizers and analogue drum machines.

“This was before samplers came in, which made studios much more boring places to be,” recalls Young. “Recording everything with analogue equipment, as we did with No Parlez, left space for the sorts of happy accidents that can make the most interesting sounds.”

His second album, The Secret of Association, which was released 30 years ago this year, was also a charttopper – and it’s the anniversary of this record that prompted Tomb of Memories,

named after the song from that album.

“It was a single, that song,” says Young, “perhaps not one of my better known ones, as it only went to No 16 in the charts, but the name was perfect for this compilation.”

After the release of his self-titled 1997 album, Young decided to stop recording on his own and concentrate fully on Los Pacaminos, the Tex-Mex group he’d formed a few years earlier. They’ve recorded a number of albums, while he’s also carried on performing songs from their catalogue.

“It’s fulfilled me in different ways,” he says now. “I’m not Mexican and I wasn’t born in Texas, so we had to get into the style and I’ve really learned about it, like a kid in a sweet shop, discovering all this amazing new music.

“I played at being the pop star but being in a band again is brilliant.

I love it.”

That said, he confesses that revisiting old ground for his forthcoming best-of has given him the urge to start making new music as Paul Young again.

“I’ve been talking to a producer about making a new album, a producer that’s been working with James Morrison and James Bay and people like that – young credible artists – and I think he’s a great person to be getting involved with,” he reveals. “It’s very early days, and I have done some recording with Arthur Baker which has yet to see the light of day, so we’ll see.”

Reflecting on how things slowed down on the solo front following his 1993 album The Crossing, which reached number 27 in the charts, he says: “Now, it looks as if I just sort of walked away from it, but it was a gradual slide, really – although lots of fans say The Crossing is their favourite, which means a lot.

“I was without a deal for a while, so I stopped making records on my own, and to be honest, I didn’t really know what sound I would have,” he adds. “I didn’t want to try and recreate No Parlez because I think it would be impossible to do that. What I want to do is write or find songs that suit me now, and go with my gut feeling,” Young continues.

“But before that, there’s Tomb of Memories, which celebrates a good period of success. It feels great to look back over it all.”

EXTRA TIME – PAUL YOUNG

z Paul Anthony Young was born in Luton, UK on January 17, 1956. z His first band was called Kat Kool & The Kool Kats, before joining Streetband who had a novelty hit single in the late-Seventies with Toast. With ex-members of Streetband he then formed Q-Tips, who appeared on TV music show The Old Grey Whistle Test and supported Bob Marley on tour. z He sang the Crowded House song Don’t Dream It’s Over at Nelson Mandela’s 70th Birthday Tribute concert in 1988, a song he released as a single. z He reached the semi-final of British Celebrity MasterChef in 2006, and the following year appeared as a contestant on another UK reality show, Hell’s Kitchen. z He has three children with his wife Stacey, whom he married in 1987. z Tomb of Memories: The CBS Years (1982-1994) is now available.

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Boyd deserves much more fanfare for ‘Sweet Caress’

BY KATE WHITING THE BOOKCASE

● BOOK OF THE WEEK

Sweet Caress: The Many Lives Of Amory Clay by William Boyd is published in hardback by Bloomsbury.

THE publication of William Boyd’s latest novel, Sweet Caress, has been eagerly awaited. And this latest tome only serves to justify his already impressive reputation. It is, however, largely without fanfare.

What we have is something quieter, less imposing but nonetheless spectacular.

Boyd’s protagonist, a little-known female photographer, is in many ways a rather unexceptional and prosaic figure, although inspiring and pioneering in her own unassuming way. Boyd’s skill is to take what is essentially a full – yet not necessarily extraordinary – life, and make it into extraordinary fiction. Fiction that instinctively pulls you in and keeps you there without having recourse to ostentation or largesse.

The life of Amory Clay, however, is not without interest. It takes in late Twenties London, early Thirties Berlin and New York, Europe in the Second World War and the Vietnam War, albeit always somewhat on the peripheries. And supplementing it all is a collection of anonymous found photos that give the novel a quasi-autobiographical feel and add to the authenticity of the fiction.

To borrow from Amory’s favourite parlour game and sum this novel up in four adjectives, it would quite simply be: panoramic, evocative, captivating and accomplished.

8/10 (Review by Jade Craddock)

The Book Of Memory by Petina Gappah is published in hardback by Faber & Faber.

MEMORY is an African Albino girl born into a poor township in 1970s Zimbabwe. She is committed to Chikurubi Prison, convicted of murdering her adopted father, to whom she was sold to by her parents when she was only nine-years-old.

Being the first woman in over 20 years to be on death row, she begins to write down her memories of the fateful night as part of her appeal.

Petina Gappah takes the reader on a wild journey of Memory’s past, as the narrative loops back and forth in time.

Gappah sheds light on her protagonist’s constant yearning to belong, juxtaposed with a longing to just disappear.

The suspense is explosive in this compelling read. Gripping and vivid, Gappah details the contrast between

tradition and modernity as well as fate and free will.

8/10 (Review by Heather Doughty) The Death Of Rex Nhongo by C.B. George is published in hardback by Quercus.

C.B. George’s lengthy stay in Africa’s southern nations accounts for the local expertise that is present in the author’s debut novel. The Death of Rex Nhongo, however, requires no background knowledge regarding the notorious passing of the renowned politician. In fact, the death is only briefly touched upon.

The focus instead lies on five couples in Zimbabwe, all of whom are miserable to a certain degree. The characters range from adulterous expats to violent investigative agents, from allegedly possessed children to impoverished cabbies – and here lies the issue with the novel.

● FICTION

Purity by Jonathan Franzen is published in hardback by 4th Estate.

JONATHAN Franzen’s latest novel arrives with great expectations after a relatively moderate five-year wait.

Putative heroine Pip Tyler is searching for her father’s identity, drawing her into the orbit of the Wikileaks-esque ‘Sunlight Foundation’ and its charismatic founder.

Franzen’s recent successes owe much to a warm, autobiographical humanity, combined with a deceptive lightness of touch amidst weighty issues and rigorous prose. Here, however, that deftness is only intermittently present, his focus so heavily on the what, that he neglects the how.

Usual non-linear ironies are present and correct, some less foreshadowed than others, but the parallel families depicted are repetitious. There are hints that discussing 21st century tech culture takes Franzen uncomfortably far from his comfort zone, with touches of paranoia bearing whiffs of nonplussed ignorance and doing little for his characters’ plausibility.

There are occasional highlights – a sweaty-palmed perfect crime is compelling, a college romance believably hilarious – but lingering hopes are quashed by a final, clumsy lurch into psychological thriller. A frustrating conclusion: there is a nail to be hit here, but Franzen is off-target.

4/10 (Review by Michael Anderson)

The diverse characters are all too coincidentally connected to match the realistic themes of corruption and superstition that ground this work in reality.

Indeed, this novel takes a legitimate political death as a starting point, but wraps all of its fictional storylines up a little too nicely, with a convenient death or two too many, to maintain the raw edge of its initial realism towards the end.

6/10 (Review by Alex Santema) Unbecoming by Jenny Downham is published in hardback by David Fickling Books.

UNBECOMING, the third novel from award-winning novelist Jenny Downham, centres around three generations of women in one family: Mary the grandmother, her daughter Caroline and Caroline’s daughter Katie.

Grandmother Mary is back with the family after years of absence and is struggling with dementia, seemingly getting worse by the day. As her fading memory slowly unravels and long-hidden family secrets are revealed, Katie takes wisdom from her adventurous grandmother and learns to live freely and boldly and most importantly, dare to love.

While the novel covers heavy themes such as dementia, sexuality and disability, Unbecoming’s prime focus is on how the family pushes on with their day-today lives and stays true to themselves.

8/10 (Review by Emily Thornhill)

● NON-FICTION

Frederick Forsyth's "The Outsider" provides a fascinating glimpse into the mind of the man

The Outsider: My Life In Intrigue by Frederick Forsyth is published in hardback

by Bantam Press.

THE Day Of The Jackal writer Forsyth has made headlines with this book, in which he reveals that while a reporter behind the Iron Curtain, in Africa in the 1960s and later, he had an occasional sideline with MI6.

These are matters only really mentioned in passing in what is ultimately an adventure focusing mainly on Forsyth’s pre-Jackal days, first as a Reuters reporter in Paris and East Berlin at the height of the Cold War, and then as a BBC staffer and freelancer in Biafra.

It’s full of derring-do, be it battling Communists or being embedded with Biafran rebels in the short-lived but horrific Nigerian civil war in the late 1960s, an assignment that seems to have deeply affected him since.

Indeed it sometimes feels amazing Forsyth ever sits still long enough to write novels, as a lifelong desire to go see the world runs like a pulse throughout the book.

It occasionally has a distinctly oldfashioned feel to it – no surprise given Forsyth’s age – but it provides a

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7/10 (Review by David Wilcock) Treasured Island: A Book Lover’s Tour Of Britain by Frank Barrett is published in hardback by AA Publishing.

HAVING dusted off his childhood copy of the classic novel Treasure Island, The Mail on Sunday travel editor Frank Barrett found poignant family memories sending him on an adventure of his own in search of the place which inspired, ‘where X marks the spot’.

However, that land lies far off the north coast of Scotland, so what better way to get there than to indulge in the surroundings which influenced literary greats en route?

Ready to max out his National Trust membership from the south coast of England to Burns’ Cottage and beyond, Barrett embarks on a pilgrimage to the homes and museums kept in honour of weighty cultural figures, such as Jane Austen and William Wordsworth, getting his eyes opened to the perils of parking and running the gauntlet of sometimes officious volunteers.

After what feels like a haphazard start as he finds his

feet, Barrett does hit his stride roughly 70 pages in, when you sense he is growing in confidence and purpose on the road, and it does build to a fine climax as he enters the world of Treasure Island author Robert Louis Stevenson.

There are some very useful tips which could save you both time and money if planning to visit sites around Britain, but you do feel the author gets a little jaded on the journey before managing to pull it back at the end with the true escapism which awaited at his final destination.

7/10 (Review by Gary Gilliland) Red: A Natural History Of the Redhead by Jacky Colliss Harvey is published in hardback by Allen & Unwin.

“SHE’LL steal your man,” hissed a co-worker on the first morning of my first-ever office job. If I’d had Jacky Colliss Harvey’s new book Red to hand, it would have given my younger self a better understanding of why this woman felt she had the right to judge me so quickly.

The art of travel P EOPLE travelling often visit the bookstore and, just recently, many who have been to the Territory and North Queensland have stayed in Dubbo when on their way back to Victoria. Some have said it was an annual trip, others say they go on the road for two months each year, and a few say that they have sold their home to travel full time. What a life!

To focus on travelling within Australia this selection begins with a book from Cindy and Jeremy Gough who have compiled a coverage on everything older folk need to know about hitting the open road. “The Grey Nomad’s Guidebook” is a state by state guide to when and where to go, financing and planning a long term trip, managing your affairs while you are away, choosing your rig, and health on the road. Six of the country’s most iconic routes are featured with ideas for setting up camp along the way.

Barry Hill has written “The Rock – the Pilgrimage to Uluru” which is a guide to this central part of Australia’s identity. Hill takes us travelling through the

landscape and the literature of the Centre. He writes as a poet and historian answering the questions that emerge from visiting such a magnificent icon.

He helps you meet Uluru’s ancestral history and the cultural interest.

From the Eyewitness Travel series is “Back Roads Australia” which includes scenic routes, bushwalking and wine tours. The selection of routes includes Mission Beach to the Daintree, the Glasshouse Mountains, a tour of Port Arthur and the Norseman to Port Augusta across the Nullabor. Each of the trips is mapped, along with tips on the suggested time to allow and best time of year, any festivals, natural foods, fishing opportunities and bird-watching.

A favourite of mine is Bill Bryson’s “Down Under” which is an impressive description of our natural and cultural features as observed by this American writer. He drove the full circuit of the country. His comments include: “It is the driest, flattest, hottest, most infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents and still Australia teems with life. A

 The people are cheerful, extroverted, quick-witted, and unfailingly obliging. The food is excellent, the beer is cold and the sun nearly always shines. Life doesn’t get much better than this. 

Redheads make up two per cent of the world’s population, many of them concentrated in the Irish and Scottish diasporas. Art historian Jacky Colliss Harvey – herself a redhead – does a good job of trouncing some of the most flagrant myths. For example, we’re not all descended from Vikings, and we’re not going to die out.

But any brief survey of two per cent of humanity is bound to contain omissions, and in that way contribute a few myths of its own. For example, she maintains that gingerism is less prevalent in the United States than in the UK. I beg to differ. Dolly Parton’s Jolene, anyone? Or Truman Capote’s memorably trashy murderess Ann Cutler?

6/10 (Review by Liz Ryan)

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● CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK How To Fight A Dragon’s Fury (How To Train Your Dragon 12) by Cressida Cowell is published in hardback by Hodder Children’s Books.

FANS of bestselling author Cressida Cowell will be eagerly awaiting the next instalment in the popular How To Train Your Dragon series. And knowing this is the 12th and final book about dragon whisperer and Viking hero Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, makes How To Fight A Dragon’s Fury even more special.

Unlikely hero Hiccup has travelled far and has taught the world that there is ‘no such thing as impossible, only improbable’. But now the dragons are preparing to fight the humans to extinction, and he must become king to save both.

Can he stop the rebellion or is this the end of dragons? And can Hiccup change Furious’ mind about humans?

This book may sadly be the end of the series but it is an epic finale. It is brilliantly written and has Cowell’s twist of humour in it – not to mention an amazing storyline. As an added bonus, there are some stunning illustrations throughout the book that are done by the author herself.

10/10 (Review by Noah Sanders, aged 10)

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“Still Standing” is written by Mal Leyland about his “life as a Leyland brother and beyond”.

These brothers first came to prominence when they took the long trip down the Barwon and Darling Rivers in a five-metre aluminium dinghy. On that trip they had mechanical troubles when they were near Caloola Station just east of Walgett, and they stayed in the shearers’ quarters while repairs were made.

For those with energy and seeking to keep fit, Explore Australia has produced “Top Walks in New South Wales” which has been written by Ken Eastwood.

It includes the best bushwalks around the state, walks for different levels of experience and detailed text, photos and maps.

“Walk Across Australia” by David Mason records the crossing of the continent on foot. In 1988, as a veteran of the French Foreign Legion, he set out in March to walk from Byron Bay, to Steep Point, WA. As the crow flies it is about 4000km, but much further on foot. His gear was carried by three camels and in eight months he walked the roads of regular traffic, the tracks of access routes, and across the open country, some

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by Dave Pankhurst The Book Connection of which were identified by early explorers.

Bush walking is a growing activity and Kathleen Gowlland has written “Trampled Wilderness” which features the South West of Tasmania. A number of walks are included – the maps even feature the direction suggested for the outward and return routes. It also contains a history of the area indicating the first “bush walk” in the region was by an escaped convict who left Macquarie Harbour, and crossed the Maxwell and Denison Rivers before arriving in Ouse. The other is “Take a Walk in Queensland’s National Parks” by John & Lyn Daly which covers the southern section of the state.

First published nearly 40 years ago is Jack Absalom’s “Safe Outback Travel”. Few people had more experience than Absalom and his comments have proven valuable. It was at a time when travelling in the inland was becoming more popular and its popularity continues. Knowing the outback’s features can be time saving. Stories come to us of people who relied on their

GPS and were brought to Dubbo through back roads. Another family was isolated west of Tilpa for two days.

Len Beadell provides great stories about travelling in central Australia. For three decades he was in charge of building roads through the centre including the Gunbarrel Highway.

He has written six books which cover the building of thousands of kilometres of highways between Arnhem Land and the Gibson Desert through to the Canning Stock Route.

Alain de Botton is the author of “The Art of Travel” which one commentator rated as “lucid, fluid, uplifting… it can enrich your life”. Few activities seem to promise us as much happiness as going travelling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs and landscapes.

But although we are inundated with advice on where to travel, we seldom ask why we go, and where and how we might become more fulfilled by doing so.

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Gold Cup Sponsors’ Luncheon

BY CHERYL HUSBAND WHAT a fantastic way to spend a beautiful spring afternoon on Sunday, September 13, at the Gold Cup Sponsors Luncheon and race meeting at the Dubbo Turf Club. Sponsors and the general public certainly enjoy attending race meetings at the Turf Club.

Kerry Ellen had another busy afternoon entertaining race goes with her easy listening music. Sponsors enjoyed taking their staff out for a wonderful social afternoon.

John Barnes, Terry Bye, Marcy Fowller, Wayne and Brooke Mallison

Terry Bye with Steve Urch

James Waugh and Bruce McDonald with Rachel Brown and Jess Knight

Tash Robinson, Jordan Hills with Grant and Carolyn Kennedy from the Pastoral Hotel

David Treasure, Alex Kelly, Rod Crowfoot and Craig Carolan

Back, Steve Urch, Donna Beasley and Tiona Burt, front, Adrian Pereival, Shaun Gordon with Q-Dell Mallison, Ashley Foran

Nicky Edwards with Allie and Ashleigh Lundholn

Ray Nolan, Annenikie Neville, Marcy Fowler and Pat Finn

John and Barbara Liddington, Angela, Koby, Kayla and Jay Simons

Tarmar Wilkinson and Dorothy Williams

Barry Toomey, Angel Stanley, Simone Milligan, Brayden and Tye Toomey

Dave Laundy, Lynne Cross with Sean Baker and Judy Haling

Gus and Devina Liso with Karen and Michael Voytas

Rod and Judy Archer

Ray Nolan with Annenikie Neville

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Band Extravaganza Day at Macquarie Conservatorium

BY CHERYL HUSBAND WHAT a magnificent way to spend a gorgeous spring afternoon with the musicians playing to family and friends at the Macquarie Conservatorium on Sunday, September 13.

Together with staff from the Conservatorium and local school staff from the Dubbo region, students performed some of their favourite tunes.

I heard the Drum Ensemble in the Concert Hall which was a great performance - so vibrant and alive! Following the performance it was handson time for anyone who wanted to try their hand at drumming.

The children certainly enjoyed this experience!

Part of Dubbo Concert Band

Henry Minney and Dominic Clifford

Bonnie and Sallyanne Morrison

Pat, Cheryl, Blake and Shane Smith

Zofia, Xanthe and Fleur Mara

Lis and Lorna Mitchell

Nevara, Ada, Margaret and John Minney

Barb Pack, Cath Osborne and Donna Ambler

Hamish McGrath with Zamael Berger

Saskia and Jenny Goud

Andy, Mackenzie and Darci Powyer with Isaac Minney and Mia Richardson

Oliver and Stella Maroulis

Gabby Rieley, Hannah Thornton and Loretta Rieley

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Playmates Cottage celebrates 30th of service

BY CHERYL HUSBAND CELEBRATING 30 years of service to the Dubbo community, Playmates Cottage threw open their doors on Sunday, September 13, for a Family Fun Day. A big thanks goes out to the local businesses assisting with donations for Playmates to mark this fabulous milestone and help raise funds for their future. Everyone who attended had a great time with activates to keep them busy including the jumping castle, face painting, Dinosaur dig, raffles, barbecue, pluck a duck, cake, plants and other market stalls.

Oscar and Phebee Hillsley

Dylan, Vicki and Lexi Bedingfield

Lucius Morley Pauco with Clye Wood

Reese and Robert Cosgrove

Janet Morley and Peg O'Brien

Khadijah and Carter Toomey with Leanne Nolan

Vera Morley Pauco, Dusan Pauco with Lucius Morley Pauco

Erin and Mitchell Ray

Belinda and Kaymee Thompson

Blake and Beau Brown

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Riverside Markets prove very popular again CHERYL HUSBAND ONCE again Dubbo turned on marvellous weather for the Riverside Market Day held on Sunday, September 13, at Ollie Robbins Oval. It’s certainly a great place to catch up with friends to see what ideas you can find for Christmas presents. We even had ex-locals return to Dubbo to celebrate their birthday with family and then look around at the markets for some bargains.

Vanessa, Rebecca, Shaun with Jax and Tracey Sowden

Flynn, Rochelle, Joseph with Zavier Warman

Bev and Robin Good

Caitlin and Emily Weber

Tyerell, Shoana, Hayley, Rjay and Hannah Howison

Delma Andrews with Danny and Rhonda Ferguson

Dean and Haline Ford

Susan and Bob Pack visiting from Grenfell

Nancy McKay with Dan Pearce

Mansu Lee providing some music

Ora and Tatiana Peachey

Nikkola and Billy Martin

Samara Johnson looking at scented bath salts.

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OPEN WEEKENDER COFFEE & MEALS

DUBBO GROVE PHARMACY

Open Saturday 9am til 12 noon Giftware, Jewellery Homewares 59A Boundary Road, 6882 3723

OLD BANK RESTAURANT

Open Saturday 12 til late Good food, good music, good times $15 lunch specials 232 Macquarie Street, 6884 7728

REFLECTIONS RESTAURANT

Open Monday to Saturday from 6pm Australian cuisine using local produce.

Full Bar featuring Robert Oatley Wines.

Quality Inn Dubbo International Newell Highway (next to the golf course), 6882 4777.

CLUBS & PUBS PASTORAL HOTEL

VELDT RESTAURANT

Open for breakfast Tuesday to Friday from 7am. Saturday and Sunday from 8am.

Open for dinner Monday to Saturday Under Quest Serviced Apartments Contemporary Australian Menu 22 Bultje St, 6882 0926

Open Saturday 10am to 4am, Sunday 10am to 9pm.

Restaurant open for lunch and dinner.

Open Saturday and Sunday Balcony breakfast’s from 8am - 11.30am Serving Bill’s Beans Coffee 110 Talbragar St, 6882 4219

DUBBO RSL CLUB RESORT

TED’S TAKEAWAY

Open Saturday and Sunday 8.30am-8pm The big value in takeaway food.

Great weekly specials.

26 Victoria St, 6882 7899

Open Saturday 8am to 1am Sunday 8am to 10pm.

Quality entertainment, blackboard specials in the bistro.

Cnr Brisbane and Wingewarra Streets, 6882 4411

VILLAGE BAKERY CAFE

CLUB DUBBO

Open Saturday and Sunday 6am to 5.30pm.

Gourmet pies Mouth-watering cakes Delicious pastries Gourmet French garden salad baguettes and salads.

Perfect breakfast and brunch 113 Darling Street (adjacent to the railway crossing), 6884 5454

STICKS AND STONES

Open Saturday and Sunday Breakfast 7.30 – 3pm Lunch 12MD – 3pm Dinner 6pm – Quiet Dine in or Takeaway.

Woodfired Pizzas, homemade pastas, coffee and desserts. Gluten free and vegetarian options are also available.

A –la–carte dining 215A Macquarie St, 6885 4852

THE GRAPEVINE

Saturday and Sunday 8.30am-4pm Good food, good coffee and good company 144 Brisbane St, 6884 7354

HOG’S BREATH BREKKY

Open Saturday and Sunday 8am – 11am Homemade Pancakes Boss Hog’s Big Breakfast Now serving Robusta and Arabica coffee beans from New Guinea and Costa Rica.

193 Macquarie Street, 6882 4477

THE ATHLETES FOOT

Stop by The Grapevine Cafe this weekend for breakfast, brunch or lunch.

Open Saturday and Sunday from 9am.

Riverview Bistro 12pm to 2pm and 6pm to 9pm.

Relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

Whylandra St, 6884 3000

THE CASTLEREAGH HOTEL

Open Saturday 10am to 2am, Sunday 10am to 12am. Restaurant open for lunch and dinner 7 days a week.

Cnr Brisbane and Talbragar Streets, 68824877

SPORTIES

Open Saturday and Sunday from 9am Restaurant open from 11.45am-2pm and 5.45-9pm.

101 - 103 Erskine Street, 6884 2044

GYMS RSL AQUATIC & HEALTH CLUB

Open Saturday 7.30am-5pm Open Sunday 8.30am-3pm Gym, Indoor pool, Sauna, Steam room Squash courts Cnr Brisbane and Wingewarra Streets, 6884 1777

SHOPPING THE BOOK CONNECTION

Open Saturday 8.30am to 4pm.

Sunday 10am to 2pm.

New and used books

Open Saturday 9am til 2pm Everything you need for the perfect fit for your foot 176 Macquarie Street, 6881 8400

GROCERIES Over 60,000 books in store.

178 Macquarie St, 6882 3311

QUINN’S MYALL ST NEWSAGENCY

Saturday and Sunday from 5am- 1pm.

Newspapers, magazines, stationery supplies.

272 Myall St, 6882 0688

THE SWISH GALLERY

Open Saturday 9am to 12pm.

Distinctive jewellery, creative contemporary decor for your home and stylish gifts.

29 Talbragar St, 6882 9528

DMC MEAT AND SEAFOOD

Open Saturday 6am to 3pm Huge variety, bulk buys and red hot specials weekly.

55 Wheelers Lane, 6882 1504

IGA WEST DUBBO

Open Saturday and Sunday 7.30am to 6pm.

Great weekly specials and friendly service.

38-40 Victoria Street, 6882 3466

THINGS TO DO WESTERN PLAINS CULTURAL CENTRE

BRENNAN’S MITRE 10

One of the largest galleries and museums in NSW An ever-changing array of exhibitions and events including top national exhibitions.

76 Wingewarra Street, 6801 4444

ORANA MALL SHOPPING CENTRE

Open Saturday and Sunday 9-5pm Large display of animatronics and holographs providing a realistic insight into a bygone era of prison life.

90 Macquarie Street, near the old clock tower, 6801 4460

For all your DIY projects, hardware, tools and garden products See us in store for great specials Saturday 8am-4pm Sunday 9am-4pm 64-70 Macquarie Street, 6882 6133

52 Specialty Stores, Big W, Woolworths and Bernardi’s SUPA IGA. Easy Parking, now also with approx.

160 undercover.

Saturday 9.00am – 5.00pm Sunday 10.00am – 4.00pm www.oranamall.com.au Cnr Mitchell Highway & Wheelers Lane, 6882 7766

THE PARTY STOP

Open Saturday 9am-4pm Party Costumes Decorations Balloons Gifts for milestone events Themed parties 142 Darling Street, 6885 6188

DUBBO ANTIQUE & COLLECTABLES

Open Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 3pm Antique furniture, china, cast iron, old tools and collectables.

4 Depot Road, 6885 4400

OLD DUBBO GAOL

TARONGA WESTERN PLAINS ZOO

Open Saturday and Sunday 9-4pm.

The zoo’s encounters and shows offer visitors truly special experiences with their favourite animals.

Obley Road, off the Newell Hwy, 6881 1400

TRIKE ADVENTURES

Book a ride Saturday or Sunday Available for town tours, special occassions, outback pub lunches or just blasting along with the wind in your face 1300 TRIKES (1300 87 45 37)

READINGS CINEMA

Comfort, style and value $10 tickets 3D extra. Candy bar; 5 screen cinema complex; Digital sound Dolby Digital 3D projection Luxury armchair comfort 49 Macquarie St,6881 8600

CALL FOR A GREAT RATE ON A LIST FOR YOUR BUSINESS HERE! 6885 4433.

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Friday, September 25 Classic Floyd: Floyd Around The Med

MOVIE: Patch Adams

SBS, 6pm This week’s contender for “world’s best gig” is British celebrity chef Keith Floyd, who eats his way around the Mediterranean in this new fourpart series from the UK. Floyd begins his tour in France, or Cannes to be more specific, where he has lunch with former Formula 1 driver Johnny Herbert at the Michelin-rated Carlton Hotel ahead of the iconic Monaco Grand Prix. From there, it’s a short boat trip to the stunning island of Lerins, home of the spectacular Lérins Abbey, an active monastery community. There, Floyd cooks for the monks and learns about the wine produced on the island. Sounds horrible, doesn’t it?

ABC

ELEVEN, 9.30pm, M (1998) The late, great Robin Williams switches into his trademark harlequin mode, playing real-life doctor-intraining Hunter “Patch” Adams who believes that laughter is the best medicine. The fights with medical board authorities and insights into his troubled past add to the Hollywood-by-numbers feel. Luckily, the appearance of Philip Seymour Hoffman as Adams’ studious roommate adds a bit of life, but it’s quashed by an overall sense of mushy manipulation with even Williams’ manic comic routines going under the knife. Patch Adams could have done with a dose of its own medicine.

PRIME7

The Living Room

TEN, 7.30pm Who knows what we would be watching if it weren’t for the welcome distractions of The Living Room. Now a Friday night stalwart for those who want an entree to the weekend, the laid-back, silly and fun style of this lifestyle program continues to capture a bigger audience.

Tonight, we are in for a treat as consummate showman and allround nice guy and Hollywood superstar Hugh Jackman plays the trickster with a playful Amanda Keller (right). Ever the resident explorer, Chris checks out a traditional Fijian village and cheeky Miguel cooks a naan pizza with Bollywood superstar Tannishtha Chatterjee.

WIN

TEN

SBS

6.00 ABC News Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. (CC) 10.00 One Plus One: The Road To Alice. (CC) 10.30 Inside The Commons.

(R, CC) 11.30 Whatever Happened To The Hare Krishnas?

(PG, R, CC) 12.00 News. (CC) 1.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) 1.55 The New Inventors.

(R, CC) Hosted by James O’Loghlin.

2.25 Catalyst. (R, CC) 2.55 Agatha Christie’s Poirot.

(PG, R, CC) 4.30 Eggheads. (R, CC) 5.00 News: Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 The Drum. (CC)

6.00 Sunrise. (CC) News, sport and weather.

9.00 The Morning Show.

(PG, CC) The latest news and views.

11.30 News. (CC) 12.00 Miniseries: Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door.

(PG, R, CC) Part 2 of 2.

2.00 The Daily Edition.

(CC) Presented by Sally Obermeder, Monique Wright and Tom Williams.

3.00 The Chase. (R, CC) Contestants race to answer quiz questions correctly to avoid being caught by The Chaser.

4.00 News. (CC) 5.00 The Chase Australia. (CC) Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

6.00 Today. (CC) Presented by Karl Stefanovic.

9.00 Mornings. (PG, CC) 11.30 News. (CC) 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. (R, CC) 1.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG, CC) Variety show.

2.00 Extra. (CC) Entertainment news program from The Grove in Los Angeles.

Hosted by Mario Lopez and Maria Menounos.

2.30 Alive And Cooking.

(R, CC) Easy-to-cook recipes.

3.00 News Now. (CC) 4.00 News. (CC) 5.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (CC) Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 Ent. Tonight. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Ben’s Menu. (R, CC) 7.00 Neighbours. (R, CC) 7.30 Bold. (R, CC) 8.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG, CC) 11.00 The Living Room.

(PG, R, CC) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Jamie’s Thirty Minute Meals. (R, CC) 1.30 Entertainment Tonight.

(PG, CC) 2.00 The Doctors. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, CC) 3.30 Good Chef Bad Chef.

(R, CC) 4.00 Ben’s Menu. (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 Al Jazeera English News.

(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 France 24 International News. (CC) 1.45 The Journal. (CC) 2.00 PBS NewsHour. (CC) 3.00 Al Jazeera News. (CC) 3.30 Salvage Hunters. (R, CC) 4.30 Britain’s Best Drives.

(R, CC) 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

(R, CC)

6.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) Fiona Bruce and the team pay a visit to the grounds of the Yorkshire Museum, in York.

7.00 News. (CC) 7.30 7.30. (CC) Current affairs.

8.00 Midsomer Murders.

(PG, R, CC) After a nun at a financially troubled priory is murdered, Barnaby and Jones investigate.

The cloister had been the target of a group of teenage vandals, however it is the disappearance of a valuable 17th-century French silver altar set which seems to be the motive for the crime.

9.30 Line Of Duty.

(MA15+, R, CC) Part 5 of 5.

With Gates on the run, the anti-corruption team comes under pressure to close the case once and for all. Arnott is forced to make some tough decisions about where his loyalties lie. Fleming and Hastings go all out to catch Gates, leading to a dramatic conclusion to the investigation.

10.30 Lateline. (R, CC) 11.00 The Business. (R, CC) 11.20 Maximum Choppage.

(M, R, CC) (Final) 11.50 Rage. (MA15+)

6.00 PRIME7 News. (CC) 6.30 News. (CC) 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (CC) Joh visits Lightning Ridge, where she finds an unusual garden and an opal miner who built his own castle. Adam takes in the Lost Trade Fair at Kyneton. Ed makes barbecued chicken and citrus parcels.

8.30 MOVIE: The Dilemma.

(M, R, CC) (2011) After a man finds out his best friend’s wife is having an affair, he tries to decide whether or not he should tell his friend what is happening. His situation is made all the more difficult by the woman’s warning she will deny the charge and instead accuse him of hitting on her. Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Winona Ryder.

11.00 800 Words. (PG, R, CC) George earns the ire of the locals after making the mistake of calling Weld a “dead end town” in his column. The fallout of his faux pax also affects Shay and Arlo as they deal with a chilly reception at school.

6.00 News. (CC) 7.00 WIN News. (CC) 7.30 Rugby League. (CC) NRL. First preliminary final.

Brisbane Broncos v Sydney Roosters. From Allianz Stadium, Sydney.

10.00 MOVIE: Live And Let Die. (PG, R, CC) (1973) British secret agent James Bond tries to stop a big-time criminal who plans to saturate the US with free drugs. However, his efforts are complicated by the appearance of a voodoo priestess whose ability to read the future in tarot cards seems to give his enemy an unfair edge.

Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour.

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

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 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) Actor Hugh Jackman pays host Amanda Keller a surprise visit. Dr Chris Brown explores a traditional Fijian village.

Chef Miguel Maestre cooks a naan pizza with Bollywood superstar Tannishtha Chattergee.

8.30 To Be Advised.

11.00 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M, R, CC) A fast-paced, irreverent look at the news, with Sam Pang, Ed Kavalee, Jane Kennedy, Abby Coleman and Laurence Mooney competing to see who can remember the most about the week’s events. Hosted

by Tom Gleisner.

6.00 Classic Floyd: Floyd Around The Med. (PG, CC) 6.30 World News. (CC) 7.30 The Classic Car Show.

(CC) Quentin heads to the French Riviera to drive a silver Ferrari Dino, once owned by Keith Richards.

Heading to Montlhery, Jodie relives the rich history of the circuit and the story of a lady who raced there in the ’30s. Chris uncovers the wartime history of the Morris 8.

8.30 Sinatra: All Or Nothing At All. (M, R, CC) Part 1 of 2. Takes a look at the life, music and career of the legendary entertainer, Frank Sinatra. Told using his own words from hours of interviews, along with commentary from those closest to him, it provides a portrait of the singer, actor, father, husband and philanthropist.

10.35 World News. (CC) 11.10 MOVIE: We 3. (M, R) (2011) Three young people from different parts of Brazil, arrive to attend college in São Paulo. Gabriel Godoy, Victor Mendes, Juliana Schalch.

5.00 Rage. (PG, CC) Continuous music programming.

12.30 Home Shopping.

12.30 WIN’s All Australian News. (CC) 1.40 A Current Affair. (R, CC) 2.10 MOVIE: Big Shots.

(M, R, CC) (1987) 4.00 Extra. (R, CC) Entertainment news program.

4.30 Good Morning America.

(CC)

12.00 The Talk. (PG, CC) Hosts Sheryl Underwood, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Aisha Tyler and Julie Chen discuss current events and the trending topics of the day.

1.00 Infomercials. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping.

12.40 MOVIE: The Truck.

(MA15+, R) (2008) A truck driver picks up a stranded cop. Yeang Bang.

2.20 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 2.50 Braise. (MA15+, R, CC) 3.00 Cycling. UCI Road World Championships. Day 5.

Road race events.

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, September 25 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.10pm Jersey Boys (2014) Musical. John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen. Tells the story of Frankie Valli The Four Seasons.

(M) Masterpiece

7.35pm Arrow. Roy goes on a rampage. (M) FOX8

7.30pm Hitler’s Last Secrets.

Follows Hitler’s descent from aspiring art student to homeless drifter. (M) History

10.15am Gridiron. NFL. Thursday Night Football. ESPN

8.30pm Beowulf (2007) Action. Angelina Jolie, Crispin Glover. A warrior battles a hellish demon. (M) Action

9.30pm The Rat Pack: Kings Of Swing. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr perform in their own inimitable style the songs that transformed them into household names. (G) Arts

10.15pm Filth (2014) Drama.

James McAvoy, Jamie Bell.

A corrupt policeman will do anything to win a promotion.

(R) World Movies

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 2.20 Tinga Tinga Tales. (R, CC) 2.35 Olivia. (R, CC) 2.50 Tree Fu Tom. (R, CC) 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 Around The World. (R, CC) 4.45 Grandpa In My Pocket. (R) 5.00 The Hive. (R, CC) 5.10 Fireman Sam. (R, CC) 5.25 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.30 Octonauts.

(R, CC) 5.45 Peg + Cat. (R, CC) 6.00 Ben And Holly. (R, CC) 6.10 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.25 Dinosaur Train. (R) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep.

(R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks.

(PG, R, CC) 7.30 Total Wipeout. (PG, CC) 8.30 Catfish: The TV Show.

(M, CC) 9.15 Outsiders With Darren McMullen. (M, CC) 10.00 Second Chance. (M, CC) 10.10 Jimmy Fallon. (M, CC) 10.50 Celebrity Rehab With Dr Drew. (MA15+, R, CC) 11.30 Total Wipeout. (PG, R, CC) 12.30 This American Life. (M, R, CC) 1.25 Jimmy Fallon. (M, R, CC) 2.05 News Update. (R) 2.10 Close.

5.00 The Numtums. (R, CC) 5.05 Wild Animal Baby Explorers. (R, CC) 5.15 Guess With Jess. (R, CC) 5.30 Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps. (R, CC) 5.40 64 Zoo Lane.

(R, CC) 5.55 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs.

9.55 Figaro Pho. (R, CC) 10.00 Slugterra. (R, CC) 10.45 SW: Clone Wars. (PG, R, CC) 11.05 The Aquabats Super Show! (R, CC) 11.30 You’re Skitting Me. (R, CC) 12.00 Prank Patrol Road Trip. (R, CC) 12.25 Officially Amazing. (R, CC) 12.55 Wacky World Beaters. (R, CC) 1.20 Deadly Pole To Pole. (R) 1.50 WAC. (R, CC) 2.15 Blue Zoo. (R, CC) 2.40 Handball Heroes. (R, CC) 2.45 Operation Ouch! (R, CC) 3.15 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 3.45 Shaun The Sheep. (R) 3.50 Riders Of Berk. (R, CC) 4.15 Odd Squad.

4.40 News On 3. (CC) 4.45 Studio 3. 4.50 Nerds And Monsters. (R, CC) 5.00 The New Adventures Of Figaro Pho. (CC) 5.10 Doodles.

5.15 Roy. (CC) 5.40 Canimals. (R) 5.50 Dixi. (CC) 5.55 House Of Anubis. (R) 6.20 Spooksville. (PG, CC) 6.50 News On 3. (CC) 7.00 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 7.30 Operation Ouch! (R) 7.55 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) 8.50 Kobushi. (R, CC) 9.00 K-On! (PG, CC) 9.25 Kamisama Kiss. (PG, CC) (New Series) 9.45 Puella Magi Madoka Magica. (PG, R, CC) 10.10 Close.

8.00pm Rufus Wainwright: Live In London. (PG) Arts

7TWO 6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Match It. (C, CC) 7.30 Hairy Legs. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Toybox. (P, R, CC) 8.30 Harry’s Practice. (R, CC) 9.00 Home And Away. (PG, R, CC) 9.30 NBC Today. (R, CC) 12.00 Packed To The Rafters. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Air Crash Investigations. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Dr Oz. (PG, CC) 3.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. (R, CC) 3.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. (R) 4.00 Bewitched. (R) 4.30 60 Minute Makeover. (PG) 5.30 Homes Under The Hammer. (R) 6.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) The teams head to the Royal Welsh Showground.

7.30 Motorway Patrol.

(PG, R, CC) A driver is stranded in the fast lane.

8.30 Escape To The Country.

Presented by Jules Hudson.

10.30 Best House On The Street. (PG, R) 11.30 Best Houses Australia. (R) 12.00 Homes Under The Hammer. (R) 1.00 Air Crash Investigations.

(PG, R, CC) 2.00 Escape To The Country. (R) 4.00 Harry’s Practice. (R, CC) 4.30 The Martha Stewart Show. (R) 5.30 Shopping.

7MATE 6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Art Attack.

(R, CC) 7.30 Jake And The Never Land Pirates. (R, CC) 8.00 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. (R) 8.30 Doc McStuffins. (R) 9.00 Win, Lose Or Draw. (CC) 9.30 Pair Of Kings.

(R, CC) 10.00 Phineas And Ferb.

(R, CC) 10.30 PrankStars. (R, CC) 12.00 The Amazing Race. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Charlie’s Angels. (PG, R) 2.00 Starsky & Hutch. (PG, R) 3.00 Turtleman. (PG, R) 3.30 Wipeout USA. (PG, R, CC) 4.30 Dynamo: Magician Impossible. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Swamp Men. (PG, R) 6.30 Swamp People. (PG) The hunters venture deep into the swamp.

7.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. (CC) Pre-game coverage of the match.

8.00 Football. (CC) AFL. First preliminary final. Fremantle v Hawthorn. From Domain Stadium, Perth.

11.30 MOVIE: Centurion.

(AV15+, R, CC) (2010) Michael Fassbender.

1.35 Locked Up Abroad. (M, R) 3.00 NFL. NFL. Week 2. Pittsburgh Steelers v San Francisco 49ers.

Replay. From Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

8.30pm Tutankhamun: A Murder Mystery. Egypt’s boyking Tutankhamun died at 18.

Hastily mummified and placed in an unfinished tomb, the tomb’s re-discovery in 1922.

(PG) History

7.00pm Golf. Euro PGA. European Open. First Round.

Fox Sports 1 8.00pm Football. AFL. First preliminary final. Fremantle v Hawthorn. From Domain Stadium, Perth. Fox Footy

8.30pm Rock N Roll Nerd: Tim Minchin. Charts Aussie Tim Minchin’s meteoric rise from obscurity to celebrity.

(MA15+) Biography

GO! 6.00 Robocar Poli. 6.30 PAW Patrol. 7.00 Sonic Boom. 7.30 Move It. 8.00 Kitchen Whiz. 8.30 Power Rangers Dino Charge. 9.00 Magical Tales. 9.30 PAW Patrol.

10.00 SpongeBob. 10.30 Rabbids.

11.00 Scooby-Doo! 11.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. (R) 12.00 The Batman. (PG, R) 12.30 Green Lantern. (PG, R) 1.00 Young Justice. (PG, R) 1.30 Looney Tunes. (R) 2.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 2.30 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 3.00 SpongeBob. (R) 3.30 Rabbids.

(PG, R) 4.00 Kids’ WB. (PG) 4.05 Looney Tunes. (R) 4.30 ScoobyDoo! (PG, R) 5.00 Ben 10. (PG, R) 5.30 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 6.00 MOVIE: Spy Kids 4: All The Time In The World. (PG, R, CC) (2011) 7.50 MOVIE: Megamind. (PG, R, CC) (2010) 9.50 MOVIE: Just Friends. (M, R, CC) (2005) 12.00 MAD. (M, R) 12.30 Supernatural: The Animated Series. (AV15+, R) 1.00 Supernatural: The Animated Series. (M, R) 1.30 2 Broke Girls.

(M, R, CC) 2.00 Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways. (M, R, CC) 3.00 MAD. (M, R) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 4.00 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 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 Countryfile. (PG, R) 8.00 Gilmore Girls. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 New Style Direct. 9.30 Global Shop. 10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Alive And Cooking. (R, CC) 11.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Secret Dealers. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 MOVIE: Hue And Cry. (R, CC) (1947) 2.50 Poirot. (PG, R) 4.00 Alive And Cooking. (R, CC) 4.30 Ellen. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Gilmore Girls. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 A Current Affair. (CC) 8.00 Kings Cross ER. (M, CC) A look at St Vincent’s Hospital’s ER. 8.30 MOVIE: The Green Berets. (PG, R, CC) (1968) A special forces unit is sent on a dangerous mission to the south of Vietnam. John Wayne, Jim Hutton, David Janssen.

11.30 MOVIE: Cross Of Iron.

(AV15+, R) (1977) James Coburn.

2.00 MOVIE: Percy. (M, R, CC) (1971) Hywel Bennett, Denholm Elliott. 4.00 MOVIE: The Scarlet Blade. (PG, R) (1963) Lionel Jeffries, Oliver Reed. 5.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC)

Willa Holland stars in Arrow

ONE 6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 8.00 Fishing Edge. (R, CC) 8.30 Adv Angler. (R) 9.00 Social Climbing. (R, CC) 10.00 Totally Wild. (R, CC) 10.30 Firies. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 12.00 The Living Room. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 White Collar. (PG, R) 2.00 Megastructures. (R) 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 4.00 Whacked Out Sports. (PG) 4.30 Operation Repo. (PG) 5.00 iFish.

(R) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 Moments Of Impact.

(PG) Takes a look at lifethreatening moments.

8.30 Cops. (PG, R) Follows police officers on patrol.

9.30 MOVIE: Double Team.

(M, R, CC) (1997) Two men battle a terrorist. JeanClaude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman.

11.30 Bellator MMA. (M) 1.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Cops.

(PG, R) 2.30 Adventure Angler.

(R) 3.00 All 4 Adventure. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 David Attenborough’s Charles Darwin And The Tree Of Life. (R, CC) 5.00 GT Academy. (R) 5.30 Whacked Out Sports. (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 Mork & Mindy. (PG, R) 11.30 Laverne & Shirley. (PG, R) 12.00 Caroline In The City. (R) 12.30 Sabrina. (PG, R) 1.00 JAG. (PG, R) 2.00 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Infomercials. (PG) 3.30 Raymond.

(PG, R, CC) 4.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 5.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 5.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.25 Neighbours. (CC) 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 New Girl. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 Dating Naked. (M, R) Two daring singles go on three dates.

9.30 MOVIE: Patch Adams.

(M, R) (1998) A trainee doctor runs afoul of his teachers. Robin Williams.

11.50 Movie Juice. (PG, R, CC) 12.20 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.20 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG) 2.20 The King Of Queens. (PG, R) 2.55 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Touched By An Angel. (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. 4.00 The Feed. (R) 4.30 India’s Dancing Superstar. (R) 5.35 American Ninja Warrior. (PG, R) 6.30 If You Are The One. (R) 7.30 Friday Feed. Hosted by Marc Fennell.

8.00 Brain Games. Hosted by Jason Silva.

8.30 Close Up Kings. (M) Follows the antics of three magicians.

9.25 12 Monkeys. (MA15+) (Final) Cole becomes trapped in 2015.

10.15 MOVIE: Cowboy Bebop: The Movie. (M, R, CC) (2002) Steven Blum.

12.20 Friday Feed. (R) 12.50 PopAsia. (PG) 2.50 NHK World News In English From Tokyo. 5.00 French News.

5.50 Urdu News.

NITV 6.00 Welcome To Wapos Bay. 6.30 Bizou. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Waabiny Time. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Bushwhacked!

9.00 Move It Mob Style. 9.30 My Animal Friends. 10.00 Samaqan: Water Stories. 10.30 Around The Campfire. 11.00 The Marngrook Footy Show. (PG) 12.30 Away From Country. (PG) 1.30 From The Western Frontier. 2.00 Our Spirit To C-Gen. 2.30 Mugu Kids.

3.00 My Animal Friends. 3.30 Move It Mob Style. 4.00 Waabiny Time. 4.30 Bushwhacked! 5.00 Go Lingo. 5.30 NITV News Week In Review. 6.00 Samaqan: Water Stories. 6.30 Outback Cafe. 7.00 NITV News Week In Review.

7.30 Kriol Kitchen.

8.00 Around The 44.

9.00 My Life As I Live It. A look at life in Brewarrina.

10.00 Jazz. (PG) 11.00 NITV News Week In Review.

11.30 Australian Biography. 12.00 NITV On The Road: Saltwater Freshwater. (PG) 1.00 Roots Music.

(PG) 2.00 Away From Country.

(PG) 3.00 Jazz. (PG) 4.00 Torres To The Thames. (PG) 5.00 Rock Art And Yingana. (PG) 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) 2.00 News. (CC) 4.00 News With The Business. 5.00 News With Grandstand. 6.00 News. (CC) 6.30 The Drum. (R, CC) 7.00 News With Grandstand. (CC) 8.00 News With The Business. (CC) 9.00 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)

ABC NEWS

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Saturday, September 26 MOVIE: Burton And Taylor

ABC, 8.30pm, M (2013) Cast aside those traumatic memories of Lindsay Lohan taking on the role of Elizabeth Taylor in Liz & Dick and surrender yourself to this smart biography. An almost unrecognisable Helena Bonham Carter and the handsome Dominic West take the lead as cinema’s golden couple of the ’60s, doing an exceptional job embodying their roles as two of cinema’s greatest actors with panache and ease. Burton and Taylor captures the end of the duo’s doomed love affair, when the ex-husband and wife prepare for a 1983 theatrical production of the play Private Lives.

Bonham Cater is almost haunting in her portrayal, devastatingly depicting Taylor’s breaking heart.

ABC

MOVIE: The Italian Job

GO!, 9.30pm, M (2003) The remake of Michael Caine’s superior crime classic, transposed from Italy to LA, is essentially a twohour ad for the then new-look Mini Cooper. Mark Wahlberg leads a team of slick crooks (including Mos Def, Jason Statham, Seth Green and Charlize Theron) who are brought undone by a double-crosser (Edward Norton) after an audacious robbery.

To get even, they draw up a plan to bring California’s traffic to a standstill and pull off the ultimate snatch. An excitement-filled caper that pumps out thrills and humourlaced dialogue, but never matches the laddish camp of the original.

PRIME7

MOVIE: Inside Man

PRIME7, 11.15pm, AV15+ (2006) Tightly scripted and flawlessly performed, director Spike Lee took a break from ethnic musing and teamed with Denzel Washington for a fourth time. When the brash no-nonsense bank robber Dalton Russell (Clive Owen) and his crew storm the Manhattan Trust Bank, their “perfect” break-in quickly escalates into a hostage situation and ace negotiator Keith Frazier (Washington, right) must quell the situation. As the bank’s owner (Christopher Plummer) and his “fixer” (Jodie Foster) make their presence known, what initially appears to be a routine robbery evolves into something more dense and unexpected.

WIN

TEN

SBS

6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 11.30 Spicks And Specks.

(PG, R, CC) 12.00 Restoration Australia: Gervasoni Homestead.

(PG, R, CC) 1.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) 2.00 Midsomer Murders.

(PG, R, CC) A nun at a troubled priory is murdered.

3.30 Australia: The Time Traveller’s Guide: The Early Days. (R, CC) 4.30 Landline. (R, CC) Presented by Pip Courtney.

5.00 Inspector George Gently. (PG, R, CC) Gently investigates a suspected suicide.

6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) Latest news, sport and weather.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) Highlights from the past week.

12.00 To Be Advised.

4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. (R, CC) Joh and Ed head to Queensland’s Capricorn Coast to sample produce and meet the locals.

5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

(PG, R, CC) Officers believe a passenger arriving from Singapore has something to hide.

6.00 PAW Patrol. (R, CC) 6.30 Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) 7.00 Weekend Today: Saturday. (CC) 10.00 Mornings: Saturday.

(PG, CC) 12.00 MOVIE: War Of The Buttons. (PG, R, CC) (1994) Liam Cunningham.

1.50 Celebrity Apprentice.

(PG, R, CC) 3.00 House Husbands.

(PG, R, CC) Justin’s custody battle is threatened.

4.00 Adam’s Pasta Pilgrimage. (CC) Adam Swanson heads to the Veneto region.

4.30 Getaway. (PG, CC) 5.00 News. (CC) 5.30 Fishing Australia. (CC)

6.00 4x4 Adventures. (R) 7.00 Fishing. (R, CC) 7.30 The Home Team. (R, CC) 8.00 Family Feud.

(R, CC) 8.30 St10. (CC) 10.00 St10: Extra. (PG, CC) 11.00 The Living Room.

(PG, R, CC) 12.00 The Talk. (PG, CC) 1.00 Just Go. (CC) (Final) 1.30 Good Chef Bad Chef.

(R, CC) 2.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 2.30 Movie Juice. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 iFish. (CC) 4.00 What’s Up Down Under.

(CC) 4.30 David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities.

(R, CC) 5.00 Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 Cycling. 7.00 Al Jazeera English News. (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 PBS NewsHour. (CC) 2.00 Zumbo. (R, CC) 2.30 Marco Pierre White’s Kitchen Wars. (PG, R, CC) 3.25 Monster Moves: Massive Machines. (PG, R, CC) 4.25 History Cold Case: The York 113. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 The Plantagenets: An English Empire. (PG, CC) Part 2 of 3.

6.30 Gardening Australia.

(CC) Costa visits a quirky Bondi verge garden. Tino plants a range of edible tubers.

7.00 News. (CC) 7.30 New Tricks. (PG, R, CC) A lawyer receives a note claiming her terrorist father was murdered by police and not killed in an accident.

8.30 MOVIE: Burton And Taylor. (M, CC) (2013) Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor prepare for a theatrical production of the play, Private Lives. Dominic West, Helena Bonham Carter, Greg Hicks.

9.55 Old School. (M, R, CC) (Final) Determined to charge Ted with murder, Mal gets Lennie released from prison on the condition he wears a wire.

10.50 The Chaser’s Media Circus. (PG, R, CC) A mix of journalists, comedians and regulars dissect the week’s news and media through a series of satirical games.

11.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (PG, R, CC) UK-based panel show.

11.55 Rage. (MA15+) Music video clips.

6.00 News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Gnomeo & Juliet.

(R, CC) (2011) Two garden gnomes, Gnomeo and Juliet, try to avoid tragedy and find a happy ending to their star-crossed love affair when they find themselves caught up in a long-running feud between their neighbouring clans.

Voices of James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Maggie Smith.

8.40 MOVIE: Real Steel.

(M, R, CC) (2011) In the near future, a former boxer whose career and life has hit rock bottom reluctantly agrees to team up with his estranged 11-year-old son to train a robot fighter, in hopes it will make it into the big leagues. Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly.

11.15 MOVIE: Inside Man. (AV15+, R, CC) (2006) A detective’s negotiations with a gang, holding the staff and customers of a Manhattan bank hostage, are complicated by the appearance of a third party with powerful connections and a hidden agenda.

Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster.

6.00 News. (CC) 7.00 Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Second preliminary final. Melbourne Storm v North Queensland Cowboys. From AAMI Park, Melbourne.

10.00 MOVIE: The Call.

(AV15+, CC) (2013) A veteran emergency phone operator takes a call from a teenage girl who has been kidnapped and thrown into the boot of a madman’s car. With the clock ticking, she realises she must confront a killer from her past in order to put an end to their rampage. Halle Berry, Evie Thompson, Abigail Breslin.

6.00 Bondi Vet. (PG, CC) Dr Chris Brown heads to Cairns where he lends a helping hand at the Marlin Coast Veterinary Hospital.

7.00 MOVIE: Rio. (R, CC) (2011) After a domesticated macaw, from small-town America, travels to Rio de Janeiro with his owner to take part in a breeding program, he is captured by smugglers. Having fallen for one of his fellow prisoners, he orchestrates an escape attempt for her and the other birds. Voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez.

8.55 MOVIE: Star Trek.

(M, R, CC) (2009) The young and inexperienced crew of the starship Enterprise, embark on a rescue mission to an alien planet. On their arrival, they discover a madman has attacked the world as part of his quest to gain vengeance for the death of his family in the far future. Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Eric Bana.

11.30 Scorpion. (PG, R, CC) The team helps Ralph after he is questioned by the FBI for inadvertently revealing the location of a CIA safe house.

6.30 World News. (CC) 7.30 Britain’s Secret Treasure Islands: Fragments Of Paradise. (CC) Part 4 of 4. Explorer Stewart McPherson sets out to visit all 14 of the UK’s Overseas Territories. These far flung and little-known islands are home to a host of environments from arid deserts to lush rainforests and icy glaciers, as well as some of the greatest wildlife spectacles on Earth.

8.30 MOVIE: The Constant Gardener. (M, R, CC) (2005) A diplomat is determined to get to the bottom of the reasons behind his wife’s murder in Kenya. Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston.

10.50 MOVIE: Little Fish.

(MA15+, R, CC) (2005) A recovering drug addict living in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, along with her mother and brother, finds her attempts to make a better life for herself are hampered by people from her past. Cate Blanchett, Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving.

2.00 Home Shopping.

12.00 MOVIE: Appaloosa.

(M, R, CC) (2008) Viggo Mortensen.

2.05 MOVIE: The Damned United. (M, R, CC) (2009) Colm Meaney.

4.00 The Avengers. (PG, R) 5.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 5.30 Fishing Australia. (R, CC)

12.30 48 Hours: The Millionaire, The Model And The Hitman. (M, R) Tells the story of millionaire Dino Guglielmelli.

1.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Shopping.

4.30 It Is Written. (PG) Religious program.

5.00 Hour Of Power. (R)

12.50 Masters Of Money: Karl Marx And Marxian Economics. (R, CC) 1.40 Duck Quacks Don’t Echo. (M, R, CC) 2.30 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 3.00 Cycling. UCI Road World Championships. Day 6.

Road race events.

5.00 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

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

(R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions. Please Note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to late change by networks.

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DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.45pm Homefront (2013) Action. Jason Statham, James Franco. (MA15+) Action

6.00pm Community. Britta helps Abed cope with his anxiety. (M) Comedy Channel

6.00am Tennis. ATP World Tour 250. Moselle Open.

Quarter-final. Fox Sports 3

6.50pm Tammy (2014) Comedy. Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon. A woman loses her minimum wage job.

(M) Premiere

6.30pm Young & Hungry.

Josh and Caroline’s wedding gets pushed up, leading a frantic Caroline to forget Josh’s birthday. (M) FOX8

7.30pm The Sixties.

A provocative documentary series exploring the most transformative decade of the modern era in America. (M) History

10.20pm Crazy/Beautiful (2001) Romance. Kirsten Dunst, Jay Hernandez. A politician’s troubled teenage daughter falls for a workingclass fellow student. (M) Romance

6.40pm Game Of Thrones.

Tywin and Cersei plot the Crown’s next move. (MA15+) Showcase

ABC2/ABC KIDS

7TWO

6.00 Children’s Programs. 2.20 Tinga Tinga Tales. (R, CC) 2.35 Olivia. (R, CC) 2.50 Tree Fu Tom. (R, CC) 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 Around The World. (R, CC) 4.45 Grandpa In My Pocket. (R) 5.00 The Hive. (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 Dinosaur Train. (R) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep.

(R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks.

(PG, R, CC) 7.30 The Hoarder Next Door. (PG, R, CC) 8.20 The Home Show. (CC) 9.10 Live At The Apollo.

(M, CC) 9.55 The IT Crowd. (PG, R, CC) 10.20 Sexy Beasts. (M, R, CC) 10.50 Archer. (M, R, CC) 11.15 Celebrity Rehab With Dr Drew.

(MA15+, R, CC) 11.55 The Call Centre. (M, R, CC) 12.50 The Home Show. (R, CC) 1.40 News Update.

(R) 1.45 Close. 5.00 The Numtums.

(R, CC) 5.05 Wild Animal Baby Explorers. (R, CC) 5.20 Guess With Jess. (R, CC) 5.30 Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps. (R, CC) 5.40 64 Zoo Lane. (R, CC) 5.55 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 6.55 Dennis The Menace And 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 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk.

(R, CC) 9.00 Good Game: SP. (CC) 9.25 Total Drama World Tour. (R, CC) 9.55 Grojband. (R, CC) 10.15 Numb Chucks. (R, CC) 10.50 Canimals. (R) 11.00 Wacky World Beaters. (R, CC) 11.30 Little Lunch.

(R, CC) 12.00 Dani’s House. (R, CC) 12.30 Nerds And Monsters.

(R, CC) 1.30 The New Adventures Of Figaro Pho. (R, CC) 2.10 Big Babies. (R, CC) 2.25 Sorry, I’ve Got No Head. (R, CC) 3.00 Deadly 60.

(R, CC) 3.25 WAC. (R, CC) 3.55 Studio 3. 4.00 Pixelface. (R, CC) (Final) 4.25 The Aquabats Super Show! (R, CC) 4.50 Slugterra. (R, CC) 5.10 SW: Clone Wars. (PG, R, CC) 5.40 Operation Ouch! (R) 6.10 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R) 6.30 Horrible Histories. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 Nowhere Boys. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Officially Amazing. (R, CC) 8.00 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 8.30 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 9.00 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) 10.45 Close.

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 The Lucky Country. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 Great South East. (CC) 12.00 Creek To Coast. (CC) 12.30 Sydney Weekender. (R, CC) 1.00 Qld Weekender. (CC) 1.30 WA Weekender. (PG, CC) 2.00 Horse Racing. (CC) Underwood Stakes Day. Featuring the Group 1 $400,000 Underwood Stakes (1800m) and George Main Stakes (1600m). Ladies Day. 5.30 Coastwatch. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 Motorway Patrol.

(PG, R, CC) Police catch a wayward drunk.

7.00 MOVIE: While You Were Sleeping. (PG, R, CC) (1995) Sandra Bullock.

9.00 MOVIE: The Net. (M, R, CC) (1995) A software tester’s life is threatened. Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam.

11.00 Body Of Proof. (M, R, CC) 12.30 Wire In The Blood.

(AV15+, R, CC) 2.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. (R, CC) 3.00 This Rugged Coast. (R) 4.00 The Martha Stewart Show.

(R) 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) 10.00 Timbersports. 2014 World Championships. Individual event. Highlights. 11.00 Ultimate Factories. (PG, R) 1.00 Motor Racing. Australian Drifting Grand Prix. Round 1. Replay. 2.00 Shannon’s Legends Of Motorsport.

(PG) 3.00 The Border. (PG, R) 5.00 Bid America! (PG, R) 6.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. (CC) Pre-game coverage of the match.

7.30 Football. (CC) AFL. Second preliminary final. West Coast v North Melbourne.

From Domain Stadium, Perth.

11.00 MOVIE: Lock Up. (M, R) (1989) A convict is moved to a high-security jail.

Sylvester Stallone.

1.15 Locked Up Abroad. (M, R) 2.30 Jail. (M, R) 3.00 Ultimate Factories.

(PG, R) 4.00 Zoom TV. (PG, R) 4.30 Shannon’s Legends Of Motorsport. (PG, R) 5.30 Home Shopping.

7.30pm Treehouse Masters.

A writer calls on Pete to build a hideaway to embrace her creativity. (PG) Discovery

12.30pm Rugby Union. ITM Cup. Otago v Southland. Fox Sports 3 4.00pm Surfing. World League. Women’s Tour. Day 5.

Fox Sports 4

10.30pm Engineering Connections. A look at NASA’s space shuttle. (G) National Geographic

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) 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) 1.30 Danoz. (R) 2.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG) 3.00 Green Lantern. (PG, R) 3.30 Thunderbirds Are Go. (PG, R) 4.30 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 5.00 Tom And Jerry. (R) 5.30 Looney Tunes. (R) 6.00 MOVIE: Happily N’Ever After.

(R) (2006) Andy Dick.

7.50 MOVIE: Valiant. (R) (2005) 9.30 MOVIE: The Italian Job. (M, R) (2003) A gang of thieves tries to steal millions in gold. Mark Wahlberg.

12.00 MOVIE: I Love You Too. (M, R, CC) (2010) Brendan Cowell. 2.10 Sun, Sex And Suspicious Parents.

(M, R) 3.10 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 4.00 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 4.30 Robocar Poli.

(R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. (R)

GEM 6.00 MOVIE: Up The Chastity Belt. (PG, R, CC) (1971) 8.00 Danoz.

8.30 Antiques. (R, CC) 9.00 Alive And Cooking. (R, CC) 9.30 Secret Dealers. (PG, R, CC) 10.30 MOVIE: Carry On Cowboy. (PG, R, CC) (1966) 12.30 River Cottage Bites. (PG) 12.40 Postcards. (CC) 1.10 Duncan’s Thai Kitchen. (R) 1.40 Rapid Response. (PG, R, CC) 2.10 MOVIE: Bombers B-52. (R, CC) (1957) 4.10 MOVIE: North By Northwest. (PG, R, CC) (1959) 7.00 MOVIE: Miss Congeniality 2: Armed And Fabulous. (PG, R, CC) (2005) 9.30 MOVIE: Going The Distance. (MA15+, R, CC) (2010) A couple attempt a long distance romance.

Drew Barrymore.

11.35 MOVIE: Triangle. (AV15+, R, CC) (2009) Melissa George, Rachael Carpani. 1.30 Rugby Union. World Cup. South Africa v Samoa. From Villa Park, Birmingham, England. 3.45 Postcards. (R, CC) 4.15 Duncan’s Thai Kitchen. (R) 4.45 Rugby Union. World Cup. England v Wales. From Twickenham Stadium, London, England.

Kirsten Dunst stars in Crazy/Beautiful

ONE 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 9.00 Animal Extra. (R, CC) 9.30 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 12.00 River To Reef. 12.30 Bondi Boys, Outback Adventure. (PG, R, CC) 1.30 Daryl Beattie Adventures: The Simpson Desert. (R, CC) 2.00 Motor Racing. Australian GT Series.

3.00 The Offroad Adventure Show.

(R, CC) 3.30 Megastructures. (R) 4.30 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R) 5.00 Into Water And Beyond. (PG) 5.30 Extreme Fishing With Robson Green. (PG, R) 6.30 Scorpion. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Shark Tank. (PG, R, CC) Hosted by Sarah Harris.

8.30 CSI: Cyber. (M, R, CC) Brody suspects his former partners-in-crime may have a hand in a series of cyberrelated blazes.

9.30 Graceland. (M) Charlie gets into hot water.

10.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M, R, CC) 11.30 Movie Juice. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Blokesworld. (MA15+, R) 12.30 Ripper Street. (M, R, CC) 1.30 Bellator MMA. (M, R) 3.30 Glory. (PG, R) 4.30 Adventure Angler. (R) 5.30 Motor Racing.

World Series Sprintcars. Replay.

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 8.00 Totally Wild. (C, CC) 8.30 Scope. (C, CC) 9.05 The Loop. (PG) 11.35 90210.

2.30 ST: Next Gen. (PG, R) 3.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. (R) 4.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 So You Think You Can Dance. (PG) 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) Ray and Debra reminisce about how they first met.

8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R, CC) Ray and Debra draft their wills.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M) Irish comedian Graham Norton chats with celebrity guests from around the world.

9.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG, R) Hosted by Stephen Colbert.

10.30 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG, R) Hosted by James Corden.

11.30 The Loop. (PG, R) 2.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. (PG, R) 3.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. (R) 4.00 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 Bunk.

(PG, R) 1.30 Streetosphere. (PG, R) 2.00 Planet Sport. (PG, R) 3.00 The World Of Jenks. (PG, R) 3.50 Departures. (PG, R) 4.45 Dare 2 Dance. (R) 5.50 Julian. (R) 6.05 Celebrity Chef.

7.30 If You Are The One. Hosted by Meng Fei. 8.30 Survive Aotearoa: Surviving At Sea Kapiti. Barrie and Chris demonstrate survival skills.

9.30 MOVIE: Shame. (MA15+, R) (2011) A man’s private life is disrupted. Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan.

11.20 MOVIE: Bullhead.

(MA15+, R) (2011) 1.35 MOVIE: Unresolved Sexual Tension. (AV15+, R) (2010) 3.20 MOVIE: Countryman. (M, R) (1982) 5.20 Latin American News. 5.50 Urdu News.

NITV 6.00 Welcome To Wapos Bay. 6.30 Waabiny Time. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Bizou. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Go Lingo. 9.00 Tales Of Tatonka. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Kriol Kitchen.

10.30 The Marngrook Footy Show.

(PG) 12.00 NITV News Week In Review. 12.30 Football. NEAFL. 3.00 Desperate Measures. 3.30 Our Footprint. 4.00 Around The Campfire. 4.30 Unearthed. 5.00 Ngurra. 5.30 NITV News Week In Review. 6.00 Maori TV’s Native Affairs.

7.00 Unearthed.

7.30 Kai Time On The Road.

8.00 We Come From The Land.

8.30 Away From Country.

(PG) Chronicling the achievements of Indigenous sporting greats.

9.30 MOVIE: September.

(M, CC) (2007) Two teenagers find their friendship threatened.

Clarence John Ryan.

11.00 Kill The Matador. (M) 11.45 Unearthed. 12.00 Roads To Memphis. (PG) 1.30 Ningla A-Na. (M) 3.00 The Long Walk: 10 Years.

(PG) 3.30 The Blues. (PG) 5.00 Away From Country. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 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) 3.15 News. (CC) 3.30 The World This Week. (R, CC) 4.00 News. 4.30 The Drum Weekly. (R, CC) 5.00 News. 5.30 One Plus One: The Road To Alice. (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: The Road To Alice. (R, CC) 12.00 National Press Club Address. (R, CC) 1.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 2.00 BBC World News. 2.30 The Drum Weekly. (R, CC) 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 Aust Story. (R, CC) 2609

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Sunday, September 27 Vera

ABC, 8.30pm Brenda Blethyn is tough-as-nails, middle-aged detective Vera Stanhope in the third series of this mystery crime series where, with her caustic wit and singular charm, she and her trusted right-hand man DS Joe Ashworth face a series of captivating murder mysteries set against the breathtaking but very moody English countryside. Tonight, Stanhope and Ashworth (David Leon) investigate the mysterious murder of David Kenworthy, found dead on the beach at Whitley Bay. Things get complicated when they find out the local arcade owner has a direct link to the family.

ABC

Mr Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown

SBS, 10.55pm In this insightful doco about musician legend James Brown, we learn that he overcame being abandoned by his parents at an early age, to become a self-made man who rose to become one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, not just through his music, but also as a social activist.

Charting his journey from rhythm and blues to funk, the show features rare and previously unseen footage, interviews and photographs chronicling the musical ascension of “the hardest working man in show business”, from his first hit, Please, Please, Please, in 1956 to his iconic performances.

PRIME7

MOVIE: Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End

7MATE, 7pm, PG (2007) Our beloved swashbuckling heroes haul anchor and set sail one last time –well, at least until it wasn’t – in the awe-inspiring climax to one of the most popular trilogies in movie history. Will (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) team up with Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) in a desperate quest to free Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp, right) from his mind-bending trap in Davy Jones’ locker. Navigating through treachery, betrayal and wild waters, the trio must forge their way to exotic Singapore and confront cunning Chinese pirate Sao Fen (Chow Yun-Fat) to rescue the loveable buccaneer. Meanwhile, Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) wreaks havoc across the Seven Seas aboard his terrifying ghost ship the Flying Dutchman.

WIN

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 Hannah Gadsby’s OZ. (PG, R, CC) Part 1 of 3.

2.30 A Law Unto Himself.

(PG, R, CC) 3.00 Parkinson: Masterclass.

(R, CC) (Final) Michael interviews Carlos Acosta.

4.00 Outback Choir. (R, CC) 5.00 New Tricks. (PG, R, CC)

6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) 11.00 I Dream Of Jeannie.

(R, CC) 11.30 Bewitched. (R, CC) 12.00 The Paleo Way. (R) 12.30 Border Security USA. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Air Crash Investigations: Air France 447 – Vanished. (PG, R, CC) Takes a look at Air France 447.

2.00 MOVIE: The Day Of The Jackal. (PG, R, CC) (1973) A terrorist group plans an assassination. Edward Fox. 5.00 News. (CC) 5.30 Sydney Weekender. (CC)

6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00

6.00 One Plus One. (R, CC) Weekly interview program, hosted by Jane Hutcheon.

6.30 Compass: For Better For Worse Pt 2. (CC) Guest presenter Jane Caro explores the secret to successful long-term relationships.

7.00 News. (CC) 7.40 Doctor Who. (PG, CC) The Doctor finds himself trapped and alone in a city occupied by his enemies, with seemingly no way out.

8.30 Vera. (PG, CC) DCI Vera Stanhope and DS Joe Ashworth investigate the murder of the son of a prominent family whose body was found dead on the beach.

10.00 Silent Witness. (M, R, CC) Leo is asked to investigate the death of a teenager, a patient at a psychiatric centre.

11.00 Silk. (M, R, CC) Despite Clive’s warnings, Martha agrees to defend a suspected terrorist from extradition to the United States.

6.00 News. (CC) 7.00 The X Factor Live. (PG, CC) The contestants take to the stage for the first of the live performances in order to prove they have what it takes to become Australia’s next singing superstar.

Hosted by Luke Jacobz, with judges Guy Sebastian, James Blunt, Chris Isaak and Dannii Minogue.

9.30 MOVIE: Pitch Perfect.

(M, R, CC) (2012) A university freshman is coaxed into joining an all-girls acapella group.

However, before they can take on their rivals they must first revamp their new recruits, incorporating their unique style into the repertoire. Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Rebel Wilson.

11.50 Covert Affairs. (M, CC) Annie and McQuaid’s continued pursuit of Belenko takes them into dangerous territory.

Auggie’s past comes back to haunt him.

12.00 MOVIE: Manhattan.

(M, R, CC) (1979) Woody Allen.

1.35 MOVIE: Seven Keys To Baldpate. (PG, R) (1947) Phillip Terry.

2.45 Silent Witness. (M, R, CC) 3.45 Silk. (M, R, CC) 5.00 Message Stick. (R, CC) 5.30 Eggheads. (R, CC)

1.00 Home Shopping.

5.30 Early News. (CC) Local, national and overseas news, including sport and the latest weather.

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 League. Men’s Championship Tour.

Round 7. Billabong Pro Teahupoo. Highlights. From Taiarapu, Tahiti.

Wild Life Of Tim Faulkner. (CC) Hosted by Tim Faulkner.

MOVIE: Innerspace.

(PG, R, CC) (1987) Dennis Quaid, Martin Short.

News. (CC) Customs. (PG, R, CC)

TEN

SBS

6.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries.

(CC) 6.30 Hillsong. (CC) 7.00 Mass For You At Home.

7.30 Joel Osteen. (CC) 8.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10: Sunday. (CC) 10.00 The Bolt Report. (CC) 11.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

(R, CC) 11.15 Animal Extra. (CC) 11.45 TBL Families. (PG, R, CC) 12.45 iFish. (R, CC) 1.15 The Offroad Adventure Show. (CC) 1.45 Rally Australia ARC Event Review Pt 1. (CC) 3.00 The Bolt Report. (R, CC) 4.00 RPM. (CC) 5.00 Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 Cycling. 6.45 WeatherWatch And Music. 7.00 Al Jazeera English News. (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 The World Game. (CC) 2.00 Speedweek. (CC) 4.00 Motorcycle Racing.

(CC) Superbike World Championship. Round 11.

Highlights.

4.30 Football Asia. (CC) 5.00 The Bike Lane. (CC) 5.30 Himmler And The Holy Grail. (PG, R, CC)

6.00 News. (CC) 7.00 The Block. (PG, CC) The master bedrooms and walk-in wardrobes are revealed, with Caro and Kingi keen for a win having come in second place for two weeks in a row. However, for one team the outcome is a disaster after they fail to complete their room. Hosted by Scott Cam. 8.30 60 Minutes. (CC) Current affairs program.

9.40 The Boy With The World’s Biggest Hands. (PG, CC) The story of an Indian boy, Kaleem, who was born with a condition that caused his hands and arms to continue growing until they weighed in at over 2kgs each.

10.40 World’s Worst Holiday Horrors. (PG, CC) Part 1 of 3. Takes a look at holiday moments captured on camera that went wrong, including raw footage, interviews and expert analysis.

11.40 Person Of Interest.

(M, R, CC) The team must devise new ways to continue their work without being detected by Samaritan.

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 Scorpion. (PG, CC) Walter and the team investigate after a CIA agent was coerced into stealing deadly chemicals by his girlfriend.

7.30 TBL Families. (PG, CC) Facing off in the mud, the teams must use their strength in a tug-of-war challenge for immunity.

A contestant makes a tough decision after a lifechanging offer. Hosted by Fiona Falkiner.

8.30 MOVIE: Star Trek Into Darkness. (M, CC) (2013) Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise return to Earth to deal with a terrorist who has attacked the heart of Starfleet, only to encounter a seemingly unstoppable enemy with a plan of his own. Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana.

11.05 MOVIE: Chronicle.

(M, R, CC) (2012) Three teenagers gain superpowers after making an incredible underground discovery. Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell.

6.30 World News. (CC) 7.35 Ultimate Tutankhamun.

(PG, CC) Part 1 of 2.

Egyptologist Dr Chris Naunton conducts an investigation into the cause of death of Tutankhamun.

8.35 Sinatra: All Or Nothing At All. (M, CC) Part 2 of 2.

Takes a look at the life, music and career of the legendary entertainer, Frank Sinatra. Told using his own words from hours of interviews, along with commentary from those closest to him, it provides a portrait of the singer, actor, father, husband and philanthropist.

10.55 Mr Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown. (PG, CC) Takes a candid look at the life of “The Godfather Of Soul”, James Brown.

Abandoned by his parents at an early age, he was a self-made man who went on to become one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, not only for his music but also his role as a social activist.

12.35 Gotham. (M, R, CC) 1.30 Impractical Jokers.

(M, R, CC) The boys become bumbling bellhops.

2.00 Spyforce. (PG, R) 3.00 20/20. (R, CC) 4.00 Good Morning America: Sunday. (CC) 5.00 News: Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 Today. (CC)

1.00 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.

1.05 Cycling. UCI Road World Championships. Final day.

Road race events. Elite men. From Richmond, Virginia.

11.00 1.00

2.00 2.30 5.00 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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DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

7.30pm The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies (2014) Fantasy. Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman. (M) Premiere

6.30pm Seinfeld.

Jerry rebels against the “hello” kiss. (PG) TV Hits

7.30pm Lodging With Lions.

Dala and Rusizi go exploring and take great delight in getting wet. (PG) Animal Planet

6.30pm Motor Racing. FIA WTCC. Round 20. Eurosport

10.00pm This Is Where I Leave You (2014) Comedy.

Jason Bateman, Tina Fey. When their father passes away, four grown-up siblings return to their childhood home and live under the same roof for a week.

(M) Premiere

7.30pm Open Slather. A noholds-barred send-up of pop culture, politics, sport, music and media. (MA15+) Comedy Channel 8.30pm Don’t Be Tardy.

Arena

11.00pm The Lego Movie (2014) Animation. Chris Pratt, Will Arnett. (PG) Family

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 2.05 Bob The Builder: Project Build It. (R, CC) 2.20 Tinga Tinga Tales. (R, CC) 2.35 Olivia. (R, CC) 2.50 Tree Fu Tom. (R, CC) 3.20 Timmy Time.

(R, CC) 3.30 Play School. (R, CC) 4.00 Bananas. (R, CC) 4.10 Hoopla.

(R, CC) 4.25 Mister Maker Comes To Town. (R, CC) 4.45 Grandpa In My Pocket. (R) 5.00 Get Grubby TV. (R, CC) 5.30 Olivia And The Treasure Hunt. (R, CC) 5.50 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 6.00 Ben And Holly.

(R, CC) 6.10 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.25 Dinosaur Train. (R, CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan. (PG, R, CC) 8.15 Good Game: Pocket Edition. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 Six Million Dollar Conman.

(PG, R, CC) 9.45 Outsiders With Darren McMullen. (M, R, CC) 10.45 Louis Theroux. (PG, R, CC) 11.35 Clothes To Die For. (M, R, CC) 12.35 The Fades. (MA15+, R, CC) 1.30 News Update. (R) 1.35 Close. 5.00 The Numtums. (R, CC) 5.05 Wild Animal Baby Explorers. (R, CC) 5.20 Guess With Jess. (R, CC) 5.30 Angelina Ballerina. (R, CC) 5.40 64 Zoo Lane. (R, CC) 5.55 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Sea Princesses. (R, CC) 6.10 SamSam. (R, CC) 6.20 The New Adventures Of Peter Pan. (R, CC) 6.40 Sally Bollywood. (R, CC) 6.55 Dennis The Menace And 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 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk.

(R, CC) 9.00 Horrible Histories.

(R, CC) 9.25 Total Drama World Tour. (R, CC) 9.55 Grojband. (R, CC) 10.15 Numb Chucks. (R, CC) 10.50 Canimals. (R) 11.00 Wacky World Beaters. (R, CC) 11.30 Little Lunch. (R, CC) 12.00 Dani’s House.

(R, CC) 12.30 Really Me. (R, CC) 1.55 House Of Anubis. (R) 3.00 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 3.25 WAC. (R, CC) 3.55 Studio 3. 4.00 Roy. (R, CC) 4.30 Hank Zipzer. (R, CC) 4.55 Big Babies. (R, CC) 5.10 Life With Boys. (R, CC) 5.35 Sadie J. (R, CC) 6.10 The Penguins Of Madagascar.

(R) 6.30 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 7.00 Nowhere Boys. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Officially Amazing. (R, CC) 8.00 The Haunting Hour. (PG, CC) 8.50 Wolfblood. (R, CC) 9.15 Good Game: Pocket Edition. (PG, R, CC) 9.20 Rage. (PG, R) 1.55 Close.

7TWO 6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Tomorrow’s World. (PG) 7.30 Michael Youssef.

(PG) 8.00 David Jeremiah. (PG) 8.30 Shopping. 9.30 Home And Away Catch-Up. (PG, R) 12.00 Under The Covers. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Melbourne Weekender. (CC) 1.30 A Place To Call Home. (PG, R) 7.30 Escape To The Country.

(R) Jules Hudson heads to Cheshire.

9.30 Escape To The Continent.

(New Series) A look at competitively priced homes, stunning locations and cultural hot-spots in Pointou-Charentes, France.

10.45 Best Houses Australia.

11.15 Command Center: Aalsmeer Flower Auction, The Netherlands. (PG, R) Explores the Aalsmeer Flower Auction.

12.15 Escape To The Country.

(R) Jules Hudson heads to Cheshire.

2.15 Escape To The Continent.

(R) A look at homes in Pointou-Charentes, France.

3.30 Command Center. (PG, R) 4.30 Neighbours At War. (M, R) 5.00 Home Shopping.

7MATE 6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG, R) 7.30 Home Shopping. 9.30 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG, R) 10.00 AFL Game Day. (PG, CC) 11.30 NFL Game Day. (PG) 12.00 Sound FX. (R) 12.30 Turtleman. (PG, R) 1.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. (PG, R) 2.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG) 3.00 Wipeout USA. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 MOVIE: Nim’s Island.

(PG, R, CC) (2008) Abigail Breslin.

7.00 MOVIE: Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End. (PG, R, CC) (2007) Will and Elizabeth try to free Jack. Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom.

10.30 MOVIE: Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels.

(AV15+, R, CC) (1998) Four lads get involved in a highstakes card game. Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher.

12.45 Locked Up Abroad: Philippine Terror. (M, R) A look at the story of Greg Williams.

2.00 Scare Tactics. (M, R) 3.00 NFL. Week 3. Carolina Panthers v New Orleans Saints.

8.30pm Finding Bigfoot.

(PG) Animal Planet 10.30pm The Detectives.

Follows the work of the Manchester Police as they investigate serious sexual offences. (M) Crime & Investigation

GO! 6.00 Thunderbirds. (R) 7.00 Kids’ WB. (PG) 7.05 Looney Tunes.

7.30 The Skinner Boys. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 8.30 Scooby-Doo! (PG, R) 9.00 Looney Tunes. (R) 9.30 Adv Time. (PG, R) 10.00 The Batman. (PG, R) 11.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. (PG) 11.30 Rabbids. (PG, R) 12.00 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 12.30 SpongeBob. (R) 1.30 Danoz. 2.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 3.00 Green Lantern: The Animated Series. (PG, R) 3.30 Young Justice: Invasion. (PG, R) 4.30 The Batman. (PG, R) 5.30 Thunderbirds Are Go. (PG, R) 6.30 MOVIE: Rise Of The Guardians. (PG, R, CC) (2012) 8.30 MOVIE: Batman Returns.

(M, R, CC) (1992) Batman battles The Penguin.

Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito.

11.00 Car SOS. (PG, R) 12.00 The Originals. (AV15+) 1.00 2 Broke Girls. (M, R, CC) 1.30 Sun, Sex And Suspicious Parents. (M, R) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. (PG, R) 4.00 Power Rangers Megaforce. (PG, R) 4.30 Robocar Poli. (R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. (R)

GEM 6.00 Rugby Union. World Cup. England v Wales. Continued. 7.00 Avengers. (PG, R) 8.00 Rainbow Country. (R) 8.30 Danoz. 9.30 Skippy. (R) 10.00 MOVIE: The Captive Heart. (PG, R, CC) (1946) 12.00 Cycling. National Road Series. National Capital Tour.

Highlights. 12.30 Garden Gurus. (R, CC) 1.00 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 1.30 MOVIE: Shalako. (PG, R, CC) (1968) 3.50 MOVIE: Khartoum. (R) (1966) Charlton Heston.

6.30 MOVIE: National Lampoon’s European Vacation. (PG, R, CC) (1985) A family embarks on a European holiday. Chevy Chase.

8.30 Rugby Union. World Cup. Australia v Uruguay. From Villa Park, Birmingham, England.

11.00 MOVIE: Convoy. (M, R, CC) (1978) Kris Kristofferson.

1.15 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 1.45 River Cottage Bites. (R) 2.00 Danoz Direct.

3.00 New Style Direct.

3.30 Global Shop.

4.30 Enjoying Everyday Life With Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.00 Seaway.

(PG, R, CC)

8.30pm Golf. Euro PGA. European Open. Final round.

Fox Sports 1 8.45pm Rugby Union. World Cup. Australia v Uruguay. Fox Sports 2

Michael Richards stars in Seinfeld

ONE 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 9.00 Movie Juice.

(PG, R, CC) 9.30 World Sport. (R) 10.00 Reel Rock. (PG, R) 11.00 All 4 Adventure. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 1.00 Moments Of Impact. (PG, R) 2.00 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R) 2.30 Just Go. (R, CC) 3.00 4x4 Adventures. (R) 4.00 Adv Angler.

4.30 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 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 Cops. (PG, R) 8.30 Bondi Ink Tattoo. (M, R) Wendy makes a change without Mike.

9.30 Motorcycle Racing.

MotoGP. Race 14. Aragón Grand Prix. From Motorland Aragón, Spain.

11.00 World Sport.

11.30 The Americans.

(AV15+, R, CC) (Final) 12.30 RPM. (R, CC) 1.30 48 Hours. (M, R) 2.30 Cops. (PG, R) 3.00 Kickboxing. Glory 18 Superfight Series. Replay. From Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 4.00 Diamond Divers. (PG, R) 5.00 All 4 Adventure. (PG, R, CC)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 9.00 Infomercials. (PG) 9.30 TMNT. (R) 10.00 Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures. (C, R, CC) 10.30 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 90210.

2.30 Neighbours. (R, CC) 5.00 Dr Quinn. (PG, R) 6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. (CC) 6.30 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 Futurama. (PG, R) Bender confronts parenthood.

7.30 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) Bart pre-enlists in the army.

8.30 MOVIE: Flashdance.

(M, R) (1983) A determined, young woman dreams of becoming a professional dancer with a top ballet school. Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala.

10.25 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (M, R) 11.25 House Of Lies. (M) 12.00 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG, R) 1.00 Nurse Jackie. (M) 1.30 The Crazy Ones. (M) 2.00 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch.

(PG, R, CC) 3.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (R) 4.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. (PG, R) 5.00 Home Shopping.

SBS 2 6.00 Urdu News. 6.20 Indonesian News. 7.00 Russian News. 7.30 Polish News. 8.00 Maltese News.

8.30 Macedonian News. 9.00 PopAsia. (PG) 11.00 Portuguese News. 11.30 Croatian News. 12.00 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News.

1.00 Celebrity Chef. 2.20 Duck Quacks Don’t Echo. (M, R, CC) 3.10 The Tim Ferriss Experiment. (PG, R) 3.35 London Calling. (M, R, CC) 4.40 The Pitch. (PG, R) 5.30 Vs Arashi.

6.25 Dare 2 Dance.

7.30 If You Are The One. 8.30 South Park. (MA15+, R, CC) Ike is being haunted by spirits.

9.00 Drunk History. (M, R) 9.30 South Park. (MA15+, R, CC) Butters is determined to have his first kiss.

10.00 Ali G: Remixed. (M, R) 10.25 Sex Toys: Frisky Business. (MA15+, R) (Final) 11.20 Naked News: Uncovered!

(MA15+, R, CC) (Final) 11.50 In Her Skin. (M) 1.30 MOVIE: Madame Satã. (MA15+) (2002) 3.20 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) AFC Champions League. 12.00 NITV News Week In Review.

12.30 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. 2.10 Rugby League.

Koori Knockout. 3.30 Tag 20: The Documentary. 4.30 From The Vault. 4.40 JM’s Healthy Tips. 4.45 Unearthed. 5.00 Te Kaea. 5.30 NITV News Week In Review.

6.00 Awaken. Hosted by Stan Grant.

7.00 Ngurra.

7.30 Backyard Shorts. (PG) 8.00 Tangaroa With Pio. 8.30 We Still Live Here.

9.30 MOVIE: Backroads.

(AV15+) (1977) Bill Hunter, Gary Foley.

10.30 The Syron’s Call.

10.45 Aesop’s Way. (PG) 11.00 Colour Me. 12.00 Fusion With Casey Donovan.

1.00 NITV On The Road: Mbantua Festival. 2.00 Backyard Shorts.

(PG) 2.30 Kids To Coast. 3.00 Kriol Kitchen. 3.30 Mana Mamau. (M) 4.00 Fusion With Casey Donovan.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 News. (CC) 12.30 The Drum Weekly. (R) 1.00 News. 1.30 Landline. (R, CC) 2.00 News. 2.30 One Plus One: The Road To Alice. (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: The Road To Alice. (R, CC) 10.00 News. (CC) 10.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 The Drum Weekly. (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: The Road To Alice. (R, CC) 2709

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The Lifehouse is a support network for many Dubbo residents who are undergoing treatment of cancer

FORMAL DINNER & DRINKS • 3 course meal & drinks under the stars • Local band performances • Local artists creating masterpieces • Auctioning of local artworks

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FIND THE WORDS This is a theme puzzle with the subject stated below. Find the listed words in the grid. (They may run in any direction but always in a straight line. Some letters are used more than once.) Ring each word as you find it and when you have completed the puzzle, there will be 16 letters left over.

They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.

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WEEKENDER SUDOKU Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column down and each small 9-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine.

GRIN & BEAR IT

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LAFF-A-DAY SNOWFLAKES There are 13 black hexagons in the puzzle. Place the numbers 1 to 6 around each of them. No number can be repeated in any partial hexagon shape along the border of the puzzle.

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STRANGE BUT TRUE l It was Che Guevara – physician, author, revolutionary, guerrilla leader and diplomat – who made the following sage observation: “Silence is argument carried out by other means.” l If you’ve ever awakened from a dream feeling especially calm and content, you’ve experienced euneirophrenia. l Sometime in July of 1518, a strange malady swept the town of Strasbourg, France, when hundreds of people were overcome with an irresistible compulsion to dance. Some believed that the only cure was to dance day and night until the compulsion ended, so city leaders hired musicians and set aside guild halls for dancing. According to eyewitness documents, people so enthralled expressed their misery, but were unable to stop dancing. Those with weak hearts actually died while under the compulsion. As inexplica-

by Samantha Weaver bly as the malady struck, it ended in early September, after affecting about 400 residents. l Those who study such things say that, in 2012, Australian households spent an average of $99 per week on energy. This included $39 per week on energy sources used within the dwelling (such as electricity or gas) and $60 for fuel for vehicles.

l Of all the works of art stolen in Europe, 60 percent of it ends up in London. l The name Samantha is thought by some to be a combination of the biblical name Samuel and anthos, the Greek word for flower. During Puritanical times the name became associated with witchcraft, causing a steep decline in its usage. When the TV series “Bewitched” (starring Elizabeth Montgomery, pictured) premiered in 1964 – featuring a witch named Samantha – the name began steadily gaining in popularity. By 2009, it was one of the most popular names for girls. l If you’re in the state of Washington and decide to paint polka dots on an American flag, you should be aware that you’re breaking the law.

Thought for the Day: “Well done is better than well said.” – Benjamin Franklin

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YOUR STARS ARIES (MAR 21-APR 20) A dynamic aspect to this week finds you making changes. These may be subtle but have a big impact.

Has it been some time since you decided to change your hair or style? There is plenty of choice around, so have fun mixing things up. Eating habits may be under the spotlight but there’s no need to stop having everything you enjoy. You may feel that looking for perfection will only bring disappointment. Perhaps, but don’t you owe it to yourself to try?

TAURUS (APR 21-MAY 21) Where

others see a situation that is stressful, you see another challenge. There is a great deal of satisfaction to be had this week by solving a puzzle. Clearly someone sees you as their hero. Do they see you as more than that? Sometimes friendship can turn to something quite different. Are you ready for a declaration? When it comes to your love life you can afford to be modest, if that suits you. However, at work be prepared to show what you can do.

GEMINI (MAY 22-JUN 21) In

a busy week you need to be choosy about who you spend time with. Some social calls can be dealt with at the weekend rather than taking time out of your daily schedule. Someone important to your career is paying attention. Be at your best, but avoid exaggeration. Are you interested in someone who seems mysterious? The fact is they could be more than a little confused. Certainly take anything that is said with a dose of scepticism.

CANCER (JUN 22-JUL 22)

Are you still trying to get the attention of someone who attracts you? Why are they not responding? Finding out more about them could give you a clue. Perhaps this is a good situation to use a go-between?

Finances need your attention to keep them balanced. Cutting back now can make up for extra spending over the past few months. Can you afford to be ruled by your heart this week? Although you are hardwired to take a practical approach, it can be tricky.

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LEO (JUL 23-AUG 23) Sit back this week and take a good hard look over your future plans. The chances are that some small matters are out of step. Either cut them out or rearrange them. A close link between work and home could mean you are trying to please everyone. This is not possible in the longer term without compromise.

Sometimes we lose sight of our priorities.

At the moment you should be looking after yourself.

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sharp right through to mid-week.

It is then that an opportunity will come your way. Be sure to see it. By having more confidence in yourself you will realise you are the best person for this challenge. Put lots of energy into everything now. There will be plenty of time to relax at the weekend. Are you in a creative mood? Get going on that new project. There is no need to spend a lot of cash though.

LIBRA (SEP 24-OCT 23) This

week you will be finding the usual, but look out for the unusual too. What will come along and stimulate your imagination? Keep an open mind to make the most of an intriguing situation. Make this a week when you ask a lot of questions – and expect some direct answers. An old friend lightens the atmosphere at the weekend. Being a little bit cheeky and entirely charming will get you everywhere!

SCORPIO (OCT 24-NOV 22)

There seems to be some confusion over what you want and what you really need. A swift decision is possible when you check out your finances. Tempted to cut your losses and run? Maybe, but that isn’t really you, is it? The ideal answer could easily come at the weekend. Bide your time and stay sharp. Your romantic ideal is still clear in your mind. If you are even halfway there, be glad.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 23-DEC 21) When reaching out to snatch

some romantic moments, give yourself time. What you consider to be adequate quality time may not be enough for a loved one. Something you don’t understand about your partner could become clear this weekend. Be flexible in your mind. Realise that what you have already might not need changing. A bit of self-indulgence will do you a world of good. Can this be shared? Maybe, but not entirely.

CAPRICORN (DEC 22-JAN 20)

Ask the right questions this week and get some straight answers.

Take what you hear, and work with what you have. There are situations and people who would distract you from what is most important. Be aware that small matters can become big problems if you don’t get organised and show your hand. Cash flow seems to be like an everrunning stream. Is it time to build a dam?

AQUARIUS (JAN 21-FEB 19)

Romantic promises sometimes come to nothing. Even so, don’t give up. Where others have problems making decisions now, their attitudes will change. In the meantime, get out and about and keep your mind busy. Who wants you to go and visit them?

Maybe this would be the ideal time. Clear your mind. Your work may not be the most important priority to you overall. However, it can be the steadying influence you need.

PISCES (FEB 20-MAR 20) Have

you at last found the thing you have been looking for? Possibly.

However, are you still looking for perfection? To avoid being disappointed this weekend, be practical. If your ideal hero or heroine really did ride into your life today, where would they keep their horse? Would you be happy staying at home while they saved the world? Settling for more ordinary pleasures is, at times, very relaxing.

Monday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! You share your day with Australian actress Naomi Watts, 47 (pictured).

Where there is love, Libra, there is also confusion. Be aware that you could fall in love with love itself rather than a person.

Give yourself time. However, faster decisions can be made in business if you have all the facts.

Tuesday’s Birthday Luck: A fast-moving time is coming up, Libra. Be sure your decisions are your own and are not a knee-jerk reaction to an opportunity. A dreamy kind of reality is not right for you now. Hard facts will bring in the cash.

Wednesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Your determination may, at times, smack of desperation. As long as you are the only one aware of that, it doesn’t matter. Libra, it is good to see you being ambitious.

Thursday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Someone who thinks you will be a pushover either in love or business is in for a shock, Libra! Determination is written all over your face. Anyone who can’t see that is in trouble.

Friday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday!

You may, at times, be fighting your own corner. At least you know that you will not be let down, right? Keep your hard face for business though. In the real world you want a warm approach to romance, Libra.

Saturday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Minx or magic? You can be both in the months ahead, Libra. Refuse to take second best in any area, even if it means you have to wait. Bring out your creative talents and make friends at the same time.

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QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Plan; 3 Conclude; 9 Look out; 10 Niche; 11 Out of keeping; 13 Expect; 15 Prayer; 17 Indisputable; 20 Green; 21 Upright; 22 Deterred; 23 Only. Down: 1 Pullover; 2 About; 4 Outlet; 5 Conspirators; 6 Uncanny; 7 Ever; 8 Confectioner; 12 Priestly; 14 Pungent; 16 Spruce; 18 Begin; 19 Aged.

DUAL CROSSWORD TOO 18,893 CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Impact; 4 Knocks; 9 Steeringwheel; 10 Drop off; 11 Elude; 12 Adore; 14 Nepal; 18 Lords; 19 Recline; 21 Window-cleaner; 22 Dreads; 23 Stalls. Down: 1 Inside; 2 Preponderance; 3 Curio; 5 Nowhere; 6 Coeducational; 7 Salver; 8 Unify; 13 Respond; 15 Flawed; 16 Trick; 17 Hearts; 20 Cleft.

QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Recite; 4 Rascal; 9 Multicoloured; 10 Violent; 11 Issue; 12 Guise; 14 Thong; 18 Frame; 19 Voucher; 21 Stick-in-the-mud; 22 Timber; 23 Prompt. Down: 1 Remove; 2 Colloquialism; 3 Twine; 5 Abolish; 6 Chrysanthemum; 7 Lodged; 8 Loath; 13 Speckle; 15 Offset; 16 Event; 17 Credit; 20 Usher.

Sunday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Libra, this is a wonderfully creative time. Make the most of it by taking a course, inviting friends to join in your hobby or taking a fascinating trip.

This is your time to shine and show what you are made of.

Mega Maze

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The Baker's Dozen Trivia Test: .

1. Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. 2.

Cottee’s. 3. Thursday before Easter, marking the Last Supper. 4. Elvis. 5.

Selman Waksman. 6. Frank Dunne.

7. It has died.. 8. 28-31 days. 9.

Northern Italy. 10. Walt Whitman. 11.

Norm, in 1975.. 12. Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali, in 2014.. 13. “I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonight�, written and sung by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. A different song of the same title had been released in 1963 by doo-wop group Barry & the Tamerlanes, and yet another with the same title by Russell Smith went to No. 37 on the country charts in 1989.

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