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NEWS

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The learning curve of Indigenous education

Ireland’s tainted Easter memory

Five ingredient,, indulgent Easter recipes for you to try

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FROM THE EDITOR

Friday 25.03.2016 to Sunday 27.03.2016 NEWS

FEATURED

The learning curve of Indigenous education PAGE 4

EASTER FEATURE Ireland’s tainted Easter memory PAGE 10

BLACK DOG RIDE For a “blokey” problem PAGE 22

MELINDA

PEOPLE

Tribute show to Doris Day PAGE 14

ROAD TRIP

BUSINESS

Wellington on the weekend PAGE 26

CHOCOLATE

LIFESTYLE

Three ultimate fiveingredient Easter recipes PAGE 28

THE ARTS Making music at school PAGE 42

Regulars 06 16 18 18

Seven Days Tony Webber Paul Dorin Watercooler

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Business & Rural Lifestyle The Big Picture What’s On Jen Cowley

CONTACTS & CREDITS | Cover Wayne Amor, co-organiser, Black Dog Ride, Dubbo. PHOTO: PHIL LALOR

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Give peace a chance T’S enough to make you cry. That men, women and children’s lives are cut short in a split second; innocent bystanders to a conflict they neither want nor feel part of. Suffering bloody attacks which, if it leaves them alive, scar them forever, perhaps because they have survived, while family members or friends have not. How surreal to be going about your life, mundane as much of it is; thinking, talking, waiting, daydreaming and then hell is rained upon you, unexpected. Unprepared, the brain thankfully dulls your senses, buffering whatever terrible reality plays out before and around you, giving you the sensation that everything is moving in slow motion. It’s shock of course and when your innerfog lifts, you can process what mayhem lies in every direction and the gravity of what just happened. Chaos. Carnage. Blood and death. People running, screaming. Images and memories in the making of terror unfolding. These are moments to which people react differently, depending on their perspective. Terrorists, for example, their work all but done, may now rest on their laurels, having passed the baton of their one true purpose to instil fear - to anyone with a smartphone in filming distance who can be relied on to share what they witness to Twitter for the world to grab and pass on, like wildfire. Mainstream electronic and print media scramble to retell the story online and news of the event spreads; the ratings for ‘the terrorist show’ spike off the chart and fear levels with it; but for sympathisers to the terrorist act, the wholesale broadcast of it empowers them. Meanwhile, victims, think of nothing but survival or finding survivors. Onlookers, rush in to help or themselves are running for cover. The rest of us peer in like Alice through the social media looking glass at a strange world indeed, safe in our cars or our kitchens or at work desks. Voyeurs of someone else’s horror. We recoil, are angered and pledge our solidarity, then share. Six minutes has passed, but we’re on the other side of the planet making our memes, Tweeting our heartfelt thoughts and wondering when will this end? You’d be forgiven for assuming I’m writing about the victims of the Brussels attack, but since January this year, this fearful experience has been shared first hand by victims of terror in Israel, Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia, all on January 1; 8 dead, then the next day again in Somalia, and India, 18 dead; then for the rest of the month in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria, Libya, France, Egypt, Turkey, Yemen, Cameroon, India, Indonesia, Somalia, Burkina Faso, Syria, Laos, Saudi Arabia and Chad a total of 1,136 dead. (A number I cannot confirm, from a source I can not truly rely on, but it does sound sadly accurate.) February and March look depressingly the

same. For the majority of these victims however, news of their passing did not pulsate in Twitter feeds or newscasts, at least not in western media. Was it because in countries which are also warzones the deployment of a suicide bomber is less of a terror attack and more of a battle strategy? Are these victims of war or victims of terror? Either way, their mothers or fathers, brothers and sisters, live as dumbfounded at their loss, as those of the Brussels victims. Is what has happened a terror attack or are we looking at a war zone, where the front lines of conflict in Africa and the Middle East have moved north? Are we really so shocked that suicide bomber attacks, once isolated to military checkpoints are occurring in civilian checkins, in countries deemed peaceful? Where is the commentary beyond the media’s sharp focus on body counts and blood stains? These are kids blowing themselves up and for what? Do they not understand the democratic process allows grievances to be worked out, perhaps frustratingly, over sluggishly long pe- Are these riods of time, but no one need die in the process? victims of war Or are they excluded or victims from this process. Are they themselves of terror? numbed to violence, Either way, having watched bombs drop on the heads of their mothers their cousins, their par- or fathers, ents or their siblings? brothers and This message of horror prompts vexing sisters, live as questions with con- dumbfounded voluted answers and though events in Brus- at their loss, sels and the endless as those of turmoil in countries like Afghanistan and the Brussels Israel achieve little but victims. injury to peaceful living, the very best - if not the only response - is to carry on. Not defiantly, wearing your peace loving views on your sleeve like a badge of honour, but in tolerance and trust. Perhaps not trusting in all the messages we see on TV, or the polarising, bigoted views of self-proclaimed representatives of the western world (yes, I am referring to Trump) who are not dissimilar to terrorists; peddling a oneeyed narrow view which serves few and hurts many. No one wants to be on the losing team, but the peace loving people among us, no matter their race, religion or creed, immediately lose, when we succumb to fear. Violence is a global issue and more than ever before, it’s time to give Peace a chance.

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Election to stall Indigenous education report but long term goals remain set BY YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY EDERAL Member for Parkes and member of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs’, Mark Coulton, said at a public hearing in Dubbo this week, that the Federal Election will delay a report on educational opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. “I think the election will put a hand brake on it so I suspect it will be the end of the year, possibly around September when the report is out,” he told Dubbo Weekender. “I don’t believe that we’ll have any strong recommendations by the report before the election, but I guess commitment to the welfare of Aboriginal people and education is always something that’s discussed at election time,” he said. Commissioned in September 2015 by the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Nigel Scullion, the Committee was asked to inquire and report on the issues relating to Indigenous education, and are currently undertaking a series of public hearings across Australia. Presenting to the Committee at the hearing held in Dubbo on Wednesday, March 23 at the Yarradamarra Centre, TAFE Western, were representatives from TAFE Western, Professor Jeannie Herbert, Charles Sturt University, the Get Real Program and the Clontarf Foundation. Key aspects of educational opportunities and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students up to school leaving age include considerations around access, boarding school education, different school models, remote area engagement and achievement and best practice models. “Obviously we’re talking about what needs to be done; what’s not working and the hope for improvement through this inquiry, but it’s also important to talk about what is being done. At TAFE Western, they’re the largest educator of Aboriginal people, I believe, in Australia, certainly, in New South Wale, with 7,000 students. “Professor Jeannie Herbert has done a lot of analysis particularly with the students coming through CSU such as where they end up, whether they progress through to full employment, and things like that,” Coulton said. “Clontarf has done great work at getting boys to school. There’s probably more work to be done making sure that when they’re at school they’re completely engaged and they are making the most of their time at school, that it’s a balance between their academic involvement and sporting involvement. But it’s a big step. Some of these kids were have not been attending school at all. “One of the fellows we spoke to this morning was saying that he was hardly ever at school and with Clontarf his attendance is at 85-90 per cent. He said he’s really having to work hard because he was so far behind, but they have a goal.” Outside of programs specific to education, Coulton said the personal living situations of students can impact on the child’s education and employment outcomes. “A lot of times for these kids, the saf-

Federal Member for Parkes and member of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs’, Mark Coulton joins other committee members at the public hearing into educational opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER/MADDIE CONNELL

est part of the day is when they’re at school and they’ve really got good role models,” Coulton said. Though not core to the Committee’s task, Coulton is keen for research to be done into the education program sending students to boarding schools in metropolitan locations. “There’s hundreds of kids, even from my electorate, who are going to very good schools in the city on scholarships through corporate generosity and the like. We’re very interested to see what happens then. Did they stay in the city? Did they come back and be leaders in their communities? Did they come back and opt out? There hasn’t been any work done on that, and I’m very keen to find out, I think it’s a mix,” he said. “It’s one thing taking kids away from a troubled environment - and I’m not saying they’re all in that situation but some are - but if you haven’t learned to deal with that, it’s still there to go back to.” In her written submission to the Committee, Professor Jeannie Herbert, provice chancellor, Indigenous education and foundation chair of Indigenous studies, Charles Sturt University, covered all the key points of the inquiry

concluding that inclusive educational climates free of racism and which value and embrace diversity are conducive to successful educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

… we still have far to go before we can recover from the many years of exclusion from education, the intergenerational denial of the education that would have enabled people to take their place as ‘equals’ beside their fellow citizens. The reality is that two centuries of neglect cannot be undone in one quarter of a century - Professor Jeannie Herbert.

“Much progress has been made since the implementation of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Policy in 1990 but we still have far to go before we can recover from the many years of exclusion from education, the intergenerational denial of the education that would have enabled people to take their place as ‘equals’ beside their fellow citizens. The reality is that two centuries of neglect cannot be undone in one quarter of a century!” she said. “In education, we need the Federal Government to continue to lead, to acknowledge what has been achieved and maintain the funding for Indigenous education in our schools but equally important, in our universities so that we can maintain the momentum that is beginning to build in Higher Education,” Herbert said. The next public hearings are scheduled for Canberra, ACT, on April 20 and Arnhem Land, NT, May 3. Submissions from the public are being accepted online via the Australian Parliament House website (www.aph. gov.au/parliamentary _business/committees/house/indigenous_affairs/ educational_opportunities/submission).

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The learning curve of Indigenous education BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

EN years on from the press release that the nation would close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and by most benchmarks the concept is a shambles. In isolated instances where local programs and common sense has prevailed some remarkable gains have been made, but nationally, in areas such as life expectancy and mental health, it’s a disaster. According to mental Health Australia CEO Frank Quinlan, people from the Indigenous community experience far higher levels of psychological distress and illness. ‘For too long, we have watched the gap increase be-

tween Indigenous Australians and other Australians in regards to levels of psychological distress and illness,’ Mental Health Australia CEO Frank Quinlan said. “Indigenous Australians are, on average, twice as likely to be hospitalised for mental health issues, three times as likely to report psychological distress levels that impact on their mental health and twice as likely

` Because my mother was from the stolen generation era, we had lost our identity. I do however know what it is like being discriminated against. – Tamara Sherden

to take their own lives. “Mental health accounts for 10 per cent of the health related gap for Indigenous Australians, with suicide contributing a further 4 per cent. It’s just not good enough”, he said. That’s a damning indictment seeing as Australia is meant to be spending truckloads of money to help alleviate the problems, not to mention the army of highly paid people who are meant to be making things better, not allowing them to get worse. One area where a real and positive difference is being made is through higher education outcomes, with Charles Sturt University leading the charge. This shows what a difference leadership can make, and here is some background from the people forcing positive change, and one who’s benefiting from that leadership.

TAMARA SHERDEN - second year Charles Sturt University (CSU) student studying Business (Management and Human Resources) who participates in the CSU first in family Indigenous program and is active in CSU’S “RACISM. IT STOPS WITH ME” CAMPAIGN.

Let’s have a courageous conversation Racism is such a powerful word that hurts many people in so many different ways. However, the word racism is made up of many different meanings. z Colour blindness z The level playing field/can do attitude z Reverse racism z Blame the victim z Lighten up z Don’t blame the victim z But what about me? z We have overcome – Equality z Innocence by association z Bending over backwards. These are the topics that need to be spoken about with one another, by having a courageous conversation and looking deeper into how this impacts on your life and society as a whole. It’s not just about you. Life is about loving and nurturing everyone in it, no matter who you are and the colour of your skin. I will be discussing these topics in a series of blogs. The word ‘racism’ can be interpreted in many different ways. Racism is not just black and white on paper. We live in a multicultural and diverse society which means the word racism holds issues for a lot of different nationalities; discrimination of a person’s rights to speak, physical appearance of a person’s colour or disability, spirituality, what does this person believe or worship; this list can go on… Basically, it all comes down to respect. Respecting each individual person no matter what the age, their gender, their identity. Who they are. So who am I? I was born and raised in Wollongong, NSW. I moved at least 30 times growing up, different schools, different friends. My mother is Aboriginal

and my father, I couldn’t tell you because he was never spoken of. They divorced when I was young. Forwarding the clock many years, I have found myself living in Bathurst amongst family and community I don’t really know. Because my mother was from the stolen generation era, we had lost our identity. I do however know what it is like being discriminated against. Do you remember the saying “sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me”? I absolutely hate that saying. The

names I used to be called plays throughout the rest of your life. The looks you get when you walk into a shop – how humiliated you feel when you approach the staff to check your bags and they allow others to walk through without getting checked, the CV you drop into local businesses to apply for a job then the owner throws it in the bin when you leave because you are with a family member for support. I can go on and on with my story but I’m not going to. Why? Because everybody has a story. Everybody has issues that need to

be addressed. I’m not going to let racism or being discriminated by my own peers and society affect me because of my identity. I respect myself and everyone in my world. My name is Tamara Sherden. I am Aboriginal and proud of who I am. I am grateful for what I have been through. There is still a gap to be closed and I will continue to have courageous conversations with my peers and how we can all address this issue. How about you?

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 25.03.2016 to Sunday 27.03.2016 DR MAREE BERNOTH, senior lecturer at Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) School of Nursing Midwifery and Indigenous Health whose research and teaching is focused on improving the quality of aged care.

Care for older Indigenous Australians a key issue On the 10th anniversary of Close the Gap, issues that need more consideration at a federal level are care for older Indigenous Australians, along with relevant education and recruitment for aged care workers. In a recent submission to the Senate Committee investigating the future of Australia’s aged care workforce I highlighted the need to address the challenges of attracting and then retaining a skilled workforce for aged care in regional and rural areas. We need people with the right skills knowledge and attitudes to work in aged care. Registered nurses need to lead the clinical care team but they also need specialist skills and knowledge to provide quality care to frail older people. Education is at the heart of this issue and we need to show graduates that working in this sector can offer a rewarding career. Online learning makes it possible for universities and TAFE to work together with residential care facilities to provide further education for

their staff. In addition, when planning for the future of our aged care workforce special attention needs to be given to catering for the needs of Indigenous peoples. We need to investigate how we provide appropriate aged care for older Indigenous peoples and in doing so we need to be encouraging Indigenous people to be participating in the aged care workforce. We also need to provide them with education, support and career structure so they will teach us to be culturally competent in working with older Indigenous peoples. In teaching aged care, Indigenous stories are very powerful and it’s something we’ve incorporated into the teaching program at CSU by bringing elders into tutorials to speak with students. For 10 years the Close the Gap campaign has fought for Indigenous health equality and we are seeing change in Indigenous health care and aged care. But Australia needs to step up its efforts if we are to close the gap within a generation.

PROFESSOR ANDREW VANN, vice-chancellor of Charles Sturt University (CSU).

We must recommit to close the gap I call on the higher education sector to recommit to close the gap for Indigenous Australians. 2016 marks 10 years of the Close the Gap campaign and while change is happening and universities have succeeded in increasing the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students by 70 per cent, there is still more work to be done. Despite investment, good intentions and some positive results to date, serious disparities remain. We need stable government policy and programs to support pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples into education and professional life. Universities are in the privileged position of being able to develop learning, teaching and support mechanisms that can make real improvements to the higher education outcomes for Indigenous Australians. We know that the Government is seeking to modernise the Australian economy with a renewed focus on innovation and STEM,” he said. As universities, we must focus not only on enrolments and completions, but also on converting educational success into full time employment in this new economy. The question now is how can we convert some Indigenous educational success into full time employment in the new innovation-driven economy? It seems to me that in a contemporary university there is a critical need to nurture a sense of shared culture owned by all parties and to retain a sense of agency for Indigenous peoples. To echo the Prime Minister, we need to work ‘with and by’ Indigenous people, not do things ‘to and for’ them. In return, there are certainly things our universities, our people and our students can and should learn from Indigenous cultures. At CSU we are committed to creating a genuine-

ly culturally inclusive institution, embracing Indigenous culture and embedding it into our organisational DNA. We recognise that we can be wiser, more rounded and better people for seeking to understand these Indigenous perspectives and transcend the confines of our own cultural backgrounds. On National Close the Gap Day it is important that

we redouble our commitment to creating parity for Indigenous peoples and recognise that we still have so much more to do. I encourage our students, staff and community members to be part of the generation that closes the gap and sign the pledge on the Oxfam website.

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DUMB AND DUMBER IGNORE INLAND ROAD AND RAIL JUST when you think the people running our country can’t get any dumber, they never fail to disappoint. It seems the arch-bureaucrats and assorted pensionedoff pollies and others on those various gravy trains who prioritise our national infrastructure list didn’t see fit to include a new highway over the Blue Mountains. This is probably because most of them wouldn’t have ever travelled further west than Parramatta, and then under sufferance. Incredibly, the route for a mountain crossing was first established more than 200 years ago, yet our vision for these vital nation-building projects has lagged well behind perks for senior public officials and polly’s superannuation schemes. This is one area where the Nats should forgo their highlypaid ministeries and work as an independent party, a balance-

of-power force which would have far more say than it does as a junior lackey. There are all sorts of issues the regions should stand strong on, and we need a party to do that for us at the highest levels, working through the ‘process’ designed by those who wield the real power just gives them endless excuses for obfuscation and delay. In the meantime, Regional Development Australia (RDA) Orana is looking at ways to boost transport productivity, armed with research showing that a one percent improvement in logistics productivity across the nation would see a two billion dollar boost for Australia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). So imagine a nation of leaders, telling their departments just to do things like build a four lane highway across the mountains, and build an inland rail linking Melbourne to Brisbane – that’s when we’ll begin to see wholesale change instead of the incremental change we’ve been saddled with under successive governments for the past 100 years. This would see Dubbo and

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The week’s top stories from around the region

the whole west opened up to massive decentralisation, taking the pressure of the craziness that is Sydney. If the leaders would also institute tax zones to encourage businesses to relocate to the bush, all the national financial woes would be solved.

WIFI AND MOBILE RECEPTION FOR ALL A COUPLE of years ago I made a submission to the commonwealth’s inquiry into how they could best spend the $100 million they had allocated to fixing mobile phone blackspots in regional and outer metro areas. One suggestion was to use lots of cheap repeaters, on every farm aerial, hill and grain silo, to provide an uninterrupted blanket mobile and internet coverage. Apparently this would turn landholders into de facto telecommunications’ providers, thus it contravened the Act, even though it would have been effective and cheap.

Now companies appear to be setting up these sorts of systems. Here’s another issue the Nats should be all over, making things work in the bush rather than allow themselves to get bogged down in the bureaucratic process which favors corporations over taxpayers.

WARM, FRESH, BREEDING AND BITING CONGRATULATIONS to Matt Hansen on his appointment this week to the new Recreational Fishing NSW Advisory Council. It’s great to see that in some instances at least, government can appoint people of common sense who actually know what they’re doing and have practical experience, instead of cluttering up these boards by way of political favours, or rewarding professional board sitters. This council will be the major point of contact between the recreational fishers in NSW and primary industries minister Niall Blair, with the new members serving a three year term to fin-

ish in February 2019. One project Matt was instrumental in was getting a thermal curtain installed at Burrendong Dam to ensure the warmer water from the top was released rather than the cold water from the dam bottom, a factor which saw chilly water permeate as far downstream as Narromine, create huge alien disruptions to the breeding cycles of native fish. It seems the thermal curtain has lifted the water temp by about 2.5 degrees, and that makes all the difference between happy fish having babies and having unhappy fish which don’t behave according to the natural order of things. So while there’s a couple of positive runs on the board for ag minister Niall Blair, he’s copping plenty of flak over the new shark tracking measures the coalition has introduced. There’s lots of claims and counterclaims but let’s hope this program isn’t as effective as the Cronulla Sharks preseason etiquette program. The ALP claims just 14 sharks have been tagged, so they’re the only ones which will set off

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alarms as they get close to any â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;listening stationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. It looks like some researcher has convinced a government desperate to get something happening in this space into forking out a fortune for a pet project which doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to have much chance of making any positive difference. Be warned, there are sharks everywhere, and some of them are even in the ocean.

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had an horrific week, with mum Karen Ramirez dying after her car lost control and smashed into a telephone pole between Denman and Sandy Hollow last Friday night. Her four kids were in the car and thankfully escaped any serious injuries but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll suffer broken hearts that will never heal.

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BLACK DOGS CONGRATS to the Black Dog Boys, Steve Gower and Wayne Amor for their Saturday evening dinner and Sunday ride. This yarn is covered in more depth in the following pages, but once again it shows what our community is capable of when it comes to confronting serious issues like suicide. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s terribly sad that so much work and so much community goodwill was put into the ride by so many people, and then see a serious accident, with a rider coming off his bike and having to be airlifted from the crash site.

SADNESS THERE were plenty of sad stories shared at Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ride but one has hit personally a bit too close to home this week. One of the players in my 12 year-oldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former soccer team

BACK on mental health and the major aim of the Black Dog Ride is to raise awareness of the issue and change the culture so blokeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s okay to tell someone else theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re struggling. It only makes sense that if mental health is discussed as a mainstream topic early in life it should help bring about positive cultural change. Kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s charity Royal Far West is now looking for families to participate in a mental health research trial which is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;delivering online treatments to address child conduct disordersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Working in collaboration with Sydney University, the Access EI program delivers family training and support modules along with weekly video conferences with clinical psychologists. To find out if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re eligible contact Dr Joshua Broderick on 8966 8512, 0427 178 992 or email joshua.broderick@syd-

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ney.edu.au . What impresses me most about this trial is that the Sydney Uni Dr is so involved that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s publically giving out his mobile phone number â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that sort of thing rarely happens, the general inquiries are normally left to admin staff, so well done there Doc. Red Cross is another organisation which is getting proactive in this space, developing a suite of training workshops called Mental Health Matters for workplaces which can be meshed in with existing OH&S regimes. The rationale is that people spend so much of their lives at work, that workmates should be aware in case they exhibit warning signs while at work. Recent research now claims that six million workdays are lost each year due to mental illness, and that businesses which invest in positive practices will see $2.30 returned in productivity for every $1 spent.

ROBOTIC ARM BUILD WELL done Elijah StangerJones, who won the Dux award at Dubbo College senior campus last year, for getting a spot at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most prestigious engineering schools.

Elijah is no stranger to Boston education, he spent six weeks at MIT during his HSC year, where the elite engineering prospects from around the world get involved in cutting edge research and technology projects. He was working on solving a problem with the robotic arm used by NASAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s space shuttle to manhandle objects in space.

ROBOT IN ARMS WAY WORKING in robotics could open up a huge future for Elijah and the new generation of tech-savvy students in this part of the world. Travelers were polled on the benefits and negatives they thought robots could add to their holiday experiences. What the? Travelzoo is apparently a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;travel dealsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; company and they asked 6000 people across the globe to see if consumers are ready to be served by robotic receptionists and the like. I had no idea that some countries already had robotic bar staff (theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re probably not as arrogant as some humans) and some major hotel chains and cruise lines have been utilizing this technology. Apparently two thirds of Aussies are â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;open to the ideaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of robots working in hospitality, yet more than half â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;admitted they

find robots quite frighteningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; according to the random press release.

ROBOT WRITERS FAIRFAX is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sheddingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; about a quarter of its metro workforce in Sydney and Melbourne from The Age, the Fin Review and the Sydney Morning Herald, so that specialist cost-cutting company may be looking at employing robot journalists. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be interesting, I wonder how these robots would handle any comments given to them â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;off the recordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Yes, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a challenging time but unfortunately Fairfax is being advised by the Rural Press component of the conglomerate and they were schooled not at MIT, but at Bizzaroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Institute of Dysfunctional Management (BIDM). While local businesses favour â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;corporate local mediaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll keep seeing the inexorable drain of precious advertising dollars to metro and overseas shareholders.

SHORT AND SWEET CONGRATS to Dubboâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jeremy and Phillipa Walsh who took out the prize for the best Trade Steer/Heifer at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sydney Royal Easter Show, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pretty massive achievement up against lots of stiff competition.

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T the end of Easter 1916, at the height of The Great War, 118 British soldiers lost their lives in a desperate battle to hold their position. They were among 12,000 troops mobilised at short notice to attack and destroy an enemy force attempting to take control over long-held British territory. These British men died in battle but were never recognised among the soldiers killed in the First World War. This anomaly exists because their deaths occurred during a week-long battle on the streets of Dublin, putting down a rebellion by Irish republicans seeking to win independence from 800 years of British rule. There were 485 deaths and more than 2000 casualties (mostly Irish) as a result of the Easter Rising. The bodies of many of those killed were collected by their families from Dublin Castle, the seat of British rule in Ireland. The bodies of the British soldiers not collected were interred at the Grangegorman Military Cemetery. They have remained in this parkland-setting close to the centre of Dublin, mostly forgotten and unrecognised as soldiers of World War I. These young men signed up to fight the Germans on the Western Front but instead ended up fighting their own compatriots on British soil. Hostilities between the Irish and British had raged since the English invaded the country in the 12th Century. Many failed insurrections had

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gone before the Rising in 1916 and the majority of the country’s 4.4 million people had little appetite for another major confrontation at this time. They were reeling from the heavy losses sustained in the World War and didn’t want the battle brought to their doorsteps. More than 200,000 Irish had volunteered for service in the British Army in World War I. Of those, more than 35,000 were killed, many in the same theatres of war as the Australians at Gallipoli and the Western Front. However, despite the many defeats of the past there remained a strong element within the Irish population that hungered for home rule and was prepared to do something about it. These were men and women who fought against the odds knowing they would most likely die but did it anyway. A ‘Home Rule’ bill had passed the British Parliament in 1914 but was suspended due to the outbreak of war. At the same time as the political fight was being waged in London a revolutionary organisation, the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) was planning a militarised form of negotiation. The IRB arranged for a shipment of guns and ammunition from the Germans, which was ultimately detected by the British and sunk. In the lead-up to Easter 1916 hopes were running high that about 18,000 Irish would join the planned rebellion; however poor communication and a lack of weapons resulted in only about 1600 turning out to take on the British forces. The main contingent of rebels took over the Dublin General Post Office (GPO) on the Easter Monday and set it up as their military command post. Other volunteers had taken up strategic points

Children Scavenging in Rubble. PHOTO: HULTON-GETTY

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Ase nonsece ptibus rem expe volupta prectur moluptas sed quodis volorpores excessi delorem space more.Agnatia posam, idus nihille sernamusam voluptis volo et litates totatqui co For most people, Easter is a time of giving, but for Ireland, the Easter weekend will forever be tainted by the loss of many years of peace from the country while the 800-year British rule came to a close and the rise to independence took a rocky, often bloody path lead by the Sinn Fein, the IRA and finally a civil war. WORDS Steve Hodder

Bombed out CBD. PHOTO ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY

around the city centre. In full army uniform, rebel leader, Patrick Pearse, read a proclamation from the steps of the GPO declaring Ireland to be an independent republic and that a provisional government had been appointed. The British response was swift and uncompromising. Within two days 12,000 troops had been shipped from England along with heavy artillery and machine guns. In return the Irish were armed with Lee Enfield 303 rifles and some ancient single shot German Mausers. The Irish were hopelessly outgunned at every level but tenaciously held their positions for six days. About 250 Irish civilians were killed during this period, many in buildings on O’Connell Street (Dublin’s CBD), which was almost destroyed by the British bombardment.

Frederick Dietrichsen LARGE number of the British casualties occurred in side-street battles where they were fired upon by Irish snipers. One of those killed was Frederick Dietrichsen, a captain with the Sherwood Foresters, who was leading his men to take on a group of rebels at a schoolhouse on Northumberland Road. By chance, Dietrichsen met his wife and young son and daughter as his troop marched through the city. He broke ranks to give his wife and children a brief hug before quickly rejoining his men. Dietrichsen had sent his wife and children to Ireland to escape the German Zeppelin bombing raids in England. The Sherwood Foresters were young men from Nottingham and Derbyshire who’d only had six weeks of basic training; most of them had never fired a gun. Ensconced on the second floor of a residential block, Clanwilliam House, on Northumberland Road, IRB Lieutenant Michael Malone waited for the British soldiers to draw close before opening fire. To reach Clanwilliam House, the British soldiers had to cross the Mount Street Bridge. This left them fully exposed with no cover of any kind; they were sitting ducks. Alongside Michael Malone was a young Irishman, Seamus Grace. It was about midday when the Sherwood Foresters stepped onto the bridge. Grace and Malone opened fire simultaneously; killing 10 British soldiers including Frederick Dietrichsen. Several full-frontal assaults by the Foresters

resulted in heavy casualties. Finally the British brought up some grenades and got close enough to blow out the front door of the building. Malone was shot dead coming down the stairs. The British soldiers cleared the rooms with grenades as they searched for other snipers. Grace made his way to a cellar and escaped by hiding behind an old fuel stove as the soldiers blasted their way through the building. The British sustained their highest rate of casualties around the Mount Street Bridge area. However, it was a short-lived victory for the rebels; the British in their fury killed many innocent Irish civilians, including women and children. Testimonies to a number of enquiries after the Rising revealed blatant cases of murder of unarmed civilians in their homes. Crimes that were never prosecuted; the perpetrators spirited away and their deeds covered up by the British Military and Government. Within a week of the Rising a series of courtsmartial were held resulting in 90 rebels being sentenced to death; most were later commuted to jail terms. The seven leaders, who’d signed the Proclamation; Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, Thomas Clarke, Sean MacDermott, Joseph Plunkett, Eamonn Ceannt and Thomas MacDonagh, were the first to be executed by firing squad at Kilmainham Gaol. Soon after, another eight were shot and 1800 sent to jails in England without trial.

Michael Collins NE of those sentenced to death was American-born rebel, Eamon de Valera. His sentence was eventually reduced and he only

The British response was swift and uncompromising. Within two days 12,000 troops had been shipped from England along with heavy artillery and machine guns. In return the Irish were armed with Lee Enfield 303 rifles and some ancient single shot German Mausers.

served a brief term in prison. De Valera was to become a prominent name in Irish politics along with another active rebel Michael Collins. Collins was among the group waging war from the GPO. He was arrested after the Rising and spent nine months in an internment camp in Wales. On release, Collins and De Valera joined the Irish political movement Sinn Fein. Collins rose to an executive position in the party while de Valera became its president. Politics in Ireland had been under British rule for the past 800 years with little concession available to the majority Irish Catholic population. Most of the Irish in the British Parliament were Protestant landowners with links to the English peerage. There was strong opposition from the Protestant enclaves in the north to allowing the Irish Catholics any greater influence in running the country. An organisation calling itself the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) formed an armed militia to resist any moves to give the Catholics greater powers. The system of government in Ireland in the years before and after the Rising allowed locally elected politicians a seat in the British Parliament. Sinn Fein won the majority of seats in the Irish elections in 1918; Collins was elected MP for Cork South with the right to sit in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in London; de Valera won the seat of East Clare. The wave of support for Sinn Fein was in part a backlash to the British and the Protestants for their treatment of those involved in the Easter Rising. Had the “Brits” spared the lives of the leaders and not indiscriminately killed so many innocent civilians then the result of the election may not have gone against them. After the election, the Sinn Fein MPs announced they would not take their seats in Westminster but would form their own Parliament in Dublin. The British of course would not accept this and arrested the Sinn Fein MPs at their first sitting. Collins was alerted to the raid by his network of spies and tried to warn de Valera, but the defiant leader would not be deterred. Collins and a number of MPs not at the meeting avoided jail and worked on plans to free de Valera from Lincoln Prison in England, which they did in January 1919. Sinn Fein, under the leadership of de Valera lobbied strongly at international forums in France and the United States for the recognition of the Irish Republic. At the same time the Dail (Irish Parliament) ratified the Irish Republican Army (IRA) as the official military of the Irish Republic.

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As the smoke cleared, it was found seven people had been shot dead and five fatally wounded; another two were trampled to death in the stampede to get out. Among the dead was one of the players and two children aged 10 and 11.

O’Connell St in ruins. PHOTO: ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY

Grangegorman Cemetery

Dublin CBD in ruins. PHOTO: SEAN SEXTON COLLECTION

Collins was elevated to the position of finance minister in what had largely become an underground government. Ministers had to work in secret as they were liable to arrest or assassination by the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC), the British Army, the Black and Tans (former British soldiers) or the Auxiliaries (a paramilitary unit of the RIC). Collins was tasked to secure finance to fund the new Republic. Assistance was sought from the Russian Republic, which was fighting its own civil war. The Soviets obliged raising funds in the United States using some of the Russian Crown Jewels as collateral. Almost US$800,000 was raised; US$50,000 of it in gold. The British declared the loan illegal; Collins kept the gold under the floorboards of his house until 1922. The Russian jewels remained in a Dublin safe until 1930. Collins progressed quickly through the political ranks. He was elevated to president of the IRB, which in effect made him president of the Irish Republic (while de Valera was campaigning in the US). He soon became director of intelligence of the IRA which then had a mandate to pursue a military campaign as the official army of the Irish nation. Collins had learnt from his experience in the Easter Rising and would not take on the British in open battle. He excelled in guerrilla warfare; hitting hard and fast and disappearing without trace. De Valera travelled across America seeking more funds to back the Republic; Collins organised the IRA, led the government and organised arms smuggling. Collins developed a vast intelligence network of men and women in all walks of life. He also created a specialist assassination unit called “The Squad” for the express purpose of killing British agents and informers. In 1920 the British government offered a bounty of 10,000 pounds (about A$500,000 in today’s currency) for information leading to his capture or death. The Crown also upped the ante by unleashing the “Auxiliaries” and “Black and Tans”; giving them free rein to shoot and murder indiscriminately, invade homes and loot and burn properties. In return Collins ordered the IRA to kill anyone suspected of being a British sympathiser or informer. Collins was often described as cold blooded. In his

defence, he was quoted as saying: “My one intention was the destruction of the undesirables who continued to make miserable the lives of ordinary decent citizens. I have proof to assure myself of the atrocities which this gang of spies and informers have committed. “Perjury and torture are words too easily known to them. By their destruction the very air is made sweeter. That should be the Future’s judgment for this event. For myself, my conscience is clear. There is no crime in detecting and destroying, in wartime, the spy and informer. They have destroyed without trial. I have paid them back in their own coin,” Collins said.

Bloody Sunday NE of the key elements of Collins’ Irish Intelligence Service (IIS) was his network of spies in the national postal service. The postal staff intercepted and passed onto the IIS all forms of correspondence from the British including cyphered messages. Frustrated with its inability to overcome the IRA and IIS, Dublin Castle called in the services of Britain’s most experienced deep-cover Central Intelligence (CI) officers. These top secret agents had previously been stationed in Cairo. They were later referred to by the IIS as the Cairo Group. These men were exceptionally good at their work and it wasn’t long before they had taken out IRB treasury official, John Lynch. The execution of Lynch created some leads to their identity and it wasn’t long before the IIS had discovered who they were. The Cairo Group; however had started arresting IIS members and interrogating them. This led Collins to make a decisive move before someone was tortured into revealing evidence of IIS operations. In the early morning of Sunday, November 21, 1920, eight groups from the IIS went into action executing 11 British intelligence officers, all members of the Cairo Group. The response to these executions, from the British authorities at Dublin Castle, came later in the day. At about 3:25pm the Dublin Gaelic Football Team was playing Tipperary in front of 5,000 spectators at Croke Park. Squads of British security forces including the

RIC, the Black and Tans and the Auxiliary surrounded the ground. In a statement after the event the British authorities said their intention was to search all the spectators for weapons as they believed a number of IRA members were among the crowd. Arguments from both sides differ as to how the events unfolded but what is known is the security forces including armoured vehicles rushed into the ground and opening fire on the players and spectators. As the smoke cleared, it was found seven people had been shot dead and five fatally wounded; another two were trampled to death in the stampede to get out. Among the dead was one of the players and two children aged 10 and 11. Dozens more were wounded and injured; there were no casualties among the security forces and no weapons were found among the spectators. The events of Bloody Sunday were the beginning of the end of British rule in Ireland. Republican control spread across the country with the British forces retreating to the strongest barracks in the largest towns. A truce was called by the British in July 1921, and negotiations on a peaceful transition to Irish government began. De Valera attended a peace meeting with English prime minister, Lloyd George, in London, which was followed soon after by another meeting attended by Collins to draft the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Negotiations on the treaty continued for some time as Collins tried to get an agreement from the British that would appease the hardliners in the Dail and the IRA, who wanted full control of Ireland including the Protestant counties in the north. The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed on December 6, 1921, which gave Ireland dominion status; to become the Irish Free State, with a relationship to the British Commonwealth modelled on that of Canada. The Treaty allowed the Protestant counties to opt out of the Free State, which they ultimately did. Even though de Valera gave Collins and the other delegates in London full authority to negotiate and sign the agreement, he accused them of being traitors when they returned to Ireland. The Treaty split the entire nationalist movement; Sinn Fein, the Dail, the IRB and the IRA each divided into pro and anti-Treaty

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 25.03.2016 to Sunday 27.03.2016 factions. Acceptance of the Treaty went to a vote in the Dail where it was approved 64 to 57. After losing the vote, de Valera mustered his followers; split the government and set the stage for civil war. At the same time as hostilities were escalating among those in the south; the war between the pro-English Protestants and indigenous Irish Catholics in the north continued unabated. After de Valera’s departure from the Dail a new Provisional Government was established and given assistance from the British military to put down the revolt from the IRA. The IRA’s response was to start a series of assassinations in London and Dublin, which in turn led to Collins bringing in heavy British artillery to oust the IRA from its heavily fortified garrison in Dublin’s Four Courts building. The bombing of the Four Courts complex resulted in a major fire that destroyed the adjoining public records office which contained irreplaceable records of Irish history dating back to the 13th Century. In August 1922, peace talks between Collins and de Valera had been arranged but never eventuated. Collins was assassinated in his native county of Cork on August 22, 1922. Those responsible were never caught or identified. Collins was 31. The Civil War lasted until March 1924. The death toll from the war was about 1500 and thousands more were wounded. Those opposed to the Treaty formed their own political party Fianna Fail in 1927 and came to power peacefully in 1932 and by 1939 had removed by acts of Parliament most of what they found objectionable in the Treaty. Ireland remained a legal member of the Commonwealth until the British Ireland Act 1949, which accepted the declaration of a Republic and formally terminated its membership. The fully independent Republic of Ireland, consisting of the 26 southern counties was formalised on Easter Monday, April 18, 1949; the anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising when Patrick Pearse first delivered the Proclamation from the steps of the GPO.

O’Connell St – GPO in Background. PHOTO: ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY

By their destruction the very air is made sweeter. That should be the Future’s judgment for this event. For myself, my conscience is clear. There is no crime in detecting and destroying, in wartime, the spy and informer. They have destroyed without trial. I have paid them back in their own coin - Michael Collins, director, Intelligence, Irish Republican Army

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PROFILE.

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So Much More Than the Girl Next Door Singer, songwriter and performer, Melinda Schneider will be in Dubbo in April with a watered down version of her Doris Day tribute show. Included are many of the former silver screen and television stars hits, along with a poignant look at the difficult life she had off screen. As told to Yvette Aubusson-Foley. Why Doris Day? I’ve always loved her since I was about eight and saw Calamity Jane on the Saturday afternoon movies. I just fell in love with her in that role. Because I’m a country artist, I think the western scene of that film really connected with me and the great songs, like the Black Hills of Dakota and the Deadwood Stage, A Secret Love; the songs were incredible and she was amazing in that role. She was a triple threat. She was a great singer, a great dancer, a great actress. She was funny, she just has everything going for her. I always felt a bit of a kinship with her, then about 2002 I did a big Doris Day tribute concert at the festival at Mardi Gras and they gave me those songs from Calamity Jane to sing and the response from the audience was so overwhelmingly positive, I just thought I’ve got to do a Doris Day project at some point. It wasn’t until eight years later, in 2010 when I was on Dancing with the Stars, that I thought, now’s the time to do Doris because I was all singing and all dancing, it just made sense. I learned dancing as a kid. I never considered myself a great dancer. I can move enough. Is Doris alive and is she aware of your show? She is and these concerts in April are really to celebrate her 92nd birthday. When I wrote the script back in 2011 I wrote it with David Mitchell, who wrote Dusty and Shout, and I sent her the script because I wanted to make sure that she was happy with it because she’s been taken advantage of a lot in her life. She’s had four terrible marriages, her third husband lost all her money. She’s had some terrible things happen to her so I wanted to make sure I was respectful and do the right thing. She came back saying she was really happy with the way I’d written it and made a couple of small changes which I did. It was great to get her approval for it. She really retired in her late 50s. She lives in Carmel, California. She runs a pet friendly motel (http://www.cypress-inn.com/) and she loves her job and she’s a big animal activist. She’s got about 14 dogs at the moment, so she’s 92 and lives a pretty quiet life now. Do you touch on Day’s difficult private life in your show? It is what the show is about. The big theatre show I wrote in 2011 that I did at the Opera House and in big theatres around Australia was called, Doris: So Much More Than the Girl Next Door. There were so many things that she did hide behind that girl next door image and beautiful smile. Now with this concert version of the show I’m able to take more regional areas, I also do a lot of the script where I talk about the four marriages, the abusive men, every time. Her first husband used to beat her up and even pulled a gun on her. She even had a close brush with Charles Manson, which is a story a lot of people don’t know about and which I uncover in this show. It’s really quite an amazing story of resilience and she’s a survivor. She’s outlived everybody. I’d had no idea that she’d been through so much personally. I could relate to it, because I’ve had a few shockers myself along the way. I had chosen the same types of men a few times and I had to get to the bottom of that while I was doing that. I now have a good one, thank God. I had to figure out why I was picking the same type. Sadly Doris never really got to that, she never found her soul mate. I feel like I’ve got a lot of similarities to Doris, and they were the most surprising to me. What’s next after the Doris show? The only end would be a hip hop album (laughs). I want to keep diversifying and see what else I can do. I’ve always loved jazz and rock. I’m a big fan of all sorts of genres.

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` Her first husband used to beat her up and even pulled a gun on her. She even had a close brush with Charles Manson, which is a story a lot of people don’t know about and which I uncover in this show.

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Tony Webber

Tony Webber is a Dubbo resident and harried father of two.

Son and heir sows fear in hearts of his housemates HILE civilisation flourishes across the globe, a few spots are regressing. One such place is our joint. This is largely because we have a toddler who is using the terrible twos to carve out an empire: part totalitarian despot, part reality TV enforcer, part north Queensland MP. Using tantrums that would make Shaka Zulu blush, and exploiting our sleep deprivation to subdue and coerce, he holds us emotionally hostage within the confines of the house. Credlin-esque mood swings befitting any cult leader are used to divide and conquer and his will obscures other parameters like parental authority, courtesy: even the soothing familiarity of every day routine. As we revert to a more isolated existence so the fabric of modernity falls away: where they was dialogue there is now grunting, where there was hospitable interaction there is now the law of the jungle. First to go was cutlery, next will be plates and I imagine it won’t be long before we take our food to different corners and devour it, hunched and alert to marauders. Like any embattled group we have found comfort in superstition, the children worshipping the great god Apple, who provides expensive tablets that cannot be ignored and with whom they commune silently for hours. The parents hold sacred the great Dan Murphy, who moves in mysterious ways but in whom we have come to trust, his holy wine sustaining the promise of eventual salvation. Meanwhile the Dark Prince controls all aspects of our lives: whether we can leave the house, whether having left we are allowed to return; who can sit where, who can say what, what songs may be sung and by whom, what games can be played, who can bathe, who may not. Family factions evolve to try and win his favour, desperately trying to outdo each other to show loyalty and convince him that he should distrust the others.

I cranky to you - I cranky to everybody,” he growls at us from behind his dummy, just in case his violent outbursts had been misinterpreted as abdominal gas or slapface.

But mostly it is the toddler enforcing his authority and punishing dissent. Some days we may call him Julian – from the Latin “Julius” which means objectionable tyrant – other days no one may look upon his regal personage, much less address him directly.

When he reaches peak displeasure he has a line that he delivers like Scarface venting his wrath on an errant underling, tie askew, Uzi at his side, broadcast with a baleful glare that can turn the recipient’s bowels to ice. “I cranky to you - I cranky to every-

body,” he growls at us from behind his dummy, just in case his violent outbursts had been misinterpreted as abdominal gas or slapface. “NO! NO! NOOO!” he is also known to shriek with arm outstretched, tipped with an erect finger that serves as an emphatic punctuation mark while also resembling an attached bayonet. At other times he addresses his cowering subjects in the menacing manner I imagine Genghis Khan addressed the subjugated populace of a conquered city that refused to pay him tribute. And like any power-drunk emperor he toys with us, making impossible demands and revelling in our panicked anxiety. One day he demands ice-cream for breakfast, then salami, the next day breath mints, then crushed ice. Then suddenly one morning it’s “bip bops.” Then he laughs. He laughs because there’s no such thing as bip bops. He knows that. We know that. But failure to comply fully will result in a high-decibel dressing down that is the verbal equivalent of Darth Vader grabbing you by the throat. Like all oppressed people we hold out hope that one day a liberator will come - some champion to free us from our servitude. I can confide that an underground resistance movement has emerged in the household and the search for potential external allies already looks promising While he slept one of us actually stole away for a clandestine meeting and although our salvation remains some way off at least there’s cause for optimism. Preschool next year. Dare we hope?

Time travel in rapidly changing Myanmar BY NEDA VANOVAC

2016 YANGON LIFE

YANGON: In 1927, Chilean poet and diplomat Pablo Neruda feared he had come to Rangoon too late. “Everything was already there – a city of blood, dreams and gold, a river that flowed from the savage jungle into the stifling city,” he wrote. Almost a century later, a traveller might be tempted to feel the same sense of coming late to the party, but as Myanmar begins to open up to tourists once more and greater

parts of the country become accessible, that fear should dissipate. For several years now, Myanmar has been a country on the cusp, as the military begins to release its choke-hold and democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi steps in to turn the country back towards the rest of the world. But even as the country seeks to modernise – with high-rise developments, new freeways and wi-fi hot spots popping up with incredible speed – it is still possible to see the

romantic crossroads of Asia that so captivated the literary heavyweights of Neruda, Rudyard Kipling and George Orwell. Rangoon, now renamed Yangon, is still a dreamy city of gold. Walking through the bustling downtown area, it’s impossible not to feel surrounded by the ghosts of a mythologised old world. The crumbling buildings of colonial England still line stately avenues, but trees grow out of their uncovered top floors and mosses

creep along the walls. While downstairs, people go about their daily life, washing laundry in huge buckets, cooking on fires on the footpaths, pecking away at typewriters for hire, poring over stacks of books for sale as cars whizz by. The price of those cars has dropped significantly and now the city’s streets are choked with traffic. However, commuters still wear thick cotton longgyis, teamed with business shirts and neat blouses. AAP

RAW on ROAR Be Healthy. Buy Roar. Wishing everyone a safe and happy long weekend. Don’t forget if you can’t or don’t want to eat chocolate this weekend Be Healthy. Buy Roar. Yep, that means you can buy ROAR Festival tickets online and give them to your loved ones for Easter.

ROAR at The Rotunda

We had so much fun at our first ROAR at the Rotunda we’re coming back this Saturday – Easter Saturday. Come and say hi, meet ROARman Bunny, buy tickets and pick up some giveaways between 10am and 12 noon at the Church Street Rotunda. Be watching for set times Keep an eye across our social media platforms after Easter for the announcement of our set times. Not a bad slot amongst them.

Something about Hayden James Over the past two and a half years, since Sydney’s Hayden James released his first track, he has amassed millions of fans worldwide and 30 million plays across SoundCloud and YouTube. Noted for his immense summer jams with soulful and evocative vocals, this singer/songwriter and producer makes his music with organs, noisy synthesisers and guitars – creating music that is personal. Only eighteen months after that first track, his hit single ‘Something About You’ took James’ popularity to new heights – something that took both the artist and his label, Future Classic, by surprise. To date it’s had 5.5 million plays on SoundCloud. The track’s release was followed by an exciting remix package with ODESZA, Ben Pearce, Charles Webster and Just Kiddin. Summer 2015 also saw James playing at sell out venues on a national ‘Something About You’ tour, before heading to the Northern Hemisphere for his debut headline US tour, including his first performance ever at the infamous Coachella festival in 2015. Late 2015 saw him tour Europe with ODESZA and Duke

Dumont in 10,000 plus-head arenas. 2016 is set to be equally huge with a single release around the corner as well as a debut album. Industry publication, ‘The Music’ reviewer, Matt MacMaster recently described James’ bill topping performance in Sydney at Spectrum Now earlier this month as “a glossy set, every compressed beat clipped, shiny and vibrant. MacMaster continues, “Silky vocals were effective in keeping things from getting too cool and clinical, and the crowd responded to every playfully extended drop and soaring hook.” Hayden James joins Seth Sentry, MaRLo, Tkay Maidza, Slumberjack, Savage, Zac Waters, Young Franco, Human Movement, Wallace, Lisa Viola, Passerine, Kids at Midnight, Risque, Harpoon, Emerson Long, Mad Lucci and two lucky regional DJs on two stages at ROAR Festival in just over two weeks. Tickets on sale online at www.roarfestival.com.au or during business hours Monday – Friday from the Macquarie Credit Union, 165 Brisbane Street Dubbo.

Volunteers needed for ROAR Festival We’re calling for volunteer submissions from anyone interested in working a shift at ROAR Festival on 9 April. You’ll help out where needed for four hours as well as gaining entry to Dubbo’s biggest party. If you have an RSA qualification that won’t hurt either. RAW on ROAR blog by Gemma The popularity of last week’s blog post by Gemma on the ROAR Festival website blew us away. Festival fashions is obviously a popular topic. Don’t forget to check out this week’s post, particularly if you have friends coming back to Dubbo for the festival. Gemma is going to give you a local’s tip on what you can do while you’re in our beautiful city over the weekend of ROAR Festival – it includes plenty of free stuff.

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Oops, Scottie! EARLY on Monday morning the Prime Minister wrote to the Governor-General asking for an extra sitting of parliament, pulling what political commenters have called the Double Dissolution Trigger. Which is fine. Except at the time of these formal requests being submitted, our Treasurer was on air with Ray Hadley, confirming that the budget would be delivered on May 10. ‘May 10, May 10, I cannot be clearer’ Morrison insisted. Except, it’s going to be May 3rd. Oops. Labor have said Morrison has been emas-

culated by this timing error. May the mudslinging of an election year really begin!

Big Love from the Big Issue MOVE over Romeo and Juliet. We have a real love story for the ages here. The story of Jack Richardson and Toni Osbourne from the UK is beyond anything Hollywood can muster. The pair met while Jack was selling The Big Issue, homeless and trying to make enough money for a bed that night. He asked passing Toni for some change, and she burst into tears. Her power was about to be shut off. He gave her 50 pence, in the hope it would help her out. Three years later and the pair are happily married. People working within the homeless services helped the couple out, with a vicar providing the service for free, wine merchants and even a free Armani suit for the groom. Three cheers for love and kindness!

Missing Dan DAN COME HOME was an Australia wide campaign to bring awareness and support to the families of missing persons. Daniel O’Keeffe, 24, and suffering mental health disorders, went missing in 2011. His sister Loren began a social media campaign, and eventually launched the Missing Persons Advocacy Network following his disappearance. Sadly human remains were found under the O’Keeffe family house earlier this week, but Loren has thanked those who supported Dan Come Home, and said she is grateful they can continue to support others in finding their missing loved ones. If you’re experiencing any difficulties, Lifeline is available on 13 11 14.

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Regional housing crisis not just metropolitan issue Comment by JAN BARHAM Jan Barham is the Greens Member of the NSW Legislative Council

E continually hear in the media that NSW, especially Sydney and some key coastal locations like my hometown, Byron Bay, are in a housing boom. Whenever a celebrity purchases a piece of land or there is a boost in overseas investment, we’re told that this is a bonus for us all; a sign that NSW is number one. However measuring progress in such a way ignores the tragic social consequences of unaffordable housing and gentrification, not least the loss of diverse communities. No longer is gentrification an innerSydney phenomenon. Communities in newly prescribed regional ‘hotspot’ locations are feeling the effects, most noticeably in the rising price of housing and lack of affordable and available rental properties. It’s having an impact on house prices: latest data shows that housing stress is rife, with 71,000 low-income renter households in regional NSW paying more than 30 per cent of their income on rent. Older people, young families, people with a disability and Aboriginal people are finding that their communities are no longer affordable, and are getting pushed farther and farther out to the margins. People’s right to shelter is enshrined in International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. But what of the right to a diverse community? Gentrification out prices essential workers like nurses, teachers, firies, and public servants from locations close to employment and causes homogenisation of place. We’re seeing the impact on housing

affordability. Regional areas are experiencing a housing price boom. For example, house prices in Kiama increased by 12.5 per cent in the 12 months to September 2015 and only 3.1 per cent of rental homes there are considered affordable for someone on a very-low income. In Newcastle, that figure is 14.5 per cent. But it’s not only coastal locations feeling the effects of unaffordable housing. Homelessness, often considered a city issue, increased in Armidale, Griffith and the Upper Hunter between 2006 and 2011. Our cities, suburbs and towns need more housing and our communities need to accommodate more people. But we need to do this right – not by undermining the wellbeing and character of

the existing community, and not by driving people out through unaffordability and gentrification. Housing is more than infrastructure and jobs; it’s about communities and the people in them. Communities thrive with a diverse mix of people. The resilience of society relies on those who volunteer and contribute. To allow gentrification to take over and define our towns and cities risks losing that diversity and engagement within communities. Such a shift is a grave mistake that cannot be undone. NSW is in a housing crisis across the state. This Government has a once in a lifetime opportunity to greatly increase social and affordable housing in communities across NSW. But does it have the courage?

But it’s not only coastal locations feeling the effects of unaffordable housing. Homelessness, often considered a city issue, increased in Armidale, Griffith and the Upper Hunter between 2006 and 2011.

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

Battling it out for the iron seat of New England YPOCRITE, traitor, vindictive old man, mongrel dog, scumbag, f-king grub.” This is some of invective directed towards Tony Windsor on his Facebook page following the recent announcement that he is running for the federal seat of New England, against Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce. These commentators boast of their long memories and their desire to never forgive Windsor for giving his support to Labor following the Hung Parliament election of 2010. Yes, politics can be a spiteful arena (look no further than Parliamentary Question Time or the ABC’s Q&A for evidence) but the upcoming contest for the seat of New England is shaping up to be a nasty affair. It is no secret there is no love lost between Tony Windsor and Barnaby Joyce, and their respective supporters. Windsor apparently betrayed the conservative constituency and political ruling class of New England by backing Julia Gillard. Joyce gave up his Queensland senate position to run in New England and restore it to the correct political ownership. Windsor did not run at the 2013 election, and at that time was harangued by presumably the same keyboard warriors as both spineless and gutless, and UnAustralian for not letting the electorate boot him out. Joyce went on to win the seat and restore New England to its natural state of National Party rule. He even went on to become the leader of the National Party. What a blessing for New England! To me, two things mark the performance of Joyce and the Nationals since regaining the seat. The first is Joyce’s close relationship with Gina Rinehart. Gina Rinehart appeared at Joyce’s election night celebration at Tamworth RSL, and said she was there to help her friend Barnaby Joyce celebrate his victory. Joyce declared, “Gina is a great friend and I’m a good mate of Gina’s… and we should be prepared to stand next to our mates.” Two years earlier, Minister for Agriculture Joyce involved himself in the court case for control of the Rinehart family trust. Three of Rinehart’s chil-

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Former Independent MP Tony Windsor speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, March 10. Mr Windsor today announced he would run as an Independent for the seat of New England at the next federal election. PHOTO: AAP/LUKAS COCH

dren were alleging Rinehart mismanaged the trust and were seeking to wrest it from her control. Joyce sent an unsolicited email to Rinehart’s daughter Hope Welker imploring her to end the court action due to the media spectacle it was creating, asking her to give up “before it really gets out of hand” and “try to get it back in the house and out of public view.” He signed off the email with “your family are good people. If they were not I would not care as much as I do about you and your Mum.” Besides being an incredible lapse of judgement in an elected official – and me wondering whether the email was sent from a government account – was this payback for Rinehart’s largesse of a couple of months previous? Joyce had recently travelled on Rinehart’s private jet to India to attend the wedding of the daughter of her prospective mining venture partner. Joyce claimed he used the trip to build trade links with India, and managed to claim the return leg of the trip home via Malaysia as an “overseas study trip.”

1. GEOGRAPHY: What river flows through the Grand Canyon (pictured)? 2. MUSIC: Who sang the pop hit “School’s Out”? 3. LANGUAGE: What is the subject studied in zythology? 4. MOVIES: In “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective”, what kind of creature was Jim Carrey looking for? 5. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of ants called? 6. MATH: What is the name

The phrase age of entitlement springs to mind. The second thing is the sight of Nationals voters and Greens voters protesting side by side against the proposed Shenhau Mine in the Liverpool Plains. As Minister for Agriculture, Joyce claimed he never supported the mine and did everything in his power to stop its construction, but ultimately conceded his hands were tied and his governments’ decision was “unfortunate.” The Liverpool Plains Youth group thinks it is worse than unfortunate. This group of social media savvy young farmers feel the Nationals caved in to the big business ethos of their coalition partner, and are campaigning to keep the Plains free of mining. Farm gate protests have featured the unusual sight of Greens and Nationals supporters protesting against the invasion of farm land by mining company exploration. In July, 2013, I wrote: “a lot of voters in the seat of New England fear they will return to the relative obscurity of National Party representation.

of an angle that is more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees? 7. HISTORY: Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States? 8. INVENTIONS: Who invented the mercury thermometer? 9. CHEMISTRY: What element does the Br symbol stand for? 10. ANCIENT WORLD: Which key figure in the Trojan War was described in literature as having “the face that launched

a thousand ships”? 11. FLASHBACK: Name the group that released “Love You Inside Out”. 12. SPORT: Name the horse that won the 1999 Melbourne Cup. 13. LYRICS: Name the song that contains this lyric: “Though it’s been a while now, I can still feel so much pain, Like a knife that cuts you, the wound heals, but the scar, that scar remains.” ANSWERS: SEE THE PLAY PAGES.

“The freedom their Independent candidate enjoyed will be replaced with a major party “narrative” that requires ‘announcables’ and the ability to stand in the second row of a press conference and nod earnestly while the party leader pontificates.” I also wrote: “Windsor (and fellow Independent Rob Oakeshott) didn’t ask to be part of the balance of power when they stood for election. They stood as independents, with the goal of representing their electorate. “Thrust into the national spotlight, they leveraged that balance of power into increased funding for hospital upgrades, dental teaching clinics, upgrades to the Pacific Highway, university and agricultural research funding, education opportunities for rural students and other benefits for their electorates.” Clearly, some have already chosen, but the remainder of the voters in New England will need to decide if their interests are better served by a servant of the party line, or an independent parliamentarian.

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For one day each year, local motorbike enthusiasts take to the road for Dubbo’s Black Dog Ride one-dayer – a day to get together and ride, have a yarn and swap biker notes. But there’s a very serious side to the popular event, which aims to raise awareness of depression and suicide prevention. John Ryan was there to capture all the action, and Jen Cowley went along for the ride. PHOTOGRAPHY Phil Lalor

John Ryan: LOVE it when a plan doesn’t come together, because it makes an otherwise conventional video so much richer. Steve Gower had put so much effort into organizing this year’s Black Dog ride with his mate Wayne Amor that he mustn’t have managed to get around to charging the battery on his Harley. Two, ignominious, backfiring push-starts later and the ride leader was away, but not before providing the organisers with some great blooper moments via my video camera. The great thing about the Black Dog Ride is that these moments of high farce, shared all too often among members of the motorcycling fraternity, greatly add to the day. It’s all about blokes (and women) who share a common love of riding – the freedom, the wind in their faces, coming together joined by that interest and take time out to talk about life. Lifeline Central West’s Alex Ferguson was in Dubbo for this year’s ride, and reminded the crowd that a similar ride happening in his hometown of Bathurst. “They’re riding to Mudgee, so if people here follow the signs badly you’re likely you’re meet them up the road,” Ferguson said to a general laugh. “Now I’m going to depress you – Lifeline took just over a million calls last year, 80 per cent were females – of the 2900 completed suicides last year, 80 per cent were male – we’ve got a blokey problem. “Gentlemen in this audience, please, if you’re feeling a bit wobbly have a chat to someone you can have a chat with, be it mate, be it family; if you can’t have a chat to anybody ring Lifeline,” he said. He added, one of the great tragedies of mental health was that unless people put their hands up, it’s difficult for others to identify that suffering, especially in such a time-poor world we live in today. Tim Hirst thanked the organisers for giving him a chance to ride up from Parramatta and join in the ride. His ideas and connections led to the TV program, “Temporary Australians”, a series which showcases all the “good stuff in motorcycling that the public never seems to see or hear about”. The program rated so well, ironically after plenty of knock-backs from commercial stations, it’s run for season after season. Hirst told the crowd how a bloke he knew from last year’s Bathurst Black Dog ride had taken his own life.

“I’d like to commend the Black Dog organisers; it’s the sort of event that is meaningful not just for us but for the whole community in Australia, it’s bringing people out to talk,” he said. “The most important thing we can do is raise awareness and start talking to our mates.”

Jen Cowley: WO hundred motorcycles growling to life in unison makes one helluva noise, but last weekend as the battalion of gleaming bikes took off from Dubbo in a ground-trembling, throaty roar, it was the sound of solidarity that organisers of the Black Dog Ride hoped people across the city and beyond would hear. The popular annual event is as unique a beast as some of the two and three wheeled machines that join its ranks – it brings people from all walks of life together with a common interest, a shared passion and it’s a handy conversation starter for people who mightn’t otherwise cross paths. Last weekend, I was among their number. My husband has long harboured a penchant for motorbikes and last year – about fifteen minutes after we became empty nesters – he bought his first bike since his youth. It’s brought him a great deal of pleasure, part of which is an instant connection with a wide network of fellow “bikers” and a sense of belonging to that eclectic club. I’d seen and applauded it, but hadn’t really felt it until we rolled into that car park on Sunday morning to line up for this year’s Black Dog Ride one-dayer. As I made an ungainly exit from the pillion seat

` The most important thing we can do is raise awareness and start talking to our mates.” – Tim Hirst, Black Dog Ride veteran

(must work on the dis-mount), the sense of camaraderie was palpable. I looked around and saw the faces of people who are only vaguely familiar, but with whom I suddenly had something to talk about. What struck me most was the breadth of diversity among the assembled riders – from the young to the old, women and men, all shapes, sizes and demographics. People from all sectors of society – all with something in common to bring them together, and as a devoted student of both people and community, it was pretty to watch. Fuelled with coffee, bacon and egg rolls and a tangible sense of exhilaration, we thundered in a 200 strong contingent out onto the early Sunday streets, drawing interested stares and waves from onlookers. Out past the zoo and onto the back roads we rolled, the pack settling into a comfortable rhythm with those keen to stretch their bikes’ legs taking the lead and others, like us, happy to roll along bringing up the rear. There’s something quite unique about travelling on two wheels rather than four. The constant hum of the road beneath your butt, the roar of the wind rushing past your helmet – time to think, to watch, to feel the blur of the countryside swishing past. Through sleepy little Yeoval we rumbled to the appreciative greeting of surprised locals. Through rolling hills and past sunburned paddocks, the comforting smell of the gum-trees and pines more intense than I’d ever before noticed. Sweeping through bends and barreling down long straight stretches, nodding almost imperceptibly as we passed and were passed by our Black Dog brethren; my husband occasionally reaching back to squeeze my leg with a combination of reassurance and delight at the rare pleasure of simply spending time together (and without me actually being able to talk!). Twisting and turning our way down into Wellington we went, lining the main street with a ribbon of leather and chrome glinting in the early Autumn sunshine, and where we all greeted each other – comparing notes, laughing and talking and encouraging and kidding, and again I was struck by an overwhelming sense of belonging to something. And that’s exactly what the Black Dog Ride is all about. For me, it was a little glimpse into a world in which I’m an occasional observer. But for the blokes – and it was mostly blokes – for whom the “black dog” is a constant companion, not just a stuffed toy mascot for one day of the year, it’s a world where they might just find the strength and support they need to go on.

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` Lifeline took just over a million calls last year, 80 per cent were females – of the 2900 completed suicides last year, 80 per cent were male – we’ve got a blokey problem.” – Alex Ferguson from Lifeline Central West

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Wellington on the weekend BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

OR three years Danielle Anderson has been a driven woman, with 10-hour days the norm on a seven day a week basis, with rarely a day off. She’s been at the forefront of change in Wellington, relentlessly pursuing economic development in a town many people had written off as a financial basket-case. ‘Yes, I have been putting in the hard yards’ Danielle says of her work to incubate a business enterprise culture throughout the shire determined to push all the boundaries and out of the box solutions to help drive that change. She moved back to work in her town after four years working in a pressure-cooker environment which involved reviewing socio-economic development for regional communities globally, determined to bring those lessons to help Wellington create its own positive change. With husband Robert she set up Wellington Business Services in 2013, dedicated to assisting the community by driving a growth in economic development and building social capital to force that positive change. “Wellington is undergoing transformation it’s a new strategy for economic development and this process works,” says Danielle. “This has been an innovative business, with an innovative approach and our business has evolved over the past 3 years and has created an opportunity for change in our community. ‘We are supporting businesses and creating jobs - our business has employed and trained numerous people who have moved on to create their own businesses or been snapped up throughout the community to fill skill shortages elsewhere so it’s been a breeding ground for skills and new businesses, that is an innovative approach to local and regional growth,” she said. Since that 2013 standing start, WBS has supported 32 not-for-profit organisations with grant applications and promotion of events, assisting over 100 local and regional businesses with marketing and management advice, while supporting 30 new business start ups, driving change across many sectors of the community. It’s been a process of deep diving, or total immersion in the community, with Danielle also taking on the presidency of the Wellington Show Society, being successful in gaining a grant through the Cobbora Restart funding for $338,369 to improve the historic Wellington Showground.

‘We look forward to launching the many improvements to the Wellington Showground at the Wellington Show in this its 141st year’, Danielle said. “There are many events at the Showground, which also hosts the Wellington Boot Races and the Wellington Vintage Fair and Swap Meet each year.” She has such a strong belief in the importance of arts and culture for both its tourism economic potential and its ability to foster community capacity building, Danielle instigated the development of Wellington Arts, a peak organisation for the arts sector of Wellington. “We are having a lot of fun in Wellington as well’, laughed Danielle ‘There is a new saying in the region, it’s ‘Wellington on the Weekend,”’. “Wellington has a lot to offer on the week-

` Wellington is undergoing transformation - it’s a new strategy for economic development and this process works.” - Danielle Anderson, Wellington Business Services.

end, from Lake Burrendong, the Arboretum, Wellington Caves and Mt Arthur Reserve, and then there are the Arts’, she said. On the back of Wellington Arts Autumn Exhibition, the Wellington Arts committee are pleased with the direction the committee has taken and keen to see what is ahead. Wellington Arts held their first “Music In Between” Festival in January this year and this was a huge success with 25 events across five days, packing crowds in each venue and creating a wonderful atmosphere in the small community. The community has embraced this change and now all sectors are working together to drive a new future for the shire. Danielle says there’s a new wind blowing which has seen artisans, performers, musicians, film-makers, photographers and arts professionals all looking to Wellington for inspiration, and also enjoying the wonderful opportunity to be a part of the transformation. “Ït’s a very exciting time for our community,” Danielle said. “Local residents are witnessing the change and keen to see it happen, visitors to Wellington are looking to the rich heritage of the community, the wonderful natural environment and the talent that exists here.” Now the community is looking for support from all levels of government to keep the momentum rolling, with plans to establish a permanent gallery and cultural centre and securing sustainable funding for future festivals and events. ‘We are all prepared to buck in and work hard, but we now need the recognition of our hard work, we are getting runs on the board, but we now need the funding essential to drive the next stage of development,” Danielle said. “This includes permanent gallery and cultural spaces and support for local festivals and events.” She believes partnerships are the key and is happy to talk to anyone who thinks they can provide assistance throughout the region in supporting this continual change process. In the meantime why not visit ‘Wellington on the Weekend’ and add these events to your calendar:

Date for the diary z Wellington Show 23rd April z Wellington Amateur Theatrical Society presents “Calamity Jane”18/19 June z Wellington Eisteddfod 30th July-18th August z Wellington Arts Winter Exhibition 1-17 August z Wellington Arts Jazz & Sculpture Festival 3-4 September z For more information visit www.wellingtonarts.com.au

Why it’s great to be out of a job BY JUSTIN RICKETTS CREATIVE MARKETER CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES

ELL, it’s been about three weeks since I finished up at advertising and marketing company, Ensemble Australia, and what an amazingly positive experience it has been! I’ve thoroughly enjoyed having the time (and importantly the head space) to get out into the market and meet with friends, colleagues, competitors, and people and businesses that I’ve admired within the industry from afar over the last 10 or so years. I’m amazed and excited by how

much opportunity is out there and pleasantly surprised that the most interesting opportunities are coming from the most leftfield places. And this is only after three weeks! I have one key learning that I want to share based on my experience thus far (which I guess could yet still come back to bite me), which is that the old saying that ‘you need to be in a job to get a job’ could not be further from the truth. Firstly, when you are in a job you simply don’t have the time or the head space to get out and genuinely connect with people. You also have a biassed or narrow focus or agenda given your existing

perspective or employment and most probably the people you are meeting are also very guarded about what they want to discuss and share with you. Secondly, you need to be out of a job to be able to truly reflect on whether you were actually happy and fulfilled doing what you were doing and to importantly to really understand what would make you happier and more fulfilled. Thirdly, I think you need to get out of being comfortable in a job to be able to step-back and assess all of the things that are important in your life and potentially recalibrate your thinking of striking a ‘work-life’ balance to instead achieving a ‘life-work’ balance. Finally, I have found it really

beneficial to be able to escape the ‘self-belief and propaganda’ (harsh but potentially fair) of an organisation and be able to get out into the to industry get a genuine understanding of what is happening in the broader market. So - for anyone out there who isn’t happy in their current role or is thinking of doing something else at some point in the future my advice would be to take the plunge and get out of what you are doing now. It’s a risk for sure - but I reckon a risk worth taking. And for anyone out there who has any interest in my experience and working together in the future - please do get in touch as I’d love to grab a coffee and meet. My diary is pleasantly flexible!

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Retailers crippled by Easter Penalty Rates AUSTRALIAN retailers opening their stores on public holidays across the Easter weekend will be forced to bear the brunt of much higher costs, with penalty rates applicable for up to four days in some states, according to the Australian Retailers Association (ARA). ARA Executive director, Russell Zimmerman, said many retailers will not open this Easter long weekend due to prohibitive labour costs associated with public holiday penalty rates. Penalty rates of up to two and a half times regular pay will place financial pressure on all retail businesses, with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to be the hardest hit by the additional costs. The ARA believes retail penalty rates must be addressed to allow business to respond to customer needs, rather than having to fit their allocation of labour to an antiquated system. The ARA is currently engaged in a review of General Retail Industry Award 2010 (GRIA), with the view to reducing costs for retailers, particularly on Sundays, with the independent arbitrator, Fair Work Commission (FWC). “Consumers are expecting retailers to be open and trading this Easter long weekend where laws allow, and

a retailer’s capacity to compete. Retailers will be forced to operate with a lower number of employees than required, and workers will have to be offered less hours of employment in order for retailers to afford penalty rates over the Easter long weekend.

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Tax lodgement window closing for families retail businesses will be forced to wear the higher costs as a result,” said Mr Zimmerman. “With the dawn of online retail and the effects of globalisation, we now live in a 24/7 economy. Australian lifestyles are changing, and it is important to allow physical retailers the scope to be able to keep up with this change and compete effectively against these new challenges to provide consumers with the access and convenience to shopping they expect. “For most Australians, weekends and public holidays are seen as normal shopping day, making above the norm penalty rates unnecessary. “Excessive penalty rates not only hurt business owners, but impact on the shopping experience, which is crucial to

AROUND 260,000 Australians who received family assistance payments in 2014/15 are being reminded to finalise their tax requirements or risk missing out on their full entitlement for that year. Department of Human Services general manager Hank Jongen said customers have 12 months from the end of each financial year to take action to ensure that they receive all the payments and supplements that may be available to them. “The department is writing to these families over the next fortnight to advise them to lodge their 2014/15 tax return, or to let the department know that they are not required to lodge, by 30 June 2016,” Jongen said. “The rate of Family Tax Benefit and Child Care Benefit paid to customers is

Warning: Don’t try to sell your business until you read this T HE time has come and you would like to know how to sell a business. You’ve searched for some business valuers and you’re looking for a decent broker. The estimated business valuation comes in and you realise it will barely pay out the loan, let alone provide you with a decent retirement. How could this be? Years of blood, sweat and tears – and for what? The business valuer says the value is being hampered by the fact that the business relies too much on you. The reality is that besides profitability, one of the biggest upwards drivers of business valuation multiples is small owner reliance. This is purely because it reduces risk to a prospective purchaser and when you reduce risk, the business multiple goes up and so does the sale price. So what do you need to do to get this fixed?

1. Create or review your organisational chart DOCUMENTING an organisational chart helps you or anybody else to get a helicopter view of which people work where and what their responsibilities are. This should give you an idea on what the various

2. List your team members & their roles FROM your organisational chart list down the names, roles and responsibilities of your team members. You should also refer to their job descriptions. It might also be a good time to check if these are still relevant or have the roles morphed over time and need updating?

3. Document the howto’s

` It might be a good time to check if job descriptions are still relevant or have roles morphed over time? a sections of your manual will be called or allocated to. You should have things like the: z Management Team (steering); z Finance Team (accounting and tax); z Marketing and Sales Team (business growth); z Human Resources; and z Operations Team.

USING the information obtained from steps 1 and 2 above, sit down and go through with each team member what they do each day in their working life getting them to tell you what they do for each task step by step. Be sure to play Devil’s Advocate by asking but “what if this

calculated using the customer’s family income estimate. “At the end of the financial year, payments are balanced against the customer’s actual income, to ensure they receive the correct entitlement, including the end of year Family Tax Benefit supplement.” Jongen encouraged customers who are required to take action to consider digital service options. “The easiest way to tell the department you do not need to lodge a tax return is through the Express Plus mobile app or your Centrelink online services account,” he said. “You can also lodge your tax return through your Australian Taxation Office online services account. Both services can be conveniently accessed via myGov.” The department has a range of handy information and tools to help families plan ahead for the future, such as the online rate estimator, the News for Families subscription service and the Family Update Facebook page. Visit the department’s website to find out more about these services or humanservices.gov.au/taxtime to learn more about lodging your tax return for family assistance.

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4. Put into a operations & procedures manual FROM step 3, transfer this into your procedures manual being very clear on: z What; z When; z Why; and z How. Consider getting an outsider to review certain areas where applicable, such as your small business accountant.

5. The litmus test – get your team members to go through the manual (but not just their own!) THE manual should be able to be followed by almost anybody.

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Get your team members to try the manual, but don’t give them their sections only. Give them each other’s and see what they think and how they would go if thrown into the other section’s roles for a day or week. Was the manual clear or was it very hard to follow and understand? Make adjustments and remember that, even if somebody knew nothing about your business, would they have a good chance being able to run it without you or a key team member? Having stepped through the above will impress business valuers and will put a big tick beside anyone looking to purchase a solid business.

Conclusion: IF you were sick or wanted to go on holidays for six weeks, will your business run without you? If you answer “no” or “probably never”, consider the above and imagine somebody wanting to buy a business that had “no structure” or “how to” when something happens. Airline pilots have instructions for very good reasons and so should your small business. Failure to address this will not only avoid a small business airplane-type disaster, but also drive up your chances of getting a much higher price on sale!

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Three ultimate five-ingredient Easter recipes ON’T slave in the kitchen this Easter, whip up these three dessert ideas for the ultimate in deliciousness and decadence, with less than five ingredients each! “We know time is of the essence when you’re entertaining for family or friends, that’s why we’ve developed these Easter in-

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BERRY FILLED EASTER EGGS WITH CREAM If you’re running seriously short on time then the Easter Egg Filled with Berries and Cream is the Easter dessert for you. Simply split an Easter egg with a knife dipped in boiling water, fill with berries and dollop with whipped vanilla cream. A legendairy end to an Easter feast! medium sized hollow Easter eggs mixed berries, to fill whipped cream, for dolloping To prepare: Unwrap the top section of the Easter eggs, leaving most of the wrapping intact so you don’t leave fingerprints on the eggs when handling. Dip a small, sharp knife in boiling water and dry, then cut small incisions across the top of the Easter egg until you’re able to prize the top off. Unwrap the eggs completely and rest in a deep bowl. Fill with berries and dollop with whipped cream to serve.

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spired recipes that will take no time to prepare but will wow your guests” said Amanda Menegazzo, food communications manager at Dairy Australia. A glass of milk, a dollop of cream or a whirl of cream cheese are the perfect partners to chocolate this Easter.

FUDGY PEANUT CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE TRUFFLES (Makes 24) Another five-ingredient recipe that is great for kids to make at home is the Fudgy Peanut Chocolate Cheesecake Truffles. “No one will be able to resist the salty-sweet combination of chocolate and peanut butter rolled into one delicious mouthful of heaven,” enthuses Amanda. “You can make these truffles up to a week in advance and give them as an indulgent Easter gift!” 250g cream cheese, cubed and softened 100g dark chocolate, melted 2 tablespoons crunchy peanut butter 1 cup plain chocolate biscuit crumbs 1/4 cup crushed peanuts To prepare: Combine cream cheese, chocolate, peanut butter and biscuit crumbs in a large mixing bowl. Roll heaped teaspoonsful of mixture into balls, roll in nuts and place onto a lined tray. Chill until firm and then store in a sealed container for up to one week.

CHOCOLATE RIPPLE CARAMELLO CHEESECAKE The Chocolate Ripple Caramello Cheesecake ticks all the boxes. Really quick and easy, this stunning cheesecake has only five ingredients. “The mere mention of salted caramel tends to send dinner guests into a frenzy and the combination of salted caramel with chocolate ripple biscuits and chocolate is a real showstopper in this cheesecake,” explains Amanda. Make the salted caramel yourself, or, if you’re short on time pick up a pre-bought caramel sauce from the supermarket and add a pinch of sea salt. Always keen to share her tips, Amanda suggests; “It’s essential to leave this cheesecake to set overnight to allow the chocolate ripple biscuits to soften into a cakey crust.” (Serves 6-8) 250g cream cheese, cubed and softened 200g milk chocolate, melted 300ml tub thickened cream 250g packet plain chocolate biscuits (Ripple biscuits) 1/2 cup store bought salted caramel sauce or spread extra salted caramel, to serve To prepare: Line the base and sides of a 20cm springform pan with cling wrap. Using an electric mixer, beat together the cream cheese and melted chocolate on medium speed, until combined. Add 1/2 cup of cream and beat for a further 2 minutes or until mixture has thickened slightly. Arrange one third of the biscuits over the base of the pan. Top with half of the chocolate cream mixture and dollop with caramel. Repeat another layer of biscuits, chocolate cream and caramel. Finish with remaining biscuits. Refrigerate for 4-6 hours to allow the mixture to set and biscuits to soften. Invert cake onto a serving plate and remove cling wrap. Beat remaining cream with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Spoon on top of cake and drizzle with extra salted caramel sauce. Line the base and sides of a 20cm springform pan with cling wrap. Using an electric mixer, beat together the cream cheese and melted chocolate on medium speed, until combined. Add 1/2 cup of cream and beat for a further 2 minutes or until mixture has thickened slightly.

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Chocolate mint patties BY KATE WRIGHT INSPIREDMOOD.COM.AU

RING out the baked goods and crack open the chocolate – Easter is here! What would Easter be without a little indulgence, and you don’t have to miss out if you’re watching your waistline or trying to avoid refined sugars and other added ‘nasties’. Take these decadent Chocolate Mint Patties for instance. They are perfect little treats made with real ingredients – homemade chocolate and a smooth peppermint centre without any artificial colours, flavours or preservatives and no added sugar. The recipe is quick and simple, and the result is smooth and creamy chocolate covering a firm peppermint centre. If you have Easter egg moulds try this recipe to make insanely good peppermint-filled chocolate eggs. Otherwise, a silicon cupcake pan will do the trick. For other healthy Easter treats, including my version of Reece’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups and some divine sugar-free hot cross buns, visit my website at www.inspiredmood.com.au/ recipes

Dark chocolate Ingredients: ¾ cup coconut oil 1 ½ tablespoons rice malt syrup ¾ cup raw cacao powder 3 tablespoons coconut cream Method Combine in a saucepan over a low heat, stirring until melted and combined well. Pour 1/2 tablespoonful of the chocolate into 10 holes of a 12-hole silicon cupcake mould. Place cupcake moulds on a tray in the freezer. Meanwhile, make peppermint centre.

Peppermint centre This part of the recipe was inspired

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by the Bountiful Slice in Sarah Wilson’s Simplicious cookbook. Ingredients: 1 cup coconut milk 1/3 cup rice malt syrup 1/4 cup coconut oil 2 cups coconut flakes 10 drops of peppermint oil Method Blend all ingredients in a food processor or Thermomix until smooth. Remove the chocolate from the freezer

Medibank Better Health Index findings released AUSTRALIANS are heavier in body and mind than ever before, with both mental health and Body Mass Index (BMI) worsening since 2007-081, according to the inaugural Medibank Better Health Index2. On the upside, Australia’s overall health has improved over the last eight years, with fitness recording the most significant increase across all major health areas. Additionally, the Medibank Better Health Index found that as a nation, we’re eating better, experiencing fewer medical issues, and smoking and drinking less. Launched this week, the Medibank Better Health Index – conducted by Roy Morgan Research – is Australia’s most up-to-date and comprehensive quarterly health survey. Interviewing approximately 1,000 Australians each week since 2007, the Index offers an in-depth look into the state of the nation’s health and how it’s changing. “Our priority is to better understand the health of Australia – from where it stands today, how it’s changing, and the factors that are driving these shifts,” Medibank Chief Medical Officer, Dr Lin-

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da Swan says. “The insights from this Index will not only help us better understand and cater to the individual needs of each and every one of the 3.9 million people we cover, but we hope it will empower all Australians to make more informed decisions about their own health.” The Medibank Better Health Index is centered on seven health indicators: Nutrition, Fitness, BMI, Medical Health, Mental Health, Smoking and Alcohol. Combined, these make up an overall Health Index Score, which when compared year-on-year, reveals whether Australia’s health is improving or worsening over time. The Health Index Score started from a base of 100 in 2007, and has since increased as our nation’s overall health has improved. NSW residents were found to have the

and spoon dessertspoonfuls of the peppermint centre on top of each chocolate round. Return the tray to freezer for 10 minutes. Remove the chocolate mints from the freezer and top each mint pattie with the remaining chocolate and place in the freezer until completely set, about 30 minutes. Store in an airtight container in the freezer. Enjoy! Makes 10.

poorest mental health of all states. Additionally, NSW sits in the bottom three states for nutrition, with locals being the least likely to have eaten vegetables in the last day, and recording the highest number of visits to fast food chains in the last month.

Bowel Cancer campaign launched IN a renewed bid to cut the incidence of bowel cancer, the Australian Government launched A Gift for Living campaign this week, as part of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. According to Minister for Health Sussan Ley, Australia has one of the highest rates of bowel cancer in the world, but with the full implementation of biennial screening it is estimated we can save between 300 to 500 Australian lives each year. Since the inception of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program in 2006, over 2.5 million Australians had been screened to June 2014, with 3,989 participants found with suspected or confirmed cancers and 12,294 diagnosed with advanced adenomas. “This has not only prevented enor-

mous stress and heartache for thousands of Australian families, it has potentially saved our health system millions of dollars by not having to treat advanced bowel cancer, the most expensive cancer to treat in a hospital setting on high-cost drugs”, Ley said. “Over 2 million people will be sent a screening kit in 2016, rising each year to 4 million by 2020. On current evidence this will see 9,000 suspected or confirmed cancers and over 26,000 advanced adenomas detected and removed.” “The missing element here is improved participation, with these numbers based on current participation rates hovering between 35-40 per cent. Imagine how many more lives we can improve or save if that figure was much higher?” “The kit is one of the best first defences we have against bowel cancer; the more people we screen the more lives we can save. If detected early enough we know around 9 out of 10 cases can be successfully treated.” “So, when you receive your screening kit, I would just say to those 6 out of 10 men or women who throw it away, remember it is A Gift for Living and that life might just be yours.”

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BY GEMMA DUNN HATEVER your Easter tradition, chances are it will involve food – and lots of it. But pleasing the crowd isn’t always as simple as plying them with hot cross buns and chocolate goodies (although this is highly encouraged, as well). If you really want to be the host/hostess with the mostess, up the ante by putting on a fancy sit-down spread that will put you at the top of the pecking order. We’re talking fine-dining-standard starter, a striking lamb main with heaped

sides of seasonal veggies, and a decadent dessert that will have your guests gasping with delight (and possibly disbelief, if you manage to pull off the presentation too). Don’t forget the little details... Ensure guests are welcomed and kept topped up with an array of fab drinks, and why not make a little effort with the table decor too? Just a few simple touches – some spring flowers or painted eggs as a centrepiece, can really add to the sense of occasion. Feeling inspired? Now all you need are some recipes. Here are some that executive head chef Mike Bates whipped up earlier...

Infuse your food with Asian flavours BY ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS

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If you’re tired of cooking the same thing over and over, try infusing your recipes with new flavours. Asian cooking techniques and flavours encompass thousands of sauces and condiments. Here’s a quick overview of several different types of popular Asian sauces, pastes, oils, wines and vinegars that will open up a new world of possibilities for spicing up your evening meals.

ASIAN SAUCES Soy sauce: Made from traditionally fermented soybeans and wheat, soy sauces have a dark colour and a slightly sweet, mildly salty flavour that isn’t overpowering.

Dark soy sauce: Soy sauce mixed with molasses and corn-starch to sweeten and thicken to a syrupy consistency. Tamari: A gluten-free soy sauce made without the traditional addition of wheat. It has a saltier, stronger, savoury flavour that is perfect for seasoning meat, vegetables, cooking liquids, sauces and marinades, or as a condiment for rice or noodles. Hoisin sauce: This dark, rich, pastelike sauce has a spicy-sweet flavour and reddish brown colour, and is best used for meats. It’s often referred to as Chinese barbecue sauce. Hoisin sauce typically is made from fermented soybeans, vinegar, garlic, sugar, red chilies and Chinese spices, plus various other spices and starches for thickeners. Oyster-flavoured sauce: Made from oyster extract (superconcentrated oyster broth), salt, sugar, thickening starch, caramel colouring,

seasonings and corn-starch to create a thick, salty-sweet sauce with smoky notes for stir-fries or as a sauce for vegetables. Plum sauce: Plum sauce is made from a combination of salted plums, apricots, yams, rice vinegar, chilies, sugar and other spices. It varies in flavour from sweet to tart to salty, and its texture ranges from smooth to a chunky, jam-like texture. Char siu sauce: A combination of fermented soybeans, vinegar, tomato paste, chilies, garlic, sugar and Chinese spices; used on Chinese barbecued spareribs and roast pork. Black bean sauce: Made of salted black beans and rice wine; has a savoury, slightly salty flavour that sometimes gets a little kick from garlic and hot chilies. Fish sauce: This sauce is made from fermented anchovies and other fish or shellfish. It adds a distinct, deep

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GOAT’S CHEESE MOUSSE WITH WARM APPLE AND BEETROOT SALAD (Serves 6 as a starter) For the mousse: 200g Goats’ cheese 250g double cream 1 leaf of gelatine Salt and pepper For the salad: 1 green apple Baby heirloom beetroots Pinch of salt and sugar Splash of wine vinegar Mixed leaves to serve For the dressing: 1 shallot, finely chopped 50g sherry vinegar 100g honey 100g olive oil 50g sesame oil Soften the goats’ cheese by bringing up to room temperature and soak the gelatine leaf in very cold water for 10 minutes. Whip 200g of the double cream to soft peaks. Place the other 50g of cream and the drained gelatine in a small pan. Heat gently until the gelatine dissolves, and then mix with the cheese to form a paste. Fold this into the whipped cream, season to taste and refrigerate until set. Serve the mousse with a warm apple and beetroot salad. Ideally, use baby heirloom beetroot and cook each colour separately in their skins in water, with a pinch each of salt and sugar and a splash of wine vinegar. When ready, carefully remove the skins. Prepare your dressing, by combining all the ingredients, and then soak the beetroot in the dressing. Meanwhile, cut your green apple into matchsticks. Arrange the apple pieces, beetroot and green leaves on individual plates, with a scoop of cheese mousse in the centre.

SALT-BAKED CRUSTED WELSH LAMB (Serves 6) 1 leg of lamb, tunnel boned (ask the butcher to do this for you). Choose a leg of spring lamb no more than 2.5kg in weight For the salt crust (makes enough to cover 2 legs of lamb): 1kg plain flour 600g water 400g smoked sea salt 4 sprigs of thyme 10 twists of a black pepper mill 4 sprigs of rosemary For the wild garlic gremolata: 1 lemon zest 1 cup of picked flat parsley 1 cup of wild garlic leaves 1tsp of salt 1/4 cup of olive oil First, make your dough. Combine all the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl, add water slowly to form a smooth dough, and then cover with cling film and refrigerate until needed. When ready to make the gremolata, place all the ingredients, except the olive oil, into a food processor and blend. Slowly add the olive oil until a smooth consistency is achieved, reserve until needed. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin into a size that will cover the whole leg of lamb. Rub the leg of lamb with the wild garlic gremolata, including the cavity. Then place the rolled out dough over the lamb, ensuring it is totally covered. Place onto a baking/roasting tray and put into a preheated oven at 180C, and cook for one hour and 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to rest for 20 minutes. Crack open and remove the crust. Carve the lamb and enjoy.

rich flavour to savoury dishes and often is used in small quantities (about 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon at a time) in place of salt in Asian curries, sauces and marinades.

OILS AND PASTES Chile oil: This reddish-orange oil comes from infusing whole, dried red chilies or crushed red pepper flakes in oil. Sesame oil: A dark amber, aromatic oil pressed from toasted sesame seeds used on a finished dish. Sesame paste: A thick, peanut-buttery paste, made from toasted white sesame seeds. Sambal: Very spicy chili paste made from ground red chilies, vinegar, lime juice, garlic or other flavouring agents. Usually combined with other ingredients, in small quantities, to make a sauce.

VINEGARS AND WINE Rice vinegars: Less acidic, slightly sweet with a mild, less tart flavour.

ORANGE SET CREAM WITH OLIVE OIL TUILE BISCUIT (Serves 6) For the orange set cream: 1L orange juice, reduced to 150ml 2 lemons, juiced 1 leaf gelatine 6 eggs 150ml cream Orange oil 170g sugar For the tuile biscuit: 100g icing sugar 100g egg white 100g extra virgin olive oil 75g flour 25g cocoa powder Grue de Cacao (or any cacao nibs) To serve: Frozen yoghurt Micro coriander, dehydrated sugared orange segments, biscuit crumbs to garnish (optional) To make the orange set cream, add the orange juice reduction to the eggs, lemon juice (reserving a little), cream and sugar, in a metal or Pyrex bowl. Whisk over a pan of hot water to achieve a thick consistency similar to lemon curd. Remove from heat. Separately, soak the gelatine in very cold water, then whisk into the orange cream mix, off the heat. Add some orange oil and lemon juice to taste, and then pass through a fine sieve into a greased container or a pre-baked pastry case. Set overnight in the fridge. To make the olive oil tuile biscuits, beat the egg white, flour, cocoa and icing sugar to form a smooth paste, then mix in the olive oil. Spread onto silicone paper to about 1mm thick. Sprinkle on the Grue de Cacao, then bake at 170C for four minutes. While still warm, use a pastry cutter to cut out rounds. When ready to serve, arrange servings of the orange set cream onto individual plates, placing a tuile biscuit next to each, and a scoop of frozen yoghurt of your choice. To jazz up the plate even more, crumble some biscuit crumbs on top and decorate with dehydrated, sugared orange segments and micro coriander.

Variations include black, red, seasoned, Chinese and Japanese. Mirin: Sweet, low-alcohol rice wine widely used in Japanese cuisine. Can be used as a substitute for vinegar or wine, or used as a glaze or marinade. This recipe for Asian curry chicken and shrimp soup includes several types of sauces and spices to create a burst of flavour in a bowl.

ASIAN CURRY CHICKEN AND SHRIMP SOUP (Serves 4.) 4 cups fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth 1 tablespoon fish sauce 1 tablespoon oyster sauce 2 teaspoons minced garlic 1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger 3/4 teaspoon green, yellow or red curry paste 1 (225g) package mushrooms, cleaned and sliced

225g peeled and deveined large prawns/shrimp 225g skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into 2-3cm pieces 1 (85g) package trimmed snow peas 1/4 cup fresh lime juice or 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar 1 (380g) can light coconut milk 2 tablespoons (1/2-inch) sliced green onion tops 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro 1. Combine the broth, fish and oyster sauces, garlic, ginger and curry in a large Dutch oven, stirring to combine. Add mushrooms; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 4 minutes. 2. Add the shrimp, chicken and snow peas; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 3 minutes. Stir in lime juice or vinegar, sugar and coconut milk. Cook 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Sprinkle with the green onions and cilantro.

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Dubbo Public School Clarinet students, Sophie Orth, Teneaka Woodbine, Lucy Eather, Matilda Hurst, Brydie Leeson, Darby Leeson. PHOTOS: GREG MARGINSON

Making music at school ter takes classroom music at Orana Heights Public School for three Year 1 classes, with around 80 children learning the basics of music through playing percussion, singing and listening.

BY VIVIENNE WINTHER DIRECTOR MACQUARIE CONSERVATORIUM

EDNESDAY is music day at Orana Heights Primary School. Macquarie Conservatorium teacher, Erin Winter, starts by tuning fifteen brightly coloured ukuleles. Her first group of students arrives and sits in front of their waiting music stands, cradling their instruments. These Year 4 students have only had six lessons but they are full of tips for would-be ukulele players. And there is no doubting their enthusiasm for the cute little instrument. “You need to sit properly and have good posture to play ukulele”, “you’ve got to work out where to put your fingers for the notes”, “we’re learning to read music when we play, so I have to really focus”, “It’s better to play than the guitar, it has less strings”, and “it’s really easy to hold.” Using the acclaimed Canadian “Ukulele in the Classroom” method, their 30-minute lesson is packed with learning new skills. “These students are becoming music literate,” says Erin. “And talk about multi-tasking: with this method, they are reading music, playing the ukulele and singing at the same time.” This is what the principal of Orana Heights Public School, Annie Munro, was looking for when she approached Macquarie Conservatorium about making music a priority for her school in 2016. There are now more than 130 students studying music during school time with a specialist conservatorium teacher. “Music programs meet our curriculum

needs in a really interesting and creative way that gets the students engaged,” says Annie Munro. “In partnership with Macquarie Conservatorium, we’ve introduced three programs this year that bring hands-on music to students in different stages of the school. Our school has been pro-active about this, we’re supporting these programs financially, it’s the school’s choice, and now I’m seeing parents and students getting on board.” Orana Heights is the first school in Dubbo to start a ukulele program with the conservatorium. “The ukulele has a lot of pluses for the students,” says principal Munro. “It’s affordable, small and easy to start. There’s instant gratification with the ukulele, it makes a lovely sound straight away, so it’s a good thing to do with a large group of young students.” “The ukulele program also offers our staff skill development. The student’s classroom teacher, our assistant principal, Jordan Moran, is learning the ukulele alongside his students, and he can help lead extra practice sessions with them during the week. One of our admin staff has also taken up the opportunity to learn the ukulele, so it brings the school community together; it’s great for students to see adults learning something new.” As well as the 28 ukulele students, Erin Win-

“In these classes, we’ve been looking at rhythm, dynamics and tempo, “ says Winter. “We’ve made up sound stories, illustrating a story with sound instead of drawings. This develops creativity and imagination. Playing instruments together requires real teamwork, and it develops important listening and comprehension skills.” The third music program at Orana Heights Public School is the re-introduction of the school band. After a one year hiatus, 28 stu-

We’ve made up sound stories, illustrating a story with sound instead of drawings. This develops creativity and imagination. Playing instruments together requires real teamwork, and it develops important listening and comprehension skills.

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Dubbo Public School Clarinet students Brydie Leeson and Darby Leeson.

dents have signed up to learn a variety of wind and brass instruments. “The parents have really supported their children’s involvement in the band, they’ve shown they are keen to have it back and have committed to paying their fees,’ says Munro. “And Macquarie Conservatorium played a big part in getting the band program going again. The school owned a lot of instruments, but we needed Erin’s expert help to sort them out, find what needed repairs or was past it, and then match them up with students.” Another Dubbo school has seen an impressive increase in the numbers of students learning a musical instrument. Dubbo Public School had 13 students in their school band at the start of 2014. Today there are 58 students playing band instruments, and another 22 learning guitar. Classroom teacher and music co-ordinator at Dubbo Public School, Keira O’Brien, knows what it takes to build the numbers. “The school needs to make it a priority. And you need a school teacher on the ground promoting it to the students, encouraging them to give it a go, and motivating them to keep going,” she says. Her own passion for music is evident and she runs recorder groups and a choir at Dubbo Public School. In addition to wind and brass tuition with Winter, who also takes the school band, guitar was introduced as an option that has boosted the number of boys learning music, with another conservatorium teacher, Dale Freeman, visiting the school. For all of these instrumental lessons at Dubbo Public School, parents pay fees, so the growth in numbers would seem to demonstrate parents set a value on music for their children.

Orana Heights Public School Ukulele student Shakira Wood.

Macquarie Conservatorium teacher Erin Winter with Ukulele students at Orana Heights Public School

Dubbo Public School Principal Debbie Pritchard is committed to making opportunities like this available to her students. “Our aim with the band and guitar programs we run here with Macquarie Conservatorium is to provide students with extracurricular opportunities that extend them,” says Dubbo Public School principal, Debbie Pritchard. “I believe music education is very important, not only for enjoyment, but because it enriches children’s lives and offers learning benefits across all areas of the curriculum.” A group of beginner clarinet students at Dubbo Public School sound a bit like new car owners when they talk about playing clarinet. After six weeks, they are very focused on managing all the bits and pieces of their instrument, as well as mastering what it takes to get a sound out. Some of the comments by the students include: “It is really important to put it together properly”, “and to put the reed in right”, “you need to hold your mouth the right way” and “You have to

be quite strong and take good breaths.” But there’s no shortage of ideas of what they will do when they can play a bit more: “I’ll be able to join the school band”, “and play in concerts”, “I’m going busking with my sister”, and “I might tour the world.” For their Conservatorium teacher, support from the school makes her role a whole lot easier. “Having Keira in the school to coordinate and advocate for the program is invaluable,’” says Winter. “At Dubbo Public School, it’s seen as a privilege to learn music, something to be valued. The school makes it clear a student needs to make a commitment and practise, giving it their best, if they want to be part of the program.” “And of course when they do that, they enjoy it more, because they progress quickly and get to play more interesting music. The students can see and hear the result of their own work, they know they have achieved something.” Her group of new beginner students agree. According to them, learning to play clarinet is “really fun and awesome”.

“So much research shows that learning music has many educational and developmental benefits for children,” says Annie Munro. “Giving children the chance to do music at this stage of their life and as part of the school day, I hope will foster a love of music that will last a lifetime.” Macquarie Conservatorium runs school music programs in 16 schools across Dubbo, Wellington, Narromine, Gilgandra, Goolma and Trangie. If you would like a music program at your school, contact info@macqcon.org.au.

Events calendar: May 1: Sydney Conservatorium Young Artists Concert, 3pm Macquarie Conservatorium May 6: Streeton Trio in Concert, 7.30pm Macquarie Conservatorium May 7: Piano and strings masterclass with Streeton Trio, 11am Macquarie Conservatorium May 8: Musical High Tea for Mother’s Day, performed by Macquarie Conservatorium students and staff, 2pm Dundullimal Homestead www.macqcon.org.au

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Ali Shaw’s The Trees: A wonderfully imaginative story

BY KATE WHITING THE BOOKCASE

● BOOK OF THE WEEK The Trees by Ali Shaw is published in hardback by Bloomsbury. WHEN a forest erupts through the ground overnight, the modern landscape that we recognise today is destroyed and mankind is thrown into complete and utter turmoil. Amongst the chaos, survivors Hannah and Adrien’s paths cross, and they embark on the journey to Ireland to find Adrien’s wife and discover just how far the forest reaches. A gripping journey to the heart of wilderness, this book exquisitely captures the conflict between nature and man, but also between defeat and determination. The reader is plunged into a narrative that is simultaneously bewildering and yet somehow hauntingly familiar, forcing us to consider how the natural world has become an elusive stranger to us all. The Trees is a stunning and vivid examination of the relationship between humans and the environment in which they live. Violent, beautiful, devastating and utterly enchanting, it’s a complete triumph for Ali Shaw, who masterfully brings every detail of the book to life. A wonderfully imaginative story, but also a compelling social commentary, The Trees is a rarity and an absolute must-read. 9/10 (Review by Erin Bateman)

● FICTION Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh is published in hardback by Jonathan Cape. EILEEN is Ottessa Moshfegh’s second novel and after her highly acclaimed debut, McGlue, this one certainly doesn’t disappoint. This story is constantly surprising, occasionally hilarious, but undoubtedly dark. The titular character, Eileen, describes one week in her life, aged 24, just before Christmas, 1964. A tightly wound and unstable woman, her narration is somewhat unreliable but all the more thrilling to read. She lives in a rundown house with her alcoholic father and spends her days working in a juvenile correctional facility for young boys. The novel describes one fateful

day where Eileen leaves her town in the bitterly cold winter without warning and never returns. This novel is an impressive character study full of subtle nuances, shrouded in mystery. Eileen is hard to sympathise with but extremely intriguing. However, if you are looking for a strong storyline above all else, this probably isn’t a read for you. It takes a little while to pick up, but give it time and this book will almost definitely win you over. Embrace its unsettling hedonism. 7/10 (Review by Heather Doughty) Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama is published in hardback by Quercus. A former detective in a Japanese police force, facing problems both at home and at work, finds his obsession with an unsolved case leading him ever closer to a conspiracy. It’s a hoary old premise, but given a fresh spin by Japanese crime writer Hideo Yokoyama, who peppers the narrative with intriguing and not altogether flattering insights into his country’s culture and bureaucracy. Subtlety, on the other hand, is not one of the author’s strengths, and dramatic tension is frequently undermined by pages of boring exposition and a tendency to hammer home every little plot point in a way that leaves nothing to the reader’s imagination. Potboilers of this sort usually make up for such sloppiness with sensational content, and while Six Four does – eventually – deliver with the shocking twists, at more than 600 pages, it takes a frustratingly long time for them to arrive. 5/10 (Review by James Robinson)

● NON-FICTION At The Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, And Apricot Cocktails by Sarah Bakewell is published in hardback by Chatto & Windus. SARAH Bakewell is the author of How To Live, in which she mined the essays of Montaigne to create a self-help manual for the 21st century. With this new book, she goes in for another popularising assault on the French highbrow. Her brisk stroll through the annals of existentialism traces the movement back to its origins in Husserl’s

phenomenology and forward to outliers like the British writer Colin Wilson and the American novelist Richard Wright, both of whom penned books titled The Outsider. But the focus of the story is of course Jean-Paul Sartre and his lifelong companion-of-ideas Simone de Beauvoir, along with co-stars Heidegger, Camus and Merleau-Ponty. Baker presents a beguiling blend of anecdote, quotation and philosophical explication, in which de Beauvoir emerges as the under-sung heroine, and the

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Jewish Husserl suffers at the hands of his one-time protege, the Nazi-sympathising Heidegger. Existentialist writing, dealing as it does with the contingency of our very existence, frequently has a kind of vertiginous poetry about it – and Bakewell is a judicious quoter and lucid explainer. It is as rich and satisfying as a slice of your granny’s fruitcake. 7/10 (Review by Dan Brotzel) David Astor by Jeremy Lewis is published in hardback by Jonathan Cape. THIS 337-page biography of the long-time Observer editor is not an easy read. Not because it is written badly, although writer Jeremy Lewis jumps about within his broadly chronological narrative, occasionally causing confusion in the timeline. No, the challenge comes from the sheer volume of information Lewis needs to get across. Astor was a younger, well-connected son of American-born politicians known to be in the ‘Cliveden set’, who took over editing the family newspaper after the Second World War. As a result of the circles in which he moved, both in the 1930s and in post-war Britain, the number of famous names and events is borderline overwhelming and rereads are often needed to keep track. Yet this means the book puts Astor’s life in context of world events, explaining how he developed his pro-European, socialist values. It is filled with spats, clashing personalities and gossip about an elevated, privileged society – but not unrecognisable from today’s power-wielding elite. 7/10 (Review by Natalie Bowen)

● CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK We’re In The Wrong Book! by Richard Byrne is published in hardback by Oxford University Press. ONE to read and reread, Richard Byrne’s latest creation is, quite frankly, a work of pure genius. Sketched characters Ben and Bella are busy having a sack race down the street when Bella’s dog accidentally bumps them off the page – and on an adventure, through puzzle books, comic books and non-fiction books, in search of their own book. So they knock over all the photographed pencils and lollies in the counting book – and when they ask for a librarian’s help in the comic book, she sends them into a book about the pyramids. There’s a Red Riding Hood-style encounter with the wolf in Grandma’s clothing – and they learn how to fold themselves a boat and draw a hot air balloon, before they eventually find their way back into their own book. Byrne has neatly shoehorned all the joy and fun of reading into this one, brilliant book. 9/10 (Review by Kate Whiting)

The churches are empty, the jails are full W HEN we listen to the media these days, two subjects have taken the emphasis. One is politics, the other is crime. A recent example is an article “Prison crisis: call for lighter sentencing” which analyses the crime statistics. The NSW prison population reached a new record in January of 12,121. Within three years Australia will have 43,000 prisoners costing $3.5 billion. They pursued an agenda for softer sentencing. Last November James Phelps released two books, both of which rose to our top 10 bestseller lists. “Australia’s Most Murderous Prison” details life in Goulburn Jail. An unprecedented spate of murders in the 1990s – seven in just three years – earned Goulburn this status. The worst race war in our history saw several groups – Aboriginal, Lebanese, Asian, Islanders and Anglo – wage a vicious and uncontrollable battle for power. Every day there were stabbings and bashings. His second book “Australia’s Hardest Prison” deals with Long Bay Gaol. Derek Hand & Janet Fife-Yeomans have written “The Coroner” which deals with Hand’s life investigating sudden death. He investigated the death of Michael Hutchence, led the inquiry into the Thredbo disaster, presided over the court hearings of police shooting of French photographer Roni Levi at Bondi, and sent the killers of

Anita Cobby to trial. The book shows how a coroner pieces together the puzzles thrown up by suspicious deaths and helps bring some of Australia’s most notorious murderers to justice. It being 30 years since the murder of Anita Cobby, two books have been released. Alan Whitaker records this horrific crime with part of the text saying “five young men from adjoining suburbs were responsible – local thieves and hoods with nothing to fear or lose – horrified the entire nation”. Found guilty, they were jailed for life, their papers were marked “never to be released”. Jails have their own stories. Thirteen years ago Rusty Young wrote “Marching Powder” which tells the story of life in San Pedro prison in Bolivia. The jail is a bizarre exercise – inmates are expected to buy their cells from real estate agents. Others run bars and restaurants, and women and children live with imprisoned family members. Violence and crime are never far away and

the jail contains some of Bolivia’s busiest cocaine laboratories. It would be as crazy as it gets. When we consider the inhuman behaviour of such people one has to ask, why did this country cease to exercise capital punishment? It is 60 years ago when this occurred – since then the sentencing procedure has ceased to be a deterrent and we pay for their comfort for the rest of their lives. Alan Manly has written “When There Are Too Many Lawyers There is No Justice”. The title was derived from the quotation of Lin Yutang, a Chinese writer (18951976), which runs, “When there are too many policemen there is no liberty, when there are too many soldiers there is no peace, when there are too many lawyers there is no justice,” and each of these perceptions could well be taken into the minds of today’s politicians. Certainly we need the police force to address the volume of crimes and my perception is that it is a tough job considering that much effort is applied to response, detection and charging,

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From the bookshelves by Dave Pankhurst The Book Connection only to find that conviction at court is so often pathetically ineffective. This country’s recent agenda to be involved in overseas conflicts may well have been effective participation but the end results have achieved no lasting benefit for the countries supported. And then there are now so many lawyers in the communities, that alone reflects the demand to defend those charged with criminal offences. Is there any faster growing business in the country? In Russell Mark’s “Crime & Punishment” he cites the example of a young man punching a much older man when they alighted from a Melbourne bus, causing him to hit the footpath and inflicting brain damage, amongst other injuries. The sentence against the offender was pathetic, inciting responses as later published in the press, “It is time for magistrates to be elected into (and out of) their role by the public. Only then will they give sentences that reflect what society reflects.” For those who want to argue that our growth in population has been influenced by our wonderful social conditions, when you take the lavish social welfare benefits and the inadequate penalty level on crime into account, just consider that Russia, China or Singapore do

not attract the same major inflow of refugees. Can we sue those responsible for granting such inappropriate freedom? Recall the Lindt Café crime where the person, already on bail for a number of offences, went on to hold people hostage with the siege ending in the deaths of two of them. Having learned nothing from that, recently we saw a woman leaving court on bail with a defiant attitude and then later being arrested on charges relating to a planned terrorist attack. Establishing disciplines for high quality life within societies was established back in Moses’ time. Over the ages these have generally been applied and law is often connected with religion whether it be Christianity, Islam, Buddhism or Hinduism. In Australia, although 61 per cent still tick ‘Christian’ in the census, only 15 per cent attends church once a month – weekly attendance is down to 8 per cent. Hugh Mackay has written “Beyond Belief” in which he exposes the deep vein of ambivalence that runs through our society. He points out some uncomfortable truths such as our tendency to only call on God in a crisis. Enjoy your browsing, Dave Pankhurst.

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University Alumni Event 2016 BY CHARNIE TUCKEY

REPRESENTATIVES from the Western NSW University of Sydney organised a wonderful evening for Alumni to get together and see familiar faces at the School of Rural Health on Friday, March 11. All attending were greeted with refreshments and nibbles before being seated for the presentation by guest speaker Craig Hassell A.M, CEO of Opera Australia.

Helen Harvey, Margaret Crowley and Helen Logan.

Olaf Weyand, Lyn Smith, Jane Weyand and Kay Ownes.

Edward, Michael, Jogn and Alison.

Roger Pagen, Keith Hassall and Sandra Pagan.

Joe Canalese, Craig Hassell, Vicki Canalese and Geoff Wise

Bridget Cooper, Tiana Castillo, Christian Katsikaros, Adam Carroll and Clare White

Linda Christof and Brian Goodall

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Audience bowled over by “The Underarm” BY CHARNIE TUCKEY

THE Dubbo Regional Theatre showed the play “The Underarm” performed on Friday, March 11, a perfect night to take delight in talented actors and an entertaining show. This particular play isn’t necessarily for all cricket lovers but for anyone who can relate to sibling rivalry, the show was also followed by a meet and greet with Christopher Broughman and Brendan Coustley, what better way to conclude the night Phillip Wheeler and Tim Morris

Yvette Aubusson-Foley and Grace Aubusson

Mark and Ann Rugendyke

Mambo Mann and Abdul Darghum

Judy Armstrong, Stewart and Karen Border and Rod Armstrong

Kaila and Mitch Ashford

Chris Knight, David Godfrey, Jacqui and John Tooth

Thomas Peacock, John Burns and Kylie Peacock

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Festival of Small Halls BY CHARNIE TUCKEY

SITUATED just a stoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s throw away from Dubbo is the small town of Toongi where the Festival of Small Halls found the perfect location for another series of performances on Friday, March 11. Rob Longstaff a folk/contemporary artist performed at Toongi Hall on this magical afternoon, everyone embraced the live music, fresh air and food provided by the Lions Club of Dubbo Macquarie.

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Kris Stevens, Natalie Bramble and Glen Dunkley.

Grahame and Kerry Commins.

Scott and Noah Dorin.

Liz and Tom Tourle with Rosemary Mcaneney.

Jan Cookson and Marianne Dekroo.

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Bill Hyland, Ross Whiteley and Michael Brennan.

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Marie Ryan, Susan Byrnes, Helen Ryan and Nicky Dakin.

Sally Pittman, Simone Taylor, Jessica Moore and Carla Pittman.

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T H E R E G I O N AT A GLANCE EAR your little kids will squeal when they see their nutty biscuits, four lamingtons or orange butter cake win a prize in the Dubbo Show’s junior cookery section. It’s a tradition as old as the show (143 years) and teaches your kids so many things about being part of a community, supporting a local event that’s the backbone of our regional and rural lifestyle as well getting into mini masterchef mode without the pressure. The whole town will see and you know you’ll keep their winner’s card forever and ever. The Junior Cookery competition is called Section T (1) and you can enter online at www.dubboshow. org. Entry costs $1 and children with special needs are invited to enter for free. Winners get cash prizes (nice little incentive ‘bake your Show money’). There are different age categories; 18 years and under, 12 to 15 years, 9 to 12, 6 to 9, 5 years and under, stu-

SUNSET. Weird huh? You thought it was going to be a show or an event you’d be recommended to see. Nope. Nature provides. Every night and you must be blind if you haven’t noticed the central west produces some pretty spectacular sends off to the day, most days. Not surprisingly there are documented health benefits to putting down your phone, looking up from your phone, switching off your phone, leaving your phone in the house, getting your phone out of your hand - oh, wait - unless you want to get a photo of the sunset - … anyway, the point is. Chill. It’s getting dark, go outside, look up, west, it’s free, and time you know that thing you seem never to have enough of, will actually slow while you’re communing with the waning light of day. Being outside, ok, you might live with a west facing window, that’ll do, but if you go outside, that’s a health benefit. You also don’t need to just stand there

O strap on your running shoes, you know it’s good for you and for all the weight loss diets you might have tried, NOTHING is going to get you into shape like running. NSW Athletics knows this only too well, so here’s your chance to follow their lead and discover the joys of a jog and the rules of a run, in a welcoming, encouraging, ‘you can do it’ environment, on Sunday, April 10, 2016. It’s the Greater Fun Run Series presented by RUN New South Wales and it will be held at the DCL Park (formerly Barden) in north Dubbo. You’ve got three choices or three challenges if you will, in a 2km, 4km or 8km run. If you’ve never run a step in your life then get real, go 2k’s, run walk run if you need, but get moving for your sake. Any physical activity is 90 per cent head, 10 per cent body so go ahead and talk yourself out of it before you finish reading this or assume you’ll have fun (it’s in the event name) and be part of something. Set an example for your kids, your parents (there’s no age limit to life) and sign up online at www.dubbofunrun.com.au or www.runnsw.com.au or call 97461122.

SPECIAL fundraising event called ‘Evening in the Gardens’ is being held in Dubbo’s Shoyoen Japanese Gardens on Saturday, April 2 to help raise funds for Guide Dogs NSW/ACT. Organised by the Dubbo Pink and White Committee, guests will help raise money for Guides Dogs on the night by purchasing raffle tickets that will put them in the draw to win some fantastic prizes. The prizes on offer include two nights’ accommodation in the Hunter Valley courtesy of Dubbo Flight Centre, a Nutrimetics gift hamper valued at $400, a Taronga Western Plains Zoo ‘adventure pack’, and a ‘Pamper Hamper for the Pooch’ courtesy of

dents with special needs 18 years or 12 years and under, plus most successful exhibitor and champion junior exhibitor. Pull out Grandma’s best recipes, and Grandma ... to help - nice bonding op’ there - and get into the spirit of the Dubbo Show which does a fantastic job of bringing our urban and rural communities together in so many ways. Let your kids be a part of the fun. E all know - and yes, it’s a bit cliche, eek maybe seen as sexist, but women can talk. To their credit, often they talk til the cows come home about important health issues, like breast cancer or mental health. Nothing wrong with that. So, while men might be from Mars where they don’t say much or listen less, the Rural and Regional Prostate Cancer Conference on Saturday and Sunday, April 2 to 3, isn’t one of those times.

Information, experts and loads of opportunity to get all the low down on a cancer that men need to be aware of and informed about. The diagnosis, treatment options, research and tips for carers on coping with a diagnosis are topics being covered by a line up of professionals you’d be a bit silly to miss. Guest speakers include Professor Phillip Striker, Dr Bala Indrijit, both urologists. Dr Dean Fisher, Bower Cancer Awareness, Dr Florian Honeyball, Medical Oncologist, plus more. Bring $10 entry to cover the costs of morning and afternoon tea to the RSL Club on Brisbane Street, Dubbo. Session times are 9am to 4.30pm on the Saturday, and 9am to 12.30pm on the Sunday. Contact Elizabeth Allen on 0408682968.

ATHERINE! Heathcliff! Catherine! Heathcliff! Catherine…. It’s long been the butt of television jokes, well in the ‘80s maybe, but the lead characters of “Wuthering Heights” by the inimitable, incomparable, peerless genius of Emily Bronte (yep, someone’s a fan) are symbols to anyone who’s been in love and been scorned, mocked, ditched, reject-

ed and overlooked by the one person you were convinced is your soul mate, love of your life, one and only, and which requires the only possible response, revenge. We’ve all had that crush that keeps us awake at night, giggling at the stupidest jokes because the everything is funny knowing “they’re in this world with you” or spaced out on a high of endorphins triggered by mere thoughts of them, sounds of them, nearness to them. Crushes drive you crazy. Heathcliff gets a good dose of them, Catherine plays so hard to get she ends up marrying the wrong guy, things get ugly, then better then not so good. For an unmarried ‘miss’, Emily Bronte, sure knew how to control the king tides of emotions that come with relationships and lerv. Relive them on the stage, April 6, at the Dubbo Regional Theatre in a production described as dangerous and sexy. Date night anyone?

The Greater Run Series Dubbo is one of 11 events being held across the state including Sydney (May 10), Parkes (May 22) and more.

Orana LAC residents, that’s you, are urged to contact Crime Stoppers, where they can report drugdealing activities anonymously.

either, to appreciate what the afterglow of the day has to offer, you can be walking, walking the dog, watering the lawn, running, having a picnic, necking in the car … you get the picture. All feel good, healthy things to do, while taking in a sunset. Sunsets also do things like teach you gratitude, lift your spirits, warm your heart and inspire you. Disclaimer: don’t look directly at the sun, per se, you’ll go blind, which may not warm your heart as much and there’ll be no more sunsets. Just take in the big picture. Better yet, bring a friend.

OB in a Dealer. A new, state-wide campaign aimed at mobilising members of the public in the fight against the drug “ice” arrived in the Orana Local Area Command (LAC) this week, and it needs you. Police and Crime Stoppers will conduct intensive community-engagement activities for the next fortnight highlighting the important role members of the public have to play in helping police to shut down drug-manufacturing syndicates and arrest drug suppliers. Really, in the face of this evil scourge anything that looks suspicious probably ought to be called in. Ice ruins lives, just using it once is enough to secure an addiction and it’s a very rocky road, very rocky, to break free. It might be your children you’re protecting or the kids of people you don’t even know. We have a duty of care to our community as a whole to stand up and fight those creeps who seek to profit from what ultimately erodes communities.

Blackmores. Along with other fundraising opportunities on offer during the night, guests will have the chance to enjoy some champagne and gourmet canapes in a beautiful outdoor setting. A devoted and generous support group, the Dubbo Pink and White Committee have been raising funds for Guide Dogs for the past four decades. “We are a dedicated group of ladies who are committed to raising awareness and money for Guide Dogs,” said Kimberly Kerr, the Committee’s coordinator. As Guide Dogs receives less than two per cent of

Just to convince you it’s worth being vigilant, data from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research illustrate the burgeoning “ice” (crystal methylamphetamine) problem. In the 36 months to September 2015, arrests for amphetamine possession soared by 75.3 per cent across NSW (up from 5,063 in 2013 to 8,876 in 2015). Over the same time period, arrests for dealing/ trafficking amphetamines in NSW increased 34 per cent (from 1,567 in 2013 to 2,099 in 2015). Acting Orana Local Area Commander, Acting Superintendent Scott Tanner, said “ice” is of serious concern to the community, particularly in areas where it has taken hold and is impacting the lives of people who live there. “This is certainly the case in this command. We want it to stop. The residents here want it to stop,” A/Supt Tanner said. You know what to do.

its funding needs from the government, the support of groups like the Pink and White Committee is vital to enabling the organisation to continue to provide its services at no cost to people who are blind or vision impaired. Every day in Australia, 28 people are diagnosed with vision loss that cannot be corrected, including nine who will become blind. Tickets are available at Swish Gallery. Or contact Jenny White on 0418 975 633 or Kimberley Kerr on 0407 263 673. Please note tickets won’t be for sale at the door.

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WHAT’S ON.

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 25.03.2016 to Sunday 27.03.2016

OPEN WEEKENDER COFFEE & MEALS

dĂŬĞ Ă ƚƌŝƉ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ ƟŵĞ Ăƚ KůĚ ƵďďŽ 'ĂŽů

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

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

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

CLUBS & PUBS PASTORAL HOTEL 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

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

TED’S TAKEAWAY 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

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

SPORTIES STICKS AND STONES 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

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

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

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

SHOPPING THE BOOK CONNECTION

WYLDE BEAN THAI CAFE KƉĞŶ ďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ ĂŶĚ ůƵŶĐŚ ϲĂŵ Ɵůů ůĂƚĞ 40 Bourke Street, 6885 5999

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

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

THE ATHLETES FOOT KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϵĂŵ Ɵů ϮƉŵ ǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ Įƚ for your foot 176 Macquarie Street, 6881 8400

GROCERIES

THE SWISH GALLERY

DMC MEAT AND SEAFOOD

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

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

BRENNAN’S MITRE 10 &Žƌ Ăůů ǇŽƵƌ /z ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ͕ ŚĂƌĚǁĂƌĞ͕ ƚŽŽůƐ ĂŶĚ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ^ĞĞ ƵƐ ŝŶ ƐƚŽƌĞ ĨŽƌ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϴĂŵͲϰƉŵ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϵĂŵͲϰƉŵ 64-70 Macquarie Street, 6882 6133

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

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

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

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

THINGS TO DO

WESTERN PLAINS CULTURAL CENTRE

KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ŐĂůůĞƌŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƐĞƵŵƐ ŝŶ E^t Ŷ ĞǀĞƌͲĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ĂƌƌĂǇ ŽĨ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŽƉ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶƐ͘ 76 Wingewarra Street, 6801 4444

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

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

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Friday 25.03.2016 to Sunday 27.03.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Friday, March 25 The Living Room

The Doctor Blake Mysteries

TEN, 7.30pm The enthusiastic crew on The Living Room know how to have fun and ham it up a bit for the cameras, giving your standard DIY projects, cooking segments and travel stories an extra lift. Perhaps the most entertaining and unpredictable of the bunch is host Amanda Keller, who often has the plum job of interviewing bigname celebrities. When Amanda “caught up” with Matt Damon about his movie The Martian, she was in character pretending to have travelled from Mars, so you never know what’s in store. Tonight, Jack Black better be on his toes as she sits down with him for a chat.

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MOVIE: The King’s Speech eech PRIME7, 8.30pm, M (2010)

ABC, 8.30pm Craig McLachlan and his character in The Doctor Blake Mysteries have a few things in common, namely they both left Australia and came back years later to conquer their chosen fields – Neighbours star McLachlan, who went to the UK for a spate and then returned to star in this high-quality Ballarat-based period drama, and Dr Lucian Blake who returns home after 30 years to take over his deceased father’s medical practice and ends up solving murder mysteries. Tonight, when Blake’s old friend-turnedenemy is found dead, the hunt for the killer turns back on to Blake himself.

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ut the littleTom Hooper’s moving tale about known relationship between King ng George VI and an unorthodox Australian speech apped up in therapist is a feel-good tale wrapped t) royal intrigue. Colin Firth (right) delivers a powerhouse g performance as the stammering king, struggling to overcome hiss impediment in order to presentt a composed, eloquent figure to the English public as World Warr II breaks out. Equally inspiring is Geoffrey Rush, whose quirky,, cheeky Lionel Logue bounces brilliantly off the reserved, austere royal he is trying to help. A rare work of art and a must-see.

WIN

6.00 ABC News Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. (CC) 10.00 One Plus One. (CC) 10.30 Catalyst. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 Hello Birdy. (PG, R, CC) (Final) 11.30 Eggheads. (R, CC) 12.00 News At Noon. (CC) 12.30 Easter In Jerusalem With Geraldine Doogue. (R, CC) 1.00 Being Poirot. (R, CC) 1.55 Antiques Roadshow. (R, CC) 2.50 The Cook And The Chef. (R, CC) 3.20 The Bill. (PG, R, CC) 4.10 Murder, She Wrote. (R, CC) 5.00 ABC News: Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 Agatha Christie’s Marple. (PG, R, CC)

6.00 Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 The Morning Show. (PG, CC) 11.30 Seven Morning News. (CC) 12.00 MOVIE: The Sting. (PG, R, CC) (1973) Two conmen trick a crime boss. Paul Newman, Robert Redford. 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. (R, CC) Contestants race to answer quiz questions correctly to avoid being caught by The Chaser.

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7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R, CC) Fiona Bruce and the team pay a return visit to Kirby Hall in Northamptonshire, where they examine all manner of treasures. Items on display include the world’s smallest stuffed dog and an elaborately carved chair which was inspired by an MPs’ expenses scandal. 8.30 The Doctor Blake Mysteries. (M, CC) (Final) After the discovery of Derek Alderton’s body at Ballarat Observatory, during an eclipse, the investigation turns to Blake who was spotted leaving the area. 9.30 Silent Witness. (M, R, CC) Nikki and Jack close in on the murderer of the ecohousing project victim. 10.30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. (M, R, CC) A young, working-class boy turns to Phryne for help after his brother goes missing. 11.25 It’s A Date. (M, R, CC) A man and his date, a Swedish backpacker, embark on a rescue mission to find his missing dog.

6.00 PRIME7 News. (CC) 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. (CC) 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (CC) Ideas and DIY projects for the house and garden, as well as recipes and entertaining tips. At Mount Annan, Graham Ross takes Joh to the National Australian Botanic Gardens. Karen makes doughnuts with blackberry icing. Dr Harry Cooper meets a dog obsessed with windscreen wipers. 8.30 MOVIE: The King’s Speech. (M, R, CC) (2010) The newly crowned George VI of England, struggles with a debilitating speech impediment. With his country on the brink of war, his wife arranges for him to consult an eccentric speech therapist in order to overcome his stammer. Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush. 11.00 Odyssey. (M, R, CC) Three strangers, including the sole survivor of a special forces mission gone wrong, a business investigator and an activist, find their lives colliding when they uncover an international conspiracy.

11.55 Rage. (MA15+) Continuous music programming. 5.00 Rage. (PG, CC) Continuous music programming.

12.00 Revenge. (M, R, CC) A blackout leads to untold havoc as Emily worries about Aiden’s safety. Jack reveals the truth about the contents of the computer. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

Today. (CC) Today Extra. (PG, CC) Morning News. (CC) WIN’s All Australian News. (R, CC) The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG, CC) Variety show. Extra. (CC) Hosted by Mario Lopez. Alive And Cooking. (CC) Host James Reeson demonstrates easy recipes which can be cooked at home. News Now. (CC) Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 4. South Sydney Rabbitohs v Canterbury Bulldogs. From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

TEN

SBS

6.00 Ent. Tonight. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 GCBC. (R, CC) 7.00 The Home Team. (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. (PG, CC) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PG, CC) 1.00 The Living Room. (PG, R) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. (PG, CC) 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, CC) 3.30 Ben’s Menu. (R, 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 Soccer. FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier. Australia v Tajikistan. Replay. 3.00 The Point Review. 3.30 Shane Delia’s Spice Journey. (R, CC) 4.00 Shane Delia’s Spice Journey. (PG, R, CC) 4.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (R, CC) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R, CC)

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 WIN News. (CC) 7.30 Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 4. Brisbane Broncos v North Queensland Cowboys. From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. Hosted by Yvonne Sampson, with Erin Molan reporting from the sidelines. 10.30 MOVIE: Lethal Weapon 4. (M, R, CC) (1998) Two jaded Los Angeles police officers, Riggs and Murtaugh, are assigned to deal with a mob boss from Chinatown who is importing slaves to pay for the illegal business being carried out by the Triads. Their efforts are aided by Leo Getz, a former wise-guy-turned-private detective. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Jet Li.

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) Gorgi Coghlan, Anthony “Lehmo” Lehmann and Meshel Laurie take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics. 7.30 The Living Room. (PG, CC) Amanda Keller chats with actor Jack Black. Tips on how to give a tired house facade a facelift. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, CC) Graham Norton chats with Sir Elton John, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Penelope Cruz and Jack Black. 9.30 MOVIE: Step Brothers. (MA15+, R, CC) (2008) Two unemployed, middleaged men, who are still living at home, are forced to become roommates when their parents get married. It is not long before they are at each other’s throats, and as a result they are ordered to find jobs as punishment for their bad behaviour. Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen. 11.30 The Project. (R, CC) A look at the day’s news.

6.00 French Food Safari. (R, CC) 6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 MythBusters. (PG, CC) Adam and Jamie discover whether talking on a hands-free is as bad as using a normal mobile phone while driving. 8.30 Lost Kingdoms Of South America: Kingdom Of The Desert. (PG, R, CC) Part 4 of 4. Archaeologist Dr Jago Cooper concludes his epic journey by documenting the dramatic rise and fall of Chimor, one of the first empires in South America. Along the way he explores the ruins of a lost city which was once home to the kingdom’s allpowerful monarchy, whose subjects made the most shocking of sacrifices. 9.30 MOVIE: The Fifth Element. (PG, R, CC) (1997) In the far future, a taxi driver, a monk and a supreme being try to save the world from total destruction. Bruce Willis. 11.50 MOVIE: Hostage Of An Illusion. (M, R) (2012) A novelist is haunted by characters from his books, who are angry about his decision to stop writing. Daniel Fanego.

1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. (CC) 2.00 A Current Affair. (R, CC) 2.30 MOVIE: Dead Heat. (MA15+, R, CC) (2002) A retired cop becomes involved with gangsters. Kiefer Sutherland. 4.30 Good Morning America. (CC) News and talk show.

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 Home Shopping. (R)

1.20 King Of Hollywood: Inventing David Geffen. (M, R, CC) 3.30 Focus On Ability Film Festival 2015. (PG, R, CC) 4.25 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News.

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Friday, March 25 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

8.30pm Exodus: Gods And Kings (2014) Adventure. Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton. Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh, Ramses. (M) Premiere

9.30pm Jimmy Kimmel Live. (MA15+) Comedy Channel

7.30pm Digging For Britain. Dr Alice Roberts visits excavations. (PG) History

5.30pm Rugby Union. Super Rugby. Round 5. Hurricanes v Kings. Fox Sports 2

7.30pm Penguin Island. Follows the penguins of Phillip Island and the rangers and scientists who protect them. (PG) National Geographic Wild

7.30pm Soccer. A-League. Round 25. Melbourne Victory v Western Sydney Wanderers. Fox Sports 4

8.30pm The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Crime. Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins (right). (MA15+) Masterpiece 8.30pm The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) Fantasy. Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart. Edward leaves Bella after an attack. (M) Romance

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 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’s Little Kingdom. (R, CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (R, CC) 7.30 Doctor Who. (PG, R, CC) 8.15 Doctor Who: Confidential. (R, CC) 8.30 First Dates UK. (M, R, CC) Singles experience the thrills of dating. 9.15 The Queen Of Versailles. (PG, R, CC) 10.55 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. (PG) 11.35 Hunted. (M, R, CC) 12.30 Tattoo Disasters UK. (PG, R) 12.50 I’m Having Their Baby. (PG, R, CC) 1.35 Doctor Who. (PG, R, CC) 2.25 Doctor Who: Confidential. (R, CC) 2.35 Jimmy Fallon. (PG, R) 3.20 News Update. (R) 3.25 Close. 5.00 Driver Dan’s Story Train. (R, CC) 5.10 Joe & Jack. (R, CC) 5.20 Bert And Ernie. (R, CC) 5.25 Tilly And Friends. (R, CC) 5.35 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 3.00 Hank Zipzer. (R, CC) 3.30 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. (R, CC) 3.50 Studio 3. 3.55 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. 4.20 Endangered Species. (PG, R, CC) 4.30 Danger Mouse. 4.50 Slugterra. (R, CC) 5.10 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 5.40 Little Lunch. (R, CC) 6.00 Fungus The Bogeyman. (PG) 6.45 Wallace And Gromit: A Grand Day Out. (R, CC) 7.05 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. (R, CC) 7.25 The New Adventures Of Figaro Pho. (R, CC) 7.30 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 8.00 Adventure Time. (R) 8.25 Open Heart. (PG, R, CC) Dylan has a revelation about her dad. 8.45 My Great Big Adventure. (R, CC) Kayne and Steph face-off. 9.00 Heartland. (CC) Tim vies for custody of Shane. 9.45 K-On! (CC) 10.10 Lanfeust Quest. (PG, R, CC) 10.35 Ouran High School Host Club. (PG, R, CC) 10.55 Close.

8.00pm Celebrity Name Game. Contestants and celebrities battle wits to try to name a chosen famous person. (PG) Arena 8.30pm Bar Rescue. Professionals renovate and rework struggling night spots to save them from closure. (PG) A&E

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6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 ZooMoo Lost. (C) 7.30 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Jay’s Jungle. (P) 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 Better Homes. (R, CC) 1.00 Medical Emergency. (PG, R, CC) 1.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. (R, CC) 2.00 Surf Patrol. (R, CC) 2.30 Dealers. (PG) 3.30 Property Ladder. (PG, R) 4.30 60 Minute Makeover. (PG) 5.30 Homes Under The Hammer. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Indian Doctor. (PG, R) 8.30 Escape To The Country. Prospective buyers find their dream homes. 9.30 The House That 100K Built. A couple set out to built a farmhouse. 10.45 Front Of House. (R) 11.15 Before And After. (R) 11.45 Bargain Hunt. (R) 12.45 Homes Under The Hammer. (R) 1.45 The Indian Doctor. (PG, R) 2.45 The House That 100K Built. (R) 4.00 Front Of House. (R) 4.30 Property Ladder. (PG, R) 5.30 Shopping. (R)

7MATE

6.00 Surfing Australia TV. (R) 6.30 Children’s Programs. 11.30 Yu-GiOh! (PG, R) 12.00 Ben 10. (PG, R) 12.30 Batman. (PG, R) 1.00 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 1.30 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 2.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 2.30 SpongeBob. (R) 3.00 Wild Kratts. (R) 3.30 Rabbids. (PG, R) 4.00 Kids’ WB. (PG) 4.05 Looney Tunes. (R) 4.30 Batman. (PG, R) 5.00 Ben 10. (PG, R) 5.30 Teen Titans. (PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: Scooby-Doo And The Goblin King. (R) (2008) 7.30 MOVIE: Raise Your Voice. (PG, R, CC) (2004) Hilary Duff. 9.40 MOVIE: Save The Last Dance. (M, R) (2001) Julia Stiles. 12.00 The Originals. (MA15+, R) 1.00 Beware The Batman. (M, R) 1.30 Batman: The Brave And The Bold. (PG, R) 2.00 Rabbids Invasion. (PG, R) 2.30 Wild Kratts. (R) 3.00 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 3.30 Yu-GiOh! (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 Shopping. (R) 7.00 Motor Racing. Australian Drifting Grand Prix. Replay. 8.00 Muscle Car Masters. (PG, R) 9.00 Ultimate Factories. (R) 10.00 Starsky & Hutch. (PG, R) 12.00 Swamp People. (PG, R) 3.00 Construction Zone. (PG, R) 3.30 Canadian Pickers. (PG, R) 4.30 Wipeout USA. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 MythBusters: UpFront Special – The Demolition Derby. (PG, R, CC) The team focuses on automotive fables. 8.30 MOVIE: Raw Deal. (M, R) (1986) An ex-FBI agent goes undercover in order to help topple a notorious Chicago Mob boss. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold, Sam Wanamaker. 10.40 MOVIE: Wild Things. (MA15+, R) (1998) 1.00 Bizarre ER. (M, R) 1.30 Ice Pilots. (M, R) 2.30 Ultimate Factories. (R) 3.30 Construction Zone. (PG, R) 4.00 Canadian Pickers. (PG, R) 5.00 Muscle Car Masters. (PG, R)

6.00 News. (CC) 9.00 News Mornings. (CC) 10.00 News. (CC) 10.30 World This Week. (R, CC) 11.00 News. (CC) 11.30 Landline. (R, CC) 12.00 News. (CC) 12.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 1.10 IQ2 Debate: The Nuclear Deal With Iran. (R, CC) 2.00 News. (CC) 2.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 3.00 News. (CC) 3.30 Tonic. (R) 4.00 News. (CC) 4.30 Landline. (R, CC) 5.00 News. (CC) 5.30 World This Week. (R, CC) 6.00 News. (CC) 6.30 The Drum. (R) 7.00 News. (CC) 7.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 8.00 News. (CC) 8.30 Tonic. (R) 9.00 ABC News. (CC) 9.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 10.00 News. (CC) 10.30 Landline. (R, CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 Tough Ride. (R, CC) 12.00 IQ2 Debate: Racism In Australia. (R, CC) 1.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS

8.30pm Bach: A Passionate Life. Looks into the life of Johann Sebastian Bach, revealing a family man who struggled with both church and state. (PG) Foxtel Arts

6.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Skippy. (R) 7.00 Secret Dealers. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 Gilmore Girls. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 New Style Direct. 9.30 Global Shop. 10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Come Dine With Me UK. (PG, R) 11.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Secret Dealers. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 MOVIE: Home At Seven. (PG, R, CC) (1952) 2.50 Come Dine With Me UK. (PG, R) 3.20 David Attenborough’s The Blue Planet. (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 Cricket. (CC) ICC Twenty20 World Cup. Super 10. Group 2. Match 26. Pakistan v Australia. From Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, India. 11.40 MOVIE: Hard To Kill. (MA15+, R, CC) (1990) Steven Seagal. 1.30 MOVIE: Hobson’s Choice. (PG, R, CC) (1954) 3.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Gideon’s Way. (PG, R) 5.00 Monarch Of The Glen. (PG, R)

8.50pm Rugby League. NRL. Round 4. Brisbane Broncos v North Queensland Cowboys. Fox Sports 1 Tim Robbins stars in The Shawshank Redemption

ONE 6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 8.00 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 1. Qatar Grand Prix. Replay. 9.30 Epic Meal Empire. (PG, R) 10.30 Hogan’s Heroes. (R) 11.30 Motor Racing. (CC) Formula 1. Round 1. Australian Grand Prix. Race day. Replay. 2.00 MacGyver. (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) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 Scorpion. (PG, R, CC) Walter and the team are reunited. 8.30 Walker, Texas Ranger. (M, R) Alex is stalked by an ex-convict. 9.30 MOVIE: Pound Of Flesh. (MA15+) (2015) A former agent’s kidney is stolen. Jean-Claude Van Damme. 11.40 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 12.10 Shopping. (R) 2.05 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 3.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. (M, R) 4.00 Jake And The Fatman. (PG, R) 5.00 Hogan’s Heroes. (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, R, 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 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 2.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG, R) 3.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 5.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 Neighbours. (CC) 7.00 The Simpsons. (R, CC) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG, R) 8.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 MOVIE: Saturday Night Fever. (M, R) (1977) A teenager is king of the disco. John Travolta, Karen Lynne Gorney. 10.55 Bondi Ink Tattoo. (M, R) 11.55 James Corden. 12.55 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)

6.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 6.30 House Hunters. (R) 7.00 My First Place. (PG, R) 8.00 The Block Sky High. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 Garden Gurus. (R) 9.30 My First Place. (PG, R) 10.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 10.30 House Hunters. (R) 11.00 The Millionaire Matchmaker. (PG, R) 12.00 Housewives Of Beverly Hills. (M, R) 2.00 Tiny House Hunters. (PG, R) 3.00 The Block Sky High. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Come Dine With Me UK. (PG) 5.00 Flip Or Flop. (R) 6.00 My First Place. (PG) 6.30 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Reno Rumble. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 Extreme Homes. (R) 12.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.30 House Hunters. (R) 1.00 My First Place. (PG, R) 1.30 Late Programs.

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SBS 2 6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 Chinese News. 7.00 WorldWatch. 8.00 Bosnian News. 8.30 WorldWatch. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 WorldWatch. 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 WorldWatch. 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. (R) 5.25 Notes On Biology. (R) 5.30 House Hazards. (PG) 6.00 None Of The Above. 6.30 MythBusters. (PG, R, CC) 7.25 Soccer. A-League. Round 25. Melbourne Victory v Western Sydney Wanderers. 10.00 MOVIE: Little Big Soldier. (M, R) (2010) A foot soldier captures an enemy general. Jackie Chan. 11.50 MOVIE: Ichi. (M, R) (2008) Haruka Ayase. 2.05 PopAsia. (PG) 3.10 NHK World English News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 6.30 Chuck’s Eat The Street. (R) 7.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 8.00 Restaurant: Impossible. (R) 9.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 9.30 5 Ingredient Fix. (R) 10.00 Barefoot Contessa. (R) 10.30 Secret Meat Business. (R) 11.00 Bizarre Foods. (PG, R) 12.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 12.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 1.00 Giada At Home. (R) 1.30 Restaurant: Impossible. (R) 2.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 3.30 Chuck’s Eat The Street. (R) 4.00 Barefoot Contessa. (R) 4.30 Giada At Home. (R) 5.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 5.30 Restaurant: Impossible. (PG, R) 6.30 5 Ingredient Fix. 7.00 Luke Nguyen’s United Kingdom. (R, CC) 7.30 Secret Meat Business. 8.00 Chuck’s Eat The Street. 8.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 9.30 Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern. (PG, R) 10.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 11.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 11.30 Restaurant: Impossible. (PG, R) 12.25 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Wapos Bay. 9.00 Mugu Kids. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 The Marngrook Footy Show. (PG) 11.30 Kids To Coast. 12.00 From The Heart Of Our Nation. (PG) 2.00 Lurujarri Dreaming. 2.30 Mugu Kids. 3.00 Bizou. 3.30 Move It Mob Style. 4.00 Tipi Tales. 4.30 Bushwhacked! 5.00 Wapos Bay. 5.30 Defining Moments. 6.00 On The Edge. 6.30 Kriol Kitchen. 7.00 Ngurra. 7.20 News. 7.30 Cafe Niugini. 8.00 Fusion Feasts. 8.30 Noah’s Ark. (PG) 9.00 The Point Review. 9.30 Chappelle’s Show. 10.00 Marley Africa Road Trip. (PG) 11.00 Tombstone Opening. 11.30 Talking Language. (PG) 12.00 Volumz. (PG) 4.00 Fraser’s Story. 5.00 Bush Bands Bash. 2503

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Saturday, March 26 MOVIE: The Croods

Who Do You Think You Are?

ELEVEN, 6pm, PG (2013) Dreamworks give us another familyfriendly animated comedy-adventure about facing yours fears. A brave new world awaits when the prehistoric Crood family are forced to go on a road trip to find a new home after an earthquake. Featuring the voices of Emma Stone as teenager Eep, Nicolas Cage as protective father Grug and Ryan Reynolds as Eep’s love interest, Guy, the sweet story is filled with a menagerie of strange creatures that will delight children, but adults will miss the presence of sophisticated humour and well-rounded characters. A feast for the eyes.

ABC

Gardening Australia lia ABC, 6.30pm

SBS, 7.30pm British acting royalty Julie Walters brings abundant charm in this compelling and entertaining instalment of Who Do You Think You Are? While some episodes can border on the bland, the stage, screen and TV star is an enthusiastic, funny and open guest, with her family history proving to be compelling. Walters follows her roots back to rural Ireland. While she admits she’d like to find “a few skeletons in the closet”, you’ll have to tune in to discover her family history’s path. On the trail of her great-grandfather, Anthony Clarke, her journey takes her to County Mayo.

PRIME7

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WIN

6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 11.30 How Not To Behave. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Restoration Man. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Who’s Been Sleeping In My House? The Sheiling. (R, CC) 1.30 Jillaroo School. (PG, R, CC) (Final) 2.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R, CC) 3.00 Agatha Christie’s Marple. (PG, R, CC) A chauffeur marries a wealthy heiress. 4.30 Landline. (R, CC) Presented by Pip Courtney. 5.00 Vera. (M, R, CC) The murder of a pensioner is investigated.

6.00 Home Shopping. (R, CC) 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) Highlights from the past week. 12.00 I Dream Of Jeannie. (R, CC) Jeannie gets Tony in trouble. 12.30 Horse Racing. (CC) Western Sydney Legends Day. Featuring two Group 1 races, including the $1.5 million BMW (2400m) and the $500,000 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m). From Rosehill Gardens, Sydney. 5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R, CC)

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6.30 Gardening Australia. (CC) Costa dyes Easter eggs. 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 Death In Paradise. (M, CC) The death of an entrepreneur sees DI Goodman embroiled in the cut-throat world of corporate team building. 8.30 Cuffs. (M, CC) When she is held at gunpoint, Donna’s quick thinking saves the day but has personal ramifications. 9.30 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Greig Pickhaver. (PG, R, CC) Julia heads to South Australia to spend a day with comedian Greig Pickhaver, better known as H.G. Nelson. 10.00 Janet King. (M, R, CC) Janet is selected to head a Royal Commission into Sydney’s suburban gun crime after a man is murdered. 10.55 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R, CC) Hosted by Adam Hills. 11.45 Luke Warm Sex. (M, R, CC) Luke McGregor meets with Shaney, a sexual empowerment guide who focuses on Luke’s aversion to touching.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Hop. (R, CC) (2011) After a slacker accidentally injures the son of the Easter Bunny, he takes the talking rabbit into his home as a guest while he recovers, in the process providing them both with the chance to grow up. James Marsden, Elizabeth Perkins, Russell Brand. 9.00 MOVIE: Bedtime Stories. (R, CC) (2008) A handyman, who was bilked out of his inheritance by a dishonest hotel owner, finds his life is thrown into chaos after the bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew begin to come to life. Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Courteney Cox. 11.00 Odyssey. (M, R, CC) Still on the run with the evidence she has uncovered, Odelle joins a pilgrimage to Timbuktu. Harrison searches for a contact who may have crucial information. A shaken Peter struggles with his discovery.

12.15 Rage. (MA15+, CC) Music videos chosen by a special guest programmer. 5.00 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

12.00 Bates Motel. (M, R, CC) With the bypass threatening the future of the motel, Norma’s anxiety continues to build. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

PAW Patrol. (R, CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Today Extra: Saturday. (PG, CC) Hot In Cleveland. (PG, R, CC) Dr Lisa To The Rescue. (R, CC) Dr Lisa helps the Reid family find a dog. Fish’n With Mates. (PG, CC) Al McGlashan heads to Sydney Harbour. The Wild Life Of Tim Faulkner. (CC) Hosted by Tim Faulkner. Reno Rumble. (PG, R, CC) Hosted by Scott Cam. The Garden Gurus. (CC) News: First At Five. (CC) Getaway. (PG, CC)

TEN

SBS

6.00 Fishing Edge. (R, CC) 6.30 GCBC. (R, CC) 7.00 iFish. (R, CC) 7.30 Family Feud. (R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10: Saturday. (PG, CC) 11.00 The Living Room. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Ben’s Menu. (R, CC) 12.30 Healthy Homes TV. (CC) 1.00 People Of The Vines. (PG, CC) (Series return) 1.30 The Doctors. (PG, CC) 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 3.00 Weekend Feast. (R, CC) 4.00 What’s Up Down Under. (R, CC) 4.30 Escape Fishing With ET. (CC) 5.00 TEN Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 France 24 English News. 6.30 WorldWatch. 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 Equestrian. (CC) FEI Jumping World Cup. Western European League. Fourth competition. Highlights. 3.00 Who Do You Think You Are? Lesley Sharp. (R, CC) 4.05 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 4.35 Massive Moves: Calgary Colossus. (R, CC) 5.30 The Quest For Noah’s Ark. (PG, R, CC)

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Wild Wild West. (PG, R, CC) (1999) Two of the best hired guns in the West must save the president from a mad inventor who plans to assassinate him. Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Salma Hayek. 9.10 MOVIE: The Family. (MA15+, CC) (2013) A Mafia boss and his family, having relocated to a small town in France under the Witness Protection Program after snitching on the mob, find it difficult to fit in. Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron. 11.30 MOVIE: Code Name: The Cleaner. (M, CC) (2007) After being hit over the head by mysterious assailants, a regular guy suffering from amnesia finds himself entangled in a government conspiracy, with his pursuers convinced he is an undercover agent. Cedric the Entertainer, Lucy Liu, Nicollette Sheridan.

6.00 Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals. (R, CC) 6.30 Scorpion. (PG, R, CC) The new Director of Homeland Security reunites Walter and the team when a nuclear powered Russian satellite is knocked out of orbit and must be diverted before it detonates over Southern California. 7.30 All-Star Family Feud. (R, CC) A team of MasterChef Australia judges take on a team of former contestants. 8.30 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala. (M, R, CC) Charity performance on behalf of Oxfam Australia, celebrating 21 years of laughter. Hosted by Celia Pacquola, and featuring a host of local and international comedians including Dave Hughes and Arj Barker. From Palais Theatre, Melbourne. 10.30 MOVIE: The Internship. (M, R, CC) (2013) Two salesmen try to prove they are not obsolete by talking their way into a coveted internship at Google. Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Josh Gad.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Julie Walters. (CC) (Series return) English actor and writer Julie Walters follows her roots back to rural Ireland. On the trail of her greatgrandfather, Anthony Clarke, her journey takes her to County Mayo where she discovers Anthony was at the centre of a revolutionary movement fighting for land rights. 8.40 MOVIE: Schindler’s List. (M, R, CC) (1993) Based on a true story. A German businessman, shocked out of his complacency by the brutal actions of the Nazi regime, shelters Jews in his factories. Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes. 11.55 Borgen. (M, R, CC) The president of the republic of Turgistan pays a visit to Denmark and announces his intention to invest one billion euros in Danish wind-turbine technology. However, the simultaneous arrival of a renowned dissident, places Birgitte in the middle of an escalating conflict.

1.15 MOVIE: Convoy. (M, R, CC) (1978) 3.20 Impractical Jokers. (M, R, CC) 3.50 Anger Management. (M, R, CC) 4.20 WIN Presents. (R, CC) 4.30 Extra. (R, CC) 5.00 The Middle. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R, CC)

12.55 48 Hours: The Pretender – The Case Of Christian Longo. (M, R, CC) Tells the story of Christian Longo who, after being arrested in Mexico, was convicted of killing his wife and children. 2.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program.

1.00 Borgen. (M, R, CC) Birgitte faces a political controversy. 4.10 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 4.45 Transmission. (M, R) 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News. 5.45 France 24 Feature.

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Saturday, March 26 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.25pm The Skin I Live In (2011) Thriller. Antonio Banderas. A plastic surgeon experiments with synthetic skin. (MA15+) World Movies

6.30pm My Big Redneck Vacation. The Clampet family return for a new season of ﬁshout-of-water travel. (PG) A&E

6.30pm Shania Twain: Still The One. The singer performs her greatest hits in Las Vegas to a sellout crowd. Foxtel Arts

5.00pm Soccer. A-League. Round 25. Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory. Fox Sports 4

7.30pm Money Barn. The auctioneers sort through a barn. (PG) A&E

7.00pm Treetop Cat Rescue. Follows Tom and Shaun, volunteers at Canopy Cat Rescue as they use their expertise as arborists to rescue cats who have gotten themselves into all kinds of trouble.(PG) Animal Planet

8.30pm Ricki And The Flash (2015) Drama. Meryl Streep, . A guitar heroine returns home to make things right with her family. (PG) Premiere 8.30pm Ruben Guthrie (2015) Drama. Patrick Brammall, Alex Dimitriades, Abbey Lee. (MA15+) Masterpiece

8.30pm Killjoys. Follows a team of interplanetary bounty hunters, Dutch (Hannah John-Kamen, right), John and D’Avin, as they chase deadly contracts through the Quad, a far-away space system on the brink of war. (M) SyFy

ABC2/ABC KIDS

7TWO

6.00 Children’s Programs. 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’s Little Kingdom. (R, CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Highway Thru Hell. (PG, CC) 8.15 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R, CC) 8.45 Mock The Week Looks Back At. (M, R, CC) 9.15 Comedy Up Late. (M, R, CC) 9.45 Live At The Apollo. (M, R, CC) 10.30 Scrotal Recall. (M, R, CC) 10.55 Episodes. (M, R, CC) 11.25 Peep Show. (M, R, CC) 11.55 Facing Ali. (M, R, CC) 1.30 Mock The Week. (M, R, CC) 2.05 News Update. (R) 2.10 Close. 5.00 Driver Dan’s Story Train. (R, CC) 5.10 Joe & Jack. (R, CC) 5.20 Bert And Ernie. (R, CC) 5.25 Tilly And Friends. (R, CC) 5.35 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.15 Trop Jr. (PG, R) 12.25 Worst Year Of My Life, Again. (R, CC) 12.50 Gortimer Gibbon’s Life On Normal Street. (R) 1.10 Dixi. (R, CC) 1.15 Hank Zipzer. (R, CC) 1.40 So Awkward. (R) 2.15 Worst Year Of My Life, Again. (R, CC) 2.40 Gortimer Gibbon’s Life On Normal Street. (R) 3.00 Hank Zipzer. (R, CC) 3.25 Studio 3. 3.30 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 4.00 Camp Lakebottom. (R, CC) 4.20 Grojband. (R, CC) 4.45 The Flamin’ Thongs. (R, CC) 5.00 Roy. (R, CC) 5.30 Little Lunch. (R, CC) 6.00 Fungus The Bogeyman. (PG) 6.45 Wallace And Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death. (R, CC) 7.15 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. (R, CC) 7.40 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 8.05 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) Drew is enjoying the last days of the campaign. 9.10 Heartland. (PG, CC) 9.55 Close.

7MATE

6.00 Landline. (CC) 6.30 World This Week. (CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 11.00 News. (CC) 11.30 Australia Wide. (CC) 12.00 News. (CC) 12.30 Landline. (R, CC) 1.00 Press Club. (R, CC) 2.00 News. 2.30 The Mix. (CC) 3.00 News. (CC) 3.30 Foreign Corre. (R, CC) 4.00 News. 4.30 The Business. (CC) 5.00 News. 5.30 One Plus One. (CC) 6.00 News. (CC) 6.30 Australian Story. (R, CC) 7.00 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 News. (CC) 10.30 World This Week. (R, CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 12.00 Press Club. (R, CC) 1.00 BBC World. 1.30 The Drum Weekly. 2.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS

6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.00 Heidi. (C, R, CC) 11.30 Move It. (C, R, CC) 12.00 Kitchen Whiz. (C, R, CC) 12.30 SpongeBob. (R) 1.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 1.30 Wild Kratts. (R) 2.00 Fishing Australia. (R, CC) 2.30 Little Charmers. (R) 3.00 Power Rangers Dino. (PG, R) 3.30 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 4.00 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 4.30 Ben 10. (PG, R) 5.00 Tom And Jerry. (R) 6.00 Batman: The Brave And The Bold. (PG, R) 6.30 MOVIE: Dennis The Menace. (PG, R, CC) (1993) 8.30 MOVIE: Green Lantern. (M, R, CC) (2011) A test pilot is given supernatural powers. Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively. 10.45 MOVIE: Mortal Kombat. (M, R, CC) (1995) Christopher Lambert, Robin Shou. 12.35 Arrow. (M, R, CC) 1.30 Surfing Australia TV. (R) 2.00 Little Charmers. (R) 2.30 Yo-Kai Watch. (PG, R) 3.00 The Tom And Jerry Show. (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 A Football Life. (PG, R) 7.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. (R) 8.00 Home Shopping. (R) 9.00 Dream Car Garage. (R) 9.30 Inside West Coast Customs. (PG, R) 10.30 Just 2 Wheelz. (PG) 11.00 Bull Riding. 2015 Pro Tour. From Cairns, Queensland. 12.00 Motor Racing. Ultimate Sprintcar Championship. 12.30 Motor Racing. Australian Drifting Grand Prix. From Calder Park Raceway, Melbourne. 1.30 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 1. Melbourne v GWS. From the MCG. 4.30 Doomsday Castle. (PG) 5.30 Doomsday Preppers. (PG) 6.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. (CC) 7.00 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 1. Sydney v Collingwood. From the SCG. 10.30 MOVIE: Street Fighter. (M, R) (1994) Based on the video game. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia. 12.35 Locked Up Abroad. (M) 2.00 Doomsday Preppers. (M, R) 3.00 Inside West Coast Customs. (PG, R) 4.00 Ice Pilots. (M, R) 5.00 Dream Car Garage. (R) 5.30 Shopping. (R)

7.30pm Football. AFL. Round 1. Sydney v Collingwood. Fox Footy

Hannah John-Kamen stars in Killjoys

8.00pm Eyewitness War. (MA15+) National Geographic

GO!

6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Hot Property. (R, CC) 9.00 Dealers. (PG, R) 10.00 Shopping. (R) 11.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 11.30 Great South East. (CC) 12.00 Creek To Coast. (CC) 12.30 Qld Weekender. (CC) 1.00 WA Weekender. (CC) 1.30 Sydney Weekender. (R, CC) 2.00 Melbourne Weekender. (CC) 2.30 Surf Patrol. (R, CC) 3.00 Rugby Union. Shute Shield. Round 2. West Harbour v Southern Districts. 5.00 Horse Racing. (CC) Western Sydney Legends Day. Replay. 6.00 Motorway Patrol. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Secret Location. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Fantasy Homes By The Sea. (R) 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Nick Knowles’ Original Features. (R) 10.30 Air Crash Investigation. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 Secret Location. (PG, R, CC) 12.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. (R) 1.00 Great South East. (R, CC) 1.30 Creek To Coast. (R, CC) 2.00 Qld Weekender. (R, CC) 2.30 WA Weekender. (R, CC) 3.00 Sydney Weekender. (R, CC) 3.30 Late Programs.

7.30pm Rugby League. NRL. Round 4. Sydney Roosters v Manly Sea Eagles. Fox Sports 1

6.00 MOVIE: Home At Seven. (PG, R, CC) (1952) Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton. 7.45 GEM Presents. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 Danoz Direct. 8.30 Adventures In Rainbow Country. (R) 9.00 The Avengers. (PG, R) 10.00 MOVIE: The Amazing Howard Hughes. (PG, R, CC) (1977) Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders. 12.30 Come Dine With Me UK. (PG, R) 1.00 Postcards. (PG, CC) 1.05 MOVIE: Spencer’s Mountain. (R, CC) (1963) Henry Fonda, Maureen O’Hara. 3.45 MOVIE: Band Of Angels. (PG, R) (1957) 6.30 MOVIE: Ben-Hur. (PG, R, CC) (1959) A Jewish prince is enslaved by the Romans. Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd. 10.50 Dalziel And Pascoe. (M) Dalziel investigates a woman’s murder. 12.00 MOVIE: Spencer’s Mountain. (R, CC) (1963) Henry Fonda. 2.05 MOVIE: Band Of Angels. (PG, R) (1957) Clark Gable. 4.40 MOVIE: Escapement. (PG, R, CC) (1958) Rod Cameron.

ONE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Star Trek: Voyager. (PG, R) 9.00 Hogan’s Heroes. (R) 10.00 World Sport. (R) 10.30 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R) 11.30 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 12.30 Driven Not Hidden. (R) 1.00 Motor Racing. World Series Sprintcars. 2.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 2.30 Moments Of Impact. (PG, R) 3.30 Making Of David Attenborough’s Africa. (R, CC) 4.30 Fishing With Merv. (Series return) 5.00 Adventure Angler. (R) 5.30 Attenborough’s Battle To Save The Tiger. (PG, R) 6.30 Monster Jam. 7.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. (PG, R) 8.30 The X-Files. (M, R, CC) Mulder and Scully search for a humanoid killer. 9.30 Ripper Street. (M) A chemist is murdered. 10.35 Rush. (M) 11.30 Bellator MMA. (M, R) 2.00 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 3.00 ST: Next Gen. (PG, R) 4.00 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 1. Qatar Grand Prix. Replay. 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 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Family Ties. (PG, R) 5.00 Cheers. (PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: The Croods. (PG, R, CC) (2013) A family of early humans searches for a new home. Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone. 8.00 Cristela. (PG) Felix and Alberto bond with Trent after he hires them to help him redo his office floor. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, R, CC) Irish comedian Graham Norton chats with a variety of celebrity guests, including Mark Ruffalo, Amanda Holden and Michael Sheen. 9.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 The Loop. (PG, R) Hosted by Scott Tweedie and Olivia Phyland. 1.00 Neighbours. (R, CC) 3.30 Charmed. (M, R, CC) 5.30 Family Ties. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.00 The Block Sky High. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 To Be Advised. 8.30 Getaway. (PG, CC) 9.00 Garden Gurus. (R) 9.30 My First Place. (PG, R) 10.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 10.30 House Hunters. (R) 11.00 Explore New Zealand. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Secrets Of A Trophy Wife. (PG, R) 1.00 World’s Craziest Weddings. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Domestic Blitz. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 My First Place. (PG, R) 4.00 Tiny House Hunters. (PG, R) 5.00 Million Dollar Rooms. (PG, R) 6.00 My First Place. (PG) 6.30 Selling LA. (PG) 7.30 House Hunters. 8.30 House Hunters International. 9.30 House Hunters Reno. 10.30 Fixer Upper. (PG, R) 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE

SBS 2 6.00 WorldWatch. 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 25. Melbourne Victory v Western Sydney Wanderers. Replay. 3.00 Benidorm Bastards. (PG, R) 3.20 Charley Boorman’s Extreme Frontiers: South Africa. (PG, R, CC) 4.20 The Brain: China. (R) 6.05 MOVIE: Kirikou And The Sorceress. (1998) 7.30 If You Are The One. 8.30 The Raft. (PG) (New Series) Pairs of strangers are placed on a life raft. 9.20 Commando School: To Your Duties. (M, R, CC) (Final) The recruits’ training comes to an end. 10.15 MOVIE: Gangster No. 1. (MA15+, R) (2000) 12.05 MOVIE: Inside Ring. (M, R) (2009) Jean Reno, Gaspard Ulliel, Vahina Giocante. 1.50 MOVIE: Anything For Her. (M, R) (2008) 3.35 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 6.30 Chuck’s Eat The Street. (R) 7.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 8.00 Restaurant: Impossible. (PG, R) 9.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 9.30 5 Ingredient Fix. (R) 10.00 Barefoot Contessa. (R) 10.30 Secret Meat Business. (R) 11.00 Bizarre Foods. (PG, R) 12.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 12.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 1.00 Giada At Home. (R) 1.30 Restaurant: Impossible. (PG, R) 2.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 3.30 Chuck’s Eat The Street. (R) 4.00 Barefoot Contessa. (R) 4.30 Giada At Home. (R) 5.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 5.30 Restaurant: Impossible. (PG, R) 6.30 Save My Bakery. 7.30 Secret Meat Business. 8.00 Chuck’s Eat The Street. 8.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 9.30 Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern. (PG, R) 10.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 11.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 12.00 Bizarre Foods. (PG, R) 1.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 1.30 Chuck’s Eat The Street. (R) 1.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Bushwhacked! 9.00 Wapos Bay. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Fraser’s Story. 11.00 Garma Live. (PG) 12.00 The Point Review. 12.30 League Nation Live. 2.00 Yarrabah! The Musical. 2.30 Jila: Painted Waters Of The Great Sandy. 3.00 Surviving. 3.30 Desperate Measures. 4.00 Our Footprint. 4.30 Around The Campfire. 5.00 Ngurra. 5.30 Move It Mob Style. 6.00 Maori TV’s Native Affairs. 6.30 Down 2 Earth. (PG) 7.00 One With Nature. 7.30 Native Planet. 8.30 Paddocks Alight. 9.00 Inside Out: Indigenous Imprisonment. 9.30 Lightning In A Bottle. (PG) 12.00 Volumz. (MA15+) 4.00 Fusion With Casey Donovan. 5.00 NITV On The Road: Saltwater Freshwater. (PG) 2603

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Helen Harvey, Margaret Crowley and Helen Logan.

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Edward, Michael, Jogn and Alison.

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WUMO

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by Wulff & Morgenthaler

FIND THE WORDS This is a theme puzzle with the subject stated below. Find the listed words in the grid. (They may run in any direction but always in a straight line. Some letters are used more than once.) Ring each word as you find it and when you have completed the puzzle, there will be 13 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle. Monikers

OUT ON A LIMB

by Gary Kopervas

FLASH GORDON

by Jim Keefe

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Dean Donald Erica Ernest Ethel Evelyn Garry Gene Glen Gregory Hanna

Hillary Iris Israel Jan Margery Mary Mia Michael Nancy Naomi Natasha

Nino Raymond Richard Robert Rosy Sadie Sally Shirley Sonia Stephanie Susan

Sylvia Timothy Una Valerie Virginia William

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WEEKENDER SUDOKU Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column down and each small 9-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine.

GRIN & BEAR IT

by Wagner

LAFF-A-DAY SNOWFLAKES There are 13 black hexagons in the puzzle. Place the numbers 1 to 6 around each of them. No number can be repeated in any partial hexagon shape along the border of the puzzle.

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DUAL CROSSWORD 1

ACROSS

CRYPTIC CLUES

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STRANGE BUT TRUE z It was President Franklin Roosevelt who made the following sage observation: “Government by organised money is just as dangerous as government by organised mob.” z Are you a ceraunophiliac? If so, Central Florida, is the place to live. The area between Tampa Bay on the peninsula’s west coast and Cape Canaveral on the east coast is known as Lightning Alley, and Florida is the lightning capital of the United States – an excellent home for anyone who has an extreme love of thunder and lightning. Australia’s hottest spot isn’t quite as spectacular: Darwin’s humid tropical conditions make it one of the most lightning-prone areas in the country, according to the Herald Sun. In 2002, a line of thunderstorms surrounding Darwin produced 5000 cloud-to-ground lighting strikes in one light show. z Singer Katy Perry (pictured) reportedly has a cat named Kitty Purry.

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z If you’re an animal lover who’s fond of Corgis – the Welsh dog known for its extremely short legs – you might want to take a look at the Munchkin cat. Only recognised as a separate breed in 1995, this cat is characterised by the shortness of its legs. z When Edgar Allan Poe first started writing his most famous poem, “The Raven”, he intended it to be short.

Over the next decade, though, he kept adding to it, until it finally reached a length of 18 verses. The poem’s publication in 1845 had a mixed critical reception; William Butler Yeats called it “insincere and vulgar” and said “its execution [is] a rhythmical trick”, and Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “I see nothing in it.” “The Raven” was wildly popular with the public, though, and Poe became – for a brief time – the most famous writer in America. z Worried about snooping? You may be surprised by the results of a recent survey: It seems that 82 per cent of men claim that they have never peeked into a date’s medicine cabinet. Thought for the Day: “He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.” – Charles Peguy

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BY CASSANDRA NYE

ARIES (MAR 21-APR 20) Wearing your heart on your sleeve could give the wrong message this week. Think about being less obvious and more mysterious. Romance is in the air but use it at the right time – and in the right place. Pace yourself during the week and save that burst of energy for the weekend. Remember, people value things more if they are hard won. Financial incentives are useful.

excuse for not going after your dreams. Regret is a bitter pill. Have you ever thought ‘what if’? You could be thinking this again if you deny your own needs now. Faint heart never won fair lady – or anything else for that matter!

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TAURUS (APR 21-MAY 21) The freedom you crave is most likely to be found at home and within your social scene. Workloads can be heavy and not very inspiring. Still, the more you put in, the better it will be in the future. Someone who has been attracted to you in the past may seek another chance to impress. Don’t expect immediate reward or praise for what you do now. Consider it money in the bank of later opportunities!

GEMINI (MAY 22-JUN 21) Being flexible this week means the difference between frustration and acceptance. Take on board the fact you cannot please everyone and immediately the pressure is off! Suggestions from your partner are inspiring and remind you of past enthusiasms. Extra leisure time at the weekend is best used for fun. Don’t resort to the obvious. Use your imagination and knowledge of your partner. What would they really find exciting?

CANCER (JUN 22-JUL 22) A combination of Chinese whispers and intuition leads you in a new direction. Midweek could see you overhearing a conversation and getting completely the wrong message. Putting your practical hat on saves cash and tempers when someone becomes too ambitious. Ask yourself why others are behaving a certain way and what they hope to get out of it.

LEO (JUL 23-AUG 23) There are many questions to be asked this week and you shouldn’t hesitate to ask them. Although no-one is keen to show lack of knowledge, asking for help is better than crashing blindly ahead. A loved one has the answer to a question. Please

don’t underestimate or take anyone for granted. A few light-hearted moments with the family are worth their weight in gold during this awkward week.

VIRGO (AUG 24-SEP 23) Be fully prepared to move along with those who have the best chance of success. Understand that although others may have more knowledge, you have a practical approach. When it comes to saving money and getting the best deal, you are the one! Show your true colours and shine. Confidence seems to come easily to you. Little do others realise how much thought goes into your decisions! Seemingly smooth-running, your life is not often so.

LIBRA (SEP 24-OCT 23) The chance to shine in public is not something you seek. However, this week you could be thrust forward as an example to be followed. Showing knowledge and professionalism comes naturally to you. An awkward day ahead? Rely on a combination of charm and practical advice. Letting romance take a back seat is all very well for a while. You, however, need love and a good partner at your side. Plan and plot this week to get just that. SCORPIO (OCT 24-NOV 22) Romantic and far-reaching decisions come easily to you this week. There is something that you have been waiting to say for a long time. Next week the chance could be gone, so do it now! Never use fear as an

more people you meet and chat to this week, the better. Someone special is coming your way so you have to be in the right place. That is somewhere entirely new, which may well be out of your comfort zone. Still, nothing ventured, nothing gained? An adventure is what you need right now. Not so much that you plan ahead, as something you do on the spur of the moment.

CAPRICORN (DEC 22-JAN 20) Being out to impress and bring some fun to others is a great attitude to have. This week it really pays dividends. You are in a lucky phase. Although not everything can go your way, quite a lot will! A personal question that you have been waiting to ask is on the tip of your tongue. So now what? If you want a serious answer, remember you have to ask seriously. AQUARIUS (JAN 21-FEB 19) Secrets, especially at work, can be annoying. The trick is in not giving too much away while gaining support. You find intrigue exciting but only in small doses. What you want a practical and quick solution to this week needs more effort. Are you speaking to the right person to get a decision? Take your plans and chat to the top where they belong. Wasting time with those who don’t take your ideas seriously is not necessary.

PISCES (FEB 20-MAR 20) Investments and a new romance seem to be closely linked this week. Will the person who offers advice also offer something more personal? Those who have a partner may encounter jealousy. This can be frustrating when you are so busy. Why not take the weekend off for something a little lighter? Be flexible and understanding when someone shows a green complexion. Whatever you do, resist the urge to tell them they are being ‘silly’.

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Monday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Challenges are there to be met and dealt with, Aries. Although there are many pleasures ahead, many come at a cost. Don’t let that inhibit you – it will only lead to failures. With your head up, show them that smile! Tuesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! You may already be doing your best but you expect more from yourself, Aries. Give yourself a break! Gradual progress is better than charging ahead just to prove a point. Keep an eye on finances. Wednesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Aries, your ambitions seem a little fuzzy at times. True, it is not easy to get what you want, but you have time. Use it wisely in the months ahead to make the right decisions. Thursday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! In a short time, Aries, you will find a balance between what you want and what you need. That is when the pressure is off and you really start enjoying things. Smart remarks do not make for smart choices. Friday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Increased activity in your life means more opportunities. See these quickly and react. Aries, you cannot afford to take a relaxed attitude when good offers come along. Remember competition? Saturday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Dear Aries, I hope you are well. If you are not, get it checked out! You will need your speed and energy for the great chances that are just ahead. Keep those eyes peeled! Sunday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Get what you want through social networks. Underestimating how others can help you means missed opportunities. If in doubt about methods, seek advice from someone who knows.

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FROM THE EDITOR-AT-LARGE Jen Cowley

On the road to help with a “blokey problem” T’S Sunday morning. There’s a welcome autumn briskness in the air after a long, long summer. The sun is shining and the blue sky is cloudless. There’s a scent of freshly brewed coffee and bacon and eggs on the breeze and the sound of laughter and conversation on the wind. It’s hard to imagine there’s any reason to be depressed on such a day, but the shadow of that ol’ Black Dog – the moniker Winston Churchill famously assigned to his ever-present affliction – is the reason 200 motorbikes and their riders and offsiders are gathered today. And despite the upbeat atmosphere, some statistics quoted by one of the speakers – Alex Ferguson from Lifeline Central West – stops jaws mid-bite. But he does warn us. “I’m about to depress you,” he says, then goes on to say that although some 80 per cent of calls to Lifeline last year – and they took a million of them – were from women. But of the 2900 suicides recorded that same year, that figure was turned on its head. Only 20 per cent of that number came from women taking their own lives. “So we have a blokey problem,” Ferguson says. And he’s right. For all our talk about suicide awareness, for all our hand-wringing over the apparent increase in the incidence of depression, we still don’t seem to be getting the message through – particularly to menfolk – that it’s okay to ask for help. That there’s nothing weak or shameful about mental ill-health. That the world isn’t perfect and it’s quite normal to feel overwhelmed. What can we do about that? There’s no panacea for this societal ailment, but I had an interesting conversation with one bloke while we were fuelling up on coffee ahead of Sunday’s Black Dog Ride. He ventured that part of the problem for men is a shifting sense of their place in the world. “Blokes don’t know where they stand

any more,” he offered. “We’re focussing on where women sit in the world and that can make men feel like they’re obsolete to an extent. So it makes it even more difficult for them to put their hands up and say, “I need some help here”.” Now that’s likely to give many a cardcarrying feminist a sphincter-tightening moment, but he wasn’t suggesting the conversation about women’s equality and identity isn’t warranted or important. Just that it shouldn’t, even by accident, result in men feeling sidelined at best, emasculated at worst. The Black Dog Ride is a poignant example of why men need other men.

While there was a healthy contingent of women along for the ride both as riders and passengers – and that’s terrific (hey, I was one of them) – it was mostly a boys’ day out. But it’s so much more than boys playing with their toys. It’s not just a bunch of blokes measuring their… tyres. It’s a demonstration of camaraderie. A way for people to connect; to feel like they belong to something; a network of likeminded souls that might just throw a lifeline during stormy emotional weather. Some blokes will talk to their womenfolk. Many won’t. Try as we might, thousands of years of evolutionary hard-wiring to be the

“stronger sex” isn’t going to change any time soon. Sadly, some men won’t talk to their mates, either – particularly when they most need to (see above re: hard-wiring) – but the least we women can do is be supportive of men having a network. Quit bitching when our bloke wants to spend time (within reason!) with the boys. Encourage that support structure so the net is there if and when he misses his footing. And let him ride his motorbike without guilt as a passenger. Because if what I saw on Sunday is any indication, that outlet may just save his life.

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