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Turning up the heat on the good ol’ days OT, innit? How’s that polar vortex we were all complaining about not so long back looking now? Still, it gives us something to talk about and there’s nothing like a run of hot days and furnace-like winds to kick-start a conversation about the “good old days”. We’d be breaking a long-held tradition if we failed to point out – assuming we can raise the energy to actually point once the mercury sails past that ghastly 40 mark – how we’ve gone soft in our old age. Hot? Never had it so good, the oldies (me included) cluck. I too remember sweating my way through sleepless nights with wet towels hung in front of groaning old fans. I remember two-hour bus trips home from school (that’s when the old bus DIDN”T boil) with our heads hung out the windows in a forlorn attempt to stave off certain suffocation. I also have memories of mid-summer car trips jammed between my lanky brothers in the back seat, where the vinyl – no poncy seat covers in my day, no siree – more resembled a hotplate waiting to turn skin to molten lava. Remember melting into a near-comatose state of lethargy in stifling, airless demountable classrooms? Lamb-marking on days so scorching you would cheerfully swap places with the hapless little boy lamb just for the chance to lie down? No air-conditioning then, my young whipper snappers. And here’s the rub: It was bloody awful then and it’s bloody awful now. Just because I sleep and wake up in an airconditioned house, drive to and from air-conditioned offices and shops in my air-conditioned car, doesn’t mean I can’t gripe along with the rest of the population when Mother Nature forces us to endure obscene 40 plus temperatures. Good old days my swollen, sweaty foot. We grizzled just as much then as we do now. The fact that we survived without the luxurious optional extra of air-conditioning doesn’t make me feel the least bit guilty for making life a little easier now that we have the technology. If the nostalgic among us want to martyr themselves to prove a point, go right ahead and turn off the air-conditioning. While they’re at it, they might want to drag out the horse and buggy. Of course, the upside of this weather is that we’ve all had something to talk about. With such scintillating opening lines as “Jeez, hot isn’t it?” and the ridiculous “Hot enough for ya?” how could I miss the opportunity for some

witty repartee with fellow heat-haters? And I’ve discovered through some of these exchanges that heatwave stories tend to be somewhat akin to fishing tales. No matter how hot it was under your pergola, someone else’s backyard will nudge you out by half a degree. Same goes for towns. Orange reached 37, huh? Pffft. Wimps. We beat ‘em by five whole degrees on Wednesday – and that was in the waterbag in the shade. Is the world getting hotter? More than likely. Are we getting softer? Probably. No matter how But for this little mountain las- hot it was under sie, when the mer- your pergola, cury nudges 35, any increase is simply someone else’s academic. backyard will The novelty factor of Facebook one-up- nudge you out manship and posts by half a degree. about how hot the car said it was lasts only so long. But this week’s “heatwave” (and some would argue that’s a misnomer – given it’s Australia, it’s January and it’s, well, summer) has put at least one argument in our household on ice for a while. My husband, The Oracle, has already this season pumped enough chemical substance into our pool to make the Essendon Bombers envious, and is constantly threatening to “bulldoze the bloody thing in” while I’m not looking. This week? Not so much. And after that, over my dead, sweaty body. I’ve spent much of this week justifying the transfer of my home office to the shallow end of the pool (backyard, not gene) without breaching a serious risk assessment regarding technology and water. So far so good, and another reason the encumbrance of maintaining the pool is a burden I’m happy to let my husband bear. Incessant coverage of the weather just makes me hotter – so I don’t want to listen to any more forecasts unless they give me a solid gold, water tight, money back guarantee that this weekend will be more bearable, and the wind won’t feel like the breath of a dragon. Because, to quote a former colleague of mine: Stick a fork in us – we’re done.

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Region’s farmers well prepared for future potential BY KIM V. GOLDSMITH JOURNALIST

HE start of a new year brings great speculation about the fortunes and challenges of the year ahead, but if 2015 proved anything it was that Australian farmers continue to be innovative, adaptable and above all resilient. Productivity levels across the board are continuing to increase despite doing agricultural businesses operating in not only a highly variable climate but also a turbulent global marketplace. While seasonal conditions leading up to harvest were tough for some winter croppers, in December the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) was predicting Australian winter crop production would slightly increase. The federal rural economic, scientific and social researcher forecast the total Australian winter crop production to increase by two per cent in 2015–16 on the previous year, with NSW and Queensland contributing to the increase. Wool production forecasts tell a different story with the Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee predicting a seven per cent decline in shorn wool production on the previous year, largely due to seasonal conditions lowering fleece weights and increased reductions in sheep numbers due to water shortages. Abigail McLaughlin and her husband Jim have a wool and stud Merino sheep operation between Nyngan and Duck Creek in the state’s west, cropping about 1000 of which about half stays on farm for stock feed. “We were most fortunate with the timing of our winter rainfall, and although September and October were very hot and dry our crops did hang on,” McLaughlin told Weekender. “About half of our cereal cropping area was sown into paddocks which had previously had chickpeas. “That particular rotation worked well this year with that portion of the crop having above average yield and also producing high protein wheat. “The remainder of our crop was lower yielding and had higher screenings.” McLaughlin works for a local grain delivery centre and she says it was a mixed harvest in the west. “We ended up taking nine different segregations of wheat, two of barley and two of canola. “This is unusual as typically we’d receive a lot of one type of wheat, but this year it seemed like every truck had something different on it. “There was not a lot if good quality high protein grain around and nearly everyone who did bring it in had sown their crop in a rotation with a legume crop.” According to McLaughlin, parts of the Nyngan district were also rain affected during harvest, and while not a lot of grain was “shot and sprung”, it was starting to show the affects of weather damage. Despite a good start to summer set-

ting up pastures and allowing the optimistic for the year ahead. McLaughlins to take on agistment cat“A wet winter is predicted and our tle, storm rains have been patchy over cropping program will make the most recent weeks leaving them sitting tight of that, as well all the markets are up in hope of good rain in about six weeks. and we’re feeling more confident than Closer to Dubbo, Kellie and Murray we have in quite a few years.” Towers have also been happy with their North-east of Wellington, Pip Smith harvest. describes this past summer as “bloody “We managed to fill all our silos and awesome”. built a temporary bunker for excess She and husband, Norm, run a sheep oats,” says Kellie Towers. enterprise and things are looking good “Lamb prices have been good and thanks to plenty of feed. each of our enterprises have exceeded “I’m loving the whole El Niño predicour preseason expectations. tion…we had plenty of rain and have “We were bracing even had some stock ourselves for a dry on agistment. start to summer so we “We tried to buy were pleasantly sursome trade cattle this prised to get rain we week but they’re too weren’t expecting. expensive. “We have culled “Bring on 2016 - it’s pretty hard so we’d going to be a ripper!” have enough feed and McLaughlin is also water to get through feeling positive about summer. 2016. “It’s a pretty good “If cattle, sheep feeling now though, and wool prices stay having done it very high, we’re feeling hard for the last few good about 2016. ` years. “We were fortuIf cattle, sheep and “We’re very connate to have a coinscious though that cidence of good seawool prices stay many friends and sons and high prices high, we’re feeling family, particularly in last year. good about 2016 Queensland, are re“The season is ally struggling…it’s starting to look dry – Nyngan grazier, heartbreaking.” though and there is Abigail McLaughlin Towers says they’re talk of El Niño which

is always a concern.” Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) is anticipating tight Australian beef supplies going forward that combined with a weaker Australian dollar and strong export demand will see a strong market for cattle continue into the new year. Demand for Australian lamb in 2016 will also continue to be heavily influenced by exports and a weaker dollar. National Australia Bank (NAB) head of agribusiness markets, Greg Noonan wrote in December that one of the big challenges ahead for Australian farmers is global commodity prices. “The grain picture globally hasn’t looked great with the surplus stocks of corn and wheat and another year of strong global production. “For Australian producers, that’s been offset by the lower Australian dollar, but if the dollar strengthens that’s going to put pressure on that sector. “The other one that’s going to be important for Australian agriculture is how the China situation plays out in the next 12 months.” Just last week, financial markets were reacting negatively to the plunging Chinese market and concerns over the ongoing health of the Chinese economy. Prior to this news, Noonan reported that despite the slowing Chinese economy NAB expected China “to continue to grow at a good rate and demand for Australian agricultural products will remain strong and that will underpin returns”.

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Divided we fall People power key to ending merger

BY YVETTE AUBUSSON FOLEY “PEOPLE power” is the best chance Dubbo and Wellington have to prevent the NSW Government’s proposed merger of their councils, according to Dubbo Mayor Mathew Dickerson, who remains vehemently opposed to the planned merge. “The only hope we have is for a very thorough campaign from the public; for the public to get behind this and tell the government what they would like to see. The voice of the public is the only thing that’s going to save us in this scenario.” The final merger proposal released earlier this month by the NSW government is now available online to read at www.councilboundaryreview.nsw.gov. au, and the public is invited to write or upload submissions for or against the merger on the site, which includes detailed guidelines on how to submit. According to Dickerson, preliminary reading has revealed a number of inaccuracies including the incorrect population of Wellington and an incongruous statement, which reads: “These communities have a common heritage in both agriculture and mining.” “That particularly disappointed me,” he says. “For all the work they’ve done and all the conversations we’ve had, they think Dubbo and Wellington are mining and agriculture towns. “Neither has mines. Wellington’s number one employer is agriculture. Dubbo’s 12th highest industry employer is agriculture so there’s no commonality there. They may as well have said we have pink elephants.” Dickerson describes the proposal as “sloppy, disappointing and embarrassing” after four years of extensive consultation, research and analysis. The merger proposal is a culmination of research conducted by KPMG, an audit, tax and advisory service. “They’re not releasing the KPMG information and that’s been requested by councils and by Local Government NSW but the report is confidential to the state government. All they’ve done is taken that report and used information out of that.” The proposal suggests a merger between Dubbo and Wellington would “lead to around $17M net financial savings over 20 years”. This confounds Dubbo’s mayor. “I couldn’t even begin to tell you how they come up with the $17 million dollars because that’s supposedly in the KPMG report. “When someone says to me you’ll save $17M, I’ll go that’s fantastic, and I’d like to see how we can save that. Then you put it over 20 years, that’s around $800,000 a year and in the scheme of things our budget is $160M this year, so you’re talking about a saving of less than one per cent. “The only way they say they can do it is with statements like “savings in back office functions”. Dickerson believes the expenses side of the ledger will go up. “What would logically happen is Wellington will lose its council office. They might have a small out-posting but the majority of staff will be based in Dubbo because it’s easier to attract people to live and work there. “The distance from boundary to boundary in a new local government

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“The solution to the problem is not take a council that is performing well – in Dubbo – and say here’s one that’s a little bit shaky and you can help them out.” – Dubbo Mayor Mathew Dickerson

area is about 160 kilometres so you’re expecting councillors and staff to cross an area twice the size of the Dubbo LGA. I wouldn’t be surprised to see expenses going up.” He says he’s already taking calls from people who live in the Wellington area (outside the town) saying “We don’t get water now, so with this new council we’ll get water?” “When people expect the same level of service as everyone, where’s that money going to come from? Dubbo rate payers, essentially,” he says. The merger proposal suggests there will also be a freeze on existing “rate paths” for four years. “There’s a freeze on the rating structure but not a freeze on the rates,” Dickerson explains. “The mix of rates between Dubbo and Wellington and the way the rates are collected for the rating structure of the two areas will stay the same for four years and then it will be whatever is required. “For example if a rate pegging amount of three per cent is allowed then rates will be allowed to go up by three per cent but they won’t be allowed to go up across all of that area. “After that four years, then it would seem unfair that Dubbo CBD and Wellington CBD are rated differently, or that there are dramatic differences in rating structures among different parts of the LGA, although there might be argument for different rating structures for different services that are received.” The proposal compares the future performance of both councils over the next ten years. “Its quite clear Wellington’s overall performance is going negatively and Dubbo’s overall performance is going

very positively and so they’ve basically said, well Dubbo, you can lend a hand to Wellington which I think is unfair to residents. “I think the solution to the problem is not take a council that is performing well – in Dubbo – and say here’s one that’s a little bit shaky and you can help them out. “I think the real issue is to address Wellington’s need at their core rather than try to address it by giving it to Dubbo to look after.” “That core issue is really around the cost shifting that’s incurred from state government to local government for many years. Address some of those funding shortfalls within the Wellington local government area and that might be via some additional state government money or cost shifting. There’s a whole range of things they could do but aren’t.” Dickerson is also critical of communication about the merger. “It was actually Local Government NSW that sent me a copy of the map first before I’d actually received it from the Government. Communication has been poor, there’s no doubt about that.” Overseeing the Dubbo-Wellington council’s merger proposal is Dr Ian Tiley, the delegate appointed by the chief executive of the Office of Local Government. Tiley will hold a public consultation and is due to announce a date in mid January. An emeritus Mayor, Tiley also published a book in 2012 called Divided We Fall: An Insider’s Perspective on Local Government Amalgamations. “He appears very pro amalgamation and it’s going to be very hard for him to recommend against it,” Dickerson says.

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Brian Alexander and Jacqui Hopkins of Chizen Health Club accepting their $500 Christmas party rebate cheque from Dubbo City Council’s Road Safety Officer, Jayne Bleechmore. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Plan B a winner for local business WNER of Dubbo’s Chizen Health Club, Jacqui Hopkins, was delighted to share the news with staff members recently that the gym had won a $500 rebate on the cost of their Christmas party just for submitting an anti-drink-drive slogan. Karyn Alexander, wife of staff member Brian Alexander decided to “have another go” for free taxi vouchers (and the chance to win the $500 rebate) on behalf of the business’ staff, in Dubbo City Council’s Plan B Taxi Home drinkdriving campaign over the festive period. As the campaign drew to an end, Alexander was thrilled to learn her slogan had been chosen by impartial judges as the “catchiest” of all entries, which resulted in the health club winning the rebate on the costs of their Christmas party. Alexander said her slogan “just came to her” and while she doubted its merit, she submitted it anyway. The slogan was a short yet concise Christmas anti-drink-driving slogan: At the Christmas party’s end - a taxi will be your best friend! “Participation in this year’s campaign was once again been tremendous with local businesses submitting applications for 375 taxi vouchers for their staff, colleagues and friends via Dubbo City Council’s website and so the Plan B message really got out there” said Dubbo City Council’s road safety officer Jayne Bleechmore. “With 52 alcohol-related crashes occurring in the Dubbo area between 2010 and 2014, including three fatalities and 33 injuries, this local campaign has proven its worth,” said Bleechmore.

The new giraffe calf Nyah, meaning “purpose” in Swahili. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Tall order for New Year zoo baby EEPERS at Taronga Western Plains Zoo were delighted to welcome not only the new year, but a new female giraffe calf when they began their early morning rounds on January 1. They’ve named the calf Nyah (pronounced Ni-ah), meaning, “purpose” in Swahili. Nyah is the third calf for mother Ntombi who is very protective of her new baby but is showing all the right maternal behaviours. “The giraffe calf is on exhibit with the rest of the herd however, she is still a little shy, spending a lot of her day at the back of the exhibit,” said giraffe keeper, Jackie Stuart. “Over the coming weeks, she will start to become more confident and explore the rest of the exhibit.”

The zoo is expecting more giraffe calves to be born in the coming month, which Stuart says is “very exciting”. Giraffe numbers in the wild have been decreasing over the past decade; it is estimated less than 80,000 giraffe remain in the wild. The 30 per cent drop in numbers is directly due to poaching for bush meat and also habitat encroachment by farmers. “Every birth for a species such as the giraffe that are seeing a decline in wild populations is important, as it helps to insure against extinction. “Through programs such as Beads for Wildlife, we aim to help wildlife such as Giraffe by providing communities in Kenyan with alternate income sources so they don’t have to rely some much on the herds and grazing. Less livestock means less pressure on water and food for wildlife such as the Giraffe,” said Stuart.

Grants to help clubs respond to emergencies ENTRAL West communities will benefit from $530,000 in grants to upgrade the emergency service response capability of local clubs, thanks to a round of funding announced this week by Member for Dubbo and Deputy Premier Troy Grant. The grants will bolster local clubs’ ability to remain the hub of the community during a natural disaster by providing shelter, food and protection.

Four clubs in the Central West will receive grants: · Dubbo RSL Memorial Club - $170,000 for a power generator; · Lithgow Workers - $50,000 to upgrade kitchen facilities · Orange Ex-Services Club - $300,000 for a power generator; and · Parkes Bowling and Sports Club $10,000 to upgrade kitchen facilities. “Clubs are vibrant hubs of our community and during a natural disaster, it’s no different,” Grant said. “It is important that when these tragic events like bushfires and floods happen, our clubs are properly equipped to do what they do so well and that’s take care of the community. “Here in Dubbo, the RSL is also taking part in the joint Red Cross and ClubsNSW initiative Defeat the Heat, where clubs are offering locals respite from the heat with dedicated air-conditioned spaces, water and activities.” ClubsNSW Executive Manager of Public Affairs, Josh Landis, said the funding would help make sure clubs can continue to play their crucial role in supporting the community during emergency situations. “During times of crisis, clubs are there to take care of local residents and help the community manage through disaster,” Landis said. “They also provide firefighters, Police, SES workers and other emergency personnel with food, a place to take respite, and often a base of operation. The grant follows the NSW Government changing regulation last month so that registered clubs will be have the ability under law to become centres of shelter and safety in emergencies for any resident living within a 5km radius. The Registered Clubs Amendment (Exception to Five Kilometre Rule) Regulation 2015 relaxed the requirement for anyone living within a fivekilometre radius of a registered club to be a member to enter the club during emergencies.

Fatigue a risk to all road users ESTERN Region police are pleading with holidaymakers to include fatigue management and rest stops and for all road users to be realistic when embarking on longdistance road travel.

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 15.01.2016 to Sunday 17.01.2016 “People’s travel plans are often unrealistic particularly at this time of year and this creates preventable risks of fatigue and speed related crashes,” Inspector Peter McMenamin, Western Region Traffic Tactician, said. “Plan your trip, allowing for extra time to include rest breaks, and increased traffic volumes. Be aware of your surroundings such as heavy vehicles and wildlife at the road’s edge and drive to the prevailing conditions.” Provisional data for the first seventeen days of Operation Arrive Alive (which began on December 18 and concluded 3 January 3) show that police in the Western Region breath tested 59,230 motorists, charging 114 for drink driving.

Communal Kitchen grant on the boil URAL and regional community groups have just two weeks left to apply to win a kitchen valued at $30,000 through the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW (RAS) Foundation Community Kitchen Grant. Courtesy of Masters Home Improvement, the Community Kitchen Grant supports a local organisation wishing to improve their kitchen in an existing community facility for the broader benefit of their local community. Eligible organisations include community centres, welfare organisations, churches, service clubs, sporting clubs and show societies. RAS Foundation Executive Officer, Kate Ross said the grant helps build capacity in local communities and will provide the grant winner with a high quality kitchen to complement an existing facility. “We are delighted to once again offer this wonderful kitchen, complete with state of the art appliances, to a deserving rural or regional NSW community,” said Ross. “Previous winning communities have shown us what an incredible difference a new kitchen facility like this can make – it fosters teamwork and collaboration and really brings community members together to achieve great community outcomes,” she said. Interested applicants are encouraged to visit http://www.rasnsw.com.au/ Scholarships-Grants.htm for more information and to complete the online application form. Applications close on January 26 and the recipient will be announced in March.

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Cattle prices reach record high

Aged care funding for Western towns

ESTERN region cattle producers are among those celebrating the fall of an industry record this week, with the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) hitting 600¢/kg cwt (carcass weight) for the first time. The indicator, a seven-day rolling average, is the general benchmark for Australian cattle prices. It is expressed in cents per kilogram carcass (dressed) weight (c/kg cwt). Meat and Livestock Australia’s (MLA) market information manager Ben Thomas this week said the festive season’s widespread rain –although far from drought breaking in many cases – acted as the catalyst for many producers to retain stock, while also drawing out strong competition for the limited pool of cattle. Tuesday’s sales resulted in the indicator jumping 14.5¢, before a further 1.25¢ lift on Wednesday saw the landmark price reached. Markets that had particularly large price jumps were at Inverell, where EYCI-eligible cattle lifted nearly 60¢ from the week before, averaging 620.25¢/kg cwt. A number of Queensland sales performed well, as did Singleton’s, where EYCI-eligible cattle averaging approximately 610¢/kg cwt. “The expectation is that cattle availability will remain tight for January, and thereafter will depend on the timeliness of follow-up rainfall,” says Thomas. “While the EYCI hitting 600¢ marks a significant milestone in the Australian cattle industry, the benefits will only be reaped by those in the fortunate position of having cattle to sell – after what was an unprecedented three years of cattle turn-off.”

GED care providers across the western region received a welcome Christmas present late last year with the announcement of an additional funding allocation. Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton said Multi-Purpose Service (MPS) providers in Warren, Coonamble, Lake Cargelligo, Lightning Ridge and Collarenebri will each receive additional federal government funding under an expansion and upgrade of aged care places in rural communities. Coulton says he’s a passionate advocate for ageing residents across his electorate being able to remain in their hometowns with their family and friends and as their need for greater support increases. “It is so important that the welfare of our elderly is supported irrespective of where they live and this funding helps them to stay in their local areas with their local communities,” he said. Two new aged care places will be made available in Warren ($110,586.90) and one in Coonamble ($64,298.88). Existing aged care places will be upgraded in order to support people with higher care needs: eight in Lake Cargelligo ($283,840.32), two in Lightning Ridge ($66,414.36) and two in Collarenebri ($66,414.76).

The Ridge farmers’ win denies opal mining access ARMERS in the Lightning Ridge district had a significant win in December with the reversal of a decision by the Land and Environment Court to allow miners access to two

farming properties in north west NSW. NSW Farmers CEO Matt Brand said the peak farmers’ body had challenged miners’ access rights, which were unrealistic when contrasted against expectations for farming businesses. “Opal mining in the Lightning Ridge district has been the source of extensive contention between farmers and opal miners for years now. “This is an important decision because we were finally able to have our farmers’ issues recognised,” Brand said. Farmers issues with opal miners over registration and identification of vehicles entering farming properties, insurances for damage created by mining vehicles, safe buffer distances from farm infrastructure and livestock and hours of access will now go back for a fresh hearing before the court. Brand said that until now, farmers had not been able to protect their property because they do not know who is entering for mining purposes. “Landholders have found it extremely difficult to enforce rules regarding access and something as simple as identification of who is accessing your farm has not been able to be managed. “Also, knowing a landholder will not be out of pocket for damaged caused by mining operations will be beneficial to their operations.” According to Brand, December’s decision is a significant step in the right direction in having these important matters properly addressed. “While we still have a long way to go, many of these issues boil down to correct enforcement and compliance by relevant government agencies. We hope to see significant improvement in this area from relevant parties.”

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Under the hammer Mixed response to new real estate rules BY JEN COWLEY F you’ve ever bought real estate, you’ll more than likely be familiar with the scenario: You find a house you love. You do your homework. You work out your budget. You get your finances in order. You might even arrange the building and pest inspections. You front up at the auction – home loan documents under your arm and a vision in your mind of where the lounge will go. And the property sells for tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of dollars above the advertised “offers over” price range. You’re left gutted and possibly out of pocket and you’re back to square one. It’s the real world and disappointment happens. But it may also be that you’ve been a casualty of “underquoting” – a well known and widely used real-estate marketing practice that, while at best equivocal, has been perfectly legal. Until now. From January 1, the practice has been banned thanks to a NSW government crackdown designed to clarify how real estate agents should market their properties and to stop them understating property prices as a way of attracting more buyers.

“This is a knee-jerk reaction to an inflated Sydney market – and regional areas, agents and vendors have been caught up in the net.” – Andrew Palmer, principal of Mudgee’s The Property Shop and REINSW board member In layman’s terms, underquoting is when an agent states or publishes a price for a property, which is less than their reasonable estimate of that property’s selling price as quoted in the agency’s agreement with the vendor. While proponents say the practice is an effective means of ensuring the best possible price for their vendor, the state government – specifically, Fair Trading – believes underquoting “can cause interested buyers to waste time and money on inspecting properties, getting reports and attending auctions based on misleading estimates of the selling price”. The department’s new guidelines, amended in law under changes to the Property Stock and Business Agents Act 2002, are intended to provide clarity for

all involved – buyers, sellers and agents. Under the new regulations, it will be illegal for agents to use the term “offers above/over” when marketing a property – in other words, give potential buyers understated or vague estimates of what they think a property will sell for. Agents will be required by law to provide appropriate documentation to prove compliance with the new regulations, and may be fined up to $22,000 and lose their commission if they’re found committing an underquoting offence, according to Fair Trading. While real estate buyers will conceivably be the significant winners from these new regulations, reaction from the industry and from vendors has been mixed. Andrew Palmer, principal of Mudgee’s The Property Shop and REI board member, says the new legislation is completely unnecessary. Taking away the agents’ ability to use the “offers over” strategy is a particularly sore point with Palmer, who says legislation already existed to protect consumers from the abuse of the practice. “We were already required to provide documented evidence of com-

Some Dos and Don’ts when buying property: Know the highest price you are prepared to pay. Consider related and ongoing costs, not just the property selling price. If the agent provides an estimated selling price, use it as a guide only. Research recent sale prices for similar properties in the area. Visit different properties and auctions to see how the property market works. Don’t rely on prices that seem too good to be true. Don’t rely on one person’s judgement – talk to other buyers and licensed property professionals and do your own research. It’s important to note that a sale amount higher than the estimated selling price is NOT proof of an agent underquoting. It could simply be due to strong competition between buyers that an agent could not have predicted. (SOURCE: NSW FAIR TRADING)

parable properties and to state, in an agency agreement, our opinion on the expected selling price. They could have tightened those requirements slightly, without taking away a vendor’s right to market their property in way that would allow them to attract the highest price possible.” In his personal assessment, the government’s intervention is tantamount to tampering with market forces. “The vendor should have the right to offer their property for sale using the most effective marketing methods available. What this does is restrict them to a capped price. In a rising market, buyers may well be prepared to pay above what an agent estimates the property is worth.” Palmer acknowledges the practice has been abused by agents who have “done the wrong thing”, but says those agents are in the minority and will always do the wrong thing regardless of this legislation. “The industry regulates itself, to a degree. The market will catch up with the agents that aren’t above board, particularly in smaller communities and regional areas like ours.”

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But regional areas haven’t been largely considered in this equation, says Palmer, who believes the push for change has come directly from an overheated metropolitan market. “This is a knee-jerk reaction to an inflated Sydney market – and regional areas, agents and vendors have been caught up in the net.” In Palmer’s own Mudgee-based business, he says it’s not been the practice to use the “offers over” strategy, given the

“It’s a fair call. It’s a step forward for the industry in general.” – Anthony Chapman, principal of Western Plains Real Estate and vice chairman of the Estate Agents’ Cooperative board smaller size of the market. But in markets like Dubbo, where it’s been used quite effectively, he says, the legislation is likely to have a significant impact.

“Agents and vendors will now have to effectively cap what they can expect to get for a property, where before, an “offers over” strategy may well have achieved a better price. You can put whatever price you want on a property, but you still have to get people to turn up and you’re not going to get people turning up if they think the property is out of their price range. “The good thing about “offers over” is that interested buyers decide on the highest price. The decision is based on whatever the competition is in the market place.” If the government was serious about “cracking down” on the real estate industry, they should have turned the spotlight on the ease with which any Joe Blow can hang out a shingle as an agent these days, according to Palmer. “It’s far too easy. We now have a situation where someone can wake up one morning and decide they want to be a licensed real estate agent; they can go online, complete a license course in a matter of weeks. Then six weeks later, Fair Trading hands them a license.” Not all real estate agents see the new

regulations as punitive. Dubbo-based agent, Western Plains Real Estate’s Anthony Chapman – who is also vice chairman of the Estate Agents’ Co-operative – says the reforms provide clarity for buyers, sellers and agents. “It’s a fair call. It’s a step forward for the industry in general. “There’s no doubt there are agents around the industry who were underquoting to generate interest in properties. “It’s totally unfair to potential buyers who go out and do pest and building inspections thinking they’re going to be able to purchase the property at a certain price only to find it sells for sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars over the estimate.” Chapman concedes this hasn’t necessarily been a widely used practice in the Dubbo market but that the data shows it has certainly been an issue in larger market places. “What this legislation will do is make agents more accountable in their estimations of the pricing of properties, and that’s a good thing for the whole industry and for consumers.”

Real Estate Institute (REI) of NSW President John Cunningham says it’s important for both agents and consumers to get their heads around what the changes mean. “Under the new legislation an estimated selling price must be provided in the agency agreement and the agent must give the seller evidence of the reasonableness of this estimate. “Real Estate professionals can do this by providing examples of recent sales in the area and how the property compares,” Cunningham said this week in response to the new laws. “They must show the estimated selling price as a range with an upper limit of no more than 10 per cent of the bottom figure in the range or as a single price. “Agents will no longer be able to be vague in their price guides. You will no longer see offers over used in advertising or quoted to buyers.” However, he says the new legislation does recognise that the market can change and the estimated price must be revised if the current estimate is no longer a reasonable reflection of the likely selling price. In this case, the agent must notify the seller in writing and provide evidence for the revision, then amend the agency agreement with the revised estimate. Any advertisements must be amended with the new estimate as soon as is practicable. “Agents must not communicate or advertise any price information for a property that’s less than their estimated selling price and a seller may instruct an agent not to reveal the estimated selling price to prospective buyers. “If this is the agreed marketing strategy, then the agent should not reveal any price information to buyers, in advertising, in writing or verbally. “It’s common for a vendor to instruct no price guide in the marketing but are happy for their agent to provide price on request.”

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New disability scheme offers choice and control BY YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY

ARERS and people living with disability in Western and Far West NSW have begun participating in a round of government research to discuss the types of information they need about the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) roll out. Run by WheretoResearch, an independent social research agency, interviews were conducted face-to-face as well as by telephone and online, beginning this week. WheretoResearch confirmed another round of research is likely for those who have missed out but the response has been positive. However, Cassie Gardner, who is Team Leader Ability Links Orana Far West and based in Dubbo, is concerned that the people who really should participate will not. “Regional Australia doesn’t get enough of a chance to talk about how NDIS affects them, and when they do get the chance they don’t know what to say or what conversation to have,” Gardner told Weekender. “Families don’t want to appear as if they don’t know anything. It’s happening in metro area and in the Hunter. I can understand their reticence. NDIS is new and everyone is new at it. “I would say to carers and people with disability that anyone having any conversation is going to be helpful,” she said. Given the demands placed on carers a new system to learn is not always preferred. “It isn’t easy to change. You have families there who’ve been using an existing system who are tired anyway and you just don’t think you can do something different that looks really complicated.” Choice and control are central to the scheme’s design defined by the NDIS Act 2013. It is designed to “enable(s) people with a disability to exercise choice and control in the pursuit of their goals and the planning and delivery of their supports,” the act states. According to the Independent Advisory Council End of Year Update 2015: Supporting an Ordinary Life for People with Disability the concept of choice and control has been largely absent from the paid support they receive and the introduction of the NDIS and this concept represents a large shift. Gardner’s daughter Emily, 22, has Down Syndrome and right from her birth Gardner has sought and found an individualised funding system, similar to NDIS. As a result she is confident the new scheme will work for many people. “It started right back when was Em was born. We were uncertain what her future was. I had never known anyone with a disability before. We kept being shunted back into the disability system but we wanted to know what we could do to get her into the mainstream,” Gardner said. “We wanted to do something else. We weren’t fitting in to that side of things so then when I heard about individualised

Gym - Emily Gardner, 18, has been supported through a self-managed fund similar to the National Disability Incentive Scheme throughout her life and has been encouraged into mainstream activities.

funding we just ran with it. “I’ve been learning about it for 20-odd years. It’s been available in the UK and Canada with varying degrees of success but its been there a long time.” The Self Managed funding system is provided through the Supported Living Fund and means Gardner can employ an organisation to hold Emily’s funding so the Gardners can choose and employ their own workers. “Almost two decades before the NDIS emerged allowing most people with disability the choice to determine their future, we made the choice to follow an individually funded program.”

As a result Emily works for Ishka, the Dubbo Visitor Information Centre, has volunteered for the Stampede Run, goes the gym and essentially leads a full life. “The way NDIS is looking in other areas it’s working. The scheme can make a huge difference. It doesn’t mean people have to change too much but they just have more choice. They can opt to just do the add-ons.” There is confusion around stories concerning accessibility to the NDIS, which appear to exclude some carers and people with disability. “I guess what some people will say is that they’ve heard people with disabil-

ity won’t be able to access NDIS. I would say to them, you don’t know until you’ve had a go. “I was talking to a lady this morning whom I respect and she cares for three people, none of them who are her children, but she’s their full time carer, and she’s not well. “She’s looking at the NDIS as the Holy Grail,” said Gardner. Join the NDIS conversation http://www.ndis.gov.au/ Twitter @NDIS Facebook: https://www.facebook. com/NDISAus http://fightingchance.org.au/

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How The King put Parkes on the map Elvi: Michael Lalic, Brian Sutherland and John Givins from Sydney performed outside the Coachman Hotel.

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Sean Elliot: Manager Spicer Park, Caravan Park , Parkes “This is our first Elvis Festival, and it’s been great. All the people have been terrific and got into the spirit of things. Asked what the festival does for the council owned business over the five day festival, Elliot says it was clearly a very lucrative week. “We have 150 bookings with anywhere up to 500 people onsite at the moment. He also said the park had already fielded bookings for the Trundle Abba Festival in May, given Parkes is only 60km away.

The Parkes Elvis Festival has been honouring the memory of “The King” for more than two decades and the town can now proudly boast one of the most successful community festivals in the country. LISA MINNER speaks with festival director Emily Mann about what it takes to market and maintain a festival that attracts thousands of cashed-up, happy tourists and Elvis fans each year. HE annual Parkes Elvis Festival has been dubbed the overnight success that took 20 years to achieve,’ according to the phenomenally popular event’s director Emily Mann. While it might have appeared otherwise, says Mann, the festival’s growth has been slow and steady since its humble beginnings in 1993, when the inaugural event kicked off thanks to a committee of local Elvis fans who had a vision. The first festival drew an audience of just a couple of hundred people. In 2009 that figure reached 9500 and now, in 2016, with an estimated record 22,000 people in attendance, the festival has well and truly hit its blue-suede shoe clad stride. Visitors flock from across the globe to enjoy the 120 events spread out over five days. The festival also has a media audience of 60 million with fans worldwide. Not a bad result for a town with a population of 12,000 people. When so many other rural towns are struggling to capture and retain the tourism dollar on which so many depend, Parkes has defined itself as a model for festival-based tourism. So much so, the town has a full time festival director in Mann as

Jesicca Hull and Stacie Semmler from Dubbo got into the spirit by frocking up. “We have had lots of fun, it’s been great,”

well as a marketing coordinator to ensure the jewel in the town’s crown only gets bigger and brighter each year.

“When they come they tend to keep coming year after year, so we are taking a long term strategic approach to our marketing.” Mann believes the success of the Elvis Festival is driven by a tight and strategic marketing program. “Marketing is the powerhouse that drives the festival; we have a very detailed year round strategy across television, print, digital, video and a strong social media presence. “It’s so big now we’ve employed a second person to coordinate the marketing and sponsorship- it’s also a critical part of what drives the success of the festival,” Mann says proudly. In the 1990s, the festival was run by a volunteer committee and the Parkes Shire Council which brought in some “light marketing support” but it really exploded in 2007, when council had a staff member focus specifi-

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Chris Summerhays from Parkes met Scott the night before at the pub “where all good Elvis meet.” Scott McAleer came all the way from Jervis Bay, WA to enjoy the festival for the first time. ‘I’ve loved it, I'll definitely be coming back again next year.” A great singer in her own right, Tracey Budd from Wellington joined the pair for a photo.

Mick Edwards from Melbourne and Steve Thatcher from Sydney issue a "ticket"out to Aileen Honeymann from Hay, NSW.

cally on supporting and marketing the festival. They’ve never looked back. Mann says the festival is now appealing to a different demographic. “We are certainly seeing a new audience coming into town, which is exciting, given we’ve been doing a lot of generational change marketing and we’re reaching a younger age bracket. “When they come they tend to keep coming year after year, so we are taking a long term strategic approach to our marketing.” The festival’s marketing strategy is also supported, critiqued and enhanced by major core funders like Destination NSW. Created by the community for the community, Mann says a key strategy is to pour resources into the volunteers’ groups and into making sure they have what they need. “It’s also about talking laterally to each other as well as being supported across the board,” she says. Asked to offer some advice for other regional councils hoping to emulate Parkes’ success, Mann says: “It doesn’t just happen, although Trundle’s Abba Festival is experiencing a boom in

Some of the tent accommodation available to visitors.

popularity, “But that’s fast growth on a volunteer committee and a big strain on their time and wellbeing.”

“It would be wonderful to have an actual descendent of Elvis’ come along, we are very blessed to have other people who were his associates and colleagues attend, but you never know!” The festival’s director says Parkes Shire Council offers support and marketing advice where it can to regional towns launching their own community festivals. “I was speaking to Spyfest (a new James Bond inspired festival) recently in Goulburn and they’ve been working from the get-go with council and volun-

teers to find their way forward successfully from the very start; it will be really interesting to see how that goes for them.” Mann says Goulburn council has been very supportive of their town’s new festival because, as most regional councils recognise, destination tourism lies in major events. Festivals are a great way to stimulate the regional economy, bring communities together and engage the respective towns in creative development, while instilling a sense of pride and ownership, she says. Recent official endorsement by Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. was a win for festival organisers who have tweaked their marketing to accommodate the collaboration. “Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. has a very strong idea on how they want Elvis represented and that’s now reflected in our marketing and collateral; it’s the direction we want to take the festival as a respectful legacy to the memory and music of Elvis.” Mann says it takes the involvement of the whole town to make an event like the Elvis Festival happen.

“When you put the community in a position where it needs to be resourceful and hospitable, that’s when Parkes really shines; the people continually pull together so we can present something spectacular.” The town has handled the accommodation issue with a bit of ingenuity too. With only nine motels, council opened up the show ground and sporting fields for campers, caravaners and camper vans. They also offer a very successful home-hosting program for visitors. Asked if there are any plans to bring Priscilla or Lisa-Marie Presley to Parkes, Mann says it’s a question that’s been on everyone’s lips for a long time. “It would be wonderful to have an actual descendent of Elvis come along. “We are very blessed to have had other people here who were his associates and colleagues, but you never know!” And what about plans for a “big Elvis” to eventually “grace” the city? Mann laughs. She diplomatically says she’s not sure about that. “We’d love to be able to honour him in a more concrete form, potentially with a statue in the future.”

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Tony Webber

Tony Webber is a Dubbo resident in the latter stages of an all-body peel.

Sun smart until the chance arises to prove otherwise ATCHED Planet of the Apes the other night. Actually only the start, and it was Under the Planet of the Apes, which seemed a bit silly so I went to bed. As I switched off, marooned astronaut from the past, Charlton Heston, was riding a horse with one of the local female humans who, for reasons we can only guess at, he had chosen as his travelling companion. What struck me was that – at the risk of coming across all Chris Gayle – they were both half starkers and Mr Heston in particular was already suffering the effects of too much sun. Despite this, neither wore a hat, and the accumulated fabric from both their outfits would not have been sufficient to gift-wrap a frog. You see, I’m savvy to sun protection, wear a hat, apply sunscreen and would no more sun myself than French kiss a randy gibbon. That is, until I’m on holidays. Then it’s as if I’m some sort of cross between Alby Mangels and Tarzan; as if mentally my skin transforms from the silky, seethrough rice paper of the career office worker, into that on the bullet-proof, mud-caked shoulders of a Cape buffalo. The pattern is the same every time: day one, snigger and point at the sunburnt Europeans, day two; get so fried the Europeans snigger and point at me on my way to the burns unit. And it’s not like I haven’t experienced enough agony to encourage more caution. On our honeymoon the allure of beach walking shirtless left me looking like an enormous mutant tomato. But it was not the worst. Many years earlier I had been stranded in Mexico, whiling away the days on the beach waiting for my replacement travel documents to arrive. It was a long time ago, being broke left me few other options, sun awareness was only comparatively recent concept and I was a priceless dickhead. One day, for reasons I suspect had to do with youthful exuberance combined with the effects of cheap cannabis and

alcohol, in the midday heat I decided to go nude; it was deserted, life’s for living, why not? Here’s why: Because while the shoulders, back, arms and legs of Australians of my era have been weathered by the sun since childhood, my arse really hadn’t. In truth my butt cheeks had not seen sun since the odd outdoor nappy change during infancy some 30 years prior, hardly adequate preparation you’ll agree. Long story short; even the brief exposure to the noon sun left my buttocks so burnt that I wished I had never been born; indeed, that humanity itself had never existed. Victims of the inquisition’s auto de fe looked down from heaven and winced at the burns.

So you’d think this year would be different, gaining further inspiration from the need to set a good example for the kids, having already failed in that regard with drinking, swearing, hygiene, cyclists’ rights, honesty, religious tolerance, picking up after the dog, respect for diversity, and generally not swaggering around the place like a moody, half-pissed yowie, whining that nobody does nothing about nothing while in fact doing absolutely nothing in that regard myself.

Long story short; even the brief exposure to the noon sun left my buttocks so burnt that I wished I had never been born; indeed, that humanity itself had never existed.

Next time, underneath the planet certainly seems a safer option.

I had to lie face down for days and when I had to walk somewhere it was stiff-legged and groaning like Herman Munster receiving fellatio. The multi-layered sheets of flesh that lifted from the affected area would have been more than enough to manufacture a wallet, which while serving as a traumatic reminder of my ordeal, would have nonetheless been a hell of a talking point: (“Is that acne on your wallet?”)

And you’d be wrong, because once again I got cooked like a Frankfurt in hell, as if my skin had been used to slap out a grassfire, like the universe had used me to extinguish its cigar.

Three of the best gadgets to make you laugh

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We have way too many apps and gadgets in our lives, but if you do feel the need to add more, here’s a few that will at least give you a giggle. :: Say it loud: World’s Smallest Voice Changer. Annoy your loved ones by only speaking to them through this tiny voice changer . It comes with four different tones and you just operate it by pushing the switch along to your chosen voice and speaking through it. It’s loud enough that everyone will be able to

hear your commands (we vote for requesting a coffee in an alien voice), but also small enough to hide when they demand you hand it over. :: Plane simple: Powerup 3.0: Smartphone Controlled Paper Aeroplane. If there was one thing guaranteed to trigger a smile when we were little, it was making a paper aeroplane that would actually fly and not just nosedive. Well, with this lovely little gizmo you can rediscover that joy. With a techie makeover and four plane templates

provided, make your plane and add a few cheats to make it soar. Stick the rudder and propeller at the back of the plane and the little computer chip at the front and via the magic of Bluetooth, you’ll be able to control your magnificent flying machine via a quick turn and flick of your phone. It takes just 10 minutes to charge (and will run for 20), is waterproof and strong enough to handle bumpy landings. :: Write on: The Farting Pen Holder. Granted, this isn’t particularly

sophisticated, but it sure is amusing! The pen itself is much like one you’d find in a bank, a simple contraption attached to a base with a chain. An ordinary pen with an ordinary chain. Yet look at the base and you’ll soon be chortling into your cheque book. Shaped like buttocks, the pen slides right on into the middle and when it enters the rump a large farting noise emits. Obviously, you’ll need to enjoy a bit of toilet humour to find this gizmo funny, but if that’s your type of gag, this is the gift for you. PA

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Dive in to a regular pool care routine ing salt to chlorine, your pool should have enough chlorine available daily at eight hours, to keep an adequate level of chlorine in the water – between the levels of 2-4 on a test kit. Given temperature changes in summer are frequent, your pool may need an added dose of granular, liquid or tablet form chlorine to boost levels from extra heat and UV and extra bather use. Other levels that need to maintained are PH and alkalinity. These enable swimmer comfort to be attained and also are important in protecting valuable pool equipment from wear and tear. The PH of your pool water should be between 7.3 and 7.6 and your alkalinity between 100 and 150. Both can be measured with a home or in-store test and recommendations can be made to restore levels that have been measured outside these parameters. Cleaning of the pool surface should be a regular routine to keep pool water clean and clear. Automatic cleaners enable reliable cleaning of the pool surface or alternatively manual cleaners can also remove debris such as leaves, dirt and dust. With the higher temperatures at this time of the year, as mentioned, your pool requires higher levels of chlorine. Given that UV releases chlorine from your pool, products such as stabiliser, which acts as a sunscreen for pool water, help to retain chlorine in the water, therefore saving you time and money in added chlorinating products.

BY CHRIS BRAY WITH the arrival of summer, with its longer and warmer days, we find ourselves looking to ways of keeping cool. Those who have a pool at home will know how important it is to keep it looking its best for the swimming season. Pool maintenance during the swimming season is imperative, not only for the health and safety of those using the pool, but also the longevity of your pool equipment. You can ensure this by following some routine steps. Pool water needs daily maintenance through chlorination, filtration and cleaning, and advances in technology over the years have enabled a more “user friendly” approach to such maintenance. During the swimming season, your pool’s requirement for chlorine increases, not only for bacteria free water, but also to combat the extremes of heat, UV and other contaminates that can cause pool water to not look its best. While keeping a recommended level of chlorine in any pool is important, pool volume, surface and location can all have an effect on individual requirements. The average backyard pool is approximately 50,000 litres in volume and requires a minimum of eight hours’ filtration daily at this time of the year. If your pool has a salt chlorinator convert-

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

The push for posh and a driverless future TATISTICS are guaranteed to be 100 per cent correct nearly all of the time. In the case of new vehicle sales in Australia, the sales data for 2015 doesn’t lie, and gives an insight into the psyche of the buying public. One hundred and sixty seven new Ferraris were purchased last year, up 47.8 per cent from 113 in 2014. Bentley sold 158 vehicles, up 17 per cent. Lamborghini sold 84, up 211 per cent. These are high-end aspirational vehicles, often built to order. Sixty per cent of those Ferrari sales were to first time Ferrari buyers, and the waiting list for the recently introduced 488 model is now past two years. Porsche sold 4,090 vehicles, up 45 per cent from 2014. Renowned for its sports cars, the vast majority of Porsche sales now are for SUVs (all-wheel drive wagons) which Australians have embraced with open cheque books. My friend the Porsche salesman tells me he had a “phenomenal” year, with huge demand and limited stock meaning it was a case of “this is the price of the car; please leave your deposit and we will let you know when your car arrives”. On the whole, sales of luxury brands were up and locally made cars were down. Remember the days when the Ford Falcon being was the top selling car in Australia? More than 70,000 per year were sold at its peak, but last year a mere 5938 were sold. It didn’t help that Ford is now less than a year away from ceasing manufacture in Australia, but for Ford to be relegated to sixth position overall is a telling sign of the shift in buyers’ tastes. Need further proof? Mercedes Benz sold more passenger cars than Ford. Last year, 22,817 Australians purchased a Mercedes car. Combined with their commercial vehicles, Mercedes Benz came close to selling more vehicles than Honda. Buyer loyalty ebbed away from Holden too. Ford and Holden were the only brands in the Top 10 whose sales figures went down last year. The once mighty Holden dropped to third place, having been outsold by Mazda and less than 1000 cars ahead of Hyundai. This is the first time a full importer has ever made the Top 2, with several in demand SUV models. Perennial leader Toyota was again Number One, selling 206,236 vehicles out of a total market of 1,155,408. That’s just over 56 per cent of the market, helped in no small way by the sale of over 35,000 Hilux utes. So what can we learn from these numbers? The economy must be doing okay,

and the doom and gloom mongers are wrong. Low interest rates and the strong property market – teamed with Australian’s love of a posh brand to impress the neighbours – meant luxury car and high-end brands prospered. Buyer loyalty towards Australian made cars continues to fade, as we fall out of love with large cars and move towards lifestyle SUV type cars and dual cab utilities. And don’t expect to get a discount on your new Porsche. Several things scare me about what lies ahead in the future. High on the list is the minute possibility of the new Australian Ambassador

` Low interest rates and the strong property market – teamed with Australian’s love of a posh brand to impress the neighbours – meant luxury car and high-end brands prospered.

to the USA Joe Hockey meeting President Trump at the White House. What a meeting of minds. Much more tangible is the headlong rush by car companies to develop autonomous driverless cars. These are cars that will drive themselves; leaving the internet connected occupants to surf the net, send emails, stream movies and instagram their meals. Some of the basic technology already exists, with features such as lane warning departure, forward collision warning and blind spot detection available on several brands of car. The push is on to make cars truly selfdriving. Systems under development use multiple cameras, lasers and ultrasonic sensors to gather data about the environment around the vehicle and control the vehicles’ steering, acceleration and braking. Companies including Ford, Kia and Nissan have all promised autonomous cars will be on the road within the next decade. Tech Giants Apple and Google have seen the potential and are both working on their own driv-

erless cars. While this sounds great in theory, there are many issues. The response of the car is only as good as the data read by the sensors. The autonomous car would rely on scanning the line markings on the road to determine where the edge of the road is. In our part of the world, the state of the roads makes this hard for a human driver, let alone a computer. Can an autonomous car tell if a kangaroo has jumped in front of the car, and how quickly can the car take safe evasive action? How would the car cope with roundabouts or a school zone? Who is at fault if the autonomous car causes an accident? The owner? Or the manufacturer? The carmakers say the systems will be safe and foolproof. I’m not so sure. If a computer ensconced safely in a temperature controlled office can’t be trusted not to breakdown, how trusting can I be of the reliability of high tech gadgetry in the vibrating, hot, cold environment of a motor vehicle? Not at all.

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Mercury rises, media melts down BY JEN COWLEY S temperatures nudged well up into the 40s across the west this week, authorities across the region took to the media to issue warnings to residents to avoid falling victim to the heatwave conditions. The hot spell began on Monday, with the mercury climbing well past comfortable by Wednesday, when temperatures of more than 45 degrees were reported from the far west region including around Bourke and Nyngan. Dubbo’s mercury tipped officially at 42 on Wednesday, while Thursday cooled slightly and a change was expected to blow through the west in time for a reprieve from the heat by today, Friday. With the heatwave conditions came warnings from a number of agencies and authorities, including a total fire ban from the Rural Fire Service ahead of the hot, dry and windy conditions. Firefighters were on standby but mercifully, at the time of going to print, no significant fires had been recorded across the region. However, the RFS is warning residents across the region to remain vigilant. The Western Local Health District also issued urgent warnings for residents to be particularly aware of the potentially lethal affects of heatwave conditions on the elderly and the very young. People were asked to check in on vulnerable relatives and friends, and advice was issued for people to stay hydrated, avoid going outside during the hottest part of the day and to minimise activity where possible. Graziers were also reminded to put plans in place to avoid stock losses during extreme heat. Particularly vulnerable, according to Local Land Services (LLS), are young stock and animals already in poor condition. Police also took to the media to issue a stern warning to people not to leave children or pets in cars. Unfortunately, police still see tragic but preventable incidents involving children left in hot vehicles. The heat also gave social media users plenty to talk about this week, with a particularly busy day in cyberspace on Wednesday. Facebook sizzled with posts and photos about hot cars and searing temps in an entertaining display of heated one-upmanship.

For seasoned bushies like Virginia Carter, it was all a bit of fun, if slightly amusing to see all the fuss over a handful of days during an Australian summer where the mercury climbed past the old ton. “We’ve all gone a bit silly, haven’t

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we?” Carter mused when contacted by Weekender. Having grown up and spent much of her young adult life in the far west of the state, around Nyngan and Bourke, Carter is well used to soaring January

“They carp on – “oh, there’s a heatwave coming, batten down, we’ll all be rooned” – for days and days. And that just gets everyone all hot and bothered to start with.” – Virginia Carter, who spent much of her life in the far west and is amused by all the fuss over high temperatures. temperatures, and finds the hype surrounding “heatwaves” all a bit amusing. “It’s summer. It’s Australia. It gets hot,” she says. “At the risk of sounding like an old fogie, in the old days we were just a bit more sensible about the heat. “We got out early, did what we had to do before 10am and then hunkered down for the worst of the heat. Then we

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got going again late in the afternoon.” These days, Carter says, people don’t adjust their day to account for the heat. “And we’ve gone stupid with our clothing. Back then we dressed in cotton and linens. What do we have now? Polyester and viscose… guaranteed to make you hot.” And don’t get her started on “motor cars”. “They’re hot mongrels of things at the best of times,” she hoots. “Now, you go out in the middle of the day and turn the air-con up flat chat, but it takes 20 minutes to cool the car down. It’s silly. “People don’t adjust their routines like we used to in the old days.” “AND,” she says, now on a roll, “People have these floor to ceiling windows and they don’t shut their curtains. They have the air conditioning pumping 24 hours a day, but they’re not doing the little things like closing the blinds. And no-one has awnings these days. Nothing will heat your house up quicker than hot glass.” Having grown up in the west, Carter says temperatures well into the 40s are not unusual in the least. “The difference is that in those days –

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in the 50s, 60s and 70s – we didn’t have air conditioning, so people were more resourceful when it came to beating the heat. “I remember them building a dug-out for the nurses at the Nyngan hospital to use to sleep during the day, and they’d hang a sheet up and the gardener would go down and quietly hose the sheet down to help keep the dug-out cool. I had an aunt who nursed there who said that even on the hottest of days, that dug-out would be cool enough for them to have to pull a sheet up.” Carter says she “gets cranky” with the media, particularly television, and the constant coverage that’s “scaring the bejeezus out of everyone”. “They carp on – “oh, there’s a heatwave coming, batten down, we’ll all be rooned” – for days and days. And that just gets everyone all hot and bothered in itself. “I get so cross with them winding people up. “It’s not hard – just be sensible, hunker down, drink plenty of water, put a cooler on if you have one, a fan or two as well and keep your cool.”

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HELICOPTER VIEW

Cr Mathew Dickerson

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

Are we losing the fine art of critical thinking? VER the past few months and particularly over the Christmas break, we have seen a number of incidents, ranging from questionable to thoroughly disappointing, involving representatives from all three levels of government. It started me thinking. One of the great facets of a modern, free democracy is that any one of us can be Prime Minister, Premier or Mayor. There is no birth-right or entitlement to leadership in our nation. The downside to our modern, free democracy is that any of us can be Prime Minister, Premier or councillor without any skills, qualifications or aptitude for the job. The skills to perform well in an election are somewhat different to the skills required to be an effective leader. In fact some may argue the skills are mutually exclusive. The skills required to appeal to the masses to attract a vote may be the opposite to those required when it comes to making decisions that are not necessarily popular but necessary for good government. Often leaders need to make decisions that don’t take people where they want to go but where they need to go. There is a subtle difference. So what are the skills needed to be a good leader? With Year 12 students across the nation having recently completed the HSC and now choosing the next step in their lives, there is a lot of talk about intelligence – based on the four magic numbers in an ATAR. I have a minor issue with the definition of intelligence. Much of what I see in the modern HSC I would not call intelligence. I would call it memory recollection. I’m not sure what a technical definition of intelligence is but being able to remember a number of facts and then regurgitate them at will is, in my opinion, questionable as a sign of intelligence. Once upon a time I could recall phone numbers of all of my key suppliers and clients and pick up a phone and call them without picking up a phone book. But today, with phone numbers and every other fact in the known universe sitting in the palm of our hand, the skill of remembering facts is becoming less relevant. Why waste brainpower on remembering facts that can be just as quickly – and more accurately – recalled with a garden variety smartphone? I remember running into Yvonne Adele at a conference a couple of years ago. Yvonne created the Ms Megabyte persona in the mid-90s and was a columnist for a number of popular magazines and on television. Her entire premise was that people had limited knowledge in relation to computers and she would answer IT related issues from people that would send in questions to her. She was very successful with the concept. When I bumped into her, I asked her what happened to Ms Megabyte. She quite sim-

ply explained that a little thing called the Internet killed her off. Why bother sending questions in to a columnist and waiting for the next edition of the magazine to be published when you can have your answer in 28 seconds? The same applies to memorisation – why bother remembering facts and figures when the Internet is always at hand – literally?

Should intelligence then be defined as the ability to solve problems? I remember sitting a variety of IQ tests as a child. The questions seemed relatively easy – but totally irrelevant. Spot the sequence in a series of numbers. Explain the actions needed to go from shape 1 to shape 2. I can’t remember ever needing to spot which number comes next in the real world. Critical thinking seems to be a lost art and it can lead to superior problem solving but I don’t know of a simple test for critical thinking abilities. Perhaps intelligence should be measured on creative ability. Who can come up with the most innovative solution to a specific problem? But then creativity goes deeper than that. It has been famously said that it is not the answer that wins you a Nobel Prize – it is the question. If you can ask the right question – and then solve that – that can make a real difference to the world. How do you measure THAT in the HSC?

Perhaps the real answer is that intelligence can be defined in a range of ways dependent on the situation. You may describe someone as an “athlete” or “fit” but it isn’t universal. Chris Martin played 71 Test matches for New Zealand taking 233 Test wickets so you would describe him as an athlete. He even managed 14 catches. But he is generally regarded as the worst batsman in the history of test cricket with a total of 123 runs at an average of 2.36. Most of our third grade cricketers in Dubbo would be better with the willow in their hand. The point is that we accept specialisation in sport and accept that people can be incredibly successful in one sporting endeavour but it doesn’t translate to all sports. Intelligence should be the same. We should accept that people can be incredibly talented using their brains in one field – even if that field is not one generally accepted as an ‘intelligent’ field.

The real measure of intelligence is one of transparency; commonsense; communication; decision-making and being in touch with our society.

City folk who sit in traffic for three hours a day and shuffle paper when they get to work might consider farmers who grow our food to be below their intelligence level but I guarantee most degree holding employees sitting in offices in Sydney would be all at sea if they had to run a farm for a year. Which all comes back to our politicians. NSW Premier Mike Baird, one of our more successful politicians from recent years, was recently quoted as saying that his HSC results were average at best. We would generally say that we want a Premier who is intelligent but if we define intelligence as high HSC results, then our Premier has failed that test. Which comes to my real point. The real skills to be a successful politician and leader are not measured in an exam at the end of Year 12. The real measure is one of transparency; common-sense; communication; decision-making and being in touch with our society – plus so much more. I am not sure we ever know what we are going to get when we elect a leader but it doesn’t take too long to find out if we have elected people that we think are good leaders. Whether we call them intelligent or not is an entirely different story.

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Public solar projects deserve their day in the sun Comment by MATT PARMETER Environmental campaigner Matt Parmeter is the co-ordinator of the Solar Energy Exchange Initiative (SEXI), an alliance of NSW local councils aiming to seek funding to develop solar projects throughout the state.

USTRALIA has started its move to a 100 per cent renewable electricity supply. It’s the Great Transition – a latter stage of the Industrial Revolution – that has previously brought us coal and oil power, freeing humanity from using muscle power alone. We have to take this step if we wish to help avoid dangerous climate change. Various studies have shown that a 90100 per cent renewable energy electricity supply is possible. The real questions now concern how we go about making it a reality, and how fast we do it. The most common view is that a 100 per cent renewable energy electricity supply will largely be powered by wind and solar, with sufficient storage (pumped hydro, batteries and so on) to deal with supply and demand variability. Wind: There is currently 3800 MW (December, 2014) of wind power installed, and projections are that wind could supply about half of our nation’s energy demand. Wind currently has the lowest LCOE (levelised cost of electricity), at about $70 to $100/ MWh. This means that $100M will get you more electricity if you put it into wind infrastructure than if you put it into other renewable energy technologies. Solar: There is currently 4,900 MW of solar PV (photo-voltaic) installed in Australia. Most of this (about 4635 MW, in December 2015) is called “small scale solar”, meaning solar PV panels that mums and dads have installed on the roof of

their homes. It also includes a smaller amount that is installed on offices, shops and other commercial buildings. A minor portion (about one part in 15) of the PV panels installed in Australia are called “large scale solar”. These are similar to the PV panels that individuals have on their rooftops, but were not installed by individuals but by large corporations. There has been debate about how, and how fast, Australia can transition to a 100 per cent (or more than 95 per cent) renewable electricity supply, and about how both small scale and large scale solar fit into the mix. One of the issues with large scale solar is that it’s expensive – about half as much again as small scale. Similar PV panels are being used, but they cost more to install and get operating when both bankers and corporations and power lines, substations, network connection, roads/infrastructure and so forth are involved, compared with mums and dads “behind the existing meter”. It’s dis-economies of scale. For example, the 102 MW Nyngan Solar Farm (completed in June last year) cost a bit less than $300M, or just over $2.80/watt. Solarchoice PV price check has PV panels being installed (3 kW, average price) on a rooftop for $1.80 / watt. We are not entirely comparing apples with apples, but you get the idea. To get large scale solar PV installed, taxpayers subsidised the corporations’ cost. Public funds typically paid about half the bill. The reason given for wanting a viable large scale solar sector in Australia is to tap into the financial resources that banks and corporations have, so that money can be sourced and used to build the renewable energy infrastructure that Australia will need. Another round of funding for large scale solar has been announced, with $100M of public funds to be spent. The current round aims to get more large scale solar projects built. It is hoped the projects would drive down the levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) to between

$135/MWh and $115/MWh. There were 77 eligible bids submitted seeking funding. The Solar Energy eXchange Initiative (SEXI), of which I am the co-ordinator, put in a bid. We proposed a 17 MW large scale solar PV plant – an aggregated, distributed system with an LCOE of $115/MWh and an estimated total project cost of $1.76/watt. We were rejected because we were a council organisation. Taxpayer funds going to directly benefit taxpayers and/or ratepayers is it seems not preferred under the federal government’s current funding guidelines. Instead, for large scale solar, it seems public funds should only go to corporations (to benefit shareholders). I am yet to meet a person in the street, when the idea was explained to them, who did not see some benefit in the SEXI Proposal. The Solar Energy eXchange Initiative, which covers about 60 per cent of the NSW land area, has gained official support from 27 Councils. It has official support from four Regional Organisations of Councils (ROCs).

“We need changes to the current funding guidelines so that public and community groups are allowed to access public funds to install solar PV. A Motion of Support passed the Upper House of the NSW Parliament in October 2013 - it was unanimous, with support right across the political spectrum. A Motion of Support for the SEXI Proposal, requesting all levels of government to consider how they could support the proposal, was passed by the Senate in March last year. At a time when passing legislation through the Senate has apparently been fractious, this was one item that was unanimous.

It is difficult to imagine how we can get any higher official approval, unless we can somehow get Ban Ki-moon and Pope Francis onboard. The current Prime Minister has talked about the importance of innovation in 21st century Australia. No one would disagree. There seems to be a pervasive ideology that the only innovation possible is private sector innovation; that the public and community sectors, that make up 20-30 per cent (depending on the statistics selected) of the economy, somehow don’t count. The US has PV panel installation costs on homes roughly double that of Australia, mostly due to balance of system costs. In a large part this is due to lack of innovation in the public/administrative sector in the US. Australia innovated both its business and administrative sectors (for PV), and the US did not, or did so only slowly. The cost difference in PV installation is what “lack of innovation in administration” means. From 2013 to 2017 more than $400million in public funds will go to corporations for (large scale) solar PV installation. We don’t begrudge the private sector getting taxpayer support. But we would ask for a similar level, or at least a significant level, of taxpayer support for public and community groups as well. The Mayor of the Gold Coast was succinct. As quoted in Renew Economy (December 17, 2015) Gold Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson said: “How a local Council representing Australian taxpayers can be deemed ineligible, and [a foreign company] be given $23 million in tax payer funds is beyond belief.” We need changes to the current funding guidelines so that public and community groups are allowed to access public funds to install PV. To believe that public funds should only go to corporations, and never to go to a public service provider is not sound economics. It’s ideology. Public funds should benefit the public.

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Aussie, Aussie, Aussie – oh, dear, oh dear, oh dear HUNDREDS of complaints have followed the release of the latest Australia Day ad by Meat and Livestock Australia, with many saying the ad depicts a vegan’s home being burned. Others have criticized the advertisement’s insensitivity to the Indigenous population on a day marking the beginning of colonisation. The campaign depicts a mission to save Aussies abroad and bring them back to enjoy lamb on Australia Day, with one vegan’s apartment being set alight upon his extraction. Another issue is the name of the operation, Boomerang - in theory suitable to the concept but completely culturally inappropriate under the circumstances. Good luck squirming out of this one MLA.

What’s a favour between friends? FORMER Prime Minister Tony Abbott has asked his successor Malcolm Turnbull to appoint Brian Loughnane (the husband of Abbott’s controversy-plagued former chief of staff Peta Credlin) as our nation’s representative to the Vatican, as reported by the Australian Financial Review. The requested “favour” comes as we remember Loughnane cited the leadership change as an opportunity to step down from federal director of the Liberal Party amid the controversy which surrounded his and Credlin’s relationship.

Fourth time lucky for Rupert? MEDIA mogul Rupert Murdoch has announced his engagement to former supermodel Jerry Hall via an ad in the Forthcoming Marriages section of The Times newspaper. At 84, it will be Murdoch’s fourth marriage, so by now he should perhaps know how to sweet talk a girl from Texas, or was it the bulge

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The Man Who Fell to Earth YVETTE AUBUSSON FOLEY: WAS four years old when David Bowie stepped out on a television stage to launch his Ziggy Stardust persona to the world. We didn’t own TV – music magazines and newspapers told the story but the impact and the reaction Ziggy generated was lost on me at the time. It’s understandable that a generation of youth would want to grab onto his coat tails and escape the humdrum of 1960s conservative life, just as the ‘50s embraced Elvis. But on reading the reams of tributes and memorials, it’s fascinating to think the most shocking aspect of Ziggy was not his outrageous red spikey hair – the polar opposite to the shiny man-bobs of the day – or his skin tight glittery onesie, clinging to his stick insect body and leaving nothing to the imagination or the vinyl platform boots – all again a complete 180 to the brown safari suit trends of the day. No, what was most shocking seems to have been the fact that Bowie had put his arm around another man. Given Bowie was an artist in the true sense of the word and fashioned in those years largely by his American wife, Angie, hell bent on marketing him to stardom, his personal world was unaccustomed to repression and embraced the different. With this simple and, looking at the video clip, quiet innocent looking gesture – just a “hanging around with a mate” embrace – he rocked the world.

He was able to say “dare to be different, ignore the critics, they’ll never go away”. Really all we could do was sit back, watch and enjoy the show. “I don’t know where I’m going but I know it will be interesting.” So, famously, said David Bowie who made sure everything he did was interesting. Everyone it seems has a David Bowie story. The moment or moments when he entered their lives in song, on film, in fashion or art and left an indelible and in some cases life changing mark. Naturally, his death has made headlines around the world and dominated social media as talk of his extraordinary life escalated – 4.7million comments on Twitter alone in the first 48 hours following the news of Bowie’s death, ringing in curation as the new obituary. Now as details of his illness, kept secret for so long, and his determination to leave one last gesture of expression for the world emerge, his album Blackstar dominates charts heading to number one… for one last time. Spectacular to the last, the name David Bowie, is synonymous with daring and courage. His 12 month long persona of Ziggy Stardust (1971-72), although now decades old and born in a completely different world, continues to resonate, break boundaries and speak to people with the message that it’s okay to be different and to stand apart. Talented in so many ways, his resume of films is also extraordinary and spans

decades. Memorial and tribute concerts and an online outpouring of grief, gratitude and love for David Bowie, ensure “the man who fell to earth”, will live on for a very long time to come.

Mel Murray: David Bowie was an artistic genius. His body of work will be celebrated beyond his life time. His loss has left a creative void that will be hard to fill in an industry that needs those who stand out to rise to the top. In the last several days music journalists and fans alike have written so poetically about his music and his films. For me, David Bowie was a beacon of hope for anyone who dared to be different – living proof that outside the tiny circle that as a teenager feels like your whole world, there are people and places that celebrate the unusually and the creative. Once I had let the news of his death sink in I put “Heroes” on the record player and then spent the night curled up with my daughter watching the Labyrinth and shedding a quiet tear. Thank you David Bowie for everything. For my part I will ensure the love for your lyrics and your way of being in the world continues on in the heart of a wide eyed 4 year old. Travel safe.

Kris Stevens: I was living in California and watching a lot of MTV when the single and film clip was released for Let’s Dance. I’ll never forget the images of the Warrumbungles and how it made me feel

each time I saw it on TV ... I love all of his work, but this track is one of my favourites.

Jeff Meyers: The man who invented reinvention. An innovator and musical genius right to the end with a critically acclaimed new album released two days before his death. I was privileged to see him live in 1983 (Serious Moonlight Tour) and 1987 (Glass Spider). And he was a pretty decent actor as well.

Jen Cowley So many Bowie songs are mnemonics for good times and bad, tragedies and triumphs and just bloody good times in my life. Yes, it’s a loss ... but what an incredible legacy to leave. Imagine being able to give that kind of gift to the world.

Andrew Foley I was in a Singapore metro station with thousands of commuters rushing past me the moment I saw the passing of David Bowie flash as an RSS feed on my mobile phone screen. I was standing still to pause the call to send a file but hung up on immediately and went to the BBC webpage, which confirmed he was gone. It was all-surreal amplified by the metro emptying between train arrivals. One of my larger than life youth icons who I was lucky enough to see twice in concert - Serious Moonlight in Sydney and Glass Spider tours in Melbourne was gone. A truly unique era has ended.

Let’s Dance in Carinda BACK in September last year, Weekender’s intrepid regional writer Lisa Minner visited Carinda for a story about the tiny town’s famous pub, which again made headlines around the world this week as the backdrop – along with the magnificent Warrumbungle Mountains – for David Bowie’s phenomenally popular Let’s Dance, which is arguably one of his most well-loved signature tunes. The Thin White Duke put the town on the musical map – and as Lisa wrote back in September, locals well remember the time fame came to town: This tiny outback town was once the set for mega-star David Bowie’s 1983 hit, Let’s Dance and the film clip is now firmly embedded in popular culture with its memorable racially focussed storyline. Let’s Dance was, at the time, Bowie’s biggest hit. The Carinda Hotel was chosen as the location for parts of the clip as were areas around the Coolah Tops and the Warrumbungles, as well as inner Sydney. When a tanned, 36 year old blonde haired version of Bowie arrived in the remote township, he’s said to have thought the place an alien landscape. The township folk were equally gobsmacked by him and his entourage – those who actually recognised who Bowie was. When his crew began hauling in cameras and lights, the town knew it was in for something very special. Bowie encouraged everyone to come and be part of the atmosphere and, as a thank you, paid for an open bar. Rumour has it that by the final take,

The outback town of Carinda may be small but it’s had a pretty colourful past. Dubbo Weekender catches up with some of the locals who are proud to say David Bowie shot a film clip in their pub and a local constable who thinks the town is worth a visit even if his house and work place was originally S the last port of call along the Macquarie River, the township of Carinda – situated 276 north-west of Dubbo and 70 kilometres from Walgett – at its height boasted a population of around 180 people, sadly, it now sits at around 40 for similiar reasons many regional and rural towns have gone into decline over the years. While the town is green at the moment, thanks to much prayed for rain, the ten year drought has pretty much ruined the farming industry and resulted in the closure of the town’s cotton gin, ending an important source of employment for locals. But all may not be lost for Carinda – the town has it’s own quirky history and the locals who have hung on would love to see that history put Carinda back on the map, especially in a tourism capacity. Incredibly, this tiny outback town was once the set for mega-star David Bowie’s 1983 hit, Let’s Dance and the film clip is now firmly imbedded in popular culture with its memorable racially focused storyline. Let’s Dance was (at the time) Bowie’s biggest hit. The Carinda Hotel was chosen as the location for parts of the clip, and areas around Coolah Tops and the Warrumbungles, as well as inner Sydney. When a tanned, 36-year-old blond haired version of Bowie arrived in the remote township, he is said to have thought the place an alien landcape. The township folk were equally gob-smacked by

him and his entourage, those that actually recognised who he was. When Bowie’s crew began hauling in cameras and lights, the town new they were in for something very special. Bowie encouraged everyone to come and be a part of the atmosphere and as a thank you, paid

the put was well and truly rocking, with everyone from farmers and labourers to shop owners, dancing around the bar to Bowie’s music. The film clip also featured two Aboriginal actors/dancers – Terry Roberts and Jolene King – who were sought out to play the lead characters in the clip. While Terry Roberts has since died,

for an open bar. Rumour has it by the final take, the pub was well and truly rocking, with everyone from farmers and labourers to the shop owners, dancing around the bar, to his music. The film clip also featured two aboriginal actors/

dancers named Terry Roberts and Jolene King who were sought out to play the lead characters in the clip. While Terry Roberts has since passed away, the Syd ney Morning Herald interviewed Jolene in 2013 at her home in Sydney’s Western Suburbs. Her memories of Bowie

were very positive and she said she had no idea at the time that the film clip would be as big a deal as it actually was.

Bowie was quoted as saying in a Rolling Stone interview that he found Australia to be an incredibly racist country, at that time.

Let’s Dance was shot with a message in mind. It made references to slavery, racism and the stolen generation.

“As much as I love this country,” he says, “it’s probably one of the most racially intolerant in the world, well in line with

Jolene was interviewed by the Sydney Morning Herald in 2013 at her home in Sydney’s western suburbs. Her memories of Bowie were very positive and she said she’d had no idea at the time that the film clip would be as big a deal as it actually was. Let’s Dance was shot with a message in mind. It made references to slavery,

racism and the stolen generation. Bowie was quoted at the time as saying: “As much as I love this country, it’s probably one of the most racially intolerant in the world, well in line with South Africa.” (Let’s Dance in Carinda – Lisa Minner, Dubbo Weekender 4/9/15)

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SPORT.

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Swimmers scoop the pool PHOTOS BY ANTHONY CHAPMAN LAST week, South Australia came to realise what the Orana region has known for years – that when it comes to junior swimmers, Dubbo and the western region punches well above its weight. Earlier this week, 21 swimmers from the Orana Aquatic Swimming Club returned from the South Australian Country championships, dragging a swag of metal behind the team bus in the form of medals of the gold, silver and bronze variety. Every swimmer in the team achieved a medal at the championships, held at Loxton, with 104 individual medals and 16 relay medals. According to proud coach and team manager, Anthony Chapman, the meet is one of the high level meets that is hosted by South Australian swimming each year, and the swimmers from Dubbo did themselves, their club and the city proud – finishing third in the overall pointscore.

Rear: Luci Ferguson, Pat Mayers, Lachlan McCabe, Jarrod Algie, Olivia Watmore, Sharnia Dimmock Middle: Sarah Halbisch, Monique May, Tiarna Adams, Savannah Dimmock, Harry Dimmock, Hannah Spittles, Kate Davis Front: Kaden Williams, Merryn Chapman, Deakin Wilson, Hayley Adams, Chloe Williams, Bella Wilson, Jye Wilson, Sean McCabe

Rear: Merryn Chapman, Sarah Halbisch Front: Chloe Williams, Kate Davis

Open & 18 & under relay team/s members: T

Jarrod Algie, Pat Mayers, Harry Dimmock, Lachlan McCabe – who swam in the Open relays and also the 18 & under relays.

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mbers: Tiarna Adams, Sharnia Dimmock, Luci Ferguson, Hayley Adams, Olivia Watmore and Savannah Dimmock

14 & Under Female Relay: Tiarna Adams Bella Wilson, Monique May and Hannah Spittles

Luci Ferguson and Lachlan McCabe

SPORT.

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Jones Comerford: Giving them stick He’s just 16, but Dubbo’s JONES COMERFORD has just tucked the Victorian Junior Masters championship trophy under his arm, and is by all accounts headed for the giddy heights of professional golf. But this grounded young gun with the model looks and extraordinary sporting talent isn’t for one second about to take anything for granted. PHOTOS: STEVE COWLEY AS TOLD TO: JEN COWLEY I haven’t had more than two weeks off playing golf since I was seven – and I’m 16 now. I remember asking my dad, Phil, for a set of clubs but he wanted to make sure I’d actually use them before he invested in a set. So I went down to the course every day for the next three months and borrow a couple of clubs and practice with them. Then he bought me my first set. I did a lot of practice before I started doing competitions – I wanted to make sure I could hold my own. I picked it up pretty quickly and I knew from a young age that it was something I could be good at. It was also something different to what everyone else was doing. My first competition was at Mudgee when I was ten – and I won that. I knew I was better than most kids my age, but I also knew I had to practice. You can’t just take it easy and not put in the effort. It’s like anything – you can’t expect to get results if you’re not prepared to work at it. I realised this pretty quickly once I started travelling away to competitions, and going interstate – I had to really work hard to be better than other players my age. I don’t really think about winning – I focus on what I’m doing. I’ll work with my coach on various aspects of my game and not focus on the next tournament – so that when I get to that next tournament, I’m prepared. I’ll hit 200 balls a day and not think about where I’m headed, I just focus on practice. When I was younger, I used to practice because I enjoyed hitting balls, but now it’s more about polishing technique. That pays off in the long run – which I’ve just proved again with the win in Victoria. I’ve also represented NSW in the state team; I’ve flown around the country to represent the state. Bonnie Doon Golf Club in Sydney offered me a scholarship after they noticed me through various competitions – they pay my fees, I get free access to their club and they sponsor me to go away to competitions. They obviously saw something in me that they liked, so it’s been a great help. I have their support until I’m 21. Without the support of my parents, Jo and Phil, none of this would have been or would be possible. They’ve worked really hard to support me. Dad has made sure I’ve been able to take up every opportunity. He does everything for me – he works very hard to help get me to where I am and to keep me going. I don’t take my golf for granted – I see it as an opportunity, and I’m thankful to have it. Golf is definitely a career choice for me – whether it’s being involved in a golf-related business, or as a professional player. My ultimate goal is to play professionally, but I’d also like to have some sort of qualification to fall back on. I have a couple of offers to colleges in America, so maybe I’ll take one of those up so that I have some academic qualification if golf doesn’t go my way.

My school, St John’s College in Dubbo, has been really supportive. I have a great year co-ordinator who sets me up with work when I go overseas or interstate for golf, so that I don’t miss out on schoolwork and fall behind. I’m going into Year 11, so I hope it’s the same this year because I have a very full schedule with golf this year and I don’t want to let my schoolwork slip. It’s tough managing school work with social life and golf, but I’m not going to complain because it’s something I want to do. I get up really early every morning and I’m usually pretty late to bed, because I’m trying to get everything done. But I compartmentalise – when I’m at golf, I’m at golf. When I’m at school, I focus on school. When I’m with friends, I focus on them.

Since my name goes under Bonnie Doon Golf Club, people don’t always realise I’m from Dubbo. Bonnie Doon is a very well known and respected Sydney club, so when the members of Golf Victoria found out I was actually from Dubbo, they were really quite surprised. But they shouldn’t be. Hitting balls in Dubbo is no different to hitting balls in Sydney. The clubs in the city tend to have more facilities, but our course here is pretty good for a country club – we’re lucky to have it. If you’re going to be a good golfer, it’s more about practice and dedication than facilities. The win in the Victorian Junior Championships was my greatest achievement so far, but it was a hard competition. There were about 300 players from interstate as well as

from China, the US and other countries. There was a cut after two rounds, which eliminated half the players and it went from there. (In the final) I had one over par in the first round at Churchill Gardens in really tough conditions with wind and rain. It was a grind of a day. One over par isn’t the best score, but I knew that in those conditions and the way the course was playing, that it was going to be a pretty good score. In the second round, I had even par, which wasn’t bad, and I was about three behind the lead. On the last day, we played 36 holes and it was a tough day. It was windy and hot and there was some rain, but I shot two under in the third round to get within one shot of the lead. Conditions were awful in the last round and I shot three over par. I needed to birdie the last and my chip lipped out for the win. Then it was down to a sudden death playoff with a kid from Victoria. There were a lot of people watching – there were a lot of cameras, a lot of screaming. It was nerve wracking. Because he was from Victoria, there were a lot of people there cheering him on and wanting him to win, but you can’t think about that. You just have to think about the shot. You don’t think about winning, you don’t’ think about losing; you just think about what you’re doing and being in the moment. You do what you have to do. I birdied the playoff hole to win by one. It was one of the best feelings I’ve ever had in my life. Just walking off that green knowing I’d just won an international tournament… I can’t describe it. And it was so tough. In the final round I made a triple bogie on the ninth hole to go from one under to two over and that was just so hard mentally. To have a three shot lead and then just lose it in one hole – I kind of had the feeling of well, there it goes. I had to steel myself to stay positive. I birdied 14 and made really good putts on 15 and 16…. And yeah, that feeling was just incredible. To walk off and have people coming up to me and congratulating me, and to be doing interviews and having lots of media around… it felt amazing. It felt like I’d finally done something to reflect on all my hard work. It’s more than just a trophy – it’s acknowledgement of all the dedication that I, and my family have put in. And it’s given me access – I’m now in the Victorian Open in February, which will be my first professional tournament and then I have access to the Port Stephens Amateur and the NSW Amateur. I’d like to think I could be a role model for younger players, in all sports. I have a good temperament and that’s something I’ve learned from playing at higher levels and by representing Bonnie Doon club and my state. They’re not going to select kids who spit the dummy and carry on. And to kids who are wanting to achieve their goals, I’d say just focus on what you want and work hard to get it.

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WHAT I DO KNOW.

THE BIG PICTURE.

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33 This stunning shot of local model Bess Pascoe, who recently entered Australia’s next top model, was taken by local photographer Sam Read at Dubbo’s Shoyoen Japanese gardens. Since completing his HSC last year, Sam has embarked on several projects aimed at expanding his portfolio, including fashion/ editorial style shoots and fine art self portraits. Sam has also been director of photography for a local documentary. The aspiring young photographer says he believes successful art is about storytelling. “This is an element I place great importance on in my works. When photographing models I want the image to tell a story, and take the viewer on a journey. There are many beautiful places and faces in this city and my goal is to photograph as many as possible before leaving my home town in February. I will be undertaking studies at Wollongong University in theatre and photography.”

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Barman and pool shark Pete Sparks, out the front of the Royal Hotel.

HE Royal Hotel stands proudly in the historic township of Hill End, the last of many such watering holes built at a time when gold fever saw the population of the now modestly sized town swell to around 10,000 people. At the height of the gold rush, and after the massive Holtermann nugget was discovered there weighing in at 286 kg, Hill End was the largest inland settlement in NSW. It could also boast 28 other licensed hotels servicing the needs of thirsty miners, but these have all gradually disappeared over the years. Today, Hill End is a shadow of its former glory days with interpretive signage in front of empty but maintained blocks, indicating the sites where significant buildings once stood. What does remain has been loving preserved and is managed by a variety

of National Parks and Wildlife Services (NPWS) programs that embrace the town’s colonial past. Hill End is also listed on the State Heritage Register for its cultural, scientific, and social value. While the population now sits around 166, the Royal, built in 1872, remains a favourite for travellers wanting to experience some historic charm and the pub and the town itself are brimming with it. The Royal has undergone some minor restoration and modernisation over the years, in particular the kitchen and bathrooms. The bar, restaurant and accommodation however, still retain a distinctly old world feel. It smells old – in a good way – and you get the sense that if the walls could talk they’d share a few brow-raising yarns. Perched above the signage at the front of the hotel is a lantern that harks back

to a time when the town’s hotels were required to hang a lit lamp to identify to visitors that the premises was a public house. It was gold field law and penalties applied for non-compliance. The main bar is filled with memorabilia and framed photos of the township from the last century. Behind the bar, colourful currency from all corners of the globe is pinned to the walls and fittings. There’s plenty to see and learn in a pub this old. The hotel offers 13 rooms from singles to doubles and the French doors in each room open up onto either a front or back balcony, giving panoramic views of the lush countryside. It’s basic accommodation with shared amenities but the simplicity adds to its charm and the creaking upstairs floor boards and (in particular) the staircase, allow visitors no skulking around at night. Owner Stephen Burgess has held the

“A little man called Tommy who took a fancy to me showed me a nugget of gold, or rather a nob of quartz heavily studded with gold—the bar was very full and so were most of the drinkers.” – a 1947 diary entry from famed Australian artist Donald Friend, describing a visit to Hill End’s Royal Hotel.

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REGIONAL ROADTRIPPER.

THE ROYAL’S REIGN HILL END’S HISTORIC PUB At 144 years old, The Royal Hotel at Hill End still stands proudly in the main street, a reminder of our colonial past and gold rush days. The two storey pub has been the meeting place for some of Australia’s great landscape painters as well as thousands of gold miners and their families over the years. LISA MINNER booked in for a weekend in the hotel that’s still an important and much loved hub in the town. lease on the Royal Hotel since 2012. He’s the first to admit he’s still getting his head around the business, having had no previous hospitality experience. Prior to taking on the pub, he was a professional Bridge player, dabbled in horse racing, traded in futures and had a stint as a taxi driver. “We poured our first beer after we’d been here six months, it was all a bit of a culture shock,” he laughs. It was “a bit of madness” that drew him to the hotel, he says. “I’d never been to Hill End before but my wife of four years, Wendy, used to come here quite often. She really loved the place.” While Wendy is in Fiji, Stephen is taking care of business and loving every second of it. Because the pub’s residence is currently occupied by manager Avon, Stephen says he’s been staying in room 12,

which is allegedly “the ghost room”. “We have a picture of it (the ghost) – it’s a white misty figure hovering in the room. “In fact we had a couple of young women staying here recently and they saw the picture of the ghost and decided it wasn’t real so I told them to go and test the room out. “At about 10pm they went up the creaky stairs to room 12 and turned the lights out but in the meantime our barman had gone out the door and snuck up the back stairs on the side and tapped on their door, they screamed and just about tripped over each other getting down the stairs,” he says, laughing heartily at the memory. Local Bob Fraser has been in the Hill End area for most of his life and recalls that when the pub was first built, the owners couldn’t get a licence to operate it.

Interior shots of the bar

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“At the time they were bringing in African American men from the US who were trained in using steam powered rock drills; they were very heavy machines and most of the mining had been done up until that point using hand drills and a hammer. “So when these men arrived they turned the Royal Hotel into a boarding house and that’s where they lived. Some of the descendants of their families are still here today. Then when one

“It smells old – in a good way – and you get the sense that if the walls could talk they’d share a few brow-raising yarns. of the other pubs nearby closed down, they transferred the licence to the Royal Hotel.” Bob says he’s been breasting the bar at the Royal since he was old enough to be allowed through the front door. Now 78, he remembers the blessed day when refrigeration was first put on the beer back in the 1950s. “Prior to that they used to lay a wet bag over it, with wooden handles to pump it out; you could slice it like bread, the top of the jug,” he recalls, laughing. I ask about the ghost in room 12, and Bob says he’s heard the stories. “They reckon there’s one here. I’ve never seen it but it’s probably old Ossie – Oswald Forbes Eyre – his family had the place for donkey’s years. “If it’d be anyone’s ghost, it’d be old Ossie’s.” Hill End has attracted many wellknown Australian artists since the

1940s – noted names like Brett Whiteley, Jeffery Smart, John Olsen and Margaret Ollie – some of whom loved the area so much they bought dwellings so they could paint away from the noise and bustle of the city. Two artists who were particularly enamoured with the town were Donald Friend and Russell Drysdale. Drysdale painted his famous and much-reproduced, The Cricketers (1948), which shows two boys playing cricket against the wall of a Hill End building. The Art Gallery of NSW later established an artist-in-residence program in Hill End to continue the tradition set by its creative predecessors. Wendy Sharpe, winner of both the Sulman (1986) and Archibald prizes (1996) was one such artist-in-residence. It’s now considered a rite-of-passage for artists to live and work in Hill End at some point in their career. In Donald Friend’s diary he mentions time spent at the Royal Hotel. “Life here is delightful; the local people are very pleasant, pronounced individuals. At the pub, the food is very good, and the Eyre family who run the place, very nice. (September 12, 1947) “The place is packed with characters. When we returned in the evening the Hill End Saturday Night Drinkfest was in full swing. The bar is an Hogarthian scene of peasant drinking and merriment. “A little man called Tommy who took a fancy to me showed me a nugget of gold, or rather a nob of quartz heavily studded with gold—the bar was very full and so were most of the drinkers.” (September 14, 1947).

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Manager of the Royal Hotel, Avon Wilson

Panoramic view of Hill End and what appears to be the Royal Hotel. Image courtesy State Library Holtermann Collection.

Residents of Hill End out the front of the Royal Hotel. IMAGE REPRODUCED FROM ‘HILL END GOLD’ BY MALCOLM DRINKWATER

The Royal Hotel in 2016

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Enjoying the hospitality at the Royal Hotel for the weekend were Dave Russell and Libby Day, Treva Webeck and Jolyon Lafforgue, Karen Russell and Vic Slavensky, Geoffrey Russell and Pete Sparks, the barman.

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Boxing Day sales a mixed shopping bag

BY YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY “CARNAGE”; “record sales”; “over 100 ATM transactions per second” – so went various media descriptions of the traditional Boxing Day shopping blitz, which in 2015 for the first time saw all retailers across the whole of

NSW, including Dubbo, allowed to trade on December 26, under the condition workers and lessees freely chose to do so. For many, opening their doors on the day after Christmas proved a lucrative choice. The Australian Retail Association’s official Boxing Day Sale tally for

NSW was $749,920,990 with the bulk of sales occurring in metropolitan centres however no figure has been released on costs to retailers. Some businesses did not see the worth in opening their doors despite the Retail Trading Amendment Act 2015 allowing them to

do so. “Penalty rates are a bit of a contentious issue for some retailers. If they’re just breaking even after they’ve paid wages some feel they’re just doing a community service for what they make out of it,” Dubbo Chamber of Commerce president, Matt Wright told

BUSINESS IN BRIEF Farmers’ forum to focus on future proofing ARMERS and graziers across the Nyngan region have been invited to attend a “pastures, livestock and innovation” update forum being hosted by Central West Local Land Services next month. The Future Proofing Your Grazing Business forum is to be held at the Nygnan RSL Club on Tuesday, February 9, and is designed to deliver information and initiatives to local landholders in their everyday business operations. Landholders are urged to attend the forum to hear from industry experts on issues relevant to farming in the Nyngan region. The event is free of charge, and includes morning tea, lunch and skin cancer health checks. RSVPs close February 5th. For further information, contact David Trengove on 0419 985 878. To secure your place please email centralwest.communications@lls.nsw.gov. au

Recalls risk a real hazard CTING NSW Fair Trading Commissioner John Tansey is warning NSW consumers and businesses about recalled products that pose a threat to public safety and encouraging people to check the ACCC recalls website at www.recalls.gov.au for information or to subscribe for email alerts. Current recalls range from Fantastic Furniture chairs that can slice limbs to hoverboards with unapproved chargers, faulty electrical Infinity and Olsen-branded Infinity cables, Samsung top-loading washing machines, Toyota power window master switch-

es and Wedgwood Peter Rabbit silver plated baby rattles. “The recalls website features recalls concerned with safety issues in products that could cause potential harm so it’s an important resource for everyone to check,” Tansey said. “Make sure you are not using recalled products. If you have bought a product that has been recalled you have certain rights depending on the way the recall is conducted, so check with the supplier for details.” If a product you buy is recalled, the supplier may offer you a full refund, a suitable replacement product of the same value, or a modification or repair of the product. If you are having problems with a recalled product, contact the ACCC or NSW Fair Trading. Voluntary safety-related recalls are the responsibility of the supplier. Compulsory recalls of a product are ordered if it will or may cause injury to a person and where it appears the supplier has not taken satisfactory action to prevent the goods from causing injury. Current recalls include: • Powder coated steel ‘Worx’ chairs with welded frames that were sold by Fantastic Furniture and have tapering of the inside bottom of the chair legs that may lead to an entrapment or laceration hazard. • Samsung top loading washing machines - The following model names manufactured in 2010, 2011, 2012 and some models in 2013 are affected: SW75V9WIP; SW65V9WIP; SW70SPWIP; SW80SPWIP; WA85GWGIP; WA85GWWIP • Hoverboards - Eight recalled with more expected to be announced • Infinity electrical cable - do not comply with Australian electrical safety standards. Expert advice is they may become prematurely brittle and break if disturbed, exposing the

internal conductors and potentially causing electrical shock or fires. • Power Window Master Switches in various makes and models of Toyota vehicles, including Camry, Camry Hybrid, Aurion, Corolla, RAV4 and Yaris that could result in a fire hazard. • Wedgwood Peter Rabbit baby rattles could potentially pose a choking hazard to young children and are a serious risk. • A number of butane gas cookers have been recalled - Butane gas cookers have previously caused severe burns and major injuries. • Inside Out cinema novelty cups with potentially lethal button batteries. 15,000 cups have been sold by Event Cinemas since June 2015

Cobb hits out at Truss retirement talk ALARE MP and former federal Agriculture Minister John Cobb has lashed out at speculation over the timing of leader Warren Truss’s retirement, insisting it could be years away. Cobb, who once held the Dubbo-based Nationals stronghold electorate of Parkes, has also cautioned colleagues to carefully choose their next leader, who would act as prime minister when required, amid expectations outspoken deputy Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce will take the job. Whoever the party elects needs to be “sound enough, is smart enough, calm enough and measured enough to make the whole country comfortable in the knowledge that if there was an emergency they would handle it in a very proper way,” Cobb told the Australian Financial Review this week.

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 15.01.2016 to Sunday 17.01.2016 Dubbo Weekender. “We’d like to get feedback from Dubbo’s retailers about their thoughts on the Boxing Day sale. It would be useful to gather information on business sentiment and consumer sentiment,” Wright said. “The figures are pure fiction,” said one small business owner who has premises on Dubbo’s Macquarie Street, while Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association NSW branch secretary Bernie Smith was contacted by Dubbo Weekender but was on leave and unvailable for comment. In the days after the Boxing Day Sales rules were amended, however Smith expressed disappointment at the change saying in a 2015 statement their members were concerned. “They know that members in shops won't be able to resist the pressure to work. They won't want to work. They'd rather be at home with their family and friends,” he said at the time. Under the Act fines of up to $11,000 per person found to have been coerced to work can apply. It is unknown if any complaints were received from workers in Dubbo where large chain stores and some smaller retailers took advantage of the act’s amendment. “Certainly businesses in the centres like Orana Mall and Dubbo Square saw a lot of traffic through their ability to pull a crowd and a lot of stores took advantage of that,” Chamber boss Wright said. Traffic was solid downtown and it looked like a normal trading day. There was good foot traffic and I’d like to think that translated into sales in the till.” Cherie Forrester, centre manager of

“If they’re just breaking even after they’ve paid wages some feel they’re just doing a community service for what they make out of it.” – Dubbo Chamber of Commerce president, Matt Wright Dubbo’s Orana Mall, said the centre had opened on Boxing Day around six years ago at a time when they had to apply for, and were granted, a license to open. “We open if the majors want to open. Woolworths applied and was approved. Because of the new legislation, Woolworths did open nationally and a lot of our national companies did as well,” Forrester told Weekender. “The pattern that we seem to find is the younger fashion shops had a lot of people going there, and Big W was very busy. Our numbers were very good. “Stores inside the mall did not have to open. When we sign a lease we give retailers the hours as part of the Retail Act and we set all that out so people are

covered,” she said. The new amendments nullify lease agreements on Boxing Day so stores are not obliged to open. Landlords of retail premises are liable for fines of up to $22,000 if they compel business owners to open on restricted trading days. “We are governed by legislation when we open. For the mall to function much better it’s good that we open all our stores. We do understand though that there considerations about where we live,” Forrester said. “The legislation really benefits (shoppers in) places like Wollongong and Newcastle that could trade and not travel to the Sydney CBD. Of course we don’t want seepage as we’ve spent a lot of money building the mall. At least consumers didn’t have to drive out of Dubbo.” Trevor Evans, CEO National Retailers Association told Dubbo Weekender the general feedback the association had received from retailers is that opening the stores on Boxing Day was worthwhile and spending in 2015 was up on previous years both beforehand and in post Christmas sales. “That changes region to region, and category to category but NSW was one of the better performing states over Christmas and the Boxing Day period. “Opening in all rather than a few areas has been a net positive. The Sydney CBD didn’t quite have as many people there because people had more options but the net impact was positive. “I’m yet to see the hard data so to comment on the legislation being worthwhile to regional retailers is anecdotal but I absolutely have no doubt there was an increase in sales and employment,” Evans said.

Subscription-based means much higher business valuations! OT everybody has a subscription-based business where there are recurring levels of income. These types of enterprises typically trade at a premium and therefore have much higher business valuations than those who don’t. The reason? Well typically the revenue almost looks after itself and means that customers keep coming back and spending at regular intervals with very little prompting and interaction. This also usually leads to more profit and cash flow which are two of the crucial elements when business valuers are assessing value. Imagine getting paid say on the 15th of every month for something that people find useful and can’t do without. John Warrillow, founder of the Sellability Score and author of Creating A Business That Can Thrive Without You, talks about the nine different types of subscription models. Here is a very brief summary and their application.

Subscription Based #1 – Network Model z Where value of subscription goes up the more it is subscribed to; z Example of this is the telephone or Snapchat;

z Use for products and services where they improve more when more people join.

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On the issue of the Dick Smith post Christmas announcement Evans said January and February are usually quieter times and if there is going to be a high profile closure it tends to happen then in the wash up. “It’s not unusual that gift cards are not redeemable or goods paid for can’t be collected. It’s not automatic but usually the way it happens. What’s important is to recognise it has not closed* but is being administered and hopefully able to trade out,” Evans said. The Retail Trading Act 2015 comes with a sunset clause, which comes into effect on December 1, 2017. New legislation would have to be introduced into Parliament if the 2015 amendments are to operate permanently. "After two Boxing Days we have to have an independent review and the law automatically goes back to what it is now unless as a government we demonstrate that it's been successful [and] the amendments strengthened the rights of workers," according to a statement last year by NSW Industrial Relations Minister Gladys Berejiklian,. The state’s foray into a Boxing Day Sales option to open follows other deregulated states: Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania, the ACT, the Northern Territory and many parts of Queensland. Restricted retail trading days in NSW under the Retail Trading Act 2008 are Good Friday, Easter Sunday, ANZAC Day (prior to 1pm) and Christmas Day. Conditions and exemptions apply. *At the time of going to print.

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5 symptoms you should never ignore E are all well aware that our busy Emergency departments are swamped. And while nobody wants to be a nuisance, there are certain symptoms that should never be ignored and getting to hospital or doctor for a proper check-up and appropriate treatment could be life-saving. Of course, there are always exceptions – and sometimes symptoms that feel very severe might turn out to be harmless (for instance, it’s common for people experiencing severe indigestion to fear they’re having a heart attack) – but remember it’s better to be safe than sorry: if you’re worried, get things checked by the experts. It’s far better to feel a little bit embarrassed than risk your health. Here are five of the most common red flag symptoms that could indicate a medical emergency...

SEVERE CHEST PAINS SEVERE, persistent chest pains – which might be felt as a tightness, squeezing or pressing sensation – could indicate a heart attack. Pain might also travel down the arms (usually the left one), in the jaw, neck, back and abdomen, and other symptoms include breathlessness, sweating, anxiety (often described as a sense of ‘doom’), nausea and vomiting and coughing/wheezing. If you suspect a heart attack, it’s absolutely crucial to dial 000 and get to hospital immediately.

DIFFICULTY BREATHING SHORTNESS of breath that doesn’t feel normal, or that’s caus-

HEALTH IN BRIEF Alcohol industry report slammed S one-punch attacks continue to dominate Australasian headlines, researchers have slammed a report saying alcohol is not a cause of violence. They say the report has the potential to undermine evidence-based countermeasures to alcohol-related harm, including lock-outs. The critique, by Professor Kypros Kypri from the University of Newcastle and Nicki Jackson from the University of Auckland, is published in the latest Addiction journal. It relates to the 2015 report, Understanding Behaviour in the Australian and New Zealand night-time economies, by British anthropologist Dr Anne Fox. Commissioned by alcohol company Lion Pty Ltd, the report said alcohol is not a cause of vio-

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ing you to feel unwell or worried, should never be ignored. It might be due to something harmless, or could be an anxiety attack, an asthma attack, allergic reaction (particularly if accompanied by swelling around the face/mouth area) or due to underlying illness, obstruction or injury. The important thing is to get it thoroughly checked as soon as possible.

SLURRED SPEECH AND DROOPY FACE LIKE heart attacks, a suspected stroke should always be treated as an emergency. Remember the FAST campaign: Face-ArmsSpeech-Time. It’s common for the face to droop on one side – the person might not be able to smile or fully open their eye; there may be paralysis in that arm too; speech may become slurred or garbled – the person might be talking in a confused way that makes no sense, or possibly unable to speak at all. And the ‘T’ stands for ‘Time’: time to dial 000. As with heart attacks, stroke symptoms can vary in severity. But don’t take any chances, as if it is a stroke, speedy treatment can mean the difference between life and death, and long-term disability.

ACUTE MENTAL CONFUSION A sudden confused and disorientated state that’s out of character and causing concern could be due to a number of things. Again, it may be a symptom of stroke, or could be a result of a severe infection (is there also a rash, fever, vomiting?), or even concuslence and that the culture or beliefs about acceptable behaviour when drinking were to blame. Her recommendations include the need for young boys to be taught not to react aggressively to every perceived slight, taunt or jest; media campaigns about acceptable drinking behaviour and teaching parents how to talk to their children about alcohol. Jackson said "these types of recommended approaches may modify a person's knowledge or attitude, but rarely their behaviour. "Dr Fox has overstated the effectiveness of social marketing and alcohol education, and underplayed the causal role of alcohol in violence." The paper fails to acknowledge the huge body of evidence concerning effective strategies for reducing violence, such as earlier cessation of sales in licensed premises, according to Jackson. "Despite failing to meet even basic standards of research the report cannot be ignored, because the findings are being used by the alcohol industry to overturn licensing decisions and in submissions on public policy," Professor Kypri said.

Severe, persistent chest pains could indicate a heart attack. PHOTO: PA PHOTO/THINKSTOCKPHOTOS.

sion following a knock to the head, which may even have happened hours or days previously. Either way, it’s best to get things checked as a matter of urgency.

LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS A simple fainting episode – particularly where there’s a clear cause, such as a person has become too hot – is not usually a The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) welcomed the critique, saying the alcohol industry-funded report recommendations were weak, imprecise and would take at best many generations to see any effect. Chief executive Michael Thorn noted the "substantial body of persuasive global research" which showed that addressing alcohol's price, availability and promotion had an immediate impact on reducing alcohol-fuelled violence, anti-social behaviours, and patterns of risky drinking. AAP MSS/SMW

Downsizing your plates and your pants SING smaller plates may help lose any extra kilos gained over the festive season, say researchers. Varying the size of our plate has a considerable effect on the amount of food we eat, according to a Deakin University meta-analysis of 56 studies involving 3507 participants. But that's only if we serve up

medical emergency. But there are exceptions, and any mysterious loss of consciousness, or repeated fainting attacks or seizures, particularly if accompanied by other symptoms or physical trauma – and especially if the person’s pulse becomes very weak, erratic or fast – should be treated as a potential emergency. Dial 000 if worried. the food ourselves or if the supplied portion has been varied in line with the plate size. The study was published in the inaugural issue of the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research. It found that a doubling of plate size increased the amount self-served or the amount consumed by 41 per cent. But the plate size had no effect on the amount consumed if the dishes contained the same portion size. Plate size was found to have a stronger effect when participants were unaware they were taking part in a food study. Professor Chris Dubelaar said one reason people are eating more is because portions, plates and packages are larger. "Continual use of smaller plate sizes may be both habit forming and good for our health," he said. AAP MSS/SMW

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India: A feast for the senses It’s a land of contrasts, contradictions and conundrums but amid the chaos, the magic and mystique of India has charmed and enthralled travellers for hundreds of years, former Dubbo journalist LISA GRIPLAS included. OME countries are an absolute delight to travel; a walk in the park. Some countries appear to seamlessly function, with rules and regulations simply aiding progression. And some countries leave little to the imagination. India is not among them. The Subcontinent is land of rich history, where traditions – and traditional values – compete with modern-day practices. It’s a land full of colour and religion – a multi-sensory feast for the eyes, ears and nose. But underneath all the chaos, through the haze of pollution and in the moments of rare silence, lies a magical country that has enticed trade and charmed travellers for hundreds and hundreds of years. As the great Mark Twain once quipped: “India is the cradle of human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great-grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most astrictive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only! “

TRAVEL.

Long before the East India Company and British colonisation, India was ruled by dynasties fuelled by the mighty Ganga and Yamuna Rivers. It was, and still largely remains, the land of epics and legends with two of the world’s greatest epics – the Ramayana and the Mahabharta – finding their birth on Indian soil.

“Underneath all the chaos, through the haze of pollution and in the moments of rare silence, lies a magical country. The virtues outlined in these great stories were revived in modern times by Mahatma Gandhi during India’s struggle against British Colonisation. Now known as the Father of the Nation, Gandhi believed more than anyone in communal harmony, where all races and re-

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ligions would be threads to form a rich social fabric. The images of the revered leader sitting in his room in nothing but a loincloth and spinning cotton on a traditional spinning wheel, or charkha, symbolised self-sufficiency and was a nod to earlier times of interdependence among the cotton growers, manufacturers and general civilians. “Agriculture is India’s number one industry, followed closely by the handloom sector. It’s a very important part of our heritage; a lifeline to the country,” explains Satya Parkash Thakur, chairman of the Bhuttico Weavers Co-operative Society and a man whose efforts to work alongside government ministers ensures these traditions stay alive. Since 1944, Bhuttico has been keeping Himalayan traditions alive in line with the latest trends from India and abroad. Starting out with just 12 weavers and the vision and leadership of the late Vedram Thakur, the society now

boasts 200 on-site weavers plus many more living high in the Himalayas in the surrounding villages. “We can’t compete with machines or power looms, but we are part of a very important industry and ensure that the history of hand looms continues.” Bhuttico remains a dynamic business that maintains a unique position as a market leader in the shawl industry, producing the famous Kullu shawls, along with scarves, stoles, western and traditional apparel along with socks, ties, purses and other accessories all made from Australian wool. The highly skilled craftsmen and women often spend their entire eight-hour workday on one single shawl. Other, more complex pieces, can take as long as 45 days. With embroidery so intricate and delicate, it requires the same artisan to work on the product as changing weavers partway through can result in imperfections. Seasonal fresh fruits such as pome-

granate, Kiwi fruit, persimmon and pear are grown in the orchard, with botanical dyes also extracted for use in some of Bhuttico’s product. It’s this holistic approach to work that has seen the co-operative survive for more than 60 years, preserving the ancient art of hand weaving and acting as the responsible custodian for its army of artisans. But what of other traditions struggling to compete with modern beliefs? Consider arranged marriages, which statistically may have better odds of success and see the coming together of two individuals based on the common values shared by their families. Yet as the world becomes a much smaller place and adult children may (God forbid) have differing views and values from their parents, what happens to those who wed under arranged circumstances? Adultery? Misery? A life of falsity? To a humble foreigner, who is able to look on and judge and then

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walk away, perhaps some traditions aren’t worth fighting for, or perhaps, just like in many of the greatest love epics in both the Eastern and Western worlds, if you fight for one thing, you fight for love. If it weren’t for love, India would be without it’s most iconic monument and tourism drawcard: the mighty Taj Mahal. At more than 70 metres tall beside the banks of the Yamuna River, the Taj Mahal was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his third and favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died during the birth of their 14th child. Constructed entirely out of white marble and precious gemstones, today it is considered the jewel of Muslim art in India and is one of the new Seven Wonders of the World. The calligraphy on the Great Gate of the mausoleum reads: “O Soul,

thou art at rest. Return to the Lord at peace with Him, and He at peace with you.” Today, the remains of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal rest peacefully next to each other, with their faces turned to the right… towards Mecca. This, however, could be where the love story ends. Rumour has it that upon completion of the Taj Mahal, Shah Jahan ordered the hands of his sculptors and architects cut off so that they would never be able to build a monument as magnificent and beautiful as the Taj again. He even had their eyes pulled out so they would never be able to witness anything bigger and more beautiful than the monument they had built during their lifetime. Believe what you will, but it’s myths and epics such as these that have helped form the basis of the subcontinent and the great land known as India.

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FOOD.

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Meringue magic BY GEMMA DUNN IF there’s one season that epitomises Alex Hoffler and Stacey O’Gorman – aka the Meringue Girls – it’s this one: the festive, glittery, party period that takes us through this time of year. And they’re the first to admit that they don’t do things by halves. “We’re obsessed!” cries a passionate O’Gorman. “It’s our favourite time of year, as it’s when you can get the most sparkly.” From elaborate pavlovas (ideal for Australia Day!) to plush, punk-pink rainbow cakes, the chefs and food stylists – both still in their 20s – have been taking the baking scene by storm with their vibrant and pioneering creations. “We’ve developed a whole range of meringue flavours, such as mulled wine, mince pie and candy cane, in addition to our classic rainbow cakes,” Hoffler reveals. “We’ve also got lots that we’ve reworked, like mint choc chip, Baileys cream and chocolate orange.” But despite a busy Christmas of corporate gifting, personalised orders and catering for work parties, the affable pair remain relentless in their bid to spread goodwill. Describing their latest collaboration with a British retail chain, O’Gorman explains they’ve created three recipes – brown sugar pavlova, raspberry chocolate traybake and rainbow macarons – to help inspire people to try something new in the kitchen. Hoffler promises that even the most amateur of cooks will be capable of perfecting these delicious numbers. “None of them are out-ofthis-world crazy or difficult,” she says. “The brownies are especially easy and they’re also the best brownies we’ve ever tasted. I just can’t believe that they’re not that bad for you – they’re dairy-free and glutenfree, as we use coconut oil and coconut flour.” So what do these queens of stiff peaks think is the secret to being the hostess with the most-est? Firstly, it’s all in the prep. “Make a lot of stuff in advance and have a really good range of kitchen products to help you

do it without stress,” suggests O’Gorman. But of course, styling is equally important. “We’re not really traditionalists so we like to go all out there, and that kind of makes it easier as you don’t need a full matching set,” says Hoffler, of their approach to dressing a table. “We like to pick and choose vintage pots, mix and match cutlery and that sort of thing. It’s quite a simple and cheap way, but it just feels like a much more modern vibe.” O’Gorman adds: “We use an eclectic selection of things and we go OTT on the fairy lights, glitter, sparkles and candles. Lighting is key!” You’ll need to consider the drinks you’ll be serving, too. “It’s all about snuggling down with your families and friends – and lots of fizz,” quips Hoffler. Suggesting the set-up of a drinks station – which would enable guests to make their own cocktails, leaving you free to mingle or get on with other things – the like-minded twosome recommend a number of tipples that will complement their recipes. “For the brownie, we suggest a raspberry gin fizz, and for the pavlova, a mulled pomegranate cider,” advises O’Gorman. “We love a prosecco; just add a bit of coulis to make a simple fruity concoction (a few squashed raspberries is yum). Boozy, spicy hot chocolate is good as well, but we’re all about the pomegranate prosecco – it goes with everything.” And who can blame them for wanting to toast the January holidays with a glass of fizz or two? O’Gorman, who trained in culinary arts in her native New Zealand, and Hoffler, a graduate from the prestigious Leiths School of Food and Wine in England, first bonded over whisked whites during their time as chefs at London Cinema Hackney Picturehouse; and later pledged to nail the sweet treat after entering – and later winning – a TV cooking contest. Nearly four years on and this tour de force have secured a string of big name clients, including Alexander McQueen and Vogue, released two hit

The Meringue Girls Stacey O’Gorman (left) and Alex Hoffler. Photos: PA Photo/Alex Wallace.

cookbooks from their East London kitchen, expanded into events and masterclasses and, most telling of all, cast shade over that trendiest of bakes, the cupcake. But rest on their laurels? Unlikely. “We’ve got such high aspirations that we’re like, ‘Come

Does eating greens bring in the ‘green’? BY ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS

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For many people, the new year is a time for making resolutions and eating certain foods for “luck”. In some cultures, eating greens, blackeyed peas and cornbread are thought to bring financial reward. While I’m not superstitious, I do believe in the health benefits of eating greens. Greens include any vegetable in the cabbage family that doesn’t form a compact head, like collards, mustards, turnips, spinach and kale. There are several varieties of tasty and

on, let’s go a bit faster now’. It’s always like, ‘ More, more, more’,” says Hoffler. “We’re at a real crossroads at the moment. We’ve got lots of offers, so we’re concentrating on business planning and strategy. “It looks like we’ll be franchising and opening a shop

unusual types of greens, so be bold and experiment! Dark, leafy greens such as spinach, kale, collards and mustard greens are an excellent source of many nutrients. Greens contain high amounts of vitamin A and iron, as well as some calcium. Greens also are packed with antioxidants and are a wonderful addition to any diet. If the stems of the greens are tough, don’t throw them away. There are nutrients in the stems, so chop them up into small pieces and freeze them. You can add the stems to soups and stews, saute them with your onions or add them to various dishes just the way you add in carrots. Pot liquor, the highly seasoned liquid that is left after the greens are cooked, is full of vita-

in the UAE before we open in the UK,” adds O’Gorman. “The opportunity is already there abroad.” Feeling inspired? Here are these glitzy Meringue Girls recipes to try at home...

mins and minerals and is a nutritious drink. The practice of combining different types of greens is called a “mess of greens” in some American cultures. Cooking a mixture of greens along with pieces of pork is an integral part of African and African-American culinary history. During times of slavery, if greens were served one day, the leftover pot liquor and a pan of cornbread often made the meal for the next. My vegetarian’s version for preparing a mess of greens retains the flavourful soul of the recipe, but is much healthier. While I don’t personally believe in luck or eating certain types of food on the first day of the new year, a dish of dark, leafy, deliciously fresh greens makes me feel blessed all year long!

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CHOCOLATE, POMEGRANATE AND SPICED ORANGE PARTY PAVLOVA

Taste the Rainbow Macarons.

TASTE THE RAINBOW MACARONS (Makes 40-45) For the almond paste: 200g blanched ground almonds, sieved 200g icing sugar 80g free-range egg whites (about 3 medium eggs) Food colouring of your choice For the meringue: 200g caster sugar 100g free-range egg white (about 3 medium eggs) For the buttercream: 500g caster sugar 250g egg white 500g unsalted butter (room temperature) Flavouring of your choice First, make the almond paste. Turn the oven on to 200C. Sieve the almonds into a bowl with the icing sugar and mix until incorporated. With an electric hand whisk or standalone mixer, mix in the egg white to make a thick, smooth paste. Divide the mixture into two bowls, and colour with your chosen food colouring (go slightly darker than you’d like, as the colour will dilute when folded into the white meringue later). Next, start on the meringue. Pour the caster sugar into a deep roasting dish lined with baking paper and place in the hot oven for seven minutes, until the sugar gets very hot to the touch but doesn’t melt. Meanwhile, whisk the egg whites to a stiff peak, so they are just ready (not over whisked) when the sugar comes out of the oven. Take the sugar out of the oven and turn oven temperature down to 150C. Then, teaspoon by teaspoon, spoon the hot sugar into the stiff egg whites (still whisking on top speed). Take your time with this to get the meringue as stiff as possible. Continue whisking until the bowl feels cool to the touch (about five to 10 minutes). Next, divide the meringue mixture into two, and using a wooden spoon, fold the meringue into the two bowls of almond paste, being careful not to knock out the air. Fill a piping bag, with a 1B nozzle, with the mix and pipe out small round

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mounds (about the size of a 2p coin) onto parchment paper-lined baking trays. Bash the tray against the worktop about three times to remove air pockets, then let the macarons form a skin (this normally takes about 30 minutes at room temperature). You can tell if its ready to go in the oven by running a finger gently across the top of the shells and seeing if it doesn’t stick (it shouldn’t!). Bake for around 14-16 minutes. To check if they are ready to come out, wiggle a fingertip right to left atop one of the macarons; if the top doesn’t come away from the feet (the bottom of the macarons) then they are good to go. When they come out of the oven, immediately slide the macarons off the tray onto a cool counter to shock them – otherwise they will stick to the paper when you try to remove them. Let them cool completely before trying to remove from the tray. While the macaron shells are cooling, start on the buttercream filling. Mix together the egg whites and sugar in a large metal or glass bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Stir until the sugar crystals have dissolved and mixture is warm to touch (to check this, rub it between two fingers). Transfer the mixture carefully to the standalone mixer or bowl with a handheld electric mixer, and whisk until stiff peaks form. Keep whisking on full speed until the meringue is at room temperature – and at the same time, while whisking, add the butter in small chunks. Keep whisking until the buttercream resembles the look of whipped cream. Flavour as you wish. Vanilla is always a safe bet, but there are an abundance of great flavours, including lemon curd, melted chocolate, essences, or pistachio paste. Sandwich each shell with some buttercream and enjoy! Tip: Unfilled shells can be frozen for up to a month; filled shells can be frozen for up to a week, and will keep well outside the fridge in a sealed container for two to three days.

(Serves 15) For the brown sugar meringue mixture: 250g light brown soft sugar 250g golden caster sugar 250g free range egg whites (about 7-8 eggs) 1tsp of ground cinnamon For the cream filling: 1kg double cream 50g icing sugar Chocolate dipped clementines: 50g dark chocolate, melted 6 clementines, segmented A touch of sea salt (optional) For the sticky spiced orange drizzle: Juice of 2 oranges, or a splash of readymade orange juice 50g pomegranate molasses 1 cinnamon stick 2 whole star anise Chocolate drips: 100g dark chocolate, to be melted and drizzled over the sides Optional decorations: Cinnamon meringue sticks Chocolate orange matchmakers Edible gold leaf Pomegranate seeds First, make the brown sugar meringue mixture. Prepare two flat baking trays with non-stick baking paper for the pavlova, and draw two circles on the baking paper as a guide – 13cm and 18cm in diameter. Line another flat baking tray with non-stick paper for the decorative meringue sticks. Preheat the oven to 200C, and line a deep baking tray with baking parchment. Then pour in the brown sugar and the golden caster sugar and heat it in the oven for five to seven minutes. The brown sugar caramelises quickly, so bash and stir with a wooden spoon every couple of minutes to stop it from clumping up. Heating the sugar helps to create a glossy, stable mixture. Pour the egg whites into a mixer and whisk them slowly, allowing small stabilising bubbles to form, then increase the speed until the egg whites form stiff peaks. Don’t let them over whisk! Take the sugar out of the oven, and turn oven down to 100C. With your mixer on full speed, very slowly, spoon by spoon, add the hot sugar into the beaten egg whites, making sure the mixture comes back up to stiff peaks after each addition of sugar. Don’t add any large lumps of sugar that may have caramelised. Once all of the sugar has been added, add in the ground cinnamon and continue to whisk on full speed until a smooth, stiff and glossy mixture has been achieved. Continue to whisk for at least five minutes once the sugar has incorporated. Tip: If the mixture feels gritty between your fingers, keep whisking at full speed until it has dissolved. Working quickly, before the meringue begins to deflate, spoon the meringue mixture into the pre-drawn circles, and carefully shape smooth, tall nests with a palette knife. Use the back of a spoon to create a deep well.

MESS OF GREENS 1.8kg greens (mixture of kale, collards, mustard, turnips or spinach) 1 large onion, sliced 1/4 cup olive oil 6 cloves of garlic, diced 1 jalapeno, diced 1 tablespoon sugar 2 tablespoons salt, divided 2 tablespoons pepper, divided 5 cups water 6 sun-dried tomatoes, sliced, and the oil (optional) 1. Wash greens thoroughly: Remove any brown spots or

Brown Sugar Pavlova.

Bake low and slow in the oven for about four hours. When cooked, the meringue should have a firm base and come away from the baking paper. Set aside to cool. This can be made up to four days in advance and kept in a cool, dry place. Next, make the meringue sticks. With any spare meringue mixture, fill up a disposable piping bag, and cut a small 5p-sized hole in the tip. Use this to pipe long sticks onto a baking tray. Pop these in the oven with the pavlova, but take them out after an hour and a half. After that, focus on the spiced pomegranate and orange drizzle. Put the orange juice and spices in a small saucepan and heat to infuse the spices and slightly reduce – keep an eye on it, as it reduces (and burns) fast. When it’s nice and spicy, remove from the heat and add the pomegranate molasses to make a sticky sour and spiced syrup. To make the chocolate dipped clementines, dip the segmented clementines in melted chocolate, and lay on a piece of baking paper. Sprinkle with a little sea salt and allow to harden. To serve, place the largest pavlova shell in the centre of a serving platter. Drizzle with melted chocolate, letting it drip down the sides of the nest. Whip the double cream, adding icing sugar until soft peaks form, and slather this over the top. Place on top of this the smaller-sized pavlova, and decorate the chocolate drips and cream too. Let your inner baker get creative with the chocolate dipped clementines, pomegranate seeds, cinnamon meringue sticks, orange matchstick makers and gold leaf – then give it a final flourish with the sticky spiced glaze.

blemishes, and wash the greens in cold water approximately 3 or 4 times to ensure they are clean and free of insects. Roll the cleaned greens up and slice them into smaller pieces so they’ll cook evenly. Remove and reserve any large stems. 2. Using a large pot, season the onions with salt and sweat them in the olive oil over low heat for about 10 to 12 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the garlic, jalapeno, sugar, salt and pepper to the pot, and saute the mixture for about 5 minutes.

Add the greens and water to the pot and continue cooking for 45 minutes to 1 hour over medium-low heat, stirring once after about 30 to 40 minutes. 3. Test the greens for tenderness by piercing the stems with a fork or knife. Cook for another 10 to 15 minutes, if needed. Season with the remaining salt and pepper. Place the greens in a bowl with the pot liquor. Serve with the sun-dried tomatoes and the oil, if desired, and condiments: vinegar, hot sauce, hot peppers in vinegar, or wine vinegar, and chopped onions.

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Jeremy Gavron searches for meaning from his mother’s suicide

BY KATE WHITING THE BOOKCASE

● BOOK OF THE WEEK A Woman On The Edge Of Time: A Son’s Search For His Mother by Jeremy Gavron is published in hardback by Scribe. ONE morning in December 1965, 29-year-old writer and mother-of-two Hannah Gavron dropped her youngest son off at nursery and drove to a friend’s flat in Primrose Hill, where she gassed herself. The author of A Woman On The Edge Of Time was that little boy who was at his nursery school and in this compelling memoir, he investigates why his mother, who seemed to have lived a life of gilded privilege and comfort, would do this. Just two years before his mother’s suicide, Sylvia Plath, who also had two children, took her life in exactly the same way just one street away. Gavron suggests that they were both women on the edge of time – just a bit too young to benefit from the rise of feminism. It wasn’t until he was 30 and clearing out his grandparents’ house that he learned the full truth from a newspaper cutting, that had his mother’s suicide note with the words, “Please tell the boys I love them terribly!” In his almost exhaustive search for truth, Gavron uncovers an illegal relationship between Hannah and the headmaster of her boarding school, which began when she was just 14. She had bouts of depression and a lover, who was gay and whose rejection seemed to

push her over the edge. A fascinating and beautiful read. 8/10 (Review by Georgina Rodgers)

● FICTION The Edge Of The Fall by Kate Williams is published in hardback by Orion. IN The Edge of the Fall, author Kate Williams picks up the historical narrative centred on the Anglo-German de Witt family begun in The Storms Of War. Spanning the post-war period from 1919 to 1926, the novel traces the trials and tribulations of the de Witts, in particular youngest daughter Celia and eldest son Arthur, as they try to reestablish their lives after the war. The arrival of their 16-year-old cousin Louisa offers a potential focus for Celia’s life, but it is Arthur who takes her under his wing before a tragic event that reverberates across the years. Kate Williams has created a resonant and nuanced evocation of life in the aftermath of the First World War in which the shadows of the conflict loom large in peacetime. But her novel also explores the deep psychological and emotional worlds of the individual. With its chronological and narrative span, this is very much the quintessence of a saga, but as the novel ends, it is clear that the saga is far from over and there are more than a couple of storylines that need resolving. Book two is just, it seems, the middle act. 7/10 (Review by Jade Craddock) Number 11 by Jonathan Coe is published in hardback by Viking. AUTHOR Jonathan Coe introduced his

readers to the ghastly Winshaw family in his 1994 novel What A Carve Up! Their satirical purpose was to embody all that was terrible about Britain during the Thatcher-Major era, and they did so with such biting ferocity that the young author was awarded the prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys Prize the following year. Now he’s at it again. Number 11 is his 11th novel and in a skilful dissection of all that is least attractive about life under Cameron and Osborne, we meet a new generation of the entitled, self-serving, over-privileged clan. From the theatre of cruelty that is reality television, to food banks, social media, fatuous awards ceremonies and the impotence of political comedy, nothing escapes his baleful eye. It’s brilliant and hugely entertaining. But on this evidence Coe is certainly a glass-half-empty sort of person, and his authorial voice is that of a grumpy old man. 6/10 (Review by Liz Ryan)

● NON-FICTION Carrying Albert Home by Homer Hickam is published in hardback by HarperCollins. CARRYING Albert Home, the title says it all – a devoted husband and his discontented wife set off from West Virginia to Florida to take her pet alligator Albert home. It is absolutely barmy. No one seems even the slightest bit perturbed about the reptile in the back of the Buick. A lifetime of adventures – meeting John Steinbeck, industrial rebellions,

joining the coast guard and a hurricane, among others – are condensed into one epic journey. It’s utterly charming, exploring the ups and downs of love and marriage, and celebrating eccentricity. Homer Hickam is an award-winning author, his own memoir Rocket Boys was a New York Times No 1 bestseller. Hickam’s own life has been as eventful (Vietnam veteran, coal miner, palaeontologist and NASA engineer) as that of his parents, whose, at times, bittersweet story is told so warmly here. 8/10 (Review by Rachel Farrow)

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 15.01.2016 to Sunday 17.01.2016 Orson Welles, Volume 3: One Man Band by Simon Callow is published in hardback by Jonathan Cape. THE third volume of Simon Callow’s titanic Orson Welles biography traces Welles’ life from Macbeth’s frosty reception in 1948 to his crowning glory of a noble failure, Chimes At Midnight, two decades later. Welles left a daunting number of loose threads across as many mediums and continents as he could find, but Callow has a suitably kitchen sink approach, sources of staggering breadth and detail revealing a brilliant, sad, divisive figure: a boyish genius in constant search of Hollywood’s approval. Eventually the urge to hurl advice at the pages (don’t take a film crew to Mexico on tourist visas!) subsides and we appreciate the genuine highs – especially Moby Dick, its production and whirlwind performance thrillingly conveyed – and suffer the myriad lows, project after project abandoned through problems of finance, personality, or the inescapable fact that there was only one Orson Welles. A biography as exhaustive and exhilarating as its subject. 7/10 (Review by Michael Anderson)

Risk: the good and bad I N recent weeks it was announced by the State Government that several local councils would merge. In particular Dubbo and Wellington have been matched with public reactions being appropriate. Discussing this with a longterm friend on the north coast, he mentioned the pathetic status of one of the councils in that region which had been subject of a merger in recent years. The result of that merger had not changed the management, with KGHP in Melbourne reporting on their status as having outgoings being 150 per cent of income. Of course this was not made known to the public which raises a couple of questions? Why hasn’t the State Government moved to fix such problems, and why hasn’t that council been placed in administration? It’s a risk to leave them there. In 1998 Peter Bernstein wrote “Against the Gods” in which he discusses the remarkable story of risk. One reference he makes is to the 1830 estate of John Mclean that left $50,000 to Harvard College. That amount was reduced because of risk taking in a case involving the so-called “Prudent Man Rule”. It runs: “Do what you will, the capital is a hazard... All that can be required of a trustee is to invest, is, that he shall conduct himself faithfully and exercise a sound discretion. He is to observe how men of prudent discretion and intelligence manage their own affairs, not in regard to speculation, but in regard to permanent disposition of their funds,

considering the probable income, as well as the probable income of the capital to be invested.” That matter has rested for over a century and could be a good discipline at all levels of government decisions. Considered an expert on economic/political text, author Ian Bremmer has written “The End of the Free Market” in which he discusses who wins the war between states and corporations. He considered that we are on the brink of a new kind of Cold War, one that pits competing economic systems against each other in a battle for dominance. He examples countries where governments use markets to create wealth that can be directed as political officials see fit. State capitalism takes many forms: the Saudis use their massive oil revenues to buy domestic security and their citizen’s loyalty. The Chinese send state-owned companies abroad in search of long-term access

to oil, gas, metals and minerals. There is risk when we don’t know what they are doing. Kate Kelly has written “The Secret Club That Runs the World” which takes us inside the inner circle of a group of men who gamble with our future every day. This group of elite commodity traders control the prices of a small collection of daily essentials and their astonishing wealth has been created in near-total obscurity. But risk is still evident with the recent changes in oil prices. When it comes to reducing the risk of bush fires there is a lot to be learned from the Indigenous peoples’ practice in this country described in “The Biggest Estate on Earth” by Bill Gammage. The landscapes described by early explorers bear no resemblance to today’s where regulations on both public and private land prevent appropriate clearing. When Black Saturday occurred north of Melbourne a few years back, in one area the only house that was not destroyed by fire was one where the owners had cleared scrub from around the premises to reduce the risk of fire, yet they

` In one area the only house that was not destroyed by fire was one where the owners had cleared scrub from around the premises to reduce the risk of fire... a

● CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK The Snowball by Giuliano Ferri is published in boardbook format by Minedition. WHEN tiny tots are put to bed on Christmas Eve, no doubt some of them were dreaming of a white Christmas – hoping to wake up inside their very own snowglobe. But of course we don’t get one, and so Santa would have been well advised to slip a copy of this charming board book inside little stockings, so they can enjoy seeing the mouse and his helpful friends push their snowball up hill. Simplicity is the name of the game with all Giuliano Ferri’s books and the cut-outs are the star of the show. So here we see the ball get bigger and bigger with each page turn, thanks to a bigger hole. Mouse enlists help from a travelling cat, a very smart pig in top hat and tails – and when they reach the top of the hill, there’s a rabbit clutching a carrot. But then, disaster! Gravity takes over and there’s a mess of animal limbs until ‘SPLAT!’ I won’t spoil the surprise, but suffice to say, the little gang use their shared resources to decide what to do with their squashed pile of snow. 8/10 (Review by Kate Whiting)

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From the bookshelves by Dave Pankhurst The Book Connection had been fined by authorities for doing so. In the recent fires along Ocean Road, where 116 homes were destroyed, I could find only one reference to the fact that clearing had not been carried out. When the Warrumbungles burned three years ago, through the Observatory area and north to Bugaldie, the formalities had prevented the local farmers from doing back-burning. The media feeds the general public in the cities the photos of country landscapes, and a recent view shows a resident looking out over recently harvested country. There was a time when a hay cut was made around cereal crops whilst it was still green, and then a fire break ploughed along that area. The press showed a colour photo of a harvested paddock with no such provision, and the outside of the fence showed a substantial accumulation of windblown dry grass – just ideal for a massive blaze. When we listen to the daily 6am news we can expect to hear the list of crimes that occurred overnight. Stabbings, shootings, domestic violence, one-punch knock-outs, store hold-ups, the list goes on to show that some people have no respect for the law – obviously

because the law is no deterrent. How often can we give the media credit for tracing inappropriate activities? Journalist Kate McClymont wrote “He Who Must Be Obeid”. Bethany McLean is the author of “All the Devils are Here” detailing the hidden history of the financial crisis. The media congratulates Canberra on the international Trade Agreements and yet, when one reads “The Landgrabbers” by Fred Pearce, we gain a better idea of foreign ownership of our agricultural land. US company Westchester now owns 73,000 hectares of cropping country. And that’s before we include regional farmland purchased by Saudi, Asian and Chinese buyers. If intelligent administration fails us, the public is at risk. “Trust Me, I Know What I’m Doing” by Bill Fawcett lists 100 examples of mistakes, i.e. results of risks taken by prominent people through history. One example occurred in 1929 when US President Herbert Hoover decided to let the economy fix itself and the Great Depression got greater. Without any doubt, if this nation’s risk on social and financial issues are to be minimised, things have to change. Enjoy your browsing, Dave Pankhurst.

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2016 Parkes Elvis Fesitval BY LISA MINNER THE 2016 Parkes Elvis Festival was in full swing last week with the most visitors the festival has yet seen since it began more than two decades ago. The theme was Fun in Acapulco and those brave enough to don the lycra, beehives and Mexican inspired ruffles in the usual heat, did so with smiles and flair. Car enthusiasts made up a large contingent in the parade with some stunning examples of hotrods, Pontiacs, Holdens, Chevys and even a Bentley that carried ‘the Queen”. There were quite a few buff American style policemen buzzing about the place on motorcycles too, issuing tickets to festival goers for various “offences”. Next year’s theme has just been announced - Viva Las Vegas 2017 - which will no doubt allow for more fabulous costumes and fun. For more photos see the 2016 Elvis Festival album on Dubbo Weekender’s Facebook page.

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Dubbo Atheletics Carnival PHOTOS BY DUBBO WEEKENDER/STEVE COWLEY COMPETITORS ran and jumped headlong into the new year at the Dubbo New Year Athletics carnival hosted by Dubbo Athletics Club over three big days from January 1 at the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new state-ofthe-art Barden Park facility. The carnival, the first in the state for 2016, attracted competitors across all age groups and from right around NSW, as they braved the western region weather to strut their athletic stuff. Records tumbled at the timed event, which saw a number of local competitors achieving some excellent results.

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hear HAT your future holds… maybe. Australian Psychic of the Year 2015 and spiritual medium Sara King is visiting Dubbo for one day only on Saturday, January 30. She’ll be at the Dubbo RSL for an evening of Connections with Sara. Connecting with loved ones who have “passed”, Sara has appeared on Psychic TV and the Skype Show on Psychic UK and is a professional member of the APA and IPA and a regular guest of the Dubbo RSL. Tickets are $25, contact the Dubbo RSL for more information.

FUNNY thing happened on the way to Macquarie Regional Library… This coming Wednesday, January 20, bestselling children’s author and entertainer, Andy Jones, will present a hilarious musical show about jokes and humour. Using guitar, drums and fun props, Andy will show you how to deliver a punch line, create a joke, use gross humour and laugh till our sides ache! Suitable for children and parents. Tickets for the show, which starts at 2.30pm and goes for an hour, are $2. Bookings can be made by phoning the library on 68014510.

see HE upcoming stars of cricket: The under-13s and under-14s State Cricket Challenge will return to Dubbo from this weekend – January 18-22 – after the city hosted the inaugural event in January last year. Hundreds of the state’s best young cricketers will enjoy five days of competition at the three Victoria Park Ovals, Lady Cutler Complex and Dundas Park in Narromine. Dubbo and Narromine offer exceptionally high standard cricket facilities which are sure to be enjoyed by players and supporters during the week’s competition. Worth stopping by for a look see

RTIST Kay Norton-Knight travelled to Central Australia and created a series of prints, drawings and sculpture that meditates on the line and the way it acts as a common thread through our lives and through nature. On January 30, at 2pm, a free public event will begin at the Western Plains Cultural Centre to celebrate the official opening of this exhibition. Canapes on arrival and cash bar available, contact Western Plains Cultural Centre on 6801 4444 for more information.

do ET your youngsters go wild! Dubbo RSL will turn into a temporary zoo with a Get Wild Animal Experience on January 21. Kids can meet invertebrates, reptiles and amphibians with keepers who have worked in the animal care industry for many years. Get a selfie with slippery snakes and sneaky spiders. Children’s tickets $12 which includes a meal and adults are free. Contact the Dubbo RSL for more information.

Race for a good cause at the 2016 Dubbo Photo News and Dubbo Weekender Pink Day Out to be held on January 31 to raise funds for breast cancer. At any given time in Dubbo there are 40 women aged between 50 and 74 who have breast cancer and won’t know. Join in the fun of a pretty pink-filled playground and support a foundation that needs your help.

etc. HE Macquarie Conservatorium will hosts multiple free Come and Try sessions for young children to come along and test out instruments they may be interested in playing. The sessions will be held on Tuesday, January 19 at 10am and 4pm and on Thursday January 21 at 10am. Contact the Macquarie Conservatorium on 6884 6686 for more information.

T Young children having a ball at a musical class session. PHOTO SUPPLIED/CONTRIBUTED BY MACQUARIE CONSERVATORIUM

HE Lion of Waterloo is one of the original hotels in the Wellington area, dating back to 1841, when many coaches stopped at this hotel after crossing the Macquarie River. It was

a successful business venture and attracted settlers, station hands and later minters. After their horses had been changed and passengers refreshed, Cobb and Co crossed the Bell River behind the Lion and today you can have a picnic in the park at the crossing and imagine what a sight the coach must have made as it ploughed its way through the water. The Tavern still welcomes visitors and has some interesting history of its own (in 1854, it is said to have witnessed the last known duel in Australia). This historic tavern with its rustic charm is open daily for drinks and dinner.

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Open Saturday and Sunday 6am to ϱ͘ϯϬƉŵ͘ Gourmet pies DŽƵƚŚͲǁĂƚĞƌŝŶŐ ĐĂŬĞƐ ĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ ƉĂƐƚƌŝĞƐ 'ŽƵƌŵĞƚ &ƌĞŶĐŚ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ ƐĂůĂĚ ďĂŐƵĞƩ ĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĂůĂĚƐ͘ WĞƌĨĞĐƚ ďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ ĂŶĚ ďƌƵŶĐŚ 113 Darling Street (adjacent to the railway crossing), 6884 5454

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DUBBO RSL CLUB RESORT

Open Saturday 8am to 1am Sunday ϴĂŵ ƚŽ ϭϬƉŵ͘ YƵĂůŝƚǇ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ďůĂĐŬďŽĂƌĚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďŝƐƚƌŽ͘ Cnr Brisbane and Wingewarra Streets, 6882 4411

CLUB DUBBO KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ϵĂŵ͘ ZŝǀĞƌǀŝĞǁ ŝƐƚƌŽ ϭϮƉŵ ƚŽ ϮƉŵ ĂŶĚ ϲƉŵ ƚŽ ϵƉŵ͘ ZĞůĂǆĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ͘ Whylandra St, 6884 3000

THE CASTLEREAGH HOTEL KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϮĂŵ͕ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϭϮĂŵ͘ ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ŽƉĞŶ ĨŽƌ ůƵŶĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ ϳ ĚĂǇƐ Ă ǁĞĞŬ͘ Cnr Brisbane and Talbragar Streets, 68824877

Open Saturday and Sunday ƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ ϳ͘ϯϬ ʹ ϯƉŵ >ƵŶĐŚ ϭϮD ʹ ϯƉŵ ŝŶŶĞƌ ϲƉŵ ʹ YƵŝĞƚ ŝŶĞ ŝŶ Žƌ dĂŬĞĂǁĂǇ͘ tŽŽĚĮ ƌĞĚ WŝǌǌĂƐ͕ ŚŽŵĞŵĂĚĞ ƉĂƐƚĂƐ͕ ĐŽī ĞĞ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƐƐĞƌƚƐ͘ 'ůƵƚĞŶ ĨƌĞĞ ĂŶĚ ǀĞŐĞƚĂƌŝĂŶ ŽƉƟ ŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͘ ʹůĂʹĐĂƌƚĞ ĚŝŶŝŶŐ 215A Macquarie St, 6885 4852

KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ϵĂŵ ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ŽƉĞŶ ĨƌŽŵ ϭϭ͘ϰϱĂŵͲϮƉŵ ĂŶĚ ϱ͘ϰϱͲϵƉŵ͘ 101 - 103 Erskine Street, 6884 2044

THE GRAPEVINE

RSL AQUATIC & HEALTH CLUB

^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϴ͘ϯϬĂŵͲϰƉŵ 'ŽŽĚ ĨŽŽĚ͕ ŐŽŽĚ ĐŽī ĞĞ ĂŶĚ ŐŽŽĚ company 144 Brisbane St, 6884 7354

HOG’S BREATH BREKKY

Open Saturday and Sunday ϴĂŵ ʹ ϭϭĂŵ ,ŽŵĞŵĂĚĞ WĂŶĐĂŬĞƐ ŽƐƐ ,ŽŐ͛Ɛ ŝŐ ƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ EŽǁ ƐĞƌǀŝŶŐ ZŽďƵƐƚĂ ĂŶĚ ƌĂďŝĐĂ ĐŽī ĞĞ ďĞĂŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ EĞǁ 'ƵŝŶĞĂ ĂŶĚ ŽƐƚĂ ZŝĐĂ͘ 193 Macquarie Street, 6882 4477

SPORTIES

GYMS KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϳ͘ϯϬĂŵͲϱƉŵ KƉĞŶ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϴ͘ϯϬĂŵͲϯƉŵ 'Ǉŵ͕ /ŶĚŽŽƌ ƉŽŽů͕ ^ĂƵŶĂ͕ ^ƚĞĂŵ ƌŽŽŵ ^ƋƵĂƐŚ ĐŽƵƌƚƐ Cnr Brisbane and Wingewarra Streets, 6884 1777

SHOPPING THE BOOK CONNECTION KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϴ͘ϯϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϰƉŵ͘ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϮƉŵ͘ EĞǁ ĂŶĚ ƵƐĞĚ ďŽŽŬƐ͘KǀĞƌ ϲϬ͕ϬϬϬ ďŽŽŬƐ ŝŶ ƐƚŽƌĞ͘ 178 Macquarie St, 6882 3311

QUINN’S MYALL ST NEWSAGENCY ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ϱĂŵͲ ϭƉŵ͘ EĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌƐ͕ ŵĂŐĂǌŝŶĞƐ͕ ƐƚĂƟ ŽŶĞƌǇ ƐƵƉƉůŝĞƐ͘ 272 Myall St, 6882 0688

THE SWISH GALLERY KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϵĂŵ ƚŽ ϭϮƉŵ͘ ŝƐƟ ŶĐƟ ǀĞ ũĞǁĞůůĞƌǇ͕ ĐƌĞĂƟ ǀĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ ĚĞĐŽƌ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵƌ ŚŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƚǇůŝƐŚ ŐŝŌ Ɛ͘ 29 Talbragar St, 6882 9528

THE ATHLETES FOOT KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϵĂŵ Ɵ ů ϮƉŵ ǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ Į ƚ for your foot 176 Macquarie Street, 6881 8400

GROCERIES DMC MEAT AND SEAFOOD KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϲĂŵ ƚŽ ϯƉŵ ,ƵŐĞ ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ͕ ďƵůŬ ďƵǇƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĚ ŚŽƚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ ǁĞĞŬůǇ͘ 55 Wheelers Lane, 6882 1504

BRENNAN’S MITRE 10

IGA WEST DUBBO

&Žƌ Ăůů ǇŽƵƌ /z ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ͕ ŚĂƌĚǁĂƌĞ͕ ƚŽŽůƐ ĂŶĚ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ^ĞĞ ƵƐ ŝŶ ƐƚŽƌĞ ĨŽƌ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϴĂŵͲϰƉŵ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϵĂŵͲϰƉŵ 64-70 Macquarie Street, 6882 6133

KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϳ͘ϯϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϲƉŵ͘ 'ƌĞĂƚ ǁĞĞŬůǇ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ͘ 38-40 Victoria Street, 6882 3466

ORANA MALL SHOPPING CENTRE ϱϮ ^ƉĞĐŝĂůƚǇ ^ƚŽƌĞƐ͕ ŝŐ t͕ tŽŽůǁŽƌƚŚƐ ĂŶĚ ĞƌŶĂƌĚŝ͛Ɛ ^hW /' ͘ ĂƐǇ WĂƌŬŝŶŐ͕ ŶŽǁ ĂůƐŽ ǁŝƚŚ ĂƉƉƌŽǆ͘ ϭϲϬ ƵŶĚĞƌĐŽǀĞƌ͘ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϵ͘ϬϬĂŵ ʹ ϱ͘ϬϬƉŵ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϭϬ͘ϬϬĂŵ ʹ ϰ͘ϬϬƉŵ ǁǁǁ͘ŽƌĂŶĂŵĂůů͘ĐŽŵ͘ĂƵ Cnr Mitchell Highway & Wheelers Lane, 6882 7766

THE PARTY STOP KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϵĂŵͲϰƉŵ Party Costumes ĞĐŽƌĂƟ ŽŶƐ ĂůůŽŽŶƐ 'ŝŌ Ɛ ĨŽƌ ŵŝůĞƐƚŽŶĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ dŚĞŵĞĚ ƉĂƌƟ ĞƐ 142 Darling Street, 6885 6188

DUBBO ANTIQUE & COLLECTABLES KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ͕ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϯƉŵ ŶƟ ƋƵĞ ĨƵƌŶŝƚƵƌĞ͕ ĐŚŝŶĂ͕ ĐĂƐƚ ŝƌŽŶ͕ ŽůĚ ƚŽŽůƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽůůĞĐƚĂďůĞƐ͘ 4 Depot Road, 6885 4400

DUBBO GROVE PHARMACY KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϵĂŵ Ɵ ů ϭϮ ŶŽŽŶ 'ŝŌ ǁĂƌĞ͕ :ĞǁĞůůĞƌǇ ,ŽŵĞǁĂƌĞƐ 59A Boundary Road, 6882 3723

THINGS TO DO WESTERN PLAINS CULTURAL CENTRE KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ŐĂůůĞƌŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƐĞƵŵƐ ŝŶ E^t Ŷ ĞǀĞƌͲĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ĂƌƌĂǇ ŽĨ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟ ŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŽƉ ŶĂƟ ŽŶĂů ĞǆŚŝďŝƟ ŽŶƐ͘ 76 Wingewarra Street, 6801 4444

OLD DUBBO GAOL KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϵͲϱƉŵ >ĂƌŐĞ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇ ŽĨ ĂŶŝŵĂƚƌŽŶŝĐƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŽůŽŐƌĂƉŚƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ Ă ƌĞĂůŝƐƟ Đ ŝŶƐŝŐŚƚ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ďǇŐŽŶĞ ĞƌĂ ŽĨ ƉƌŝƐŽŶ ůŝĨĞ͘ 90 Macquarie Street, near the old clock tower, 6801 4460

TARONGA WESTERN PLAINS ZOO KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϵͲϰƉŵ͘ dŚĞ ǌŽŽ͛Ɛ ĞŶĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽǁƐ Žī Ğƌ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ƚƌƵůǇ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ĂŶŝŵĂůƐ͘ Obley Road, off the Newell Hwy, 6881 1400

READINGS CINEMA ŽŵĨŽƌƚ͕ ƐƚǇůĞ ĂŶĚ ǀĂůƵĞ ΨϭϬ Ɵ ĐŬĞƚƐ ϯ ĞǆƚƌĂ͘ ĂŶĚǇ ďĂƌ͖ ϱ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ ĐŝŶĞŵĂ ĐŽŵƉůĞǆ͖ ŝŐŝƚĂů ƐŽƵŶĚ ŽůďǇ ŝŐŝƚĂů ϯ ƉƌŽũĞĐƟ ŽŶ >ƵǆƵƌǇ ĂƌŵĐŚĂŝƌ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚ 49 Macquarie St,6881 8600

CALL FOR A GREAT RATE ON A LIST FOR YOUR BUSINESS HERE! 6885 4433.

3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE

Friday 15.01.2016 to Sunday 17.01.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Friday, January 15 Better Homes And Gardens Summer PRIME7, 7pm From delicious-looking recipes to top tips for keeping your garden in bloom and DIY fixes to keep your homes looking tidy through summer, Better Homes And Gardens Summer has been chock-full of creative offerings to help make the most of the hot holiday period. Tonight might be the last show of the season, but there’s no slowing down, as Johnny Ruffo takes Joh on a tour of WA, Karen makes a Maltese-inspired spiced beef rice and Harry visits Werribee Zoo to see guardian dogs in action. Don’t fret, the team are set to return soon with new lifestyle tricks to help you ease into 2016.

ABC

MOVIE: Into The Blue

This Old Thing With Dawn awn O’Porter

GO!, 8.30pm, M (2005)

ABC2, 8.30pm

Plentiful eye candy is the order of the day in this flimsy but enjoyably B-grade treasure-hunt movie. Set in the Bahamas, the tale concerns amateur fortune seeker Jared (Paul Walker) who – along with his girlfriend (Jessica Alba), a lawyer chum (Scott Caan) and his latest squeeze (Ashley Scott) – hits the mother lode when a dive uncovers a downed plane containing millions worth of cocaine. Realising the drugs could be their ticket to a better life, their “perfect plan” comes unglued as they become entwined with Jared’s slimy rival. Lack of tension or innovation are a surprise given director John Stockwell’s solid resume (Crazy/ Beautiful).

g through op If you’re excited by rummaging ruggle to shops for unique outfits, but struggle decipher the trash from the treasure, asure, this ley. Fronted stylish series will be up your alley. n O’Porter by British TV personality Dawn (right, who also happens to be the wife of The IT Crowd’s Chris O’Dowd), This Old Thing celebrates everything vintage, with tips on how to build a wardrobe full off timeless Porter pieces. Just take one look at O’Porter and you’ll be itching to know her er ma, secrets. Tonight she meets Emma, on whose love of high-street fashion has left her unfulfilled. While she doesn’t want to dress “safe” ure anymore, Emma also can’t picture herself in retro pieces, until O’Porter shows her the way.

PRIME7

WIN

TEN

SBS

6.00 ABC News Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. (CC) 10.00 Gardening Australia. (R, CC) 10.25 Grand Designs. (R, CC) 11.15 Pointless. (R, CC) 12.00 News At Noon. (CC) 1.00 New Tricks. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 QI. (PG, R, CC) 2.30 Catalyst. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 One Plus One. (R, CC) 3.30 Australian Story. (R, CC) 4.00 The Cook And The Chef. (R, CC) 4.30 Eggheads. (R, CC) Quiz show. 5.00 ABC News: Early Edition. (CC) 5.25 Grand Designs. (R, CC) Hosted by Kevin McCloud.

6.00 Sunrise. (CC) News, sport and weather. 9.00 The Morning Show Summer Series. (PG, CC) (Final) 11.30 Seven Morning News. (CC) 12.00 MOVIE: Volcano: Fire On The Mountain. (PG, R, CC) (1997) A scientist warns people about a volcano. Dan Cortese, Cynthia Gibb. 2.00 The Daily Edition. (CC) The hottest issues from the day’s news. 3.00 The Chase. (R, CC) Hosted by Bradley Walsh. 4.00 Seven News At 4. (CC) 5.00 The Chase Australia. (R, CC) Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

6.00 Today. (CC) Presented by Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson. 9.00 Mornings: Summer. (PG, CC) Hosts Sonia Kruger and David Campbell present highlights of the year in review. 11.30 Morning News. (CC) 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. (R, CC) 1.00 Extra. (CC) Entertainment news program from The Grove in Los Angeles. Hosted by Mario Lopez and Maria Menounos. 1.30 Cricket. (CC) One-Day International Series. Game 2. Australia v India. Afternoon session. From the Gabba, Brisbane.

6.00 Ent. Tonight. (R, CC) 6.30 The Home Team. (R, CC) 7.00 Ben’s Menu. (R, CC) 7.30 Bold. (PG, 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, CC) 1.00 The Talk. (CC) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. (CC) 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, CC) 3.30 The Home Team. (CC) 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. (CC) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, CC) 5.00 TEN Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 France 24 English News. 6.30 Deutsche Welle English 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 PBS NewsHour. (CC) 2.00 Big Art. (PG) 2.30 Colour Theory. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Island Feast With Peter Kuruvita. (R, CC) 3.30 Salvage Hunters. (R, CC) 4.30 The World From Above. (R, CC) 5.00 Motor Racing. (CC) Dakar Rally. Stage 11. La Rioja to San Juan. Highlights. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R, CC)

6.15 Pointless. (CC) Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of. 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 7.30. (CC) 8.00 A Taste Of Landline. (CC) Part 3 of 5. Kerry Staight reports on two of the country’s biggest brussels sprout growers. 8.30 DCI Banks. (M, R, CC) Part 3 of 3. DCI Banks investigates the murder of a schoolgirl whose father is a prominent businessman. He becomes convinced a theatre director, who saw the victim shortly before she died, is responsible. . 10.00 ABC News: Late Edition. (CC) 10.15 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. (PG, CC) Talk show featuring celebrity guests Danny DeVito, Khloe Kardashian and Colin Hay. Hosted by Jimmy Fallon. 10.55 Rage: David Bowie Tribute. (CC) A celebration of the late David Bowie.

6.00 PRIME7 News. (CC) 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. (CC) 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. (CC) (Final) Star of Home and Away, Johnny Ruffo, takes Joh on a tour of Western Australia. Karen prepares some Maltese-inspired spiced beef rice. Dr Harry visits Werribee Zoo to see guardian dogs in action. 8.30 MOVIE: Think Like A Man. (M, CC) (2012) After four friends discover their partners are getting advice from a self-help book entitled Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, they decide to use their knowledge to get the upper-hand in their relationships. Chris Brown, Gabrielle Union, Kevin Hart. 11.05 MOVIE: At Any Price. (MA15+, CC) (2012) In the competitive world of modern agriculture, a father wants his rebellious son to help expand his family’s farming empire. However, the young man has his sights set on becoming a professional race car driver. Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron, Kim Dickens.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 6.10 WIN News. (CC) 6.30 Cricket. (CC) One-Day International Series. Game 2. Australia v India. Evening session. From the Gabba, Brisbane. 10.00 MOVIE: Law Abiding Citizen. (MA15+, R, CC) (2009) After freeing two murderers through a legal loophole, an assistant district attorney finds himself at the mercy of a spiteful vigilante, who is hell-bent on gaining revenge for the deaths of his wife and daughter. Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Leslie Bibb.

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, R, CC) Dr Chris Brown gets “married” on China’s Yangtze River. Chef Miguel Maestre makes lamingtons. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, R, CC) Takes a look back at some of the celebrity guests, including George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kylie Minogue and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson who have graced Irish comedian Graham Norton’s show. 9.30 Joel Creasey’s Comedy Offensive. (MA15+, R, CC) Comedian Joel Creasey takes a look at some of the naughtiest bits from the Montreal Comedy Festival. 10.30 MOVIE: Almost Famous. (M, R, CC) (2000) A rockobsessed teenager is given a chance to prove his worth as a journalist, by accompanying a band on tour. Patrick Fugit, Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson.

6.00 Poh’s Kitchen. (R, CC) Poh Ling Yeoh is joined by French chef Emmanuel Mollois who shares his recipe for Parisian macarons. 6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 MythBusters. (PG, CC) Adam and Jamie tackle two tall tales about mechanical “metamorphosis”. From whether it is possible to turn a car into a motorcycle or transform a bicycle into a paddleboat with only a few minor modifications. 8.30 Treasures Of Ancient Rome: The Empire Strikes Back. (PG, R, CC) Part 3 of 3. Alastair Sooke charts the decline of the Roman Empire through its artistic treasures. 9.30 MOVIE: Apocalypto. (AV15+, R, CC) (2006) A hunter taken prisoner by Mayan warriors, who intend to sacrifice him as part of their people’s efforts to fend off their decline and ensure prosperity, tries to escape and return home to his wife and son. Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernández, Jonathan Brewer.

12.15 WIN’s All Australian News. (CC) 1.15 MOVIE: Rock Star. (M, R, CC) (2001) 3.15 Impractical Jokers. (M, R, CC) 3.45 WIN Presents. (R, CC) 4.00 Extra. (R, CC) 4.30 Good Morning America. (CC)

1.00 The Doctors. (M, R, CC) The doctors look at a woman’s claims her bad spending habits were a side effect of taking diet pills. 2.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Shopping.

12.00 MOVIE: Intimate Parts. (MA15+) (2013) Pavel Artemev. 1.25 Shameless. (MA15+, R) 4.10 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 4.45 Dumpy Goes To The Big Smoke. (PG) 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News.

5.00 Rage. (PG, CC) Continuous music programming.

1.30 Home Shopping.

CLASSIFICATIONS: (P) For preschoolers (C) Children’s programs (G) General viewing (PG) Parental guidance (M) Mature audiences (MA15+) Mature audiences only (AV15+) Extreme violence. (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions. Please Note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to late change by networks. 1501

3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE.

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 15.01.2016 to Sunday 17.01.2016

Friday, January 15 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.20pm Fifty Shades Of Grey (2015) Romance. Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan. An unconventional romance between a billionaire and a student. (MA15+) Premiere

8.30pm Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars. Features ﬁve previous bridezillas who, with their husbands, are living together in a house to try to save their troubled marriages. (M) Arena

8.30pm The Dambusters’ Great Escape. The story of a daring air raid carried out by The Dambusters. (PG) History

7.30pm Soccer. A-League. Round 15. Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar. Fox Sports 4

8.30pm St. Vincent (2014) Comedy. Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy. (M) Masterpiece

8.30pm American Idol. The auditions continue. (PG) FOX8

10.10pm Unbroken (2014) Biography. Jack O’Connell, Garrett Hedlund. A US Olympian is imprisoned by the Japanese during World War II. (M) Premiere

10.00pm Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central. (MA15+) Comedy Channel

ABC2/ABC KIDS

7TWO

6.00 Children’s Programs. 2.20 Q Pootle 5. (R, CC) 2.30 Let’s Go Pocoyo. (R, CC) 2.40 Dinosaur Train. (R, CC) 3.10 dirtgirlworld. (R, CC) 3.30 Play School. (R, CC) 4.00 Bananas In Pyjamas. (R, CC) 4.10 Bubble Bath Bay. (R, CC) 4.25 Mister Maker Around The World. (R, CC) 4.45 The Furchester Hotel. (R, CC) 5.00 Curious George. (R, CC) 5.25 Sarah And Duck. (R, CC) 5.35 Hey Duggee. (CC) 5.40 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.50 Fireman Sam. (R, CC) 6.00 Charlie And Lola. (R, CC) 6.15 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.25 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.35 Ben And Holly. (R, CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 River Monsters. (PG, R, CC) 8.20 Back Seat Drivers. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 This Old Thing. (CC) 9.15 Ladyboys. (PG, R, CC) 10.00 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (M, R, CC) 10.35 Burger Bar To Gourmet Star. (PG, R, CC) 11.20 The Midwives. (M, R, CC) 12.20 Deaf Teens: Hearing World. (PG, R, CC) 1.20 River Monsters. (PG, R, CC) 2.15 Close. 5.00 Driver Dan’s Story Train. (R, CC) 5.10 Abney & Teal. (R, CC) 5.25 Tilly And Friends. (R, CC) 5.35 Ella The Elephant. (R, CC) 5.50 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 9.30 Grojband. (R, CC) 9.50 Numb Chucks. (R, CC) 10.00 Endangered Species. (R, CC) 10.15 The Day My Butt Went Psycho. (R, CC) 10.35 Kobushi. (R, CC) 10.45 Camp Lakebottom. (R, CC) 11.05 Slugterra. (R, CC) 11.30 Dr Dimensionpants. (R) 11.50 SheZow. (R, CC) 12.05 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R) 12.25 Shaun The Sheep. (R) 12.35 Mortified. (R, CC) 1.00 A Gurls Wurld. (R, CC) 1.25 Sadie J. (R, CC) 1.50 Girl Vs Boy. (PG, R, CC) 2.40 Dani’s Castle. (R, CC) 3.05 House Of Anubis. (R) 3.30 The Next Step. (R, CC) 4.15 Strange Hill High. (R, CC) 4.40 Shaun The Sheep. 4.45 Studio 3. 4.50 Adv Time. 5.15 Officially Amazing. (R, CC) 5.45 Hank Zipzer. (R, CC) 6.15 Ready For This. (R, CC) 6.40 The Next Step. (CC) 7.05 Operation Ouch! (R, CC) 7.35 Deadly Pole To Pole. (R) 8.05 Adv Time. (R) 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) 8.50 The Adventures Of Figaro Pho. (R, CC) 9.00 Heartland. (R, CC) 9.45 K-On! (PG, CC) 10.05 Lanfeust Quest. (PG, R, CC) 10.30 Ouran High School Host Club. (PG, R, CC) 10.55 Close.

9.30pm Drugs Inc. Brokers and traders are turning to a drug that keeps them alert. (M) National Geographic

7.30pm Basketball. NBL. Round 15. Melbourne United v Cairns Taipans. Fox Sports 3 10.00pm Cricket. Third Test. South Africa v England. Day 2. Fox Sports 2

The famous trio of judges of American Idol.

6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 It’s Academic. (C, CC) 7.30 The Woodlies. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Larry The Lawnmower. (P, R, CC) 8.30 Harry’s Practice. (R, CC) 9.30 NBC Today. (CC) 11.30 Who’s The Boss? (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Tennis. World Challenge. Day 3. From Memorial Drive, Adelaide. 12.30 Tennis. Apia International. Day 6. From Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre. Kooyong Classic. Day 4. From Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club, Melbourne. 5.00 60 Minute Makeover. (PG, R) 6.00 Tennis. Apia International. Night 6. From Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre. 10.30 Escape To The Country. (R) Jules Hudson heads to Devon. 11.30 Storage Hoarders. Presented by Aggie MacKenzie. 12.30 MOVIE: Five Came Back. (PG, R) (1939) Chester Morris. 2.30 MOVIE: Behind The Rising Sun. (PG, R) (1943) 4.30 Escape To The Country. (R) 5.30 Home Shopping. (R)

7MATE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 Art Attack. (R, CC) 7.30 Henry Hugglemonster. (R) 8.00 Doc McStuffins. (R) 8.30 Sofia The First. (R, CC) 9.00 Shannon’s Legends Of Motorsport. (R) 12.00 The Amazing Race. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Once Upon A Time: The Price Of Magic. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Once Upon A Time. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Turtleman. (PG, R) 3.30 Ultimate Factories. (PG, R) 4.30 Swamp Men. (PG, R) 5.30 Swamp People. (PG, R) 6.30 MOVIE: Smokey And The Bandit II. (PG, R) (1980) Truckers try to transport an elephant. Burt Reynolds. 8.30 MOVIE: The 6th Day. (M, R) (2000) In a future world, a helicopter pilot is forced to go on the run after he is cloned by an evil genetics tycoon. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sarah Wynter, Michael Rapaport. 11.00 MOVIE: The Frighteners. (M, R, CC) (1996) Michael J. Fox. 1.30 Swamp Men. (PG, R) 2.30 Reef Wranglers. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 NFL. NFL. Wild Card Round. Game Of The Week.

GO! 6.00 Sooty. 6.30 PAW Patrol. 7.00 Wild Kratts. 7.30 Move It. 8.00 Kitchen Whiz. 8.30 Yo-Kai Watch. (PG) 9.00 Magical Tales. (P, R, CC) 9.30 Little Charmers. 10.00 SpongeBob. (R) 10.30 PAW Patrol. (R, CC) 11.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. (PG, R) 11.30 Scooby-Doo! (PG, R) 12.00 Young Justice. (PG, R) 12.30 The Batman. (PG, R) 1.00 Sooty. (R) 1.30 Yo-Kai Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V. (PG, R) 2.30 Wild Kratts. (R) 3.00 SpongeBob. (R) 3.30 Rabbids. (PG, R) 4.00 ScoobyDoo! (PG, R) 4.30 Young Justice. (PG, R) 5.00 Ben 10: Omniverse. (PG, R) 5.30 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 6.00 Regular Show. (PG, R) 6.30 MOVIE: Ella Enchanted. (PG, R, CC) (2004) 8.30 MOVIE: Into The Blue. (M, R, CC) (2005) Paul Walker, Jessica Alba. 10.45 MOVIE: Into The Blue 2: The Reef. (MA15+, CC) (2009) 12.35 Supernatural: The Animated Series. (MA15+, R) 1.00 Regular Show. (PG, R) 1.30 Rabbids. (PG, R) 2.00 Wild Kratts. (R) 2.30 The Batman. (PG, R) 3.00 Little Charmers. (R) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 4.00 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 4.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V. (PG, R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-GiOh! Classic. (PG, R)

GEM 6.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Skippy. (R) 7.00 Secret Dealers. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 Gilmore Girls. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 New Style Direct. 9.30 Global Shop. 10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Come Dine With Me. (PG, R) 11.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Hoarding: Buried Alive. (PG) 1.00 MOVIE: Up The Front. (PG, R, CC) (1972) 2.50 Come Dine With Me. (PG, R) 3.20 Monarch Of The Glen. (PG, R) 4.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Gilmore Girls. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC) Phoebe has dinner with Mike’s parents. 7.30 Tigers About The House. (PG, R, CC) Presented by Giles Clark. 8.40 MOVIE: The Dirty Dozen. (M, R) (1967) During World War II, 12 convicts serving life sentences are recruited for a suicidal commando mission. Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan. 11.45 MOVIE: Gods And Generals. (M) (2003) Stephen Lang. 4.00 MOVIE: Champagne Charlie. (R, CC) (1944) Tommy Trinder, Stanley Holloway.

ONE 6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 8.00 Cricket. (CC) Big Bash League. Game 29. Melbourne Stars v Brisbane Heat. Replay. 11.40 World Sport. (R) 12.00 MasterChef Aust. (PG, R, CC) 2.30 Monster Jam. (R) 3.30 iFish Summer. (CC) 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 5.00 Operation Repo. (PG) 5.30 Whacked Out Sports. (PG) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) Trapper develops an ulcer. 7.30 The Indestructibles: Baby Car Crash. (PG, R) A look at close scrapes with death. 8.30 Black Ops: Operation Certain Death. (M, R) (Final) The story of a hostage taking. 9.30 MOVIE: Stash House. (MA15+, R) (2012) A couple find a stash of drugs. Dolph Lundgren, Briana Evigan. 11.35 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 12.00 The Home Team. (R, CC) 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 3.00 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 5.00 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 5.30 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 8.00 Totally Wild. (C, R, CC) 8.30 Toasted TV. 9.30 To Be Advised. 10.00 Touched By An Angel. (PG, R) 11.00 Family Ties. (PG, R) 12.00 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 JAG. (PG, R) 2.00 Dr Quinn. (PG, R) 3.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.30 Raymond. (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) 6.30 Neighbours. (CC) 7.05 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Rules Of Engagement. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 New Girl. (PG) A girl fight breaks out between Jess and Cece. 8.30 MOVIE: American Dreamz. (M, R, CC) (2006) Contestants compete on a musical talent show. Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid. 10.40 American Horror Story: Hotel. (MA15+, R) 11.40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 12.40 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG) 1.40 The King Of Queens. (PG, R) 2.10 JAG. (PG, R) 3.05 Dr Quinn. (PG, R) 4.00 Touched By An Angel. (PG, R) 5.00 Family Ties. (PG, R)

SBS 2 6.00 Indonesian News. 6.10 Hong Kong News. 6.30 Chinese News. 7.00 Russian News. 7.30 Polish News. 8.00 Bosnian News. 8.30 Macedonian News. 9.05 Croatian News. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 Portuguese News. 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Urdu News. 1.30 Tamil News. 2.00 Thai News. 2.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 3.00 Bangla News. 3.30 Armenian News. 4.00 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. (PG, R) 4.30 Massive Moves. (R, CC) 5.30 Do Or Die. (PG, CC) 6.00 The Numbers Game. 6.30 MythBusters. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Soccer. A-League. Round 15. Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar. From AAMI Park, Melbourne. 10.00 MOVIE: Goemon. (MA15+, R) (2009) A ninja uses his skills to help the poor. Yôsuke Eguchi. 12.25 Space Dandy. (PG) 12.55 Assassination Classroom. (PG) 1.20 PopAsia. (PG) 3.20 NHK World English News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

NITV 6.00 Tipi Tales. 6.30 Bizou. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Waabiny Time. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Bushwhacked! 9.00 Tipi Tales. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Kriol Kitchen. 10.30 Around The Campfire. 11.00 A Place In The Middle. 11.30 Korraiyn. 12.00 UnderExposed. 12.30 From The Western Frontier. 1.00 City Slickers Rodeo. 1.30 Buffy Sainte-Marie. 2.30 Mugu Kids. 3.00 Tipi Tales. 3.30 Move It Mob Style. 4.00 Waabiny Time. 4.30 Bushwhacked! 5.00 Go Lingo. 5.30 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. (PG) 6.00 Kriol Kitchen. 6.30 UnderExposed. 7.00 Ngurra. 7.20 NITV News Update. 7.30 The Other Side. (PG) 8.00 Guardians: Evolution: Eerimar. (PG) 8.30 From The Western Frontier. 9.00 Arctic Air. (M) The adventures of a maverick airline. 10.00 By The Rapids. (PG) 11.00 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. (PG) 11.30 Backyard Shorts. (PG) 12.00 Volumz. (PG) 4.00 NITV On The Road: Yabun. 5.00 Fusion With Casey Donovan.

6.00 ABC News Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. (CC) 11.55 ABC Open. (R) 12.00 ABC News. (CC) 1.00 ABC News With Capital Hill. (CC) 2.00 ABC News. (CC) 4.00 ABC News Afternoons. 5.55 ABC Open. (R) 6.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.00 ABC News Evenings. (CC) 8.30 The Mix Remixed. (R, CC) 9.00 ABC News. (CC) 9.30 7.30. (R, CC) 10.00 The World. (CC) 11.00 ABC News. 11.30 The Mix Remixed. (CC) 12.00 ABC News. 12.30 BBC Impact. 1.30 7.30. (R, CC) 2.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 The Mix Remixed. (R, CC) 4.00 BBC World News. 4.30 BBC Focus On Africa. 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

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Saturday, January 16 Penn & Teller: Fool Us

MOVIE: Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

ABC2, 7.30pm The perfect kind of family-friendly fun for a Saturday night indoors, this magical series, hosted by English funnyman and talkshow host Jonathan Ross, sees up-and-coming magicians square off against US magic-comedy pairing Penn and Teller, who are some of the best tricksters in the business. The prize for success? If any of these aspiring Houdinis can manage to pull off a trick that fools the famous entertainers, they’ll be in line for a fabulous five-star trip that will include them performing as the opening act for Penn & Teller in Las Vegas. In tonight’s final episode, we find out who really is the best trickster in town.

ABC

WIN, 7pm, PG (2012) The sequel to Journey to the Centre of the Earth is an exotic, tropical, rainbow of fantasy adventure. Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson, The Hunger Games) partners with his mum’s boyfriend (Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson) to find his grandfather (Michael Caine), who they believe is missing on a mythical island. Using Jules Verne’s sci-fi novels as a blueprint, don’t expect edgy narrative and characters of pluck and depth, but do sit down and lose yourself in scenes of giant bees, pocket-sized elephants, a gigantic sea-snake and enjoy “The Rock” singing What a Wonderful World. Also stars Vanessa Hudgens.

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MOVIE: The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement PRIME7, 7pm, G (2004) ncisco In the original Diaries, San Francisco teenager Mia (Anne Hathaway,, right) was transformed from a geeky duckling into a swan after she found outt she was heir to the European throne of Genovia. hich is like Now living in the kingdom (which at she a theme park), she finds out that must choose a husband within 30 days or ulie forfeit her right to be queen. Julie an Andrews returns as the Genovian queen who helps Princess Mia choose the right man. Girls should lap up hich this wish-fulfilment fantasy, which is carried along easily by Hathaway’s charm and comic timing.

WIN

6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 10.30 Rage Retro Month. (PG, CC) 11.15 Pointless. (R, CC) 12.00 Grand Designs. (R, CC) 1.00 River Cottage Veg Every Day. (R, CC) 1.45 How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster? (PG, R, CC) 3.05 Attenborough’s Journey. (R, CC) 4.00 Wonders Of Life With Brian Cox: Size Matters. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Arthur Phillip: Governor, Sailor, Spy. (R, CC) 5.30 Inspector George Gently. (PG, R, CC) Gently investigates the death of a friend.

6.00 Home Shopping. (CC) 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) 12.00 MOVIE: Sharkwater. (PG, CC) (2006) Rob Stewart explores the plight of sharks. Rob Stewart, Patrick Moore. 2.00 The Amazing Race. (PG, R, CC) Hosted by Phil Keoghan. 4.00 Air Crash Investigations: Missing Over New York. (PG, R, CC) A look at the crash of Avianca Flight 52. 5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R, CC) Narrated by Grant Bowler.

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7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 Our Zoo. (PG, CC) As they nurse a bear back to health, the family is confronted by a barrage of hostility from the residents of Upton. 8.30 MOVIE: Agatha Raisin: The Quiche Of Death. (PG, R, CC) (2014) A public relations agent who has retired to a village in the Cotswolds finds herself implicated in a murder involving a poisoned quiche. Determined to clear her name, she sets out to find the killer and prove her worth to the local community in the process. Ashley Jensen, Oliver Lansley, Mathew Horne. 10.00 Agony Aunts. (M, R, CC) Australian celebrities look at how to cope with the grief of breaking up. 10.30 Agony Uncles. (M, R, CC) (Final) Australian celebrities discuss the heartache of breaking up balanced with the joys of returning to single life. 11.00 The Kumars. (M, R, CC) Chat show hosted by a fictional family. 11.30 Rage Retro Month. (MA15+) Continuous music programming.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. (R, CC) (2004) Having finally come to accept her role as princess of a small European country, a young woman discovers she must find a suitable husband within 30 days or forfeit her right to succeed her grandmother as queen. Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Hector Elizondo. 9.20 MOVIE: Ghostbusters II. (PG, R, CC) (1989) The discovery of a river of ectoplasm which appears to react to the emotions of the inhabitants of New York City, along with the resurgence of spectral activity, prompts the Ghostbusters to revive the business. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis. 11.35 The Goldbergs. (PG, R, CC) After Murray’s high-school free throw record is broken, he grudgingly agrees to attend the celebratory banquet as guest of honour. Erica’s friend Lainey helps Barry retain the spotlight at a party.

5.00 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

12.00 State Of Affairs. (M, R, CC) After Jack Dawkins is kidnapped in Panama, the team has to pinpoint his location before time runs out. 1.00 Home Shopping.

PAW Patrol. (R, CC) Dora The Explorer. (CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Mornings: Summer. (PG, CC) Australian Geographic Adventures. (R, CC) WIN Presents. (CC) The Middle. (PG, R, CC) Party Of Five. (PG, R, CC) Bailey gives his blessing to Will. MOVIE: Getting Even With Dad. (PG, R, CC) (1994) A boy blackmails his father. Macaulay Culkin. Australian Geographic Explores Timor-Leste. (CC) News: First At Five. (CC) Fishing Australia. (R, CC)

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SBS

6.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R, CC) 6.30 The Home Team. (R, CC) 7.00 iFish. (R, CC) 8.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10: Saturday. (PG, CC) 11.00 The Living Room. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 The Doctors. (PG, R, CC) The doctors look at a vasectomy. 1.00 The Home Team. (CC) Experts renovate an Aussie home. 1.30 Cricket. (CC) Women’s Big Bash League. Game 7. Sydney Sixers v Sydney Thunder. From the SCG. 5.00 TEN Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 France 24 English News. 6.30 Deutsche Welle English 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 PBS NewsHour. (CC) 2.00 Figure Skating. (CC) ISU Grand Prix. NHK Trophy. Highlights. 3.30 Monster Moves. (R, CC) 4.30 The World From Above: Germany – Plauen To Konigstein Castle. (R, CC) 5.00 Motor Racing. (CC) Dakar Rally. Stage 12. San Juan to Villa Carlos Paz. Highlights. 5.30 Stories From Home. (CC)

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. (PG, R, CC) (2012) A young man teams up with his step-father, on a mission to find his missing grandfather who is thought to be on a mythical island described in one of the books by Jules Verne. Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine. 9.00 MOVIE: The Switch. (M, R, CC) (2010) A man discovers the consequences of the news that he was the sperm donor for his best friend’s son. Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Jeff Goldblum. 11.00 MOVIE: Something To Talk About. (M, R, CC) (1995) A strong-willed woman moves in with her sister and upsets her family after leaving her husband because of his infidelity. Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid, Kyra Sedgwick.

6.00 Cricket. (CC) Big Bash League. Game 30. Sydney Sixers v Sydney Thunder. From the SCG. Commentary from Mel McLaughlin, Andy Maher, Mark Waugh and Damien Fleming. 9.15 Cricket. (CC) Big Bash League. Game 31. Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Stars. From the WACA, Perth. Commentary from Adam Gilchrist, Mark Howard, Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff and Ricky Ponting.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.35 The Wonders Of Britain: Our Royal Story. (PG, CC) Part 2 of 5. Presenter Julia Bradbury explores some of the wonders which make Britain great. She continues her journey by looking at the country’s identity how it has been shaped by almost 1000 years of monarchy, from King Arthur to the building of the Tower of London. 8.30 MOVIE: Misery. (M, R, CC) (1990) A bestselling novelist is rescued by his self-proclaimed, number one fan after he is involved in a car crash. The woman takes it upon herself to nurse him back to health, but their reluctant relationship takes a terrifying twist. Kathy Bates, James Caan, Richard Farnsworth. 10.25 RocKwiz. (PG, R, CC) Music quiz show, hosted by Julia Zemiro, with guests Colleen Hewett, Mikelangelo and Megan Washington. 11.25 Vikings. (M, R, CC) Ragnar assembles a small party to travel to Gotland, presentday Sweden, to resolve a land dispute.

1.05 MOVIE: The Elephant Man. (M, R, CC) (1980) Anthony Hopkins. 3.30 Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye. (PG) 4.00 Anger Management. (M, R, CC) 4.30 Extra. (R, CC) 5.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 5.30 Fishing Australia. (R, CC)

12.15 48 Hours: Death At Cottonwood Creek. (PG, R, CC) A look at the death of Leslie Mueller. 1.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program.

12.20 Vikings. (M, R, CC) 2.05 Vikings. (MA15+, R, CC) 3.50 Michael Mosley: Guts. (M, R, CC) 4.50 Luke Nguyen’s United Kingdom Bitesize. (R) 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News. 5.45 France 24 Feature.

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Saturday, January 16 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

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DOCUMENTARY

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6.00pm The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies (2014) Fantasy. Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman. Bilbo and his dwarf companions must keep orcs at bay. (M) Premiere

6.30pm E! News. Reports on the day’s top entertainment news. (M) E!

8.30pm Fatal Attraction. Looks at crimes of passion. (M) Crime & Investigation

7.30pm Cricket. Third Test. South Africa v England. Day 3. Fox Sports 2

8.30pm Whose Line Is It Anyway? Comics tackle a series of spontaneous improvised sketches. (MA15+) Comedy Channel

11.00pm Wildest Indochina. Snow-capped mountains, temperate valleys and tropical jungles are home to a spectacular array of wildlife. (PG) Discovery

7.30pm Basketball. NBL. Round 15. Townsville Crocodiles v Adelaide 36ers. Fox Sports 3

8.30pm The Captive (2015) Crime. Ryan Reynolds. Eight years after a child disappeared without a trace, detectives ﬁnd disturbing clues that indicate that the girl is still alive. (MA15+) Premiere

9.00pm Off Their Rockers. (M) Comedy Channel

9.30pm Golf. European PGA Tour. Joburg Open. Third round. Fox Sports 1 Matthew McConaughey stars in Interstellar.

10.30pm Interstellar (2014) Sci-ﬁ. (M) Premiere

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 3.30 Play School. (R, CC) 4.00 Bananas In Pyjamas. (R, CC) 4.10 Bubble Bath Bay. (R, CC) 4.25 Mister Maker Around The World. (R, CC) 4.45 The Furchester Hotel. (R, CC) 5.00 Curious George. (R, CC) 5.25 Sarah And Duck. (R, CC) 5.35 Hey Duggee. (CC) 5.40 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.50 Fireman Sam. (R, CC) 6.00 Charlie And Lola. (R, CC) 6.15 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.25 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.35 Ben And Holly. (R, CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (CC) (Final) 8.10 Lie To You? (PG, R, CC) 8.45 Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow. (M, R, CC) 9.30 Live At The Apollo. (M, CC) 10.15 David Bowie: Five Years In The Making Of An Icon. (M, R, CC) 11.15 Extras. (M, R, CC) 11.45 The Office. (M, R, CC) 12.15 Inside Amy Schumer. (M, R, CC) 12.40 This Old Thing. (R, CC) 1.30 Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow. (M, R, CC) 2.15 News Update. (R) 2.20 Close. 5.00 Driver Dan’s Story Train. (R, CC) 5.10 Abney & Teal. (R, CC) 5.25 Tilly And Friends. (R, CC) 5.35 Ella The Elephant. (R, CC) 5.50 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 6.20 Tashi. (R, CC) 6.35 Arthur. (R) 7.00 Odd Squad. (R) 7.20 Oh No! It’s An Alien Invasion. (R, CC) 7.45 Dr Dimensionpants. (R) 8.05 SheZow. (R, CC) 8.20 Endangered Species. (R, CC) 8.30 The Day My Butt Went Psycho. (R, CC) 9.00 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 9.30 Total Drama Presents: Ridonculous Race. 10.15 Adv Time. (R) 11.05 Prank Patrol Road Trip. (R, CC) 11.30 Secret Life Of Boys. (R, CC) 11.35 Life With Boys. (R, CC) 11.55 A Gurls Wurld. (R, CC) 12.20 Riders Of Berk. (R, CC) 1.50 Canimals. (R) 2.00 Make It Pop. (R, CC) 2.45 Great Big Adv. (R, CC) 3.00 Bushwhacked! (R, CC) 3.25 Splatalot. (R, CC) 3.50 Studio 3. 3.55 Horrible Science. (R, CC) (Final) 4.15 The New Adventures Of Figaro Pho. (R, CC) 4.25 Big Babies. (R, CC) 4.45 The Amazing Extraordinary Friends. (R) 5.05 Spooksville. (PG, R, CC) 5.35 World’s End. (R, CC) 6.05 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. (R, CC) 6.30 Rocket’s Island. 7.00 The Jungle Bunch Back To The Ice Floe. (R, CC) 7.55 The Basketball Smackdown! (R, CC) 8.10 Keeping Up With The Kaimanawas. (PG) 9.00 Heartland. (PG, R, CC) 9.40 Close.

7TWO 6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 Saturday Disney. (CC) 9.00 Jessie. (R, CC) 9.30 Shake It Up. (CC) 10.00 Shopping. (R) 11.00 Thorney’s Cooking Central. (PG, R) 11.30 Great South East. (R, CC) 12.00 Creek To Coast. (CC) 12.30 Queensland Weekender. (CC) 1.00 Melbourne Weekender. 1.30 Great Escapes. (R) 2.00 Surf Patrol. (R, CC) 2.30 Storage Hoarders. (R) 3.30 Tennis. WTA Tour. Hobart International. Day 1. From Hobart International Tennis Centre. 4.00 Tennis. Apia International. Day 7. From Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre. 6.00 Tennis. Apia International. Night 7. From Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre. 10.30 Escape To The Country. (R) Nicki Chapman helps a couple. 11.30 Storage Hoarders. (R) Hosted by Aggie Mackenzie. 12.30 Dr Oz. (M, CC) 2.30 MOVIE: The Falcon In Mexico. (PG, R) (1944) 4.00 Escape To The Country. (R) 5.00 Storage Hoarders. (R)

7MATE 6.00 A Football Life. (PG, R) 7.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. (R) 8.00 Shopping. (R) 9.00 NFL Game Day. 9.30 Harley-Davidson TV. (PG) 10.30 Just 2 Wheelz. (PG) 11.00 Ultimate Factories. (PG, R) 12.00 Motor Racing. Ultimate Sprintcar Championship. Replay. 12.30 Motorcycle Racing. AUS-X Open Sydney. Replay. 3.00 Turtleman. (PG, R) 3.30 American Stuffers. (PG, R) 5.30 Ultimate Factories. 6.30 Air Crash Investigations: Panic Over The Pacific. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Air Crash Investigations: Behind Closed Doors. (PG, R, CC) Investigates an explosion on a DC-10. 8.30 MOVIE: The Lone Ranger. (M, R, CC) (2013) A Native American recounts how he met the Lone Ranger. Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer. 11.40 1000 Ways To Die. (M, R) 12.40 Jail. (M) 1.00 Ultimate Factories. (R) 2.00 Motorcycle Racing. AUS-X Open Sydney. Replay. From AllPhones Arena, Sydney. 4.30 Harley-Davidson TV. (PG, R) 5.30 Home Shopping. (R)

GO! 6.00 Thunderbirds. (R) 7.00 Rabbids. (PG, R) 7.30 The Day My Butt Went Psycho. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Wild Kratts. (R) 8.30 Scooby-Doo! (PG, R) 9.00 Looney Tunes. (R) 9.30 Little Charmers. (R) 10.00 Young Justice. (PG, R) 10.30 Ben 10: Omniverse. (PG, R) 11.00 Buzz Bumble. (C, R, CC) 11.30 Move It. (C, R, CC) 12.00 Kitchen Whiz. (C, R, CC) 12.30 SpongeBob. (R) 1.30 Wild Kratts. (R) 2.00 My Surf TV. (R, CC) 2.30 Surfing Australia TV. 3.00 The Crew. (PG, CC) 4.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. (PG, R) 4.30 Deep Water. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Tom And Jerry. (R) 5.30 Scooby-Doo! (PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: The Iron Giant. (PG, R) (1999) Eli Marienthal. 7.30 MOVIE: Just Friends. (PG, R, CC) (2005) 9.30 MOVIE: She’s Out Of My League. (MA15+, R) (2010) Jay Baruchel. 11.35 Sun, Sex And Suspicious Parents. (M, R) 1.30 Surfing Australia TV. (R) 2.00 Green Lantern. (PG, R) 2.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V. (PG) 3.00 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 4.00 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 4.30 Wild Kratts. (R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. (PG, R)

GEM 6.00 MOVIE: Up The Front. (PG, R, CC) (1972) 7.50 Tasty Conversations. (R, CC) 8.00 Danoz. 8.30 The Baron. (PG, R) 9.30 Tigers About The House. (PG, R, CC) 10.40 Postcards Summer. (R, CC) 11.10 Come Dine With Me. (PG, R) 12.10 MOVIE: Key Largo. (PG, R, CC) (1948) 2.15 MOVIE: The Maltese Falcon. (PG, R, CC) (1941) Humphrey Bogart. 4.20 MOVIE: Casablanca. (PG, R, CC) (1942) Humphrey Bogart. 6.30 Heartbeat. (PG, R) A local farmer is targeted by an arsonist. 8.45 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple. (PG, R) A wealthy woman and her lawyer are both murdered after she decides to hold a party at her estate. 10.45 Dalziel And Pascoe. (M, R) Pascoe investigates a local firm. 11.45 MOVIE: Times Square. (M, R, CC) (1980) Tim Curry. 1.55 MOVIE: Key Largo. (PG, R, CC) (1948) Humphrey Bogart. 3.50 MOVIE: The Maltese Falcon. (PG, R, CC) (1941) 5.45 River Cottage Bites. (PG, R)

ONE 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 9.00 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 11.30 All 4 Adventure. (PG, R, CC) 12.30 Motor Racing. World Series Sprintcars. 1.30 Car Torque. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Extreme Collectors. (R) 3.00 Nature’s Misfits. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Robson Green: Extreme Fisherman. (PG, R) 5.00 Adventure Angler. (R) 5.30 Shark Tank. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Monster Jam. Highlights of monster truck racing. 7.30 Black Gold. (PG, R) Brandon struggles to keep a crew on Rig 28. 8.30 The X-Files. (M, R, CC) Mulder and Scully review what happened before they meet Assistant Director Skinner. 10.30 Bellator MMA. (M, R) Mixed martial arts tournaments. 12.30 The Home Team. (R, CC) 1.00 Black Ops: Operation Certain Death. (M, R) 2.00 World Sport. (R) Takes a look at the world of sport. 2.20 Cricket. (CC) Big Bash League. Game 29. Melbourne Stars v Brisbane Heat. Replay.

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 7.30 Vic The Viking. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Totally Wild. (C, R, CC) 8.30 Scope. (C, R, CC) 9.05 The Loop. (PG) 11.35 Neighbours. (R, CC) 2.05 Glee. (PG, R) 4.05 The Great Australian Spelling Bee. (R, CC) 6.05 Becker. (PG, R, CC) Becker refuses to admit he was wrong. 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R, CC) Ray starts to wonder about his marriage. 7.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 MOVIE: It Could Happen To You. (PG, R) (1994) A good-hearted New York cop promises a waitress half his lottery winnings should he win, in lieu of a tip. Nicolas Cage, Bridget Fonda, Rosie Perez. 10.35 The Loop. (PG, R) Hosted by Scott Tweedie and Olivia Phyland. 1.05 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R, CC) 3.30 Neighbours. (R, CC)

SBS 2 6.00 Indonesian News. 6.10 Hong Kong News. 6.30 Chinese 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. 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Soccer. A-League. Round 15. Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar. Replay. 3.00 Benidorm Bastards. (PG, R, CC) 3.25 Departures. (PG, R) 4.20 Running Man Australian Special III. (R) 6.00 MOVIE: Laputa: Castle In The Sky. (R, CC) (1986) James Van Der Beek. 8.15 If You Are The One. Hosted by Meng Fei. 9.15 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle: Australia. (M) Part 2 of 5. 10.05 Trivia Nights. (M) Pubbased quiz challenge. 10.55 24: India. (MA15+) 12.35 24: India. (M) 1.25 MOVIE: Vengeance. (MA15+, R) (2009) Johnny Hallyday. 3.25 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

NITV 6.00 Tipi Tales. 6.30 Waabiny Time. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Bizou. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Bushwhacked! 9.00 Go Lingo. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Freedom Ride 2011. 11.00 From The Western Frontier. 11.30 Fusion Feasts. 12.00 UnderExposed. 12.30 The Other Side. (PG) 1.00 Our Spirit To C-Gen. 1.30 Aunty Moves In. 2.00 Clouded History. 3.00 Surviving. 3.30 Desperate Measures. 4.00 Our Footprint. 4.30 Around The Campfire. 5.00 Ngurra. 5.30 Kriol Kitchen. 6.00 The Last Leader Of The Crocodile Islands. (PG) 7.00 Unearthed. 7.30 NITV On The Road: Barunga Festival. 8.30 Sheltered. Presented by Derek Marsden. 9.00 Seaman Dan And Friends. A look at Seaman Dan. 9.30 MOVIE: Get On The Bus. (M) (1996) A group of black men go to the Million Man March. Richard Belzer. 11.30 Unearthed. 12.00 Volumz. (PG) 4.00 NITV On The Road: Yabun. 5.00 Fusion With Casey Donovan.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 ABC News. (CC) 12.30 A Taste Of Landline. (R, CC) 1.00 National Press Club Address. (R, CC) 2.00 ABC News. 2.30 The Mix Remixed. (R, CC) 3.00 ABC News. (CC) 3.30 #TalkAboutIt. (R) 4.00 ABC News. 4.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 5.00 ABC News. 5.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 6.00 ABC News. (CC) 6.30 #TalkAboutIt. (R) 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 The Mix Remixed. (R, CC) 8.00 Four Corners. (R, CC) 8.45 #Talk About It: Best Bits. (R) 9.00 ABC News. (CC) 9.30 Catalyst. (R, CC) 10.00 ABC News. (CC) 10.30 A Taste Of Landline. (R, CC) 11.00 ABC News. 11.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 12.00 National Press Club Address. (R, CC) 1.00 BBC World News. 1.30 #TalkAboutIt. (R) 2.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 A Taste Of Landline. (R, CC) 4.00 BBC World News. 4.30 The Mix Remixed. (R, CC) 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 1601

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3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE.

Friday 15.01.2016 to Sunday 17.01.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Sunday, January 17 MOVIE: Grease

The Last Impresario

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PRIME7, 8.30pm, PG (1978)

ABC, 10pm

7MATE, 8.30pm, M (2007) 07)

After his success in Saturday Night Fever, John Travolta was a man in demand – and the perfect choice for the role of greaser Danny Zuko for the cinematic adaptation of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s stage musical. Danny indulges in some “summer lovin’” with Sandy (Olivia Newton-John), but when the two find themselves classmates after summer, the “butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth” Sandy is not cool enough for our Danny and his group of cronies. Full of song, dance, car races and, of course, a moral message, this classic musical can be watched over and over again. It’s not necessarily of the highest calibre, but “Grease” is definitely the word.

Australian Gracie Otto directs this candid look at famous British film and theatre impresario Michael White. It doesn’t just cover the life story of the Monty Python and the Holy Grail producer, but more importantly his relationships with West End and Hollywood movers and shakers, who lend their voice to Otto’s piece. John Cleese, Yoko Ono, Barry Humphries and Anna Wintour share their views on the eccentric playboy’s dizzying success in 1970s Britain, to his subsequent bankruptcy, serious health issues and the Sotheby’s auction of his memorabilia collection.

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6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 10.00 Making Australia Great: Inside Our Longest Boom. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. (R, CC) 12.00 A Taste Of Landline. (R, CC) 12.30 Back Roads: Queenstown. (R, CC) 1.00 Our Zoo. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Soccer. (CC) W-League. Round 14. Newcastle Jets v Brisbane Roar. 4.30 Kitchen Cabinet. (R, CC) 5.00 Time Scanners: Machu Picchu. (CC) 5.55 Antiques Roadshow. (CC) Hosted by Fiona Bruce.

6.00 Home Shopping. (CC) 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) 11.00 I Dream Of Jeannie. (R, CC) 12.00 Bewitched. (R, CC) Samantha and Darrin look after an orphan. 12.30 World’s Strictest Parents. (PG, R, CC) Follows two troubled teens. 1.30 The Amazing Race. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 Better Homes And Gardens. (R, CC) 4.30 The Long Weekender. (R, CC) 5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Highway Patrol. (PG, R, CC)

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7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.40 Grand Designs. (PG, R, CC) Kevin meets, Nigel and Tamayo Hussey, who are planning to create a Japanese aesthetic for their home renovation in the heart of Wales. Among the features they are hoping to include are a roof bath, tatami room and paper sliding walls, all without breaking the bank. 8.30 Vera. (M, R, CC) After a woman is murdered in a hedgerow, her son escapes the attack only to fall through the ice of a frozen pond where Vera finds him a short time later. Against all odds, Vera saves the boy’s life and quickly comes to realise the key to the investigation lies deep in his memory. 10.00 The Last Impresario. (M, CC) A candid look at the life and career of notorious London theatre and film impresario, Michael White. 11.30 MOVIE: The Trip. (MA15+, R, CC) (2010) Two comedians embark on a culinary tour of England. Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Claire Keelan.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 Border Security: International. (PG, CC) 7.30 Motorway Patrol. (PG, CC) Unlucky shoplifters become trapped in their get-away car. 8.00 The Force: Behind The Line. (PG, R, CC) Detectives hunt two people using stolen credit cards and discover some methamphetamine in the process. 8.30 MOVIE: Grease. (PG, R, CC) (1978) A naive Australian schoolgirl and a teenage rebel, who have a summer romance, reunite at a California high school. However, their interactions are coloured by the preconceptions and expectations of her new friends, the Pink Ladies, and his gang, the T-Birds. John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing. 10.55 Lleyton Hewitt Interview. (CC) 11.25 Autopsy: The Last Days Of Elvis Presley. (M, R, CC) Forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd looks at the facts surrounding Elvis Presley’s demise.

12.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 Seven Early News. (CC)

1.20 A Quiet Word With… Richard E. Grant. (M, R, CC) Tony chats Richard E. Grant. 1.50 Vera. (M, R, CC) 3.20 The Last Impresario. (M, R, CC) 5.00 Compass: Dinner In Melbourne. (R, CC) 5.30 Eggheads. (R, CC)

PAW Patrol. (R, CC) Dora The Explorer. (CC) Weekend Today. (CC) My Surf TV. (CC) Surfing. (CC) World League. 2015 Billabong Pipe Masters. Highlights. Endangered: Sabah. (R, CC) Presented by Lin Sutherland. The Wild Life Of Tim Faulkner. (R, CC) Hosted by Tim Faulkner. The Middle. (PG, R, CC) Brick kicks Axl out of the bedroom. Cricket. (CC) One-Day International Series. Game 3. Australia v India. Afternoon session. From the MCG.

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6.00 Creflo. (CC) 6.30 Hillsong. (CC) 7.00 Joseph Prince. (CC) 7.30 Joel Osteen. (CC) 8.00 The Home Team. (R, CC) 8.30 St10. (PG, CC) 11.00 Just Go. (R, CC) 11.30 People Of The Vines. (R, CC) 12.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R, CC) 12.30 Let’s Do Coffee. (R, CC) 1.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. (R, CC) 1.30 Car Torque. (R, CC) 2.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. (R, CC) 3.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 3.30 Firies. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 iFish. (R, CC) 5.00 TEN Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 France 24 English News. 6.30 Deutsche Welle English 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 The World Game. (CC) 2.00 Speedweek. (CC) 4.00 FIFA Ballon D’Or 2015. (CC) 5.00 Motor Racing. (CC) Dakar Rally. Final stage. Villa Carlos Paz to Rosario. Highlights. 5.30 Hostages Of The SS: Journey Into The Unkown. (PG, CC)

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 6.30 Cricket. (CC) One-Day International Series. Game 3. Australia v India. Evening session. From the MCG. 10.00 Cycling. (CC) Santos Tour Down Under. People’s Choice Classic. 51km. Adelaide to Adelaide. Highlights. From South Australia. 11.30 Person Of Interest. (MA15+, R, CC) The “machine” names a new person of interest, a software programmer whose double life makes it difficult to predict where the threat to her safety will come from. Finch is contacted by a person from his past.

6.00 Family Feud Favourites. (R, CC) Two families try to win big prizes by guessing the most popular responses to a survey of the public. 6.30 Modern Family. (PG, R, CC) Phil offers to help Andy with his anniversary gift for his girlfriend. 7.00 Modern Family. (PG, R, CC) On a trip to Las Vegas, Jay becomes obsessed with getting an upgrade to the highest floor of the hotel. 7.30 MOVIE: Ice Age: Continental Drift. (PG, R, CC) (2012) A trio of animals, Manny, Diego, and Sid, embarks on an adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world. Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo. 9.15 MOVIE: Taken. (M, R, CC) (2008) A former spy must use his expertise to save his estranged daughter after she and her friend are kidnapped. Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen. 11.10 To Be Advised.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.35 Roman Britain From The Air. (CC) With images taken from the air as well as archaeological evidence on the ground, take a look at life in Roman Britain. 8.30 Secrets Of The Lost Graveyard. (PG, CC) Takes a look at what the discovery of a 500-yearold graveyard, during the construction of a railway line, helps reveal about the lives of the people who called the city of London home during the 16th century. Among the bodies are those of victims of the the Great Plague of 1665, the remains of which may help shed a light on the disease. 9.25 James Cameron’s Deep Sea Challenge. (PG, R, CC) The story of how a team of engineers, led by filmmaker James Cameron, built a sub to explore the ocean’s depths. 11.10 MOVIE: Ludwig II. (M) (2012) A young man claims the throne of Bavaria only to gradually withdraw from reality into a dream world. Sabin Tambrea, Sebastian Schipper , Paula Beer.

12.30 ManSpace. (M, CC) Hosted by Dan Anstey. 1.30 V.I.P. (M, R) 2.30 Anger Management. (M, R, CC) 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) 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 Life Today With James Robison. (PG) Religious program. 4.30 CBS This Morning. Morning news and talk show. Hosted by Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell.

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1.40 MOVIE: Galantuomini. (M, R) (2008) Donatella Finocchiaro. 3.35 My America. (M, R) 4.40 Fugu & Tako. (PG, R) 4.50 Luke Nguyen’s United Kingdom Bitesize. (R) 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News. 5.45 France 24 Feature.

3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE.

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 15.01.2016 to Sunday 17.01.2016

Sunday, January 17 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.40pm John Wick (2014) Action. Keanu Reeves, Willem Dafoe. An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to seek revenge. (MA15+) Premiere

7.30pm Modern Family. The Dunphys have a near-death experience. (M) FOX8

7.00pm Masterpieces Unveiled. Leonardo Da Vinci. (M) Arts

8.30pm Supergirl. (M) FOX8

8.30pm Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014) Crime. Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba. (MA15+) Action

9.30pm 2 Broke Girls. Caroline attends her former nanny’s funeral. (M) FOX8

9.30pm Edge Of Alaska. (M) Discovery

5.00pm Soccer. A-League. Round 15. Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix. Fox Sports 4

11.30pm When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs. Five ancient crocs surface in the Sahara. (M) National Geographic

10.15pm X-Men: First Class (2011) Action. James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender. A group of mutants matches wits with a former Nazi. (M) Action

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 3.10 dirtgirlworld. (R, CC) 3.30 Play School. (R, CC) 4.00 Bananas In Pyjamas. (R, CC) 4.10 Bubble Bath Bay. (R, CC) 4.25 Mister Maker Around The World. (R, CC) 4.45 The Furchester Hotel. (R, CC) 5.00 Get Grubby TV. (R, CC) 5.30 Timmy’s Seaside Rescue. (R, CC) 5.50 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 6.00 Charlie And Lola. (R, CC) 6.15 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.25 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.35 Ben And Holly. (R, CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Build A New Life In The Country. (R, CC) 8.15 Dream Build. (R, CC) 8.25 Gruen Pitch Rewind. (R, CC) 8.30 MOVIE: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1. (M, R, CC) (2011) 10.15 Buzzcocks. (M, R, CC) 10.45 Ladyboys. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends. (PG, R, CC) 12.20 Nick Baker’s Weird Creatures. (PG, R, CC) 1.10 Swamp Brothers. (PG) 1.35 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 2.05 News Update. (R) 2.10 Close. 5.00 Driver Dan’s Story Train. (R, CC) 5.10 Abney & Teal. (R, CC) 5.25 Tilly And Friends. (R, CC) 5.35 Ella The Elephant. (R, CC) 5.50 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 The Jungle Book. (R, CC) 6.10 Hairy Legs. (R, CC) 6.20 Tashi. (R, CC) 6.35 Arthur. (R) 7.00 Odd Squad. (R) 7.20 Oh No! It’s An Alien Invasion. (R, CC) 7.45 Dr Dimensionpants. (R) 8.05 SheZow. (R, CC) 8.20 Endangered Species. (R, CC) 8.30 The Day My Butt Went Psycho. (R, CC) 9.00 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 9.30 Total Drama Presents: Ridonculous Race. 10.15 Adv Time. (R) 11.05 Prank Patrol Road Trip. (R, CC) (Final) 11.30 Secret Life Of Boys. (R, CC) 11.35 Life With Boys. (R, CC) 11.55 A Gurls Wurld. (R, CC) 12.30 The Next Step. (R, CC) 2.00 Make It Pop. (R, CC) 2.45 Great Big Adv. (R, CC) 3.00 Bushwhacked! (R, CC) 3.25 Splatalot. (R, CC) 3.50 Studio 3. 4.00 Horrible Histories. (PG, R, CC) 4.25 Big Babies. (R, CC) 4.40 Strange Hill High. (R, CC) 5.05 Roy. (R, CC) 5.40 Gortimer Gibbon’s Life On Normal Street. (R) 6.05 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. (R, CC) 6.30 Rocket’s Island. 7.00 MOVIE: The Boy In The Dress. (R, CC) (2014) 8.05 Reservoir Hill. (PG, R, CC) 8.10 Keeping Up With The Kaimanawas. (PG) 8.55 Heartland. (R, CC) 9.40 Rage. (PG, R) 2.10 Close.

7.30pm Cricket. Third Test. South Africa v England. Day 4. Fox Sports 2 9.00pm Golf. European PGA Tour. Joburg Open. Final round. Fox Sports 1 James McAvoy stars in X-Men: First Class

7TWO 6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 Tomorrow’s World. (PG) 7.30 Michael Youssef. (PG) 8.00 David Jeremiah. (PG) 8.30 Shopping. 9.30 Leyland Brothers’ World. (R) 10.30 Medical Emergency. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 The Zoo. (R, CC) 11.30 Surf Patrol. (R, CC) 12.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R, CC) 1.30 The Travel Bug. (PG, R) 3.30 Alaska Wing Men. (PG, R) 4.30 Dealers Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. (PG) 5.30 60 Minute Makeover. (PG, R) 7.30 House Wreck Rescue. (PG, R) First-time developers take a gamble. 8.30 Escape To The Country. (R) Jules Hudson helps a couple from Maidenhead find the good life in Somerset. 10.30 Best Houses Australia. (R) Hosted by Gary Takle. 11.30 Dealers Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. (PG, R) 12.30 House Wreck Rescue. (PG, R) 1.30 Escape To The Country. (R) 3.30 Alaska Wing Men. (PG, R) 4.30 This Rugged Coast. (R) 5.30 Home Shopping.

7MATE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 6.30 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG, R) 7.30 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Zoom TV. (PG, R) 8.30 NFL. NFL. AFC Divisional Playoffs. 11.30 Dream Car Garage. (R) 12.00 NFL. NFL. NFC Divisional Playoffs. 3.00 Fishing Western Australia. (PG) 3.30 Hillbilly Handfishin’. (PG, R) 4.30 Turtleman. (PG) 5.30 Wipeout USA. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 MythBusters. (PG, R, CC) Adam and Jamie test a comedy myth. 7.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PG, R, CC) Sheldon and Howard feud. 8.30 MOVIE: The Kingdom. (M, R, CC) (2007) A team of agents tries to track down terrorists responsible for an attack on US facilities in Saudi Arabia. Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner. 10.40 MOVIE: Terminal Velocity. (M, R, CC) (1994) 12.50 MOVIE: Butter. (MA15+, R) (1998) Ernie Hudson. 3.00 Hillbilly Handfishin’. (PG, R) 4.00 Married With Children. (PG, R) 5.00 NFL. NFL. NFC Divisional Playoffs.

GO! 6.00 Thunderbirds. (R) 7.00 Rabbids. (PG, R) 7.30 The Skinner Boys. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Wild Kratts. (R) 8.30 Scooby-Doo! (PG, R) 9.00 Looney Tunes. (R) 9.30 Little Charmers. (R) 10.00 Young Justice. (PG, R) 10.30 The Batman. (PG, R) 11.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. (PG, R) 11.30 Rabbids. (PG, R) 12.00 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 12.30 SpongeBob SquarePants. (R) 1.30 Wild Kratts. (R) 2.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V. (PG, R) 3.00 Green Lantern. (PG, R) 3.30 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 4.00 Yo-Kai Watch. (PG, R) 4.30 The Batman. (PG, R) 5.00 Scooby-Doo! (PG, R) 5.30 Looney Tunes. (R) 6.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. (PG) 6.30 MOVIE: The Brady Bunch Movie. (PG, R, CC) (1995) 8.30 MOVIE: A Very Brady Sequel. (PG, R, CC) (1996) Shelley Long. 10.30 MOVIE: Going The Distance. (MA15+, R, CC) (2010) 12.30 The Cube. (PG) 1.30 All The Right Moves. (PG, R) 2.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V. (PG) 3.00 Green Lantern. (PG, R) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 4.00 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 4.30 Wild Kratts. (R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. (PG, R)

GEM 6.00 Skippy. (R) 6.30 MOVIE: The Belles Of St Trinian’s. (R, CC) (1954) 8.30 Danoz. 9.30 Rainbow Country. (R) 10.00 Heartbeat. (PG, R) 11.00 Great Getaways. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Postcards Summer. (CC) 12.30 MOVIE: Four For Texas. (PG, R, CC) (1963) 3.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 15. Illawarra Hawks v New Zealand Breakers. From Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. 5.00 Secret Dealers. (PG) 6.00 Antiques Roadshow. (CC) Items are presented for appraisal. 7.00 MOVIE: Agatha Christie’s Murder On The Orient Express. (PG, R, CC) (1974) Poirot investigates the death of a millionaire. Albert Finney. 9.35 MOVIE: Gone Baby Gone. (MA15+, R, CC) (2007) A detective looks for a missing girl. Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan. 12.00 Missing. (M) 1.00 Seaway. (PG, R, CC) 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)

ONE 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 The Indestructibles. (PG, R) 9.00 Escape Fishing With ET. (R, CC) 9.30 Extreme Fishing. (PG, R) 10.30 World Sport. (R) 10.50 Fishing Edge. 11.20 Cricket. (CC) Big Bash League. Game 30. Sydney Sixers v Sydney Thunder. Replay. 3.00 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 4.00 Megafactories. (R) 5.00 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R) 5.30 Adv Angler. (R) 6.00 Family Feud Favourites. (R, CC) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 Extreme Collectors. (PG, R) 8.00 Extreme Collectors. (R) 8.30 Cops. (PG, R, CC) Follows officers on a patrol. 9.00 Cops: Adults Only. (M, R, CC) 9.30 48 Hours: Dear Savannah. (M) A mother who fled the U.S. tells her story. 10.30 The Indestructibles. (PG, R) 11.30 World Sport. 12.00 Cops. (PG, R, CC) 12.30 Cops: Adults Only. (M, R, CC) 1.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 2.00 Football’s Greatest Teams. (R) 2.30 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Game 7. Sydney Sixers v Sydney Thunder. Replay.

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 9.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 9.30 TMNT. (R) 10.00 Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures. (C, R, CC) 10.30 Sabrina. (PG, R) 11.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 11.30 Sabrina. (PG, R) 12.00 Family Ties. (PG, R) 1.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 2.00 Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 5.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 Family Feud Favourites. (R, CC) 6.30 Futurama. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Futurama. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) Lisa helps Moe find his inner poet. 8.30 MOVIE: Along Came Polly. (M, R, CC) (2004) A troubled man falls for an old classmate. Ben Stiller. 10.25 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 10.55 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R, CC) 11.25 The King Of Queens. (PG, R) 12.25 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 2.00 Family Ties. (PG, R) 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (R) 5.00 Sabrina. (PG, R)

SBS 2 6.00 Indonesian News. 6.10 Hong Kong News. 6.30 Chinese News. 7.00 Russian News. 7.30 Polish News. 8.00 Maltese News. 8.30 Macedonian News. 9.00 PopAsia. (PG) 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 MOVIE: Laputa: Castle In The Sky. (R, CC) (1986) 3.15 Streetosphere. (PG, R) 3.45 Be Your Own Boss. (M, R) 4.50 Heston’s Feasts. (M, R, CC) (Final) 5.45 The Brain: China. (New Series) 7.35 If You Are The One. 8.35 The Family Law. (PG, R, CC) The misadventures of a family. 9.05 Drunk History. (M) 9.30 South Park. (M, R, CC) The boys refuse to embrace the latest fad. 9.55 Russell Howard’s Good News. (M) 10.30 Dad Made Dirty Movies. (MA15+, R, CC) 11.35 How To Get More Sex. (M, R, CC) 12.00 In Her Skin. (M) 1.45 MOVIE: Bad Day To Go Fishing. (PG, R) (2009) 3.40 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

NITV 6.00 Tipi Tales. 6.30 Waabiny Time. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Bizou. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Bushwhacked! 9.00 Go Lingo. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Soccer. A-League. Round 15. Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar. 12.00 The Medicine Line. 12.30 NITV On The Road: Barunga Festival. 1.30 Sheltered. 2.00 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. Round 2. Kalateenee Crickets v Bourke Original Warriors. 2.50 Rugby League. Queensland Murri Carnival. Men’s first semi-final. Saguci Tigers v Moreton Bay Murri Dibing Bulls. 4.00 Born To Run. 5.30 The Prophets. 6.00 Awaken. 7.00 Marley Africa Road Trip. (PG) 8.00 Tangaroa With Pio. 8.30 Colour Me. Presented by Anthony McLean. 9.30 MOVIE: Dave Chappelle’s Block Party. (M, CC) (2005) Dave Chappelle throws a block party. Dave Chappelle, Bilal Oliver. 11.30 Flying Boomerangs. (PG) Aboriginal footballers travel to South Africa. 12.00 Volumz. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 ABC News. (CC) 12.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 1.00 ABC News. 1.30 Compass. (R, CC) 2.00 ABC News. 2.30 A Taste Of Landline. (R, CC) 3.00 ABC News. (CC) 3.30 #TalkAboutIt. (R) 4.00 ABC News. 4.30 The Mix Remixed. (R, CC) 5.00 ABC News. 5.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 6.00 ABC News. (CC) 6.30 Australian Story. (R, CC) 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.40 ABC News Special: James Hird Interview. (CC) 8.30 Kitchen Cabinet. (R, CC) 9.00 ABC News. (CC) 9.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 10.00 ABC News. (CC) 10.30 The Mix Remixed. (R, CC) 11.00 ABC News. 11.30 Conflict Zone. 12.00 After The Flood: Grantham Five Years On. (R, CC) 1.00 BBC World News. 1.30 The Mix Remixed. (R, CC) 2.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 Conflict Zone. (R) 4.00 BBC World News. 4.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 1701

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6. Too ready to disregard faults of revolting nude (13) 7. You and I in bad ends in the country (6) 8. Animal pretending to be shy before uprising (5) 13. Belittle each broken writer (7) 15. Gets us strengthening insertion (6) 16. Wakes in a crooked position (5) 17. Is into wicked porn in jail (6) 20. State flavour of it (5)

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DOWN 1. Bird (6) 2. Summarised (13) 3. Ceasefire (5) 5. Applause (7) 6. Patronising (13) 7. Abundance (6) 8. Poetry (5) 13. Frankness (7) 15. Famish (6) 16. Compass (5) 17. Mourn (6) 20. Surpass (5)

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From the pages of America’s most popular newspapers

ACROSS

POINT TAKEN

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JUST LIKE CATS & DOGS by Dave T. Phipps

1. Stashed 4. “Kapow!” 8. Crooner Jerry 12. Cinnabar or galena 13. — mater 14. Soul singer Redding 15. Magnetic coil 17. Cry 18. Vim 19. Lemieux milieu 21. Roulette bet 22. Grave 26. House on an estate 29. “Glee” network 30. Meadow 31. Winged 32. Grecian vessel 33. Opening day? 34. Omega preceder 35. Emulate 41-Across 36. Edison rival 37. Excluding all else 39. Bro or sis 40. Existed

41. Ms. Earhart 45. Prop for Dr. House 48. Grammatical slip 50. Culture medium 51. Always 52. Jungfrau, for one 53. Band in Boston? 54. Talk back 55. In medias —

DOWN 1. Firetruck necessity 2. Unyielding 3. Take out of context? 4. Brit’s sausage 5. Harold of silents 6. Parisian pal 7. Unger’s sloppy roommate 8. “Wheel of Fortune” purchase 9. Noshed 10. Recline 11. Sixth sense, for short

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STRANGE BUT TRUE z It was noted 20th-century FrenchSwiss film director, screenwriter and critic Jean-Luc Godard who made the following sage observation: “A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.” z Those who study such things say that Roman emperor Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus was more than 8 feet tall. z If you’ve ever seen the flashing green or yellow lights of those beetles we call fireflies you might be surprised to learn that different species have different coloured lights. For instance, the Paraguayan railway beetle can show both green and red lights (like a railway lantern; hence, the name). z According to the US Census Bureau, there are currently more than 1500 American residents named “Seven”. z The Taj Mahal, widely known as

by Samantha Weaver “the jewel of Muslim art in India” (pictured), was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, who wanted the tomb of his favourite wife to be housed in splendour. After construction was complete, Jahan wanted to ensure that this architectural wonder would never have a rival, so he had the chief architect and main artisans put to death. The stone masons who had done the best work on the structure had their hands amputated, and the artists responsible for the delicate inlay work were blinded. z In some parts of colonial America it was illegal to kiss your spouse in public.

Thought for the Day: “The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.” – Elizabeth Cady Stanton

16. Fielder’s woe 20. Courteney of “Cougar Town” 23. “Desire Under the —” 24. Repast 25. Houston acronym 26. Navigator’s stack 27. Moreover 28. Hammer’s target 29. Saute 32. James Joyce masterwork 33. Mediterranean three-master 35. Peninsula st. 36. Stopwatches 38. Basins’ accessories 39. Comic Soupy 42. Taleteller 43. Gilligan’s home 44. Pumps up the volume 45. Upper limit 46. Past 47. Siesta 49. Eggs NO. 150706

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ARIES (MAR 21-APR 20) Life is a melting pot at the moment. Influences and ideas come from all sides. This can cause confusion and make it hard to make clear decisions. Be practical and ask yourself who has your best interests at heart and who may be expressing a personal angle. Don’t be pushed into anything. Time is on your side. Relaxation needs to be taken seriously to stop you becoming an overworked grouch.

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TAURUS (APR 21-MAY 21) Just

had some good news? If it involves money, use it wisely. The chance to make a good and lasting impression on someone in authority, perhaps at work, should not be missed. Of course, it may mean taking on some extra responsibility or using some of your time out. Someone moving into your sphere can confuse your social life. Mixing business with pleasure can be tricky.

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GEMINI (MAY 22-JUN 21)

Evenings are still full of exciting moments, although these do not always bode well for your working life. A few late nights are fine as long as you continue to pay attention to details. Midweek there are financial questions to be answered and you could be asked to help out a friend. Be sure that you understand the details if it involves a large amount of cash.

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CANCER (JUN 22-JUL 22) Given a recent meeting with a potential partner, you may seek advice. Get this from someone who has known you for some time and will give an honest opinion. There is, in this case, no need to jump in with both feet even if being pushed by the hand of passion. Those who seek love should try not to mix it with business.

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LEO (JUL 23-AUG 23) Something that you have been working on for some time now shows signs of movement. You still need to have patience though. Tying up any loose ends financially and having a plan B are essential. Keep passions in check when decisions need making. Sometimes it seems attractive to run away and hide in a commune. Sorry but there are practical matters to solve. After that you can indulge in your hippy fantasies.

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VIRGO (AUG 24-SEP 23) Have

you ever had one of those dreams where you are running but can’t seem to get anywhere? At times this week seems very similar. It may help to tell you that by the weekend your luck will change. In the meantime, make the most of those midweek encounters. One of them has an interesting story to tell! Spark a brighter future with a small investment at the weekend.

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LIBRA (SEP 24-OCT 23) An

intensely romantic time takes your mind from tedious work projects. That won’t impress the boss, so be discreet! Speak your mind even if that sometimes comes with a kindness factor. You hate to upset anyone, but if there is something that has to be said... Work colleagues have some strange attitudes, but you can put this down to post holiday jitters.

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SCORPIO (OCT 24-NOV 22)

In a busy week, you are in big demand from family and friends. Could this be because of promises or suggestions that you made over the holiday? Someone calls in a favour, which may be financial. Help if you can, but not at the expense of your own bank balance. Staying solvent now is especially important. The ups and down of cash flow may plague the next few weeks.

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SAGITTARIUS (NOV 23-DEC 21) A mingling of music, art and

new friends runs through this week. It sounds good and may well take you into unknown territory. Relax and be willing to listen and learn. You may not see the point of some newfound knowledge at the moment, but you will! A cloud of romance hangs over the weekend. Breathe it in rather than hold on to your emotional umbrella.

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CAPRICORN (DEC 22-JAN 20)

So you want to give yourself a treat this week? Short on cash? Surely there is someone who owes you? Is it time to call in that loan or favour? Luck and love will go hand in hand if you will only get out and look around. Any tiredness deserves to be checked up on. How can you party if you are not up to par?

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AQUARIUS (JAN 21-FEB 19)

A surprise midweek revelation stops you in your tracks. Not all that keen on people who change their minds, are you? This one you have to deal with. Still it is better to know the facts now rather than later. Keeping a secret is hard at the moment as there are times when you feel alone. However, that won’t last for long!

PISCES (FEB 20-MAR 20) You

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are not easily impressed even though you want to be. Seeing the practical side of any situation is one of your strengths. A rather small offer at work does not seem very important. Even so, you are capable of building on it. Be less modest and start to show what you can do. Though you may not always feel confident about your relationships, develop an air of optimism and cheerfulness. US singer-actress Dolly Parton turns 70 on January 19.

Monday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Taking a practical approach is best. List everything that you had hoped to achieve last year and get the red ticking pen out. Those that are left are not a lost cause but things that need a plan. In the meantime, put new fingers in new pies, Capricorn. Tuesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Partnerships and parents seem to dominate the months ahead, Capricorn. Even so, don’t neglect those business plans and future ambitions. If someone complains that you are not around enough, point out the benefits of the whole situation to them. Wednesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! This is a period of expansion and personal growth, Capricorn. This may mean being away from home or having less time with the family. Sharing your hopes and thoughts are essential in the months ahead. Thursday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Aquarius, feel like a fresh start? The months ahead give you just that chance. Many parts of your life come together and you feel more balanced. Paying attention to finances sees your bank balance nicely level. Friday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Making a point, Aquarius, of getting those plans together? Yes, but it is important to keep moving forward. Attention to detail, especially when it comes to finances, really counts. Saturday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! You may be a water sign, Aquarius, but you will not let water flow under your bridge this year. Change your health and beauty style by being a bit more selfappreciating. Sunday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! This is not a year to be modest, Aquarius. Mid-year action brings dynamism and a fresh approach to long-term plans. This is the ideal time to settle what you want for the future.

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