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Packing a punch against alcohol fuelled violence J UST hours from Dubbo Weekender going to print on Thursday morning this week, the Queensland Parliament passed lock out laws which will come into effect in July, forcing pubs and clubs to call last drinks at 2am, or 3am in party precincts. In this edition we have interviewed Queensland Senator and chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Reference Committee, Glenn Lazarus, who is a driving force behind a senate inquiry currently underway on alcohol fuelled violence. Both Queensland and New South Wales are leading the nation with their lock out laws, despite controversy over the implications for entertainers and venues who stand to lose revenue, and consumers upset about their “rights” being curtailed. Not quite the prohibition of the gold field days, which saw the number of sly grog shops surge, it is a solution to very real problems which gone unchecked will continue to cost families around the country their right to see their children grow into adulthood and live long fulfilling lives. Australians can make laughing stocks of themselves sometimes when it comes to their consumption of alcohol. Not because it’s particularly funny to see a woman in her ‘20s, dolled up to the nines, lying spread-eagled on a lawn at the Melbourne Cup, for example, because she’s ‘had a bit too much to drink’. What’s more disturbing is that the sight of a young woman sitting on the ground in her pretty frock, inebriated to the point of not being able to stand up and carelessly flashing her wares is reported on, by TV and print media, who profit from her mistake, stupidity, choice. At any rate, the repetition of scandalous images like this creates a conditioning and the appearance in the public’s perception that drunken, unruly behaviour in public is ‘just what young people do’. Take schoolies. No doubt, of the thousands of kids who attend, many go to the beach, frequent the movies and don’t engage in risky behaviour, but there are no headlines in that. It’s the kids who fall to their deaths from balconies too drugged or drunk to notice the dangers or who get into alcohol fuelled, violent exchanges that make the 6 o’clock news, under the guise that gosh it’s a problem and terrible, and someone should do something about that. They are, but it seems to me more people are screaming blue murder because they can’t drink at four in the morning, than when children are being murdered in public or becoming murderers because of alcohol fuelled violence. The priorities here are a bit skewed. A 2013 publication called ‘A Brief History of Alcohol Consumption in Australia’, says: “Heavy drinking in Australia was a cultural norm since colonisation”. So in fact it’s not just young people, it appears since the 1788, Australians have done a

pretty good job of making it a national pastime of drinking themselves into a stupor. We’ve been through the Rum Rebellion, temperance, prohibition and sly grog shops. When the consumption of alcohol was so rampant in the 1850s, the government brought in laws to close hotels at 6pm. Instead of taking the hint that excessive drinking was a social problem, the trend to drink to excess in the hour before closing became the norm: the six o’clock swill. These days thought lock out laws are changing that, in some venues, the “six” is still in the a.m. Instead of drinking for a few hours in the evening, the opportunity is to drink for 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 hours. Science agrees the human brain just can’t do that. Understandably entertainers and venues serving alcohol rely on audiences to hang around for a long time, parting with their hard earned cash and providing livelihoods in the process. Not that you need to be drunk to appreciate someone’s art, or maybe you do, but of course who’s paying for the lights, the rent, the insurance, the wages, while audiences sit back and enjoy a show? Venues need to make a profit so they can open again tomorrow and lock out laws chew into that ability, but if sons and daughters are off the streets instead of lying in a gutter somewhere is that necessarily something to cry about if a publican has played their part in putting them there? Taking personal responsibility for your alcohol intake is a great argument and if science could prove the drunker a person gets, the better able they become at making responsible choices I’d agree it’s a hands down, winning reason why there should be no such thing as lock out laws. Imagine the savings the federal police would make not having to run RBTs around the country if the drunker you got, it actually made you a better driver. What do we think the 90 families whose kids are now dead thanks to One Punch killers say about lock out laws? We can feel sorry for them, and sad for their situation, but would we be willing to give up our right to drink until dawn, if it meant no one else’s parents had to get “that” phone call in the middle of the night? The concept of being locked out is somewhat flawed given it’s a provocative statement, which says, you are denied, access and as some argue, rights. Cafes, restaurants, theatres, cinemas, water parks, theme parks, national parks... there are lots of places where you can go to have a good time which don’t have or need ‘lock out laws’ per se, because they just have closing times, when it’s... time to go home. Have your say on our Facebook page, Dubbo Weekender.

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Dubbo zoo’s baby rhino is an Australian first AUSTRALIA’S first Greater Onehorned Rhino calf officially went on display today (Friday, February 19) at Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo. “Rajah” was born in October last year and is the first of his kind to be born to the Zoo’s breeding program – and the first to be born in Australia. “Rajah’s birth is the result of over 15 years of hard work and dedication from Keepers and Zoo staff,” Member for Dubbo and NSW Deputy Premier Troy Grant said. Rajah and his mother have spent the past four months bonding behind the scenes, a zoo spokesperson explains. Zoo staff are spending the time necessary to built up trust and routines so that when Rajah is older he will be used to his keepers. Zoo Director Matthew Fuller said: “We’re thrilled to now introduce Rajah to the world. He has developed his own personality, is confident and very curious of people. “We’ve noticed he is also quite fussy! His favourite treat is banana, however he doesn’t like it if the skin gets too brown or is too tough,” Matthew said. The Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros is classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List with as few as 2700 animals left in the wild. Right: ”Rajah” the Greater Onehorned Rhino calf, with his mum at Taronga Western Plains Zoo. PHOTO: RICK STEVENS/SUPPLIED

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Dubbo’s dementia rates BY YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY Y JOURNALIST

LMOST two and a half thousand people will be living in Dubbo by 2050 with the fatal disease dementia according to statistics released this week by Alzheimer’s Australia NSW. CEO John Watkins told Dubbo Weekender the current figure for 2016 sits at approximately 1,250 people.

“The problems gets worse quickly over the next 35 years so there is a doubling of the number of people living with dementia in the Dubbo state seat between now and mid century,” he said. “My great concern is that services that are currently stretched in certain parts of NSW, especially regional NSW, will not be able to cope in the next 10, 20, or 30 years as the number of people living with dementia increases rapidly with the increasing age of the population. “Regional NSW has special needs be-

cause there are simply not as many specialists to allow early diagnosis, normally there’s not as much choice when it comes to good home care delivery and there’s often a shortage of nursing home beds. Even if a bed is available, it might be in the next town, which is 30 or 40 or 50 or 100 kilometres away,” Watkins said. “People living in regional NSW do it tough when it comes to dealing with dementia today and inevitably unless there are expert services and investment pro-

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vided, that’s going to get worse as the number of people living with dementia in regional NSW increases,” he said. The statistics released showed 115,000 people live with dementia in New South Wales today and is expected to continue to rise to more than 128,500 people by 2020 and an estimated 272,000 people by 2050 if a cure or significant medical breakthrough is not found. More than 342,000 people have dementia in Australia. This number is projected to reach more than half a million by 2030. “This is not a Dubbo specific issue, it’s a national one,” said Federal member for Parkes, Mark Coulton. “As we live longer it’s almost an inevitable conclusion you’ll end up with some form of dementia or Alzheimer’s. “It’s a huge problem in Dubbo but an even bigger problem in smaller communities, without sufficient dementia care. I’m dealing with couples now who have been married for 65 years and who end up with one of them away in a care facility and the other one’s left at home and they’ll be 100 kilometres apart,” Coulton said. “There are two issues. Obviously dementia specific facilities, because in some cases people can become very difficult to handle and can’t be handled properly at home, so that’s one issue, having a number of dementia specific beds. “I’ve been involved in seeing the increase of those right across my electorate over the last number of years,” he said. “The other issue is dementia specific care at home. Quite often what happens is in elderly couples, one will become demented and the other then can lose their health because of the difficulties of trying to care for them. So, there are some, but probably a need for more, dementia specific packages for caring for people at home longer and making modifications to houses that will handle people who will be confused and make them safer. It’s almost a bit like becoming childproof again,” Coulton said. “That’s one of the reason’s why, as a nation, we have our finances being managed. People say oh debt doesn’t matter, but in 2035 when the baby boomers reach the age when they’re going to need aged care, we’re going to have a huge spike in people needing aged care and that goes hand in hand with people living with dementia,” he said. In a positive light, Watkins said people can live with dementia for 5, 10 or 15 years in some cases. “They can, for most of that time, live at home, a happy and fulfilled life if they’ve got the services, the love and support, the community support and the information they need. “That’s where the responsibility lies on the rest of us. Be active to lobby and make representation on behalf of Australians who desperately need better care,” Watkins said. z For more information on services and programs contact: National Dementia Helpline: 1800 100 500 An interpreter service is available @ AlzheimersNSW (The National Dementia Helpline is an Australian Government Initiative) Dementia is a National Health Priority Area www.fightdementia.org.au

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Lust For Live tweaks format in 2016 BY KIM V. GOLDSMITH JOURNALIST

FTER a six month run, the team behind the live, original music scene in Dubbo is taking time to review their Lust For Live events for the coming year, making some small adjustments based on feedback and observations. One of the organisers, Fred Randell says they’re happy with the feedback they have received and the support for the last gig in the six-month program, held at The Amaroo in January. “We aim for about a hundred people but it’s hard to judge because people come and go throughout the evening... I think we hit that at the ‘Roo. “We’ve found it’s hard to get and maintain a consistent crowd but some of the things we got back in the survey about the way we were running Lust For Live and the things we were doing were positive all in all.” Randell says timing and location of the gigs have been reviewed after receiving mixed feedback about it through their survey. “Our feeling is that logistically that if it’s in just one spot it’ll be easier for people to remember and easier to communicate the information – we won’t have to press the venue button so hard every time. “So, we’re going to put it at the one spot for the next six gigs and see how that works.” At the time of publication, a final venue and date for the first 2016 gig had not yet been confirmed. Previously, the events were backed by three venues; the Macquarie Inn, the Pastoral and Amaroo hotels, where each provided sponsorship to allow performers to be paid. “The venues were very positive about it initially... it was good to see as they have an existing, going concern with covers music, so working with original tunes was not necessarily something they needed to do. “We were very happy they responded so positively to the idea of supporting original music. But having a single venue to sponsor us for the next six months doesn’t preclude us from moving back to a mixed program thereafter or seeking out alternate places to hold it as well. “We’re considering other projects alongside our regular, monthly shows that may be in different spots... different events that we want to put on throughout the year.” One of the core tenements underpinning Lust For Live’s community-driven events is reaching a younger crowd of live, original music lovers. Randell admits they haven’t quite reached them yet. “We’re looking at a Youth Week event that won’t be hosted at a pub, which would be great because we want to make it accessible to everybody and get younger folk to come to live music. “But we also want them to see the opportunity exists for them to play live,

Lust For Live’s Fred Randell. PHOTO: CONNOR COMAN-SARGENT

original music and hopefully it will get them interested in playing themselves. “There’s a platform there for them to play at Lust For Live, so why not have a

crack and put a band together?” Lust For Live recently received some Country Arts Support Program (CASP) funding to assist with paying the per-

` We’re looking at a Youth Week event that won’t be hosted at a pub, which would be great because we want to make it accessible to everybody and get younger folk to come to live music.

formers and support crew working behind the scenes of the event, such as sound technicians and photographers. “Despite generous sponsorship from the venues, our budgets were still very tight so we wanted to make it more desirable for people to play and be involved. “As musicians we want to know we’re being appropriately awarded for playing.” z Details of upcoming gigs can be found at www.lustforlive.com.au.

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The week’s top stories from around the region

Vigilante volunteers Man dies after explosion in Dubbo park

BY JOHN RYAN N JOURNALIST

ORMALLY when you hear the word vigilante, it conjures up images of blokes running down the street smashing suspected home invaders/ child molesters/foreigners, etc., with an axe handle. Back in the 1990s local MP Gerry Peacocke was known for his comments, which predicted that unless the then state government fixed Dubbo’s crime problem, vigilantes would soon be roaming the streets. He didn’t believe that, he told me in quite a few conversations, but had to use such a provocative term to spark any interest at all from the jaded Sydney mainstream media. Language can be powerful, remember just a few months ago how we were all quivering in our boots at the prospect of being overrun by the ISIS ‘Death Cult’. The advent of a new prime minister has seen the language change and even the Daily Telegraph has been struggling to whip its readers into a frenzy, which no longer exists. Luckily also for Malcolm Turnbull that Russia has actually gone into Syria and started hammering these reactionary factions (not just ISIS), and what threat there was from that group is fast diminishing. But back closer to home and the rise of the digital age has seen a new vigilante hit Dubbo’s virtual super highways. Called Dubbo Vigilante, this is all about Internet sleuthing, protecting ‘digitally unaware’ people, which means most of us, from the ever increasing danger of net fraud. I saw the page on Facebook, asked a few questions, here’s the reply: ‘The cause and purpose of this page is to ensure the online safety in the community that I reside in. I want to spread my knowledge to others and make sure everyone has a good online experience and has a bit more knowledge as to what they are doing as soon as they open up the common internet browser. “I have unfortunately sadly witnessed too many people falling for the common phone scams and viruses/malware going on in everyday life and it’s getting worse. I want to help people better their computer skills and knowledge as far as the internet goes and using any kind of software/program. I

A MAN has died after a homemade device exploded in a Dubbo park. Police were called to Pioneer Park about 2.30am on Thursday following reports a man had been injured after an explosion. A 27-year-old man died at the scene. It’s believed he might have been holding a homemade device before the explosion, police say. AAP PHOTO: FACEBOOK

want to make sure people understand how a virus works and what type of virus a file is and get to know what certain file types do. “In a way I want to enhance everybody’s computer skills free of charge to ensure that people stay safe online. Anything regarding computers and online safety please post to the page and if you have any questions, message me. I am here to help’. This a great example of voluntary community service that

also shows a truckload of initiative, so at the very least get onto the Facebook page and click ‘like’ so Dubbo vigilante understands there is a great support base in the community. As someone we don’t know once said, ‘Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy – you vote in elections once a year but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in’. So while Dubbo Vigilante is prepared to give up lots of time

and expertise, asking for a few ‘likes’ shouldn’t be too much for the rest of the community to bear.

Cold call scam warning TIMELY too, a warning this week from NSW Police that the incidence of cold-call scams is on the increase – the big message here is be very careful who you pass on personal details to. This highlights the important role Dubbo Vigilante could play in helping keep our city cyber

safe, because criminals stay one step ahead of the law with the introduction of any new technology. It’s just a busy world and getting busier.

Local league star on the rise SOME positive news, with Dubbo’s Isaah Yeo scoring a three-year contract with the Penrith Panthers. He had a pretty good year in 2015 and plenty of opportunity to prove himself after so many Panthers players were injured

Joshua Jackson of the Bulldogs tackles Isaah Yeo of the Panthers during their round 15 NRL match between the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Penrith Panthers at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Saturday, June 20, 2015. PHOTO: AAP/DEAN LEWINS

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during the season, so well done and good luck, except when you’re coming up against the Eels. By the way, in case you didn’t know, the Eels won the Auckland Nines without most of their newest you-beaut big name signings.

Weird, wobbly and wonderful THINGS in Dubbo itself have been frantically busy with all manner of the weird, wobbly and wonderful. Our zoo has hit the jackpot yet again with a host of new babies out there. These successful birthing events happen on such a regular basis that it’s easy to get jaded and treat it as routine, but it’s an incredible ongoing positive story for the city to hang its coat tails off when it comes to getting lots of free state-wide and national exposure. I see figures from Destination NSW claims Dubbo sees 863,000 overnight visitors and day-trippers each year, that’s almost 2500 people each day. I don’t know if that figure includes people filling up with petrol while they’re passing through (official figures can often be a bit rubbery) but it does reflect that the city is a hub and that it attracts plenty of people. Given the recent spate of car thefts and break-ins in town,

maybe it’s a good thing if many of these travellers just get fuel and go, keeping an eye on their cars while they’re paying for the petrol. Seriously, things are nowhere near the level, which made us a crime capital in the bad old days, but we need to be eternally vigilant and support police with information and scrutinise the decisions of our local courts.

Walgett girl’s snakebite death WE’RE coming out of what’s meant to be the worst of summer but had a grim reminder this week that in Australia, you can never be too careful. In what’s one of the worst stories I’ve seen this year, a six year-old Walgett girl died after being bitten by a brown snake on a property. Of all the experiences people go through in life, losing a child is horrific, so my heart goes out to this poor little one’s family and friends. She was bitten last Friday afternoon and administered antivenom at Walgett Hospital and later airlifted to Sydney Children’s Hospital and placed on life-support. I’ve seen reports indicating the little girl may have trod on the snake and didn’t realise she’d been bitten, so by the time her family realised she needed

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treatment she was already very sick. If correct, that’s tragic in itself because now there’ll be endless second-guessing about ‘whatifs’ that can never happen, so hopefully no-one will feel guilty for something which was totally outside their control. Her condition deteriorated and she was flown back to Walgett Hospital where she died last Saturday. There are just no words. NSW Ambulance Service has issued a warning for people to be vigilant during this warmer weather.

Beat the heat SPEAKING of heatwaves, can anyone tell me why we don’t build houses in Australia underground? There are so many examples of housing that is in tune with the environment and that doesn’t require heating or cooling, a factor which sees many families and individuals struggle just to pay the bills, or stress because they can’t find the cash. An alien race looking down on the earth truly would think there’s no intelligent life on the planet.

Political palaver WHAT a huge week in politics with deputy PM Warren Truss calling it quits. Truss did well if you judge his

performance from the view that it’s a good thing to be an invisible man when you’re supposedly the second most powerful politician in the nation. Obviously the party has lurched from stability to a future of, well let’s just say, ‘excitement’. Up until a week ago some of my sources were telling me that Wagga MP Michael McCormack was winning in a tight race for the job, so either that was wrong or there was some frantic behind-the-scenes lobbying going on. I think the Nats need to put some bold visionary policies forward to revitalise agriculture and regional Australia, so hopefully that happens. For political journalists and the broader population, this is going to be fascinating to watch. Just like when the ALP elevated maverick Mark Latham to the top job – let’s hope this iteration of musical leadership chairs works better than that experiment. Speaking of ag, the recent white paper into agricultural competitiveness has led the Productivity Commission to travel around the country with its inquiry into regulatory burdens on farm businesses. We don’t need an inquiry to know that the red tape at all levels of government is exces-

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, February 11, 2016. PHOTO: AAP/LUKAS COCH

sive in the extreme and in most cases getting worse. The Commission was in Dubbo on Wednesday so it’s good to see there’s an element of

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Trans pacific partnership ANOTHER topic which is hotting up across the globe is the Trans pacific partnership which Australia recently signed. This is a deal written by the world’s most powerful corporations squarely aimed at growing commercial markets and protecting commercial interests, so to describe it as a trade deal is disingenuous in the extreme. Hopefully people power will stop this one in its tracks, it would be a disaster if implemented for the vast majority of all the populations concerned.

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face to face fact-finding going on, but whether any common sense changes will be made to ease that burden, who knows – if unnecessary paperwork was scrapped it’d be a first.

Backpackers to be taxed LOTS of angst this week about proposed commonwealth changes, which would see backpacker farm labourers

charged much higher tax. It’s a vexing situation because while people holidaying may be competing with locals for jobs, they’re often employed only because operators can’t find locals able and willing to do that work. This is an issue which will probably hot up in the coming months, with an online petition currently doing the rounds

SPEAKING of consultation, Dubbo City Council is still fighting the state government over the proposed forced amalgamation with Wellington. There have been many public claims that the state government isn’t listening to the people. Well, that’s a bit like throwing stones in glass houses because this week DCC announced that the first collections ‘in a 10 week trial of weekly kerbside food and garden (organic) waste collection service’ will get underway in Eastridge from February 22 – this is despite overwhelming objections from ratepayers on this issue. I guess those in pow-

Gaol’s wood block road restoration ON a more positive council note, I see the Old Dubbo Gaol has an expert coming to town to assess and work out the best way to restore the pavement at the front of the attraction, which is made of wood blocks. Thankfully the heritage laws mean no-one’s allowed to pour a concrete slab over this area. The funding for this project is coming from the $1 million given to the city as a result of the Restart NSW Cobbora Transition Fund – not a bad pick-up for Dubbo seeing as it’s unlikely that the Dunedoo coal mine will ever go ahead.

Build it and they will come GREAT to see the NSW Regional Athletics Championships at Barden Park – this really is a classic case of ‘build it and they will come’. It’s interesting to note that governments may be looking at a different way of assessing what infrastructure they build, with many experts claiming money is going to be better spent by boosting existing infrastructure. Anyway, in this instance we’ve got it, and they keep coming.

The day off work that’s lasted years I WONDER if they’ll put infrastructure in the hands of the Spanish local government official who was found not to have turned up to work for years, a fact discovered when they were looking for him to present some sort of award. I suppose on benefit is that he wasn’t actually at work, so he wasn’t able to obstruct other people from making things happen.

Bomb hoax BOMB hoaxes are literally pains in the rear-end. St Laurences is the latest victim. One school in another town had a call but in what turned out to be a fundamental lack of research, it was rung in while all the students were at a swimming carnival. Full marks for stupid on that one.

Interrelate turn 40 CONGRATULATIONS to Interrelate for hitting the 40th birthday mark in the city, this is a service, which has provided huge support to so many people mired in complex family problems. These sorts of providers underpin our community and yet so many go unnoticed under the radar unless you need them personally.

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HE won’t physically be in Dubbo on March 6, but Piper Kerman, will beam live into the Dubbo Regional Theatre for one hour as a guest speaker when the Sydney Opera House’s All About Women streams across Australia and New Zealand. Otherwise known as inmate #11187-424, Kerman is the author of the bestselling memoir Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison; which is the basis of a Netflix series. Kerman serves on the board of the Women’s Prison Association, and has been called as a witness by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, to testify on solitary confinement and women prisoners. She has spoken at the White House on reentry and employment to help honour Champions of Change in the field. The Sydney Opera House’s All About Women satellite event is an afternoon of talks and discussions about ideas, which matter to women and provide an important platform for women’s voices. It is the first time the Dubbo Regional Theatre (DRTCC) will host the event. “I was approached by the associate producer, special projects from the Opera House in 2015 with the concept. I jumped at the chance to be involved,” said Linda Christof, general manager, DRTCC. “It is a significant opportunity for a number of reasons. Firstly to have a regional Theatre be invited to partner with the Sydney Opera House is certainly a feather in our cap, and also to be a part of a growing festival that is gaining momentum through its outreach programs,” Christof said. The event will open with New York journalist, Masha Gessen; Beaver Lake Cree Nation Treaty coordinator and communications manager, Crystal Lameman; American writer and editor, Mallory Ortberg; CEO Carnival Australia, Ann Sherry and president and CEO, @newamerica and former Princeton professor and director of Policy Planning, U.S. State Dept., Anne-Marie Slaughter. The panel will discuss the theme, ““What needs to change?” asking if you could change the world overnight, what would you do first? Dubbo Weekender is sponsoring the event and editor, Jen Cowley, will facilitate a Q&A between sessions. “I’ll be led by what the audience wants to discuss, but from a personal perspective, one of the most fundamental concerns for society as a whole is the fact that although women represent at least half the population, there isn’t a corresponding representation in positions of leadership in either

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the political or the corporate world. “That’s beginning to change, but I would dearly love to see more women putting their hands up to take on the roles that we’ve come to expect – and accept, to a degree – will be occupied by men. “Having said that, I am vehemently opposed to quotas of any kind based on gender. I loathe the idea of anyone being awarded a position because of what side they button their trousers. As a woman, I would find it patronising and demeaning to be elevated to or granted a role simply because of my gender,” Cowley said.

Kerman serves on the board of the Women’s Prison Association, and has been called as a witness by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, to testify on solitary confinement and women prisoners.

We need to make sure the way is clear from barriers for women who want to climb the corporate or political ladder – level the playing field, so to speak – but not if it means giving way to tokenism.” Following the panel discussion, the Orange is the New Black, talk by Kerman will discuss what she’s learnt about women during her incarceration and the lessons she carries with her now as an advocate for the rights of prisoners. “Sometimes, it can seem like women are stuck as second-class citizens: devastating domestic violence statistics, the lack of women in leadership everywhere, the number of mothers living on the poverty line or beneath it. Yes, the situation for women has improved dramatically, but there are still seemingly immovable obstacles to real equality,” Cowley said.

Bookings online or the box office z “This is a great opportunity to meet with like-minded people and share our views in an informal setting on a Sunday afternoon. A few guys have asked me, ‘so if I go, will I find out how to work women out?’” Christof said. z The All About Women satellite event is presented as part of the Sydney Opera House’s annual talks program “Ideas at the House”. The satellite at Dubbo Regional Theatre will be held on Sunday, March 6, from 12.30 pm to 4 pm. z For more information and bookings phone the box office on 68014378 or visit the DRTCC online www.drtcc.com.au #allaboutwomen

Connect online Connect with other AAW guests at the Opera House and the other Satellite events across Australia and New Zealand using the #allaboutwomen hashtag. For more information visit www.facebook.com/IdeasAtTheHouse, https://twitter.com/IdeasattheHouse @IdeasattheHouse, www.youtube.com/user/ideasatthehouse or https://medium.com/@IdeasattheHouse

NSW Minister for the Arts and Member for Dubbo, Troy Grant , Dubbo Weekender, editor, Jen Cowley and general manager, Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre, Linda Christof, ready to welcome the Sydney Opera House All About Women satellite event. PHOTO: YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY

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Starman The man behind the telescope

Fred Watson overlooks the lodge area of Siding Spring, now being redeveloped, that was burned in the devastating Coonabarabran bushfires in 2013.

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Popular astronomer and author Fred Watson, has spent decades working at Siding Spring Observatory in Coonabarabran on his particular brand of astronomy; galactic archeology, the study of the origins of the universe. Pleasantly down-toearth, funny and humble about his achievements, Watson’s discoveries have

RED Watson sees himself as a product of his time. Attending school in England in the ‘50s and ‘60s, and at the beginning of the space age, his interest in what was happening above us was piqued at an early age. He vividly recalls the launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, as the beginning of an era, in which, what was previously only imagined, had become possible. He said the beginning of the space age captured the imagination of his generation and he and his friends were no exception. Watson’s school had three science streams and one art stream. “We were all obsessed with astronomy and science and space,” he said. “It was also a product of the education system at the time because there had just recently been a world war, everyone thought there was going to be another one and that it would be fought on the basis of science and technology,” he said. As a result Watson and his friends were geared toward the sciences and while most of his astronomymad friends peeled off into more “sensible” professions, like medicine and law, his love of science and astronomy continued to grow. Three of the four universities in the UK that of-

added significantly to our understanding of space, during the span of his career. His contributions help paint a clearer picture of how the universe works; a complex and mind-bending universe the astronomer is both inspired by, and in awe of. Six years ago, Watson was made a member of the Order of Australia for his service to

fered astronomy were located in Scotland, which is where the budding scientist would gather his knowledge. “I ended up going to the oldest university in Scotland, St Andrews, founded in 1412 and it has a fantastic history. It’s really next after Oxford and Cambridge, and it’s where Wills and Kate met and married, “Everyone who went to St Andrews to do a first degree spends the rest of their life trying to get back there!” As did Watson, when he eventually returned to do his masters. Halfway through his astronomy degree, Watson struck a hurdle when he “got cold feet. “I’d struggled with a particular math’s exam I couldn’t pass and I changed to a physics degree. I did pass the exam in the end but I graduated with a degree in mathematics and physics, which wasn’t an honours degree.” From there Watson took his skills and enthusiasm out in to the workforce, still passionate about astronomy and began a position with the company that actually made the Siding Spring telescope mirror; Sir Howard Grubb Parsons and Company Ltd. “Sir Howard Grubb was an Irish telescope maker

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astronomy and for popularising space science via public outreach. So how did this stargazing English gent make his way across the globe to work with the best telescopes this side of the planet? Fred recently shared a little of his journey with Dubbo Weekender. WORDS and PHOTOGRAPHY Lisa Minner

and Sir Charles Parsons basically invented the steam turbine,” Watson said. He joined the company in 1967 and was working on a space project (an ultraviolet telescope called TD1) when the first Apollo astronauts arrived on the moon. He said he and his co-workers had stars in their eyes when the astronauts touched down. Spurred on by this incredible event, he returned to St Andrews to complete his Masters in Astronomy. Reflecting, Watson said he counts the two years spent in Newcastle (UK) building telescopes as some of the most formative years of his career. The job gave him a practical understanding of astronomy, complementing his existing theoretical knowledge. “In fact if I have made any contribution to astronomy it’s because of what I’ve been doing with fibre optics. It was almost like a perfect union of the work I’d done in astronomy and the engineering work I’d done in Newcastle,” he said. After completing his master’s degree, the astronomer moved to deepest Sussex where the Royal Greenwich Observatory, was located. “My masters degree was focused on asteroid orbits, which was in those days very unfashionable, but now it’s pretty cool.

` What was there before? The most widely accepted view of the universe, the big bang, is based on general relativity which says time started with the big bang, so if time didn’t exist before that then, there is no need for cause and effect because cause and effect demand time. Time is the thing we understand least, we simply have no idea.”

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“I went to work at an organisation called ‘Her Majesty’s Nautical Almanac Office,” he said, laughing. “The places where I’ve worked have had some great names!” Watson’s role focused on planetary orbits and he stayed in the position for three years before moving back to Scotland to the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh. There he worked on the orbits of stars around the galaxy. 30 years later this work would lay the foundation for one of his team’s biggest projects, RAVE, (Radial Velocity Experiment).

Dark Skies RED is passionate about dark skies and now spends around 50 per cent of his time advocating and educating people about it. He’s also in the process of applying to have the Warrumbungle National Park declared Australia’s first dark sky park. In 1990 there was planning legislation enacted that protected Siding Spring Observatory – The Orana Region Environmental Plan – restricting the kinds of lights you can install within 100 kilometres of the observatory. The plan was designed to protect the night skies over the observatory but it was also about educating people about high efficiency lighting and the wastefulness of light going upwards instead of where it’s meant to go. In 1999 there were hints of changes in the planning legislation and there were new technologies coming through regarding outdoor lighting. It was felt that the existing legislation was too ‘clunky’ and difficult to apply. Watson said it was suggested there should be a working group to look at improving the legislation and being a forum for good lighting issues. Watson was asked to run the working group, ‘The Siding Spring Dark Sky Committee’, and continues to do so. “I got very heavily involved with the dark sky movement and the idea of environmental protection of our night skies, it’s still something I’m passionate about.” Watson said about five years ago the committee decided there was scope for doing more. “In New Zealand they had a dark sky park nominated in an area that is relatively light free. It’s a UNESCO recognition, so it’s big time stuff, but it’s brokered by an organisation called the International Dark Sky Association (IDA), “They recognise something like 20 or 30 dark sky areas throughout the world. The requirements are so stringent – it’s a tough gig to achieve it.” At this point there are no dark sky parks in Australia, yet. Watson said the obvious place would be the Warrumbungle National Park given the site is already protected by the legislation that protects Siding Spring Observatory. Last month a 112 page application was submitted addressing why the Warrumbungle National Park should be the first dark sky park. The IDA is now considering it. “We’ll have to wait until April to know if we’ve succeeded,” he said.

RED Watson’s other great love is music. He’s been captivated by it since he was a child. His love for classical music was entrenched in his late teen years when he was given a key to a different kind of universe, a musical one. “When I look back I must have been a very unusual teenager because I was completely hooked on classical music and I remember when I was in year 11 and being in this highly elevated position of sixth former; I got the keys to the school record cabinet and I went through it like a dose of salts,” he said. “I think it’s the best thing I have ever done – learning all that music in my youth.”

Friday 19.02.2016 to Sunday 21.02.2016 | Dubbo Weekender When asked about the song or performer he loves best – a difficult choice for any music lover – Watson said he had an early fondness for the work of Sibelius. “That cold Scandinavian stuff, his most famous piece being “Finlandia”. Watson said he paid homage to the performer while on an overseas trip. “Sibelius died in 1957 but I visited his hometown two years ago on what would have been his 149th birthday. “It was a very special moment in my life, being there on a winter’s day and standing by Sibelius’ grave. It was covered in snow and so many flowers had been left there by music lovers from all around the world,” he said. Then, later in the ‘60s, Watson got “caught up” in gospel music followed by a stint with folk-blues, all of which he said has lead to the “daft science stuff” he does today. “It’s probably no accident that in my gospel phase I was engaged to the min-

WORDS BY EDDIE O’REILLY FRED WATSON is a familiar face and voice in the nation’s media, but bringing the universe into people’s homes is only a part of his life’s work. Fred’s pioneering research in the ‘80s using fibre optics in telescopes has created tools that allow faster and more efficient surveys of distant stars and galaxies. By splitting the light from these distant bodies into a rainbowlike spectrum astronomers can extract information about the object’s chemical composition, mass, speed and other properties. Once upon a time astronomers had to measure the spectrum of each object individually, a very time consuming process given the hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy alone. By using a wider view of many stars, and using fibre optic strands to carry the light of each individual star separately to the spectrograph where it is split and analysed, astronomers were able to map more than a hundred stars with each exposure. Further refinements to Fred’s system saw the addition of tiny robots that position the fibre optics on the telescope’s sensor far better than any human hand could do.

ister’s daughter and once that relationship broke up, so did my link with the church,” he said, laughing. “I went off selling bibles, I did the whole gig; I was very committed.” The astronomer said for a long time he was embarrassed about it but has since made peace with his exploration of religion. Reflecting, he said, “I think it was just part of me evolving into the person I am, now.” When asked if the world of science and religion were hard to blend, Watson said he didn’t see them as two separate things. “My feelings about God would be quite different to what most people might imagine because to me it’s the way the universe works; I think it’s two sides of the same coin. It’s just different ways of looking at the same questions, ‘where did we come from?’, ‘how did the world get to be like it is?’” Does Watson believe in God?

The latest system under development has a micro robot called a Starbug attached to each optic fibre, which will take observing efficiency to even greater heights. “The fibre optics technology I was working on back in the ‘80s has evolved into today’s marvellous engineering (including Starbugs) entirely because of the contribution of many talented scientists and engineers at Australian Astronomical Observatory,” Fred said. “My part in recent years has been more as a user of the technology rather than a developer – although I still take a grandfatherly interest in the engineering.” In the 2000’s, an early version of the robot-controlled system was used to measure the light from 136,000 galaxies, helping to map the broader universe and still standing as a milestone in deep space observation. But project manager Fred and his team’s star shone even brighter thanks to the 10-year multinational RAVE (Radial Velocity Experiment) survey which measured about half a million stars across our galaxy. The survey yielded valuable data on the age and structure of the stars making up our Milky Way galaxy and in the process discovered an entire dwarf galaxy that had been swallowed by our own.

“Any idea that we may have about God is blown out of the water by the reality of what is happening in the universe, we are only scratching the surface of the mysteries that are around us and they’re everywhere. “You could ask who put the laws of physics in place and things like that but we might not even have the mental wherewithal to understand it and maybe that’s what God is, it’s something that transcends our understanding.” With so much attention focused on unknowns, theories and possibilities, does Watson ever become overwhelmed with the enormity of the universe and all it’s mysteries? “I do go through life with a profound sense of wonder about what the universe is trying to tell us and I am permanently excited about what’s around the corner, so I like to write about things like that and to help other people get excited about it, too.”

The data was also used to recalculate the mass of the galaxy, aiding research into mysterious “dark matter”. Unable to be observed directly but believed to exist because of the observed gravitational behaviour of galaxies, scientists believe dark matter makes up about five-sixths of the universe. When quizzed on what he believes dark matter to be, Fred cautiously says it may be a type of as yet undiscovered sub-atomic particle, the type that may be found when the Large Hadron Collider at CERN moves to full power experiments in the near future. “If it is, it will open the door on a whole new world of physics,” he said. For his part in the great adventure, Fred continues to cast his eyes outward. Two new surveys using the new Starbug technology are planned to begin this year at Siding Springs and the William Herschel Telescope in The Canary Islands. The first, codenamed Taipan, will be looking at galaxies, and Funnel-web, studying stars. If the technology proves successful, it will be included in the planned Giant Magellan Telescope set to be commissioned in Chile in 2021 and expected to see the universe ten times more clearly than the Hubble Space Telescope.

The Australian Government is committed to making this country a centre of innovation—where we turn ideas into successful products and services. This will generate a new era of jobs and prosperity for all. The National Innovation & Science Agenda includes initiatives that encourage ideas and create opportunities, including: • making it easier for innovative businesses to ﬁnd investors and access funding • bringing research and business together to make ideas work • helping prepare ideas for market with grants and specialist advice • making it easier for people to take a risk and give their ideas a go • ensuring young Australians have the skills they need in technology, maths and science for the jobs of tomorrow. The Ideas Boom. Building an exciting future for every Australian.

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Tony Webber

Tony Webber is a Dubbo resident and political tragic who can’t believe this is even happening.

Family ties bind Bush to brother’s disastrous past HERE are few sights more odious than a powerful crybaby. Who can forget the much-maligned Bra Boys and their heart-wrenching documentary – narrated by Russell Crowe, of all people. It told of their struggle against police harassment and the community misconception that they were a violent gang involved in drugs and other crime, when in fact they were a violent gang involved in drugs and other crime, who also quite enjoyed surfing. More recently Queensland’s anti-bikie laws hurt the feelings of motorcycle groups who said the consorting bans portrayed all wannabe bikies adopting the intimidating regalia of dangerous, anti-social thugs, as, dangerous, anti-social thugs, when only a minority of them were in fact among the most dangerous criminals in the country. It’s worth noting at this point that Queensland voters decided the other group they didn’t want associating with one another was Campbell Newman’s frontbench, but anyway. At the risk of referring to US politics again so soon, the most recent Republican debate was another example of the enduring appeal of victimhood to those thoroughly untitled to it. Before we get there, it must be said that the particular exchange I am about to recount is not the most significant aspect of the debate, which featured exchanges so childish, self-destructive and unhinged as to mark the beginning of the end of democracy as we know it. It was also the scene for one of the better one-liners of the campaign to date, but more of that later. The award for clutching the monogrammed silk handkerchief to the weepy eye goes to Jeb Bush, who took offence at Donald Trump saying his brother, the then president George W., started the war in Iraq based on lies. “Obviously the war in Iraq was a big, fat mistake, all right?” Trump said at the debate in Greenville, South Carolina. “They lied. They said there were weap-

Jeb Bush hugs his brother, former President George W. Bush, during a campaign rally in South Carolina this week. PHOTO: REUTERS/ RANDALL HILL

ons of mass destruction – there were none. And they knew there were none.” For the first time Trump, who has been cheered wildly for lying like a lunatic, was booed for telling the truth. Bush, a member of an immediate, family dynasty that has featured two presidents, and governorships of Texas and Florida, as well as “pappy’s” spell as head of the CIA, demanded Trump not bring his family into it. “I am sick and tired of him going after my family,” he said. “While Donald Trump was building a reality TV show, my brother was building a security apparatus to keep us safe and I’m proud of what he did.” You can’t really play the family-is-notfair-game card when your family has been president for a total of 12 years and is the most powerful dynasty in US political history.

You can’t be talking about The Beatles and suddenly yell, “Hey! Don’t bring Ringo into it!” And it’s a fair point if terrorism and security are the touchstone issues, especially for this group of dimwits, who also saw fit to demonstrate their statesmanship and dignity by talking over each other like Ricky Lake panellists, and calling each other liars, a first for a presidential debate. George W. Bush and his cabal of oil

` You can’t really play the family-is-not-fair-game card when your family has been president for a total of 12 years and is the most powerful dynasty in US political history.

industry zealots – known as “the crazies” in Washington circles at the time - through rat viciousness and delusion bred of echo chamber insularity, sparked the current Sunni-Shia civil war, pitting Iran and Saudi Arabia, ripping the region to shreds and creating a refugee crisis that may well end the European Union and auger in a new era of right wing extremism there instead. Add to that setting the stage for a recurring global financial crisis and it is only a slight exaggeration to say George W could be the president that ended Western civilisation, as we know it. And now that one-liner: still in family mode, Jeb later whined, “My mother was the strongest person I know.” To which Trump replied: “Maybe she should be running.” After that debate you can’t help but agree.

Legoland Germany reaching to the sky, and an app for busiest train station

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Legoland Germany is growing up with five of the world’s tallest skyscrapers on show this year. They have been reproduced on a 1:150 scale using more than 400,000 Lego bricks. Starting on March 19, Lego fans of all ages can check out the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, which stands 828 metres in the original version in Dubai and over 5 metres high in Legoland. The other skyscrapers reproduced at the park are the Ping

An Finance Center and Shanghai Tower from China, the Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel in Saudi Arabia and the One World Trade Center in New York. The German version of Legoland, situated halfway between Munich and Stuttgart, is popular with international tourists because it is easier to drive to the Guenzburg location than to the original Legoland in Billund, Denmark. Meanwhile, if you’re travelling to Japan, the good news is a railway

company there has created a smartphone app to prevent commuters losing their way at Tokyo’s Shinjuku metro station, known to be the busiest in the world with a daily footfall of about 3.6 million. East Japan Railway, which owns most of the more than 20 lines converging at the station, has begun testing the Ekikonai Navi (interior station navigator), which aims to help subway users find their way around in the confusing station layout.

Manoeuvring through the Shinjuku station, one of the main junctions within the extensive metro and train network in the Japanese capital, is a complicated affair even for regular users. The trial version of the app is available in Japanese and English for iOS and Android, and has a navigator that uses Bluetooth Low Energy beacons installed at the station to indicate the user’s location on a map. AAP

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via video. Victims who were allegedly discouraged personally by Pell to not report sexual abuse want him to have the same situation they had while giving evidence, reported The Guardian Australia. ‘We just want the opportunity to be there’.

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KANYE finally released his much-anticipated album The Life of Pablo over the weekend. And Kanye wouldn’t be Kanye if he didn’t attract as much publicity as possible, in the strangest of ways. Yeezey got on Twitter over the weekend, begging Mark Zuckerburg to give him a call and loan him some money. No. Sorry. To invest ‘1 billion dollars into Kanye West ideas’, because he is ‘this generation’s Disney’ (not to mention the fact he claims he is 53 million in debt). But, seriously, doesn’t Kanye know that Zuckerberg invented Facebook, not twitter, and how to appeal to someone’s ego? Obviously now.

Pell to face victims WHEN it was recently announced that Cardinal George Pell, Australia’s most senior Catholic, was not in a condition to travel back to Australia to give evidence into the royal commission, the public were outraged. Some were also spurred into action. Survivors of the abuse started a crowd funding campaign to fly to Rome so they can face Pell as he gives evidence

ABOUT 10 years ago, comedy musical group Axis of Awesome became a viral sensation with their parody song ‘Four Chords’, in which they sing loads of famous pop songs to the same four chords. The award winning comedy group have just delivered another viral sensation, but for an entirely different reason. Comedian Jordan Raskopoulos announced in a video that she is transgender, making a powerful statement that ‘Being trans does not mean you need to give up on your life… I’m going to be f***ing awesome’. And let that be a lesson to all young people questioning their identity out there. Trans youth are eight times more likely to commit suicide, they need role models out there like Jordan, showing them how great life can be.

Adidas for love ON February 14, Adidas celebrated Valentine’s Day by sharing an image of two different women’s feet facing each other, suggesting they were kissing, with the caption; ‘The love you take is equal to the love you make’. The post was immediately attacked

Comedy trio The Axis Of Awesome. PHOTO: AAP/THE AXIS OF AWESOME

by homophobic trolls, of all kinds. The best part about this story? Adidas’s response: ‘This day is for love’,

they wrote back to the hateful comments, with the waving hand emoji and kissing lips. High fives all round.

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Senator Glenn Lazarus: Advocate to end the violence Driving the current Senate inquiry into alcohol fuelled violence, Queensland Senator and chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Reference Committee, Glenn Lazarus spoke with DUBBO WEEKENDER about the effort to put the issue on the national agenda and how the death of his son’s friend, Cole Miller, from a one punch attack was a personal line in the sand. AS TOLD TO Yvette Aubusson-Foley Ultimately I’d like to see the number of incidences of alcohol-fuelled violence reduced dramatically. I think not only myself but also the rest of Australia are pretty much sick and tired of seeing on a regular basis people dying or seriously injured through alcohol-fuelled violence. If through this inquiry we can come up with a national strategy that we can put in place which will look at all sort of areas that may be a contributor and come up with a national strategy that we can hopefully convince all states and territories to adopt. I think we’re at a time where people have just had enough, we’re sick of seeing it. The latest one in Brisbane was the Cole Miller incident. My son was a friend of his. He was trying to get home, he’d had a great night with his mates, trying to find a cab to get home and then without any provocation he was attacked and unfortunately he passed away as a result. We’re seeing it on a too regular basis and I think the Australian public wants something to be done and I’m hoping this inquiry will give us some really good ideas to curb it. [My son] ... was attacked by someone influenced by alcohol. That phone call at one o’clock in the morning ... your heart sinks when your phone rings that late in the evening, and of course we had to go up to the hospital. I just can’t imagine what Cole Miller’s or anyone’s family goes through when someone dies, it must be absolutely horrendous. These types of incidence affect hundreds, sometimes thousands of people. We just need to do something about it. It’s happening on too regular a basis or this will just continue on. The inquiry will look at different aspects and areas. It will look at lock out laws; it will look at service of alcohol,

what type of alcohol is served at certain times. It will look at training and whether or not people who work in the industry need more training. We need to look at the next generation and get them to change their thinking around the drinking culture, which we have at the moment. Policing, whether we look at mandatory sentencing, refusal of bail, deterrents to hopefully make people think twice about doing it, and one thing that’s surprised me a bit, but transport is an issue. In a lot of towns and cities the transport’s just not good enough to get the hundreds and hundreds of people coming out of night venues, to get them home. Obviously they’re loitering around and one thing leads to another. We’re looking at the complete gamut. No pre conceived ides.

I personally am in favour of lock out laws. They do work. They have had them in certain areas particularly in New South Wales; the stats are really encouraging but at the end of the day they may not be part of the recommendations but both Queensland and New South Wales are both seriously looking at lock out laws. They also realise they actually work. I think there are a lot of influencers; things are different in the world today. I think we are a more violent society. Every time you turn the ‘tele’ on the first half hour of any news program, it’s all about violence and killings and so forth. I think the pressures of employment figures are not good so people are worried about money to pay the next bill or supply the next meal of their children. I think issues that Australia could keep at arms length because of the dis-

tance and the fact we’re an island, are now in our face and on our doorstep and I think that’s certainly another reason. There are really good initiatives but which have had an affect on things like not smoking in venues now. It makes people go outside to have their cigarettes and of course one thing leads to another. Another one, and this has been relayed to me by the police federation; they believe the states and territories have done a really good job in curbing the amount of illicit drugs being distributed in night clubs, so they compensate by drinking more alcohol. In my day there were still fights in nightclubs and venues like that, but there wasn’t this, coming up from behind and laying into someone who is not expecting it, then hits their head on the hard concrete. This unprovoked violence is a real concern and anyone who has to deal with the aftermath will tell you that alcohol is involved 99 per cent of the time. We really do need to do something about it. The Queensland parliament are still contemplating lock out laws and dealing with the process. Those changes have not come into affect as yet. My opinion is the sooner the better. There are other people and other issues that have got to be considered. For example, the venues and their ability to earn revenue would be an issue, but at the end of the day, this is a circumstance that happens too often and alcohol is at the forefront of this issue. We need to implement something that will reduce incidents that occur around this country. The reporting date is June 30, so we don’t have a lot of time I think submissions close March 31. We accept all submissions from everywhere. If we think people can be a witness at a hearing then we’ll invite them. Obviously we’ll get venue owners or alcohol companies talking about lock out laws and talking about the service of alcohol. That’s fine. There are no preconceived ideas; it’s just gathering of information, which will hopefully be put into a national strategy, which I hope we can adopt.

Submission details Inquiry into the need for a nationally consistent approach to alcohol-fuelled violence Submission deadline: March 31, 2016 Contact the Se Committee Secretary, Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Committee, PO Box 6100, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 Phone: +61 2 6277 3560, Fax: +61 2 6277 5794 alcohol.violence.sen@aph.gov.au http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/ Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/Alcohol_fuelled_violence

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LATHAMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LAW There are many quiet achievers in the law. There are more than a few activists. Not many lawyers however are both. Stephen Lawrence sat down this week with his good mate, prominent local lawyer, and Rabbitohs supporter, Patrick Latham on the eve of his departure from Dubbo.

Comment by y STEPHEN LAWRENCE Stephen Lawrence is a Barrister and Rugby League fan.

OON after leaving school I got a job in the NSW courts. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re encouraged to do country service and in 1996 I ended up winning a job at Dubbo and thought it would be a good experience. My father actually came from Trangie and while we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have many relatives left out here it was like going back to where he had grown up. I had two kids when I first came to Dubbo and then I had another boy and girl born at Dubbo Base. Dubbo is a great place to live and a great place to bring up kids, as we all know it gets a bit hot but you just have to toughen up. Dubbo is growing and will always be a good place to live. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the hub of the west, the centre of the wheel. The town has certainly developed over the twenty years. When I first came I think there was a deli near the BCF camping place and they sourced some of the more exotic things but now there is much more variety in the food and wine and other things and different services and businesses which have come to the town. When I arrived in Dubbo I was the Registrar of the Court. In those days we used to get a lot of domestic violence victims who would come in directly to the court and we would assist them in making out a complaint. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s improved - the police will now initiate domestic violence proceedings themselves, but back in those days it often fell upon the victim to come in and seek the assistance of the court. The thing about being at the court was, you had to be independent; you had to be fair. When I first came to Dubbo the bail courts on weekends were done in the police station. I changed that, with some opposition, to get arrested people brought over to the court where

Dubbo lawyer, Patrick Latham.

their bail case could be sound recorded and seen to be done in a fair and right way. I am concerned about some of the recent cutbacks in relation to court services in the area. I believe it is an access to justice issue. Your rights are so important and if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have access to them itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the same as not having any legal rights at all. The thing about courts is for years they really stuck by communities. As other services left, the courts were still there. I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disappointing if some of these towns have their courts reduced. Initially youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for something that appears to be wrong or an injustice. But you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come to any of these matters with an agenda. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go looking for a particular case. The case finds you. Then you apply the law, you

` Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s improved - the police will now initiate domestic violence proceedings themselves, but back in those days it often fell upon the victim to come in and seek the assistance of the court.

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examine the facts and the case takes you in a particular direction. Your fearlessness is just your integrity. You just have to follow it through. I have done a lot of matters against the police. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t set out to undermine the police or authority but once something comes up, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look away. Everyone has to be held to account. Otherwise people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exercise their powers properly and go outside of what is proper conduct. I have had the privilege of being able to save a few homes for people. That is always satisfying. There is often nothing scarier for people than losing their own home. I defended a person fined $75,000 for not cleaning their yard. They would have lost their house if we hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

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had the fine reviewed. Another woman owed $150,000 to Centrelink where they alleged she had been in a relationship when she hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. Mental illness had put her in a difficult position. In the end we overturned that decision. I have done false imprisonment cases, including two young girls at Wellington held in custody for weeks due to an error by the Magistrate. Quite a lot of matters involving search warrants, one is currently before the High Court. Working in remote communities like Walgett and Bourke is very challenging but very rewarding. A lot of these communities get lots of services coming through and then they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see them again. The big thing is to make contacts and gain the confidence of the community and the work will come through. I am very lucky to be with my partner Bernadette Riley. I did have a lot of contact with Aboriginal people before I met Bernadette but it has certainly meant that I have made a lot more Aboriginal friends as a result. It gives you a different perspective on issues. Bernadette is a very strong character. The other thing is we are both principled people. I suppose we are both troublemakers. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go looking for trouble but we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shy away from it. I certainly respect her integrity and she respects mine. In my new job I will manage my own team. Staff in the community legal sector are extremely dedicated; many manage themselves. Sometimes the problem is making sure they stop work, making sure they have their leave and switch off from work. Now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for me to go. Twenty years. I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really busting to go but having been successful in a job application I feels itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to start another chapter, to keep me fresh and motivated. This is Bernadetteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s country and in fact her family are having a reunion in March and we are all returning for that. I certainly think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be returning here from time to time and who knows in the future I might be back.

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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

This is really getting up my nose... DON’T know what I’ve done to offend “The Fates”, but it must have been something particularly heinous, if the state of my immune system is to be taken into account. I have gone from being impervious to most environmental factors to being a delicate and fragile flower that turns up its nose, or toes, to mix a metaphor, at the simplest thing. Actually, I don’t turn up my nose. That would be simpler. What’s taking place in my body right now is more like the General Strikes that have been known to plague the UK. One part of me cracks it and the rest go out in sympathy. There’s something in the air just now that’s giving my whole team the shits, (actually, that’s about the only symptom that I’m not displaying). We are talking about a symphony of sympathy. I’m sneezing like Vesuvius, I’ve renamed my eyes “Itchy and Scratchy” and my head feels like it’s filled with cotton wool. I used to feel a bit superior to people who suffered from hay fever, but that’s come back to bite me in a big way. Hubris: my new middle name. Now is probably a timely juncture to stop laughing at parodies of people who are gluten intolerant. Well, that is after I recommend you type, “How to be Gluten Intolerant”, into your search engine and then sit back and watch the fun. There’s this big billboard on the highway between Wellington and Dubbo that has quite recently had a change in advertising display. Up until relatively recently, it hosted commercial advertising for something farm-related. But that has all changed. Some weeks ago, the billboard was refreshed with a very simple message: “Jesus Saves”. It’s a familiar phrase used by Christians as an affirmation of their faith, very modest but also pretty farreaching in terms of its scope. And, also, pretty widely famous as providing great scope for wits of varying capacity, to display their prowess.

“Jesus Saves Green Stamps” is one I remember from my childhood. It’s firmly stuck in my memory. And that’s remarkable in that I don’t think I’ve ever seen a store that offered collectors stamps as an inducement for customer loyalty. I think that must date from the post-war era ... but, you get my drift. So, when I saw the new billboard sign appear on the side of the highway, proclaiming the powers of Jesus Christ to provide redemption. There was a small part of me that wanted to duck home and get my marker and add the ‘green stamps’ postscript. It was like a reflex action. I wouldn’t know what green stamps look like, but I felt an almost overpowering urge to write that on the sign, so, I resisted temptation and refrained from my ‘Bugger Up’ urges. So, I was a little surprised when I noticed this week that Someone Else has been at the sign and the addition has nothing to do with green stamps. The billboard now proclaims, “Jesus Saves Paedophiles”. I don’t think that even the most avowed agnostic, sceptic or atheist would suggest that Jesus Christ himself, or his teachings, are implicated in the current furore surrounding religious institutions and allegations of paedophile behaviour by priests and other clergy. And let’s be clear about this, it’s not any one particular branch of the religious who have been demonstrated to have, handled this horrible situation so badly. In fact it’s not just religious organisations we’re talking about here; all sorts of people, in all sorts of industries have been involved in this stuff. And they have been getting away with this for years. It’s a broad church and it includes grubs like Jimmy Saville. It would seem that paedophiles are remarkably adept at identifying places where they can work and where they can prey on children. Places where they can cover up their activities and operate

` When I saw Tim Minchin’s video of his song urging Cardinal Pell to come home to give evidence to the inquiry into institutionalised child sexual abuse, I wanted to kiss him. Tim Minchin, that is. Not George Pell.

with impunity, where the system will protect them. Sometimes the system protects them because it doesn’t oversight them, sometimes it would appear the system protects them because the people who are meant to be running the joint are more concerned with maintaining their own careers or the prestige of their organisation than they are with protecting vulnerable children. Paedophiles are successful because they are incredibly manipulative and they know how to work systems to ensure that they get what they want and so they are protected. If you look at how they operate, they target the weak. They target the people who don’t have the moxy to stick up for themselves, often these are kids who are already damaged in some way, and it’s these most exposed and vulnerable targets who are grist to the paedophile mill. Like other predators, paedophiles can spot a weakness a mile away and they are only too happy to exploit it. I am nominally a Catholic. I was raised in a Catholic family, I went to a Catholic school and I have benefited enormously from the many good things that the Catholic community is and has achieved. I’m not a church-going Catholic, but I’m still a member of the family, as it were. However, as a member of that family, I am seriously unimpressed by the behaviour of some senior members of the Catholic community; by the way they have handled this crisis. As a Catholic, I have a horrible feeling that the upper levels of the Holy Church are a bit more concerned about the corporate affairs of their multinational than they are with dealing with the damage that some of their number have inflicted on the most vulnerable members of the community. So when I saw Tim Minchin’s video of his song urging Cardinal Pell to come home to give evidence to the inquiry into institutionalised child sexual abuse, I wanted to kiss him. Tim Minchin, that is. Not George Pell. Can we please see some leadership on this issue; leadership and accountability from the very organisation that has been exhorting me for years to be the ‘best version of myself that I can be’?

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The dollars and sense of better policy making BY JOHN RYAN N JOURNALIST

UMANS collectively have provoven not to be an intelligent life form. Intelligence can be measured in y many ways, and unfortunately our society is keyed to academicc measurements. Some of the smartest kids in their class are often the ones who struggle financially because they can’t get it together, can’t stop spending more than they earn or simply can’t function in the workforce. d Other kids who could barely read es or or write often end up as millionaires billionaires. uggle Often the people who would struggle running their own business end up beation’s coming the people who set the nation’s s. policy across a wide range of areas. More often than not, they get it horribly wrong. The problem here is that it’s very difficult to turn the ship around once it’s got up a head of steam. Bureaucrats as a species see change as the enemy to be fought on every front and with every cunning trick at their disposal. Corporations who have built utheir business models on the bud reaucratic structures, guidelines and processes fight change unless they know they can adapt their business models to capitalise on new profits. This is costing us big time, and our political leaders are so in bed with the companies that donate to them, and so overwhelmed and bamboozled by the ‘Yes minister’ doctrine adopted by their senior public servants, that radical change is almost impossible. Lets’ look at a few case studies, where often simple and common sense changes could have dramatic positive outcomes, yet the inertia and resistance is so great you know it will take years to happen, if ever. z Superannuation – super is geared so the most wealthy gain huge benefits from the lower taxes they pay when making vast contributions to their funds, yet no government wants to touch this issue. This is despite the voters overwhelmingly supporting such a move, and it’s because the richest people in the land have far more lobbying power than the poor majority; z Negative gearing – at least this issue is coming up for a bit of discussion in recent times, and it’s all about driving up house prices because the concessions make it attractive for investors to buy, competing against younger people and first home buyers. Once again there’s a powerful building lobby who wants no change because it might eat into profits, and bugger the people who are seeing the Australian Dream slipping away; z Unfair dismissal – This may not have quite the popular support to scrap and

cial transactions – they I know it does offer pro` haven’t really done anytection from vindictive thing except snort some bosses and managers, of Many cocaine in the executive which there are far too millionaires toilet during a smoke many. But it is hurting embreak, yet they’re nonployment in this country have created productive millionaires. in a huge way. So many their wealth in We have to put some taxsmall businesses I know ation around this, so all just won’t put extra peo- Australia from the people and corporaple on because if they get paper financial tions fleecing the system a dud, they’re stuck with transactions get to pay some of their them. If this law was gone ill-gotten gains back into there would be so many – they haven’t the national piggy bank – more jobs that people who really done but when you have people lose one could more easily find another, and often it anything except like Joe Hockey serving stints as treasurer, whose is just a personality clash snort some wife is a retired merchant that causes workplace banker, you can see why problems. If every small cocaine in there’s not much governbusiness employed on av- the executive mental appetite for makerage just one extra pertoilet during a ing this happen; son, the nation’s unemz Tax loopholes – if we ployment problem could smoke break, had a far simpler and well be solved. What is yet they’re nonmore equitable taxation really ironic is the federsystem there should be al government, which ex- productive more than enough money ercises control over this millionaires. to go around to pay for eslegislation, tries to emsential services like health ploy as many people on contracts as it can, a move which creates a fragment- and education yet also fund vital infraed work culture and promotes plenty of structure projects such as the Melbourne stress where people have little certainty to Brisbane Inland Rail which we should of employment – it’s a real federal-wide have had more than 100 years ago. Incase of ‘Do as I say, not as I do’. I really stitute a ‘Two Cent’ tax on absolutely think this would create more positives every commodity and transaction and no amount of fancy accounting could than negatives; z Many millionaires have created their slip past paying a fair share, and those wealth in Australia from paper finan- who’ve been burdened with PAYE and

or smal small business red tape would pay far less, thu thus be better off; z Redu Reduce subsidies to huge resource compan companies who come in, rape and pillage, tr transfer all their profits off-shore and make a loss over here, then leave w without cleaning up giant holes in th the ground – the mining industry rreally has had the ears of governm ments on this one, and it’s a national disgrace – if they’re not able to make a fair and ethical profit from that resource, leave the stuff in the ground – it’s no sense in Australia taking a generational loss to enrich these sorts of fat cats; z I’ve seen so many farming systems where cockies h have slashed synthetic chemia cal and fertiliser inputs and yet are maintai maintaining tremendous yields, and also improvi improving the capacity of their country each year. The chemical industrial farming model requires ever increasing costly synthetic inputs to keep the agribu ribusiness model alive and growing, ye these additives are mining the yet n nutrients in Australia’s fragile soil b bank – we need some incentives f farmers to make the change for a and stop subsidising costly and u unsustainable systems; z Housing is probably one of the w worst offenders and the inability of our building industry and governmen regulators to grasp this simple ment i almost criminal. We have a crifact is A sis in Australia with huge numbers of families unable to afford their escalating gas and electricity costs and the answer isn’t to frack more Coal Seam Gas wells and build new coal fired power stations to get that critical mass to bring power costs down. The answer is to just build far more efficient homes that don’t require heating or cooling in the first place. This is easily done, and there are examples from all across the globe where it’s been done. Many of these methods also use natural local building materials so they don’t have the huge amount of toxins we see in cheaply built modern homes, and all the consequent medical problems and health costs that arise from this issue. But the people who make the money from selling these crap products are the ones with the big bucks to buy ‘paid science’ to present their most favourable case to the bureaucracy charged with setting the rules; z Power generation – don’t get me started on this one, but there are so many options out there and far more on the way, so much so that we may not need the poles and wires in a decade or two, which will make the decision to flog them off in their death throes a very good one. Plenty of people live with no power or utilities, they have all the modern conveniences and their cost of living is way, way down – this is the sort of future governments should be helping to happen; In so many areas of our social, environmental and economic world we have the wrong policy settings – imagine if we could just change these few things, how much better the world would be.

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Cr Mathew Dickerson

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

Past amalgamation stats raises doubts for proposed merger THOUGHT I’d put my hand up for the Indian Premier League this year. I could put together a pretty good document telling the franchises about the wonderful feats I could perform if they secured my services in the auction. The highest paid player in the tournament this year will be Shane Watson. He was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 9.5 crore (AU$1.98 million). So why would a team pay that amount for Shane when, despite my incredible desktop publishing skills and promises of performance, I don’t think I’d have received a bid for my services? One simple reason: in any aspect of life, we assume the best indicator for future behaviour is past performance. Amongst all players that have played a reasonable number of T20 internationals, Shane has the second best batting strike rate; the ninth best batting average; the third highest number of sixes; the second highest outright score and to show his versatility he is number 24 on the list of wicket takers and number 28 on the list of catchers. Throw in the IPL Most Valuable Player tag from 2008 and 2013 and his past performance resume is pretty impressive. Is any of this a guarantee that Shane will perform better than me in the IPL? There are no guarantees, but this resume is a very strong indicator that his future performances will be similarly impressive. In every aspect of life, we make decisions for the future based on what has happened in the past. Employees typically gain employment and promotion based on what they have achieved in the past. Businesses are bought based on past performances typically by way of a Profit and Loss report. Sporting teams are selected on past performances. This all seems obvious and logical but there is a crucial area that all of these rules of logic have appeared to be thrown out the window: Amalgamations. With so many proposed amalgamations across the State at the moment, with glossy brochures created by highpaid consultancy firms such as KPMG,

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it would be assumed that there had been extensive research performed on the success of previous amalgamations. After all, the rest of society seems to predict what will happen in the future based on what has happened in the past, it would make sense to look at previous amalgamations. Around the turn of the century, we had five amalgamations in this State and in 2004 we had another 22 amalgamations. For the sake of calculations, I will call it 26 amalgamations because Pristine Waters was formed in 2001 then absorbed in a further amalgamation with Clarence Valley Council in 2004. Probably the shortest Council existence in our history! So with a total of 26 amalgamations stretching back 12 to 16 years, surely there is enough evidence and history to draw some conclusions on the success of amalgamations. I will examine three components. The IPART declarations of being Fit for the Future; population changes and rate increases.

IPART declarations Of the 26 amalgamated Councils, seven were declared Fit; that’s 26.9 per cent of Councils amalgamated since the turn of the century declared Fit for the Future. Not a great start.

Population changes We read about the promise of improving ‘scale and capacity’ after an amalgamation. That translates to increasing population numbers in various towns involved. Does this promise have some

merit? I broke up the amalgamated areas into 64 towns from the areas and looked at population changes from the 2001 census to the 2011 census. Seventy-five per cent of towns grew slower than the State average which during that decade was 0.96 per cent. If you remove the two large Sydney based Councils (Canada Bay Council and City of Sydney Council) then the percentage of growth below the State average for the other 24 amalgamated areas increases to 78.9 per cent. What about if we go a step further? If we look at how many of the 64 towns experienced a decline in actual population over that ten year period, we find an incredible 35.9 per cent of towns in amalgamated areas experienced negative population growth. Not exactly a glowing endorsement for increasing population. Some of these declines were quite significant. Glenn Innes merged in 2004 and experienced 0.94 per cent annual decline; Eglinton – part of Bathurst Regional Council – saw an annual decline of 1.44 per cent; Armidale, 0.12 per cent, Cooma, 0.89 per cent, each year. Coonabarabran, Gulgong, Lavington, Maclean; the list goes on of locations to experience negative growth since their amalgamations. Remember this isn’t just growth below the State average – this is the population declining in outright numbers. So far the past performances don’t look great. Only 26.9 per cent of amalgamated Councils are Fit and only 25 per cent experience population growth better than average.

` The merger proposals make incredible claims of billions of dollars saved and I’ve heard the term a thousand times of “downward pressure on rates.” If these claims are true then we would see evidence of these 26 amalgamated Councils lowering... It is probably going to come as no surprise to you but this simply isn’t the case.

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Supposedly then all the benefits are going to be financial.

Financial benefits The merger proposals make incredible claims of billions of dollars saved and I’ve heard the term a thousand times of “downward pressure on rates.” If these claims are true then we would see evidence of these 26 amalgamated Councils lowering rates – or at the very least not going above rate-pegging amounts (for simplicity, rate-pegging can be thought of as CPI increases). It is probably going to come as no surprise to you but this simply isn’t the case. It took some time for the Office of Local Government to be forthcoming with this data and it was only received just before going to, but of the 26 amalgamated council areas, a total of 20 of these have applied for an additional rate increase over and above the rate-pegging amount since their amalgamation. Some have applied multiple times in the course of their amalgamated lives. Richmond Valley was over 70 per cent; Palerang, almost 60 per cent; Tamworth and Gwydir both over 38 per cent and Clarence Valley over 37 per cent. On average, the applications that were made across the 20 councils were for more than 30 per cent, per council. So, 76.9 per cent of amalgamated councils have applied for additional rate increases. I am not sure which way you can read that to mean “downward pressure on rates” but it certainly doesn’t look like anything but residents in an amalgamated Council area should expect rate rises. I will let the facts speak for themselves. The past performance shows the three indicators as being bad for amalgamated Councils yet the merger proposal documents talk of the wonderful benefits of amalgamations. Something seems amiss here. Maybe I should ask KPMG to submit my application for the IPL next year? #NoDubbington

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of OCAL photographer and former staffer at Panscott Media, Clancy Job has spent time exploring the Top End of Australia with the loves of her life; her husband Mat, their littlies, Dolly, 3, Daisy, 2 and Trader, 8 months, and of course her camera. These shots were captured in 2015 near Katherine at Moolooloo Station and the Boorooloola rodeo. “It’s spectacular and you can’t really appreciate

et, it until you go up and see for yourself: the wet, ythe dry, the beautiful sunsets; the dust. Everyig thing is big in the NT, big stations, big trucks, big mobs of cattle,” said Clancy. og Among these shots and pictured with his dog onamed Mawz (below), is a former south Dubboite, Steve Nicol. fe Thanks Clancy, these are stunning look at life in the Top End. CLANCYJOBPHOTOGRAPHY.BLOGSPOT.COM.AU AU

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Tim Allen, Jimmy Pearce, Geoff Timmins, Phil Estens, Toby Buckley, Glen McGrath and pub pooch, Lucy, outside Tooraweenahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mountain View Hotel.

Friday 19.02.2016 to Sunday 21.02.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 19.02.2016 to Sunday 21.02.2016

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MOUNTAIN MADE

Warrumbungle’s watering hole THE historic Mountain View Hotel in Tooraweenah is a short drive from Coonabarabran and the stunning Warrumbungle National Park. The mountains the hotel name refers to are said to be the remnants of an ancient eroded volcano. The hotel is a great little place to enjoy some country hospitality, while exploring the scenic walks and views. DUBBO WEEKENDER dropped in and had a chat to some of the hotel’s patrons and staff, about what it is that makes their pub, and their town, so special. WORDS and PHOTOGRAPHY Lisa Minner

HE Mountain View Hotel is aptly named given the tiny township of Tooraweenah skirts the edge of the Warrumbungle National Park and mountain range. It’s a friendly little town and the single-storey hotel is a natural gathering place for some of the 240 people who call Tooraweenah home. The Mountain View was built in 1911 by John Murray and was said to be very modern for its time, boasting a main bar, ladies lounge, a billiard area and dining room. Keeping the beer cold in the early days was a challenge for all hoteliers but at the Mountain View wet wheat bags draped over the kegs was as good as it got until refrigeration was eventually installed. In 1916 the Kookaburra recruiting rally and march kicked off outside the hotel and much later, during the 1960s, the hotel became run down and was condemned which resulted in the publican’s license being suspended. A syndicate of local folk formed to buy the hotel with the intention of having the demolition order revoked so they could resume trading as quickly as possible. Sydney personality, Mike Dooley, came out to formally open the hotel after its first round of renovations and the hotel has been chugging along nicely ever since. The Mountain View had a brief brush with fame when it featured in a 1968 epi-

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sode of The Exterminator. The hotel scene was in the fifth episode of Woobinda, a series which featured on Channel 9. OTEL Manager Amanda Anforth loves the people and the community spirit, of Tooraweenah. “Everyone is always willing to pitch in and lend a hand, it’s just a top little town.” Amanda said Australia Day festivities at the pub were a great example of some of the shenanigans the Tooraweenah folk get up to. Amanda points to red circles spray painted on the road out the front of the hotel. “They’re for the yabby races, our hotel patrons actually ran the yabbie races this year.” So, how does a yabby race work? “You put your yabbies into a bowl, tip the bowl over onto the road and the first yabby out of the circle wins,” she said. Amanda said a few locals caught the yabbies in their dams and shared them out with the other participants. “We had around 15 races with a prize pool of a can of Starbursts or Chuppa Chups for the kids event and five free schooners for the adult winner.” Amanda said the winners of each round go into a finals resulting in one winner for both the children’s and adults, race. Sadly for the yabbies and after the winners were announced, Amanda said, they were chucked into a pot and eaten by their owners.

N 1912 the Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative of Tooraweenah, said of Tooraweenah, “The Tooraweenah of today is entirely different to the Tooraweenah of a couple of years ago. It is now a modern, aspiring township, with a positive throb in it, and every inhabitant has an abiding faith in the future of the place... The writer some few years ago reached the dizzy-

ing heights of one of the mountain tops and was rewarded by one of the most extensive and picturesque panoramic views he had seen, rivalling the outlook from the old man Canobolas. But to return to the township. There is a dry old pub – an old shingle building, falling rapidly into disrepair and occupied only by tramps. That, with another old building or two constituted ancient Tooraweenah. The hotel was years ago kept by the Hitchen family and proved a very profitable undertaking....an A.E.H. Garling caused a sub-division of town land to be made when buildings flew up as if by magic, Mr J. Murray supplied a further vitalising tonic by removing another hotel license from another part of the licensing district and by creating an up-todate hostelery.” In February 1951, The Gilgandra Weekly reported a fire in the Mountain View Hotel. “In the early morning of February 11, hurried calls went out that the billiard room of the Mountain View Hotel, Tooraweenah, was ablaze. All hastily assembled to render what help possible. This building is separated from the main hotel building by a very meagre margin. Within a few minutes of the first alarm, which was given by Mr Bert Brander, who resides at the hotel, the whole building was ablaze. Constable Abbott, our local constable, acted superbly controlling and handling the fight to save the flames spreading to the main building. The bucket brigade done a great job and they never slackened in their efforts until the fire was under control.” As a result of this fire, the newspaper goes on to say the township realised they needed a better water supply to be ready for future fires. This resulted in the formation of a committee and ultimately the Tooraweenah Fire Brigade and the group raised funds with the intention of sinking a bore in nearby recreation grounds.

Glen McGrath said having a famous name has been a challenge. “If you had my name... put up with the dirt I’ve put up with!... you walk into the bar and they start, ‘Here comes OhhAhhh’. Even when I had an operation the nurses would say, ‘Have you checked on OhhAhhh yet?’ It gets annoying after a while,” he said with a grin. He also goes by the nickname Old Bullocks, which harks back to his early shearing days. Glen’s a third generation local who’s lived in the area all his life. He’s been frequenting the Mountain View Hotel for as long as he can remember and insists he’s been one of the hotel’s less rowdy patrons. “I’ve been drinking here since I was 19, and I’m now 77, and my favourite beer is Four X.” Glen said his great grandmother Rosanna ran the first pub in Tooraweenah, which once stood where the caravan park is now located. “It was pulled down before my time though,” he said. Glen said many years ago the Mountain View Hotel had been purchased by a few local farmers in an attempt to keep the doors open and it’s changed hands many times since then. Pointing out some alterations in the woodwork at the side of the pub, Glen said a stock and station agent used to have a business there at one time. When asked what he likes about his home town, Glen said, “Tooraweenah is a nice little town tucked under a beautiful mountain. It’s a great place.”

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Samantha Bishop and Elly Keller from South Australia are in the area working. The two young women are working locally in the shearing sheds as roustabouts. They are also spreading the love. When the two girls entered the hotel they raced around giving everyone in the building a hug (including yours truly). Glen McGrath also got a kiss on the cheek from the girls. When asked why they were on a mission to hug strangers, Samantha said, “We just want people to smile, it’s contagious and so far it’s working!”

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` You put your yabbies into a bowl, tip the bowl over onto the road and the first yabbie out of the circle wins.

Dubbo shearer Irirangi Ranga and Gilgandra-based shearer, Greg Rathbone, dropped into the Mountain View Hotel after a long hot week of shearing. “It’s been a big week so it’s time to grab a beer and head home,” Greg said

Barmaid, Jade Clarke.

Jimmy Pearce is a cattle farmer from nearby property “Mountain View” and he doesn’t mind a schooner of XXXX, he said.

Leonie French has been in the Tooraweenah area for 27 years and loves the Mountain View Hotel. “I love it, the atmosphere, everyone’s so friendly and I do a bit of work here at the pub every now and again,” she said. When asked what were some standout memories of the hotel, Leonie laughs when she recalled her husband Brett trying to ride a horse into the bar, accompanied by daughter Brooke who was ten at the time, and on her own horse. “He believed young horses should be ridden at night so he was taking this one for a ride and they decided to come to the pub and he and Brooke went straight through the door, luckily it was a quiet night in the hotel,” she said.

Tim Allen, Jeff Finn and Jimmy Pearce.

THE BIG PICTURE.

Friday 19.02.2016 to Sunday 21.02.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 19.02.2016 to Sunday 21.02.2016

A swamps beauty Just a few hours drive from Dubbo the beautiful Dunns Swamp in the Wollemi National Park features scenery like this captured perfectly by photography enthusiast, Jo McLagan. Thank you Jo for submitting your image taken at Platypus Point along the magnificent waterway.

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Business & Rural

Build a better workplace with tough conversations BY JAMES HAMILTON ON CULTIVATE ADVISORY

OW do you perform at work, or within your family? Are your actions relating to how the world occurs to you, or the way it actually is? If you see your situation as less than ideal there will be personal costs, low job satisfaction, physical stresses which can lead to health problems, poor relationships with fellow workers or family members and the economic costs of reduced productivity. Imagine a workplace where a number of employees are feeling the same and communication has stopped, its an alarming picture. To address this scenario, there needs to be a ‘tough conversation’ with all involved because they can bring about change quickly. The human ability to think and articulate how our situation occurs to us and to explore different ways of doing makes us different to other species. This ‘ability’ enables humans to create desired change. Within a work context employees need to press the ‘pause button’ and reflect on how things occur to them in the ‘now’. To do this effectively a safe environment needs to be created where all feel valued and able to offer their thoughts. Strong personality types need to be refrained from dominating conversation while quitter per-

sonalities need encouragement to have their ideas heard. Capturing the ‘now’ involves articulating what the work place looks like, what are its activities, what does it do well, what could be done better, what is the ‘culture’ within the organisation and what are some of the personal costs? This is a process, which requires careful hands, as it is the ‘unsaid’, which a trained facilitator needs to bring out into the open. How we perceive a situation will determine how we conduct ourselves and is usually based on the ’unsaid’, and our own interpretation of other people’s behaviour. Have you ever thought another person not speaking to you or being unhappy around you, has something to do with you, only to learn later the cause was completely unrelated to you? Within groups of people there are always numerous issues around what is ‘unsaid’. By each person bringing in to the open what is on their minds based on the ‘unsaid’, a process of clearing out of issues occurs. This clear-

ing out creates space for new ideas to be formed hence allowing space when constructing a desired future. When describing the current state of an organisation, it is easy to gloss over this stage but this should not happen if an organisation truly wants to transform their work place. While the process may be uncomfortable at the time, if handled professionally, it will yield handsome returns for all involved. To shift a collective group of people towards a planned future, which they want to be part of, requires them to draw on positive experiences they have encountered throughout their lives. This may be from a previous employer or an encounter they had while out shopping for a product or service. The recalling of positive experiences enables the individual, and the group, to believe once more that things can be positive. With this renewed belief discussions can be had to design a new future – a new destination for the team

` Strong personality types need to be refrained from dominating conversation while quitter personalities need encouragement to have their ideas heard. Capturing the ‘now’ involves articulating what the work place looks like, what are its activities, what does it do well, what could be done better, what is the ‘culture’ within the organisation and what are some of the personal costs?

or the ‘where’. As a new future position is stated – having addressed everyone’s concerns – people are engaged, excited and inspired. It is through conversation – the ‘how’ – that people shift from their current situation to a desired future. Organisations could not exist if there were no conversations. How could they plan, set direction, review processes, engage customers, and so on? Conversations along with positive action are what inspires and binds people to an organisation. Once an agreed future is stated it is important to take the conversation about the future outside the group. This is done to ensure the new future begins to ‘live and breathe’. If left within the group it runs the risk of becoming less than originally planned. By sharing the desired future with other businesses, professional service providers, family and friends; a shift takes place in the way these people engage with you and your organisation. With each conversation we begin to live into our future. While the mere thought of having a ‘tough conversation’ is daunting at first, a controlled conversation can reap outcomes worth the perceived risk.

* James Hamilton, Cultivate Advisory, facilitates tough conversations to generate positive change, specialising in workplace, family and business succession meetings.

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Negative gearing should stay: REINSW P LANS to amend negative gearing arrangements are misguided and would cost tenants, according to the Real Estate Institute of New South Wales. In a speech to the NSW ALP state conference in Sydney recently, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said if elected the ALP would deny buyers of existing real estate access the tax write-off from July 2017. REINSW President John Cunningham said removing negative gearing from existing homes will not drive investment in new housing. “It is foolish to think that only allowing negative gearing on new dwellings will fix anything as new dwellings are always going to be more expensive than existing properties,” Mr Cunningham said. “Existing properties are where most tenants are living due to more affordable rent. The vicious cycle continues and even today we are seeing the lowest ratio of negative gearing to income/expense variation in a decade where low interest rates and mid range yields are seeing the negative gap diminish.

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“Under this policy investors would abandon the housing investment market for more favourable and lucrative opportunities which will put pressure on supply. Suggestions that landlords are going to absorb costs are mistaken. The loser in this misguided policy will be tenants’ paying higher rents. “Housing supply is currently impeded by a convoluted and expensive planning system and a punitive state based taxation regime,” Mr Cunningham said.

Australian retail poised to pass the $300 billion mark THE Australian retail sector is poised to break through the $300 billion dol-

lar mark for the first time this financial year, according to new research released recently by Australia’s largest and most diverse retail industry association, the National Retail Association (NRA). The NRA launched figures as part of its new quarterly industry index Retail Connect, in a sign of the growing importance of the retail sector to the national economy. NRA chief executive officer Trevor Evans said all indications were that the industry was continuing to experience the solid growth enjoyed in 2014/15, particularly after one of the busiest Christmas and Boxing Day trading periods in recent years – a period in which the number of people employed in the retail sector reached a record high. “There’s every reason to believe that – barring sudden external shocks to the Australian economy, that retail should become a $300 billion industry this financial year,” Evans said. Based on a modest 4.6 per cent growth projection, the industry will generate sales of $299.2 billion dollars in 2015/16. If the 4.8 per cent growth achieved last year is repeated, sales will

Time to buy a business? 5 things you must consider S a business valuer and accountant, I am often asked how to buy a business? This is an exciting time for somebody who has their heart set on a change of direction, or an opportunity that looks ‘too good to miss’. Here are five tips that I believe are a must before you decide to jump in.

1. Find out why the business is for sale JUST like buying a house, doing some investigating about why a business might be for sale can be an enormous advantage for many reasons. Sometimes the answer can be obtained from the owner or business broker but naturally treat this with a grain of salt. Sometimes the answer can be confirmed from other business owners in the

` Experience matters and business valuers usually know what to look for and where the pitfalls could be when assessing the business valuation... a

area or locals who can give you some inside information. Is the business being sold because: z A new competitor is coming soon e.g. a multinational; z It is in financial trouble; z The owner is unwell; z Divorce; z Lack of supply options and pricing; z Changes (e.g. new road or highway bypass) rendering the location goodwill to diminish.

2. Obtain financial statements and tax returns for past three years AS part of any forensic accounting process, as a minimum it is generally best to get the last three years’ financial statements and tax returns. Also get the latest set of management accounts in the current financial year and compare to budgets. Investigate and inquire as to any unusual variances from year to year. For example, if revenue or margins have increased or decreased significantly, find out why. Look at key performance indicators such as: z Debtor days; z Inventory days;

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Supplier days; Gross profit margins; Liquidity ratios; Working capital ratios;

3. Get a business valuation done by a professional A GOOD business valuer will generally examine those points in (1) and (2) above when they perform a business valuation. Whilst you don’t have to get business valuers when working out whether you should buy a business or how much it is worth, given the risk and potential size of your investment it will be money very well spent – or what you could see as insurance. The value of a business is dependent on many things and valuing a business just on the numbers alone is fraught with danger as, even though numbers are very important, they do not always tell the full story. Business valuers will look for unusual items, add backs and deductions to the recorded profit such as reasonable salaries for the owners, unusual income, off balance sheet items, and also check the effect of any related party transactions. These can all make a huge difference to the price the busi-

smash through the $300 billion barrier for the first time. “Since July last year the sector has benefitted from rising employment, home prices and consumer confidence – all of which have driven sales leading into the summer holiday period. The Retail Connect report also shows that the number of individuals employed in the sector reached 1.312 million in December – a record high. The demand for labour is expected to continue growing throughout 2016, with job vacancies on track to reach a record high by June. “All of this underlines the growing significance of the retail sector as a driver of growth and employment in the Australian economy. “As tens of thousands of school-leavers begin their career pathways this month by combining new tertiary education positions with part-time retail jobs, or as others begin new and exciting full-time positions, it’s fitting that we reflect on the importance of the retail sector to our nation’s prosperity, and to the future careers of so many young Australians.”

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ness is really worth or whether you should proceed at all. Remember, experience matters and business valuers usually know what to look for and where the pitfalls could be when assessing the business valuation. Also, the report may be a good bargaining tool when negotiating the price.

4. Perform due diligence MAKE sure you do your due diligence. This means that the numbers should be checked as being reasonable and have not been erroneously prepared or doctored to be dressed up for sale.

5. Consult excellent accounting and legal advice THIS point seems obvious but the number of times I see it NOT happen is way too many. Buying a business and then later seeking advice is often too late. Get advice on: z business structure; z taxation issues on the pur-

chase price – have these been fairly allocated or are they structured to assist the seller but not you the buyer? z unrecorded liabilities – will you be left with debt incurred by the vendor? A good ‘buy and sell agreement’ drafted up will help protect you; be sure to consider restraint of trade and any other areas that need to be covered. z are you really sure you are well suited to the prospective business? Your accountant and solicitor will usually quiz you about this.

Conclusion: BUYING a business can be an exciting time and your inklings that it could be a good buy are often right. That said, my recommendation of getting advice from the relevant business advisors should be strongly considered for peace of mind. A fresh set of eyes may just be what you need to not only save money in the long haul, but ultimately make the right decision.

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Head into Autumn, smelling like roses BY CHRIS BRAY GARDENING GURU

N this weeks’ edition, we will look at some simple maintenance in your garden in preparation for Autumn. If your garden has an abundance of roses or just one, there are a few simple tasks to do now, to have a mass of colour for the next season. Roses like many plants in your garden at this time of year, can feel the effects of stress from heat, fungal diseases such as black spot and certain insect attack. Depending on summer rainfall, roses are susceptible to black spot infestation. It is important to keep this disease at bay, to stop the spread of fungal spores to other roses and in some cases, other plants. Roses can be sprayed with a suitable fungicide such as Triforine. Avoid watering leaves during the day and especially at night, as this will encourage fungal growth. Rose insect attack is another issue at this time of the year and into the flowering season. Aphids and Thrips are the usual pests to look out for. Another is Hibiscus Beetle. Many people have this continual problem during flowering, which can destroy some of your best blooms, easily treated with a good systemic insecticide at regular intervals, your roses should look at their best come Autumn. Your roses can now benefit from a feed of a suitable fertiliser. There are many organic or non-organic fertilisers available and don’t forget to spread a layer of mulch or compost around the root zone to retain moisture and suppress weeds. Whilst many roses are traditionally found in garden beds, there are many varieties available for pots and containers. At this time of the year, pots and containers tend to dry out quickly. Add water crystals to the potting mix, also wetting agents to help retain moisture. Roses in pots and containers will also from time to time need a top up of potting mix. Always check the label for the correct mix for your individual needs and don’t forget to add a slowrelease fertiliser, which will keep your roses looking great for many months to come. While it is time to care for your roses for Autumn flowering, it is time to check your citrus and make sure their need for water and disease control is being attended to. Citrus don’t have a very deep root system, so their requirement for water at this time of the year is increased. Mulching around the root zone will retain moisture and don’t forget to add a suitable fertiliser or chicken manure under the mulch, to prevent it from washing away. Insect control on citrus can be achieved with a suitable insecticide such as Confidor, for the control of aphids. Scale insects can be sprayed

w with a suitable petroleum b based insecticide, such a as White Oil. Citrus can a also benefit from a reduction of smaller size fruit. If your crop is heavy in numbers, it is best to thin out by around half, this will encourage the remaining crop to produce larger fruit and encourage energy to root and foliage growth. There are many advantages in growing your own fruit and vegetables, not only for taste and variety, but you can also preserve them for months of enjoyment outside the growing season.

Top 5 for this week: 1. Look out for seasonal bulbs, ready to plant for the spring season. New varieties of colour will soon be able to be planted and will really colour your garden towards the end of winter.

2. Keep lawns watered during this month and continue to add wetting agents to hold moisture in the soil profile. 3. Maintain a weed free lawn and garden beds, spray around pavers where weeds are growing. Some seasonal weeds will be seeding and now is the time to eliminate them to reduce the incidence of weed problems in future seasons. 4. Prepare garden beds for Autumn and have a planting agenda ready for the new Autumn season. 5. Summer seasonal colour will soon be replaced with new season varieties. Look out in store for colorful ways to have a great looking garden for Autumn.

*Chris Bray is the garden centre manager at Brennan’s Mitre 10 in Dubbo.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, REGIONAL LIFESTYLE UNIQUE EMERGING INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTING TO HUMAN HEALTH, SAVING LIVES!

Our business is expanding and we are looking for exceptional people to join the Maverick Team in our Dubbo office. We are currently recruiting for the following roles ࠮ Finance Manager ࠮ Logistics Administrator ࠮ Production Team Leader – Melbourne ࠮ Production Leader – Southern For further information please go to: SEEK.com.au and search for Maverick. Alternatively, call Phil Tanner on 0430 770 577.

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A summer salmon and salad BY KATE WRIGHT INSPIREDMOOD.COM.AU U

’M heading to Nyngan this weekend for the annual carp muster. I’ve not been before; fishing isn’t really my thing – but fish, on the other hand, oh... fish. Is there anything more suitable and satisfying than fish and salad for a summer evening’s meal? If anyone can tell me of an amazing way to cook carp, Facebook, Tweet or Instagram me at @InspiredMood. Otherwise, I’ll stick to something a little more refined (and safe!). This week’s recipe is a summer favourite of mine – a simple dish of salmon and salad, paired with Asian flavours, prepared in no time, and leaving a minimal trail of washing up. It’s quick and easy, fresh and healthy, and sweet, sour, and

tasty. It’s the perfect mid-week dinner. I hope you enjoy my Asian-inspired barbecued salmon with honey, chilli and tamari. Now I’m off to help rid the local waterways of a fish I cannot cook!

Summer Salmon and Salad Ingredients * 4 salmon fillets (I prefer mine with the skin on) * Salad * Half a head of lettuce (of your choice) * 2 tomatoes, halved, quartered and halved again * 1/4 red onion, sliced * 1 lebanese cucumber, sliced * 1 carrot, cut julienne * 1/2 avocado, sliced * Salad dressing * 2 teaspoons of raw honey * 1 small red chilli (or, if you’re not a fan of hot spices, a pinch of chilli flakes) * 2 dessertspoons of apple cider

vinegar * 1 tablespoon and 1 dessertspoon of tamari or soy sauce * 2 teaspoons of olive oil Method Salmon Turn on the barbecue plate to the highest heat. Once it has reached the highest heat, turn down to a medium heat and place the salmon skin-side down. Turn when the skin is crispy and browned (about 5 minutes). Cook for another 2 minutes if you like your salmon a bit pink inside, or for another 5 minutes if you like it cooked through. Remove from the barbecue and transfer to a plate. Salad Add all ingredients to a bowl. Salad dressing Add all ingredients to a jar, tighten the lid, and shake to combine. To serve, plate up the salmon and salad and drizzle the dressing over the fish and salad.

BUSINESS FOR SALE

Clark Rubber Dubbo is a leading retailer in the Orana Region. Specialising in pool, foam and rubber, this is a great opportunity for someone looking to become a part of an iconic retail brand. The business is situated on one of Dubbos busiest roads and nestled amongst national retailers. The Business comes with a secured lease and ﬁnancials will be available upon conﬁdential request.

• Ongoing business development • Group buying power

• Training and ongoing support • Marketing and IT support

To ﬁnd out more about this unique opportunity, contact Dirk Heinert Phone: 03 8727 9999 Email: dirk.heinert@clarkrubber.com.au

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KOKODA YOUTH LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE 24 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2016

The Dubbo Sub Branch of the RSL and Dubbo RSL Memorial Club are calling for applications from young men and women aged 17-25 years of age to participate in this year’s Kokoda Youth Leadership Challenge across the Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea from 24 September to 5 October 2016. Dubbo RSL Memorial Club and the Dubbo Sub Branch of the RSL are seeking expressions of interest from two people between the ages of 17 and 25 from across the Dubbo and Western Region to walk the Kokoda Track in late September this year as part of the Kokoda Youth Leadership Challenge. Applicants for the 2016 Kokoda Youth Challenge should be physically fit, interested in the history of the Kokoda campaign and be willing to help build a better community on their return. Applicants must be between the ages of 17 and 25 (as at 24/9/2016). Applicants will be required to pass a medical examination to prove their fitness. Expenses including airfare (international and domestic), accommodation and food will be covered by Dubbo RSL Memorial Club and Dubbo Sub Branch of the RSL. Applications close 1 April, 2016 For further information and application form for the 2016 Kokoda Youth leadership challenge please contact Annabelle Fisher on 02 6882 4411 or email pa@dubborsl.com.au

FOOD.

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Freer yourself from unhealthy eating She once worked as Prince Charles’ personal assistant, but now Amelia Freer has come out of that shadow to be at the frontline of the war against convenience food. BY KATE WHITING AMELIA Freer has one word of advice for convenience food fans who say they ‘don’t have time to cook from scratch’. “If you don’t have time for health, you need to eventually make time for disease.” It’s a stark warning from the no-nonsense 40-year-old nutritional therapist, blogger and author, who boasts James Corden, Sam Smith and Boy George among her celebrity clientele, but she’s passionate about inspiring positive change. “We used to [cook from scratch] in the old days, before convenience food existed – it’s only convenience food that told us we don’t have time anymore and we don’t have the skill. We’ve learnt to not make the time or prioritise it, and now we feel incapable. “We’ve got our priorities wrong,” she enthuses. “Preparing and thinking about food has gone to the bottom of our list.” Freer knows from experience the impact eating badly can have. In her mid-20s, while working as Prince Charles’ personal assistant, she survived on a diet of pre-prepared food and sugary tea, and was plagued by IBS and acne. “I had really bad digestive problems, really bad skin problems, really low energy, I was always getting ill, I was always run down,” she recalls. “It wasn’t anything sinister like a disease, but I just wasn’t a healthy girl. “I think a lot of people aren’t healthy,” she adds. “ As humans, we tend to make do and put up with bad health, you get used to it, as opposed to saying, ‘No, I deserve to feel excellent, I deserve to have optimum health’.” Freer eventually quit her job and enrolled on a four-year nutrition course, which changed her life. “I started to learn about nutritional therapy, which is working with individuals to help improve their health, through

Game Day Goodies BY ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS FOR the past few years, we’ve gone to our friends’ home to watch the big football games. Since they live an hour away, I like to take along snacks that are simple to make, travel well, and best of all, are easy for guests to serve themselves. As the new season kicks of soon, the cheering, jeering and excitement can create a hearty appetite, and no one wants to miss a minute of the game while grabbing something to eat. These mini appetisers will satisfy the biggest football fans without taking the host or hostess away from the game. My game-day goodies can be cooked ahead of time and kept warm in a crockpot or an electric skillet set on low, or

the use of food. It’s amazing how quickly someone can feel better, above and beyond weight loss – they feel a lot better with various symptoms when they improve the quality of the food they’re eating.” Singer-songwriter Sam Smith summed it up when he posted a picture on Instagram of Freer’s bestselling debut book Eat. Nourish. Glow., published early last year, with the caption: “Amelia Freer has helped me lose over a stone in two weeks and has completely transformed my relationship with food... It’s not even about weight loss, it’s about feeling happy in yourself.” Freer is not a fan of our reliance on sugar – “The amount of access we have to sugar now is detrimental to our health. It’s so important that people become more aware of it” – but neither does she like the word ‘diet’. “I don’t endorse or support any diet. If someone comes to me wanting to know about a diet, then I’m afraid they’ll be disappointed. Everyone’s too quick to turn things into extremeness and fads, and I think that’s really disappointing.” So is the ‘moderation’ approach better? “I hate that word because it frustrates people, but I think we have to find balance,” says Freer. “Everyone’s different. What works for some people doesn’t work for others. Some excel at being vegan, others really, really don’t. “I’m never judgemental, to say that there is only one way for people to eat. We’re all unique and we cannot take a one-size fits all approach.” That said, if you are going to have something naughty, like a piece of cake, make sure you savour it. “If you want to be healthy and you like to have your piece of cake, it’s much better to have that slice, sit down with it and actually enjoy it,” says Freer. “Rather than this unconscious picking, where you feel a bit guilty and don’t realise how much you’re eating. If you’re going to have them [treats], do it in a healthy way.” So there you go, permission to eat cake (sort of) – and be healthy. Feeling inspired? Here are three recipes from Freer’s new book Cook. Nourish. Glow. to try at home... prepared and served cold or at room temperature. Complete your football buffet table with a large bowl of salad and a platter of raw veggies and bottles of salad dressing that can also serve as dips. You’ll be voted MVC (Most Valuable Chef) at your party with these delicious dishes! PIMENTO CHEESE STUFFED PICKLED OKRA Make a double batch of this delicious pimento cheese. Use some to stuff the pickled okra, and serve the rest in a bowl with crackers and chips as a dip. 4 cups (450g) shredded Cheddar cheese 1 (200g) jar diced pimiento 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1 tablespoon sweet pickle relish

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1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 garlic clove, minced 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice 2 dashes of hot sauce 1 (400g) jar pickled okra pods 2 tablespoons smoked paprika 1. Stir together shredded Cheddar cheese, pimiento, mayonnaise, pickle relish, Dijon mustard, salt, black pepper, garlic, cayenne pepper, lemon juice and hot sauce. 2. Cut desired amount of pickled okra pods in half lengthwise. Gently scoop out seeds. Spoon pimiento cheese into okra halves. Garnish with paprika, if desired. MEXICAN SEAFOOD SALAD

To keep this unusual salad cold, place in a small bowl inside of a larger bowl filled with ice. Serve with tortilla chips and/or crackers. 450g popcorn shrimp/small prawns, peeled, deveined and cooked 225g imitation crabmeat, chopped 3 plum tomatoes, diced 3 jalapeno peppers, seeded and diced 1 small sweet onion, diced 1 garlic clove, minced 1/2 cup fresh lime juice 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1/4 cup chili sauce 1/4 cup spicy tomato juice 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro 2 tablespoons hot sauce 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish 1 avocado, diced

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SUPER GREEN SOUP WITH CASHEW CREAM (Serves 4) * Olive oil * 1 onion, chopped * 1 head of broccoli, cut into florets * 3 handfuls of fresh or frozen peas * 700ml vegetable or chicken stock * 1 small bag of baby spinach (approx 250g) * 1 green chilli, chopped, to sprinkle on top * A small handful of fresh parsley, chopped, to serve For the cashew cream: * 150g raw cashews * 300ml hot water * 1 clove of garlic * Zest of 1 lemon A few hours before making this soup, prepare the cashew cream. Put the cashews into a bowl, pour over the hot water and leave to soak for at least two hours. Once the cashews are tender, drain and put into a food processor, along with 300ml fresh water, the garlic and lemon zest, and blitz until completely smooth and creamy. Set aside. Heat one tablespoon of olive oil in a large saucepan, and sweat the onion until translucent. Add the broccoli and peas to the pan, cook for five minutes, then add the stock – the vegetables should be just covered (you may need to add a little extra water). Bring to the boil, then simmer until the broccoli is tender, for roughly four minutes. Don’t overcook the vegetables or they will turn a dull green. Using a stick blender, start blending the soup, adding a handful of spinach at a time – the spinach will cook as it’s mixed into the soup. Blend until the soup is smooth and thick, then stir through half the cashew cream. Serve in bowls with a swirl of cashew cream on top and fresh parsley and chilli, if using, scattered over. 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Tortilla chips 1. Stir together first 13 ingredients in a bowl. Cover and chill 1 to 24 hours. 2. Then, stir in avocado; add salt and pepper to taste. Serve with tortilla chips. SLOW COOKER BEEF Use this flavourful shredded beef as a nachos topping or slider filling. It’s an easy way to provide an appetiser that guests can customise to their taste and serve themselves! 1 (1.36kg ) boneless beef chuck or rump roast 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1 tablespoon steak sauce 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

INDIVIDUAL FISH PIES (Serves 4) * 1 x 400ml tin coconut milk * 1tbsp garlic-infused oil * Juice and zest of 1 lemon * 2 bay leaves * 300g cod fillet (approx 2 small fillets) * 300g undyed smoked haddock * A splash of white wine (optional) * Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper * 1 large celeriac, peeled and chopped into equal-sized chunks * 2 sprigs of fresh thyme, leaves picked * 1 1/2tbsp unflavoured coconut butter * 150g raw king prawns * 3 spring onions, green parts only, thinly sliced * A small handful of fresh chives, chopped * 1 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped, to serve Put the coconut milk, garlic oil, lemon juice and zest and bay leaves into a large, deep pan. Add the cod and haddock and bring to a gentle simmer. Poach the fish for approximately 10 minutes until the flesh flakes easily. Remove the fillets and set aside. Add the wine (if using) to the poaching liquid, season to taste with salt and pepper, and leave to simmer over a low heat while you make the celeriac mash. Preheat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Put the celeriac into a pan of boiling water and boil with the thyme leaves until tender. Drain and mash with the coconut butter, and season with salt and pepper. Flake the fish and divide between four individual ovenproof dishes (or you can use one big dish). Add the prawns, spring onion and chives to each pot and pour over a quarter of the poaching liquid – it should have thickened slightly by now. Top with celeriac mash and bake for 40-50 minutes, or until the pies are golden on top. Scatter with chopped fresh parsley and serve with steamed greens, such as broccoli, peas or rainbow chard.

1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 large onion, sliced 1 (340g) jar mild banana pepper rings 1 (425g) can beef broth 3 garlic cloves, chopped 1. Season roast with salt, pepper, cayenne pepper, steak and Worcestershire sauce. Brown all sides of roast in hot oil in a large skillet over high heat. Place in a 6-quart/5-litre slow cooker. 2. Add onion, banana pepper rings, beef broth and garlic. Cover and cook on LOW 6 to 8 hours or until meat shreds easily. Transfer to a cutting board, reserving liquid in slow cooker. Shred roast; return to slow cooker. Keep warm on LOW. Beef Nachos: Keep the shredded beef in the slow cooker to keep warm. The heat from the beef will melt the cheese slightly on the nachos.

COCONUT YOGHURT JELLY WITH RASPBERRY AND FIG COMPOTE (Serves 2) * 4 fresh figs * 4 dried figs, soaked overnight, then rinsed * 120g raspberries * 1/2tsp vanilla essence or seeds from 1/2 a vanilla pod * 6 fresh mint leaves * 6 leaves of gelatine * 500g coconut yoghurt * Chopped Brazil nuts, cacao nibs and small mint leaves, to serve Blend the fresh figs with the soaked dried figs, raspberries, vanilla essence or seeds and the mint leaves until smooth, slightly thickened but still of dropping consistency. Add some soaking water if needed. Divide this mixture between two glass serving jars or small tumblers. Soak the gelatine leaves in water for 10 minutes. Once softened, heat them with four tablespoons of water until dissolved; add this to the coconut yoghurt and whisk the mixture until well incorporated. Pour on top of the fig mixture and place in the fridge to cool. Just before serving, sprinkle with chopped Brazil nuts and raw cacao nibs. Decorate with small mint leaves.

Tortilla chips 1 (425g) can pinto beans with jalapeño, drained and rinsed Tomatoes, chopped Onion, finely chopped Shredded Pepper Jack, Cheddar, Munster or Monterey Jack cheese Sliced avocados (sprinkled with lemon juice), medium or hot salsa, chopped cilantro, shredded coleslaw Layer the chips, onion, beans and the warm beef. Sprinkle with the cheese and desired toppings. Beef Sliders: Slider or dinner rolls, sliced length-wise. 1. Warm slider or dinner rolls, if desired. Place shredded beef and desired toppings on each slider. Serve immediately.

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Going glam in Los Angeles BY LISA HAYNES IT'S not even 11.30am and I've brushed past Leonardo DiCaprio and queued for a car next to Joan Collins. Every day's a bit like Oscars night at The Beverly Hills Hotel, minus the black tie. There's even a plush red carpet walk to reach the lobby. The hotel, or Pink Palace as it's affectionately known, is the scene of the famous 1977 Faye Dunaway morning-after Oscars photograph, so it's intrinsically linked with awards season and the Hollywood golden age, not to mention the cover star of The Eagles' Hotel California LP. I'm a regular visitor to LA but something about this place makes you feel like you've just stepped off a movie set. It's modern with just the right hint of retro and kitsch. Exploring the 12-acre grounds, terracotta pink pathways weave between palm trees towards secluded bungalows. We're told Elizabeth Taylor spent six of her eight honeymoons here, and Marilyn Monroe loyally stayed in 1A, although number 7 was her favourite. Armed with big shades, we resume subtle star spotting in the iconic Polo Lounge where a regular (not Leo) tips us off to try the signature McCarthy chopped salad for lunch. "Except nobody really has it as it should be," he advises, "order it the Hollywood way and switch one or two ingredients." So much of LA is about 'the knowledge'. We're picked up for a private sightseeing afternoon with Mitch from Tour Du Jour, who reels off Hollywood home price tags and famous owners, past and present, like a telephone directory. He highlights what sets apart a Beverly Hills address from your average LA avenue: trash cans banned from house fronts, phone lines purposefully tucked away, and each street made more uniform with a designated tree type to set it apart. Our first stop is a visit to Taylor Swift's new $25m Beverly Hills pad, paid for in cash. Be warned: lurk

outside any A-lister home for 30 seconds more than you should and an agitated security guard soon surfaces (sorry, Taylor). I note some of the stars' guard houses are bigger than my entire flat. We zip through LA's most exclusive palm-lined enclaves in a blacked-out SUV like the A-Team. As we park up outside various properties, Mitch flicks through an iPad that reveals aerial and interior shots of the mansions behind the gargantuan gates. Our other property pit stops belong to celebs including Tom Cruise, Jennifer Aniston, Beyonce, Ellen DeGeneres and Ringo Starr, who has embossed stars stamped all over his gates. Elvis's former house on N. Hillcrest Road remains a shrine to fans. The original gate and door outside no.1174 are etched with countless messages to the king of rock 'n' roll that read like a Seventies version of a Facebook fan wall. As we drive between the Beverly Hills white signage and distinct Los Angeles blue, Mitch tells us: "We just made one huge price leap in a couple of metres. The owners would say they live in 'Beverly Hills Adjacent', just for prestige." The so-called Golden Triangle of Beverly Hills is a make-believe shopping mecca – cupcake ATMs (Sprinkles), VIP sun terrace (Louis Vuitton), and a store selling $50,000 customised suits (House of Bijan). The latter has Rolls Royce and Bugatti Veyron supercars on rotation in signature yellow, to match the facade of the store. It may not have the same gloss as Beverley Hills, but touristy Hollywood has sidewalks paved with stars. We try and spot our favourites amidst the 2500-plus names on the Walk of Fame, and place our palms onto the cemented imprints of the A-list at TCL Chinese Theatre, which still feel warm from the searing LA sun. Steeped in cinematic history, the imprinted forecourt is a nostalgic retrospective of iconic movies. Besides the Harry Potter, Twilight and Hunger Games franchises, it's the golden-age megastars that hold the most fascination – 1939 Judy Garland, 1965 Frank

Hollywood Tours bus in Beverly Hills PHOTOS: PA/THINKSTOCKPHOTOS; LISA HAYNES; VISIT WEST HOLLYWOOD; DORCHESTER COLLECTION.

Sinatra and 1935 Shirley Temple. I go back to 1978 to re-visit Christopher Reeve's Superman bodysuit at an auction house preview in LA, specialising in rare film memorabilia. The blue 'S' tunic – minus cape – looks so underwhelming compared to today's high-tech costumes, but the history and magic attached to it gives it a guide price of $50,000 for the right collector. Likewise, a sheer panel black evening dress owned by Marilyn Monroe is expected to sell for $30,000. "What size is it?" I ask the auctioneer, searching desperately for a label. "We're confident it was custom-made with this sizing," she replies, showing me measurements of 36" bust, 24" waist and 35" hips, not to mention a daring 18" leg split. I leave the auction house, smiling to myself that Superman and Marilyn Monroe are side-by-side on a clothing rail. En route to LAX airport and facing the long-haul flight home, I make like the 2016 stars with a pit stop at Cosmetique Aesthetics in Culver City for a high-tech IV vitamin drip. Medi-spa founder Dr Sarshad tells me the treatment is especially popular with celebrities as a hangover recovery, jet-lag cure, or pre-event pick-me-up. "You see the person immediately perk up and a glow returns to their cheeks before they've even left the door," he says. The bespoke cocktail of vitamins is injected into my left arm for 10 minutes as I wait for instant rejuvenation. Something obviously worked... I'm upgraded on my return Air New Zealand flight and turn left towards the elusive world of big beds, silver service and champagne top-ups. Oh good, I can keep up the movie star pretence for a least another 11 hours... :: Lisa Haynes was a guest at The Beverly Hills Hotel (from 495 US dollars per night), and Hotel Bel-Air (from 565 US dollars per night). Visit www.dorchestercollection.com :: Air New Zealand flies from Sydney to LA.

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Look what's brewing in Belgium

An aerial view of Antwerp. Photos: PA/Visitflanders; David Mercer; Antwerpen Toerisme en

BY DAVID MERCER I'M about to sample my first beer of the day and it's not even lunchtime. Drinking alcohol in the morning is usually frowned upon but I have an excuse today, having just completed a tour of Palm Breweries in Belgium. The country may be famous for its chocolates but it appears to be just as enthusiastic about its beer, and a number of breweries offer tourists the chance to see how Belgium's famous ales are made. Palm Breweries in Steenhuffel is a short drive from the city of Antwerp and produces a dozen different types of beer, including the US favourite Rodenbach and a red fruit ale called Rosso. "Brewing beer is chemistry," the tour guide says as we roam around a production line, before taking a seat at the bar to see the end results. While arguably Belgium's most famous beer export, Stella Artois, is considered a strong lager in the UK, most of its rivals in Belgium have an alcohol content above 5 per cent. After sinking my third variety of Palm beer, I take a taxi to the city of Mechelen to meet local beer expert Sofie Vanrafelghem. Sofie is a zythologist who has studied the history of beer-making, and holds events to show how different kinds of ales can compliment certain foods. She also founded the Women & Beer movement to tackle people's preconceptions about the drink. "My whole life revolves around beer," she says at her Women & Beer workshop. "Beer is surrounded by lots of prejudices, like beer is fattening. Not true. Beer's not healthy. Not true. "Women wouldn't drink beer with me, so I thought, 'How can I change that?'" Sofie claims that regular beer drinkers have a "really good bone structure" and a 25cl glass of Pilsner has fewer than 110 calories. "Researchers have also discovered people

who drink beer live longer," she adds. This is music to my ears. However, she is keen to point out that drinking Belgium's strong beers should be done in moderation. One of the more unusual places visitors can enjoy a beer is at the top of St Rumbold's Tower, part of the cathedral in Mechelen. At 97 metres high, and more than 500 steps to the top, it's a workout to reach the summit of the UNESCO world heritage site, but the effort is well worth it for the excellent views of Mechelen and northern Belgium. The company behind one of the country's most popular beers, Duvel, has also opened its doors to visitors for a behind-the-scenes tour of its brewery in the town of Puurs. Its most popular beer, with an alcohol strength of 8.5 per cent, is served in a glass called a bolleke. The tour is popular among men and women, with one hen party clearly enjoying the opportunity to sample some of Duvel's products. Everyone is well behaved though, and visitors are treated to cheese and beer at the end of the tour. The latest brewery to open up to the public is De Koninck in Antwerp. Its interactive tour includes a simulated van drive through the city and an amusing bar scene where the brewery's past owners bicker amongst themselves as they explain the company's history. For those needing to soak up some of that beer, Graanmarkt 13 in Antwerp offers creative dishes from Seppe Nobels, one of the Flemish Kitchen Rebels. The Rebels are 25 top chefs who are all under the age of 35 and have a passion for Flemish gastronomy and innovative food. Many of the restaurant's dishes are made with vegetables grown in its very own garden, while it also grows herbs on a roof terrace. While Brussels and Bruges are already popular Belgian destinations for tourists, Antwerp, Mechelen and its many breweries are the perfect tonic for any beer lover. :: David Mercer was a guest of Eurostar.

People shopping at Stadsfeestzaal, Antwerp.

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5 tips for choosing a front door

HOW-TO TIP BY JULIA GRAY

1. Wooden front doors are solid, have

a natural look and feel, and are available in both traditional and modern styles. They can be painted any colour to match the outside of the house, and can be varnished or stained. If you're concerned about the source of the wood, FSC-certified doors are environmentally sustainable. From a practical point of view, it's often easy to replace an existing wooden door without taking out the entire frame – wooden doors will fit most standard frame sizes and can usually be trimmed down for minor adjustments. A drawback of wooden doors is that they require regular maintenance

Mini ‘Kick-off Pizzas’ for the start of footy season BY DONNA ERICKSON AS the summer sports start to wrap up, the first round of winter sports won't be too far away, so here's a treat if you're looking for some good eats to serve at your 'season kick off' gathering? It's a winner. Everyone on your home team will have a ball making these mini Kickoff Pizzas. The fresh and colourful appetisers will delight the crowd, since each person customises their

in order to have a long lifespan.

2. UPVC doors are virtually maintenance-free and usually supplied as a door set, with a frame and multi-point locking system. The frame will need to be fitted into a brickwork opening and so may require a professional to install it. When buying a UPVC door, it's important to remember that the sizes are set, so the door can't be trimmed down. 3. Composite doors are also lowmaintenance and almost always come as a door set. They are thermally efficient and compatible with more advanced security features, such as more sophisticated locking systems, but tend to be slightly more expensive. These doors can't be own with a combination of toppings they love. Before guests arrive, set out the pizza-making ingredients assemblyline style on a kitchen table or counter. Basics include a fresh baguette sliced into about 30 x 2.5cm slices set in a basket, a bowl full of jarred marinara or pizza sauce, and mounds of shredded cheeses, such as mozzarella and cheddar. Next, arrange a variety of yummy toppings in small bowls. Crowd-pleasing toppings include pepperoni slices, cooked sausage, bacon bits, chopped scallions/spring onions, cut-up veggies and bell peppers. Expand the options with capers,

If you're painting, varnishing or staining a wooden front door, make sure you apply paint to all the edges, including the top and trimmed down, in coastal areas. bottom, otherwise water may seep in and but should save warp and eventually rot the door. The easithe installer est way to get to all the edges is to take the time and ef5. Door furnidoor off its hinges and paint one side and fort because three of the edges. When the paint's ture on wooden the door furnidry, flip the door over and around so doors can be easily ture usually comes you can paint the other side and replaced to make it final edge. pre-installed. look newer or more con4. The lifespan of temporary. In most cases, a front door depends on this is as simple as removing how you maintain and care for the screws from the piece of door it – most exterior doors last from 10 to furniture and replacing it with a new30 years. All options, including wooden er equivalent. Door furniture on UPVC doors, perform well in damp locations, and composite doors may not be easy provided the door is correctly finished to change, depending on how it's fixed and maintained. UPVC and composite to the door. If it's permanently fixed, it doors require far less maintenance than can't be removed and so the whole door wooden doors and can be more durable may have to be replaced.

sauteed mushrooms, caramelised onions, a cooked sweet potato cut into cubes, sliced Roma tomatoes and olives. Or, think fruit with sliced pears, apples, pineapple or figs, and greens like fresh chopped spinach, kale and arugula. When it's time to assemble the Kick-off Pizzas, invite each person to spoon the sauce generously on one side of several baguette slices. Top them according to individual tastes. This is the time for an adult to heat the broiler with a rack set about 10cm from the heat. Once assembled, the pizza-makers can set them in a row on a baking

sheet. (Five rows fit on a standard baking sheet.) To identify your own row when the pizzas come out of the oven, expand on the football theme and imagine each row as a line on the playing field. Put the pan under the broiler for about 1-2 minutes or until edges of the bread are brown and cheese is bubbly. Remove from oven and serve warm from the sidelines. Cook's tip: To shorten prep time on game day, shred cheese, chop toppings and caramelise onions the night before. Store in covered containers and refrigerate.

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5 tips for maintaining your home BY JULIA GRAY

1. Boiler heaters aren’t as common in Australia compared to European countries, but if you do have one and go away on holiday in winter, keep the heating on – albeit turned down – while you're away. This keeps the system running efficiently and helps to prevent pipes from freezing. Some boiler controls have a holiday mode, which shuts some, but not all of the central heating system off. Alternatively, you may be able to programme the heating to come on briefly twice a day; keep your normal settings, but turn down the radiator valves; or turn the heating on and off remotely when you want with a smart controller. For a high-tech solution, look out for one of the internet-connected programmable controllers available now for central heating and hot water that can be operated using a smart phone or tablet. 2. It's essential that gutters are cleared of silty build-ups, plants, leaves and other detritus. Even a small build-up of mud can prevent water from flowing freely and if water can't escape through the guttering, it will only go one way – into the house, causing damp. If you notice that water's falling sharply from the gutter when it's raining, there's probably a blockage there, or the gutter needs to be repaired or replaced. To stop gutters getting blocked, fit gutter guards, which are grates that block debris but still allow rainwater to get through. 3. Drains and manholes can get blocked, but some build-ups aren't bad enough to block them and yet still prevent them from working properly. For example, some cooking oil and fats can harden in pipes and freeze in winter, eventually causing blockages (instead, pour them into a jar or tin, leave to harden and then put in the bin). If you have problems with your home's drains, get a professional to jet-wash them so they flow freely. 4. Chipped, cracked and flaking paint on wooden doors, windows and sills can let in water, which eventually causes rot. If the wood's already suffering from wet rot, scrape out the worst of it, treat the rest with a wood-hardening liquid designed for wet rot, and fill with exterior wood filler – a Polyfilla product for Wood Large Repairs is a professional-style two-part filler that's much easier to use than most. Finally, sand and clean off the repair, and HOW-TO TIP apply exterior wood paint. When painting the outside of your 5. Look over your home's home, start at the top and work down, exterior walls. Missing painting in sections from left to right or right to left. Try to ensure that you always pointing and damage to have a 'wet edge' to your paintwork, so you render and paintwork don't end up with stripes or blocks where can cause damp inside. If the paint has dried unevenly. Follow the there's moss or algae on sun, as this should ensure that the walls an exterior wall, water is are free from dew – the weather should probably getting to it, ofbe dry and warmish, as temperaten from a dripping downtures below 10C may stop the pipe or gutter, so you need to paint from drying properly. solve the problem and scrub off the growth. A good masonry paint will provide long-lasting protection for exterior walls.

NOW HERE'S A TIP BY JOANN DERSON z A lint roller can dust a lampshade if it is a soft fabric. The roller picks up dust without grinding it into the surface the way a dust rag might. z Use plastic wrap to line shelves – even in your fridge. Spills are easily and quickly cleaned up by removing said wrap." – contributed by P.E. z Small toys and action figures can usually be cleaned in the dishwasher. If you have a dishwasher basket leftover from when your children used bottles, you can use them to contain small toys. If not, they are inexpensive, handy and can be found pretty reliably at rummage

or tag sales. z "Mix together lemon juice and olive oil to make a terrific furniture polish. Apply a few drops to a cleaning rag and wipe down wood furniture. Buff to a shine." – contributed by S.S. z Make your own dog treats with this great recipe adapted from DailyDishRecipes.com: Combine 2 cups of flour with 226 grams of jarred baby food. Mix to a sticky dough. Roll out and cut out to desired shapes. Bake in a 176C/350F oven for 20-25 minutes. Store in a covered container up to two weeks. z Epsom salts mixed with essential oils make for a great tub soak. So relaxing and refreshing on sore muscles. But did you know you also can use the same mix in the washing machine as a softener? It's especially nice for towels.

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BY KATE WHITING BOOK OF THE WEEK My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout is published in hardback by Viking. EXPLORING the complicated nature of love and familial relationships, My Name Is Lucy Barton begins with a lonely mother-oftwo confined to a hospital bed in New York City in the mid-1980s. Forced to confront the challenges of her past when her estranged mother comes to visit, Lucy also has to contend with the fact her future lies in the balance unless she recovers from a mystery illness which appears following the removal of her appendix. From the very first page, author Elizabeth Strout sucks you into an exquisitely written story, which is anecdotally retold in perfectly constructed short chapters. From Lucy’s troubled and isolated childhood, to her current day marital problems and parenting dilemmas, it’s a brutally honest, absorbing and emotive read. Although the novel is primarily driven by Lucy’s voice and ex-

CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK The Incredible Adventures Of Cinnamon Girl by Melissa Keil is published by Stripes Publishing. A KICK-ASS coming of age tale, The Incredible Adventures Of Cinnamon Girl sees comic book obsessed 17-year-old Alba losing her grip on her predictable, known world: school, the sugarclouded bakery her mum runs, her best friend Grady asleep on her sofa. Art College in Sydney looms, but she’s refusing to recognise that fact, preferring to hunker down and blot out anything that could unbalance her happy, comfortable sphere. And then a video goes viral announcing the end of days, and apparently Alba’s quiet, dusty little Australian town is the only place on the planet that will survive. The hippy masses descend, mucking up Alba’s Christmas plans and making her cling on to her blinkers even more fervently, but you can’t fight change... Our heroine swerves between being a confident, powerful, talented, chatty role model and irritatingly “naive” and “oblivious” at times in award-winning writer Keil’s second book for Young Adults, but she’s brilliantly wrought, as is her gaggle

plores her familial and romantic relationships, the reader is also privy to the failed marriages and emotional breakdowns of friends, relations and acquaintances from the past. These riveting cautionary morality tales revealed by Lucy’s gossiping mother at her bedside are interwoven seamlessly within the main narrative, adding another layer of poignancy to a story which takes an unflinching look at the complexity of human relationships and, in particular, the notion of female autonomy. Previously winning a Pulitzer for her much-lauded novel Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth’s followup is just as powerful, insightful and unforgettable. One of the book’s biggest achievements is that it never once strays into over-sentimental or mawkish territory, instead taking a tempered look at very complex and emotional topics. The author has a keen eye for detail and a graceful way with words that her make her fifth novel an absolute joy to read. The one and only problem

of friends, particularly sweary farmer’s boy Eddie and tortured insomniac Grady. While packed with the usual teenage angst (sex, drink, worries about the future), grief, fear and fun are woven in too, and in such a way that any room for cliché is obliterated. This’ll make you hungry for slabs of apple strudel from Albany’s bakery, nostalgic for home and will nudge every girl into valuing themselves just that bit more. And rightly so. 9/10 (Review by Ella Walker)

with it is that you won’t want to put it down when you get to the last page. 9/10 (Review by Alison Potter) FICTION Shylock Is My Name by Howard Jacobson is published in hardback by Hogarth. ANY author attempting to rework one of the classics must have full confidence in their own ability as a storyteller. Howard Jacobson certainly has the pedigree to take on a modern interpretation of William Shakespeare’s The Merchant Of Venice. Winner of the Man Booker Prize (for The Finkler Question) and a writer of celebrated fiction and non-fiction, Jacobson is ideally suited to write about one of literature’s most famed Jews. Jewish himself, Jacobson brings a telling insight to a tale of wealthy art collector and philanthropist Simon Strulovitch whose battles with the women in his life lead him down a path which will eventually see him demanding his pound of flesh. Set in the other world of Chesh-

ire’s Golden Triangle, where appearances matter more than principles, Shylock Is My Name examines what it is like to be Jewish in modern-day Britain. The principals of the story – Plurabelle and Beatrice, Simon and Shylock, D’Anton and Gratan – battle with the age-old question of whether repaying a debt is worth the physical loss and emotional turmoil which can accompany it. Jacobson also poses the question of what it is like to be hated, derided and despised simply for who you are. Set in a world of unimaginable wealth, football player celebrity, cosmetic surgery and reality TV, My Name Is Shylock does ample justice to the legacy of Shakespeare’s classic story of honouring a debt with perhaps the ultimate sacrifice. In writing it, Jacobson has also proved that his command of the art of storytelling is worthy of renewed praise. 8/10 (Review by Roddy Brooks) Your Heart Is A Muscle The Size Of A Fist by Sunil Yapa is pub-

Australian author Melissa Keil’s new release is “The Incredible Adventures Of Cinnamon Girl” - highly recommended.

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 19.02.2016 to Sunday 21.02.2016 lished in hardback by Little Brown. IT was one of the most effective street protests in history. In 1999, more than 40,000 campaigners besieged the World Trade Organisation’s Ministerial Conference in Seattle, and successfully derailed a crucially important set of meetings. Writer Sunil Yapa wasn’t there – he was studying economic geography at Penn State University on the other side of America at the time. But his dad was a senior Sri Lankan bureaucrat who had worked for the World Bank, so he watched the unfolding events with interest. His novel – it usually takes a few years to give recent history its proper perspective – explores the reasons for the protesters’ anger, as well as the shifting viewpoints of the many participants. From a supposedly non-violent eco-campaigner with a nasty temper, to brutal and ignorant cops who are nonetheless capable of great love, Yapa’s lyrical prose brings the conflicted internal lives of a multitude of characters vividly to the page. 8/10 (Review by Liz Ryan) Viral by Helen Fitzgerald is published in trade paperback by Faber & Faber. ‘SO far, twenty-three thousand and ninety-six people have seen me online. They include my mother, my father, my little sister, my grandmother, my other grandmother, my grandfather, my boss, my sixth year Biology teacher and my boyfriend James.’ This is the opening line of Helen Fitzgerald’s eleventh novel

and sets the tone for a modern psychological thriller about families, moral dilemmas and the power of the internet. Viral follows the story of crazy and unreliable teenager Leah and her adopted sister Su, who head off on holiday to Magaluf to celebrate their A-levels and when a video of normally straight-laced Su performing sex acts in a nightclub appears on the internet and goes viral, she disappears, forcing her mother (a judge) to get involved. The author’s depiction of the notorious party town feels very realistic and her no-nonsense writing style frames this story about lies, vengeance and family loyalties well. TV rights to the book have already been snapped up by Kudos, the production company behind Broadchurch. 8/10 (Review by Georgina Rodgers) The High Mountains Of Portugal by Yann Martel is published in hardback by Canongate Books. THE High Mountains Of Portugal is the long-awaited new novel by Life Of Pi author Yann Martel. This new book is really three novellas: the first set in 1904 about a grieving young man called Tomas travelling across the country in search of a religious relic; the second, the tale of a pathologist who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation; and the third is about a Canadian senator who takes refuge in Portugal following the loss of his wife. Sounds simple enough doesn’t it? The difficulty I had with this novel was the detail, the minute details of the inner workings of Tomas’ car, the horrendous

What’s $200 trillion between friends? I N mid-January a press article featured an ASX executive stating that the world was burdened with $200 trillion debt. Two weeks later an article summarised that Australia’s Public Debt was set to rise to $379 billion in 2016. At the recent Paris Climate Change conference, begrudging agreement was achieved with Australia handing out $100 million to help other countries address their problems. When one puts the world debt and global warming together, it has nothing to do with temperature – it has everything to do with money. Professors Feldman and Marks at British universities have written “Global Warming & Other Bollocks” which puts forward their version of the issue. These days we hear that current temperatures break records. A reference from a customer states that Australia spends $10bn per annum to get us back to the weather of our pre-industrial era. It challenges current references and records against 1896 data from the January “blast furnace” that spread across the country. The death toll due to heat reached 437 in the eastern states. Reports showed that in Bourke temperatures approached 48.9 degrees C (120F) on three days. “The maximum was at or above 102 degrees F (38.9C) for 24 days straight. Unable to sleep, people in Brewarri-

na walked the streets at night, thermometers recorded 109F at midnight. On January 18 in Wilcannia, five deaths were recorded in one day.” The author of the report continues, “What I found most interesting about this was the skill, dedication and length of meteorological data taken in the 1800s – and – why is it there is so little interest in our longest and oldest data.” (This data was sourced from “Australia’s first permanent weather bureau which commenced in 1856 in Adelaide.) John Kay is the author of “The Truth About Markets” in which he analyses why some nations are rich but most remain poor. Capitalism faltered at the end of the 1900s as corporations were rocked with fraud. The stock

description of the autopsy, not to mention the senator’s chimpanzee companion, made me want to put it down. Add to that the surreal elements, one of the protagonists walks backwards and a living woman (amongst other things) is sewn inside a dead body, and my overriding emotion is bemusement. Having said that, if you liked Life Of Pi, you’re sure to find enough similarities here to enjoy it. 6/10 (Review by Rachel Farrow) NON-FICTION Nobody Told Me by Hollie McNish is published in trade paperback by Blackfriars. I FIRST encountered Hollie McNish’s poetry when I watched her video performance of Embarrassed on YouTube – a striking, exasperated burst of frustration at Britain’s stigma surrounding breastfeeding in public. Embarrassed is contained in this 448page book of poems, prose and diary entries recording McNish’s motherhood, from the positive test to her daughter “Little One” heading off to pre-school. It wavers between the confessional – “nobody told me” and “I’m not very good at this” are refrains – and observational; McNish vents frustration at corporations cashing in on new parents and expresses horror at abuse of pregnant women worldwide. She addresses birth and sex and reassuring relatives and public disapproval and politics and the disparity between aching for sleep, yet staying up to stare at a sleeping child’s face. There is no need to interpret these

market bubble burst and the American business model – unfettered, self-interest, privatisation and low tax – faced a storm of protest. A leading economist, Kay unravels the truth about markets, from Wall Street to Switzerland, from Russia to Mumbai, examining why some nations rise above the rest, why globalisation hurts developing countries and why markets can work – but only in a humane, social and cultural context. He provides a radical blueprint for the future. Robert Reich is the author of “Saving Capitalism” with a subtitle “For the many, not the few”. It is a clever analysis of how, in the last 70 years, the nations with a capitalist base have shifted their emphasis of covering the whole community to just those in a select group. On the opening page, a statement by John Taylor at a USA inquiry into the Principles and Policy of Government in 1814 is quoted: “There are two modes of invading private property: the first by which the poor plunder the rich – sudden and violent; the second, by which the rich plunder the poor, slow and legal.” The book includes USA, Britain and Australia in its analyses, and clearly the circumstances have a common format. The middle class has shrunk in the last two decades. The numbers of low income earners have

works – the preceding diary entries explain exactly what McNish was thinking when she wrote them. Some of the poems are not good, some are funny, some burbling; most are trying to encapsulate feelings simultaneously fleeting and all-encompassing. It’s like listening to a friend who’s had months of bad days. 9/10 (Review by Natalie Bowen) Landskipping: Painters, Ploughmen And Places by Anna Pavord is published in hardback by Bloomsbury. Gardening journalist Anna Pavord was born in rural Wales and, even though she has lived in Dorset for more than 40 years, still feels at home surrounded by hills and wild countryside. She feels an affinity, too, for Dorset’s gentler, rolling topography and is equally captivated by the craggy, brooding landscape of the Scottish Highlands. Landskipping is a love song to the British countryside, both a travel guide and a history lesson. Pavord surveys the landscape through the eyes of painters, land owners and the people who worked the land, and explains how the countryside has been shaped and changed by agriculture and industry. She is at her best, however, when she’s recalling childhood holidays, or recounting her own rambles through the countryside. Apart from a rant about golf courses, which jars a little and feels oddly out of place, this is a beautifully written celebration of our natural history. 7/10 (Review by Catherine Small)

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From the bookshelves by Dave Pankhurst The Book Connection increased significantly, and the top 1 per cent of the population accounts for as much as 50 per cent of wealth. In the press this week there was a summary of the major contributors to political party funding, with an interesting list of the major donors showing the dominance of those that are business-oriented. Elsewhere we read how big business shifts profits offshore to avoid paying tax, with McDonalds listed as sending off funds to the low tax haven of Singapore. We also read how an executive in Woolworths is staying until mid-year so that his payout will be approximately $10 million. All the talk about climate change and global warming has little meaning to many who recall the days before air conditioning, when drip-safes were used as food storages – we know that the weather has always and unpredictably changed. Whatever our personal beliefs on climate or temperature issues, there can be no escaping the fact that it is the dollar being used as the ultimate issue. A recent book is “The Big Short” by Michael Lewis who has written other books on Wall Street. Lewis began his working life with Salomon Brothers in 1985, a job which involved him “making huge bets with oth-

er people’s money”. Two decades later the financial world collapsed and he writes that it could well do so again. Governments have done nothing effective to avoid a repeat collapse. Whilst all this is going on, half the world’s population lives in poverty. Jeffrey Sachs has written “The End of Poverty” with a sub title “How we can make it happen in our lifetime”. Where are the governments with the ability – even the intent – to do so? Driving to work on two mornings early this week, I saw a man sleeping on the footpath next to the BP service station in West Dubbo. Covered in a soiled blanket, he prompted the connection with the circumstances of the medieval times described by Ken Follett in “Pillars of the Earth”. Follett writes about the lords of the manor and the serfs, and the contrasts typified in that society. The “middle class” involved the sheriffs and their teams. Today there is more emphasis on temperature than debt. We have sold copies of “Magna Carta” in recent times, a sign that more people are clearly aware of the changes in society, and how some people have, in the past, fixed the problem. Enjoy your browsing, Dave Pankhurst

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Take Me Home – The Music and Life of John Denver REVIOUSLY Bevan Gardiner toured Australia in 2013 as support act for legendary American country singer Charley Pride. After listening to Bevan, he was moved to saying, “Close your eyes and it’s just like listening to John”. Take Me Home – The Music & Life of John Denver is authorised by Harold Thau, John Denver’s long-time personal manager and friend and is the only official John Denver tribute show. Bevan Gardiner is partially sighted and can only see people as silhouettes, but this has never held him back from enjoying life and in particular, his love of music. He is passionate about what he does and has been a fan of the famous singer ever since he first heard a John Denver cassette tape while travelling on a family holiday. He was just seven years of age, but was so inspired by the purity of John’s music that he decided there and then that he wanted to sing and play just like his idol. In 2007, Bevan was invited to Aspen, Colorado to perform in the 10th Annual John Denver Tribute Week. There he met John’s mother, Irma Deutschendorf, and brother, Ron and performed with members of John’s original band. Accompanying Bevan Gardiner are five international musicians headed by Canadian Musical director David Walker and accomplished female vocalist Georgie Daniell. Together they perform the John Denver hits with such accuracy and feeling that if you close your eyes you are ef-

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fortlessly transported back to the era of John Denver. The show also incorporates archival film footage detailing the life and achievements of John Denver,

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Sydney Opera House’s All About Women once again streams across Australia and New Zealand to reach you wherever you are! Join the Satellite at Dubbo Regional Theatre on Sunday 6 March from 12.30pm to 4.00pm. It’s an afternoon of talks and discussions about ideas that matter to women and provides an important platform for women’s voices. Beginning with the panel What needs to change? a remarkable group of prominent women discuss what they would do if they had the power to make things change overnight. There will be a Q&A facilitated by Jen Cowley before the next session. Light refreshments will be provided and the Bar will be open to purchase drinks. Following the panel is Orange is the New Black, a talk with the real life Piper Kerman on what she’s learnt about women during her incarceration and the lessons she carries with her now as an advocate for the rights of prisoners. All About Women Satellite Event is presented as part of the Sydney Opera House’s annual talks program Ideas at the House. Dubbo Regional Theatre was invited to be a part of this annual program.

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PATRONS at the Old Bank enjoyed a great dinner or drinks with friends on Friday, February 5. While being entertained by the Macquarie River “Mudflappers”, and their infectious music.

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A great year ahead on Chamberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s menu PHOTOS BY JENET STEWART THE first Dubbo Chamber of Commerce breakfast for 2016 was held at the 178 Restaurant, Dubbo RSL on February 17, 2016. A strong gathering of local business people, both members and non-members of the Chamber, enjoyed the opportunity to chat prior to breakfast and the speakers commencing. An overview on the Dubbo property market was provided by local Real Estate agent, Bob Berry, and was followed by Steve Jennings

from Dubbo City Council who spoke about the CBD Precinct Plan (Dubbo Ignite) and encouraged everyone to submit their feedback as soon as possible. RSL general manager, Gus Lico, provided an update on the extensive renovations currently being undertaken at the RSL, to conclude the session. Chamber President, Matt Wright, encouraged everyone to set aside the future breakfast dates as there are a number of exciting speakers already confirmed for the 2016 year.

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HE likeness of John Denver you never have heard before in the tribute show with performer, Bevan Gardiner. Take Me Home - The Music & Life of John Denver is authorised by Harold Thau, John Denver’s long-time personal manager and friend and is the only official John Denver tribute show. Bevan Gardiner is partially sighted and can only see people as silhouettes, but this has never held him back from enjoying life and in particular, his love of music. He is passionate about what he does and has been a fan of the famous singer ever since he first heard a John Denver cassette tape while travelling on a family holiday. Accompanying Bevan Gardiner are five international musicians headed by Canadian musical director David Walker and accomplished female vocalist Georgie Daniell. Thursday, March 17, 2016. Tickets online or the Dubbo Regional Theatre Convention Centre box office.

YDNEY Opera House’s All About Women once again streams across Australia and New Zealand to reach you wherever you are! Join the Satellite at Dubbo Regional Theatre on Sunday, March 6, from 12.30 pm to 4 pm. It’s an afternoon of talks and discussions about ideas that matter to women and provides an important platform for women’s voices. Beginning with the panel What needs to change? a remarkable group of prominent women discuss what they would do if they had the power to make things change overnight. There will be a Q&A facilitated by Dubbo Weekender, editor, Jen Cowley before the next session. Light refreshments will be provided and the Bar will be open to purchase drinks. Following the panel is Orange is the New Black, a talk with the real life Piper Kerman on what she’s learnt about women during her incarceration and the lessons she carries with her now as an advocate for the rights of prisoners. Whether you’re a ‘happy feminist’ or a ‘feminasty’, an activist, an introvert, a people watcher or a protagonist. If you’re a human being and you

T’S about Chucking time! Strassman returns with a brand new show, an evening of side-splitting comedy and riotous antics from Ted E. Bare and the malicious Chuck Wood. Heralded as the artist who “made ventriloquism hip again”, Strasso’s characters are a renegade band of puppets you wouldn’t want to meet on a dark night. And these characters really come to life. Ted is cuter than ever, and Chuck just as evil; the spaced-out Kevin the Alien lets us know who’s really in charge, and Sid the Beaver cracks a heap of depraved jokes. You’ll cack yourself at that sick, pissed clown, Buttons. The best night out you’ll have in a long time! Last season sold out, so book early for this hilarious show. Effects will include strobe lighting and smoke effects might be used. Performance Rating: This performance is rated MA. Children 12 to 15 years-old must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. No one under 12 admitted.

ET yourself along to the Evening in the Gardens, the Shoyoen Japanese Gardens that is, to raise money for the Guide Dogs NSW/ACT on Saturday, April, 2016. It will be an evening of champagne and good company organised by the Dubbo Pink and White Committee. Gourmet canapés served in the unique and fantastic outdoor setting featuring great raffle prizes guarantees the worthwhile event will be one to remember. Tickets are $75, which includes food and beverages. You can purchase your tickets from Swish Gallery by cash or cheque only please. For more information contact Kimberley Kerr on 0407 263 673 or Jenny White on 0418 975 633. There is a Facebook as well, which shows the menu.

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ET your running shoes on for the supporting work by the local Cerebral Palsy Alliance by entering the Greater Dubbo Fun Run to be held in April. Registratoins are now open for the run, which will feature eight and four kilometre events and a two kilometre kids’

live on this planet, this event is for you. ITNESS African lions, mischievous monkeys, five magnificent liberty horses as well as miniature trick ponies at the Stardust Circus now showing on the river bank behind Dubbo Square! A spectacular 10-person Hungarian trained teeterboard (springboard) act, dynamic aerialists high above your head, acrobatic comedy and of course crazy clowns! From New York we have a sensational flying trapeze artist who has just joined the circus, and presents unbelievable tricks high in the air. Stardust circus is Australia’s largest animal circus. Our animals have been trained with the reward method and are treated as part of this large family. Stardust Circus is operated by Janice and Lindsay Lennon, along with five brothers and sisters from the West circus family. Along with their partners and children, these people are the circus’s core. This family have been in the circus industry all their lives and are proudly bringing up the next generation of performers amongst this supportive family structure. On show until February 28. Children $25. Adults $35.

event. School teams are encouraged to enter. Training sessions will be held with local coach, John Robbins. RunNSW recreational running manager, event organiser and Olympic marathon hopeful Scott Westcott said the runs will start and finish at the new Barden Park Regional Athletics Centre. The 8km event will see runners go down Macquarie Street before turning around at the Council Chambers. “The course is flat and fast and allows residents and visitors to run down Macquarie Street of Dubbo completely traffic free,” Westcott said. “This the first major event to be held at the new track and all runners will finish on the track in front of the main grandstand,” he said. Early bird entries are just $10 for kids and $15 or $20 for adults. Every participant receives a certificate and there will be medals for major age categories in each of the three runs. The Greater Dubbo Fun Run will be held on Sunday, April 10, 2016.

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TORMCELLER live at the Old Bank. A five-piece combo of slide, harmonica, mandolin, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, drums and percussion; it’s familiar, yet unique. A little bit of blues rock, country and roots. Refreshing, original and innovative, Stormcellar appeals to new audiences as well as genre aficionados, thanks to modern song writing with traditional feels. Their most recent album, “Everywhere Feels Like Home” is original Australian music; a soundscape journey of metaphorical, musical and physical travels through landscapes at home and abroad. Combining blues, roots and soul elements with classical and world music instruments, stitched together on a soundtrack to a movie that currently exists only in the minds of the creators. Friday, February 6. Tickets $15.

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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

TED’S TAKEAWAY

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

CLUB DUBBO

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

STICKS AND STONES

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

BRENNAN’S MITRE 10

IGA WEST DUBBO

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

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

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

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

OLD DUBBO GAOL

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

RSL AQUATIC & HEALTH CLUB

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

HOG’S BREATH BREKKY Open Saturday and Sunday ϴĂŵ ʹ ϭϭĂŵ ,ŽŵĞŵĂĚĞ WĂŶĐĂŬĞƐ ŽƐƐ ,ŽŐ͛Ɛ ŝŐ ƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ EŽǁ ƐĞƌǀŝŶŐ ZŽďƵƐƚĂ ĂŶĚ ƌĂďŝĐĂ ĐŽīĞĞ ďĞĂŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ EĞǁ 'ƵŝŶĞĂ ĂŶĚ ŽƐƚĂ ZŝĐĂ͘ 193 Macquarie Street, 6882 4477

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

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

THE PARTY STOP KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϵĂŵͲϰƉŵ Party Costumes ĞĐŽƌĂƟŽŶƐ ĂůůŽŽŶƐ 'ŝŌƐ ĨŽƌ ŵŝůĞƐƚŽŶĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ dŚĞŵĞĚ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ 142 Darling Street, 6885 6188

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

DUBBO GROVE PHARMACY KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϵĂŵ Ɵů ϭϮ ŶŽŽŶ 'ŝŌǁĂƌĞ͕ :ĞǁĞůůĞƌǇ ,ŽŵĞǁĂƌĞƐ 59A Boundary Road, 6882 3723

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

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

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3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE

Friday 19.02.2016 to Sunday 21.02.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Friday, February 19 The Doctor Blake Mysteries ABC, 8.30pm Surely most of us remember Craig McLachlan and his head of curls in his days as a soapie regular in both Home And Away and Neighbours. After a break to star in some dodgy films, he has returned to the small screen in fine form to star in this home-grown murder mystery series. Doctor Lucien Blake (McLachlan) is in Ballarat to solve a series of strange and mysterious murders. Tonight, a kidnapping involving the winners of the first state lottery leads Blake into a shady world of greed and envy. And just to add to the drama, a mysterious person arrives from Blake’s past.

ABC

MOVIE: Shanghai Noon

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7MATE, 8.30pm, PG (2000)

GO!, 9.30pm, M (2001)

The absolute antithesis of Wild, Wild West, this western-comedy makes no bones about the fact that it’s played purely for laughs. The plot, which could have been written on the back of a can of beans, may be a take-off of the classic Vera Cruz, but no matter, it’s still harmless fun all the way. Jackie Chan gets to display far more of his martial arts skills in a Hollywood context than he could in either Rush Hour films in his role as Chon Wang (John Wayne, geddit?) while his partner in spurs, Owen Wilson (Midnight In Paris) knows precisely when to quip one-liners and when to let Chan steal the show.

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PRIME7

WIN

TEN

SBS

6.00 ABC News Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. (CC) 10.00 One Plus One. (CC) Hosted by Jane Hutcheon. 10.30 Catalyst. (R, CC) 11.00 Hello Birdy. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 Eggheads. (R, CC) Quiz show. 12.00 News At Noon. (CC) 1.00 Crownies. (M, R, CC) Five young solicitors face daily pressures. 2.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R, CC) Hosted by Fiona Bruce. 3.00 Golf. (CC) Women’s Australian Open. Round 2. From The Grange Golf Club, Adelaide.

6.00 Sunrise. (CC) News, sport and weather. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG, CC) The latest news and views. 11.30 Seven Morning News. (CC) 12.00 Miniseries: Molly. (M, R, CC) Part 2 of 2. 2.00 The Daily Edition. (CC) Presented by Sally Obermeder, Monique Wright and Tom Williams. 3.00 The Chase. (R, CC) Contestants race to answer quiz questions correctly to avoid being caught by The Chaser. 4.00 Seven News At 4. (CC) 5.00 The Chase Australia. (CC) Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

6.00 Today. (CC) 9.00 Today Extra. (PG, CC) Presented by David Campbell and Sonia Kruger. 11.30 Morning News. (CC) 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. (R, CC) 1.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG, CC) Variety show featuring celebrities, musical guests and ordinary people with interesting tales to tell. 2.00 Extra. (CC) Hosted by Mario Lopez. 2.30 Alive And Cooking. (CC) Hosted by James Reeson. 3.00 News Now. (CC) 4.00 Afternoon News. (CC) 5.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (CC) Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 Entertainment Tonight. (R, CC) 6.30 The Home Team. (R, CC) 7.00 Ben’s Menu. (R, CC) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG, CC) 11.00 The Talk. (CC) 12.00 Dr Phil. (M, CC) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 Entertainment Tonight. (CC) Film, television and music news. 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. 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 Bone, Wind And Fire. (PG, R, CC) 2.35 Colour Theory. (PG, R, CC) 3.05 Island Feast With Peter Kuruvita. (R, CC) 3.35 Heston’s Mission Impossible. (M, R, CC) (Final) 4.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (R, CC) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R, CC)

6.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R, CC) Hosted by Fiona Bruce. 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 Griff’s Great Britain: Highlands. (PG, CC) Presenter Griff Rhys Jones explores the picturesque Scottish Highlands. 8.30 The Doctor Blake Mysteries. (M, CC) Greed and envy lie at the heart of a case involving the kidnapping of the winners of the first ever state lottery. 9.30 Silent Witness. (M, R, CC) Jack must lock horns with an old flame while investigating a case involving two young women. 10.30 Lateline. (R, CC) News analysis program. 11.05 The Business. (R, CC) Hosted by Ticky Fullerton. 11.20 It’s A Date. (M, R, CC) A single mum is unimpressed after the date, she has been set up on, turns out to be with a much-older man. 11.50 Rage. (MA15+) Continuous music programming.

6.00 PRIME7 News. (CC) 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. (CC) 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (CC) Joh and Pete visit a house made of cubes. Karen prepares Korean fried chicken. Dr Harry encounters a dog with an odd reaction to fire. Jason shows off a DIY bicycle lawnmower design. 8.30 MOVIE: Saving Mr Banks. (PG, CC) (2013) The author of popular children’s book character Mary Poppins, P.L. Travers, reluctantly agrees to travel to Hollywood after Walt Disney asks her permission to adapt her work for the big screen. Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Annie Rose Buckley. 11.15 To Be Advised.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 WIN News. (CC) 7.30 Ultimate Airport Dubai. (PG, CC) Take a behindthe-scenes look at Dubai International Airport, its three terminals and 60,000 staff, who are working hard to keep the passengers and planes safe, secure and on schedule. 8.40 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible II. (M, R, CC) (2000) A special agent is ordered to investigate after a plane crash kills a scientist who was delivering a deadly virus, and its cure, to the agency for safekeeping. The trail takes him to Sydney, where he uncovers the identity of the criminal mastermind behind the theft of the samples. Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton. 11.15 MOVIE: Stolen. (M, R, CC) (2012) A former thief searches for his missing daughter, who has been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a taxi. Nicolas Cage, Malin Akerman, Josh Lucas.

6.00 Family Feud. (CC) Two families try to win big prizes by guessing the most popular responses to a survey of the public. 6.30 The Project. (CC) Waleed Aly, Gorgi Coghlan, Anthony “Lehmo” Lehmann and Meshel Laurie take a look at the day’s news. 7.30 The Living Room. (CC) Amanda meets Tracy Bevan at the SCG. Miguel prepares one of Jamaica’s favourite dishes. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, CC) Irish comedian Graham Norton chats with comedian and writer Tina Fey, doubleOscar-winning director Quentin Tarantino, and actor Kurt Russell. Music is provided by Australian singer-songwriter Sia. 9.30 The X-Files. (M, R, CC) Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate the seemingly inexplicable murder of a city official. 10.30 CSI: Cyber. (M, R, CC) Raven’s friend is accused of murdering a man she met on a dating app. 11.30 The Project. (R, CC) Waleed Aly, Gorgi Coghlan, Anthony “Lehmo” Lehmann and Meshel Laurie take a look at the day’s news.

6.00 Poh’s Kitchen. (CC) Poh and Emmanuel slow cook two meat dishes that bring back wonderful memories for both of them. 6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 MythBusters. (PG, CC) Adam and Jamie put some of the skills of Hollywood’s infallible hit men to the test. 8.30 Neil Oliver: Sacred Wonders Of Britain. (R, CC) Part 2 of 3. Scottish historian Neil Oliver goes on a journey to reveal the sacred face of Britain. 9.30 MOVIE: Man Of Tai Chi. (M, CC) (2013) A young martial artist is pressured into taking part in a highly lucrative underworld fight club. Keanu Reeves, Tiger Hu Chen, Karen Mok. 11.25 The Late Feed. (R) Marc Fennell, Patrick Abboud and Jeanette Francis discuss the latest in news, technology and culture. 11.55 MOVIE: Swimming Pool. (MA15+, R, CC) (2003) A British novelist finds herself sharing a house with the uninhibited daughter of her publisher. Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, Charles Dance.

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

12.15 Revenge. (M, R, CC) With both Emily’s mother and Mason Treadwell making a sudden appearance, Victoria feels uneasy. 1.30 Home Shopping.

1.05 WIN’s All Australian News. (CC) 1.55 A Current Affair. (R, CC) 2.25 Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye. (PG) 3.25 Anger Management. (M, R, CC) 3.55 WIN Presents. (R, CC) 4.00 Extra. (CC) 4.30 Good Morning America. (CC)

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG, CC) Comedian Stephen Colbert interviews a variety of guests from the worlds of film, politics, business and music. 1.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Shopping.

1.45 Shameless. (MA15+, R, CC) Billy has trouble in the bedroom. 4.30 A Cautionary Tail. (R) Animated short film. 4.50 Seven Minutes In The Warsaw Ghetto. (PG, R) 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. 1902

3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE.

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 19.02.2016 to Sunday 21.02.2016

Friday, February 19 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.00pm Inherent Vice (2014) Drama. Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin. (MA15+) Masterpiece

8.30pm Sons Of Anarchy. (MA15+) FX

8.30pm Inside The Tower Of London. (PG) History

8.30pm In Love With Barbara. (M) SoHo

9.30pm Restoration Home. Lifestyle

6.00pm Golf. European PGA Tour. Malaysian Open. Second round. Fox Sports 1

9.30pm Top Chef. (M) Arena

10.30pm Death Row: Inside Indiana State Prison. (M) Crime & Investigation

7.30pm The Lego Movie (2014) Animation. Chris Pratt, Will Arnett. (PG) Family 10.25pm Fifty Shades Of Grey (2015) Romance. Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan. (MA15+) Romance

7.30pm Basketball. NBL. Semi-ﬁnals. Game 2. Fox Sports 3 7.30pm Soccer. A-League. Round 20. Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United. Fox Sports 4

Ron Perlman stars in Sons of Anarchy

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 2.40 Dinosaur Train. (R) 3.10 dirtgirlworld. (R, CC) 3.30 Play School. (R, CC) 4.00 Bananas In Pyjamas. (R, CC) 4.10 Little Princess. (R, CC) 4.25 Mister Maker. (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. (R, 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) 6.40 Ben And Holly. (R, CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Doctor Who. (PG, R, CC) 8.15 Doctor Who: Confidential. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 Meet The Young Americans. (M, R, CC) 9.25 Her Majesty’s Prison. (M, R, CC) 10.10 Jimmy Fallon. (PG, R, CC) 10.55 Escape From The Secret Sect. (M, R, CC) 11.40 My Mum Is Obsessed. (PG, R, CC) 12.30 Meet The Young Americans. (M, R, CC) 1.20 Doctor Who. (PG, R, CC) 2.05 News Update. (R) 2.10 Close. 5.00 Driver Dan’s Story Train. (R, CC) 5.10 Abney & Teal. (R, CC) 5.25 Tilly And Friends. (R, CC) 5.35 Ella The Elephant. (R, CC) 5.50 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 10.45 Dance With The Elements. (R, CC) 10.55 Places To Dance. (R, CC) 11.00 Move It Mob Style. (R, CC) 11.30 BTN. (R, CC) 12.00 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) 12.40 The Legend Of Dick And Dom. (R, CC) 1.10 Heart And Soul. (R, CC) 1.35 Castaway. (R, CC) 2.00 Arthur. (R, CC) 2.25 Vic The Viking. (R, CC) 2.40 Pearlie. (R, CC) 2.50 Masha And The Bear. (R, CC) 3.00 Absolute Genius. 3.30 Nerds And Monsters. (R, CC) 3.45 The Flamin’ Thongs. (R, CC) 3.55 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. (R, CC) 4.20 Thunderbirds Are Go. (R, CC) 4.40 Studio 3. 4.45 Adv Time. (R) 5.10 Slugterra. (R, CC) 5.30 Annoying Orange. (R, CC) 5.40 News On 3. (CC) 5.50 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 6.20 Dance Academy. (R, CC) 6.50 News On 3. (CC) 7.00 Operation Ouch! (R, CC) 7.30 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 8.00 Adv Time. (R) 8.20 Kobushi. (R, CC) 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) 8.50 The Adventures Of Figaro Pho. (R, CC) 9.00 Heartland. (R, CC) 9.45 K-On! (CC) 10.05 Lanfeust Quest. (R, CC) 10.30 Ouran High School Host Club. (PG, R, CC) 10.55 Close.

7TWO 6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 ZooMoo Lost. (C) 7.30 Sally Bollywood. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Larry The Lawnmower. (P, R, CC) 8.30 Harry’s Practice. (R, CC) 9.00 Home And Away: The Early Years. (PG, R, CC) 9.30 NBC Today. (R) 12.00 Dr Oz. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Better Homes. (R, CC) 2.00 Australia’s Best Houses. (PG, R) 2.30 Dealers. (PG) 3.30 Property Ladder. (PG, R) 4.30 60 Minute Makeover. (PG, R) 5.30 Homes Under The Hammer. (PG) 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Border. (PG, R) Follows the officers who patrol the US-Mexico border. 8.30 Escape To The Country. Prospective buyers find their dream home. 9.30 The House That 100K Built. (Series return) Presented by Kieran Long and Piers Taylor. 10.45 Front Of House. 11.15 Best Houses Australia. (R) 12.15 Bargain Hunt. (R) 1.15 Homes Under The Hammer. (PG, R) 2.30 Property Ladder. (PG, R) 3.30 Dealers Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. (PG, R) 4.30 Escape To The Country. (R) 5.30 Shopping.

7MATE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 Henry Hugglemonster. (R) 7.30 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West. (R, CC) 8.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. (PG, R) 9.00 Big Angry Fish. (PG, R) 10.00 Starsky & Hutch. (PG, R) 11.00 T.J. Hooker. (PG, R) 12.00 Ultimate Factories. (R) 1.00 American Chainsaw. (PG, R) 1.30 Alaska Wing Men. (PG, R) 2.30 American Stuffers. (PG, R) 3.30 Swamp People. (PG, R) 4.30 American Restoration. (PG, R) 5.30 American Pickers. (PG, R) 6.30 MOVIE: Land Of The Lost. (PG, R, CC) (2009) Will Ferrell. 8.30 MOVIE: Shanghai Noon. (PG, R, CC) (2000) In Nevada, an imperial guard and an incompetent outlaw team up to rescue a kidnapped Chinese princess. Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu. 10.45 MOVIE: Unleashed. (MA15+, R) (2005) Jet Li. 12.45 World’s Worst Tenants. (M, R) 2.00 Alaska Wing Men. (PG, R) 3.00 Ultimate Factories. (R) 4.00 Big Angry Fish. (PG, R) 5.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. (PG, R)

GO! 6.00 Sooty. 6.30 PAW Patrol. 7.00 Yo-Kai Watch. 7.30 Move It. 8.00 Kitchen Whiz. 8.30 Wild Kratts. 9.00 Magical Tales. 9.30 Little Charmers. (R) 10.00 SpongeBob. (R) 10.30 PAW Patrol. (R, CC) 11.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 11.30 ScoobyDoo! (PG, R) 12.00 Young Justice. (PG, R) 12.30 The Batman. (PG, R) 1.00 Sooty. (R) 1.30 Yo-Kai Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 2.30 Wild Kratts. (R) 3.00 SpongeBob. (R) 3.30 Rabbids. (PG, R) 4.00 Kids’ WB. (PG) 4.05 Looney Tunes. (PG, R) 4.30 Young Justice. (PG, R) 5.00 Ben 10. (PG, R) 5.30 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: Space Jam. (R, CC) (1996) 7.40 MOVIE: Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. (PG, R, CC) (1995) 9.30 MOVIE: Zoolander. (M, R, CC) (2001) Ben Stiller. 11.15 Two And A Half Men. (M, R, CC) 11.45 Anger Management. (M, R, CC) 12.15 The Cube. (PG) 1.15 GO Surround Sound. (PG, R, CC) 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! (PG, R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R)

GEM 6.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Skippy. (R) 7.00 My Crazy Obsession. (PG, R) 8.00 Gilmore Girls. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 New Style Direct. 9.30 Global Shop. 10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Come Dine With Me. (PG, R) 11.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Secret Dealers. (PG) 1.00 MOVIE: The Long Dark Hall. (PG, R, CC) (1951) 2.50 Come Dine With Me. (PG) 3.20 Blue Planet: A Natural History Of The Oceans. (PG, R) 4.30 Ellen DeGeneres. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Gilmore Girls. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 A Current Affair. (CC) 8.00 Walking The Nile. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 MOVIE: The Last Castle. (M, R, CC) (2001) A disgraced general organises an uprising. Robert Redford. 11.45 MOVIE: Red Heat. (M, R) (1988) Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi. 2.00 The Black Adder. (PG, R) 2.40 GEM Presents. (R, CC) 2.50 MOVIE: Rattle Of A Simple Man. (M, R, CC) (1964) Diane Cilento. 4.35 My Crazy Obsession. (PG, R) 5.00 Gideon’s Way. (PG, R)

ONE 6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 8.00 What’s Up! Downunder. (R, CC) 8.30 Operation Repo. (PG) 9.00 Monster Jam. (R) 10.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 11.00 Hogan’s Heroes. (R) 12.00 The Biggest Loser USA. (PG) 2.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. (PG, R) 3.00 Jake And The Fatman. (PG, R) 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 5.00 Star Trek: Voyager. (PG, R) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 Cops. (PG, R, CC) Follows police officers on patrol. 8.30 48 Hours: The Bizarre Saga Of Robert Durst. (M, R) A millionaire is charged with murder. 9.30 MOVIE: Commando. (MA15+, R) (1985) A commando’s daughter is kidnapped by terrorists. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong. 11.30 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 12.00 The Home Team. (R, CC) 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 3.00 Cops. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 5.00 Adventure Angler. (R) 5.30 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 8.00 Mako: Island Of Secrets. (C, R, CC) 8.30 Toasted TV. 9.30 Crocamole. (P, CC) 10.00 Touched By An Angel. (PG, R) 11.00 Dr Quinn. (PG, R) 12.00 Judging Amy. (PG, R) 1.00 JAG. (PG, R) 2.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG, R) 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R, CC) 4.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 5.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 Neighbours. (CC) 7.05 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG, R) 8.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PG, R, CC) A married man gives advice to a neighbour. 8.30 Love Island. (M) Hopeful singles look for love. 10.30 Sex And The City. (MA15+, R) 11.00 Sex And The City. (M, R) 11.30 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG) 12.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R, CC) 1.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 2.00 JAG. (PG, R) 3.00 Dr Quinn. (PG, R) 4.00 Touched By An Angel. (PG, R) 5.00 King Of Queens. (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 The Feed. (R) 4.30 Dara Ó Briain: School Of Hard Sums. (PG, R) 5.25 Urban Freestyler. (R) 5.30 House Hazards. (PG) 6.00 None Of The Above. Hosted by Tim Shaw. 6.30 MythBusters. (PG, R, CC) Adam and Jamie test gender-based clichés. 7.25 Soccer. A-League. Round 20. Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United. From AAMI Park, Melbourne. 10.00 Vikings. (M, R, CC) 10.55 Vikings. (MA15+, R, CC) 1.30 Vikings. (M, R, CC) 2.20 PopAsia. (PG) 4.25 NHK World English News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

NITV 6.00 Waabiny Time. 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 Tangaroa With Pio. 10.30 Around The Campfire. 10.45 Hi Ho Mistahey! (PG) 12.30 UnderExposed. 1.00 City Slickers Rodeo. 1.30 Sisters In League. (PG) 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 The Deerskins. (PG) 6.00 Tangaroa With Pio. 6.30 UnderExposed. 7.00 Ngurra. 7.20 NITV News Mini-Bulletin. 7.30 Buffy Sainte-Marie. 8.30 Arctic Air. (M) Follows a maverick airline and the unconventional family who run it in the Arctic. 9.30 Chappelle’s Show. Sketch comedy. 10.00 Boxing For Palm Island. (CC) 10.30 CBQM. 11.35 Talking Language With Ernie Dingo. (PG) 12.00 Volumz. (PG) 4.00 Fusion With Casey Donovan. 5.00 Bush Bands Bash.

6.00 ABC News Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. (CC) 12.00 ABC News. (CC) 1.00 ABC News With Capital Hill. (CC) 2.00 ABC News. (CC) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 ABC News With The Business. 5.00 ABC News With Grandstand. 6.00 ABC News. (CC) 6.30 The Drum. (R, CC) 7.00 ABC News Evenings With Grandstand. (CC) 8.00 ABC News Evenings With The Business. (CC) 9.00 Planet America. 9.30 Lateline. (CC) 10.00 The World. (CC) 11.00 ABC News. 11.30 7.30. (R, CC) 12.00 ABC News. 12.30 The Drum. (R, CC) 1.00 BBC Impact. 1.30 Lateline. (R, CC) 2.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 3.00 BBC World News. (R) 3.30 7.30. (R, CC) 4.00 BBC World News. 4.30 BBC Focus On Africa. 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 1902

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3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE.

Friday 19.02.2016 to Sunday 21.02.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Saturday, February 20 Death In Paradise

MOVIE: Old School

MOVIE: High School Musical 3

ABC, 7.30pm

7MATE, 9.20pm, MA15+ (2003)

PRIME7, 1pm, G (2008)

Paradise it may be, but the tropical posting didn’t work out so great for former detective Richard Poole, who met his end on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie. His replacement, detective inspector Humphrey Goodman is doing his darndest to avoid meeting the same fate – well, at least as long as the show is popular and actor Kris Marshall is happy with the gig. Tonight, the owner of a failing surf school is found dead – gunned down at close range – but there’s a twist: the victim is found inside a locked room, which narrows the suspects. The plot thickens when it’s discovered that he recently took out a life-insurance policy.

Todd Phillips, the director who gave us the uproariously funny The Hangover first brought us this surprisingly memorable tale of three 30-something pals (Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn and a show-stealing Will Ferrell) who try to shake off the shackles of marriage and careers by starting their own college frat house. Despite the KY Jelly wrestling and inevitable pants-down pranks, Old School is more than just a slew of familiar gross-out gags. Imbuing his characters with a surprising amount of pathos, Phillips draws perceptive and farcical laughs from these men in the throes of early mid-life crises.

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ABC

PRIME7

WIN

TEN

SBS

6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) Continuous music programming. 11.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R, CC) Fiona Bruce and the team pay a visit to Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland, where they meet HRH Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Among the items on display is a surprisingly valuable wine bottle. 12.30 Griff’s Great Britain: Highlands. (PG, R, CC) Presenter Griff Rhys Jones explores the picturesque Scottish Highlands. 1.00 Golf. (CC) Women’s Australian Open. Round 3. From The Grange Golf Club, Adelaide.

6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) 12.00 Water Polo By The Sea. (CC) Water Polo By The Sea returns to Sydney. 1.00 MOVIE: High School Musical 3. (R, CC) (2008) High school seniors students stage a musical. Zac Efron. 3.30 Nabbed. (PG, R, CC) A man is caught doing burnouts. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R, CC) Joh visits Dom Aboud. 5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R, CC)

6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00

PAW Patrol. (R, CC) Dora The Explorer. (CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Today Extra: Saturday. (PG, CC) Australian Geographic Adventures. (R, CC) The Middle. (PG, R, CC) Frankie and Mike get caught in a feud. Party Of Five. (PG, R, CC) Charlie’s wedding jitters grow. MOVIE: The Replacements. (PG, R, CC) (2000) A group of misfits play gridiron. Keanu Reeves. Getaway. (PG, CC) News: First At Five. (CC) Fishing Australia. (CC)

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. (R, CC) 12.00 The Doctors. (PG, CC) 1.00 Healthy Homes TV. (CC) 1.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 2.00 Places We Go With Jennifer Adams. (R, CC) 2.30 The Home Team. (CC) (Final) 3.00 Jamie & Jimmy’s Food Fight Club. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 What’s Up Down Under. (CC) (Final) 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. 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) Four Continents Championships. Men’s and pairs program. Highlights. 3.30 Massive Moves. (R, CC) 4.20 Life And Death In The Valley Of The Kings. (PG, R, CC) 5.25 Who Do You Think You Are? John Barnes. (PG, R, CC)

6.00 One Plus One. (R, CC) Host Jane Hutcheon interviews the creator of the legendary Dame Edna Everage, comedian Barry Humphries. 6.10 Restoration Man. (R, CC) George Clarke meets a couple who bought a pair of grade II-listed 17th and 18th-century barns. 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 Death In Paradise. (CC) Humphrey faces a mystery after a surfing instructor is found murdered inside a locked shed. 8.30 Cuffs. (M, CC) An eccentric drug dealer who has evaded the clutches of the law is finally in Jo’s sights. However, his esoteric musings prompt her to consider her life choices. Jake is humiliated when he makes a rookie error. 9.30 Jack Irish. (M, R, CC) Jack enlists the help of his ex-girlfriend, Linda, in the hunt for a lead in the case in Manila. 10.25 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R, CC) UK-based panel show. 11.15 Black Comedy. (M, R, CC) Meet the “Housewives of Narromine”. 11.40 Rage. (MA15+) Music videos.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2. (CC) (2013) After sentient food beasts overrun the island of Swallow Falls, Flint Lockwood, the inventor of a machine which creates food from water, and his friends are asked to return home and save the world again. Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Will Forte. 9.00 MOVIE: 2012. (M, R, CC) (2009) A man tries to protect his family when a global cataclysm threatens to destroy the world, as predicted in the Mayan calendar. His plan centres on the ravings of a conspiracy theorist, who claims the government has prepared a series of “ships” to protect a select group of people. John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 Australia’s Got Talent. (PG, R, CC) A variety of acts perform in front of a panel of celebrity judges, including Kelly Osbourne, Ian “Dicko” Dickson, Eddie Perfect and Sophie Monk, hoping to prove they have what it takes to become a star. Hosted by Dave Hughes. 8.15 Australia’s Got Talent. (PG, R, CC) A variety of acts perform in front of a panel of celebrity judges. Hosted by Dave Hughes. 9.30 Here Come The Habibs! (PG, R, CC) After news of their lottery win goes viral, the Habibs are invaded by relatives from the old neighbourhood. Olivia resorts to dirty tricks to prevent Mariam joining her exclusive yacht club. Touffic’s latest scheme to impress his father lands him in hot water with the police. 10.10 To Be Advised.

6.00 Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals. (R, CC) Chef Jamie Oliver sets out to create a selection of meals which can be completed in just 15 minutes. 6.30 MOVIE: Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian. (PG, R, CC) (2009) A former security guard infiltrates the Smithsonian after a magical tablet is shipped to Washington by mistake. Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Amy Adams. 8.35 MOVIE: Jack Reacher. (M, R, CC) (2012) After five people are shot and killed by an expert sniper, the police quickly arrest a suspect. However, a former US Army military police officer is not as convinced by the authorities’ narrative and decides to investigate. Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Rosamund Pike. 11.15 MOVIE: The Reckoning. (M, R, CC) (2014) After his partner is murdered, a detective must track down two teenage runaways whose video footage contains the identity of the killer. Jonathan LaPaglia, Luke Hemsworth, Viva Bianca.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.35 Coasts Of Ireland: The Irish Riviera. (CC) Part 2 of 5. From the traditional pubs in Dublin to the dolphin of Dingle Harbour, take a tour of some of the highlights of Ireland. 8.30 MOVIE: Little Miss Sunshine. (M, R, CC) (2006) After a sevenyear-old would-be beauty queen voices her desire to take home the coveted Little Miss Sunshine crown at an upcoming pageant, her family sets out on an interstate road trip to ensure she has a clear shot at realising her dreams. Abigail Breslin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear. 10.20 RocKwiz. (M, R, CC) Music quiz show. Special guests include singer-songwriter Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub, backup singer Hailey Cramer, and Aussie veteran Joe Camilleri. Hosted by Julia Zemiro and Brian Nankervis. 11.25 Miniseries: The Escape Artist. (MA15+, R, CC) Part 1 of 3. A talented junior barrister is stalked by one of his clients.

5.00 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

12.00 Home Shopping.

12.00 MOVIE: Detroit Rock City. (MA15+, R, CC) (1999) Edward Furlong. 1.50 MOVIE: The Driver. (M, R, CC) (1978) 3.35 Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye. (PG) 4.30 Extra. (R, CC) 5.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 5.30 Fishing Australia. (R, CC)

1.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. 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.

12.30 Miniseries: The Escape Artist. (M, R, CC) 2.40 MOVIE: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. (M, R, CC) (2010) Thanapat Saisaymar. 4.45 The Lala Road. (PG, R) 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News. 5.45 France 24 Feature.

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3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE.

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 19.02.2016 to Sunday 21.02.2016

Saturday, February 20 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.30pm Wild (2014) Biography. Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern. (MA15+) Masterpiece

6.20pm Holby City. (M) BBC First

7.30pm Wives With Knives. (M) Crime & Investigation

8.30pm Trading Places. (M) Universal Channel

9.30pm Big Cats: An Amazing Animal Family. National Geographic Wild

5.00pm Soccer. A-League. Round 20. Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix. Fox Sports 4

8.30pm The Gunman (2015) Action. Sean Penn, Idris Elba. (MA15+) Premiere

8.30pm Whose Line Is It Anyway? (MA15+) Comedy Channel

10.30pm How It’s Made. (PG) Discovery Science

10.30pm Clash Of The Titans (2010) Action. Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson. (M) Action

7.00pm Rugby League. NRL Charity Shield. South Sydney Rabbitohs v St George Illawarra Dragons. Fox Sports 1 7.30pm Basketball. NBL. Semi-ﬁnals. Game 2. Fox Sports 3 Sam Worthington stars in Clash of the Titans

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 Little Princess. (R, CC) 4.25 Mister Maker. (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. (R, 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) 6.40 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 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R, CC) 8.45 Wil Anderson: Wiluminati. (M, R, CC) 9.45 Live At The Apollo. (M, CC) 10.30 Inside Amy Schumer. (M, R, CC) 10.55 The Office. (M, R, CC) 11.25 Extras. (M, R, CC) 11.55 Comedy Up Late. (M, R, CC) 12.25 The Incredible Mr Goodwin. (M, R, CC) 1.10 Mock The Week. (M, R, CC) 1.40 Kroll Show. (M, R, CC) 2.05 News Update. (R) 2.10 Close. 5.00 Driver Dan’s Story Train. (R, CC) 5.10 Abney & Teal. (R, CC) 5.25 Tilly And Friends. (R, CC) 5.35 Ella The Elephant. (R, CC) 5.50 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 The Jungle Book. (R, CC) 6.10 Hairy Legs. (R, CC) 6.20 Tashi. (R, CC) 6.35 Arthur. (R, CC) 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. (CC) 9.30 Total Drama: Pahkitew Island. (R, CC) 10.15 Adv Time. (R) 11.00 Camp Lakebottom. (R, CC) 11.10 The Aquabats Super Show! (R, CC) 11.35 Life With Boys. (R, CC) 11.55 A Gurls Wurld. (R, CC) 12.20 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. (R, CC) 2.35 House Of Anubis. (R) 3.00 Bushwhacked! (R, CC) 3.25 Officially Amazing. (R, CC) 3.55 Studio 3. 4.00 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 4.25 Big Babies. (R, CC) 4.45 The Amazing Extraordinary Friends. (R) 5.05 Handball Heroes. (R, CC) 5.15 Spooksville. (PG, R, CC) 5.40 World’s End. (R, CC) 6.10 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. (R, CC) 6.35 Rocket’s Island. (PG) 7.05 Yonderland. (PG, R) 7.25 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 7.55 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 Heartland. (R, CC) 9.45 Close.

7TWO 6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 Saturday Disney. (CC) 9.00 Jessie. (CC) 9.30 Austin & Ally. (R, CC) 10.00 Shopping. (R) 11.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 11.30 Great South East. 12.00 Creek To Coast. (CC) 12.30 WA Weekender. (CC) 1.00 Qld Weekender. (CC) 1.30 The Long Weekender. (R, CC) 2.00 Horse Racing. Black Caviar Lightning Day. 5.30 60 Minute Makeover. (PG) 6.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) 7.30 Fantasy Homes By The Sea. (R) Jenni Falconer helps Phil and Linzi. 8.30 Escape To The Country. Prospective buyers find their dream home. 9.30 Nick Knowles’ Original Features. (R) Presented by Nick Knowles. 10.30 Storage Hoarders. 11.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) 12.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. (R) 1.00 Great South East. (R) 1.30 Creek To Coast. (R, CC) 2.00 The Long Weekender. (R, CC) 2.30 Queensland Weekender. (R, CC) 3.00 WA Weekender. (R, CC) 3.30 MOVIE: Honeymoon. (R) (1947) Shirley Temple, Guy Madison. 5.00 Home Shopping.

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 Inside West Coast Customs. (PG, R) 1.30 Urban Tarzan. (PG, R) 2.00 America’s Money Vault. (PG) 3.00 Gator Boys. (PG, R) 4.00 Hillbilly Handfishin’. (PG, R) 5.00 Catching Hell. (PG, R) 6.00 Deadly Seas. (PG) 7.00 MOVIE: Remember The Titans. (PG, R, CC) (2000) Denzel Washington. 9.20 MOVIE: Old School. (MA15+, R, CC) (2003) Three friends start their own fraternity. Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell. 11.20 1000 Ways To Die. (MA15+, R) 12.20 America’s Money Vault. (PG, R) 1.20 Catching Hell. (PG, R) 2.30 Urban Tarzan. (PG, R) 3.00 Inside West Coast Customs. (PG, R) 4.00 Harley-Davidson TV. (PG, R) 5.00 Dream Car Garage. (R) 5.30 Shopping. (R)

GO! 6.00 Thunderbirds. (R) 7.00 Kids’ WB Saturday. (PG) 7.05 Looney Tunes. (R) 7.30 The Day My Butt Went Psycho. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Scooby-Doo! (PG, R) 8.30 The Amazing World Of Gumball. (R) 9.00 Adv Time. (PG, R) 9.30 The Batman. (PG, R) 10.00 Green Lantern. (PG, R) 10.30 Ben 10. (PG, R) 11.00 Heidi. (C, R, CC) 11.30 Move It. (C, R, CC) 12.00 Kitchen Whiz. (C, R, CC) 12.30 SpongeBob. (R) 1.30 Wild Kratts. (R) 2.00 My Surf TV. (R, CC) 2.30 Surfing Australia TV. 3.00 Rabbids. (PG, R) 3.30 Sonic Boom. (R) 4.00 Yo-Kai Watch. (PG, R) 4.30 The Batman. (PG, R) 5.00 The Tom And Jerry Show. (R) 5.30 Scooby-Doo! (PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: Superman III. (PG, R, CC) (1983) 8.30 MOVIE: Batman Forever. (PG, R, CC) (1995) 11.00 Miniseries: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. (M, R) 12.30 Arrow. (M, R, CC) 1.30 Surfing Australia TV. (R) 2.00 Little Charmers. (R) 2.30 Yo-Kai Watch. (PG, R) 3.00 Sonic Boom. (R) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 4.00 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 4.30 Wild Kratts. (R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R)

GEM 6.00 GEM Presents. (R, CC) 6.10 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 6.40 Rugby League. World Club Series. Game 1. St Helens v Sydney Roosters. 9.00 MOVIE: Number Seventeen. (PG, R) (1932) 10.15 MOVIE: Henry VIII And His Six Wives. (PG, R, CC) (1972) 12.45 Postcards. (PG, CC) 1.15 Georgy Girl: The Making Of The Musical. (R, CC) 1.45 MOVIE: Bachelor In Paradise. (PG, R, CC) (1961) Bob Hope. 4.05 MOVIE: Roman Holiday. (1953) Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn. 6.30 Heartbeat. (PG, R) Lord Ashfordly is robbed during a party. 8.45 Agatha Christie’s Marple. (M, R) The cryptic words of a dying man leads Miss Marple to investigate the occupants of a castle. 10.45 Dalziel And Pascoe. (M, R, CC) A long-lost heir is murdered. 11.55 MOVIE: A Bridge Too Far. (M, R, CC) (1977) Robert Redford. 3.20 MOVIE: Zoltan, Hound Of Dracula. (M, R) (1978) 5.00 Adventures In Rainbow Country. (R) 5.30 Postcards. (PG, R, CC)

ONE 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Reel Rock. (PG, R) 8.30 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R) 9.30 World Sport. (R) 10.00 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 12.30 Car Torque. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Motor Racing. World Series Sprintcars. 2.00 Land And Sea Rangers. 3.00 Adventure Angler. (R) 3.30 World’s Busiest. (PG, R) 4.30 David Attenborough’s Africa. (R, CC) 5.30 David Attenborough’s Animal Attraction. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Monster Jam. 7.30 Black Gold. (PG, R) Brandon has a run-in with the law. 8.30 CSI: Cyber. (M, R, CC) After a police officer’s body camera is hacked, its recording goes viral. 9.30 Ripper Street. (M) A murder at a curiosity shop is investigated. 10.35 Rush. (MA15+) 11.30 Bellator MMA. (M, R) Mixed martial arts tournaments. 1.30 The Home Team. (R, CC) 2.00 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 3.00 World’s Busiest. (PG, R) 4.00 Black Gold. (M, R) 5.00 Football’s Greatest Teams. (PG, R) 5.30 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 7.30 Vic The Viking. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Totally Wild. (C, CC) 8.30 Scope. (C, CC) 9.05 The Loop. (PG) 11.35 Neighbours. (R, CC) 2.05 Glee. (PG, R) 4.00 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Cheers. (PG, R) 6.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) Becker and Linda are called for jury duty. 6.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R, CC) The misadventures of a sportswriter. 7.30 Rules Of Engagement. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 Cristela. (PG) Felix calms tensions between Daniela and Cristela when Daniela’s friend mistakes Cristela for the family’s nanny. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, R, CC) Guests include Dawn French, Kirsten Dunst, Bear Grylls, Conchita Wurst and Sam Smith. 9.30 To Be Advised. 11.30 The Loop. (PG, R) 2.00 Neighbours. (R, CC) 4.30 Cheers. (PG, R) Carla’s son decides to become a priest. 5.30 Becker. (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 20. Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United. Replay. 3.00 Charley Boorman’s Extreme Frontiers: South Africa. (PG, R, CC) 3.55 The Brain: China. (R) 5.35 MOVIE: Spirited Away. (PG, R, CC) (2001) 7.55 If You Are The One Australia Special. (R) Part 1 of 2. 9.25 Bear Grylls’ Mission Survive. (M, R, CC) The contestants navigate a ravine. 10.20 Commando School: The Gym Test. (M, R, CC) A look at Royal Marines training. 11.15 Vikings. (MA15+, R, CC) 12.10 Vikings. (M, R, CC) 1.50 Vikings. (MA15+, R, CC) 2.45 Vikings. (M, R, CC) (Final) 3.40 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

NITV 6.00 Tipi Tales. 6.30 Waabiny Time. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Bizou. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Bushwhacked! 9.00 Go Lingo. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Goin’ Troppo In The Toppo. (PG) 10.30 Seaman Dan And Friends. 11.00 Three Sisters: Women Of High Degree. 12.00 UnderExposed. 12.30 Buffy Sainte-Marie. 1.30 Aunty Moves In. 2.00 CBQM. 3.15 Surviving. 3.30 Desperate Measures. 4.00 Our Footprint. 4.45 Around The Campfire. 5.00 Ngurra. 5.30 Bikpela Bagarap. (PG) 6.30 Kids To Coast. 7.00 Unearthed. 7.30 NITV On The Road: Barunga Festival. 8.30 Talking Language With Ernie Dingo. (PG) Ernie Dingo explores Victoria’s Western Districts. 9.00 Characters Of Broome. 9.30 MOVIE: Walkabout. (M) (1971) Two lost children meet an Aborigine on a ritualistic separation. Jenny Agutter. 11.30 Unearthed. 12.00 Volumz. (PG) 4.00 NITV On The Road: Mbantua Festival/Laura Festival.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 ABC News. (CC) 11.30 Australia Wide. (CC) 12.00 ABC News. (CC) 12.30 Landline. (R, CC) 1.00 ABC News. 1.30 Planet America. (R) 2.00 ABC News. 2.30 The Mix. 3.00 ABC News. (CC) 3.30 Tonic. 4.00 ABC News. 4.30 The Drum Weekly. 5.00 ABC News. 5.30 One Plus One. (CC) 6.00 ABC News. (CC) 6.30 Australian Story. (R, CC) 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 8.00 Four Corners. (R, CC) 8.45 One Plus One. (R, CC) 9.00 ABC News. (CC) 9.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 10.00 ABC News. (CC) 10.30 The World This Week. (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. (R) 2.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 Landline. (R, CC) 4.00 BBC World News. 4.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 2002

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3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE.

Friday 19.02.2016 to Sunday 21.02.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Sunday, February 21 Call The Midwife

MOVIE: Total Recall

ABC, 8.30pm

7MATE, 8.30pm, M (2012)

Christmas is almost forgotten (well, at least for another 10 months), but that doesn’t mean you should miss out on Call The Midwife’s gooey and tinsel-clad Christmas special. It’s a late delivery, but better than none at all. This is a Christmas special in the most traditional sense, where kindness is the best present one can give and receive. It’s a tearjerker, but one that will leave you happier for the experience. While an outbreak of measles infects Poplar, reverend Tom (Jack Ashton) receives an intriguing offer, a face from Patsy’s (Emerald Fennell) past returns, and Nonnatus House is shaken to the core when one of its own goes missing.

Remakes are never easy, especially when the original is not particularly old. So director Len Wiseman (Underworld) knew he had his hands full retelling this sci-fi classic, which was based on a short story by Philip K. Dick. Taking over Arnie’s role as Douglas Quaid is Colin Farrell, with the Hollywood hunk more than ably supported by Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel. The plot is similar to the original, with one major exception – this time, the action takes place on an overcrowded Earth, rather than Mars. Naturally, the special effects in this remake are jaw-dropping, though the acting is average and the storyline leaves a lot to be desired.

ABC

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6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 Insiders. (CC) Hosted by Barrie Cassidy. 10.00 Offsiders. (CC) Hosted by Gerard Whateley. 10.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) Stories from around Australia. 11.00 The World This Week. (R, CC) Presented by Beverley O’Connor. 11.30 Songs Of Praise. (R, CC) Russell Watson explores Salford. 12.00 Landline. (CC) Presented by Pip Courtney. 1.00 Golf. (CC) Women’s Australian Open. Final round. From The Grange Golf Club, Adelaide.

6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) Latest news, sport and weather. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) Highlights from the past week. 12.00 Lyndey Milan’s Summer Baking Secrets. (CC) Lyndey prepares lamingtons. 12.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. (R, CC) Tony is asked to escort a visiting princess around town. 1.00 To Be Advised. 5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Sydney Weekender. (CC) Mike checks out an American bison ranch.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow. (CC) Fiona and the team examine treasures brought in by the public while visiting Barrington Court in Somerset. 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.40 Doc Martin. (PG, CC) Louisa is less than pleased when Martin’s therapist suggests they should attend his sessions as a couple. 8.30 Call The Midwife. (PG, CC) An outbreak of measles hits Poplar. Tom receives an intriguing offer. An unexpected surprise for a grieving mother helps bring home some much needed cheer. A face from Patsy’s past returns. 9.45 Joanna Lumley’s Nile. (CC) Part 1 of 4. Joanna Lumley embarks on an epic adventure along the length of the Nile river. 10.35 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (M, R, CC) Hosted by Charlie Pickering. 11.05 Redfern Now. (M, R, CC) After a woman is accused of benefit fraud, the scandal threatens to destroy her happiness.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 My Kitchen Rules. (PG, CC) The competition travels to Melbourne where fitness-obsessed best friends Jessica and Marcos host an instant restaurant in an effort to impress judges Pete Evans and Manu Feildel as well as their fellow contestants. 8.30 Molly: The Real Thing. (M, CC) Celebrities share amusing and heartfelt stories about music guru, Molly Meldrum. Join Kylie Minogue, Russell Morris, Delta Goodrem and Gene Simmons as they reveal outrageous insights into this Australian rock legend. 10.15 To Be Advised. 11.15 Heroes Reborn. (M, CC) (Final) As the clock counts down to the end of the world, Tommy finds himself up against his biggest challenge yet as Erica takes drastic measures to see her plan succeed.

12.00 MOVIE: New York, New York. (PG, R, CC) (1977) Robert De Niro. 2.35 A Quiet Word With… Ross Noble. (PG, R, CC) 3.05 Call The Midwife. (PG, R, CC) 4.20 Joanna Lumley’s Nile. (R, CC) 5.10 Doc Martin. (PG, R, CC)

12.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 Sunrise. (CC) David Koch and Samantha Armytage present the news, sport and weather, with business and finance updates.

MOVIE: Spirited Away SBS 2, 1pm, PG (2001) This masterpiece by anime legend Hayao Miyazaki took more money than Titanic in Japan on its release and it’s easy to see why. The Alice in Wonderland-style tale centres on Chihiro (Daveigh Chase in the English-language version), a feisty girl who accidentally winds up in a spirit world while moving house with her family. The wonder turns sour when her parents are turned into pigs by spirits after they greedily eat a free meal. With an assortment of fantastical characters helping her, Chihiro tries to break the spirits’ spell.

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PAW Patrol. (R, CC) Dora The Explorer. (CC) Weekend Today. (CC) The Conversation With Alex Malley. (CC) Surfing. (CC) Australian Boardriders Battle. Highlights. The Wild Life Of Tim Faulkner. (R, CC) The Middle. (PG, R, CC) MOVIE: Andre. (R, CC) (1994) Keith Carradine. Ironman. (CC) Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Series. Round 5. From North Cronulla Beach, NSW. World’s Biggest Pets. (PG, R, CC) News: First At Five. (CC) Customs. (PG, R, CC)

TEN

SBS

6.00 Creflo. (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 The Doctors. (PG, CC) 1.00 Just Go. (R, CC) 1.30 People Of The Vines. (R, CC) 2.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R, CC) 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 3.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. (R, CC) 3.30 Car Torque. (R, CC) 4.00 iFish. (R, CC) 5.00 TEN Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 France 24 English News. 6.30 Deutsche Welle English News. 7.00 Al Jazeera English News. 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. News from Dubai. 12.30 Turkish News. 1.00 The World Game. (CC) 2.00 Speedweek. (CC) 4.00 Trawlermen. (PG, R, CC) 4.30 Hidden Histories: Forgotten Photographs From WWI. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Tony Robinson’s WWI. (PG, R, CC)

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 Australia’s Got Talent. (PG, CC) In the last of the audition rounds before the semi-finals, a mix of the weird and the wonderful perform for judges Kelly Osbourne, Ian “Dicko” Dickson, Eddie Perfect and Sophie Monk. Hosted by Dave Hughes. 8.15 60 Minutes. (CC) Current affairs program. 9.25 The Amazing Noughties. (PG, CC) Part 1 of 4. Take a look back at the big events and personalities of the “noughties”, the decade from 2000 to 2010, from Australia and overseas in the fields of TV, movies, music, pop culture, sport and politics. 10.30 The Embassy. (M, R, CC) A look at the work of an Australian embassy. After a West Australian builder and his fiancée embark on their first ever holiday together to Bangkok, a big night out on the dance floor goes horribly wrong. 11.30 CSI: NY. (MA15+, R, CC) Fear strikes a small community, as the team tries to figure out who killed a Hell’s Kitchen businessman.

6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. (CC) Two families try to win big prizes by guessing the most popular responses to a survey of the public. 6.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (PG, CC) As the celebrities begin week four of their jungle journey, one of them will be chosen to head down a hole. 8.00 Modern Family. (PG, CC) Claire is nervous about pitching her new closet ideas to Jay and his creative team. 8.30 The X-Files. (M, CC) After an art gallery that is showing potentially offensive artwork is bombed, Mulder and Scully seek a way to communicate with the comatose perpetrator in order to prevent a future attack. 9.30 Limitless. (M, CC) After Senator Morra is targeted by an assassin, Brian is ordered to sabotage the investigation. 10.30 MOVIE: Stepmom. (M, R, CC) (1998) A divorced woman objects to the presence of her ex-husband’s girlfriend in her children’s lives. Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.35 New Secrets Of The Terracotta Warriors. (PG, R, CC) A look at the latest discoveries concerning China’s fabled Terracotta Army. 8.35 Planes That Changed The World: A380 Superjumbo. (PG, R, CC) Part 3 of 3. The stories of three of the most important aircraft ever to take to the skies concludes with a look at the Airbus A380, the largest airliner in history. 9.30 Monty Python Live: One Down, Five To Go. (M, R, CC) The Monty Python team reunites to perform some of their classic sketches and songs. 11.10 Monty Python’s Best Bits (Mostly) (PG, R, CC) Part 3 of 5. Celebrities include Paul Whitehouse, Simon Pegg, Dara O’Briain, Seth Green and Charlie Higson. 11.50 MOVIE: Dead Man Walking. (MA15+, R) (1995) A nun counsels a murderer on death row. Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon.

12.30 Person Of Interest. (M, R, CC) 1.30 V.I.P. (M) 2.30 Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye. (PG) 3.30 Anger Management. (M, R, CC) 4.00 Good Morning America: Sunday. (CC) 5.00 News Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 Today. (CC)

1.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 Life Today With James Robison. (PG) Religious program. 4.30 CBS This Morning. (CC) Morning news and talk show. Hosted by Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell.

2.00 MOVIE: Mediterranean Food. (MA15+, R) (2009) Olivia Molina. 3.50 Hostile Environment. (M, R, CC) 4.55 Around Midnight. (R) 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News. 5.45 France 24 Feature.

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 19.02.2016 to Sunday 21.02.2016

Sunday, February 21 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

8.30pm Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015) Action. Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans. (M) Premiere

7.00pm It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. (M) Comedy Channel

6.30pm A Place In The Sun: Summer Sun. (PG) Lifestyle Home

7.35pm Bones. (MA15+) SoHo

7.20pm Junior Bake Off. Lifestyle Food

8.00am Cricket. Trans Tasman Series. Second Test. New Zealand v Australia. Day 2. Fox Sports 2

8.30pm The Real Housewives Of Melbourne. (M) Arena

7.30pm America’s National Parks. (PG) National Geographic Wild

8.30pm The Theory Of Everything (2014) Biography. Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones. (PG) Masterpiece 8.30pm 22 Jump Street (2014) Comedy. Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill. (MA15+) Comedy

2.00pm Football. NAB Challenge. Adelaide v West Coast. Fox Footy 5.00pm Soccer. A-League. Round 3. Melbourne City v Central Coast Mariners. Fox Sports 4 Chris Evans stars in Avengers: Age of Ultron

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 Little Princess. (R, CC) 4.25 Mister Maker. (R, CC) 4.45 The Furchester Hotel. (R, CC) 5.00 Mike The Knight. (R, CC) 6.00 Charlie And Lola. (R, CC) 6.15 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.25 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.40 Ben And Holly. (R, CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Build A New Life In The Country. (PG, R, CC) 8.15 Dream Build. (R, CC) 8.25 Gruen Pitch Rewind. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 The Warehouse Comedy Festival. (M, R, CC) 9.00 Steve Coogan As Alan Partridge And Other Less Successful Characters. (MA15+, R, CC) 10.30 Buzzcocks. (M, R, CC) 11.05 Bodyshockers. (M, R, CC) 12.05 Louis Theroux’s LA Stories. (M, R, CC) 1.05 Nick Baker’s Weird Creatures. (R, CC) 1.55 Swamp Brothers. (PG, R) 2.20 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 2.50 News Update. (R) 2.55 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. 7.20 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 Grojband. (R, CC) 9.35 Total Drama: Pahkitew Island. (R, CC) 10.00 Total Drama: Pahkitew Island. (PG, R, CC) 10.20 Adv Time. (R) 11.05 Kobushi. (R, CC) 11.10 The Aquabats Super Show! (R, CC) 11.35 Life With Boys. (R, CC) 11.55 A Gurls Wurld. (R, CC) 12.20 Nowhere Boys. (PG, R, CC) 1.15 Nowhere Boys. (R, CC) 1.40 Nowhere Boys. (PG, R, CC) 2.30 House Of Anubis. (R) 3.00 Bushwhacked! (R, CC) 3.25 Officially Amazing. (R, CC) 3.55 Studio 3. 4.00 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 4.25 Big Babies. (R, CC) (Final) 4.40 Strange Hill High. (R, CC) 5.05 Handball Heroes. (R, CC) 5.15 Roy. (R, CC) 5.45 Secret Life Of Boys. (R, CC) 6.10 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. (R, CC) (Final) 6.35 Rocket’s Island. 7.05 Yonderland. (R) 7.30 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 7.55 Degrassi. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 Heartland. 9.45 Good Game: Pocket Edition. (R, CC) 9.55 Rage. (PG, R) 2.25 Close.

7TWO 6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Tomorrow’s World. (PG) 7.30 Leading The Way. (PG) 8.00 David Jeremiah. (PG) 8.30 Shopping. (R) 9.30 Australia’s Best Houses. (PG, R) 10.00 Home And Away Catch-Up. (PG, R, CC) 12.30 Fantasy Homes By The Sea. (R) 1.30 Escape To The Country. (R) 2.30 Original Features. (R) 3.30 Storage Hoarders. (R) 4.30 60 Minute Makeover. (PG) 5.30 World’s Strictest Parents. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) 7.30 House Wreck Rescue. (R) Presented by Gary McCausland. 8.30 Escape To The Country. City families move to the country. 9.30 Escape To The Continent. A look at homes in Le Marche, Italy. 10.45 Best Houses Australia. (R) 11.15 Bargain Hunt. (R) 12.15 World’s Strictest Parents. (PG, R, CC) 1.15 House Wreck Rescue. (R) 2.15 Escape To The Country. (R) 3.15 Escape To The Continent. (R) 4.30 MOVIE: The Falcon In San Francisco. (PG, R) (1945) Tom Conway, Rita Corday.

7MATE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 6.30 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West. (R, CC) 7.30 Shopping. (R) 9.30 Danger: Diggers At Work. (PG, R) 11.30 Goldfathers. (PG, R) 12.30 The AFN Fishing Show. (PG) 1.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG, R) 1.30 Big Angry Fish. (PG, R) 2.30 Fishing Western Australia. (PG) 3.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. (PG, R) 4.00 Auction Kings. (PG, R) 5.30 Ice Road Truckers. (PG, R) 6.30 MythBusters. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PG, R, CC) Sheldon feels slighted by his idol. 8.30 MOVIE: Total Recall. (M, R, CC) (2012) After visiting Rekall, a company that provides implanted fake memories, a factory worker suspects he is a spy. Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Bokeem Woodbine. 11.00 MOVIE: Death Race. (MA15+, R, CC) (2008) Jason Statham. 1.00 Ice Road Truckers. (PG, R) 2.00 Goldfathers. (PG, R) 3.00 Auction Kings. (PG, R) 4.00 Big Angry Fish. (PG, R) 5.00 Gravity Falls. (R, CC)

GO! 6.00 Thunderbirds. (R) 7.00 Kids’ WB. (PG) 7.05 Looney Tunes. (R) 7.30 The Skinner Boys. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Scooby-Doo! (PG, R) 8.30 The Amazing World Of Gumball. (R) 9.00 Adv Time. (PG, R) 9.30 Young Justice. (PG, R) 10.00 Green Lantern. (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. (R) 12.30 SpongeBob. (R) 1.30 Wild Kratts. (R) 2.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 2.30 Little Charmers. (R) 3.00 Yu-GiOh! (PG, R) 3.30 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 4.00 Yo-Kai Watch. (PG, R) 4.30 Power Rangers Dino Charge. (PG, R) 5.00 The Batman. (PG, R) 5.30 Scooby-Doo! (PG, R) 6.00 The Looney Tunes Show. (R) 6.30 MOVIE: Monsters Vs Aliens. (PG, R, CC) (2009) 8.30 MOVIE: The Matrix. (M, R, CC) (1999) 11.10 Troy. (PG, R, CC) 12.10 The Magaluf Weekender. (M, R, CC) 1.05 The Cube. (PG) 2.00 Little Charmers. (R) 2.30 Yo-Kai Watch. (PG, R) 3.00 The Looney Tunes Show. (R) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 4.00 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 4.30 Wild Kratts. (R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R)

GEM 6.00 Come Dine With Me. (PG, R) 6.30 GEM Presents. (R, CC) 6.40 Rugby League. World Club Series. Game 2. Wigan Warriors v Brisbane Broncos. 9.00 Shopping. 9.30 Rainbow Country. (R) 10.00 Heartbeat. (PG, R) 12.00 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 12.30 MOVIE: The Vikings. (PG, R) (1958) 3.00 Basketball. NBL. Semi-Final 1. Game 2. 5.00 Absolutely Fabulous. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R, CC) 6.30 Are You Being Served? (PG, R) 7.10 As Time Goes By. (R) 7.50 As Time Goes By. (PG, R) 8.30 MOVIE: John Grisham’s The Client. (M, R, CC) (1994) A lawyer is hired to protect a boy. Susan Sarandon, Brad Renfro. 11.00 Unforgettable. (M, R, CC) 12.00 Missing. (M) 1.00 Seaway. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Danoz Direct. 3.00 New Style Direct. 3.30 Global Shop. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.00 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 River Cottage Bites. (R) 5.40 Rugby League. World Club Series. Game 3. World Club Challenge. Leeds Rhinos v North Queensland Cowboys.

ONE 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Healthy Homes TV. (R, CC) 8.30 GT Academy. (R) 9.00 Escape Fishing With ET. (R, CC) 9.30 Reel Rock. (PG, R) 10.30 World Sport. (R) 11.00 Fishing Edge. 11.30 Temporary Australians. (PG, R) 12.00 Black Gold. (PG, R) 1.00 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 2.00 4WD Touring Australia. (PG, R) 3.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. (R, CC) 4.00 Megafactories. (PG, R) 5.00 What’s Up Down Under. (R, CC) 5.30 Adventure Angler. (PG, R) 6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. (CC) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 Scorpion. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 David Attenborough’s Africa: Congo. (R, CC) Hosted by Sir David Attenborough. 9.30 MOVIE: Jarhead. (MA15+, R) (2005) Jake Gyllenhaal. 12.05 World Sport. 12.35 David Attenborough’s Animal Attraction. (PG, R, CC) 1.35 Black Gold. (M, R) 2.30 World’s Busiest. (PG, R) 3.30 River To Reef. (R) 4.00 Temporary Australians. (PG, R) 4.30 Car Torque. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Football’s Greatest Teams. (R) 5.30 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R)

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 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 5.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. (CC) 6.30 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 MOVIE: Napoleon Dynamite. (PG, R, CC) (2004) An eccentric teenager tries to help his friend. Jon Heder, Jon Gries. 9.30 Get Me Out Of Here! NOW! (M) Hosted by Joel Creasey and Heather Maltman. 10.30 Rules Of Engagement. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 The King Of Queens. (PG, R) 12.30 Frasier. (PG, R) 1.30 Family Ties. (PG, R) 2.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (R) 4.30 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. (PG, R) 5.30 Mork & Mindy. (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: Spirited Away. (PG, R, CC) (2001) 3.20 Benidorm Bastards. (PG, R, CC) 3.40 Be Your Own Boss. (R) (Final) 4.45 We Are Young. 5.50 The Brain: China. 7.30 If You Are The One Australia Special. Part 2 of 2. 9.00 The Family Law. (PG, R, CC) Andrew moves out with Danny. 10.00 Uncle. (M) (Series return) Andy is struggling to write a new song. 10.35 The Perfect Vagina. (MA15+, R, CC) 11.35 Sex: An Unnatural History: Taboo. (MA15+, R, CC) 12.05 In Her Skin. (PG) 1.50 MOVIE: Morphine. (MA15+, R) (2008) 3.50 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 20. Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United. 12.00 The Medicine Line. 12.30 NITV On The Road: Barunga Festival. 1.30 Talking Language With Ernie Dingo. (PG) 2.00 Seeking Salvation. 4.00 Native Planet. 5.00 Te Kaea. 5.30 The Will And The Skill. 6.00 Milpirri. A look at the Milpirri festival. 7.00 Ngarritj. Follow Ngarritj, a little white corella. 7.30 Standing On Sacred Ground: Pilgrims And Tourists. 8.30 On The Edge. A look at teenagers growing up outside Sydney. 9.30 Tudawali. (M, CC) Charts the life of Robert Tudawali. 11.00 Seaman Dan And Friends. A look at Seaman Dan. 11.30 Toonooba Voices. 12.00 Volumz. (PG) Music program featuring interviews.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Insiders. (CC) 10.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 11.00 ABC News. (CC) 11.30 The World This Week. (R, CC) 12.00 ABC News. (CC) 12.30 The Drum Weekly. (R) 1.00 ABC News. 1.30 Landline. (R, CC) 2.00 ABC News. 2.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 3.00 ABC News. (CC) 3.30 Offsiders. (CC) 4.00 ABC News. 4.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 5.00 ABC News. 5.30 Tonic. (R) 6.00 ABC News. (CC) 6.30 Back Roads. (R, CC) 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 8.00 Insiders. (R, CC) 9.00 ABC News. (CC) 9.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 10.00 ABC News. (CC) 10.30 Planet America. 11.00 ABC News. 11.30 Conflict Zone. 12.00 Landline. (CC) 1.00 BBC World News. 1.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 2.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 4.00 BBC World News. 4.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 2102

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PRINCE VALIANT

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by Murphy & Gianni

From the pages of America’s most popular newspapers

ACROSS

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37. “Kiss Me Kate” composer 40. Up to 41. Discomfort 45. Dressed 47. Botanical sticker 49. Walked (on) 50. Heap 51. “... was saying,” 52. Enthralled 53. PC operator 54. Scooted 55. Shetland, e.g.

DOWN 1. N’Djamena’s country 2. Northamptonshire river 3. Rainbow 4. Limp 5. Egypt’s neighbour 6. Citric quaff 7. Rumpled sleuth of TV 8. Colorado ski

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STRANGE BUT TRUE z It was Polish-born American rabbi and philosopher Abraham Joshua Heschel who made the following sage observation: “When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.” z In medieval France, if a married woman kissed or allowed herself to be kissed by a man other than her husband, she could be found guilty of adultery. z In the summer of 1100, King William II of England went for a hunt in the New Forest, bringing along, of course, an entourage of nobles. One of his attendants, Walter Tirel, had a good opportunity to target their quarry, and the king urged, “Shoot! Walter, in heaven’s name!” Tirel did, indeed, shoot, but the arrow evidently ricocheted off a tree and hit the king, killing him. z Early cars didn’t have steering wheels; they were manoeuvred by using a control similar to a joystick. z Those who study such things say

by Samantha Weaver the sport of boxing originated with the ancient Greeks and dates back to at least 688 BC. It looked somewhat different then, though; at that time there were no gloves and no boxing ring. In fact, the fighters weren’t even standing; they battled it out while sitting down facing each other. The fight continued until one participant was battered into unconsciousness. z All of today’s housecats are descended from one particular kind of Middle Eastern wildcat. z In what is now Minnesota, early European settlers came across a lake Native Americans had named “Chargoggogomanchaugagochaubunagungamaug”. This daunting appellation is said to translate roughly as: “You fish on that side, we’ll fish on this side, and nobody will fish in the middle.” Thought for the Day: “If what you are telling is true, you don’t have to choose your words so carefully.” – Frank A. Clark

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YOUR STARS ARIES (MAR 21-APR 20) Your mind should be positively fizzing this week. There is plenty of pent up en-ergy but some confusion over how to use it! Well, you don’t have to rush hither and thither. To be honest, you would be better off directing it towards a bit of serious thought. Save the physical stuff until the weekend. When a sense of direction is lacking, time can be wasted. We certainly want to avoid that. TAURUS (APR 21-MAY 21) This week you are a whirlwind! Anyone who tries to stop the flow of your energy is likely to get blown away. You can see your challenges ahead and are keen to get started on them. Feeling impatient with those around you? This is not surprising given your current energy lev-els. Don’t expect everyone to be able to keep up with you, especially during the week.

for the week commencing February 22

BY CASSANDRA NYE

so that you are with the right people and in the right places. Of course, there are some practical considerations, but try to keep these to a minimum. The weekend promises a special en-counter, but you have to be there! Timing is all-important.

VIRGO (AUG 24-SEP 23) Being in a scatty mood is very amusing to those around you. You hardly notice the titters, though. With so much spinning around in your mind it is no wonder not much of im-portance gets done! Slowly (yes, I said slowly) you will stop spinning and focus again. You can be very entertaining, Virgo. Be careful at the weekend though.

CANCER (JUN 22-JUL 22) Although you are more settled this week, there is still some degree of rest-lessness. Being a fussy and informed person, everything needs to be done to your satisfaction. This is not always easy for others. The glowing Full Moon stirs your instincts on the romantic side. A little fun and frolics may be what you have in mind but there are, (sorry!) some serious matters to deal with as the week begins.

LEO (JUL 23-AUG 23) A smooth and sensuous time is ahead and, somehow, the world feels good. Or-ganise yourself

cannot be fun? It’s all a matter of attitude and yours, now, should be positive and dynamic! An opportunity this week is right up your street, so chase it. Make your claim. Chuck out the beige in your life and bring in the crimson! Do something you have always wanted to and worry less about who is watching.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 23-DEC 21) Have you lost sight of your mojo? Who took it away and tried to bury it? Surely they are the kind of person you should avoid? Yes, this is a week for positive feedback only. Fancy a little adventure? Are you able to get away for a day or two? A few hours, maybe? You need to remind yourself what it is like to have pure unadulterated fun.

CAPRICORN (DEC 22-JAN 20) Although you should have lots of energy this week, you don’t seem to be able to do what you wish. When others take up so much of your time, you can begin to wonder if you are being too soft. Maybe, but that is just you, isn’t it? Being unavailable for a while may not be in your nature, which is hard. Give yourself a definite time to relax with someone you really want to be with at the weekend.

GEMINI (MAY 22-JUN 21) A light-hearted approach is your preferred mood this week. Although this is a lovely feeling, it won’t help you sort out any practical dilemmas. Also, others may have a different view. Their attitude may appear overly serious or even boring. Perhaps it is. Even so, pay attention. Somewhere this week an important message is trying to get through. Sorting the trivial from the crucial is not so easy, though.

AQUARIUS (JAN 21-FEB 19) Things are

LIBRA (SEP 24-OCT 23) Time spent in deep thought is not time wasted (despite the comments others may make). Given some of the ideas forming in your mind, it is crucial. This is especially true if you are thinking of putting money into a project or idea. You don’t always feel like listening to others and that’s fine. The way that someone else is speeding ahead of you may be upsetting. Be honest, though, does it really matter in the long run?

SCORPIO (OCT 24-NOV 22) Perk yourself up and bring a little colour to your image. Do you think eve-ryday life

not very clear this week and at times can even be confusing. Try to keep life simple by just dealing with immediate tasks. If you feel you are not getting enough done, make a list. This brings everything into the realm of, ‘This will get done!’ instead of, ‘Oh, I just don’t have time!’ Remember that you are allowed to ignore or avoid people who are wasting your time. Don’t be imposed upon.

PISCES (FEB 20-MAR 20) Look to your dreams and imagination to find a way forward. A mist of indeci-sion seems to be swirling around you at the moment. Could this be the result of someone stamping their feet? Be busy – too busy to have time to put up with someone’s tantrums! Keep a plan for the weekend to yourself and truly make it your own. What do you deserve, Pisces? Maybe much more than you think.

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Monday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Pisces, this is without doubt one of the most enjoyable years for you for some time. Life takes on a lighter feel even though you may be working harder. Socially there are chances to expand your social circle. Tuesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Don’t worry about not moving forward in the months ahead, Pisces. It is all systems go from the start. This is especially true of your love and social lives, which are intrinsically bound together. Wednesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! So, Pisces, are you already feeling the powerful and exciting time ahead? There should be a hint in the opportunities already showing themselves. All you have to do is make the most of them. Thursday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! In your usual way, Pisces, you are being far too modest. Really look at the opportunities to do new things in the months ahead. In this way, you not only con-tinue learning but increase your success. Friday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Of all the signs, Pisces, you are adept at going with the flow. When others are disagreeing, they can rely on you to clear the air. Being so clear-thinking stands you in good stead in the months ahead. Saturday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Although you want to stay one step ahead, Pisces, it is not at any cost. Indeed you may have let chances slip by through being too nice. Trying to get a balance is not easy, but worthwhile pursuing. Sunday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Always willing to do more than is expected of you is not unusual, Pisces. Even so, in the months ahead you can surprise even your closest friends. It is easy to be on the winning side if you remain flexible.

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FIND THE WORDS solution 889 Seeing Australia

Stoop; 9 Faint; 10 Besides; 12 Fraudulence; 14 Hairdresser; 18 Premier; 19 Rogue; 21 Scare; 22 DUAL CROSSWORD Require. 18,972 Down: 1 Pagan; 2 Garner; CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS 3 Sly; 4 Strife; 5 Potency; Across: 6 Ishmael; 7 8 Request; 11 Guarded; Level; 9 Relay; 10 Debated; 13 Caprice; 15 Remark; 16 12 Helping hand; 14 Inside Exodus; 17 Hurry; 20 New. story; 18 Brocade; 19 Scale; 21 Shams; 22 Overdue. THE BAKER’S DOZEN Down: 1 Usher; 2 Impale; TRIVIA TEST: 3 Bed; 4 Seraph; 5 1. Judy Blume Demeans; 8 Keynote; 11 2. Jodie Foster Spreads; 13 Anarchy; 15 3. Cuckoo Income; 16 Record; 17 4. Shoe-making or mendFlour; 20 Eve. ing QUICK SOLUTIONS 5. Food items Across: 6 Manacle; 7 6. Influenza

7. Cambria 8. A cord 9. Elton John 10. Q and Z, 10 points apiece 11. Canada and Italy. 12. It was 1996. 13. “I’ve Got to Get a Message to You”, by the Bee Gees in 1968. In the story, a condemned man on death row asks the preacher to get a final message to his wife. He’s killed his wife’s lover and his time is nearly up.

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