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FEATURE

PROFILE

Walgett wild dog brought to it’s knees, at last

Your views: A Cancer Centre for Dubbo

Gordon Campbell’s Antarctic adventures

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Friday 15.04.2016 to Sunday 17.04.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

FROM THE EDITOR

Friday 15.04.2016 to Sunday 17.04.2016 NEWS

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Wellington Men’s Shed gets new lease of life under an old roof PAGE 03

SPECIAL FEATURE Your views: A Cancer Centre for Dubbo PAGE 10

IN PICTURES Record books for girl power PAGE 14

BIRTHDAY TREAT

PEOPLE

Gordon Campbell’s Antarctic adventures PAGE 22

REBEL BLACK

BUSINESS

The Ridge’s Hungry Spirit PAGE 26

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

LIFESTYLE

Good nutrition at every life stage PAGE 31

TRAVEL Phil Lalor: Call of the wild PAGE 38

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Seven Days Tony Webber Paul Dorin Watercooler Helicopter View Business & Rural

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Lifestyle The Big Picture Entertainment What’s On 3-Day TV Guide Jen Cowley

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Shout it from the rooftops T’S gut wrenching to read first hand accounts from residents in our community, who are having their say on the issue of a cancer centre for Dubbo Hospital, because they’ve lived - or are living - through the ordeal a cancer diagnosis brings.

As medical professionals, patients, family or friends – who are all bound to the issues of cancer treatment access, specific to regional residents, they are the voices who most need to be heard in the push for a permanent facility.

And, for all those yet to be told, ‘you have cancer’.

Over coming weeks Dubbo Weekender will feature their stories – and invite anyone with an experience or opinion to share, on the benefits of a cancer centre, to please get proactive and contribute your messages, and help the cause by spreading the word, that Dubbo Weekender is listening.

So too is Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton, who is issuing a petition in the very near future across our Parkes electorate for communities to sign, en masse it is hoped, in an effort to help turn this dream into reality.

The stories behind the signatures will only strengthen the argument that Dubbo and the vast outlying areas and residents the city serves, needs this facility.

The ducks have lined up – the hospital is well underway and what’s required is community resolve to demand this service, and start easing the burden and potentially saving the lives of regional New South Wales’ greatest asset, it’s people.

Not only does Dubbo have the unique central location to service a vast population it is sitting on an opportunity to transform cancer statistics for Indigenous people.

The Parkes electorate has the highest number of Indigenous people living in New South Wales, most of those west and north west of the city.

As with many social issues, the health statistics of Indigenous Australians are largely ignored until metropolitan media take up the story and drive it home to Macquarie Street (Parliament House, Sydney) where hopefully someone willing to act, is listening.

It is easy to read the headlines and be startled at the disparity between indigenous and non-indigenous cases of cancer brought to light over recent weeks, and ignore them, but as with ongoing protests against the Leewood Water Treatment Plant in the Pilliga which caught the attention of Sydney media and the UK’s BBC, so too can a cancer centre story make headlines if we shout it out loud enough and once it’s built, actually serve to turn those stats around.

Indigenous cancer statistics are troubling and our own prejudices can blind us to a humanitarian crisis in our own back yard.

And I mean “our” back yard. The outer ‘burbs

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of DubVegas are in trouble.

We throw open our spare bedroom doors in a heart beat for complete strangers from far away lands who are escaping conflict, emotionally torn by images of devastation, death and destruction, yet in our corner patch, another people, fellow-Australians, are being laid to waste, misunderstood, ignored, and invisible.

There is definitely a small army of dedicated, committed, tireless volunteers who do what they can, with what they can, but they need our help, and a cancer centre for Dubbo Hospital is a way.

We hope to hear their stories too over the coming weeks because they are on the coal face of one of the most important reasons why Dubbo needs a cancer centre.

It would be lifeline to many, but for this particular demographic it could have transformative effects on the future of whole communities.

If someone were to drop a bomb on an Indigenous community in New South Wales, is that what it would take to get us to think, gee, they need help out there?

While the mortality rate from breast cancer in Indigenous women remains at 100 per cent, where it currently stands, (Cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia, an overview, October 2013, AIHW), isn’t that a big enough bomb?

It is, but it’s not making enough headlines.

This is the strength of regional newspapers.

Our ability to tell the stories which matter most.

As the troubling trend of newspapers is one of decline, and regional print media is fading fast, Dubbo Weekender and our sister publication, the Dubbo Photo News, being independent and small enough to adapt to market conditions, continues to only know growth.

Publisher, Panscott Media, also knows only too well, the power to influence public perceptions has the biggest impact when that influence serves the greater good.

Our headlines are our reader’s stories, and our support for a cancer centre at Dubbo Hospital stands firm.

Dubbo is in such a unique position too with the state’s Deputy Premier living here, and a Federal Member who is committed to pushing for a cancer centre for Dubbo Hospital, overseeing the largest electorate in New South Wales; that there’s no better time than now to shout from the rooftops about this issue – and sign the petition once it’s in circulation.

While we wait for it’s appearance, Have your say. Send 500 words about why Dubbo needs a cancer centre at the Dubbo Hospital to editor@panscott.com.au with the subject line MY SAY A cancer centre for Dubbo Hospital. Tell us your story and get it on record that you support this cause.

The ducks have lined up – the hospital is well underway and what’s required is community resolve to demand this service, and start easing the burden and potentially saving the lives of regional New South Wales’ greatest asset, it’s people.

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 15.04.2016 to Sunday 17.04.2016

Wellington Men’s Shed gets new lease of life under an old roof

BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

HE past 45 years have seen a major decline in community capacity across Australia.

Hang on to that number.

We’ve been led to believe big is better, ‘efficiency’ is king and that if corporations make more money, we’ll all get a share.

We now know that shareholders are the only winners and those buying into this long-standing economic myth only become worse off, but the worst part of this economic rationalist argument is that in chasing this dream, we’ve lost sight of what really matters – people.

Now, slowly, communities and some people in government are re-learning that it’s only by building community capacity that our smaller towns and regional cities can become the vibrant places they once were.

Enter the Wellington Mens Shed, where members are this week erecting two ‘new old stock’ army sheds which were built 45 years ago, back in the day when quality was king and workmanship was everything – having said that, the shed blokes are making some improvements even as they’re erecting the structures.

Shed chairman, Garry Hayes, remembers the timeline.

With humble beginnings eight years ago, the shed members realised they needed a bigger facility to house the 60 members who regularly attended.

“We started fundraising and bought the block of ground in may last year and we now own that.

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He’s an old Wellington boy and he came to me and said he wanted to help us fund raise so he organised a sheep drive and out of that $21,000 was raised from 81 farmers who contributed’,” Hayes said.

“Christmas, 12 months ago Mark Coulton (Parkes MP) rang me and said Garry, do you want a shed and I said yeah, what have you got and he said I don’t know, it’s a 45 year-old army shed, I’ll find out more.

“He applied for it and we ended up getting two, they were still in their boxes and we picked them,” he said.

The shed needed money to lay concrete slabs and actually erect the sheds, local farmer John Bullock came to the rescue.

“He’s an old Wellington boy and he came to me and said he wanted to help us fund raise so he organised a sheep drive and out of that $21,000 was raised from 81 farmers who contributed’,” Hayes said.

“The wider Wellington community is very supportive of us. One Steel from Dubbo did us a great deal along with other suppliers, and Chris Redfern from Wellbuilt Constructions said leave the concreting to me, I’ll put it in,” he said.

Judging from the thickness and workmanship of the immense slabs, the Shed not only got far more than it was able to pay for, it’s also laid the foundations for new sheds which can last for centuries – that’s the way we need to be thinking about our country town, no more short term fixes, but putting strategies and relevant infrastructure in place for the long haul.

That’s exactly how we need to think to create strong, resilient and sustainable communities so that local people can help other locals who are struggling – it’s building capacity so busy people have the time and wherewithal to see the forest beyond the trees.

Of the 60 “Shed” members, 11 have lost their wives,

and many find the shed has become a major support for them as they readjust the way they live their lives.

It’s non-judgemental – you can show up when you want and do as much or little work as you want, it’s all about ensuring everyone is catered for.

Just as we’ve seen with other successful organisations, success breeds success.

The Inland Waterways Rejuvenation Association (IWRA), which hosts the annual Lake Burrendong Classic fishing competition, had 104 sponsors this year, as businesses and individuals clamber aboard that winning event.

Dubbo’s TITAN Macquarie Mud Run had more than 100 people helping out – because people want to devote their limited time to things they know will actually work, and will give back to their community.

Now karma is coming again and again to reward the good deeds of Wellington’s Mens Shed.

Each year the Royal Agricultural Society (RAS) gives away a donated kitchen it uses at Sydney’s Royal Show, the Shed missed out on the main prize this year, but came away as runner-up, so they’ll be getting $10,000 of brand new kitchen gear for their new sheds.

Every two months members get in the Shed’s own bus and go on a trip, a visit a few months back to Orange now closed Electrolux refrigerator factory saw them donated a brand new two door fridge.

“Last June we visited the factory and we were encouraged to ask for a fridge so we did, and they gave one to us, so that’s in storage waiting for our new shed to be built,” Hayes said.

The shed members make all sorts of things for local community groups both in wood and steel, the new premises will get them out of their extremely cramped workspaces and give them a far greater capacity to continue these good works.

Locals can also get repairs done on furniture and smaller items like picture frames, old-fashioned quality workmanship at a time-travel 1960’s price.

Into the future the Shed is looking at a strategic plan allowing them to mentor troubled local youth, teaching them skills not only so they can make a living, but including that generosity of time and spirit which will help those kids learn skills to build better lives.

When this happens, when we get away from simple incarceration which we know just doesn’t work when it comes to rehabilitation, then the Shed will have come of age.

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Friday 15.04.2016 to Sunday 17.04.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Walgett wild dog brought to its knees, at last

BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

ORKING as a journalist and also in Landcare, one of the recurring underlying themes which arises is the control, or lack of control, when it comes to invasive pests, both plants and animals.

So many resources have been withdrawn from these areas in recent decades as governments have cut and privatised.

Added to that ongoing drawn out saga, so many districts have seen their populations vaporise as corporate buy-outs remove farming families from the bush, or smaller unviable properties are absorbed into neighbour’s operations so they can get some economy of scale.

Less eyes and ears on the ground combined with less on-ground agency staff makes it tough when dealing with a range of weeds right through to rabbits, foxes, feral pigs and wild dogs.

Farmers at Walgett recently captured and killed a wild dog which had been playing havoc amongst their sheep flocks, and as well as the cooperation between landholders and the timely help from Local Lands Services (LLS) they still conceded luck played a big part in that successful outcome in such a relatively short time frame.

One area where plenty of research is happening, thankfully, is within the Invasive Animal Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), where new digital technology is being trialed which is so advanced, they’re looking at identifying pest animals by facial recognition programs.

Dubbo Weekender did a Q&A a few issues back with Natural Resources Commissioner (NRC) John Keniry about its inquiry into pest animals, in response to a direction from NSW premier Mike Baird to undertake an independent, statewide review of pest animal management in NSW. Keniry stopped in Dubbo as part of the statewide community consultation process with landholders, community, industry and environment groups.

Now the NRC’s draft report has been released and it’s calling for major reforms.

“Local communities are the heart of pest management arrangements – our review has found that cross tenure work needs to be supported by on-ground coordinators, good strategies and plans, strong enforcement and world leading research,” Keniry said.

He believes that while gains have been made in NSW, more work is necessary.

“Addressing new and emerging risks and risk pathway, ongoing surveillance, and ensuring funds are readily available to allow for rapid response is critical,” he said.

As the following story will show, just on feral animal, a wild dog, can cause huge financial damage, not to mention the impacts on animal welfare and human heartache as time and resources are devoted to tracking it down instead of being utilised in running farming enterprises.

It’s estimated NSW farmer spend $22 million each year in pest animal management, while the economic impact could be $170 million.

On top of that, pest animals threaten 40 percent of all listed threatened species.

The NRC draft findings look at long term pests such as foxes, wild dogs, rabbits, but also addressed concerns about newer threats such as feral deer and cats.

“We need to manage the risks and impacts from all invasive species and that means threatening feral deer and feral cats as pests just like wild pigs and dogs’,” Keniry said.

“Sound policy and consistent regulation is important.

“This also needs to be underpinned by game-changing control methods such as biocontrol for rabbits and carp.”

The NRC will host six public meetings across the state next month to provide local communities and relevant stakeholders a further opportunity to have in-

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put, in light of release of the draft report.

The full report can be accessed at www.nrc.gov.au/ pest-animal-management where you can also find out how to make a submission or attend one of the public meetings.

Tony Smith, landholder HE Smith family has a grazing operation at Walgett and for years the area has been smashed by drought.

As if that’s not a tough enough environment to work in, just after Christmas they moved sheep onto a block of land that had been spelled thanks to the big dry, and dog attacks began soon after.

“While walking the sheep to the yards we noticed

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the dog bites and on closer inspection in the yard found there to be 3 ewes with holes eaten into high on their right-hand flanks,” Tony Smith said.

This showed the dog was after their kidneys and became a signature attack for him as all sheep attacked on Tara had the same injuries.

“The injuries sustained by these ewes were beyond repair and they had to be destroyed,” he said.

The attacks carried on sporadically for three months, with the antagonistic wild dog apparently working between different properties, attacking on the Smith’s one week and traveling to others to camp and attack neighbouring sheep the next.

Tony Smith said the family was checking our sheep on a very regular basis during this time.

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` Local communities are the heart of pest management arrangements – our review has found that cross tenure work needs to be supported by on-ground coordinators, good strategies and plans, strong enforcement and world leading research

The dog attacks were inflicting injuries that were fatal, but it would take days for the sheep to die painfully from infection and/or fly strike if not found quickly. - Tony Smith, landholder “Every ewe killed or that had to be destroyed was potential income either through her wool cut or future lamb production as well as the shear fact of the cruelty of the dog,” Smith said.

“The dog attacks were inflicting injuries that were fatal, but it would take days for the sheep to die painfully from infection and/or fly strike if not found quickly.

“On these checks we began to notice the path the dog was taking while moving through our property to attack sheep and other wildlife and to mark his territory,” he said.

From the first attack the family notified Local Land Services (LLS) and fellow land holders in the area to raise awareness that a killer dog was in the area, and also to ensure farmers could work together to hopefully narrow down the dog movements.

The LLS response was swift, with the local ranger organising a 1080 poison day to inject baits for landholders so graziers could put them out on their properties.

“The LLS ranger also came out to the properties that had dog sightings and attacks plus a few places that boundary these properties to place motion cameras,” Smith said.

“These cameras were set which helped us get a date and time that the dog was moving through and work out a timeline of his movements - it also helped us pinpoint major areas where the dog was returning too to mark his territory.

“Once we had these points that he was returning to we were lucky enough to get a landholder from a few properties over who had done trapping courses so he came down and set traps and put out lures,” he said.

The traps set were rubber-jawed dog traps. A week later the wild dog was trapped.

In a news article like this it sounds like a quick and simple process, but in reality, on the ground, during a drought, with thousands of hectares to cover and with limited resources, it was a massive undertaking.

The dog is believed to be around 6 years old and was thought to have been plaguing the general area to the north for a few years gradually moving further south to Tara.

The Smith’s lost around 10 sheep that they know of that were killed or had to be destroyed due to major injuries, and the dog also killed and maimed many sheep on neighbouring properties.

“The dog is a predator that is very hard to control this dog for example eluded baiting schemes and was only sighted on camera footage at night’,” Smith said.

“If it wasn’t for a combined effort by surrounding property owners following his movements and letting each other know where has been through monitoring attacks, tracks, camera footage etc, it would have taken a lot longer to catch him.

“The dog would also have a major impact on native wildlife while not feeding on domesticated stock he would be filling up on natives, lizards, shrews and the like,” he said.

The Smith’s believe the wild dog is a major problem

– John Keniry, Natural Resources Commissioner

in all areas and if something isn’t done soon the consequences are going to be devastating.

Ian McDonald, PhD, Communications Manager, Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre HE Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre is Australia’s largest integrated invasive animal research and management collaboration with 27 participating organisations from government, research and industry.

One of its major focuses is around developing smarter tools to prevent and detect new invasions, advanced and tactical tools to strengthen integrated management strategies of carp and other pest fish, and new tools and integrated management strategies for major pests including foxes, wild dogs, feral pigs, rats and mice, feral cats and rabbits.

One of the organisation’s current major focuses is around managing wild dogs in Australia. Wild dogs are not only a major threat to agriculture, and production animals but they also prey on a variety of animals

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including mammals, birds and reptiles of all sizes from insects to water buffalo.

Last year, the Invasive Animals CRC produced a glovebox guide for managing wild dogs, which seeks to enable best practice wild dog management by providing broadly applicable information on wild dog ecology, identifying wild dogs and their impacts, management tools and strategies, working dog safety and policy and legislation. All of these resources are openly available online through their website www.pestsmart.org.au Along with providing information to those who need it, the CRC is working on some ground-breaking technologies to assist land holders managing wild dogs in their area.

Launched in the middle of last year, one of these innovative technologies currently being developed is a system called ‘Wild Dog Alert’.

The Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Australian Wool Innovation Limited, Meat and Livestock Australia, NSW Department of Primary Industries and the University of New England are all working through the Invasive Animals CRC to deliver this project. The system, still in its research phase, aims to combine automated recognition of camera trap images with real-time messaging. It will have the capacity to notify producers that wild dogs have invaded their farm before attacks occur.

This will give farmers a ‘first strike’ capability in their fight against wild dogs, so they can be proactive and put in place immediate and targeted management strategies to avoid stock losses.

Wild Dog Alert will bring together significant developments in automated recognition, remote communication and understanding of wild dog movements to provide proactive management options for livestock producers wherever wild dogs occur.

As well as being able to aid land managers to prevent wild dog incursions and attacks on livestock, the Wild Dog Alert system will provide an unprecedented opportunity to monitor wild dog activity and efficiently inform the development and review of strategic regional wild dog management plans. Similarly, information about the location and identity of individual wild dogs could be sent to wild dog controllers to aid them in their day-to-day work.

One of its major focuses is around developing smarter tools to prevent and detect new invasions, advanced and tactical tools to strengthen integrated management strategies of carp and other pest fish, and new tools and integrated management strategies for major pests including foxes, wild dogs, feral pigs, rats and mice, feral cats and rabbits. - Ian McDonald, PhD, Communications Manager, Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre

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NEWS & ANALYSIS.

Friday 15.04.2016 to Sunday 17.04.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Seven Days FLYING HIGH HAT a huge win for the local flying doctors.

Years ago, before it was even a dream, I ran a series of reports showing just why we needed a flying doctor base in Dubbo.

Judy Jakins delivered one of the most memorable quotes I’ve ever heard when she said, because of the fact patients within the more ‘accessible’ parts of the state wouldn’t be covered by the RFDS, ‘I’d rather have a broken neck in Tibooburra than Tullamore’.

That was an absurdity and showed everyone how ridiculous it was that we had this amazing life-sustaining model of rural health, yet it was being limited to a relative few when it could serve so many.

After the Dubbo base was built, and there’s plenty of background there, the flying doctor planes sat idle for weeks at a time because the people running the air ambulance dispatch centre didn’t want to give up any of their turf – it was only when we uncovered a case of medical disaster that then premier Bob Carr intervened to stop that from happening.

Since that time the RFDS support group and the Rotary Club of Dubbo South have been incredible supporters of the cause and now it’s flying up to a new level, with $18 million to transform not only the Dubbo base, but also its capacity, with a simulator on the way to train pilots here in Dubbo instead of having to go to expensive courses overseas.

There’ll also be an aeromedical training centre, and it will be a tourist drawcard on top of everything else, and the good it does.

This service is hugely important as a cost-effective and timely way to deliver outreach specialist and clinical services to smaller towns which can access them in no other way.

Great story, only upsides here, including an estimated 35 new jobs.

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CRASHING INTO THE MUD FROM flying high to sliding in the mud.

This year’s TITAN Macquarie Mud Run was a huge success and, as well as all the other good stuff to come from the event, $2,130 was this week handed over to Dubbo Base Hospital as part of the Give me Five For Kids fundraising initiative.

Last year the $1625 raised from the TITAN went towards a children’s ventilator for the Emergency department.

Each year the Mud Run donates a portion of all the entry fees from children to this cause.

TRUST IS IMPORTANT THE Mount Arthur Challenge Committee is once again staging the running event over distances of nine and five kilometres, along with a 50 km bike ride.

‘Antarctic’ was how some people described last year’s event, according to Mt Arthur Trust member Erica Baigent the conditions were, literally, challenging.

“We always knew the mountain was difficult but the addition of rain, wind and low temperatures really tested everyone – especially our volunteers,” Baigent said.

A new category of ‘teams’ must consist of at least four people competing in the same event, this caters for the many people who enter as groups of friends.

It all happens on July 17 so get on your bikes and start training, even if it’s just for the non-fitness friendly 5k run.

Info on how to register, go to www.mtarthurchallenge.org. au, or call Lizzy Rich on 0428 371 872.

This is close to home and for anyone who hasn’t visited Mt Arthur, you’ll be surprised at what a great asset we have right here in our backyard.

The week’s top stories from rom around the region, by John Ryan yan

TRUCK DRIVING WESTERN COLLEGE has geared up by launching a new course aimed at training Indigenous job seekers as heavy vehicle operators, and there certainly are plenty of jobs in this industry across the regions.

Dubbo sits in the middle of major highway intersections and is ideally placed for drivers to base themselves from, being able to drive to either Brisbane or Melbourne and back to swap over their rigs with another driver, so it’s a job you can have without actually relocating.

Funded through the commonwealth’s Indigenous Affairs Strategy, it’s a common sense and relatively low cost way of providing seed opportunities for local who may otherwise struggle to get relevant skills which actually could translate into a real job.

There’s also a four week practical component to this course which embeds participants at local companies for intensive work experience, and will show not just employers what they’re made of, but show themselves whether the industry is a good fit for them, or not.

HUMAN INVADERS ELSEWHERE in Dubbo Weekender we have articles on the impact of invasive animal species, so it’s interesting to note that humans are probably doing more harm to the environment and ecology that any other species, with a study published in the journal ‘Nature’ suggesting there may be a looming global population crash.

This is why we need communities to rebuild their capacity, why we need to buy local and not corporate across the board.

SMALLER HOUSES SO it’s been a long time coming for Dubbo City Council (DCC) to look at making it more viable for people to more easily build a secondary dwelling of any usable size on the blocks of land they already have.

If you own the land, that’s a huge cost component you don’t need to pay for if you want to build a second dwelling.

The best thing would be to allow multiple residential houses on small blocks around the city’s outskirts, so people could build far cheaper including their own electricity, water and sewerage systems.

This would go a long way towards solving the housing affordability crisis across much of Australia.

DCC is looking for community feedback on its ‘granny flat’

proposals which have been driven by councilors wanting things to change, so if you think you’ll be listened to, get involved in this process.

By the way, the submissions close today (Friday, April 15).

Last week’s visit to Dubbo and the west by the Energy and Water Ombudsman highlighted how many people out this way are struggling with the cost of

water, electricity and gas bills, so if we could manage to get people into housing far cheaper than we’re doing now, that would be a huge help.

MOVING HOUSE DUBBO’S low unemployment rate has been a major driver in the relocation of 142 families to the city in the past 12 months.

The Evocities initiative has

claimed responsibility for much of this and, whether that stacks up or whether the families would have moved here anyway, these sorts of programs have to continue, to show those living in metro areas how there are many advantages to living in the regions.

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TASTY INDIAN TAKEAWAY Are you a lover of Indian cuisine? Well, Tasty Indian Takeaway is the place for you!

Located out the front of Dubbo Square Shopping Centre, Macquarie Street, Tasty Indian Takeaway is open 6 days a week, Monday to Saturday 11:30am – 9:30pm.

For all your taste bud needs, Tasty Indian Takeaway has everything including Sea Food Curries, Plain and Chicken Biryani Rice, Tandoori Breads including, Plain, Garlic, Cheese, Vegetable, Peshwari and Keema Naan Breads. Vegetable Curries such as, Mixed Vegetables, Malai Kofta, Aloo Palak, Dahl and Veggie Korma, Lamb Curry. Lamb Roganjosh, Lamb Korma, Lamb Vindaloo, Lamb Saag which can be made to suit you best (mild, medium and hot).

We also have a vast range of Chicken Curries including Butter Chicken, Mango Chicken and many more. As well as Beef Curries, Beef Vindaloo, Beef Curry, Beef Korma, Beef Madras and more.

TRY OUR LUNCHTIME SPECIAL! Chicken tikka roll + can of drink $8.90 Half curry and rice combination Small $10 or Large $14 – bargain!

For takeaway, call us on 6882 8831 or enjoy your meal in our air conditioned restaurant.

Hope to see you soon!

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SEVEN DAYS

Friday 15.04.2016 to Sunday 17.04.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

SPIRIT OF ANZAC Member for Dubbo & Deputy Premier Troy Grant releases his 2016 Spirit of Anzac booklet being distrubted across the electorate featuring stories about local Diggers including Narromine’s Charles McCarthy, Mudgee’s Private Frank Robertson and Gulgong’s Hector Black.

sive red tape at any of our three levels of government, ride down to the Church St Rotunda this Saturday (April 16) from 7:309am, where we’ll have Dubbo’s mayor Mathew Dickerson, state member for Dubbo and deputy premier Troy Grant and federal Parkes MP Mark Coulton on hand to take all and any questions.

This really is a great initiative and should be mandatory in every electorate, it’s great to see regular interaction of such an easily accessible kind between elected reps and the people.

You can take advantage of the BBQ brekky while you’re there.

CHICKS ON BIKES LEST WE FORGET SACRIFICE WONGARBON sculptor Brett Garling had an incredible weekend with the installation and unveiling of his Reg Rattey VC sculpture in West Wyalong.

To say this is a masterpiece is an understatement, and there’ll be more to come on this story in Dubbo Weekender.

For West Wyalong and the Rattey family, what an incredible lead up to ANZAC Day.

Wongarbon sculptor, Brett Garling’s Reg Rattey VC sculpture in West Wyalong.

1002 female bikeys roared into Dubbo to break a couple of world records, the first being the most girls on bikes (246) and secondly, the most female riders at an all-female bike event (661).

There’s been a lot of bike activity in and around Dubvegas recently and it must have spurred more than a few people to buy a bike, if anyone has had the urge recently and wants to share their story, let me know by email to john.ryan@panscott. com.au

DON’T DRINK AND RIDE I HOPE the underage drinkers at Wello weren’t drinking and riding, even if it was on their pushbikes.

It’s alleged a 16 year-old boy supplied grog to three kids younger than himself, so he was charged with supply liquor to a minor.

This is a huge problem, especially when country towns are simultaneously fighting an ICE epidemic.

It’s part of the reason why we need to think not just of a whole-of-government approach, but with a whole-of-community approach, and we need the bureaucracy to get out of the way in many cases and devolve their process-driven red tape approach by funding grassroots local organisations, giving them the financial capacity to try and sort the mess out.

Back to Wellington on a more positive note, and locals are hoping circle sentencing will be introduced into the town for Aboriginal people who run afoul of the law.

Incarceration is the current option, but with so many Indigenous people, way over-rep-

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 15.04.2016 to Sunday 17.04.2016 resented in our prisons, this obviously isn’t working as a long term strategy, just as rehabilitation in jail really only happens in the odd case rather than being the norm.

This is where the whole-of-community approach, with local organisations mentoring and training a few people on an almost one-on-one basis, instead of sending them to jail, could work wonders for the community and the individuals concerned.

It could also build community trust amongst a whole range of players.

Those people who are going to continue causing widespread hurt to the community have a place in our correctional institutions, but for many going to jail means they’re effectively apprenticed to a lifetime of crime.

If the local Elders in Wello want it, let’s somehow make it happen.

DRIVING DRIVING DRIVING THERE’S a lot of fuss at the moment about truckies getting fair pay and whether we should take heed of the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (RSRT) or abolish it.

As someone who used to drive trucks in my long-ago youth, my take is that the only winners from all this will be the

major transport corporations who will gain an unfair advantage (they already have plenty) by squashing the owner drivers and small players.

These drivers will then have to join a union, although these days in many industries, including trucking, that doesn’t seem to be of much value – but it’s a huge boost in membership for the Transport Workers Union (TWU).

GET INTO GEAR NSW disabilities minister John Ajaka was also busy in Dubbo this week, launching ‘Get into Gear’, a program aimed at assisting people with disabilities to get their driver’s licences and also get help when it comes to finding and funding suitable vehicles.

University of Technology professor Simon Darcy was part of a 2014 research project which showed evidence suggesting people suffering disabilities had a far greater opportunity to get jobs than those dependent on being moved around.

Great idea, well done.

ROARING VACANCIES WHAT a shame the ROAR music festival didn’t end well in terms of crowd numbers.

From what I’ve seen and heard it was very well organised, the music was

great, the atmosphere was friendly, yet the people just didn’t show.

It’s an unusual mix of music for many Dubbo locals and obviously something just didn’t gel when it came to getting younger people to travel.

I had a lot to do with sourcing live bands decades ago and it’s a fickle enterprise to get involved in.

Huge name act show up one evening and get about 150 people, where cover bands could pull more than 500 people to the pub, so who knows.

I hope this doesn’t deter anyone from trying it again, maybe Dubbo really needs a country music short three day festival at the opposite season to Tamworth’s main show, that genre certainly brings people from far and wide.

MILITARY MAKEOVER ANZAC DAY is almost upon us so it was fitting to see a $3,000 commonwealth grant go towards restoration of some of the military memorabilia on display at Dubbo’s Kokoda Barracks.

Parkes MP Mark Coulton presented the money to Squadron leader Michael White who looks after the city’s Australian Air Force Cadets.

“It is so important to preserve our wartime heritage and to involve people both locally and right across the nation in a wide range of activities and projects

that honour our servicemen and women,” Mr Coulton said.

SHORT, SOME SWEET, SOME SOUR PLENTY of announcements of new businesses setting up in town and plenty of people claiming credit for all this activity, none claiming responsibility for those businesses shutting their doors – ah well, you get that in a big city like ours.

Maybe a bit under the radar, but Newcastle Permanent Building Society is setting up shop in Dubbo in August – given the big banks are so appalling this institution may be well supported, they obviously think there’s a need.

Local businesses continue to give and give to worthy causes, so thumbs up to Michael Brennan who donated a Dubbo Deaf Club/Hear our Heart which will be raffled to raise funds – buy a ticket at Dubbo’s upcoming Show.

The Pet Foundation and Petbarn Dubbo raised $2,195 for local animal charities, a job well done.

Meantime an alleged animal, masquerading as a human being, has been charged with sexual assault, a 33 yearold man arrested, a 35 year old female alleging he struck her with a weapon and sexually assaulted her.

LANDCARE COORDINATORS APPOINTED A WORKSHOP involving more than 60 recently-appointed local Landcare coordinators was held at Stockton last month, including representatives from the Central West region.

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A Cancer Dubbo The response to last week’s article in Dubbo Weekender has been extremely positive with members of the community coming forward now to share their stories and explain in some detail what a difference being able to get treatment in their home region would have made to their recovery. This week there is comment from CanAssist who currently support those in need with costs, and who can see their precious dollars being spend in other, vital ways, should Dubbo S TOLD TO Dubbo Weekender Hospital get a cancer centre. AS

Mark Coulton, Federal Member for Parkes WAS very pleased to host a meeting in Dubbo two weeks ago, with local medical professionals, as well as government and community representatives, about the need to develop a regional cancer centre as part of the current upgrades to Dubbo Hospital.

The meeting was very productive with everyone in attendance in fierce agreement that both diagnostic and treatment services for cancer sufferers are needed in order to properly care for the people of Western New South Wales (NSW).

The reason that I chose to host this meeting is simple. According to Cancer Council Australia; one in two Australian men and one in three Australian women will be diagnosed with cancer by the age of 85.

With statistics like this you start to see why nearly every person you meet these days has either had a cancer diagnosis or has been touched in some way by this all too common disease.

For those of us who live in Western New South Wales, our cancer stories come with some added complications.

With a redistribution of boundaries, the electorate of Parkes now covers almost half the landmass of NSW. Sadly however, the people of this electorate do not have direct nor easy access to necessary cancer services such as PET scanning or radiation therapy. This is particularly true for our far western communities where there is an even more dire need for equitable access to treatment and healthcare.

In order to access a PET scan, which is

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Mark Coulton addresses the media at the round table event to discuss a cancer centre in Dubbo, held on Thursday, March 31. PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER/MADDIE CONNELL

often required for cancer diagnosis, residents across my electorate have to undertake the onerous trip to Sydney. The cost, the travel time and the emotional turmoil of making such a trip have such an adverse affect on not only the patient but their families too.

Then there is the aspect of treatment.

At the moment, patients in my electorate have to travel to either Orange or Sydney for radiation treatment which can often involve daily treatments for weeks at a time. Again the cost, travel, accommodation arrangements and emotional distress can be heartbreaking. We see families needing to uproot their entire lives and relocate, for often weeks or months on end, or travel hundreds of kilometres each day in order to access treatment that will ultimately save their lives.

With a determination to change these stories, the group that I met two weeks ago has undertaken to work on a petition that will be distributed right across Western NSW. The purpose of this petition is to both raise awareness of the need for the regional cancer centre and to provide evidence of the support the community has for this centre.

The group will also continue to work with my office to secure a date when the Minister for Rural Health, Senator the Hon Fiona Nash will visit Dubbo and hear firsthand the need and support for this proposed centre.

As I told the meeting attendees last week this is something we have to fight for. This centre is about the health and wellbeing of the people of Western NSW; it is about our livelihoods. That is something worth fighting for.

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Centre for Hospital Prue Thompson, CanAssist Cancer Assistance Network, Dubbo and District Branch Congratulations on your comprehensive article on “Why Dubbo needs a Cancer Centre NOW”, in the recent edition of the Dubbo Weekender.

However, the Can Assist Committee are disappointed we were not approached for our point of view. As with everyone, we wish for services to be provided in Dubbo. Currently as a charity group, we provide financial support for patients requiring travel to mostly Orange and Sydney, for their specific treatment.

CanAssist helps with accommodation costs, over the IPTAAS quota, pharmacy, telephone and electricity bills, for financially struggling families.

One patient {page 16, Dubbo Weekender 8.04.16} mentioned she had been accommodated at Jean Colvin Centre, in Sydney, some years ago. That facility is now closed, and patients, themselves, need to find alternate places to stay for their, often extensive, treatment.

A voluntary CanAssist liaison officer is tasked with this thankless job. Some large Sydney hospitals have hostels close by, but often patients need to use commercial accommodation options. CanAssist has arrangements between Quest and Accor Hotels, but these premises use all the IPTAAS and CanAssist funding and more.

It is fortuitous for the sick people that the accommodation task is undertaken by volunteers, when they are at their most vulnerable, but this would not be necessary if a facility was available right here in Dubbo.

The current CanAssist outlay is in the vicinity of $50,000 per year, and these funds could well be spend in a different avenue if the Dubbo facility comes to fruition and patients were not required to travel away from our city.

Approximately 70 per cent of our locally donated funds go to travel and accommodation.

The patient families will appreciate that their CanAssist dollars can be spent on their other expenses.

The CanAssist Committee would value being included in any further discussions.

The current CanAssist outlay is in the vicinity of $50,000 per year, and these funds could well be spend in a different avenue if the Dubbo facility comes to fruition and patients were not required to travel away from our city. - Prue Thompson, CanAssist, Dubbo

Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in October 2014, at age 66, was a massive shock for Pop and our family, but as they say ‘it happens to the best of us’. Before we knew it January came around, Pop had his operation pre radiation treatment. It wasn’t until April 2015 that we waved goodbye to Nan and Pop at the airport as they made Sydney their new home for the next seven weeks. - Maddie Connell, grand daughter to cancer patient

Maddie Connell, granddaughter to Peter Chandler, cancer patient HEN I think of my grandparents I think of my childhood. For there was nothing better than knocking off school at 3pm in the afternoon and heading out to the farm for the weekend with my big sister Grace.

As you grow up you realise how precious grandparents really are.

They are the people that will forever have food to feed you and in my case, they are exactly the people I want to grow old and be like.

My Pop, Peter Chandler, is a father to two children and a grandfather to eight, and in my eyes is the most inspiring, kind hearted person I know.

Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in October 2014, at age 66, was a massive shock for Pop and our family, but as they say ‘it happens to the best of us’. Before we knew it January came around, Pop had his operation pre radiation treatment.

It wasn’t until April 2015 that we waved goodbye to Nan and Pop at the airport as they made Sydney their new home for the next seven weeks.

For the both of them, living in the big city temporarily was a massive deal for them as they lived the majority of their lives out in the bush. I suppose when it comes to anything involving us “DubVegas” locals and the big smoke Sydney, we immediately freak out. However I couldn’t imagine the strenuous feeling on those cancer suffers who are away from home receiving treatment in a place so crowded and unknown to them.

Pop underwent five days of treatment for seven long weeks, during this time, when he could, he would walk from the unit to the hospital as much as he could to stay active.

There were only so many books my grandmother could read; my mum Tracey Connell took time off work to go and accompany Nan so the days weren’t so lonely. Mum spent her time back and forth between home and Sydney with Nan

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Dubbo Photo News, photojournalist, Maddie Connell with her grandfather, Peter Chandler, in Sydney during the time of Peter’s treatment.

and Pop. My sister Grace and I even went down for a weekend.

As the seven weeks passed and it was time to come back home, after being settled and receiving good news from the doctor we were stoked to hear positive results about Pop’s treatment.

Pop ensured he stayed fit, healthy and most importantly positive from ‘day dot’ until it was over, and it worked. Going for regular checkups to the doctor, Pop got positive results of this horrible disease.

On an annual check In November 2015, Pop’s blood results indicated he had secondary cancer in the prostate area that was aggressive and growing. Quick to act, the

doctors got him in as quick as they could and he underwent a heavier dose of treatment which consisted of two doses of radiation every day, for a week, in Sydney in February 2016.

I can’t even begin to explain the impact news like that had on my family so it is why I am such a strong believer that Dubbo needs a Cancer Centre.

If I have learned anything from cancer becoming a part of my life, it’s that in true spirit of all this my grandfather, no matter how sick, would always make sure we were happy before he was. And to me, that’s what I feel when I think of my Pop… a whole lot of love.

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Sam Coyle, melanoma patient N 2010, at 23 years of age, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Melanoma on my left leg. It started off as a normal freckle which changed over the winter to a mole which split into two pieces, bled, was raised and had changed colour; these were all typical signs of melanoma.

I went to a GP to get checked out and was referred to a dermatologist. The wait in Dubbo to see this dermatologist was three months. I begged and pleaded with them to get me an earlier appointment. Luckily an appointment became available in Sydney.

My (now) husband and I travelled to Sydney to have it checked and removed. It came back positive for Melanoma. I was then referred to a melanoma surgeon in Sydney and had to have an operation to remove more skin from the affected area and removal of lymph nodes in my groin to see if the cancer had spread.

A few days later my doctor rang confirming the cancer had spread to my lymph nodes. This meant another trip to Sydney for more surgery. My second operation was the removal of all the lymph nodes in my groin. I had to stay in the hospital bed for five days. I was not allowed to get out of bed for a shower or even to go to the bathroom.

This was very very isolating. It was a very low point in my life. I found it very difficult being alone in hospital so far away from family and friends. In my situation chemotherapy and radiation were optional but not necessary for my treatment. I opted to be part of a clinical trial my surgeon was conducting. The trial was testing High Dose Vitamin D to prevent the recurrence of Melanoma in patients.

The trial ran over two years and I needed to return

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to Sydney for check-ups every 4 months. During my cancer journey I needed to take a leave of absence from my job and I have had to take many sick days and leave to travel to Sydney for follow ups.

I have also spent a fortune in flights, petrol and accommodation over the past five years.

Having a cancer treatment centre in Dubbo would have made an incredible difference to my cancer jour-

ney. It would have meant I could have recovered at home and my family and friends could have come to visit.

Having this type of facility available in Dubbo would make the cancer journey for many people much easier, especially for those living in outreach places such as Bourke and Broken Hill who are travelling hundreds of kilometres for specialist cancer treatment and care.

Dubbo Weekender invites you to tell us your cancer story and explain what a difference a Cancer Centre for Dubbo Hospital would have made to you, as a patient, a family member watching a loved one go through their treatment, a doctor assisting a patient, or a friend. You may work or volunteer for an organisation directly involved in the treatment or support of people living with cancer. Email your 500 words to editor@panscott.com.au.

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WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY PHIL LALOR HERE’S something exciting about the words ‘world record’. As a child growing up in the 70’s and 80’s it seemed there was always another world record being broken, it made news headlines and there was always a great sense of excitement and celebration associated with it. Surprisingly, I seem to recall names like Evel Knievel and Dale Buggins - names associated with motorcycle world records.

Well, now Dubbo has its own association with motorcycle world records. Last Saturday, women from all over Australia converged on Dubbo in an effort to not only break, but to smash the world record for the largest number of women on motorbikes at one time, in one place.

Dubbo was awash with leather and helmets, motorcycles and riders, anticipation and a whole lot of happiness. Bikes of all makes and models, sizes and configurations occupied the area in the Dubbo Showground most locals would know as “side show alley”. It was obvious to anyone present though, this attempt was certainly not going to be a sideshow, it was the main event.

Dubbo was awakened by the sound of motorcycle exhausts and the sights of long hair flowing from underneath helmets. Decorations adorned motorcycles and their riders, with the sense of excitement palpable.

While Friday provided a little dampener to the environment, the spirits of women riders descending on Dubbo were far from dampened. Commitment and perseverance evident from the variety of registration plates smattered among the many accommodation options in Dubbo - plates from ACT, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland, NSW and Western Australia.

A group of 40 intrepid riders made their way from Canberra, with an eclectic mix of bikes, soldered together by a passion for riding. Known as the Female Riders of Canberra (FRoC), members punted their way through rain and roadworks to, hopefully, become part of an elite group of World Record Holders.

Other groups of female riders trekked from Mackay in North Queensland, packing all the important and essential items, proudly boasting that despite a breakdown, they managed to fix the issue themselves and make it to Dubbo, and add the finishing touches to their lipstick as they motored into the

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Western Australia was also well represented with a group of riders travelling over 4000kms for the chance to make history. While not having a significant distance to cover, Dubbo was also represented in the record books with a healthy number of local female riders taking part.

To walk among the crowd at the Showground on Saturday was something incredibly special; the enthusiasm, the friendliness, camaraderie, spirit and joy was intoxicating. Smiles were abundant, offers of assistance, waves of acknowledgement and gestures

of goodwill were plentiful.

I’m confident the question was never, “Would the record be broken?” I reckon it was more, “By how much will the record be broken?”

Despite the heat present on the day, over 1000 females turned out on motorcycles in Dubbo. Precisely 1002 females were present, counted and rode on motorcycles. As the organiser of the event, Debb Dagger, crested on the showground trotting track, an Australian flag draped around her neck, fluttering in the breeze generated by her forward motion on a motorcycle, the assembled female riders erupted

` Other groups of female riders trekked from Mackay in North Queensland, packing all the important and essential items, proudly boasting that despite a breakdown, they managed to fix the issue themselves and make it to Dubbo, and add the finishing touches to their lipstick as they motored into the marshalling area.

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into a roar of excitement, drowning out the incredible noise generated from over 900 motorcycles.

While collective effort is recognised with a new World Record, it’s the inspiring individual and small group efforts that also deserve recognition. Sam Reichstein, travelling from Canberra, crutches in tow, following serious foot surgery only four weeks ago; the 74 years young lady who wanted to be a part of the event and for whom it was her first time on the back of a motorcycle; the determination displayed by Amy, riding from Canberra despite chronic abdominal pain, stopping frequently to rest and recuperate, and the beautiful gesture of a riding colleague presenting Amy with a guardian angel pin to celebrate her achievement, and recognise her tenacity and inspiration.

To cement the world record, 1002 females on motorcycles of all makes and capacities completed a lap of Dubbo. Local people turned out in droves to applaud and appreciate a piece of history, something 1002 women can be justifiably proud of, and something that Dubbo can also be proud of.

It’s often said that four wheels moves the body, while two wheels moves the soul. On Saturday, April 9, 2016 at the Dubbo Showground, I don’t reckon a truer word was ever spoken. aa

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Tony Webber is a Dubbo resident, former journalist and avowed pacifist.

War games in China’s backyard no way to sustain a friendship S I understood Australia was to find a safe place between the US and China’s rivalry.

Like a less charismatic member of a social group where two strong personalities have a falling out, we were to try and stay friends with both without taking sides.

China is the new popular, athletic girl at school, and we’ve struck up a rapport based on maximising our pocket money through coal and iron ore.

But we have been friends with the US for a long while and even though their popularity is waning frankly they owe us for all the help we provided bullying other students over the years.

Maintaining this balance has not been easy, so when it was announced that US Marines would be in Darwin, nobody here wanted to say the B word: “based” for fear of offending Chinese sensibilities.

They’re not based in Darwin, so presumably their chopper just hovers above the ground and we throw supplies and prostitutes up to them, and then they leave.

So the news last week that Australia is involved in war games in a highly sensitive area – certain to provoke the Chinese – seems to be at odds with this middle ground strategy.

Australian military personnel, including special force commandos, are to participate in military show of strength near the contested waters of the South China Sea. Because nothing says let’s be friends like a fully armed invasion rehearsal on your doorstep.

It’s hosted by the US and Philippines and includes Japan, the latter two countries having a stake in the territorial dispute, unlike Australia.

Japan is there but only as an observer, while other claimants to the disputed territory - Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam – won’t be there at all.

They are engaging in an exercise called Let Stupid Do The Heavy Lifting.

Obviously thrilled to have us, China’s state newsagency Xinhua celebrated the war games in her backyard by saying ten-

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sions in the region have risen to a “tipping point” and “some specific nations take delight in sowing seeds of discord between China and rival claimants.”

So just to return to our schoolyard analogy, when the big kid looks across the playground at your group and says tensions have reached tipping point it’s at that point you head off to the canteen and stay there until the bell rings.

PR plays a roll. None of the official comments from China would not have been heavily scrutinised.

So when the official Chinese mouthpiece calls the war games “a provocation,” and “untimely fear-mongering,” it is worth noting that the statement also includes the prediction that this exercise is “likely to boomerang on the initiators.”

Did they choose the word boomerang specifically for our benefit? Isn’t that the big guy in the playground saying “actu-

ally I’m talking to you chicken legs, don’t think the tuckshop lady is going to save you.”

Not to be outdone, the media reports announcing our involvement in a territorial dispute that has nothing to do with us, included a line that had to be straight out of the PR handbook: “Australian personnel will be involved in a mock amphibious landing exercise as well as do-

` Did they choose the word boomerang specifically for our benefit? Isn’t that the big guy in the playground saying “actually I’m talking to you chicken legs, don’t think the tuckshop lady is going to save you.”

ing humanitarian work.”

That’s right, like all our foreign incursions of late, most of the time our soldiers are building schools and giving lollies to the kids.

Why are we there? Where’s everyone else? It’s like a school working bee where all the other blokes get a phone call 20 minutes into it and you’re left unblocking the sewer with a pencil.

Do we have a contract with the US where we are obliged to be in every act of aggression, regardless of its impact on our national interest?

“Clause 7:1.1 Australia’s military will be made available without question, even for the dickhead stuff that is ultimately counter-productive and makes further warfare almost certain.”

Like so much of our military forays this century, what are we doing there?

In fact, what are we doing fullstop?

9 hobbies that could help you live longer

BY ELLA WALKER

2016 LONG LIFE

When it comes to living longer, we usually think about the stuff we should cut out – like biscuits, alcohol and takeaways. But what about the things we should take up, or be getting more of?

And yes, while it’s wise to eat healthily and quit smoking, to give yourself the longest innings possible, you don’t have to miss out on all the fun.

In fact, one of the best ways to

live longer is to take up a hobby you enjoy.

Here are nine that will really boost your quality, and potentially length, of life...

1. Reading: Getting stuck into a book can reduce your stress levels by 69 per cent.

2. Playing chess: Your brain will thank you for taking up chess. After all, it’s a mental game using both sides of it.

3. Gardening: Getting outside and growing your own (regardless of the

size of your green patch) will not only keep you looking forward to the next harvest, but reduces stress, improves diet, counts as exercise and has been shown to help slow the onset of dementia.

4. Walking the dog: It gets you out and about. Walking is particularly beneficial exercise as you age.

5. Swimming: is low impact but works every muscle in the body.

6. Team sports: Join a team – be it netball, football, cricket or any other sports you might be interested in.

Staying active and social are key to living a long, happy and fulfilled life.

7. Cooking: Numerous studies have shown that if you cook your own food from scratch, it’s much more likely to be healthy and nutritious.

8. Playing an instrument: Helps you raise your IQ and brain function almost instantaneously.

9. Dancing: Dancing, even just around your kitchen, releases endorphins, cuts stress, improves flexibility and has even been shown to make PA you smarter.

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Cr Mathew Dickerson

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

Pros outweigh the cons of Evocities program AM sure you are familiar with the scene. Kevin Costner (playing Ray) hears a mysterious voice one night in his cornfield. Despite taunts of lunacy, Ray feels the need to act. He builds a baseball diamond on his land and waits for the ghost of his father to play catch with him. When it comes to regional growth, many people believe they are quoting from ‘Field of Dreams’ when they say, “Build it and they will come.”

While Ray walks around the cornfield listening to the mysterious voice, he is amazed that his wife can’t hear the words being spoken. It appears that a generation of filmgoers weren’t paying much attention either as this quote is number five on the all-time list of movie misquotes.

The actual whispered words in the movie are “If you build it, he will come”, which makes a stark contrast. ‘He’ implies singular compared to ‘they’ implies plural. Building infrastructure in regional areas that is in excess of your needs with the hope that the mere act of building it will bring people to your region is not a strategy – it is a prayer.

I spoke at a conference in Wodonga last week that was hosted by Regional Capitals Australia – an organisation that has a focus on growth in fifty regional cities in Australia that have been identified as ‘capitals’.

My talk focused on the outcomes achieved by the regional marketing campaign known as Evocities. Evocities has a group of seven cities as members.

Albury; Armidale; Bathurst; Dubbo; Orange; Tamworth and Wagga Wagga.

The campaign was launched on September 22, 2010 so we have five and a half years of data to be able to draw conclusions from.

It is safe to say that cities in both NSW and other States look at Evocities and want to be involved in a similar program. While some locations focus on building infrastructure believing they are delivering on the Kevin Costner dream, Evocities employs the logic that if marketing a city drives greater population to that area then the infrastruc-

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ture will follow.

So after so long in the market, what are the results from Evocities?

Firstly some results from the initial research. With the target market of Western Sydney, the information was very clear that Sydneysiders were not after a tree change. They were after a

` Once people realise that ‘city’ does not mean Sydney we have a small chance of attracting them. The initial campaign also focused on the push from Sydney rather than the pull from regional areas. The mortgage pain and long commute were two areas that were driving people away from Sydney.

city change. Images of open paddocks and dirt did not appeal to people who had mostly been born and raised in a concrete jungle.

Alternative images of a busy regional CBD with coffee shops and hectic retail environments appealed to these city natives. It was clear that many people thought anywhere west of the Blue Mountains was ‘bush’ and the only place you would be able to buy a Macchiato or Latte on Soy was in the Sydney basin.

Once people realise that ‘city’ does not mean Sydney we have a small chance of attracting them. The initial campaign also focused on the push from Sydney rather than the pull from regional areas. The mortgage pain and long commute were two areas that were driving people away from Sydney.

Evocities not only monitors how many people are moving but also constantly surveys people to see where the limited marketing funds should be spent. Education is seemingly the key. It amazes

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me that 66 per cent of people in Sydney would move somewhere else if they had the option. Many don’t realise they do have the option. Of the people that move from Sydney to an Evocity, 49 per cent had absolutely no link with that location before. No family; no visitation; no knowledge. From an economic perspective, it is important that 81 per cent of people find a job before they actually make the move and with locations like Dubbo having an incredibly low unemployment rate of 3.2 per cent, it is obvious that we need more employees.

Enough of the preliminary dance.

What are the actual numbers? How many people have moved as a direct result of the campaign? We have tracked a minimum of 2,628 households which converts to 7,095 people as a minimum direct result of Evocities. When you consider the combined initial population of the Evocities, this number has delivered 2.2 per cent population growth to the Evocities. Further information we have collated shows that each household injects $94,909 annually per household to the local economy so Evocities can lay claim to $250 million per annum across the seven cities.

These numbers are fantastic – but at what cost? How much has this marketing campaign cost us? To the end of this financial year, $5.125 million will have been spent. Local Government has contributed 55 per cent of this with the Federal Government delivering 33 per cent.

Arguably the greatest beneficiary from the program is the State Government as the program helps to alleviate some of the population pressure in Sydney but their contribution has only been 4.5 per cent.

Breaking it down further, each new resident from the Evocities campaign has come at a cost of $722. When you consider the cost of building infrastructure with the hope that people will move because of it, $722 per person is petty cash.

Let me know if you moved to Dubbo as a result of the Evocities campaign at mayor@dubbo.nsw.gov.au.

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7. ANATOMY: Where are the three smallest bones in the human body found?

8. MUSIC : What was John Lennon (pictured) thinking about when he wrote “I Am the Walrus”?

9. QUOTATIONS: Which 20thcentury mythologist made the observation, “We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us”?

10. FLAGS: What colour is the maple leaf on Canada’s flag?

11. FLASHBACK: Who released a disco version of “MacArthur Park”?

12. RACING: Which famous grey racehorse was foaled in 1967 at a stud at Breeza, NSW? 13. LYRICS: Name the song that contains this lyric: “Stars fading but I linger on, dear, Still craving your kiss, I’m longing to linger till dawn dear, Just saying this...”

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A N TA RC T I C A DV E N T U R E S ‘You never too old’ is clearly a mantra Gordon Campbell lives by, so when his family arranged for him to fly over Antarctica for his 89th birthday, true to form, he embraced the opportunity.

WORDS John Ryan ORDON CAMPBELL was in his 88th year yet no-one in his family knew he had a dream to see Antarctica.

The sleuthing effort which uncovered this special wish was left to grandson, and former Dubbo detective Nick Kosseris, during a bonding session caravanning around Tasmania.

When Gordon told Nick it was a lifelong wish they made inquiries at Hobart, but it was the wrong season for boats heading to the world’s southernmost landmass and there were no flights at that time.

After the holiday Nick told his mum, Trish Morris, and the wheels were set in motion.

Plans gathered momentum at Gordon’s 89th birthday and the tickets were booked.

Fortune favors the brave, and it was on.

Trish booked seats behind the wing to ensure great views and that paid off, the pictures holding cherished memories of the 13 hour flight of a long lifetime.

Halfway through the flight passengers on the window seats have to swap, and not long after Trish and Gordon had vacated their seats the sky became overcast, vastly reducing the visibility – apparently on some flights the clouds are so thick no-one actually gets to see anything.

“I didn’t know what to expect, I thought it was just going to be a big blob of ice’,” Trish said, “it’s a memory I’ll have forever’.”

“It was one-on-one time with dad, I just thought, to be able to do that for my dad was so special.

Speaking of ice…”

“When we got on the plane and levelled off, the first thing dad said was ‘I’ll have a rum’ and when they asked what he’d like with it, he said ‘more rum’,” Trish laughed.

Gordon said he doesn’t drink much and when he does, the only thing to put it in is more rum.

“The ice can stay in Antarctica,” Gordon said.

There were lots of selfies, Gordon made mates with just about everyone on the trip, and with about 400 aboard that’s plenty of new mates.

“It was a beautiful day, cloudy on the way over but when we got there you could see everything’, he said.

‘The crew told me the time before you couldn’t see anything so we were very lucky.”

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Gordon describes as an amazing life – married to Margaret (nee Gillis) for 65 years, he said his wife had always pushed him to do things, which accounts for his still adventurous spirit.

He’s been a world class big game fisher, winning an overseas trip after bringing in the big ones at Port Stephens years ago, and believes people should have a go at following their passions.

He’s had a life around strong women – his dad was checked out of hospital after a bout of pneumonia when Gordon was just three years old, dying on the hospital steps from a heart attack as he left the building, leaving his mum to raise him.

“We go crook these days about hospitals but imagine what things were like back then,” Gordon said.

He turned 90 in February.

He says, he’ll never forget his family who made the great Antarctic adventure possible.

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` “When we got on the plane and levelled off, the first thing dad said was ‘I’ll have a rum’ and when they asked what he’d like with it, he said ‘more rum’,” Trish laughed.

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Business & Rural

The Ridge’s Hungry Spirit Lightning Ridge might be the world’s opal capital, but this quirky outback town has another gem all its own in Rebel Black – community advocate, business coach and unfailingly positive local champion whose health and wellbeing-based business, The Hungry Spirit, has just opened a whole food and organic retail outlet in the town. And true to form, Black is taking the different approach to a traditional sector. AS TOLD TO and PHOTOGRAPHY Jen Cowley Tell us about The Hungry Spirit – it’s not just a shop-front, is it?

The best way to describe The Hungry Spirit is that it’s an amalgam of a number of services and products focussing on food primarily – a new conversation about food in a semi-arid environment.

We run workshops such as gardening, permaculture, health and wellbeing – all with food as the focus. And now we’ve opened a retail space here in Lightning Ridge selling wholefoods and health foods, and we’ll soon also be supplying organic fresh produce sourced locally where we can and also from other areas.

The retail operation is just a small part, then?

I see food as a gateway to lots of conversations about healing, thriving and evolving which is the underlying principle of all my businesses. We’re not going to get everyone into the garden – not everyone is interested in growing their own food – so to have a little store in town where we can also hosts little workshops is a way of encouraging that conversation about food. So, for instance, over Easter we ran a little raw chocolate making workshop. So we’re just trying to expose people to a different way of seeing food, and introduce them to new products they might have heard about but are unsure of how to use them or what benefits they bring to their lives.

For me, The Hungry Spirit is about a philosophy of wanting to understand more about ourselves and our planet, and taking back a bit of responsibility for our health and wellbeing through food.

A lot of people might think Lightning Ridge is an odd fit for an organic food business.

I would agree, to some extent.

We’re a small population and typically you’d need a larger population to make a store like this fly, but I think what we’re trying to do is something different. That’s why we’ve diversified and we’re running workshops. Just this week, we had a group of women get together to harvest the basil we’d grown and we turned it into pesto, then we re-planted the seeds in the new garden bed.

So that sort of stuff is a real joy for people, and it really reconnects people with the human side of food. Conversation then opens up around that. That’s not retail, but that feeds into the retail side of things. We’re not doing retail in a typical sense, because I know that wouldn’t work in this small community.

That said, Lightning Ridge has a quirky spirit in itself and so in many ways it is a good fit.

Yes – there’s an alternative community here, and when I say that, I mean people who are choosing different ways of living. There are people here who are interested

in health and food, but they’ve much have one of everything we been doing it alone so to speak – need now – there are businesses so what we’re doing is unearthing that pop up and come and go, but those people and they’re coming fundamentally the retail landinto the shop and are excited that scape hasn’t changed much. So I they can get access to organic and think there’s an appetite for new healthy foods. things.

I’m really excited to tap into In the work I do in my other busisome of the loness – which is cal gardeners business coach` too – there are ing for ruIt’s not a typical way lots of people ral women all of looking at retail, but here growing over Australia their own food.

– there’s a comI think it’s a way we You’ve been mon complaint really need to be open in The Ridge among retailto in small regional a while now. ers in smaller How has the communities. com mu n it ies business comthat people are munity there tending to shop changed? online.

There’s a competitive perThe face of the retail sector hasn’t changed a lot in the 16 spective because of declining popyears I’ve been here. We pretty ulation and online shopping – but

that also presents an opportunity for retailers. They can tap into the online trend, but they can also take the opportunity to do things differently.

And that’s what I’m doing. I’m saying I’m not so much selling a product on a shelf, what we’re doing is selling a community, a connection; we’re selling information and education. A by-product of that is that people will want to buy or in some way be connected to the products we sell.

That’s not a typical way of looking at retail, but I think it’s a way we really need to be open to in small regional communities.

You have a different way of looking at advantage and disadvantage – you seem to focus on the positives.

The reality of my life is that I

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 15.04.2016 to Sunday 17.04.2016 live in Lightning Ridge. I love the community, but I live here largely because my husband is an opal miner so this is where our home is. I can take that in one of two ways: I can look at it and be feeling disadvantaged and like I’m isolated – I can take all the stuff I hear and read about in the media about the disadvantage of living in rural communities. OR I can ask, “What opportunities does this local community provide me? What opportunities does the internet open up for me?”

Do you think a lot of rural businesses see technology as a threat rather than an opportunity?

Absolutely. And I can understand that thinking. If you’ve always done business in a traditional way, then I can see why people would see the changes being brought to bear by technology as threatening. We’re scared by what we don’t understand – I get that.

But like any competition, you can look at it and get annoyed, or blame the second shop that opened up or the internet or whatever, or you can look at your own business and ask, “What could I be doing that they’re not? What sets me apart? What can I offer to build my business back up again.”

What are your hopes for The Hungry Spirit?

My hope is that we create a new conversation – food is a brilliant entry point to that conversation about health and wellbeing. If, either through the retail shop or through the events we hold, we can connect people back to their garden or with whole foods or with new insight into their own health, then I’ll be happy.

I really love just being in this little shop. We’re only open for nine hours a week, but I just love every one of those hours – just chatting with people about what’s going on in their lives… and if there’s anything I can help them with in terms of health and wellbeing, that’s what it’s all about.

How is the overall mood in Lightning Ridge? What’s the outlook for the community?

6 customer traits to avoid that will impact your business valuation A S a small business accountant and business valuer, we know what a prospective purchaser will look for as part of due diligence when determining whether to buy your business.

In this blog, I would like to look at customers and how having the right customer mix can reduce risk and therefore allow you to ask for a much higher small business valuation.

So which customer traits should you avoid when trying to achieve the maximum sales price for your business?

1. Customers that represent more than 5% IT’S quite okay to have customers that represent more than 5 per cent of your total revenues.

However, be aware that if you are going to sell, your price will be discounted depending on how much a few customers make up the majority of your income. Naturally, if some

of these clients were to leave (e.g. be bought out, close down or find another supplier), this could have a massive impact on the bottom line and hence the risk factor would see a lower multiple in most cases for your sale price.

Review your annual sales and determine whether you have too much customer reliance.

Consider boosting revenues by getting more customers over time so that the percentage becomes lower. You could consider targeting higher spend customers to dilute the concentration or just get more of the smaller ones.

2. Customer spending trends over the past 3 years that are declining IF you were to review customer spending trends for the past few years, are they stable, increasing or declining? Go into your accounting system (e.g. Xero uses a report Income by Con-

` If you have a business that is showing a gradual decrease in the number of customers, does this mean the business is on the way out?

A trend for the past three years will give you an idea on what is occurring. ... a

tact) and print off the report so you can go down through the spend by customer for the past three years.

What do you see? If it is negative, what are the reasons and can these be fixed?

3. Falling numbers of customers IF you have a business that is showing a gradual decrease in the number of customers, does this mean the business is on the way out?

A trend for the past three years will give you an idea on what is occurring. If there has been a strategy to have less customers but with a higher spend due to better profitability, this can be explained to any potential buyer. If this is not part of strategy, you should try to stem the flow of people ‘voting with their feet’.

4. Loss of major customers in the last 2 years BUSINESS valuers should never value a business on past results alone and neither will those performing due diligence.

If there have been losses of major customers recently, this could lead to much lesser profits going forward if they cannot be replaced.

We’re coming out the end of what’s been a pretty long seven years – the past two years has been picking up for sure.

Tourism numbers have grown again and been steady for the past couple of years, so there’s definitely a buoyant tourism market. Similarly, opal has really picked up again in the past two years – people are finding more opal; prices are coming up; there are people re-entering the market after almost a decade out. So that brings a good feeling.

Generally, people are feeling positive.

And of course, when it rains… occasionally! … it’s great for everyone’s spirit.

It helps them to remember that good times do follow the tough times.

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Business in changing times with Phil Comerford, Scolari Comerford Dubbo This is similar to point 1, but are you looking after your major clients or are you just taking them for granted?

A potential buyer will look for recent losses of major customers and recent acquisitions.

Naturally it is better to not only have more acquisitions than losses but having a history of retaining customers will make a buyer feel more comfortable about a business rather than one that has low customer retention periods.

6. Segment declines between price, new customers, product and demand

5. Average dollar spend per customer dropping

HOW well do you know your customer base? Even if you are not looking to sell, going through the above six points will not only be interesting reading for you but there may just be some hidden ‘gold’ that will allow your business to thrive and become the envy of any potential competitor!

THIS is a great exercise to go through and can also be part of your one-page strategic business plan when looking at your growth equation.

What is the average spend per customer? Is it going up or down? More importantly why?

THIS one might take a bit of work but will give you good business intel. If you monitor this information and you can get it to be positive, it will be a great one to show anybody who is doing a due diligence or business valuation on your business when selling.

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Dubbo local wins Financial Planner of the Year LOCAL AMP Financial Planner, Tanya Andersen from Advisory Group has just been awarded Advisory Group Financial Planner of the Year.

Advisory Group CEO, Brad Luke said the award reflects a commitment of Tanya to helping people in the local community. She brings with her a passion for guiding clients through their financial lives, providing them with one of the essential ingredients to their future wellbeing,” Brad said.

Having been in the financial planning industry for a decade, Tanya was thrilled to be announced the winner: “I’m passionate about managing the financial future of clients and excited about helping them.”

“Whether their plans are to have a comfortable retirement, support a family or buy a home, we’re here to help people manage their finances so they can achieve these goals. The right advice can make a big difference to a person’s financial well-being,” Tanya said Tanya is supported by a strong team. “In a practice like ours, awards are truly a team effort. Without the support from my team, this just wouldn’t be possible, they all should be very proud.”

Advisory Group has 7 offices across NSW and specialises in debt, loans, insurance, retirement, superannuation and investment advice and in addition to supporting individuals and families, small and medium businesses.

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Tanya Andersen, Local AMP Financial Planner, Advisory Group has been awarded Advisory Group Financial Planner of the Year.

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The Government has been seeking an EOI from currently serving councillors who wish to be considered for a role in shaping any new council. Options available under the Local Government Act 1993 may include “the appointment of a single person or group of people (which may include councillors for presently existing council areas) to act as administrators of any new council, or the continuation in office of some or all councillors from the former council areas, as councillors of a new area until the first ordinary election of the new council.”

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Which potting mix is best for your garden?

BY CHRIS BRAY GARDENING GURU

T’S a question that is often asked, mainly because of the enormous range available today, supported by numerous household garden brands.

Specific plant varieties in your local nursery today can be matched with a companion mix, tailored for the plants every needs. Varieties include camellia and azalea mix, which is a more PH specific mix, designed for more acid loving plants; succulent and cacti mix, which has a higher sand consistency and native mix, which contains a balanced soil, usually with added native fertiliser, which is lower in Phosphorus than traditional fertilisers.

Other factors to consider when looking for a particular mix include, the porosity, fertiliser content and water saving ability. Also look for potting mixes with the Australian Standards tick, which are of a superior quality and generally have a longer lasting ability, improving your plant’s survival and giving your latest plant, the best possible start when potted up.

Potting Mix, like soil in your garden beds, loses it’s capacity over time to hold water and nutrient value, due to continuous watering

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Study reveals true scale of Indigenous lung cancer disparity

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ABORIGINAL and Torres Strait Islander people are almost eight times more likely to die from lung cancer than non-Indigenous Australians living in remote areas, new University of Sydney research shows.

In the first and largest study of its kind, PhD candidate Kalinda Griffiths from the Sydney Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Statistics investigated intersecting disparities in lung cancer care and outcomes amongst at-risk communities in NSW. “It’s important to take into consideration the compounding effects of socioeconomic disadvantage and geographic locality when considering treatment and outcomes. You can’t look at Aboriginal disparity in isolation; we need to consider the complete picture,” said Griffiths, who is a former Northern Territory Young Australian of the Year.

“Existing studies into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lung cancer rates usually only estimate for one measure: Indigenous status. But this neglects the fact that Aboriginal people often have multiple social statuses, which can be measured in different ways.”

As part of her PhD thesis, Griffiths examined linked data for 20,846 people diagnosed with lung cancer from the NSW Central Cancer Registry between 2001 and 2007. She then investigated the interrelationship between incidence, treatment, survival and mortality, based on

and needs by the plant, which will mean that plants are covered with frost blanket, which is an excellent way of protecting you will have to actively use your plants, whilst giving them additives to bring your potting ` sufficient light throughout the mix back to life. day, or alternatively sprayed Potting Mix, like Potting mix that has no wawith a suitable protectant, of ter holding capacity will gen- soil in your garden which can reduce the plant’s erally show in your pots saucer beds, loses it’s risk of frost damage by an extra filling up as quick as the water 2 to 4 degrees celsius. you put into the pot, which in capacity over time turn creates more watering for to hold water and 5 top tips for this you on a daily basis. This prob- nutrient value, lem can be overcome with the due to continuous week addition of composted manures 1. Plant new season Citrus and wetting agents and specific watering and trees, varieties include lemon, fertilisers for your plants needs. needs by the plant, lime and orange, just to name Remember to read the label on which will mean a few. Don’t forget to check out fertilisers to ensure that you that you will have some of the new dwarf varieare using the correct type, as ties, perfect for patio planting to actively use all plants have individual nutrior a suitable size pot. additives to bring ent needs.

2. Plant some striking colour If you are potting up some your potting mix with new season Gerbera’s and new season plants during Au- back to life.

Chrysanthemum. These varietumn, don’t forget to add water ties are long flowering and look crystals at the time of planting great potted up. to ensure that come next Summer, your plants 3. Keep a watering routine on lawns whilst the will have “water reserves” at the root zone, weather is still dry. needed to get them through periods of heat.

4. Fertilise shrubs and pot plants with suitable With the cooler months not far away, exist- organic or in-organic fertiliser. ing pot plants that are susceptible to frost, will 5. Continue to mulch garden beds to retain need to be protected. Ensure that frost tender moisture and reduce watering.

socioeconomic status, Indigenous status and geographic location.

The results also revealed a gap in available data into lung cancer treatment for Indigenous patients.

“This might be due to people not accessing services, and this may depend on the patient’s remoteness or socioeconomic status. Being isolated from services, not having trust in the healthcare system and family responsibilities may prevent Indigenous people from accessing treatment options.”

Kalinda will continue to explore new ways to tackle such disparities in health outcomes for Indigenous people as an inaugural Wingara Mura Leadership Program Fellow.Launched in 2016, this new program aims to assist Indigenous early career academics with tailored guidance and support as they complete their PhD studies.

The full results will be presented at the World Indigenous Cancer Conference in Brisbane on 12 April 2016. - NACCHO (Aboriginal Health News)

More sex education needed for our children A NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the sexualisation of children and young people has once again brought into the spotlight the issue of teen-sexting and current laws that treat this behaviour as child pornography.

It has also highlighted that sex education in schools may not be keeping up with the needs of the current generation, who spend

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more and more time online.

Relationship experts Interrelate have been delivering relationship education to communities and in schools for 90 years and have found that children as young as 10 years old are actively communicating with each other via social media and other digital platforms. Sometimes these communications can be explicit, negative or hurtful, without the young person fully understanding or considering the consequences.

“Current laws around sexually explicit images need to be examined and reviewed so that young people who may make poor choices aren’t placed in the same category as paedophiles,” said Interrelate CEO Patricia Occelli.

“In recent years, we have noticed that while children’s awareness of sex has increased, their knowledge is limited. Thanks to the accessibility of the internet, children are now easily exposed to information that can be beyond their level of understanding.

“It’s more important than ever for us to educate children early about sex and their sexuality to put what they are exposed to into context and to give them an accurate frame of reference,” she said.

Many parents worry that giving their child information about sex

will lead them to become sexually active earlier, when in fact research shows this is not the case.

“Teaching kids about sex education doesn’t take away their innocence, but not talking about it does limit their ability to make informed choices. While parents may think their children are too young to start learning about sex, it’s important that from a very young age they learn what sort of behaviour is ok versus what is inappropriate and the consequences of their behaviour,” said Occelli.

“The key for parents is to keep communication lines with their children open, even if it’s not what they want to hear from them. Parents need to be honest with their children, talk early and talk often, keep explanations age appropriate, but be honest,” she said.

Interrelate believes more also needs to be done at a state and federal level to incorporate school education programs in this area that can assist with early intervention.

“While we acknowledge the great work our teachers are doing, more needs to be done to ensure that sex and healthy relationship education is being addressed in our schools. Our own experience in delivering relationship education has shown that teachers often find it helpful to have providers with specific expertise in this area deliver information that is sensitive and difficult to talk about. It’s about ensuring that we are offering additional layers of support to our teachers and schools to ensure the best outcomes for our children.”

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Food for thought: Good nutrition at every life stage CCORDING to the Dietitians Association of Australia, a staggering 30 to 40 per cent of older Australians are either experiencing or at risk of malnutrition; a figure that Aveo Retirement Living says is unacceptable.

In the absence of industry standards, Aveo is the country’s first retirement village network to proactively introduce a national nutritional standard across its entire restaurant and catering services.

National Food services manager, John Casey, is committed to educating retirees on the importance of good nutrition through the food provided in the network’s restaurants and by delivering educational cooking classes and workshops to residents.

“Very few people realise that their dietary requirements change with age and as a result they could be unknowingly lacking in important nutrients or not reaching their recommended calorie intake,” Casey says.

“Surprisingly, the recommended intake of a number of nutrients is greater for older people than for younger generations. Retirees should be mindful of eating a variety of foods including a mix of protein-rich foods such as eggs, lean meats, fish and legumes, dairy foods, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.”

While providing nutritionally balanced and nourishing food is a top priority for Aveo, Casey says reinvigorating a sense of social engagement and

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OHN Casey’s top five tips for people ple over 65 to boost their nutrient intake and revive their taste buds to live longer, stronger, and healthier lives. ves.

1. Eat at least three meals a day: As we get older we often need fewer kilolojoules because we are less active than han when we were younger. However, we still need a similar amount of nutrients, nts, sometimes more, which is why it can be difficult to get all the nutrients you all. need if your food portions are too small.

Have at least three daily meals, two to als three healthy snacks in-between meals ges and keep an eye on any weight changes ive you experience. Depending how active you are, your dietary requirements may nal vary – be sure to speak to a professional our to assess if your current diet suits your lifestyle needs.

2. Watch your appetite and weight: While we often hear about the benefits of losing weight, weight loss is generally not recommended as we age. So if you find that your appetite is declining and your weight is dropping it might be time to seek the advice from your doctor and dietitian.

3. Share mealtimes with friends or family: Research shows that people who eat with others are more likely to eat regularly and eat well than those who dine alone. A great way to reinvig-

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orate your love for food is to join friends or family at mealtimes and make it a social occasion. Set a regular night to dine in a restaurant, share a meal with a neighbour, or invite family or friends over to cook with you once a week.

4. Plan ahead: Many people struggle to cook for one person, especially if they are used to cooking for two people or an entire family. The good news is that you don’t need to give up your favourite classic dishes – just plan ahead or opt for healthy meal delivery services. To help, try writing a list of what you need before you head to the shops, and prepare healthy meals that you can keep on-hand in the freezer. Many meals, such as casseroles and hearty soups freeze well. Place them in single portions in either small containers or freezer bags, making sure to label and date the food.

5. Stay active: As well as eating healthy, ensure you’re getting enough exercise.

Not only is exercise a great social activity and way to make new friends, but it can also be used as a way to unwind or recharge – not to mention increasing your appetite. Walking, swimming, and yoga are all great, low-impact activities.

John Casey, National Food Services manager, Aveo.

l About John Casey: John Casey’s expansive career in the food industry spans more than three decades.

From leading fine-dining restaurants to working with elite athletes such as Kathy Freeman on the development of tailored food plans, John has dedicated his career to mastering food techniques with consideration to good nutrition. In 2014, John was appointed National Food Services Manager for Aveo where he oversees all aspects of the quality food service for 74 retirement communities in Australia.

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5 tips for a successful renovation

BY JULIA GRAY

1. Ensure you do the basics first. With any renovation project, it pays to start with the essentials, such as rewiring, replacing the central heating system, repairing the roof and addressing any damp and structural problems. Doing things in the wrong order, or trying to cut corners, can soon cost you time and money, especially if you have to redo what you’ve already done. If you replaster the walls without solving a damp problem, for example, the damp will simply come through the new plaster. This will then have to be hacked off so a waterproof render can be applied before replastering again.

2. Start at the top and work down, both with the house in general and each room in particular. Ideally, a loft conversion (not as common in Western NSW, but if this is an option for you it can greatly increase your home’s value) should be done before renovating the rooms below, as it’s much less painful to have a leak (from water getting in when the roof’s off) or a hole in a ceiling (from a builder slipping in the loft) in rooms that aren’t finished. The same applies for any work you might be planning in the roof. If you’re redecorating a room, start by painting the ceiling because the paint can splatter the walls and floor below, and work down from there, with the floor last.

3. Consider extending into the side return. Lots of older properties, usually Victorian and Edwardian ones, have a side return – a narrow strip of garden that usually runs alongside the kitchen. This isn’t much use as garden, because it’s often too narrow to sit out in, but can make a big difference to the space indoors. By extending into the side return, you can turn a narrow kitchen into a good-sized kitchen-diner, which is a valuable addition to any home. For houses without a side return, a rear extension can turn a small kitchen into a big openplan kitchen-diner/family room (see below) that’s a pleasure to use day-to-day and will be a hit with buyers when you come to sell. This is especially the case with 1920s and 1930s houses, which often have kitchens so small they’re impractical for modern family life.

4. Create open-plan living space, as this is high on the musthave list of many buyers, particularly families and people who like to entertain. Extending into the side return, building a rear extension and/or knocking two rooms into one, typically a separate kitchen and dining room, is a good way to create the open-plan kitchen-diner/family room so many of us love.

5. Turn a one-bedroom property into a two bed; two into three; or three into four. If you can add bedrooms, you can usually add value, although it can be a mistake to make the property top heavy, with too many bedrooms for the amount of living space downstairs or elsewhere, or to have too many bedrooms for the number of bathrooms. In some locations, especially expensive urban ones, turning a one-bedroom property into a two-bedroom one can propel it into a different price bracket when you come to sell. Adding a bedroom may involve extending, or converting a loft, cellar or garage, but it can also be done without spending a lot. Changing the layout may enable you to divide one room into two (some main bedrooms span the entire front of the house, for example) or if you have a large living room, you could put the kitchen in there and use the former kitchen as a bedroom.

HOW-TO TIP New wooden windows are usually supplied primed and if you’re painting them yourself, don’t forget to apply a couple of coats of a good exterior undercoat before the topcoat. If it’s a cold day, a water-based undercoat is a good option because it will dry quickly, unlike most oil-based ones. Check out options in the Dulux Weathershield range, for instance, which gives weather protection, is nice to work with and dries in no time.

FUN PLACES TO READ

CREATIVE FAMILY FUN

BY DONNA ERICKSON THE wonderful thing about storybooks is that they can be part of our kids’ lives just about anywhere we go.

Think of all the places where you’ve read a favourite book to a child. Maybe it’s the public library, where colourful soft cushions invite kids to relax and hear a tale. There’s the joy of reading shoulder to shoulder with a child above the clouds on a plane, or on a carved-out log under a colourful autumn tree at a park. And at

bedtime, what parent doesn’t enjoy snuggling on a puffy down quilt with a story in hand to wind down a busy day?

Places and people are a magical part of engaging with books, and that’s what the creators of the “Enchanted Storybook Forest” at Brookgreen Gardens in the Myrtle Beach area of South Carolina, USA must have had in mind when they transformed the wooded family area into a collection of storybook playhouses based on classical stories or rhymes – Snow White and the Seven Dwarf’s Cottage, Rapunzel’s Tower, Dr Seuss’

“One Fish, Two Fish” house and The Little Engine That Could. Accompanying books are available for adults to read when kids gather around a house after exploration and play.

Inspired by the idea of storybook houses, discover fun ways you can provide creative reading experiences with kids on your own turf. It’s worth the effort.

Here are some ideas:

STORYBOOK NOOKS Let your child pile pillows in a corner with space to sit inside and read about faraway and exotic lands. Or,

toss a sheet over a card table and crawl inside with a flashlight. Pretend it’s a cave, and read a story about bats.

STORYBOOK PARTY Use a storybook for the theme of your child’s next birthday party. Get your child involved in making invitations, setting up games and decorating an area in your home or outdoors where all will gather when you read the book to partygoers. From easy to complex, Pinterest.com is a great source for crafty party ideas and recipes.

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5 tips for DIY basics

BY JULIA GRAY

1. Accurate measuring is vital for all sorts of DIY tasks, but it’s surprisingly easy to get wrong. If you can, get someone to help you measure or check your measurements, especially if you’re measuring a large area or can’t afford to make a mistake. Digital measurers can’t be used to measure everything, but they make a lot of measuring quick and easy. With a digital measurer, you simply point the laser dot where you want to measure (ensuring you know which end of the measurer the reading is being taken from) and press the button to ‘fix’ the reading, which is extremely accurate.

2. A metal ruler is a must for DIY be-

cause it’s sturdy and rigid and you can’t score into it accidentally with a craft knife. The main problem with metal rulers is that they can slip on smooth surfaces, so make sure you spread your fingers out along the length of the ruler to hold it down. Go for a ruler that’s calibrated right up to the end, as this makes measuring and marking much easier.

3. Felt-tip pens are easy to see when you’re marking, but they can be too thick for precision work. A sharp pencil is often better, but pencil lines can be hard to see on some surfaces and can get erased in the process of cutting, such as when using a water-cooled diamond-wheel tile cutter.

4. Working safely on ladders is a must, and not doing something as sim-

ple as extending a stepladder fully can be dangerous. Many ladders come with instructions about how much weight they can take, which side you can climb up (if you can use both sides), how to lock them in place and other ways to use them safely. Never stretch or overreach when you’re up a ladder because this could destabilise you and it, and make sure you wear sensible shoes that won’t slip off. Your ladder should have nonslip feet for safety, but the feet also help to prevent damage to flooring indoors.

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Outdoors, extension ladders should be placed on a firm, level surface and the top should rest against something solid, i.e. not things like gutters and windowpanes. To stop the ladder from slipping, secure both the top and

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BY JOANN DERSON z * In savoury recipes (think creambased soups) that call for heavy cream, try this amazing, healthy substitute from “Cooking Light”: Cook 1/2 cup brown rice in 2 cups chicken stock for 25 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand 5 minutes. Blend with 1 cup low-fat milk in a blender until smooth and creamy. A savings of over 700 calories and almost 90 grams of fat per cup! z * “Got leftover cake? Freeze it! At

my daughter’s birthday party we had a really delicious cake, but almost half of it went uneaten. It seemed a shame to throw it away and too gluttonous to eat it all before it spoiled, so we decided to freeze it in slices. It froze perfectly, icing and all, and we were able to enjoy it several more times over the following month.” – contributed by Amy z * Take advantage of the extended summer by doing some garden cleanup work. Remove dead or damaged limbs on trees and shrubs. Remove suckers at the base of plants. Spruce up your garden beds to get them

bottom with straps or ropes and clips or hooks, ensuring they’re anchored to something immovable, or put something really heavy against the bottom of the ladder so it can’t move. If you can get someone to hold the ladder while you’re up it, even better. Extension ladders can be particularly dangerous on ‘shiny’ floors, such as tiles or floorboards with a gloss finish – I know someone whose unsecured ladder slipped on a wooden floor, causing him to be hospitalised.

HOW-TO TIP When you steam and scrape off wallpaper, you often find that it comes off in layers and that scoring the top layer helps the steam to penetrate and so gets the job done quicker.

ready for next season. z * “To make gluing easier when crafting, I pour an entire bottle of white school glue into a glass mason jar with lid. I use paintbrushes to do my paper crafts, as the glue spreads well with a brush. If I am unable to use a brush, I use a straw to capture glue and “drop” it on other projects. The straw makes it easier to get the glue into cracks or small spots as necessary. Just put a straw down in the glue, cover the open end with your finger, remove it from the jar and position the glue end of the straw where it needs to go, then remove your finger.” – contributed by J.

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spiralize Sisters that spiralise

BY ELLA WALKER THE Hemsley sisters are as much chatterboxes as they are chefs, finishing each others' sentences and chipping in all over the place.

"I am the big sister and she's the bossy sister," Jasmine, 36, explains wryly, pointing at Melissa, 30.

The healthy-eating aficionados set up their company and lifestyle blog, Hemsley + Hemsley, together six years ago.

They were picked up by Vogue as columnists within weeks of starting out, their first book, The Art Of Eating Well – famed for its Bone Broth and Black Bean Brownie recipes – was an international hit, and now they're celebrating the release of their "second baby", Good + Simple.

"Good + Simple is pretty much what it says on the tin," buzzes Melissa. "Everything that went into it had to taste very good, do you good, and be really simple to make, and that is pretty much how we cook anyway – from Monday morning to Friday night.

“We are big fans of making life easy," agrees former model Jasmine, who explains that they're all about encouraging people to have a Sunday cook-off, where you set yourself up for the week by making meal batches.

"Every time you cook, make double and pop it in the freezer, and then you don't really think about takeaways," says Jasmine with a grin.

And the new book is full of healthy comfort food alternatives.

"You'll find all your classic favourites reworked, like fish finger sandwiches. And the Full Monty, which is our full English breakfast," chirps Melissa.

"And then Celeriac Carbonara – it looks the business," finishes Jasmine.

The Celeriac Carbonara embodies what they're all about: vegetables, good fats and twists on the traditional – in this case, the pasta's replaced with ribbons of root veg.

"We love spiralizing!" Melissa says proudly, which is something of an understatement – since they, in fact, pioneered the spiralizer.

They've even got food writer Mary Berry using one: "I actually took a picture in (British department store) Selfridges, and there's a pile of our spiralizers and then there's our book and Mary Berry's book – I was like, 'Yay!' "I always thought we would never have anything in common with Mary Berry, because I can't really bake," Melissa continues. "We do bake 'our' way, but if someone asked me to bake Mary's way I wouldn't know how, because it's too scientific."

Although Berry isn't doing it quite right, apparently...

"She used the difficult spiralizer, the one that's like a pencil sharpener, which is actually really annoying."

Neither of the sisters were surprised by the success of the gadget, despite people claiming it was "gimmicky" to begin with.

"Essentially, it's a safer mandolin," says Melissa, rolling her eyes – but admittedly they are horrified that you can now buy pre-spiralized veg ("It's not right!").

Their prediction for the next foodie obsession is cauliflower rice – there are three versions in Good + Simple – and they've already got their mum hooked.

"Our mum is Filipino and grew up on white rice and grew us up on white rice," Melissa explains with a laugh.

"She got really into cauliflower rice and was like, 'I can't understand how there's cauliflower in the rice?', and we were like, 'No! It is cauliflower rice!'"

Feeling inspired? Try one of these three recipes from Good + Simple...

Heart-shaped happiness

BY ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS

THE KITCHEN DIVA

Strawberries are on the supermarket shelves, and so time to stock up! Technically, they aren't a fruit or a berry, but the enlarged receptacle of the flower.

We have a French naval officer who found a large flowering strawberry plant in Chile in 1714 to thank for the se-

lective breeding process that has resulted in the flavourful strawberries we enjoy today.

The Chilean strawberry plant was sent to a French horticultural centre where, by chance, it was cross-pollinated with a North American species. The result was the development of the pineapple strawberry to which our modern, large-fruited strawberries can be traced.

The red colour and heart shape of a strawberry are a good indication that the fruit is beneficial to your health. Eat-

ing strawberries helps to protect your heart, increases HDL cholesterol (the good kind), lowers blood pressure and guards against cancer.

Strawberries also are full of vitamins, fibre and high levels of antioxidants known as polyphenols. It's a sodium-free, fat-free, cholesterol-free, lowcalorie food that can be used as part of your meal plan in a variety of ways. They're among the top 20 fruits in antioxidant capacity and are a good source of manganese and potassium.

Eight strawberries, the recommended daily serving, provide more vitamin C than an orange.

Choosing Strawberries: Pick medium-sized berries that are firm, plump and deep-red in colour; once picked, they don't ripen further. Flavour varies with variety and ripeness.

How to Keep Strawberries: Remove strawberries from the basket. Place the strawberries, unwashed, in a single layer of paper towel on a plate. Cover and refrigerate. Use within three days.

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HUEVOS RANCHEROS WITH GUACAMOLE (Serves 2) 4 large handfuls of spinach, roughly chopped 4 eggs 1 large handful of fresh coriander, leaves and stalks roughly chopped 1 small handful of grated mature Cheddar For the tomato sauce: 1 large onion, diced 1tbsp ghee or coconut oil 2 garlic cloves, diced 2 red peppers, halved lengthways, deseeded and sliced into strips 2 bay leaves 1tsp smoked paprika Pinch of cayenne pepper or finely diced fresh red chilli, to taste 2 x 400g tins of tomatoes or 800g fresh tomatoes 200ml water (100ml if using fresh tomatoes) Sea salt and black pepper For the guacamole: 1 large ripe avocado 1tbsp extra virgin olive oil Juice of 1/2-1 lime 2 spring onions or 1 small handful of fresh chives, chopped 1 handful of fresh coriander leaves, chopped First make the tomato sauce. Fry the onion in the ghee or coconut oil over a medium heat for about eight minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened.

Add the garlic, peppers, bay leaves and spices to the pan and cook for another two minutes.

Add the tomatoes and water, season generously with salt and pepper, then stir everything together and leave to simmer for 10 minutes until reduced to a thick, rich sauce.

Meanwhile, make the guacamole. Halve and stone the avocado, then scoop out the flesh and roughly chop.

Place in a bowl and stir in all the remaining ingredients and some seasoning. Set aside.

Check the seasoning of the tomato sauce, adding extra salt, pepper and cayenne/chilli as needed, then stir through the spinach and cook for a few minutes until just wilted.

Use a spatula or spoon to make four wells in the tomato sauce mixture and crack an egg into each. The eggs will poach in the sauce and cook in about 4 minutes (lid on) for set whites and runny yolks.

Scatter over the coriander and cheese. Serve immediately with big heaped spoonfuls of guacamole on top.

CANNELLINI VANILLA SPONGE CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE AVOCADO FROSTING (Serves 25-30) For the cake: 125g butter or coconut oil, melted, plus extra for greasing 3 x 400g tins of cannellini beans, drained and rinsed 9 medium eggs 1tbsp vanilla extract 220ml maple syrup 5tsp apple cider vinegar or lemon juice 90g coconut flour 2.5tsp bicarbonate of soda 1/4tsp sea salt 150g fresh raspberries, to decorate For the frosting: 4 medium ripe avocados 5tbsp coconut oil, melted 8tsp raw honey (to taste) 10tbsp cocoa powder 1tbsp vanilla extract 2tbsp lemon juice 1/2tsp orange extract Pinch of sea salt Preheat the oven to fan 180C/Gas mark 6, then line the bases of two 25cm-diameter cake tins with baking parchment and grease the sides with butter or coconut oil.

Blend all the ingredients for the frosting together in a food processor until smooth, adding a dash of cold water if needed, adjusting the flavourings to taste, then transfer to a bowl and set aside in the fridge.

For the cake, add the cannellini beans to the cleaned food processor bowl with the eggs, vanilla extract and maple syrup and blend until smooth.

Add the remaining cake ingredients, except the raspberries, and blend to combine.

Divide the cake batter between the prepared cake tins, spreading out evenly and smoothing the surface. Bake in the oven for 35 minutes until well risen and lightly golden on top. (Check the cakes after 25 minutes and swap the tins between shelves, if necessary, as they will cook at different rates.)

Remove from the oven, transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before turning out of the tins.

While the cakes are cooling, gently wash the raspberries and dry them carefully using kitchen paper or leave to air dry (they must be thoroughly dry before adding to the cake).

Spread half the frosting on one of the cooled sponges, top with the other sponge and spread over the rest of the frosting. Store in the fridge and bring to room temperature to serve. Decorate with the fresh raspberries just before serving.

HERB GRILLED SHRIMP WITH STRAWBERRY SALAD Marinade and Salad Dressing: 450g large shrimp, peeled and deveined 1/2 cup olive oil 1 tablespoon fresh minced garlic 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1 tablespoon brown sugar, packed 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning 1 teaspoon ground paprika 1 teaspoon chopped basil leaves or mint 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 1. Whisk the olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, brown sugar, Italian seasoning, paprika, basil or mint and the pepper together in a bowl until thoroughly blended. Set aside half of the marinade in the refrigerator to make the salad dressing.

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MUM'S PHILIPPINE BEEF SINIGANG (Serves 2) 700g rib-eye steak 1.2L water 2 medium onions, diced 6 garlic cloves, diced 5cm piece of fresh root ginger unpeeled (if organic), thinly sliced 20 cherry tomatoes, halved 3tbsp tamarind paste A big pinch of black or white pepper 3-4tbsp fish sauce (nam pla) 400g green beans, tops trimmed 400g pak choi, leaves and stalks roughly chopped 2 whole fresh red chillies 400g spinach Cut the meat into 3cm cubes, retaining the fat as it will flavour the stew. Place in a large saucepan and pour in the water. Bring to the boil, then cover and quickly reduce the heat and cook at a medium-to-low simmer for 20 minutes.

Add the onions, garlic, ginger and tomatoes with the tamarind paste, pepper and fish sauce. Bring back up to a simmer and cook, covered, for a further 15 minutes. Taste for seasoning, adding more tamarind paste for a sourer flavour, if desired. Remember fish sauce is salty and brands vary in strength.

Tip in the beans, pak choi and whole chillies, then bring back up to a simmer and cook covered for five more minutes.

Add the spinach and remove the pan from the heat, leaving the lid on to allow the spinach to wilt. Remove the chillies and serve immediately.

2. Stir the shrimp into the remaining marinade and toss to evenly coat. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours, turning once.

3. Heat an outdoor grill or a grill pan over mediumhigh heat. Lightly oil the grill. If using an outdoor grill, place grate about 10cm from heat source.

4. Remove shrimp from marinade, shake to remove excess marinade. Discard marinade. Place shrimp on the heated grill and cook, turning once, until opaque in the centre, 5 to 6 minutes.

Strawberry Salad: 2 cups strawberries, hulled and sliced 2 cups baby spinach, rinsed and dried 1 cup chopped romaine, rinsed and dried 1 cup arugula, rinsed and dried 55g crumbled goat cheese 3 tablespoons walnuts, almonds or pecans,

toasted and chopped 2 small green onions, roots removed and discarded, white and green parts sliced Salad Dressing: 1/4 cup of the reserved marinade 1/2 tablespoon balsamic or sherry vinegar 1/2 teaspoon honey mustard 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 1. Combine strawberries, spinach, romaine, arugula, goat cheese, nuts and green onions in a large bowl. Toss gently. Divide salad among four plates.

Arrange grilled shrimp on top.

2. Mix the 1/4 cup of reserved marinade with the balsamic or sherry vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper until well-combined. Drizzle over each salad and serve.

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Call of the There are motorcycle gangs, then there are ‘gangs’ of well-mannered, middle aged men who love nothing more than to ride off into the sunset - or snow covered landscape of New South Wales - in search of the good life.

Local Dubbo bloke, Phil Lalor is one of them, and he retells the tale for Dubbo Weekender in pictures and words, of a two-wheeled adventure he shared with mates in the Hunter Valley and riding the Oxley Highway.

WORDS and PHOTOGRAPHY Phil Lalor

HAT do you get when you add 10 blokes, nine bikes, a beer truck, two pubs, some wild weather and a dose of the best motorcycling roads in New South Wales? A damn phat time with plenty of laughs and many memories.

It all started back in March of this year with a question from a mate, ‘Darryl’: ‘When are we doing another ride?’

After a bit of too-ing and froing, some research on the Googlenet and old fashioned phone calls, a route was sorted, accommodation obtained, leave booked, tanks brimmed and bags packed.

The plan was to meet in Dungog, with lodgings and meals arranged at The Settlers Arms Hotel, and from there ride to Walcha to the iconic Walcha Royal Café, with the following day set aside for the famous Oxley Highway - a delectable strip of sinuous bitumen stretching from Walcha to Wauchope and on to Port Macquarie.

Requests for accommodation at The Settlers and Royal were placed along with a booking for meals for 10 middle aged, well behaved, motorcycle riding gentlemen, with a penchant for good wine, good spirits and good beer, hearty meals and good laughs.

Then, Mother Nature threw a hissy fit, spat the dummy and wet

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the bed. Late April saw some of the worst weather in a century descend upon the Hunter Region of New South Wales, with considerable damage and unfortunately the loss of lives.

Dungog; was severely impacted by the wild weather so due to the impact of the weather and the work commitments of a number of the riders, the trip was postponed.

As the new date for departure drew closer, Mother Nature again appeared to be throwing another wobbly.

A severe weather warning was issued warning of snow falls down to 600 metres, strong winds and cold temperatures. Forewarned, and despite the forecasts, the riders decided to set out.

We were making their way to Dungog from Wollongong in the south, Lismore and Coffs Harbour in the north, Dubbo and Tamworth in the west.

Departure day saw a variety of weather conditions - sunshine, rain, sleet and wind - as diverse as the bikes and riders taking part. We had sports bikes, cruisers, sports tourers and adventure bikes. Traction, loss of traction, fog, clear visor - this is adventure.

Photos and texts from the coastal riders showed clear blue skies, perfect for the long highway run. As the riders from the west

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wound their way down the New England Highway, the weather changed from grey rain to bright blue, revealing snow on distant peaks. Although the rain had disappeared the strong winds continued to buffet and blow.

The Settlers Arms provided a welcome respite, along with an open fire and plenty of beers. Josh and Toni were the consummate professionals, ensuring each rider’s liquid refreshment needs were met, and providing a hearty meal.

The Settlers Arms had been impacted during the April storms, with the cellar and cool room destroyed, meaning beer could only be served in bottles; but there are worse issues in life! All the riders agreed it was great to be able to inject some economic stimulus into Dungog after the devastation of the April storms.

If you’re looking for somewhere to stay in the Hunter Valley you would have to go a long way to find a better pub than the Settlers Arms in Dungog. It ticks all the boxes.

A clear blue sky and smiling faces welcomed Tuesday morning. The eclectic gaggle of bikes and riders descended on the main street in Dungog seeking caffeine and a hearty breakfast. Chill Billies Café answered our call.

A decision was made to strike a blow and put some kilometres under our respective belts. The total journey for the day was in the order of 200kms - no real haste. A short blast up the road to Gloucester saw the majority of riders fill their tanks - with premium unleaded for the bikes and energy drinks for the souls.

After an hour or so of banter and bench racing, riders mounted up and headed off.

Next stop Walcha, or so we hoped. There had been some conjecture about the openness or otherwise of the road. Early reports indicated it was closed due to snow falls. Technology allowed ongoing checks to be made with the road being declared open mid-morning.

The road in question, from Gloucester to Walcha, is a ribbon of bitumen climbing and snaking its way over hills and through valleys, dissecting rich green pastures, cutting through small hamlets and reaching heights well above 600 metres.

Snow, snow and more snow - about 50k’s out of Walcha green paddocks became white. Snow drifts covered the roadsides adding a surreal feeling to this adventure. Obligatory stops were made to build snowmen and snowball fights ensued; photos taken.

Arriving in Walcha, the Walcha Royal Café, an icon amongst the motorcycling fraternity - and for good reason - beckoned. Owners, Toni and Brad have created a unique and comfortable accommodation option in Walcha. Bike storage is provided in a well decorated and interesting shed, while the period furnishings within the café add warmth and friendliness, reinforced by the true and authentic hospitality provided by Toni and her staff.

Concerns were raised about overdue BMW bikes ridden by two of the party. The support vehicle, aka ‘The Beer Truck’ made contact with them discovering one of the riders had miscalculated his fuel requirements, and required a top up. Needless to say, that rider, Grant, became the focus of much attention and jokes over the next few hours.

As the fire was stoked and drinks were con-

Friday 15.04.2016 to Sunday 17.04.2016 | Dubbo Weekender sumed the aroma of home cooked meals permeated through the Royal. The fine cooking smells mixed with the furnishings and souvenirs adorning the walls ensured a unique and entertaining evening.

Roast chicken or roast beef, with a serving of roast vegetables followed by apple pie or sticky date - life doesn’t get much better. And with accommodation a short struggle up the stairs, life that night was damn close to perfect.

A near perfect night was followed by a near perfect morning - fresh coffee, bacon, eggs, orange juice - all the major food groups contributing to the breakfast of champions. A walk outside saw stunning blue skies and mild temperatures. Shortly after the rear yard of the Royal erupted in a cacophony of motorcycle exhausts.

The Settlers Arms had been impacted during the April storms, with the cellar and cool room destroyed, meaning beer could only be served in bottles; but there are worse issues in life! All the riders agreed it was great to be able to inject some economic stimulus into Dungog after the devastation of the April storms.

The quality of the gathering was lifted somewhat with Brad arriving on his Indian - a bike that definitely turns heads. The Royal’s Brad and Toni have created a unique, entertaining and hospitable bike friendly retreat in the centre of motorcycling heaven. You’d have to go a long way to find a better place to stay in Walcha.

Walcha was a parting point for a few of the riders and the beer truck, with the remaining riders making their way down the Oxley Highway to Wauchope and then onto Port Macquarie. The ride down the mountain from Walcha starts with open straight stretches, followed by tight twists and turns. The condition of the road is nothing short of sublime in sections, with new and smooth hot mix gracing the road surface. A plethora of roadworks have been replaced with a continuous flow of roadway providing a generous dose of grin inducing and adrenaline making curves.

The smiles on the faces of the riders in Port Macquarie that afternoon as we cruised the main street showed that with the right mix of ingredients - a generous dose of bikes, a healthy mix of riders, superb accommodation with even better food, dollops of hospitality and some of the best motorcycling roads in New South Wales - the end result is an adventure with the lot.

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Books Music What's On TV

Artist, Paul Andrews addresses the crowd during his exhibition’s opening. PHOTO: JOHN RYAN

Air-conditioners as art? `

BY JOHN RYAN N JOURNALIST

HAT I know about being an art critic could be written on my little fingernail in headline-sized letters, but I do know what I like.

That said, I still can’t make up my mind if I ‘like’ Paul Andrews’ ‘Field Studies’ which just opened at the Western Plains Cultural Centre (WPCC) - but I can’t stop thinking about it.

I was a diehard Bruce Springsteen fan from the late 1970s and when I first heard ‘Dancing in the Dark’ from his Born in the USA album I loved it straight away and that concerned me because it took me a while to warm to all his earlier music.

Needless to say, while Born in the USA is still light years ahead of most other music out there, to my mind it pales in comparison with The Boss’ earlier offerings.

So no, this exhibition to me wasn’t love at first sight, but just the blurb about it was enough to get me to give up a Sunday afternoon to check out the official opening.

Paul hails from across the Tasman but spent many years in London working as a graphic designer for web, print and packaging projects.

During his three years in Dubbo he’s spent much of his spare time photographing mundane objects close-up, and then drawing them from the photographs.

From my time working as TV journalist, all the wise old cameramen always told me the secret to good vision was to show people what they normally don’t see, even if it’s staring them in the face.

The rule is to zoom in close, then closer, then as close as you

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Being a Kiwi and having spent much time in London, Paul didn’t know much about these architecturally-unsound devices, and couldn’t understand the aesthetic blight perpetrated on the people of Dubbo by these ugly boxes which vary enormously in detail, but not in design. possibly can.

Don’t always shoot with the camera at head height, because people always see things from that perspective – shoot from high, shoot from low, shoot with other things dominating the foreground, but mix it up and make it different and interesting.

That’s what this exhibition does, and it has a particular fascination with roof-mounted evaporative air conditioners.

Being a Kiwi and having spent much time in London, Paul didn’t know much about these architecturally-unsound devices, and couldn’t understand the aesthetic blight perpetrated on the people of Dubbo by these ugly boxes which vary enormously in detail, but not in design.

His close up photographs, then translated into drawings, show that all evaporative systems are not the same, and for some reason I can’t fathom, it disturbs me that I didn’t pick up on this myself.

There’s also an immense fascination with meat trays, but if you want to know why, you’ll have to visit the exhibition yourself.

It’s free, it’s open every day the WPCC is open, and it’ll be there until my birthday on May 29.

PHOTOS: PAUL ANDREWS

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Ironbark festival draws huge crowds

BY PAM GOUGH HUGE crowd of over 4,000 visitors flocked to the village of Stuart Town (formerly Ironbark) on Easter Saturday to enjoy a day full of family fun with over 100 stalls and activities plus poetry in the park with nine times poet laureate, Carol Heuchan, and various bush poets, including recent winner of the Orange Banjo Paterson Award kept the crowd enthralled.

The Bear, Doll and Craft Exhibition was a big success as was the Art Show with a diverse selection of superb oil, watercolour, pastels and ink paintings by three sought after artists. The raffle

by Sydney artist, Helen Goldsmith, was won by Mr. Hoadley at Narromine.

After the official opening by Wellington Mayor, Anne Jones, there was a street parade which this year featured vintage cars and fire brigades and an Easter Egg handout, much to the delight of the kids for whom there were many activities including painting, merry-goround, slides and jumping castle.

The Cobb & Co Stage Coach had a constant line of passengers experiencing what travel was like in the ‘good ol’ days’ whilst the helicopter gave many a bird’s eye view of the village, Lake Burrendong and surrounding area.

The re enactment of Banjo Paterson’s “The Man From Ironbark” by the Lachlan Local History Group was so popular it had to be rerun in the afternoon and the best look alike was won by Pe-

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ter Hicks.

They also stopped the crowd with an excellent re enactment of a gold fields hold up in old fashioned garb.

There was food galore from a variety of stalls including Asian, Sushi, fire cooked Pizzas, mouth watering lamb and gravy rolls, Devonshire teas plus the normal Show vans.

The dedication of renovations at Moxon Park attracted 34 member of the Moxon family from as far away as Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and Queensland who then enjoyed a sit down lunch at Boehme’s Hall where further activities occurred in the afternoon including the Biggest Tosser (gumboot throwing) and Guess the Weight of the Sheep which was won by a lass who knows nothing about sheep!

The afternoon concert in the park featured top class singers, Jono Nicholson and Tracie Budd, whose popular foot tapping music drew a big audience of young and old alike whilst others enjoyed the buskers scattered down the street which was closed for the day.

A fabulous day organisers wish to thank to all supporters, visitors (from Sydney, Central Coast, Canberra and surrounding areas) and volunteers without all of whom none of this could occur. Photos of this Annual event can be seen on facebook the man from ironbark festival, www.themanfromironbarkfestival.com (bookings for sites and/or caravens attached) or at the Stuart Town Rural Transaction Centre.

Poet Laureate Carol Heuchan with appreciative audience

Colourful north end of main street

Reenactment of Banjo Paterson’s Man From Ironbark

Dedication to renovation Moxon Park attended by 34 relatives from Melbourne to QLD.

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Friday 15.04.2016 to Sunday 17.04.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Deborah Levy deals with the pullpush of mother-daughter bonds

BY KATE WHITING THE BOOKCASE

BOOK OF THE WEEK Hot Milk by Deborah Levy is published in hardback by Hamish Hamilton.

Every so often you read a book whose author has so acutely captured the human condition in all its anxiety fuelled, confused glory, it’s almost painful to read – like holding a mirror up to your own imperfect self. Deborah Levy has done this and yet manages to elicit a sense of catharsis too – it’s OK, we’re all in the same leaky lifeboat.

Her narrator is 25-year-old half Greek, half Yorkshire anthropology student and barista Sofia Papastergiadis, whose father has a new baby with a much younger woman in Athens and mother, Rose, has a mysterious paralysis of the legs, among other ‘symptoms’.

Mother and daughter are in Spain, where Rose has spent a small fortune to be seen by a private doctor, Gomez.

He gives Sofia permission to leave her mother’s side so she swims in the sea – and is stung by jellyfish, attracting the attentions of a lifeguard – and meets Ingrid, a Berlin seamstress, with whom she begins a tempestuous affair.

In just over 200 pages, Levy, who was Booker shortlisted for Swimming Home, deftly deals with the pull-push of mother-daughter bonds, identity, emerging sexuality, and the financial crisis. All while expertly evoking all the physical – and emotional – sensations Sofia is experiencing. It’s enough to put you in a state of mindfulness.

9/10 (Review by Kate Whiting)

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Reading Deborah Levy’s “Hot Milk” is like holding a mirror up to your own imperfect self. PHOTO: SHEILA BURNETT

A Girl In Exile by Ismail Kadare is published in hardback by Harvill Secker.

Albania’s most internationally celebrated author here returns to the dying days of his country’s Stalinist (and intermittently Kafkaesque) tyranny.

Playwright protagonist Rudian Stefa is anxiously awaiting the authorities’ approval of his latest work when he becomes involved in their investigation of a young internal exile’s suicide. The dead girl had one of Stefa’s books, autographed to her, despite the two never having met. The only link between them seems to be Rudian’s lover Migena... who has herself disappeared.

It’s in the book’s opening chapters, when it most resembles a historical thriller, that the novel is weakest; it’s hard to care as Rudian’s own self-absorption keeps entrapping him further, especially when he somehow keeps dodging the worst of the consequences which should follow.

But once we finally get closer to the heart of the mystery, mythic allusions and one horribly convincing central concept confer a new power on an increasingly unusual tale.

7/10 (Review by Alex Sarll) Gone Astray by Michelle Davis is published in hardback by Pan Macmillan.

If you won the lottery, everything would be perfect. Or would it? That’s the central premise of this debut novel from journalist Michelle Davies.

Drawing on her experience of writing for women’s magazines and national newspapers, she introduces us to the Kinnock family, who have scooped £12

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After swapping their old home for a more exclusive neighbourhood and sending their teenage daughter, Rosie, to an expensive private school, life should be wonderful. But their good fortune begins to unravel, after Rosie is kidnapped and the couple’s marriage buckles under the strain.

Told from the viewpoint of family liaison officer Maggie Neville, the story bowls along nicely enough, moving from the euphoria of winners’ luck through desperation, blackmail and murder. Ideal reading for a holiday break.

7/10 (Review by Gill Oliver)

NON-FICTION On Intelligence: The History Of Espionage And The Secret World by John Hughes-Wilson is published in hardback by Constable.

“It’s hard to lose a game of cards when you can see the other fellow’s hand” – a great way of breaking down the importance of intelligence gathering. This book by Colonel John Hughes-Wilson, a leading commentator and author in the field, does a fine job of explaining the intelligence world, looking at its origins and analysing the ongoing developments.

An informative and interesting read, this is a weighty book that is fascinating, if at times taxing to process as a layman. That, though, is only because On Intelligence is so impressively detailed, brimming with examples, anecdotes and insight. The stories of real-life agents involved in human intelligence

make particularly enjoyable reading, even if it makes you realise how fanciful James Bond is.

N April 23 it will be the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. The first formal biography of William Shakespeare appeared almost 100 years after his death, written by Nicholas Rowe. It was published in 1709.

In 1780, scholar George Stevens wrote a biography indicating that Shakespeare was born at Stratford-on-Avon (the son of John Shakespeare), was christened on April 26, 1564, and married Ann Hathaway on November 28, 1582. This detail and much more is included in Jonathan Bate’s “The Genius of Shakespeare”.

Bate’s book considers how Shakespeare has come to be a power symbol of genius, who he was, why his writing has endured, what makes his works so endlessly adaptable to different times and cultures. Bate comments that judgement about the quality of works of art begin in opinion. But for 200 years only the wilfully perverse (and Tolstoy) have denied the validity of the opinion that Shakespeare was a genius.

It has been quoted that the Oxford University Press dictionary is comprised of all words used in the English language since the time of Shakespeare, plus any word still in use today which were used prior to that time.

Mark Twain offered an eloquent and entertaining analysis of Shakespeare’s authorship in “Is Shakespeare Dead?” and he includes recollections of his own first encounters with the Bard’s plays on a paddle-boat

CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK Flawed by Cecilia Ahern is published in hardback by HarperCollins Children’s Books.

An interesting concept, Flawed takes place in a world where two justice systems run in tandem: the legal one we know, and another carried out by the red cloaked Guild, which puts people on trial for their ethical and moral mistakes.

Those deemed ‘flawed’ are branded with an ‘F’ administered by a red hot poker. For Celestine North, this is just a part of everyday life, but then something happens to make her reconsider the status quo, and suddenly she realises she might not be as flaw-free as she thought.

Tapping into all the current trends for YA fiction – there’s a love triangle, an authoritarian organisation to overthrow and the certainty of a sequel (Perfect is due out this summer) – it bills itself as “tender-hearted” but Ahern writes as though she’s racing to get through it and writing-by-numbers.

She comments at speed on topics like freedom of speech, respect, segregation and corruption, when they need depth, nuance and fleshing out, attributes many of the characters lack too. A fascinating world that has so much scope, but it’s been far too rushed.

5/10 (Review by Ella Walker)

The author’s knowledge and passion for the subject is palpable, while his scrutiny and explanations make this a thoroughly enjoyable read.

7/10 (Review by Simon Peach) The Age Of Genius: The Seventeenth Century And The Birth Of The Modern Mind is published by Bloomsbury.

Philosopher AC Grayling explores a century of tumult and turmoil which, he argues, gave birth to modern thought in this weighty, yet readable work.

While British 17th century history lessons barely move past our Civil War, the Restoration and the Great Plague/Fire of London, Grayling looks at the wider maelstrom of religious warfare and change that absorbed much of Europe.

He argues that, at the end of the 1600s, the shackles of religion, which had held back education, science and philosophy for so long had been loosened to allow new ideas to emerge. This gave birth to advances in areas from physics to politics and laid the foundations for the subsequent Age of Enlightenment, which in turn led to where we are today.

It may not leap into the holiday book bag, but Grayling’s occasionally brash arguments are compelling in what is a fascinating look at where we come from.

7/10 (Review by David Wilcock)

William Shakespeare O on the Mississippi. As a writer starting his working life on the river boats, he too was a modestly educated provincial man, as was Shakespeare from Stratford-on-Avon. Mark Twain comments that, so far as anybody actually knows and can prove, Shakespeare only wrote on poem. In recent times some commentators question whether he wrote all the works attributed to him.

John Bell is the author of “On Shakespeare” which provides us with an insight into the magnificent world of Shakespeare – the man and his writing. Bell offers a unique “backstage pass” to the histories, tragedies, comedies and romances and a memorable insight into the sonnets.

The book has been written with the author’s knowledge gained from 50 years as an actor and director and ten years before that at high school and university. Bell answers often-asked questions such as: why do you do Shakespeare in modern dress, how do you prepare a role, did Shakespeare believe in ghosts, was he a subversive? He provides a deep understanding

of the man and his works, and confirms Shakespeare’s enduring relevance to our lives.

Discussing a recent “Dubbo Weekender” article that mentioned “When there are Too Many Lawyers There Is No Justice” by Alan Manly, a local legal man mentioned that Shakespeare’s “Henry VI” is recognised for mentioning such inference.

Andrew Dickson is the author of “Worlds Elsewhere” in which he takes journeys around Shakespeare’s globe.

It is a new approach to seeing him in so many variations; as an anti-apartheid activist, Bollywood screenwriter, a Nazi pin-up, hero of the West – these and many other circumstances where cultures have chosen to use his image, and certainly in unconventional circumstances. Some include 16th century Baltic incidences, the American Revolution, colonial India, modern day Shanghai – his plays appear at the most fascinating times and in unexpected places.

In his travels around the globe, Dickson has found how

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From the bookshelves

by Dave Pankhurst The Book Connection Joseph Goebbels was obsessed with Shakespeare, in the vault under Capitol Hill is stored the largest collection of First Folios, and there is a scuffed edition inscribed by Nelson Mandela and his fellow Robben Island prisoners. He goes on to list the multiple languages in which Shakespeare’s plays have been translated and performed – everywhere from Armenia and Iraq to China and Zimbabwe.

What do we know about the lie of Shakespeare? Robert Speaight has written “Shakespeare, the Man & His Achievement”. In this he writes that “Shakespeare was an actor, yet we have no idea how well or ill he acted. He was a drama-

` John Bell provides us with an insight into the magnificent world of Shakespeare – the man and his writing. He answers often-asked questions such as: why do you do Shakespeare in modern dress, how do you prepare a role, did Shakespeare believe in ghosts, was he a subversive? He provides a deep understanding of the man and his works, and confirms Shakespeare’s enduring relevance to our lives. a

tist; yet we cannot be sure what proportion of his work was the fruit of collaboration. We do not know whether he was happily or unhappily married. And of his relations with his children we know nothing whatever.”

But the book does relate much detail about the social and family circumstances which influenced his writing.

He was in his cradle when the plague hit England. He had several brothers and sisters but they did not play much of a role in a story enacted on a larger stage. He attended the local grammar school when his father’s circumstances improved with a rise in fortune and civic status.

The works of Shakespeare have continued to be used in High School and University level studies in English language.

Current studies provide an example of the gradual variation in English language usage in the last 400 years; this is demonstrated effectively in the “No Fear Shakespeare” series. Individual books quote the original text on one page and, on the adjacent page, a “current English” draft assists in us to understand the dramas. Also, the State Library is conducting a number of events to commemorate his life.

Enjoy your browsing, Dave Pankhurst

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Mark Vincent “Love Will Lead The Way� Tour

BY CHARNIE TUCKEY

Friday 15.04.2016 to Sunday 17.04.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Gary and Bev Hayton

MARK Vincent brought his stunning new show to the Dubbo Regional Theatre on the evening of Saturday, April 2. The most remarkable voice of his generation has everyone eager to get inside the doors of the theatre to hear this classical artist live.

Gloria and John Wheeler

Mary Parkes and Lyn Wilson

Lesly Young, Linda Bennewith and Catherine Bernasconi

Robyn Hood, Sue Burt, Judith Horder and Colin Hood

Steve and Grace Gower

Margaret and Barry Nangle, Jenny Holmes and Mark Collison

Annemieke Neville and Ray Nolan

Cindy, Bonnie, Zilda, Ivy and Margaret

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Melinda does Doris

BY CHARNIE TUCKEY

MELINDA Schneider finally brings the music of Doris Day to the Dubbo Regional Theatre on Friday, April 8. The audience enjoyed refreshments and the company of partners, friends and family before the show began.

The growing crowd quickly became eager to see the talent behind the theatre doors.

Di and Jim Savage

John and Rhonda Gordon

Mary Parkes and Lyn Wilson

Allan Willis and Helen Maxfield

James, Gordon, Jennifer and Annette

Rose and Pauline

Tom and Maureen Deveigne

Sophie Walkom and Barbara Sunderland

David and Susan Wade

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All smiles at St Patricks Autumn Fair

BY CHARNIE TUCKEY

STUDENTS and family had every reason to be at St John’s Primary School on Saturday, March 19, for the St Patrick’s Autumn Fair, with stalls, food, games, face painting, a petting zoo and many more activities. It was the place to be. You name it there was something here for everyone here to enjoy.

Hugo O’Mally and Ashton Ford

Owen Quigley and Jack Cowper

Xanthe Mara and Charlotte Campbell

Amelia, Bindi, Saxbii, Aspen and Mia

Mathew, Zac and Seth

Addison and Emily

Bella Burden

Andreas Rauca

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Edwina and Payton

Brianna with Otto

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Samantha Barnes and Natahlia Behn

Jane, Adrian and Jed Driscoll

Farmers Markets

BY MADDIE CONNELL

Locals enjoyed a sunny Saturday at the Dubbo Farmers Markets held every first and third week of every month.

Maureen and Ritchie McKay

Peppa Wiseman and Abby Kirkup

Bryan and Mandy Wheatland from Glenroy Grove

Sisini and Pesla Wicksinghe

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T H E R E G I O N AT A GLANCE EAR the pledges of support for an important cause at the White Ribbon Ball on Saturday, May 21 raising awareness to end domestic and family violence.

Hosted by Andrew Daddo with comedy by Tahir and caricatures by Graeme Biddle plus a live auction, music by

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EE some energetic handsome boys bring their unique style of performance and song to Dubbo on Saturday, April 23. Yes, it’s the Justice Crew and they’re back by popular demand.

You can catch them live at the RSL Club Auditorium. Tickets are $40, showtime is 7.30pm. Support act is Fletcher Pilon, winner of Australia’s

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O win up to $2,000 for your school by shopping at Dubbo Square until Sunday, May 8.

The cash for classrooms promotion is up and running. For every dollar you spend, your nominated school will collect one point.

The school with the most points wins. Sounds easy enough. Mother’s Day is around the corner. All you

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UBBO Weekender is inviting any member of the Dubbo and surrounding district communities to contribute 500 words to be published in future editions, in an ongoing column dedicated to the push for a

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Civil Hands and Clinton Hoy. Tickets include a three course meal and are $100 per person. 123Tix.com.au for more info.

EAR the dulcet tones of an American accent when US soccer coach, Grant Carlson, comes

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Got Talent. Should be a good night for all. Under 18s need an adult to chaperone them.

EE the Dubbo Theatre Company’s performance of Alan Ayckbourn’s Bedroom Farce on Friday, April 29, 8pm; Saturday, April 30, 2pm and 8pm; Friday, May 6, 8pm and Saturday, May 7, 2pm and 8pm.

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to town on April 19 to 21 to show some Dubbo kids the ropes.

Carlson knows his way around a soccer field having played for Sonoma State University in the college comp there and he studied a bachelor of applied science sports management so encourages kids to pursue their sporting

dream with a piece of paper in mind as well.

He’s guest coach with IQ Football Academy which is owned and operated by one of Dubbo’s former soccer sons, Geoff Stanmore, son of the well known Dubbo identity, the late Jack Stanmore.

The players will take to the stage of the Dubbo Regional Theatre.

EE that you get dolled up for the Dubbo Show Ball where the Dubbo Showgirl Entrants will be presented. Entertainment is by Tantrum and there’ll be a live auction, a lucky door and raffle.

Tickets are $150 which include dinner and drinks available online via 123Tix. Enquiries please to 6882 4364.

Tickets are available from the box office or online. Described as ‘deliciously funny ‌ ‘ and ‘Immensely watchable ‌ lovely stuff’ you can be guaranteed the talents of our local actors will not disappoint.

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O join the fun at the Western Plains Cultural Centre over the school holidays. Between April

18 and 22 there’s lots of school holiday fun. On Saturday, April 23 at 3pm, there’s a public talk called ‘Let’s Talk About Modern Art Baby!’, then at 4pm on the same day, the ever popular Handmade Art Markets are on.

The Centre will be open on Anzac Day, on Monday, April 25 from 6am for an Anzac Day breakfast and talk.

April ends off on the 30th at 2pm with

cancer centre at Dubbo Hospital.

Following Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton’s round table discussion on the subject on March 31, and a petition which he will be issuing soon to garner community

support, Dubbo Weekender wants to tell the stories behind the signatures (which will hopefully come in en masse).

Send your thoughts, memories and concerns but most of all how a can-

cer centre in Dubbo will benefit cancer sufferers, as you see it from your experience.

Send your comments to editor@ panscott.com.au, subject line MY SAY A Cancer Centre for Dubbo Hospital.

need to to id fill in an entry form, enclose your receipts and place it in your schools entry box. So keep those receipts handy over the school holidays to you can top up your school’s points when Term 2 begins.

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OPEN WEEKENDER COFFEE & MEALS

'ƌĂď ƐŽŵĞ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ Ăƚ /'t tĞƐƚ ƵďďŽ

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 ŬƐ 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

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

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

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3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE

Friday 15.04.2016 to Sunday 17.04.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Friday, April 15 Better Homes And Gardens

Tony Robinson’s Time Walks

PRIME7, 7pm

ABC, 8pm

To say Dr Harry is a favourite of Better Homes and Gardens is like saying that the vet himself loves animals – it’s stating the obvious. Tonight, our flatcapped animal crusader celebrates 50 years as a vet by visiting vet students at Sydney University. With decades of knowledge and experience, Harry is sure to inspire the undergraduates.

Meanwhile, kitchen whiz Fast Ed whips up recipes inspired by colour – it’s a feast for the eyes. Also, Jason Hodges’ passport boasts a few more stamps after he steps out of the garden, going on a river cruise in the Netherlands.

We are often fascinated by what’s over the other side of the fence, but what about the treasures in our own backyard? English historian, storyteller, comedian and avid walker Tony Robinson heads Down Under to explore our lovely cities, uncovering some gems. Tonight, he continues discovering Melbourne, where he realises the city’s true story is not found in its sophisticated tree-lined boulevards, but hidden down its lanes and alleyways. “Although Australia is a relatively young country, it has an incredibly rich and vibrant history,” enthuses Tony.

ABC

PRIME7

MOVIE: The Help PRIME7, 8.30pm, M (2011) Kathryn Stockett’s best-selling book is the platform for this moving work set in 1960s Mississippi. Directed by Tate Taylor, aylor, the story is based on the lives of three ree women from very different backgrounds ds who break all societal rules to start a secret writing project, bonding them as friends forever. With powerful performances mances from Emma Stone (right), Viola a Davis and Octavia Spencer as the unlikely likely sisterhood, the courageous characters deliver a punchy statement about the Civil Rights ts era by countering the prominent nt racial divide with strength, humour mour and hope. Emma Stone deserves es special mention as society girl and unwitting revolutionary Skeeter. er.

WIN

TEN

SBS

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 Wild Life At The Zoo. (R, CC) 11.30 Eggheads. (R, CC) 12.00 News At Noon. (CC) 1.00 The Straits. (M, R, CC) 1.55 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) 2.55 The Cook And The Chef.

(R, CC) 3.20 The Bill. (PG, R, CC) 4.10 Murder, She Wrote.

(PG, R, CC) 5.00 ABC News: Early Edition.

(CC) 5.30 The Drum. (CC) Presented

by John Barron.

6.00 Sunrise. (CC) 9.00 The Morning Show.

(PG, CC) The latest news and views.

11.30 Seven Morning News.

(CC) 12.00 MOVIE: Wedding Wars.

(PG, R, CC) (2006) A party planner fights for equal rights. John Stamos.

2.00 The Daily Edition. (CC) The hottest issues from the day’s news.

3.00 The Chase. (R, CC) Hosted

by Bradley Walsh.

4.00 Seven News At 4. (CC) 5.00 The Chase Australia.

(R, CC) Contestants race to answer quiz questions correctly to avoid being caught by The Chaser.

6.00 Today. (CC) 9.00 Today Extra. (PG, CC) Presented by David Campbell and Sonia Kruger.

11.30 Morning News. (CC) 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. (R, CC) 1.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG, CC) Variety show featuring celebrities, musical guests and ordinary people with interesting tales to tell.

2.00 Extra. (CC) Hosted by Mario Lopez.

2.30 Alive And Cooking. (CC) Easy-to-cook recipes.

3.00 News Now. (CC) 4.00 Afternoon News. (CC) 5.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (CC) Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 Ent. Tonight. (R, CC) 6.30 Ben’s Menu. (R, CC) 7.00 The Home Team. (R, CC) 7.30 Bold. (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, CC) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight.

(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.

(R, CC) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, CC) 5.00 TEN Eyewitness News.

(CC)

6.00 France 24 English News.

6.30 Deutsche Welle English News. 7.00 Al Jazeera English News. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News.

9.30 Greek News From Cyprus.

10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 12.00 Arabic News.

12.30 Turkish News.

1.00 PBS NewsHour. (CC) 2.00 Smart Secrets Of Great Paintings. (R, CC) 2.30 Colour Theory. (R, CC) 3.00 The Point Review.

3.30 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong. (R, CC) 4.30 Who Do You Think You Are? David Baddiel.

(PG, R, CC) 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

(R, CC)

6.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) Hosted by Fiona Bruce.

7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 7.30. (CC) The best analysis of local, national and international events from an Australian perspective.

8.00 Tony Robinson’s Time Walks: Melbourne. (CC) Tony Robinson sets out to uncover the hidden history behind streets in Melbourne.

8.30 Grantchester. (M, CC) After a young man confesses to a murder, it turns out his “victim” died days after he was meant to have perished.

9.15 Scott & Bailey. (M, R, CC) Scott and Bailey investigate the kidnapping and possible murder of a vulnerable young man.

10.05 Lateline. (R, CC) News analysis program.

10.35 The Business. (R, CC) The day’s business and finance news, including a look at the latest trends on the international share and currency markets.

10.50 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (M, R, CC) Hosted by Adam Hills.

11.25 Rage. (MA15+) Continuous music programming.

6.00 PRIME7 News. (CC) 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

(CC) 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (CC) Dr Harry Cooper celebrates his 50 years as a vet by visiting students at Sydney University. Fast Ed prepares some recipes inspired by colour. Jason Hodges goes on a river cruise in the Netherlands.

8.30 MOVIE: The Help.

(M, R, CC) (2011) Three women living in Mississippi during the ’60s, build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project which breaks society’s rules. Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer.

11.30 Seven Year Switch.

(M, R, CC) The couples go on a weekend getaway, where Tim and Tallena visit Airlie Beach and enjoy a private island picnic, and Ryan opens up to Michelle in Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 WIN News. (CC) 7.30 Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 7. North Queensland Cowboys v South Sydney Rabbitohs.

From 1300Smiles Stadium, Queensland.

10.10 MOVIE: The Last Stand.

(MA15+, R, CC) (2013) After leaving his LAPD narcotics post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with remorse and regret, a sheriff retires to a sleepy small town but his peaceful existence is shattered at the arrival of a drug kingpin. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Johnny Knoxville, Forest Whitaker.

6.00 Family Feud. (CC) Two families try to win big prizes by guessing the most popular responses to a survey of the public.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. (CC) Join the hosts for a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 The Living Room. (CC) Dr Chris Brown and chef Miguel Maestre hit the road on an Australian motorhome adventure, visiting Port Stephens, NSW. Cherie tries to maximise the selling potential of a 40-year-old house.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, CC) Graham Norton is joined by Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain, Kirsten Dunst and Stephen Mangan.

9.30 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Great Debate. (M, R, CC) Two teams of local and international comedians battle it out in grand style over a divisive and contentious topic. From Melbourne Town Hall.

11.00 The Project. (R, CC) Join the hosts for a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

6.00 Italian Food Safari.

(R, CC) Guy hunts game with chef Daniel AiroFarulla, then cooks rabbit in Sicilian style.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 Rome: The World’s First Superpower: Total War. (PG, R, CC) Part 2 of 4.

8.25 Mummies Alive: The Hero Of Herculaneum.

(M, CC) Takes a look at the mummified remains of a victim of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Unlike the other bodies which were found in a Herculaneum boathouse, he was armed to the teeth and carrying a cache of gold and silver.

9.20 Rise Of The Machines: Ultimate Dragster.

(PG, CC) Explores the breakthroughs which make Top Fuel dragsters the fastest accelerating vehicles in the world.

10.15 SBS World News Late Edition. (CC) 10.50 MOVIE: Perfect Sense.

(M, R, CC) (2011) In the face of a global pandemic, which is robbing its victims of their senses, a chef and scientist fall in love. Ewan McGregor, Eva Green, Lauren Tempany.

12.30 Home Shopping. (R)

12.20 WIN’s All Australian News. (CC) 1.20 A Current Affair. (R, CC) 1.50 MOVIE: My Own Private Idaho. (M, R, CC) (1991) A hustler teams up with a young man. Keanu Reeves.

4.00 Extra. (R, CC) 4.30 Good Morning America.

(CC)

12.00 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.

1.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 1.30 Home Shopping.

12.30 Corman’s World.

(MA15+, R, CC) 2.10 Murundak: Songs Of Freedom. (M, R) 3.40 Trafficked: The Reckoning. (PG, R, CC) 4.45 I Love Hooligans. (M, R) 5.00 CCTV English News.

5.30 NHK World English News.

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

CLASSIFICATIONS: (P) For preschoolers (C) Children’s programs (G) General viewing (PG) Parental guidance (M) Mature audiences (MA15+) Mature audiences only (AV15+) Extreme violence.

(R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions. Please Note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to late change by networks.

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GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.00pm The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (2009) Thriller. Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace. Lisbeth awaits her upcoming trial for murder.

(MA15+) World Movies

8.00pm Celebrity Name Game. Celebrity/contestant pairs must identify famous people, based on improvised clues, for a chance to win $20,000. (PG) Arena

8.00pm Science Of Stupid.

(PG) National Geographic

7.30pm Soccer. A-League.

First elimination final. Fox Sports 4

10.20pm Monster’s Ball (2001) Drama. Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry.

(MA15+) Masterpiece

8.30pm Banshee. Problems need to be fixed on both sides of the law. FOX8

9.30pm Lincoln’s Last Day. Looks at Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. (PG) History

11.05pm The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Action. Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway. Batman comes out of exile to battle a new menace. (M) Action

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.35 Hey Duggee. (R, CC) 5.40 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.50 Go Jetters. (R) 6.00 Peg + Cat. (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 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.

9.20 Unsafe Sex In The City.

(M, R, CC) 10.15 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. (PG) 10.55 Hunted.

(M, R, CC) 11.45 Tattoo Disasters UK. (M, R) 12.10 Doctor Who. (PG, R, CC) 12.55 Doctor Who: Confidential. (R, CC) 1.10 Jimmy Fallon. (PG, R) 1.50 News Update.

(R) 2.00 Close. 5.00 Toby’s Travelling Circus. (R, CC) 5.10 Joe & Jack. (R, CC) 5.15 Elmo The Musical. (R, CC) 5.30 Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps. (R, CC) 5.45 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 3.15 Little Lunch. (R, CC) 3.30 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R) 3.55 Handball Heroes. (R, CC) 4.00 Scream Street. 4.10 Bushwhacked!

Bugs. (CC) 4.20 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. (CC) 4.40 Studio 3. 4.45 Endangered Species. (R, CC) 4.55 Danger Mouse. (R) 5.10 Slugterra. (PG, CC) 5.30 Annoying Orange. (R, CC) 5.45 News On 3. (CC) 5.50 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 6.20 Mortified.

(R, CC) 6.50 News On 3. (CC) 7.00 The Adventures Of Merlin.

(PG, R, CC) 7.45 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 8.15 Adventure Time. (R) 8.35 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, CC) Tristan organises an intervention for Miles.

9.00 Heartland. (PG, CC) Amy and Lou help Georgie regain her confidence.

9.40 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. (R) 10.05 Lanfeust Quest. (PG, R, CC) 10.30 Ouran High School Host Club. (PG, R, CC) 10.50 Close.

9.35pm Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars. (M) Arena

7TWO

7MATE

6.00 Children’s Programs. 7.30 Move It. (C, CC) 8.00 Kitchen Whiz. (C, R, CC) 8.30 Children’s Programs. 9.00 Imagination Train.

(P, R, CC) 9.30 Little Charmers.

(R) 10.00 Children’s Programs.

11.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 11.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 12.00 Children’s Programs. 12.30 Batman. (PG, R) 1.00 Children’s Programs. 2.00 Gumball. (R) 2.30 SpongeBob. (R) 3.00 Wild Kratts. (R) 3.30 Rabbids Invasion. (PG, R) 4.00 Kids’ WB. (PG) 4.05 Looney Tunes. 4.30 Batman. (PG, R) 5.00 Ben 10. (PG, R) 5.30 Teen Titans. (PG) 6.00 MOVIE: Happily N’Ever After. (R, CC) (2006) 7.45 MOVIE: Arthur And The Invisibles. (PG, R, CC) (2006) Freddie Highmore.

9.45 MOVIE: In Time. (M, R, CC) (2011) Justin Timberlake.

12.00 The Originals. (MA15+, R) 2.00 Rabbids Invasion. (PG, R) 2.30 Wild Kratts. (R) 3.00 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 4.00 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 4.30 Gumball. (R) 4.50 Thunderbirds.

(R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R)

GEM

6.00 Home Shopping. (R) 7.00 A Football Life. (PG, R) 8.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. (R) 9.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG, R) 10.00 Beyond Tomorrow. (R, CC) 11.00 Classic Car Rescue. (PG, R) 12.00 S.W.A.T. (PG, R) 1.00 T.J. Hooker. (PG, R) 2.00 Turtleman. (PG, R) 2.30 SlideShow. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 Wipeout USA. (PG, R, CC) 4.30 American Restoration.

(PG, R) 5.30 MOVIE: Little Man. (PG, R) (2006) 7.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. (CC) 8.00 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 4. West Coast v Richmond. From Domain Stadium, Perth.

11.30 Friday Front Bar. (M, CC) A unique look at the AFL. 12.00 Jail. (M) 1.00 Classic Car Rescue. (PG, R) 2.00 SlideShow.

(PG, R, CC) 3.00 Bull Riding. 2015 Pro Tour. Replay. From Tamworth, NSW. 4.00 Bull Riding. 2015 Pro Tour. Replay. From Townsville, Queensland. 5.00 Beyond Tomorrow. (R, CC)

7.50pm Rugby League. NRL. Round 7. North Queensland Cowboys v South Sydney Rabbitohs. Fox Sports 1 8.10pm Football. AFL. Round 4. West Coast v Richmond. Fox Footy Lena Endre stars in The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest

GO!

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 Dealers. (PG, R) 2.00 House Doctor (Inside And Out) 3.00 Medical Emergency. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue.

(R, CC) 4.00 Surf Patrol. (PG, R, CC) 4.30 60 Minute Makeover. (PG) 5.30 Homes Under The Hammer.

6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Escape To The Country.

(R) Aled Jones helps a couple find a home.

9.30 To Build Or Not To Build.

(PG) 10.30 Front Of House. (R) 11.00 Fawlty Towers. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 Before And After. (R) 12.00 Homes Under The Hammer. (R) 1.00 House Doctor (Inside And Out) (R) 2.00 Escape To The Country.

(R) 3.00 To Build Or Not To Build.

(PG, R) 4.00 Dr Oz. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Harry’s Practice. (R, CC) 5.30 Shopping. (R)

6.00 News. (CC) 9.00 News Mornings. (CC) 12.00 News.

(CC) 1.00 Capital Hill. (CC) 2.00 News. (CC) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Business. 5.00 Grandstand. 6.00 ABC News. (CC) 6.30 The Drum. (R, CC) 7.00 ABC News Grandstand. (CC) 8.00 ABC News With The Business. (CC) 9.00 Planet America.

9.30 Lateline. (CC) 10.00 The World. (CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 7.30. (R, CC) 12.00 News. 12.30 The Drum. (R, CC) 1.00 Al Jazeera. 2.00 BBC World. 2.30 7.30. (R, CC) 3.00 BBC World. (R) 3.30 BBC Africa. 4.00 Al Jazeera. 5.00 BBC Business Live. 5.30 Lateline. (R, CC)

ABC NEWS

8.30pm Killing Fields.

Experts comb through evidence. (M) Discovery

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: Up Jumped A Swagman.

(R) (1965) 3.00 Come Dine With Me UK. (PG, R) 3.30 To Catch A Smuggler. (PG, R, CC) 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 As Time Goes By. (R) Jean and Lionel travel to Los Angeles.

8.40 MOVIE: Thelma & Louise. (M, R, CC) (1991) Two women go on the run.

Susan Sarandon.

11.20 MOVIE: The Driver. (M, R, CC) (1978) Ryan O’Neal, Bruce Dern. 1.15 MOVIE: Up Jumped A Swagman. (R) (1965) 3.05 MOVIE: The Hand Of Night. (M, R, CC) (1968) 4.50 GEM Presents. (R, CC) 5.00 Gideon’s Way. (PG, R)

ONE 6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 8.00 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 3. Grand Prix Of The Americas.

Replay. 9.30 Epic Meal Empire.

(PG, R) 10.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 11.00 Hogan’s Heroes. (R) 12.00 Star Trek: Voyager. (PG, R) 1.00 White Collar. (PG, R) 2.00 MacGyver. (PG, R) (Final) 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 Cops.

8.30 Walker, Texas Ranger.

(PG, R) Trivette goes undercover in jail.

9.30 MOVIE: Universal Soldier. (MA15+, R, CC) (1992) Two soldiers are resurrected as androids.

Jean-Claude Van Damme.

11.30 MacGyver. (PG, R) 12.30 Shopping. (R) 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 3.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. (PG, 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 Family Ties. (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.

(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. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother.

(PG, R, CC) Robin returns from Argentina.

8.00 MOVIE: Pride & Prejudice. (R, CC) (2005) Based on the novel by Jane Austen. Keira Knightley, Rosamund Pike.

10.35 To Be Advised.

11.35 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG) 12.30 Becker.

(PG, R, CC) 1.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 2.00 JAG. (PG, R) 3.00 Dr Quinn.

(PG, R) 4.00 Touched By An Angel.

(M, R) 5.00 Shopping.

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 My First Place. (PG, R) 12.30 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Buying The View. (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, R) 6.30 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 The Restaurant Inspector. (PG) 8.30 Hotel Impossible. (PG) 10.30 Extreme Homes. (R) 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE

SBS 2 6.00 Indonesian News. 6.10 Hong Kong News. 6.30 Chinese News.

7.00 Russian News. 7.30 Polish News. 8.00 Bosnian News. 8.30 Macedonian News. 9.05 Croatian News. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 Portuguese News. 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News.

1.00 Urdu News. 1.30 Tamil News.

2.00 Thai News. 2.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 3.00 Bangla News. 3.30 Armenian News. 4.00 The Feed. (R) 4.30 Vs Arashi. (R) 5.25 Destiny In The Dust. (R) 5.35 House Hazards. (PG) 6.05 None Of The Above: Deep Heat. (PG) 6.30 MythBusters. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Friday Feed. Hosted by Marc Fennell.

8.00 Soccer. A-League. First elimination final. Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Victory.

From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

10.40 Orphan Black. (MA15+, R) 2.50 PopAsia. (PG) 3.55 NHK World English News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives.

(R) 6.30 Siba’s Table: Fast Feasts.

(R) 7.00 Food Fortunes. (R) 8.00 Chopped Junior. (R) 9.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 10.00 Good Eats. (R) 10.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 11.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 12.00 The Best Thing I Ever Made. (R) 12.30 Anjum’s Australian Spice Stories. (R) 1.00 Chopped Junior.

(R) 2.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 3.00 30 Minute Meals. (R) 3.30 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 4.00 Siba’s Table: Fast Feasts. 4.30 Food Fortunes. (PG, R) 5.30 Chopped Junior. 6.30 The Best Thing I Ever Made. (R) 7.00 Good Eats.

(R) 7.30 Anjum’s Australian Spice Stories. 8.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 8.30 Cutthroat Kitchen.

(PG, R) 9.30 Mystery Diners.

(PG) 10.30 Chopped Junior. (R) 11.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 12.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 1.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives.

(R) 2.00 Good Eats. (R) 2.30 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 3.00 Siba’s Table: Fast Feasts. (R) 3.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.45 Torres To The Thames. 1.45 Fred Maynard: Aboriginal Patriot. 2.15 Whistle In The Wind. 2.30 Mugu Kids. 3.00 Yamba’s Playtime. 3.30 Bushwhacked!

4.00 Muso Magic Outback Tracks. 4.30 Kagagi, The Raven.

5.00 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 5.30 I Heart My People.

6.00 Backyard Shorts. (PG) 6.30 The Prophets. (PG) 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. (MA15+) 10.00 Marley Africa Road Trip.

(PG) 11.00 Our Story: Six Sisters Of The Stolen Generation.

(PG) 12.00 Volumz. (PG) 4.00 NITV On The Road: Yabun.

5.00 NITV On The Road: Boomerang Festival.

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Saturday, April 16 Gardening Australia

MOVIE: Iron Man 2

Bondi Vet

ABC, 6.30pm

PRIME7, 7pm, PG (2010)

TEN, 6.30pm

There’s nothing like the arrival of cool autumn to inspire you to step into the backyard and start primping and preening, after a long, hot summer. Or perhaps, as you notice the weeds creeping over your patch of land, you want some motivation to make your garden look its best.

Luckily, Gardening Australia has a plethora of inspirational segments, filled with advice, that are hosted by the show’s gang of affable horticultural experts. Tonight, Jerry explores a tropical cottage garden, Tino prunes berries for a bumper crop, John visits a refurbished fern gully garden and Sophie creates succulent spheres.

Robert Downey Jr once again injects his legendary screen charisma into the title role of this blockbuster sequel that’s just as bold and fun as the ironclad 2008 original. Still basking in the public’s adulation after revealing his armour-plated superhero alter-ego, billionaire Tony Stark (Downey Jr) is being pressured by the government to hand over the technology used to power his rocket suit. But Stark soon has bigger worries when his rival Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) enlists an electric whip-wielding Russian (Mickey Rourke) to knock him off his perch. Director Jon Favreau nails the playful tone of the original in this excellent sequel.

Dr Chris Brown (right) is a busy man n– es when he isn’t having plenty of giggles with Julia Morris and watching ng celebrities doing crazy tasks like being covered in creepy-crawly insects in the African jungle for I’m A Celebrity…Gett Me Out of Here!, he’s back to the day job, trying to save the lives of a variety of animals on his home turf at Bondi.

He has some help these days, too, with a team of vets on hand.

Tonight, Dr Chris is asked to help Hugo the redneck wallaby which has developed a worrying lump on its ear. Meanwhile, Steve is forced to operate on five-monthold bulldog Bryan’s throat and Tim tries to tame some sheep.

ABC

PRIME7

WIN

6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 11.30 How Not To Behave.

(PG, R, CC) 12.00 Restoration Man. (PG, R, CC) 12.50 Who’s Been Sleeping In My House? Nelson Grange. (R, CC) 1.15 Grantchester. (M, R, CC) 2.05 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) 3.05 Tony Robinson’s Time Walks: Melbourne.

(R, CC) 3.30 Wide Open Road: Car Wars. (PG, R, CC) 4.30 Landline. (R, CC) Presented by Pip Courtney.

5.00 Vera. (PG, R, CC) (Final) A businessman’s murder is investigated.

6.00 Home Shopping. (R, CC) 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) 11.00 Tennis. (CC) Fed Cup. World Group Play-Offs.

Australia v USA. Day 1.

3.00 Nabbed. (PG, R, CC) A motorist is caught drink driving.

3.30 Border Security: International. (PG, R, CC) A Texan arrives with his hunting gear.

4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R, CC) Joh visits the home of Erik Thomson.

5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

(PG, R, CC)

6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00

6.30 Gardening Australia.

(CC) 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 Father Brown. (M, CC) A young woman is accused of murdering her father who was the owner of the local brewery.

8.20 DCI Banks. (M, CC) The search for the arsonist continues as yet another death makes it evident they are dealing with a serial killer.

9.05 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Waleed Aly. (R, CC) Julia Zemiro heads to Melbourne to spend a day with lawyer, writer, columnist and lecturer, Waleed Aly. 9.35 Janet King. (PG, R, CC) Major Simon Hamilton becomes the prime suspect due to a host of reasons.

10.30 Luke Warm Sex. (M, R, CC) Luke goes on a date with a male escort and learns that great sex is about creating intimacy and connection.

11.00 Rage. (MA15+) Music videos chosen by special guest programmer, Californian rock band, HEALTH.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Iron Man 2. (PG, R, CC) (2010) Billionaire industrialist and superhero Tony Stark finds himself under fire from government bureaucrats, business rivals and an enemy from his father’s past, all the while coping with his own failing health.

Robert Downey Jr., Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow.

9.30 MOVIE: Terminator 2: Judgment Day. (M, R, CC) (1991) A cyborg is sent from the future to protect, from a robot assassin, a teenager who will grow up to lead humankind’s resistance against a genocidal supercomputer and its machine army. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong.

5.00 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

12.15 Bates Motel. (M, R, CC) The war between the drug families presents Dylan with an impossible choice when he is ordered to kill Zane.

1.10 Bates Motel.

(MA15+, R, CC) Norma tries to connect with Norman.

2.00 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) Fish’n With Mates.

(PG, CC) Al continues his PNG adventure.

Clipped. (PG, R, CC) Ben refuses to pay for wi-fi.

The Wild Life Of Tim Faulkner. (CC) Married At First Sight.

(PG, R, CC) The Garden Gurus. (CC) News: First At Five. (CC) Getaway. (PG, CC)

TEN

SBS

6.00 Fishing Edge. (R, CC) 6.30 Ben’s Menu. (R, CC) 7.00 RPM. (R, CC) 8.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10: Saturday.

(PG, CC) 11.00 The Living Room. (R, CC) 12.00 All 4 Adventure.

(PG, R, CC) 1.00 People Of The Vines.

(PG, CC) 1.30 The Doctors. (PG, CC) 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 3.00 Long Lost Family.

(PG, R, CC) 4.00 What’s Up Down Under.

(CC) 4.30 Escape Fishing With ET. (CC) 5.00 TEN Eyewitness News.

(CC)

6.00 France 24 English News.

6.30 Deutsche Welle English News. 7.00 Al Jazeera English News. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News.

9.30 Greek News From Cyprus.

10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News.

12.00 Arabic News.

12.30 Turkish News.

1.00 PBS NewsHour. (CC) 2.00 Figure Skating. ISU World Championships. Ladies’ short program and free skate.

3.35 Who Do You Think You Are? (R, CC) 4.40 Monster Moves: Titanic Train Trek. (R, CC) 5.30 The Real King Solomon’s Mines. (R, CC)

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted.

(PG, R, CC) (2012) In the guise of circus performers, a group of former zoo animals struggles to return home to New York via Europe. However, their efforts are hampered by the actions of an obsessed animal control agent. Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer.

8.50 MOVIE: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen.

(M, R, CC) (2009) In the wake of his previous encounter with the Decepticons and the Autobots, a teenager heads to university, hoping to put his past behind him. Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel.

11.50 MOVIE: Walking Tall.

(M, CC) (2004) A former soldier returns to his home town to discover a crime lord, his old high-school rival, has destroyed the local community with an influx of drugs and violence. Dwayne Johnson, Johnny Knoxville, Ashley Scott.

6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PG, R, CC) Lifeguards meet blind Brazillian surfer Derek Rabelo, who is catching waves on Bondi Beach.

6.30 Bondi Vet. (PG, CC) 7.30 Shark. (PG, CC) (New Series) Takes an in-depth look at the more than 30 shark species around the world.

8.30 MOVIE: X-Men. (M, R, CC) (2000) After a US senator threatens to create a new law which would force all mutants to reveal their true identities, his actions lead to a falling out between the head of a school for “gifted” youngsters and his old friend, a mutant revolutionary who believes war with humanity is inevitable. Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen.

10.30 Scorpion. (PG, R, CC) After being dropped into a submarine to assist with a black ops mission, Cabe, Happy and Walter become trapped.

11.30 Motor Racing. (CC) International V8 Supercars Championship.

Round 3. Phillip Island SuperSprint. Highlights.

From Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Victoria.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Sheridan Smith.

(CC) Actor Sheridan Smith grew up performing music and is keen to know where her musical talent comes from and is soon hot on the trail of her great-greatgrandfather Benjamin Doubleday. However, she is shocked to discover the dramatic fall in fortunes of this famous banjoist.

8.40 MOVIE: The Thin Red Line. (M, CC) (1998) A group of soldiers is brought in as relief for marine units fighting the Japanese, on the island of Guadalcanal, during World War II, only to find themselves caught up in one of the pivotal battles of the conflict. Sean Penn, George Clooney, John Cusack.

11.45 RocKwiz. (M, R, CC) Music quiz show. Special guests include Australian musical stalwart Deborah Conway, British singer-songwriter Mike Rosenberg (aka Passenger), and one of Australia’s most loved Aboriginal performers, Archie Roach. Hosted by Julia Zemiro.

1.30 MOVIE: The Awakening.

(M, R, CC) (1980) An Egyptologist fears his daughter is possessed.

Charlton Heston.

3.30 The Avengers. (PG, R) 4.30 Extra. (R, CC) 5.00 The Middle. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

12.30 48 Hours: Hannah Graham Pt 1 – Deadly Connections. (M, R, CC) Takes a look at the death of Hannah Graham.

1.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program.

12.45 Bosch. (M, R, CC) A cop investigates a cold case.

5.00 CCTV English News.

News from China.

5.30 NHK World English News. News from Japan.

5.45 France 24 Feature.

12.00 12.30 1.00 1.30 2.00 2.30 4.30 5.00 5.30

CLASSIFICATIONS: (P) For preschoolers (C) Children’s programs (G) General viewing (PG) Parental guidance (M) Mature audiences (MA15+) Mature audiences only (AV15+) Extreme violence.

(R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions. Please Note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to late change by networks.

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Saturday, April 16 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.05pm Shaun The Sheep (2015) Animation. Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes. (G) Family

6.30pm My Big Redneck Vacation. Follows the adventures of a country-living family. (PG) A&E

8.30pm Black Sea (2014) Action. Jude Law, Ben Mendelsohn. A misfit crew goes after sunken treasure. (M) Masterpiece

8.30pm Stella. (M) BBC First

6.30pm Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown. Anthony Bourdain travels the world, exploring cultures and cuisine.

(M) TLC

5.00pm Netball. ANZ Championship. Round 3.

Melbourne Vixens v Queensland Firebirds. Fox Sports 3

7.30pm Treehouse Masters.

A visionary treehouse designer creates incredible private escapes. (PG) Discovery

7.20pm Football. AFL. Round 4. Carlton v Western Bulldogs. Fox Footy

9.00pm Just For Laughs.

Showcases comedy from the Montreal Comedy Festival. (M) Comedy Channel

10.15pm Wedding Crashers (2005) Comedy. Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams. A womaniser unexpectedly falls in love. (M) Comedy

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.35 Hey Duggee. (R, CC) 5.40 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.50 Go Jetters. 6.00 Peg + Cat. (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 The Trip To Italy.

(M, R, CC) 9.45 Live At The Apollo. (M, R, CC) 10.30 Comedy Up Late. (M, R, CC) 11.00 Scrotal Recall. (M, R, CC) 11.25 Episodes. (MA15+, R, CC) 11.55 Kroll Show. (M, R, CC) 12.40 The Kid Stays In The Picture.

(M, R, CC) 2.15 Mock The Week.

(M, R, CC) 2.45 News Update. (R) 2.50 Close. 5.00 Toby’s Travelling Circus. (R, CC) 5.10 Joe & Jack.

(R, CC) 5.15 Elmo The Musical.

(CC) 5.30 Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps. (R, CC) 5.45 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 10.50 Camp Lakebottom. (R, CC) 11.10 Annoying Orange. (R, CC) 11.35 Life With Boys. (R, CC) 11.55 Make It Pop. (R, CC) 12.20 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R) 2.35 House Of Anubis. (R) 3.00 Absolute Genius.

(R) 3.25 Officially Amazing. (R, CC) 3.55 Studio 3. 4.00 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 4.25 Camp Lakebottom.

(R, CC) 4.50 The Flamin’ Thongs.

(R, CC) 5.00 Grojband. (R, CC) 5.25 Roy. (R, CC) 5.55 Little Lunch. (R, CC) 6.10 Thunderbirds Are Go. (R, CC) 6.35 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 7.05 Operation Ouch! (R, CC) 7.30 Deadly Pole To Pole: Somerset Island. (R, CC) 7.55 Open Heart. (PG, R, CC) Dylan tries to get her hands on some money.

8.40 My Great Big Adventure.

(R, CC) Hosted by Kayne Tremills.

9.00 Heartland. (CC) (Final) Georgie gets a surprise visit.

9.45 Close.

9.30pm Alaska Haunting.

(M) TLC

Vince Vaughn stars in Wedding Crashers

7TWO

GO!

6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Hot Property. (R, CC) 9.00 Dealers. (PG, R) 10.00 Shopping. (R) 11.00 Out Of The Blue. (R, CC) 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 Horse Racing. (CC) All Aged Stakes. 5.00 Melbourne Weekender. (CC) 5.30 Motorway Patrol. (M, CC) 6.30 Secret Location. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 To Be Advised.

8.30 Escape To The Country.

9.30 Nick Knowles’ Original Features. (R) Presented by Nick Knowles.

10.30 Air Crash Investigation. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 Medical Emergency.

(PG, R, CC) 12.00 Great South East. (R, CC) 12.30 Creek To Coast.

(R, CC) 1.00 Qld Weekender. (R, CC) 1.30 WA Weekender. (R, CC) 2.00 Sydney Weekender. (R, CC) 2.30 Melbourne Weekender. (R, CC) 3.00 Out Of The Blue. (R, CC) 3.30 Cannibal Crusade. (R) 4.30 Across The Sea Of Galilee. (R) 5.30 Shopping. (R)

7MATE

6.00 Children’s Programs. 9.00 Justice League Unlimited. (PG, R) 9.30 Batman. (PG, R) 10.00 Children’s Programs. 11.00 Heidi.

(C, CC) 11.30 Move It. (C, R, CC) 12.00 Kitchen Whiz. (C, R, CC) 12.30 SpongeBob. (R) 1.00 Yu-GiOh! (PG, R) 1.30 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 2.00 Fishing Australia. (R, CC) 2.30 Surfing Australia TV. (CC) 3.00 Surfing. (CC) Australian Open.

Highlights. 4.00 Problem Solverz.

(PG, R) 4.30 Ben 10. (PG, R) 5.00 Justice League Unlimited. (PG, R) 5.30 Batman. (PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: Big Top Scooby Doo. (PG, R, CC) (2013) 7.40 MOVIE: She’s The Man. (PG, R, CC) (2006) 9.45 MOVIE: No Strings Attached. (MA15+, R, CC) (2011) Ashton Kutcher.

12.00 Arrow. (M, R, CC) 2.00 Surfing Australia TV. (R, CC) 2.30 Fishing Australia. (R, CC) 3.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 3.30 SpongeBob. (R) 4.00 Little Charmers. (R) 4.30 Problem Solverz. (PG, 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 Shopping.

(R) 9.00 Dream Car Garage.

(PG, R) 10.00 Motor Racing.

AHG Sprintcar Series. WASHPOD Sprintcar Westernapolis. 11.00 Burnout Masters. 12.00 Motor Racing. Ultimate Sprintcar Championship. 12.30 Ice Pilots.

(PG, R) 1.30 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 4. Essendon v Geelong.

4.30 Big Shrimpin’. (PG, R) 5.30 Doomsday Castle. (PG) 6.30 Doomsday Preppers.

(PG, R) Meet a teenage prepper.

7.30 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 4. Adelaide v Sydney. From Adelaide Oval.

10.30 MOVIE: Hot Fuzz.

(M, R, CC) (2007) Simon Pegg.

1.00 Friday Front Bar. (M, R, CC) 1.30 Fishing Western Australia.

(PG) 2.00 Doomsday Castle. (PG, R) 3.00 Ice Pilots. (PG, R) 4.00 Dream Car Garage. (PG, R) 5.30 Shopping. (R)

6.00 Landline. (CC) 6.30 World This Week. (CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 Australia Wide. (CC) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. (R, CC) 1.00 News. 1.30 Planet America. (R) 2.00 News. 2.30 The Mix. (CC) 3.00 News.

3.30 Foreign Corre. (R, CC) 4.00 News. 4.30 The Drum Weekly. 5.00 News. 5.30 One Plus One. (CC) 6.00 News.

6.30 Australian Story. (R, CC) 7.00 News. 7.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 8.00 Four Corners. (R, CC) 8.45 One Plus One Redux. (R, CC) 9.00 ABC News. (CC) 9.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 10.00 News. 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 Al Jazeera.

2.00 BBC World. 2.30 Landline. (R, CC) 3.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS

9.30pm Soccer. EPL. Fox Sports 4

6.00 MOVIE: Angels One Five.

(R, CC) (1952) Jack Hawkins. 8.00 Danoz Direct. 8.30 Adventures In Rainbow Country. (R) 9.00 As Time Goes By. (R) 10.20 Come Dine With Me UK. (PG, R) 10.50 MOVIE: Night Boat To Dublin. (PG, R, CC) (1946) Robert Newton. 1.05 MOVIE: Annie Get Your Gun. (R) (1950) Betty Hutton, Howard Keel.

3.20 MOVIE: The Greatest Show On Earth. (R, CC) (1952) James Stewart, Charlton Heston.

6.30 Heartbeat. (PG, R) Mike protects a police informant.

8.45 Silent Witness. (MA15+, R) Nikki and Harry are called in to separate stabbings and conclude that both were committed by the same person.

11.05 Dalziel And Pascoe. (M, R) A former nanny is released from jail.

12.10 MOVIE: Lust For A Vampire.

(MA15+, R) (1971) Michael Johnson.

2.00 MOVIE: Annie Get Your Gun. (R) (1950) Betty Hutton. 4.00 MOVIE: Private’s Progress. (R, CC) (1956)

ONE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Star Trek: Voyager. (PG, R) 9.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 MacGyver.

(PG, R) 11.30 Driven Not Hidden.

(R) 12.00 Rugby Sevens. World Sevens Series. Round 7. Highlights.

12.30 Walker, Texas Ranger. (PG, R) 1.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 2.30 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 3.30 David Attenborough’s Planet Earth. (PG, R) 4.30 Merv Hughes Fishing. 5.00 Adventure Angler.

(R) 5.30 Charles Darwin And The Tree Of Life. (R, CC) 6.30 Last Man Standing. (PG) 7.30 ST: Next Gen. (PG, R) 8.30 Motor Racing.

(CC) International V8 Supercars Championship.

Round 3. Phillip Island SuperSprint.

Highlights. From Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Victoria. 9.30 MOVIE: The Marine 3: Homefront.

(MA15+, R, CC) (2013) 11.20 Bellator MMA. (M, R) 1.20 Late Programs.

2.15 Football’s Greatest Teams.

(R) 2.45 Late Programs. 3.45 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 3. Grand Prix Of The Americas.

Replay. 5.15 Late Programs.

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 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 MOVIE: Pokémon The Movie: Diancie And The Cocoon Of Destruction. (R) (2014) Ash and his friends help a Pokémon princess. Sarah Natochenny.

8.00 Cristela. (PG) Isabella is accused of bullying.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, R, CC) Graham Norton chats with Michael Keaton, Jamie Oliver, Victoria Wood and Sir Ian McKellen.

9.30 Sex And The City. (M, R) The girls spend a second week in Los Angeles.

10.50 The Loop. (PG, R) 1.20 Neighbours. (R, CC) 4.00 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Shopping.

6.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 6.30 House Hunters. (R) 7.00 Garden Gurus. (PG, R) 7.30 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 The Block Sky High. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 My First Place. (PG, R) 10.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 10.30 House Hunters.

(R) 11.00 The Restaurant Inspector. (PG, R) 12.00 Hotel Impossible. (PG, R) 2.00 Postcards. (PG, 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, R) 6.30 Masters Of Flip. (R) 7.30 House Hunters. 8.30 House Hunters International. 9.30 House Hunters Renovation.

10.30 Fixer Upper. (PG, R) 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Masters Of Flip. (R) 1.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE

SBS 2 6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 Polish News. 8.00 Hungarian News.

8.30 Macedonian News. 9.05 Croatian News. 9.40 WorldWatch.

10.20 Portuguese News. 11.00 WorldWatch. 12.05 Hindi News.

12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Soccer.

A-League. Elimination final.

Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Victory. Replay. 3.00 Athletics.

Marathon de Paris. Highlights.

4.05 Celebrity Chef. (R) 5.25 Brain Games. (R) 6.00 MOVIE: The Secret World Of Arrietty. (R) (2010) 7.40 If You Are The One. Hosted by Meng Fei. 8.40 The Raft. (PG) Strangers fight to survive on a life raft.

9.25 Survive Aotearoa: Surviving The Cold Tongariro. (R) Barrie and Chris demonstrate survival skills.

10.25 Orphan Black. (MA15+, R) 2.35 MOVIE: Blacula. (MA15+, R) (1972) 4.20 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 Korean News.

5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives.

(R) 6.30 Siba’s Table: Fast Feasts.

(R) 7.00 Food Fortunes. (PG, R) 8.00 Chopped Junior. (R) 9.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 10.00 Good Eats. (R) 10.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 11.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 12.00 The Best Thing I Ever Made. (R) 12.30 Anjum’s Australian Spice Stories.

(R) 1.00 Chopped Junior. (R) 2.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 3.00 30 Minute Meals. (R) 3.30 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 4.00 Siba’s Table: Fast Feasts. 4.30 Food Fortunes.

(R) 5.30 Chopped Junior. 6.30 Save My Bakery. 7.30 Good Eats.

(R) 8.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 8.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 9.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 10.30 Chopped Junior. (R) 11.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 12.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 1.30 Save My Bakery. (R) 2.30 Diners, DriveIns And Dives. (R) 3.00 Good Eats.

(R) 3.30 Siba’s Table: Fast Feasts.

(R) 4.00 Chopped Junior. (R) 5.00 30 Minute Meals. 5.30 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Bushwhacked! 9.00 Wapos Bay. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 MOVIE: Manganinnie. (1980) 11.30 Korraiyn. 12.00 The Point Review. 12.30 League Nation Live. 2.00 Our Story: Six Sisters Of The Stolen Generation. (PG) 3.00 MOVIE: Manganinnie. (1980) 4.30 Kings Seal. 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 Cunnamulla Dreaming. 8.00 The Riji Carver. 8.30 Being Mary Jane. (M) 9.30 MOVIE: Primal. (MA15+) (2010) Zoe Tuckwell-Smith. 11.00 Let’s Talk Sovereignty. 12.00 Volumz.

(MA15+) 4.00 Fusion With Casey Donovan. (PG) 5.00 NITV On The Road: Saltwater Freshwater. (PG) 1604

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Sunday, April 17 You’re Back In The Room

Peter Helliar: Snazzy

Modern Family

WIN, 7pm

ABC2, 8.30pm

TEN, 7.30pm

Sometimes the TV shows that we expect the least of prove to be the most popular. When Daryl Somers decided to return to a hosting gig, we mightn’t have expected him to turn up in this cheesy UK remake, complete with hypnotists and cringeworthy behaviour. Then again, maybe it’s the perfect match? Either way, many of us have proven to be eager to see what hypnotist Keith Barry tricks the vulnerable contestants into doing for their chance to nab a handy $20,000 prize.

Tonight, former The Block contestants, brother-and-sister team Luke and Ebony, join in the rather paintsplattered craziness.

The ABC continues with its foray into Aussie comedy on a Sunday night, this time offering up a big serving of Peter Helliar. While many will only know him from his musings on the news on The Project, his real roots lie in stand-up and making people giggle. There’s plenty here to please the masses, and the material stands the test of time even though it is from his popular show a few years ago. Helliar has broad appeal, dipping into themes of parenthood, being a kid in the ’70s and the state of music today. The title of the show comes from Helliar’s nan calling him the “snazziest” boy in the room when he wore a yellow top and purple tie to his confirmation. Bless.

There’s never a dull moment in n Modern Family. Which, of course, is the way we want it to be, but it does make you reflect on your own family ties,, which probably are whole lot tamer and nd boring than the lives of the Pritchetts tchetts and Dunphys. Tonight, kids Manny anny (Rico Rodriguez) and Luke (Nolan olan Gould) babysit Lily so the adults ts can have some fun. While accidentdentprone Phil (Ty Burrell) and uptight tight Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson)) go see a movie, Jay (Ed O’Neill) and nd Cameron (Eric Stonestreet, right) ht) head to a bar to watch a big fight. ght.

However, Claire (Julie Bowen) harbours suspicions that the boys oys are planning to throw a party.

ABC

PRIME7

WIN

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6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 Insiders. (CC) 10.00 Offsiders. (CC) 10.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 11.00 The World This Week.

(R, CC) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. (R, CC) 12.00 Landline. (CC) 1.00 Gardening Australia.

(R, CC) 1.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 2.00 Meet The Mavericks: Ben Quilty And Warwick Thornton. (M, R, CC) 2.30 Pina. (R, CC) 4.30 The Checkout. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 One Plus One. (R, CC) 5.15 Father Brown. (PG, R, CC) A woman is accused of murdering her father.

6.00 Home Shopping. (R, CC) 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) Join Andrew O’Keefe and Angela Cox for all the latest news, sport and weather.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) Highlights from the past week.

12.00 The Amazing Race.

(PG, R, CC) As the race continues, the contestants leave Armenia and head to Tbilisi, Georgia. Hosted by Phil Keoghan.

1.00 To Be Advised.

5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Sydney Weekender.

(R, CC) Mike checks out the 33rd year of the Supershow.

6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00

PAW Patrol. (R, CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Wide World Of Sports.

(PG, CC) Hosted by Ken Sutcliffe.

11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show.

(PG, CC) Hosted by Yvonne Sampson.

1.00 MOVIE: Innerspace.

(PG, R, CC) (1987) A cashier becomes a test subject for an experiment involving a miniature vessel after it is injected into his body.

Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan.

3.30 Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 7. Wests Tigers v Melbourne Storm. From Leichhardt Oval, Sydney.

6.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. (CC) 6.30 Hillsong. (CC) 7.00 Mass For You At Home. 7.30 Joel Osteen.

(R, CC) 8.00 Animal Extra. (R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10: Sunday. (PG, CC) 11.00 The Doctors. (CC) 12.00 Netball. (CC) ANZ Championship.

Round 3. NSW Swifts v Adelaide Thunderbirds.

2.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 2.30 The Offroad Adventure Show. (R, CC) 3.00 iFish. (R, CC) 3.30 RPM GP. (CC) 4.00 Motor Racing. (CC) International V8 Supercars.

Round 3. Phillip Island SuperSprint. Highlights.

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 The World Game. (CC) 2.00 Speedweek. (CC) 4.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour.

Paris-Roubaix. Highlights.

From France.

5.00 InCycle. Presented by Mike Tomalaris.

5.30 1916: The Irish Rebellion.

(CC) Part 2 of 3.

6.00 Australian Story: Port Arthur. (R, CC) A look at the legacy of the Port Arthur massacre and the impact it had on survivors and witnesses.

6.30 Compass: A Town Called Brzostek. (PG, CC) Host Geraldine Doogue is joined by guest panellists to debate moral, ethical and religious controversies.

7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.40 David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef: Visitors. (CC) David Attenborough examines the annual journeys to Osprey Reef made by birds and whales.

8.40 Call The Midwife. (M, CC) (Final) Trixie and Sister Mary Cynthia team up to support a deaf mother-tobe, while another patient has a case of morning sickness.

9.45 Stephen Fry: Out There.

(PG, R, CC) Part 2 of 2. Host Stephen Fry finds out what life is like for gay people in Brazil, Russia and India.

10.45 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (M, R, CC) Hosted by Charlie Pickering.

11.15 Redfern Now. (M, R, CC) A gambling addict gets in trouble.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 My Kitchen Rules.

(PG, CC) The top teams travel the country, showcasing to the judges how far they have come by going back to where it all started, their instant restaurants. Hosted by Manu Feildel and Pete Evans.

8.30 Sunday Night. (CC) Current affairs program, hosted by Melissa Doyle.

9.30 The Blacklist. (M, CC) After Liz joins Red as a fugitive, they struggle to stay one step ahead of their former colleague and Liz immerses herself into his world of disreputable contacts and covert operations.

10.30 Odyssey. (M, CC) Peter breaks into the Societel Mining data centre with two hackers to recover evidence on Sophia. Odelle makes a video recording for a journalist.

11.30 Royal Pains. (M, CC) Elán goes into labour, and Evan and Paige are excited about their upcoming adoption.

However, Evan worries Paige may be growing too close to their daughter’s birth mother.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 You’re Back In The Room.

(PG, CC) Contestants are put through a series of challenges while hypnotised.

8.15 60 Minutes. (CC) Current affairs program.

9.15 President Trump: Can He Really Win? (M, CC) Matt Frei investigates whether Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, could make it all the way to the White House.

10.20 World’s Toughest Prisons: Honduras.

(PG, CC) (New Series) Paul Connolly heads to Honduras to spend a week living inside Danli Prison, which is filled with war criminals, gangland executioners, rapists and psychopaths.

11.20 Major Crimes. (M, R, CC) After a homeless girl is found dead in a garbage can, in an upscale neighbourhood, the team must find who killed her while searching for the victim’s identity. Sharon’s husband comes to her with a proposal.

6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. (CC) Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 Scorpion. (PG, CC) The team goes undercover on a movie set.

7.30 Modern Family. (CC) Manny and Luke babysit Lily so the adults can have some fun. Phil and Mitchell go to a movie.

8.00 Modern Family. (CC) Claire brings home a stray dog and gets the kids to help her hide it from Phil, while she tries to locate its owner.

8.30 The People V. OJ Simpson. (M, CC) The prosecution discovers an important piece of evidence, prompting Darden to suggest a bold move at the trial.

9.30 The People V. OJ Simpson. (M, CC) After enduring months of the trial, cut off from their families, society and the media, the jurors begin to go stir crazy.

10.30 Limitless. (M, CC) After learning the truth about her father’s death, Rebecca wants justice, and is willing to break the rules to get it.

11.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, R, CC) Graham Norton is joined by Chris Hemsworth.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.35 Lost City Of The Gladiators. (M, CC) A look at the discovery of a gladiator school found in Austria. Located in the former Roman imperial settlement of Carnuntum, a city abandoned during the collapse of the Roman Empire and never subsequently settled, it allows researchers an unadulterated snapshot of the era.

8.35 Vietnam: The War That Made Australia. (M, CC) Part 3 of 3. A continued look at the story of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, a unit which fought alongside the Vietnamese, from 1962 to 1972, and would go on to become the most decorated in our country’s history. Features testimony from veterans on both sides of the conflict.

9.35 Untold Australia: Indian Wedding Race. (M, R, CC) Follows two young Indian-Australians as they navigate the politics and pitfalls of finding a partner.

10.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour.

Amstel Gold Race. From Limburg, Netherlands.

12.10 Accused. (M, R, CC) A teacher ends up in court.

1.10 Miniseries: The Town.

(M, R, CC) Part 1 of 3.

2.00 Rage. (MA15+) Continuous music programming.

4.00 Call The Midwife.

(M, R, CC) (Final) 5.00 Stephen Fry: Out There.

(PG, R, CC)

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

12.20 Prime Suspect. (M, R, CC) 1.20 Impractical Jokers.

(M, R, CC) 1.50 WIN Presents. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 What Would You Do? (M, R, CC) 3.00 20/20. (R, CC) 4.00 Good Morning America: Sunday. (CC) 5.00 News Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 Today. (CC)

12.30 48 Hours: Hannah Graham Pt 2 – Stalked By Evil. (M, R) Takes a look at the death of Hannah Graham.

1.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Shopping.

4.00 Life Today With James Robison. (PG) 4.30 CBS This Morning. (CC)

1.30 MOVIE: Rabbit Without Ears 2. (MA15+, R) (2009) Til Schweiger.

3.40 Death: A Series About Life. (PG, R, CC) 4.45 The Example. (PG, CC) 5.00 CCTV English News.

5.30 NHK World English News.

5.45 France 24 Feature.

CLASSIFICATIONS: (P) For preschoolers (C) Children’s programs (G) General viewing (PG) Parental guidance (M) Mature audiences (MA15+) Mature audiences only (AV15+) Extreme violence.

(R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions. Please Note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to late change by networks.

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6.25pm Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Action. Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron. Two veterans of the apocalypse try to outrun a warlord. (MA15+) Premiere

7.30pm Wilfred. Ryan tries to uncover who his father was paying off. (M) Comedy Channel

6.00pm Gardeners’ World.

Joe has some new ideas on plant combinations and Carol shows the best flowers to grow for late summer colour. Lifestyle Home

4.40pm Football. AFL. Round 4. North Melbourne v Fremantle. Fox Footy

8.30pm Lucy (2014) Sci-fi.

Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman. (MA15+) Action

8.00pm Community. Annie and Professor Hickey prepare for the mid-term dance. (PG) Comedy Channel

10.40pm Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014) Action. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana. A brash space adventurer steals a mysterious orb. (M) Premiere

8.30pm Outlander. (MA15+) SoHo

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.45 Thomas. (R, CC) 6.00 Peg + Cat. (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 Seconds From Disaster.

(PG, R, CC) 8.20 Dream Build. (R, CC) 8.30 Peter Helliar: Snazzy.

(MA15+, CC) A performance

by Peter Helliar.

9.40 Bodyshockers: Nips, Tucks And Tattoos.

(M, R, CC) 10.25 Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists. (M, R, CC) 11.25 Never Mind The Buzzcocks. (M, R, CC) 11.55 Mock The Week. (M, R, CC) 12.30 First Dates UK. (M, R, CC) 1.20 Build A New Life In The Country. (R, CC) 2.00 News Update. (R) 2.05 Close. 5.00 Toby’s Travelling Circus. (R, CC) 5.10 Joe & Jack. (R, CC) 5.15 Elmo The Musical. (R, CC) 5.30 Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps. (R, CC) 5.45 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.55 Make It Pop. (R, CC) 12.25 Secret Life Of Boys. (R, CC) 12.30 Dance Academy. (R, CC) 2.35 House Of Anubis. (R) 2.55 Absolute Genius.

(R) 3.25 Officially Amazing. (R, CC) 3.55 Studio 3. 4.00 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 4.25 Camp Lakebottom.

(PG, R, CC) 4.50 The Dukes Of Broxstonia. (R, CC) 5.00 Grojband.

(R, CC) 5.25 Roy. (R) 5.55 Little Lunch. (R, CC) 6.10 Thunderbirds Are Go. (R, CC) 6.35 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 7.00 Operation Ouch! (R, CC) 7.30 Deadly Pole To Pole: Arctic. (R, CC) 8.00 Officially Amazing.

(R, CC) 8.30 Nowhere Boys. (R, CC) The boys have finally returned home.

8.55 Conspiracy 365.

(PG, R, CC) A teenager searches for the truth.

9.45 Good Game: Pocket Edition. (PG, R, CC) 9.55 Rage. (PG, R) 2.25 Close.

8.10pm Motorcycle Racing.

World Supersport. Round 3.

Fox Sports 3

8.30pm David Attenborough’s Life Story. (PG) National Geographic Wild

GO!

6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 Tomorrow’s World. (PG) 7.30 Leading The Way. (PG) 8.00 David Jeremiah. (PG) 8.30 Shopping. (R) 9.30 Australia’s Best Houses. (PG, R) 10.00 Secret Location. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 Tennis. (CC) Fed Cup. World Group Play-Offs. Australia v USA. Day 2. 4.00 Surf Patrol.

(R, CC) 4.30 World’s Strictest Parents. (PG, CC) 5.30 Air Crash Investigation. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Motorway Patrol. (PG, CC) 7.00 For The Love Of Dogs.

(PG) (New Series) 7.30 Secret Life Of Dogs.

(R, CC) 8.30 Escape To The Country.

Prospective buyers find their dream homes.

9.30 Escape To The Continent.

A look at homes.

10.45 Before And After.

11.15 World’s Strictest Parents.

(PG, R, CC) 12.15 Secret Life Of Dogs. (R, CC) 1.15 Escape To The Country. (R) 2.15 Escape To The Continent.

(R) 3.30 Dr Oz. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Shopping. (R)

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6.00 Children’s Programs.

12.00 Sonic Boom. (PG) 12.30 SpongeBob. (R) 1.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 1.30 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 2.00 Yu-GiOh! (PG, R) 2.30 Little Charmers.

(R) 3.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 3.30 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 4.00 Problem Solverz. (PG, R) 4.30 Power Rangers Dino. (PG) 5.00 Ben 10. (PG, R) 5.30 Justice League Unlimited. (PG, R) 6.00 Batman: The Brave And The Bold. (PG, R) 6.30 MOVIE: Wrath Of The Titans. (PG, R, CC) (2012) 8.30 MOVIE: Ocean’s Twelve.

(M, R, CC) (2004) The gang plans a series of robberies in Europe. Brad Pitt, George Clooney.

11.00 Bad Robots. (M, R) 12.00 Sun, Sex And Suspicious Parents.

(M, R) 1.00 The Cube. (PG) 2.00 Little Charmers. (R) 2.30 Yo-Kai Watch. (PG, R) 3.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 3.30 SpongeBob. (R) 4.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. (PG, R) 4.30 Problem Solverz. (PG, R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-GiOh! (PG, R)

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6.00 Shopping. (R) 6.30 The Amazing Race. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Shopping. (R) 9.30 Dream Car Garage. (PG, R) 10.00 AFL Game Day. 11.30 Hook, Line And Sinker.

(PG, R) 12.00 The AFN Fishing Show. (PG) 12.30 Fishing Western Australia. (PG) 1.00 Football.

(CC) AFL. Round 4. GWS v Port Adelaide. 4.00 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 4. Collingwood v Melbourne.

6.30 Turtleman. (PG, R) 7.00 MOVIE: Despicable Me 2. (PG, R, CC) (2013) A reformed villain is recruited to save the world.

Steve Carell.

9.00 MOVIE: Lone Survivor.

(MA15+, R, CC) (2013) Four US Navy SEALs are dropped behind enemy lines. Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch.

11.45 1000 Ways To Die. (MA15+, R) 12.15 The Crows Show. (CC) 12.45 Locked Up Abroad. (M, R) 2.00 Ice Pilots. (M, R) 3.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. (PG, R) 5.00 Big Angry Fish. (PG, R)

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

ABC NEWS

7.30pm Amazing Animal Selfies. Captures what animals do when they think no one is watching. (PG) National Geographic Wild

6.00pm Rugby Sevens.

World Sevens Series.

Singapore. Final day.

Fox Sports 2

6.00 Skippy. (R) 6.30 MOVIE: The Face Of Fu Manchu. (PG, R, CC) (1965) 8.30 Danoz. 9.30 New Style Direct. 10.00 Heartbeat. (PG, R) 12.00 Garden Gurus. (R, CC) 12.30 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 MOVIE: High Noon. (PG, R) (1952) Gary Cooper. 3.00 MOVIE: Khartoum.

(R) (1966) Charlton Heston. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (CC) 6.30 Frozen Planet: Summer.

(PG, R, CC) 7.30 RBT. (PG, R, CC) A man decides to go drinking at the beach.

8.30 MOVIE: Firefox.

(PG, R, CC) (1982) A troubled retired Vietnam pilot, is ordered back into military service to steal a Soviet warplane. Clint Eastwood, Freddie Jones, David Huffman.

11.15 Rizzoli & Isles. (M, R, CC) 12.15 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 12.45 GEM Presents. (CC) 1.00 Seaway.

(PG, R, CC) 2.00 Danoz. 3.00 New Style Direct. 3.30 Global Shop.

4.30 Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.00 Seaway. (PG, R, CC)

Charlize Theron stars in Mad Max: Fury Road

ONE 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Rugby Union. Super Rugby. Round 8.

NSW Waratahs v Brumbies. Replay.

10.00 Rugby Sevens. World Series.

Round 7. Hong Kong. Highlights.

10.30 Escape Fishing With ET. (R, CC) 11.00 Temporary Australians.

(PG, R) 11.30 Loaded. (PG, R) 12.00 Snap Happy. (R) 12.30 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 1.30 ST: Next Gen. (PG, R) 2.30 World Sport. (R) 3.00 Moments Of Impact. (PG, R) 4.00 Megastructures Breakdown. (R) 5.00 What’s Up Down Under.

(R, CC) 5.30 Adventure Angler.

(R) 6.00 Family Feud: Sunday.

(CC) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 CSI: Cyber. (M, R, CC) 8.30 Motor Racing. (CC) International V8 Supercars Championship.

Round 3. Phillip Island SuperSprint.

Highlights. From Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Victoria. 9.30 MOVIE: Coach Carter. (M, R) (2005) Samuel L Jackson. 11.20 World Sport. 12.45 The Killing.

(M, R) 1.40 RPM GP. (R, CC) 2.10 Extreme Boats’ Big Angry Fish.

(PG, R) 2.40 Adventure Angler. (R) 3.40 Late Programs.

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 9.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 9.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (R) 10.00 Mako: Island Of Secrets. (C, R, CC) 10.30 Sabrina. (PG, R) 11.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 11.30 Mork & Mindy. (R) 12.00 Family Ties.

(PG, R) 1.00 Cheers. (PG, R) 2.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R, CC) 4.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 5.00 Becker.

(PG, R, CC) 5.30 Angel From Hell.

(PG) 6.00 Family Feud: Sunday.

(CC) 6.30 Rules Of Engagement.

(PG, R, CC) 7.30 Futurama. (PG, R) 8.00 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 MOVIE: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.

(M, R, CC) (2013) Ron Burgundy returns to the news desk. Will Ferrell.

10.55 Everybody Loves Raymond.

(PG, R, CC) 11.55 King Of Queens.

(PG, R) 12.25 Frasier. (PG, R) 1.30 Family Ties. (PG, R) 2.30 Becker.

(PG, R, CC) 3.00 Cheers. (PG, R) 3.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

(R) 4.30 Sabrina. (PG, R) 5.00 Shopping.

6.00 Domestic Blitz. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 Fixer Upper. (PG, R) 8.00 House Hunters Reno. (R) 9.00 Garden Gurus. (R) 9.30 My First Place. (PG, R) 10.00 Postcards. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 Extreme Homes. (R) 12.00 House Hunters. (R) 1.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 2.00 Masters Of Flip. (R) 3.00 House Hunters Reno. (R) 4.00 Come Dine With Me UK. (PG) 5.00 Extreme Homes. (R) 6.00 My First Place. (PG, R) 6.30 Fixer Upper. (PG, R) 7.30 Buying The View. 8.30 Flip Or Flop. 9.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 Extreme Homes. 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Fixer Upper. (PG, R) 1.00 Buying The View. (R) 2.00 Flip Or Flop. (R) 3.00 The Block Sky High. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Late Programs.

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SBS 2 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 PopAsia.

(PG) 10.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 MOVIE: The Secret World Of Arrietty. (R) (2010) 2.40 Baz’s Extreme Worlds. (PG, R, CC) 3.05 Lily Cole’s Art Matters.

(PG, R) 3.55 Iron Chef. (R, CC) 5.30 Soccer. A-League. Second Elimination Final. Melbourne City v Perth Glory.

8.10 Adam Ruins Everything.

(PG, R) Presented by Adam Conover.

8.30 Fameless. (PG) A know-itall gets a dose of her own medicine.

8.55 Drunk History. (M, R) Hosted by Derek Waters.

9.20 South Park. (MA15+, R, CC) Shelly deals with a new suitor.

10.15 The Sex Clinic.

(MA15+, R, CC) 11.05 Shot By Kern. (M) 11.35 In Her Skin. (PG) 1.20 Kurt Wallander.

(M, R) 3.00 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 Korean News.

5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives.

(R) 6.30 Siba’s Table: Fast Feasts.

(R) 7.00 Food Fortunes. (R) 8.00 Chopped Junior. (R) 9.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 10.00 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 10.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 11.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 12.00 Siba’s Table: Fast Feasts.

(R) 12.30 Good Eats. (R) 1.00 Chopped Junior. (R) 2.00 Save My Bakery. (R) 3.00 30 Minute Meals. (R) 3.30 Kelsey’s Essentials.

(R) 4.00 Siba’s Table: Fast Feasts.

4.30 Food Fortunes. (R) 5.30 Chopped Junior. 6.30 Last Cake Standing. 7.30 Good Eats. (R) 8.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 8.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 9.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 10.30 Chopped Junior. (R) 11.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 12.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 1.30 Last Cake Standing. (R) 2.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 3.00 Good Eats. (R) 3.30 Siba’s Table: Fast Feasts. (R) 4.00 Chopped Junior.

(R) 5.00 30 Minute Meals. (R) 5.30 Good Eats. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Bushwhacked! 9.00 Wapos Bay. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Soccer. A-League. First elimination final. Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Victory. 12.00 The Point Review. 12.30 Rugby League. Indigenous All Stars v World All Stars. 2.30 Mparntwe: Sacred Sites. (PG) 3.00 One With Nature. 3.30 Deadly Thinking. (PG) 4.00 Opinion Piece. 5.00 Te Kaea. 5.30 Noongar Dandjoo. (PG) 6.00 Awaken. 7.00 Our Spirit To C-Gen. 7.30 One Mob To C-Gen. 8.00 Boxing For Palm Island. (CC) 8.30 Tribal Showgirls.

(M) 9.30 MOVIE: Shopping. (MA15+) (2013) Kevin Paulo.

11.10 Mamu. (PG) 11.20 Destiny In The Dirt. 11.30 Art At The Interface. 12.00 Volumz. (PG) 1704

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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS 1 In a higher position among hundreds to win trophies (4) 3. Jeers when military quarters seen (8) 8. Paper about in the morning (4) 9. Crop made to be set beside others (8) 11. Crossroads at which to bury part? (12) 13. A doctor with one foot not properly secured (6) 14. 100 short,

act on list of bequests as one wishes (2,4) 17. Study not lasting in our era? (12) 20. It’s a disadvantage to lure defender out (8) 21. Twice act for extinct animal (4) 22. Feeling that makes one hang on? (8) 23. Singer is bighead and idiot (4)

DOWN 1. Top cleric uses vehicle to take Linda out (8) 2. Postscript, wanting to change hymnbook (7) 4. Makes amends for note as misplayed (6) 5. Concerning

plea for the same again (10) 6. Mongrel has one ring that is a valuable object (5) 7. This team has a pretentious air (4) 10. Lucrative for those who are healthy and skilled (10) 12. Youths whose pleasure-seeking is dramatic? (8) 15. There’s nothing in crazy maniac becoming unconscious (2,1,4) 16. Hits fishingvessels (6) 18. Examinations in which results are poor also (5) 19. Puts extra 500 among advertisements (4)

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GO FIGURE >> The idea of Go Figure is to arrive at the figures given at the bottom and right-hand columns of the diagram by following the arithmetic signs in the order they are given (that is, from left to right and top to bottom). Use only the numbers below the diagram to complete its blank squares and use each of the nine numbers only once.

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PRINCE VALIANT

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From the pages of America’s most popular newspapers

ACROSS

POINT TAKEN

by Paul Dorin JUST LIKE CATS & DOGS by Dave T. Phipps

1. Pump up the volume 4. Tousle 8. Leading man?

12. Shelter 13. Declare openly 14. “-- Valentine” 15. Ninny 16. Shake in the grass?

17. Skip over 18. Signal receiver 21. Grazing area 22. Weeding need 23. Moon-related 26. Barbie’s companion 27. Pile of chips 30. Press 31. Proof abbr.

32. Suitable 33. Tackle’s teammate 34. Curly-tailed dog 35. Money of India 36. “No seats” 37. Be below par 38. Geological

shifter 45. Cupid’s forte 46. Cupola 47. Massachusetts cape 48. Pocket bread 49. Renders speechless 50. Early bird?

51. Dither 52. Sail holder 53. Put into words

DOWN 1. “Oh, woe!”

2. Arizona city 3. Nuisance 4. “Das Lied von der Erde” composer 5. Palate appendage 6. Performances for one 7. Wrapped 8. Home 9. Ms. Moore 10. Writer Kingsley 11. Legend 19. Verve

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STRANGE BUT TRUE z It was early 20thcentury English schoolmaster and lexicographer Henry Watson Fowler who made the following sage observation: “Display of superior knowledge is as great a vulgarity as display of superior wealth – greater, indeed, inasmuch as knowledge should tend more definitely than wealth towards discretion and good manners.” z In 2007, a British woman named Susie Hewer completed a marathon in less than six hours – while knitting a scarf. z Someday, Saturn might not be the only planet in our solar system that has rings. Those who study such things say that Mars’ gravitational pull on its largest moon, Phobos, could cause a catastrophic breakup, with the moon’s debris forming a

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ring around the planet – in 20 million to 40 million years. z It’s been reported that before Japan came into contact with the West, people in that country did not kiss. z When the mantis shrimp attacks its prey, the swing of its claw is so powerful that even if it misses, the resulting shock wave can be enough to stun or kill its prey. z Coral snakes found in North America are relatively small, quite

reclusive... and deadly.

You’re unlikely to be bitten by one (due in part to the species’ extreme avoidance of confrontation, coral snakes account for less than 1 per cent of all snakebites in the US), but if you are, the snake’s neurotoxic venom can cause severe pain and death. However, snake-bite experts say that in some cases, a bite will result in no symptoms at all for 12 hours – at which point the victim dies from sudden respiratory failure. z The most common pigment in the world is chlorophyll.

Thought for the Day: “Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.” – Joseph Addison

20. A billion years 23. Falsehood 24. Grecian vessel 25. Affirmative action?

26. Frat party need 27. “Great Expectations” lad 28. Indivisible 29. Ball-bearing item 31. Erstwhile 32. At capacity 34. Expert 35. Most mature 36. Juice-box item 37. Heights 38. Reveille’s opposite 39. Send out 40. De Pablo of “NCIS” 41. “The Music Man” venue 42. Dogfight participants 43. Forum garb 44. Nervous 160321

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YOUR STARS ARIES (MAR 21-APR 20) Long-term plans are going apace and even finances are looking up. Do you remember that long, heated look across the room last week? Well, one of you may decide to make a move this week.

Avoid giving in to something at work just because you are feeling tired or unsure. Delay. Whatever you want is not as far away as you think.

TAURUS (APR 21-MAY 21) It is a highly creative week for you. The trick is to combine business moves at the right time financially. Romance is all around you, but are you ready? It is sometimes a good idea to be ‘busy’ and play for time if you are not sure. Don’t think that all decisions (especially personal ones) need to be made alone. Others have been down your road before and may well have some good advice.

should give you the chance to move forward on a pet plan. Watch out! Your ambitions are showing! Does your view of the future differ from that of your partner or family? Talk your socks off and try to come to some sort of agreement.

VIRGO (AUG 24-SEP 23) Someone you were not initially attracted to could take on a rosy new glow in your eyes. Why is this? Could it be that their lack of interest has stirred your curiosity? You feel lucky and are the owner of a sharp mind. Use it to get the best out of any situation, business or personal. Feeling

and of the heart may come to a head this week. Venus, bringer of peace, wants you to tie up loose ends to bring contentment. Some will decide to take a romance to the next level. Cash flow

to your appearance or your attitude towards an old flame. Sentiment certainly comes into it. You may be thinking, ‘What if...?’ Spontaneous spending should be avoided this week as you may regret it later. Keep an open mind and stay flexible, especially when it comes to romance.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 23-DEC 21) Surprises and spontaneous fun are yours this week. Even so, it sometimes seems like one step forward, one step back. This is not the time for taking leaps in the dark, especially if they are financial. A partner has the right approach, even if it does need a bit of tweaking. Going around in circles leaves you exhausted and in the middle. Let others get the moves going and watch and see what happens.

AQUARIUS (JAN 21-FEB 19) Family

CANCER (JUN 22-JUL 22) Lighter

LEO (JUL 23-AUG 23) Matters of finance

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Venus, giver of peace and romance, is certainly on your tail this week.

Accept invitations and enjoy being the centre of attention. Things may have been a bit quiet recently and, in certain areas, you could do with a bit of spontaneity. Who did you dream about last night? A highly tuned mind is sending the right signals. All you have to do is listen carefully.

taneous romantic feelings could see you express more than you intended this week. Do you really want a current romance to become more serious? At times it feels as though you are being backed into a corner. Be busy. Make plans to travel to avoid premature leaps in the dark. Head spinning?

Don’t feel guilty about taking some time out and doing something relaxing. moments see Venus giving everything a sentimental edge. While you love romance, choose your words carefully to avoid misunderstanding. A partner may want to be spontaneous. Fine, but make sure it isn’t with your money! The Full Moon at the weekend can make some people feel a bit loopy. Refresh your memory. Remember your dreams and ambitions.

for the week commencing April 18

CAPRICORN (DEC 22-JAN 20)

GEMINI (MAY 22-JUN 21) Spon-

bored at the weekend? Remember, the devil finds work for idle hands.

LIBRA (SEP 24-OCT 23) Unusual turns of event bring you face to face with your ambitions. Do you feel you are being given an opportunity, or just being put in a stressful situation? Perhaps a little of both? Don’t kid yourself. You know what you want and what you do not want. So easy really, isn’t it? Push and make that extra effort now to see your dreams come true.

SCORPIO (OCT 24-NOV 22) A long conversation at the weekend inspires you to make changes. This could be

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and friends keep you moving along happily, even if energy is low. Talking takes little of this and there is plenty of talking to be done. Chances to discuss things that have been pushed under the carpet arise. Make the most of them. Honesty is not easy for everyone. Give encouragement. Be adult and mature and see that things are not as worrying as they at first appear.

PISCES (FEB 20-MAR 20) Sentimental thoughts of the past come flooding back when an email or call comes out of the blue. It is lovely to remember good times and what it was like to be together. However, take into account why you parted. Closer to home there are things that need to be aired.

坥 坦 坧 坨 坩 坪 坫 坬 坭 坮 坯 坰

Monday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Oh, Aries, are you feeling a little overlooked? A little under appreciated?

Try blowing your own trumpet a little louder than usual. Don’t tell others what you wish for, tell them what you are going to do. Confidence is king.

Tuesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Are you feeling a little ‘on the cusp’?

Don’t fret, we all do, regardless of when our birthdays are. You are going to make great progress, as long as you continue to have faith in your talents.

Wednesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Having mixed feelings is not so bad, especially if it gets you seriously thinking. It will be through brainpower rather than brawn that you will make your mark. Things can take time to happen, but not always!

Thursday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Being a bull at the gate, Taurus, can sometimes feel lonely. Still, keep up that determination and others will start thinking your way. Impatience makes mistakes, slowness misses opportunities.

Where is that happy medium?

Friday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! The past has gone, Taurus. Sweep it away and start with a clean slate. A few opportunities arise that you may feel to be too small. Wrong. Consider every good offer a chance for experience.

Saturday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Determination may not be enough sometimes, Taurus. You really have to use some of that sophisticated charm of yours! Don’t think you have any? The twinkle in your eye can work wonders.

Sunday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! There are some things that you take very seriously, Taurus. That is fine.

That is you. However, keep an open mind and be prepared to take a more modern standpoint.

SOLUTIONS AND ANSWERS for this week’s puzzles and tests Mega Maze

CryptoQuote answer

This week's Snowflakes

This week's Californian

This week's Sudoku

This week's Go Figure!

FIND THE WORDS solution 897 Touch of paradise

QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 1 East; 3 Wondrous; 8 Each; 9 Airfield; 11 Presentiment; 13 Assume; DUAL CROSSWORD 14 Stupor; 17 Aristocratic; 18,980 20 Imprison; 21 Shoo; 22 CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS Endanger; 23 Eros.

Across: 1 Cups; 3 BarDown: 1 Exemplar; 2 Sucracks; 8 Ream; 9 Comcess; 4 Opiate; 5 Defamapared; 11 Intersection; 13 tory; 6 Ocean; 7 Side; 10 Adrift; 14 At will; 17 ConPermission; 12 Precious; temporary; 20 Drawback; 15 Pitcher; 16 Morose; 18 21 Dodo; 22 Suspense; 23 Rapid; 19 Fire.

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Down: 1 Cardinal; 2 THE BAKER’S DOZEN Psalter; 4 Atones; 5 RepTRIVIA TEST: etition; 6 Curio; 7 Side; 10 1. More than 1700. 2. CabProfitable; 12 Playboys; 15 bage and mashed potaIn a coma; 16 Smacks; 18 toes. 3. Earth. 4. Margaret Orals; 19 Adds.

Thatcher. 5. Dermato-

glyphics. 6. Western Pacific Ocean. 7. The middle ear. 8. He was referring to the walrus in the Lewis Carroll “The Walrus and the Carpenter” poem. 9.

Joseph Campbell. 10.

Red. 11. Donna Summer, 1978. Her album version was over eight minutes long. 12. Gunsynd. 13.

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The final say

FROM THE EDITOR-AT-LARGE Jen Cowley

Ask not what your community can do for you GET around a bit (and I mean that in eye that when it comes to regional and the nicest possible way). remote areas, it’s only when innovation I’ve lived, worked and played in ru- and positivity comes from within that a ral communities for most of my life, and real sense of community can thrive.

I’m blessed to have a job that takes me There’s no doubt that climatic and to all kinds of different regional places economic conditions are making it into meet all kinds of different regional creasingly hard for small communities people. to stick together, but it doesn’t help to keep banging on about “disadvantage” I visit communities that are ticking – say it often enough and people will bealong nicely despite the challenges inlieve it. herent in isolation and a changing reThe provision of services in remote gional economy. I meet people who and regional areas is a must – that’s not make the choice to live and work in rural and remote areas and to focus in question. What I do wonder is how we on the positives and the opportunities reached a point where resources are directed increasingly towards those who available. have given in to the idea of entrenched But I see just as many examples of disadvantage, instead of focussing on communities where the buzzword “dissupporting those within the community advantage” has become a self-fulfilling who have the ability and the desire to prophecy – communities that have been drive change. labelled disadvantaged by well-meanThese people exist – they’re there ing agencies, organisations and media in every single communito the point that innovation ty. They’re running sports and initiative has been al` clubs and coaching teams; most ground out of existIt doesn’t help they’re operating busience; where the populace to keep banging nesses and offering serfiguratively sits around on vices; they’re volunteerits collective nether-regions on about in schools and around while outsiders try (large“disadvantage” ing town; they’re members of ly in vain) to replicate and – say it often the service clubs and social sustain what was once a enough and groups; they’re in the youth thriving community spirit. centres; they’re flogging It seems to my untrained people will raffle tickets to support the but reasonably experienced

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believe it.

medical service and organising events to keep their towns on the radar.

These are the people we (and government, at all levels), need to be supporting and encouraging where possible, and getting the hell out of their way when necessary.

I spent time in Lightning Ridge last week, a remarkable little town that’s been doing it tough for a while now, but where there are still enough innovators and visionaries to keep the community together and ticking along positively.

Once such innovator is the irrepressible Rebel Black (whose story you’ll find a few pages back). Her positivity is infectious, and her attitude to “disadvantage” refreshing.

To wit: “The reality of my life is that I live in Lightning Ridge. I love the community, but I live here largely because my husband is an opal miner so this is where our home is. I can take that in one of two ways: I can look at it and be feeling disadvantaged and like I’m isolated – I can take all the stuff I hear and read about in the media about the disadvantage of living in rural communities.

OR I can ask, “What opportunities does this local community provide me? What opportunities does the Internet open up for me?””

If this genuinely is the age of innovation, as per our Prime Minister’s man-

tra, then it’s not just the global technological pacesetters and the big end of town that deserve encouragement.

Let’s not forget the value of regional Australia’s small-community social innovators in helping to sustain populations outside metropolitan areas, and whose devotion to their own small patches ultimately minimises the drain on the public purse.

While we’re on the subject of innovators, indulge me a “shout out” to the organisers of all the events in Dubbo last weekend – the ROAR Festival, the Babes on Bikes world record event, the CrossCultural Carnival… all the sporting and cultural and social events that kept the town buzzing, the motels full and the cash registers ticking over.

There’s been a bit of chatter about the ROAR Festival – not all of it fair or kindspirited – and while the outcome on paper mightn’t have been what the organisers had hoped for, theirs is a shining example of people looking outside their square to support and bolster the town and the region they choose live in.

No doubt there’ll be some spirited debriefing, reflection and re-grouping, but whatever the outcome, these are people who got off their arses to do something different, and for that, they deserve our support and our thanks. Everything else is just white noise.

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