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CONTACTS & CREDITS | Email feedback@dubboweekender.com.au | Online www.dubboweekender.com.au | www.twitter.com/DubboWeekender | www.facebook.com/WeekenderDubbo | Published by Panscott Media Pty Ltd ABN 94 080 152 021 | Company Director Tim Pankhurst Editor Jen Cowley Writers Yvette Aubusson-Foley, Lisa Minner Design Sarah Head, Hayley Ferris, Rochelle Hinton. Photography Connor ComanSargent, Steve Cowley Reception Emily Welham General disclaimer: The publisher accepts no responsibility for letters, notices and other material contributed for publication. The submitter accepts full responsibility for material, warrants that it is accurate, and indemnifies the publisher against any claim or action. All advertisers, including those placing display, classified or advertorial material, warrant that such material is true and accurate and meets all applicable laws and indemnifies the publisher against all liabilities that may arise from the publication of such material. Whilst every care is taken in preparing this publication, we cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions. Opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the publisher. The editor, Jen Cowley, accepts responsibility for election comment. Articles contain information of a general nature – readers should always seek professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances. Corrections and comments: Panscott Media has a policy of correcting mistakes promptly. If you have a complaint about published material, contact us in writing. If the matter remains unresolved, you may wish to contact the Australian Press Council. © Copyright 2016 Panscott Media Pty Ltd. Copyright in all material – including editorial, photographs and advertising material – is held by Panscott Media Pty Ltd or its providers and must not be reproduced in any form without prior written permission from the Publisher.

Adding injury to insult in the extreme sport of aging O I was bungee jumping last weekend, and the cord was a tad long and…well, that’s how I came to tear all the ligaments in my left foot. Don’t believe me? Try this: I went sky-diving and landed awkwardly… No? Well, there was this cage-fight, see… Okay, here it is – in all its pedestrian banality: I was the victim of a particularly vicious hole that was lying in wait, cleverly disguised as lawn. I’ve spent a good part of the week testing out more sensational explanations and have had a number of helpful suggestions ranging from a skateboarding or abseiling mishap, to the nearlethal but triumphant pursuit of a fleeing bandit and, my personal favourite: “Tell ‘em you should see the other gal!”. Truth is, it seems just getting older is an extreme sport. When an ordinary but ill-timed stride can put you up on blocks for a month, you know you’ve reached the age at which everything starts to wear out, fall down or seize up. To add insult to injury, there was no psychedelic bruising; no hideously swollen sasquatchlike swelling with which to garner widespread commiseration. Just what the physio says is a “grade two” tear of the ligaments – a sneakily concealed wound that, like the hole that put it there, lies in wait until you’re lulled into thinking it might be time to test the healing process and… wham! Over you go. And turn the air purple with the kind of language that would make Gordon Ramsay blush. So my new fashion accessory for the new year is a particularly unattractive black “moon boot” – so called because you’d rather fly to outer space than go through the pain of re-injury. Like most rugby props I know, it ain’t pretty but it’s effective. At first, I was sceptical. “Do you really think it’s necessary to wear this thing for a month?” I asked my husband, The Oracle. “Nah…” he said, rolling his eyes. “They just want you to wear it to piss you off and make you walk funny.” Excellent, because it’s accomplished both. While the boot remarkably successful in immobilising the wayward ligaments and the foot to which they were previously attached, it makes for a gait reminiscent of Quasimodo. I lurch inelegantly from side to side, frightening

the dog and small children, and looking like I’ve just been to lunch with Sir Les Patterson. It doesn’t do much for the overall sartorial effect, but that’s the least of my worries. My ol’ Mum used to say you have to suffer to be beautiful, but that ship sailed some time back, and I don’t have the stomach for the kind of suffering torn ligaments will wreak if not treated properly. A friend – an aspiring comedian, apparently – pointed out that the new I lurch footwear isn’t exactly conducive to inelegantly from romance, but that’s side to side, just as well. At this point, who frightening the knows what kind dog and small of harm a harmless roll in the hay might children, and inflict? looking like I’ve The upside, said just been to the sunshiney little voice in my head, lunch with Sir is that I could look Les Patterson. forward to at least a few days of pampering and indulgent mollycoddling from your nearest and dearest before the novelty, and sympathy, wears off. Both the offspring promptly skipped town. And The Oracle – on whom I was left counting for peeled grapes, cups of tea with bickies and constant pandering – instead decided to steal my thunder by pulling his right hamstring. What a pair we make. Between us we have a working set of pins – his left, my right – so we’re grateful for small mercies. It’s not exactly life threatening, but it’s awkward. The worst is that he has a better story. His injury was sustained during a valiant and ultimately victorious effort to stop a 230kg motorbike from crashing to the ground and breaking some pretty significant bones. Me? I just stepped in a hole. And now I’m the one tying HIS shoelaces and fetching his English Breakfast. I could just kick him. Oh, wait….

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Redeveloped hospital off to a healthy start BY JEN COWLEY T’S been nearly ten years and more than $91 million in the making, but the official ribbon on the first two stages of Dubbo’s much anticipated hospital redevelopment were cut this week, to the cheers of assembled staff, patients and dedicated members of the city’s Health Council. The political big guns rolled into town for the occasion, with Premier Mike Baird accompanying his deputy and local member Troy Grant, Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton and Health Minister Jillian Skinner for the official duties and a whirlwind tour of the stateof-the-art facility. The unveiling of the plaque was a formality and a chance to inspect the building and thank staff and all those involved in bringing the project to fruition. However, the doors of the impressive addition to Dubbo’s hospital have been open for some time, with staff and patients having already moved in to the clinical services building, which features six new operating theatres, an inpatient ward, a birthing suite for maternity services and a day-only ward for surgical services. The dignitaries – and their staff and assembled media scrum – were shown through the new facility, where they stopped to speak with staff and patients. In the maternity section, young Alva Clarke – just two weeks old – was blissfully oblivious to the kerfuffle, but his young mum, Sacha, good-naturedly posed for photos and answered questions about being among the first to take advantage of the brand new facilities. After the tour, the official opening ceremony began with a moving Welcome to Country by Wiradjuri representative and language expert Di McNaboe, who was also instrumental in making some of the stunning indigenous artworks that adorn the walls of the new facility. In welcoming the redevelopment, building of which began four years ago, Mark Coulton – representing the federal government, which contributed $7.1million to the project – said residents of western NSW feeling “more comfortable” in Dubbo, saying many would rather “put up with ill health than travel to Sydney”.

Two week old Alva Clarke wasn’t fussed by all the fuss, with his mum, Sacha, happy to pose for pics and answer questions from the visiting dignitaries.

Coulton took the opportunity to call for the addition of a cancer centre for the hospital, saying preliminary discussions were underway for what he says is an important service for the people of the region the hospital serves. A visibly pleased Troy Grant spoke of his “pride and gratitude”, paying tribute to those who had worked so hard to make the project a reality, including his predecessor as Member for Dubbo, Dawn Fardell, and the “extraordinary” efforts of the Dubbo Health Council. “It’s a remarkable day in the history of the central west,” he said, adding that while Stages One and Two of the redevelopment were now almost complete, work on the refurbishment and expansion of the renal unit would begin soon

and is expected to be complete by the end of this year. Health Minister Jillian Skinner, said she was no stranger to Dubbo, after first visiting the city’s hospital when she became Shadow Health Minister in 1995. “I knew then how badly this redevelopment was needed.” By the time Premier Mike Baird took the microphone, he acknowledged that most of what needed to be said had been said, but wanted to add his congratulations and appreciation to the doctors, nurses, health professionals and other staff without whom the facility is just a building. “Lives will be saved here; babies will be born here; careers will be played out here.

“What’s most exciting about this redevelopment is what it does for the wonderful staff that work here,” he said. “All of you do an incredible job, and what I see as our job is to give you the best possible facilities to support the amazing work you do.” A moment of levity came with the Premier describing Troy Grant and Mark Coulton as the “Starsky and Hutch” of local politics, for what he said was extraordinary dedication to communities in their shared patches of regional ground. “I’m showing my age, aren’t I?” Baird said, to ripples of amusement from the 100-strong crowd.

“A word please, Mr Baird” MARJ Bollinger and Val Packham came from Molong to bend the Mike Baird’s ear about forced council amalgamations, brandishing humble signs that simply requested “a chat” with the Premier. Baird stopped to acknowledge the duo, asking if it would be okay if he spoke with them following the hospital opening formalities. The pair came with the intention of expressing their opposition to the amalgamation of Cabonne, Blayney and Orange councils – where residents fear a loss of services should the merger between two rural and one citybased council go ahead.

Bollinger, who is renowned for her active engagement in community issues, was doubtful of an audience, but said the pair was “chuffed” that the Premier did in fact make time to speak with them. “He came out and came directly to speak with us. He asked if I’d been in touch with the Minister for Local Government, Paul Toole – I said, “Yes, I’ve tried, but without success – that’s why I want to talk to you.”” Bollinger said the Premier instructed his staff to take the pair’s email address. “I received an email the following morning saying that he’s happy to meet with me when we can arrange a time – so we can’t ask for more than that.”

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Solar plant opening signals shift in power thinking BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

HERE are about nine million homes in Australia and AGL’s 102 megawatt solar plant at Nyngan, which was officially opened this week, is capable of powering 33,000 of them. Added to its sister 53MW plant at Broken Hill, the company is hoping to supply enough renewable energy to power 50,000 homes. A back-of-the-envelope calculation shows us that 180 of these plants could supply all the electricity needed to run all Australian homes and when other factors, such as the ongoing slashing of solar construction prices, are taken into account, sun power could provide a great future for the nation’s power generation. All the major players who attended this week’s opening are excited about the massive strides in battery storage technology – that’s been the real holdup for solar because it makes it difficult to cost effectively store solar power so electricity is available at night. Now with Tesla’s Powerwall soon to hit Australia, that could all change, with many homes requiring much less centralised power to run day and night. Essentially, the Powerwall will enable a range of options for consumers. One is to use off-peak baseload power to charge the Powerwall at cheap rates, then run the battery down during expensive peak periods. Another is to install a solar array, as so many houses in Dubbo already have, and use that power to charge the Powerwall for free, drawing on that stored charge when the sun’s not shining.

“We view the future as one where you will not be allowed to be emitting CO2 into the atmosphere.” – AGL CEO Andy Vesey No-one at the launch seems to think solar is going to wipe out the traditional coal power stations anytime soon, but there’s no doubt in everyone’s mind that there’s a paradigm shift on the way. Parkes MP Mark Coulton says recent advances by companies like Tesla should see an explosion in the popularity of small scale, decentralised power systems, and that trend will gradually reduce the reliance on baseline power generators. Federal environment minister Greg Hunt was the guest of honour at the of-

ficial opening. Since he’s been in the job he’s seen huge pressure from the former Abbott-led coalition to scrap the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) which funded much of the project along with the state government. While ARENA’s future is far from certain, the change of Prime Minister has certainly reset the Canberran mindset and Hunt is keen to spruik the fact this project will slash CO2 emissions by more than 300,000 tonnes each year. He’s pleased there’s such a huge plant now running, one which shows it can be done and that prospective players can use as a template when doing their sums. “The Turnbull government is investing in large-scale solar to encourage innovation and pave the way for more solar plants to be built across Australia,” Hunt said. “This project is a great example of how federal and state governments can work with industry to deliver innovative renewable energy projects. The solar farm has certainly been a boon for Nyngan’s economy, with millions pouring into the local area and an estimated $222 million to be spent in that town and in Broken Hill during the 30 years the plants are expected to

operate. It’s also an important piece of the pie for the state government, which came to power haunted by the legacy of Coal Seam Gas (CSG) licences handed out by the previous administration. With large-scale solar now operating, other companies will be looking at the balance sheets to see how sun power stacks up in real terms compared to CSG and coal. NSW energy minister Anthony Roberts said what we’re seeing at Nyngan “is the beginning of something that’s incredibly exciting for regional NSW”. “We are at the beginning of an energy revolution in the world and I’m pleased to say that NSW is leading the way with this innovation through solar farms such as this. “You’ll see more of these solar farms – this is the equivalent of the Snowy Hydro Scheme in the 21st Century and it’s happening here.” He says while coal still provides the bulk of the state’s electricity, there’s a clear shift to a new era of power generation and as the state minister handling innovation, is excited at the fast pace of improvement when it comes to battery storage options. ARENA’s acting CEO Ian Kay says now

the two plants are up and running, it gives his agency a great template on which to base decisions when it comes to funding new projects. Barwon MP Kevin Humphries and Bogan Shire mayor Ray Donald were both impressed at the community engagement showed by AGL at every step along the way, with a community consultative committee set up to ensure local priorities were well in mind as the build progressed. They praised the amount of local workers used and also the extent to which the town’s businesses were supported by the project. AGL CEO Andy Vesey said the company sees solar as an important part of the power mix. “We view the future as one where you will not be allowed to be emitting CO2 into the atmosphere,” he said. “All our planning is thinking about a carbon constrained future and the transition to that – we don’t think it can be done well overnight. “We think we have a responsibility to deliver affordable, secure and reliable energy but ultimately we see that energy being delivered mostly by renewable sources’, he said.

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“They’re just children…” As a poet, community leader and proud Wiradjuri man, “Riverbank” Frank Doolan doesn’t have a problem with celebrating Australia Day. In fact, he thinks it’s a great way for all people of the nation to come together as one and acknowledge their fortune at living in this country. Therein lies the reason he’ll be spending January 26 at Sydney’s Villawood Detention Centre, leading a protest against the incarceration of refugee children.

AS TOLD TO JEN COWLEY DON’T have a problem with celebrating Australia Day – but the continuing issue of children in detention makes me wonder what the day is really all about. Australia began as a penal colony – the European history at least – and it seems we haven’t moved far from that position. In recent times our record on human rights, and in particular the treatment of asylum seekers is

atrocious. This isn’t about invasion day, or anything like that – it’s about a fair go for people who want to call Australia home. As an indigenous man in Australia today, it’s not too much of a stretch of the imagination to know what it’s like to be stateless, and to feel powerless in the face of it. There’s been nothing from our socalled “black leadership” about the treatment of asylum seekers.

Australia day is our national day – we celebrate everything that’s good in this country. Isn’t it also a day when we celebrate, most of all, our freedom? How can we celebrate that as a society when we have children incarcerated – the children of stateless people who are fleeing for their lives? I work with children. I see a lot of hope in children, and each child is just as valuable as the next. I want to ask that question – on this day of all days – how can we celebrate

freedom when we deny it to these children? How can we use this day to protest about land rights, for instance, or what you imagine your rights to be as an indigenous Australian, and not protest on behalf of these children? As indigenous people, we can show our humanity. I can’t even begin to imagine what it’s like to be in the position these refugees have been in, and are in. We live in one of the most affluent

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societies in the western world, and yet countries that are not nearly as “lucky” have a much better record of humanity when it comes to the treatment of refugees. I don’t want to go on being a part of a society that denies that humanity. Aboriginal people are the elephant in the room on this issue and that’s one of the bitterest ironies about being black in this country. My good friend Nina (Angelo) put a question to the Human Rights Commissioner at the time, Gillian Triggs, as to why the “black leadership” wasn’t speaking up on the issue of asylum seekers. She replied to the effect that Aboriginal people had enough of their own issues to deal with. With all due respect, don’t patronise me and don’t patronise my people – and don’t ever doubt the capacity of indigenous people at grassroots level in this country to care and to share. I’m just one of them. What I’ll be asking at Villawood on Australia Day is for the immediate release of all children of asylum seeking refugees currently in detention in Australia and off-shore. I’ll be asking that question because, honestly, I can’t sleep at night knowing that we’re locking up these kids. I just want to say to everyone that this is an issue of humanity – a chance to show our humanity. Of course there should be a screening process for people to come into our country but we should be impartial with that process, rather than base it on our pre-conceptions. These people have been demonised. Where should these children go when they’re released? I don’t have the answer to that – that’s what I’m asking of Australia, and of the Minister for Immigration. What can we do to help these children? Surely there is a better place that we can look after these children. And surely we can speed up the processing of their parents and reunite these families. Maybe we could have some kind of system of people sponsoring these

children; where contact is maintained with their parents, but where the children not locked up behind wire. All I know is that I’m part of a group that is still feeling the effects of the Stolen Generation, which still continues to impact on my people. There’s a lot of money spent needlessly to try to address that injustice, but we have to realise that what Australia is doing to these children is going to be a source of great shame to future generations. Governments talk about the debt we leave our children. What about the moral debt we leave our children? We can’t keep locking children up. When we do something to stop this awful practice, then for me – and I think for all Australians – the sun’s going to shine, the birds are going to sing and the rivers are going to run. We’ll all be a lot happier in ourselves.

Peaceful protest “RIVERBANK” Frank Doolan says the protest at Villawood on Australia Day (Tuesday, January 26) will be peaceful, and conducted within the law. There will be an address to the assembled protesters, he says, but he will be personally insisting the rally remains calm. “I’ll be leading the protest, so responsibility will rest with me, but I don’t envisage any violence or illegal activity. I’ll be telling people at the start that we’re not there to abuse workers coming and going, or act aggressively in any way,” he says. “Anything we do that’s detrimental to that peace will be detrimental to the people we’re trying to help. I’d actually prefer if we were more of a silent presence.” Doolan says he promised last year that he’d be back in 2016, and he’s encouraging like-minded people to join him in his peaceful protestations at the incarceration of children in detention centres. The rally starts at 10.30am at the Villawood Detention Centre, and will draw to a close at 2.30pm.

"Riverbank" Frank with a young supporter at last year's protest against children in detention.

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Caption: Mayor Mathew Dickerson (centre) with Murray Wood, Director Parks and Landcare and Dr Libby Murray from Charles Sturt University. PHOTO: CONNOR COMAN-SARGENT

Flying the flag for life in Dubbo A BRAND new set of flags will soon be flying above Dubbo to promote the city as a great place to live, work and play. Launched this week, the new flags are designed to showcase the City Development Partnership Program, Level One partners from the New Residents Guide. The four partners from this round are Kevin Hockey and Associates, Brett Harvey Design and Construction, Laser Electrical and Dubbo Aquatic Leisure Centre. The flags promote the array of investment, business and career growth opportunities available in Dubbo while promoting the quality of life that gives residents more time to do what they love. Additionally, with new partner Charles Sturt University on board under the City Banner Program 2015/16, the flags showcase Dubbo as an integral educational hub in the region, and highlight the important role the New Residents guide can play when assisting our next generation of doctors, nurses and teachers settle in to life in Dubbo.

Driving small business success SMALL businesses in Gulargambone, Collarenebri and Warren will have access to a hand-up next week when the Small Biz Bus rolls into town.

The free service provides operators with no-cost personalised advice from business experts. Peter Croft, Chief Executive of the Business Enterprise Centre based in Dubbo, said the bus presented an excellent opportunity for local businesses to receive advice through the Small Biz Connect Program. According to NSW Small Business Commissioner, Robyn Hobbs OAM, speaking to an advisor can help people take the next step, whether they’re just starting out, wanting to ensure their business is sustainable or hoping to grow. The Office of the NSW Small Business Commissioner also helps small businesses by providing low-cost dispute resolution services, speaking up for small business within government and delivering quality business advice through Small Biz Connect. The Bus will be at: • Gulargambone on Wednesday, February 3, from 10am to 3pm • Collarenebri Lions Park, Thursday, February 4, from 9am to 3pm • Warren, Friday, February 5, Dubbo St, Warren, from 10am to 3pm Bookings can be made by calling the Business Enterprise Centre on 1300 134 359 or visit www.smallbusiness.nsw. gov.au.

Date set for public Inquiry into merger

THE public inquiry on the merger proposal of Dubbo City and Wellington councils will be held on Thursday, February 4, 2016 at the Wellington Soldiers from 9am to 12 noon and Club Dubbo between 3pm and 5pm, and, 7pm to 10pm. Members of the public will be able to express their opinions on the merger proposal directly to the Office of Local Government delegate who is responsible for preparing the report for the Boundaries Commission and Local Government Minister Paul Toole, and who recommends proceeding or not proceeding with the proposed merger. Registrations are essential and close by 12 noon this coming Friday, January 29. They can be made on line at www. councilboundaryreview.nsw.gov.au or by phoning 1300 813 020. Dubbo City Council is also encouraging residents and ratepayers to read up on the merger proposal for Dubbo and Wellington councils and prepare a submission on the potential impacts. The new council boundary would extend from Eumungerie to Kerrs Creek, a distance of more than 140kms, and have a combined population of 50,627. The NSW government expects the proposed merger to net $17 million in savings over 20 years. These savings are expected to come primarily from streamlining senior management roles and savings on back office and administrative functions.

Public submissions can be made to the NSW government on the merger proposal and all residents and ratepayers should consider the impact on services, the financial issues associated with the merger and the interest to the community of the proposed merger. The proposal is currently under a review being undertaken by Dr Ian Tiley (the Office of Local Government delegate). The delegate’s report must be structured around specific factors included in the Local Government Act. Therefore, public submissions should include information that fits within these criteria: •Financial advantages or disadvantages •The community of interest and geographic cohesion •Historical and traditional values •The attitude of residents and ratepayers •Level of representation for residents and ratepayers •Service delivery and access •Employment impacts •Impact on rural communities •Dividing the area into wards •Effective representation to ensure opinions of diverse communities are heard Residents and ratepayers may consider matters like the real value of savings, what impacts on service delivery may occur as a result of a merger, how outlying areas will be represented and

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 22.01.2016 to Sunday 24.01.2016 serviced appropriately and the redistribution of rates and other income across a larger Council area. To make your submission go to www. councilboundaryreview.nsw.gov.au

Help to get your affairs in order IF you’ve been meaning to get your affairs in order but never find the time, now’s the time, according to the NSW Trustee & Guardian (T&G) Which is urging local residents to avail themselves of assistance that will be provided during Wills Day in Dubbo next week.On Tuesday, February 9, representatives of the NSW T&G will help make the process of drawing up a will a little easier for people who would like to take the important and necessary but sometimes daunting task of getting their affairs in order. Experts will be on hand to help people write a will or arrange Power of Attorney documents. Planning ahead for your future legal and financial decisions is an important part of life, according to NSW T&G, which says getting these important documents in place should be a priority for everyone over 18 years of age. A team of legal specialists will be able to provide the expertise required to meet estate-planning needs at the specified Wills Day. An appointment involves talking to the local team from NSW T&G and getting your wishes down in writing by having your will and Power of Attorney in place, so that you are prepared in the event that you are no longer able to manage your financial affairs, or for when you die. Wills Day will take place at the Dubbo ADHC Offices in Brisbane Street, Dubbo on Tuesday, February 9. Bookings are essential, and can be made by calling 6626 5000 or online at www.tag.nsw.gov.au/wills-day

Have your say on pay for use parking COUNCIL is proposing to introduce pay for use public parking during the 2016/17 financial year and public submissions are being sought before January 29, 2016. Under the proposal parking will be free for the first four hours. A fee of $4.70 per day will apply after the first four hours. “To continue to expand services and meet the public demand for an accessible regional airport a diverse stream of funding is required,” Mayor Mathew Dickerson said in a statement this week. “Numbers for the financial year to the end of December 2015 have increased by 3,896 passengers compared to the previous year. This is a 3.9 per cent increase on the same six-month period in 2014,” Dickerson said. “Passenger numbers for just the month of December reached 16,297 which is a record monthly total for any December, eclipsing the previous record of 15,240 recorded nine years ago in December 2007,” he said. In December 2014 the airport had 14,428 passengers so 2015 saw an increase of 1,896 passengers or 13 per cent. “Many of these additional passengers were as a result of the new JETGO services to Brisbane and Melbourne but the established carriers are also growing. Qantaslink recorded its best monthly total for a December with 10,504 passengers and Rex recorded an increase on December 2014 of 11 per cent.” One resident who has already expressed his vehement opposition to the proposal is former councillor Peter Bartley, who has labelled the consultation period a “sham”. Bartley believes council staff want

next year’s budget for the airport prepared on the basis of the proposed parking fees, which he says proves any opposition raised by the public will be ignored. “The staff’s report to council is seeking that the airport budget be prepared ‘ on the basis of funding being allocated for construction of pay for use car park facilities,” Bartley said in a widely circulated statement. “I have been stopped in the shops and on the street by dozens of people horrified by the council’s proposal. No one has talked to me about being in favour of it.” The former councilor says can not understand the supposed need for extra money when, “on council’s own figures, the airport will generate an annual surplus from operations of $2,664,108 on average over the next nine years”. “This whole proposal is just a joke. There’s no need for it – it can’t be justified. They’re not even listening to their own consultants and it’s just a big rip off.” Bartley also took a swipe at the current crop of councilors, saying they have been “unusually quiet on the issue”. As further evidence of the unnecessary move to impose parking fees at the airport, Bartley says there are currently 345 free public car parking spaces available, of which some 134 are usually empty. “The odd occasion, such as a high profile football match, fills up the car park a bit more but on average throughout the year there is only a 61 per cent occupancy rate.”

Western Division councils embrace change MAYORS, councillors and general managers from the 11 Western Division Councils will take part in the division’s annual Conference in Lightning Ridge in early March to discuss sharing of resources, telecommunications and the Crown Lands Review. Representatives from eight of the Western Councils have been part of the Far West Initiative chaired by former Member for Murray Darling John Williams to discuss new models of service delivery as part of the NSW Government’s Local Government Reform Agenda. The councils are calling for a new way of delivering government services to their communities. President of the Division and Mayor of Lachlan Council John Medcalf said the western councils were hoping the formation of the Far West Initiative would provide a more efficient way of delivering all government services to outback communities, not just council ones. “Both the federal and state governments supply a large number of services into our communities and councils would like to see these delivered more efficiently. Integrating all of these services is an important part of any local government reform”. “Local government is a constant part of life in western NSW and we are often frustrated by the intermittent and ad hoc arrangements of both governments in their service delivery to our communities. “We have different and varied challenges to our city counterparts. We cover massive amounts of territory and provide a broad range of services including medical services, aged care, emergency accommodation, water, sewerage as well as maintaining a vast network of roads.” Medcalf said councils needed to discuss with both Governments new ways to meet these challenge and it was important to take this opportunity to make a long lasting difference even if it took two or three years to find the right model.

Sally Forsstrom protesting at the Pilliga this week. PHOTO: SUPPLIED BY KNITTING NANNAS

Dominique Jacobs (right) was arrested Monday, January 18 for locking herself to the Santos gate with a bike lock. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Knitting Nannas arrested at Pilliga protest KNITTING Nannas Against Gas from the Northern Rivers were arrested on Monday January 18, and taken to Narrabri after their lock on protest at Santos Leewood Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Knitting Nannas Against Gas Dubbo Region joined the protest in the Pilliga alongside supporters from around the state to protest the development of the Santos Leewood Wastewater Treatment Plant. The 850-well project is slated to use 46 thousand megalitres of water. Local protester Sally Forsstrom trav-

elled to the Pilliga Forest on Sunday, to join over 120 others to walk on to the Santos site at the proposed Leewood Waste Water Facility. The Gamilaraay sang the protestors in and spoke about protecting country from CSG wells. A Pilliga Protest camp has been located at the Coonabarabran Showgrounds since Thursday, January 14 due to bushfire in the area. They support non-violent direction action. Knitting Nannas Against Gas Dubbo are located at Church Street every Wednesday from 9am-12 noon.

SEVEN DAYS.

Friday 22.01.2016 to Sunday 24.01.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Caption: Health Minister Jillian Skinner joined Member for Dubbo and Deputy Premier Troy Grant, Member for Parkes Mark Coulton and NSW Premier Mike Baird in Dubbo this week as part of a health-related tour of the region. PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER

Boost for Peak Hill health THE $12M Peak Hill Multi-Purpose Service (MPS) was officially opened this week by NSW Deputy Premier Troy Grant, Health Minister Jillian Skinner and Orange MP Andrew Gee. The facility was jointly funded by the NSW Government ($6 million) and the Commonwealth ($6 million, through the Health and Hospitals Fund). Grant said the MPS, which became operational last year, has significantly improved the health outcomes of patients and aged-care residents. “The Peak Hill MPS is a fantastic example of what we can do on a smaller healthcare scale - delivering tailored services to meet the needs of the community.” Skinner said an extensive consultation; planning and construction process ensured the Peak Hill MPS will meet the needs of the community now and into the future. “Multi-Purpose Services play such an important role in the health system, ensuring patients receive quality care closer to home.”

Woman dies in Eumungerie crash

A BRIEF is being prepared for the information of the Coroner, following a fatal crash near Dubbo in western New South Wales on Monday, January 18. At about 1pm when a 2004 model silver Holden Commodore sedan was travelling in south along the Newell Highway near Eumungerie, when it appears the car has left the road and hit a tree. Emergency services attended and a crime scene was established. A teenage girl, a passenger travelling in the rear of the car, died at the scene. The driver, a 62 year old woman and the front seat passenger, a 42 year old woman, were taken to Dubbo Base Hospital, while a 14 year old boy, travelling in the back seat was airlifted to the Westmead Children’s Hspital in a critical condition. All are from Craigieburn in Victoria. The Newell Highway was closed in both directions for a number of hours as investigations continued. Late this week, police investigating the crash issued an appeal for help to find the driver of a truck, who they believe may have information vital to their inquiry. Police spoke with the driver of the truck at the scene and believe he may have further information which could assist with the investigation; however, the man left before his contact details

were obtained. The truck is described as being a ‘cab over’ International T-Line with an attached dog trailer. A white Bobcat is on the trailer. Investigators are not suggesting the truck was involved in the crash; however, they believe the driver may have seen the car in the minutes leading up to the incident. Anyone who knows the driver is urged to contact Dubbo Police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Telehealth brings care closer to home HEALTHCARE for residents of the state’s west is one step closer to home this week, thanks to a new telehealth strategy. Telehealth features a range of health services and activities delivered by technology and secure high-speed internet. Often mistaken for telemedicine - which focuses on consultation and treatment by technology - Telehealth includes staff training, mentoring and improving professional connectivity and research. NSW Deputy Premier Troy Grant and Health Minister Jillian Skinner launched the strategy this week as part of their tour of the west to open a num-

ber of new hospital developments. While in Dubbo, the pair saw a demonstration on how Telehealth is rolling out across the Western NSW Local Health District and improving access to care, especially in remote areas, seeing a renal dialysis patient in Walgett being examined by a specialist in Dubbo via a wireless and portable video monitor device at the patient’s bedside. Skinner said telehealth will benefit western residents because of the vast distances and the costs associated with travelling between facilities for appointments. “It can mean the difference between an improvement and an adverse outcome for patients presenting at rural hospitals with increasingly urgent symptoms. A staff specialist in a major rural or tertiary hospital can access Telehealth to speak to the patient and their clinicians to determine the best course of action. The Western NSW LHD has been working on Telehealth for the past two years, setting up systems and procedures and acquiring equipment and infrastructure. A number of disciplines are in trial operation, including a pain clinic, obstetrics and gynaecology, renal care, acute care, orthopaedics, mental health and midwifery.

FEATURE.

Friday 22.01.2016 to Sunday 24.01.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Cracking the code The new club for creative kids BY YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY “PROGRAM or be programmed” is the message from Code Club Australia, which will officially launch in Dubbo in early February at the Western Plains Cultural Centre (WPCC). Free Code Club classes, for 9 to 14 year olds, will be held once a week during Terms 1 and 2 with a possible extension depending on popularity. “The WPCC Code Club will have a visual arts/heritage focus but the students will be learning highly desirable skills including the ability to think computationally and problem solve, that they can transfer to a wide range of disciplines including scientific research, engineering and medicine,” says WPCC education officer, Karen Hagan, and who will be facilitating Dubbo’s first Code Club. Coding is defined by Code Club Australia as the art of telling a computer how to perform complex tasks. Students use Scratch, a programming language and online community where children can program and share interactive media such as stories, games and animation with people worldwide using creative thinking, collaboration and mer UK Secretary of State for Education said of the introduction of coding into systematic reasoning. the UK curriculum for students as young Scratch is designed and maintained as five and six: “ICT used to focus pureby the Lifelong Kindergarten group at ly on computer literacy. Teaching pupils, the Massachusetts Institute of Technolover and over again, how to word-proogy (MIT) Media Lab in the USA. cess, how to work a spread sheet, how to While education pedagogy in Aususe programs already creaking into obtralia lags behind many countries in solescence; about as much use as teachthe world (15 in Europe alone), which ing children to send a telex or travel in already include coding as part of their a zeppelin. school curriculum, programs like Code “Our new curriculum teaches chilClub address a broader issue of employdren computer science, information ment ICT shortages predicted in the technology and digital literacy: teachfuture. ing them how to code, and how to creEstimates are that by 2020 there will ate their own programs; not just how to be a shortage of 800,000 programmers work a computer, but how a computer in Europe, and in Australia 100,000. works and how to make it work for you.” Like code.org in the USA, Code Club According to Hagan, the ability to Australia which is a spin off from Code code allows artists and designers to Club UK, is driven to see their program push frontiers and pursue their own viintroduced nationally, run by teachers sions rather than be restricted by the viand volunteers, at the very least, as an sions and inevitable compromises made after school activity. by others to produce saleable computer “It’s important because the number of interfaces and software packages. jobs that require this skill are only going The WPCC is hostto increase and we ing a 3D printed art don’t want kids to exhibition called be left behind with Shapeshifters 3D, it. As a coder you’re featuring works for no longer just a conwhich code was cresumer of technolated by the artists ogy and it’s a very in order to produce empowering tool to their works. have,” says James Lana Dess, a O’Hanlon, outreach Stage One teacher and events manfrom Dubbo Pubager, Code Club lic School who parAustralia. ticipated in a pilot “We don’t want of the Code Club in kids to be conDubbo, agrees the suming things, future of educawe want them to tion needs to inbe creating and clude coding. shape the world ` around them. It’s important because the “From a learnThat’s what these number of jobs that require ing perspective young entrepre- this skill are only going to coding helps them neurs are doing, to problem solve using technology increase and we don’t want and organise their to fill gaps they’ve kids to be left behind with it.” ideas because as I identified.” found out with the – James O’Hanlon, outreach “We also want it and events manager, Code coding, you have to be free; open to to have a sequence everyone, not just Club Australia. to make certain be available for things happen, people with money,” O’Hanlon says. so I think it’s great for helping kids organise their thoughts,” she told Dubbo In January 2015, Michael Grove, for-

Brothers Dash and Phoenix Aubusson-Foley test out the WPCC’s laptops, which will be supplied free to use during Code Club

Weekender. “From a creative point of view, I think it gives them a lot more understanding and ownership and a lot more respect for what goes into becoming a programmer. I think kids say they want to become a programmer, but they just see the fun game side of it, which is the end result but the amount of work and effort that goes into creating a game, that’s invaluable.” Dess says the commitment it takes to build a game will help build a work ethic, because “you can’t do a half-arsed game, or just throw a game together and not check it”. “In the classroom when it comes to writing, we’re always very particular about editing. Go back, reread your work; make sure it makes sense. It’s the same thing as coding. They’re practicing their editing skills, going back to see what works and if it doesn’t, what do they need to change. “It’s a little bit of the old school content, where we want the kids to go back and refine, but it’s taking a new age approach where its incorporating the technology. I think the coding was amazing. I think all the kids should be having at least exposure to it.” In his capacity as then Communications Minister in 2015, Malcolm Turnbull called for digital literacy to become as fundamental as reading and writing. “All of us have to be digital savvy, just as we have to be literate even though we are not journalists, and all of us how have to be numerate even though we are not working as financial analysts,” Turnbull said at last year’s launch of the Australian Computer Society’s ‘Australia’s Digital Pulse’. According to O’Hanlon, Code Club can work anywhere – in schools, libraries and community centres. “Dubbo being a central hub for lots of communities makes it a great place to start. “The great thing about Code Club, it really is about the community. Once you’re set up you can facilitate and give it your own flavour,” he said. Launched in the UK and started in Australia by Annie Parker, Code Club Australia has Federal Government backing and support from companies

like Telstra.” Hagan says that in a world governed by software – for example all graphic design is produced digitally – more and more artists are using digital technology as part of their practice. “All engineering and industrial designers use software (usually a combination of software packages), more and more art galleries and museums are using software programs to produce customised virtual tours/experiences to engage their audience, and websites are produced using coding.” Prime Minister Turnbull has said for Australia to remain competitive in an increasingly interconnected world, curriculum needs to equip students for the jobs of tomorrow. “This means that we need to move beyond teaching students how to consume technology and instead focus on the creation of technology,” he’s quoted as saying. The transition to embedding coding into curriculum will not be without some issues. “Technology is never 100 per cent reliable. From a teacher’s perspective it can be a little intimidating. If you are not really familiar with an Apple computer and you’re used to a PC that’s the first hurdle you have to get past,” says Dess. “Then to not be familiar with the programs such as Scratch, well it’s a matter of putting your foot in the pond and having a play. “The other restraint is time; to be able to dedicate to time to the coding projects. I’m not in any way computer literate but I’d like to give that a go with older children.” The WPCC is offering the first public Code Club in Dubbo and will be to happy share their experiences with schools and other groups keen to run Code Clubs. For more information about Code Club Australia and similar resources, visit http://www.codeclubau.org/ https://coderfactory.com/ http://www.cs4hs.com/resources/ For information on the WPCC launch of Code Club, visit the centre’s website at westernplainsculturalcentre.org.

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Friday 22.01.2016 to Sunday 24.01.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Tony Webber

Tony Webber is a Dubbo resident and former sports journalist.

World tennis certainly was not broke but they fixed it anyway O what’s left? Tennis has now joined the impressive list of sports that are rotten with corruption. We long knew about old sink-holes like horse racing and minor level professional boxing. But that seedy duo has been joined by soccer and league, trotting, basketball, soccer and cricket, just to skim the muck off the top. That is aside from sports like cycling, and more recently, Russian athletics that have been deeply discredited with performance-enhancing substances use and cover-ups. The Essendon saga continues to belch noxious gas like a secondary volcanic outlet, even though there is nothing approaching evidence that the witch’s brew of supplements made any substantive difference. I can only think of golf, maybe rugby union, netball, motor-racing and lawn bowls that have not been associated with match-fixing at high levels. And even as I say that in this era of allpervasive corruption I can see the huge potential to cheat for money in all those sports: a fluffed shot here, a clumsy pit change there. The recent UFC 193 cage-fighting tournament in Melbourne featuring Ronda Rousey and friends was not sanctioned by Victoria’s gambling authorities as it was not considered to have adequate anti-match-fixing safeguards in place. But it was the cricket exposes over the years that showed the worst of the influence of gambling on sport: building from suspicion (remember the pitch information and weather conditions helpfully provided by top level Australian players to bookmakers who apparently couldn’t afford a TV to find out for themselves?), to Cronje’s confirmation of some episodes, to the realisation via court convictions that it has pervaded the sport for many decades and consequently no dropped catch, bungled runout or rash shot should ever be viewed the same way. Even the “big bash” games this season have featured spectators armed with

IT devices to report every on-field occurrence of any use back to gambling associates. But it is the ability for gamblers to bet on not the outcome, but the miscellaneous events in the sport that is far more insidious, because a player can bowl a no-ball, drop the first point against a lowly opponent, fake an injury, give away a penalty or whatever without losing the game altogether. But the tennis being bent, and, we are told by authorities, by what seems to be a greater margin than all other sports put together in the past 12 months at least, while not really shocking, was nonetheless out of character. Tennis is less diverse than the Oscars: the only non-white faces you ever see in the stands are the Williams’ sisters’ family. So such low class behaviour there is like the Sydney to Hobart being won by

a yacht that turns out to be stolen. And so outraged was the tennis establishment when the story first broke (by the online Buzzfeed site, not mainstream media) that they took the welltrodden path of denying reality. While a host of high profile players came forward to say it was not only widespread, that they personally received such offers, and that the feeling among players was that to come forward was to risk the wrath of the game and

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future career prospects, the tennis hierarchy cast doubt on it all. If it moves like a snake, looks like a snake, and wears and T-shirt with no sleeves that reads “SSSSSSSSSSSShit happens” then it’s a snake, Adam. Sadly it seems it has been the gambling corporations that have been the most effective deterrent, by tracking and exposing dubious betting plunges, obviously to protect their business interests and sustain the confidence of the regular sap punter upon whom they feast. For their part the International Tennis Federation last year confirmed Betway as a sponsor for the Davis Cup and Fed Cup competitions and display ads for online UK gambling firm, William Hill feature on all three main show-courts at the 2016 Australian Open for the first time. So you know they’re taking it seriously. Ends…/

Fry’s guide to England: Comedian now gives tips to Heathrow visitors BY NEIL LANCEFIELD

2016 TRAVEL LIFE

LONDON: Tourists touching down at Heathrow Airport are being introduced to British etiquette by a video starring comedian Stephen Fry. Tips featured in the short film include cheering when drinking glasses are accidentally smashed in a pub, navigating the awkward “after you” loop and mastering the “agreement rule” when a stranger comments on the weather. Visitors can access the guide on

arrival at Heathrow via the airport’s wi-fi page and on its YouTube channel. Fry (pictured) collaborated with Graham Linehan – who won a scriptwriting Bafta for “The IT Crowd” – to make the threeminute video. “From Snowdon to the Scottish Highlands and London to Londonderry, modern Britain is a truly extraordinary place,”

Fry said. “With a fantastic blend of cultures and traditions, we’re a nation renowned for its sense of humour, unspoken rules and little quirks. “No matter where you go, you’re sure to talk about the weather, will need something waterproof to hand, and are likely to meet someone who feels the need to apologise profusely

for everything they do. “In fact our nation’s gentle apologetic manner is one of the things that I miss most when I’m out of the country.” Heathrow chief executive, John Holland-Kaye, said: “We know from our passengers that it’s important to them to feel they have arrived in the UK from the moment they disembark from the plane, and what better way to do that than with a fun film from one of the country’s most PA beloved comedians.”

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PROFILE.

Friday 22.01.2016 to Sunday 24.01.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Floats, feathers and Facebook How exactly does a boy from the bush end up as the star attraction on a Mardi Gras float sponsored by one of the biggest corporate entities in the world? JEN COWLEY asked Tim Millgate and his alter-ego, drag queen Tina Turn-on, to explain. S far as online turn-ons go, they don’t come much bigger than Facebook. With more than 1.5 billion users worldwide – nine million in Australia alone – the global social network knows how to pull a crowd. Which is perhaps why the company has asked Dubbo ex-pat Tim Millgate and his drag-queen alter ego Tina Turn-on to be the star attraction on its inaugural float at this year’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Facebook will this year for the first time come aboard as a sponsor of the phenomenally popular parade, which draws some 10,000 participants and hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over Australia and the world, making it, like Facebook, a force to be reckoned with. So how does a boy from the bush wind up as the flag bearer for the corporate giant’s first official foray into the glitzily symbolic showcase of gay and lesbian pride? “Well,” says the 32 year old who has gathered a solid following for his drag act as Tina Turn-on. “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” This year will mark a neat decade since he first marched in the parade, with which he’s been variously involved as both organiser and participant. Millgate – as Tina – hosted his own float in 2014 as part of his 30th birthday celebrations – no small feat given the strictly controlled and hugely competitive process of entering the parade. But he was looking forward to simply enjoying the spectacle this year. “I wasn’t going to actually march – I wanted to just enjoy watching the parade go past, which I’ve never really done before.” Serendipity changed his mind. “As chance would have it, a girlfriend of mine now works at Facebook and they were having their meetings about what costumes they’d have for the float, what music and so forth and someone said, “Hey – let’s have a drag queen on the back of the float! Does anyone know any?” “My friend piped up and said, “Well, I know one…” And that was that – Tina’s their girl!” It’s the gig of a lifetime and a massive feather in Tina’s oversized wig. Millgate didn’t hesitate. “For this to happen on the ten year anniversary of my first march, it sort of feels like the planets have aligned – it’s come full circle. “Going from being a participant to having my own float to then being the star on a corporate float – it’s humbling and very exciting. But it’s also very daunting, given Facebook isn’t exactly a little backyard company. Millgate is still pinching himself. “To be a quasi-ambassador for a global brand on the massive stage that is the Sydney Mardi Gras is an honour I really can’t get over – I feel so blessed to have been asked.”

“I’m an occasional drag queen, but I certainly wouldn’t call myself iconic. I’m just a humble little boy from Dubbo.” Blessed, but daunted, he admits, saying he initially reacted with trepidation. “Last year, one of the big corporate floats was Qantas – and their star was drag queen, Courtney Act of Australian Idol and RuPaul’s Drag Race fame. “She’s an icon in terms of drag, and so when Facebook called me two weeks ago and told me they wanted to have an iconic drag queen as part of their float, I was a bit taken aback. “I’m an occasional drag queen, but I certainly wouldn’t call myself iconic. I’m just a humble little boy from Dubbo.” Still, he’s keen to step up – on Tina’s towering heels

– and “give it a go”. Having been honoured with a place in Millgate/ Tina’s 2014 fabulously flamboyant 2014 float, I have some small idea of exactly how much planning – and how much glitter – goes into preparing for this night of nights. I’m keen to know how the Facebook float is shaping up, and what fabulousness Tina will be offering this year’s audience. But Millgate is keeping his cards uncharacteristically close to his chest. “I had my first meeting this week and while I can’t tell you too much, I can say that around 50 staff from the Facebook office are going to be a part of the float.” He’s also been invited to have 20 of his “nearest and dearest” marching boys join Tina for her big night. That’s going to cause some bitching in the ranks, I venture, and Millgate gives his trademark chuckle. “I’ve already had some comments about who will make the cut, so to speak! Let’s just say there’ll be a bunch of Mardi Gras-appropriate gentlemen helping me out on the float, and I – well, Tina – will be affixed to the back of the float.”

Millgate has seen the designs but won’t share – they’re very much under wraps, he says. “I can tell you there’ll be more glitter than you can poke a stick at!” Not surprisingly, there’ll be lots of colour and fun, but Millgate says it will all be in tune with Facebook’s values as a good corporate citizen. “They really want to focus on getting that across: simple, but incredibly fabulous and effective.” Facebook’s decision to partner with Sydney Mardi Gras is a statement in itself. The corporate giant lends significant gravitas to the already powerful social and political movement that is this globally renowned event. “I met with the head of policy for Facebook and Instagram in Australia and New Zealand, and she’s a huge supporter not just of being part of Mardi Gras, but of the movement. “Many of your readers will remember that, in the recent push for marriage equality and gay rights in Australia, a lot of people changed their Facebook profile

pictures to have a rainbow screen – and the numbers behind that are staggering. Millions and millions of people did that globally.” Facebook – as much as it’s a social platform, and is a part of every day life now – as a company supports many human rights campaigns, he says. “As a business, they have the power to make change and to exert political force on a range of issues, not just gay rights. “It’s quite heart-warming to see a company the size of Facebook doing something that’s not just for the bottom line, or for the media kudos, but actually fighting the good fight.” Millgate acknowledges that amid all the glitz and glamour and feathers and frills, lies a huge responsibility. “I’m a humble country lad who’s about to represent a huge global brand in their inaugural Mardi Gras float – that’s a massive responsibility for a whole raft of reasons. “Part of the reason I said yes is that Facebook aligns with my ethics and philosophy – it’s all about inclusion and friendship and bringing people together. Facebook is all about letting you be yourself, and also about giv-

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 22.01.2016 to Sunday 24.01.2016

PROFILE.

ing ordinary people a forum and a platform. “That’s also what Mardi Gras is about – and it’s what I’m about.” If Millgate is thrilled, Tina is beside herself – literally. “She’s not been out and about for a while, so she’s pretty excited. We’ve set up some preliminary meetings to discuss outfits and she’s thrilled with the way things are looking. “We can’t say too much, but it will be Facebook-appropriate with a lot of sparkle. And the hair is a very big factor – do we up-do, down-do, go blonde or colour…? There’ll be lots of opportunity to be creative, and Tina’s looking forward to that!” Mardi Gras will be held over the first weekend in March, with the parade on Saturday, March 6 – and Millgate is thrilled that he’ll again have a large contingent of Dubbo friends and family lining Oxford Street to cheer Tina on. “The experience will be fabulous for anyone who wants to come down to Sydney for the weekend to have a great night and support a great cause.” A Dubbo boy representing a global company at a huge international event – dressed in spangles and feathers and glitter and sparkle? Everyone press “like”.

FEATURE.

Friday 22.01.2016 to Sunday 24.01.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

WITH Australia Day events being celebrated around the country and growing in popularity each year, Dubbo Weekender asked a cross-section of community members about what the day means to them and how they plan on celebrating… or not. AS TOLD TO LISA MINNER SOME will embrace it in all the usual fun-filled, flag-bedecked ways with barbecues and community celebrations, honours and awards ceremonies, while others will make the choice not to partake in a day they say recognises only a small part of our nation’s broad history. January 26 acknowledges the anniversary of the First Fleet of British ships arriving in Sydney’s Port Jackson in 1788 and the raising of the Union Jack flag there by Governor Arthur Phillip. Although the nomination of the date as our national day didn’t happen until more than a century later, records of celebrations date back to the early 1800s. It wasn’t until 1935 that all the states and territories collectively adopted the name Australia Day. In 1994 the day was marked as a public holiday right across the country. The day means different things to different people – here are just some of those differing thoughts:

freedom to practice the religions that we do. I feel fortunate to be in a country where we can vote for our politicians, even though I might not agree with the majority most of the time. I’m grateful that there are many different nationalities that come under the banner and are living in this fortunate place.

but every year more and more people turn up, which is terrific. Last year I was in Dubbo and it was such a great morning; there was the band playing and hundreds of people sitting in the shade. Australia Day doesn’t just celebrate you being an “ocker” – it’s become a day of celebrations no matter where you come from. I get a thrill out of seeing our newer Australians becoming citizens, dressed in their suits and celebrating the day as well, and I love seeing how seriously they take it. I go somewhere different every year and this year I’ll be attending five different ceremonies on Australia Day. I’m off to Condobolin, Lake Cargelligo, Tullibigeal, Fifield and Tottenham.

Headspace’s Nicholas Steepe: I PLAN on doing what Australians do best – relaxing. It’ll be refreshing to be back on Australian soil after a massive holiday in the USA! And catching up with friends and family!

Wellington Business Chamber’s Viv Wellington: I WILL be in Cameron Park in Wellington cooking snags for Rotary. For me, Australia Day is all about celebrating the local heroes in my community. I really enjoy seeing the awards given out each year to the good people who give back in my town. I think it’s important to give back to your community; my involvement with Rotary enables me to do that consistently. I’M not one to celebrate occasions and holidays usually, but Australia Day in Wellington is a day I look forward to.

Lightning Ridge businesswoman Rebel Black: MY Australia Day plans are work. It’s a great day to get strategy done with no interruptions as everyone is on holidays – not very patriotic, I know, but perhaps I am celebrating the incredible opportunities I have as an entrepreneur to create new streams of income and new jobs in rural Australia. I live in gratitude for being Australian and enjoy the freedom we have every day. We might dig in the garden and throw a chook in the home built wood fired oven, too.

Assistant Police Commissioner Geoff McKechnie: I WILL be attending the Dubbo City Council Australia Day celebrations in Victoria Park in the morning and then be enjoying some time at home in the afternoon with my family. We’ll probably have a barbie and watch a bit of cricket, as you do! I think Australia Day is an important time to remember all the opportunities that lie before us here in this country. It’s a time to be thankful for living in such a great country, because not everyone is as lucky as we are, so it’s a good time to reflect on those things.

Leila Mahyari, motel manager: THE first year we were here in Dubbo we didn’t know anything about Australia Day, so I was reading up on it and thinking how nice it is and how very proud everyone was of their country. And they wanted to show everyone around the world that they love Australia with waving their flags and having fun together. I work at a motel, so I will be celebrating it here with my family and the guests. I think I will put little Australian flags in all the rooms and decorate the motel. I think our customers would like that when arriving here on Australia Day. It will be fun!

Kristie Klaassens, Dubbo:

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TO me Australia Day is a chance to get together with friends and celebrate all things Australian. I like to take a moment to reflect on our ancestors and everything they went through to create modern day Australia. Without their efforts we would not be the strong, fun loving, multicultural country I love. TO celebrate this year we are having a BBQ in the park called Game of Thongs. It will be a relaxing time with a few games like the thong toss thrown in for fun.

Member for Parkes Mark Coulton: WHEN I was younger, I don’t remember Australia Day being as celebrated as it is now. As a young adult I don’t recall attending anything celebrating Australia Day and I’m not sure when it all started

Brett “Mon” Garling Artist: Every day is Australia Day

for me. Each day I get up and go out and paint and enjoy the scenery and the country side, and just being upright and breathing. It’s a great country and we have plenty of freedom still, so

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what’s not to enjoy? On Australia Day itself, we will probably do the typical thing and have a barbecue or go down to the river, but it’s usually just adlibbed. I don’t like to over-plan things – we’ll just go with the flow.

Andrew McKay, Dubbo: I usually start the day by going down to the Dubbo City Council Australia Day celebrations in Victoria Park. After that I like to have a pretty relaxing sort of day; if someone’s having a barbecue I might attend that or go on a bike ride, watch a bit of cricket or have a paddle along our beautiful river. Just enjoying the beautiful weather and recognising what a great place it is to live in.

Kris Stevens, Dubbo: I’LL be having a very quiet day and I will be respecting the fact that it’s not a celebration for everyone and I’m of the opinion that perhaps the day should be changed or the date, at least, so it doesn’t have all those negative associations attached to it. Then it would be a clean slate and a day that we all can rejoice in and be happy that we are different but we are all actually Australians and look to the future, rather than a date that reminds some of us of some terrible things that occurred. So a quiet day here, respecting everyone’s views. By the way, nationalism means taking for credit for things you didn’t do and at the same time hating people you’ve never met.

Narromine’s Jolyon Laforgue and New York’s Treva Webeck: TREVA and I, while we come from different countries, have similar views on Australia Day and America’s Independence and Columbus days – their indigenous people also call the Fourth of July “invasion day”. I said to a friend the other day that I can spend Australia Day celebrating living in the greatest country in the world or I could ring up the ABC and be a socialist progressive and side with the indigenous people and republicans and talk about how badly we need to change and start by pulling the union jack off the flag. It’s pretty straight down the line for me - to each his own.

Trixie Watts, community health worker: I celebrate Australia Day sometimes by attending the events in Victoria Park in the morning or with family or sometimes we go up to the Macquarie Inn, they have a great family day up there. It just depends what’s happening with friends and family. As an Aboriginal woman, Australia Day can be both a sad day and a happy day for me. It is sad in

that I recognise what my grandparents and great grandparents went through but at the same time I’m happy because there are a lot of really good non-indigenous people who have been a wonderful support to me throughout my life. I have mixed children and I think you have to be thankful for what we have now while recognising the mistakes in the past as well.

Alicia Leggett, gett, Orana Artss : AS a US citizen en I am a bit con-fused by Aus-tralia Day. Wee don’t really do anything for the day specifically,, but we do catch up with my husband Shaun’s aun’s family. But what hat I found interesting ng is because it was such a new holiday to o me, and as a new person observing, is that it’s not really well received by all of Australia; the whole nation doesn’t back it. People I have worked with have called it “invasion day” or artists that I’ve worked with have said it’s a very challenging day for them. So I have all these different views of it. I thought, well, what’s the difference between this day and Independence day in the US and in the US, Independence Day is celebrating the freedom from England and Britain and here it’s kind of like celebrating the British coming! And then you see the stereotype, the loud, drunken, flag wearing beach goer? It’s a funny holiday, so no, we don’t really do too much to acknowledge it in our family.

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

Sally Bryant

In my book, it’s ever so nice and hot ’M possibly in a very small minority, but I’m loving this very hot weather. I’m currently loving it from underneath the air-conditioner where I’ve been since very early this morning... not so much credibility in my journalese perhaps... But, I do, I do. I bloody love summer. I love summer nights sprawled across my bed, under the cross-wind provided by my fan. I love the fan; my friend the fan. I love the way the white noise lulls me to sleep. My friend the fan protects me from mosquitoes by blowing the little suckers off-course and stopping them from finding me. And if they are in the room, the noise of the fan stops me from hearing them and stressing about them. Massive win, eh? Synchronicity. And when you go the fan option, then for the really stinky hot sweaty nights, you invest in a squirty bottle. And you fill it up with water, and then you top it up with essential oils. And then, as you’re about to climb into bunkydoodles, you spray yourself all over with said fragrant mixture and hey, presto! Instant personal air-conditioning and all beautifully scented too. Whacko! (This works best if one subscribes to the school of old fashioned fine lawn pyjamas, because you damp them down with the spray and they hold the moisture and that, my friend, is where you get that extra super charge of coolant). You may well find you need to get up in the middle of the night and repeat and refresh the process, but hardly a challenge, really. And so much better than sleeping under one of those nasty split systems. My version is more like having your very own, un-automated Breeze-Air. I love the summer mornings, when you wake up into a day that’s already preheated for you. There’s no nasty chilly surprises lying in wait; you can wander around in no clothes at all without fear. Unless one fears encountering one’s own reflection in a household mirror, just in passing as it were. Probably better to hold onto memories of earlier personal reflections than to risk the reality of early morning glimpses of one’s mortal self in its current form. I love the summer evenings when the light starts to glow down into different shades, when the real heat has gone out of the sun and you’re left with just the sense of being in an oven. I’m not being facetious; I love that feeling of hot air all around me. This is what I remember from my childhood – this feeling

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of furnace-like heat all around me. It’s like you’re being hugged. For a very long time, by a large, bosomy and very overheated female relative. I love summer ablutions; stepping under the shower with no hot water added. You gasp at the sudden cold; you know it’s going to feel fantastic just as soon as you become acclimatised to that cutting freshness. But it still takes an act of will to make yourself do it.

“It’s like you’re being hugged. For a very long time, by a large, bosomy and very overheated female relative. And how good is it to be thirsty and to take the refreshment of cool water? Not icy cold water that gives you a brainfreeze and doesn’t quench your thirst. Not that water out of the fridge. And not a fizzy drink laden with sugar, not that. No, not that. What I’m talking about here is water out of the rainwater tap in the kitchen – faintly metallic in taste and with that extra layer of ubercool the metal adds. Or perhaps the hessian notes of the wa-

1. GEOGRAPHY: Which Australian capital city has a suburb named Humpty Doo? 2. ANIMAL KINGDOM: How many arms and tentacles does a squid have? 3. LITERATURE: Who wrote the novel “Where the Red Fern Grows”? 4. LANGUAGE: What does the notation “a.c.” mean when it is written on drug prescriptions? 5. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is a phillumenist? 6. MOVIES: What was the name of

ter bag? And how much better does that taste when you drink it straight from the bag? When you take the porcelain spout of the water bag in your teeth and gulp straight through the cooling ceramic. Somehow so much more refreshing, even because of its illicit, forbidden pleasure. And the other forbidden pleasure just now is the icy cold beer. That delicious flavour that explodes on your taste buds on a really hot day, that refreshes and revives you, pumps you full of life and exuberance and makes everything shimply fabuloush. Delicioush, in fact. So many, many reasons to love this baking weather. Of course I’m not looking at the world entirely coloured with rosy spectacles. No, not me. There are the downsides and they are very real. There are plants in my garden that are seriously sulking and there are others that may well pull the pin altogether. I’m worried about them, I will confess, and I’m doing my best to nurse them through the hot weather. I’ll be supportive, but I’m not prepared to carry them totally. Let’s face it – if they can’t handle the heat, they might have to get out of the Central West.

the town where “It’s a Wonderful Life” takes place? 7. MEASUREMENTS: How many gallons are in a firkin? 8. TELEVISION: What is Kramer’s first name in the “Seinfeld” comedy series? 9. MATH: Who is known as the father of geometry? 10. MEDICINE: What is the common name for tinea pedis? 11. SPORT: Who won the British Open women’s squash title a record 16 times? 12. FLASHBACK: In which song

I remember my mum talking about gardening between the sandhills at Bourke, and her description of plants she had loved and nurtured and nursed and cajoled through difficult times; only to go out and find they’d turned up their toes. So summer is not for the fainthearted; not for those who are prone to the vapours. It’s possible my hydrangeas will not be making the cut. Dammit. And I know we’re short of water, and we all have to be more careful of how much we use. And I know the hot weather puts pressure on livestock, on pastures, on pets. It stresses the crops and fruit trees and other permanent plantings. I get it. I know this. And it is possible, just ever so slightly possible, that if you run into me in the middle of the afternoon one day this month, while I’m on early starts and tired and crabby, there’s an outside chance I might be a little short; a bit snappy. Don’t go thinking that means I’m not enjoying summer. Oh, no, indeedy not. Not at all. I just have to enjoy my summer in segments. So, while it’s possible I’m not going to be full of the joys of full-blown summer for the entire season, I’m totally into it. Totally.

does the singer dictate a letter to his secretary telling his wife he won’t be home? 13. LYRICS: Name the song that contains this lyric: “You’re my baby, you’re my pet, We fell in love on the night we met, You touched my hand, my heart went pop, Ooh when we kissed we could not stop.” ANSWERS: SEE THE PLAY PAGES.

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Oscars whitewash EACH year Hollywood celebrates itself in a perfect demonstration of narcissism with a seemingly endless train of award shows, culminating in the most coveted of all – the Academy Awards. This year, celebrating films of 2015, a year where the #BlackLivesMatter movement gained momentum and Viola Davis called out a lack of opportunity for people of colour in film and television, the Academy has seen fit to nominate only white actors. Even Straight Outta Compton, a film about black music and culture, was only nominated for screen writing and yes, you guessed it, it was written by white dudes. Actors Jada Pinkett Smith and Spike Lee are boycotting the Oscars awards ceremony and the Academy has released a statement outlining plans to change the membership to better reflect filmmakers and actors. Come on! It’s 2016! Can’t wait to hear what host Chris Rock will say on the night.

versity… Last week fans of the ‘90s sitcom Friends went into a frenzy having been told that a reunion was imminent. Fooled again, Internet and fans! It is not a reunion (thank God – can we stop with the endless nostalgia and just let these shows be in the past?) it was revealed that the “reunion” is actually just a bunch of actors getting together to celebrate the life of a TV director. And Matthew Perry won’t be attending. So, Friends fans... let it go. And watch the reruns.

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SADLY, beloved British actor Alan Rickman died last week

Clarification Re: Under the Hammer (Weekender 15/1/16) after succumbing to cancer. Rickman was well known for playing the villain in many Hollywood films, including Die Hard, Robin Hood and of course, played Professor Snape in the Harry Potter films. Author JK Rolwing revealed that when Rickman was cast as Snape she told him the story behind “Always” even though, at that point, she had only written four of the novels. Rickman had indicated, in 2011, that a secret shared with Rowling had allowed him to play the character with greater depth and understanding. Rickman, we raise our wands. May you rest in peace.

In and Out of Australia POPULAR American burger chain In and Out teased Sydneysiders this week with a pop-up restaurant in Surry Hills. Running from only midday until 4pm, the burgers were expected to attract long lines and high demand. Foodie fans were hoping this would lead to the chain opening a venue on our shores, but a spokesperson for the company dashed all hopes. “We have been approached…regarding franchisees but it’s just not something we would do.” Sob, sob…munch, munch.

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John Ryan

Corporate greed: it’s enough to make you sick N about 20 years as a news reporter I heard lots of promises made by politicians. But it was the former state ALP government under Premier Bob Carr that more than any failed to deliver on most of its promises. The Sussex Street Labor HQ was renowned for its strategy or announcements, followed by re-announcements, leading into re-re-announcements and so on, but nothing ever actually happened with most of these – not out this way at least. Now, in a few short years we’ve had a bonanza of promises and delivered projects from the Baird state coalition government, when in all those 16 years of Labor almost nothing happened – this is pretty amazing, and a credit to the current administration. I’m not a fan of the two party system and or of many of our politicians, but the figures on what’s been delivered health-wise to our area of the state are almost unbelievable. Consider this: $91.3 million to Dubbo Base (I’ll always call it that), most of which came from the state; almost $73 million at Parkes, $40-odd million at Forbes; $12 million at Peak Hill; $15 million at Molong and Gulgong’s recently had a new hospital built after the previous government shut it down. Apparently Mudgee is next in line. That’s more than a quarter of a billion dollars just in our little patch. But now I think the government needs the courage to look well into the future for affordable solutions to our crippling health problems before we’re overwhelmed. Bricks and mortar are much needed, for all sorts of reasons including the fact state of the art facilities make it easier to attract medical professionals out this way, but that’s only part of the equation. Australia has an ageing population and generally, we’re sicker than we’ve ever been before, and we’re paying for it. Medical costs are rising far faster than tax revenues and at some stage the health budget could consume the state’s capacity to pay. We’re no different to other western nations in this regard and thankfully way better off than the USA. Let’s look at the health problems of the US against some of the countries you’d not usually compare with America. In the USA it costs more than $US40,000 for a hip replacement; in Spain just $7400 – so people are realising they can fly to Spain, live there for a while, learn the language, get a hip replacement, go back home and still be well in front. In the US, it costs $1994 for a patient

to spend a basic day in hospital; in Cuba it’s $5.49; inpatient hernia surgery in the US is $12,489; Cuba $14.59. A kidney transplant is $4902 in Cuba versus $48,758 in the US. Many experts claim Cuba’s healthcare system is comparable to that of western nations, so it’s not like we’re comparing apples with oranges – Cuba’s life expectancy is 78, equivalent to the US, yet the health spend per person is just four per cent, less than $200 compared with approximately $4540 in America. And Cuba doesn’t have obesity epidemics and many of the other modern-world health problems. One article posted to economic website Dollars and Sense tried to explain the discrepancy: “The US has the most bureaucratic health care system in the world, including over 1500 different companies, each offering multiple plans, each with its own marketing program and enrolment procedures, its own paperwork and policies, its CEO salaries, sales commissions and other non-clinical costs and of course, if it’s a for-profit company, its profits.” Australia’s not quite so far down that path but because our leaders for decades have seemed obsessed with mimicking everything the US does, we’re well on the way to seeing administration costs eat up one third of the health dollars, and having private health providers over-diagnose to put more cash in their pockets. Research by Dr Ray Moynihan from Bond University in QLD in 2013 discovered that three of every four doctors who work on the committees that define the parameters of diseases have ties to pharmaceutical companies. Allied to the pharmaceutical industry putting profits before people we have the food industry, much of which is owned by the same people. A cynic would say they’re being paid enormous sums to make us sick, and are rewarded with huge sums to keep us sick enough to keep buying their prescription medicine. In the US, the various lobby groups do behind-the-scenes deals to grab as big a share of the “official” food pyramid as possible, so the government dietary guidelines are little more than a joke over there, and that insidious influence extends all the way across the

` We need to cut the cause off at the source, not reward those who are causing the problems in the first place.

Pacific as well. Because the USA has blockaded Cuba and enforced all sorts of sanctions on that island nation, the people there haven’t been exposed to corporate chemical agricultural practices to the same degree as the western world. Since synthetic fertiliser has come onto the scene, Australia’s soil fertility has plummeted along with its carbon mass and water-holding capability, which means not only do our soils lose moisture more quickly during dry times, the nutrients humans need don’t get into the food chain because they’ve been burned out. With health costs of the future a major concern we should have an independent unit in place which looks at this issue from an holistic perspective. Start with our soils and make sure we either adjust our farming systems so any products contaminating our food supply can’t be used, or tax the companies adding to our health bill in this way so taxpayers don’t carry the burden. We need clear and simple labelling on all our foods. Produce grown without any artificial or synthetic input shouldn’t need to be labelled as organic, it should just be “food”. Products with ingredients such as MSG and aspartame or GMOs should have that in stand-out letters, just like our plain packaging for cigarettes. When we’re all happy hippy, which

is really just following the same basic principles Australians did prior to the late 1940s, we can start looking at all sorts of other “alternative” to commercial western medical solutions. A personal case study is my own back, which caused me chronic and sometimes unbearable pain over a 10 year period. Many doctors wanted to cut and fuse and all sorts of things, but the problem was eventually solved by a very smart physio and eventually Pilates – at far less cost to the community. These sorts of treatments should be far more available to people of lesser means. Let’s pour some of the health billions into Medicare bulk-billing for Pilates classes, or at least a trial of some occupations such as police and paramedics where back injuries are commonplace – I believe many who have to be pensioned off as sick would fully recover and be back at work. I love these new hospitals and have seen enough to know how lucky we are when it comes to acute care and medical emergencies, and it’s getting better all the time. But for the raft of quite easily preventable chronic diseases, which are also causing so many mental health issues, we need to cut the cause off at the source, not reward those who are causing the problems in the first place.

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Kevin Saul

Selective outrage says more about us than them T 9.29am on Sunday last weekend, a headline caught my attention on a sidebar of online news platform, news.com.au: “Burkina Faso hotel siege ends, 32 dead”. It wasn’t very interesting, apparently – it wasn’t front page or even in the main section, but in the spot for tid-bits. It quoted: “The al-Qaeda fighters who stormed a popular hangout in Burkina Faso’s capital at dinnertime came with a mission to kill as many people as possible, firing at people as they moved to a nearby hotel and setting the cafe ablaze. “When the gunfire stopped after a more than 12-hour siege, at least 28 people had been slain in an unprecedented attack on this West African country. Like the extremist attacks from Paris to Jakarta, the assailants in the Friday evening attack targeted an area where people from different nationalities gathered to enjoy life.” But unlike the attacks from Paris to Jakarta, the mainstream media had, at the time, hardly spoken of the incident. One of the popular radio stations I was listening to said at 8.55 that there would be reports in the 9 o’clock news… But no. Plenty about Essendon, the one day international and the “big bash”… but nothing – nothing – about the victims that came from 18 different countries. Nothing about Burkinabe forces backed by French soldiers based in neighbouring Mali managing to help free at least 126 hostages. All quiet on that as well. No mention of the city in which it happened, the capital Ouagadougou. Must be too hard to use Wikipedia and look it up. If I want to go looking, the ABC, the Sydney Morning Herald and some other news outlets carried some information, but where was the 10 page lift-out, the likes of which the Daily Tele usually does when its outraged? Or the breakfast television crosses for special reports live from the scene?

“Is the problem US? Are we, or have we become, so insincere, so plastic, so blase, so desensitised to life in general, that we don’t really care? Why is this? Because they don’t know where Burkina Faso is, let alone what it is (formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta – the country was renamed Burkina Faso in 1984) and since there is no oil, beaches (it ‘ landlocked below the Sahara Desert, in fact it is due south of Timbuktu) no-one gives a rat’s arse. Sometimes I want to be told about news, not have to go looking for it.

Soldiers stand guard in front of the Splendid Hotel after last week's terrorist attack on the hotel and a restaurant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. PHOTO: REUTERS/JOE PENNEY

Change that to a sexy beach babe smuggling weed into… but I digress. I guess being al-Qaeda, not ISIS, isn’t so sexy any more. It’s been hard to find out any info on the Burkina Faso tragedy – why is that? Why do we not care as much about this little country and its people? Can we only look in one direction at a time? Do we not look at the world as a whole? We keep saying the world is a global village, so is Burkina Faso on the wrong side of the village railway tracks? Why does the mainstream media talk about who’s’ doing, sorry, seeing who, worry about which “bachelor” and/or “bachelorette” buys a house together or sells because they break up? Or is the problem US? Are we, or have we become, so insincere, so plastic, so blase, so desensitised to life in general, that we don’t really care? Worse still, if that’s possible, was the news (in a statement from Austral-

ia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) that an Australian doctor, Dr Ken Elliot and his wife Jocelyn had been kidnapped in Burkina Faso’s north. The two were abducted from the town of Djibo near the border with Mali. The reports said the couple have lived since 1972 in Djibo, near Baraboule, where they work in a volunteer medical clinic they built. Dr Elliot is the sole surgeon at the hospital. At the time, this was just a footnote to a tid-bit in the quick catch-up section of an online newspaper and at the time of writing, fewer than 33 – YES 33 – people had read about it online. How do I know this? The top five were listed and it didn’t make the cut. The mainstream media was slow to react. Where was the SAS? Where was 2CDO? Why weren’t we going in and finding out what was going on? I should have investigated with great gusto, and then I would have found this:

In a statement, Acting Prime Minister Warren Truss said the Australian government was taking the suspected kidnapping “very seriously”: “Our thoughts are with the family of the Australians at this difficult time and we ask all to respect their request for privacy,” Truss said. “The safety of the Australians involved is our highest priority. All actions the Australian Government takes will be in the interest of their welfare. However, I can say that we are working with local authorities through our High Commission in Accra, Ghana, which is responsible for Australian interests in Burkina Faso. For the safety of the Australians involved we will not be providing further comment at this time.” Glad they’re all over it. I guess Africa just isn’t sexy enough to worry too much about.

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OPINION & ANALYSIS.

Suspicion no basis for a fair fight against harassment Comment by y STEPHEN LAWRENCE E Stephen Lawrence is a Barrister and failed political candidate, (but he doesn’t let that stop him commenting on other political failures).

HRIS Gayle, international cricketer. Scott Briggs, Minister of the Crown. Jamie Clements, NSW Labor Party General Secretary. Three powerful men became the public face of sexual harassment in Australia in recent weeks. Ironically, their respective punishments have been in inverse proportion to the degree of proof against them, proving perhaps that in the age of identity politics it’s difficult, if not impossible, for any public figure to fight what one might call “identity accusations”. The denial of certain accusations serves only to demonstrate the intractable nature of the broader problem of victimisation, as the difficult process of proof and determination gets in the way of the organisation “taking a stand” and demonstrating their “zero tolerance”. Defence of the accused can demonstrate that the organisation/person/official, “just doesn’t get it”. Jamaican Chris Gayle helpfully at least cleared up any need for troublesome investigations and fact finding by committing his crime on national television with true egomaniacal sportsman aplomb. Sports journalist Mel McLaughlin was visibly uncomfortable when Gayle complimented her looks and suggested a post-game drink. “Don’t blush baby” was his not so soothing verbal balm. Gayle’s reluctant “I’m really sorry for that” apology probably deserves a place in the top 10 non-apology public apologies.

` The only standard of proof we have below the balance of probabilities is mere suspicion. Is this really the standard anyone is willing to accept in the name of combating the scourge of sexual harassment? I couldn’t work out what was more sadly amusing – Gayle’s arrogance or his club’s Media Management 101 attempts to feed the beast with an insincere apology from the player. Whether it was culturally specific banter, a dare posed in the change room, true sexism, or a combination of all three, there was no fighting the allegations for Gayle, just arguing about what it all meant.

(Cocky sleaze bag was my conclusion, especially after checking out his Instagram account – the guy has a strip stage in his house. Enough said). Interestingly, some of the most damming critiques of his actions I read were in the online Jamaican press. Cultural relativism travels well it seems. Harassment or not, the public nature of Gayle’s conduct towards the successful and respected journalist ensured it was something very far from the insidious covert harassment that happens in workplaces across Australia, where woman (sometimes men) are belittled, pressured and made to feel very alone. His most vehement critics wanted him rubbed out of the game and the social media bucketing was torrid. Fined a trifling $10,000 by his club, Gayle finished his season and took to social media inviting his critics to “kiss my black rass”. The Scott Briggs saga is a murkier tale. Briggs was on an official visit to Hong Kong (as part of a world tour of public transport systems – suspiciously junket sounding) when he decided to conclude his last day of official business with a night out on the tiles. Chief of Staff and junior diplomat in tow, the night concluded at a crowded bar at 2am. The junior diplomat later complained that his behaviour had not been “appropriate”. From the media reports it seems the complaint was he stood too close to the woman, complimented her on having piercing eyes and kissed her at the end of the night – on the cheek according to Briggs, on the neck according to the diplomat (in the real world a crucial difference). Bad judgement at least has been proven. Following a complaint, a committee of Cabinet considered the matter and Briggs

was forced to resign. Unclear from the media coverage is whether the minutiae of the interactions was subjected to fact finding, whether the location of the kiss was determined, whether the Chief of Staff and Briggs concurred the compliment had been given, whether the closeness of the standing was confirmed. Context and facts in such matters are everything. A slimy come-on to a junior public servant by a Minister of the Crown is loathsome, but if the former Minister’s version is correct, it’s not at all clear that’s what occurred. Did the politics of the issue make a defence impossible? Briggs was sacked from the Ministry but remains in Parliament, hoping no doubt for a restoration. Jamie Clements resigned this week as General Secretary of NSW Labor. Last year a parliamentary staffer, with whom he had apparently previously had an affair, made a complaint against him. It seems she had told Clements she intended revealing to her fiancé the fact of the affair. Clements, it was alleged, locked the door of the room, warned her that such a revelation would ruin them both, demanded a kiss and then uttered that most cliqued of misogynist lines: “you know you want it”. An independent parliamentary inquiry cleared Clements, finding “insufficient insufficient corroborating evidence, on the balance of probabilities, to substantiate the allegations”. An apprehended violence order application was later withdrawn. What was never withdrawn however was a remorseless and effective media campaign by Clements’ political enemies. Acting Labor leader Linda Burney didn’t even pretend the outcome accorded with due process.

“While there are clearly two different versions of events, this matter needs to be resolved now in the interests of the party and its members”. Clements is left jobless, his political future in tatters. I find this impossible to celebrate, because I don’t know where the truth lies. NSW Labor MP Lynda Voltz this week criticised the application by the Parliament of the “balance of probabilities” test to the accusation against Clements. “If this is the bar we are going to set for women wanting to make a complaint of sexual harassment there will be a lot of women discouraged from coming forward”, she said. The obvious problem of course is that the only standard of proof we have below the balance of probabilities is mere suspicion. Is this really the standard anyone, male or female, is willing to accept in the name of combating the scourge of sexual harassment? To me the three tales offer an interesting insight into the rush to condemnation that can occur when an individual accusation (or proven wrong in Gayle’s case) fits within a meta-narrative of victimisation. None of the three is a particularly sympathetic character to many Australians (cricketer, politician, political operative) but one can query whether we would (or should) accept in our own non-public lives the treatment they have received. Public policy must be informed by wider social realities, but applying a big picture approach to the individual circumstances of contested interpersonal interactions between actual human beings, in all their diversity and uniqueness, is rife with danger for those involved.

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LAST PUB STANDING As the town’s only pub, The Dunedoo Hotel is a hub for locals, thirsty travellers and inquisitive visitors who want to see the town that almost had a “big dunny” as its main attraction. LISA MINNER dropped by to find out why people are no longer asking: “Where the hell is Dunedoo?” Marlitt and Glenn Chapman, managers of the Hotel Dunedoo.

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With Bill Mahoney were Barry Drayton and Merv Mills from Tea Gardens, who were in town for a bowls tournament . They love the Hotel Dunedoo and say they’ve visited many times. “Several headaches here,” Drayton laughs.

UILT in 1913, the Hotel Dunedoo began its life as an 18-room establishment known as the Talbragar Hotel, according to the local rags of the day, the Mudgee Guardian and NorthWestern Representative. Just the following year, in 1914 in the Dubbo Licensing Court, the pub was re-Christened with the name of the pretty little central west town on whose main street it sits. In times past, travellers and local patrons had the choice of whetting their whistles at either of the town’s watering holes, the other being The Royal. These days, the Dunedoo Hotel is the last pub standing in the township that’s home to 800 souls. The Royal Hotel, just up the road, is no longer licensed and instead serves as a bed and breakfast so its former counterpart is the only pub in town where the thirsty can nab a coldie. And nab they do. Glenn Chapman has been managing Hotel Dunedoo for just a year. He’s lived most of his life so far in the Blacktown/ Mount Druitt area, but says he could count on one hand the number of people he knew there. It’s one of the reasons he loves the lifestyle and pace of Dunedoo. He doesn’t miss life in the big-smoke at all. “Country hospitality is totally different to life in the city,” he tells me when I pull in for a yarn. “I could leave my keys in the car here, not that I do! But you certainly wouldn’t

do that back where I came from.” The pub attracts a lot of the older patrons who enjoy dropping in for a beer and a chat during the day and in the afternoons. “The cockies, shearers and farmers swing by regularly, and at the weekends we mostly get the shearers and the young blokes here,” Chapman says of the pub’s clientele. There are hundreds of Royal Hotels in Australia, Glenn notes, but he loves the fact that his pub has its own unique name. “There’s a Royal up the road, there’s a Royal at Mendooran, there’s one at Coolah, a Royal at Hill End, but there’s only one Hotel Dunedoo – in the whole world actually – because no one in their right mind would name their hotel Dunedoo!” Coming to Dunedoo and taking up their position behind the town’s pub has been a learning curve for Chapman and his partner Marlitt. “It’s been hard work but fulfilling too, we’ve met a lot of good people which has been great.” As with most towns, Friday night is when it all happens at Hotel Dunedoo. “We have our members’ night, our raffles and joker draw, and it attracts all the locals.” “It’s also nice to be working here because some of the older regulars come in and tell us a few yarns,” he says, echoing what so many publicans and licen-

sees of small town watering holes have told me during my rounds of bush pubs. “It’s the best thing about the place, the people.” As a younger man, Chapman was “a bit of a loner” he says, but as he’s grown older he’s been enjoying social interaction more. That’s just as well, because he’s certainly getting a good dose of it since he took on the reins of the pub. His partner Marlitt is the restaurant’s chef and between the two of them and

“I’d give him $20 to go down there and drink and the publican there would give him another $20 to come back up to the Royal! It was all good fun.” - Bill Mahoney, former town publican their antics, they keep the customers entertained with good-natured banter and friendly ribbing. Bruce Woods, a local patron, agrees Dunedoo has been in the news a bit lately with the capture of the fugitive father-son duo, the Stoccos, happening near town. The subsequent media frenzy had journalists, photographers and film crews pacing the main street looking to talk to anyone who may have had some contact with the two, prior to their capture. Chapman says the Stoccos never actually darkened the door of the Hotel

Dunedoo, however there was a moment when he thought the pair had been in his establishment. “When we looked back on our camera footage around the time it was all happening, there were a couple of suspicious looking characters sitting over there in the corner,” he says pointing to the far end of the front bar. “So we looked into it further, went over the footage and it turns out it was me and me mate, sitting there!” he recalls, laughing. “All that business did put us on the map there for a while, though. “Everyone was asking “Where the hell is Dunedoo?” but in fact the pair was caught just out of Elong Elong, and nobody has heard of that place other than locals.” But that momentary burst of fame was just fleeting. What Dunedoo is really best known for is as the town that almost had a big “dunny” in its main street. Plans to build a big toilet were “flushed” by the community, which deemed the proposed dunny inappropriate. In fact they completely “poopooed’ the idea. “Some of the gentry in the town didn’t think it was becoming for Dunedoo,” Chapman says. “But even thought it was never built, it created a lot of interest at the time with people coming here just to look at Dunedoo.”

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Manager Glenn Chapman on the balcony upstairs at Hotel Dunedoo. The verandah provides a panoramic view of the town.

Graeme ‘Whitey’ Whitelawe, barmaid Laura Milson, Shane ‘Shaker’ Amidy, manager Glen Chapman and Andy Tregove at the pub’s main bar.

Tim Gibson from Narromine and Chris O’Shea from Dubbo were passing through and decided to stop in and have a beer and watch the cricket while waiting for a mate.

Would the town continue to fight for the erection of the much-talked about big dunny, the general consensus around the bar is “no”. “That idea’s been knocked on the head for a good while now,” everyone agrees. Woods offers that while Dunedoo is still a great place, the old characters that used to live there and enliven the town were largely long gone – but this is from a bloke with his tall tales and cheeky ways who seems to fit his own description pretty well. Bill Mahoney was the former publican at the Royal Hotel just up the road, and now enjoys a beer or two with mates at the Hotel Dunedoo, but he has plenty of memories of the Royal back in its heyday. “I took over the Royal in 1974 and held the reins for about six years. I bought the freehold and leased it and went up and managed the golf club for ten years while the children grew up,” Mahoney recalls. “Back in ’74 it was a very interesting town. It was different then – the kids would be running around and giving you a hand; it was a different atmosphere in those days.” I can’t resist asking if there had been anything scandalous that had occurred at either pub, and Mahoney says he’d only been arrested once. Thankfully his brush with the law wasn’t entirely of his own making – a “few young ones” from another town caused a bit of trouble, he

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says. However, he does recall the time when a patron who used to have horses had a few too many one night. “This particular patron had taken one of his ponies out of the truck and decided to try to walk it up the stairway of the pub on this new carpet I’d just laid. I didn’t even know he was doing it; he’d already gone up a few of the stairs before I noticed!” Mahoney says, laughing at the memory. “There was another bloke – we use to call him the ginger-cat. He was a shearer here and my wife use to cash his cheques. Anyway, he was a regular and he’d book up a few drinks and I’d give him a few dollars to come down here (Hotel Dunedoo) and drink because he used to annoy the shit out of me. “So I’d give him $20 to go down there and drink and the publican there would give him another $20 to come back up to the Royal! It was all good fun; they were lovely people.”

“Everyone was asking “Where the hell is Dunedoo?”” – Glenn Chapman, manager The former publican recalls a time (a classic even) when the shearers, half a dozen or so, would go out of town shearing and always purchased a heap of tinnies to take with them. “The sad thing was this particular

Retired farmer and local of 40 years, Bruce Woods, says he loves the pub and Dunedoo because “it’s a nice quiet place”. “It’s always good to come up and have a yarn to somebody,” he says, and offers to share a joke: There were two Irishmen standing out the front and a load of turf went past on the back of a truck. One bloke said to the other, “When I win the lottery I’m going to do that.” His mate said, “Do what?” The bloke said, “Send my lawn away to be cut!”

time, these guys couldn’t find a bag of ice to keep the cans cold so they went into a shop here and bought $20 worth of paddle pops to keep their tinnies cold – true story! And I saw some of the results of the cans coming back – they were all different colours, and sticky and messy.”

The pub’s history IN 1925 it was reported by the Sydney Morning Herald that a sleep-walker named Frank Ryan, an auctioneer aged 30, fell from the balcony of the Hotel Dunedoo at about 2am and broke his back. “He was seriously injured and died three hours later without regaining consciousness. Ryan was said to be one of the most popular and well known men in the district,” the paper noted. In 1925 a Mr Howden was the new manager of the pub. He was also a former police officer having been stationed at Dubbo, Warren and Bathurst over the course of his career. Six months prior to his arrival at the Hotel Dunedoo he ran the Criterion Hotel in Newcastle, where he is said to have done well. The paper reported he was a great acquisition to the town and took a keen interest in “public movements and in particular anything that favoured sports”. In 1936 Mr BW Byrne, the owner of the Hotel Dunedoo “painted within and without; when completed, it will have

a fresh and attractive appearance and make the town look bright and attractive. It seems to be the motto of the people of Dunedoo,” reported the Mudgee Guardian, in 1936. The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate of the day reported that a Mr Shepard had sold the Royal Hotel, Dunedoo, for 3100 pounds in 1914. “There are now two hotels in this goahead little town, the site of which five years ago was a sheep walk,” the report said. The Mudgee Guardian and NorthWestern Representative records that in 1914, the outstanding features of the Hotel Dunedoo were exquisite in the manner in which the building had been furnished. “Mr Aiken evidently had it in mind that, to be in keeping with the building itself, the best fittings would have to be procured. “Each room is furnished to a degree which suggests more than ordinary taste was bought to bear in the selection of the furniture, which was supplied by the Craftsman Furnishing Specialists, Sydney…the reproduction of Craftsman, Sheraton, Jacobean and Louis fittings and furniture is carried out on an extensive scale. There is no haphazard variety about the furniture in the Hotel Dunedoo; uniformity of wood is to be seen all through.”

THE BIG PICTURE.

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Brewarrina photography enthusiast “Burra Mac” took this stunning shot of the town’s weir, with water flowing from upstream. “We haven’t had much rain over the past few years, so we’re having a blast,” he says.

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Business & Rural

Dave and Margaret Readford with the trophy and signage they can now proudly display in their business after earning the 2015 NSW MTA Motorcycle Dealership of the Year award

All revved up Dave and Margaret Readford, proprietors of Readford’s Motorcycles in Dubbo, are the recent winners of the 2015 NSW MTA Motorcycle Dealership of the Year award. Contending for top spot against metropolitan businesses whose numbers are impossible to beat, the couple proved their worth with qualities money just can’t buy. AS TOLD TO YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY; PHOTOGRAPHY BY CONNOR COMAN-SARGENT.

What has winning this award meant for your business? Margaret: We’ve won some regional awards over the years, but that’s the first statewide award so we’re quite excited. A lot of awards are done on figures; the number of vehicles you move and whatever. We can’t possibly compete with the city in that sort of an award.

What are the secrets to your success? Margaret: Probably what brings a lot of people in is that Dave’s been around the industry for so long so his knowledge is huge, but he also enjoys seeing old bikes restored. He will go out his way to try to find old parts for people. If they’re not savvy with computers, he’ll do that side of it for them as well. There’s satisfaction for Dave to be able to give customers satisfaction when he’s able to find hard to get parts. It’s always about reinventing yourself too. We’ve done all sorts of things, like mowers and chain-

saws. We’ve looked at them but decided that there were too many people in Dubbo doing them, particularly with the Chinese products. Dave: A lot of it is to do with customer satisfaction and customer repeat business. I’m 62 now and I’ve sold bikes to guys that were six and eight years old when they started coming in as customers, and now their grandkids are riding the same bikes. Margaret: We still have the first bike Dave’s parents ever sold, back in 1967. ‘Round about their 20th year of business, they got it back and at 25 years, Dave’s father made sure it was restored to put on the floor.

What would you say makes yours an award winning business? Dave: It’s the fact that we’ve been established for a long time. On July 1, it will be our 49th birthday, so on July 2 we’ll be in our 50th year. One of the things that really impressed the judges apparently

was the fact that in a time where there’s a lot staff movements between dealers, and staff retention is a difficult issue between most motorcycle shops, we’ve been fairly lucky in keeping our staff mobility down to next to zero. All the mechanics we have here have been trained by our business.

What are the pros and cons of training in-house? Margaret: An apprentice if fine, and a mechanic is fine, but mechanics make really good spare parts, they know a lot about bikes and selling bikes. That’s the thing about motorbikes; if the passion’s not there then you may as well not be here. Before, when we were looking for a motorcycle mechanic, we used to just put an ad in the paper. You’d have 50 applications and everyone would say, “that sounds good” but they weren’t in it for the right reasons. Anyone we’ve put on is generally passionate about bikes which his why they’re here. We have changed our strategy for employ-

ment of people. The way we found Lincoln Brien (who won Ulyssess Club National Apprentice of the Year) was by putting up a sign inside the business, so it had to be someone who was already walking in here and was here for the motorbikes. Dave: At the same we put Lincoln on, we put Brian Richardson on as well. Brian’s a senior apprentice, over 50 and he was actually illiterate. The lady from TAFE (who signed us up) knew Brian and asked about what he was doing. I told her he was just doing part time assembling because of his constraints; he knows what he’s doing but he can’t work on other people’s bikes. She said they could put him through a literacy training course and do an apprenticeship for him too. We brought Brian into the conversation and signed him up for an apprenticeship at the same time we signed Lincoln. Margaret: Brian got through his TAFE (course). On Saturdays he was doing a literacy and computer course. If he was in Bathurst, he’d go in early and stay late to make sure he got all the

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 22.01.2016 to Sunday 24.01.2016 information. He was offered all the information on audio instead of having to read it but his attitude was, “no, I have to learn to read it”. Dave: He was named most outstanding apprentice for Bathurst TAFE for that year. When I’ve done the business renovations here, Brian’s helped us. He’s been here every Sunday, working alongside us. He was a customer of ours for a long time before he actually joined us. Margaret: We vowed we’d never have two apprentices at once. Dave: The problem is they both go to TAFE at the same time. So you have two people out at the same time – it’s really difficult that week.

cons working with one prominent brand?

What’s one of the biggest changes you’ve seen in your industry?

Dave: A motorcycle still has two handlebars, two wheels and a seat and you still need a motorcycle license. The technology that goes into the engines is increasing all the time as far as servicing is concerned; the performance of the engines, suspension, all those peripherals that make up the motorcycle as a whole, they’re all changing and becoming more computerised.

Are customers buying a lifestyle when they buy a motorbike? Dave: The thing about motorbikes is there’s no one reason they buy them. Farmers buy them for work vehicles. The majority of our customers are farmers. That’s core business. Margaret: Then you have the dirt bike guy who’s just passionate about getting out there and having a bit of fun

The first bike sold from Readfords is on display in the showroom. It was returned 20 years ago and restored.

in the trails. Then you have your road bikes… there’s such a variance. From your little scooter to the guy who travels and doesn’t have a car, to the fellow who likes a weekend away, just to be away from everything. It’s quite varied why they buy them.

How did you enter the business, Margaret? Margaret: When I married Dave, his parents had the business already. I worked for an accountant who happened to be my father. Then Dave and I got together, so his mother was able to help me out with some of the bookwork

and that’s how I started working in the business. I always vowed and declared I would never know a person by the bike they owned, that I’d always remember them as a person. Wrong. It’s been, “remember the guy with the such and such (bike)” – it’s what you remember because everyone will remember that same thing. If you describe their eyes as blue and their hair is back, the boys wouldn’t notice. The first year we went to the Yamaha factory and to Japan was in 1976. We were married in the May and went to the factory in October.

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Same new year, same business valuation? HE New Year is in and many of us start making resolutions that will change our personal lives. However, very few do this with their business. What are your New Year’s business resolutions? Hit and hope this year is better than the last? Look at last year and add 10 per cent? It’s never too late to review your plans and I find most businesses have the chance in January, when things are normally a bit quieter, to sit down and check what they are doing over the next 6 to 18 months. So what should you do as a minimum before you consider contacting your business advisor for their opinion?

STEP 1: Update figures july to december IF you are using an accounting software system, whether it be in the cloud or not (we recommend Xero), update your first six months as quickly as possible. Establish your profit for July to December as a starting point.

STEP 2: Predict profit for next 6 months REVIEW the next six months’ likely sales and expenses figures. As a guide, look at these

numbers from your system (you simply change the dates for January to December last year). Use these as an indication only. Then establish what profit might look like for the year based on your answer in Step 1 and adding your initial prediction for the next six months in Step 2.

STEP 3: Check cash flow USING your starting cash at bank figure, inventory and debtors and creditors in your balance sheet at the end of December, check that you will have enough cash flow based on the figures you have worked out in Step 2. 3-Way Budgets (sometimes called 3-Way Cash Flow Statements) make this job much easier and more accurate but you can attempt to do this your-

self in a spreadsheet or manually on a sheet of paper. What is your expected monthly bank balance up until June?

STEP 4: Are you happy with tracking IF this all looks good and you are happy with the projected outcome then all you need to do is go in and update your budget in your accounting system so you can monitor and measure any variances each month. Work out whether your business will be improving its business valuation based on the projected numbers, whether it will stay the same or go backwards. This is particularly important if you are thinking of selling your business over the next few years as this may cause you to want to improve the busi-

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Margaret: There’s no dealer in Bathurst or Orange now, or Tamworth for Yamaha. We’ve just spent the past 12 months renovating because Yamaha wanted a professional looking premises. Dave: We’ve been selling Yamaha from 1967. Through those years you have different managers at Yamaha and each of the managers has different ways of doing things. You adapt to each way. Margeret: We’re getting too old to adapt. Dave: No, no I’m not (laughs). Margaret: They’re trying to make it like car yards but it’s totally different. In car yards you sell a car and a few things. In motorbikes you’re always selling bits and pieces for bikes; there’s helmets, gloves, jackets, boots, goggles. You don’t have any of that stuff with a car. You might have a T-shirt but you don’t need it. Dave: When you buy a car you register it and you drive out in it. When you sell a motorcycle probably 70 per cent of the ones we have, you load them up on a ute and they go out unregistered. Margaret: If they do buy a registered bike, we’re the ones who sell the tyres, not the tyre place. We’re the one’s who do all those things.

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As Aussie as… BY KATE WRIGHT INSPIRED MOOD

AMINGTONS are a renewed favourite baked good of mine. Sponge cake, covered in chocolate and coconut – so simple and yet utterly delicious! With Australia Day around the corner, I thought I’d share my healthy alternative to this favourite Aussie classic. These lamingtons are paleo, sugar free, and were a hit when among my work colleagues. You won’t believe how spongey the cake is, while the chocolate frosting is totally indulgent without being sickly sweet. With just seven ingredients, these lamingtons are also super simple to make. Sure, they’re a little fiddly with the coating requirements, but the finger licking part at the end makes it all worthwhile!

Lamingtons Ingredients: 6 eggs 6 tablespoons honey or rice malt syrup 1.5 cups almond meal 6 tablespoons cacao butter ½ cup raw cacao powder 1.5 teaspoons vanilla 3 cups desiccated coconut Method: Pre-heat oven to 160 degrees Celsius. Grease and baseline a 25cm square cake tin with coconut oil. Beat eggs and two tablespoons of honey/rice malt syrup in a large bowl with an electric mixer until thick and creamy, and until air bubbles just start to form. Gently fold in almond meal, half a cup at a time. Pour the mixture into a prepared cake tin and bake for about 20 minutes or until golden and the edges of the cake start to come away from the rim. Remove the sponge from the oven and allow to cool before transferring to a baking rack to cool completely. Place cacao butter in a medium bowl over a small saucepan of simmering water until melted. Remove from heat, add cacao powder and stir to combine. Add vanilla and four tablespoons honey/rice malt syrup and stir to combine. Cut the sponge into 20 rectangles and gently coat one piece at a time in the chocolate frosting then the coconut. Enjoy – and have a happy, healthy Australia Day!

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WITH the New Year under way, Cancer Council NSW is encouraging cancer survivors from Western NSW to join its free Healthy Living after Cancer program to get active, eat well and feel better after cancer. Getting back to a healthy lifestyle after cancer is one of the most important things survivors can do for their health, reducing the chance of the disease recurring, and boosting their overall well-being. Healthy Living after Cancer is a free telephone health coaching program

for any adults who have been treated for cancer, either recently or in the past. The program is easy to follow and will equip participants with their own health coach, who will call them over a six month period to set, and help them reach, their physical activity and healthy eating goals. Healthy Living after Cancer is available to any adult who has completed treatment for any type of cancer, at any time. Those taking part will receive 12 telephone coaching calls over six months from a Cancer Council 13 11 20 Nurse or Information and Support Consultant, along with a program workbook. The program will focus on physical activity, healthy eating and weight management.

ACUPUNCTURE ‘no help’ for hot flushes TRADITIONAL

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puncture is no better than a fake version for treating menopause symptoms, says a new study. But after eight weeks of treatment, both led to a 40 per cent improvement in the severity and frequency of hot flushes which was sustained six months later.The University of Melbourne study involved 327 Australian women aged over 40 who had at least seven moderate hot flushes a day.Half were given 10 sessions of standard Chinese medicine acupuncture where thin needles are inserted into the body at specific points. The others had their skin stimulated with blunt-tipped needles, which has A milder effect without penetrating the skin.Lead author Dr Carolyn Ee said both groups may have improved due to the placebo effect or because attending a clinic to talk about symptoms could

help.She also noted hot flushes tend to improve spontaneously with time. “This was a large and rigorous study and we are confident there is no additional benefit from inserting needles compared with stimulation from pressuring the blunt needles without skin penetration for hot flushes. “IF women want to consider having acupuncture for hot flushes, they should know that although previous studies show it is better than doing nothing, our study demonstrates that needling does not appear to make a difference.”She said while acupuncture is a relatively safe treatment and found to be effective for chronic pain, women should also discuss other treatment options for their hot flushes with their doctor. AAP mss/smw

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Going organic for user-friendly gardens BY CHRIS BRAY

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“ORGANIC gardening” as the name suggests, enables us to utilise methods and alternatives to the way we garden. In fact, today there are endless products and household practices that we can use to garden in a more “user friendly” way. By now, most of us will already know that many former widely-used insecticides have been removed from sale or alternatively been deemed for commercial or agricultural use only, thus leaving the domestic gardener without the choice of years gone by. However, given there have been so many advances in insecticides and fungicides, there are still many choices available. I’ve previously mention that at this time of the year, those of us with deciduous fruit trees and vegetables such as tomatoes and so forth, are prone to fruit fly infestation. Other than the many traps available, the designated fruit fly sprays are mostly gone from domestic sale, but other alternatives such as fruit fly net and some household remedies are good ways to control or monitor these pests. Alternatively, there are some good “splash baits” available, with some being organic and with correct use, these can certainly control fruit fly and hopefully leave you with a crop to enjoy. The use of organic material in our gardens goes beyond using additives such as animal manures in the soil. In fact, there are many more simple ways we can utilise household waste and turn it into rich nutrients for our gardens, either in solid

1. Keep the water up to your garden beds and lawns, with at least one or two good soaks for lawns during the warmer weeks ahead. Also, don’t forget to use a wetting agent on your garden beds and lawn. The use of wetting agents will not only help to retain moisture, but also encourage your plants and lawns to set their roots down lower in the soil profile.

2. Check all irrigation to see that it’s working efficiently and timers are set for the early morning or late afternoon and not in the heat of the day.

or liquid form. Many of you may already have a household compost bin and with additives such as lawn clippings, plant cuttings that have been put through a chipper or mulcher, or vegetable matter from your kitchen, you are already on your way to organic gardening. All these additives are great for your garden and its soil structure. They stimulate microbial activity and as a result, make your plants healthier and less prone to disease, building resistance against insect attack and also acting as mulch for water retention. Another great way to turn household waste, such as vegetable matter, into a rich liquid fertiliser, is the use of a worm

farm. This easy, compact and organic provider of fertiliser requires household vegetable matter, including some fruits, to be consumed by the worms within the farm. They in turn provide you with castings and a great liquid fertiliser that can be diluted with water and added to your pots, gardens and lawns. Your plants will thrive with this regular addition to your fertilising routine. During the summer months, the worms contained within the worm farm may need some extra attention from the effects of heat, so it’s important to keep them in a relatively cool environment. A layer of wet hessian or alternative material over the worm farm in a shady spot in your yard should help in this situation.

3. Mulch garden beds and around your trees and shrubs. This will enable the ground to retain moisture, thus saving on water use.

4. Keep the mowing height of your lawn mower up. This will help against the effects of higher temperature and reduce the incidence of stress due to heat.

5. Protect sensitive plants with shade-cloth during summer months, especially vegetables that are susceptible to high temperature. *Chris Bray is the garden centre manager for Dubbo’s Brennan’s Mitre 10.

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Eat your heart out BY GABRIELLE FAGAN THERE’S no doubt kitchens are the centre of our homes, but although they’re the area we choose to spend the most time, either eating or socialising, it seems all too few of us have our ‘dream’ space. Around 65 per cent of us feel our current kitchen is far from ideal – with its inadequacies most exposed during the pressure-cooker stress at this time of year – and around a quarter struggle with a cramped or awkward shaped room, while 25 per cent bemoan a lack of work surfaces, according recent research by Wickes. Aside from the benefits of enjoying this space more – and potentially being able to cook up a storm – it could be worth reconsidering a refit on financial grounds alone, as it’s the most popular way to add value to a property, estimated by experts at around 15 per cent. “It’s easy to feel overwhelmed when trying to choose a kitchen,” says Daniele Brutto of Hub Kitchens, specialists in Italian-inspired design. “ There are so many materials, colours and finishes in the market at the moment, but what’s important is focusing on what will work for you and your space. Pick something you like, which could be a particular wall colour, a floor tile or work surface texture and work outwards from there. Keeping one element at the heart of your design will make the whole process much more straightforward.” Take comfort from the fact that size isn’t everything, according to Brutto, who says small spaces can still look stylish if a scheme is kept simple and every inch of space is exploited. “Custom-made cabinets can conceal day-today appliances when they’re not in use, while it’s also possible to maximise preparation areas by using worktops which cover sinks or extend. “It’s all about marrying imagination with innovative design and creating a calm, relaxed environment, where it’s a pleasure to work and play.” See what’s on the menu for kitchens this year, and choose your own individual style recipe...

MODERN MENU Shades of grey or cool blue will give a kitchen an ultra-modern look and can be enlivened with either a colourful splashback, or add a warming glow with copper metallic accessories. “The general trend still continues for the kitchen to literally be the heart of the home, and grey is still a massive colour trend, whether it’s used for unit fronts or even grey grouting in between tiles,” says design consultant Simon Burton. “A kitchen has to be a practical, user-friendly space, but is also regarded as an area to socialise, so open-plan designs, incorporating a kitchen and dining/living area, are still a top choice. One great way to enhance a social feel is to have built-in music speakers.”

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Make marbleized paper at a Family Wrap Party BY DONNA ERICKSON

CREATIVE FAMILY FUN

Whether we’re children or adults, we all like to feel useful and part of the fun or wrapping a present. So enlist the kids in this fun and creative job. But before you go out and purchase rolls of wrap, save money by making a beautiful batch for this year’s gifts, and keep the wrap in a handy spot in the cupboard so you can grab a sheet as you need it in the coming months. Gather big paper bags from your recycling bin, plus marbles and bright poster paint, and you’ll be ready for family fun.

Here’s the stuff you’ll need: z One large, sturdy cardboard gift box approximately 30 by 45cm, or similar container with sides z several marbles (one for each paint colour) z liquid poster paint in several colours z spoons (one for each colour) z plain brown paper grocery bags, construction paper or butcher paper z recycled deli or margarine tubs z scissors z newspaper Here’s the fun: Cover your work surface with newspaper. Cut open the paper bags and trim a sheet to fit the bottom of the box. (Or, if using construc-

tion paper or butcher paper, cut to size.) Place the paper inside. Pour a small amount of each

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 22.01.2016 to Sunday 24.01.2016 DECOR TIP: Lighting plinths and under cabinets, as well as zoning islands and peninsulas with pendants, easily allows a mood to adapt from cooking to entertaining or relaxing.

WALK IN THE WOODS Natural materials rule in decor, and showcasing rich wood grain and stunning stone worktops – marble through to slate – brings personality and ultimate luxury to a room. “The real trend at the moment for finishes is subtle, textural differences to give real depth, which will break up the monotone nature of surfaces. We’re going to see more use of natural exotic stones such as marble, slate and granite,” says Brutto. “We’ll see an even greater emphasis on the use of natural timbers, and there are some amazing timber veneers coming onto the market, which give cabinetry a rich, warm feel. The trend for mixing and matching veneers with harsher surrounds, such as concrete, steel and iron, will also feature strongly this year.” DECOR TIP: A recent survey by property agents revealed that nearly 16 per cent of people place an island kitchen, or one with a peninsula, at the top of their wish-list when seeking a new home. As a guide, designers recommend a walkway of at least one metre on all sides of an island, and often more for ease-of-use.

A PERFECT BALANCE Mixing modern and oldstyle materials, and using accents of black and charcoal to add definition, achieves a chic look which suits a country ‘kick off your shoes’ setting, just as much as an edgy industrialstyle urban loft. “We believe a successful kitchen should feel like an organic part of a home, not a bolton or trend-conscious space. Instead, it should be a zone in harmony with our style and taste, and designed to totally suit our lifestyle. Contrast in colour or texture is particularly effective, for instance, rough brick set against a plaster wall, or a tiled effect below an open

raftered ceiling,” says John Sims-Hilditch, managing director at Neptune. “This timeless look has enduring appeal, never goes out of fashion and looks better as it ages. Breaking up a run of wall cupboards with open shelving or glass-fronted upper cabinets is a useful design option, creating fluidity and an impression of more space.” DECOR TIP: Door and drawer fronts will make or break a room. The three main factors to consider are style, colour and handles – but don’t overlook practicality in your desire for a particular look. For instance, for high wall cupboards, mechanical flip-up doors might be more suitable and larger handles are easier to grasp. And bear in mind that high-gloss finishes may show marks and fingerprints, plus matt finishes are a trend-savvy choice this year.

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colour of paint into the containers. Drop a marble in one of the paint containers. Shake the container gently until the marble is thoroughly coated with paint, or use a spoon to move the marble around in the paint. With a spoon, drop the marble in the box and shift the box back and forth so the marble rolls in all directions, leaving paint on the paper. Repeat the process, using a different marble for each colour of paint desired. When the colourful, abstract design is complete, remove your paper of modern art and let it dry.

Tip: For smaller packages, “shake and create” gift wrap using a clean, large cylindrical potato-chip can with a lid. Loosely roll a sheet of paper inside the can so that it lines the interior. Using one colour at a time, roll a marble or two in paint (as described above) and drop in the can. Snap on the lid, shake a few times, remove the lid and put the marble or marbles onto newspaper. Repeat with a marble or two in another colour. Remove the paper to reveal your art.

NOW HERE’S A TIP BY JOANN DERSON z Generally, for every degree you lower your thermostat during heating season, or increase during summer, you reduce your energy costs by 3 per cent. z Want to include more produce in your diet? Sources say prep is the step that makes it work. Clean, chop, slice and otherwise prepare all your produce choices for the week

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on the day you shop. When it’s ready and waiting, you’re less likely to skip it in favour of something more convenient (and likely less nutritious). z To save a pot of burning soup, remove from the burner and DO NOT stir. Pour the unburned contents into a new pot, while trying not to disturb the burned-on bottom of the pot. z Deodorise carpets with baking soda: Sprinkle liberally, and leave on overnight. Vacuum in the morning. Be sure carpet is dry before starting.

z “On a health kick: Step one is to keep a food and activity diary for a week. You can get an idea of what you eat, what times of the day you are overeating and the areas where you can make improvements. Knowledge is power!” – Contributed by V.R. z “Whip the whites of your eggs when you are working with heavy flours, like coconut and almond meal. The whipped whites will lighten cakes and muffins.” – Contributed by C.L.

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Temples at Angkor. Photos: PA Photo

Freewheeling through southeast Asia BY ABI JACKSON T takes mere seconds for the thick, gnarly clouds to tumble across the sky, smothering every inch of blue. The chalky red dirt track and flanking green paddy fields, which until moments ago had looked so vibrant they seemed unreal, are now bathed in an eerie gloom. The rain follows with equally dramatic speed. I pedal on, reminding myself to savour the moment – while also keeping an extra careful eye out for potholes and darting dogs – until our guide Alistair yells: “Everybody stop here!” After a morning of long, remote stretches, the rain’s struck at a convenient point: there’s a building where we can shelter until it clears. Huddled beneath a porch in rural Cambodia, we’re a motley crew of 14 tourists shivering in sodden Lycra. Remarkably for a group that loves talking about the weather, we’re rendered temporarily speechless by the sheer magic and madness of it all. I’m grateful for the opportunity to rest. Five days into my eight-day ride with global cycling and trekking challenge specialists Discover Adventure, I’ve been having an uncomfortable morning. Despite the padded shorts and chamois cream (used by cyclists to guard against saddle sore), blisters have sprouted un-

der my bum cheeks and my legs are close to seizing up (my own fault for caning it the day before, trying to keep up with the boys on their race finish of the final, hilly 10km of a long 90km day). Stiff and sore, I’m realising why the trip brochure warned this was going to feel like a challenge and may sometimes require us to ‘dig deep’. That digging had begun on day one for some. As Alistair had said at the start: “It’s not the distance or terrain that makes this trip challenging, it’s the heat.” Our itinerary – starting in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City and finishing in Cambodia’s Angkor Wat – would take us on a 510km cycle ride over the course of eight days. The trip is manageable for people of moderate to decent fitness, though cycling experience massively helps. If you’re not used to being on a saddle for hours, days on end, it’s going to hurt, and training’s firmly advised. Throw 40-degree heat and hours under a blazing sun into the mix and it’s largely pot luck how you’ll fare; heat exhaustion makes the first couple of days tough for some. Thankfully, by day three, everybody’s feeling good. We’re free to relax and embrace the experience, leaving ‘real life’ thousands of miles away back at home. Demand for adventure travel has boomed in recent years, with cycling trips becoming increasingly popular. It’s

Visitors from China top 1m BY GARRY SHILSON-JOSLING, AAP ECONOMIST

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The annual number of Chinese visitors venturing to Australian shores has topped one million for the first time. There were 93,700 short-term traveller arrivals from China in November, bringing the annual total to 1,013,700, up by 172,500 from the previous year, figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday showed.

a trend that’s set to freewheel even further, and tour companies have seen a notable increase in appetite for trips in southeast Asia. In the four years since the Ho Chi Minh to Angkor Wat itinerary that I’m on has been going, demand’s risen by around 50 per cent year on year. What’s the appeal? A quick survey of our group sums it up. Ranging in age from 22 to 67, we’re

a right mix. For some, fundraising for charities close to their hearts is their main motivation, while for others, it’s simply a passion for cycling, a desire to push their limits a little and see a bit of the world in the process. As seasoned adventure-seeker Carole Fendick, 63, puts it: “Having a challenge on the horizon gives me a reason to keep training and keep it up in the gym.”

Abi, front left, and fellow cyclists making friends with local kids while cycling across Vietnam and Cambodia.

And that’s not even including Hong Kong, which delivered 220,000 visitors to Australia in the past year. Including the former British colony, the annual total was 1,233,700. That was still short of New Zealand, with 1,302,000 visitors to Australia over the year to November. But the positions have reversed in recent months, with more visitors from China including Hong Kong in September, October and November last year. So on current trends, China will soon claim

top spot from the Kiwis on an annual basis as well. Overall, there were 642,8700 visitors arrivals in November, up by 66,500 or 11.5 per cent from a year earlier, with an annual total of 7.36 million. Australian resident departures still beat arrivals by a wide margin, with nearly 9.4 million Aussies succumbing to wanderlust. But the lower Australian dollar is helping to reduce the difference, with arrivals up by nearly half a million in the past year from the previous 12 months, compared with a rise of only just

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Temples at Angkor.

Abi posing with new friends in a village near Long Xuyen in Vietnam.

Abi at the finish line in Angkor, Cambodia.

Cycling past a cart in rural Cambodia.

A house in Cambodia.

The fact we’re travelling in this part of the world gives our adventure an additional exotic twist – and cycling enables us to get up close and personal with the destination in a way that’s not usually possible. The itinerary also includes gaps for touristy stuff, including a morning boat ride through Vietnam’s Can Tho floating market where fish, fruit and even livestock are all traded on the water; the Cu Chi Tunnels where the Vietcong hid during the Vietnam War; the Tuol Sleng Museum in Phnom Penh – a former school used as a secret prison camp by the Khmer Rouge during the Pol Pot regime in the late Seventies which saw around two million Cambodians killed; and the Killing Fields, where much of the genocide took place. Although truly heartbreaking, these sites are important reminders of the horrors people went through. It’s on our bikes though, that we really get to see – and fall in love with – these enchanting countries.

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VISITOR ARRIVALS TO AUSTRALIA – 12 MONTHS TO NOVEMBER * New Zealand: 1,302,000 * China Including Hong Kong: 1,233,700 - China: 1,013,700 - Hong Kong: 220,000 * United Kingdom: 679,200 * USA: 599,300 * Singapore: 389,000 * Malaysia: 335,400 * Japan: 331,500

Abi at the Temples at Angkor.

Abi sweat-free before setting off on day one in Vietnam.

A dog riding a moped in Vietnam.

We pedal through bustling towns and tiny villages, bounce across bridges, weave through narrow streets and cruise along endless country roads surrounded by lush rice paddies, banana and sugar plantations. Some days, huge honking trucks rumble past, while on others, we share the roads with cows and carts and schoolchildren in pristine uniforms, who giggle and occasionally race along. We marvel at colourfully-painted pagodas and a duck farmer guiding his flock down a river, gasp as mopeds transporting entire families – or squealing pigs – whizz by, and hours are spent chatting and sharing stories with fellow riders. Daily distances range from 30-90km, with regular stops to refill drink bottles and top up on sun-cream and calories. Staying properly hydrated and fed is crucial and provisions are plentiful; we snack on fruit, cake, crackers and crisps and – though I don’t touch the stuff back home – guzzle endless fizzy drinks, and tuck into bowls of rice and veg with meat

or fish for lunch. Food and fluids aside, two other things play a key role in keeping those pedals turning: the group banter and the endless friendly smiles, waves and cheery ‘Helloes’ from the locals. In some rural areas, the arrival of these bicycling aliens every few months has become quite an event: children gather to greet us and exchange excited high-fives. Discover Adventure partners with local operators – including two local guides, Vet and Sal, who cycle with us the whole time, along with Alistair – to support the in-country trip logistics, sorting everything from the bikes (though there is the option to fly your own out), accommodation and meals. We’re also accompanied by a mini bus (which we travel in for some stints of the journey) and support vehicle. They’re passionate about promoting cycling in the region and giving back to the local community; bikes are donated to orphans once they get too old to be

* India: 231,000 * South Korea: 222,800 * Germany: 189,300 (Source: ABS) Restored sites open in Pompeii ROME: Tourists in ancient Pompeii have freshly-restored marvels to admire, including a merchant’s luxuriously decorated home and a more modest middle-class dwelling. A business where Pompeii residents brought fabrics to be cared for and a structure with thermal bathing areas are also among the six buildings now opened to the public. Pompeii in recent years has been plagued by labour disputes that locked out tourists and the collapse of some

used on the challenges. Seven days into the trip, my skin is gross, I’m bloated from all the sports drinks and I’ve worn nothing but grubby Lycra for a week – but I’ve also fallen head over heels in love with it all and can’t imagine returning to a routine that doesn’t start with a 6.30am wake-up call, involve seven hours on a bike and end with a beer and hobbly toddle to bed. To soften the blow, our final day is a real treat – a short ride, which includes some super fun jungle tracks and ends in the breathtakingly beautiful ancient temples of Angkor. We cross the finish line with mixed emotions: we did it! But oh, that means it’s over... It’s a bittersweet victory, but boy – what a ride!

TRAVEL FACTS Abi Jackson was a guest of Discover Adventure.

ruins, with funding chronically short for maintenance. But Premier Matteo Renzi expressed optimism at the unveiling of restored ruins in the city destroyed in 79 by a volcanic eruption. “We made news with the collapses, now we are making news with restoration,” he said. “These are houses of extraordinary importance, because they show a very original and particular cross section of life during ancient Pompeii,” said Antonio Irlando, president of Cultural Heritage Observer. Well-preserved mosaic tiles and vividly-hued frescoes are in the restored sites in the sprawling ruins near Naples. AP

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BY KEELEY BOLGER HERE is no sugar-coating the fact that sugar consumption is having a massive impact on our waistlines, teeth, moods and overall health and wellbeing. From reports that slashing the amount of sugar in sweetened drinks by 40 per cent could prevent more than 100,000 cases of Type 2 diabetes, to news that the average five-year-old consumes the equivalent of their own body weight in sugar in a year, reducing the white stuff has become something of a national priority. Yet while many are painfully aware of the destructive influence of sugar (that’ll be the 3pm grumps, ageing skin and bingo wings then), it doesn’t help that: A, sugar is added to lots of food and drinks, even unsuspecting savoury

products; B, sugar is embedded in our daily diets (hello, mid-morning biscuits with a cuppa), and C, it tastes nice. Here to help is cookery writer Susanna Booth, who used her polymer chemistry degree to create sugarfree goodies that don’t sacrifice taste, sweetly displayed in her new recipe book, Sensationally Sugar Free. But with sugar playing “quite a big role in a lot of baking”, the challenge was to find a way of adding texture and crunch – which sugar provides – as well as sweetness. So far, Booth’s recipes (in which she uses apple puree, sweeteners like stevia and naturally sweet fruits) have been well received by her friends and family. The key, she says, is to accept that sugar-free deserts will taste different to sugar-laden versions of the same dish. “If you put my carrot cake next to

High-tech health BY ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS

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If you’ve resolved to take charge of your health in the new year, why not explore the numerous technological, food, health and fitness advances available? There are many new high-tech devices and apps for you to explore. Here are a few suggestions for ways to use technology to improve your health: • Being physically active has a positive influence on health in a number of ways. For example, physical activity can lower the risk of heart disease and stroke, high blood pressure and cholesterol, Type 2 diabetes, and colon and breast cancer. It also can help maintain a healthy weight. Being active helps

another carrot cake that was made with sugar, you would notice how much less sweet it is,” says Booth. “But actually, most of the time, you don’t really want loads of sweetness. In a way, I think you just become accustomed to it.” Although many of us are habituated to eating sweetened food, there are some things to keep in mind if you want to reduce the amount of sugar you use in baking. “Think about that sugar hit,” explains Booth, who often uses fruit as a topping for cakes. “If you make a Madeira cake and cut out pretty much all the sugars and use apple puree or whatever instead, it would be disgusting. It would just be like having a loaf of bread. “It just will not be what you’re looking for mentally. You have to think about the proportion of things. If you have

older adults prevent falls, reduce depression and maintain cognitive function. • Walking is an easy way to meet fitness goals and a pedometer is one way to get motivated to walk more. Pedometers with apps come in an assortment of styles from simple and inexpensive to elaborate ones that can be worn as a bracelet and measure steps, heart rate, miles and location. Some have other useful features like a timer and music player. There also are apps for a mobile device that maps out your route and time and maintain a digital record of your goals and accomplishments. • If you or your loved ones take vitamin supplements or a daily prescription, technology can save you money! There are apps and websites designed to help

a sweet topping like whipped cream, you get that nice mouthful and feel like you’ve got something luxurious. You can sweeten the cake mixture very little and still feel like you’ve got that thing.” Although not completely sugar-free, Booth “cooks from scratch”, so she can keep track of how much sugar she and her family eat. “I think it’s better to try and reduce as much as you can,” she says. “Any step is a step in the right direction because I think, as a population, we are eating too much sugar. Everyone is saying that now and more negative health effects are being found, so I hope that people find it helpful to try baking in a new way.” If you’d like to give Booth’s method a whirl, here are three lovely recipes from Sensationally Sugar Free to try at home...

users find the lowest prescription prices at pharmacies. Eating well is another part of a healthy lifestyle. Here are some suggestions for a healthier way to shop and eat by using technology to make better choices: • FoodSwitch (an app by Bupa): Scan the bar code of groceries and choose the healthier options. • Interested in trying a new diet? The Paleo diet is based on the types of foods presumed to have been eaten by early humans, consisting chiefly of meat, fish, vegetables and fruit, and excluding dairy or grain products and processed food. PaleoCentral (iOS and Android) has been touted as the “perfect” app for Paleo beginners. It helps you know what you can and can’t eat on this lifestyle

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BANANA BREAD

BANANA BREAD (Makes about 12 slices) 4 ripe bananas, about 700g 75g unsalted butter, melted, plus extra for greasing 1 egg, beaten 150g white plain flour 50g wholemeal plain flour 4tsp baking powder 1/2tsp salt 75g sunflower seeds Preheat the oven to 200C/180C fan/Gas mark 6. Lightly grease a 22 x 11 x 7cm/1kg loaf tin with a little butter. Peel and mash the bananas in a large bowl (a few lumps are OK). Add the melted butter, followed by the egg, and stir well. Add both flours, the baking powder and salt to the bowl. Gently fold everything together until well mixed. Set aside about one tablespoon of the sunflower seeds, then fold the rest into the mixture. Use a spatula to transfer the mixture to the loaf tin. Shake gently to distribute it evenly in the tin and then smooth the top with the spatula. Sprinkle the reserved sunflower seeds on top. Bake for 55-65 minutes until well browned and risen. Leave to cool in the tin.

CHOCOLATE TEA CAKE

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CHOCOLATE TEA CAKE

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(Makes about 12 slices) 1 Earl Grey teabag 110g pitted dried dates 75g wholemeal plain flour 25g cocoa powder 100g unsalted butter, very soft, plus extra for greasing 2 eggs 2tsp baking powder Pinch of ground cloves Pinch of salt 50g no-added-sugar plain dark chocolate, plus extra for decorating Use the teabag to make a pot of tea, using about 150ml boiling water and leaving it to brew for five minutes. Pour off the tea into a measuring jug, then soak the dates in 125ml of the tea for at least four hours or overnight, reserving the remaining tea for the ganache. When the dates are softened and have absorbed most of the tea, preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/ Gas mark 4. Lightly grease a 22 x 11 x 7cm/1kg loaf tin with a little butter. Place the soaked dates, and the tea they were soaking in, in a food processor and process until smooth. Add the flour, cocoa powder, butter, eggs, baking powder, cloves and salt and process for three to four seconds, until everything has combined. Scoop the cake mixture into the tin and smooth the top with a spatula. Bake for 30 minutes until well-risen and an inserted skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin before removing and placing on a serving plate. Meanwhile, make the ganache. Break up the chocolate into small pieces and place in a small saucepan with the reserved tea over a low heat until the chocolate has melted, then stir well. Pour into a bowl and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes until the mixture has set. Spread it on the cooled cake. Use a vegetable peeler to create curls of chocolate and sprinkle over the top of the ganache to decorate. Eat within two to three days.

(Makes 8) 225g plain flour, plus extra for dusting 75g wholemeal plain flour 1tbsp baking powder 50g unsalted butter, chilled and cut into chunks, plus extra for greasing 125ml rice milk 85ml milk For the topping: 500g fresh strawberries, hulled and thinly sliced 2tsp balsamic vinegar 1/4tsp ground black pepper 300ml whipping cream Preheat the oven to 220C/200C fan/Gas mark 7. Lightly grease a baking sheet with a little butter. Mix both flours and the baking powder together in a large bowl. Add the butter and rub in with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs (you can pulse the ingredients in a food processor if you prefer). Pour in the rice milk and milk. Stir everything together, then get your hands in and knead the mixture into a dough. Roll out the dough on a worktop, well dusted with flour, to a thickness of about 3cm. Use a 6cm cookie cutter to cut out eight rounds, re-rolling the trimmings as necessary, and place them on the baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes until well-risen and browned. To make the topping, stir the strawberry slices, vinegar and pepper together in a saucepan over a medium heat for five minutes, taking care not to let the mixture boil. Once the strawberries have become softened and translucent, and have released some of their juices, remove the pan from the heat and leave everything to cool. Whip the cream until it forms soft peaks. Serve the scones cut in half, with each side topped by a dollop of whipped cream and a serving of the balsamic strawberries.

Sensationally Sugar Free by Susanna Booth is published in hardback by Hamlyn.

plan. It also includes a beginner’s guide for getting started and understanding how the diet works. Try this Paleo diet recipe for Bacon, Egg and Spinach Quiche with a Sweet Potato Crust, and stay healthy the high-tech way this year!

PALEO DIET QUICHE

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(Serves 4) 4 sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced into thin rounds (rounds should be thin enough to bend easily) 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 garlic clove, minced 1 small onion, diced

2 cups baby spinach 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper 5 large eggs, beaten 3 bacon slices, cooked and crumbled 1. Heat the oven to 200C/400F. 2. Place sweet potatoes in a 22cm/9-inch pie dish. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. Season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper. Toss everything together until coated. Arrange the sweet potato slices in the pie dish in an overlapping circular pattern to form a “crust” for the quiche. Place in oven and bake 15 to 20 minutes or until sweet potatoes are tender when pierced with a knife. Set the crust aside to cool. Lower the oven heat to 190C/375F. 3. Meanwhile, place 1 tablespoon of oil in

a skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and onion. Cook until the onion and garlic are soft and fragrant, around 5 minutes. 4. Add the spinach, the remaining salt and pepper, nutmeg and cayenne pepper. Saute until wilted, 2-3 minutes. Set aside to cool. 5. In a bowl, combine beaten eggs with the spinach mixture and bacon. Pour over the sweet potato crust, and place in the oven. Bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until the eggs are set; serve warm.

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“The Widow” and “Recipes For Love & Murder” are both hard to put down

BY KATE WHITING THE BOOKCASE

● BOOK OF THE WEEK The Widow by Fiona Barton is published in hardback by Bantam Press. HOTLY tipped as 2016’s The Girl On The Train, The Widow certainly comes with great expectations as this year’s unputdownable psychological thriller. Fiona Barton’s crime debut is an emotional rollercoaster from the get-go. The titular character is Jean Taylor and the novel maps her journey as the loving and devoted wife of accused murderer, Glen. Each chapter is told from a different perspective of those involved in the case, including the sceptical detective, the savvy reporter and the worn-down widow. Barton expertly jumps back and forth between time frames from the original date that ‘Baby Bella’ vanished from her front garden, to the present day where Jean Taylor is dealing with the repercussions of her husband’s sudden death. As the story unfolds, Barton sheds light on the turmoil that Jean faces, desperate to protect the man she loves, but each day growing more concerned for the truth about Bella’s disappearance. The reader soon discovers that Jean and Glen’s relationship was riddled with its own problems; Glen’s secrecy, Jean’s obsession with children and the fact the couple were never able to reproduce. The character of Kate, the hardnosed reporter is also fascinating as she manages to gain the trust of many of the key players within the case. As the story develops, it is extraordinary to watch the changes in each character, as new pieces of information are revealed from past and present. This progression is beautifully crafted and we soon start to question the honesty of Jean’s perspective and she transforms into the ultimate unreliable narrator. As an ex-journalist, Barton writes with conviction, clarity and a shrewd understanding of the ruthlessness of the UK media. The permeating sense of ambiguity that runs through the novel keeps the reader guessing at every turn and allows us to understand how hard it must be to cope when your husband is branded as a monster. A fast-paced, relevant and gripping read, The Widow

isn’t one to be missed. 9/10 (Review by Heather Doughty) Recipes For Love & Murder by Sally Andrew is published in paperback by Canongate. THE colourful backdrop for this debut novel is South Africa’s beautiful but unforgiving semidesert region, Klein Karoo. Meet Tannie Maria, still bearing the psychological scars of her late husband’s brutality. Although she lives alone, with just her chickens and local wildlife for company, she bakes cakes, milk tarts, rusks, jams and stews to dole out to friends and those who need them most. Everything changes when she becomes an agony aunt for the local newspaper and begins her unique brand of rescuerecipes – mouth-watering dishes tailored to solve the problem. But when she receives a cry for help from a battered wife who is found dead shortly afterwards, she becomes embroiled in a dangerous murder investigation. Author Sally Andrew, who lives in a mudbrick house on a nature reserve and camps in the wilderness, was an environmental activist and it shines through in her passion for the land. Bravo for a funny, poignant celebration of life, love and food, which handily contains Tante Maria’s delicious recipes at the back. 9/10 (Review by Gill Oliver)

● FICTION Strictly Between Us by Jane Fallon is published in paperback by Penguin. THIS lively and witty novel from bestselling novelist Jane Fallon follows the success of her previous page-turners such as Getting Rid Of Matthew, The Ugly Sister and Skeletons. It tells the story of Tamsin and Michelle, who have been inseparable since childhood and have shared everything together. When singleton Tamsin hears rumours that Michelle’s husband is cheating on her, she sets her trusted assistant Bea on a mission to seduce him as a test. Bea, who is reluctant at first, eventually agrees, but as the story moves on, it seems she has her own agenda... This is a fantastic exploration of friendship, infidelity and trust and is pacey, original and really enjoyable. Fallon’s characterisation is always spot-on and this book is no different, with well drawn out characters and a tight plot that barrels along

towards a brilliant climax. 9/10 (Review by Georgina Rodgers) The Promise by Robert Crais is published in hardback by Orion. THE Promise is the 16th novel in Robert Crais’ series of books following LA detectives Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. But this time they are joined by LAPD officer Scott James and his faithful patrol dog Maggie, the heroes of his stand-alone novel Suspect. The two worlds start to collide right from the opening chapters, when Cole’s investigation into the disappearance of a grieving mother leads him to the same house that James is chasing an armed thief into. What James discovers inside the building immediately throws his life into danger, and it is soon in all their best interests that the woman is found. Flitting between narratives, the tension is held taut and the action doesn’t stop. The inclusion of chapters from Maggie’s point of view are a bit ridiculous, and Crais’ love of dogs is maybe pushed too hard. However, with themes of terrorism, war and the devastating nature of loss running throughout, this is a clever tale that is much more than just another cheesy thriller. The Promise is a far-fetched adrenaline ride that will provide some unexpected twists for loyal Crais fans, as well as those who are just discovering him. 8/10 (Review by Harriet Shephard) I’m Travelling Alone by Samuel Bjork is published in hardback by Doubleday. AS another Nordic novel translated into English, this debut offering from Samuel Bjork has a lot to live up to. Inevitably it’s going to be compared to the likes of Jo Nesbo and Stieg Larsson. The novel is already a bestseller across Europe, and UK TV rights have been sold, so does it live up to the hype? The story centres around ex-detective Mia Kruger and veteran police investigator Holger Munch as they come together to solve one of the most terrifying cases of their careers. A young child is found hanging from a tree, with an airline tag around her neck which reads ‘I’m travelling alone’. She won’t be the only one... Whilst the story is well written, and the plot twists along nicely to keep the reader guessing, it is all rather formulaic with a couple of crime thriller

cliches thrown in for good measure. This doesn’t mean it’s a bad book, because it is very enjoyable and will keep the reader hooked to the very last page. 7/10 (Review by Rachael Dunn) The Expatriates by Janice YK Lee is published in hardback by Little, Brown. THIS new novel, by the author of the bestselling The Piano Teacher, is another story of love and loss set in Hong Kong, but this time in the present day. It revolves around three American women who, between them, dramatise the politics and protocols of this highly stratified expat community. Hilary is a wealthy lady who lunches, and despairs of ever conceiving a child with the corporate-lawyer husband she never sees. Happily-married mother of three Margaret, another wealthy expat, looks to have it all. And then there’s Mercy, a recent Columbia graduate who’s short of funds and struggling to find a lasting job or relationship. Slowly and subtly, the novel weaves together the lives of these three people in poignant and tragic ways. Margaret’s youngest child is abducted in Korea when in the care of Mercy, whom she had hired as a nanny. Then Hilary’s husband David decides to quit his marriage, and has a feckless affair with Mercy, who becomes pregnant. The writing is crisp, tender and melancholic. And though the abduction element did not entirely convince me and the ending seemed a tad pat, the delineation of this painfully hierarchical and oddly artificial society – a world of westerners in corporate aspic, haunting the same old haunts, their every need served by Asians they don’t even notice they are patronising, is fleshed out in subtly damning detail. 7.5/10 (Review by Dan Brotzel) The Long Room by Francesca Kay is published in hardback by Faber & Faber. THE Long Room is where Government “listener” Stephen Donaldson spends his working day taking notes from bugged phone calls. He was recruited for the secret service hoping to be a spy but is stuck – an eavesdropper desperate for fieldwork. He’s a naive loner who often drifts off into a fantasy world and imagines seducing the woman of his dreams, Helen Greenwood.

One snag is she is the wife of his co-worker Jamie, whose calls Stephen is monitoring as he is a suspected double agent. As Stephen’s lustful daydreams of Helen spiral, he takes risks to bring about Jamie’s downfall. Can he cover his tracks and snare the woman he loves? Francesca Kay’s third novel is an exciting thriller that twists and turns to the last page. Her obsessive anti-hero is likeable but infuriating in equal measure, as he’s intelligent but has no common sense. Prepare to throw the book in frustration. 7/10 (Review by Caroline Firth)

● NON-FICTION And Yet... Essays by Christopher Hitchens is published in hardback by Atlantic Books. HITCHENS’ death in 2011 robbed the world of one of its foremost critics of cant, tyranny and puritanism. The essays, articles and reviews here are previously uncollected (though not ‘unpublished’ as the jacket claims – an omission a living Hitchens would surely not have countenanced), perhaps because, alas, they’re not always among his best work. A piece on GK Chesterton seems too fixated on Chesterton’s ideological sins to sufficiently admit his skills as a writer; an aside elsewhere on the phrase ‘more heat than light’, whether disingenuous or genuinely missing the point, seems uncharacteristically wrong-headed. Still, elsewhere the penetrating eye, powerful mind and excoriating wit are on typically fine form. Nobody agrees with everything Hitchens wrote, not even Hitchens (one of the anti-Christmas essays here is admitted in its successor to be “straining for effect”), but even off-par, he reminds us how diminished our cultural sphere is by his passing. 7/10 (Review by Alex Sarll) Dark Matter And The Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness Of The Universe by Lisa Randall is published in hardback by Bodley Head. IF you’ve been craving a more substantial read following a season of stocking stuffers, renowned theoretical physicist Lisa Randall’s latest book might be just what you’re looking for. In Dark Matter And The Dinosaurs, she suggests a wildly exciting idea – that dark matter could be responsible for influencing the movement of

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 22.01.2016 to Sunday 24.01.2016 celestial bodies. As a result, she suggests, the asteroid or comet falling to earth that brought about the extinction of the dinosaurs could be down to this invisible force – and, in turn, have had a huge influence over the development of our own species too. Randall is transparent from the off that this is a theory – not proven fact. So as a result, you’re drawn on an exciting journey exploring the depths of her ideas. What’s great is that Randall’s style is plain, clear to understand and engaging, even when she’s exploring the kinds of concepts that you’d usually only find inside a university’s physics department. It helps, of course, that dinosaurs have captured our imaginations since we were children. A great read for a little more perspective than usual. 8/10 (Review by Amy Nicholson)

Sarah Hyndman, who has worked in the industry for over a decade, explains how fonts have different personalities while pointing out that there’s a subtle art behind how they elicit emotional responses. Hyndman uses the example of American clothes retailer Gap, who changed their logo five years ago to a new font, only to scrap its redesign and revert back to the original logo following protests from loyal customers. The author also makes another point about typeface, saying that research suggests fonts on food packaging are “designed to stimulate a craving or hunger”. Bottom line, next time you come across fonts splashed on a can of baked beans, or pick up a magazine with beautiful cursive writing, there’s a chance they are subtly speaking to you. 7/10 (Review by Nilima Marshall)

Why Fonts Matter by Sarah Hyndman is published in paperback by Virgin Books. CAN fonts really alter the taste of your food? Or even change what certain words mean to you? One graphic designer certainly thinks typography plays a big influence in our lives and that we respond emotionally to fonts – whether we know it or not.

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HE phrase “we are what we eat” has held credence ever since it was created. Talk to some folk in their 90s and they relate how their diet included meat, from neck chops to lamb shanks without wasting anything in between, all grown on the farm. Vegetables and fruits grown in the garden added to the menu. If there were any cows in the paddock, milk with its cream was consumed, butter could be made. Bread and sugar was supplied by grocers. And this helped maintain life through to “old age”. So much of the supermarket grocery mix today has “Made from Australian & Imported Products” printed in such fine text that it is not easy to find. Even then, we query when buying fruit juice with that inscription, is the juice concentrate imported and Australian water added? Daniel Tapper has written “Food Unwrapped” and this book lifts the lid on how today, our food is really produced. It begins with analysing the composition of cornflakes and some of the additives which help make them. It also discusses the benefits of eating rolled oatmeal which, when digested, helps lower cholesterol levels. All manner of foods from prawns to strawberry flavouring are analysed to reveal the extent of poor production practices and the effects on our health. In recent years, attention has been given to the Paleo Diet. Nora Gedgaudas wrote “Primal

● CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF THE WEEK Never Evers by Tom Ellen & Lucy Ivison is published in paperback by Chicken House. IF you ever went on a school ski trip, you’ll have an awkward moment of your own for every awkward moment faced by teenagers Mouse and Jack in this two-hander of a novel. Written from both perspectives – which cuts down on too much romantic mooning (although not actual mooning; it’s about a school trip after all) – our protagonists are your standard teen misfits, although one can pass themselves off as a French pop star and the other ends up in a music video... But do try and suspend your disbelief, because the actual characterisation isn’t too sloppy. Mouse finds herself trying to rekindle old friendships after being kicked out of ballet school, while Jack tussles with his mates over their band name and who’s going to be the first to kiss a real life girl. Their supporting cast of wellwrought friends – Keira, Connie, Max and Toddy – provide laughs, warped wisdom and silliness, while gently pointing out how tough and confusing (if hilarious) being 14 is. Throw in a bitchy ex-best

friend, the French popstar who just wants to be “normal” and a blizzard or two, and you have a just-aboutplausible plot. Oh, and there’s a hamster that gets top marks for stealing all the limelight too. 7/10 (Review by Ella Walker) Create Your Own Alien Adventure: It’s OK! We’re Going To Save The Planet by Andrew Judge and Chris Judge is published in paperback by Scholastic Press. CHILDREN of the Eighties and Nineties will be extremely familiar with the Choose Your Own Adventure concept – books that let you, the humble reader, decide what your characters were going to do next – and many a happy hour could be spent curled up in a chair, absorbed in The Cave Of Time or The Mystery Of Chimney Rock. Author and illustrator duo Chris and Andrew Judge are now putting their own spin on the genre, with this book for kids aged seven and older, which involves drawing in some of the pictures, ripping and folding pages, as well as choosing which way to take our heroine Daisy Doodle.

It’s an ordinary Thursday morning in Doodletown, and Daisy’s on her way to school – but is it raining or sunny? You decide and draw the weather! During a particularly boring lesson about their planet, Scratchpad, Daisy spots an alien out the window and gives chase. Climbing up high (how, you decide), she spies a huge crater, with a crashed spaceship, where she finds the alien, B’ob, and joins him on an adventure back on his bleak planet, Greyscale, which involves trying to save Scratchpad from the President’s Invasion Fleet – with the help of Daisy’s friend, Undrawn John, who you’ll have to keep drawing. Extremely entertaining and a great way to get little eyes away from screens... Look out for Create Your Own Spy Mission coming in April. 8/10 (Review by Kate Whiting)

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Body, Primal Mind” in which she relates the basis for her theory. Having spent her early years in far north Canada, she features the diet of the indigenous people who lived on marine life and limited vegetable matter, stepped back to the Paleolithic age. There’s a cartoon showing an Eskimo mother telling a child, “Every day you should eat something from each of the basic food groups; fried blubber, boiled blubber, stewed blubber, baked blubber and raw blubber.” Gedgaudas analyses the dietary behaviour of modern America over the last 100 years, showing trends in consumption of food types and then relating these to human health. Pete Evans has released books inspired by the Paleo way of eating, a recent one being “Healthy Every Day” in which he provides numerous and nourishing recipes aiming for good health and energy. In this book he draws on cuisines of Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam and Morocco, showing how to make lighter, healthier versions of favourite breakfasts, salads,

curries, and burgers. There are no sugar recipes, but there are dairy-free treats such as ice cream and mousse cheesecakes. Dr Carol Hungerford wrote “Good Health in the 21st Century” in which she outlines how you and your family can stay healthy with good dietary practice, exercise and sensible supplementation. She covers asthma, arthritis, cancer, obesity and cardiovascular disease, mental health and neurological disorders as well as macronutrients and minerals vitamins and essential fatty acids. A book which was first released in 1998 and still sought is “Eat Right for Your Type” by Dr Peter D’Adamo in which he provides an individualised diet solution to staying healthy and achieving your ideal weight. He writes that, “Your blood type reflects internal chemistry. It actually determines the way you absorb nutrients – what foods you absorb well, and how your body handles stress differs with each blood type.” It guides you to combine the foods that are right for you, depending on your blood type. If you wish to reduce the amount of sugar consumed, read Sarah Wilson’s “I Quit Sugar – Simplicious”. Her previous book “I Quit Sugar” taught us

` Your blood type reflects internal chemistry. It actually determines the way you absorb nutrients... a

From the bookshelves by Dave Pankhurst The Book Connection how to quit sugar in eight weeks using sustainable practices. This latest text provides over 300 recipes ranging from onepot servings to so many servings brimming with nutrients. The relationship between what we eat and health is well presented in the CSIRO “Total Wellbeing Diet” complete recipe collection. With over 400 recipes, it encourages the growing number of Australians who have found the diet working for them. The book is compiled from previous recipe collections that boost vitality while enjoying the pleasures of good food and good health. Two books from the shelves on healthy diet are noted. “The Total Food Allergy Health & Diet Guide” covers recipes for managing food allergies and intolerances, for eliminating common allergens and glutens. The author, Alexandra Anca, deals with allergies to peanuts, tree nuts, seafood, milk, eggs, soy, wheat, sesame seeds, sulphites and mustard. The second comes from the Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute entitled “Blood Pressure Diet and Lifestyle Plan”. Blood pressure is a common factor with risk. The book explains how this leading cause of stroke and heart disease can be controlled through a combination of diet

and lifestyle changes, medical treatment and follow up. And 80 very appropriate and delicious recipes are included. If you have concerns about being overweight, Jon Gabriel has written the Gabriel Method Guide “Visualization for Weight Loss”. His story that motivated the decision to lose weight is extraordinary. On September 11, 2001, he was booked to travel on United Airlines flight 93 which crashed in Pennsylvania, but missed the plane. This made him realise that life was a precious opportunity not to be wasted. He weighed 409 pounds at the time – and had been on many diets without effect. The challenge emerged that finding the perfect diet was not the answer – instead it’s convincing your brain that it’s safe to let go of excess weight. The body actually wants to be thin. The book relates how he shed 220 pounds without restrictive dieting or deprivation... and let the power of the mind achieve effective weight loss. Our bookstore features five bays of books covering cooking, diet and related health, and to make your browsing a pleasure, a comfortable chair is in the enclosure. Enjoy your food, Dave Pankhurst

Friday 22.01.2016 to Sunday 24.01.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Pressing on with a glimpse into the future

Andrew Glassop TS tough being an entrepreneur. Life can throw up all sorts of roadblocks to stop you fulfilling your dream But a good entrepreneur will always find a way to, as the cliché says, make lemonade. In 1439, or there about, an energetic young German was eyeing off the valuable religious relic market. His idea was to mass-produce polished metal mirrors. These mirrors, it was believed (or perhaps it was just his marketing plan) could actually absorb the light given off from religious relics, allowing pilgrims the chance to take home a small piece of the bones of whatever Saint they had come to worship. This was all in line

“Knowledge and information were closed shops. The printing press didn’t just open the door to those shops – it tore them down. with a large event to be held in Aachen that year. The city was to display its entire collection of relics related to Emperor Charlemagne (think of it as an early type of “Relicpalooza”). Unfortunately just as they were gearing up, the city was hit by a huge flood and the whole event had to be called off. This left the young German businessman with a large supply of polished mirrors, no customers, and some very angry backers. But, as I noted earlier, a good entrepreneur is never defeated, just delayed. He met his backers and let them in on a small secret he had been keeping for just such an occasion. This secret would go on to revolutionise Germany, Europe and in time the world.

The German in question was Gutenberg and the secret was the printing press. Gutenberg had invented a way to use moveable type to print books. Previously all printing had taken the form of carved wood block blocks, or etched metal plates. It was a one off system. The plate itself could be used many times but it always produced the same thing. If you wanted to print page two of your steamy romance novel, you had to carve it from new. With the introduction of moveable type came the ability to quickly change the printing bed so that it could print page two, then page three and so on and so on. The effect was dramatic. Until this point the ability to produce written works lay, chiefly, with the Church. Its thousands of scribes would hand copy text after text. Naturally this was slow, and naturally most texts were quite religious in nature. Knowledge and information were closed shops. The printing press didn’t just open the door to those shops – it tore them down. Fifty years earlier, in England, a radical preacher called John Wycliffe translated The Bible into English (they had previously all been in Latin). His belief was that if the people were to understand God then, it followed, they should be able to read his biography. The Church disagreed and declared him an heretic, going to the trouble of digging up his bones decades after he died (in 1428) and burning them. His works had little effect because at the time he also had to hand copy his translations. Fast forward 100 years and another translator, William Tyndale, who did have access to a printing press, was burned at the stake for his crimes. The printing press was a weapon that the

ruling class, rightly, feared. Moving forward a further 450 years or so and we find ourselves on the cusp of another printing revolution. This time it is the 3D printer, a machine that allows you to make and produce practically any object out of any material you feel like – in all three glorious dimensions. Naturally, being human, one the of the first things we did was to make a working gun – just a little something that anyone could download the plans for and knock out on a rainy Saturday afternoon. Immediately the authorities pounced. It became illegal to publish the plans for making a gun. Not to own a gun, not to make a gun, but to have the knowledge of a gun. Again, information had become the problem. The wonder of 3D printing is that it is taking place in our lifetimes. We will be the generation that, like those in Europe in the 1450s, will see our lives transformed by the ability to make what we want when we want. Already we are using 3D printers to build chairs, jewellery, bones, machine parts, clothes and houses. You can use your smart phone or tablet to scan an object, plug that scan into a printer, and make a copy of it (it is actually a lot harder than that but you get the picture). The idea that a part for your 1975 vinyl LP staking record player is no longer available will become obsolete – you can make anything you want. This idea of making whatever you want, of pushing the boundaries of what 3D printing can and cannot do, should and should not do, is at the heart of the brand new exhibition at the WPCC – Shapeshifter:s3D printing the future. A collaborative partnership between the WPCC and the Australian Design Centre, it features the works of some of

the most innovative artists and designers currently working in the 3D printing field. It explores those who take their inspiration from classical forms and techniques to those creating things that have been hitherto impossible to make. It features works in plastic, metal and ceramics. It features works you can wear, works that can save your life and works that just look, well, cool. The Australian Design Centre (ADC) and the WPCC have had a close working relationship for many years, and this is the first time we have collaborated to such a degree. WPCC Curator Kent Buchanan and WPCC Education Officer Karen Hagan have both been working alongside their counterparts from ADC and the result is a show that has both a futuristic gaze and a practical foundation. It is an amazing exhibition and will be an eye opening experience for all who visit. The exhibition opens to the public on Saturday 23 January but the official opening is on Friday, February 5, at 6 pm. There will be complimentary food and drinks with the guest of honour being the NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for the Arts Troy Grant and a special guest being Steve Pozel, the Director of ADC and one of the most informed, passionate supporters of design and Australian production you could ever hope to meet. I urge everyone to come to the opening to learn about its secrets from the curators and to look into the future yourself. 2016 is off to a great a great start.

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LIONS CLUB ROLL UP SLEEVES FOR THOSE IN NEED BY MADDIE CONNELL LIONS Club Tooraweenah hosted a charit y Auction in Dubbo to raise money for the sur vivors of the Nepal Earthquake. During the auction held in May 2015 over $17,000 was raised through this event, which was donated to Nepal to aid their recover y process. The Lions club are amazed by the support from Dubbo and the surrounding areas and feel blessed as the strength and support continues to grow. Members gathered at the Grapevine on Saturday the 16th Of Januar y to celebrate their success. Narelle Rodway, Dan and Myrna Eaton and Lester Thurston

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hear ALLING all modern music fans! The Blink 182 Show brings to Dubbo an authentic performance of their legendary idols Blink 182’s “Best of” album including unforgettable anthems such as Dammit, I Miss You, Adam’s Song, What’s my Age Again?, and the iconic All the Small Things. As well as all the recognisable of the 90s pop punk hits by Green Day, Wheatus, Fall Out Boy, Yellow Card, SUM41, Good Charlotte, Jimmy Eat World, The Offspring plus many more. Appearing at the Dubbo RSL on February 5, visit www.dubborsl.com.au for more information.

HEREVER you are around this great region of ours, get along to any of the diverse range of Australia Day activities planned in each city and town and community across the west. Check out your local council’s website for what’s on in the way of celebrations – for instance, in Dubbo, there will be a huge range of activities from free entertainment to sausage sizzles and awards ceremonies held in Victoria Park from 7.30am with official proceedings to get underway at 8.30am.

see NH Do’s bestselling book The Happiest Refugee has made readers laugh and cry, and was described by actor Russell Crowe as “the most surprising and inspiring read I have had in years”. The Vietnamese-born Aussie comedian’s new stage show takes it a step further, combining stand-up comedy with real life stories, photos and filmed pieces to retell his amazing story. When one of Australia’s most talented comedians delves deep into his own life’s joys and sorrows, the result is an unforgettable night at the theatre that leaves an audience uplifted and quite simply experiencing... happiness. Ap-

pearing at the Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre on February 6, visit www.drtcc.com.au for more information. EE what’s on offer in the way of art, craft and local produce this weekend, as Dubbo again welcomes the Rotunda Markets. There’ll be a diverse range of stalls offering unique, vintage, art, decor, jewellery, garden, produce, baking and buskers. Enjoy the shops and coffee houses in the heart of Dubbo this Sunday, January 24. For more information search Dubbo Rotunda Market on Facebook.

do T’S never too late or too early to start learning, playing and enjoying music, and at Macquarie Conservatorium there’s a range of options for all ages and interests. Join an affordable group tuition class for adult or youth beginners and start playing that instrument you always wanted to learn! MusicPlay for pre-schoolers and MusicMakers for kindy kids are the ideal intro-to-music classes for the very young. Their exciting Youth Music Theatre Workshop for 7-12yrs explores singing, acting and movement. Play with others in an ensemble for guitar, flute, wind, brass or strings. And

anyone can try their hand at ukulele, or perhaps drumming in African and other world music styles; there are classes for kids, and evening groups for adults and teens, no previous experience required. Piano, singing, strings, wind, brass, guitar, ukulele, drum-kit, drumming – why not have a go! Enrolments open now, visit www.macqcon.org.au, call 6884 6686 or e-mail info@ macqcon.org.au for more information. Or pop into Macquarie Conservatorium on the corner of Darling & Bultje Streets Dubbo.

ISIT the Shoyoen Sister City Garden, located in Elizabeth Park - Dubbo’s developing Regional Botanic Garden. The name of the garden, Shoyoen, means “strolling and refreshing garden”. You may wish to consider joining The Friends of Shoyoen and Elizabeth Park Garden Volunteers. The Friends is a socially active group that guides visitors, assists with maintaining the gardens, upholds the spirit of the Sister City relations, and stages special events throughout the year. What a great way to “give back”! For more information, visit www.dubbo.com.au.

etc. UBBO’S state of the art cultural centre houses both the city’s art gallery and its museum. Exhibitions include travelling displays and permanent collections, currently an exhibition called, The River. Can art be used to communicate between two cultures? This is the question posed by The River, an exhibition inspired by the relationship between the city of Dubbo and one of its sister cities, Minokamo, Japan. Both Dubbo and Minokamo have a major river that flows through each city,which has in-

spired generations of artists in both countries. Using the river as a common subject, WPCC has invited six artists from Dubbo to respond to the Macquarie River, juxtaposed with artists from Minokamo responding to the Kisogawa River. This presents alternate views of a shared natural phenomenon. The project aims to make cultural and artistic connections and strengthen ties with our sister city. For more information contact the Western Plains Cultural Centre on 6801 4444.

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OLD BANK RESTAURANT KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϭϮ Ɵů ůĂƚĞ 'ŽŽĚ ĨŽŽĚ͕ ŐŽŽĚ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ŐŽŽĚ ƟŵĞƐ Ψϭϱ ůƵŶĐŚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ 232 Macquarie Street, 6884 7728

REFLECTIONS RESTAURANT Open Monday to Saturday from 6pm ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂŶ ĐƵŝƐŝŶĞ ƵƐŝŶŐ ůŽĐĂů ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ͘ &Ƶůů Ăƌ ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ ZŽďĞƌƚ KĂƚůĞǇ tŝŶĞƐ͘ YƵĂůŝƚǇ /ŶŶ ƵďďŽ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů Newell Highway (next to the golf course), 6882 4777.

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VELDT RESTAURANT KƉĞŶ ĨŽƌ ďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ dƵĞƐĚĂǇ ƚŽ &ƌŝĚĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ϳĂŵ͘ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ϴĂŵ͘ Open for dinner Monday to Saturday Under Quest Serviced Apartments ŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂŶ DĞŶƵ 22 Bultje St, 6882 0926

KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϰĂŵ͕ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϵƉŵ͘ ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ŽƉĞŶ ĨŽƌ ůƵŶĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ͘ Open Saturday and Sunday ĂůĐŽŶǇ ďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ͛Ɛ ĨƌŽŵ ϴĂŵ Ͳ ϭϭ͘ϯϬĂŵ ^ĞƌǀŝŶŐ ŝůů͛Ɛ ĞĂŶƐ ŽīĞĞ 110 Talbragar St, 6882 4219

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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

Open Saturday and Sunday ϴ͘ϯϬĂŵͲϴƉŵ dŚĞ ďŝŐ ǀĂůƵĞ ŝŶ ƚĂŬĞĂǁĂǇ ĨŽŽĚ͘ 'ƌĞĂƚ ǁĞĞŬůǇ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ͘ 26 Victoria St, 6882 7899

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

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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

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

THE SWISH GALLERY KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϵĂŵ ƚŽ ϭϮƉŵ͘ ŝƐƟŶĐƟǀĞ ũĞǁĞůůĞƌǇ͕ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ ĚĞĐŽƌ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵƌ ŚŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƚǇůŝƐŚ ŐŝŌƐ͘ 29 Talbragar St, 6882 9528

THE ATHLETES FOOT KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϵĂŵ Ɵů ϮƉŵ ǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ Įƚ 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

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&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

THINGS TO DO WESTERN PLAINS CULTURAL CENTRE KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ŐĂůůĞƌŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƐĞƵŵƐ ŝŶ E^t Ŷ ĞǀĞƌͲĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ĂƌƌĂǇ ŽĨ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŽƉ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶƐ͘ 76 Wingewarra Street, 6801 4444

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

SPORTIES

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

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

THE GRAPEVINE

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3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE

Friday 22.01.2016 to Sunday 24.01.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Friday, January 22 MOVIE: Dave

This Old Thing With Dawn O’Porter

GO!, 7.30pm, PG (1993) Proposing that an average Joe is chosen by the White House to stand in for the president who has suffered a stroke, it’s difficult to imagine this slight premise hitting the spot. But when the Joe in question is Kevin Kline, it’s guaranteed. Hoist the sails of improbable romance and fish-outof-water antics, paint them with a palette of colourful characters – Sigourney Weaver as the unfulfilled first lady, Frank Langella as the scheming chief of staff – and Bob’s your uncle. An unlikely winner that promises to brighten your day.

ABC

ABC2, 8.30pm Dawn O’Porter looks so fab in her op-shop finds that it’s hard to imagine anyone could reject her second-hand shopping philosophy. Who wouldn’t want to looks as chic and sophisticated as her? Tonight, Dawn may have met her match in Liza, who says she hates vintage clothing. While Liza isn’t shy on spending a small fortune on her wardrobe, she wants a helping hand because she is worried she dresses too much like her daughter. Can our clever presenter convince her that clothes from the past can be the way forward to looking sophisticated? A fun series that has the “makeover” element which so many people love.

PRIME7

New Girl ELEVEN, 8pm ne’s Day can be Being single on Valentine’s y the gang have a bleak affair, but luckily Nick (Jake Johnson) (pictured) ctured) to rely on. In an effort to mend his broken heart after slacker Kai (Greta Lee) breaks up with him, Nick organisess an event e up – that could cheer anyone e all an epic pub crawl, made the better by a new watering hole opening up in the area. And it mightt be just the ticket for Coach (Damon Wayans Jr.), who meets a beautiful women on a journey of her own.

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 Adam Hills Tonight. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 QI. (PG, R, CC) 2.30 Catalyst. (R, CC) 3.00 One Plus One. (CC) 3.30 Australian Story. (R, CC) 4.00 The Cook And The Chef. (R, CC) 4.30 Eggheads. (R, CC) 5.00 ABC News: Early Edition. (CC) 5.25 Grand Designs. (R, CC) Hosted by Kevin McCloud.

6.00 Sunrise. (CC) David Koch and Samantha Armytage present the news, sport and weather, with business and finance updates. 9.00 Australian Open: Highlights. (CC) A review of all the action from last night and yesterday’s matches at the Australian Open. 10.30 Australian Open: Preview Show. (CC) A preview of today’s matches at the Australian Open. 11.00 Tennis. (CC) Australian Open. Day 5. From Melbourne Park. Hosted by Joh Griggs.

6.00 Today. (CC) The latest in news, current affairs, sport, politics, entertainment, fashion, health and lifestyle. 9.00 Mornings: Summer. (PG, CC) Highlights of the year in review. 11.30 Morning News. (CC) 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. (R, CC) 1.00 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. Stage 4. Norwood, Adelaide to Victor Harbor. 138km. From South Australia. 4.00 Afternoon News. (CC) 5.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (CC) Six contestants answer multiple-choice questions that escalate in cash-prize value.

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) (Final) 4.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R, CC) 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) The best analysis of local, national and international events from an Australian perspective. 8.00 A Taste Of Landline. (CC) Part 4 of 5. Prue Adams reports on issues causing teething problems for Australia’s young cider industry. 8.30 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple. (M, R, CC) Holidaying on the picturesque Caribbean island of St Honore, Miss Marple investigates when one of her fellow hotel guests dies shortly after checking in. Although authorities are convinced the man suffered a heart attack, she suspects he was the victim of foul play. 10.00 ABC News: Late Edition. (CC) 10.10 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. (PG, CC) Talk show featuring celebrity guests along with musical and comedic talent. 10.55 Rage. (MA15+)

6.00 PRIME7 News. (CC) 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. (CC) 7.00 Tennis. (CC) Australian Open. Night 5. From Melbourne Park. Hosted by Joh Griggs, with commentary and analysis from Bruce McAvaney, Jim Courier, Todd Woodbridge, John Newcombe, John Fitzgerald, Roger Rasheed, Sam Smith, Rennae Stubbs, Alicia Molik, Nicole Bradtke and Henri Leconte.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 WIN News. (CC) 7.30 Customs. (PG, R, CC) Follows Customs officers as they investigate suspected drug traffickers and people smugglers. 8.00 Customs. (PG, R, CC) Follows Customs officers as they investigate suspected drug traffickers and people smugglers. 8.30 MOVIE: Space Cowboys. (PG, R, CC) (2000) Decades after his dream of becoming an astronaut was crushed by the air forces decision to abandon the space race to NASA, an ageing, retired pilot recruits a team of his contemporaries to go into orbit to repair a communications satellite whose archaic electronics require his unique skills. Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland. 11.10 Cycling. (CC) Santos Tour Down Under. Stage 4. Norwood, Adelaide to Victor Harbor. 138km. Highlights. From South Australia.

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) Waleed Aly, Gorgi Coghlan, Anthony “Lehmo” Lehmann and Meshel Laurie take a look at the day’s news. Includes an interview with David Beckham. 7.30 Cricket. (CC) Big Bash League. Second semi-final. Melbourne Stars v Perth Scorchers. From the MCG. Commentary from Mel McLaughlin, Mark Howard, Mark Waugh and Andrew Flintoff. 11.10 The Graham Norton Show. (M, R, CC) Irish comedian Graham Norton chats with actors George Clooney and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and reality TV show stars Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne. Music performed by rapper Snoop Dogg.

6.00 Poh’s Kitchen. (R, CC) Poh Ling Yeoh takes part in Tasting Australia, one of the largest food festivals in Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 MythBusters. (PG, CC) Adam and Jamie set out to discover if it is literally possible to blow a ship out of the water. 8.30 Treasures Of Ancient Egypt: The Birth Of Art. (PG, R, CC) Part 1 of 3. Journalist and art critic Alastair Sooke tracks down the treasures of the ancient Egyptians. He begins by tracing the origins of Egypt’s visual style, trekking across the Sahara, and travelling the Nile to find rarely-seen art of its earliest peoples. 9.30 MOVIE: Kingdom Of Heaven. (M, CC) (2005) In the 12th century, a young French blacksmith who has lost his family travels to the Holy Land and becomes involved in the Crusades, and the battle over Jerusalem, after learning he is the son of a knight. Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson, Jeremy Irons.

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

12.30 Home Shopping. Shopping program.

12.10 WIN’s All Australian News. (CC) 1.10 A Current Affair. (R, CC) 1.40 MOVIE: The Glimmer Man. (MA15+, R, CC) (1996) Steven Seagal. 3.30 Undateable. (M, CC) 4.00 Extra. (R, CC) 4.30 Good Morning America. (CC)

12.10 The Doctors. (PG, R, CC) The doctors join forces with The Biggest Loser finalist Joe Ostaszewski to help a morbidly obese teen. 1.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. Shopping program.

12.10 MOVIE: Desire. (M, R) (2010) Charts the experiences of a town’s residents. Josie Agnessi. 2.10 Shameless. (MA15+, R, CC) 3.05 Shameless. (M, R, CC) 4.00 Shameless. (MA15+, R, CC) 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News.

CLASSIFICATIONS: (P) For preschoolers (C) Children’s programs (G) General viewing (PG) Parental guidance (M) Mature audiences (MA15+) Mature audiences only (AV15+) Extreme violence. (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions. Please Note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to late change by networks. 2201

3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE.

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 22.01.2016 to Sunday 24.01.2016

Friday, January 22 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

8.30pm The Interview (2014) Comedy. Seth Rogen, James Franco. (MA15+) Premiere

8.30pm Sons Of Anarchy. As Jax and the MC work to resolve their issues with Juice, Gemma worries about how it will affect her. (MA15+) FX

8.30pm The First Great Escape. The story of 29 ofﬁcers who tried to escape a POW camp. (PG) History

7.30pm Basketball. NBL. Round 16. Adelaide 36ers v Melbourne United. Fox Sports 3

8.30pm The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013) Biography. Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie. A drug-taking broker becomes embroiled in a scam. (MA15+) Masterpiece

8.30pm American Idol. Wannabe pop stars sing to win the coveted title of American Idol. (PG) FOX8

10.30pm Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015) Comedy. Craig Robinson, Adam Scott. A group of friends change the future. (MA15+) Premiere

9.30pm Top Chef. (M) Arena

ABC2/ABC KIDS

7TWO

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 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 Kids With Tourette’s: In Their Own Words. (M, R, CC) 10.05 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (M, R, CC) 10.45 Burger Bar To Gourmet Star. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 2000 Tattoos But Don’t Judge Me. (MA15+, R, CC) 12.15 The Midwives. (M, R, CC) 1.20 River Monsters. (PG, R, CC) 2.10 News Update. (R) 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. 8.25 ABC3 Smackdown Games! (R, CC) 8.45 Children’s Programs. 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, CC) 12.25 Shaun The Sheep. (R) 12.35 Mortified. (R, CC) 1.00 Roy. (R, CC) 1.25 Little Lunch. (R, CC) 1.55 Girl Vs Boy. (R, CC) (Final) 2.15 Dani’s Castle. (R, CC) (Final) 3.10 House Of Anubis. (R) (Final) 3.30 The Next Step. (CC) 4.15 Strange Hill High. (R, CC) 4.40 Shaun The Sheep. 4.45 Studio 3. 4.50 Adv Time. (PG) 5.15 ABC3 Smackdown Games! (R, CC) 5.30 The Flamin’ Thongs. (R, CC) 5.45 Hank Zipzer. (R, CC) 6.15 Ready For This. (R, CC) 6.40 Dance Academy. (R, CC) 7.10 Operation Ouch! (R, CC) 7.35 Deadly Pole To Pole. (R, CC) 8.05 Adv Time. (PG, R) 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) 8.50 The Adventures Of Figaro Pho. (R, CC) 9.00 Heartland. (PG, R, CC) 9.45 K-On! (CC) 10.05 Lanfeust Quest. (R, CC) 10.30 Ouran High School Host Club. (PG, R, CC) 10.55 Close.

9.30pm Restoration Home. (PG) Lifestyle

7.30pm Cricket. Fourth Test. South Africa v England. Day 1. Fox Sports 2

9.30pm Drugs Inc. Looks at how the porn industry and illegal drugs go hand-inhand. (M) National Geographic

9.00pm Golf. European PGA Tour. Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Second round. Fox Sports 1 Seth Rogen stars in The Interview

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Home Shopping. It’s Academic. (C, CC) The Woodlies. (C, R, CC) Larry The Lawnmower. (P, R, CC) Harry’s Practice. (R, CC) NBC Today. (R, CC) Australian Open: Preview Show. (CC) Tennis. Australian Open. Day 5. Tennis. Australian Open. Night 5. From Melbourne Park. Tennis. (CC) 2008 Australian Open. Round 3. Lleyton Hewitt v Marcos Baghdatis. Replay. From Melbourne Park. The World Around Us: France – Soaring With The Senses Pt 1. (PG, R) Greg Grainger journeys through France in a hot air balloon, sampling the cuisine and culture. The World Around Us: France – Soaring With The Senses Pt 2. (PG, R) Greg Grainger journeys through France. Home Shopping. (R) Shopping program.

7MATE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 Art Attack. (R, CC) 7.30 Henry Hugglemonster. (R) 8.00 Doc McStuffins. (R) 8.30 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West. (R, CC) 9.00 Crash & Bernstein. (R, CC) 9.30 Dream Car Garage. (R) 10.00 Iceberg Hunters. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 Lights Out. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 Plane Xtreme. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 The Amazing Race. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Once Upon A Time. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Turtleman. (PG, R) 3.30 Swamp Men. (PG, R) 4.30 Swamp People. (PG, R) 5.30 Seinfeld. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 Tennis. (CC) Australian Open. Night 5. From Melbourne Park. 7.00 MOVIE: Smokey And The Bandit III. (PG, R, CC) (1983) Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed. 8.45 MOVIE: Anaconda. (M, R, CC) (1997) A documentary crew is kidnapped by a hunter. Jennifer Lopez. 10.35 MOVIE: John Carpenter’s Ghosts Of Mars. (MA15+, R) (2001) Natasha Henstridge. 12.35 Jail. (M) 1.00 Swamp People. (PG, R) 2.00 Swamp Men. (PG, R) 3.00 NFL. NFL. Divisional Playoffs. Carolina Panthers v Arizona Cardinals. Replay.

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. 9.00 Magical Tales. 9.30 Little Charmers. 10.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 10.30 PAW Patrol. 11.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. 11.30 Scooby-Doo! 12.00 Young Justice. 12.30 The Batman. 1.00 Sooty. 1.30 Yo-Kai Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V. (PG, R) 2.30 Wild Kratts. (R) 3.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. (R) 3.30 Rabbids. (PG, R) 4.00 Scooby-Doo! (PG, R) 4.30 Young Justice. (PG, R) 5.00 Ben 10: Omniverse. (PG, R) 5.30 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: Scooby-Doo And The Cyber Chase. (R) (2001) 7.30 MOVIE: Dave. (PG, R, CC) (1993) 9.40 MOVIE: Young Guns II. (M, R) (1990) 11.40 South Beach Tow. (M, R) 12.05 Supernatural: The Animated Series. (MA15+, R) 12.30 Supernatural: The Animated Series. (M, R) 1.00 Looney Tunes. (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-Gi-Oh! 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) 11.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Hoarding: Buried Alive. (PG) 1.00 MOVIE: The Loves Of Joanna Godden. (PG, R, CC) (1947) 2.50 Come Dine With Me. (PG) 3.20 Monarch Of The Glen. (PG, R) 4.30 Ellen. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Gilmore Girls. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 A Current Affair. (CC) 8.00 Tigers About The House. (PG, R, CC) Presented by Giles Clark. 9.10 MOVIE: The Ides Of March. (M, R, CC) (2011) An idealist helps a presidential candidate. Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman. 11.10 MOVIE: Mad City. (M, R, CC) (1997) 1.20 MOVIE: The Miniver Story. (CC) (1950) Greer Garson. 3.20 MOVIE: The Gypsy Moths. (PG, R, CC) (1969) Burt Lancaster. 5.20 GEM Presents. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC)

ONE 6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 8.00 Cricket. (CC) Big Bash League. First semi-final. Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Thunder. Replay. 11.40 Totally Wild. (R, CC) 12.00 MasterChef Aust. (PG, R, CC) (Final) 2.30 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Game 9. Second semifinal. Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Sixers. 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 The Indestructibles: Flying Car Crash. (PG, R) A look at close scrapes with death. 8.30 48 Hours: Devil’s Island. (M, R) Examines the case of Yvonne Baldelli. 9.30 MOVIE: Ambushed. (AV15+, R) (2013) A DEA agent combats ruthless killers. Dolph Lundgren, Vinnie Jones. 11.35 Operation Repo. (R) 12.05 The Home Team. (R, CC) 12.35 Home Shopping. 2.05 World Sport. (R) 2.30 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Game 8. First semi-final. Sydney Thunder v Perth Scorchers. Replay. From Adelaide Oval.

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. (M) Jess and Ryan ponder their future. 8.30 MOVIE: Step Up 2: The Streets. (PG, R) (2008) A young woman is torn between friends. Briana Evigan, Robert Hoffman. 10.30 American Horror Story: Hotel. (MA15+, R) 11.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 12.30 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG) 1.30 The King Of Queens. (PG, R) 2.00 JAG. (PG, R) 3.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. (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) 6.00 The Numbers Game. (PG) 6.30 MythBusters. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Soccer. A-League. Round 16. Brisbane Roar v Adelaide United. From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. 10.15 MOVIE: Reign Of Assassins. (AV15+, R, CC) (2010) An assassin seeks to atone for her ways. Michelle Yeoh. 12.25 Space Dandy. (PG) 12.55 Assassination Classroom. (PG) 1.20 PopAsia. (PG) 3.25 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 Bushwhacked! 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Go Lingo. 9.00 Mugu Kids. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Kriol Kitchen. 10.30 Around The Campfire. 11.00 Vote Yes For Aborigines. 11.55 UnderExposed. 12.25 From The Western Frontier. 1.00 City Slickers Rodeo. 1.30 The Loner. 2.00 Yarrabah! The Musical. 2.30 Mugu Kids. 3.00 Bizou. 3.30 Move It Mob Style. 4.00 Tipi Tales. 4.30 Bushwhacked! 5.00 Go Lingo. 5.30 Muso Magic Outback Tracks. 6.00 Kriol Kitchen. 6.30 UnderExposed. 7.00 Ngurra. 7.20 NITV News Mini-Bulletin. 7.30 The Other Side. (PG) 8.00 From The Western Frontier. 8.30 Arctic Air. (M) The adventures of a maverick airline. 9.30 Chappelle’s Show. 10.00 Cultural Flows. 10.30 Mparntwe: Sacred Sites. (PG) 11.00 Muso Magic Outback Tracks. 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) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 5.00 ABC News With Grandstand. 5.55 ABC Open. (R) 6.00 ABC News. (CC) 6.30 The Drum. (CC) 7.00 ABC News Evenings. (CC) 8.30 #TalkAboutIt. (R) 9.00 ABC News. (CC) 9.30 7.30. (R, CC) 10.00 The World. (CC) 11.00 ABC News. 11.30 The Drum. (R, CC) 12.00 ABC News. 12.30 A Taste Of Landline. (R, CC) 1.00 BBC Impact. 1.30 7.30. (R, CC) 2.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 #TalkAboutIt. (R) 4.00 BBC World News. 4.30 BBC Focus On Africa. 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

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Saturday, January 23 MOVIE: Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle

TEN, 6.30pm, PG (2006)

SBS 2, 8.35pm

Scrat, the acorn-obsessed squirrel, is back, and this time he has discovered global warming. Manny the mammoth (voiced by Ray Romano), Diego the tiger (Denis Leary) and Sid the sloth (John Leguizamo) are still inexplicably co-existing, and are thrilled when the thawing ice pack brings a little sunshine into their lives. But they soon discover it will flood their valley. In their quest to save their home, they encounter a female mammoth (Queen Latifah), a turtle (voiced by Jay Leno) and some thawed-out sea monsters bent on destruction. The same spot-on mix of children’s and veiled adult humour as the original make this a delight.

British adventurer Ben Fogle is no stranger to the wilderness or to testing himself physically, but even he must be amazed at what some of the people he meets in this series are willing to put themselves through in their daily lives. In Where the Wild Men Are, Fogle meets people who have decided the daily grind – which so many of us accept as normal routine – is just not for them and move their lives to some of the wildest and inhospitable places on Earth. Tonight, Fogle heads to the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee where 25-year-old Justin Burke has rejected his privileged upbringing to live in the wilderness.

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6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 10.30 Rage Retro Month. (PG, CC) 11.15 Pointless. (R, CC) 12.10 Grand Designs. (R, CC) 1.10 River Cottage Veg Every Day. (R, CC) (Final) 2.00 Wild Kitchen With Clayton Donovan. (R, CC) 2.30 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Wonders Of Life With Brian Cox: Home. (PG, R, CC) Part 5 of 5. 5.00 Arthur Phillip: Governor, Sailor, Spy. (R, CC) Part 2 of 3. 5.30 Inspector George Gently. (PG, R, CC) A young woman’s death is investigated.

6.00 Home Shopping. (CC) Shopping program. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) Join Andrew O’Keefe and Monique Wright for all the latest news, sport and weather. 10.00 Australian Open: Preview Show. (CC) A preview of today’s matches at the Australian Open. 11.00 Tennis. (CC) Australian Open. Day 6. From Melbourne Park. Hosted by Joh Griggs.

7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 Our Zoo. (PG, CC) After a bear escapes captivity, George puts his life on the line in order to recapture the beast before it can do any harm. However, the incident exposes the zoo’s shortcomings, prompting the Mottersheads to organise a benefit to raise money to finish its enclosure. 8.30 Foyle’s War. (M, R, CC) Part 1 of 3. Working for British Intelligence, Foyle finds himself drawn into a case involving Nazi businessmen after a university professor is found murdered in a London park. Despite her pregnancy, Sam offers her services as an undercover agent to Foyle. 10.00 MOVIE: The Trip To Italy. (M, CC) (2014) Two British comedians embark on a culinary road trip, retracing the steps of the Romantic poets’ grand tour of Italy and indulging in sparkling banter and a host of impersonations. Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Rosie Fellner. 11.45 Rage Retro Month. (MA15+) Continuous music programming. 5.00 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

The X-Files ONE, 8.30pm h to get If you weren’t old enough raze of the caught up the The X-Files craze ‘90s, you haven’t totally missed out. In the lead-up to the reboot of the tars Gillian paranormal series, with stars Anderson (pictured) (The Falll) and ication n) David Duchovny (Californication back on board in the roless that launched their y careers, One is generously running double-episode repeats. Anderson and Duchovny had sizzling chemistry as FBI agents who investigated the strange and unexplained.

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PAW Patrol. (R, CC) Dora The Explorer. (CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Mornings: Summer. (PG, CC) Australian Geographic Adventures. (R, CC) David visits the Daintree National Park. Hot In Cleveland. (PG, R, CC) Elka strong arms Melanie into going on a date. The Middle. (PG, R, CC) Frankie and Brick go on a school excursion. Cricket. (CC) One-Day International Series. Game 5. Australia v India. Afternoon session. From the SCG.

6.00 Fishing Edge. (R, CC) 6.30 The Home Team. (R, CC) 7.00 iFish. (R, CC) 8.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 8.30 St10. (PG, CC) 11.00 The Living Room. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 The Doctors. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 1.30 Andy & Ben Eat The World. (R, CC) 2.00 Places We Go With Jennifer Adams. (R, CC) 2.30 The Home Team. (CC) 3.00 Jamie & Jimmy’s Food Fight Club. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 What’s Up Down Under. (CC) 4.30 Escape Fishing With ET. (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 Figure Skating. (CC) ISU Grand Prix. Final. Highlights. 3.35 Monster Moves. (CC) 4.30 Luke Nguyen’s United Kingdom Bitesize. (R) 4.35 The Viking Map. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Tet. (R) 5.35 Dean Semler’s Road To Hollywood. (PG, CC)

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 6.30 Tennis. (CC) Australian Open. Night 6. From Melbourne Park. Hosted by Joh Griggs, with commentary and analysis from Bruce McAvaney, Jim Courier, Todd Woodbridge, John Newcombe, John Fitzgerald, Roger Rasheed, Sam Smith, Rennae Stubbs, Alicia Molik, Nicole Bradtke and Henri Leconte.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 6.30 Cricket. (CC) One-Day International Series. Game 5. Australia v India. Evening session. From the SCG. 10.00 Cycling. (CC) Santos Tour Down Under. Stage 5. McLaren Vale to Willunga Hill. 151.5km. Highlights. From South Australia. 11.00 MOVIE: Assassins. (M, R, CC) (1995) A young assassin tries to murder a rival who is the best in the business. However, the old professional has no intention of going down quietly and recruits the help of a computer programmer to defeat him. Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas, Julianne Moore.

6.00 Jamie’s Fifteen Minute Meals. (R, CC) Chef Jamie Oliver sets out to create a whole new selection of meals, including chilli con carne meatballs. 6.30 MOVIE: Ice Age 2: The Meltdown. (PG, R, CC) (2006) A trio of prehistoric animals discovers melting ice will flood the valley they now call home. Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary. 8.30 MOVIE: A Good Day To Die Hard. (M, R, CC) (2013) After learning his estranged son is in trouble, a New York cop heads to Russia to lend a hand. However, when he discovers he is in reality a CIA operative working undercover the trip takes a deadly twist, and they must join forces to thwart a plot with devastating consequences. Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch. 10.30 MOVIE: Strangerland. (MA15+, R, CC) (2015) A family from a rural outback town are left devastated after their two teenage children disappear into the desert. Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Joseph Fiennes.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.35 The Wonders Of Britain: Our Beautiful Buildings. (CC) Part 3 of 5. Presenter Julia Bradbury explores some of the wonders which make Britain great. 8.30 MOVIE: Vicky Cristina Barcelona. (M, R, CC) (2008) Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamoured with the same man, a painter, unaware his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture. Penélope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem. 10.15 RocKwiz. (PG, R, CC) Music quiz show, hosted by Julia Zemiro. Features appearances by Garland Jeffreys, who sings his signature tune Wild In the Streets, Kira Puru and Sally Seltmann. Garland and Kira are joined by the Wolfgramm Sisters to close the show with a Rolling Stones song. 11.15 Vikings. (MA15+, R, CC) Lagertha and Ragnar reunite to reclaim Kattegat from Jarl Borg. Aslaug must face the truth of her prophecies.

12.30 State Of Affairs. (M, R, CC) In the wake of Senator Green’s death, President Payton faces growing criticism of her relationship with the CIA. 1.30 Home Shopping. Shopping program.

1.30 MOVIE: This Is Spinal Tap. (M, R) (1984) Michael McKean. 3.00 Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye. (PG) 4.00 Anger Management. (M, R, CC) 4.30 Extra. (R, CC) 5.00 The Middle. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

1.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Shopping. Shopping program. 5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program featuring a large congregation, Christian music with a choir, and guests who speak about how God and their faith have changed their lives.

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12.05 Vikings. (MA15+, R, CC) King Horik returns to Kattegat. 4.50 SBS Flashback. (CC) Takes a look at SBS content. 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News. 5.45 France 24 Feature.

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Saturday, January 23 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

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SPORT

6.05pm Unbroken (2014) Biography. Jack O’Connell, Garrett Hedlund. A US Olympian is imprisoned by the Japanese during World War II. (M) Premiere

6.30pm My Big Redneck Vacation. (PG) A&E

5.30pm Michael Palin’s New Europe. Michael treks from Transnistria to Moldova. (PG) History

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

8.30pm Mr & Mrs Smith (2005) Action. Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie. (M) Action 10.55pm Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) Fantasy. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson. Harry searches for the Horcruxes. (M) Family

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 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, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (PG, R, CC) 8.15 Lie To You? (R, CC) 8.45 Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow. (PG, R, CC) 9.30 Live At The Apollo. (M, CC) 10.20 Inside Amy Schumer. (MA15+, R, CC) 10.40 The Office. (M, R, CC) 11.10 Extras. (M, R, CC) 11.40 This Old Thing. (R, CC) 12.30 Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow. (PG, R, CC) 1.15 Kroll Show. (M, R, CC) 1.40 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 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 9.30 Total Drama Presents: Ridonculous Race. 10.15 Adv Time. (R) 10.35 Adv Time. (PG) 11.00 The Aquabats Super Show! (R, CC) 11.20 Kobushi. (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 Histories. (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. (R, CC) 6.30 Rocket’s Island. (PG) 7.00 Pretty Tough. (PG, R, CC) 8.40 The ABC3 Tennis Smackdown! (R, CC) 9.00 Heartland. (PG, R, CC) 9.40 Close.

8.30pm Whose Line Is It Anyway? Comics tackle a series of spontaneous improvised sketches. (MA15+) Comedy Channel 9.00pm Off Their Rockers. Senior citizens play pranks on unsuspecting members of the public. (M) Comedy Channel

7.00pm Brain Games. Looks at the brain’s builtin navigation system. (PG) National Geographic 10.30pm Rufus Wainwright: Live In London. (M) Arts

7.30pm Basketball. NBL. Round 16. Cairns Taipans v New Zealand Breakers. Fox Sports 3 8.00pm Golf. European PGA Tour. Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Third round. Fox Sports 1 Jack O’Connell stars in Unbroken.

7TWO 6.00 Home Shopping. (R) 7.00 Saturday Disney. (R, CC) Includes children’s programs. 9.00 Jessie. (R, CC) Jessie surprises Bertram for her birthday. 9.30 Shake It Up. (CC) CeCe wears high heels in a fashion show. 10.00 Australian Open: Preview Show. (CC) 11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 6. 6.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 6. From Melbourne Park. 11.00 Tennis. (CC) 2009 Australian Open. Men’s singles. Final. Rafael Nadal v Roger Federer. Replay. From Melbourne Park. 3.30 This Rugged Coast: Coral Labyrinth. (R) Presented by Ben Cropp. 4.30 This Rugged Coast: Tragedy Reef. (R) Ben Cropp explores Middleton Reef, the southern-most coral reef in the world. 5.30 Home Shopping. Shopping program.

7MATE 6.00 A Football Life. (PG, R) 7.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. (R) 8.00 Shopping. (R) 9.00 Dream Car Garage. (R) 9.30 Harley-Davidson TV. (PG) 10.30 Just 2 Wheelz. (PG) 11.00 Motor Racing. Australian Drifting Grand Prix. 12.00 Motor Racing. Ultimate Sprintcar Championship. 12.30 Fifth Gear. (PG, R) 1.30 Hawaii Air Rescue. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 Ice Pilots. (PG, R) 4.30 Construction Zone. (PG, R) 5.00 Ultimate Factories. 6.00 Tennis. (CC) Australian Open. Night 6. 6.30 Air Crash Investigations: Invisible Killer. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Air Crash Investigations: Gimli Glider. (PG, R, CC) A look at the case of Air Canada Flight 143. 8.30 MOVIE: Backdraft. (M, R, CC) (1991) Two brothers track down an arsonist. Kurt Russell, William Baldwin. 11.20 Louisiana Lockdown. (M) 12.20 Ice Pilots. (PG, R) 1.20 Hawaii Air Rescue. (PG, R, CC) 1.50 NFL. NFL. Week 9. New England Patriots v Denver Broncos. Replay. From Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts. 5.30 Shopping. (R)

GO! 6.00 Thunderbirds. 7.00 Rabbids. 7.30 The Day My Butt Went Psycho. 8.00 Wild Kratts. 8.30 Scooby-Doo! 9.00 Looney Tunes. 9.30 Little Charmers. 10.00 Young Justice. 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 SquarePants. (R) 1.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. (PG, R) 1.30 Wild Kratts. (R) 2.00 My Surf TV. (R, CC) 2.30 The Crew. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 Paddle Boarding. (CC) World Paddle Board Championship. Replay. 4.30 Deep Water. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Tom And Jerry. (R) 5.30 Scooby-Doo! (PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: The Adventures Of Milo & Otis. (R) (1986) 7.30 MOVIE: Joe Somebody. (PG, R, CC) (2001) 9.30 MOVIE: Arthur. (PG, R, CC) (2011) 11.35 Sun, Sex And Suspicious Parents. (M, R) 12.45 Surfing Australia TV. (R) 1.15 GO Surround Sound. (M, R, CC) 1.30 Tom And Jerry. (R) 2.00 Green Lantern. (PG, R) 2.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V. (PG) 3.00 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 3.30 Yu-GiOh! (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: The Loves Of Joanna Godden. (PG, R, CC) (1947) 7.50 Tasty Conversations. (R, CC) 8.00 Danoz. 8.30 Rainbow Country. (R) 9.00 Hoarding: Buried Alive. (PG, R) 10.00 Postcards Summer. (CC) 10.30 Come Dine With Me. (PG, R) 11.30 Cycling. (CC) Santos Tour Down Under. Stage 5. McLaren Vale to Willunga Hill. 151.5km. From South Australia. 4.00 MOVIE: Stalag 17. (R) (1953) William Holden, Otto Preminger. 6.30 Heartbeat. (PG, R) Mike investigates a series of hotel robberies. 8.45 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple. (PG, R) Miss Marple receives a request from the estate of a recently deceased man to investigate a possible crime. 10.45 Dalziel And Pascoe. (M, R) Pascoe works a case solo. 11.45 MOVIE: Doctor Zhivago. (PG, R, CC) (1965) A man recounts his half-brother’s life. Omar Sharif. 3.05 MOVIE: Seven Brides For Seven Brothers. (R, CC) (1954) Jane Powell. 5.00 Gideon’s Way. (M, R)

ONE 6.00 Netball. International Test Series. Game 2. England v Australia. 8.00 Cricket. (CC) Big Bash League. Second semi-final. Melbourne Stars v Perth Scorchers. Replay. 11.40 World Sport. (R) 12.00 Extreme Collectors. (R) 12.30 Car Torque. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Motor Racing. World Series Sprintcars. 2.00 Monster Jam. (R) 3.00 Black Gold. (PG, R) 4.00 Extreme Fisherman. (PG, R) 5.00 Adv Angler. (R) 5.30 Shark Tank. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Monster Jam. 7.30 Black Gold. (PG, R) Brandon fails to show up for work. 8.30 The X-Files. (R, CC) A writer becomes obsessed with Scully. 9.30 The X-Files. (M, R, CC) A TV crew follows Mulder and Scully. 10.30 Bellator MMA. (M, R) 12.30 The Home Team. (R, CC) 1.00 The Indestructibles. (M, R) 2.00 World Sport. (R) 2.30 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Game 9. Second semi-final. Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Sixers. Replay. From the MCG.

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) 4.00 The Great Australian Spelling Bee. (R, CC) 6.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) Becker and Reggie are stranded. 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R, CC) 7.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) Ray discovers Marie read his journal. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, R, CC) Takes a look back at some of the celebrity guests which have graced Irish comedian Graham Norton’s chat show, including Dame Julie Andrews, Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Robert De Niro and Jonah Hill. 9.30 Sex And The City. (MA15+, R) Big visits New York. 11.30 The Loop. (PG, R) 2.00 Neighbours. (R, CC) 4.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R, CC) 5.30 Raymond. (PG, 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 16. Brisbane Roar v Adelaide United. Replay. 3.00 Sunday. (PG, R) 3.10 Departures. (PG, R) 4.05 The Brain: China. (R) 6.00 MOVIE: My Neighbour Totoro. (PG, R) (1988) Elle Fanning. 7.35 If You Are The One. Hosted by Meng Fei. 8.35 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle: Tennessee. (PG, CC) Part 3 of 5. 9.25 Trivia Nights. (M) Pubbased quiz challenge. 10.15 24: India. (M) 11.05 24: India. (MA15+) 11.55 24: India. (M) 12.45 MOVIE: Midnight FM. (AV15+, R) (2010) 2.40 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 Yothu Yindi Tribute Concert. 11.30 Fusion Feasts. 12.00 UnderExposed. 12.30 The Other Side. (PG) 1.00 Cultural Flows. 1.30 Aunty Moves In. 2.00 Born To Run. 3.00 Surviving. 3.30 Desperate Measures. 4.00 Our Footprint. 4.45 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. 8.55 Life Giving Dance And Music. 9.30 MOVIE: Boy. (M) (2010) A boy’s estranged father resurfaces. James Rolleston. 11.00 Cooking In Kalkarindji. 11.05 Custodians. 11.15 Destiny In The Dirt. 11.30 Unearthed. 12.00 Volumz. (PG) 4.00 NITV On The Road: Yabun. 5.00 Fusion With Casey Donovan.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 ABC News. (CC) 11.30 Australia Wide. (CC) 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. (CC) 3.00 ABC News. (CC) 3.30 #TalkAboutIt. (R) 4.00 ABC News. 4.30 The Drum Weekly. 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. (R, CC) 8.00 Four Corners. (R, CC) 8.50 Catalyst Bytes. (R, CC) 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 The Drum Weekly. 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. (R, CC) 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 2301

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Friday 22.01.2016 to Sunday 24.01.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Sunday, January 24 MOVIE: The Last Samurai GO!, 8.45pm, M (2003)

Glory director Edward Zwick carves out a visually spectacular tribute to the classic films of Akira Kurosawa through this sweeping epic. Tom Cruise plays Civil War veteran and military adviser Nathan Algren, who’s dispatched to Japan in 1876 to train the emperor’s troops. Leading an inexperienced group of soldiers, Algren is swiftly captured and incarcerated by the skilled samurai (Ken Watanabe, who steals the show from Cruise) and becomes engrossed in the principles of Bushido (“the way of the warrior”). Under the guise of a superficial action epic, Zwick unleashes a stylish, thoughtprovoking homage.

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MOVIE: The Outlaw Michael Howe

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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: Clarence River. (R, CC) (Final) 1.00 Our Zoo. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Soccer. (CC) W-League. Semi-final. Canberra United v Sydney FC. 4.30 Kitchen Cabinet. (PG, R, CC) 5.05 Time Scanners: Colosseum. (PG, CC) Presented by Dallas Campbell.

6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00 10.30

PAW Patrol. (R, CC) Dora The Explorer. (CC) Weekend Today. (CC) My Surf TV. (CC) Endangered: Papua New Guinea. (R, CC) Presented by Lin Sutherland. Ironman. (CC) Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Series. Round 1. From Coolum Beach, Queensland. Cycling. (CC) Santos Tour Down Under. Final stage. King William Road to King William Road. 90km. From Adelaide. To Be Advised. News: First At Five. (CC) Customs. (PG, R, CC) Follows Customs officers at work.

6.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. (CC) 6.30 Hillsong. (CC) 7.00 Mass For You At Home. 7.30 Joel Osteen. (CC) 8.00 The Home Team. (R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10: Sunday. (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) A look at the great outdoors. 1.30 Cricket. (CC) Women’s Big Bash League. Grand Final. 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 Trawlermen. (R, CC) 4.30 Griff Rhys Jones: Destination Burma. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Hostages Of The SS: On The Razor’s Edge. (PG, CC) Part 2 of 2.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow. (CC) Fiona Bruce and the team pay a visit to Waltham Forest Town Hall in East London. 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.40 Grand Designs. (R, CC) Kevin McCloud meets Ben and Rachel Hammond, a couple who are planning to transform an uninspiring house from the ’50s into a new home for their young family. 8.30 Vera. (M, R, CC) After her former colleague and his daughter are badly burnt by an arson attack on their home, Vera is determined to track down the assailant and discover why someone would try to kill them. 10.00 MOVIE: The Outlaw Michael Howe. (M, R, CC) (2013) In 1814, an English convict and an Aboriginal girl living in Van Diemens Land form their own guerilla army. Damon Herriman, Rarriwuy Hick, Mirrah Foulkes. 11.20 Sounds Like Teen Spirit: triple j At 40. (M, R, CC) Takes a look at the history of triple j, a cultural icon which has tapped into the hearts and minds of Australia’s youth.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 6.30 Tennis. (CC) Australian Open. Night 7. From Melbourne Park. Hosted by Joh Griggs, with commentary and analysis from Bruce McAvaney, Jim Courier, Todd Woodbridge, John Newcombe, John Fitzgerald, Roger Rasheed, Sam Smith, Rennae Stubbs, Alicia Molik, Nicole Bradtke and Henri Leconte.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 60 Minutes. (CC) Current affairs program. Featuring reports from Liz Hayes, Tara Brown, Allison Langdon, Michael Usher, Charles Wooley and Ross Coulthart. 8.00 Animal Super Parents: It Takes Two. (PG, CC) Part 2 of 3. Takes a look at the weird and wonderful stories of some of the natural world’s incredible parents. 9.10 The Mentalist. (M, CC) In order to catch a serial killer, Jane decides to use himself as bait to lure the suspect into a trap. The plan takes an unexpected twist, however, when Jane finds himself in the murderer’s clutches. 10.10 The Mentalist. (M, CC) (Final) Having accepted his surprise proposal, Lisbon and Jane’s wedding preparations are interrupted by the return of a serial killer who is determined to ruin their big day in revenge for their past actions. 11.10 Cycling. (CC) Santos Tour Down Under. Final stage. King William Road to King William Road. 90km. Highlights. From Adelaide.

6.00 Cricket. (CC) Big Bash League. Grand Final. 10.40 MOVIE: Drive Hard. (MA15+, R, CC) (2014) A former race car driver turned driving school instructor is tricked by a mysterious thief into being the wheelman for a bank robbery which leaves them both in the sights of the cops and the mob. John Cusack, Thomas Jane, Zoe Ventoura.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.35 Neanderthal Apocalypse. (PG, CC) Explores theories concerning the extinction of our closest species of human, the Neanderthals, who are believed to have died out around 40,000 years ago. Evidence has revealed they were far more cultured and technologically savvy than they have been given credit for. 9.15 Human Limits. (CC) Takes a look at people with unique talents and extraordinary skills whose abilities go beyond what is ordinarily deemed humanly possible and explores how it is possible for them to perform these feats. 11.15 MOVIE: The Maid. (M, R) (2009) A maid, who has served the same family for 20 years and raised their four children, falls ill and is forced to confront her emotional isolation and loneliness as she faces the possibility of being replaced. Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedón, Alejandro Goic.

12.35 Rage. (MA15+) Continuous music programming. 2.50 A Quiet Word With… Richard E. Grant. (M, R, CC) Tony chats Richard E. Grant. 3.20 Vera. (M, R, CC) 5.00 Compass: Anglicans Going Catholic. (R, CC) 5.30 Eggheads. (R, CC)

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

12.10 ManSpace. (M, R, CC) Hosted by Dan Anstey. 1.10 V.I.P. (M, R) The team protect a TV show host. 2.00 Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye. (PG) 3.00 20/20. (R, CC) 4.00 Good Morning America: Sunday. (CC) 5.00 News Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 Today. (CC)

12.40 48 Hours: The Sober Truth. (M, R) A look at the story of Karla Mendez Brada. 1.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Shopping. Shopping program. 4.00 Life Today With James Robison. (PG) 4.30 CBS This Morning. (CC)

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1.00 MOVIE: Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. (PG, R) (2008) Shah Rukh Khan. 3.55 The Real Man’s Road Trip. (PG, R, CC) 4.50 The Hunter. (PG, R) 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News. 5.45 France 24 Feature.

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Sunday, January 24 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

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6.35pm The Protector (2005) Action. Tony Jaa, Petchtai Wongkamlao. A young Thai ﬁghter tries to retrieve a stolen elephant. (MA15+) World Movies

7.30pm Modern Family. Claire is furious at her neighbours. (M) FOX8

7.20pm Sweets Made Simple. A look at making confectionery. (PG) Lifestyle Food

12.30pm Basketball. NBA. Chicago Bulls v Cleveland Cavaliers. ESPN

7.30pm Yogi Bear (2010) Family. Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake. (G) Family

7.35pm Bones. A miniature golf star is murdered. (MA15+) SoHo 8.30pm Archer. (MA15+) Comedy Channel

8.30pm Get Hard (2015) Comedy. Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart. A millionaire turns to a car washer for help after he is sentenced to prison for fraud. (MA15+) Premiere

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 The Gruffalo. (R, CC) 5.25 The Gruffalo’s Child. (R, CC) 5.55 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, CC) 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. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 MOVIE: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. (M, R, CC) (2012) 10.15 Buzzcocks. (M, R, CC) 10.45 Kids With Tourette’s: In Their Own Words. (M, R, CC) 11.35 Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends. (M, R, CC) 12.25 Nick Baker’s Weird Creatures. (R, CC) 1.15 Swamp Brothers. (PG, R) 1.35 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 2.10 News Update. (R) 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. 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 All Stars. (R, CC) 10.15 Adv Time. (R) 11.00 The Aquabats Super Show! (R, CC) 11.20 Kobushi. (R, CC) 11.30 Secret Life Of Boys. (R, CC) 11.35 Life With Boys. (R, CC) 11.55 A Gurls Wurld. (R, CC) 12.30 The Next Step. (R, CC) 2.00 Project MC2. (R) 2.30 Great Big Adv. (R, CC) 3.00 Bushwhacked! (R, CC) 3.25 Splatalot. (R, CC) 3.55 Studio 3. 4.00 Horrible Histories. (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 Shaun The Sheep. (R) 7.30 Wallace And Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death. (R, CC) 8.00 Reservoir Hill. (PG, R, CC) 8.10 Keeping Up With The Kaimanawas. 9.00 Heartland. (PG, R, CC) 9.45 Good Game: Pocket Edition. (PG, R, CC) 9.50 Rage. (PG, R) 2.20 Close.

7TWO 6.00 Shopping. (R) 6.30 Amazing Facts. (PG) 7.00 Tomorrow’s World. (PG) 7.30 Michael Youssef. (PG) 8.00 David Jeremiah. (PG) 8.30 It Is Written. (PG) 9.00 Shopping. (R) 9.30 The Zoo. (R, CC) 10.00 Surf Patrol. (R, CC) 10.30 Medical Emergency. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 Escape To The Country. (R) 1.00 Dealers. (PG, R) 4.00 60 Minute Makeover. (PG, R) 6.00 Tennis. (CC) Australian Open. Night 7. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) 7.30 House Wreck Rescue. (PG, R) Presented by Gary McCausland. 8.30 Escape To The Country. (R) Aled Jones helps a couple from Wimbledon escape the suburbs for countryside living. 10.30 Best Houses Australia. (R) 11.30 Tennis. 2008 Australian Open. Semi-final. Jo Wilfried Tsonga v Rafael Nadal. Replay. 1.30 Medical Emergency. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 The Zoo. (R, CC) 2.30 Dealers Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. (PG, R) 4.00 Escape To The Country. (R)

7MATE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 6.30 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. (PG, R) 7.30 Shopping. (R) 9.30 NFL Game Day. 10.00 The Hook & The Cook. (PG, R) 10.30 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG, R) 11.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. (PG, R) 12.00 The AFN Fishing Show. (PG) 12.30 Big Angry Fish. (PG) 1.30 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. (PG, R) 2.30 Fishing Western Australia. (PG) 3.00 Wipeout USA. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Seinfeld. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 MythBusters. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PG, R, CC) Sheldon confronts his nemesis. 8.30 MOVIE: Transporter 3. (M, R, CC) (2008) A former mercenary transports a kidnapped girl. Jason Statham, Robert Knepper. 10.45 MOVIE: The Big Hit. (MA15+, R) (1998) Mark Wahlberg. 12.45 Dynamo: Magician Impossible. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Big Angry Fish. (PG, R) 3.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. (PG, R) 4.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG, R) 5.30 The AFN Fishing Show. (PG, R)

8.30pm Kangaroo Mob. (PG) National Geo Wild 10.30pm Super Soul Sunday. Oprah interviews Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz who rose from government housing to the leader of an international company. (PG) TLC

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-GiOh! Arc-V. (PG, R) 3.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 3.30 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 4.00 Yo-Kai Watch. (PG, R) 4.30 The Batman. (PG, R) 5.00 ScoobyDoo! (PG, R) 5.30 Looney Tunes. (R) 6.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. (PG) 6.30 MOVIE: Dolphin Tale. (PG, R, CC) (2011) Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd. 8.45 MOVIE: The Last Samurai. (M, R, CC) (2003) Tom Cruise. 11.45 Anger Management. (M, R, CC) 12.10 The Cube. (PG) 1.10 All The Right Moves. (PG, R) 2.05 Looney Tunes. (PG, R) 2.30 Yo-Kai Watch. (PG, R) 3.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 4.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. (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: Watch Your Stern. (PG, R) (1961) 8.30 Danoz. 9.30 Rainbow Country. (R) 10.00 Heartbeat. (PG, R) 12.00 MOVIE: How The West Was Won. (R, CC) (1962) John Wayne. 3.00 Basketball. NBL. 4.30 Life Flight. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Secret Dealers. (PG) 6.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R, CC) Hosted by Fiona Bruce. 7.00 MOVIE: Agatha Christie’s Death On The Nile. (PG, R, CC) (1978) Poirot investigates a murder on the Nile. Peter Ustinov, Mia Farrow. 9.50 MOVIE: Agatha Christie’s Dead Man’s Folly. (PG, R) (1986) Poirot’s weekend is interrupted by a murder. Peter Ustinov, Jean Stapleton. 11.50 Missing. (M) 12.50 River Cottage Bites. (R) 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)

5.00pm Soccer. A-League. Round 16. Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory. Fox Sports 4 7.30pm Cricket. Fourth Test. South Africa v England. Day 3. Fox Sports 2

Yogi Bear (voiced by Dan Aykroyd).

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 Reel Rock. (PG, R) 11.00 Fishing Edge. 11.30 The Indestructibles. (PG, R) 1.30 World Sport. (R) 2.00 Car Torque. (PG, R, CC) 2.30 Motor Racing. Race To The Sky. Replay. 3.30 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 4.30 Megafactories. (R) 5.30 What’s Up Down Under. (R, CC) 6.00 Cops. (PG, R) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 Scorpion. (PG, R, CC) The team pursues a bomber. 8.30 Dolphins: Spy In The Pod. Part 1 of 2. 9.30 MOVIE: One Night At McCool’s. (MA15+, R) (2001) A group of barflies recounts their misadventures. Liv Tyler, Michael Douglas. 11.30 World Sport. 12.00 Black Gold. (PG, R) 1.00 Undercover Boss. (M, R) 2.00 The Indestructibles. (PG, R) 5.00 Netball. International Test Series. Game 3. England v Australia. From Copper Box Arena, London.

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 Mork & Mindy. (R) 12.00 Family Ties. (PG, R) 1.00 Cheers. (PG, R) 2.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 3.00 Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 5.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Futurama. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Futurama. (PG, R, CC) The gang decide to “youtha-size” the Professor. 8.00 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) Homer becomes a paparazzo. 8.30 MOVIE: Captain America: The First Avenger. (M, R, CC) (2011) A young man is transformed into a hero. Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell. 10.55 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 11.55 The King Of Queens. (PG, R) 1.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 2.00 Family Ties. (PG, R) 3.00 Cheers. (PG, R) 4.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (R) 5.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. (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: My Neighbour Totoro. (PG, R) (1988) 2.35 Duck Quacks Don’t Echo. (PG, R, CC) 3.25 Streetosphere. (PG, R) 4.00 Be Your Own Boss. (M, R) 5.05 Iron Chef. (R, CC) 5.50 The Brain: China. 7.35 If You Are The One. 8.35 The Family Law. (M, R, CC) Things are tense before Christmas. 9.05 Drunk History. (M) Hosted by Derek Waters. 9.30 South Park. (M, R, CC) Butters spots vampires at school. 9.55 Russell Howard’s Good News. (M) 10.30 G-Spotting: A Story Of Pleasure And Promise. (MA15+, R, CC) 11.30 How To Get More Sex. (M, R, CC) 11.55 In Her Skin. (M) 1.40 MOVIE: Bang-Bang Wedding! (PG, R) (2008) 3.15 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 16. Brisbane Roar v Adelaide United. 12.00 The Medicine Line. 12.30 NITV On The Road: Barunga Festival. 1.30 Sheltered. 2.00 The Wanderers: Football Journeys. 3.00 Rugby League. Queensland Murri Carnival. Men’s second semi-final. Kulpiyam v Southern Dingoes Black. 4.30 The Long Walk: 10 Years. (PG) 5.30 Bikkies. 6.00 Awaken. (CC) 7.00 Marley Africa Road Trip. (PG) 8.00 Tangaroa With Pio. 8.30 Green Bush. (MA15+) 9.00 When The Natives Get Restless. (M) The story of six indigenous families. 9.30 Make It Funky! A raucous tribute to the musical heritage of New Orleans, including performances, archival footage, and conversations. 11.30 Dead Creek. (PG) 11.45 Mamu. (PG) 12.00 Volumz. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 ABC News. (CC) 11.30 #TalkAboutIt. (R) 12.00 ABC News. (CC) 12.30 The Drum Weekly. (R) 1.00 ABC News. 1.30 Compass. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 ABC News. 2.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 3.00 ABC News. (CC) 3.30 #TalkAboutIt. (R) 4.00 ABC News. 4.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 5.00 ABC News. 5.30 Australia Wide. (CC) 6.00 ABC News. (CC) 6.30 Australian Story. (R, CC) 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 The Drum. (R, CC) 8.00 ABC News. (CC) 8.25 Kitchen Cabinet. (R, CC) 9.00 ABC News. (CC) 9.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 10.00 ABC News. (CC) 10.30 Planet America. (R, CC) 11.00 ABC News. 11.30 Conflict Zone. 12.00 70 Years Of ABC Rural. (R, CC) 1.00 BBC World News. 1.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 2.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 Conflict Zone. (R) 4.00 BBC World News. 4.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 2401

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JUST LIKE CATS & DOGS by Dave T. Phipps

1. Make sense 6. Death-feigning critter 12. Book size 13. Stir up 14. Briefs, e.g. 15. Clincher 16. On 17. Fat 19. Preceding 20. Skewer 22. Screw up 24. Type squares 27. Footnote abbr. 29. The Tentmaker 32. “American Grown” writer 35. Small combo 36. Pound sounds 37. Pinch 38. Masseur’s workplace 40. Jog 42. Bro’s counterpart 44. “The Naked

Maja” painter 46. Bum 50. Worshipped 52. Knave 54. Verb acting as a noun 55. Grommet 56. Liabilities’ opposites 57. Thermos-like flask

DOWN 1. Family member 2. Pedestal part 3. Plumbing problems 4. Salt Lake athlete 5. Maybe 6. Wear a rut in the rug 7. Speechify 8. Bribe 9. Role for Reeve or Reeves 10. Addict 11. Unembellished 12. Sine-non link

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STRANGE BUT TRUE z It was 20th-century American poet, physician, educator, researcher and essayist Lewis Thomas who made the following sage observation: “We haven’t yet learned how to stay human when assembled in masses.” z Those who study such things say that when jelly is hooked up to an EEG machine, the movements registered are almost identical to those produced by the human brain. z Historians claim that notorious pirate Blackbeard made himself fearsome to enemies by tying lighted fuses into his beard.

by Samantha Weaver z In a survey conducted in five major US cities, men were asked to choose which activity they’d rather do: spend a romantic evening in a hotel with a sexy woman, or go to the Super Bowl. Three-quarters of respondents chose the football game. z There were no domestic cats in North America until they arrived with voyagers from Europe. z Those who enjoy gourmet imported beers may have noticed that St. Pauli Girl beer has on its label the image of a buxom blonde beauty. You probably aren’t aware, however, that the beer was named after the St.

Pauli neighbourhood of Hamburg, Germany – a notorious red-light district. So while you may think the lovely image is that of a simple serving girl, it’s not out of the question that the lady’s occupation may have been somewhat less savoury. z If you’re planning to wrap a mummy in the proper Egyptian manner, you’ll need about 150 metres of linen to finish the job. z Parts of Australia have been undergoing an intense drought for more than a decade. The water shortage has been so severe that, in 2002, the nation’s environmental minister issued a plea for those in affected areas to shower with a partner in order to conserve the scarce resource. Thought for the Day: “The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.” – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

18. Electric company, e.g. 21. Slapstick missile 23. Plagiarize 24. Ambulance VIP 25. Soviet space station 26. Salon tool 28. Perverted 30. Parisian pal 31. Knock 33. Go like a kangaroo 34. Barcelona bear 39. Representative 41. Pitched 42. Long story 43. Mid-month date 45. Probability 47. – podrida 48. Milwaukee product 49. Mel of Cooperstown 51. Regret 53. Sailor’s assent 151228

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ARIES (MAR 21-APR 20) Ambitions and new approaches are foremost in your mind this week. Be sure that you are talking to the right people when discussing these. Decisions made now in this area are likely to stick for some time. A challenge on Sunday sees you pulling out the charm. Be aware of someone who really wants to get to know you better. Someone who is shy or unsure could make a good and long-term friend.

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TAURUS (APR 21-MAY 21)

Whatever your aim is at the moment, be sure to play it down when with negative people. You do not need the interference of someone whose stance comes from ignorance. A revelation at the weekend can be both surprising and shocking. Communications should be swift and private. With garbled communications from all sides it can take time to decipher it all. Silence is very golden right now!

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GEMINI (MAY 22-JUN 21) Stay

sharp so that any moves are definitely to your advantage. This is especially important when it comes to work. Some bumpy moments in close relationships are to be expected. Keep a balanced view. Certainly don’t make any firm decisions until mid February. Some people are giving out very mixed messages. This causes confusion and even some frustration.

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CANCER (JUN 22-JUL 22)

Recent social choices should now be showing their worth. The knowledge of new friends can be invaluable. Family matters will be both unexpected and startling. Give it a week or so and any situation can change for the better. People around you seem to be losing their way and, in some cases, their minds! What is needed most is that small calm voice in the darkness. Are you able to show them the light?

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LEO (JUL 23-AUG 23) If you want to get ahead, then get a friend who knows the way. This week you feel super-efficient and personally powerful. Something on the work front may need your attention once again. Instead of feeling frustrated, put some of that extra energy to good use. Why has a romantic interest suddenly gone cold? If you sense that someone is pulling away from you it is important to find out why.

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VIRGO (AUG 24-SEP 23) An

invitation at the weekend is given early to show its importance. Anything that you consider to be particularly urgent needs prompt action. Good news midweek comes from an unexpected direction. Although you have to split your time, be sure your priorities are right. After some discussion it is decided that something personal has to change. However, the timing of this has to be right for everyone involved.

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LIBRA (SEP 24-OCT 23) The

nesting instinct seems to be stepped up this week. There could also be a repeat of an enjoyable past experience. Will these things guide you to the next step? If you feel the need for some time alone with a loved one then just be prepared to say ‘no’ to unnecessary interruptions! Past disappointments may now be making you feel a little flat. This is the time for one good push to get what you seek.

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SCORPIO (OCT 24-NOV 22) A

journey that you take reluctantly could turn out to be the beginning of a new adventure. Someone with whom you have had trouble communicating suddenly starts gushing forth. This is confusing, so listen carefully. If even a small amount of what they say makes sense, then delve into it. This is a week to be in the present and thinking of moving forward. Where? Back to that adventure!

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SAGITTARIUS (NOV 23-DEC 21) As finances improve

there are still mistakes to be made in this area. Stay on top of the small print. Things start to loosen up at the weekend when a more relaxed attitude helps. Bring some extra zing to your social life by arranging for a few friends to get together. One more party anyone? Any time now someone with special knowledge will bring some good luck your way.

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CAPRICORN (DEC 22-JAN

20) It is a generally settled and romantic time although things may not be moving fast enough for you! There are situations coming up this week when you will be glad of the time to think. Need an excuse to spend time alone? Gosh, it is a busy time of the year, isn’t it? Don’t feel guilty if someone has to be strung along for a few days more. Just give them a confident smile.

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AQUARIUS (JAN 21-FEB 19)

Someone simply cannot relax until they have spoken to you on a tender subject. Keep your eyes and ears open. A lack of energy midweek could simply be down to a lack of incentive. What do you want to achieve? Who do you want to impress? Give yourself a time limit and get up to speed. We all feel a bit flat at times but the sooner you get your mojo back the better!

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PISCES (FEB 20-MAR 20)

There is no point in stamping your feet if things get annoying. A bit of bad luck makes you feel tetchy, but you are not alone. There are some amazingly mixed communications going around. What you see clearly someone else may find obscured by a thick fog. There may not be so many parties at the moment but you are still expected to be the life and soul. Seems unfair but you are more than up to the job.

Monday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Harmony is important to you, Aquarius. Keep a good balance, then, between home and work. A colleague becomes closer but be sure that this is going in the right direction for you. Upsetting the apple cart could give you the pip. Tuesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Aquarius, there has been too much water under the bridge for you to go backwards in the months ahead. Indeed forward is the only way. The chance to make some cash by helping others seems ideal. Wednesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! The temptation to get ahead of yourself financially is very tempting, Aquarius. Working closely with a partner who is sensible or taking professional advice could be crucial. Watch those funds! Thursday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Aquarius, as your imagination can run away with you, so can your cash flow! Save rather than spend even if you can see how things are progressing. Putting all of the eggs in one basket can be risky. Friday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Be sensible, be practical, even be boring but don’t be tempted to take on too much financially. This can be a make or break year. Give yourself the best chance of success by having patience and wisdom, Aquarius. Saturday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Using your well-tuned intuition is of more benefit to you in the months ahead than any rushed decision, Aquarius. Others may feel sure enough about splashing the cash but doesn’t it leave a bit of a sour taste in your mouth? Sunday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Weave instinct and intuition together to provide you with a great weapon this year, Aquarius! Everything is pulling in your favour if you stay practical and focused. Trust the proverbial lion before the snake.

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FIND THE WORDS Solution 885: Looking at nature

QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Tomb; 8 Abominable; 9 Handcuff; 10 Clip; 12 Regale; 14 Remedy; 15 DUAL CROSSWORD Strong; 17 Lunacy; 18 Plot; 18,968 19 Sanctity; 21 Chronicles; CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS 22 Kind. Across: 1 Snip; 8 ImposiDown: 2 Ornamental; 3 tion; 9 Shortage; 10 Reap; Bald; 4 Volume; 5 Differ; 12 Swords; 14 Stolon; 15 6 Watchman; 7 Deep; 11 Staves; 17 Better; 18 Thin; 19 Indication; 13 Adoption; 16 Derision; 21 Minute-book; Gossip; 17 Lonely; 18 Pick; 22 Eddy. 20 Task. Down: 2 Night watch; 3 Pier; 4 Appals; 5 Assets; 6 THE BAKER’S DOZEN Start out; 7 Snap; 11 Above- TRIVIA TEST: board; 13 Ravenous; 16 Sod- 1. Darwin, NT. 2. Eight den; 17 Barrow; 18 Tome; arms and two tentacles. 20 Sake. 3. Wilson Rawls. 4. “before

meals” or “ante cibum” in Latin. 5. One who collect matchbooks. 6. Bedford Falls. 7. Nine. 8. Cosmo. 9. Euclid. 10. Athlete’s foot. 11. Heather McKay. 12. “Take a Letter, Maria”, by R.B. Greaves, in 1969. The singer has discovered his wife’s infidelity. 13. “You’re Sixteen” by Johnny Burnette, in 1960. The song was used in the soundtrack of “American Graffiti” in August 1973, which went certified triple platinum. Ringo Starr’s version of the song reached No. 1 in January 1974.

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from a bad-tempered photographer? (4) 11. Honourably open but incomprehensible to directors (5-5) 13. Use van or become very hungry (8) 16. Very wet turf on lair (6) 17. Handcart featured in quarrel in pub? (6) 18. The book is apparently coming my way (4) 20. Benefit from Japanese drink (4)

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