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Burning bridges HERE is a surreal quality to the governance of our city at the moment. Like a dream sequence in an unsettling movie, the events and characters which fade in and out of view seem real enough, but you know there’s something not quite right. You know you’re on a bridge between reality and fiction where the lines are blurred and like any lie or stage performance, there’s an inherent kernel of truth but working out which is which is the challenge. Particularly when you’re asleep. That council committee members could be appointed without even applying for the job seems odd, or that a partner for KPMG, the consultancy appointed the role of rationalising NSW council amalgamations for a $480, 000 alleged fee, should sit on the customer advisory board for Service NSW for which Roads and Maritime Services are an agency, and which is now tasked with getting a new bridge for Dubbo over the line,or the river as it is. As one resident suggested to Dubbo Weekender, a new bridge was an election promise made by the Baird government so why not just get on with it. Research has already been undertaken by the previous Dubbo City Council, through pitt&sherry, a “multi-specialist infrastructure consultancy servicing the transport, industrial, mining, energy, food and beverage, and community sectors”. The results are in with a $30M price tag, which gives a $20M breathing space for the Baird government’s commitment for a bridge cost of$50M. The RMS “Drop In Sessions” for the proposed bridge corridors are being held this month and into early June around town so we’re bound to see more questions from concerned citizens arise. An RMS spokesperson says they are still “determining the corridor and the preferred bridge route will be designed to minimise property acquisitions.” This is another issue, like amalgamation, which residents need to engage with as the decision will not only “improve freight efficiency on the Newell Highway, reduce traffic congestion and improve flood immunity”, as the RMS official brochure claims, but impact people’s livelihoods, possibly land values and maybe their homes. Historically all our bridges have prompted debate since the mid 19th century, over names, construction, location, and notably in 1872 when a toll was proposed, and an effigy of the then local member was burnt by irrate women protestors.

Feisty bunch those Dubbo gals. It’s not likely we’ll be getting so hot under the collar but careful consideration is called for. We’re faced with a choice which will give us real solutions, such as ease the heavy traffic flow through Dubbo and relieve commuter traffic of delays, or create an unliveable situation, taking into account the increasing traffic expected over the years to come and the city’s projected growth by 2036 to 50, 000 residents, plus our mutual Wello constituents which will also have grown. As the old adage goes, you can please some of the people some of the time, but not all the people all of the time. Judging by the options (see our feature in this edition), there are going to be residents whose tranquil leafy lifestyles are under real threat with the possibility their street will become a feeder for a new bridge. Three of the six options clearly favour servicing commuter travel from west to south and visa versa and providing a new access to the CBD. This is not something anyone either side of the river would argue about. Access can be congested, with or without a ten-year reminder we live on a flood plain, or the rather fruitless argument we must build for the 100-year flood. That’s once in a lifetime and stuff just doesn’t get built these days to last 100 years and if technology continues on it’s exponential curve who knows what we’ll be driving in2116. Heads up Dubbo, the RMS are conducting surveys today (Friday, May 27 at the rotunda, between 10am and 2pm), June 1, Orana Mall and back at the rotunda on June 7. Jump in your car and go to the locations and consider what will have to be removed to make way for the inevitable. Soccer fields are not likely to be sacrificed but should Mitchell or Tamworth streets be? There’s much to consider and here’s an opportunity to wake up and engage. We are fortunate enough to have governors who are earmarking our region for progress. How it’s all happening might seem like a glitch in the matrix, but for the first time in a long time, it feels like regional cities and towns are being treated with the same regard and respect as our city cousins who sponge up so much funding for infrastructure so the ‘sticks’ get nix. Something’s different, it’s a little surreal and about time. More information about bridge proposals visit rms.nsw.gov.au/dubbobridge, or by phoning 1800741636.

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Abbott regrets not doing more for indigenous Australians gaged in this and I’m happy to work with Mark to try to ensure that one way or another these kids aren’t let down.”

BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

ORMER prime minister Tony Abbott turned up in Dubbo last week, arriving under a media black-out announced only after his visit was nigh – all this after the trip had been spruiked to local news organisations – such is the pressure generated by an election campaign when it comes to managing political messages. Interestingly, while some of the MP’s media minders were insistent there’d be no interviews, Tony Abbott didn’t seem to have a worry in the world about taking questions on a broad range of topics. Abbott is well known for his love affair with coal at a time most of the world is embracing renewable energy, and his strong stance on border protection has been endlessly documented. But when asked about his major regret during decades of public life he went straight to Indigenous issues, and the fact he couldn’t order the positive changes he’s worked so hard for. “I wouldn’t want to start talking about regrets because I’m much more conscious of having the chance to make a difference than I am regretful but the difference might not have been as big as I’d like but one of my greatest frustrations has been in indigenous policy,” Abbott said. “It’s very simple at one level, the mark of a successful community is that the kids go to school, the adults go to work and people are safe, that’s the mark of a successful community and if you don’t go to school as a youngster and work as an adult it’s hard to have a successful life. “Yet trying to ensure that 100 percent of Aboriginal kids go to school every day as opposed to 80 percent going to school 80 percent of the time, if we’re lucky, is, it’s really hard,” he said. He believes a major problem is an attitude which has developed over the last 30 years among Australians that we can’t expect of Aboriginal kids that which we would expect of others. “That there are cultural differences that mean that it’s somehow wrong, even racist to expect of Aboriginal kids what you would expect of everyone else, namely turning up every day unless you’ve got a really good reason

Former prime minister and member for Warringah, Tony Abbott, leaves the Dubbo Men’s Shed with Federal Minister for Parkes, Mark Coulton during a recent visit to Dubbo. PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER

not to, like a doctor’s’ certificate, being respectful in class, being attentive in class,” he said. “Striving to do your best so you can get a good job, trade or go on to university and as far as I’m concerned people are people, every Australian regardless of his or her background needs to have the equal opportunity of getting ahead in our society. “Sure there are all sorts of choices that we have a right to make but noone should be allowed to opt out of the chance of a good life so if you’re allowed to opt out of school, if you’re allowed to opt out of work, frankly you’re being allowed to opt out of life and that’s just wrong,” he said. The former PM believes local programs run by experienced and respectful mentors is a key way forward, counting an early morning training run with students enrolled in Dubbo’s Clontarf Program a great experience. “What I haven’t done before is train with the Clontarf kids so that, I guess, was unique and therefore I guess a bit of a highlight,” Abbott said. “There’s no magic wand when it comes to Indigenous disadvantage but Clontarf obviously is a way of tapping into young boys’ natural love of sport and trying to engage them using sport to then convert that engagement into a more general engagement – I mean, the point I tried to make to the youngsters out there is that this isn’t just about sport, it’s about life because the discipline, the teamwork that they learn playing sport is go-

ing to stand them in really good stead in everything they do.” With funding not guaranteed, the Clontarf Program faces an anxious wait to see if it will have the money needed to keep it going. “There are further rounds in the Indigenous Advancement Strategy and let’s hope that this program or a modified version of this program can get funding in subsequent rounds,” Abbott said. “Mark (Coulton) certainly is very en-

Parkes MP Mark Coulton is a big fan, convinced that anyone who dislikes Tony Abbott hasn’t met him yet – he believes he’s much maligned by an agenda-ridden press gallery. “Tony was having a week off his year, spent in Indigenous communities before anyone knew about it and when he became prime minister some people cynically thought it was some sort of a stunt but he truly is committed,” Coulton said. “It was interesting when you asked him about his greatest regret that, in a myriad of things he could have spoken about, defence, refugees, education, health, he’s had involvement in all those things, he went straight to Aboriginal people and one of the reasons I’m drawn to him as a friend that after the Northern Territory I represent more Aboriginal people in Canberra than anyone else. “There’s no-one else in Canberra speaking up for the Aboriginal people out here other than me, that’s my job, so I find Tony’s philosophy on life is something that I actually agree with and the greatest disrespect we’ve ever shown Aboriginal people is to have a lower expectation, that’s been so disrespectful,” Coulton said.

` It was interesting when you asked him about his greatest regret that, in a myriad of things he could have spoken about, defence, refugees, fugees, education, n health, he’s had involvement in all those things, he went straight ht to Aboriginal people and one off the reasons I’m drawn to him ass a friend that after the Northern Territory I represent more Aboriginal people in Canberra than anyone else. – Mark Coulton

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Milk industry curdles in price war BY JOHN RYAN N JOURNALIST

SOCIAL media campaign urging people to buy locally produced milk has led to a minor spike in sales, but people need to be far more educated about where their food is coming from according to local milk producer Emma Elliott, a seventh generation dairy farmer who’s a director of Dubbo’s Little Big Dairy Company. Reports that milk sales had gone through the roof seem to be premature, but retailers such as IGA supermarkets, who have embraced local milk producers, were looking to increase their stocking rates. “This week we’ve had over 200 new ‘Likes’ on our Facebook page, we’ve got over 4,000 followers in two years – yes, that is awesome, it’s great because it helps us spread our message further but really if it translates to sales, that’s when it will make me feel heartened,” Elliott said. “Really, there might have been a little bit of a step in our sales this week but it hasn’t been as drastic as Facebook, and I think that that’s just down to it’s easy to click ‘yes’, we’ll support that and this week you’re not going to buy Home Brand milk.” “The test will be time and in NSW we really need the customer to tell the supermarkets that they want milk that they know is sustainable for the dairy industry because they want fresh milk.” Coles yesterday posted an answer to a question on the company’s Facebook page that their ‘fresh’ milk , was in fact reconstituted from powdered milk. The Facebook post, on the official Coles page, stated ‘We can confirm that Coles Brand Fresh milk is made from reconstituted milk powder.’ Coles has since deleted that Facebook post and retracted that statement, claiming ‘Unfortunately this was a human error as we left out the word NOT. Coles brand milk is NOT reconstituted milk powder. We hope this clears things up’. What has many consumers angered is the duplicity from the supermarket duopoly, where profit is king and any marketing strategies are all about making money, not worrying about people. Emma Elliott says the money generated by Little Big stays in the region, unlike the cut-price dollars buying generic supermarket milk. “Between the farm and the factory 14 people are directly employed as staff on our farm, we buy all our purchasing from within 200 k’s of our farm, we buy a lot of hay and grain and silage.” Multiply this story and the result is healthy local communities, socially, economically and environmentally. It’s how short

and local supply chains used to work when people bought directly from local farmers or markets. Supermarkets sell imported cut-price food, in part produced by cut-price labor working under appalling conditions, and with no heed to safety and environmental concerns (remember the berries), while all those profits from producing local food for local markets could create local wealth and good jobs instead of lining the pockets of remote-living multinational shareholders. “One thing that bugs me is that the Australian population seems more than happy to import – Australians have amongst the best working conditions in the world for humans, we demand all these things like overtime, penalty rates, we lobby, we protest, we strike, we expect workers’ comp we expect all these things yet we are so happy to import food and products from other countries like China where they don’t even have working conditions for the people there,” Elliott said. “We demand everything for ourselves yet we’re happy to buy it from somewhere else and not even think about it just because it’s cheaper. “We have orange growers ripping out their orchards in central west NSW where the supermarket shelves are full of reconstituted orange juice imported from China for less than an Australian grower can even produce it, there’s definitely something wrong and we need to do something to fix this,” she said. Both sides of politics say market forces will dictate who should remain in business, yet the federal government has allowed Coles and Woolworths to consume more than 70 percent of the national retail food market without creating fair market regulations to prevent them using market power and long term strategies to smash entire industries and small producers. “People ask how supermarkets can sell milk if it’s not a fair price, they say how can they sell it at below cost and the fact is that milk is an essential item every family has in their fridge and they get you in their store to buy that cheap milk and while you’re there you pick up a few other things that have a higher margin on them like your soft drink and your confectionery, so that’s how they manage to do it,” Elliott said. “Because it’s an essential they use it for a ‘loss leader’. Mrs Elliott is saddened the Victorian situation had to hit rock-bottom and has gone through years of suicides and family distress before the public was woken up to the realities of cheap food. “It’s a tragedy that things had to come to such a crisis situation to give farmers a voice,” she said. “For years we’ve been trying

Emma Elliott, director, Little Big Dairy Company. PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER

to educate people on the dangers of buying cheap milk and how that impacts on the ability of the farmer to actually carry out his job producing high quality milk to the best of his ability,” she said. The dairy industry is a de-

Farmers call on leaders to give Coles the Finger NSW Farmers has called on our political leaders to point the finger at Coles on milk prices. NSW Dairy Committee Chair Rob McIntosh said: “It’s time we started talking about the elephant in the room here – dollar a litre milk is simply unsustainable. “We’ve had enormous anecdotal support from the public over that past few weeks as consumers have become aware exactly what $1 litre milk means to our dairy farmers. “Consumers are voting with their wallet and buying more proprietary brands; sending a message to our major supermarkets that Australians value the sustainability of our farmers and they are willing to pay a few cents more for milk to ensure family farms continue to be viable. “Woolworths is on the record stating that dollar a litre milk prices have never been considered sustainable for industry - we all know they were forced to cut prices in the ongoing supermarket war.“ Coles started this problem and the onus is on them to fix it. “While all Australians appreciate paying a dollar a litre for their milk; many are happy to pay a small fraction more to ensure our family dairy farms stay viable. I want to see each of the politicians ... testify on what they believe is a fair price for milk. And if $1 litre is too little, I would ask them to join with all Australians in giving Coles the finger.”

regulated market and the Victorian market is for export so they play on the world price but in NSW and QLD it’s produced for the domestic liquid drinking milk market so the milk produced in this state is going directly to domestic consumers via supermarkets. Emma Elliott says there’s really no reason why consumers don’t have the power to vote for what they want, with their back pocket, the only language Coles and Woolies understand. “There’s responsibility here – consumers are the ones demanding milk from healthy, happy cows that are grazing on fresh green grass, they put these demands on but obviously it costs so when they have these expectations they can’t expect that milk’s going to be available for a dollar a litre on the shelf,” Emma said. “People know that when they do buy Little Big Dairy milk directly from our farm, our family, it’s single-source milk only from here which means that the integrity is guaranteed right through the supply chain from a trusted source and high quality source and they know that the money is going directly back into making the milk in a sustainable way where there’s a high level of animal welfare. “Even when people buy branded milk, while it’s better for producers, those companies are still owned by foreign multinationals so I guess but locally, from people like us, I can tell you where this bottle has been and I can tell you that it’s got no milk powder in it, bottled on our farm and when you buy this, this is where your money’s going, what your money’s going in to and you can see that for yourself’ she said.” Having spent her life growing up in a passionate dairying family, she’s travelled the country meeting others who share an interest in seeing the industry not only supplying quality products at fair prices, but also one that’s able to prosper. “You don’t get out of bed at 3 o’clock in the morning unless you love it, unless you love cows so they’ve already been struggling to produce milk for the processors at the price they’re

getting paid – to have their price dropped, and back-dated so they have to pay money back, it’s cruel and disgusting.” “We’ve got a cattle stud and I’m 25 and have spent a lot of time with our dairy youth camps, dairy cattle shows and I have a lot of friends in the Victorian dairy industry and a lot of them are really crying out – the average age of dairy farmers is about 65 and so for young people who love it like we do and have it in their blood it’s devastating.” “It’s devastating for someone to devalue that by telling you to tighten your belt buckle when you’ve already been doing that for years and you’ve been investing in technology and things to make yourself a more efficient farmer, yeah, it’s awful.” Meantime, the blame game between supermarkets and processors continues as everyone tries to distance themselves from being blamed as the vultures behind the wrecking of the nation’s dairy farmers. Against that backdrop, Meat and Livestock Australia wants to further improve the price transparency in the beef supply chain. To my mind, governments should set up Royal Commissions to ensure those with the buying and marketing power can’t use it to unfair advantage over family farmers, these free market policies have decimated the bush in recent decades, hurting regional and rural communities socially as well as economically. And when you can pay more for a bottle of water or cup of coffee than a dozen genuine ‘free range’ eggs, and everyone seems to think that’s okay, then you know our public policy settings on agriculture and supermarket predatory power have run well off the rails. This is an issue that mainstream media should do a far better job of highlighting, particularly in light of both sides of politics at a federal level keen to see the Trans Pacific Partnership ‘free trade’ deal set to further undermine rural producers. Emma Elliott and her extended family are working hard to build up local sales so they keep as much of the milk margin as they can, but as yet it’s only a small percentage of their business and a huge amount of work. Still, she says, dairy farmers have to keep spreading the word. “I think something to think about is will we even be able to buy fresh milk in Australia in 20 years if we allow our supermarkets to dictate to us what we should buy?’ “Will we be importing milk powder from China or somewhere else for our supermarket shelves.” By the way, June 1 is World Milk Day.

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

NEW COUNCIL, NEW START ALLOWANCE WALKING in to Wednesday evening’s inaugural Western Plains Regional Council meeting in Wellington I thought how ironic it was that the World War I vintage German maxim machine-gun, captured by Aussie troops, was sitting out the front of the council chambers – I wasn’t sure if was going to be used for offence, or needed for defence. It was a packed, but quiet scene inside, a mixture of Wellington and Dubbo identities and at least one person from another council under threat of amalgamation (the issue is in currently in front of the court) who showed up to see how it was all working. Administrator Michael Kneipp showed me a newspaper article he’d been given from a long ago time which reported on the inaugural Dubbo City Council meeting after Talbragar Shire had been ‘absorbed’. ‘ALD. COX THREATENS TO CLEAR PUBLIC GALLERY’ read the headline in bold print. New administrator Michael Kneipp got through plenty of items in a relatively short period of time – I remember my first experience at Dubbo City council many years ago saw a near three hour debate on whether to give a local sports club less than $5,000, yet the administering of almost $40 million of council funds on deposit was waved through in seconds. “We did get through a lot of business, planning issues, contracts and it just shows that we are getting on with the job of looking after council,” Kneipp said. “We had a good crowd but they were all very well behaved so we’re very grateful for that and staff have done a great job in preparing for this meeting as well so very happy with the way it went.” He believes some of the simplest messages about how the new council will take shape are finding it difficult to cut through the static. “The amalgamation is simple on one level but on another level it’s quite complex and I suppose there’s a federal election going on at the moment so there are other distractions and so local government hasn’t had the focus that perhaps it would have done,” Kneipp said “One very pleasing thing about the meeting is that we were able to transact a lot of business including the letting of contracts to local suppliers and contractors in Dubbo so that’s a really good positive outcome so we’re still continuing to spend money in the local economy. “One was a seven figure contract and there were several

Local government minister Paul Toole, Dubbo MP and deputy premier Troy Grant and administrator Michael Kneipp address the media on the amalgamation. PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER

others not as big as that but also tenders will go out for some rather large contracts later in the year,” he said. It was certainly a very courteous affair and a standard that shames our various parliaments around the nation, and I saw Michael Kneipp thanking all the staff after the meeting for their preparation – he didn’t have to do that, but treating people with respect is undoubtedly a good way to start this process. The council gets $5M to pay for the nuts and bolts’ process of amalgamation, or merging the two entities into a single organisation, and ten million on top as a sweetener for community and infrastructure projects.

COUNCILLORS IN FROM THE COLD IT’S coming up to winter and some councillors who were desperate to be advisers to the administrator are seething they’ve been left out in the cold. Rather than have multiple committees, Kneipp has decided on a single committee comprising four ex-councillors from both Wellington and Dubbo to keep things simple. From Dubbo deputy mayor Ben Shields, who was in attendance, made the cut, but not former mayor Mathew Dickerson, who wasn’t present. Rod Towney, Kevin Parker and John Walkom were also selected from the Dubbo applicants while from Wellington Graham Cross, Pip Smith, David Grant and former mayor Anne Jones will serve. Still on the amalgamation, and local government minister Paul Toole held a press conference in Dubbo this week,

more on that issue in a separate article. Last council matter, it’s great to see the safety upgrade at South Dubbo Weir still going ahead full steam.

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HOW low can people go – in Sydney we have a grub defacing the police memorial while back home we can probably claim one better, a super grub, or bunch of them, stealing vital equipment from Dubbo’s Rescue Squad. Don’t panic, the VRA guys have spares lights and generators, but now they have to fundraise again just to replace the stuff they’d already done the fundraising for – it’s pathetic. These idiots will be the sort of scum who one day may need the hard-working volunteers to cut them out of a stolen car after a police chase, then they’ll rely on the studied professionalism of these same people they shafted to save their lives. Despite this blow, VRA volunteers, remember that, these people are volunteers giving up their own precious time for free

I HEARD speculation on a national radio program this week that some senior Liberals are already looking to Tony Abbott if the party loses what should have been an unloseable election. The talk is that unless Malcolm Turnbull wins a relatively decisive victory, that the former PM is one of the only real options. Mr Abbott was in Dubbo this past week and his focus in our talk was on practical reconciliation, more of that deeper in the paper. The Libs at the moment are a bit like NSW, all their potential playmakers are either hopeless or risky. Having said that, the last Queensland prime minister we

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to help the community, anyway, the volunteers are urging everyone to get behind today’s Fatality Free Friday (May 27). Squad members will be at the Church Street Rotunda between noon and 2pm along with council’s road safety officer to explain how we can all be safer on our roads – so get down there and sign the pledge.

SING SING SING Australia Dubbo is staging a Variety Concert on Saturday, June 4 at Wesley hall from 2pm – 4pm. This is great entertainment as well as being cheap family fun, tickets are $15 for adults and just $5 for kids, tickets can be purchased at the Wesley hall door from 1:30pm onwards. Meanwhile, Beethoven is on the menu at Macquarie Conservatorium on Friday, June 3 at 7:30pm – who said Dubbo isn’t filled with cultural events? The Conservatorium will host leading musicians who comprise the Flinders String Quartet and will play music by English composer Benjamin Britten, Aussie

Thieves caused damage at the VRA requiring replacement of goods and property stolen. PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER

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composer Stuart Greenbaum and Ludwig van Beethoven. Visit www.macqcon.or.au for info and booking details. While in town the quartet will hold a masterclass for local string players on Saturday.

DUBBO (BASE) HOSPITAL TAFE Western creative industries students are continuing to shine, with many of their artworks adorning the walls of the new hospital. Art has an amazing healing and therapeutic effect both for those who create it as well as people who are ill, so this is a good news story all round, including the fact the local students get to showcase their works, and see them appreciated by a broad range of the community in a most positive way. Well done to all concerned. This week also saw three new wheelchairs donated to Dubbo Hospital by the Pink Ladies. Valued at more than $4,300, this new model provides additional stability and durability. Manera Heights Motel owners Trevor and Joanne Kratzmann also picked up some of that tab, as former nurses they understand the value of the gift, and being across the road

from the hospital they’d be seeing plenty of patients and their family members benefit from the massive expansion of the facility. Once again, well done to all concerned, for all the bad news that happens there are 10 times as many amazing things going on.

THE HOSPITAL CLAIMS IT’S SICK THE hospital’s been in the media lately and it hasn’t all been positive. Nurses say there’s a staffing crisis, running 27 nurses short at the moment according to the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA), a situation which has seen nurses logging more than 400 overtime hours each week. NSWNMA general secretary Judith Kiejda is reported as saying that if you get 80 nurses to a stop-work meeting, then that shows there’s an issue. Nurses requested a 20 percent reduction in non-urgent elective surgery and the closure of surgical beds, excluding any closures in the emergency and maternity wards. As always there are two sides to the story, with Dubbo MP Troy Grant hitting back at nurses’ claims.

Friday 27.05.2016 to Sunday 29.05.2016 | Dubbo Weekender “There’s a little bit of disingenuousness by the Association here, they’ve got staff shortages because we’ve created 32 more jobs which haven’t quite all been filled yet, so yes, they’re under a bit of extra pressure, work pressure at the moment, there’s no doubt about that,” Grant said. “I’ve got no criticism of the nurses, yes they’re stretched at the moment, it’s one of the consequences of building such a major infrastructure project, you’ve got more space, more rooms, more opportunities and our workforce will come on line. “Western Local Health District says they’re very close to finalising 17 of those positions which will provide some relief, but I’m not going to make any apologies for creating more jobs and providing more nurses, what I can’t control is how long it takes to fill those positions to get the nurses on the ground to support their team mates,” he said. He’s issued an early warning to the union that stages 3 and 4, plus a hoped for integrated cancer centre, will bring a whole lot more nursing jobs to the city. It’s been a busy week for public sector shortfall claims, with

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Dubbo police concerned there aren’t enough troops on the ground. This has been an endlessly fluctuating problem, as a former police HR manager for the western region, the police minister said he’s working on a master plan to fix the perennial problems once and for all. “It’s a structural problem so my re-engineering project, which’ll be helped by Steve Bradshaw’s report into regional policing issues, will help show us how we can capacity build the deployment of police not only as a quantum of police in regional NSW, so I’m only a couple of weeks away from receiving all the information we need,” Grant said. “We’re working hard, it will take a little bit of time to put it all together but I’m optimistic with the outcomes. He joked that he was able to tell his old region commander, and direct boss, that he was looking forward to receiving his report. “It’s probably the first time he’s ever given me a report it was usually the other way around,” Grant said. “But we both understand regional policing issues, we’ve got that advantage when we take

that to government now, it’s one of the privileges of having my previous career in the role I had with the police, I have a fundamental understanding and I can sort of call “rubbish’ on proposals that are put up that don’t make sense.” “I’m very excited about the possibilities of policing into the regions in the future and once I’m in a position to release all that information publicly I will, and think the community will be equally excited once they see my plans,” he said.

WHEEL YOURSELF IN THE feeble winter sun gives everyone the chance to enjoy a warm ‘cuppa’ and where better to drink it than at Wheelers Gardens Biggest Morning Tea on June 8. Aimed at raising money for cancer research, all that dosh will go direct to the Cancer Council for research, prevention and support services. Last year the tea-drinkers raised $2,300 so once you multiply that across a huge number of events in the nation it becomes a huge amount of money. Gold coin donation, you must RSVP to Pip on 6881 6333 by June 1.

SMASH REPAIR JOBS (DUBBO + MUDGEE) Fast growing smash repairer looking to fill multiple newly created roles: $28.50 – $35+ per hour • Panel beaters (trades, senior and lead) • Spray Painters (trades, senior and lead) • Estimator • Foreman • Smash repair admin assistant ($20-$25ph)

ARE YOU MOVING HOUSE, BUYING NEW FURNITURE OR UPGRADING OTHER ITEMS? Getting rid of unwanted household items doesn’t have to be a hassle, an added expense, or an inconvenience. In a bid to tackle the issue of illegal dumping, Western Plains Regional Council has developed a simple ‘4 Step Guide’ for legally disposing of unwanted household items in the Dubbo area. Copies are available from Western Plains Regional Council. visit www.dubbo.nsw.gov.au or call 02 6801 4000

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Grant and Toole administer support for council’s amalgamation BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

ELLINGTON’S former council chambers was the main forum where the council amalgamation saga ‘moved forward’ this week – the government Proclamation ordering the two councils dissolved to form the Western Plains Regional Council mandated the first meeting of the new entity be held there – but it was a press conference outside the former Dubbo City Council administration block the day before which set the scene. Local government minister Paul Toole joined Dubbo MP and deputy premier Troy Grant and administrator Michael Kneipp for a press conference on the amalgamation. Many of the questions asked by various media outlets surprised me, as they had been covered in plenty of detail before this week, but a few interesting issues and details were discussed. In last week’s paper an interview I wrote up with Troy Grant had him succinctly explaining that while Dubbo was fit as a stand-alone entity, that this city, and NSW, couldn’t allow Wellington’s continued decline, and that joining it to Dubbo was the only feasible option. So in the long term it seems to be a small price to pay by the state, $15 million, to ensure the former shire’s financial future. That was another matter which seemed to require plenty of clarification even though it had been clearly stated in numerous documents and interviews, but it’s essentially a $5 million fund to pay for the two councils to amalgamate, and another $10 million to sweeten the deal. If any cash is left over from the five million, the new councils will be able to pocket that for other things as a reward for being frugal. Local government minister Paul Toole defended the amalgamations and said he had plenty of experience, having been involved with Evans Shire as it was merged into Bathurst, subsequently serving as Bathurst mayor. “Back in 2004 when mergers took place there was no support given from the government , there was no support given to administrators, there was no support to those new entities that were created, we’ve created financial incentives to support councils, to support communities through this process,” Toole said.

Where to from here BY BEN SHIELDS FORMER DEPUTY MAYOR

ITH the debate raging about the amalgamation of Dubbo and Wellington, let us as a community not lose sight of the core purpose of what our local council is meant to do. That is serve the community, deliver essential day to day services and represent the views of its residents. With that being said, it could be argued that nothing has changed with the new local government arrangements in place. I’m sure now people have discovered that there is still water in their pipes, that their garbage is being collected, roads are still operational, cultural services and facilities are still open, and our civic planning department is still as slow and bureaucratic as ever (sorry readers – I had to put that last shot in).

Local government minister Paul Toole joined Dubbo MP and deputy premier Troy Grant and administrator Michael Kneipp attend a press conference to discuss the amalgamation this week. PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER

“If we have strong councils we have strong communities, people will get the services and infrastructure they need and ratepayers want to know they’re getting value for money. “Bathurst and Evan were merged back in 2004 … what we did see were big benefits that went to the smaller council … more grants were coming into the local area … having been through that experience, having been a part of it, people were nervous at the start but they’ve seen the benefits and now they would not want to go back,” he said. He says the amalgamations will see the Stronger Communities Fund, $500 million which can go into community facilities, footpaths and parks, gardens and roads. Tools said he wanted to see the community approach him with ideas for minor and major projects, a major stipulation being that they must have social as well as economic benefits for their areas in the longer term. The media blurb accompanying the press conference stated that local community groups would be able to apply for community grants of up to $50,000 – projects may include upgrades of club facilities, funding of sporting equipment or providing tools and equipment to improve the delivery of community services. “The councils themselves will go out and consult with the community, in the first round they can look at minor projects … as part of the second phase it will go into major projects and these projects are going to have longer social and economic benefits to those communities into the longer term,” Toole said.

But where to from here? My view is that the new guy in charge should continue to keep the business development focus that Mayor Dickerson and myself had in the past five years. Love or hate our previous council, there was one thing the previous leadership did well compared to previous councils – that is grow Dubbo’s business opportunities. In the last four years we have had the opening of Australia’s biggest Aldi, the expansion of Orana Mall to be the undisputed best shopping centre west of the Blue Mountains, and residential housing growth not seen since the Tony McGrane days. My personal greatest satisfaction a councillor and being the airport chairman was watching our airport number grow from 88 thousand in 2004 to 188 thousand last year. This gigantic growth in numbers was able to get the mayor and myself on various missions around the country to get other airlines to treat Dubbo seriously and we now have new places like Brisbane, Melbourne and even Newcastle on our flight destination list. It would be a catastrophe for the new guy in charge to simply be a rubber stamp for the day to day bureaucrats at the council. The guy in charge

On criticisms that ten million isn’t enough, he said that amount is more than some smaller councils had to spend in their annual budgets and said that as it was an additional, extra one-off grant, it was on top of all the conventional revenue councils would normally receive. “This means money that can go into those projects like playgrounds that haven’t been repaired for years, footpaths that are falling apart, roads that have holes in them that haven’t been touched for years – this money can go into those projects and address those needs for those communities,” he said. Troy Grant said the new council may be able to use that ten million dollars of seed money to leverage other buckets of federal or state money, potentially turning it into a thirty or forty million dollar fund. The Dubbo MP said the additional ten million will give local community groups access to funding they’d never dreamed of. Grant said he’ll be sending out a community survey asking what ratepayers want, using a local village as an example. “Ballimore residents have been seeking a barbeque facility in the local park, the state government, working with council before, has been able to provide a playground, toilet amenities and now, this may well be able to go towards a barbeque so tourists and visitors can stop off there, drive, revive, survive but also inject some money into that little village,” Grant said. “So small projects that may take a thousand dollars or so, that’s a minor example, a major example may be a sporting facility that needs new fencing or lighting. “But it will be up to the community to tell the administrator what their priorities are and as the local member it’s my intention to send out a survey to every local household so they can fill that in, return it to us free of charge and with their ideas, their priorities, I’ll supply that to the administrator and his consultative committee to go through so they can make those determinations,” he said. Grant also said the ward system built in to the new council will ensure good representation from Wellington. The MP said he’d just 10 walk-ins, emails and phone calls on the amalgamation issue, (6 to 4 in favour) he believes the media coverage doesn’t tell the full story. “The perception and coverage out there was that there was this significant angst, and that was the dominant position.” The new council’s name will be voted on when a new council has been elected towards the end of next year.

needs to be able to not bog down in regulation and paperwork (as our council staff are already masters of handling this anyway) and look at the region with a business sense and realise the opportunities that that city has and openly promote the city for more opportunities. The new administrator would be well advised to not just have one single committee that advises him. The old Dubbo City Council had over 50 committees (some really industrious and others that met ad-hoc). It would be a sensible idea to make sure that the committees such as airport, community services, saleyards etc etc continued to operate and gather opinion and guidance from previous councillors and community stakeholders. It would be also very wise of the new guy to have a personal informal group of wise men and women so they can point him in the right direction of business development. The reality is this town does not seem to get anything done unless it comes from a pursuit from the top. Five years ago I started a campaign to improve Dubbo’s retail stock as I saw we were losing market to competing regional cities. That campaign forced

other civic leaders to come on board too. Since then Dubbo’s retail offerings has seen phenomenal growth all because of a campaign lead from the top from both myself and the former mayor. These developments simply would not happen under an autopilot system with control from council staff. We must remember it was council staff who pushed a 20 percent compounding rate rise back in 2008 saying it was vital for the city only to be overruled by the Department of Local Government and ultimately the community at the subsequent elections with both the state and community knowing all too well the rate rise was unnecessary. With these previous examples it proves a wise administrator would surround himself of a variety of civic stakeholders and not just the capable autopilots that are the council staff. The coming 16 months of non-democratic leadership in our city will be tough. It will no doubt raise tempers and emotions will run high. If there is good will from all stakeholders, being the state government, former council, administrator, council staff and residents the period of pain that the region is about to face will be not as bad as it could be.

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Narromine supports cancer centre BY YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY EDITOR

INCE a petition began circulating throughout the western region lobbying for a cancer centre to service the vast population throughout the Parkes electorate many towns have established locations for residents to put pen to paper. This week Dubbo Weekender dropped in on some of the local businesses hosting petitions in Narromine. Lorraine White and Cassie Brian from the Narromine News Agency, keep their petition front and centre on their counter where customers can’t miss it. They hold some of the many pages filled so far of supporters for the cancer centre. Next door at The Courtyard At Brenno’s, Kylie Hutchison and Lindy Barlow are both enthusiastic supporters. “Just about everyone you know has been touched by cancer or have had to deal with it themselves,” said Hutchison, who lost her mum to breast cancer which also spread to her brain.

Business partner, Lindy also lost her mother to cancer. Though the Narromine Cottage Craft Shop didn’t have a petition at the time of writing, visiting customer Sandy Rutherfurd explained her husband is in West Dubbo Rotary who are actively assisting with the campaign. Shop manager, Eva Swayne, explained the Craft Shop has supported the Cancer Council’s Big Morning Tea for many years, though were unable to do so this year due to a location move. Both women support a cancer centre to be built in Dubbo. Not surprisingly health professionals are in support. Narromine Pharmacy, owned by Sally Sheehan and staff, keep a petition on their front counter. Across the street on Dandaloo, Narromine Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic owner Lisa Bullock also keeps a petition on her waiting room counter. Narromine Shire Family Health Centre welcomes patients and visitors to sign their petition kept at reception.

Narromine newsagent Lorraine White and Cassie Brian with some of their signatures they’ve received so far.

Kylie Hutchison and Linday Barlow, The Courtyard At Brenno’s both lost their mother’s to cancer and host a petition for signing, on Dandaloo Street.

Narromine Pharmacy’s Debbie Walker, Sally Sheehan (owner), Jenny Fitzgerald and Damien Lewis.

Sandy Rutherfurd and Eva Swayne.

Narromine Shire Family Health Centre’s Jenny Cottee and Miranda Kelly.

Narromine Cancer Support Group The Narromine Cancer Support Group is a locally run organisation providing help and support to Narromine Shire residents affected by cancer. They offer financial assistance to help with travel and accommodation while seeking treatment and lend equipment such as hospital beds, commode and shower chairs, wheelchairs, walkers, a gofer, and portable oxygen machine free of charge. This equipment can be accessed via the Community Health Nurses and is available to cancer and non-cancer patients. For more information contact Judy Barlow 0407 905 504 or Nikki McCutcheon on 0419 288 739.

Narromine Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic owner Lisa Bullock supports the cancer centre in Dubbo for servicing the region.

81 Macquarie Street, Dubbo

Phone: 6882 3533

Amaroo Hotel

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BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

E may have officially retired last year but Dubbo’s John Morris had that right after clocking up millions of kilometres behind the wheel of trucks as he criss-crossed eastern Australia. He moved from driving trucks to insuring them, looking after clients across the width and breadth of the nation, and also kept active in trucking advocacy, running organisations supporting the industry. One of his first jobs out of school was with Hornibrook Constructions when that company built the LH Ford Bridge, and he well remembers the work crew stopping for 20 minutes on July 21, 1969 to watch Neil Armstrong take his first steps on the moon. He’s also keen for people to know that while the bridge did have the sag in it well before the September 26, 1969 opening, that he wasn’t responsible for that. Morris sees the calls for the duplication of the LH Ford bridge as ludicrous. He believes that money should be spent constructing a high level bridge to the city’s north as the first stage in a freightway

link to take unnecessary heavy vehicle traffic out of the city, rather than bring more into the CBD. “Duplicating the LH Ford Bridge is an incorrect and very expensive move in my opinion, it will do little for the wider transport infrastructure planning needs for the Dubbo area over the next 10, 25 or 50 years.” Mr Morris said. “I have tabled many times at the (former) Dubbo City Council local traffic committee of the imminent danger that our ever-increasing B-Double and Road train truck movements in Erskine St pose every day – it’s only a matter of time before there is a fatal crash involving a large truck in Erskine St, then there will be a huge outcry from the public. “We need to immediately plan and fund the first stage of the Dubbo City Freight Bypass from Camp Road intersection on the Newell Highway South of Dubbo (near the zoo) to connect with the Newell Highway at Troy Junction north of Dubbo,” he said. He’s critical of plans by the former council to bring a freight bypass on to the flood-prone Newell Highway at Purvis lane near the Old Ganarrin Nursery, a section of road which was inundated by the 2010 floods (it appears council staff are now less enthusiastic about this option). “I am proposing that planned route by Dubbo City Council be diverted at the Bunglegumbie – Nulla Road intersection to re-route the freight bypass over a new, shorter, far less expensive, high level, flood proof bridge at Troy Junction using the existing roadways,” Morris said. “All the future heavy traffic would come from

Where two highways meet/ the Whylandra Street_Newell highway roundabout which also feeds onto the LH Ford Bridge_ Mitchell Highway

The RMS project manager from Wagga, hosts one of five scheduled drop in session at the Dubbo Farmer’s market last weekend, conducting surveys and discussing the six bridge options with residents.

Purvis Lane Corridor, potentially to pass down the currently quiet leafy residential street of BungleGumbie Road.

Baird Street Corridor which would feed into the western end of residential south Dubbo Mitchell Street crossing the Lady Cutler soccer fields PHOTOS: DUBBO WEEKENDER

Tamworth Street Corridor would link daily commuters from west Dubbo to south and the CBD

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the Newell Highway in the south, Mitchell Highway from the west, travel around the freight bypass and disperse at Troy Junction to go north along the Newell, east along the Golden Highway and also access the saleyards, abattoirs and Fletcher’s rail terminal and the areas around the Troy and Purvis Lane industrial areas. “Keeping in mind forward planning for the Toongi mine development, their heavy vehicle route would come along Obley Road, turn into Camp Road and up through the northwest section of the freight bypass to Fletcher’s rail centre, or through to Newcastle ports, alleviating the need to travel past the busy Taronga Western Plains Zoo entrance area, greatly improving road safety for the visiting tourists in this area,” he said. Morris believes this would also prove to be a great option for west Dubbo residents, with many utilising this simpler route to access northern and eastern areas of the city. He stresses that the only need for an extra bridge for flood mitigation is just two weeks on average during each decade, whereas a high level freightway bypass would greatly reduce heavy vehicle traffic cramming in with local motorists on Dubbo streets each and every day. “I suspect the NSW government could save a huge amount of money by building a two or four lane bridge at Troy rather than duplicating the LH Ford Bridge,” Morris said. “It needs to be noted that the existing 47 year-old LH Ford bridge was not originally built to carry 85 tonne B-Triples or even 68 tonne Higher Mass limit (HML) B-Doubles. “What do these heavy vehicles do in the next flood? Sit down and wait for two weeks and let their fresh freight go rotten, or find an alternate route as they do now?” he said. Building a duplicate LH Ford Bridge would just bring far more heavy vehicles into unnecessary conflict with Dubbo’s daily drivers and turn the city centre into a nightmare – the fact that any town planner could be seriously considering this incredibly concerning. Council staff have consistently argues that taking the ‘through’ traffic out of the equation wouldn’t justify the expenditure or more than marginally ease the problems, but they never take into account the fact that a huge number of the north/south vehicles are semi-trailers, B-Doubles and that it will soon be B-Triples – yet these heavy vehicles are causing so many of the traffic jams through no fault of their own. A reasonable solution would be to build a high-level bridge at Troy Junction and start work on the partial freightway as well as a much less expensive low level bridge at Tamworth St to handle local traffic crossing the river. This way local traffic would be ideally catered for as the city grows, yet the daily lives of motorists would be vastly improved by getting so many trucks of the city streets. Disclosure: the writer of this article owns land on Camp Road south of the city and lives in Tamworth St.

Building a duplicate LH Ford Bridge would just bring far more heavy vehicles into unnecessary conflict with Dubbo’s daily drivers and turn the city centre into a nightmare – the fact that any town planner could be seriously considering this incredibly concerning.

ROADS AND MARITIME Official statement According to a Roads and Maritime Official: “The NSW Government has allocated $1 million in 2015-16 to start planning work for the new Dubbo bridge. Roads and Maritime Services, in consultation with Dubbo City Council, now Western Plains Regional Council, has developed six corridor options for the new bridge. Council’s Transportation Strategy to 2045, which included a proposed freightway ring road, was considered in developing these designs.

Feedback from the community is invited until Monday, June 13, and additional options may also be developed as a result. The socio-economic study will inform the bridge design and location, and will include demographic, economic, environmental and heritage information. Research is carried out by Roads and Maritime preferred contractors. Roads and Maritime is still determining the corridor and the preferred bridge route will be designed to minimise property acquisitions. More information on the new Dubbo bridge project can be found at www.rms.nsw.gov.au/dubbobridge

Map of options for a new Dubbo Bridge. PHOTO: NSW ROADS AND MARITIME

Freigt efficiency on the Newell Highway is pitched as one of three improvements a new bridge would provide

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RMS plans for duplication of the LH Ford Bridge BY STEWART MCLEOD DIRECTOR TECHNICAL NICAL SERVICES, WESTERN TERN PLAINS REGIONAL COUNCIL NCIL

UBBO has grown to the point where a third river crossing is required to efficiently carry peak hour traffic between the eastern and western sides of the Macquarie River, and vice versa. The two existing bridges (LH Ford and Emile Serisier) were opened in 1969 and 1986 respectively. With the major growth which has occurred in West Dubbo over the last 30 years it is hardly surprising that in 2016 peak hour queues on the approaches to the LH Ford Bridge are now indicating that a third bridge is warranted. The former Dubbo City Council adopted a “Dubbo Transportation Strategy To 2045” in November 2012. This included the construction of a third bridge (two lanes wide) south of the CBD in 2019, a fourth bridge (two lanes wide) north of the CBD in 2026, and subsequent bridges in 2036 and 2045+. The adopted Transportation Strategy also addressed the need for additional flood free bridge access. The flood of December 2010 was the largest flood in Dubbo since 1990, and it highlighted the traffic chaos which now results when the usual six lanes of cross-river capacity (2 lanes on the LH Ford Bridge and 4 lanes on the Serisier Bridge) is drastically cut to only two lanes (via LH Ford Bridge), in that case for a period of almost two weeks. The Transportation Strategy pointed out, however, that the cost of an additional high level bridge at Dubbo would be at least $30 million without any allowance for associated upgrades elsewhere within the City. This was too high a price for Dubbo alone to pay, particularly when some of the major beneficiaries would be highway travellers on both the Newell and Mitchell Highways. The former Dubbo City Council therefore resolved to lobby other levels of Government for consideration of the concept of duplicating the existing high level LH Ford Bridge as Dubbo’s next bridge so that the flood free road capacity through Dubbo could be doubled from two lanes to four lanes and delays suffered by travellers and locals at times of Macquarie River flooding could be at least reduced from those experienced in 2010. In March 2015 Premier Mike Baird and Roads Minister Duncan Gay came to Dubbo, and standing beneath the existing bridge pledged $50 million for the duplication of the LH Ford Bridge. The RMS have now been tasked with delivering this major piece of infrastructure for Dubbo. In doing so they are undertaking a process to ensure that all reasonable options are considered and

in doing so achieves the highest possible ratio of benefits over costs for the taxpayer’s dollar. Hence the six alternative bridge “corridors” now on exhibition. Concern is raised in respect of the options as provided north of the CBD for this proposed high level, “flood free” bridge (Purvis Lane, River Street and Myall Street). The key concern is that none of these three are flood free. Purvis Lane at the Newell Highway intersection is under water in anything above a 1 in 10 year recurrence interval flood. North Dubbo generally becomes significantly flooded at a recurrence interval of 1 in 45 to 50 years. Highway traffic landing at either River Street or Myall Street in a flood of around this height would find it difficult to back track to Erskine Street and Cobbora Road to be able to find their way from there to Yarrandale Road or Wheelers Lane. In a 1 in 100 year flood the new bridge would become unusable and the 2010 scenario would play out again. The northern options also suffer from awkward connectivity at the Thompson Street end. The railway line is not sufficiently above the 1 in 100 year flood level that an extension of Whylandra Street can be built which would be flood free. This implies a level crossing or an even higher overpass in order to convey the Newell Highway across to Thompson Street and thence northwards through Wiradjuri Park. The engineering difficulties seem quite large. More generally, however, Dubbo would get relatively little traffic use out of a third bridge north of the CBD, except in conjunction with a fourth bridge somewhere to the south. Two thirds of Dubbo’s residents live south of the Mitchell Highway, and 90% of Dubbo’s residents live south of a line defined by Myall, Erskine and Thompson Streets. On a day to day basis not enough traffic would be drawn to a third bridge by itself anywhere in North Dubbo to significantly change the traffic congestion on the two existing bridges. The three southern options (LH Ford, Baird Street and Tamworth Street) at least have the benefit of being flood free up to the usual flood planning level of a 1 in 100 year flood. All of these options are much more sensibly located with respect to the accepted desire lines of the two thirds majority of Dubbo residents who live south of the Mitchell Highway. They are also located more sensibly to service the two major growth areas for Dubbo over the next 30 years, these being the Southeast and Southwest Sectors of Dubbo. Whilst the proportion of the population south of the Mitchell Highway is around two thirds at present, by 2045 this will rise to near 80%, a further major reason for choosing one of the southern bridge corridors on display over one of the northern bridge corridors.

The LH Ford Bridge corridor actually has two sub-options. The basic option simply links Cobra Street in the east at Macquarie Street with Victoria Street in the west at Whylandra Street. However Council has sought to also have an option investigated which includes intermediate on and off ramps at Bligh Street so that Cobra Street does not become unnecessarily busier than it presently is. Traffic modelling for Council has shown, in fact, that much of the traffic using a new bridge adjacent to the LH Ford Bridge is not seeking to travel along Cobra Street if they can avoid doing so, but to come from or go south of Cobra Street, or into the CBD, or further afield into North or Northeast Dubbo via Wingewarra or Erskine Street, and will use Bligh Street by choice if this is available. Council officers have advised the RMS that the basic LH Ford corridor option is not acceptable unless it includes on and off ramps to Bligh Street. Too much traffic would be funnelled into Cobra Street and ultimately access to properties and businesses along Cobra Street would have to be restricted on safety grounds by such measures a concrete medians and left in/left out only restrictions on new developments. The Baird Street corridor creates obvious issues with higher traffic volumes in the streets at either end (Baird Street and Mitchell Street). There is also disruption created with respect to Council’s Lady Cutler Park playing fields. Whilst not favouring this option, it is understood the option has been included to make sure all options are formally considered. The Tamworth Street corridor is a potentially good option for the community. It is closer to the “centre of gravity” of Dubbo’s current and future residential areas than any of the northern options or the LH Ford corridor option. This means it will most likely be easier and quicker to use for the most number of people seeking to go from east to west or vice versa. Users will avoid the congestion of Cobra Street unless they particularly seek to go to destinations further afield that require them to use that route. The Tamworth Street option adopted by the RMS is an improvement on the 2012 Council option in that it meets the Newell Highway in West Dubbo at a T junction somewhere near the Golf Club turn-off. Council’s Strategy had included a more disruptive, difficult to build and expensive cross-roads intersection at the Minore Road/Newell Highway junction. With respect to the Tamworth Street corridor it should be noted that the vast majority of traffic using it is modelled as not seeking to or needing to travel into Tamworth Street itself at all. The major traffic flows will be into/out of Bligh Street, or Macquarie Street south, or Macquarie Street north. Bridge us-

ers will in general not be seeking to access the Newtown area at all, but will have origins or destinations in South Dubbo, Southeast Dubbo, or the CBD/ East Dubbo. It is quite possible that entry into Tamworth Street from the new bridge may be denied outright as part of the engineering design to encourage 100% of the traffic from the west to use either Bligh or Macquarie Street. An issue related to bridges that is often raised is the “bypass issue”. Some commentators would prefer to see $50 million spent on a bypass than a new bridge. Caution is raised in respect of this bypass view for the following reasons: Not enough traffic would ever use a bypass to make any improvement at all to congestion in the middle of Dubbo. 37,500 vehicles per day (vpd) currently cross the river at Dubbo. Only 4,000 vpd travel through Dubbo on the Newell Highway. Even if three quarters of this highway traffic (3,000 vpd) diverted onto the bypass, the reduction in traffic at the river would only be 8% on a daily basis, and much less than that on a peak hour basis (the time that congestion is unacceptable). Dubbo’s local traffic is predicted to increase at twice the rate of through traffic on the highway. A negligible impact now will become even less over the next 10 to 30 years. Trucks on the Newell Highway are not what is causing congestion in the middle of Dubbo. The main issue is simply the drivers of tens of thousands of local small vehicles going about their daily activities. The RMS already has plans to replace the roundabout in West Dubbo with a set of traffic lights which will have two right turn lanes from Whylandra Street onto the LH Ford Bridge as well as through lanes for the highway. As soon as that intersection improvement occurs truck impacts in Whylandra Street will disappear as an issue for local drivers. The choice of bridge location for an extra flood free crossing of the Macquarie River at Dubbo is ultimately one for the NSW Government to make. $50 million is a substantial investment in the arterial road infrastructure of Dubbo, and one which Western Plains Regional Council would never be able to afford. By comparison Council has budgeted around $10 million each for a series of low level crossings at various locations over the next 40 years. For day to day use this level of expenditure and the level of service it provides is perfectly reasonable and acceptable. Residents are encouraged to make their views heard. The expenditure of $50 million on a new bridge will be a major investment in Dubbo with ramifications extending for decades, and it is vitally important that the “best” decision is taken later this year.

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The Bridges of Lincoln County Controversy Dubbo Bridges

BY CYNTHIA FOLEY FORMER PRESIDENT OF ALMOST 40 YEARS AND FOUNDER DUBBO AND DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

LOODS, position of bridge and names were all highly contested issues. Same then as now. Whilst the squatters and “cockies” wrangled over the land, the township started to take on a look of permanency. The commercial centre of the village was principally between Cobra and Wingewarrra Sts, close by the crossing place over the river and the first few buildings which had been put up in the main street. A punt was operated by Mr C L Purvis to take passengers across the river for one shilling per head, whilst wagons were floated across by the noble method of lashing empty beer barrels to the sides of the wagons and floating them across. The horses and bullocks swam over. The population of Dubbo was growing steadily by the middle of the 1860s and this had attracted a number of new businesses to the town. A visitor to Dubbo in 1866 noted that the population had steadily risen by the middle of the 1860s, and a bridge planned across the Macquarie River. Crossing of the Macquarie River, where it shall be put, what it should be named has been a controversial subject since the first bridge was constructed and opened on May 31, 1866 and instigated a ‘raging feud’ as to what the bridge should be named. ‘Albert’ or ‘Erskine’. There were two points of view and the controversy raged. John Oxley, surveyor general who opened up the west was one choice; but equally divided in opinion were those who supported Jean Emile Serisier who chose his wife to christen the bridge, Albert, on the same afternoon of Queen Victoria’s birthday. The bridge was situated opposite Dubbo Stores and described as a high level truss bridge built of iron bark and consisted of three main spans, the total length of timberwork being three hundred and 34 feet. The White Bridge measuring five hundred feet. Bultje Street was the main road down to the White Bridge before the LH Ford bridge was built.

Dubbo’s earliest bridge/ the Albert or Oxley Bridge, known as the White Bridge. Old PWD truss with three 80ft truss spans, opened in 1866, replaced 1905. PHOTO: AMERICAN & AUSTRALASIAN PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY 1870-1875. COURTESY STATE LIBRARY OF NSW

It had taken 18 months to build and cost 7,000 pounds. A ball was held on the bridge of the night of it’s opening and a Mrs Campbell of BumbleGumbie, played the piano on the bridge for the dancing. A picture of both the Red and White bridges from around 1890 can be found in Marion Dormer’s book “Dubbo to the turn of the centry”. Soon after the railway reached Dubbo in 1881, a fine Railway Bridge was constructed and completed in 1890 and called the Red Bridge after its dark red coat of paint. In flood times the railway bridge was the only means of communication with West Dubbo and beyond to Trangie, Nyngan and Bourke. Primary in the decision of this bridge and future crossings of the Macquarie River at Dubbo is flooding. Secondary, in the discussion of the current issue for a new bridge is the avoidance of destroying the historic corridor of homes and streets that make up the South Dubbo precinct. The L H Ford Bridge opened in 1969 when the population of Dubbo was about 16,000 and it could handle the

1200 vehicles per lane, per hour. Maybe 20 years or so ago, there were plans for a ring road around Dubbo. I know Troy Crossing and Joira Road were involved on the Western side of the Macquarie, while on the east, the plan was to use the then gravel Wheelers Lane which was to join the Mitchell Highway north of Dundullimal, north of the Zoo and opposite the Golf Course. Dubbo will still benefit from a ring road to take the heavy traffic out of town, rather than add to the congestion of the inner city. I would not like to see a bridge cross the river at Tamworth Street which is one of the finest roads in Dubbo with old established period houses. Tamworth Street is not wide enough and like Cobra Street, when the LH Ford Bridge was built, stately homes that gave character to an inland western town were demolished. Two years ago the people of South Dubbo formed a highly vocal voice to retain the historic nature of central Dubbo and the ambience which gives Dubbo its character, especially on crossing the LH Ford Bridge from the west into to the city.

In 1866 a bridge was built in Dubbo With a dubious claim to fame As it went down in history As the bridge which had three names. Entitled to be named Oxley, The first Surveyor General Who opened up the West Christened Albert on the forenoon of Queen Victoria’s birthday So two names it had that day. However, Serisier, or so the critics say: Chose to name it Albert To honour Queen Victoria in this way. And critics fought, discussions raged The name was duly changed To Albert as a way of paying compliment To the Monarch of the day. Albert was the chosen name For the bridge on opening day. So two names it had that day. Some were for, some against Each side had their say And several names were touted, Petitions signed to sway. Oxley or Albert? And because confusion reigned; The people called it White Bridge And by that name it became. In 80 years, a new bridge was planned And again the factions fought. Those who thought ‘Serisier’ Father of Dubbo And those who thought Erskine Was certainly the way to go And those who thought; Serisier, Father of Dubbo, many years before. Serisier or Erskine? Each side pressed its case; Erskine finally chosen And the nameplate put in place. Only one back street in Dubbo Bears Emile Serisier’s name; Poor reflection on a man; And on the Council – shame. The discussions still continued Erskine; a most unpopular choice. Opponents countered who was he? And protesters soon gave voice. That the bridge be named Serisier Who everyone should know Was the founding father In Dubbo long ago. - Cynthia Foley 1995.

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In October this year, Steve Cowley and Charlie Crossley will hit the road to ride unassisted around mainland Australia on their adventure motorbikes, taking in all four compass points of this wide brown land to raise money and awareness to support those battling rare cancers. But this is no garden variety “mid life crisis”, no ordinary charity venture. For the two middle-aged mates, it’s personal. Very personal. WORDS and PHOTOGRAPHY Jen Cowley N February 2015, 45 year old Adrienne “George” Cowley succumbed to an aggressive cancer that remains un-named, leaving two very young daughters and a family forever asking unanswered questions. Among her last lucid words was a plea to her family and friends: “Have the adventures and the experiences because if you don’t, you’ll miss out on the best things life has to offer.” It was all the motivation her big brother Steve Cowley needed. The mild-mannered Dubbo-based banker rang his mate Charlie Crossley in Townsville. “That’s it,” he said. “We’re doing it.” “It” is the fulfilment of a dream the two middle-aged motorbike fanatics had long discussed over beer-and-bullshit sessions: to ride around mainland Australia on their adventure bikes, taking in all four compass points of this wide brown land. But this is not just a “mid life crisis” pursuit for the fun-loving fathers of two. Together with Armidale saddler and mate John Burton, they’ll take to the road in October on their Compass Run – in pursuit not just of Charlie’s long held dream of circumnavigating the nation, but to raise money and awareness of the need to support those who battle “without a ribbon”. Like Steve, Charlie has experienced the grief that comes from waging war against a rare cancer. In 2013, his wife Annette was diagnosed with a little known form of the disease that doctors initially told the couple would claim her life. She stared down the demon, but the fear and the intensity of the battle changed their lives forever. It seemed like a perfect fit for the mates to partner with fledgling charity Without a Ribbon (WaR), which supports “warriors” and their families in their fight against rare forms of cancer. “While I was a warrior I would always think of the extreme hardship so many of these fighters have to go through without any support – people who may be alone, or lonely, or not have a network,” says Charlie. “That’s my motivation for this ride.”

ACH day in Australia, people are touched in some way by the tentacles of cancer. For most, that cancer will have a wellknown name, a strategy for treatment and a public consciousness that builds a network of support. But for those afflicted with one of the many rare forms of cancer, the road can be long, expensive and very, very lonely. There are many worthy charities and campaigns out there raising public consciousness of those cancers represented by their own coloured ribbons, but there’s precious little awareness in Australia of the many rare and often brutally aggressive forms of the disease. One who knows just how lonely the rare cancer road can be is Desiree Fraser. In 2009, at the age of 38, the single mum was diagnosed with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma. Since then, she’s undergone more than 40 separate operations and procedures, including the removal of half her palate, a third of her top jaw, sinus, adenoids, nerves and lymph nodes. More than 60 sessions of radiation and hyperbaric treatment has meant spending most of the past five years in doctors’ surgeries or hospitals. And the surgeries aren’t over yet; neither is the debilitating pain – physical and financial – that goes with battling this rare form of cancer. But it was the sense of isolation that prompted Desiree to found support charity Without a Ribbon (WaR). “During my journey, the loneliness of having rare cancer has had such a hard personal impact. “It’s not just the medical profession constantly saying to you “I’ve never heard of your cancer”. It’s also not being able to talk to people who understand,” says the remarkably positive and determined mother of three. “Being diagnosed with rare incurable cancer that will allow you to “live” for a long time, but means constantly having to battle the impact of the treatment, and it’s not something people understand readily.” Desiree points out that five years on, most common cancers are in remission. “How do you explain going through a daily struggle for five years to people when they are

only aware of what they “know” about cancer and assume you should be getting better. How can my family and friends understand when doctors don’t?” It was this lack of awareness, and the subsequent absence of support for rare cancer “warriors” that in 2014 gave life to WaR – an incorporated entity, governed by a volunteer board and now offering support to many who are battling the kinds of cancer that remain on the periphery of public and medical consciousness – “without a ribbon”. “I decided I didn’t want people to have to go through this journey alone. And with the help of this charity, others in the future will have the support and understanding they need.” One night in mid-2015, Desiree opened her emails to find a mes-

` The loneliness of having rare cancer has had such a hard personal impact. It’s not just the medical profession constantly saying to you “I’ve never heard of your cancer”. It’s also not being able to talk to people who understand.” – Desiree Fraser, founder of Without a Ribbon (WaR)

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sage that had come through to the WaR website from some bloke called Steve Cowley. “He introduced himself briefly and said he and his mate Charlie wanted to support raising awareness for WaR by riding motor bikes around Australia. “They wanted nothing from us – no support, no funding, just the okay to do it.” Desiree was on the phone immediately. “And then we were suddenly caught up in the whirlwind of wonder and positivity of Steve and Charlie’s families. Two groups of friends who, like us, believe enough is enough and it’s time those diagnosed with rare cancer get the support they deserve.” HE idea of an adventure like Compass Run had long been bubbling around in Charlie Crossley’s particularly fertile imagination.

“I’ve always wanted to do something a little bit “out there”, whether that was to drive a tractor around Australia or circumnavigate the continent in a tinny or ride an Adventure bike around the nation – I just thought that would be a pretty cool thing to do,” he says from his home base in Townsville, where he is a sales manager covering the top end of Australia. “That was until September 2013, when the world as I knew it came crashing down with the diagnosis of a rare cancer that was initially expected to take my wife Annette’s life.” The now 54 year old’s dreams of adventure were “parked” while he battled to get his head around the enormity of the challenge facing his wife of 23 years. “She fought a supreme battle, the likes of which are depicted in movies but this was real life. Fortunately, with the help

of various medical teams, she was able to conquer this unknown demon.” A chance meeting and subsequent friendship with a young Englishman who was cycling around the world raising awareness for mental health gave Charlie cause to think the adventure he’d all but given up on just might be possible. But this time, he knew he wanted any venture to be more than a personal quest – he wanted to make it count for others. His long time mate Steve is similarly motivated, and will have the adventurous spirit of his little sister riding with him around the country she loved. “I felt so helpless during George’s illness and death. We all did. Now, I feel this (Compass Run) is something I can do not only in her memory, but to help do something meaningful for others who are on that brutal and lonely road

with a rare cancer. “To be able to do this with my mates Charlie and John makes it even more special – and we’ll be putting into practice George’s advice to have the experiences and adventures while you can. “I think she’d approve.” O after months of planning, Compass Run is set to hit the road on October 28, departing from Brisbane. By the time the affable trio returns to the Queensland capital 54 days later they’ll have clocked up 18,400km. During the ride, which will be unassisted, the three mates – all in their midto-late-50s – will face some of Australia’s harshest conditions. But they wouldn’t have it any other way. “We want the ride to resemble some of the challenges people with rare cancers and their families face every day,”

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says Charlie. From Brisbane, the trio will ride to the most northern point on the York Peninsular, then head west via the Gulf of Carpentaria through Darwin to Broome and south to the western tip of Australia, Steep Point. They’ll then ride to Perth, following the coast to Esperance and across the Nullarbor Plain through to Adelaide, Mount Gambier, Melbourne and the most southern point on the mainland at Wilsons Promontory. From there, the compass runners will head north through Sydney and the north coast of NSW to reach the most eastern point at Byron Bay. If all goes according to plan, the three will arrive back in Brisbane – perhaps a little lighter and wiser, they joke – just five days before Christmas. “We won’t have a backup vehicle,” says Charlie. “We’ll be fully self-sufficient. The major challenge will be the heat, compounded by the terrain and the long distances between stops.” All three acknowledge the enormity of the challenge, but their camaraderie and determination far outweighs any fears. “There will be all kinds of variable trials – from wildlife to mechanical – but the physical challenges will be the toughest,” says Charlie. “Riding for eight hours-plus a day on long, tough, dusty dirt roads in temperatures sometimes exceeding 40 degrees, day on day, will test our mental and physical strength. “I guess the word “challenges” conjures up a plethora of issues but none so great as to the challenges faced on a daily basis by the people we are riding to support.” T the third annual Without a Ribbon (WaR) conference in Adelaide in April, Charlie and Steve meet Desiree – known affectionately as Desy – for the first time since the seeds for Compass Run were sewn nearly 12 months previously. The emotion is palpable and the connection instant. Desy and her fellow “warriors” and WaR board members are staggered by the generosity of the ride’s gesture. “How do you thank complete strangers? You can’t,” says Desy of the two men who are no longer strangers. “But the fact that I, or should I say we (the board and the warriors Charlie, Steve and John will represent), have these wonderful blokes now part of our lives means we will never walk through our journey alone.” Charlie laughs. “We’ll do the miles so you can build the smiles.” Disclosure: The author of this article, Jen Cowley, is Steve’s wife.

The planned Compass Run route will take 54 days and cover more than 18,000km

Steve and Charlie with Without a Ribbon WaR founder and rare cancer warrior Desiree Fraser at the WaR annual conference in Adelaide in April

` I felt so helpless during George’s illness and death. This is something I can do not only in her memory, but to help do something meaningful for others who are on that brutal and lonely road with a rare cancer.” – Steve Cowley

How you can help support Compass Run To rally that support for WaR, Charlie, Steve and John need YOUR support. Together with the Rotary Club of Dubbo Macquarie (of which Steve is a long time member) and Without a Ribbon, the trio will be holding a number of fundraising events ahead of the ride, but are also seeking sponsorship to help ensure Compass Run is able to raise much needed funds and, even more importantly,

awareness of the need to support the “warriors” against rare cancers. For more information on the ride, go to the website, www.compassrun. com.au and follow the links to donate. More information on Without a Ribbon can be found at www.withoutaribbon.org, where you can also donate by following the prompts. All cash donations are tax deductible through Without a Ribbon or

the Rotary Club of Dubbo Macquarie – both of which hold Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status. If you think you or your organisation might be able to help support Compass Run, contact Steve on 0429 313 009 or Charlie on 0429 895 994. You can also email annette@compassrun.com.au, charlie@compassrun.com.au or steve@compassrun. com.au.

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Tony Webber is a Dubbo resident and disgruntled traveller.

Patience might be virtuous, but it’s also a time-consuming agony HAVE 873 recognised character flaws and personal shortcomings. That’s the agreed tally thus far though I appreciate that it may well be the tip of the iceberg. And though a chronic lack of selfawareness is number 291, I am aware that the worst of them is probably my total lack of patience. I manage it here at home by retreating to a shallow pit at the bottom of the garden. But work has me travel to Sydney periodically and here the short-fused ogre cannot be restrained. The pedestrian crossing sets the tone. By the time the green man’s flashing the humans on opposite sides of the street have been isolated long enough to take different evolutionary paths. But it’s the hospitality industry that kills me. In Dubbo if I can’t park out the front and place my order as I cross the footpath I turn around and go home. But in Sydney you queue up to make it to the line outside until it’s your turn to queue to be seated. At the coffee shops it’s a living hell for those of us who love the idea of people but not the reality. Because I am devoid of the patience virtue, I’m aware that others might be too and order quickly at the counter, and have the correct change. But I am always behind that person who’s obviously offered to do a coffee run for the whole office and most of the freaking street. “Can I get 75 flat whites with a Mayan deity represented in the froth and each one-billionth of a milligram stronger than the previous, overseen by a biochemist flown in from Brussels – and I need to pay for them separately - oh no, I’ve left my purse in the car, and it’s parked at Wollongong.” By this point I am seething with frustration, and my blood is thick with cortisol. And of course the long-suffering barista observes the routine by offering that most stupid of product choices; “Will that be in a cup or a mug?”

By now I am talking to myself and pulling at my hair, arms entwined like manic cobras mating. I want to scream “just put it in a suitable liquid receptacle and get on with it!” When you order at a restaurant you don’t get asked about the freaking plate it comes on, and I am yet to hear of anyone sending theirs back because while the food was agreeable, the shape of the crockery was not to their liking. “Have you got anything less oval?” The airport bar is worse, because by the time you’re there, prepared to fork out $85 for a schooner of flat beer that tastes like it’s watered down with buzzard sweat, you’re at the end of your tether from the trials of the city. But who’s that lined up in front of you? Another humble, alcohol dependant, eager for his fix in whatever form it presents itself?

Nooo. It’s Mr Grog Connoisseur, who’s peering at the refrigerators and the specials’ board and the menu and back to the refrigerators, like an astronomer plotting the friggin’ universe. And I can’t quite hear what he asks

` Can I get 75 flat whites with a Mayan deity represented in the froth and each onebillionth of a milligram stronger than the previous, overseen by a biochemist flown in from Brussels – and I need to pay for them separately - oh no, I’ve left my purse in the car, and it’s parked at Wollongong.”

the barman as I am now rigid with impulse control, shaking and bug-eyed like an ice freak waiting his turn on Family Feud. But it must be something like; “Could you give me a verbal inventory of your stock, in alphabetical order, including a brief chat about the wines and their vineyard of origin, then a rundown on the history of winemaking in western civilisation generally.” And after they talk for an eternity does he buy the top shelf French brandy? No, he opts for the cheapest slop like everyone else. Finally I am served only minutes before my flight’s supposed to board, just as the information screen reveals my departure is now delayed, meaning I am stuck at the bar for who knows how long. Anyway, what’s the rush?

Dogs from puppy farms more aggressive: UK study claims

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LONDON: Dogs bred on intensive puppy farms grow up to be more aggressive, fearful and anxious than pets from reputable breeders, a scientific study has found. Animal behaviour experts have conducted the first UK study of how the first few weeks of a dog’s life in a puppy farm can have a serious effect on its temperament as an adult. The Newcastle University team assessed pugs, chihuahuas and jack russells from reputable breeders and from puppy farms.

The puppies’ backgrounds were assessed by asking the owners questions such as if they saw the mother, if health documents were available and the age at which they got the puppy. The owners were then asked to assess their adult dog using a test called the Canine Behaviour and Research Questionnaire. This included whether their dog was aggressive; if it was afraid of new things or loud noises and whether it suffered separation-relat-

ed problems. The test also assessed obedience. Dr Catherine Douglas, a lecturer in animal science and research supervisor said puppy farms were usually businesses that produced a lot of dogs for sale, but the study also considered smaller breeders with poor welfare standards. She said: “There has been some research around the health problems associated with dogs from puppy farms but very little research into long-term effects on adult dog

behaviour. “We found that across all behaviour categories, including trainability, dogs from less responsible breeders had significantly less favourable behaviour and temperament scores than puppies from responsible breeders.” That was likely to be down to the poor environment both before and after birth. “Early separation from the mother has been found to be detrimental,” PA Dr Douglas said.

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Game of sweet revenge THE power of social media has been put to good effect by a woman scorned who discovered her boyfriend had cheated on her multiple times. Working abroad the boyfriend was ‘unfriended’ by his ex on multiple platforms. Out of the blue, she made contact via WhatsApp and thinking she was ready to forgive him and they’d be able to move on, he read her message which was “literally just every spoiler from the first episode” of the Season 6 premier of the Game of Thrones. Since then she spoils the show for him every week, despite his requests to stop but understandably, she’s upset, so blocks him straight after delivering the news and before he can protest. “I blocked her on WhatsApp but she did it via Facebook. And then the next week it was text. She even borrowed one of our mutual friend’s

HUMANS are very soft, fragile things which break in various places in an earthquake, tsunami and hurricanes. After the 2004 Indonesian tsunami which took the lives of 225,000 people, Julian Sharpe, founder of the survival capsule, came up with the idea to give people, groups and families a higher chance of survival in an emergency. A survival capsule looks like an oversized billiard ball (red) and has been designed by aerospace engineers for strength and safety. They vary in capacity with the smallest holding two people and the largest up to 10 (perfect for the office or school environment). The capsule floats so cannot be inundated by water and has with a self righting system so it won’t go belly up. Made from a hardened aluminium frame the design is meant to instill confidence that you could survive a natural disaster. Optional extras? Surround sound music system and a toilet.

To nude selfie or not to nude selfie, that is the question? MATHEW HART, a PhD student from Western Sydney University has challenged mainstream thinking about nude selfies with studies in why young people post NSFW (Not Suitable For Work) selfies. To Mathew, NSFW selfies are

more than just an attention grab or symptom of a narcissistic generation. “They’re a key part of how young people use the Internet as a tool for self-exploration.” He says Tumblr is a popular social media site without the risk of anything leaking back to anywhere friends, family or co-workers could see. What happens on Tumblr, stays on Tumblr. Among the benefits are a supportive audience, journeying toward body positivity, exhibiting bravery and participating in self-actualising. Bottom line it’s all part of growing up and no different to mum and dad’s polaroids under the mattress, way back when.

The Great Firewall of China I’M not sure if nude selfies are an issue in Beijing but it’s pretty unlikely you’re going to find any selfies given the lack of social or any media for that matter. If you’re planning a holiday in China, don’t expect to post pics on Instagram, tweet, watch a foreign film, catch up on Snapchat, wax lyrical about your holiday fun on Facebook, laze about reading an ebook or watching videos via iTunes or Disney streaming service because they are all b-a-n-n-e-d. That’s right banned. Along with Google and YouTube. Censors aren’t targeting electronic media in particular as they have restricted books and casinos too. On the platforms where you can have a say it’s still pretty limited to all things nice about China. That explains why Chinese tourists visiting Australia wear selfie sticks like they’re going out of fashion.

THERE was a buzz last Saturday when I attended the Hemp, Health and Innovation Symposium in Sydney. The prospects for hemp and medical cannabis are looking up, with the stigma associated with cannabis waning. Even conservative governments are recognising that medical cannabis can help alleviate symptoms, such as epilepsy in young children, as well as alleviate chronic pain. The Greens launched our Hemp is Healthy campaign, aimed at making it legal for farmers to sell hemp seed for food products and therefore making it a viable crop. Under current laws, only hemp fibre can be sold, not the seed, as Australia and New Zealand are the only two countries in the world where it is illegal to consume hemp seed as a food product. Changing this law would allow Australian farmers to tap into a billion dollar global hemp food market and kick start the hemp fibre industry as well. Hemp is biologically different to marijuana, with very low amounts of THC, the psychoactive molecule. You could smoke or eat many kilograms of hemp and you would never get high. Hemp is healthy and is considered a superfood, desired by athletes. It is rich in omega 3 and protein. Many health food stores and pharmacies sell imported hemp seeds, although they must attach a silly label noting it is illegal to consume orally in Australia – which people promptly ignore. Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) have twice recommended food derived from hemp be made legal. In 2012, they concluded that “there is no evidence of adverse health effects in humans at low levels of THC exposure”. However, federal and state ministers rejected this expert advice and asked for a further review. FSANZ reviewed and reaffirmed its advice that hemp derived foods were safe in 2015, but once again the politicians baulked. The stumbling block is police minister Troy Grant who is arguing that eating hemp may cause false positives on roadside drug tests. The levels of THC are so low that this is unlikely to be a serious issue, and police in Europe and America manage to deal with this issue. If the law is changed, major cereal, health food and confectionary brands could legally purchase hemp seed to bolster the nutritional value of their products. This would be a massive boost for Australian farmers. Hemp is a salt tolerant crop which requires minimal water and is ideally suited to Australian growing conditions. It is also a good option for farmers to grow in their crop rotation to break disease and pest cycles. The Greens are running a ‘Hemp is Healthy’ campaign that aims to educate the public and lawmakers so that we can fully utilise one of the most useful plants on the planet. Political cowardice should not hold back a new billion dollar industry and more regional jobs. Jeremy Buckingham MLC NSW Greens agriculture spokesperson ••• Dear Sir/Madam There’s been a lot of talk about the preference deals of major parties with the Greens in this election, and even talk of them forming government in the event of a hung parliament. The Greens are toxic to Australia. They block industries that provide jobs, they drive up electricity prices and taxes, and they lock people out of public land. People are their last priority. I want everyone to know that our Party will put the Greens last every time. Yours sincerely, David Leyonhjelm Liberal Democrats Senator for NSW Drummoyne

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Barry Conrad: Barry wants to know, R U OK? X-Factor finalist, Hairspray Arena Spectacular star and singer/songwriter Barry Conrad, is heading out to Coonabarabran on Saturday, May 28 for a family fun night, in his role as ambassador for R U OK? Addressing young people and their families who’ll be enjoying a meal with Barry, his message will be about the importance of checking in with mates who might be a bit down and lending them a listening ear. AS TOLD TO Yvette Aubusson-Foley. The reason I got into being an ambassador for R U OK? was because of my personal experiences. I was bullied as a kid and I didn’t have a lot of encouragement growing up as well. So having to overcome that past was really difficult and challenging and I had some really low points in my life and having people around me who I could lean on, turn to and talk to, friends helped picked me up. It made me realise there are a lot of people in my position but so many people hide behind a smile as if everything’s fine. There’s pressure for everyone to look a certain way, feel a certain way and act a certain way but that’s not real life. Life is never perfect and not always good, so for me it just inspired me to get involved and give back what I was given. I was as young as 10 years-old when I was bullied, all the way through school and high school. It wasn’t easy. It was schoolyard stuff. I was always more the creative kid which wasn’t always popular. Until I started singing in high school people started praising me saying ‘wow, you’re amazing’. That’s when things started turning around. I was really bullied up to that point, so it was funny that it took something like that to be seen as quote unquote cool. As well growing up in a household that wasn’t necessarily encouraging as well, so it was a very tough childhood. I had suicidal thoughts, yes. I my teenage years I ran away a couple of times, never like overnight or anything, I would run away and sort of think about how life would be if I wasn’t around, and all those thoughts go through your mind, and it’s pretty scarey to feel like that because it’s not normal to feel like that. Fortunately I had a couple of people in my life I could talk to and tell them how I was feeling. They spoke value into my life and saw the ‘gold’ in me because I couldn’t see it myself, and it really encouraged me. It was combination of both me speaking up and them taking notice. Because I was very guarded for a long time, I always felt I needed to put on a tough exterior and not really show that I was hurting. The discerning people in my life

R U OK? R U OK? is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to inspire Australians to have regular, meaningful conversations throughout the year to help anyone who might be struggling with life. R U OK?Day is a national day of action, held on the second Thursday of September each year (8 September 2016). For more info, visit ruok.org.au

Facts z More than 2,500 Australians suicide each year z 65,000 people attempt suicide each year in Australia z Suicide is the biggest killer of Australians under 44 years z Almost one in five Australians experience symptoms of a mental disorder every year

equate external success with what looks like an exciting life as happiness, but that’s often not right. You could look like you’ve got an exciting job but inside you could be struggling, so for me I’ll notice people who maybe no-one’s talking to, and have a casual chat, it doesn’t have to be deep or anything like that. Just talk, take an interest until they start talking and there’s your opportunity to maybe say well, are you ok, do you need help. I’m not a psychologist but I can point people in the right direction. That’s key. I do think that it can be daunting and confronting thinking you don’t have the answers talking to someone who is depressed or possibly suicidal, and I can’t speak for everyone else, it’s easier for me to initiate it, because I have been through it. It’s not as easy as just coming out and saying it. It’s more at the level of relating to people and they’ve got to be comfortable. You can’t just go to a stranger and say, are you ok? You have to come down to where they’re at and just talk to them. If the door opens, identify that and asking them. I’ll be speaking in Coonabarabran about the importance of being encouraging and placing value on the people there. It’s such a privilege to be able to do that and be involved with R U OK?

Barry Conrad in Coonabarabran

could tell what was going on and eventually I shared. I wasn’t as forthcoming as I am now, so who knows what would have happened if someone hadn’t actually picked that up and said, are you ok? Now I realise the value in placing value on other people, and that’s why you’ll see if you follow me on social media, I put up a lot of quotes and that’s only because I was never encouraged and instead of going inward it makes me want to help. There’s so many people out there that need it. I know it sounds corny, but it’s true.

What I’ve learned being an ambassador for R U OK? is to look for the warning signs and the symptoms of people who are suffering depression or maybe having suicidal thoughts. A lot the time we’re just caught up in what we’re doing but keeping it real, not being selfish. Now when I enter an environment I can usually pick up the people are maybe going through something so I’ll ask them something. It’s about taking an interest in other people’s lives. That’s so important. So often we

z Barry’s visit is part of the initiative of Coonabarabran Health Council and is funded by the government drought assistance package with NGOs working hand in hand at the family movie night, including Centacare Bathurst, Richmond PRA, Schizophrenia Fellowship and Catholic Community Services. z Centacare’s Community Programmes and Drought Assistance Coordinator, Louise Hennessy, said the night is about spreading a message of hope and empowering individuals and families to talk about health, wellbeing and relationships. z “We have a large youth population, so youth mental health is a big issue. Towns like Coona don’t have youth recreation activities of the same calibre as cities and larger towns, so providing fun and safe ways to get together is very important,” she said.

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Brothers never part Reinventing country music, X-Factor finalists, Brothers3, who hail from Mudgee, will be performing an allages show at the Dubbo Regional Theatre on Saturday, June 4. Dubbo Weekender checked in on the real life brothers for some insight to what makes them tick. AS TOLD TO Yvette Aubusson-Foley Mak about Tayzin He’s very enthusiastic about the band. And he also has heaps of movies that I can steal off him! His greatest non-musical gifts would probably have to be eating and sleeping. Tayzins probably the messiest guy I know. All of us we’re always clean up after him. But he’s definitely fun to be around. When there’s a lot of pressure he gets pretty nervous. He generally will just zone out in his headphones for a bit. What makes him tick? His love for music and harmonies. He’s also pretty good at bass too haha. Tay’s really into old harmonies eg. Queen, the BeeGees and Simon and Garfunkle so his songwriting is very harmony orientated. We’re all pretty humbled about the attention people give us about our music. Tayzin loves it though. I think he also loves the awesome food that comes with

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it!! He’s passionate about food, Maccas and bass. His nickname is Tarzan and he got that mainly because he has the craziest personality out of all of us! I’m glad he’s my bro (even though he’s so annoying at times) and we’re lucky to have him! Luv ya buddy!

Shardyn about Mak Makirum is a great brother because he’ll always have your back. His greatest non musical gift is the fact he can spike the front of his hair so neatly. He’s been a great friend, an amazing pain to deal with and quite competitive to grow up with. Mak stresses out under pressure and likes to vent his frustrations to others. I think ‘style’ makes mak tick. It’s hard to get him away from a mirror. Mak has the music first, lyrics later approach to music. He always has a lit-

tle bit a controlling vibe as well. He doesn’t think about fame, I really think he thinks about his next meal more! He’s a passionate guitarist who quite likes to try to get in shape by crossfit training. His nickname is makkywakkyspakattackky and he came by it with an awful temper tantrum when he was six. Mak is probably the most annoying person I know but probably the best brother I could ask for.

Tayzin about Mak Makirum is a great brother because he is usually quite organised with the band. He is also very well rehearsed and is a very talented guitarist. He is a very talented gamer... Unfortunately this does affect our practice time so I don’t know if it is a positive haha. He’s been very DEMANDING to grow up with. He’s very driven with his

1. MOVIES: What was the first name of the main character in the movie “Rambo” (pictured)? 2. GEOGRAPHY: On which continent is the nation of Eritrea located? 3. MUSIC: What was the full name of the late singer Prince? 4. ANATOMY: What part of the body is examined with an ophthalmoscope? 5. MEASUREMENTS: How many teaspoons are in a tablespoon?

opinion. I guess before our band goes on stage we always do breathing exercises and vocal warm-ups to calm down our nerves. His brothers make him tick, us in general, seem to annoy him haha. The Brothers 3 song writing process has always been done as a unit, we write together, sing together, we’re just really close brothers. Does he think about his fame? HAHA we don’t even consider ourselves famous but our approach has always been the sky is the limit! This Might be obvious but his passion has always been performing arts. Whether it’s singing, dancing or acting it’s always been performing arts for him. Makirums nickname is and always has been Mak. I’ve been nice ... Makirum is still extremely ANNOYING.

6. COMPUTERS: The term “bit” is an abbreviation for what words? 7. GAMES: What is the only king without a moustache in a standard deck of playing cards? 8. TELEVISION: Which one of the Teletubbies is green in the children’s show? 9. FLASHBACK: Which former Beatle wrote and released “Dark Horse”? 10. LANGUAGE: What is the adjective that is used to describe

bulls or oxen? 11. THEATRE: Who wrote the 1971 play “The Removalists”? 12. OLYMPICS: Boxer Jeff Fenech was first selected to represent Australia at which Olympic Games? 13. LYRICS: Name the song that contains this lyric: “Who am I to disagree? I travel the world and the seven seas, Everybody’s looking for something.” ANSWERS: SEE THE PLAY PAGES.

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What the future holds for you and the NBN BY MATHEW W DICKERSON SMALL BUSINESS ESS RULES CONSULTANT

OR my first Digitally Enhanced column it would make sense to gaze into my crystal ball and call on years of experience and analyse the current technology environment to make some bold predictions on what the world of IT will look like in the near future. But I won’t. In various articles and radio programs in the past I have often made such predictions with total confidence – only to recall them 12 months later and realise how terribly wrong I have been. The world of IT moves so quickly that it is very difficult to say what it will look like tomorrow. It is a challenge to stay up to date with what it looks like today! More importantly, for this first article, I feel compelled to dedicate this column to helping people grasp the potential and the practical side of the revolution that is happening in Dubbo at the moment. No, I am not talking about the amalgamation. I am, of course, talking about the NBN. Firstly, let’s talk about what the NBN can do for Dubbo. On QandA this week, Christopher Pyne and Anthony Albanese debated the merits of the different versions of the NBN that the two parties advocate. Pyne stated that the slower speed Internet from the Coalition would allow people to watch five full-length movies in the same household at the same time. Whilst I would disagree with Pyne on a technicality, the point that Albanese jumped all over – and the one I agree with – is that if the Coalition thinks the NBN is just about watching movies then they are missing the point. The NBN is about so much more. It is about enabling our economy to work in ways that we can’t even dream of yet. The Apple iPhone was released on June 29, 2007 – less than nine years ago – yet the estimates are that by the end of this year there will be 2.6 billion smartphone users in the world and 70 per cent of mobile phone sales are smartphones. People using smartphones would struggle to survive without their favourite app or some particular feature yet this is a device that did not even exist nine years ago. There are now well over one million apps available. It will be a similar scenario with the NBN. Sure, I can see

be fair, most people have received some uses immediately. I can see their NBN advice from a mate at that real estate agents will take the pub so it is not always totally videos – perhaps immersive videos – and easily upload those to reliable. Web sites to sell houses to buyers The main reason for the confufrom across the world. sion and the mixed messages is that we have different technoloI can see that employees will be gies that people are connecting able to work with more flexibilwith. ity and more productively by being connected remotely to the ofGenerally, within the Dubbo fice without any noticeable drop limits, residents are serviced by in speed. I can see a physical conthat the medical franection to their ternity will be able to ` house. In the aroffer more flexibility I predict that eas around the and better solutions boundaries of the for patients by remote these will city limits, people high-quality real-time seem like such are generally convideo consultations. mundane and nected via a Fixed Wireless connecFurthermore, I pre- boring uses of the tion. Further out, dict that these will NBN in just a few people only have seem like such munaccess to satellite. dane and boring uses short years as the I want to focus on of the NBN in just a technology will the physical confew short years as be the enabler to nections within the technology will innovative and the city limits. be the enabler to innovative and creative creative ways to Dubbo has been ways to take advan- take advantage broken up into tage of the incredible of the incredible seven modules bandwidth. with four of those bandwidth. modules being Taking one step serviced by fibre back, I also feel duty-bound to offer some practical optic cable being connected to the actual premises (FTTP) and tips to residents connecting to the three modules being connected NBN. The vast majority of people by using existing copper cabling I speak with about actually conthat is running into your building necting to the NBN have got most (FTTN). of the story right and perhaps In a building connected with missed a point along the way. To

FTTP, NBN technicians will have installed a Premises Connection Device (PCD) on the outside of your home. This has fibre optic cable connecting your home to the exchange. Nothing more will happen UNTIL you decide on a Retail Service Provider (RSP) and authorise a connection with the RSP. These are companies you are familiar with such as Telstra; Optus; TPG etc. When you connect an NBN plan, NBN technicians will visit your house again and install a Network Termination Device (NTD) on the inside of your house. This device effectively converts the light energy in the fibre optic cable to electrical energy. From the NTD, you plug in a router or gateway device that your RSP will typically have provided to you. Your gateway device will typically be a Wi-Fi device and will also have ports to allow you to plug in other computers or network devices and also have a port for a telephone. If you are in an FTTN area, completely ignore the scenario I have just outlined. Residents in an FTTN area have no physical work performed at their house. If you are in an FTTN area, you will use your existing telephone lines that come into your house and the NBN work will be performed along your street. You still need to visit your friendly local RSP to arrange to change over your connection to the NBN. Surprisingly enough, there are some unscrupulous operators in the market and if you receive a device at your house or business without having arranged a connection, do not plug it in. Make sure you have arranged a connection with your preferred provider. Two important pieces of information to finish off. The new network is called the National Broadband Network (NBN). This is incorrectly named. It should be named the National Communication Network (NCN). Many people believe they don’t need the NBN because they only use a phone and they don’t use the Internet. This is incorrect. If you wish to retain a phone line or an Internet connection at your premises, you must connect to the NBN. In fact, you have a fairly limited timeframe. From the date that your area is live with the NBN, you only have 18 months before your old phone line and ADSL connection is disconnected. Again this information is specific to FTTP and FTTN clients which is what everyone within the city limits of Dubbo will be connected with. To steal the NBN catchphrase, bring it on!

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Beef price transparency progress continues BUSINESS IN BRIEF

MLA managing director Richard Norton

MEAT and Livestock Australia (MLA) has published its latest report into price transparency in the beef supply chain. The project was initiated by the Cattle Council of Australia (CCA) to consider options for increasing price transparency after concerns were raised that a lack of price information along the beef value chain was affecting marketing and investment decisions in the industry. The project also responds to recommendation seven from the Senate Inquiry into Industry Structures and Systems Governing Levies on Grassfed Cattle. The report acknowledges that a reasonable amount of cattle and beef market information already exists in Australia but suggests a range of further initiatives. A copy of the report can be accessed at http://www.mla. com.au/Research-and-development/ Industry-issues. MLA managing director Richard Norton said MLA had accepted a request by CCA for further work to be conducted to improve price transparency and was always working to further enhance MLA’s market information services. “MLA currently provides a range of services including daily red meat market news updates, regional saleyard reports, live export information and price indicators,” Mr Norton said.

“Recent improvements include revamping our weekly over-the-hooks (OTH) cattle indicator reports to assist producers and industry to better analyse market trends.” To find out more information on MLA’s livestock market reporting, analysis and forecasts visit http://www.mla.com.au/ Prices-markets/Market-reports-price.

Grants support Broken Hill’s volunteers LOCAL community groups from across the Farrer electorate have been successful in their applications for funding through the Australian Government’s $20 million Volunteer Grants program. Seventy-eight local groups will share in more than $276,000 (an average of $3,500 each) to help with a range of costs incurred by their volunteers. “This funding can be used by our local groups to assist with the cost of fuel to take seniors to the doctor, first aid training, or to transport volunteers with disabilities who cannot drive,” Member for Farrer, Sussan Ley. Community groups can also purchase much-needed equipment, such as computers, printers or other resources for their services. “In many ways, volunteers are the lifeblood and the backbone of our com-

Data mining – what small business accountants should know & advise INCE one of my recent columns about the importance of business intelligence, we have received quite a few requests about data mining and how it can actually help small business owners to get real business growth in terms of revenues and profits. These days, data is everything and is a big reason why social media applications such as Facebook are using knowledge about its audience so that it can mine it and then provide a platform for businesses to pay for such access to information and sell in a much more targeted way. As the digital world and cloud accounting changes the advisor role of the small business accountant, it’s imperative they are aware of how these techniques can assist their clients and being able to identify opportunities where data mining can really make a massive difference. Here are some facts about this technique and some examples of just how powerful this concept is.

1. What is data mining? THIS technique is the analysis of historical data which can identify trends and patterns. Being

able to identify such trends and patterns means that strategic business decisions can be made when determining what things need to change to improve business performance.

2. Keeping customers & finding new ones FINDING out why customers leave and why new customers came to you needs to be recorded and monitored. The more information you have about the customer the better, whether it be age, location, sex, or interests. As we are small business accountants, I often ask clients why their customers were leaving or where they came from; these clients often have a highlevel reason but have not really documented and collated numbers in real terms so that trends can be analysed.

3. Cross selling to existing customers KEEPING track of what certain customers bought and their buying trends with other products can lead to an enormous opportunity for your sales team to up-sell once they have this knowledge. Do you have the information and tools to really identify

such trends and, if not, I suggest spending some time on this – even if it is putting the information into a spreadsheet. This could make a massive difference to your sales strategies with your team.

4. Accurate customer profiling HOW well do you know your customer demographic? How many customers come from certain postcodes (percentage wise), what is their average age, how many times a year do they buy, when do they buy, etc? Imagine how powerful this information can be in terms of sales strategy, targeted marketing (meaning advertising savings) and buying patterns so you can manage stock purchases better, thereby minimising inventory days and stock obsolescence, and maximising cash flow.

5. Price sensitivity HAVING information about customer sensitivity to price changes can be extremely useful. Keeping track of customer sales depending on price rise increases can help you determine how much you can charge without giving your bottom line an unnecessary beating.

munities and I am delighted to see our local organisations recognised with this funding. “Volunteering has a strong presence throughout our communities, whether it be helping out with local sporting teams and landcare groups, responding to natural disasters and emergencies, or helping local charities support some of our most disadvantaged people,” said Ley. Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton echoed Ley’s sentiments adding that the benefits of volunteering are twofold. “Volunteers make such a valuable contribution to our local communities by helping to make the lives of others more comfortable and enjoyable,” Coulton said. “Importantly, in doing this, it has been shown that volunteers also become happier in themselves acquiring a sense of achievement and fulfilment from helping others.” This year’s Volunteer Grants have given priority to organisations working with individuals or communities experiencing disadvantage. More information about the Australian Government’s Volunteer Grants is available onlinewww.dss.gov.au/grants or from the Department of Social Services Grants Hotline on free-call 1800 020 283.

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6. Product production ANALYSING data is great for determining custom products for certain segments. The best companies do not start with a product to sell. They start by data mining and identifying pain points so that they can determine where potential customers are, and what they need, and so your product can solve a problem.

Conclusion: DATA mining is happening but

sadly many small businesses are not aware of its importance as the age of technology presents new challenges and opportunities. Depending on the size of your business, you can either do a cost-benefit analysis of the tools you need to manage this data collection process, or you can sit down and really work out whether you could analyse your existing data better with the applications you have. Better still, do you really data mine or is the way you do it too “airy fairy”? Taking the time to do this could mean the difference between a business that survives and a business that wins massive market share! Which one are you?

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The Vegetarian Italian Kitchen EW cook book, The Vegetarian Italian Kitchen by Veronica Lavenia has been launched this month offering an authentic look into the true contemporary culture of Italian homemade cooking that is both healthy and affordable for everyone. A beautifully presented book, the collection of vegetarian recipes is uniquely divided into seasons and then further into savory and sweet sections. Author, Italian-born Veronica Lavenia is passionate about the beauty and goodness of healthy homemade recipes, believing that the true charm of Italian cuisine lays in the luxury of simplicity. Veronica’s recipes en-

CHOCOLATE SALAMI Salame di cioccolato (Serves 6–8) Chocolate salami reminds me of my childhood and even now I consider it one of my favorite desserts. You only have to try one slice and you’ll be craving more. The unique thing about this recipe is the Marsala dessert Sicilian wine which gives a special and delicious taste to the dessert. If you prefer, you can replace it with another fine Sicilian dessert wine like Passito di Pantelleria. * 150g (5oz) dry digestive * cookies, palm oil free * 4 tbsp raw sugar * 50g (2oz) cocoa powder * 100g (3½oz) chopped * roasted hazelnuts * 100g (3½oz) roasted * pistachios * 1 large egg * 300g * (11oz) 70 per cent dark * chocolate * 150g (5oz) butter * 2 tbsp Marsala Sicilian

* wine dessert or Rum (to be avoided if the dessert is made for children) To prepare: Chop the cookies and add them to the sugar, cocoa powder, hazelnuts and pistachios. Lightly beat the egg with a fork and add to the cookie mixture. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler with the butter. When cool add the Marsala wine and stir into the cookie mixture. Pour the dough onto parchment paper, sprinkle with more cocoa powder and work it into a sausage shape. Keep the dough wrapped in parchment paper and store in the refrigerator for 4 to 5 hours. Remove the salami from the refrigerator 20 minutes before serving. You can present it in its entirety on a serving dish (adding, if necessary, another dusting of cocoa powder) or serve it sliced.

capsulate the delectable culture of an Italian village, where the local dishes satisfy both body and soul. Veronica was born and raised in Italy, surrounded by the strong, intense colors and flavors of Sicily. Her mother and my father passed down their love for travel, food and a passion for cooking and organic sustainable food. Food has always been the subject she thought about most, though, so, inspired by family recipes, and valuable Italian culinary heritage, she moved into writing about her experiences and studies on the subject.

The Vegetarian Italian Kitchen, New Holland Publishers, RRP $40, available from all good bookstores or online www. newhollandpublishers.com.

Veronica shares some of the recipes from The Vegetarian Italian Kitchen with Dubbo Weekender.

ASPARAGUS AND ZUCCHINI CAKE Torta di asparagi e zucchini (Serves 4–6) Spring is asparagus season, time for outdoor meals and recipes to be enjoyed cold for picnics or brunch. This is one of my most popular savory dishes with wild asparagus. Not always easy to find, wild asparagus is as precious as its distinctive flavor. * 4 zucchini (courgettes) (3, if large) * 1 onion * 15 asparagus * Sea salt and white * pepper, to taste * 2 large eggs * 75g (3½ oz) grated * Parmigiano cheese * Extra virgin olive oil, to * taste * 1 sheet puff pastry

To prepare: Wash and slice the zucchini, peel the onion and steam cook all for about 15 minutes. Clean the asparagus, removing the ends and blanch in salted water for 10 minutes. Once cooked, mix all the vegetables in the pan and season with salt. In a bowl, beat the eggs and season with salt, pepper and Parmigiano. Roll out the pastry on a greased baking sheet or covered with parchment paper. Add the vegetables and cover with the beaten eggs Bake, in preheated oven, for 15–20 minutes at 180°C (350°F/gas 4).

OPINION & ANALYSIS.

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

Sally Bryant

The power of the internet… OU have to have sympathy for dairy farmers who suddenly find out that they have just gone from getting a marginal price for their product to being given a price that means it’s actually costing them money to produce it. I mean, how does that even work? In a grown-up world, that is. How can we find ourselves in a situation where we expect people to produce a product, one that people appear to want, and then tell them to sell it to us at a rate that is less than the cost of production? How is this the world of supply and demand that we all learned about in basic commerce classes, and later on in our somewhat more high-falutin’ and frankly a-whole-lot-less-informative-and-reliable economics classes. I didn’t fail economics, but that’s only because I think my exam results were seasonally adjusted according to the consumer price index and some other sort of finagling. Because that’s the thing with figures, you can make them say whatever the hell you want to them to say. With a pencil and a ruler and a fair line in bullshit, an economist or a marketing dude can convince you that black is white, that supply equals demand, that usury is equity and there are fairies at the bottom of the garden. That’s the miracle of modern society, of having experts around. You don’t have to think for yourself, if you want a really stupendously moronic idea. There are specialists, piped in, for that very purpose. They can take figures from thin air and make them mean whatever they need them to mean. They just need to apply the right modelling and tweaking. It’s somewhat more difficult to achieve this when you are the one on the spot. Say, for example, that you are in a negotiation with, oh, I don’t know, say for the sake of the argument, the Tax Office, or the credit card company. It’s all a bit more visceral then, it’s all a whole lot more finite. But

Call for long term goals for mental health MENTAL Health Australia, this week, asked for party leaders to support long term goals for mental health in the lead up to the July 2 election. “There are important reforms underway and these cannot be forgotten during the current electoral cycle,” said Mental Health Australia CEO Frank Quinlan. “Party leaders, indeed all parties and candidates, can show their support for mental health by committing to long term measures to improve mental health outcomes in Australia. “For too long changing political fortunes have left services with shifting priorities and uncertain funding. This creates an environment where people who live with mental illness and their carers face the difficult task of navigating a com-

isn’t it remarkable the illusory nature that economics can take on when the money is someone else’s and you’re talking about it in the squillions. But, back to the situation that so many dairy farmers are finding themselves in just now. I’m amazed that this can happen, for all sorts of reasons. And the interesting part is that this debate has ramped up in social media in the past week, and some questions are being asked. And, while I’m a bit scathing of the concept of civil disobedience from behind a keyboard in a plush suburban sitting room, anything that involves the populace questioning the status quo has to be a good thing. And the great unwashed (well, I don’t know that for a fact, but you can only surmise that if they are spending all their times absorbing the world through the Internet, they don’t have to worry about personal hygiene so much...) are actually asking some interesting questions. Like, how is it that a bottle of water at a service station is selling for more than a bottle of milk that is actually about double the size? How is that, eh? Never mind even bothering to drill down into how much the company selling that water is paying for the ‘raw’ material that they then go on to package and market and make a squillion dollars out of. No, never mind asking that question. And let’s not contemplate the fact that you can actually turn on a tap in pretty much any community in Australia and drink that tap water without any fear of health issues. Imagine if you will, what the reaction might have been from an Australian about half way through the last century, if you told them we’d be paying more for bottled water than we are paying for milk. That is, any community apart from that remote Indigenous community in northern Australia where the water has such high rates of trace elements that it’s not safe for babies to drink. Apart from that one.

HEALTH IN BRIEF plex and ever changing system. “This election, we want to see mental health ranked highly amongst our long term, national priorities.” We have written to leaders asking for a long term commitment to reducing the national suicide rate, improving the physical health of people with a mental illness, increasing employment rates for people experiencing mental illness and their carers, an increase in mental health consumer and carer participation and choice in national policy design and implementation and maintaining current overall levels of investment in mental health, with measures that support full reinvestment of cost efficiencies and savings.

` It gives me heart that the ‘they’ seem to be listening to what is going on in at least one sector of primary production and they are actually questioning the system that allows them to pay such a tiny amount for a product that actually costs more to produce.

“Mental health reform still has a long way to go,” Quinlan said. “It is vital to the health and wellbeing of millions of Australians that all political parties make a real commitment to improving the lives of people who experience mental illness and their carers.” Mental Health Australia will be producing a ‘report card’ to be released prior to the election on July 2 outlining the major parties’ response to the request.

Call for Condoms, lubricants, sunscreen, nicotine patches A group calling themselves the Vagina Army are asking the government why products for menstruation sanitation continue to be taxed and funds are not being used to directly support women in need, while condoms, lubricants, sunscreen and nicotine patches continue

I wonder how much those guys are having to pay for fresh milk up there? So, this week on social media, I have been somewhat encouraged to see people ‘cracking the shits’ about this milk story. That cheers me up. It gives me heart that the ‘they’ seem to be listening to what is going on in at least one sector of primary production and they are actually questioning the system that allows them to pay such a tiny amount for a product that actually costs more to produce. The chatter that I’m seeing in social media this week has not been about signing petitions or sharing, it hasn’t been about giving a ‘thumbs up’ or ‘thumbs down’. It seems to be going further. There have been calls for consumers to bypass the generic milk brands and to choose dairy products that they can demonstrate are going to see a greater return of money to the farmer on the ground. And there has been more sensible discussion around the issue than I have seen about some previous supply issues. Cast your mind back to when Simplot said they were pulling their horns in, in processing Australian vegetables? Maybe think about some of the less than practical, though undoubtedly well-intentioned campaigns to help farmers and graziers going through droughts? I lived in Bourke during the millennium drought, I saw the truckloads of donated fluffy toys, lipsticks and cardigans that had to be stored and wrangled by local authorities. They were given with love and good intention by city-dwellers and intended for busted arse farmers of the bush, I would never criticise anyone for wanting to help when someone else is in a tough patch. But that was an education in futility. I have no real insights to offer about whose fault this milk debacle is, or how to fix this. I am merely a conduit for impartial information to the public. But there has to be something drastically wrong with a system that allows water to be more valuable than milk. I don’t know whether social media is the place to find the solution, but it’s a damn good place to make people start asking the questions.

to be tax free. Since 2000, the Australian Government has taxed every menstruating Australian 10 per cent for the feminine hygiene products they use, be it tampons and pads. It is estimated that menstruation earns the Australian Government a staggering $25 million each year. Clementine Ford, social activist and columnist says, “Classifying menstrual healthcare products as a ‘luxury’ is ridiculous. Menstrual healthcare products are essential to the ongoing ability of women and other menstruating people to participate in all of society, including the education system and the economy. “Why are we forced to pay for a ‘luxury tax’ on something that is essential to our dignity and humanity? If menstruation were an issue that overwhelmingly affected men, this disparity would not exist.” According to Bianca Dye,

well-known radio personality; “I am flabbergasted that on one hand, condoms, lubricants, sunscreen and nicotine patches are all tax-free because they are classed as important health goods, but the reproductive health and hygiene of 10 million Australians isn’t seen as an important health issue.” Spokesperson for Share the Dignity, Rochelle Courtenay states; ”It’s time the Australian Government listens to the women of Australia and explores this tax as a social and health issue in which they could directly do some good.” According to UN General Assembly Resolution 70/169: “The human right to sanitation entitles everyone, without discrimination, to have physical and affordable access to sanitation, in all spheres of life, that is safe, hygienic, secure, socially and culturally acceptable and that provides privacy and ensures dignity.”

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Simon says... BY GEMMA DUNN OR lifelong foodie Simon Wood, a career in the kitchen was always a case of ‘when’, rather than ‘if’. “I’ve always wanted to cook, I’ve always watched cookery shows, I’ve always read cookbooks and I’ve always wanted to be involved in that. In any concept,” the 39-year-old recalls. “So if I can get a cookery TV show, I want one. If I can write a cookery book, I want to do it. If I can win MasterChef, I want to do it.” And he’s a man of his word. Since applying for, and winning, the UK version of MasterChef 2015 – “I got into work one morning and someone had sent me an email that really rubbed me up the wrong way. I applied and never looked back” – Wood, dubbed the series’ brightest ever talent, has enjoyed a whirlwind of success. “It’s been crazy; it’s been the quickest year of my life. The best but the quickest,” quips the Manchester native, who counts stints at Simon Rimmer’s Greens Restaurant, Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley, and Theo Randall at the InterContinental among his exploits. “It was a massive culture shock, though. Sometimes I still wake up and think, ‘Oh God, it’s really real’, but I’ve done so much and there’s so much more to come.” Rapidly ticking off his bucket list, the father-of-four is seriously busy – first with his debut cookbook, At Home With Simon Wood. “I want people to look at the book and say, ‘My God, look at that; I couldn’t do it’, but then actually have a good read and think, ‘Yes I can’,” he enthuses of the book’s ‘fine dining made simple’ ethos. “Do you know what? There’s one dish in there that uses one ingredient – cauliflower! There are some spic-

es but essentially it’s cauliflower and, to me, it looks outstanding. If someone can generate that dish with some inspiration from my book then I’ll be made up. “Don’t be scared of doing it wrong: just learn and practise,” he adds. There’s a section dedicated to the art of plating up, too, and chapters covering a range of themes, including salads, non-gluten, pasta, meat, sweet things, the sea and vegetarian dishes. “Hopefully it will inspire people to turn out some good quality food for friends and family, and not spend a fortune doing it,” says Wood, who suggests going for a taster course menu – five dishes, each from different sections of the book – for a well-balanced dinner party. While penning recipes is a straightforward process for the one-time burger-flipper, he admits whittling them down was slightly more complicated. “I don’t dislike anything, so I find picking ingredients to put together really easy. The most difficult thing is what not to put in,” he exclaims, laughing. As well as his book release, Wood recently landed his “dream job”, as executive chef at his beloved football team Oldham Athletic AFC. “I’m going to be opening a fine dining restaurant [at the stadium] too,i” he reveals. “Initially, it will be a pop-up on the third Thursday of each month, called The Boardroom by Simon Wood. “I’m currently looking at premises [in Manchester] to open a business,” he adds, “which is going to be somewhere that’s relaxed and contemporary and that serves sophisticated dishes with a modern twist, using wholesome, enjoyable ingredients. I’ve worked in city centres, I know what people want and I know there’s a gap I can fill. “So there’s the book, the pop-up boardroom and the full business,” Wood muses. “Busy is good. Busy is defi-

At Home With Simon Wood: Fine Dining Made Simple by Simon Wood is published by Meze Publishing.

nitely good.” Why not get busy in the kitchen yourself? Here are three of Wood’s recipes to crack on with...

Simon Wood. Photos: PA Photo/Marc Barker.

Salsa adds spice to snapper

THE KITCHEN DIVA

BY ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS IF you’re looking for a way to change your favourite fish recipe, try adding salsa. The word “salsa” really just means “sauce” in Spanish. There are many different kinds of salsa. Salsa roja is a red sauce meant to be eaten warm, usually

over enchiladas. Salsa verde is a green sauce made with tomatillos. Salsa ranchera means “ranch style” and is typically made of tomatoes and chilies cooked together. There’s also salsa cruda or salsa fresca. “Cruda” means “raw”, and “fresca” means “fresh”. You also can find commercially packaged salsas in a variety of flavours, including mango, peach and pineapple. The levels of heat

of the salsas range from mild to fiery-hot. This simple recipe uses tomatoes, bell peppers and onions to create a salsa fresca topping for snapper. You also can use this delicious sauce on other types of firm-fleshed fish. Serve this spicy salsa snapper over angel-hair pasta, rice or cous cous. It’s also delicious served on thick slices of toast that have been rubbed with a clove of garlic and

PHOTO: COURTESY OF BETTY CROC

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GOAT’S CHEESE AND BEETROOT SALAD

TWISTED TIRAMISU

(Serves 4) 200g baby purple beetroot Olive oil Smoked sea salt (available in all good supermarkets) Balsamic vinegar 1 candy striped beetroot (try your local greengrocer or farmer’s market for the more unusual varieties of beetroot, or just use what you can find) 1 golden heritage beetroot Ice water Beetroot leaves 300g hard goat’s cheese Cracked black pepper For the panna gratta: Stale ciabatta Olive oil Garlic clove Sea salt 1. To make the panna gratta, take a stale ciabatta and either chop or use a processor to break down into small bite-size pieces and crumbs. 2. In a large frying pan, add three tablespoons of oil and heat gently. With your knife, crush a garlic clove just enough crack it open and fry off until just brown. At that point, remove it from the oil and add in the breadcrumbs. Coat evenly and season with sea salt. Once they are starting to brown put them on a baking tray and toast gently in the oven for 10 minutes at 150C until dry and crunchy. These will keep for months in an airtight container. 3. For the roasted baby beets: preheat your oven to 190C. 4. Clean the baby purple beetroot and remove the root tip and cut off the stem and leaves. Set these aside for your garnish later. 5. Toss the purple beetroots in olive oil and smoked sea salt and place into a roasting tray in the oven until softened. Check them after 45 minutes to an hour, then remove from the oven. 6. Once cool enough to handle, scrape the skin off with a paring knife and dress in the balsamic vinegar. Next, very carefully peel the candy stripe and golden beetroots and using a mandoline or sharp knife slice around four pieces per person. Next take a 2.5cm cutter and cut a perfect circle out of the beetroot slices. 7. Set these aside and boil a saucepan of salted water. Tidy the ends of the beetroot leaves and blanch for 30 seconds before dropping them into iced water. This will stop them cooking and keep that great colour. 8. Drain the beetroot leaves on some kitchen paper and start to plate up, making sure you alternate the different varieties of beetroot. 9. If you buy a good quality goat’s cheese, you only need a little and it is perfect as it is. Use a small baller to create spheres of the cheese and then arrange around the beetroot. 10. Add a twist of black pepper and finish the dish by piping dots of the balsamic vinegar around the beetroot and goat’s cheese, and sprinkling over some panna gratta.

(Serves 4) For the sponge fingers: 4 eggs, separated 150g caster sugar 100g plain flour 1/2tsp baking powder For the tiramisu: 600ml double cream 250g mascarpone 50ml Marsala wine 2tbsp kirsch 1 tin of pitted black cherries, chopped 5tbsp golden caster sugar 25g dark chocolate, grated 300ml espresso coffee 2tsp cocoa powder, to garnish Candied cherries, to garnish 1. For the sponge fingers, preheat the oven to 200C and line a baking tray with baking paper. 2. Place the egg whites into a bowl and whisk until you have soft peaks. Add two tablespoons of sugar and continue whisking until it is shiny and you have stiff peaks. 3. Take another bowl and beat the egg yolks and the rest of the sugar until they are thick and pale yellow in colour. Separately, sift the flour and baking powder. 4. Fold half of the egg whites into the egg yolk mixture, followed by the flour and baking powder. Then add the remaining egg whites and add the mixture to a piping bag. Pipe out neat, evenly-sized fingers onto the baking tray and bake for seven minutes. 5. For the tiramisu: whisk the cream until soft peaks form. In a separate bowl, mix the mascarpone, Marsala, kirsch, a little of the black cherry syrup and the sugar. Gently combine with the whipped cream, then stir in the chopped black cherries. 6. Pour the coffee into a large bowl and add half the sponge fingers. Turn them until they are soaked, but not soggy, then layer them into a large serving dish or individual bowls. Spread over half of the cream mixture and some grated chocolate. 7. Then soak the remaining sponge fingers and repeat the layers, finishing with the creamy layer. Cover and chill for at least three hours. 8. To plate, dust with cocoa and grated chocolate and decorate with candied cherries to serve.

CHARGRILLED LAMB CUTLETS WITH FETA AND AUBERGINE (Serves 4) For the lamb: 300g natural yoghurt 50ml olive oil Large bunch fresh oregano, chopped Salt and pepper 12 lamb cutlets For the aubergines: 8 baby aubergines Olive oil, for brushing 2 small red onions, peeled and halved 1 red chilli 50g black olives Salt and pepper To garnish: 150g feta 1. In a food processor, blitz the yoghurt, olive oil and oregano and season well. Save a third of this for the garnish and then add the lamb cutlets to a bowl and coat well in the remaining marinade. 2. Cook on a griddle until charred and nicely cooked, then set aside to rest. 3. For the aubergines, brush with a little oil and season, then use the griddle pan to char and cook them through. 4. Add some foil in a frying pan and gently burn the red onion. 5. Finely slice the chilli and olives and use these along with the remaining yoghurt and oregano to garnish your plate. 6. Finally crumble the feta over.

brushed with olive oil. SALSA SNAPPER (Serves 8.) 900g red snapper, cod or other lean fish fillets 2 large tomatoes, chopped (2 cups) 1 medium green bell pepper, chopped (1 cup) 1 medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup) 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro or parsley 1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup Progresso chicken broth (from 32-ounce/950ml carton) 1. Cut fish fillets into 8 serving pieces. Spray large nonstick skillet with cooking spray; heat skillet over medium heat. 2. Arrange fish in single layer in skillet. Cook uncovered 4 to 6 minutes, turning once, until fish flakes easily with fork. Remove fish to warm platter;

keep warm. 3. Cook remaining ingredients except broth in skillet over medium heat 3 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until bell pepper and onion are crisp-tender. Stir in broth; heat through. Spoon tomato mixture over fish.

Recipe courtesy Betty Crocker, Inc. (www.bettycrocker.com/recipes).

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Critical Mass This illuminated Sumatran Rhino is currently on display at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney as part of the Zoo’s Centenary Celebrations and Vivid Sydney 2016. A similar Rhino appeared in Dubbo’s lantern festival, carried by Taronga Western Plains Zoo staff. It wasn’t quite as big as the one pictured but symbolic, none-the-less of the conservation work the Taronga Western Plains Zoo is doing to help keep the Sumatran Rhino from extinction. According to the World Wildlife Fund, there are fewer than 100 Sumatran Rhinos left in the wild and they were declared extinct in Malaysia just last year. Illegal trade of rhino horn remains one of the species biggest threats along with clearing of habitat for wood, paper and palm oil production. Palm oil is often not labelled, and by consumer law, does not need to be, on Australian products. For an informed choice and a list of products on our supermarket shelves which use palm oil visit http:// palmoilaction.org.au/. PHOTO: SUPPLIED BY TARONGA ZOO, SYDNEY.

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Clean living BY GABRIELLE FAGAN RE you living the bathroom dream? The ultimate space for a wash-and-brush-up should also double up as a spoiling home-spa for relaxing – and your room is sadly lacking if it’s not offering both. Before you take the plunge on a revamp though, it’s wise to consider the look you wish to create. It’s all too easy to get submerged in the diverse range of styles available, from traditional to chic contemporary, and a whole lot in-between. In general, bathrooms are small and getting smaller, so it’s vital to make use of every inch of space, says Robin Levien, international designer at Ideal Standard. “One of the most popular contemporary looks is modern and minimal, but not clinical. We’re seeing a desire for a clutter-free room, where storage solutions keep everything, from towels to toothbrushes, out of sight until they’re needed. This helps make the area a peaceful sanctuary,” says Levien. Luxury touches – underfloor heating, LED lighting and anti-steam mirrors – are rapidly becoming musthaves, and technology is increasingly playing a role, enabling lighting, sound and water systems to be programmed and controlled remotely. Choose from one of three looks, for a bathroom to boast about...

TROPICAL ZONE Create your own little bathing paradise with sultry, exotic decor... “The bathroom continues to be a key element in homes, playing a multi-purpose, multi-function role. It’s an oasis of escapism and relaxation, a place for reinvigoration, transformation, and even somewhere to pose, ponder and play,” says Levien. “Increasingly, this room’s borrowing decorative elements more traditionally found in the rest of the home, and picking up influences from the catwalk. There’s a current trend for dramatic dark colours and pattern on walls and floors, which with good lighting, can actually make a space seem bigger, as well as delivering that boutique-hotel feel.” DECOR TIP: Floral patterns and bright botanical colours, like dark purple, rouge and matte greens, are soon set to feature strongly, as a Seventies-vibe makes its mark in bathrooms. But avoid going too retro – an avocado green suite is never a good look!

SAFE HARBOUR Blue and white’s a classic and timeless choice for bathrooms, because it’s fresh, crisp and evokes a relaxing coastal retreat... “It’s the subtle finishing touches which make a big difference, so consider taps and fixtures and fittings as the perfect way to refresh an existing sink or bath, and think about these carefully when choosing a new bathroom style,” says Chris Taylor, design expert at a tap and shower specialist. “Metallic finishes – gold, brass and copper, through to brushed steel – are popular this year. For a classic look, use a chunky mixer spout to create sleek elegance combined with traditional style. Add contrasting blue nautical-style accessories for a striking, stylish scheme.” DECOR TIP: Hotels treat furniture as interchange-

Butterfly Home Matthew Williamson Aqua tropical towels

Grow a Pizza Garden BY DONNA ERICKSON

CREATIVE FAMILY FUN

When the time comes to plant your herb and vegetable garden, add some whimsy to the family project by designing a circular plot with sections shaped like pizza slices. Fill each triangular area with herbs and vegetables that will grow and mature in time to place on the sauce of fresh barbecued or baked pizzas. Grow a pizza garden in three basic steps: 1. If this is your kids’ first garden, keep it reasonably small and manageable. Create a clever border by arranging large white

rocks in a complete circle to represent the crust of the pizza. Arrange wooden dowels flat on the soil like the spokes of a wheel to divide the circle in neat triangles. Be sure to allow ample room in some sections for larger plants, such as tomatoes. 2. Sow seeds and plant plants. Good choices are: tomatoes, peppers, onions, basil, oregano and parsley. Set “pizza slice” clay markers in the ground to identify the plants as they germinate and grow. (See directions below.) If you don’t have a backyard garden, plant a few pizza ingredients in container gardens on a sunny patio or deck.

3. Water, weed, fertilise and watch the plants grow. Enjoy the pleasure of harvesting your garden together. Tip: During autumn, clip healthy herbs from your garden and wash and dry completely. Place into plastic bags, drizzle a little olive oil into the bag and freeze. Use as you prepare fall soups, pasta sauces and pizza. Make pizza-slice clay markers: Roll out self-hardening clay or clay that can be baked in the oven (available at crafts stores) to 1/2 cm to 1cm thickness. Cut out 10cm to 12cm pizza-slice shapes. For younger kids, make a cardboard tem-

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able for the sleeping, living and bathing areas of a room. Keep that aesthetic with pieces which don’t shout ‘bathroom’, whether it’s a rug, dressing table or bathroom chandelier. SPLASH OUT: Refresh a bathroom by updating taps – far cheaper than a full refit.

NEW WAVE Natural, organic materials are up-and-coming stars in the bathroom... “Today’s best looking bathrooms feature luxurious natural materials and finishes,” says James Lentaigne, sales and marketing director at a bathroom supplies store. “Cast iron and crisp white enamel, substantial brassware, artisan tiles, wood and wood veneers, beaut i f u l ly figured

marbles and plenty of glass,” he suggests. “Trends are moving away from fitted furniture towards individual free-standing pieces. For a contemporary feel, choose simple and streamlined pieces.

Purity rush basket; prints; Calm wood sign; and Marble towel

“There’s a new focus on lighting – the best schemes incorporate a variety of light sources, all controlled individually to suit mood.” DECOR TIP: Traditional ‘brick style’ White Metro Tiles create a striking look. Lay them in a herringbone, geometric pattern using a dark grey or black grout for a contemporary edge, and play up a natural theme on the floor with a Light Tile. SPLASH OUT: Dark wood furniture makes a statement in a room decorated in neutral shades.

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plate and set on the clay. Let your child carefully cut around it with a dull butter knife. Poke a craft or Tinkertoy stick into an edge of each slice. Set the marker on a biscuit cooling rack to air dry according to product directions. When hard, paint the pizza slices with acrylic paints with images of a tomato, onion, basil, etc. When dry, an adult may apply nontoxic varnish to protect the surface from rain. If the stick slips out of the clay, secure in place with Elmer’s glue.

NOW HERE’S A TIP BY JOANN DERSON z “Use clear nail polish to ‘paint’ the bottom of shavshav ing cream cans. Then it will not leave a rust ring no matter where it sits in the tub.” – contributed by E.M. z For healthy leftovers, use plastic wrap instead of aluminium foil, experts say. You’re more likely to consume items you can see.

Stash them front and centre S in the refrigerator. z Shoes on the right feet? Draw a semi-circle on the D soles inside your kid’s s shoes, so that when they s are a placed side by side it makes a circle. Now Junior can figure it out for himself! z “Insert a square of cork board (available at officesupply stores) in an old picture frame. You can use it to store and display earrings or necklaces (use pins to hang chains from). You

could even use it as an actual corkboard!” – contributed by A.R. z Need a temporary playpen when traveling? How about a blow up pool? Supervision required, but containment achieved. z Heart-healthy oils like olive oil are a must in any cook’s kitchen. However, even if a jar is worthy of display, keep it in a cabinet. Oils break down when exposed to light.

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Magic of the Maldives BY SAM WYLIE-HARRIS S I sink back into a turquoise beanbag almost the same colour as the glistening Indian Ocean ahead of me, I relish the silence and seclusion of my secret island escape. Only days earlier, we’d arrived at Velassaru, an elegant boutique resort that can easily be reached in 25 minutes by speedboat from Maldivian capital Male. But as it turns out, my husband has even greater treats in store. Armed with snorkelling equipment, bean bags, a glamorous muslin tent and luxury hamper, we head to a private island for a romantic adventure. While we swim in the water, our talented crew create a cabana with bamboo poles to shade us from the midday sun, and prepare a picnic of champagne, sushi and sashimi. Looking out across crystal clear waters, we sip bubbly and get to grips with our chopsticks, as small sand crabs gatecrash our private party. It’s just one of many romantic moments during our stay at Velassaru. The resort itself has a laid-back vibe and sleek, modern furnishings with a palette of white and turquoise. There’s a beautiful infinity pool framed by hammocks strung between coconut trees, but we prefer the privacy of our luxury beach villa with uninterrupted views of the lagoon. The beach is only metres away, and every day we snorkel along a house reef teeming with tropical fish. Come nightfall, the 21-acre coral island gears up for intimate dining experiences that make you want to fall in love all over again. Out of a choice of five restaurants, our favourite is Sand, where we dine under a private beach pavilion lit by torches and candlelight. While burying our toes in the sand, we enjoy culinary delights such as king prawns and fillet steak from the stone grill, finishing off with an exquisite chocolate dessert. One night, our seats and table have even been sculpted in the sand, with seawater used as glue to seal our sunken thrones. With a menu of Australian beef, local reef fish and Maldivian tuna, along with a good bottle of red from

Velassaru is an elegant boutique resort. Photos: www.velassaru.com

Velassaru’s library of fine wines, we’re almost tempted to start building castles in the sand, in the hope we might stay forever. BEST FOR INTIMACY: KANDOLHU Pretty and petite with a chic tropical island atmosphere, Kandolhu is a luxurious paradise hideaway that’s 25 minutes by seaplane from Male. Thirty villas make up the resort, dotted around the lush vegetation or overlooking the ocean – all offering an intimate island experience without sacrificing the dining options or activity choices you would expect in some of the larger, flashier resorts. It takes about 10 minutes to stroll around the island, walking barefoot along sandy paths shaded by coconut trees as butterflies flit past, so there’s no chance of los-

Kuramathi was one of the first resorts to open in the Maldives

ing your way. Kandolhu’s 90sqm water villas are a Maldivian dream and feature a king-size bed, a day bed, private sun deck, plunge pool and free-standing bathtub. Step straight down into the balmy sea to snorkel among schools of tropical fish. Although the resort is small, there’s still a choice of four restaurants serving a la carte international food, Italian dishes, freshly caught seafood and teppanyaki. There’s also an option to book a canape sunset dolphin cruise on the resort’s sailing yacht

BEST FOR ALL-INCLUSIVE: KURAMATHI Kuramathi, one of the first resorts to open in the Maldives in 1975, has had a revamp and now offers

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five villa types in addition to its great value all-inclusive packages. A 20-minute seaplane journey from Male, this largescale resort has seven bars, three buffet restaurants and nine a la carte restaurants, with options such as a Romance or Lobster Dinner served in a private corner of the beach. Along with a wide choice of beach houses and wa-

ter villas, its new sunset villas are set on the secluded tip of the island, near the long stretch of its famous 1km sandbank. The most romantic is the sunset water villa with an 18sqm pool and steps down to turquoise waters. New restaurants on site include Kobe, where diners can eat teppanyaki cuisine while suspended above the water, Inguru, serving Asian fusion, and the Cham-

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pagne Loft, which has glorious views of the Indian Ocean. Beyond the wining and dining, if you head to the spa for a treatment in one of the over-water pavilions, your ritual will be serenaded by the sound of the sea. A highlight is the hydropool suspended over the blue lagoon.

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World class Flinders Quartet highly strung BY VIVIENNE WINTHER DIRECTOR MACQUARIE CONSERVATORIUM

STRING quartet is a very close and concentrated bunch of musicians. Two violins, one viola and one cello are the instruments that make up the classical string quartet, and together they play some of the most sublime music ever written by the greatest composers. Quite a bit of pressure and stress can be part of the life of a string quartet, along with the highs of performing and the rewards of playing in total harmony with fellow artists. Cellist Zoe Knighton, a founding member of the Flinders Quartet who visit Dubbo in early June for a concert and masterclass, gives some insights into her experience as a string quartet player. How did the Flinders Quartet start? Well, that’s actually down to me; we started in 2000, as part of what I was doing for my Masters of Music. I called up three friends to help me out playing some string quartets for the chamber music assessment. We enjoyed what we did together, we decided to do one more concert, and then it just kind of snowballed from there. The very fact that we came together for a temporary purpose, we weren’t aiming to create something ongoing, that seemed to take all the pressure out of it. The next thing was deciding to take part in the National Chamber Music Competition in 2001. That was the excuse we needed to knuckle down, do the hard yards and see if we really did want to “make” ourselves into a permanent string quartet. So without expecting it originally, it was something that really blossomed. What about the current Flinders Quartet? You have two relatively new members. Yes, now we are a quartet with two of the original members, myself and violist Helen Ireland, and two new members, our violinists Shane Chen and Nicholas Waters. Shane has been with us for three years, and Nicholas for one year. It is a different process to find people to fit into an existing ensemble. But we treat it as an opportunity; you can look at everything with fresh eyes when a new member comes on board. They bring a new voice and new ideas. It’s a bit like a new love affair, it can be quite euphoric and exciting! How does the Flinders Quartet approach rehearsing? This is something that is constantly evolving with us. We can take a different approach each day: sometimes there’s more discussion, other times we decide there’ll be less talking and more playing! It also depends on our deadlines and commitments, what needs to be achieved in the time we have available. Individually, we all may have a different idea of what the key issues or tasks are, so everyone needs to have a chance to be heard. Probably the main thing we try to focus on is what is really noticeable to the audience, which can be quite different to what we individually concentrate on. To do that, we record ourselves and listen back quite a lot. We may find that something we’ve wrestled with is really not that noticeable, or we haven’t been concentrating on something that is quite obvious to a listener. Your playing changes quite a lot when you go from the rehearsal room to the concert hall. We embrace that. Our rehearsals are the

Flinders Quartet: Helen Ireland - viola; Zoe Knighton – cello; Nicholas Waters – violin; Shane Chen violin

time to work on technique, the ensemble of the instruments working together, and then in the concert, we let it be more spontaneous and free. How do you choose the music you play? Often our programs develop from wanting to play one specific piece, and then finding what goes well with it. The quartet by Benjamin Britten that we are playing on this tour, is a piece that really inspired and influenced Australian composer Stuart Greenbaum when he was writing his first string quartet, so that’s why we put those two pieces of music together. They really sound as though they were meant to be played together. And then for this program, we’ve added a quartet by Beethoven, because we take every chance we can to play Beethoven! What are some of the challenges the Flinders Quartet faces? Just surviving! Making ends meet as an ensemble is difficult. We all do many other things, playing with orchestras, other chamber groups, and teaching, so finding time together takes planning. Changing players in the group can be a challenge, but it’s also a chance to find a new way of working and look to the future. Finding musical cohesion out of four different viewpoints and characters is a challenge we enjoy. Having heated debate and strong opinions is important for a string quartet, we don’t want to sound beige or inoffensive. And the most important musical challenge is to play so the audience is really engaged with the music from start to finish. What have been some of the highlights for the group? Last year, it would be performing all the Sibelius quartets in Finland, that composer’s homeland – it was an extraordinary experi-

ence. As well, we recorded several of the Sibelius quartets, which was also a big highlight, even though we had a cement mixer next door to the studio! The connection you make between performer and audience at concerts is really vital – that inspires us to go further with our music-making. What’s next for the Flinders Quartet? It’s quite busy right now, we are doing two different programs back to back this month, with quite a lot of regional touring as well. We are setting up a composer workshop program, where we will give composers time to develop new music for string quartets, and we will also make recordings of their new works. We are hoping to find some great new talent from that program. We have commissioned quite a lot of new music over the years, and we’ll also be recording some of those past commissioned works, it will be interesting to have a chance to revisit that music. And at the end of the year we are premiering a new piano quintet written for us and pianist Benjamin Martin by the wonderful Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin, that will be a big thrill.

When to see the Flinders Quartet z Friday, June 3, 2016 z Macquarie Conservatorium Dubbo z Masterclass for string players z Saturday, June 4, 11.00am. z Visit www.macqcon.org.au for more info and bookings.

What’s On June 2-22: City of Dubbo Eisteddfod, Dubbo Regional Theatre June 3: Flinders Quartet in Concert, 7.30pm Macquarie Conservatorium June 4: Strings Masterclass with Flinders Quartet, 11am Macquarie Conservatorium June 10-12: Sydney Youth Orchestra in Dubbo: concerts and workshops June 25: City of Dubbo Eisteddfod Grand Concert, 3pm Dubbo Regional Theatre Visit www.macqcon.org.au for more info and bookings

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Football, meat pies, kangaroos and Holden cars HE HD-HR Holden Nationals is the annual gathering of all HD-HR Holden enthusiasts Australia wide. It is the highlight of the HDHR year and where you’ll find the most HD-HR’s gathered together at the same place at the same time. Hundreds of Holden enthusiasts from across Australia will travel to Dubbo for the long weekend in June. The Nationals always comprises a cruise around the hosting town and other attractions in the region which gives the locals a chance to see these wonderful cars on the road and hopefully bring back some memories for those lucky enough to have had one of these cars in their youth. It also includes a public ‘Show

and Shine’ event and official dinners and presentations. It is a weekend focused on HD and HR Holden’s but with a genuine social and family feel, where enthusiasts catch up with old friends and meet new people that share a passion for HD HR Holden’s. The Nationals Car show is being held at Ollie Robins Oval to celebrate both the HR Holden’s 50th anniversary and Dubbo’s 50th in becoming a city. Come and join us for a full day at our Car Show. This promises to be a great day with fun and entertainment the whole family can enjoy. Trade stands, kids fun, Static displays, coffee and Food Stalls. Open to the public June 11, from 9am. Spectators are free on the day.

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Girls On Fire: Heady, atmospheric and thrilling In “Girls On Fire”, Robin Wasserman has created a modern fable about female adolescence gone horribly wrong. PHOTO: LITTLE BROWN

BY KATE WHITING THE BOOKCASE

BOOK OF THE WEEK Girls On Fire by Robin Wasserman is published in hardback by Little, Brown. IF you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise. But what happens in Robin Wasserman’s Girls On Fire is no teddy bears’ picnic. It all begins with the discovery of high school student Craig Ellison’s body on Halloween. His death is attributed to suicide, but in the insular conservative world of Battle Creek, it doesn’t take much to instil in people the fear that there is a darker force at play. For student Hannah Dexter, life has always been pretty run of the mill. But when she befriends teen rebel Lacey Champlain, Hannah is introduced to a whole new world of fun, excess and

danger. Nothing it seems can come between Hannah and Lacey, except that is golden girl, and Craig’s former girlfriend, Nikki Drummond. Hannah learns from Nikki that Lacey may not be who Hannah thinks she is, that there are secrets Lacey’s been keeping from her, secrets that could tear them apart. The evil at the heart of Battle Creek may just be real. Robin Wasserman has created a modern fable about female adolescence gone horribly wrong. An unsettling cautionary tale of friendships aligned and realigned, alliances made and broken, lives beginning and ruined, this is one of the most gripping reads of the year. Heady, atmospheric and thrilling, you’ll be turning the pages long after you’d planned on putting the book down. And it is well worth staying up for. 9/10 (Review by Jade Craddock)

FICTION The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047 by Lionel Shriver is published in hardback by The Borough Press. IT’S 2029, and driverless cars, household cyborgs and children named after search engines are the norm – but so are water shortages, hyperinflation and the sight of commuters routinely weeping on their way to work. Forced under one roof thanks to an epic economic depression that makes the 2009 crash look like the tiniest of hiccups, four generations of the once affluent Mandible family must navigate a New York that’s becoming more dystopian by the minute. But persistence pays off, for the reader as much as the Mandibles: what starts as unrelentingly bleak becomes a riveting – but still anxiety-inducing – read, as the family members resort to ever

more desperate measures to stay afloat. Masterful Shriver constructs the frighteningly believable near-future expertly and adds a healthy dose of knowing black humour (authors are obsolete by 2029; every newspaper has folded) into the mix. But it’s not enough to lessen the sense of fear and dread that we could all be in the Mandibles’ boat not many years from now. 8/10 (Review by Katie Wright)

NON-FICTION Fingers In The Sparkle Jar: A Memoir by Chris Packham is published in hardback by Ebury. THE diversity and beauty of life is the metaphor for the eponymous sparkle jar in this very unconventional memoir from BBC TV show Springwatch’s presenter and conservationist Chris Packham. It’s written largely in the third per-

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 27.05.2016 to Sunday 29.05.2016 son, offering a glimpse of his life from the age of six to 16 in the Sixties and Seventies, an awkward, socially inept child who was bullied and became a solitary observer of wildlife, from ladybirds, grass snakes and tadpoles to fox cubs, bats and otters. He charts his remarkable bond with a kestrel he took from its nest illegally, an act that would change his life forever. The memoir takes a darker turn in short, italicized chapters dated nearly 30 years later, in 2003 and 2004, when he – again in the third person – chats to a therapist about his suicidal thoughts, omitting a clear catalyst for his then state of mind. The gaps of information leave the reader longing to find out more about how this wildlife-obsessed kid came out of the depths of depression to make his way in the world. 7/10 (Review by Hannah Stephenson)

jects “especially sensitive or attuned to death” and “madly articulate”. We learn how Dylan Thomas doubled his debauchery in the days leading to his death, including cheating on his mistress with another woman. John Updike began to write a poem on learning his days were numbered, while, despite being in terrible pain, Sigmund Freud refused anything stronger than aspirin so he could think clearly. Subtly and with no mawkishness, this book reminds us that the story of death is “intimate, scary, huge”. 7/10 (Review by Gill Oliver)

The Violet Hour: Great Writers At The End by Katie Roiphe is published in hardback by Virago. AMERICAN academic Katie Roiphe has a track record of tackling tricky subjects, such as pay inequality and sexual politics. Here, she turns her attention to what is probably the biggest taboo – death. Following much research, she uncovers how six famous writers and artists dealt with knowing they were just days away from their own demise. Roiphe says she deliberately chose sub-

CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK The Girl Of Ink & Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave is published in paperback by Chicken House. MILLWOOD Hargrave’s first novel has the bones of a great Young Adult book. Thirteen-year-old Isa and her cartographer father live on an island called Joya, but there are areas of forest that her village’s ruling governor bans people from ever exploring, until one day a child is found murdered and Isa’s best friend Lupe disappears into the woods. It is laced with adventure, legend, mythical beasts and centres on a core story of friendship, yet The Girl Of Ink & Stars fails to deliver. The danger never feels truly threatening, the world never quite realised in your imagination, and even the deaths (of which there are quite a few), lack a sense of terror. It follows a pattern that’s fast paced but shallow: this

Get that job! ONG term recruitment duo Morgan & Banks are the authors of “Achieving Your Dream Career”, a guide to the way you can excel and prosper, both professionally and personally. It steps you through the situation in your current job – do you feel motivated, fulfilled, challenged, bored, uninspired, trapped? What are you looking for in your career – satisfaction, learning, excitement, stability, career path? And does your current job fit in with personal goals? And do you have skills that are not fully utilised? This then considers the challenges and processes of working to maximise your positive approach to the future. Whatever your age, setting and achieving your goals in life is well explained in Maxwell Maltz’s “Psycho-Cybernetics”. Cybernetics was developed during WWII and involved the automatic direction-finding mechanism placed in rockets which ensured the device returned to the set course if diverted by any elements. When combined with “psycho” involving the brain, the personal decision to achieve a goal and the personal ambitions kept on track by the mind, are set automatically to achieve the committed target. For many, the choice of a career occurs during the years at secondary college, thus influencing the course of study adopted then, and furthered at either TAFE or University. “Kick Start Your Career” by Paul Lyons provides essential advice for graduates, middle manag-

happened then this happened then this happened – rolling ever on, but there’s no emotional pay-off that binds it all together. A nice enough yarn, but it doesn’t stick with you. 6/10 (Review by Ella Walker)

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ers, returning to the workforce after retrenchment or having children – or just dissatisfied with your career’s progress. The preparation of a job application and the interview are reviewed. It includes job-winning responses to fifty questions commonly asked at the interview. “Killer CVs & Hidden Approaches” by Graham Perkins reveals how to give yourself “an unfair advantage in the job market”. In circumstances where applying for advertised jobs has become repetitious, often not even getting an interview, the practical advice here could offer a solution. Tackle the challenge by using the tips and advice detailed here. Getting that job involves many things. Paul Stevens is the author of “Passion for Work” which, with the right approach, is a lifelong affair. If you pride yourself on your decision to follow your career but are having difficulties maintaining it – and

let’s face it, there wouldn’t be many roles that don’t have to face challenges – the text explains how to restore vitality in your work life. Turning to books relating to the inevitable interview when applying for a job, Hilton & Brandis have written “From Both Sides of the Desk” which provides a comprehensive understanding of the employment process. Also, Anthony Medley’s title “Sweaty Palms” explains the art of being interviewed. Read how to be properly prepared for the interview and make sure your strengths shine through. There are tips on dressing and coming across as an honest, confident and employable candidate. Anticipate the “questionable questions” and how to answer them, and then how to respond after you get a job offer. To help you consider quality of life, a major work discussing the powerful lessons in personal change is “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey. Recognised as one of the most influential books ever written, the author presents a principle-centred approach for solving personal and professional problems, pro-

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From the bookshelves by Dave Pankhurst The Book Connection viding fundamental principles or natural laws, and giving us the security to adapt to change, and the wisdom and the power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates. Statistics indicate the employment opportunities for young people are lower than the norm, and that illustrates a misunderstanding that the powers-thatbe have about what it takes to make job opportunities a reality. With up to 30 per cent of young people out of work, it is not acceptable for politicians to claim that unemployment “fell by 0.3 per cent”. Part of the problem is the motivation teenagers have to find a job. Some of us have been around long enough to know that physical work today is restricted by regulation. And as the population continues to buy directly from overseas sources, a number of jobs cease to exist. Finding a job starts early in life. Pascal Press provides well for students working to maximise their high school results with an excellent range of study guides. “HSC Essay Writing Made Easy” provides support for senior college students, and “How to Pass Exams” by Fred Orr is a real support for that inevitable happening. It provides advice on making the most of the time before the exams, and

how to avoid being panicky when thinking about them. Dr Michael Carr-Gregg has written what he terms a “sanity kit” for students and their parents in the book “Surviving Year 12”. From the bookshelves is Keith Windschuttle’s book “Unemployment” written in 1979. It is a political and social analysis of the economic crisis of the time. He writes that “unemployment is not caused by strikes or high wages, women do not necessarily take men’s jobs, the young are not work-shy, the unemployed are not dole- bludgers”. At the time, unemployment was threatening the fabric of society. Unemployment influences the crime rate, leads to increase in drug and alcohol dependence, contributes to domestic violence, and is constricting the life opportunities of a generation of young people. He argues that “the problem cannot be solved by a capitalist economy that responds to profit rather than to human need”. Step ahead nearly 40 years and not much has changed. Getting the job, associating with all the people you will inevitably be in contact with, achieving the goals and satisfaction in life, brings power into life. Enjoy your browsing, Dave Pankhurst.

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The Seekers’ story told at DRTCC BY HAYLEY FERRIS

FANS of Australian folk band The Seekers gathered at Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre on Saturday, May 21, to see Athol Guy and Friends – The Seekers Story. Guests enjoyed mingling in the foyer before taking a trip down memory lane while watching a wonderful musical production including rarely seen footage of the band.

Robyn and David Englert and Helen and Frank Cant

Ian and Anne Kershaw with Peter and Jenny Tremain

Rosie and Don Gibson and Lynne Shirlaw

Megan Whitney and Robyn Sherring

Judith Knight and Bev McLennan

Dorothy and Michael Harrison

Judith Knight and Bev McLennan

Greg and Deirdre Bennett with Daryl Laurence

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Drinks at the Old Bank BY HAYLEY FERRIS

THE Old Bank Restaurant was the place to be on Saturday, May 21, where patrons enjoyed dinner and drinks with friends. With the fireplace alight, it was a perfectly toasty and warm place for patrons to spend their Saturday evening.

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Annabelle Jones, Jo Brooks and Justin Brooks

Sarah Costello and Nick King

Dylan Ney, Cody Mooney, Body Parkinson and Jonty Peisley

Geraldine and Andrew Wane

Alison Piddington, Anthony Walkom, Erin Rauchle, Natalie Walkom and Georgia Clarke

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T H E R E G I O N AT A GLANCE EAR Sing Australia Dubbo celebrate itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 14th birthday with a variety concert. The choir which will be approximately 30 singers, will perform a variety of acts including The Rose, Love is in the Air, Over the Rainbow. The men will be performing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hello Dollyâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is nothing Like a Dameâ&#x20AC;? from the South Pacific musical. There will be a number of guest performers as well including a Trumpet Solo, Flute Solo and a piano duet performed by our two fantastic pianists. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re including a community Sing-a-long at the end where the audience can join in and sing with the group.

EE The Peasant Prince by Li Cunxin today (Friday, May 27, 10am) at the Dubbo Regional Theatre. Li Cunxinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s iconic autobiography Maoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Last Dancer was first published as a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s picture book, The Peasant Prince. Li, a 10-year old peasant boy, is plucked from his village in rural China and sent to a ballet academy in the big city. He leaves everything and everyone he knows, including his beloved parents. Over years of gruelling training and determination, this boy transforms from an impoverished peasant to a star of the international dance scene. Liâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s courage, resilience and unwavering hope for a better life makes The Peasant Prince a story to ignite our own aspirations to be the best person we can be.

O help the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal. The Salvation Army is making a last minute call for help this weekend. They need volunteers who can spare spare a few hours to help collect for the annual Red Shield Appeal doorknock. Individuals, families, schools, community groups, clubs and other organisations are encouraged to offer support for the appeal, even if you can only spare an hour, it will help. They need people to not only doorknock, but to operate community collection points,

ROADS and Maritime Services (RMS) and TAFE Western road safety pilot program workshop offered to TAFE apprentices in Dubbo has been such a success itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now being rolled out in Orange. TAFE Western Student Engagement Officer, Customer Innovation Fiona Westcott, said the one hour workshop, which has the potential to save lives, had been delivered to more than 180 light and heavy ve-

This is a fundraiser for Sing Australia. Tickets can be purchased at the door on the day, Saturday, June 4, from 2pm to 4pm at the Wesley Hall. Tickets are $15 per adult and $5 per school aged child. Afternoon tea will be included. EAR Brothers 3 perform their new single when the roll into town on Saturday, June 4. Following their country hit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brothers Never Partâ&#x20AC;?, Brothers3 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; who hail from Mudgee - continue their trail blazing work reshaping Australian modern country music. Now the X Factor 2015 favourites are about to embark on their largest tour to date taking in regional towns and capital cities on their â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Brothers Never Partâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

The show features two beautiful fables â&#x20AC;&#x201C; one told by Liâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father; one by his beloved ballet teacher in China, teacher Xiao. Both fables feature in The Peasant Prince book and explore issues of poverty, hope, perspective, dedication and determination. Audiences will be captivated by this inspiring story.

EE The HD-HR Holden Nationals, an annual gathering of all HD-HR Holden enthusiasts Australia wide right her in Dubbo on June

11. It is the highlight of the HD-HR year and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where you will find the most HD-HRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gathered together at the same place at the same time. Hundreds of Holden enthusiasts from across Australia will travel to Dubbo for the long weekend

assist with counting and to drive volunteers around so please register your interest by calling the local Salvation Army or registering online. You can call 13 SALVOS (13 72 58). Register online at salvos.org.au Or contact your local Salvation Army office.

east coast 32 date tour. The trio will perform their 2 hour all-ages performance highlighting songs from their new album, their X Factor hits and a Fresh From The UK set including the most popular hits from the biggest acts of the decade such as Ed Sheeran, Adele, One Direction, Coldplay and more! Despite their country-folk roots, Brothers 3 isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afraid of the pop end of the spectrum thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seen Taylor Swift inspire new audiences. Set to be a live stormer, new single â&#x20AC;&#x153;Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;monâ&#x20AC;? is a sing-along anthem that starts as a pretty piano ballad before bursting into an epic chorus. See them live at the Dubbo Regional Theatre, DUBBO, NSW, Tickets: http://www.drtcc.com.au in June. The Nationals always comprises a Cruise around the hosting town and other attractions in the region which gives the locals a chance to see these wonderful cars on the road and hopefully bring back some memories for those lucky enough to have had one of these cars in their youth. The Nationals Car show is being held at Ollie Robins Oval. This is to celebrate both the HR Holdenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50th anniversary & Dubboâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50th in becoming a city. This promises to be a great day with fun and entertainment the whole family can enjoy. Trade stands, kids fun, Static displays, coffee and food stalls. Open to the public June 11, from 9am. Bring the family and join us, spectators free on the day.

O get yourself to Sydney to catch We Will Rock You musical by Queen and Ben Elton because one of our own is in the show! Thalia began training in jazz, ballet and tap at age four. After

graduating Thalia was accepted into the prestigious Musical Theatre course at the VCA. In her graduating year Thalia played the lead role of Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street. Other VCA credits include principal dancer for the Masters of Choreography students in their piece Unknown Forms, Mrs Millennium in Urinetown, Dance Captain for Lil Abner, and Dance Captain for The Wild Party. Thalia was also one of a few students selected to travel to New York as part of the Global Atelier Scholarship program.

hicle TAFE apprentices in Dubbo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The workshops have been very positive experiences with both students and teachers participating in open forum discussions,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Positive feedback has been received by all. Students not only learn strategies from the RMS team but are also learning from each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experiences. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a result of the positive nature of these workshops in Dubbo, program organisers were asked

by Orange College Head Teachers Tony Wilson and Graeme Fahy for the workshops to be delivered to apprentices enrolled in Construction, Plastering, Painting, Decorating and Plumbing courses.â&#x20AC;? Mrs Westcott said approximately 200 apprentices in these Orange courses would benefit from the workshop, which will be delivered on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout June and July.

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OPEN WEEKENDER COFFEE & MEALS

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLUB DUBBO

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SHOPPING THE BOOK CONNECTION

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

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

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

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

GROCERIES

THE SWISH GALLERY

DMC MEAT AND SEAFOOD

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THINGS TO DO

WESTERN PLAINS CULTURAL CENTRE

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

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

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

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.

3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE

Friday 27.05.2016 to Sunday 29.05.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Friday, May 27 Silent Witness

MOVIE: This Is 40

ABC, 8.30pm

PRIME7, 8.30pm, MA15+ (2012)

The London Underground tube network is the seedy backdrop for this two-part investigation. A hive of activity and thousands of harried people, it seems at once the best and worst place to commit a crime. Sitting on a busy train surrounded by people lost in their own thoughts (and phones), it is often a very lonely place, despite the hustle and bustle. Tonight, in “Falling Angels (Part 1)”, Nikki (Emilia Fox) and Jack (David Caves) investigate a man run down and killed by a train. When a female vicar is then murdered after being followed on the underground, the team try to build a case against her husband.

In Knocked Up, married couple Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) tried to show Katherine Heigl and Seth Rogen what married bliss with small children could look like. In This Is 40, director Judd Apatow returns to what he knows – everyday dysfunction and brutal and honest truths – to show what their lives are really like a few years down the track. And the word “bliss” is nowhere to be seen. As the couple approach milestone birthdays, they struggle with loss of romance, financial woes, parenting a tween and a teen and pressures from dysfunctional families. The laughs come thick and fast.

ABC

PRIME7

MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets GO!, 7.45pm, PG (2002) J.K. Rowling’s beloved spellcaster is back in the habit for a second cinematic adventure which is darker and scarier than the charming original. After being warned not to return to Hogwarts for his second-year studies, Harry (Daniel Radcliffe, pictured) uncovers a mystery at the school involving a long-closed vault that houses an ancient evil. Aided once again by pals Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson), the trio set out to solve the mystery. Moving at an unhurried pace, the young stars acquit themselves nicely.

WIN

TEN

SBS

6.00 ABC News Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. (CC) 10.00 One Plus One. (CC) 10.30 Catalyst. (R, CC) 11.00 Wild Life At The Zoo. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 Eggheads. (R, CC) 12.00 News At Noon. (CC) 12.30 National Press Club. (CC) 1.45 Antiques Roadshow. (R, CC) 2.45 Kitchen Cabinet. (PG, R, CC) 3.20 The Bill. (R, CC) 4.10 Murder, She Wrote. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 ABC News: Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 The Drum. (CC) 5.55 Antiques Roadshow. (R, CC) Hosted by Fiona Bruce.

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: Sam Churchill: Search For A Homeless Man. (M, R, CC) (1999) A private investigator uncovers a pornography ring. John Schneider, Robyn Lively. 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. (CC) Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

6.00 Today. (CC) 9.00 Today Extra. (PG, CC) Presented by David Campbell and Sonia Kruger. 11.30 Morning News. (CC) 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. (R, CC) 1.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG, CC) Variety show featuring celebrities, musical guests and ordinary people with interesting tales to tell. 2.00 Extra. (CC) Hosted by Mario Lopez. 2.30 Alive And Cooking. (CC) 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 Entertainment Tonight. (R, CC) 6.30 The Home Team. (R, CC) 7.00 Ben’s Menu. (R, CC) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG, CC) 11.00 The Talk. (CC) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PG, CC) 1.00 MasterChef Australia. (PG, R, CC) 3.10 Judge Judy. (PG, CC) 3.40 Ben’s Menu. (R, CC) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (CC) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, CC) Quinn commits a desperate act. 5.00 TEN Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 France 24 English News. 6.30 Deutsche Welle English News. 7.00 Al Jazeera. 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 Lily Cole’s Art Matters. (PG, R) 2.50 SBS Flashback. (R, CC) 3.00 The Point Review. 3.30 Auschwitz On My Mind. (PG, R) 3.50 Who Do They Think They Are? 10 Years, 100 Shows. (R, CC) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 18. Highlights. Muggiò to Pinerolo. 244km. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R, CC)

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. (PG, CC) In 1941, sleepy, tropical Brisbane found itself the nerve centre of the Pacific War effort, playing host to 100,000 US military personnel. 8.30 Silent Witness. (MA15+, CC) A female vicar is murdered after being followed on the underground. 9.30 Scott & Bailey. (M, R, CC) A body on the moors leads Janet and Chris to a shocking discovery. 10.20 Lateline. (R, CC) Emma Alberici hosts a news analysis program featuring coverage of current events. 10.50 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. 11.05 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (M, R, CC) Celebrity guest is Richard Ayoade. 11.55 Rage. (MA15+) Continuous music programming.

6.00 PRIME7 News. (CC) 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. (CC) 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (CC) Joh, Tara and Adam help some parents convert an old shed into the ultimate retreat. Graham visits an autumn garden at Mayfield. Dr Harry meets a Great Dane that has the bad habit of jumping on everyone. 8.30 MOVIE: This Is 40. (MA15+, R, CC) (2012) Instead of celebrating, a married couple turning 40 finds themselves mired in a midlife crisis as they struggle to cope with a host of problems, from unruly kids to mounting debt and a failing relationship. Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jason Segel. 11.15 To Be Advised.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 WIN News. (CC) 7.30 Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 12. Brisbane Broncos v Wests Tigers. From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. 10.10 MOVIE: On Deadly Ground. (MA15+, R, CC) (1994) An Alaskan oil worker is left to die in the Arctic wilderness after threatening to go public about a company’s unsafe drilling practices. Rescued by a tribe of eskimos, he plots his revenge while being hunted by people determined to ensure he keeps his revelations to himself. Steven Seagal, Michael Caine, Joan Chen.

6.00 Family Feud. (CC) Two families try to win big prizes by guessing the most popular responses to a survey of the public. 6.30 The Project. (CC) Join the hosts for a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics. 7.30 The Living Room. (PG, CC) Amanda meets culinary queen Nigella Lawson for “carpool cooking”. Chris navigates the rapids of Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, CC) Graham Norton is joined by the stars of X-Men Apocalypse, Jennifer Lawrence and James McAvoy, musician will.i.am and Johnny Depp. 9.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M, R, CC) A fast-paced, irreverent look at news, with specials guests including Miguel Maestre and Janet Roach competing to see who can remember the most about events of the week. Hosted by Tom Gleisner. 10.30 To Be Advised. 11.30 The Project. (R, CC) Join the hosts for a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

6.00 Food Safari. (R, CC) Maeve finds out which olive oil is best to use and how to pick a good fetta cheese. 6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 Blood And Gold: The Making Of Spain: Reconquest. Part 2 of 3. Simon Sebag Montefiore uncovers the surprising and thrilling history of Spain. 8.30 Dan Snow: Birth Of Empire – The East India Company. (PG, R, CC) Part 2 of 2. Presenter Dan Snow travels through India chronicling the rise and fall of the East India Company. He concludes with recounting how the colossal trading empire was wracked by scandal and corruption. 9.35 Rise Of The Machines: Mega Lift Ship. (CC) Takes a look at how some of the most extraordinary machines on the planet operate. 10.30 SBS World News Late Edition. (CC) 11.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 19. Pinerolo to Risoul. 162km. From Italy.

1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

12.15 WIN’s All Australian News. (CC) 1.15 A Current Affair. (R, CC) 1.45 MOVIE: Cheech And Chong: Still Smokin’. (M, CC) (1983) 3.30 Anger Management. (M, R, CC) 4.00 Extra. (R, CC) 4.30 Good Morning America. (CC)

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

2.00 Britain In A Day. (M, R, CC) 3.40 Food Factory: Supersized. (R, CC) (Final) 4.15 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 4.50 The Pub. (M, R, CC) 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. 2705

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Friday, May 27 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

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6.00pm Curious George 3: Back To The Jungle (2015) Animation. Angela Bassett, John Goodman. (G) Family

8.30pm Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars. (M) Arena

6.30pm Looking For Lenny. An in-depth, controversial documentary that uses Lenny Bruce’s legacy to explore the present condition of the fear of words and expression. (MA15+) Foxtel Arts

7.30pm Rugby Union. Super Rugby. Round 14. NSW Waratahs v Chiefs. Fox Sports 2

7.30pm Minions (2015) Animation. Voices of Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm. Without a master, the Minions are lost, so they look for a new supervillain to serve. (PG) Family 8.30pm Foxcatcher (2014) Drama. Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffallo. (M) Masterpiece

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.40 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.50 Go Jetters. (R) 6.00 Peg + Cat. (R) 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) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Doctor Who. (PG, R, CC) 8.15 Doctor Who: Confidential. (R, CC) 8.30 I’m Having Their Baby. (M, R, CC) 9.15 Back Seat Drivers. (M, R, CC) 9.20 In My Shoes. (PG, R, CC) 9.30 Miss Transgender UK. (M, CC) 10.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (M, R, CC) 11.00 Jimmy Fallon. (M) 11.40 The Tiny Tots Talent Agency. (PG, R, CC) 12.30 Doctor Who. (PG, R, CC) 1.20 Doctor Who: Confidential. (R, CC) 1.30 Jimmy Fallon. (M, R) 2.15 News Update. (R) 2.20 Close. 5.00 Toby’s Travelling Circus. (R, CC) 5.10 Lily’s Driftwood Bay. (R, CC) 5.15 Rastamouse. (R, CC) 5.30 Angelina Ballerina. (R, CC) 5.45 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.00 Open Heart. (PG, R, CC) 12.40 Children’s Programs. 3.15 Jamie’s Got Tentacles. (R, CC) 3.25 Vic The Viking. (R, CC) 3.40 Sea Princesses. (R, CC) 3.50 Jamillah And Aladdin. 4.00 Odd Squad. (R) 4.25 Numb Chucks. 4.40 Grojband. (R, CC) 5.00 Camp Lakebottom. 5.25 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R) 5.50 BtN Newsbreak. (CC) 5.55 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 6.25 Hank Zipzer. (R, CC) 6.50 BtN Newsbreak. (CC) 7.00 The Adventures Of Merlin. (PG, R, CC) 7.45 Deadly Mission: Madagascar. (R, CC) 8.15 Adventure Time. (R) 8.35 Degrassi: Next Class. (PG, CC) Hunter loses his friends’ support. 9.00 World’s End. (R, CC) Casey wants Cat to work with him. 9.30 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. (R) 9.50 Lanfeust Quest. (PG, R, CC) 10.15 Kamisama Kiss. (PG, R, CC) 10.40 Close.

8.30pm Banshee. An ex-con assumes the identity of the sheriff of a small Pennsylvania town, where he continues his criminal ways while trying to keep off the radar of ruthless mobsters he double-crossed years before. (MA15+) FOX8 9.20pm Saving Hope. Supernatural medical drama series set in a ﬁctional hospital. (MA15+) SoHo

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 10.00 SpongeBob. (R) 10.30 PAW Patrol. (R, CC) 11.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 11.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 12.00 Ben 10. (PG, R) 12.30 Batman. (PG, R) 1.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. (PG, R) 1.30 Wild Kratts. (R) 2.00 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 2.30 SpongeBob. (R) 3.00 Rabbids Invasion. (PG, R) 3.30 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 4.00 Kids’ WB. (PG) 4.05 Green Lantern. (PG, R) 4.30 Batman. (PG, R) 5.00 Ben 10. (PG, R) 5.30 Teen Titans. (PG) 6.00 MOVIE: Open Season. (R, CC) (2006) 7.45 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets. (PG, R, CC) (2002) Boy wizard Harry returns to Hogwarts. Daniel Radcliffe. 11.00 iZombie. (MA15+) (New Series) 1.00 The Originals. (MA15+, R) 3.00 Yo-Kai Watch. (PG, R) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. (PG, R) 4.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. (PG, R) 4.30 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R)

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6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 Fishing Western Australia. (R) 7.30 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. (PG, R) 8.30 Dream Car Garage. (R) 9.00 Fifth Gear. (PG, R) 10.00 WOW: World On Wheels. (PG, R) 11.00 Starsky & Hutch. (PG, R) 12.00 T.J. Hooker. (PG, R) 1.00 Bomb Hunters. (PG, R) 2.00 Bizarre ER. (M, R) 2.30 Mudcats. (PG, R) 3.30 Hillbilly Handfishin’. (PG, R) 4.30 American Restoration. (PG, R) 5.30 American Pickers. (PG, R) 6.30 Drug Bust. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 AFL Pre-Game Show. (CC) Pre-game coverage of the match. 7.30 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 10. Sydney v North Melbourne. From the SCG. 11.00 Friday Front Bar. (M, CC) 11.30 Olympians: Off The Record. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Bizarre ER. (M, R) 12.30 Bomb Hunters. (PG, R) 1.30 Combat Dealers. (PG, R) 2.30 Hillbilly Handfishin’. (PG, R) 3.30 Dream Car Garage. (R) 4.00 Fifth Gear. (PG, R) 5.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. (PG, R)

7.50pm Football. AFL. Round 10. Sydney v North Melbourne. Fox Footy Sandra Bullock is the voice of Scarlet Overkill in Minions.

9.30pm RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked! (M) Lifestyle You

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6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 Flushed. (C, CC) 7.30 Hairy Legs. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Pipsqueaks. (P, R, CC) 8.30 Harry’s Practice. (R, CC) 9.00 Home And Away: The Early Years. (PG, R, CC) 9.30 NBC Today. (R) 12.00 Better Homes. (R, CC) 1.00 Dealers. (PG, R) 2.00 House Doctor (Design For Living) (R) 3.00 Medical Emergency. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. (R, CC) 4.00 Before And After. (R) 4.30 60 Minute Makeover. (R) 6.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) Teams travel to the Westpoint Arena. 7.30 Escape To The Country. (R) 9.30 To Build Or Not To Build. A builder builds an ecocottage. 10.30 Front Of House. (R) 11.00 Fawlty Towers. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 Before And After. (R) 12.00 House Doctor (Design For Living) (R) 1.00 Escape To The Country. (R) 2.00 To Build Or Not To Build. (R) 3.00 Front Of House. (R) 3.30 Dr Oz. (PG) 5.30 Shopping. (R)

6.00 News. (CC) 9.00 News Mornings. (CC) 12.00 News. (CC) 12.30 Press Club. (CC) 1.45 News. (CC) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. (CC) 4.00 ABC News Afternoons With The Business. (CC) 5.00 Grandstand. (CC) 6.00 ABC News Evenings. (CC) 6.30 The Drum. (R, CC) 7.00 ABC News Grandstand. (CC) 8.00 ABC News Evenings With The Business. (CC) 9.00 Planet America. 9.30 Lateline. (CC) 10.00 The World. (CC) 11.00 ABC National 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. 3.30 BBC Africa. 4.00 Al Jazeera. 5.00 BBC Business Live. 5.30 Lateline. (R, CC)

ABC NEWS

8.30pm Confessions Of The Boston Strangler. Between June 14, 1962 and January 4, 1964, 13 women were victims of what was thought to be a serial killer. (M) Discovery

7.50pm Rugby League. NRL. Round 12. Brisbane Broncos v Wests Tigers. Fox Sports 1

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 Global Shop. 10.30 Come Dine With Me UK. (PG, R) 11.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 River Cottage Autumn. (PG, R) 1.00 MOVIE: The Likely Lads. (PG, R) (1976) 2.50 Come Dine With Me UK. (PG, R) 3.20 Monarch Of The Glen. (PG, R) 4.30 Ellen DeGeneres. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Gilmore Girls. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 As Time Goes By. (R) The miniseries is in production. 8.50 MOVIE: Must Love Dogs. (M, R, CC) (2005) A teacher must choose between two suitors. Diane Lane, John Cusack. 10.50 MOVIE: Forces Of Nature. (M, R, CC) (1999) Ben Affleck. 1.00 MOVIE: The Reptile. (M, R) (1966) 2.50 MOVIE: Poor Cow. (M, R, CC) (1967) 4.50 GEM Presents. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Gideon’s Way. (PG, R)

ONE 6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 8.00 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Italian Grand Prix. Race 6. Replay. 9.30 Extreme Fishing. (PG, R) 10.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 11.00 Hogan’s Heroes. (R) 12.00 Get Smart. (PG, R) 1.00 Matlock. (M, R) 2.00 Nash Bridges. (M, R) 3.00 Jake And The Fatman. (PG, R) 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 5.00 Star Trek: Voyager. (PG, R) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 MacGyver. (PG, R) An archaeologist asks for MacGyver’s help. 8.30 Walker, Texas Ranger. (PG, R) Walker investigates the murder of a vet. 9.30 MOVIE: Red Scorpion. (M, R) (1988) A super soldier is assigned to quell an uprising. Dolph Lundgren, M. Emmet Walsh. 11.40 Matlock. (M, R) 12.40 Shopping. (R) 2.10 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 3.05 Walker, Texas Ranger. (PG, R) 4.00 Nash Bridges. (M, R) 5.00 Get Smart. (PG, 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) 10.00 Dr Quinn. (PG, R) 11.00 JAG. (PG, R) 12.00 Judging Amy. (M, R) 1.00 Medium. (M, R, CC) 2.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 5.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 Neighbours. (CC) 7.00 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG, R) 8.00 Rules Of Engagement. (M, R, CC) 8.30 MOVIE: Sixteen Candles. (PG, R) (1984) A girl’s birthday is overlooked by her family. Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall. 10.30 To Be Advised. 11.30 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG) 12.30 Sleepy Hollow. (M, R, CC) 1.30 Frasier. (PG, R) 2.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Dr Quinn. (PG, R) 4.00 JAG. (PG, R) 5.00 Shopping.

6.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 6.30 House Hunters. (R) 7.00 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 The Block. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 Garden Gurus. (R, CC) 9.30 House Hunters Off The Grid. (R) 10.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 10.30 House Hunters. (R) 11.00 The Millionaire Matchmaker. (PG, R) 12.00 Housewives Of Beverly Hills. (M, R, CC) 2.00 Masters Of Flip. (R) 3.00 The Block. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Come Dine With Me UK. (PG) 5.00 Flip Or Flop. (R) 6.00 House Hunters Off The Grid. (R) 6.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 7.00 House Hunters. (R) 7.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. 8.30 Hotel Impossible. (PG) 10.30 Extreme Homes. (R) 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 House Hunters. (R) 12.30 Late Programs.

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SBS 2 6.00 WorldWatch. 10.20 Portuguese News. 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 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 India’s Dancing Superstar. (R) 5.40 Brain Games. 6.05 Street Genius. 6.30 MythBusters. (R, CC) 7.30 Friday Feed. 8.00 Illusions Of Grandeur: Chicago. (PG) Zack Mirza heads to Chicago. 8.30 Release The Hounds. Hosted by Reggie Yates. 9.25 Adam Looking For Eve (Germany) (MA15+) Couples go on naked dates. 10.15 MOVIE: Wu Xia. (MA15+, R) (2011) 12.20 MOVIE: 20th Century Boys Chapter 2: The Last Hope. (MA15+, R) (2008) Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa. 2.55 PopAsia. (PG) 4.00 NHK World English News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. (R) 6.30 All-Star Academy. (R) 7.30 Boys Weekend. (R) 8.00 Junk Food Flip. (R) 8.30 Outrageous Food. (R) 9.00 My Grandmother’s Ravioli. (R) 9.30 Save My Bakery. (R) 10.30 Iron Chef America. (R) 11.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 12.30 My Grandmother’s Ravioli. (R) 1.00 Outrageous Food. (R) 1.30 All-Star Academy. (R) 2.30 Junk Food Flip. (R) 3.00 Reza: Spice Prince. (R) 3.30 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. (R) 4.30 Iron Chef America. (R) 5.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 6.30 Outrageous Food. (R) 7.00 Boys Weekend. (R) 7.30 My Grandmother’s Ravioli. (PG) 8.00 Beach Eats USA With Curtis Stone. (R) 8.30 Save My Bakery. (R) 9.30 All-Star Academy. (PG, R) 10.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 11.30 Save My Bakery. (R) 12.30 My Grandmother’s Ravioli. (PG, R) 1.00 Beach Eats USA. (R) 1.30 AllStar Academy. (PG, R) 2.30 Reza: Spice Prince. (R) 3.00 Outrageous Food. (R) 3.30 Iron Chef America. (R) 4.30 Boys Weekend. (R) 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: Jedda The Uncivilized. (1955) 1.30 Fit First. (PG) 2.00 Rez Rides. (PG) 2.30 Mugu Kids. 3.00 The Dreaming. 3.30 Bushwhacked! 4.00 Muso Magic Outback Tracks. 4.30 Kagagi, The Raven. (PG) 5.00 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. (PG) 5.30 Samaqan: Water Stories. 6.00 Tangaroa. 6.30 UnderExposed. 7.00 Unearthed. 7.20 News. 7.30 Cafe Niugini. 8.00 A Place In The Middle. 8.30 Noah’s Ark. (PG) 9.00 The Point Review. 9.30 Chappelle’s Show. (MA15+) 10.00 Shuga. (PG) 10.30 Blackstone. (AV15+) 11.30 Lurujarri Dreaming. 12.00 Volumz. (MA15+) 4.00 Away From Country. (PG) 5.00 NITV On The Road: Mbantua Festival. 2705

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Saturday, May 28 MOVIE: Toy Story 3

MOVIE: Quartet

Indian Summers

PRIME7, 7pm, G (2010)

SBS, 9.30pm, M (2012)

ABC, 8.20pm

The animation wizards at Pixar (Up, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles) once again take audiences to infinity and beyond with this long-awaited sequel that’s just as witty and heartfelt as its beloved predecessors. Cowboy Woody (Tom Hanks), action man Buzz (Tim Allen) and the rest of their toy-box friends, including cowgirl Jessie (Joan Cusack), Mr and Mrs Potato Head (Don Rickles and Estelle Harris) and portly piggy bank (John Ratzenberger), are unceremoniously dumped at a kinder after their owner leaves home for uni. Funny, inventive and expertly merging comedy and adventure with true emotion, Toy Story 3 is yet another masterpiece.

The talent in this sweet film, directed by Dustin Hoffman, is phenomenal, including Pauline Collins, Tom Courtenay, Maggie Smith and Michael Gambon. The setting is Beecham House – a stately home for retired musicians – where each year the residents hold a gala to celebrate Verdi’s birthday. But this year, the arrival of opera singer doyenne Jean (Smith) threatens to disrupt more than just the final number. With the home threatened with closure unless they raise enough money, Jean’s refusal to sing in a revival of Verdi’s Rigoletto quartet and her icy relationship with ex-husband Reggie (Courtenay) leads to plenty of drama.

isode in This British drama is only one episode and we are clamouring for more. Last week’s histication premiere impressed with its sophistication owing a and intelligence as we began following end group of British socialites who spend thills their summer in the stunning foothills of the Himalayas. Set in style in 1932 and among the beautiful rolling hills of tea plantations, it’s essentially the story of the fall of the British Empire and the birth of modern India, from both sides of the experience. Tonight, the fallout from the shooting reverberates around Simla and a curfew is putt in place. Stars Julie Walters (pictured)as the powerful proprietor of Simla’s British Club..

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6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 11.30 Reality Check. (PG, R, CC) 12.05 Hanging With Hoges. (PG, R, CC) 1.05 Scott & Bailey. (M, R, CC) 2.10 Antiques Roadshow. (R, CC) 3.10 Tony Robinson’s Time Walks. (PG, R, CC) Presented by Tony Robinson. 3.40 Animal Super Senses: Sound. (R, CC) Part 2 of 3. Hosted by Patrick Aryee and Helen Czerski. 4.30 Landline. (R, CC) Presented by Pip Courtney. 5.00 Midsomer Murders. (PG, R, CC) A hated property developer is murdered.

6.00 Home Shopping. (R, CC) 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) Highlights from the past week. 12.00 Road To Rio. (CC) A look at Australia’s olympic team. 12.30 Olympians: Off The Record: Nova Peris. (CC) Takes a look at Nova Peris. 1.00 To Be Advised. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R, CC) Karen and Fast Ed create seasonal summer recipes. 5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R, CC) An illegal fishing boat tries to evade capture.

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6.30 Gardening Australia. (CC) Jerry visits Government House. 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 Father Brown. (CC) As Father Brown and Mrs McCarthy search for mushrooms, they stumble upon a motorcycle accident. 8.20 Indian Summers. (M, CC) The fallout from the shooting reverberates around Simla and a curfew is put in place. 9.10 The Doctor Blake Mysteries. (PG, R, CC) After a schoolboy inexplicably drowns, his mother asks Doctor Blake to find out the truth behind his death. 10.05 Rake. (M, R, CC) Cleaver’s been hiding out in the country posing as a writer. However, his cover’s blown when Barney appears on Australian Story. 11.05 Comedy Showroom. (MA15+, R, CC) Anna O’Brien returns to her family home after her life falls apart, only to be given a drink and then shown the door. 11.35 Rage. (MA15+) Music videos chosen by special guest programmer, Cherie Currie.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Toy Story 3. (R, CC) (2010) With Andy preparing to leave for university, Buzz, Woody and the gang face an uncertain future after they are sent to a childcare centre. Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack. 9.00 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible III. (M, R, CC) (2006) A secret agent comes out of retirement to rescue his old protégé after she is kidnapped by a ruthless international arms dealer. His quest takes him from Rome to Shanghai, only to discover his enemy also intends to eliminate someone close to his heart, his fiancée. Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michelle Monaghan. 11.30 The Goldbergs. (PG, R, CC) Beverly discovers her engagement ring is the same one Murray gave his ex-fiancee. Determined to woo his neighbour, Adam seeks inspiration from the cinematic world of romantic comedy. The discovery of a box of old love letters threatens to create havoc in the household.

12.00 Desperate Housewives. (M, R, CC) Susan discovers the identity of the father of Julie’s baby. Orson nurses Bree back to health. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

5.00 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

PAW Patrol. (R, CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Today Extra: Saturday. (PG, CC) The Investment Series. (CC) Hot In Cleveland. (PG, R, CC) The Wild Life Of Tim Faulkner. (CC) Hosted by Tim Faulkner. Fishing Australia. (R, CC) Rob visits 1770. MOVIE: Dear God. (PG, CC) (1996) A con man answers letters addressed to God. Greg Kinnear. Love Shack. (PG, CC) News: First At Five. (CC) Getaway. (PG, CC)

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6.00 Fishing Edge. (R, CC) 6.30 The Home Team. (R, CC) 7.00 iFish. (R, CC) 8.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 8.30 St10. (PG, CC) 11.00 The Living Room. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 All 4 Adventure. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Healthy Homes TV. (CC) (Series return) 1.30 The Doctors. (PG, CC) 2.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R, CC) 3.00 The Renovation King. (CC) (New Series) 3.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (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 Equestrian. FEI Jumping World Cup. 3.00 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R, CC) 4.05 Monster Moves: Huge Hovercraft. (R, CC) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 19. Highlights. Pinerolo to Risoul. 162km. 5.30 DNA Nation. (PG, R)

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 The Voice. (PG, R, CC) With some help from coaches Ronan Keating, Jessie J, Delta Goodrem and the Madden brothers, a group of contestants sets out to prove they have what it takes to be a singing sensation. Hosted by Sonia Kruger. 8.30 The Voice. (PG, R, CC) With some help from coaches Ronan Keating, Jessie J, Delta Goodrem and the Madden brothers, a group of contestants sets out to prove they have what it takes to be a singing sensation. Hosted by Sonia Kruger. 10.00 MOVIE: Love And Other Drugs. (MA15+, R, CC) (2010) A free-spirited woman who is suffering from Parkinson’s disease and a pharmaceutical salesman begin a relationship. Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Oliver Platt.

6.00 Modern Family. (PG, R, CC) A mischievous Valentine’s Day romp between Phil and Claire’s alter egos, Clive Bixby and Juliana, takes an unexpected turn which lands Claire in hospital. Cam and Mitch try to puzzle out events of a wild night. The pressures of family leave Gloria and Jay’s romantic life in tatters. 6.30 MOVIE: Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs. (PG, R, CC) (2009) After a prehistoric sloth’s attempts to adopt three dinosaur eggs lead to him being abducted by their real mother, and taken to an underground lost world, his friends set out to rescue him. Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary. 8.30 MOVIE: Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes. (M, CC) (2014) The human survivors of a virus which decimated their numbers 10 years earlier, wage war on the empire of intelligent apes dominating the Earth. Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell. 11.15 To Be Advised.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Billy Connolly. (PG, CC) Comedian Billy Connolly travels to India in the footsteps of his army ancestors, where he discovers his great-greatgreat-grandfather was present at a pivotal point in Indian history. 8.30 RocKwiz Salutes The Legends. (CC) RocKwiz pays homage to the best music the UK has to offer, from David Bowie to the Rolling Stones and The Beatles. Features performances by Vika and Linda, Tim Rogers, Sarah Blasko, and Josh Pyke. 9.30 MOVIE: Quartet. (M, R, CC) (2012) At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi’s birthday is disrupted by the arrival of an eternal diva, and the former wife of one of the residents. Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly. 11.15 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 20. Guillestre to Sant’Anna di Vinadio. 150km. From Italy.

12.20 MOVIE: Risky Business. (M, R, CC) (1983) Tom Cruise. 2.10 MOVIE: Last Dance. (M, R, CC) (2012) 4.00 Anger Management. (PG, R, CC) 4.30 Extra. (R, CC) 5.00 The Middle. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

12.15 48 Hours: Death At The Parsonage. (M, R, CC) An apparent suicide in a Pennsylvania church exposes the secrets of a twice-widowed pastor. 1.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program.

2.00 Inspector Rex. (PG, R) An undercover policeman is murdered. 4.00 SBS Flashback. (PG, R) A look at black deaths in custody. 4.15 Soccer. UEFA Champions League. Final. Real Madrid v Atlético Madrid. From San Siro, Milan, Italy.

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3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE.

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 27.05.2016 to Sunday 29.05.2016

Saturday, May 28 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.30pm San Andreas (2015) Action. Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino. A rescue helicopter pilot searches for his daughter. (M) Premiere

6.30pm The Carbonaro Effect. The multi-talented Michael Carbonaro shows off his many skills. (PG) FOX8

5.30pm Bar Rescue. Bars mean money, but they also mean stress if they aren’t run properly. (PG) A&E

5.15pm Netball. ANZ Championship. Round 9. Melbourne Vixens v Adelaide Thunderbirds. Fox Sports 3

7.30pm American Ninja Warrior. Fitness fanatics are put to the test on the ultimate obstacle course. (PG) FOX8

6.30pm Room To Improve. Architect Dermot Bannon is back with a new series of Room To Improve featuring challenging and innovative new design projects. (PG) Lifestyle Home

5.30pm Rugby Union. Super Rugby. Round 14. Blues v Crusaders. Fox Sports 2

8.30pm Self/less (2015) Action. Ryan Reynolds, Matthew Goode. A billionaire transfers his consciousness into a young man. (M) Premiere 10.30pm Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014) Crime. Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba. (MA15+) Premiere

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.00 Tree Fu Tom. (R, CC) 5.25 The Hive. (R) 5.30 Hoot Hoot Go! (R, CC) 5.40 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.50 Go Jetters. (R) 6.00 Peg + Cat. (R) 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) 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 The Warehouse Comedy Festival. (M, R, CC) A performance by Hannah Gadsby. 9.15 Live At The Apollo. (M, R, CC) 10.00 Comedy Up Late. (M, R, CC) 10.30 Broad City. (M, R, CC) 10.55 Episodes. (M, R, CC) 11.25 Louie. (M, R, CC) 1.30 Highway Thru Hell. (PG, R, CC) 2.15 News Update. (R) 2.20 Close. 5.00 Toby’s Travelling Circus. (R, CC) 5.10 Lily’s Driftwood Bay. (R, CC) 5.15 Rastamouse. (R, CC) 5.30 Angelina Ballerina. (R, CC) 5.45 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 10.45 Annoying Orange. (R, CC) 11.05 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. (R, CC) 11.30 You’re Skitting Me. (R, CC) 11.55 So Awkward. (R, CC) 12.20 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R, CC) (Final) 2.35 House Of Anubis. (R) 3.00 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 3.25 Officially Amazing. (R, CC) 3.55 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 4.20 Spectacular Spider-Man. (R, CC) 4.45 Camp Lakebottom. (R, CC) 4.55 The Flamin’ Thongs. (R, CC) 5.05 Grojband. (R, CC) 5.30 Roy. (R) 5.55 Little Lunch. (R, CC) 6.10 Thunderbirds Are Go. (R, CC) 6.30 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 7.00 Operation Ouch! (R) 7.30 Tomorrow When The War Began. (PG, CC) (Final) 8.15 Nowhere Boys. (PG, R, CC) The gang tries to bring Andy home. 8.40 World’s End. (R, CC) The twins attempt to create life. 9.10 House Of Anubis. (R) Patricia meets with Rufus. 9.35 Close.

9.45pm Teen Wolf. (MA15+) FOX8

7.30pm Unlikely Animal Friends. (PG) National Geographic Wild

7TWO 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Hot Property. (R, CC) 8.30 Dealers. (PG, R) 9.30 House Doctor (Design For Living) (R) 10.30 Great Escapes. (R) 11.00 The Lucky Country. (PG, R) 11.30 SA Life Favourites. (CC) 12.00 Home In WA. (CC) 12.30 Great South East. (CC) 1.00 Creek To Coast. (CC) 1.30 Qld Weekender. (CC) 2.00 WA Weekender. (CC) 2.30 Sydney Weekender. (R, CC) 3.00 Rugby Union. Shute Shield. Round 11. 5.00 Intolerant Cooks. (R) 5.30 Secret Location. (PG, R) 6.30 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. (R, CC) 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Nick Knowles’ Original Features. (R) 10.30 Air Crash Investigation. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 Zero Hour. (PG, R, CC) 12.30 Sydney Weekender. (R, CC) 1.00 WA Weekender. (R, CC) 1.30 Qld Weekender. (R, CC) 2.00 Creek To Coast. (R, CC) 2.30 Great South East. (R, CC) 3.00 Home In WA. (R, CC) 3.30 SA Life Favourites. (R, CC) 4.00 The Lucky Country. (PG, R) 4.30 Great Escapes. (R) 5.00 Shopping.

7MATE

6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.00 Heidi. (C, CC) 11.30 Pirate Express. (C, CC) 12.00 Kitchen Whiz. (C, R, CC) 12.30 SpongeBob. (R) 1.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 1.30 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 2.00 Wild Kratts. (R) 2.30 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 3.00 Power Rangers Dino. (PG, R) 3.30 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 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 Madly Madagascar. 6.30 MOVIE: Shrek Forever After. (PG, R, CC) (2010) 8.30 MOVIE: Cowboys & Aliens. (M, R) (2011) A man fights aliens in the Old West. Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford. 11.00 MOVIE: Get Shorty. (MA15+, R, CC) (1995) John Travolta, Gene Hackman. 1.00 The Cube. (PG, R) 2.00 Surfing Australia TV. (R, CC) 2.30 Yo-Kai Watch. (PG, R) 3.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. (PG, R) 3.30 SpongeBob. (R) 4.00 Beware The Batman. (M, R) 4.30 Problem Solverz. (PG, R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R)

GEM

6.00 Harley-Davidson TV. (PG, R) 7.00 Motor Racing. Night Thunder. AHG Sprintcar Series. Season Review. Highlights. 8.00 Shopping. (R) 9.00 Dream Car Garage. (PG, R) 9.30 Harley-Davidson TV. (PG) 10.00 Dream Car Garage. (PG, R) 10.30 Bull Riding. 2015 Pro Tour. Replay. 11.30 Motor Racing. Australian Drifting Grand Prix. 12.30 Athletics. Wings for Life World Run. Highlights. 1.30 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 10. Brisbane Lions v Hawthorn. 4.30 Gator Boys. (PG, R) 5.30 Doomsday Preppers. (PG, R) 6.30 Big Shrimpin’. (PG, R) 7.30 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 10. Adelaide v GWS. From Adelaide Oval. 10.30 MOVIE: Moneyball. (M, R, CC) (2011) Brad Pitt. 1.10 1000 Ways To Die. (MA15+, R) 1.30 Friday Front Bar. (M, R, CC) 2.00 Doomsday Preppers. (PG, R) 3.00 Motor Racing. Australian Drifting Grand Prix. Replay. 4.00 Harley-Davidson TV. (PG, R) 5.00 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. (CC) 12.30 Landline. (R, CC) 1.00 News. 1.30 Planet America. (R) 2.00 News. 2.30 The Mix. (CC) 3.00 News. 3.10 IQ2. (R) 4.00 News. 4.30 The Drum Weekly. 5.00 News. 5.30 One Plus One. (CC) 6.00 ABC News Weekend. 6.30 Australian Story. (CC) 7.00 ABC News Weekend. 7.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 8.00 Four Corners. (R, CC) 8.45 One Plus One Redux. (R, CC) 9.00 ABC News Weekend. (CC) 9.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 10.00 News. 10.30 World This Week. (R, CC) 11.00 News. (CC) 11.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 12.00 Press Club. (R, CC) 1.00 Al Jazeera. 2.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS

GO!

6.00 MOVIE: The Day The Earth Caught Fire. (PG, R, CC) (1961) Edward Judd. 8.00 Danoz Direct. 8.30 Global Shop. (R) 9.00 The Avengers. (PG, R) 10.00 As Time Goes By. (R) 11.20 MOVIE: Till Death Us Do Part. (PG, R) (1968) Anthony Booth. 1.20 MOVIE: Moby Dick. (R) (1956) Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart. 3.50 MOVIE: Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines. (R, CC) (1965) Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles. 6.30 Heartbeat. (PG, R) Mike clashes with an auctioneer. 8.40 Silent Witness. (MA15+, R) Harry is determined to discover what led to the crash of a low-flying military helicopter into a detention centre. 11.00 Dalziel And Pascoe. (M, R) Dalziel and Pascoe investigate the murder of a judge. 12.10 MOVIE: Hell To Eternity. (M, R, CC) (1960) 2.50 MOVIE: Bonnie Prince Charlie. (R, CC) (1948) 5.00 Gideon’s Way. (PG, R)

7.30pm Rugby League. NRL. Round 12. St George Illawarra Dragons v North Queensland Cowboys. Fox Sports 1 7.30pm Football. AFL. Round 10. Adelaide v GWS Giants. Fox Sports 3

ONE

SBS 2

6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Star Trek: Voyager. (PG, R) 9.00 Hogan’s Heroes. (R) 10.00 World Sport. (R) 10.30 MacGyver. (PG, R) 11.30 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 12.00 Rugby Sevens. World Sevens. Round 10. Highlights. 12.30 Walker, Texas Ranger. (PG, R) 1.30 Loaded. (PG, R) 2.00 Motor Racing. Australian V8 Ute Racing Series. Round 4. Winton SuperSprint. Highlights. 3.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 4.00 Reel Action. (R) 4.30 Merv Hughes Fishing. 5.00 Adventure Angler. (R) 5.30 David Attenborough’s Planet Earth. (PG, R) 6.30 Last Man Standing. (PG) 7.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. (PG, R) 8.30 The X-Files. (M, R, CC) 9.30 When We Go To War. (M) (Final) 10.30 Zoo. (M, R, CC) 11.30 Bellator MMA. (M, R) 1.30 ST: Next Gen. (PG, R) 2.30 Moments Of Impact. (PG, R) 3.30 RPM GP. (R, CC) 4.00 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Italian Grand Prix. Race 6. Replay. 5.30 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 7.30 Kuu-Kuu Harajuku. (C, CC) 8.00 Totally Wild. (C, CC) 8.30 Scope. (C, CC) 9.05 The Loop. (PG) 11.35 Neighbours. (R, CC) 2.05 Cristela. (PG) Cristela’s loyalties are tested. 2.35 To Be Advised. 8.45 The Graham Norton Show. (M, R, CC) Irish comedian Graham Norton chats with actors Julie Walters, Stephen Mangan and Jamie Dornan, best known for his role as Christian Grey in 50 Shades Of Grey. Music provided by Charli XCX and Rita Ora. 9.45 Sex And The City. (M, R) Aidan overhears Big on Carrie’s answering machine, causing a huge rift in their relationship. 11.45 The Loop. (PG, R) Hosted by Scott Tweedie and Olivia Phyland. 2.15 Neighbours. (R, CC) 5.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 6.30 House Hunters. (R) 7.00 Garden Gurus. (R, CC) 7.30 The Block. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 Nashville Flipped. (R) 9.30 House Hunters Off The Grid. (R) 10.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 10.30 House Hunters. (R) 11.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. (R) 12.00 Hotel Impossible. (PG, R) 1.00 Masters Of Flip. (R) 2.00 Postcards. (PG, CC) 3.00 House Hunters Off The Grid. (R) 4.00 Good Bones. (PG, R) 5.00 Million Dollar Rooms. (PG, R) 6.00 House Hunters Off The Grid. (R) 6.30 Masters Of Flip. (R) 7.30 House Hunters. (R) 8.30 House Hunters International. (R) 9.30 House Hunters Reno. (PG) 10.30 Fixer Upper. (PG, R) 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE

Dwayne Johnson stars in San Andreas

6.00 WorldWatch. 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 The Tim Ferriss Experiment. (PG, R) 1.55 Rauch Und Spiegel. (R) 2.00 Kung Fu Motion. (R) 2.55 Planet Sport. (R) 3.55 Celebrity Chef. (R) 5.15 MOVIE: Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind. (PG, R) (1984) 7.30 If You Are The One. Hosted by Meng Fei. 8.30 7 Days In Hell. (M) Brett and Cliff head to the deserts of Arizona. 9.20 MOVIE: Juice. (MA15+, R) (1992) Four friends hold up a store. Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur. 11.10 MOVIE: Reus. (MA15+, R) (2011) 12.50 MOVIE: Zion And His Brother. (M, R) (2009) Reuven Badalov, Ronit Elkabetz, Tzahi Grad. 2.20 MOVIE: Golden Gun. (M, R) (2008) 4.10 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. (R) 6.30 All-Star Academy. (PG, R) 7.30 Boys Weekend. (R) 8.00 Junk Food Flip. (R) 8.30 Outrageous Food. (R) 9.00 My Grandmother’s Ravioli. (PG, R) 9.30 Save My Bakery. (R) 10.30 Iron Chef America. (R) 11.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 12.30 My Grandmother’s Ravioli. (PG, R) 1.00 Outrageous Food. (R) 1.30 All-Star Academy. (PG, R) 2.30 Reza: Spice Prince. (R) 3.00 Guilty Pleasures. (New Series) 3.30 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. (R) 4.30 Iron Chef America. (R) 5.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 6.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 7.30 Kitchen Inferno With Curtis Stone. (R) 8.30 Save My Bakery. (R) 9.30 The Freshman Class. (PG, R) 10.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 11.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 12.30 Save My Bakery. (R) 1.30 Kitchen Inferno. (R) 2.30 The Freshman Class. (PG, R) 3.30 Iron Chef America. (R) 4.30 Guilty Pleasures. (R) 5.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 5.30 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Message From Mungo. 11.20 Yorta Yorta Youth. 12.00 The Point Review. 12.30 League Nation Live. 2.00 The Medicine Line. 2.30 Indians And Aliens. 3.00 Lurujarri Dreaming. 3.30 Fred Maynard: Aboriginal Patriot. (PG) 4.00 Around The 44. 5.00 Samaqan: Water Stories. 5.30 Move It Mob Style. 6.00 Fred Maynard: Aboriginal Patriot. (PG) 6.30 Down 2 Earth. (PG) 7.00 One With Nature. 7.30 Rose Against The Odds. (PG) 8.30 Being Mary Jane. (PG) 9.30 MOVIE: The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith. (M) (1978) Jack Thompson. 11.30 The Dream Of Love. (PG, CC) 12.00 Volumz. (MA15+) 4.00 Fusion With Casey Donovan. 5.00 Bush Bands Bash. 2805

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3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE.

Friday 27.05.2016 to Sunday 29.05.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Sunday, May 29 MOVIE: Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Raw Comedy Grand Final 2016

7MATE, 8.35pm, M (1991)

SBS 2, 8.30pm

James Cameron’s all-conquering sequel to his 1984 sci-fi classic occupies the same iconic status as Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 and George Lucas’s Star Wars series. Arnold Schwarzenegger returns as the cyborg protagonist – like the tin man in search of a heart – to defend the Connor family (Linda Hamilton and Edward Furlong) against a liquidmetal killing machine (Robert Patrick), and hence, prevent a nuclear apocalypse. Like Arnie’s classic phrase, “I’ll be back”, to be short and to the point, the special effects are extraordinary.

Ronny Chieng, Hannah Gadsby, Josh Thomas and Celia Pacquola are among the successful stand-ups to have competed in this battle for belly laughs on their way to the big time. Tonight, the best of Australia’s undiscovered comedy talent thrash it out with the winning jokester getting a fast-track to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where they will be catapulted into the international spotlight. A highlight is lanky Chris Kearey from New South Wales comparing his sexual prowess to that of a Toyota Camry: “I’ll get you to where you want to go but you won’t remember the ride.” Hosted by Nazeem Hussain.

ABC

PRIME7

ELEVEN, 8.30pm, M (2007) early as Comic actor Will Ferrell is not nearly consistent as he should be (for every very Old School, there’s been a Bewitched), but he scores big points in this hilarious spoof of the sequined world of figure skating, g, hts which is essentially Talladega Nights on ice. Skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Ferrell, pictured) and Jimmy MacElroy (Napoleon Dynamite’s Jon Heder) find a loophole after being banned from the sport that will allow them to compete: if they can put aside their differences. Points go to Will Arnett and Amy Poehler as the boys’ maniacal cal nemeses, while the skating sequences are hilarious.

WIN

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 Cast From The Storm. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Seasons. (R, CC) 3.20 The Book Club. (PG, R, CC) Hosted by Jennifer Byrne. 3.50 Australian Story. (R, CC) 4.20 David Attenborough: Kingdom Of Plants. (R, CC) 5.15 Father Brown. (PG, R, CC)

6.00 Home Shopping. (R, CC) 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) Highlights from the past week. 12.00 Bewitched. (R, CC) Samantha’s cousin plays tricks on Darrin, in an effort to break up their marriage. 12.30 The Amazing Race. (PG, R, CC) (Final) Hosted by Phil Keoghan. 1.30 To Be Advised. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R, CC) Joh and Pete visit a transformed cottage. 5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Sydney Weekender. (CC) Mike heads to the Riverina.

6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00

6.00 Surfing The Menu: The Next Generation. (PG, CC) Dan and Hayden are flown by cattleman and pilot Justin Steadman to search for a herd of cattle and wild goats. 6.30 Compass: Prison Chaplains Pt 3. (PG, CC) Chaplain Kim Miller visits James, who will soon be released from Lithgow Correctional Centre. 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.40 Grand Designs. (CC) Kevin McCloud meets Michelle Long and Michael Howe who want to restore a hundred-year-old blacksmiths workshop, in County Antrim. 8.30 Midsomer Murders. (M, CC) After the owner of an equestrian centre is trampled by his horse, DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson have to unravel a feud. 10.00 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. (PG, R, CC) Host Shaun Micallef presents a round-up of important news stories of the week. 10.30 Hiding. (M, R, CC) Pinder continues to press Lincoln for information about Koz’s criminal activities. 11.30 Whitechapel. (M, R, CC) A teenage boy goes missing.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 House Rules. (PG, CC) The unusual instructions left by Rose and Rob cause a colourful week filled with muck-ups and blow-ups on site. 8.45 Sunday Night. (CC) Melissa Doyle leads a team of Australia’s best reporters, breaking the stories that matter. 9.45 Bones. (M, CC) (Series return) Booth and Brennan go undercover as Buck and Wanda at a role-playing Western-style shooting competition. While trying to catch a killer, they take the opportunity to go head to head in the shooting competitions. 10.45 Castle. (M, R, CC) The body of a young woman is found in an alley way, ritually posed. After a collection of strange symbols are found in her apartment, Castle becomes convinced they are dealing with a Da Vinci Code-style conspiracy. 11.45 Odyssey. (M, CC) As the world discovers the truth about Odelle, she and Aslam find refuge in Barcelona with someone from Luc’s past.

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

12.15 MOVIE: The Trip To Italy. (M, R, CC) (2014) Two British comedians travel to Italy. Steve Coogan. 2.05 Rage. (MA15+) Music videos. 3.30 Midsomer Murders. (M, R, CC) 5.00 Insiders. (R, CC)

MOVIE: Blades Of Glory ry

PAW Patrol. (R, CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Wide World Of Sports. (PG, CC) NRL Sunday Footy Show. (PG, CC) Hosted by Yvonne Sampson. Full Cycle. (CC) Hosted by Scott McGrory and Bradley McGee. Wild China: Heart Of The Dragon. (R, CC) A look at Southern China. 8 Days In The Desert. (PG, CC) Eighteen people trek across the Simpson Desert. Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 12. Canberra Raiders v Canterbury Bulldogs.

TEN

SBS

6.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. (CC) 6.30 Hillsong. (CC) 7.00 Mass For You At Home. 7.30 Joel Osteen. (CC) 8.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10: Sunday. (PG, CC) 11.00 Let’s Do Coffee. (CC) 11.30 Ben’s Menu. (R, CC) 12.00 Netball. (CC) 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 RPM. (CC) 5.00 TEN Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 Soccer. 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 Bowls Show. 2.00 Speedweek. (CC) 4.00 Soccer. UEFA Champions League. Final. Real Madrid v Atlético Madrid. Highlights. 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 20. Guillestre to Sant’Anna di Vinadio. 150km. 5.30 I Was Hitler’s Jewish Neighbour. (PG, R, CC)

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 The Voice. (CC) A group of contestants sets out to prove they have what it takes to be a singing sensation. 8.40 60 Minutes. (CC) Current affairs program. Featuring reports from Liz Hayes, Tara Brown, Allison Langdon, Michael Usher, Charles Wooley and Ross Coulthart. 9.40 Inside The World’s Toughest Prisons: Philippines. (M, CC) Paul Connolly heads to the Philippines to spend a week living inside a notorious prison, where he quickly discovers that the gangland executioners, rapists and psychopaths make the rules. 10.40 Kids Behind Bars. (M, R, CC) Takes a look at some of America’s youngest criminals, housed at Indiana’s Wabash Correctional Facility. 11.40 Major Crimes. (M, R, CC) The squad investigates the death of a surrogate mother who promised her newborn to three different couples. Rusty must jump one final hurdle before signing off and making the adoption complete.

6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. (CC) Two families try to win big prizes by guessing the most popular responses to a survey of the public. 6.30 Modern Family. (PG, R, CC) With teenager Luke demanding his “space”, Phil finds himself growing closer to his assistant. 7.00 Modern Family. (PG, R, CC) Claire and Phil once again decide to celebrate Valentine’s Day as their alter egos. An unexpected visitor threatens to spoil Jay’s romantic plans. Mitchell and Cameron get into a tricky situation. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. (CC) The contestants have 60 minutes to create a dish using the ingredients in the mystery box. The winner has a chance to cook for immunity, and the bottom three face the elimination pressure test. 9.15 Bondi Rescue. (PG, CC) Follows the work of elite lifeguards in charge of safety at one of the world’s busiest beaches. 9.45 Motor Racing. (CC) Formula 1. Race 6. Monaco Grand Prix. From Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 Rome’s Invisible City. (R, CC) The story of the ingenious Romans and how they planned, created and lived in their city more than two millennia ago. 8.30 DNA Nation. (CC) Part 2 of 3. Julia and Ian journey to Israel and discover the percentage of Neanderthal DNA they each carry. Ernie’s DNA reveals an ancient connection to the people of India. In Australia, the unique genetic census of everyday Aussies continues. 9.30 Uranium: Twisting The Dragon’s Tail: The Rock That Changed The World. (PG, R, CC) Part 2 of 3. Australianborn physicist Dr Derek Muller tells the story of uranium, the “rock” which helped shape the modern world. He continues by revealing how in the wake of Hiroshima, the heavy metal was harnessed to generate limitless energy and treat cancer. 10.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro D’Italia. Stage 21. Cuneo to Torino. 163km. From Italy.

12.35 Step Dave. (M, R, CC) 1.30 Anger Management. (M, R, CC) 2.00 What Would You Do? (M, R, CC) 3.00 20/20. (CC) 4.00 Good Morning America: Sunday. (CC) 5.00 News Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 Today. (CC)

12.00 The Graham Norton Show. (M, R, CC) Graham is joined by Jennifer Lawrence and James McAvoy. 1.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Life Today With James Robison. (PG) 4.30 CBS This Morning. (CC)

2.00 MOVIE: Eyes Wide Open. (M, R) (2009) Zohar Strauss. 3.45 Desperately Seeking Doctors: The Kimberley. (PG, R, CC) 4.50 Voice Over. (M, R) 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News. 5.45 France 24 Feature.

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DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.20pm Terminator: Genisys (2015) Action. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke. A soldier sends his right-hand man back in time. (M) Premiere

7.30pm Million Dollar Listing NY. (M) Arena

6.00pm Colour Theory. A look at a indigenous artist Reko Rennie. (PG) Foxtel Arts

12.15pm Netball. ANZ Championship. Round 9. NSW Swifts v Queensland Firebirds. Fox Sports 2

6.45pm That Sugar Film (2014) Documentary. Damon Gameau. (PG) Masterpiece 10.20pm Learning To Drive (2014) Drama. Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson. A friendship develops between a writer and her driving instructor. (M) Masterpiece

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.00 Bob The Builder On Site. (R, CC) 6.00 Peg + Cat. (R) 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) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Seconds From Disaster. (R, CC) 8.20 The Daters: John Changes His Tune. (M, R, CC) 8.30 Eddie Izzard: Force Majeure. (M, CC) A performance from Eddie Izzard. 9.55 Louis Theroux: Louis & The Nazis. (M, R, CC) 10.55 Miss Transgender UK. (M, R, CC) 11.55 Bodyshockers. (M, R, CC) 12.40 Buzzcocks. (M, R, CC) 1.10 Show Me Your Money. (M, R, CC) 2.00 The Home Show. (PG, R, CC) 2.50 News Update. (R) 2.55 Close. 5.00 Toby’s Travelling Circus. (R, CC) 5.10 Lily’s Driftwood Bay. (R, CC) 5.15 Rastamouse. (R, CC) 5.30 Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps. (R, CC) 5.45 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 2.35 House Of Anubis. (R) 3.00 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 3.25 Officially Amazing. (R, CC) 3.55 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 4.20 Spectacular Spider-Man. (R, CC) 4.45 Camp Lakebottom. (R, CC) 4.55 The Flamin’ Thongs. (R, CC) (Final) 5.05 Grojband. (R, CC) 5.30 Roy. (R) 5.55 Little Lunch. (R, CC) 6.10 Thunderbirds Are Go. (R, CC) (Final) 6.30 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 7.00 Operation Ouch! (R) 7.30 Deadly Pole To Pole. (R, CC) (Final) 8.00 Officially Amazing. (R, CC) 8.30 Nowhere Boys. (PG, R, CC) Felix tries to negotiate with Alice. 8.55 World’s End. (R, CC) Noah tells Casey what the teens have learned. 9.25 House Of Anubis. (R) The teachers confiscate Patricia’s phone. 9.45 Good Game: Pocket Edition. (PG, R, CC) 9.55 Rage. (PG, R) 2.25 Close.

8.00pm Community. Jeff, Shirley and Professor Hickey stumble upon a secret. (PG) Comedy Channel 8.30pm All The Way. A behind-the-scenes look at President Lyndon B. Johnson’s tumultuous ﬁrst year in ofﬁce. (MA15+) Showcase

7.30pm Crimes That Shook Australia. Hosted by Stan Grant this series investigates Australian crimes that upset and stunned the nation. (M) Crime & Investigation

1.30pm Rugby League. NRL. Round 12. St George Illawarra Dragons v North Queensland Cowboys. Fox Sports 1 3.00pm Football. AFL. Round 10. Collingwood v Western Bulldogs. Fox Sports 3 7.00pm Tennis. French Open. Day 8. Fox Sports 4

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6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Tomorrow’s World. (PG) 7.30 Leading The Way. (PG) 8.00 David Jeremiah. (PG) 8.30 Shopping. (R) 9.30 Australia’s Best Houses. (PG, R) 10.00 Home And Away Catch-Up. (PG, R, CC) 12.30 Dealers. (PG) 2.00 Secret Location. (PG, R) 3.00 Original Features. (R) 4.00 Before And After. (R) 4.30 Escape To The Country. (R) 5.30 Catch Phrase. 6.15 Keeping Up Appearances. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 For The Love Of Dogs. (PG) 7.30 Martin Clunes And A Lion Called Mugie. (PG, R, CC) Presented by Martin Clunes. 8.30 Escape To The Country. Prospective buyers find their dream home. 9.30 Escape To The Continent. A look at homes. 10.45 Air Crash Investigation. (M, R, CC) 11.45 Before And After. 12.15 Dealers. (PG, R) 1.30 Dr Oz. (PG, R, CC) 4.30 Harry’s Practice. (R, CC) 5.00 Shopping.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.00 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 12.30 SpongeBob. (R) 1.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 1.30 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 2.00 LEGO Friends. 2.30 Nexo Knights. 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, R) 5.00 Justice League Unlimited. (PG, R) 5.30 Ben 10. (PG, R) 6.00 Batman: The Brave And The Bold. (PG, R) 6.30 MOVIE: Big Momma’s House. (PG, R, CC) (2000) 8.30 MOVIE: Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy. (M, R) (2004) An anchorman’s position is challenged. Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate. 10.30 MOVIE: 21 & Over. (MA15+, CC) (2013) Justin Chon, Miles Teller. 12.30 The Cube. (PG, R) 2.30 Yo-Kai Watch. (PG, R) 3.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 3.30 SpongeBob. (R) 4.00 Beware The Batman. (M, 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. (CC) 11.30 My Fishing Place. (PG) 12.00 Fishing The Magic Hour With Josh & James. (PG) (New Series) 1.00 The AFN Fishing Show. (PG) 1.30 Prospectors. (PG, R) 2.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. (CC) 3.00 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 10. Collingwood v Western Bulldogs. 6.00 MOVIE: Tron: Legacy. (PG, R, CC) (2010) Garrett Hedlund. 8.35 MOVIE: Terminator 2: Judgment Day. (M, R, CC) (1991) A cyborg is sent from the future to protect a teenager who will grow up to lead humankind’s resistance. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong. 11.20 Seinfeld. (PG, R, CC) 12.20 The Crows Show. (CC) 1.00 1000 Ways To Die. (MA15+, R) 3.00 Zero Hour. (M, R, CC) 4.00 Family Guns. (M, R) 5.00 Prospectors. (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. (CC) 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. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 ABC News Weekend. 6.30 Foreign Corre. (R, CC) 7.00 ABC News Weekend. 7.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 8.00 Insiders. (R, CC) 9.00 ABC News Weekend. (CC) 9.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 10.00 News. 10.30 Planet America. (R) 11.00 News. (CC) 11.30 Conflict Zone. (PG) 12.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS

7.30pm Sinatra 100: An All Star Grammy Concert. (PG) Foxtel Arts

6.00 Skippy. (R) 6.30 MOVIE: The Likely Lads. (PG, R) (1976) 8.30 Danoz. 9.30 Global Shop. (R) 10.00 Rainbow Country. (R) 10.30 MOVIE: Champions. (PG, R, CC) (1984) 12.50 The Investment Series. (R, CC) 1.20 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 1.50 MOVIE: What Did You Do In The War, Daddy? (PG, R, CC) (1966) 4.15 MOVIE: The Great Train Robbery. (PG, R, CC) (1978) 6.30 MOVIE: Dr No. (PG, R, CC) (1962) James Bond uncovers a plot to derail the US space program. Sean Connery. 8.45 MOVIE: From Russia With Love. (PG, R, CC) (1963) Bond is ordered to steal a decoding device. Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi. 11.10 Rizzoli & Isles. (MA15+, R, CC) 12.05 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 12.30 The Investment Series. (R, CC) 1.00 Seaway. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Danoz. 2.30 Heartbeat. (PG, R) 4.30 Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.00 Seaway. (PG, R, CC)

ONE

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6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Rugby Union. Super Rugby. Round 14. NSW Waratahs v Chiefs. Replay. 10.00 Rugby Sevens. World Series. Round 10. Highlights. 10.30 Escape Fishing With ET. (R, CC) 11.00 Temporary Australians. (R) 11.30 Extreme Fishing. (PG, R) 12.30 Undercover Boss. (R) 1.30 ST: Next Gen. (PG, R) 2.30 World Sport. (R) 3.00 Moments Of Impact. (PG, R) 4.00 Megafactories. (R) 5.00 What’s Up Down Under. (R, CC) 5.30 iFish. 6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. (CC) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 CSI: Cyber. (M, R, CC) 8.30 Monkeys Revealed. (PG, R) 9.30 MOVIE: Money Train. (MA15+, R, CC) (1995) 11.40 World Sport. 12.00 The Killing. (M, R) 1.00 RPM GP. (R, CC) 1.30 Late Programs. 2.30 Extreme Boats’ Big Angry Fish. (PG, R) 3.00 Adventure Angler. (R) 3.30 River To Reef. (R) 4.00 Late Programs. 4.30 Temporary Australians. (R) 5.00 World Sport. (R) 5.30 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 9.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 9.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (R) 10.00 Mako: Island Of Secrets. (C, CC) 10.30 Sabrina. (PG, R) 11.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 11.30 Family Ties. (PG, R) 1.00 Cheers. (PG, R) 2.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 3.50 To Be Advised. 6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. (CC) 6.30 Futurama. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (R) 8.00 New Girl. (PG, R, CC) Nick inherits some money. 8.30 MOVIE: Blades Of Glory. (M, R) (2007) Two rival ice skaters team up. Will Ferrell, Jon Heder. 10.30 The Late Late Show With James Corden. 11.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 12.30 Frasier. (PG, R) 1.30 Family Ties. (PG, R) 2.30 Cheers. (PG, R) 3.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (R) 4.30 Sabrina. (PG, R) 5.00 Shopping.

6.00 Masters Of Flip. (R) 7.00 Fixer Upper. (PG, R) 8.00 House Hunters Reno. (PG, R) 9.00 Garden Gurus. (R, CC) 9.30 House Hunters Off The Grid. (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. (PG, R) 4.00 Come Dine With Me UK. (PG) 5.00 Extreme Homes. (R) 6.00 House Hunters Off The Grid. (R) 6.30 Fixer Upper. (PG) 7.30 Nashville Flipped. 8.30 Flip Or Flop. 9.30 Good Bones. (PG) 10.30 Extreme Homes. 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Fixer Upper. (PG, R) 1.00 Nashville Flipped. (R) 2.00 Flip Or Flop. (R) 3.00 The Block. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE

Emilia Clarke stars in Terminator: Genisys.

6.00 WorldWatch. 8.00 Maltese News. 8.30 Macedonian News. 9.00 PopAsia. (PG) 10.00 Croatian News. 10.30 Serbian News. 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 MOVIE: Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind. (PG, R, CC) (1984) 3.15 The Parakeets. (R) 3.30 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. (PG, R) 4.00 Friday Feed. (R) 4.30 Space Dandy. (PG, R) 5.05 The Brain: China. 6.35 Ninja Warrior Sweden. 7.30 If You Are The One. Hosted by Meng Fei. 8.30 Raw Comedy Grand Final 2016. Comedians compete in the Raw Comedy National Grand Final. 10.00 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. (M) 10.25 South Park. (M, R, CC) 11.20 Porn On The Brain. (MA15+, R) 12.15 Planet B-Boy. (M, R) 2.00 Kurt Wallander. (M, R) 3.50 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. (R) 6.30 Iron Chef America. (R) 7.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 8.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 9.30 The Freshman Class. (PG, R) 10.30 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. (R) 11.30 Kitchen Inferno. (R) 12.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 1.30 Save My Bakery. (R) 2.30 The Freshman Class. (PG, R) 3.00 Guilty Pleasures. 3.30 Kitchen Inferno. (R) 4.30 Iron Chef America. (R) 5.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 6.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 7.30 Kids Baking Championship. 8.30 Save My Bakery. (R) A bakery in Philadelphia needs help. 9.30 Restaurant: Impossible. (PG) 10.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 11.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 12.30 Restaurant: Impossible. (PG, R) 1.30 Kids Baking Championship. (R) 2.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 3.30 Iron Chef America. (R) 4.30 Guilty Pleasures. (R) 5.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 5.30 Save My Bakery. (R)

6.00 Tipi Tales. 6.30 Wapos Bay. 7.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Bushwhacked! 9.00 Wapos Bay. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Soccer. OFC Champions League. 12.00 The Point Review. 12.30 Three Sisters: Women Of High Degree. 1.30 My Brothers And Me. 2.00 Ella 7’s 2009 Documentary. 2.30 Rugby Sevens. 3.30 Down 2 Earth. 4.00 Rose Against The Odds. (PG) 5.00 Te Kaea. 5.30 Colour Theory. (CC) 6.00 Standing On Sacred Ground. 7.00 Cunnamulla Dreaming. 7.30 MOVIE: ThuleTuvalu. (PG) (2014) 9.15 Mamu. (PG) 9.30 Tudawali. (M, CC) 11.30 Defining Moments. 12.00 Volumz. (PG) 2905

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

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GO FIGURE

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INSANITY STREAK

by Tony Lopes

PRINCE VALIANT

CALIFORNIAN CROSSWORD

by Murphy & Gianni

From the pages of America’s most popular newspapers

ACROSS

THE CASHIER

by Ricardo Galvão

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JUST LIKE CATS & DOGS by Dave T. Phipps

STRANGE BUT TRUE z It was 20th-century English novelist E.M. Forster who made the following sage observation: “We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” z If you’re a pogonophobe, the rise of hipsterism in recent years is not good news – anyone afraid of beards isn’t going to get far in public these days without confronting one. z For centuries, the wrinkling of skin on fingers and toes when they

by Henry Boltinoff

by Samantha Weaver soak in water was cause for puzzlement (among those who take the time to wonder about such things, if nobody else). Researchers believe they’ve found the answer: traction. Like the treads on a tyre, the wrinkles of wet skin help improve the gripping power of our extremities; for our ancestors, this made it easier to walk and grip objects during wet seasons. z John Sylvan is known as the creator of Keurig coffee pods, used

in abundance throughout the world these days. Despite the success of his inventions, however, he refuses to use them himself; he says that he abhors the effect the non-recyclable, non-biodegradable pods have on the environment. z Of all the actors who have portrayed James Bond in films before 2015, Pierce Brosnan racked up by far the most kills per movie. (The tally for last October’s “Spectre” has not yet been counted.)

Thought for the Day: “It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.” – Leo Buscaglia

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YOUR STARS ARIES (MAR 21-APR 20) Want to get an important message over? Send it sooner rather than later to avoid disappointment. Expecting too much of someone who lacks the knowledge will only prove disappointing. Much as you may wish to, you cannot live someone else’s life for them. They will make mistakes regardless of your input. At least you’ll know you tried! TAURUS (APR 21-MAY 21) A finan-

cial plan moves closer but staying in charge of others is important for a good outcome. Sloppiness from any direction could see you lose an advantage. If that means changes are needed, so be it. Continue to show respect to someone who, on the face of it, may not deserve it. Their long-term reaction may surprise and delight you. Set an example.

GEMINI (MAY 22-JUN 21) Joint finances

are highlighted as this week begins. A windfall is likely. This means extra in either your purse or your financial future. If you are in any kind of competition, get your opinions and ideas in first! A fresh and exciting opinion makes you realise the world moves on. Good things can happen when you give them the chance. That applies both to people and your own attitude.

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strength is in your determination this week. Use your imagination to enthuse others and get them on side. You may not feel the need for this extra support but, in going it alone, others may feel snubbed. Help someone get over an over-developed sense of pride when you know they need help. We are all human but some show it more than others. Showing it

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LEO (JUL 23-AUG 23) Is there a special meeting coming up? Giving a gift to someone who is not expecting it brings you both happiness. Someone who deserves your help may find it hard to ask for it. Yes, I know you are not a mind reader, but do please be aware. The end of another month may give you cause to pause and think. Is progress as expected? Do you need to make a few adjustments here and there? VIRGO (AUG 24-SEP 23) A special treat

for you could put someone’s nose out of joint. Don’t see it as your problem. It is time you had some fun. A blip in confidence could be due to a misunderstanding. If you feel someone is against you, find out why. Don’t worry about making changes where they are needed. At the moment you should be thinking more of the common good than about upsetting an individual.

LIBRA (SEP 24-OCT 23) Retaining your calm is necessary as others try to irritate you. Could there be a bit of jealousy around? Such things are best ignored. Indeed, you may decide to keep a low profile for a few days to avoid conflict. That is easy if you can find someone to take into that hidey-hole with you. With someone on your tail you may not be thinking in terms of romance, but why not? SCORPIO (OCT 24NOV 22) Confusion

turns to relief as you realise someone has had your best interests at heart after all. Misunderstandings do happen but are best

mended as soon as possible. Having to delay a plan is annoying but a new date is easily found. Often, when you try to keep life simple, it just complicates it further. Showing determination now can get your message over clearly. You want a smoothly running life, but not at any cost.

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Some of the better things in life are coming your way this week and not before time. There is really no rush to start a project or make a journey if you don’t feel ready for it. A loved one welcomes the chance for some quiet and deep chats. Be available and really listen. There seems to be a period of mutual need ahead that brings people together. Take advantage of it.

CAPRICORN (DEC 22-JAN 20) Home life should be especially enjoyable, even when things do not run smoothly. Tomorrow you can start again. At the moment you could lead five different lives quite happily. The thing is to make the most of the one you have. Counting your blessings just wastes time that could be spent enjoying them. So, stop living in your imagination and make contact in ‘real’ time. AQUARIUS (JAN 21-FEB 19) Chances

to sort out a financial conundrum show themselves as this week begins. Be sure to make the most of it. A few hiccups toward the weekend only serve to make you more determined. Wishful thinking will not get you very far, so get out and about and communicate. What will you communicate? Maybe your willingness to learn from others? The more you know, the more you enjoy your life.

PISCES (FEB 20-MAR 20) In a week

of deep thought, your imagination is inclined to run wild. Talk to those around you to get a more balanced picture. A loved one is in action mode and, if you hitch a ride, your wellbeing can improve. On a practical note, a plan that has so far taken a long time is worth seeing through, if only for your own satisfaction.

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Monday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Pay attention when others start behaving out of character, Gemini. There will be those who do not respond well when life does not run smoothly. At times you feel like making changes. Do it. Tuesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! People who you have always got on well with can be a great asset. Do you get them together with each other often enough? Could that help with things both at home and at work Gemini? Wednesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Gemini, with home life pretty settled, you may not be in the mood for extra work. However, the rewards can be such that it would be sad to miss the opportunities. Maybe some explanations are necessary? Thursday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Dynamic moments are interspersed with full stops. In real terms that can be frustrating. Maybe the answer is to get involved in more than one thing. Yes, diversity seems to be the way forward for you, Gemini. Friday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Close connections and mutual agreements would seem to offer the best way forward, Gemini. Even so, don’t close your mind to other possibilities you do not yet know about. Saturday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Available is not always the best thing to be, especially if someone is trying to impose their ideas or timescale. You won’t be hurried by man or beast, so make that quite clear, Gemini. Sunday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Be clear with others, especially at work, that you will always do your best. This may not always suit them and there may be a wish to be disruptive. Speak with someone who knows the deal. Right away, Gemini.

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VERY year State of Origin debates take over many households across NSW and QLD. In John Ryan’s household the pros and cons of team selection are discussed well before the teams are picked and continue right through the series and beyond. The two teams most beloved of referees, Brisbane Broncos and Melbourne Storm, make up the backbone of the Maroons so on the field NSW not only has to outperform this champion team, they have to do it by a large margin to make up for the fact at least 80 percent of the 50/50 calls go Queensland’s way.

Adding to The Origin Blues woes over the past decade, coaches have continually picked players like Greg Bird and Robbie Farrah who charge straight at the Maroon ‘Wall’ trying to be the legendary try-scorers, starving the backs of their chances again and again. The definition of stupidity is doing the same thing time and time again even though it never works – that’s why NSW needs X-Factors across the park, creative players like Bryce Cartwright who are instinctive and unpredictable. This week we have a range of Blues’ squads from locals and former Dubboites, including a look by Geoff Mann at the players from the region who may have

snatched victory if they could have come together in one squad, greats like David Peachey, Ronny Gibbs and Terry Fahey. While Dubbo’s Bank of Queensland branch is colored more Blue than Maroon come Origin time, one employee has picked her Queensland team, although she says it pretty much picks itself. There’s only one coach who gets the final say and there’s no doubt the team looks better than last year’s squad who got thumped, even though a few boring and predictable players have made the cut. Let’s hope Laurie Daley got the mix right, so the armchair critics can rest easy over the next few weeks.

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Former Dubbo cameraman for WIN News who has written and produced numerous rugby league documentaries including for the Dragons NRL premiership win under Wayne Bennett 1. Dugan 2. Mansour 3. Jennings 4. J Morris 5. Ferguson 6. Maloney 7. A Reynolds 8. Woods 9. Ennis 10. Tamou 11. Cordner 12. G Bird 13. Gallen 14. Merrin 15. Fifita 16. Cartwright 17. J Bird You can’t leave Dugan out of fullback. He isn’t as dynamic in the centres but he has done nothing wrong to lose his fullback spot. The halves are the most problematic positions, I just hope Maloney and Reynolds can step up and have solid games. QLD will be aiming plenty of attack at them both. Our pack is a bit better than QLD I believe. They will need to be disciplined to have any chance of winning. I have left Klemmer off the team as we have plenty of mongrel (and penalties) in Ennis and G Bird). I really thing Bryce Cartwright can make a difference. Go the Blues!

BOQ Dubbo branch and avid maroons’ supporter Here we go again – the Greatest Rivalry since Macca’s vs KFC! QLD just about picks itself with a few changes due to Retirements and injury. 1. Darius Boyd 2. Justin O’Neill 3. Corey Oates 4. Greg Inglis 5. Dane Gagai 6. Jonathon Thurston 7. Cooper Cronk 8. Matt Scott 9. Cameron Smith 10. Josh McGuire 11. Aiden Guerra 12. Josh Papilli 13. Corey Parker 14. Sam Thaiday 15. Nate Myles 16. Corey Norman 17. Ben Barba My team, although impossible would always have the immortal “The King” Wally Lewis! What a man, what a player. Since my hubby goes for the Blues, our house is always a bit tense around this time of year, so I really have to control myself! Go Queensland.

TRENT SIMPSON Channel 10 Sports Reporter Brisbane This is what I’ve got for a Blues team in game one, and a little insight into why I think certain players will be picked. 1. Josh Dugan 2. Blake Ferguson 3. Josh Morris 4. Michael Jennings 5. James Roberts 6. James Maloney 7. Chad Townsend 8. Aaron Woods 9. Michael Ennis 10. James Tamou 11. Josh Jackson 12. Beau Scott

13. Paul Gallen (c) 14. Lachlan Coote 15. David Klemmer 16. Andrew Fafita 17. Bryce Cartwright 18. Greg Bird James Maloney’s selection is a no brainer, and with Mitchell Pearce in doubt, a natural halves partner is Chad Townsend, who’s combination at the Sharks is clearly one of the best in the NRL. Matthew Moylan will be the unlucky man to miss out because Lachlan Coote’s utility value cannot be underestimated. He’s proven himself one of the game’s premier fullbacks, but hasn’t earned the right to oust Dugan as the

custodian. He has ball playing ability at the line and isn’t afraid to get tough in defence, also a lethal left boot late in the game could catch Queensland off guard, not to mention his inside knowledge of Cowboys teammates Johnathan Thurston and Michael Morgan will be invaluable to Laurie Daley. Bryce Cartwright is the second best backrower in the game (behind Matt Gillett) and cannot miss out. His versatility is a weapon very few have managed to contain this season. And for mine, Michael Ennis has to be picked, he’s in career best form, and his niggling ability alongside Beau Scott is the aggressive approach needed to rattle the juggernaut that is Queensland.

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NSW VB Blues State of Origin debutant players Tyson Frizell, Adam Reynolds, Dylan Walker, Matt Moylan and Josh Mansour pose for a photograph after the team announcement in Sydney, Monday, May 23. NSW coach Laurie Daley has named five State of Origin newcomers in his Blues squad for the series opener on Wednesday. PHOTO:

DUGALD SAUNDERS ABC Western Plains, presenter There was plenty of thoughts that Mitchell Pearce would/should be in the team… no way for me – needs to sit out. Paul Gallen a definite as Captain for his last series...he leads from the front and will be there! 1 Josh Dugan 2 Josh Mansour 3 Michael Jennings 4 Josh Morris 5 Blake Ferguson 6 James Maloney 7 Adam Reynolds 8 Aaron Woods 9 Robbie Farah 10 James Tamou 11 Beau Scott 12 Boyd Cordner 13 Paul Gallen Interchange: 14 Bryce Cartwright 15 Luke Lewis 16 David Klemmer 17 Trent Merrin

TROY GRANT Deputy Premier, NSW Nine out of 10 series losses necessitates renewal although ‘Origin Players’ have to have that X Factor that needs to be in the renewal. Queensland planned facing four straight series losses on renewal and yielded the results - we haven’t because we’ve tried to replicate the QLD team by a loyalty strategy. 1) Moylan 2) Ferguson 3) Jennings 4) Dugan 5) Mansour 6) Maloney 7) Townsend 8) Beau Scott 9) Josh Reynolds ds 10) Aaron Woods ds 11) Cartwright 12) Tamou 13) Gallen 14) Josh Jackson – defence and attack solid. 15) Jack Bird – versatility and speed versus tiring defence coming off the bench for impact 16) Klemmer 17) Woods - proven 18) Greg Bird - proven The size and strength of these backs equals attacking capability. Maloney and Townsend in the halves due to the winning combination they’ve shown this year. Gallen and Beau Scott are form forwards this year, experience, metres, defence. Cartwright’s in golden form. Woods, proven. Josh Reynold because Farrah and Ennis are past it and he adds an X Factor at dummy half, kicking and hassles Thurston and Cronk. Tamou is proven. Bench: Jackson defence and attack solid, Klemmer Jack Bird versatility and speed versus tiring defence. Greg Bird, proven.

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KEVIN WALKOM DUBBO CYMS 1. Full Back. Josh Duggan Experienced player at SOO level, reliable in defence & safe under the high ball. Great support player around & on the edge of the ruck 2. Winger Josh Mansour. Great finisher & solid defence 5. Winger Blake Ferguson. Savage in defence, great one on one skills loves to score points 3. Centre Michael Jennings, plenty of experience on the big stage especially at SOO level. 4. Centre. Josh Morris understands the pressure & importance of SOO, can & will score points 6. Five eight, James Maloney, he has been at SOO previously, currently one of the inform halves in the NRL great kicking game 7. Half back. Josh Reynolds, great defence for a half back, tactical kicking game, great organiser not afraid of

taking the ball to the line 8. Paul Gallon. He has got the three “E’s” Experience, experience, experience 9. Nathan Peats, young player of the future, needs to experience SOO with an experienced pack around him. 10. James Tamou, great worker loves to hit the ball up & relishes the hard yards 11. Josh Jackson, great ball player, enjoys the pressure of big games consistent workload 12. David Klemmer, Loves the tough stuff of SOO, won’t back down is one of the in form forwards of the NRL 13. Lock Forward, Greg Bird very experienced at the SOO level, plenty of aggression in attack & defence, one of the matured & seasoned forwards 14. Aaron Woods, one of the inform Prop’s in the NRL, is a consistent

player week in week out will give more than 100% effort, strengthens the defence of a great pack 15. Bryce Cartwright. Young player with a lot of talent, now’s the time to blood this young player at SOO, versatile player can play anywhere in the back row. 16. Joel Thompson. versatile player can be used at centre or Wing. 17. Tyrone Peachy. Need to introduce this young player into the SOO arena. Has the ability to set up a play and score points. Versatile player can play hooker, five eight, centre or full back 18. Isaiah Yeo, If Isaah continues his current form & improvement as a player, it is only a matter of time before he pulls on a NSW Jersey. Great experience & development as a player to be a part of the SOO squad.

NEIL JONES Pictured with son Abe, Neil is a Welsh soccer tragic living far from home who enjoys a good debate on all codes of football 1) Matt Moylan 2) Josh Mansour 3) Josh Dugan 4)Michael Jennings 5) Blake Ferguson 6) Josh Reynolds 7) Adam Reynolds 8) Greg Bird 9) Michael Ennis 10) Andrew Fifita 11) Boyd Cordner 12) Josh Jackson 13) Paul Gallen 14) Aaron Woods 15) James Tamou 16) Beau Scott 17) Jack Bird I’ve picked both Reynolds’ in the halves as they can bring the x-factor to the game with kicking. Adam last season was unlucky being picked. But last two weeks he has been in great form for the Rabbitohs. I’ve picked captain Gallen as his last origin series and he just brings that, “I’m happy to run into brick walls” and make the hard yards. Yeah, predictable but still plays with 110 percent passion for us. Which we need in the forward pack.

Greg Bird seems to have that real hard man edge that on the Origin arena he pulls off and makes those hard tackles look easy. Becomes a weapon for the Blues. Michael Ennis as his form at club level he gets picked in my side. And we need a little bit of grub around the ruck. But he has big game experience too. Andrew Fifita with his explosive pace for a big man and big hitting. Again for club he has been back to his best form. I like Aaron Woods but feel she should come off bench. He is the future of blues pack. But with it being Gallen’s last Aaron has many years to play at this level.

HELEN BEER Bank of Queensland 1. Matt Moylan 2. Michael Gordon 3. Jack Bird 4. Michael Jennings 5. Isaiah Yeo 6. James Maloney 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Aaron Woods 9. Michael Ennis 10. James Tamou 11. Luke Lewis 12. Josh Jackson 13. Paul Gallen 14. Trent Merrin 15. Bryce Cartwright 16. David Klemmer 17. Andrew Fifita Being a strong Sharks supporter. I have tried to give all our valuable players a spot in the team. I also want to include local talent by including Isaiah Yeo in the side

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JUDE RYAN, 9 SOUTH SYDNEY SUPPORTER AND ADAM REYNOLDS’ BIGGEST FAN Lachland Coote – because he’s very good and doesn’t make many mistakes. Jordan Rapana – he can score lots of tries if he gets plenty of ball. Michael Jennings – he is very fast and tough and is good at Origin. James Roberts – he is super fast and Wayne Bennett wouldn’t have bought him for the Broncos if he wasn’t very good. Cody Walker – a very good player for the Rabbitohs. James Maloney – the Sharks are going well, Roosters shouldn’t have let Maloney leave. Adam Reynolds – My favorite player, he’s tough and tackles hard and does very good kicks. David Klemmer – he’s really tall and very big. Nathan Peats – He’s better than Farrah who always does the same thing and probably better than Ennis. Aaron Woods – He’s got good offloads.

SIMON MADGWICK NSW Police I’ve chosen a ‘Pick and Stick’ team to take the Blues into the future. This is a team of in form up and comers; the future of NSW Rugby League. They’re young, they’re hungry, they’re talented and they’re winners. Sure, some of the older players are great - The Farrahs, the Gallens... but they’ve had their day. It’s time for a new generation of players - Generation neXt. Fullback T Trbojevic Wing B Ferguson Centre J Dugan

Boyd Cordner – He tries hard and never makes mistakes. Bryce Cartwright – He’s got very good offloads and very good kicks for a second-rower. James Tamou – Tamou is very tough for the Cowboys. Michael Ennis – He’s the best hooker after Peats and gets the QLDRs cranky. Tyson Frizzel – he’s new and fast. Tyrone Peachey – Tyrone’s from Wellington and is a very good player, he was great in City v Country but should have played for Country. Andrew Fifita – Fifita’s got good off-loads and doesn’t run straight into QLD like Greg Bird, Gallen and Farrah so they don’t know what he’s going to do, and it takes four people sometimes to bring him down. Dylan Walker – He’s super-fast, even at five-eighth.

XAVIER RYAN, 13 TRAGIC EELS SUPPORTER Matt Moylan – Can make line breaks easily and is very good. Josh Mansour – Is very good on the wing and doesn’t make that much mistakes. Michael Jennings – Inconsistent but can

Centre BJ Leilua Wing J Mansour 5/8 B Austin Half A Sezer Lock J Trbojevic S/Row Wade Graham S/Row T Merrin (c) Prop A Fifita Hooker N Peats Prop D Klemmer Bench: Frizell B Cartwright B Cordner J Bird 18th man Moylan

JOHN RYAN Journalist Matt Moylan – in amazing form this year and unpredictable, need that X-Factor against QLD and the refs. Josh Mansour – Hard to stop and never gives up, just what NSW needs, also fiery. Michael Jennings – Sees that tryline and just gets there with explosiveness, always a danger and keeps the QLDRs wary.. Blake Ferguson – You wouldn’t know what this bloke will do, easily capable of scoring a hat-trick against even the best opposition if he’s got good players on either side of him. James Roberts – Fast and strong, Bennett would certainly include him in any QLD Origin side so we shouldn’t lose sight of that. James Maloney – the form five-eighth and does a lot under the radar, the Roosters have collapsed since he left making it look like he was the reason their halves performed well – he’s certainly lifted the performance of the entire squad at the Sharks. Adam Reynolds – tough defender and has generally p good kicking game, the best of an unproven lot, and better than those like Pearce who have ions. failed on numerous occasions. ntrol on many Aaron Woods – Hard to control table offload, so runs and has an unpredictable draws in extra defenders because of that, out u him. has a bit of an X-Factor about opeles essly y Nathan Peats – Farrah is hopelessly gai a ns nstt QLD. predictable, that’s death against g the t e X-Factor, th X Fa XF ctorr, Ennis is reliable but lacking rin in ng it to to the t e big th biig it’s a risk but peats may bring wit i hout u him i , stage. Eels haven’t gone ass well without him, a huge loss there. David Klemmer – Mongrel in him, ’ll good runs, just hoping he’ll

bring it onto the Origin stage with a bit more consistency. Boyd Cordner – Super reliable and one of the hardest workers, NSW needs players like Cordner to lead by example when the chips are down. Bryce Cartwright – Very exciting, unpredictable and has a few X-Factors with his kicking, off-loads and good running lines. A lot of unpredictable stuff can open up off the back of the weird opportunities he can create. Tepai Moeroa – Gallen’s had his day and just charges straight at the line, QLDRs always know what he’s going to do and react well in advance, so we need someone just as hard-driving but who doesn’t telegraph his punches. I think Gallen’s reputation has also been blown way above what it deserves thanks to the love affair the Daily telegraph writers have with him, so Tepai for me. James Tamou – Big, tough and difficult to contain, a real thinking prop who QLD is always wary off. Beau Scott – because he’s Beau Scott. He does for the Origin team what he’s done for the Eels this year, just super tough in defence but can also make an unpredictable play when it’s needed. Would be a great p p y off the bench. impact player B Bl ake ak e Austin – We haven Blake haven’t seen the brilliance Austin n showed last year yea but just having him on the field, especially coming co on fresh, would send shivers down th the spines of any opposition because this bloke, bl out of all NSW player rs, undeniably ha ers, has an incredible X-Factor. Tyrone Peachey – g great utility off the bench, coming on fresh could have major potential in running rings around a tiring opposition – he’s the sort of X-Factor player N NS W needs to be bloo NSW blooding in the Origin arena. Aiden Sezer – another anoth X-Factor off the bench and co ccould ul play a number of positions if NS S is faced with injury. NSW

still make line breaks. James Roberts – One of the fastest players in the NRL. Josh Dugan - I picked him on the wing because he is not the best fullback but still deserves a spot in the team. James Maloney – One of the most in form five eighths this season. Adam Reynolds – His kicking game is great and he is a good goal kicker. Aaron Woods – He is very tough and can smash people. Michael Ennis – Best hooker in this season. James Tamou – Does very good offloads. Wade Graham – Does very good offloads and tackles. Beau Scott – Has amazing defense. Paul Gallen – Is big and tough and gets fired up. David Klemmer – He can smash people easily. Bryce Cartwright – He can do good kicks and is a good second rower. Tyson Frizzel – Big and can smash people. Boyd Cordner – Does great stuff on the field like offloads. Nathan Peats – Best hooker in NSW after Michael Ennis.

Simon Madgwick, former Dubbo police officer picured gatecrashing the Blues Origin camp at Coffs Harbour last year, providing him, he says, with some unique insights into the team NSW needs going into the future

I haven’t included Greg Bird because I don’t believe he should even be allowed to play NRL, for a number of reasons. While plenty of people sing his praises, all I see are the endless knock-ons at critical times. He should never have been in the Origin side and after poor form this year I can’t understand why he’s always being picked. His predictability, along with his errors at the most critical times, are major factors for NSW being hammered in so many series. Gallen has had his day, undeniable courage and commitment, but way too predictable to play at this level, where the Maroons wrote the book on making outrageous plays. There are plenty of buffoons off the street who could just put their heads down and run straight into other big blokes all day, and that doesn’t win these sorts of games. Robbie Farrah is even more predictable than Bird and Gallen and another part of the failed equation NSW has been throwing at this contest for a decade. Boring, boring, boring, his plays make me want to switch off because if I can see what’s coming towards me like a slow motion train wreck, the QLD boys guessed it like it was a play from the last series. Hopeless, but for some reason, like Greg Bird, a teachers’ pet. Time and again these three boring as batpoo players ran at the solid QLD defensive line when Jarryd Hayne, one of the most potent and unpredictable attacking weapons rugby league has ever seen, was almost unopposed on the right, yet these ‘heroes’ would plunge into the brick wall beset with ‘White Line Fever’, selfishly wanting to grab that miracle TRY to secure the win. Shame, Shame, Shame, and a damn shame Laurie Daley has picked them again – I can understand Gal for sentimental reasons, so I’ll forgive him that one, but Bird and Farrah should have been put out to pasture long before this partial NSW Blues renewal.

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Place of Origin would give those Maroons a go! Just imagine if the Time Machine allowed us to align all of our stars in the one era. The boys out west would bleed blue against the Queenslanders and what a game it would be! Consider this line-up if you will… BY GEOFF MANN SPORTS GURU

Fullbacks Don Parish (Dubbo Macquarie/Wellington Reds) – the local lad who was selected for the 1959 Kangaroos while playing under Leo Nosworthy with the Blues. He tells the story of being at the old picture theatre in Darling St (where the Western Plains Regional Council car park is now located) when the movie stopped and big bold letters beamed from the screen – ‘Congratulations Don Parish on your selection in the Kangaroos!” David Peachey (Macquarie) – the affable 18 year-old was lured to the big smoke after playing alongside his uncles Marshall, Martin and Mick. His career with Cronulla and Souths saw him celebrated on every ground he stepped lightly upon. He scored a try in his only State of origin appearance and played with the Sharks in a Super League Grand Final and then came home to claim Group XI premierships with Macquarie and Westside (Reserve Grade) and continues to lead at Peak Hill this year. Wingers Terry Fahey (Wellington) – “the Redfern Express” as the late, great coach Jack Gibson tagged him when he swapped the Red he wore under Johnny King for the myrtle and green of South Sydney. Terry was one of the last players to be selected for Australia from his home club in the country when he played alongside Graham Langlands in a World Cup match in Brisbane in 1975. Souths, Easts and Canberra Raiders all included “Tezza” in their “best of” teams of the century. Johnny King – Gilgandras own who was the first player in the NSWRL competition history to run out in the same team as his dad. Johnny and Cec played one game in

third grade with St George before the young flyer climbed the grades. Seven y grand final wins with the mighty Dragons, 15 Tests with the Kangaroos and accolades for coaching Western Division to their famous 1974 Amco Cup success. Brian Johnston (Dunedoo) – wonderful player for St George who played one Test against New Zealand and eight games with NSW in State of Origin. A gifted ball-runner, and tough tackler, Brian played for Western Division against the touring Great Britain side in 1978 before heading to Sydney. He is now an administrator of the famous club. Centres Bob Weir (Narromine) – played first grade in 1955 aged 18 under the great Leo Nosworthy when the locals ruled the roost in Group XI. His career peaked in 1965 and ’66 when he played in a dynamic NSW team against Queensland and was controversially left out of the Australian team in favour of Maroons’ centre John McDonald. Bob is recognised as one of the toughest and most skillful players ever to wear the Country jersey and played with his beloved Jets up until 1974 when he was chaired from the field as coach of the premiers. He missed the grand final after breaking his leg late in the season but oversaw an upset win against minor premiers CYMS at Pioneer Oval, Parkes. Russell Richardson – Dubbo Westside junior played a two Super Tests during the rugby league war and was starting centre Against New Zealand in the 1999 Tri-Series. Russell was a talented youngster, good enough to represent Australia in Schoolboy Tests against New Zealand and Great Britain. He played 121 NRL games Cronulla, South Sydney and the Newcastle Knights, scoring the Sharks only try in their 1997 Super league grand final loss to Brisbane Broncos. For shadows throw in Blake Ferguson (Wellington/Roosters) and Willie Ton-

ga (Peak Hill) Five-eighth Earl Harrison (Gilgandra) – renowned as a devastating tackler with good hands and excellent football brain, Earl played nine Tests against Great Britain, France and New Zealand and was regarded by Immortals centre Reg Gasnier “as the perfect link-man on the Roos undefeated tour the British Isles and france in 1963. Half Les Hutchings (Condobolin) was captain of Country Firsts in 1970 and joined Canterbury mid-season after playing two games for NSW. He is well-remembered in Group XI circles for his standout efforts at Condo when the Rams were up against powerful Dubbo CYMS, Parkes, Forbes and Narromine teams. Les played 43 matches with the Canterbury Bankstown Berries as they were then known, from 1971-74. Lock Ron Lynch (Forbes) – the man known as “Thirsty” starred for Country in the late 1950s and early ‘60s and represented Australia in 12 Tests and NSW on 17 occasions. His career with Parramatta spanned 11 years (1961-71) and he finished up playing two seasons at Penrith Panthers. A no-nonsense lock, Lynch played in the second-rower for Australia when Johnny Raper and then Ron Coote locked the scrums and was on the field for the infamous “Battle of Lang Park” First test against Great Britain in 1970. Second-rowers – take your pick! Barry Beath (Eugowra), Dean Pay, Andrew Ryan, Les Davidson, Nik Kosef (Cobar) and of course, bush legend Ronny “Rambo” Gibbs from Bourke. Front Row David “Cement” Gillespie (Narromine), Les Boyd (Nyngan), David “Narna” Grant (Trangie/Dubbo CYMS) and John Coveney (Narromine) are all remembered for their toughness. In fact, when he was asked recently who was the toughest player he ever

faced, “Cement” said, “without a doubt, the late Narna Grant”! Of course Dean Pay and Les Davidson could also lend their bodies to the front row if needed. Hooker Ian Walsh – Group XI’s most famous product who captained his country on Kangaroo tours and in home Tests and St George to premierships. Walsh played at Bogan Gate, with Condobolin, Dubbo, Forbes and Parkes before igniting the flame at Eugowra in the late 1950s. He played with his father Jack Wand (as he was then known) in Dubbo. Walsh attended Dubbo Public School and Dubbo High during and after the Second World War. He led Australia in 10 of his 25 Tests between 1959 and 1966 and led the Kangaroos tour in 1967. Immortals like Gasnier, Langlands and Raper rated Walsh as the toughest hooker ever! And if we needed a shadow reserve, then look no further than Dubbo CYMS red-headed ball-winner, when scrums were really scrums, Kel Brown. The affable No 12 (back in the day, hookers hung between numbers 11 and 13) came to prominence during Ken McMullen’s early days at CYMS and was selected for Country Firsts and NSW in 1970 before signing with the Eastern Suburbs Roosters. If this isn’t enough to whet your appetite think Josh Jackson (Gulgong), Georgie Rose and Ricky Walford (Walgett), journeymen Brian Norrie and John Hobby from Eugowra, Tony Paskins, George Smith (not the dreadlocked Wallaby) Isaah Yeo, Mark Soden, Tyrone Peachey, Darren Britt, Paul Dunn, Royce Simmons, Andrew Farrer, Barry Rushworth, Joel Thompson, Steve Calder and Jack Wighton who all honed their skills on the hallowed turf of the Western Division. To top it off, Tommy “Cattledog” Raudonikis from Cowra could be half, coach and chief motivator!

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Turn off the telly and pass me a latte O I was having a pretty good week, all things considered. Then I made the mistake of watching telly – and along comes a caravan of clowns to pop my Pollyanna bubble. Leading the charge was Nick Kyrgios, the arrogant upstart, whose blowup during the first round of the French Open was just another in a long line of brain-snaps that prove the undeniably super-talented young tennis gun just can’t – and won’t – pull his head in, even if it means missing out on the chance for a berth at the Rio Olympics. There are some compelling arguments as to why Kyrgios should be included in the Aussie Olympic team – he’s our best tennis player, after all, and this IS a nation that in the pursuit of sporting glory has forgiven far greater sins than sheer arrogance. But the Olympics – above almost any other sporting contest – puts our national representatives on the world stage, and Olympic legends are born as much from sportsmanship and dignity in the face of adversity than from individual prowess. This week, Kieren Perkins – Olympic legend and perhaps one of Australia’s most respected spokespeople in the sporting arena – gave voice to what

most people who value sportsmanship over personal sporting achievement have been thinking, calling for Kyrgios to be punted from the Rio squad. “There are more than 300 athletes going to Rio and you just cannot afford to have one who becomes a distraction to officials who have a lot of things to look after,’’ Perkins said. “There is also the fact that if you let someone like Kyrgios get away with stuff, what sort of message does that send to the other athletes? You don’t want double standards.’’ But when it comes to behavioural double standards, we Australians tend to punch well above our weight (NRL, I’m looking at you). So it looks like Olympic officials may well give Kyrgios an opportunity he doesn’t deserve to demonstrate that he’s a better at tennis than being an obnoxious prat. And while we’re on the subject of obnoxious prats, actor Johnny Depp lined up right behind Kyrgios to press on my cranky nerve this week. Like Kyrgios, he’s extraordinarily talented in his chosen field, but as a role model for international relations, Cap’n Jack Sparrow should be made to walk the plank. His smart-arse carry-on over Barnaby Joyce’s quite justifiable actions in boot-

ing Depp’s two little dogs – the now infablinding hypocrisy of the supermarket mous Pistol and Boo - out of the country giant establishing a “fighting fund” to last year, says more about aid the dairy industry they the actor’s character than helped emasculate by startit does about the Deputy ` ing the milk price war in the Prime Minister, whom Depp It looks like first place. compared with “an inbred Addressing the media, Olympic tomato” during an interview Coles managing director with US talk show host Jim- officials may John Durkan said: “I think well give my Kimmel this week. we can get through this.” Kimmel, by the way, said Kyrgios an (Who’s “we”, John?) Australia was “a dumb coun“I think the viability of opportunity try” – so he can take a flying the Australian dairy indushe doesn’t leap off my TV screen too. try is very strong, we need We take our biosecuri- deserve to to all pull together to all get ty seriously here – so Depp demonstrate through this situation.” et.al, we’re not much imTell that to the dairy farmthat he’s a pressed by your assertion ers who have been forced to that being a movie star puts better at tennis the wall by a farmgate price than being an you above the law. for milk that’s around 50 per Joyce has his idiosyncra- obnoxious prat. cent lower than is needed to sies, but politics and perproduce the stuff. sonality aside, this infantile Coles was also forced to carry-on isn’t exactly hurting the Depadmit that its generic brand “fresh” uty PM. milk is actually made with reconstituted As an aside, anyone who thinks the (read: powdered) milk – and blamed a actor’s jibes can in any way be used as typo after being called out by an eaglea weapon against Joyce during an eleceyed consumer. tion campaign is a bigger fool than Down, down – credibility’s down. Depp. And staying down. And when it comes to fools, how stuTurn off the telly and pass me a latte pid does Coles really think we are? – made on Dubbo’s own Little Big Dairy Company milk, natch. Capping off the week’s angst is the

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