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Pebbles in the ocean T’S not likely a gaff Federal Labor candidate for the Parkes electorate Kate Stewart is going to bounce back from in a hurry after a lacklustre show of support for a cancer centre for Dubbo Hospital during a radio interview this week. The groundswell of agreement across the electorate driven initially by Mark Coulton, Federal Member for Parkes and marched out to communities by an army of volunteers (promoting and distributing a petition for the same), has got the region talking and signing in their droves with a unified voice that’s impossible to ignore, if you’re actually listening. A month out from an election it’s astonishing a representative hopeful could be so out of touch with the issue’s significance and something constituents across the region are likely to cast their vote for. While the $25M commitment toward the cancer centre by the federal coalition government, if re-elected, still feels a little sticky; politicking with people’s lives, either way it’s a winning hand, so why not put the money on the table right now? At least there’s a firm show of solidarity, and Coultons open campaigning for a centre an assurance there will be no backing out. When opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek’s suggested last week that almost $450M over three years be restored, should they get elected, to support the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), there was an opportunity right there, to shave $25M off the top of that cream to commit to regional NSW cancer patients. $450M over three years, or $150M per year, in the refugee landscape of today is a drop in the ocean. Not to say refugees aren’t deserving of humanitarian help, but according to the UNHCR in June 2015, very close to 58 million human beings fell under their mandate as people of concern (compared to 21 million in 2007). While obviously not the only country putting coins in the UNHCR biscuit tin, $150M per year equates to $2.50 in aid per refugee, per annum. It’s one thing to throw money at a problem without much affect to create the illusion of making a difference and feeling good about it, but another to find real solutions to address the underlying issues of poverty and population explosion, draining the world’s resources. So far in 2016, according to the World Bank, the planet’s population has grown by 35 million people - from January, to now. Last century, the world population grew from 1.65 billion to 6 billion. Forty-five years

ago, there were roughly half as many people in the world as there are today. The rate of growth is slowing but headed to 8 billion by 2024 (in under a decade), 9 billion by 2038 and 10 billion by 2056. Investing now to prepare for the needs of home grown future generations – such as on a cancer centre in Dubbo which will serve a growing electorate long into the future - is as essential as anticipating some of those patients will be asylum seekers and refugees and is as critical to future planning as job growth, climate change, education and stemming poverty (or redefining it). It’s educating the next few generations who will need to radically rethink old ways of doing just about everything, including how much of a drain on the planet’s resources we think we can continue to be. Addressing basic needs which are fast becoming global issues such as clean water and sanitation are tbeing addressed by programs like the Charles Sturt University Engineers Without Borders Challenge. According First year engineering students have focused on to the developing appropriate fa- UNHCR cilities for former Rwandan in June and Angolan refugees resettled in a refugee camp 2015, very in neighbouring Zambia in close to Central Africa. New ways of capturing, 58 million storing, recycling, and re- human using water close to houses reducing the need for long beings fell walks to access clean water under their in a refugee camp context is at the crux of engineering mandate the kind of social problems as people the majority of the world’s people are going to face in of concern the future. (compared Throwing $2 bucks a year at every refugee in the to 21 million world is tokenism and do- in 2007). ing it to get warm fuzzies is frankly denial that the real culprit - poverty - is somehow going to just go away. Investment at home should be a priority for every government and if they’re scrambling for cash to do the right thing, solutions are out there in the community if candidates are willing to listen.

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Rescue squad set to expand as demand for services increase BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

RIAN ZAIA owns Western Plains Security and Locksmiths and he’s putting his services, and locks, where his heart is. After hearing about the callous break-in at Dubbo Rescue Squad last week, he called offering to install a state of the art security system worth more than $3,000. “I’ve been a patrolman and security for the past 30 years and always looked after the Rescue Squad and followed through over the years when I owned the business and just what they do is important to the community,” Zaia said. “If I’m in a car accident or anyone in my family or any friends we’d want the rescue squad on standby ready to help us out. “We like to doing this sort of thing for charity and people who are looking after the community, wherever we can help,” he said. While at the announcement, Zaia noticed the building’s locks could also do with an upgrade. “We’ll replace them too,” he said. Now he’s calling on the entire community to rally behind the rescue squad as they look at doubling the size of the four decade old premises, he believes the thousands of hours the volunteers put into saving lives across the region each year should be rewarded by an outpouring of practical thanks. Rescue Squad captain Dave Chenhall said the the equipment needs had grown and far outpaced the room to store it all. “We’ve got plans, looking at expanding, right now we’ve got four vehicles but we’ve only got a two vehicle truck bay and we’ve also got a lot of auxiliary vehicles like trailers for lighting, and boats so it’s all equipment we just want to get secure inside a building and have somewhere where it can be a lot more secure than it is now,” Chenhall said Deputy captain Luis Perez-Mora said members had so many ideas and now had to get indications of support from the community. “We want to go to the community and say how do we do it and how should we do it, let’s do it all together, the same way that they built this building in the early 1980s, the squad had the plans, they went to the community and a lot of people and businesses donated goods and services,” Perez-Mora said.

Brian Zaia, Western Plains Security Network owner, this week pledged to install an alarm system and new locks valued at more than $3000. Rescue Squad members Robert Chenhall, VRA captain David Chenhall and deputy captain Luis Perez-Mora were ecstatic at the donation, coming hard on the heels of last week’s break-in and theft of lighting and generation equipment valued at more than $5,000. Left to right, Robert Chenhall, Rescue Squad member, Brian Zaia, Western Plains Security Network owner, Dave Chenhall, VRA captain, Luis Perez-Mora, deputy captain.

“At the end of the day, the community built this building for the squad and in the past 35 years we’ve been returning that support to the community going to a lot of motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) and helping people when they need help. “One young architect has just moved to Dubbo from overseas and he’s offered his skills to draw up plans for us at no cost so that’s something where we’ve gone ‘Wow, thank you’ because it could be quite expensive trying to design everything,” he said. The rescue squad members are keen to capture that same community sentiment that launched the VRA all those years ago, and that the organisation can only be as strong as the local support. “We have to remember that the Dubbo Rescue Squad is a Volunteer Rescue Association, part of the VRA, so we normally have everything community based and that’s what we want to do, we want the community to get involved with us because being primary rescue in town it’s like every single time they cannot get put into the chopper or am-

bulance, then we go there and we try to release them,” Perez-Mora said. “So at the end of the day, why we’d like the community to get involved is because this is for you guys as well, we’re the ones you call when you need help. “Dubbo has grown and we’ve also been getting involved in more and more calls around the region for police, things like vertical rescue and police are getting more and more interested in using those skills which is a mark of respect for us as unpaid professionals,” he said. Dave Chenhall said the squad was also looking to push for new members to increase its capacity across the board. “Right now we’ve got about 15 core members and we’d like to get that to about 30 so we’ve got a good base of people who can help us with our public relations, doing demos, we’re into that at the moment where we go out to community groups and show them what we do because a lot of time people only see us at major incidents where something’s happened,” Chenhall said, “and

so we don’t have to rely on all the same volunteers all the time.” “Not everyone has to go to all the fatal motor vehicle accidents and things like that, they can do communications or they can do the public relations or help us fundraise and get our name out into the community and there’s also the admin side where they can help us doing all the behind the scenes stuff assisting with meetings and training or even writing grant applications for funding, that takes a lot of time and a lot of work goes into that – you don’t have to do the core accidents, you can get involved in searches and things like that.” Chenhall says the members love the camaraderie in the squad and knowing its work is doing so much to help people out in their times of greatest need. “The guys love it when we can help people out, it’s giving back to community and it’s a passion everyone has, to help people and it’s a great bunch of people to work with, and we have people ranging from 18 to 85,” Chenhall said.

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Inland Rail on track to change face of freight in New South Wales OPINION

A long time coming BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester, former deputy prime minister John Anderson and Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton, pictured this week in Narrabri.

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EPUTY Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Barnaby Joyce this week said the Inland Rail project is on track to create a corridor of commerce, improving access to key agricultural areas while creating short and long term job opportunities. The comment came on Tuesday, May 31, during a visit to the Parkes electorate at the Narrabri cotton processor, Austcott, with Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester, Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton and former deputy prime minister John Anderson. Citing growth opportunities the Inland Rail will present in conjunction with the free trade agreements with China, Japan and South Korea, he said 16,000 jobs would be created during the construction phase and 700 jobs in operation. “Of the $300M we committed in 2013 we’ve still only spent about half of it,” Federal member for Parkes, Mark Coulton told Dubbo Weekender. “That’s been going out with community consultation, some of the early environment work and heritage work. “That paid for the implementation report that John Anderson did and now they’re doing some geological drilling and more heritage and environmental work, but they’re also having community consultation, because it started with quite a broad corridor and now it’s getting down

to the point now where people can ask, where will it be in relation to my house, how’s it going to affect my wheat paddock, what’s going to happen when there’s heavy rain and the water hits it, who keeps the weeds under control, that sort of thing,” Coulton said. “There were several hundred people turned up last week at meetings in Narrabri, Gilgandra and Narromine, and there’s another round of consultative meetings this week coming up,” he said. Individuals and councils are being engaged to comment and question the process. “If you’ve got the line coming through your place, everyone understands it’s a great concept, and it’s going to have great benefits, but obviously people don’t want to be too disadvantaged by it. They just want to know how it’s going to affect their water or if acreage will be chopped off by the line, so they can even start doing negotiations where they can buy and sell bits of land and make it so it’s less disruptive. “Dubbo will have great access through Narromine. The Walgett grain will connect down through Narrabri and also the Coonamble line will connect to it. It’s important to remember the reason that it’s being built, the bread and butter of this, is the freight between Melbourne and Brisbane.” “It’s that freight task, city to city stuff, which will pay the bills, but obviously the benefit for us is that our producers will have access, but also as the cities become choked and land becomes more valuable the opportunity is there to build a factory or warehouse or distribution point

or manufacturing plant anywhere along this corridor, which is not just access to Melbourne and Brisbane but actually for the first time in history, every capital city will be connected by rail,” Coulton said. “So when it’s finished, you’ll be able to send stuff from Brisbane, to Perth, Adelaide, Darwin if you wanted to. It’s a game changer. About 80 per cent of the freight will be city to city. Most of it will go to a hub in Brisbane which will have intermodal connection to the major supermarkets for example, and the freight companies will all be involved. “No-one’s been really sure if it was going to happen, so a lot of the freight companies have invested in road infrastructure, and once they believe this will be a reality, they’ll start to plan their intermodels, maybe warehouses in relation to the rail.” To compete with road freight the Inland Rail will have to complete it’s Melbourne to Brisbane route in under 24 hours. “It’s got to be efficient to compete with the trucks. If it can do it under 24 then it will be comparative,” Coulton said. “A lot of the larger trucking companies have been involved in the implementation process because they have an issue. Their freight task is increasing. I think the average age of a truck driver is like farmers, about 58, so they’ll be looking to shift freight onto rail as well. I think there’ll always be a combination. They don’t expect to stop using the Newell, there’ll just be an increased capacity shifting onto rail,” Coulton said. “This project will support the eight million tonnes of additional freight

MORE than 100 years ago proponents of an inland rail were pushing for a track than ran from Melbourne to Brisbane, yet nothing happened despite rail lines crisscrossing other nations such as Canada and the USA to connect far-flung cities and create a freight bridge for commerce and trade. Fast forward to 2016 and we have trains in many other nations travelling at hundreds of kilometres an hour, yet Australia can’t even get some enthusiasm to build relatively few kilometres of track for a slow-moving freight train. Could I just say that all governments over a century have been at fault here. When wool was ‘a pound a pound’ and rural communities were on fire, this would have been a relatively simple project to make happen and bill as ‘nation-building’, and back in the 1950s the environmental considerations and red tape would have been a breeze compared to the work that has to be undertaken these days. When John Howard’s government was given an armchair financial ride by Mining Boom MKI, the Nationals should have threatened to leave the coalition unless the inland rail was actually built. Now, years afterwards, former deputy PM John Anderson is calling on the commonwealth to make it happen, yet when he had all that money and all that power, we had nothing but a few dollars for plans and studies. Why don’t so many of these politicians have the eye of the tiger when they’re in power and fail to do something constructive, rather than wait until all they can do is whinge from the sidelines. Mr Anderson called on the feds to commit at least one billion dollars to actual building of the project, or just admit it would never happen – that’s the sort of stand we needed from him a decade ago, when the threat of the Nats deserting the coalition would probably have generated some real action. Malcolm Turnbull can pork barrel $50 billion to South Australia to protect, or mollycoddle, a few thousand shipbuilding jobs, yet the money mysteriously runs out when just a fraction of that amount would actually build this railway, create an estimated 16,000 jobs during construction and lead to so many positive economic, environmental and social outcomes for the eastern states. This would include reducing the growing numbers of heavy vehicles on our roads, the ones that we’re struggling to find drivers for, the ones that are clogging up our far-flung and neglected road network. This rail line would connect our nation like never before and create huge savings for farmers who pay through both nostrils to get their goods to port for export. What we’re getting is something, and much of that would have to do with the fact we’re apparently in the middle of a federal election campaign which no-one except the politicians and staffers actually realise is going on. Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce, who is pulling all sorts of rabbits out of the hat because his seat is under threat from former independent MP Tony Windsor, this week committed $594 million to the inland rail project, aimed at ‘refining the corridor and land acquisition’. Better than nothing but way too little and way, way too late – if the government’s own modelling suggests that this project could benefit the economy by tens of billions annually, why aren’t they making it happen far more quickly, by borrowing money for this vital infrastructure while they can get such low interest rates – surely it would quickly pay itself back. Timid government is not what Australia needs.

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INLAND RAIL ALIGNMENT 2016 CALVERT TO KAGARU OAKEY GOWRIE

Approximately 54 km of new track (dual gauge) Using 1.3 km of tunnelling this section will connect Inland Rail with the Sydney to Brisbane coastal line, diverting freight away from metropolitan areas.

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Approximately 116 km of new dual gauge track plus 82 km of upgraded track This dual gauge track will connect Australia’s most productive farming regions to the Port of Brisbane and will include new track and upgraded narrow gauge track.

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GOWRIE TO CALVERT Approximately 76 km of new upgraded and dual gauge track This will include 7.6 km of tunnelling to create an efﬁcient route through the steep terrain of the Toowoomba and Little Liverpool Ranges.

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Approximately 52 km of new track This new track will complete one of the key missing links and provide a new, efﬁcient connection between our farms and export markets.

KAGARU TO ACACIA RIDGE Approximately 35 km of existing track This track will be upgraded to increase height clearance and allow double stacking.

NARRABRI TO NORTH STAR NARRABRI GWABEGAR

Approximately 183 km of upgraded track, 3 km of new track This track will be upgraded (with a deviation) to allow inland rail trafﬁc to travel at maximum speed.

NARROMINE TO NARRABRI Approximately 307 km of new track This new track will reduce the overall journey time and complete one of the missing links between Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane.

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Approximately 107 km of upgraded track This track will be upgraded to allow the inland rail trafﬁc to travel at maximum speed.

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STOCKINBINGAL TO PARKES Approximately 173 km of existing track Inland Rail will beneﬁt from the track upgrades that ARTC has already completed to this section. Additional works will be undertaken to accommodate double stacking.

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ILLABO TO STOCKINBINGAL Approximately 37 km of new track This new track will reduce route distance by 30 km and avoid the Bethungra Spiral.

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ALBURY (VIC/NSW BORDER) TO ILLABO Approximately 185 km of existing track This track will be upgraded to increase height clearance and to accommodate double stacking.

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TOTTENHAM TO ALBURY (VIC/NSW BORDER) Approximately 304 km of existing track This track will be upgraded to increase height clearance and to accommodate double stacking.

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expected to be travelling between Melbourne and Brisbane by 2050, delivering almost $22.5 billion of direct and indirect benefits to Australia.” The Inland Rail will initially provide for 1,800 metre long trains carrying containers stacked two high and, in the longer term, much heavier 3,600 metre long trains. “By connecting south east Queensland by rail to Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, we not only reduce the freight distance between Melbourne and Brisbane by 200 kilometres and between Brisbane and Perth by 500 kilometres, we establish a corridor of commerce and bring wealth west,” Joyce said in a media statement. The Coalition’s commitment of $594 million to the project in the 2016-17 Budget has provided confidence to local producers that they would play a role in supplying a growing demand for Australian domestic product in Asia, Coulton said in Narrabri. “Inland Rail is vital to addressing the increasing freight task being experienced in eastern Australia and locally grown cotton, grain, wool, beef and lamb are just a few examples of the types of product which will travel by rail rather than road to ports in Melbourne and Brisbane,” he said. Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester said the east coast freight corridor between Melbourne and Brisbane generates 75 percent of Australia’s gross domestic product and is responsible for commodity exports of more than $260 billion each year. “While the final alignment is subject to planning and environmental assessments, the $594 million provided in our most recent Budget on top of our previous $300 million commitment, will make sure that the project is soon shovel-ready and more importantly, delivered over the next decade. “The additional funding is being directed towards refining the corridor and land acquisition. As the alignment is decided we will be providing certainty to affected landholders and communities. “Every interstate train on Inland Rail will be the equivalent of approximately 110 B-double trucks and this removal of traffic from our road network is expected to see up to 15 fewer serious crashes reducing road trauma,” Chester said.

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Seven Days STATE OF ORIGIN STATE OF ORIGIN has been a joke for the past 10 series and this week’s first game was the worst of the lot when it comes to blatant refereeing decisions handing the game to the Maroons, again. It’s like ancient Rome where the lions always beat the Christians, but at least there wasn’t a pretense that there was any sort of level playing field back then. Origin gets millions of TV viewers, far eclipsing this week’s federal leaders debate* opening (where even the journos asking the questions (a role which used to be considered the pinnacle of a news hound’s career) left them looking like a NSW Blues’ player who just saw a cheating decision to reverse a NSW scrum feed to QLD when the Maroons were out on their feet. Every year it becomes yet more and more obvious that the NSW team has to beat the cheating QLD tactics, the corrupted and biased refereeing decisions as well as a bunch of old men who continue to win games because they get a reprieve when they’re out on their feet and NSW looks like scoring a try. This year we saw the bunker take things even further, disallowing a Josh Morris try that had the stands on their feet and that the ref just a couple of metres away, with a pretty clear view, judged had made the line. The worst thing is the QLD players are such poor sportsman that they accept this bias to collect fake wins year after year – what a shame they can’t collectively take a leaf from cricket great Adam Gilchrist’s book, a bloke who walked when he knew he was out, even if the umpire didn’t. It was also clear that QLD still don’t have to get back on their 10 and that head high tackles are only awarded penalties if they’re made by NSW players. On the strike side of things, it didn’t help that Laurie Daley didn’t select Bryce Cartwright, James Roberts and Blake Austin and Nathan Peats instead of Greg Bird, Robbie Farrah, Josh Jackson. And he should have used Fifita at the back end of both halves, he looked dangerous every time he got near the ball. One thing, aside from Josh Reynolds kicking the ball straight to Darius Boyd on numerous occasions, a fault passed down through the ages and the simplest thing to fix, our new halves pairing looked at least the equal of QLD’s elderly brigade. One last piece of advice Laurie, the Dylan Walker experiment – don’t do that again. Apart from being robbed, our boys generally showed a lot of courage, so hats off to them, they can take that into game

II, QLD must be worried, and would be hugely concerned if they had to fight it out with fair ref decisions. And don’t even start me on QLD’s penalty goal which wasn’t a penalty, which they got off the back of a prior non-penalty. I’m going to Origin III thanks to tickets for me and the boys from my lovely wife, so if the series is kept alive and the third game is the decider, don’t be surprised to see an irate spectator jump the fence and put some tough questions to the ref – but rest assured I’ll counsel my boys against doing any such thing.

COALITION CURE FOR INTEGRATED CANCER CENTRE FUNDING WHAT an amazing victory for the people of western NSW with the federal coalition’s pledge of $25 million to go towards an integrated cancer centre at Dubbo Hospital, formerly known as ‘Dubbo Base’. It’s come a bit out of the blue as there’d been no word that it was any sort of priority list, but who cares if the radar was broken and it came as a surprise or what political machinations went on behind the scenes, it’s a credit to all concerned. Parkes MP Mark Coulton finally got to see the party he’s represented over many years and millions of kilometres promise to give something back, a difficult task in such a safe seat. ALP hopeful Kate Stewart didn’t do herself any favours by telling local radio presenters that she didn’t support this, and that she thought there were more pressing priorities in health for the region’s residents, she really should have done some basic homework before commenting, the interview I heard was like a rolling series of disasters that made a train wreck look like the day’s good news story, it was really cringeworthy stuff. Cancer petition and Facebook support page organiser, West Rotary’s Lyn Smith, was ecstatic at the coalition’s pledge. “I was delighted and surprised to get such an early commitment,” Mrs Smith said, “but it’s only the first step and whatever the outcome of the election we want to keep collecting signatures on the petition to keep demonstrating the immense public support.” “A lot of people on Facebook don’t seem to understand that if Coalition isn’t elected, that the money won’t be there. “It’s disappointing that Kate Stewart hasn’t been able to commit but we’re working to supply her with the facts she seems to be unaware of - hopefully the ALP’s inability to commit isn’t permanent and that

The week’s top stories from om around the region by John Ryan an the opposition will understand that it’s a matter of equity – the Labor Party says it’s the party that stands for a fair go and at the moment we’re not being treated as fairly as city people,” she said. Let’s be fair here, the federal coalition, apart from Mark Coulton, have had to be dragged kicking and screaming to get to this point, to be finally treating the state’s west in a fair manner, but it’s enormously welcome nevertheless – it’s a shame political games make people so weary and cynical.

COALITION SORE POINT IN the interests of fair coverage, the government’s Achilles heel is the perception it’s in bed with corporate mining interests, especially in this electorate with the massive coal mine planned south of Gunnedah and the Coal Seam Gas licences across the region. One of the biggest headaches facing the Nationals’ is that many of the party’s rusted on farmer supporters are furious they don’t have the right to Lock their Gates to prevent miners getting a foothold in the first place. Perennial, evergreen Greens candidate Matt Parmeter has spent the past 10 or so state and federal campaigns focusing on the opportunities for a clean energy future, this time around he’s also talking about the drawbacks of CSG. He’s been in the Pilliga inspecting the site of a current Santos mine where he claims “saline and chemically-contaminated Produced Water” which spilled from the pons some

Evolution Mining has donated 10 vehicles to TAFE Western. PHOTO: SUPPLIED BY TAFE WESTERN

years ago has resulted in continuing environmental damage. “Private landholders are doing their best to protect land and groundwater by locking the gate to Coal Seam Gas companies … their efforts are undermined when Liberal-National governments keep allowing this industry to spread on neighboring public land,” Parmeter said. “These forests are public areas yet during our visit we were under constant intrusive video recording from Santos security personnel who filmed us in public areas. “Santos personnel kept in contact with each other and coordinated their vehicles to be near us at all times – it has got to the point where members of the public would feel intimidated going in just to view a forest that belongs to all of us,” he said. If correct, it’s a bad look when a private company resorts to that sort of thing, as a journalist

it makes me think that there’s something to hide – this issue has the potential to sway a lot of votes, and that flow won’t be going towards the coalition.

GOOD MINING NEWS THE mining boom may be slowing down but the latest trade figures show a recent upswing in production and the export of coal and ores are still providing a major chunk of the national income. So it’s good to see this week’s donation to TAFE Western of 10 vehicles from Evolution Mining to allow automotive students to literally get their ‘hands dirty’ while working on them. It’s a pretty significant gift and it’s across a range of plant including Landcruisers, Hilux utes, Prados, a fire truck, Coaster bus, you get the Oh What a Feeling feeling about this. There’s also some small plant included which have late generation diesel engines for the apprentices to practice on. Evolution mining GM Jason Greive said the $150,000 donation makes sense for his company. “Tafe plays a pivotal role in training and educating the next generation of mechanics, auto electricians, automotive specialists and other trades that are critical to the mining industry,” Greives said. “Evolution recognises the importance of supporting these students gain their qualification because today’s students may end up working out at Cowal Gold Operation or one of our other mining sites across the central west in the future.” The gear will be spread out across TAFE Western’s sites.

BURNING ROAD SAFETY ISSUES Greens candidate Matt Parmeter. PHOTO: SUPPLIED.

DUBBO played host to the launch of a regional road safety campaign this week, with one of the state’s top cops in town. Deputy commissioner specialist operations Catherine Burn stood alongside police minister

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and local MP Troy Grant to kick off the roadshow which will visit centres in Orana, along the coast from Newcastle north to the Tweed and finish in Sydney. The roadshow itself was scheduled to kick off at Orana Mall on Saturday, June 4 at noon outside the entrance to Big W. The deputy commissioner was hoping to get as many members of public as possible to come along and check it out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So far this year 136 people have died on country roads, some of these occurred in the Orana Local Area Commandâ&#x20AC;?, deputy commissioner Burn said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The hurst and void these

Deputy commissioner specialist operations Catherine Burn PHOTO: SUPPLIED BY NSW POLICE

losses leave for years is unimaginable and we want everyone to do their part in ending this tragic and often avoidable loss of life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re coming to Dubbo, to ask you, the community, to work with us â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we promise to do our best to reduce road trauma and we hope that you can promise to work with us by slowing down and making

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BIKES ON ROADS A FRONT-ROWER from Queensland will be passing through Dubbo on June 8 but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got far more to do with raising awareness about mental illness than it has about State of Origin. 130kg ex-bikie Brent Allchorn-Simpson is riding his

treadley from the Gold Coast to Perth, looking at a mammoth trek of 4564 kâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, through 24 towns in just 50 days. Brentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s raising money for his Heavy Hiterz Not-For-Profit, an organization which supports its members who are struggling, as well as trying to highlight the negative impact the affliction has on the community. The group offers help through

social media platforms where people can talk through issues in a supportive environment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will need to cycle over 150 kms per day to achieve my arrival into Perth in under 50 days so I have been training six hours a dayâ&#x20AC;?, Mr AllchornSimpson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Through this ride I hope to raise money to help us develop programs and support strate-

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 03.06.2016 to Sunday 05.06.2016 gies for those living with mental illness and those who support them. “Heavy Hiterz’ motto is ‘You are not alone’ and I want people battling to understand that there is always someone willing to lend a hand”, he said. Brent was physically and mentally abused as a child and spent time in juvenile detention centres and jails where he saw suicides of neigbouring inmates. “I decided that something had to be done to help people living with mental illness so they never felt inclined to pay the ultimate price”, he said. Diagnosed as Type 2 Bi-Polar, Brent believes hopes the ride will achieve some personal redemption but doesn’t underestimate the demons he will face along the way.

BRIEF BRIEFS Great to see another $5.5 million of state money being rolled out for improvements to the Golden Highway which connects Dubbo to Newcastle, this time close to home in the section from Beni to Merrilea. The state government has also funded free counselling for victims of crime, a great thing as it can create huge mental stresses, especially in already vulnerable victims. Good to see upgrade works underway at Dubbo and District Pre-School. Great to see the city library renovations on time. Essential Energy is upset that political candidates are putting campaign posters up on power poles, apparently it’s considered a safety risk these days – all this time I’d thought the major safety risk was to household and business budgets thanks to the exorbitant prices we pay for electricity. Mid-Western Regional Council (Mudgee)

has upped its budget for grading roads which will be welcomed by many rural residents. We’ll have to keep a close eye on the new Western Plains Regional Council (Dubbington) to ensure we don’t get any fast ones slipped past us. Like for instance, that local ag suppliers in Wello continue to get council business for parks and gardens products and that list of local suppliers would be extensive – maybe the staff should do up a baseline figure of council purchases from Wellington businesses so we ensure we don’t disadvantage them into the future, we can’t have all that being centralised to the benefit of Dubbo suppliers. While jobs are meant to be pretty secure, we have to make sure a proportion of those in Wello aren’t subtly centralised to the Dubbo Branch, especially for local Wello women who in many cases wouldn’t be able to drive 100 k’s each day if they have to look after kids – there are all sorts of layers here and if anyone is getting shafted, I’d like to hear about it. Great to see the emergency services levy finally shifting from being paid by those who insure their properties, a ridiculous system which let the uninsured totally off the hook – this has been a long time coming and has been fought every step of the way by the Rural Fire Service hierarchy because it will somehow bring their funding under more scrutiny. Bring that on, we’ve had too many disasters that didn’t have to happen in recent times aided by people in senior roles, think Goobang, Goonoo and more recently the massive Warrumbungles’ blaze. **SBS ratings showed over 500,000 viewers tuned in for the debate but by the end of the first hour just over 90,000 remaine

Windfall for farmer There was great excitement at Dubbo City Toyota last week when the winner of their $10,000 holiday promotion Chris Roworth dropped in to collect his prize. The prize was drawn on April 27 but Roworth is a farmer from Breeza just past Gunnedah and has been working hard for the past few weeks to get everything ready for the season after the recent rain. “It was definitely a surprise to us to hear that our name had been pulled out, but we are very appreciative of receiving this voucher. We have no idea where we’ll go!” Mr Roworth said. We Know Travel in Dubbo supplied the $10,000 holiday voucher.

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HE hundreds who descended on Nanima School for the handover back to the community on Friday were testament to the school’s place in the hearts and minds of those gathered. Closed last decade with no real community consultation, news the school was put on the open market a few years ago jolted residents into action, according to Wellington Local Aboriginal Land Council CEO Leanne Stanley. “When we found out a couple of years ago that they were selling the building it was heart-wrenching. You sort of don’t realise the things that impact you until they’re almost torn from you, like when you lose loved ones,” she said. “We heard the news that it was on the market and that there was a keen potential buyer and that stirred up something in our spirits and it was a matter of urgency and just through people’s commitment and just passion and connection to Country enabled us to stand firm and help from state land council enabled us to make it possible.” The NSW Education Department eventually listened to pleas from locals and while coming down in price, still demanded $25,000 for buildings which locals now have to rid of asbestos and then restore. The NSW Aboriginal Land Council came to the party and helped out with a grant, that decision was music to the ears of its chairman Roy Ah See, who went through the school as a young boy.

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“Oh mate, look, it means a lot to me because fundamentally this is where I’m from, this is who I am, this is where my family is and going to this school and coming back to this school, more importantly, it’s been a roller coaster of emotions, you know, a lot of people have been through the school who are no longer with us; a lot of my mentors, a lot of people that taught me right from wrong, culturally who I am and that identity and that connection to kinship and family - that’s exactly what this place means for me,” Mr Ah See said. “Sometimes you can’t explain what something means, you have to feel it in order to know what it’s about and that’s where I am today, I’m feeling a lot of different emotions and spiritually I feel reconnected to Nanima and to this little piece of land that we’re standing on today. “Whilst it was fundamentally about education, it was also about the fami-

lies that came to this school and it was the base of our community, the foundation of our community was what this school was all about,” he said. While the school’s future role is yet to be determined, there was a strong sentiment at the handover that it must be used in broad educational sense. “It’s important that our kids be educated in a formal sense, white man’s education, but what is equally as important, is that our kids have to be educated culturally about who they are and where they come from because that’s a piece of the puzzle – if you don’t have an identity and you don’t know where you come from, you don’t know where you’re going so it’s very important that our kids are educated in that form as well,” Ah See said. “We can talk today and we know who we are and where we come from and 99 times out of 100 it’s who they can name and where they come from.” Leanne Stanley agrees.

Mr Cahill. I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention him, for me he was someone who give me inspiration the way I looked up to because he showed us patience, tolerance, kindness and love – and love sometimes turned into the cane, six of the best, but I tell you what, we deserved it, he didn’t cane us for nothing - Roy Ah See

“There’s just connections, everyone I’ve spoken to, my dad, he went to school here when he was a young fella – the tears come up but in a happy way that they’re back home and that they can walk on it again and be a part of the school again, because it has been a very important part of their lives,” Stanley said “People who have come through the Nanima school are good people and honorable people. “We’re just blessed to have that strong connection to country but family as well, you know, we all look after one another we’re not all blood related but we’re brothers and sisters in spirit and we support one another and Nanima itself and the common which is next door is also very special to our people,” she said. One local who’s keen to explore new ways of doing things is Melle West, a 26 year-old who returned home in 2011 after completing a social work degree at university in Sydney. “I wanted to be a part of a movement forward and creating change and I thought that joining the land council would help me with that, to be around passionate people as well that desire, that change to move forward,” West said. “Being part of that change, being part of that movement towards empowerment, I believe it’s all about finding your role in the community – because of the impacts of history people

For more than a decade the land has been off limits to its community members, being education department grounds it was enclosed lands. Now that’s changed and the site is finally owned by the people whose spirits never really left.

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Scattered to the wind after it’s closure, students, staff and the family community of Nanima School returned this week to witness an official handover of the school’s land and property to community members made possible with the assistance of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council. In many ways a reunion of treasured memories and a shared history, the buyback has rekindled a sense of identity and sparked plans for the future. WORDS and PHOTOGRAPHY John Ryan

have lost that space to find that role and it takes time to develop that empowerment and that motivation to find your place in the community but once you do, that’s where change happens. “It is about people and it comes back to again how close, how tight we are in our community and the role we play in its structure – we all play a role that has to benefit the entire community and if we don’t fulfill that role unfortunately the struggles within our community become hard to move forward,” she said. Leanne Stanley believes the history around Nanima is a positive and powerful tool for making good things happen around Wellington. “Just when you come down over the hill and you

instantly feel relieved, it’s a place of wellness and one that I hope will bring spiritual healing and connection to country and protection of our culture and more education of that,” Stanley said, pointing out this project has already been successful because it brought so many diverse people together for a common cause. “It’s been a fantastic day and it’s all because of the people who spent so much time helping the land council that made it all possible’, she said, sentiments totally supported by Melle West. “When we come together as one body it reminds us of how close we are, it reminds us of our sense of belonging and it reminds us of who we are and part of that identity is connected to country, connected

If you have a dream, you have a vision POEM BY ROY AH SEE (WRITTEN IN THREE MINUTES)

If you have a dream and a vision make it real, make it a mission. You’ll have your ups and your downs but don’t let it knock you around. If you believe it’s possible then fight and tussle to allow it to be colossal. You may have to be bold and mean if you believe in this dream. You may have fear whispering in your ear but tell it to go away because you don’t want it here. For I found my place on this earth, it’s my role to inspire you to challenge your self-worth. So go on your way and move towards your mission And don’t let anyone stop you from achieving your mission. For it is god who will be our final judge, for it is he who holds no grudge. So take the first step as hard as it may be, it starts today with no more delay For delays and excuses are for those that are leanin’ But that does not include you because youse are all dreamin’.

There’s a huge amount of history behind this plaque. Nanima School was Australia’s first Aboriginal school based on an inland mission when it was established in 1896. It’s now set to embark on a new chapter in an illustrious history with plans to transform it into the Nanima Education and Wellbeing Centre. PHOTOS: DUBBO WEEKENDER

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to community, connected to family, the Mob,” West said. Roy Ah See said this project illustrates the importance of local wishes being supported by peak bodies such as NSW Aboriginal Land Council, where community concerns are raised, passed up the chain, and acted upon by organisations with a state-based capacity for negotiation and funding to make sure those grassroots needs are met. “A lot of the good work that we do in the Land Council area is unreported and this is a good news story about a local Aboriginal Land Council to secure a parcel of land that has an historical significance for the community,” Ah See said. “Can you imagine if this parcel of land was purchased by an outside company or organisation that really had no connection to Nanima? It’d be outrageous, it’d be a tragedy, so Local Aboriginal Land Councils play a very important role in community because everybody and anybody who’s an Aboriginal person can be a member. “Yes we have our challenges in terms of the governance structure, you’re in a leadership position therefore you’re under the spotlight and sometimes decisions aren’t made in the best interests of the community but that happens in local government as well, you know and in state government, it happens in federal government,

Friday 03.06.2016 to Sunday 05.06.2016 | Dubbo Weekender we’re no different in terms of governance,” he said. “Today is a great example of how the state Aboriginal Land Council worked in partnership with a local land council to deliver an asset back to the community. Whatever the organisation and politics behind the handover, former students like Raymond West are just glad the school is back in loving hands, where it belongs. “I went to school at Nanima between 1969 to 1974. In ’74 I was Dux of the year, a lot of good times, just walking across the river there, used to do a lot of roaming around,” West said. “You see a lot of the young fellas these days saying they’re bored, we were never bored, we all had something to do whether it was swimming in the river, exploring on the other side of the river and a lot of times too we went rabbiting, we used to call it “underground mutton”. “Just comin’ together and remembering – on Friday morning we used to watch a movie and then after lunch we used to go across to the paddock straight across the road there and we used to have a game of soccer,” he said. The community hopes this connection will see the school used once again to teach local kids academically, but also about cultural awareness and show them the best way to live good lives.

These are the type of things that our young people are starting to achieve, our older people opened the door for us, we need to open the door for our younger people – fundamentally it’s not about what we do today, it’s about the legacies we leave so our younger kids can pick up the baton and walk forward with pride and dignity – none of this guilt, shame and remorse that’s in our communities, them days have gone, long gone - Roy Ah See

It took a while to get all the former students in one group, but this is a snapshot of most of those present who attended the schools. An amazing span of ages, the stories behind these happy faces would make for an incredible book.

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Wellington welcomes the “Wombats” PHOTOS BY PHIL LALOR DEPUTY REGION CONTROLLER, MACQUARIE REGION, NSW SES

OR the past 20 years the Wellington Caves has hosted ‘Wellington Wombats’, a convention of sorts for uniformed NSW SES members to gather and take their skills underground. With over 100 participants, supported by 21 trainers, Wellington Caves looks more like an orange ant’s nest while members test a variety of skills including anchors, knots, mechanical advantage, equipment set up and stretcher and patient handling. Gavin Arnold, NSW SES activity manager said, “Members are testing their skills, skills that are used back in their local communities to respond to requests for assistance during storms, floods, rescues and other tasks NSW SES members undertake. The main focus for the weekend is to learn and develop skills and have fun doing it.” “Wombats is a huge weekend, the assistance required to ensure a successful event is massive. It wouldn’t be possible without the very kind and generous support of the Wellington Caves Complex, members of the former Wellington Shire Council, members of NSW SES Wellington Unit, local businesses and trainers from Fire & Rescue NSW. This year, as in past events, the extra effort by NSW SES Trainers is being recognised with the NSW SES Volunteers Association providing each trainer with a unique jacket, a way of saying thanks for supporting our Volunteers” added Arnold. Overseeing the weekend’s activities, Macquarie Region Controller, David Monk said, “Just like an operational response, there is a role for nearly everybody in the SES, it’s not all about being outside climbing on a roof, driving a flood boat or cutting up a tree. There are logistics roles, operations roles, planning roles and management roles in the SES.” If you’re interested in challenging yourself, if you like to learn new skills and meet new people, contact your local NSW SES unit, there’s a job for nearly everybody.

Fairer funding for emergency services THE switch to a fairer model of funding the emergency services remains on track in New South Wales after State Parliament this week passed legislation establishing an Emergency Services Levy Insurance Monitor. With July 1 marking 12 months until the Emergency Services Levy (ESL) on insurance is replaced by a property-based levy, the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) said its members were ready for the transition. ICA Acting CEO Karl Sullivan said insurance customers and the state’s economy would benefit once NSW ceased being the only mainland state or territory to fund its emergency services with a tax on insurance. “The entire community benefits from firefighters and the State Emergency Service, and it’s fair that all property owners should contribute financially to support them,” Sullivan said. “The ESL adds on average 21 per cent to home and contents insurance premiums, which discourages households from taking out appropriate cover. It’s also applied to some motor and commercial insurance policies. “The NSW Government estimates that by switching to a property-based levy from July 1, 2017, most households will be an average of $40 better off each year.

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Keeping abreast of the real meaning of beauty

Gillian Horton, owner, Colleenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Post Mastectomy Connection with Shirley Scholte, who assists with fitting breast forms and lingerie. PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER

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Breast cancer patients often struggle to step back out into the world after a mastectomy operation. A Canberra based company making regular visits to the western region is now bringing not just pretty undies, swimwear and leisurewear designed specifically for these women, but peace of mind that life after surgery does not need to mean hiding from the world. WORDS Yvette Aubusson-Foley T every turn a woman is bound by a limit of expectation, especially when it comes to her appearance and body image. The unattainable goal of perfection is set by influencers such as cosmetic companies and fashion brands, which are then repeated ad infinitum across popular culture like an unrelenting bully’s chant. The impossible benchmark for women to look a certain way feeds a ravenous culture of self worth based purely on how she looks, or doesn’t look. Fortunately, we live in an age where the gals are fighting back against this ridiculous, hollow standard of social value, and who acknowledge their gene pool has already determined them perfect and worthy, whether they’re a size 16, have black skin, are five feet tall, flat chested, wrinkly, silver haired, or over 90. Sometimes, however, “life” will decide how a woman’s body looks and that can still be awkward for moving around a world brainwashed by insular views of what’s “beautiful and worthy” when you’re in a wheel chair, have a disability, a missing limb or a scarred face, for example. Cancer patients, particularly women, who lose their hair through chemotherapy, know this only too well, finding themselves at the social polar opposite of the advertising, film and television benchmark glossy-haired girls, whose luscious locks imagery – though needing a team of hands, product and special lighting to achieve – absolutely excludes them. Bald women are low in the pecking order (according to ad exec social mores) and as if fighting cancer wasn’t enough of a low point. Breasts then are a whole new ball game. Their importance to the world - beyond their potential life giving purpose of feeding newborns - have become an industry of epic corporate proportions. Cleavage is leverage and size matters. Not in the real world of course where friends, brains, determination and strength are really what rock a woman’s world, but the message is clear – without them your identity as a woman is apparently null and void. Noone believes that of course, but when you’re raised on a cultural diet (in the West) of breasts quantifying your social value and are then faced with a mastectomy it’s an emotional and intellectual wrench far beyond the physical. Since this life changing surgery emerged in 1882 there has been little to make the post operation procedure and the physical changes easier to live with or disguise. Colleen’s, an independent company based in the ACT which has begun NSW regional visits which includes trips to Dubbo, serves women in need of not just mastectomy products but with bras, leisurewear and swimwear that women might actually want to wear. Gillian Horton who runs the regional visits spoke to Dubbo Weekender when they were last in town. Gillian’s a breast cancer survivor and while adjusting to her new normal, felt working with Colleens and being able to help other women in her circumstance was what she had to do. “I had breast cancer in 2008 and was working but wasn’t very happy and when Colleen’s came up for sale, I knew that was what I had to do. “When we have ladies coming for the first time who are really quite nervous, sometimes upset and not sure and if they’ve had a mastectomy, they’re obviously lopsided, we fit them, and they have a choice of bras which have become a lot prettier, more feminine, a lot like normal bras. “When I was diagnosed in 2008 they didn’t have the range so I speak from experience, when I went to be fitted, I thought ‘oh, my god, these are the bras I have to wear for the rest of my life’. Looking back now, I came out of the fitting room thinking oh my gosh I look normal, but not in the sense of what I was going to have to wear. This has changed quite a lot in the last two years. “The difference in women when they leave, is the sense that nobody can tell, look I’m normal, I can still wear all the clothes I wore previously. A lot of

Many women are surprised they can look normal despite their surgery. PHOTO: SUPPLIED.

women don’t realise they can still wear their previous clothing. The bras have now changed. We have strapless bras, halter neck bras and now swimwear as well and T-shirts which have bra pockets and I can wear this without wearing a bra. The majority of Colleen’s breast forms and bras come from Germany where an engineer whose mother was diagnosed created them for her. “They are improving all the time. A lot of the breast forms now have cooling technology through them so it keeps you cooler, they heat up with your body and then cool down. They’re very light weight. They feel like a normal breast too. They fit in the pocketed bra.

“They do T-shirts and shoestring tops with the breast forms built in them. I’ve got some really nice cross-over tops too which come with a bra. “They’re great because you know they’re going to suit you and they’re designed for women who’ve had breasts removed.” They have also started carrying products by a young designer based in Sydney. “Her range is just exquisite, it’s gorgeous. She was diagnosed in her 30s and had a similar experience to me so she’s gone ahead and designed a beautiful range of lingerie.” Undergoing treatment for breast cancer and radical methods, such as surgery, can take a great toll on

` There’s a lot of confrontation. One of the first things I read was that you may not hear from a lot of friends but you will make new ones.”

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a woman’s emotional wellbeing. “The incidence of depression after breast cancer is often not diagnosed or recognised, especially after chemotherapy. You can get through to early menopause with chemotherapy and then you go onto tablets as well which interferes with your hormones. So often your emotions are all over the place, and it goes undiagnosed. “A lot of it has to do with self esteem. A lot of women don’t want to lose their hair because you can’t hide that. You can hide an operation, but you can’t hide no hair. We get asked that a lot and we do wigs and turbans as well. “There are a lot of questions around how long until my hair grows back. A lot of women want wigs similar to their hair so we try to do that. Quite often they’ll change their hairstyle prior to getting a wig so they’ll go and get their hair dyed like the wig so noone will notice. “The wigs now are not that expensive and are pretty lifelike. For women, when you’ve got no hair and have had surgery, it’s not an easy time.” Dealing with internal and external changes can be exacerbated by those changes impacting on friendships. “There’s a lot of confrontation. One of the first things I read was that you may not hear from a lot of friends but you will make new ones. I didn’t have friends who didn’t contact me but for a lot of ladies, they find that, and we recommend support groups are fantastic, because you can ask any question. “I remember going to a group just before I started chemotherapy and they introduced me, ‘this is Gillian, and she starts chemotherapy on Friday.’ Everyone in that room understood. And then the comments, oh your hair will grow back, look at mine. That level of understanding really helped me. I say to ladies it’s not for everybody but for some its really important to have that sup-

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port network. “It’s why I like to come to regional areas. One, the choice. Women just go without. They don’t know what’s available. They don’t know there’s a Medicare rebate available for the breast form of up to $400. So women just put with … well I don’t know what they actually use. Then there’s the choice and the price. Bras now are very reasonable and similar to what you’d pay when you go somewhere else. “Women don’t know about it, because there isn’t a service. That’s why I’m so passionate about showing women the choice and saying what can we do to help. That’s why we come to Dubbo and travel around.” Typically, Gillian will set up a fitting room and display her products for women to come and see, preferably by appointment. “We bring quite a range. Women take away the breast forms and the bras with them. We can post extra for them if they want,” she said. Most of the styles are also available online from their website. The breast forms have warranty and Medicare rebate every two years. Coming to Dubbo again on June 21 to 22, Gillian recommends booking early. Colleens can also help women who’ve had breast reduction surgery or uneven breasts.

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Tony Webber

Tony Webber is a Dubbo resident with a feeble beard and 7 pairs of cargo pants.

Ned Kelly would roll in his pasta but the beard fad grows on you EARDS are the cargo pants of face fashion. You recall those side-pocketed military fatigue style shorts that became popular with men in the late 1980s and hung around – literally – until about lunchtime yesterday. Full beards are the same; an ironic, totally unexpected new look that swept the male world several years ago, but efforts to have it step aside for the next big thing have been as successful as getting backpackers out of the spare room. Speaking of backpackers, during a trip to India in my youth, the gangster thug that ran the smack den we were staying in told us we looked like women because we were at that time mostly clean shaven and therefore without the obligatory moustache that was compulsory for all sub-continental males. At the time I said nothing because, from his perspective at least, he was right. But I did think: “silly us, instead of growing face hair we’ve wasted our time developing road rules and a functioning power grid,” which was taking undue personal credit for technological advances in which I played no role (but racism keeps us young - right Pauline?) So when beards arrived what made them so enduringly appealing? Let’s face it, at full length they steal a man’s jawline, giving him orang-utan’s facial dimensions, everyone he kisses feels like they’ve been scoured with steel wool and everything from eating pasta to certain sex acts are really turned on their head as an experience. So what’s the appeal? We all spent years looking at Ned Kelly thinking no wonder he put that metal bucket on his head, he looks like an orang-utan eating pasta. Grizzly Adams, Rolf Harris, Abe Lincoln, Humphrey B Bear, Earnest Hemingway, Mr T, Karl Marx: until recently they all looked like slightly creepy freaks, when it turns out only Rolf Harris was. So why have modern males rediscovered the beard? Because it’s so freaking easy!

Clean shaven faces had to be meticulously scraped daily, three layers down with a razor-sharp, er, razor leaving the quivering, raw flesh looking freshly scoured. Electric razors hastened the process but you risked a patchy job that looked like someone had trimmed a hedge with a stockwhip. We lived through the brutal years of the goatee – men mostly – that needed daily trimming to maintain symmetry; similarly the little under lip tuft, like a moth hanging from the bottom lip. The current short back and sides hairdo that exposes more scalp than a ferret’s gut will last about 20 more minutes, because it’s too difficult: you have to live in your car outside the barber’s and spend half your wage on getting the hair trimmed back from 4mm to 1mm four times a week.

Beards involve nothing: no cost, no effort, and you wake up with it already looking as good as it’s expected too for the day – suddenly your dog needs more attention than your face. Ladies, imagine the worst, most timeconsuming of your grooming habits was lifted from you by the very gods of stupid fashion that put it there in the first place. Imagine armpits bristling like brack-

` Grizzly Adams, Rolf Harris, Abe Lincoln, Humphrey B Bear, Earnest Hemingway, Mr T, Karl Marx: until recently they all looked like slightly creepy freaks, when it turns out only Rolf Harris was.

en, or head hair that had not been cut, brushed or washed for months became the height of chic – the red carpets are suddenly awash with women in glamorous gowns with hair that looks like a beaver’s dam made of fairy floss. Or leg hair like a gibbon becomes so fashionable on women, that looking like an Irish wolfhound from the knee down is the new duck lips. Or no more tinted soils and coloured fats applied to the face, meaning females could return to looking human again rather than resemble a pastel Picasso. The beard has emancipated males. Look at my photo in the top right hand of this page. The quizzical expression that at first glance looks like I’m secretly urinating behind a shrub is better understood as the self-satisfied smugness of a liberated semi-bearded man, in cargo pants.

China’s Wanda prepares to do battle with Disney’s Micky and Co BY LOUISE WATT

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BEIJING: Mickey Mouse has a new and deep-pocketed challenger: China’s shopping mall king. The developer that bought Hollywood studio Legendary Entertainment is ready to fight Disney to lead China’s – and possibly the world’s – theme park industry. Wanda Group and its billionaire founder, Wang Jianlin, have inaugurated a sprawling entertainment complex in China’s south-

east three weeks before the June 16 opening of Disney’s first mainland Chinese park in Shanghai. Wanda’s 20 billion yuan ($A4.2 billion) site in the city of Nanchang has an outdoor theme park and teacup-shaped buildings that house a shopping mall, cinemas, restaurants, a film park and the world’s largest ocean park. It has 10 hotels. Wanda has lots cash and a huge home market but lacks Disney’s brand power and decades

of theme park experience. Still, Wanda exudes confidence it can win. Publicly laying down a challenge, Wang told Chinese state TV in comments broadcast Sunday he plans to “overtake Disney” as the biggest global tourism company by 2020. “The frenzy of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck and the era of blindly following them have passed,” said Wang. Disney is “entirely cloning previ-

ous intellectual properties, cloning previous products, with no more innovation.” Disney said in an emailed reply to The Associated Press that Wang’s comments were “not worthy of a response”. Wang’s boldness is a sign of China’s growing cultural confidence after three decades of explosive economic growth. The ruling Communist Party is eager to see China create pop AAP culture to rival Hollywood.

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Vending machine CEO teen turns down $30M HE looks like the German kid off Shrek who says, “Do the roar!” but he’s a little more multidimensional for a Year 8 kid, because he’s struggling to balance his CEO duties doing stuff like turning down $30M deals, with his school work. Dreaming up the idea of a vending machine that dispenses mini first aid kits at amusement parks he got his lightbulb moment from baseball games (yeah, he’s American) when kids were getting injured and parents (not prepared) were struggling to put two bandaids together. He raised $100,000 to make his prototype and at a recent tech fair turned down a $30M dollar deal. And, he says he’s got another brainwave on the boil, but it’s all hush hush. Believe it or not, he also says he’s not being taken seriously because of his age. Do the roar matey!!!

Fighting drugs with drugs MAYOR of Ithaca, New York, Svante Myrick has proposed creating a “supervised injection site” to battle heroin addiction. Since 2005, 11 people have died in his city of heroin overdose, seven of those in the past two years. If you think that’s a scarey statistic, four of them died in one month. Though the program has never been legally attempted anywhere in the USA, the idea is to give addicts a clean and safe space in the city to use heroin in order to prevent overdose deaths. It’s not entirely a new idea but one that’s gaining interest. Ithaca has one of the highest levels of education in the US and boasts low levels of unemployment, challenging stereotypes of who is using and dying from the drug. There is a heroin epidemic sweeping the country and Myrick at least realises desperate times call for desperate measures. Time will tell if his method works.

Disney Lesbians THE new “Finding Dory” Disney Pixar trailer is causing a controversy after speculation that it features a same sex couple. On both sides of the “issue”, everyone’s getting animated. On one hand some parents are threatening to boycott, while others are pledging allegiance to the film. Disney Pixar have recently faced calls for more LGBT representation in their films. The “Finding Dory” trailer has racked up over 4 million views. In the sequence, an octopus makes it’s way into a baby stroller and two women turn around shocked to see the baby has transformed into an eight legged creature. It took just one viewer to comment on Twitter about the possibility they were a couple and the

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conversation got a little heated. @epicbooklover wrote: “Finding Dory has a Lesbian couple Pixar has gayness yes yes yes I am about to start crying so hard”. Some pointed out that no-one was upset about Hollywood’s most famous Lesbian reprising her role as the voice of Dory. They might have a point there.

Snap Chat’s nature crusader TALK about getting a fresh perspective on the bleeding obvious - we’re making a mess of the planet - a video has emerged on SnapChat showing a six year-old in total distress after learning in a film at his school that the planet is being destroyed. His mum films him as he vents his frustration at the stupid people who are “being rude” to the his world. “They throw trash on the ground, they cut down trees, they make forests into places like roads,” he tearfully says. “They need to think about what they are doing to the planet and what they are doing to animals. They are being so bad. I could just call them dumb people or maybe even a bad word, the “S” word. I’m going to try to fight them off when I’m a grown up,” he determines. Apart from being desperately cute it’s a disturbing comment on what is happening to the planet and how kids are seeing it. He’s obviously feeling completely helpless in the video and it does make you want to cry. Not just because his tears have set off his baby sibling, who is wailing in the background, or because his pleas are so genuine when he wishes he were an adult so he can do something about it. Hey kid, the adults are doing something about it. They’re dumping on your world. What’s really, really sad is this six year-old child is absolutely right.

June 1, 2016 Dear Editor Australia’s 2.2 million private higher education and training students are being urged to stand up for choice during the Federal Election campaign. Private higher education and training delivers jobs and growth in cities, towns and rural communities across Australia, and provides nationally accredited and portable qualifications that help grow our economy. Approximately 45 percent of vocational education and training students in New South Wales choose to study with a private provider. However, vocational education and training in particular is under threat from reactionary policy changes that punish quality private providers, their students and industry. Suggestions of at least 70 per cent of public funding directed to Government-run TAFEs, an arbitrary cap on student training loans and government choosing which courses will be funded, and at what price, can only lead to more public policy failure in our training system. Students must be able to choose the course they want and the provider they want to deliver it. Students, parents, teachers and industry need to send a message to all political parties that student choice counts when it comes to quality education and training. Rod Camm, chief executive officer, Australian Council for Private Education and Training ••• May 30, 2016 Dear Editor Thank you to all our supporters who took part in Australia’s Biggest Blood Pressure Check. On behalf of the Stroke Foundation I would like to thank the thousands of Australians who helped take the pressure down this April by participatIng in Australia’s Biggest Blood Pressure Check. During April, the Stroke Foundation, in partnership with Priceline Pharmacy, aimed to deliver 50,000 free blood pressure checks around the country and raise vital awareness of the risks associated with stroke. With your support we exceeded this total, delivering more than 56,000 checks across the country. Australia’s Biggest Blood Pressure Check is an opportunity for all Australians to learn about stroke and how they can reduce their own risk. I am confident that there are thousands of people in the community who are more informed and can take control of their health after the campaign. In fact, one in three of those who completed the stroke risk rating were found to be at urgent high risk and referred to their doctor for advice how to lower their blood pressure, reduce their risk of stroke and improve their health. With Australia’s Biggest Blood Pressure Check coming to a close it is vital we remember strokes don’t just happen one month of the year. Every ten minutes an Australian has a stroke. Every ten minutes someone’s life changes forever. However, there are many things we can all do to help protect ourselves, like being aware of and managing our blood pressure, getting more active, maintaining a healthy diet, stopping smoking, reducing our alcohol consumption. Stroke is scarily common in Australia – it is still a major killer and a leading cause of adult disability in the community. Last year alone, an estimated 50,000 strokes occurred in the Australian community. But it does not have to be this way. Thanks to our incredible supporters more Australians are aware of their stroke risk than ever before. But our work doesn’t stop here - it is our mission to ensure everyone understands what a stroke is and what they can do to avoid having one. As we head towards the federal election, our major parties have a real opportunity to join with us and help us to beat stroke. Take this opportunity to ask your local candidates what they will do for stroke. Join with us to call on party leaders to set aside political difference and commit to national plan to stop stroke, save lives and end suffering. It will take the combined efforts of the community, health professionals and government to achieve this mission. I know together we can fight stroke and win. Sharon McGowan, chief executive officer, Stroke Foundation

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Greg Smart

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

Common sense trumped by Donald’s nod to idiocracy COUPLE of months ago, I made the prediction that Republican Presidential candidate Ted Cruz would ride a wave of evangelical support to win the Republican nomination. Like all men, I’m prepared to admit when I’m wrong. And how wrong I was. Admittedly, I’m not alone on underestimating the longevity of Trump. When he announced his candidacy this time last year, the media predicted he would not last past the first few primary races. Campaigning against some seasoned politicians, he would surely be outgunned on political and policy nous. The initial primaries came and went, and Trump not only stayed in the race, he ousted more fancied runners like Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, winning state after state. As the nomination race wore on, delegate numbers swung Trump’s way. The only candidate in with a chance against Trump was ultra-conservative evangelical Christian minister Ted Cruz. Yet Cruz failed to sweep the Bible Belts states, falling further behind until dropping out due to Trump’s unassailable lead. As an outsider looking in, Trump’s success is both frightening and perplexing. Frightening, because “Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobic, racist, misogynist and has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S.” (Huffington Post) Frightening, because Trump will say whatever the room wants to hear, using incomplete meaningless sentences, whilst insulting his opponents and the basic laws of decency and common sense.

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I do not know a single person who finds Trump appealing on any level. Women I know find him odious and offensive. His obvious bragging innuendo about his penis size, in the middle of a Republican debate, is just one example. Perplexing, because his supporters lap it up. He markets himself as an antipolitician with no ties to Washington to great effect. The “us” versus “them” rhetoric, the self made billionaire who will fight the establishment on behalf of the forgotten “little guy,” the Make America Great Again sloganeering – are all part of the Trump façade that is so obvious to an outsider, yet seems invisible to his devoted followers. Trump himself brags of the gullibility of his followers. At a campaign rally in January, he bragged he “could stand in the Middle of 5th Avenue and shoot someone and I wouldn’t loose any voters.” Trump is a master marketer. His followers love his unfiltered straight talking; his tell it like it is persona. But he plays them for fools. He has even made off-thecuff remarks about his support from “poorly educated” voters. A large amount of his support base is described as disenfranchised white Middle Americans who have seen their position in society eroded by legal and illegal immigration, and income inequality. Trump markets himself as the embodiment of the American Dream – how through hard work and persistence, anybody can be successful like Donald. They wear the Make America Great Again hats with no awareness that Trump’s capitalist ethos actively works against their interests.

` Trump himself brags of the gullibility of his followers. At a campaign rally in January, he bragged he “could stand in the Middle of 5th Avenue and shoot someone and I wouldn’t loose any voters.”

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The pillars of capitalism – globalisation, outsourcing, and mechanisation – lead to the redundancy of the class of people who now unwittingly look past Trump the business tycoon towards Trump their saviour. Do they not know that Trump privately objects to social security on moral grounds, whilst supporting it in public? Yet at the same time, he openly supports universal health care – something the Republicans have been railing against for decades. Are his Christian followers aware of his three marriages and multiple extramarital affairs, let alone his comments about his daughter being the type of woman he would go out with if he were in the market? It was easy to view him as a

the average gestation period of a koala? 7. GEOGRAPHY: What is the only river that flows both north and south of the equator? 8. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Which of Santa’s reindeer comes last in the list alphabetically? 9. LITERATURE: Who wrote the 19thcentury novel “Sense and Sensibility”? 10. ASTRONOMY: What planet is closest in size to our moon? 11. FLASHBACK: Name the Eric Clapton album that included the singles “Hello

joke candidate – a blustering buffoon to Ted Cruz’s Christian crusader with a gun fetish. The lesser of two evils. But America is asking us to accept that a proudly anti-intellectual, xenophobic misogynist, incoherent, celebrity bully boy without a single characteristic of the statesman is now being considered as the next leader of the Free World? Against Hilary Clinton, he may even have a chance. This has moved beyond a joke. Watch the behind the scenes footage of a Trump rally and be disturbed. It takes mere moments for the crowd to start chanting “build the wall” in response to any mention of outsiders. It gets ugly very quickly. No wonder Google searches for “How to move to Canada” have skyrocketed.

Old Friend” and “Carnival”. 12. SPORT: Australian pro golfer Jason Day (pictured), at the 2015 PGA Championship, became the first player to finish 20-under par at a major championship. What had been the lowest mark, and who held it? 13. LYRICS: Name the song that contains this lyric: “The maids gone all cranky, and the cooks acting queer, What a terrible place, is a...” Give yourself bonus points if you can name the person who wrote it. ANSWERS: SEE THE PLAY PAGES.

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Got mobile phone radiation on the brain? Think again. BY MATHEW DICKERSON SMALL BUSINESS S RULES CONSULTANT TANT

HE mention of the acronym SARS strikes fear into anyone old enough to remember back to November 2002 when there was a worldwide outbreak of the disease. There were 8,096 cases reported and 774 deaths across 37 countries as a direct result of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Thankfully, there has not been a single case of SARS reported since 2004. Today I want to talk about different SARs that, for some, strike almost as much fear as the 2002 outbreak. Let me first start by going backwards. It was way back on April 3, 1973 that Dr Martin Cooper made what must have been a very satisfying phone call. Dr Cooper, working for Motorola, made the very first phone call from a handheld device. He called Joel Engel, head hasn’t me caused far so problems of research at rival company Bell any for. I sometimes manage to Labs, and said, “Joel, this is Mar- get a laugh… In all seriousness, the radiation ty. I’m calling you from a cell from a mobile phone is defined phone, a real handheld portable cell phone.” Not surprisingly, Jo- as non-ionising radiation. That is, the radiation does not carry el’s response was never reported. Going forward, the first fully enough energy to completely reautomatic analogue cellular sys- move electrons from molecules. tem deployed was in Tokyo in This is similar to the radiation 1979; in the US it started in 1983 from radio stations; television staand in Australia the first hand- tions; Wi-Fi devices; Bluetooth etc. held cellular phone call was made Despite the theory being sound, at 10.42am on February 23, 1987 the 37 years of mobile phone net(there was a car-only 007 networks across the world has given work in Australia that started on a large sample space of people to August 9, 1981 but it was limited allow countless studies to be conducted on increased rates of brain and had low uptake). Dubbo was connected quite ear- tumours or cancers. To this date, ly and I remember literally taking no significant medical change has been detected in out a bank loan to any population. purchase my first In direct conhandheld phone ` trast to what has in 1990 and today It seems to me that there are over 33 there is more risk of been observed, a new US study may million active serbeing injured if you change the opinvices in Australia ions of those in (for our population are distracted by the medical field. your phone while of 24 million). The study has not Ever since I sold driving than there been completed my first phone on is of contracting and there are only July 26, 1990, I preliminary results have been asked cancer. coming out of the the same question study so far but it a thousand times. Will the radiation from a mobile phone cause showed a slight increase in brain medical issues? My standard an- tumours in male rats exposed to swer is that I have been using a mobile phone radiation. This is handheld mobile for years and it part of a seven-year study which

exposes rats to mobile phone radiation from the womb through the first two years of life for nine hours a day (not even my teenage children use the phone that much). The initial results found tumours in two to three per cent of male rats but no change in the females. Strangely, the rats not exposed to the radiation died faster than the rats exposed to the radiation. Personally, these early results won’t change my mobile phone habits but I accept that there are some people very concerned about this radiation. Which brings me back to SARs. Since 2001, mobile phone manufacturers began providing SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) values for all new mobile phones and mobile phones sold in Australia must comply with the ACMA’s Radio Communications Standard 2003. This standard allows for a maximum SAR of 2 watts per kilogram. When looking at the specifications of your next mobile purchase, this figure is readily available to allow you to compare various models. To give you an idea, two of the more popular phones in the iPhone 6s and Samsung S7 have SAR values of 0.87 W/kg and 0.41 W/kg respectively – both well below the maximum allowed in Australia of 2 W/kg. It seems to me that there is more

risk of being injured if you are distracted by your phone while driving than there is of contracting cancer. If you are worried about mobile phone radiation, then you should also be worried about the variety of other radio signals we generate to allow our GPS devices; radios; televisions and other devices to operate. You also need to stay away from medical procedures such as X-rays and CT scans and flying is right out. Apart from the security scanners at the airport, a seven-hour flight exposes passengers to the same radiation as a chest X-ray. Earth’s atmosphere shields us from radiation that is constantly bombarding the earth but at 40,000 feet we aren’t so protected. I can’t conclusively say that mobile phones won’t cause medical problems but at this stage, despite some rats giving it up for science, there is no definitive proof that you will suffer any medical issues caused by the radiation from a mobile phone. I’ll let you know if those rats give us any further information. z Mathew Dickerson has become a serial IT entrepreneur after starting his first business in 1980. He has six successful businesses under his belt, won numerous awards at local, national and international levels and is the owner of axxis and Small Business Ru!es.

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Credit card payment system reform THE Australian Retailers Association (ARA) this week welcomed the decision of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Payments Systems Board to accept a number of recommendations on payments system reform, reducing costs for retailers on regulated cards and the need to surcharge. “The ARA has been working with the RBA in seeking to reduce merchant fees and aiming to have credit cards such as American Express and Diner’s Club regulated,” ARA executive director Russell Zimmerman said. “The capping of premium card charges at .8 percent and the more regular weighted average benchmark setting at .5 percent will drive lower costs for retailers. “Retailers do not like passing on surcharges to consumers and where costs are reasonable on payments systems, retailers don’t surcharge. Both parties will benefit from lower costs as a result of these changes,” Mr Zimmerman said. Retailers use surcharges to leverage a better deal from the unregulated high cost payment systems - including American Express, Diners’ Club and China Union Pay. These cards cost merchants more to accept than the regulated Visa, eftpos and MasterCard payment systems. Excessive fees are forcing many retailers to pass these higher costs onto their customers by surcharging, and the RBA’s decision to allow retailers to surcharge

on these high cost schemes is an important price indicator. The ARA will be seeking that the RBA undertake a review of the high cost schemes moving forward, with a view to regulate them in the same way as MasterCard, Visa and eftpos,” Zimmerman said. The weighted-average benchmark of .5 per cent for credit cards will be maintained. To prevent interchange fees drifting upwards in the manner that they have previously, compliance with the benchmark will be observed quarterly rather than every three years. The weighted-average benchmarks will be supplemented by ceilings on individual interchange rates: .8 per cent for credit; and 15 cents, or .2 per cent if the interchange fee is specified in percentage terms, for debit and prepaid. Interchange-like payments to issuers in the American Express companion card system will be subject to equivalent regulation as applies to the MasterCard and Visa credit card systems. To prevent possible circumvention of the debit and credit card interchange standards there will now be limits on any scheme payments to issuers that are not captured with the interchange benchmarks.

What manufacturers want COMPETITION from imported, unregulated, cheaper products is challenging the sustainability of Australian manufacturing, according to the manufacturers that attended five focus groups held

BUSINESS IN BRIEF across Sydney. Forty-one manufacturers had an opportunity to share experiences, the challenges they encounter on a daily basis and the types of information and assistance they need. Payroll taxes, industrial relations, occupational health and safety were identified as great sources of stress for SMEs. The lack of a content strategy, complex procurement practices and the difficulty of navigating the maze of information, programs, grants, were some of the issues highlighted during the discussions. For the manufacturing sector to grow, participants said that original equipment manufacturers needed to attract companies to NSW, through tax and other incentives. All manufacturers agreed that the sector needs a voice, an advocacy body able to represent their interests and said that having a portal to find the information and connect, network and collaborate with other companies would be most beneficial to them.

ATO to review MP travel allowance ruling THE Australian Taxation Office is urging all taxpayers to understand their obligations and check their claims. Tax commissioner Chris Jordan said

Why the best small business accountants use an app to help clients ELANIE HASELMAYR from Forbes Magazine was very clear almost 18 months ago stating in an article that there were a number of reasons why businesses should consider having their own app or be left behind. However, to think that small business accountants might be able to find such a piece of technology so useful was, and still is to many, hard to believe. When I first saw the opportunity for Scolari Comerford to have its own app, I thought “Is this just a gimmick or is it a tool that both our clients and our team will take us to the next level in the digital age?” Well, here is the view from a small business accountant why the technology is an absolute must as we aggressively grow our business in the 21st Century in the never-ending quest for the ultimate client service standards. 1. Stand out from the crowd NO matter what business you’re in, being one of the first to test the boundaries will generally show a thirst to try different things and take a risk. Finding different and better ways to communicate with your clients and customers should always be a priority.

It wasn’t that long ago when accountants didn’t even have a website. Some of the website functionality is not as good as through an app (using calculators for example) as most people are using smartphones and tablets more to access the web. Having an app takes time and money but shows that you aren’t frightened of technology. Many of my blogs have talked about having a point of difference and, at the moment, having an app will certainly help most businesses achieve this goal. Not only will it help you stand out from the crowd but also build your business valuation. 2. An alternative marketing channel – digital & push notifications FIRST it was a letter, then a telephone, a telegram, the fax, a mobile phone and then email was considered an amazing

way to communicate with clients and a target market. The digital age is here and can provide information more quickly, to more people, more accurately. Most emails are now getting caught by spam and are also getting lost in their hundreds each day in people’s inboxes. The app allows messages to be broadcast like a text message and those that have downloaded it will see that they have an update with a number on it. Statistics show that apps receiving push notifications have a 90 per cent open rate. This is much higher than email! 3. Providing more value to clients PROVIDING useful tools to your clients via an app such as common, easy-to-use tax calculators, GPS logbooks for themselves and staff, simple time-saving ways to record receipts, easy-to-find articles about small business growth, and many other features, will give them much more value once they start using it. As time goes on, the app gets continually updated with more features that will improve user knowledge and keep users better informed whilst allowing them to stay ahead of their competition.

there were no special rules for Members of Parliament. “The rules are the same for every taxpayer, regardless of their occupation,” the commissioner said. “Any taxpayer who has had to travel overnight for work is entitled to deduct the costs of meals and accommodation under our tax laws. “However, given that there are clear misunderstandings of how the ruling is applied, we will undertake to review the 1999 ruling to give greater clarity for all taxpayers on the treatment of allowances they may receive from their employer to cover the costs of work related travel.” There are no special tax rules for Members of Parliament regarding travel allowances and other deductions. They have the same entitlements and responsibilities as other taxpayers. The returns of all taxpayers, including Members of Parliament, are scrutinised. Any taxpayer, including a Member of Parliament, should not be claiming deductions for travel expenses unless they have declared the allowance as income in their tax returns. This is mainly relevant when a taxpayer incurs expenses greater than the allowance. Provided that the expenses can be substantiated, they can declare the allowance as income and claim the relevant deductions. All taxpayers required to travel overnight away from home for work may be entitled to deduct the costs of meals and accommodation under the general income tax deduction rules.

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Business in changing times with Phil Comerford, Scolari Comerford Dubbo 4. Staying visible to clients STATISTICS show that people using smartphones spend on average two hours a day on these devices. Having a nicely designed app icon that they can see when scrolling through the various options they have on their phone will keep your business top of mind. This may seem of small consequence but anything that keeps your business at the forefront will help with any marketing plan and is low cost. 5. Brand & recognition THE mobile app is like a blank billboard. Have it designed with a nicely designed logo and your brand will become more recognisable, particularly as it gets used and downloaded more often. It needs to have great features that clients and customers will use but make sure it looks modern and upbeat. In terms of recognition, the reality is the more that customers use the app, the more they will want to interact and use

services that will get their business to where they want it. Getting customers to use your services more should be great for the customer and great for your business. Conclusion: WE simply cannot wait to get our free app further out into the marketplace for clients and non-clients alike who we believe will find it incredibly beneficial and change the way we do business with them. If you have a small business that could use an app that will help set you apart from your competition, now more than ever I suggest you have a look at the possibility of getting one that is specific to your own industry. Making it easier for people to do business with you should be priority. Failure to embrace this concept in today’s digital world, whether it be through this channel or otherwise, will mean almost certain death.

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Time to plant your new season fruit trees BY CHRIS BRAY Y GARDENING GURU RU

F you have been thinking about planting a new season deciduous fruit tree, now is the time to consider the location and variety, as the cooler months are the best time to plant in preparation for flowering during Spring. Many varieties of deciduous fruit trees grow well in our temperate climate and within a few seasons, you will be picking fresh seasonal fruits annually. Given that deciduous fruit trees become dormant during Winter, new season stock will arrive as bare trees with no foliage and usually have been temporarily bedded down with soil to prevent the root system from drying out, which should be planted relatively soon after purchase. Alterna-

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tively, you may purchase a potted variety, which will enable you to have more time to plant if you don’t already have a position in your garden. When determining the variety of fruit tree you are going to purchase, you will need to consider whether or not your particular variety is self pollinating or you may need to purchase another variety, so that cross pollination can occur. Always read the label on the tree, which will give you information relating to a cross pollinator if needed. Other factors to consider include the size of the tree once established and also preventatives in relation to fruit fly infestation, as there are alternatives such as keeping your tree more shaped and smaller, enabling fruit fly netting to be used instead of other methods. If you have minimal space to plant a conventional size fruit tree

Celebrating National Reconciliation Week “RECONCILIATION is a process, and supporting reconciliation means working to overcome the gap that still exists between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people,” said Anne Heath, Interrelate Area Manager, Central and Far West. Research shows that engaging in, and sharing traditional culture helps Aboriginal people to close the gap in disadvantage and contributes to building stronger families and

in your garden, there are many dwarf variety trees now available, of which can be planted in containers or larger pots, giving you the same home grown fruit on a smaller scale. Other options for new season planting include new varieties of apples, some of which have the highest antioxidant levels of fruits today, beneficial for a healthy diet. Preparation of the soil where you are going to plant your new season tree is usually minimal, but soils that consist of heavy clay or alternatively sand, will need to be treated to a consistency of a loam before planting. Good drainage and water retention within the soil profile, especially in the warmer months will be paramount, so that the tree does not show signs of stress during the fruiting season. After planting, lightly mulch around the root

HEALTH IN BRIEF communities. Participation in cultural activities builds human and social capital, fosters cultural leadership and reduces isolation. “In this week of celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, we need

zone, away from the trunk. This will insulate the roots from the effects of Winter, retain moisture and suppress weeds. An application of fertiliser won’t be required until the growing season during Spring. Look for a long feeding fertiliser to give your tree all the nutrient value it needs.

5 top tips for this week: 1. Prepare a spot in your garden for a new season fruit or ornamental tree. 2. Identify frost tender plants and protect with frost blanket, now that frosts have started. 3. Continue to collect falling leaves for your compost bin. 4. Complete your new season planting of shrubs and annual seedlings. 5. Plant new season Rhubarb, Asparagus and Strawberry crowns.

to remember how important cultural identity is to the health and wellbeing of individuals, families and communities,” said Ms Heath. “Outward displays of culture allow the wider community to understand and appreciate the depth of wisdom and knowledge within Aboriginal culture, which can help breakdown prejudices and decrease racism,” she said. In conjunction with local communities, Interrelate runs a variety of services and programs tailored to the needs of local Aboriginal people.

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“Miss H” Fresh out of Melbourne and armed with her “camera, a jacket and a poor sense of direction”, Erin Michele set out with her family in tow to explore the new life they are building here in Dubbo. Welcome to the Western Plains and thank you for your epic photo! PHOTO BY ERIN MICHELE PHOTOGRAPHY | WEDDING & FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER

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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 Well, that escalated quickly… NE moment we were sitting around, talking about climate change and how we’ll all get the most appalling diseases if we don’t get a decent winter. Nekminnit? Frost on my windscreen that Sonja Henie could cut figures of eight into. Where did that bloody come from, eh? Savage, that’s what it was. It’s all very well to be fluffing around, enjoying the dying light of summer, almost until the end of autumn. But if you don’t get some acclimatisation, it’s a bloody rude shock. I’ve been wearing summer clothes with a cardie over the top. Actually I’ve been avoiding wearing clothing which are too robust because I’ve been caught out a couple of times, caught standing in a paddock in a muck sweat in a heavy grade cotton shirt. In autumn. Well, that’s all over now. That is officially no longer a problem this season. I live in a delightful house. Small, but perfectly formed and it has everything that a woman who collects more furniture than she could ever reasonably need would desire. I concede that when I moved in I did have to divest myself of numerous chairs, and a table, and I had to pare down my collection of lounges. But I managed to squeeze the rest of my paraphernalia into the four rooms, and those paintings that are not actually hanging on the walls are propped against sideboards and dressers in a very decorative fashion. (There are one or two places where two people cannot pass each other with ease, but I live alone, so happy days!) I may not be the embodiment of minimalism but I’m still under the radar of the hoarding police. The house has everything. It’s coolable in summer and heatable in winter. It’s big enough to allow dinner and overnight guests and small enough to discourage boarders. There are however, a couple of small flies in my ointment. And it’s at this time of year that they become a bigger irritant The bathroom is on the back veranda, outside the kitchen door. It has water coming

Greens announce package to reduce indigenous suicide AS part of additional funding announced in the Green’s mental health initiative, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are set to benefit from a $400m increase to Primary Health Networks’ flexible mental health funding pool, $280m in additional mental health funding for regional, rural and remote communities, $40m in funding for a series of strategies to reduce mental health stigma, including a targeted campaign for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The funding would recognise the needs of regional and remote communities, including allocating at least $24m to regional Western Australia over four years, and a minimum of $17m in additional funding for services and workforce in the Northern Territory, including remote communities. The Greens are disappointed that funds previously committed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sui-

out of the appropriate spigots and that water drains from the designated places at the correct time. The temperature of the water is adjustable and the range of temperatures is very useful. In the heat of the summer I was able to come home in the afternoons and cavort under my cold shower. And at -4 o’clock on these winter mornings I can drag my sorry self under the hot tap and defrost myself sufficiently to get into work clothes for the day. And God forbid that we ever get so complacent in our lives of wealth and privilege that we take this stuff for granted. It’s such an amazing thing to be able to turn on a tap and have water appear. If you look at the population of the world, and the World Health Organisation statistics on access to potable water and good plumbing, it’s pretty sobering stuff. So I’m very mindful of my privilege in having a functioning bathroom that I don’t have to share with some bloke who will leave the toilet seat up, leave his whiskers in the sink or whinge about my toiletries and cosmetics taking up every available surface. Very mindful. So. Bearing in mind that I’m mindfully thankful for my bathroom as it stands, there are a couple of things that render it slightly less than perfect. As I have said, it’s on the back veranda, outside the kitchen door. So, that is outside the house. And that means running the gauntlet of the frost first thing in the morning. That means the early winter morning dash to the bathroom can’t be done in pyjamas and bare feet, there’s none of this ‘racing back from the shower wrapped in a towel’ caper. A winter trip to the bathroom requires outerwear, the ugg boot, the dressing gown, sometimes the beanie. Preparing for a morning shower means going shopping through the wardrobe for all the components and taking them out to the bathroom. It is part of the house but getting there requires a trip to the great outdoors. And when you get there? No bath.

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cide prevention strategies have not been spent. The Greens want to see this money (now worth $25m) immediately spent on suicide prevention.

Telehealth keeps pressure down for people with a disability and the aged COMMUNITY services organisation CareWest knows first-hand how proactive monitoring of specific health measures can promote long term health and independence in the lives of people with a disability and older Australians. The organisation has successfully completed a trial of its Telehealth service, a remote health monitoring ser-

` ... God forbid that we ever get so complacent in our lives of wealth and privilege that we take this stuff for granted.

vice, which has shown to increase the quality of life of people with a disability and elderly people by enabling them to actively manage their own health. Devices are used to monitor vital signs and clients have access to registered nurses and a clinical nurse consultant. According to CareWest CEO Tim Curran, the organisation’s clinical services team has seen an immense improvement in quality of life for the many who have been using the Telehealth service for some time now. “Research has shown that many clients involved in the CareWest pilot project experienced early identification of physical decline resulting in timely treatment, thereby reducing the number of hospital admissions,” Curran said. “Telehealth gives them the opportunity to be confident and reassured at home, knowing that their health is being monitored. Robert Booth has been using Telehealth for three months and has seen substantial improvements to his health and independence since using the service, describing it as “a pillar of his health”.

There’s a shower and a loo and a basin. There’s a socking great cupboard where the overflow of my cosmetics and toiletries have roosted. There’s even a handy nook in the wall (created by virtue of it backing onto a chimney in the kitchen) and that’s a handy place to store my swag. Not so much of the bath action though. So my grand plan, the one that is coming together in a very satisfactory manner at the moment, is all about creating a bathing paradise. An outdoor bathing paradise no less. My plan is to take a lovely old cast iron bath, with claw feet, and install it in my garden. Before I place the bath that I’ve purchased, I’m going to build a concave brick hearth on the ground that I can put the bath above. And then I’ll fill my bath with water and light a fire under it. (Not an inferno, you understand, just a bit of a boori that’s got enough guts to warm the water up and create sufficient coals to keep the temperature at a modestly toasty level). And then I’m going to sit in my nice hot bath, on a cold night, under the stars. That’s the plan. The plan may even include a glass of good whiskey. So far I have bought the bath, and taken it home to the garden. And that’s as far as I’ve progressed at present. It takes time to design something as superb as what I have in mind. Time, and a bit of organisation and energy. And probably some help. But I have the satisfaction of knowing that I’m giving any number of people a thoroughly good chuckle. Envisaging me sitting up in the pot, with the fire underneath. Like Bugs Bunny in Elmer Fudd’s stockpot. They ask, with a smile, at regular intervals how the spa development is going. You’ll be laughing on the other side of your face, when I’m sitting up there, all toasty and comfy, with my whiskey.

Booth’s hospital admissions have significantly reduced and he says he has seen improvements in his blood pressure and heart rate. Like for many clients, Telehealth has helped give Mr Booth peace of mind and reassurance as he struggled with the anxiety of having a chronic illness. People who accessed CareWest’s Telehealth service during the trial range from those with a disability, to those receiving aged care or in-home care. “The way Telehealth works is that the nurse will get an alert if vital signs are outside of normal range. We are then able to alert the primary care giver and intervene and treat early,” Curran said. “This helps prevent acute episodes and gives patients the reassurance that nurses are monitoring vital signs and able to act appropriately.” CareWest is currently recruiting five Telehealth nurses for expansion of these services. More information on CareWest’s Telehealth Service can be accessed here: http://www.cw.org.au/approache/ telehealth-2/

FOOD.

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‘I’m a big believer in seasonality’ In the English countryside (Jersey to be precise) there’s a unique vegetable that’s been grown by a unique group of farmers for generations. BY GEMMA DUNN E might be known for his rarebreed pigs, but entomologistturned-farmer Jimmy Doherty’s latest initiative lets their veggie sidekick – the humble potato – do the talking. “The Jersey Royal is an iconic food item and something we should celebrate,” the 40-year-old Brit enthuses of his collaboration with the seasonal spud. “If the Italians or French had this, they would be going on about it all the time.” Since taking on a 100-acre farm more than 10 years ago, which was famously documented in BBC Two series Jimmy’s Farm, Doherty has made a name for himself in the world of TV, appearing in shows including Food Unwrapped and Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast, with childhood friend Jamie Oliver. Add to that three books and a number of free-range food products, and it stands to reason that he’s the ideal patron to champion the unique Jersey crop – or as he dubs it, “the Champagne of potatoes”. “As a kid, having Jersey Royals with your spring lamb was pretty important,” he muses. “I’m a big believer in seasonality.” Available in England from April until the end of June, Jersey Royals’ Protected Designation of Origin status means its five-generational farmers use 130-year-old techniques to ensure their nutty flavour, creamy consistency and flaky skins. “I visited Jersey, and I arrived thinking, ‘I’m used to farming in the British Isles’, but I’ve never seen it like that before,” admits Doherty. “They’re all crackers, and the fields they hand-plant their crops on – cotils – are steep, so the planters have to be winched up!” Delivered to supermarkets within 48 hours of being gathered up, the TV foodie is also a firm believer that these potatoes – and other varieties – should be a diet staple. “We forget potatoes are full of vitamin C, antioxidants and fibre, and we’re moving to other carbohydrates like rice and pasta,” he says. “We should go back to eating lots of potatoes. “It’s about portion control, that’s all,” he adds, in response to any spud critics, and the father-of-three certainly practises what he preaches at home. “The simplest way [to serve Jersey Royals] is freshly dug with butter, but I use them for my kids all the time as mini

Jimmy Doherty. Photos: PA Photo/Nick Ilott; Rob Wilkinson.

roast potatoes. Rather than peeling and chopping, I just put them straight in the roaster and they love them. “My kids get excited about food. Understanding where food comes from is a very natural part of their life, and it should be the case for everyone. “I wish we could emulate what Jersey does,” he continues. “ If all of the schools were excited by Jersey Royal season, and did little competitions where they grow the potatoes, it would show pride and respect for the environment.” It’s an ethos he looks to implement at Jimmy’s Farm, which today boasts a nature trail, butterfly house, award-win-

COMFORT FOODS MADE FAST AND HEALTHY! BY ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS

THE KITCHEN DIVA

MEALTIMES are an opportunity to share time together as a family. If your dinner table has become a struggle between you and your picky children, help is at hand. Mealtimes can quickly become battlegrounds when parents insist that children clean their plates or eat all of their vegetables. Eating is one of the few areas where young children feel they have control, and their budding

ning restaurant, science and food festivals – and a zoo licence in the pipeline. “It never ends!” Doherty admits, laughing. “There are 30 full-timers, and I’ll tell you what, dealing with pigs is a lot easier than dealing with people!” When he’s not running the land, the star feels lucky to be dipping his toe in the world of showbiz – and even luckier, on occasion, to be doing so with good pal Oliver. “We muck around and get told off because we talk rubbish,” he reveals of his time filming Jamie And Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast. “We’ve never grown up, but it’s fun.”

independence can easily lead to unpleasant power struggles. The best thing a parent can do is to provide a healthy, nutritious meal, but go with the flow and relax at mealtime. The time shared together is more important than engaging in a power struggle to make the kids finish every last veggie. Here are some questions about common picky eater problems and answers to alleviate mealtime predicaments. Q: One day my son is constantly hungry. The next he may hardly touch his food. Then he gets on food jags (i.e. when a child will

Next up, he’s pleased to be hosting a show that will see him travel to all corners of the globe, in search of people who’ve swapped the rat race for the wilderness – a concept that takes him back to the topic of sustainability. “Without food producers and regular supply in our supermarkets, where would we be?” While these three family-friendly recipes were created by Doherty for the iconic Jersey Royal, you can substitute a tasty equivalent from our local varieties of spuds...

only eat one food item, or a very small group of food items, meal after meal) and wants to eat only cereal for several days. Should I be concerned? A: Children’s appetites can vary from day to day, and children often eat in spurts. While some children may be able to eat regular meals, others may need a series of small meals through the day. Give children credit that they will eat when they are hungry. It’s also not uncommon for children to get on food jags and want to eat the same thing meal after meal. The important thing is to learn

your child’s individual needs and preferences and not overreact when he won’t eat or wants cereal three meals in a row. As long as your child is growing and healthy, he is probably doing fine. If you have concerns about your child’s growth rate or health, see your paediatrician. Q: My 4-year-old twins are so picky about what they will eat that I worry they’re not getting a balanced diet. What can I do? A: There are many ways you can add variety and make foods fun. Here are some suggestions: Make smiley faces on foods. Add cheese to vegetables or

FOOD.

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 03.06.2016 to Sunday 05.06.2016 SAUSAGE AND JERSEY ROYAL BAKE (Serves 4) 600g new potatoes, scrubbed (not peeled) and cut in half lengthways 8 large herb sausages 2tbsp olive oil 1 medium red onion, peeled and cut into 8 wedges 1/2 red pepper, deseeded and cut into quarters 1 yellow pepper, deseeded and cut into quarters 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 10 large sage leaves, roughly chopped 200g cherry tomatoes 150g asparagus 2tbsp balsamic vinegar Sea salt Coarsely ground black pepper Crusty bread and mustard to serve 1. Preheat the oven to 200C/180C fan. 2. Cook the potatoes in a medium pan of salted water for eight to 10 minutes until just tender. 3. Add the sausages to a large roasting tin with two tablespoons of olive oil and roast for 10 minutes. 4. Drain the potatoes, and add to the roasting tin with the remaining ingredients, excluding the tomatoes and asparagus. Mix together and roast for 25 minutes until vegetables are slightly caramelised around the edges, stir occasionally. 5. Scatter over the tomatoes and asparagus, mix well and roast for a further 10 minutes until the sausages are golden and cooked through. 6. Serve hot with crusty bread and mustard.

JERSEY ROYAL AND HALLOUMI ROSEMARY SKEWERS

JERSEY ROYAL POTATO SPRING VEGETABLE FRITTATA (Serves 4-6) For the frittata: 300g Jersey Royal new potatoes 100g Fresh peas, podded or frozen 100g broad beans, podded and shelled or frozen 6 large free range eggs 3tbsp mint, roughly chopped 1tbsp olive oil 4 salad onions, thinly sliced 4 baby courgettes, sliced in half lengthways 1 garlic clove, crushed 100g feta, crumbled Sea salt Coarsely ground black pepper For the pea shoot and mint salad: 40g fresh pea shoots 40g fresh rocket leaves 1 small bunch of torn mint leaves 1tbsp extra virgin olive oil Squeeze lemon juice Sea Salt Ground black pepper 1. To make the frittata, cook the Jersey Royals in a pan of water for 12-15 minutes, until tender. Drain and, when cool, slice thinly. 2. Cook the peas and broad beans in boiling water for two minutes (or four to five if from frozen) then drain and refresh under cold water. 3. Whisk the eggs in a medium bowl with the mint, salt and pepper. 4. Heat the oil in a 24cm non-stick frying pan. Add the courgettes cook for one to two minutes then add the potatoes, onions and garlic, cook for three to four minutes, until beginning brown. Stir in the peas and broad beans, keeping 10g of each for the salad. 5. Preheat the grill. Pour the whisked egg over the vegetables and crumble over the feta, keeping 20g of feta for the salad. Cook over a gentle heat for 1012 minutes until almost set. Transfer the pan to the grill and cook for three to five minutes until the top is golden and cooked through. 6. Place a plate or board over the top of the pan so that the frittata falls onto the plate. Slice into wedges and serve with the salad. 7. Pea shoot and mint salad: 8. Wash the pea shoots and rocket, dry well, and tear into bite sized pieces if necessary, add to a medium bowl with the mint, reserved peas, broad beans and feta. 9. Drizzle the leaves with the oil and a squeeze of lemon juice, seasoning with a little salt and pepper. 10. Mix leaves and dressing together and serve with the frittata.

other foods. Cut sandwiches into shapes with cookie cutters. Make juice-sicles by freezing juice using popsicle sticks. Give children choices: “Would you prefer carrot or apple slices?” Involve children in shopping for food and planning, preparing and serving meals. Children may be more willing to eat meals that they have helped select and prepare. Keep fruit and other nutritious snacks available and accessible. Set out healthy ingredients and let children put together their own snack creations.

Don’t allow snacks to take the place of meals. Remember that most picky eaters will change their eating habits over time, but this usually will happen much sooner if parents avoid power struggles over food. Serve your picky eater these delicious and nutritious Cheesy Spinach Squares. Most picky eaters make an exception when there’s cheese involved. Spinach is a good source of protein, calcium, fibre, iron, niacin, zinc and vitamins A, C, K and B-6. These squares also can be cut into fun shapes using a cookie

(Serves 6) For the mint oil: 25g fresh mint, leaves only 150ml extra virgin olive oil Sea salt Coarsely ground black pepper For the skewers: 4 x straight woody stems of rosemary around 25cm long 500g Jersey Royal new potatoes, scrubbed (not peeled) and cut in half 360g halloumi cheese, cut into 3cm cubes 1 medium aubergine, cut into 3cm cubes 200g cherry tomatoes 1. To make the mint oil, add all the ingredients to the food processor and process for one to two minutes until smooth. 2. To make the skewers, add the potatoes, halloumi, aubergine and tomatoes to the mint oil. Mix well to ensure that everything is evenly coated. 3. Strip the base rosemary leaves from each stem, leaving the top 4cm of each with leaves. Thread alternate potato, halloumi, aubergine and tomatoes along each stem and continue until everything is used up. 4. Preheat the barbecue or grill. 5. Cover the leafy tops of the rosemary skewers with a sheet of tin foil, to prevent them burning, then grill or barbecue the skewers over a medium heat for about 10-15 minutes, turning regularly until the potatoes are cooked through and the vegetables are golden. Baste occasionally with the mint oil. 6. Serve with a drizzle of remaining mint oil.

CHEESY SPINACH SQUARES

pan and spread to coat evenly.

(Makes 6-8 servings) 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 3 large eggs 1 cup whole milk 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg 450g Cheddar cheese, shredded 450g chopped frozen spinach, thawed and drained 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1. Heat oven to 190C/375F. Line a 22-by-33-cm (9-by-13-inch) rimmed baking sheet or baking dish with parchment paper. Pour melted butter into the prepared

2. In a large bowl, beat eggs until well-blended. Whisk in the milk, flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Add Cheddar cheese and spinach, and stir until combined. Pour spinach mixture into the prepared pan and spread in an even layer. Sprinkle Parmesan evenly over the top. 3. Bake until top is lightly browned and juices are bubbling, 30-40 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool until just warm to the touch. Cut into 5cm squares or use a cookie cutter to cut into shapes and serve.

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Come dine outdoors with me BY GABRIELLE FAGAN T’S the time of year when we prepare to demonstrate our bravery, as we have to brace ourselves – no matter what the weather throws at us – to dine all fresco. Ready to battle with the barbecue and wrestle unwieldy picnic tables, folding chairs and wobbly parasols – not to mention the sometimes chilly wind? You betcha – because nothing will deter us from enjoying that heady combination of good food and fresh air. Indeed, a recent survey by Karcher saw 80 per cent of respondents state they’ll persevere with plans for dining outdoors, regardless of showers or storms. Nature, of course, may be beyond our control, but there’s no excuse for a shabby table setting, as designers have transformed picnicware – once the poor relation of tableware – with stunning designs that make them suitable for use indoors and outdoors all year round.

So even if the weather lets you down, at least make sure your setting is a feast for the eyes. And what better time to get cracking than the start of winter? We’ve grilled the foodie experts for their top tips... FLORAL FEAST Pretty floral patterns in soft shades conjure a country garden look, while bright blooms can evoke a sunny Mediterranean style. “You can’t beat an al fresco meal in a beautiful country garden. When my husband and I first started living together, I made a feast in our garden and got a violinist to come and play his favourite classical music. It was a pretty special date night,” says Natasha Corrett, 33, author of Honestly Healthy In A Hurry (Hodder & Stoughton). “I keep food as simple as possible, with dishes such as Middle Eastern sweet potato salad, wild rice citrus and roasted radish salad, and beetroot burgers,” she explains. As for the settings: “I like a casual, informal look,

with cutlery in kilner jars, so people can help themselves. My favourite tablecloth is white, with ‘Healthy’ hand-painted in huge green letters.” TABLE TREATS: Look for melamine tableware to suit a traditional country garden tea party. Choose from the flower-scattered Spring Bloom designs, or the delicately patterned pink and white Rosalie collection, with side plates. For a romantic occasion, a Spring Bloom 2 Person Wicker Heart Hamper, including plates, wine glasses, cutlery and table accessories, is ideal. OUT OF THE BLUE Blues are peaceful colours, conjuring sunny skies, glittering seas and lakes – which will raise cheer even if the weather isn’t co-operating! “Nature offers what the indoors can’t – natural beauty. I love the combination of water and a lush green landscape, so being beside a lake, an ocean, a river or a pond is my perfect setting for a picnic meal,” says New Zealand-born chef Peter Gordon, author of Sa-

Garden Shades paints enhance an outdoor setting. Photos: PA Photo

Dandelions capture kids’ creativity BY DONNA ERICKSON

CREATIVE FAMILY FUN

FULL of dandelions. But when my 3-yearold neighbour Isla happily presented me with a freshly picked bouquet of dandelions, I was reminded that when an adult sees weeds, a child instead sees a field of golden flowers. “Isla was delighted when these ‘flowers’ appeared all over the neighbourhood,” said her mum Liv. “They spark her interest in nature and her creativity.” Like Isla, here are some fun ways to enjoy these die-hard flowers with children... Make a Dandelion Necklace Pick a small basketful of the long-

stemmed flowers. The stems should be equal in length. Slit a hole in one stem with your fingernail or a butter knife. Then slip a second stem through it. Make a slit in the second stem and continue the chain until it is as long as you want. Attach the last stem to the stem of the first dandelion with a small piece of string or wire. If daisies are growing in your garden or patio, add them to the chain, too. Wear it around your neck, or place it on your head. Flower-Head Wreath For a traditional head wreath, wrap sturdy florist wire in a circle shape to fit your head. Attach one small bunch of flowers, with stems, to the topside of the ring shape, and secure with thin florist wire. Add and secure another bunch by wrapping wire

around and around. Continue until the shape is covered. Knot colourful dangling ribbons to the back centre, if you wish. Dandelion Magic Trick Pre-schoolers will marvel at the “magic” created when water and dandelion stems come together. Using just the tubular stems, split both ends of the stems apart about 1-2 cm with your fingernail and drop them into a bowl of water. Encourage kids to keep watch as the ends curl before their eyes. Make a Wish An old superstition says that if you make a wish on a dandelion gone to seed, and you are able to blow off all the seeds in one puff, your wish comes true. You might wish for a weed-free garden next year!

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Yasmine Larizadeh and Shirin Kouros, authors of The Good Life Eatery Cookbook.

vour: Salads For All Seasons (Jacqui Small). “My most memorable al fresco meal was cooking and eating freshly caught sea-food and summer fruits on a boat jetty at beauty spot and wildlife haven Waterfall Bay, in Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. Everything was perfect, from the weather to the food; I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. “I favour a rustic look for a table, with a plain white linen tablecloth, candles even during the day, and definitely chairs with backs, even if they’re canvas, because comfort is all.” TABLE TREATS: Painting walls, fences and furniture in blue shades will set the scene. There are some stunning settings available on the market – many are well-priced and attractive. HOT HOUSE TABLE Turn up the temperature with a sultry setting, full of lush green foliage and tropical birds. “I’m hooked on eating outdoors because it feels so liberating not to have four walls around you. My forthcoming wedding will be held in Puglia, Italy, followed by an outdoor banquet,” says Shirin Kouros, who’s co-authored, along with business partner Yasmine Larizadeh, The Good Life Eatery Cookbook (Ebury Press). “We will be in the hilltops, surrounded by olive groves and looking out over the coast. I’ve already had a highly enjoyable tester session with family and friends, so I know it’s going to be perfect. “The menu will be just like our food – healthy, delicious and featuring dishes from our new book, inspired by a melting pot of cultures, from Mexican to Californian and Iranian. “My table style is simple. I hate fuss, so sometimes I’ll have just a table runner, otherwise a linen or cotton cloth, lots of fresh flowers in jugs, bowls of fruit, and pretty glassware.” TABLE TREATS: A rainforest inspired design decorates the La Selva collection of melamine tableware. It includes Placemats and matching Napkins.

Natasha Corrett, taken from Honestly Healthy In A Hurry by Natasha Corrett, published by Hodder and Stoughton. Flowerdrop Melamine range

Ribbed leaf bowl, with matt nickel finish

La Selva tableware

Peter Gordon, author of Savour – Salads For All Seasons.

NOW HERE’S A TIP BY JOANN DERSON z Clean your paintbrushes before you begin that home paint job. Bring a few cups of white vinegar to a boil, and soak brushes in the vinegar for up to 20 minutes. Use a plastic scrubbie to remove stuck-on bits, then rinse in cool water. Use a fine-toothed comb to get rid of what’s leftover. The brush should be clean and the bristles nice and soft. z Don’t overlook your own

garden and yard when putting together a centrepiece for a backyard barbecue or informal gathering. Herbs make a wonderful bouquet. z You can polish metal with wax paper. z To keep your kitchen rubbish can smelling sweet naturally, put three drops of eucalyptus or cinnamon oil on a cotton ball and drop it the bottom of the can. z What’s the right way to fold towels? So your folded towel uses the depth of the shelf it’s stored on. That way, you can store the maximum towels per shelf.

z Do you have a large assortment of different coloured cupcake liners? Store them in a mason jar. You’ll be able to see what you have at a glance, and they fit perfectly inside a wide-mouth jar. z “Bath toys plus glue gun equals no more gross mouldy water inside your tub duck. Just use your glue gun to seal up the ‘drain hole’ on the bottom of most bath toys. I honestly don’t know why they do that, as it seems to only suck up water and not drain anything!” – contributed by L.R.

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Blanc’s taste of Paris A view of Paris, with the Eiffel Tower. Photos: PA Photo/thinkstockphotos; Ella Walker; Nathan Gallagher

BY ELLA WALKER HEN I last visited Paris, I was a gangly 16-year-old on a school trip, and what to have for dinner was a source of constant argument. We wanted McDonald’s, our teachers wanted (and got) steak frites. But we did agree on breakfast: baguettes slathered in butter, delicate pastries and thick, sweet hot chocolate. So it’s both nostalgic and comforting when Michelinstarred chef Raymond Blanc orders rich, dark hot chocolate as we sit down for breakfast at his favourite Parisian hotel, Le Bristol. He even lets a spoonful of chocolate pour back into his cup to show me how silky smooth it is, and later I spy him put away no fewer than five bread rolls. “It is a weakness, for us all – non?” he says with a grin. This is what Oxford-based Blanc does when he’s in Paris – he eats, and he eats well. So, when the Paris terror attacks devastated the city last November, his first instinct was to come here and eat. “The day after, I cancelled everything. I went for two days to eat in Paris. I was so, so angry, and I wanted to show that I love Paris. I wanted to show support to my friends,” he remembers passionately. “The response from the people was so powerful, so unified. “But the city was shaken, the level of aggression was so hard. But the French are tough, remember!” he says with a shake of his head and a wry smile. “You try and touch institutions such as freedom and democracy – oh no, the French are at the forefront – you don’t touch it, so be warned!” Seven months later, he says the capital “is already taking back confidence”, and you can feel a sense of positivity building. I am here to discover the Paris Blanc – culinary director of Eurostar – adores, exploring his favourite districts, food spots and museums. In May, the city is beginning to unfurl, as it always does in springtime, but this year, in the wake of such atrocities, perhaps even more so than usual. The horse chestnut trees lining the Champs-Elysees are frothy with pea-green leaves, and the Marche des Enfants Rouges, the city’s oldest covered food market where we spend a lazy Saturday lunchtime, heaves with spears of plump asparagus, knobbly pods of broad beans, shards of pink rhubarb and artichoke bulbs, their deep purple colouring peeking through spiky leaves. They are the vegetables that crop up in almost every meal I eat during my three-day stay; white asparagus

becomes a velvety soup at three Michelin-starred restaurant Pierre Gagnaire; roasted artichoke and pink garlic crisps are headily beautiful at Le Bristol’s Epicure restaurant; and at Le Chiberta, run by chef Guy Savoy, poached swirls of rhubarb top delicate raspberry jellies. For Blanc, the markets – particularly Enfants Rouges in the historic Le Marais district where he loves to “lose” himself, and the nearby open-air President Wilson market – are all-consuming. Author Emile Zola, he says, captures them best: “You can hear the wheels on the cobbles, and then he describes the food – oh my gosh!” It’s hard not to touch everything, but I just about manage to drag myself away from wedges of mushroom quiche and bouquets of late tulips to wander Le Marais’ narrow alleys. The sills of almost every balcony flutter with red and pink geraniums, and pavements are fringed with cafes where people taking a break from food shopping along Rue de Bretagne sit and sip coffee. While sampling chunks of mellow comte, Blanc’s old friend, celebrated cheesemonger Laurent Dubois, tells me it’s typical in Parisian culture for streets to have a fromagerie, fish monger, butcher, grocer, boulangerie and florist, all squashed together, side-by-side. In one fell swoop, you can pick up everything you need without setting foot in a plastic, claustrophobic supermarket – although those are handy when nothing will do except bags of chewy Carambars! The French know how to do their candy. Blanc’s protege, patissier and chocolatier Laurent Duchene is an expert, feeding us eclairs with strawberries and basil scented cream, and fudgy macarons as bright and colourful as buttons. There would have been fig tarts – Blanc’s favourite – had the fruit been in season. Duchene sells 600-700 pastries and 800 baguettes a day to the people living in the streets around his bakery, and he seems to know every customer by name. Of course, Paris is not just a place to graze, although it is perfectly possible to explore the city by simply following the smell of baking bread. On a grey Sunday afternoon, I give my stomach a rest and walk to the Musee Rodin (“Ohh la laa,” sighs Blanc at its beauty) in the 7th Arrondissement, disentangling myself from the giddy tourists and selfie-stick sellers milling at the base of the Eiffel Tower, and passing the gold-crested Hotel des Invalides along the way. Following renovations, the museum reopened in November at the height of France’s security fears, and the garden, dotted with Auguste Rodin’s muscular bronze

sculptures, is a calm refuge after Gustave Eiffel’s overcrowded wrought iron showstopper. Blanc was born near Besancon, at the foot of the ragged Jura Mountains, and spent his childhood tickling trout and gathering honeycombed morels. Like me, he didn’t visit Paris until he was 16. “Paris was the end of the world, almost,” he says, remembering how utterly dazzled he was the first time he came here. “What I love the most is the Basilique of the Sacre Coeur on the top of Montmartre,” he adds, describing his favourite view of the city. “You look at Paris at your feet. It’s this extraordinary expanse of life. That’s the place you must go and discover at two o’clock in the morning, when Paris is waking up!” Recalling his words, I set out early on our final morning, meandering along the banks of the Seine and the wide, open boulevards leading to Place de la Concorde, its big wheel glinting in the sharp, lemony sunlight. It’s not quite the smooth white steps of the Sacre Coeur, and it is not 2am, but drunk on hot chocolate, I reel at the city around me. Defiant and unafraid, Paris is wide awake and ready for business. TRAVEL FACTS :: Ella Walker was a guest of Eurostar. :: Business Premier Eurostar customers can enjoy fully flexible tickets, 10-minute express check-in, exclusive lounge access, along with menus designed by Business Premier culinary director Raymond Blanc served at their seat. :: Doubles at Le Bristol (www.lebristolparis.com) start from 950 Euros per night, room only.

One of the dishes that Ella ate at Le Bristol’s Epicure restaurant.

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Winter is coming and the snow has arrived BY GLENN CULLEN HE snow has arrived. Just last week it was seemingly still about beaches, boardshorts and barbecues up and down much of the east coast in one of the warmest Mays on record. But a decent front that has hit the NSW and Victorian alps over the past week looks set to drop upwards of 20cm of snow. And with a bit of luck it may be some more through until mid next week. It’s still in the lap of the gods as to whether it all hangs around through to the official season start in Australia on June 11, but if nothing else we can cling on to the fact this is an Olympic year. What exactly does the Games have to do with our ski seasons, I here you ask? Unscientific but true: there have been 15 Olympic Games since snow measurements started being taken at Spencers Creek NSW (1830m) and the peak base has averaged 245cm across those quadrennials. There’s barely been a dud season in those Games years and the snow amounts to 20 per cent above the long term average. Ok, you marked that one down to strange coincidence. Perhaps then of more interest to the purists will be that warm – or cold – Mays don’t always prove to be determiners of the season that unfolds. Nationally, 1958 saw the hottest recorded May. The snow season that year peaked with a healthy 233cm base. The worst season on record was 2006 where the snow stake was only covered by a miserable 85cm. Yet nationally May that year was cold. So, what to conclude? As always it’s hard to be definitive, but most of the weather pundits are going for a late-starting season that will finish a little below

average. WHAT TO EXPECT FROM MAJOR RESORTS THIS SEASON: * Thredbo, NSW: Pick of the places to ride, particularly when it’s cold and the snow hits low. Has a great village, lovely cut runs among the gum trees and plenty of dining and partying options. Is however showing its age and could use a sprucing up – which could just be on the cards in the years to come. New this season: Free snow play park at the Valley Terminal, Mountain Collective Pass enables skiing/ snowboarding in key New Zealand resorts. Web: www.thredbo.com.au * Perisher, NSW: The Mr Reliable of the Australian snow scene. Its elevation makes it the place to go in marginal seasons and the expansive terrain options usually ensure you’ll find somewhere to go that isn’t jammed full of punters. The terrain park is a standout too and is becoming the place to go for top international riders during the Southern Hemisphere winter. The Epic season pass which allows access to a host of the Vail-owned American resorts is another plus. That Vail cash may yet be used to create a centralised village – just not yet. New this season: Trail improvements at Guthega, bigger terrain park. Web: www.perisher.com.au * Falls Creek, Victoria: Up the hill from Mt Beauty and also wins in the beauty stakes. Nice family-orientated resort whose strengths are solid beginner and intermediate terrain, a relaxed European-style village and some great dining options. Not exactly for the hardcore set though and oversnow to accommodation remains expensive. New this season: Pop up food vendors, new toboggan slope and grooming machines. Web: www.fallscreek.com.au

Perisher ski resort’s elevation makes it the place to go in marginal seasons. PHOTO: AAP IMAGE

* Mt Hotham, Victoria: In terms of snow coverage and interesting terrain for stronger riders, Hotham gets the gong. The runs may not be as long as Thredbo but there’s lots of fall-line slopes and the white stuff here can be pretty fluffy on a good day. On-snow accommodation and a second, cheaper option at Dinner Plain (14km away) helps for those on a budget. Can get a bit dicey (but not nearly as bad as some of the NZ resorts) on the drive in while it lacks the neat village feel of Falls. New this season: $4.4 million investment in snowmaking, children’s passes now for under 18s. Web: www.mthotham.com.au * Mt Buller, Victoria: Mercurial and Melbournefriendly, Buller’s locale about three hours from the state’s capital is both a strength and a weakness. Easy enough to get for a day trip and can of course be rather busy on weekends. While it’s the least reliable in terms of snow from the majors, the riding can be some of the best in Australia. The backside is particularly steep and deserves its fearsome reputation. Great village and dining. New this season: Eleven new snowmaking guns, new rental equipment, mountain safe courses. Web: www.mtbuller.com.au BEST OF THE REST: * Charlotte Pass, NSW: Highest resort in Australia. It doesn’t have expansive terrain, but is a solid choice for families who want an experience on the snow. Web: www.charlottepass.com.au * Selwyn Snowfields, NSW: Great beginner resort that offers the most affordable skiing in Australia. Low elevation can make conditions marginal. Web: www. selwynsnow.com.au AAP

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In case you’ve forgotten anymore. If we were to offer seat reservations without up-front payments, this would open the proverbial floodgates. It would mean that you would be well within your rights to reserve a seat to every single performance. If just five hundred people did this, there would be no seats available, no tickets left to sell. Yet no income would have been generated from sales because there were no sales, only reservations. None of these people would have to attend the shows, they have made no commitment to, but you would have missed out on your opportunity to see the show.

BY CHERYL BURKE DRTCC

F you are a fan of any television series you will be familiar, and in turn grateful, for the summary screened at the beginning of the return of the new season. Alternatively you can binge watch the previous season should you have a copy on DVD or access to box sets on Pay TV or to any computer or device that will enable you to download or stream it from various web sites. Since I often do not have time to sit and watch the final episode of the previous season, let alone the entire ten episodes, I am more a fan of the three-minute recap; short, sharp, succinct and with no need for the fast-forward button on the remote I am up to speed. So in this vein, and because I appreciate the value of recapitulation, this article will take you back into the archives of some Dubbo Weekender pieces submitted by Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre (DRTCC) over the past four years. Although it does not include dragons, warriors, KGB agents or illegal substances it does include snippets of information and observations you may wish to know about, or perhaps have forgotten about in relation to our venue. If you are at all nostalgic, like all good flash-backs, it will feature words by an ex-staff member you remember fondly but no longer see due to his inter-state relocation. And last but not least, this article may save you wasting countless hours on a rampage searching through your back catalogue of Dubbo Weekenders to find the answers you are looking for.

FREE TICKETS? Recently I was asked this question twice in one week, and oddly enough the inquirers were surprised by the answer. It seems some people are of the belief that as a member of staff I don’t have to pay for tickets to see a show and that the best seats are reserved for my DRTCC colleagues and myself. As much as I would like this to be the case, it isn’t. Below is a great summary from the archives. I must also mention that patron’s own minds often wrongly create the reasons for seats being reserved for a show. These seats are reserved for those who have put efforts into promoting a performance or event, as I have described above. Seating to a paid event is never reserved for government employees or Theatre staff, regardless of their position or standing in the community. We are all considered general public. Even the General Manager and Council Directors have to join the Box Office queue to buy tickets. SAVING THE ‘BEST’ SEATS? ‘… seats are allocated in a specific way. While a majority of them are open for general pub-

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lic sales, a few are also held for the promoter and our sponsors. These allocations are set amounts and usually their attendance is not finalised until just days before the event. So, if all the general public seats have been sold and a few days before the show the promoter decides that some of their “VIPs” can’t attend, they may then release these tickets for sale to you – the general public. This is why a show that has been declared sold out suddenly shows available seating. In city venues, instead of saying sold out they use the term “allocation exhausted” when seats have been sold but the promoter still has seat allocations remaining.

CAN I PAY LATER? When purchasing tickets it is not uncommon for some patrons to ask if we can reserve their seats and they will pay for their tickets at a later date. This may be a case of them not being familiar with ticketing policy, however it is not a procedure that we have in place. Like other theatres or venues we work under the guidelines as set out in The Code of Practice for the Ticketing of Live Entertainment

Events In Australia, and similar to a supermarket when presenting yourself to the checkout with a trolley full of groceries, we cannot let you walk away with your tickets and pay later. Nor can we issue refunds willy-nilly. An excerpt from the archives puts this in context. When you want something, you must offer something else of equal value in exchange, that’s how commerce has been for thousands of years. Only, unfortunately, we can’t trade chickens and beans for goods and services

It is for a comparable reason that we don’t offer refunds. In fact, the entire industry doesn’t offer refunds. It’s part of the code of conduct and guidelines that Live Performance Australia, a third-party, sets for the industry. If you buy a ticket for Love Never Dies and tried to get a refund from Ticketmaster you would receive the same response to a refund request from Dubbo Regional Theatre. Again, everyone could buy a ticket to every single performance and then later decide that they don’t want to attend and simply apply for a refund each time. Under extraordinary circumstances where a refund is given, it is done so under strict judgment. If your property has become isolated because of the highest rainfall in recorded history and you can’t get out of your front door, let alone in to Dubbo to attend a show at the theatre, you may be eligible for consideration of a refund. If your best friend’s sister-in-law’s neighbour is having a Twilight marathon on the same night as the performance, then you may get the same reaction as when you told your teacher that your dog had eaten your homework. Although this recap may have been more than a three minute perusal but less than a 10 hour binge-fest, as you finish the beverage you chose to accompany this read I believe the following is a fitting, and a favourite, conclusion. The role of Theatre staff is not only to accommodate great performances. It is to educate potential theatre-goers of the benefits of theatre and to cement Dubbo Regional Theatre into the everyday lifestyle of Dubbo and the region.

Calendar of Events z 4 June - Brothers3 z 5 June - Michael Jackson – The Legacy Tour z 21 June - Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow z 25 June - City of Dubbo Eisteddfod 46th Grand Concert z 30 June - Snugglepot and Cuddlepie

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Dancers ready for cancer fundraiser performance BY CASSANDRA DONNELLY Y FANTASY DANCESPORT

ANTASY DANCESPORT is a locally owned business run by my mother Kim Tongue and I. We were one of the studios in last years Stars of Dubbo, and the reason we have come on board again is because it is such a fabulous cause and it’s very close to both of our hearts. Cancer affects everybody, and if we can raise money and awareness about cancer then we feel we are doing the right thing. Just twelve months ago my mother lost her mum and my nanny to cancer. It took her very quickly and it was a big shock and a massive loss for our family

and by being a part of dance for cancer we feel we are honouring my nanny and her fight with cancer. Another big reason is that the money raised through Stars of Dubbo stays local, and hopefully helps and makes a difference in our local cancer projects. We have been having an absolute blast with all of our stars! This year we have five local celebrities - Scotty Turner, Sheridan Wiatkowski, Sal Yeomans, Ian Burns and wildcard Ben Grey! Each one of them has been working super hard. Their routines are amazing! Very entertaining and very very challenging! Ballroom and its technique isn’t easy but they are all doing such a fabulous job! I’m very proud. And we have formed beautiful friendships with

each of them and they have all become a part of our family. We seriously can’t wait to show Dubbo what they can do on the first of July. They are all putting in the hard yards and that will pay off on the night! Very excited! They all have had or have events coming up to reach their fundraising goals! Please get behind them and head to their events or get on their local hero page and donate to this great cause! They are all really stepping out of their comfort zones and challenging themselves to raise money for such a fabulous cause, so get behind them Dubbo! This year is our 11th year of business in Dubbo. We offer lessons in Standard Ballroom, Latin American and New

Vogue. We also offer wedding dance choreography. Catering to all ages and all levels from beginner through to advanced dancers. Our beautiful studio in Mountbatten Dr is fully air conditioned and has a massive 250 square metres of dance floor. DanceSport is fun, energetic, inexpensive and a great way to get fit!! It’s also a skill for life! At the moment we are offering to any new students on a Monday night 6 to 7pm our social beginners class the first lesson is free. So if you have always wanted to give dancing a go here is your chance. No partner is required and you are more than welcome to just turn up on Monday. Hope to see some new faces!

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Marina Lewycka’s latest is an addictive tale of death BY KATE WHITING THE BOOKCASE

CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK Rent A Bridesmaid by Jacqueline Wilson (illustrated by Nick Sharratt) is published in hardback by Doubleday. DON’T be fooled by the fuchsia pink cover sprinkled with glittery confetti on Jacqueline Wilson’s latest book for 7 to 9-year-olds. As ever, the former Children’s Laureate and bestselling author of the Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather books, doesn’t shy away from serious issues. Tilly, our instantly likeable narrator, is nine and makes a new best friend in Matty (they’re both called Matilda), who’s a tomboyish free spirit. When Matty has to be a bridesmaid at her aunt’s wedding, Tilly falls in love with her silky, subtle pink dress and indulges in fantasies of being a bridesmaid at her mum and dad’s wedding. The painful truth is that her parents never married and her mum has left her and her dad for adventures overseas. It’s no wonder Tilly gets jealous whenever Matty talks about other friends – and worries she’s going to be dumped, just like she was by her mum. Her teacher Miss Hope and childminder ‘Aunty’ Sue are concerned by Tilly’s ‘violent’ dinosaur drawings – and she remembers going to a ‘clinic’ to be observed after her mum left. But when she decides on a plan to be a bridesmaid for rent, and gets her first job for a kindly elderly lady, it seems as though there may finally be happier times ahead. It’s just remarkable that Wilson can get so thoroughly inside the head of a nine-year-old and capture the jealousies and hyperbole in such acute detail. She’s been unfairly criticised in the past for dealing with themes of adoption, mental illness and divorce for young readers – but surely her genius is that she makes real life a little bit more understandable. 8/10 (Review by Kate Whiting)

Jacqueline Wilson served as Children’s Laureate from 2005-7. Her latest book for junior readers is “Rent A Bridesmaid”. PHOTO: DOUBLEDAY

BOOK OF THE WEEK The Lubetkin Legacy by Marina Lewycka is published in hardback by Fig Tree. THE Lubetkin Legacy by Marina Lewycka is published in hardback by Fig Tree. The bestselling author of A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian returns to page-turning form with this addictive tale of death, (a lack of) sex, and the London property market. Berthold Sidebottom is a failed ac-

tor, but at least he is in possession of a council flat via his mother’s link with its deceased famous architect, Berthold Lubetkin – that is, until Mum unexpectedly moves beyond the final curtain and he must stage the performance of his life to a peculiarly attractive (if fleabitten) housing officer. Meanwhile, Violet, the girl next door, dreams of ethical accountancy from her corrupt City desk. But drama unfolds as developers set their sights on the block’s cherry orchard, and Bertie and Violet must join awkward forces with a

supporting cast of Ukrainians, Roma, and dodgy council staff to fend off the chainsaws. The Lubetkin Legacy is an ode to international, multicultural London, and ultimately even the most flea-bitten come good. 9/10 (Review by Kitty Wheater)

FICTION Hystopia by David Means is published in hardback by Faber & Faber. NEW York-based writer David Means is

usually associated with the short story form, but here he makes his first foray into the “wide-open space” that a novel offers. Hystopia is a book within a book written by troubled Vietnam vet Eugene Allen, whom we discover committed suicide shortly before the story was published. This tricksy narrative takes place in an America where JFK is in his third term in office, having survived Oswald’s assassination attempt and the country is struggling with a generation of psychologically traumatised war veterans like

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 03.06.2016 to Sunday 05.06.2016 Allen. The solution: drug-induced amnesia. When it leads to a one-man killing spree, this “solution” soon transpires to be anything but. Opening the novel with editor’s and author’s notes, as well as extracts from oral narratives, shows Means’ ambition to push the boundaries of speculative fiction, not to mention lending an air of authenticity to the tale. Hystopia is an engaging portrait of a troubled mind, which asks a lot of its reader. At times the narrative feels disjointed and disorienting. But maybe that’s the point. 7/10 (Review by Rachel Farrow) The Pier Falls by Mark Haddon is published in hardback by Jonathan Cape. THIS collection of short stories by the bestselling author of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The NightTime attempts to demonstrate the writer’s versatility and range, with a mix of sci-fi, mythological fantasy

and working class social realism to boot. Haddon’s willingness to vary the genres he works in might be seen by some as brave or admirable, but collectively it’s clunky. There’s little evidence of theme running through the collection – which leaps from an expedition to Mars, to the confinement of a 30-stone man – other than the dark undertones each story carries, and I’m left wondering why these stories were chosen to be together and how their order was decided. Standing alone, each story would be engaging, indeed the titular story, about the collapse of a seaside pier, is first out of the gates and fresh, but when read in close succession, Haddon’s present tense delivery becomes a bit too monotonous and repetitive with a whiff of tedium about it. 4/10 (Review by Wayne Walls)

NON-FICTION Animal: The Autobiography Of A Female Body by Sara Pascoe is published in paperback by Faber & Faber.

What’s so funny about that? HE media programs of current times don’t seem to produce the laughs and humour of years past. Searching publishers’ catalogues for new books that could be categorised as “humour”, it becomes evident that there isn’t much of “that stuff” about these days. But that doesn’t stop us from showing the titles being reprinted or new editions and material on past characters. A clear example of this is “Footrot Flats” which, for the past five years, has come through with new material. From the secondhand shelves comes the 1988 Diary of Sir Humphrey Appleby with his notes in “Yes, Prime Minister”. Appropriate in the current political jousting scene, the cover shows a note headed “The Campaign for Freedom of Information” which is stamped in the corner with “Confidential, Restricted, Not to be Disclosed”. And a polite note at the end of the invitation acceptance runs, “We note your proviso that you intend to work for the freedom of information whenever it is in the public interest.” On the 14th of March there is an entry of wisdom that says, “A good political speech is not one which you can prove that the man is telling the truth: it is one where no one else can prove he is lying.” And, “You can’t put a nation’s interest at risk just be-

cause of some silly sentimentality about justice.” (Not really funny.) Another book from the land of humorous TV programs is “Big Book of British Comedy Greats” by Michelle Brachet. Some of our favourites – Rowan Atkinson, Ronnie Barker, Peter Cook, John Cleese, Ronnie Corbett and others – and even Charlie Chaplin are featured here. “Dad’s Army” by Graham McCann collects several of the episodes of that program in narrative form, reminding us of Captain Mainwaring, Sergeant Wilson and Lance-Corporal Jones and their roles. An Australian tale mixing humour and some drama is “Don’t Tell my Mother I Work on the Rigs – She thinks I am a piano player in a Whorehouse” by Paul Carter, and there are plen-

ty of chuckles in this. Step back to the 1950s and read books written by Nino Carlotta. It was a time when European immigrants were coming to Australia, and Carlotta (the nom de plume of John O’Grady) wrote books which reflected the troubles the Italians (in this case) had in settling into life here. “Gone Troppo” covers a new arrival in the Proserpine and Molle Island holiday locations. The late comedian Robin Williams, known around the world for his wit and humour, wrote the foreword for Gary Larson’s edition. He says, “Gary Larson is the best of a weird breed... Whenever I read ‘The Far Side’ I feel I’m watching a National Geographic special on Prozac – talking sharks, cigar smoking termites, lustful flies, squirrels

` From the 1988 Diary of Sir Humphrey Appleby, there is an entry of wisdom that says, “A good political speech is not one which you can prove that the man is telling the truth: it is one where no one else can prove he is lying.” a

ARE we human, or animal? Well, a bit of both according to Sara Pascoe. Her literary debut takes an intelligent look at behaviour and evolutionary characteristics, and asks whether our genetic make-up or cultural background defines our gender and sexuality. It’s a bold move for a comedian to release a semibiographical memoir which offers such scientific detail – realistically we open celeb-written puff-pieces expecting fluffy, self-indulgence which aims to be the Christmas bestseller, or gather column inches (yes, My Booky Wook, we’re looking at you). In contrast, Pascoe has written a truly intelligent, interesting and well-balanced ‘Autobiography of a Female Body’ which uses wit to soften the blow on the scientific prose. And that’s a wonderful thing – however you should venture into reading armed with the knowledge that this is not the light read you might expect. It’s a funny, frank exploration of human behaviour, and an absolute delight. 8/10 (Review by Holly McKenzie)

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From the bookshelves by Dave Pankhurst The Book Connection in a cop’s uniform, cows with attitudes. He approaches a boll weevil, hands it a contract and says, ‘I’d like to sketch you for my next cartoon. Who’s your agent?’” It depends on the factors that make you smile, chuckle, even laugh. Ian Allen has collected a book full of material in “Grumpy Old Git Jokes”. It is divided into subject categories – in Banking there is one which says: What do you do if 100 bankers are up to their necks in sand? More Sand!” In the Old People’s section, it relates the story of two old gits who go to a solicitor to make their wills. “Right,” says the solicitor, “who wants to go first.” And one piece of advice runs: “Always start the day with a smile – you might as well get it over with!” The stories in Sandy Thorne’s books will raise more than a chuckle. “Battler, Plus Battler’s Block” is the tale of Battler O’Brien who had been a battler all his life. He had been droving sheep with his missus on far west stock routes. And then he went into a land ballot – he finished up with a 50,000-acre block in the back country. It is full of chaos, calamity, colossal cock-ups, crazy scrub-happy characters, crooked cockies and politically incorrect

conversations. “Laugh Yer Guts Out” has more yarns from out back of Bourke where some of the best yarn-tellers in the outback get together in the local pub. All up, Sandy has written nine books and sold a total of 400,000 – a real achievement. Youngsters can teach us something about things that are funny. In “501 Great Aussie Jokes” there is a collection sponsored by Camp Quality with the caption “laughter is the best medicine”. There is a “Marvellous Joke Book” with over 500 jokes from Roald Dahl. On the cover it questions, “What do you give a sick parrot?” And the answer, “Tweetment”. Robert Myers has collected “365 Knock-Knock Jokes” which provides page after page of rib-ticklers. In a collection of short stories, nine Australian children’s authors have written “Laugh Your Head off” featuring funny stories for all kinds of kids. Another way of appreciating a humorous comment comes from comedian Jerry Seinfeld whose thought for today is: “A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.” Enjoy your browsing, Dave Pankhurst.

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Arche Ballet graces the Dubbo stage BY SIAN WILLIAMS-EDGAR

ARCHĂ&#x2C6; was premiered in Melbourne in 2015 and hailed as an innovative production that takes inspiration primarily from the age-old classic, Swan Lake. This year, the company has been touring Australia and it was Dubboâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turn to enjoy the experience on Saturday night, May 28, with local ballet lovers eagerly awaiting the performance at the DRTCC when Dubbo Photo News dropped by.

Araminta Hurford and Scarlett Benias with Sasha Morrison-Zhou, front, Calliope Hurford

Deb Haysom with Linda Bennewith

Helen and Megan Jones

Melanie Williams with Carolin Billiards

Brinley Catto with Cheryl Burke

Emily Glover, Annabelle Taylor, Robin Taylor, Zoe Taylor, Jenny Fitzgerald and Kurbie McCutcheon

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Friday night at the Commercial BY SIAN WILLIAMS-EDGAR

FRIDAY night dinner and drinks at the Commercial Hotel was popular despite the cold and wet weather. Dubbo Kangaroos Rugby Club were amongst those enjoying their regular Friday night drinks at the Commercial.

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Back, Samantha De Souza, Neil Webster, middle, Lucy Evans, Carol Warwick, front, Chris Evans, Alex Noad

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Ian Maclaster, Lana Willetts & Deb Archer

Josephine Zola and Angela Coker

Natalie Elwell with Ash Thomas

Emma & Jim Penrose

Jane Vercoe, Danny Gregory & Denise Crowlie

Sharon Smith with Lisa Johnston.

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Pink Angels spread their wings PHOTOS BY: IMAJENIT COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, DUBBO THE Pink Angels Sparkling Ball on Saturday, May 28, was everything it was expected to be and more. A capacity crowd, filling the deliciously decorated Dubbo Regional Theatre Convention Centre where volunteers had spent many hours preparing for the charity’s 5 year anniversary, wined and dined and were entertained by local and visiting talent. “It was a 2-fold event,” Pink Angels founder and president Donna Falconer told Dubbo Weekender. “It was our chance to celebrate the five years as a group and a financial one as well, to help raise more funds to put back into the community.” “The money will go directly to patients to help with their care and recovery,” she said. During the auction of many desirable items including holidays and pamper packages, a stand out was an electric guitar signed by Suzi Quatro which was sold off in a snap for $10,000. Still working out the figures at the time of DW’s going to print, funds raised were in excess of $70,000. Entertainment on the night included local performers from the Dubbo Ballet Studio/Company X and singer/songwriter, Sarah Head. “The money raised far exceeded our expectations. We can now continue with our work creating care packages and supporting the local breast care nurses,” Falconer said.

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EAR rural women empower their lives and businesses on Australia’s first online business and leadership mastermind program specifically designed for rural women to provide the support, resources and networking opportunities empowering rural women to expand their businesses, take on inspired leadership roles and improve their mental and physical health. The program was launched this week and will be delivered by a powerhouse collaboration of nine rural Australia’s leading business, leadership and wellbeing coaches and is backed by Lightning Ridge based company THE Rural Woman. Couched as ‘the place to be’ if you are an entrepreneurial rural women wanting to experience more from life and business and expand her influence, Full Bloom, as the program is known as, has been developed with the unique needs of rural women in mind. By harnessing readily available online webinar

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EE Mars in all its glory in our winter skies. The red planet is as close and as bright as it’s been in a decade. Look to the southeast after dark and the brightest object in the sky is Mars. Mars is in what’s called ‘opposition’. Positioned directly opposite the Sun; it, Earth and Mars are in a straight line across the solar system with Earth in the middle. Earth was closest to Mars on May 30, Actual date of opposition was May 22 but Earth is closest to Mars on May 30.

O heed your call to become a writer by heading to the June meeting of Outback Writer’s Centre on Saturday, June 4, in the board room of Western Plains Cultural Centre at 10am (near the museum). Bring your own writing or simply join discussion. You’re invited to participate in a 300-word challenge on the theme of “Truth or The Journey”. If time allows a workshop will follow. This week’s meeting will discuss WestWords, future plans for Outback Writer’s Centre, a name for the Saturday group, the website, newsletter, etc. Morning tea for gold coin donation will be available.

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URING this year’s National Reconciliation Week (May 27 to June 3) The Smith Family want to highlight the strong educational outcomes being achieved by thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students participating in its core educational program, Learning for Life. The Smith Family’s CEO, Dr Lisa O’Brien, said: “Working in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents and communities to improve educational outcomes for children and young people is at the heart of our 2013-2016 Reconciliation Action Plan. “Research shows that completing Year 12, or its equivalent, increases the likelihood that a young

EAR the squeals of delight when kindergarten students at St Laurence’s Primary School in Dubbo attend the The University of Sydney, School of Rural Health’s Teddy Bear Hospital. Local medical students will give an important check-up on Wednesday, June 8. Third and fourth year medical students from the School of Rural Health will be giving teddy bear check-ups for the

kindergarten students as a way to promote a healthy lifestyle and increase awareness of paediatric health and wellbeing in Western NSW. Kindergarten students bring their bears (as patients) to school, with the medical students acting as the bear’s doctors. The teddies get a thorough onceover, with ears, eyes and heartbeat checked just like when the children visit their own doctor. Teddy also gets a bandage or sling and children participate in several fun stations, covering topics like hand washing, dental hygiene, healthy eating and exercise. The Teddy Bear Hospital program is run by School of Rural Health medical students to promote a healthy and active lifestyle and to teach school children important skills and habits for life. The program is also a way of relieving any anxiety children may have about going to the doctor.

EE another piece of Wellington’s history at Wellington Caves which is proudly displaying bluestone rock once a feature of local guttering. The guttering, which was first installed about 1906, was removed from Percy Street earlier this year due to works being undertaken. Western Plains Regional Council building assets manager Stephen Parish said the Council wanted to ensure the rock would be re-used and the redevelopment of the caves complex provided the perfect opportunity.

“It was important that we retained the bluestone and not lose sight of its importance in the building of Wellington,” Parish said. “Through discussions the idea came about to use it as edging for trees and gardens as part of the beautification at the Wellington Caves, and while work is still continuing, it is looking great.” Parish said special mention must be given to the Wellington Correctional Centre’s Community Projects Team who had put a lot of time and effort into helping.

Visitors and new members are always welcome. O head down to the launch of the regional road safety campaign covering the state on Friday, June 3. Deputy Premier and Police Minister, Troy Grant, and Deputy Police Commissioner, Catherine Burn, will officially launch the campaign from the Church Street Rotunda. Police from the Orana LAC will be in attendance to assist the launch and to answer any questions the public may have. A police static display has also been arranged for the launch. This year to date, families around the state have

lost 165 loved ones to road fatalities. The statistics show 85 drivers were killed in road accidents, 27 motorcyclists, 23 passengers, one bicycle rider and 29 pedestrians. “Road fatalities for the first four months of 2016 are up by more than 33 per cent on the same period last year. NSW Police Force are planning roadshows to reach motorists in the regions where many of these fatalities have occurred. NSW police appeal to drivers to slow down, drive to the prevailing road conditions, don’t take risks, and to realise that it’s better to get to a destination late than not at all.

person will move into further study or employment and go on to participate fully in their community, with improved employment, health and overall life outcomes. Last year nearly 6,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and their families were supported by the program, which is proven to boost Year 12 completion rates and leads to improved education, employment and social participation outcomes. Dr O’Brien said that regular school attendance was critical for achieving positive educational outcomes. “Just last month we released new research showing strong school attendance rates for Learning for Life students of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

backgrounds, at 87.3 percent,” Dr O’Brien said. “This is higher than the latest Productivity Commission’s Report on Government Services, which stated the national attendance rate for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students was 83.2 percent. “Our research also showed that 12 months after completing the Learning for Life program, 72.4 percent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are engaged in further study, employment or training. The Smith Family will be involved in and hosting a range of events across the country throughout National Reconciliation Week.

technology CEO of THE Rural Woman Rebel Black says they are able to create virtual rooms and discussion forums that women can gather in to learn from the Coaches - and from each other. “We are always looking for ways to make the world better for women who are geographically isolated,” she said. Applications for Full Bloom are being taken now; the program starts 6th June 2016. http://theruralwoman.com.au/full-bloom/

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GROCERIES

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THINGS TO DO

WESTERN PLAINS CULTURAL CENTRE

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3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE

Friday 03.06.2016 to Sunday 05.06.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Friday, June 3 Tony Robinson’s Time Walks

MOVIE: Now You See Me PRIME7, 8.30pm, M (2013)

ABC, 8pm Besides his trusty walking shoes, if there’s one thing you can count on when it comes to Tony Robinson, it’s his abundant enthusiasm. He fervently seems to want us to be as excited about the sites he explores as he obviously is. Tonight, it’s Melbourne’s formerly grungy and now covetable St Kilda that gets the Robinson treatment. We are introduced to “one of the most important buildings in Australia, let alone St Kilda” which apparently according to Robinson’s eyes is “architecturally a bit of a mess”, but important, none the less.

ABC

Let this slick flick work its magic on you. Aussie Isla Fisher, Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland) and Woody Harrelson star in this invigorating lark as a group of illusionists who somehow pull off amazing bank robberies during their performances, giving all the money to their audience. Mark Ruffalo is the FBI agent desperate to crack their magical code, while Morgan Freeman is the mysterious outsider seemingly on the magicians’ side. The completely implausible tricks and unbelievable ending do nothing to dampen director Louis Letterier’s (The Incredible Hulk) spell. Incredible fun.

PRIME7

MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban GO!, 7.45pm, PG (2004) Young wizards Harry (Daniel Radcliffe, pictured), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) make the awkward transition to teen life while dealing with their darkest mystery yet. Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) is on the loose and Harry fears the murderer is coming for him next. Fortunately, Professor Lupin (David Thewlis) is on hand to help Harry defend himself should Black turn up at Hogwarts School. Potter fans will be pleased that new director Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men) sticks with the formula of friendship, courage and special effects.

WIN

TEN

SBS

6.00 ABC News Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. (CC) 10.00 One Plus One. (CC) 10.30 Catalyst. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 Wild Life At The Zoo. (R, CC) 11.30 Eggheads. (R, CC) 12.00 News At Noon. (CC) 1.00 Silk. (M, R, CC) 2.00 Antiques Roadshow. (PG, R, CC) 2.50 Kitchen Cabinet. (PG, R, CC) 3.20 The Bill. (PG, R, CC) 4.10 Murder, She Wrote. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 ABC News: Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 The Drum. (CC) Presented by John Barron.

6.00 Sunrise. (CC) 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG, CC) The latest news and views. 11.30 Seven Morning News. (CC) 12.00 MOVIE: Loss Of Faith. (M, R, CC) (1998) A crime writer, working on his final novel, is drawn into a web of jealousy as he searches for a kidnapped child. John Ritter, Michele Scarabelli. 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. 2.00 Extra. (CC) Hosted by Mario Lopez. 2.30 Alive And Cooking. (R, CC) On the shores of Lake Illawarra, chef James Reeson cooks several tasty fish dishes. 3.00 News Now. (CC) 4.00 Afternoon News. (CC) 5.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (CC) Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 Ent. Tonight. (R, CC) 6.30 The Home Team. (R, CC) 7.00 Ben’s Menu. (R, CC) 7.30 Bold. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG, CC) 11.00 The Talk. (CC) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PG, CC) 1.00 MasterChef Australia. (PG, R, CC) 2.10 Entertainment Tonight. (PG, CC) 2.40 Good Chef Bad Chef. (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) 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 Lily Cole’s Art Matters. (PG, R, CC) (Final) 2.50 SBS Flashback. (R, CC) 3.00 The Point Review. 3.25 Italy Unpacked. (PG, R, CC) 4.25 Who Do You Think You Are? Barbara Windsor. (PG, CC) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R, CC)

6.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R, CC) Hosted by Fiona Bruce. 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 7.30. (CC) The best analysis of local, national and international events from an Australian perspective. 8.00 Tony Robinson’s Time Walks. (CC) Tony explores St Kilda, a Melbourne suburb that has endured a constant cycle of boom and bust. 8.30 Silent Witness. (MA15+, CC) Security on the train network is stepped up as tensions threaten to boil over. 9.30 Scott & Bailey. (M, R, CC) (Final) The discovery of slaves on a farm turns a straightforward murder inquiry into a multi-agency investigation. 10.20 Lateline. (R, CC) Emma Alberici hosts a news analysis program featuring coverage of current events. 10.50 The Business. (R, CC) Hosted by Ticky Fullerton and Elysse Morgan. 11.05 Rage. (MA15+) Continuous music programming. 11.30 Max Richter’s Sleep. (CC) A look at Max Richter’s Sleep.

6.00 PRIME7 News. (CC) 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. (CC) 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (CC) Joh and Pete visit a unique home extension, known as “The Claw”. Karen makes a sticky semolina cake. Dr Harry tries to stop a hen from eating its own eggs. 8.30 MOVIE: Now You See Me. (M, R, CC) (2013) An FBI squad is drawn into a game of cat and mouse against The Four Horsemen, a group of illusionists who pull off a series of daring heists. Targeting corrupt businesses, they distribute their ill-gotten gains to their audiences while staying one step ahead of the law. Mark Ruffalo, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson. 10.50 To Be Advised.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 WIN News. (CC) 7.30 Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 13. Canberra Raiders v Manly Sea Eagles. From GIO Stadium, Canberra. 10.10 MOVIE: Above The Law. (MA15+, R, CC) (1988) A CIA agent turned police detective uncovers an illegal drug-trafficking ring involving senior government members. Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Sharon Stone.

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. (CC) Barry travels to the Blue Mountains to see cave-style accommodation on an old clifftop. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, CC) Graham is joined by the stars of The Nice Guys, Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe, and Oscar-winner Jodie Foster who discusses her directorial debut. Music from Bright Light Bright Light with Sir Elton John. 9.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M, R, CC) Ed Kavalee, Amanda Keller, Dave Hughes, Cal Wilson and Sam Pang take a fastpaced, irreverent look at news. 10.30 Shark Tank. (PG, R, CC) A panel of business people are shown inventions and innovations by everyday Australians. 11.30 The Project. (R, CC)

6.00 Food Safari. (R, CC) Maeve visits Mexican expatriates’ kitchens to explain some of their recipes and give some handy tips about Mexican cooking. 6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 Blood And Gold: The Making Of Spain: Nation. (CC) Part 3 of 3. Simon Sebag Montefiore uncovers the surprising and thrilling history of Spain. 8.30 The Missing Evidence: The Death Of Marilyn Monroe. (PG, R, CC) Takes a look at the death of actress Marilyn Monroe in 1962 which has been ruled a suicide. 9.30 Rise Of The Machines: Mega Digger. (PG, R, CC) Takes a look at how some of the most extraordinary machines on the planet operate, including the Komatsu PC8000, one of the world’s largest diggers. 10.25 SBS World News Late Edition. (CC) 11.00 MOVIE: Henry And June. (MA15+, R, CC) (1990) A young writer in ’30s Paris embarks on a passionate voyage of selfdiscovery. Fred Ward, Uma Thurman.

12.15 WIN’s All Australian News. (CC) 1.15 A Current Affair. (R, CC) 1.45 MOVIE: The Men Who Stare At Goats. (M, R, CC) (2009) 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.

1.25 My Father And The Man In Black. (M, R, CC) 3.00 Who Do You Think You Are? Bruce Forsyth. (R, CC) 4.05 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 4.40 The Hunger. (MA15+, R) 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News.

1.00 Home Shopping.

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. 0306

3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE.

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 03.06.2016 to Sunday 05.06.2016

Friday, June 3 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

8.05pm Run Lola Run (1998) Thriller. Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu. After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with the cash. (M) World Movies

8.30pm Inside Amy Schumer. (MA15+) Comedy Channel

7.30pm Demons In The City Of Angels. Hear the true stories of real murders in Los Angeles that shocked or inspired the entertainment business. (M) Crime & Investigation

7.50pm Rugby League. NRL. Round 13. Canberra Raiders v Manly Sea Eagles. Fox Sports 1

8.30pm American Sniper (2014) Biography. Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller. A Navy SEAL struggles to leave the war behind him. (MA15+) Masterpiece

9.00pm Melbourne Comedy Festival’s Big Three-Oh! From its humble beginnings, the Melbourne Comedy Festival has become one of the biggest in the world. (MA15+) Comedy Channel

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.25 Mister Maker Comes To Town. (R, CC) 4.45 Timmy Time. (R, CC) 5.00 Tree Fu Tom. (R, CC) 5.25 The Hive. 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 Doctor Who. (PG, R, CC) 8.15 Doctor Who: Confidential. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 I’m Having Their Baby. (PG, R, CC) Brittany’s boyfriend protests the adoption. 9.15 My Dad Is A Woman. (M, R, CC) 10.00 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (M, R, CC) 10.30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. (M, R) 11.10 Rage. (PG, CC) 4.30 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. 10.40 The Story Of Bran Nue Dae. (R, CC) 11.05 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) 5.05 Camp Lakebottom. (R) 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) Lola stages a protest over Tiny’s suspension. 9.00 World’s End. (R, CC) 9.30 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. (R) 9.50 Lanfeust Quest. (R, CC) 10.15 Kamisama Kiss. (PG, R, CC) 10.40 Close.

8.30pm Banshee. Lucas Hood returns to Banshee without his badge. (MA15+) FOX8

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 10.30 PAW Patrol. (R, CC) 11.00 Yu-GiOh! (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: Over The Hedge. (R) (2006) 7.45 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban. (PG, R, CC) (2004) Daniel Radcliffe. 10.30 iZombie. (MA15+) 12.30 Sun, Sex And Suspicious Parents. (M, R) 1.30 Batman: The Brave And The Bold. (PG, R) 2.00 Rabbids Invasion. (PG, R) 2.30 Wild Kratts. (R) 3.00 Yo-Kai 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-GiOh! (PG, R)

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6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 Fishing Western Australia. 7.30 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. (PG, R) 8.30 Dream Car Garage. (PG, R) 9.00 Fifth Gear. (PG, R) 10.00 Great Escapes. (R) 11.00 Starsky & Hutch. (PG, R) 12.00 T.J. Hooker. (PG, R) 1.00 Bomb Hunters. (PG) 2.00 American Chainsaw. (PG, R) 2.30 Doomsday Castle. (PG, R) 3.30 Hillbilly Handfishin’. (PG, R) 4.30 American Restoration. (PG, R) 5.30 American Pickers. (PG, R) 6.30 Border Security USA. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 AFL Pre-Game Show. (CC) Pre-game coverage of the match. 7.30 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 11. North Melbourne v Richmond. From Blundstone Arena, Hobart. 11.00 Friday Front Bar. (M, CC) 11.30 Olympians: Off The Record: Nova Peris. (R, CC) 12.00 Zero Hour. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 City Homicide. (M, R, CC) 4.00 Hillbilly Handfishin’. (PG, R) 5.00 Fifth Gear. (PG, R)

9.00pm Tennis. French Open. Day 13. Fox Sports 4 Amy Schumer stars in Inside Amy Schumer.

8.30pm RuPaul’s Drag Race. (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 Medical Rookies. (PG, R, CC) 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) 7.30 ABBA: Dancing Queen. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 Escape To The Country. Prospective buyers find their dream home. 9.30 To Build Or Not To Build. A couple builds an ecofriendly cottage. 10.30 Air Crash Investigation. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 Before And After. (R) 12.00 Escape To The Country. (R) 1.00 To Build Or Not To Build. (R) 2.00 Harry’s Practice. (R, CC) 2.30 Dr Oz. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Shopping. (R)

6.00 News. (CC) 9.00 News Mornings. (CC) 12.00 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 Long Island Medium. Theresa Caputo helps her varied clients ﬁnd closure and connect with loved ones who have passed. (PG) TLC

7.50pm Football. AFL. Round 11. North Melbourne v Richmond. Fox Footy

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: Mister Ten Per Cent. (R, CC) (1967) 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) Lionel receives a surprising letter. 8.50 MOVIE: True Crime. (M, R, CC) (1999) A reporter must prove the innocence of a death-row inmate. Clint Eastwood, Lisa Gay Hamilton. 11.25 MOVIE: This Boy’s Life. (MA15+, R) (1993) 1.45 MOVIE: Peeping Tom. (M, R, CC) (1960) 3.30 MOVIE: Three Hats For Lisa. (R, CC) (1966) 5.15 GEM Presents. (R, CC) 5.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC)

ONE 6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 8.00 Reel Action. (R) 8.30 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 9.00 Extreme Fishing. (PG, R) 10.00 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) MacGyver searches for a defector who witnessed a murder. 8.30 Walker, Texas Ranger. (PG, R) A Ranger wannabe tries to upstage Walker. 9.30 MOVIE: El Gringo. (MA15+) (2012) A cop tries to cross into Mexico. Scott Adkins, Petar Bachvarov. 11.30 Matlock. (M, R) 12.30 Shopping. (R) 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 3.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. (PG, R) 4.00 Nash Bridges. (M, R) 5.00 The Doctors. (M, CC)

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. (PG, R) 1.00 Medium. (M, R, CC) 2.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R, CC) 4.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 5.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 Neighbours. (CC) 7.00 The Simpsons. (R) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (R) 8.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 MOVIE: The Breakfast Club. (M, R) (1985) Students experience highschool detention. Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez. 10.30 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG) 11.30 The King Of Queens. (PG, R) 12.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R, CC) 1.00 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 House Hunters Off The Grid. (R) 7.30 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) 2.00 The Bachelorette US. (PG, R) 4.00 Postcards. (PG, R, CC) 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 WorldWatch. 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. (PG) 6.30 MythBusters. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Friday Feed. 8.00 Illusions Of Grandeur: New Orleans. (PG) 8.25 Release The Hounds. Hosted by Reggie Yates. 9.20 Adam Looking For Eve (Germany) (MA15+) 10.15 MOVIE: Legend Of The Fist: The Return Of Chen Zhen. (MA15+, R, CC) (2010) 12.15 MOVIE: 20th Century Boys: The Final Chapter – Our Flag. (MA15+, R) (2009) Teruyuki Kagawa, Naoto Takenaka, Kôichi Yamadera. 3.05 PopAsia. (PG) 4.10 NHK World English News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 6.30 Man Fire Food. (R) 7.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 7.30 My Grandmother’s Ravioli. (R) 8.00 Boys Weekend. (R) 8.30 Chuck’s Eat The Street. (R) 9.00 Guilty Pleasures. (R) 9.30 The Great Food Truck Race. (PG, R) 10.30 Iron Chef America. (R) 11.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 12.30 My Grandmother’s Ravioli. (R) 1.00 Chuck’s Eat The Street. (R) 1.30 Man Fire Food. (R) 2.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 2.30 Chopped Junior. (R) 3.30 The Great Food Truck Race. (PG, R) 4.30 Brazilian Street Feasts. (R) 5.00 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 5.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 6.30 Chuck’s Eat The Street. (R) 7.00 Boys Weekend. (R) 7.30 My Grandmother’s Ravioli. 8.00 Good Eats. (R) 8.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 9.30 Man Fire Food. 10.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. 10.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 11.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 12.30 Man Fire Food. (R) 1.00 Diners, DriveIns And Dives. (R) 1.30 Brazilian Street Feasts. (R) 2.00 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: Uninhabited. (2010) 1.30 Fit First. 2.00 Rez Rides. 2.30 Mugu Kids. 3.00 The Dreaming. 3.30 Bushwhacked! 4.00 Muso Magic Outback Tracks. 4.30 Kagagi, The Raven. 5.00 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 5.30 Yarrabah! The Musical. 6.00 Tangaroa. 6.30 UnderExposed. 7.00 Unearthed. 7.20 News. 7.30 Aunty Moves In. (PG) 8.00 Mohawk Girls. (PG) 8.30 Noah’s Ark. (PG) 9.00 The Point Review. 9.30 Chappelle’s Show. (MA15+) 10.00 Shuga. (PG) 10.30 Blackstone. (M) 11.20 Cash Money. 11.25 JM’s Healthy Tips. 11.30 Mohawk Girls. (PG) 12.00 Volumz. 4.00 Away From Country. (PG) 5.00 Fusion With Casey Donovan. (PG) 0306

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3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE.

Friday 03.06.2016 to Sunday 05.06.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Saturday, June 4 MOVIE: Mamma Mia!

MOVIE: Saturday Night Fever

7TWO, 6.30pm, PG (2008) Adapted from the hit musical and interspersed with hits by iconic pop outfit ABBA, Mamma Mia! tells the story of Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), a young bride-to-be who lives with her mother Donna (Meryl Streep) at their Greek island resort. Sophie’s dream is to have her father give her away – the only trouble is, she doesn’t know who he is. She identifies three men who could be her father – Sam (Pierce Brosnan), Harry (Colin Firth) and Bill (Stellan Skarsgård) – and invites them to the island for the wedding. Romance and fun ensue, and ABBA’s infectious songs effortlessly move the action along.

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Max Richter’s Sleep. (CC) Rage. (PG, CC) Reality Check. (PG, R, CC) Australians Of The Year: In Conversation. (CC) Scott & Bailey. (M, R, CC) Slaves are discovered on a local farm. Tony Robinson’s Time Walks. (R, CC) Tony explores St Kilda. Landline. (R, CC) Presented by Pip Courtney. Soccer. (CC) Women’s International. Australia v New Zealand. Game 1. From Morshead Park, Redan, Victoria. Midsomer Murders. (PG, R, CC) A worker at a Wild West show is killed.

6.30 Gardening Australia. (CC) Costa shows how to keep backyard chooks happy. Jane visits a stunning Victorian garden. 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 Father Brown. (PG, CC) Robert Twyman tells psychoanalyst Mordaunt that he’s received a letter urging confession of something he refuses to talk about. 8.15 Indian Summers. (M, CC) The day of the Sipi Fair arrives, the only time of the year that the Indian community is allowed on the grounds of the British Club. 9.05 The Doctor Blake Mysteries. (M, R, CC) After a Ballarat farmer is found dead in a cow pen, the locals are quick to blame the livestock for trampling the man. 10.05 Rake. (M, R, CC) Wendy reluctantly takes Cleaver in after he’s evicted. Barney is reeling from the costs of his rescue. 11.00 Comedy Showroom. (M, R, CC) Lawrence Mooney ponders growing up. 11.30 Rage. (PG, R) Music videos chosen by special guest programmer, The Drones. 5.00 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

MOVIE: The Legend Of Zorro GO!, 8.30pm, M (2005)

SBS, 9.35pm, MA15+ (1977) Far better known for its disco-heavy Bee Gees soundtrack than the story itself, it may come as a shock to find that this ’70s smash is a bleak urban tale with characters best described as bordering on repulsive. It’s about various young Brooklyn adults in go-nowhere lives who find muchneeded escapism and community in the nightclubs. Contrary to appearances, the film is a raw drama of individuality and identity, and in some parts as dark as a back alley at midnight. John Travolta was a terrific casting choice in the lead role, and the sight of him lighting up the dancefloor is indelibly cool.

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Antonio Banderas (pictured) and Catherine ond serving of Zeta-Jones are back for a second swashbuckling fun. Years on from their laying first meeting, they are now playing on happy families, with young son ow. Joaquin (Adrian Alonso) in tow. California’s citizens are keen to join the US, and on the eve of the ballot n, a which would see that happen, sinister French count (Rufus Sewell) sweeps into town to do ng. some underhanded politicking. Sounds like a job for Zorro. ho Director Martin Campbell, who was behind 1998’s The Mask off Zorro, returns and he certainly knows how to tell a cracking action tale.

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6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) 12.00 Road To Rio. (CC) 12.30 Olympians: Off The Record: Geoff Huegill. (CC) 1.00 I Dream Of Jeannie. (R, CC) Tony finds another genie. 1.30 Surf Patrol. (R, CC) 1.50 MOVIE: Race To Witch Mountain. (PG, R, CC) (2009) Dwayne Johnson. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R, CC) 5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R, CC)

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PAW Patrol. (R, CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Today Extra: Saturday. (PG, CC) The Investment Series. (CC) Business and financial advice. Hot In Cleveland. (PG, R, CC) Joy and Bob take Victoria for a ridealong. Fishing Australia. (R, CC) MOVIE: Zeus And Roxanne. (CC) (1997) Steve Guttenberg. Jimmy Barnes: Soul Searchin’. (CC) Love Shack. (PG, CC) News: First At Five. (CC) Getaway. (PG, CC)

6.00 Fishing Edge. (R, CC) 6.30 The Home Team. (R, CC) 7.00 RPM. (R, CC) 8.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 8.30 St10. (PG, CC) 11.00 The Living Room. (R, CC) 12.00 All 4 Adventure. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Healthy Homes TV. (R, CC) 1.30 The Doctors. (PG, CC) 2.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R, CC) 3.00 The Renovation King. (CC) 3.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 4.00 What’s Up Down Under. (CC) 4.30 Escape Fishing With ET. (CC) (Final) 5.00 TEN Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 France 24 English News. 6.30 Deutsche Welle English News. 7.00 Al Jazeera English News. 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 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 3.30 Pan-American Road Trip With Dara And Ed. (PG, R, CC) 4.30 Beat The Ancestors: Medieval Machine Gun. (PG, R, CC) 5.25 DNA Nation. (R, CC)

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Men In Black. (PG, R, CC) (1997) A cop is recruited to be the partner of a special agent assigned to police extraterrestrials living on Earth. They find themselves caught in an assassination plot against ambassadors from opposing galaxies. Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino. 9.00 MOVIE: Bad Boys. (MA15+, R, CC) (1995) Two detectives search for a fortune in drugs that was mysteriously stolen from their police station’s evidence room. They are contacted by a woman who claims she can identify the villain responsible but will only speak to a specific officer, leading to a case of mistaken identities. Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Téa Leoni. 11.30 The Goldbergs. (PG, R, CC) Adam abandons his trickor-treating tradition with Pops to hang out with a cool new friend. The news her kids intend to do their own thing for Halloween upsets Beverly. Barry and Erica attend a party.

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. 8.40 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. 10.10 MOVIE: The Big Wedding. (MA15+, R, CC) (2013) To the amusement of their adult children and friends, a long divorced couple are once again forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son’s wedding. Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried.

6.00 Modern Family. (PG, R, CC) Things get awkward at Claire’s university reunion after she and Phil encounter a professor she once dated. 6.30 Ice Age: The Great EggScapade. (CC) Springtime is coming to the Ice Age, and Sid decides on an eggsitting service for the herd’s harried, expectant parents. 7.00 MOVIE: Ice Age 4: Continental Drift. (PG, R, CC) (2012) A trio of animals, Manny, Diego, and Sid, embarks on an adventure after their continent is set adrift. Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo. 8.45 MOVIE: Independence Day. (M, R, CC) (1996) After mysterious alien spaceships appear above cities around the world, only a cable company employee realises they are planning an attack. With time running out, he contacts his estranged wife for help convincing authorities of the looming danger. Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum. 11.40 48 Hours: Death After Midnight. (M, R, CC) A look at the death of Ashley Fallis.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Twiggy. (PG, CC) English model, actor and singer Twiggy grew up in a close-knit family in London, but her mother told her very little about her relations. As Twiggy sets off to investigate her mum’s family, she discovers that times were tough for them in Victorian London. 8.35 RocKwiz Salutes The Legends. (CC) RocKwiz pays homage to the best music Ireland has to offer, from U2 to Van Morrison and Sinéad O’Connor. Features performances by Montaigne, Dan Kelly, Memphis Kelly, Maddy Kelly and Henry Wagons. 9.35 MOVIE: Saturday Night Fever. (MA15+, R) (1977) An uneducated teenager escapes his boring job and demanding family, by hitting the local disco. John Travolta, Karen Lynne Gorney, Barry Miller. 11.45 RocKwiz. (PG, R, CC) Music quiz show. Special guests include Tex Perkins, Mia Dyson, and former keyboardist and songwriter for Cold Chisel, Don Walker.

12.00 Desperate Housewives. (M, R, CC) On the day of the funeral of a local, each of the ladies thinks back to how the deceased affected their lives. 1.00 Home Shopping.

12.10 MOVIE: Blindness. (AV15+, R, CC) (2008) Julianne Moore. 2.25 MOVIE: Stardust. (M, R, CC) (1974) David Essex. 4.30 Extra. (R, CC) 5.00 The Middle. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

12.40 48 Hours: The Hunter. (M, R, CC) A US Army combat medic goes missing. 1.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program featuring Christian music with a choir and guest speakers.

12.45 Inspector Rex. (PG, R) 1.40 Inspector Rex. (M, R, CC) 3.25 Nelson Mandela: The Final Chapter. (PG, R, CC) 4.25 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 5.00 CCTV News. (PG) 5.30 NHK World English News. 5.45 France 24 Feature.

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3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE.

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 03.06.2016 to Sunday 05.06.2016

Saturday, June 4 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

8.30pm Mississippi Grind (2015) Drama. Ben Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds. (M) Premiere

6.30pm E! News. The most comprehensive, up-to-the-minute reports on the day’s top entertainment news. (M) E!

5.00pm Netball. ANZ Championship. Round 10. Queensland Firebirds v Melbourne Vixens. Fox Sports 3

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

7.30pm Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle. Part 1 of 4. British adventurer Ben Fogle visits utterly desolate places where men, alone or with a family, forsake most modern comforts for different motives. (PG) BBC Knowledge

8.30pm Indian Summers. A grand drama set in 1930s India – the dying days of the British Raj. (M) BBC First

8.30pm In Their Own Words. Follows boxer Muhammad Ali’s rise from Louisville, Alabama to fame. (PG) History

8.30pm Unbroken (2014) Biography. A US Olympian is imprisoned by the Japanese during World War II. (M) Masterpiece 10.25pm Magic Mike XXL (2015) Comedy. Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello. A former stripper works his way back for one ﬁnal performance. (MA15+) Premiere

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.45 Timmy Time. (R, CC) 5.00 Tree Fu Tom. (R, CC) 5.25 The Hive. 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? (R, CC) 8.45 The Warehouse Comedy Festival. (M, R, CC) 9.15 Live At The Apollo. (M, R, CC) 10.00 Comedy Up Late. (MA15+, R, CC) 10.30 Broad City. (M, R, CC) 10.50 Episodes. (M, R, CC) 11.20 Louie. (M, R, CC) 2.00 Highway Thru Hell. (PG, R, CC) 2.45 News Update. (R) 2.50 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. 11.05 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. (R, CC) 11.30 You’re Skitting Me. (R, CC) 11.55 So Awkward. (R, CC) 12.25 The Day My Butt Went Psycho. (R, CC) 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 SheZow. (R, CC) 5.05 Grojband. (R, CC) 5.30 Roy. (R) 5.55 Little Lunch. (R, CC) (Final) 6.10 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R, CC) 6.30 Horrible Histories. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 Operation Ouch! (R) 7.30 MOVIE: Nowhere Boys: The Book Of Shadows. (PG, R, CC) (2016) Rahart Adams. 8.50 World’s End. (R, CC) Casey’s selfish game plan becomes clear. 9.20 House Of Anubis. (R) Patricia rescues Rufus from the hospital. 9.45 Close.

9.30pm An Audience With Barry Manilow. (PG) Foxtel Arts

7TWO 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Hot Property. (R, CC) 8.30 Room For Improvement. (R, CC) 9.30 Dealers. (PG, R) 10.30 Great Escapes. (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. 5.00 Motorway Patrol. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Secret Location. (PG, R) 6.30 MOVIE: Mamma Mia! (PG, R, CC) (2008) Amanda Seyfried. 8.50 Escape To The Country. Prospective buyers find their dream home. 9.50 Nick Knowles’ Original Features. (R) 10.50 Air Crash Investigation. (PG, R, CC) 11.50 Zero Hour. (PG, R, CC) 12.50 Sydney Weekender. (R, CC) 1.20 WA Weekender. (R, CC) 1.50 Qld Weekender. (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 Great Escapes. (R) 5.00 Shopping.

7MATE

6.00 Children’s Programs. 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. (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 Megamind: The Button Of Doom. (PG) 6.20 Puss In Boots: The Three Diablos. (PG, CC) 6.40 MOVIE: Puss In Boots. (PG, R, CC) (2011) Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek. 8.30 MOVIE: The Legend Of Zorro. (M, R, CC) (2005) Masked hero Zorro battles a French count. Antonio Banderas. 11.00 MOVIE: Ballistic: Ecks Vs Sever. (M, R, CC) (2002) Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu. 12.50 Go Girls. (M, R, CC) 1.50 Surfing Australia TV. (R, CC) 2.20 GO Surround Sound. (R, CC) 2.30 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 3.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, 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 Motor Racing. Australian Drifting Grand Prix. Replay. 7.00 Athletics. Wings for Life World Run. Highlights. 8.00 Shopping. (R) 9.00 Dream Car Garage. (R) 9.30 Harley-Davidson TV. (PG) 10.00 Triathlon. Busselton Jetty Ironman. 11.00 Bull Riding. 2015 Pro Tour. Replay. 12.00 Bomb Hunters. (PG, R) 1.00 Motor Racing. Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars. Replay. 2.00 Big Shrimpin’. (PG, R) 3.00 Footy Flashbacks. 4.30 Football. AFL. Round 11. Geelong v GWS. From Simonds Stadium, Victoria. 7.20 Football. AFL. Round 11. Gold Coast v Sydney. From Metricon Stadium, Queensland. 10.00 MOVIE: Face/Off. (MA15+, R, CC) (1997) An FBI agent has his face replaced. John Travolta. 1.00 Friday Front Bar. (M, R, CC) 1.30 Jail. (M) 2.00 Zero Hour. (M, R, CC) 3.00 Motor Racing. Australian Drifting Grand Prix. Replay. 4.00 Motor Racing. Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars. Replay. 5.00 Dream Car Garage. (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. 3.30 Foreign Corre. (R, CC) 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. (R, 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 Australians Of The Year: In Conversation. (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 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS

GO!

6.00 MOVIE: Up The Chastity Belt. (PG, R, CC) (1971) 8.00 Danoz. 8.30 Global Shop. (R) 9.00 As Time Goes By. (R) 10.20 MOVIE: The Brigand Of Kandahar. (PG, R, CC) (1965) 12.00 MOVIE: The Truth About Women. (PG, R, CC) (1957) 2.10 MOVIE: Gun Belt. (PG, R, CC) (1953) 3.45 MOVIE: Battle Of Britain. (PG, R) (1969) 6.30 MOVIE: Space Cowboys. (PG, R, CC) (2000) A group of ageing men goes into space. Clint Eastwood. 9.10 MOVIE: The Untouchables. (M, R, CC) (1987) In Prohibition-era Chicago, a Treasury agent enlists an Irish beat cop to school him in ‘the Chicago Way’, to bring down Al Capone. Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro. 11.35 Dalziel And Pascoe. (M, R) 12.45 MOVIE: Ransom. (M, R) (1974) 2.35 MOVIE: Scars Of Dracula. (M, R, CC) (1970) 4.15 MOVIE: Hue And Cry. (R, CC) (1947)

7.30pm Rugby League. NRL. Round 13. Melbourne Storm v Penrith Panthers. Fox Sports 1 7.30pm Football. AFL. Round 11. Fremantle v Essendon. Fox Footy 8.00pm Soccer. International Friendly Series. Australia v Greece. Game 1. Fox Sports 4

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 Walker, Texas Ranger. (PG, R) 12.30 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 1.30 Champions Of The Rottnest Channel. (R, CC) 2.00 World Class Bartender Of The Year. (PG, R) 3.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 4.00 Reel Action. (R) 5.00 Adventure Angler. (R) 5.30 David Attenborough’s Planet Earth. (PG, R) 6.30 Last Man Standing. 7.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. (PG, R) The crew of a crashed freighter is discovered. 8.30 The X-Files. (M, R, CC) A psychic assists the agents. 9.30 Minority Report. (M) (New Series) 10.30 Zoo. (M, R, CC) 11.30 Bellator MMA. (M, R) 1.45 ST: Next Gen. (PG, R) 2.45 World Sport. (R) 3.00 GT Academy. (R) 5.00 Football’s Greatest Teams. (R) 5.30 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 7.30 Kuu-Kuu Harajuku. (C, CC) A group of girls form a band. 8.00 Totally Wild. (C, CC) 8.30 Scope. (C, CC) A look at technology that shapes our lives. 9.05 The Loop. (PG) 11.35 Neighbours. (R, CC) 2.05 To Be Advised. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, R, CC) Irish comedian Graham Norton chats with Sean Penn, Celia Imrie, Ross Noble and Kelly Clarkson. 9.30 Sex And The City. (M, R) Carrie has second thoughts after Aidan moves into her apartment. 11.30 The Loop. (PG, R) Music and entertainment program hosted by Scott Tweedie and Olivia Phyland. 2.00 Neighbours. (R, CC) 4.30 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. (PG, R) 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 Dinner Date. (PG, R) 12.00 Hotel Impossible. (PG, R) 2.00 Postcards. (PG, CC) 3.00 House Hunters Off The Grid. (R) 4.00 Good Bones. (PG, R) 5.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. (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 Renovation. (PG) 10.30 Fixer Upper. (PG, R) 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Masters Of Flip. (R) 1.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE

Julie Walters stars in Indian Summers.

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 Chinese News. 7.00 WorldWatch. 8.00 Hungarian News. 8.30 Macedonian News. 9.05 WorldWatch. 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 WorldWatch. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 The Tim Ferriss Experiment. (R, CC) 1.50 Do Or Die. (PG, R) 2.40 Motorcycle Racing. (CC) Superbike World Championship. Round 7. 3.35 Celebrity Chef. (R) 5.00 Brain Games. (R) 5.30 MOVIE: Tales From Earthsea. (PG, R) (2006) 7.30 If You Are The One. Hosted by Meng Fei. 8.30 7 Days In Hell. (M) Brett and Cliff head to the Canadian Prairies. 9.20 MOVIE: Red Dawn. (M, R) (1984) Communists invade America. Patrick Swayze. 11.25 MOVIE: River’s Edge. (MA15+, R) (1986) 1.15 MOVIE: The Basketball Diaries. (MA15+, R) (1995) 3.10 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 6.30 Man Fire Food. (R) 7.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 7.30 Chopped Junior. (R) 8.30 Chuck’s Eat The Street. (R) 9.00 My Grandmother’s Ravioli. (R) 9.30 The Great Food Truck Race. (PG, R) 10.30 Brazilian Street Feasts. (R) 11.00 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 11.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 12.30 My Grandmother’s Ravioli. (R) 1.00 Chuck’s Eat The Street. (R) 1.30 Man Fire Food. (R) 2.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 2.30 Chopped Junior. (R) 3.30 The Great Food Truck Race. (PG, R) 4.30 Brazilian Street Feasts. (R) 5.00 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 5.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 6.30 Man Fire Food. (R) 7.00 Diners, DriveIns And Dives. (R) 7.30 Kitchen Inferno. (R) 8.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 9.30 The Freshman Class. (PG, R) 10.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 11.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 12.30 Chopped Junior. (R) 1.30 Kitchen Inferno. (R) 2.30 The Freshman Class. (PG, R) 3.30 The Great Food Truck Race. (PG, R) 4.25 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Our Songs. 10.30 A War Of Hope. (PG) 11.30 Goin’ Troppo In The Toppo. (PG) 12.00 The Point Review. 12.30 League Nation Live. 2.00 Defining Moments. 2.30 Indians And Aliens. 3.00 The Marngrook Footy Show. (PG) 4.30 Unearthed. 4.50 Cash Money. 4.55 JM’s Healthy Tips. 5.00 Samaqan: Water Stories. 5.30 Move It Mob Style. 6.00 Kriol Kitchen. 6.30 Down 2 Earth. (PG) 7.00 Ngarritj. 7.30 Rose Against The Odds. (PG) 8.30 Being Mary Jane. (M) 9.20 Custodians. 9.30 MOVIE: The Wiz. (CC) (1978) Michael Jackson. 11.45 Destiny In The Dirt. 12.00 Volumz. (PG) 4.00 Fusion With Casey Donovan. (PG) 5.00 Bush Bands Bash. 0406

NITV

3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE.

Friday 03.06.2016 to Sunday 05.06.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Sunday, June 5 DNA Nation

MOVIE: Noah

The Voice

SBS, 8.30pm

TEN, 9pm, M (2014)

WIN, 7pm

DNA Nation wraps up its pilgrimage in compelling fashion, with presenters Julia Zemiro, Ernie Dingo and Ian Thorpe concluding their epic journeys in different parts of the world. It’s as much a travel extravaganza as a lesson in genealogy. Julia finds herself taking in the view in beautiful Sardinia, Italy, the place her father’s ancestors originate from. Meanwhile, Ian is amazed by what he finds in the grasslands of Kyrgyzstan, the former Soviet Union. He uncovers how his ancestors’ horse-taming skills and the invention of the wheel changed everything. Lastly, the spiritual exploration ends for Ernie in Timor Leste.

It’s certainly a brave soul who takes on the job of converting a biblical story to the big screen, but director Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan) isn’t one to shy away from a challenge. While hard-line Christian lobby groups took to the airwaves in the US to vent their spleens ahead of its release, the film gathered momentum and praise flowed in. Russell Crowe is perfectly cast as the troubled Noah, who is given the mammoth task of saving mankind while flood waters rise and catastrophe reigns. Crowe offers one of his strongest performances for some time, while Jennifer Connelly is his guiding light as wife Naameh. An epic movie.

Does your mind suddenly revert to a monotonous chorus of, “La, la, la, la!” when you ou contemplate The Voice? It’s understandable – this his series keeps lurking around. If it is a good thing ng or a bad thing is entirely subjective. Whether her you harbour a deep-seated disdain for or the series, tune in to become a harsh h critic of coach Delta Goodrem, or are simply a fan of staring at new coach Ronan Keating’s handsome e face, it’s each to their own. Now that the auditions are over, many will be disappointed not to o have the chance to witness some terrible performances, while others will be excited to see how the newly formed teams perform. m. Hosted by Sonia Kruger (pictured). d).

ABC

PRIME7

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 Polly Borland: Polymorphous. (PG, R, CC) 2.45 Love & Fury. (R, CC) 3.15 The Book Club. (PG, R, CC) 3.45 Australian Story. (R, CC) 4.15 David Attenborough’s Rise Of Animals. (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 Aunt Clara pays a visit. 12.30 To Be Advised. 3.00 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. (R, CC) A spectacular show of military precision, entertainment, massed pipes and drum performances. 5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Sydney Weekender. (CC) Mike discovers Sydney’s indigenous heritage.

6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00

6.00 Surfing The Menu: The Next Generation. (CC) Dan and Hayden fly in a gyrocopter and learn why the local brewer plunges red-hot rocks into his special winter beer. 6.30 Compass: The Meaning Of Life – Sir Bob Geldof. (CC) Sir Bob Geldof talks to Gay Byrne. 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.40 Grand Designs. (CC) Kevin McCloud meets a couple who want to restore a 100-year-old blacksmiths workshop, in County Antrim. 8.30 Midsomer Murders. (PG, R, CC) (Final) Barnaby and Nelson investigate after an artist who had a manuscript stolen is electrocuted. 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) Lincoln’s academic research is interrupted by the news a hit man has busted out of jail. 11.30 By Any Means. (M, R, CC) A covert group of specialists tackles the criminal underworld on their own terms.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 House Rules. (PG, CC) The teams learn what Claire and Hagan think of their new home, before one pair is eliminated. 8.50 Sunday Night. (CC) Melissa Doyle leads a team of Australia’s best reporters, breaking the stories that matter. 9.50 Bones. (M, CC) An investigation into the murder of a police officer sends shockwaves through the team when two of their own are injured in the line of duty. Behavioural analyst Leslie Green is assigned to work with Booth. 10.50 Castle. (M, R, CC) Alexis reluctantly asks Castle for his help proving a death row inmate’s innocence before he is executed. 11.50 Castle. (M, R, CC) After a renowned relationship therapist is murdered, it appears her death could be linked to one of her powerful clients. Castle and Beckett’s assumption about the killer’s motive is tested when they discover she was in possession of a priceless diamond stolen from an unidentified source.

12.30 Whitechapel. (M, R, CC) The team searches for a jogger’s killer. 1.20 Rage. (MA15+) Music videos. 3.30 Midsomer Murders. (PG, R, CC) (Final) A woman is electrocuted. 5.00 Insiders. (R, CC) Hosted by Barrie Cassidy.

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

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: Shangri-La. (R, CC) Explore China’s far south-west. The NRL Rookie. (PG, R, CC) Contestants vie for an NRL contract. Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 13. Sydney Roosters v Wests Tigers. From Allianz Stadium, Sydney.

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) (Final) 11.30 Ben’s Menu. (R, CC) 12.00 Netball. (CC) 2.00 Judge Judy. (PG, 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 France 24 English News. 6.30 Deutsche Welle English News. 7.00 Al Jazeera English News. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News From Cyprus. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 12.00 Arabic News. 12.30 Turkish News. 1.00 The Bowls Show. 2.00 Speedweek. (CC) 4.00 FIFA World Cup 2018 Magazine. (CC) 4.30 Voxwomen Cycling. (CC) 5.00 InCycle. (CC) 5.30 Spying On Hitler’s Army. (PG, R, CC) A look at a spying operation in World War II.

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. 9.40 Inside The World’s Toughest Prisons: Poland. (M, CC) Paul Connolly heads to Poland where he meets a gangland killer while spending a week living inside the maximum security Piotrkow Prison, which is home to 700 of the country’s most dangerous criminals. 10.40 Teens Behind Bars. (M, R, CC) A look at some of the estimated 70,000 teenagers behind bars in high-security juvenile prisons. 11.40 Major Crimes. (MA15+, R, CC) The detectives investigate after a university student is murdered, and his girlfriend left critically injured, at a party. It appears the woman’s stalker might be responsible but another possibility also exists.

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) Gloria wants Jay to teach Manny how to stand up to a bully in his cooking class. 7.00 Modern Family. (PG, R, CC) Claire tries to use her computer to get in contact with Hayley, following a fight, after she gets stuck at the airport. However, it is not long before she succumbs to the temptation of snooping on her family online. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PG, CC) Restaurateur Maggie Beer returns as the contestants try to impress judges Matt Preston, George Calombaris and Gary Mehigan in a mystery box challenge in just 60 minutes. However, the winner of the invention test will be entering the competition with an advantage. 9.00 MOVIE: Noah. (M, CC) (2014) Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.35 America’s Hidden Pyramid City. A look at one of the best-kept secrets of western archaeology, known as Cahokia. 8.30 DNA Nation. (PG, CC) Part 3 of 3. Ian heads to the grasslands of Kyrgyzstan to discover how his ancestors’ horsetaming skills and the invention of the wheel changed the course of human history. 9.30 Uranium: Twisting The Dragon’s Tail: The Rock In Our Future. (PG, R, CC) Part 3 of 3. Australian-born physicist Dr Derek Muller tells the story of uranium, the “rock” which helped shape the modern world. 10.30 Cancer: The Emperor Of All Maladies: Magic Bullets. (PG, CC) Part 1 of 3. Documents the search for the cure of cancer, including a look at the story of Sidney Farber. 11.40 MOVIE: A Brand New Life. (PG, R) (2009) Follows the emotional journey of a little girl who was abandoned by her father in an orphanage. Sae-ron Kim, Do Yeon Park, Ah-sung Ko.

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 chats with Ryan Gosling. 1.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Life Today With James Robison. (PG) 4.30 CBS This Morning. (CC) Morning news and talk show.

1.20 MOVIE: Black Field. (MA15+, R) (2009) 3.15 The Vasectomist. (M, R, CC) 4.15 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 4.50 Caldera. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News. 5.45 France 24 Feature.

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3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE.

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 03.06.2016 to Sunday 05.06.2016

Sunday, June 5 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.25pm Ant-Man (2015) Action. Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas. (PG) Premiere

8.30pm Outlander. (MA15+) SoHo

6.30pm A Place In The Sun: Winter Sun. Follows property experts as they help eager house hunters ﬁnd their dream holiday homes. (PG) Lifestyle Home

12.15pm Netball. ANZ Championship. Round 10. Adelaide Thunderbirds v West Coast Fever. Fox Sports 2

8.30pm No Country For Old Men (2007) Crime. Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong. (MA15+) Masterpiece

8.30pm Strike Back. Super soldiers Scott and Stonebridge make a major mistake when they step into the clutches of torturous Li-Na. (MA15+) FOX8

10.40pm Inherent Vice (2014) Drama. In the ’70s, a stoner private detective investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend. (MA15+) Masterpiece

9.30pm Secret City. Beneath the placid facade of Canberra, amid rising tension between China and the US, a journalist (Anna Torv) uncovers conspiracies. (MA15+) Showcase

ABC2/ABC KIDS

7TWO

6.00 Children’s Programs. 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: Is John In Love? (PG, R, CC) 8.30 Michael McIntyre’s Showtime. (M, CC) Presented by Michael McIntyre. 9.20 Louis Theroux: A Place For Paedophiles. (M, R, CC) 10.20 My Dad Is A Woman. (M, R, CC) 11.10 Never Mind The Buzzcocks. (M, R, CC) 11.40 Junior Doctors: Your Life In Their Hands. (PG, R, CC) 12.40 Seconds From Disaster. (R, CC) 1.25 The Home Show. (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: The Next Steps. (R, CC) 5.45 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.35 You’re Skitting Me. (R, CC) 11.55 So Awkward. (R) 12.30 Dance Academy. (R, CC) 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 Scream Street. (R) 6.10 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R) 6.30 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 7.00 Operation Ouch! (R) 7.30 Keeping Up With The Kaimanawas. (PG, R) 7.55 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) 9.10 Girls In Love. (R) It’s the start of Year 9 but Ellie wishes she’d stayed in bed. 9.25 House Of Anubis. (R) Patricia to decodes her unusual good-luck card. 9.50 Good Game: Pocket Edition. (PG, R, CC) 10.00 Rage. (PG, R) 2.30 Close.

GO!

6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 Tomorrow’s World. (PG) 7.30 Leading The Way. (PG) 8.00 David Jeremiah. (PG) 8.30 Shopping. 9.30 Australia’s Best Houses. (PG, R) 10.00 Home And Away CatchUp. (PG, R, CC) 12.30 Dealers. (PG) 2.00 Secret Location. (PG, R) 3.00 Original Features. (R) 4.00 Escape To The Country. (R) 6.00 Mighty Ships: HDMS Absalon. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 For The Love Of Dogs. (PG) 7.30 Border Patrol: Heart Patient. (PG, R, CC) Officers make a major haul. 8.00 Motorway Patrol: Truckers. (PG, CC) A fourwheel drive is sideswiped by a truck. 8.30 Escape To The Country. Prospective buyers find their dream homes. 9.30 Escape To The Continent. A look at homes. 10.45 Mighty Ships. (PG, R, CC) 11.45 Dealers. (PG, R) 1.00 Dr Oz. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Arctic Wonderland. (R) 5.00 Shopping.

7MATE

6.00 Children’s Programs. 1.30 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 2.00 LEGO Friends. 2.30 Nexo Knights. (PG) 3.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 3.30 Teen Titans. (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 2. (PG, R, CC) (2006) Martin Lawrence, Nia Long. 8.30 MOVIE: Rush Hour 2. (M, R, CC) (2001) Two detectives investigate a double murder. Jackie Chan. 10.30 MOVIE: Project X. (MA15+, R, CC) (2012) Jonathan Daniel Brown, Oliver Cooper. 12.20 The Magaluf Weekender. (MA15+, R, CC) 1.20 GO Surround Sound. (PG, R, CC) 1.30 Surfing Australia TV. (R, CC) 2.00 Wild Kratts. (R) 2.30 Yo-Kai. (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-Gi-Oh! (PG, R)

GEM

6.00 Shopping. 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 Fishing Cape York With Josh & Jamie. (PG) (New Series) 12.30 My Fishing Place. (PG) 1.00 The AFN Fishing Show. (PG) 1.30 Prospectors. (PG, R) 2.30 AFL PreGame Show. (CC) 3.00 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 11. Western Bulldogs v West Coast. From Etihad Stadium, Melbourne. 6.00 Seinfeld. (PG, R, CC) Jerry helps a cafe owner. 7.00 MOVIE: Battleship. (PG, R, CC) (2012) A US Navy ship fights aliens. Taylor Kitsch. 9.35 MOVIE: Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines. (M, R, CC) (2003) A cyborg is sent back in time. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl. 11.50 Jail. (MA15+) 12.15 Eagle Vision. (CC) 12.45 Locked Up Abroad. (M, R) 2.00 Zero Hour. (M, R, CC) 4.00 Bizarre ER. (M, R) 5.00 Prospectors. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 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 Australians Of The Year: In Conversation. (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.

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6.00 Skippy. (R) 6.30 MOVIE: Alive And Kicking. (R) (1964) 8.30 Danoz. 9.30 Global Shop. 10.00 Avengers. (PG, R) 11.00 MOVIE: Not Now, Comrade. (PG, R, CC) (1976) 1.00 The Investment Series. (R, CC) 1.30 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 MOVIE: Invitation To A Gunfighter. (PG, R, CC) (1964) 4.00 MOVIE: The Sea Wolves. (PG, R, CC) (1980) Gregory Peck. 6.30 MOVIE: Goldfinger. (PG, R, CC) (1964) Bond tries to foil the plot of a smuggler. Sean Connery. 8.45 MOVIE: Thunderball. (PG, R, CC) (1965) Bond leads an international contingent to find two nuclear weapons that were stolen by SPECTRE. Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Rick Van Nutter. 11.25 Rizzoli & Isles. (M, R, CC) 12.25 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 12.55 GEM Presents. (M, 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)

2.00pm Rugby League. NRL. Round 13. Melbourne Storm v Penrith Panthers. Fox Sports 1 3.00pm Football. AFL. Round 11. Western Bulldogs v West Coast. Fox Sports 3 8.00pm Tennis. French Open. Final day. Fox Sports 4

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6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Healthy Homes TV. (R, CC) 8.30 Rugby Sevens. World Series. Round 9. Highlights. 9.00 Rugby Sevens. World Series. Round 10. Highlights. 9.30 David Attenborough’s Planet Earth. (PG, R) 10.30 Escape Fishing With ET. (R, CC) 11.00 Temporary Australians. (PG, R) 11.30 Extreme Fishing. (PG, R) 12.30 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 1.30 ST: Next Gen. (PG, R) 2.30 World Sport. (R) 3.00 Moments Of Impact. (PG, R) 4.00 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 Attenborough’s Animal House. (R, CC) 9.30 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Catalunya Grand Prix. Race 7. From Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain. 11.00 World Sport. 11.30 The Killing. (M, R) 12.30 RPM GP. (R, CC) 1.00 RPM. (R, CC) 2.00 Late Programs. 3.00 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 4.00 Temporary Australians. (PG, R) 4.30 Trans-Tasman Muscle Car Battle. (R) 5.00 Late Programs.

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 9.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 9.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (R) 10.00 Mako: Island Of Secrets. (C, 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. (R, CC) 4.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 4.50 To Be Advised. 6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. (CC) 6.30 Snog, Marry, Avoid? (PG, R) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG, R) Ted’s university flame moves to New York. 8.00 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 MOVIE: Epic Movie. (M, R) (2007) Four orphans visit the land of Gnarnia. Kal Penn, Jennifer Coolidge. 10.30 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG, R) 11.30 The King Of Queens. (PG, R) 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.

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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 PopAsia. (PG) 10.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 MOVIE: Tales From Earthsea. (PG, R) (2006) 3.10 Polarised. (R, CC) 3.20 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. (PG, R) 3.55 Friday Feed. (R) 4.25 Space Dandy. (PG, R) 4.55 The Brain: China. (R) 6.40 Ninja Warrior Sweden. 7.30 If You Are The One. 8.30 Drunk History UK. (MA15+) (Series return) A retelling of historical events. 9.00 South Park. (M, R, CC) 9.25 Strangeface. (M, R) Short film. 9.35 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Criterium du Dauphiné. Prologue. Les Gets to Les Gets. 3.9 km time trial. From France. 11.05 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. (M, R) 11.35 Best Undressed. (MA15+, R, CC) 12.35 Shot By Kern. (MA15+, R) 1.05 Favela Rising. (M, R) 2.35 Kurt Wallander. (MA15+, R) 4.20 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 6.30 Kitchen Inferno. (R) 7.30 Chopped Junior. (R) 8.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 9.30 The Great Food Truck Race. (PG, R) 10.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 11.30 Brazilian Street Feasts. (R) 12.00 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 12.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 1.30 Kitchen Inferno. (R) 2.30 Chopped Junior. (R) 3.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 4.30 Brazilian Street Feasts. (R) 5.00 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 5.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 6.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 7.30 Kids Baking Championship. 8.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 9.30 Restaurant: Impossible. (PG) Robert Irvine ambushes a feuding family. 10.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 11.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 12.30 Restaurant: Impossible. (PG, R) 1.30 Kids Baking Championship. (R) 2.30 Chopped Junior. (R) 3.30 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 4.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 4.30 Brazilian Street Feasts. (R) 5.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 5.30 Chopped. (PG, R)

6.00 Tipi Tales. 6.30 Wapos Bay. 7.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Bizou. 8.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Wapos Bay. 9.30 Morning Programs. 10.00 Soccer. OFC Champions League. 12.00 The Point Review. 12.30 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. Men’s grand final. Redfern All Blacks v Newcastle All Blacks. 2.30 Rugby Sevens. 3.30 Down 2 Earth. 4.00 Goin’ Troppo In The Toppo. (PG) 4.30 Rez Rides. (PG) 5.00 Te Kaea. 5.30 Colour Theory. 6.00 Standing On Sacred Ground. (PG) 7.00 Ever The Land. 8.30 Buffy Sainte-Marie. 9.30 MOVIE: Lucky. (M) (2011) Sihle Dlamini. 11.15 Alice And Kevin. 11.30 Defining Moments. 12.00 Volumz. (PG) 0506

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FIND THE WORDS This is a theme puzzle with the subject stated below. Find the listed words in the grid. (They may run in any direction but always in a straight line. Some letters are used more than once.) Ring each word as you find it and when you have completed the puzzle, there will be 19 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle. Fast cars

OUT ON A LIMB

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FLASH GORDON

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

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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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DUAL CROSSWORD 1

13. Face (8) 15. Assault (6) 17. Floral (6) 19. Inheritor (4) 21. Judge (4)

government income (6) 14. Start again with a summary (6) ACROSS 7. Varied (13) 16. Unimportant snub (6) 8. Evident (8) CRYPTIC 9. Rivet (4) 18. Sell the CLUES 10. Clear (6) game back (4) 12. Tie (6) 20. Records 14. Go round (6) ACROSS an attempt at 7. Bad date War- needlework (8) 16. Prickly (6) ren cooked – it’s 22. Red went 18. Close (4) a limited diet to sing about 20. Normal (8) (5,3,5) where the PM 22. Embarrass8. Tactful record lives (7,6) ing (13) about the alien DOWN DOWN (8) 1. Energy (8) 9. Hired out be- 1. Air trite argu2. Be very spar- fore Easter (4) ment to annoy ing (6) (8) 10. Insane art3. Run (4) 2. Sailor upsetists from India 4. Abuse (8) ting a rascal (6) (6) 5. Oral (6) 12. Speaks for 3. With due 6. Tug (4) nothing on deference to speed (4) 11. Deduction (8) former local

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4. Editor is into new issues (8) 5. Father gets a girl to prepare a Spanish dish (6) 6. Intend to be stingy (4) 11. Smart to include the church number when detecting (8) 13. Strongly advised Dot and her ex to get together (8) 15. Pressing on the old city chap (6) 17. Somehow rent is put in (6) 19. The weaving machine might seem close (4) 21. Stop out of position (4)

>> The idea of Go Figure is to arrive at the figures given at the bottom and right-hand columns of the diagram by following the arithmetic signs in the order they are given (that is, from left to right and top to bottom). Use only the numbers below the diagram to complete its blank squares and use each of the nine numbers only once.

DUAL CROSSWORD 18,987

CRYPTO-QUOTE

MEGA MAZE

>> AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW: One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for the three Ls, X for the two Os, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, the length and formation of the words are all hints. Each week the code letters are different.

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PRINCE VALIANT

CALIFORNIAN CROSSWORD

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From the pages of America’s most popular newspapers 21. Arctic bird rodents do 46. Used a paper 23. Blunder 1. Towel designatowel 25. Mosaic piece tion 50. Cincinnati’s 26. Somewhere 4. Wildebeest state out there 7. Oscar winner 53. Pinch 27. Ball club from Patricia 55. Infamous Ro50-Across 11. Concept man emperor 28. Musical combo 13. A billion years 56. Aspiration 29. Hodgepodge 14. Gumbo need 57. Genetic stuff 30. Piquancy 15. Ripped 31. Witnessed 16. Kreskin’s claim 58. Kindly bloke 59. Disarray 35. Peace (Sp.) 17. Office part60. Evergreen 38. Japanese timer type money 18. Does in 61. Decks in the 40. Present 20. Opposite of ring 42. Fine and -“nope” 45. Sommelier’s 22. Commonest DOWN suggestion English word 1. Smacks 47. Cheat at hide24. Elvis’ instru2. “American --” and-seek ment 3. Antitoxins 48. Cubesmith 28. Annoys 4. “Golly!” Rubik 32. Cutting tool 5. Inquisitive 49. They get con33. Jai -6. Open, in a way nected 34. Knock 7. “Forget it!” 50. Resistance unit 36. Pleased 8. -- out a living 51. Weeding imple37. Fool 9. Upper limb ment 39. Roams 10. Once around 52. Tape speed 41. Followed relent- the track meas. lessly 12. Cole Porter 54. Dog’s hand 43. Menagerie musical 19. That girl 44. Chew, as 160509

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HOCUS-FOCUS

POINT TAKEN

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JUST LIKE CATS & DOGS by Dave T. Phipps

STRANGE BUT TRUE z It was 20th-century film critic John Leonard who made the following sage observation: “In the cellars of the night, when the mind starts moving around old trunks of bad times, the pain of this and the shame of that, the memory of a small boldness is a hand to hold.” z You probably won’t be surprised to learn that a group of hedgehogs is known as a prickle. z In almost every US state, there is a statute making it illegal to jump off

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by Samantha Weaver the top of an office building. In a few states, if you survive the jump, you could be sentenced to death, if the letter of the old law is followed. z Those who study such things say that among social media users, those who use Twitter are less likely to smoke than users of other platforms. z Just as humans have distinctive fingerprints, dogs have nose prints – no two are the same. z You doubtless know of Theodore

Geisel – better known as Dr. Seuss, the beloved author of such children’s classics as “The Cat in the Hat”, “Horton Hears a Who” and “Green Eggs and Ham”, among many others. You might not realise, though, that his first book, “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street”, was rejected by more than two dozen publishers before it finally made it into print. z Did you know that dogs appear in the Bible? Yep – 41 times. No mention of cats, though.

Thought for the Day: “Thought for the Day: “What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.” – Joseph Addison

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YOUR STARS ARIES (MAR 21-APR 20) This is a week for ‘seekers’, a time in which to find the answer to that niggling question. As the week goes on, though, apprehension turns to excitement. What you discover can be totally unexpected and throws a bright light on your future. Indeed, the New Moon of last weekend still glows with romance. In a happy and social atmosphere at the weekend it would be easy to score points against someone you dislike. TAURUS (APR 21-MAY 21) Getting closer

to someone important to you is easy this week. First, though, you need to take a friendly approach. Remember that it isn’t what you do, but how you do it that counts! Avoid being defensive and, instead, give someone a chance to respond honestly. Be open-minded. Mars makes for a dynamic approach to any passion-fuelled encounter. Just make sure that your reaction is of a romantic kind.

GEMINI (MAY 22-JUN 21) Appear-

ing daring and clever makes you look attractive to others this week. I am not talking about someone wanting you to put up shelves here! Romance is in the air and you are about to breathe it in. Last weekend’s New Moon gave you an opportunity and it seems that you have taken it. Feel the love. It is an enjoyable time, but something is hidden. Until you find out what it is, take care with money and possessions.

CANCER (JUN 22-JUL 22) In seeking the answer to a question, you will come across more than a few possibilities. How confusing! Still, that could signal the fact that it is not yet time to make a decision either way. It’s a bit like wading through a weedy garden to get to a beautiful rose. You will get there and find more than one. Enjoy. Everyone has their opinion of what you should be doing. Nothing new there then. LEO (JUL 23-AUG 23) There are choices to be made. You know what you like and what you don’t like. Is it that simple? Mostly. This week you may choose

something that you do not like now, but could like in the future. In love, as in work, it is important to choose the right time. I would also remind you that actions speak louder than words. Enough clichés? Trust your instincts.

VIRGO (AUG 24-SEP 23) Doing some-

thing out of your usual zone and being a little anxious means that you ask questions. The person who has the answers could play a big part in your future. You may not be looking for romance. What you are not looking for you will find this weekend. What you were looking for will be quite different from your expectations. Interested? You should be!

LIBRA (SEP 24-

OCT 23) Something that has seemed far away comes a little closer this week. It is not something to fear, but something to welcome as part of life. There are so many experiences waiting for you. Is this the time to seek them out? It is said that there is no time like the present. Living in the present or the ‘here and now’ stops you worrying about the future. At the same time, though, it makes that future clearer.

SCORPIO (OCT 24-NOV 22) Being in a

different place this week can be exciting. It can also make you feel apprehensive, insecure and wary. You are not alone. Look around and start a conversation. Charm and knowledge bring someone close to you so what starts off as a worry turns into a revelation. By next week you will have so much more confidence. Is it a good time to make that important decision or sort out those tricky finances?

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 23-DEC 21)

Someone is really keen to help you this week. Perhaps they feel that it is their

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BY CASSANDRA NYE purpose in life. They care. You, on the other hand, value your independence and acumen. By being too clever it is possible to drive someone away. Give a little and you will gain a lot. No man or woman is an island. Well, not for long. It is boring and, eventually, depressing. So, independent as you may prefer to be, reach out.

CAPRICORN (DEC 22-JAN 20) Relax

and let life wash over you this week. Some things cannot be changed and, in the long run, may turn out to be for the best. By being flexible, you are giving yourself the best chance of finding what you want. No, you don’t have to climb mountains right now. Let someone else do it. You want someone to find you. Give them a chance to do it. Be aware and stop running in circles. Stand still or go for a slow walk.

AQUARIUS (JAN 21-FEB 19) In looking for something that is wrong, all you see are shadows. In taking a lighter approach those shadows disappear. Being optimistic this week will see you move forward and be happier. Is there any other way? Want to be a drama queen? Don’t waste your time! Put that smile on your face and be sure that it is reaching your eyes! Others will know if yours are not genuine, so perk up.

PISCES (FEB 20-MAR 20) Life is a gift.

Maybe there are times when you feel a bit worried about opening it. Don’t let ignorance and apprehension hold you back. Not all things have to be done alone. Throw yourself into a group who aim to help others. In doing so you will really be helping yourself! Live in the ‘here and now’. Turn to nature and she will show you some wonderful things. Be aware of the beauty around you. When that is shared, true romance begins.

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Monday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! There are plenty of opportunities and admirers for you, Gemini. Whizzing through the months ahead you build energy as you go. That can make you most attractive. Indeed, chances for love are almost as high as chances to make money. Tuesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Oh, Gemini, the lover of the zodiac! Pleasing others will be top of the agenda in the months to come. You like it that way, of course. Even so, keep a keen eye on any business opportunities, especially in new places. Wednesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! You are not against breaking with tradition or being a free thinker. Are they the same thing? Sometimes. In business this approach works well but at home you could be on shifting ground, Gemini. Thursday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Different approaches for different people should be your motto in the months ahead, Gemini. Charm and forward knowledge get you the best deals and the better reactions. Friday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Gemini, you are willing to step forward where others hesitate. Why is that? Curiosity? Stupidity? No! Knowledge puts you in the driving seat in the months ahead. Show your talents. Saturday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! When Gemini decides to make a move, others should watch carefully. You are about to start a successful period. However, take nothing for granted. Work hard and show that you respect the needs of others. Sunday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Many seek your company and help, Gemini. Be a little more choosy about where you spend your time and energy in the months ahead. You are good at bringing others together but be sensible.

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FIND THE WORDS solution 905 Champions of the track DUAL CROSSWORD 18,987 CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS Across: 7 Bread and water; 8 Discreet; 9 Lent; 10 Madras; 12 Orates; 14 Resume; 16 Slight; 18 Flog; 20 Tapestry; 22 Downing Street. Down: 1 Irritate; 2 Lascar; 3 Pace; 4 Editions; 5 Paella; 6 Mean; 11 Scenting; 13 Exhorted; 15 Urgent; 17 Insert; 19 Loom; 21 Post. QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 7 Miscellaneous; 8 Manifest; 9 Bolt; 10 Limpid; 12 Enlace; 14 Bypass; 16 Thorny; 18 Shut; 20 Ordinary; 22 Disconcerting. Down: 1 Vitality; 2 Scrimp; 3 Flee; 4 Maltreat; 5 Verbal; 6 Pull; 11 Discount; 13 Confront; 15 Attack; 17 Ornate; 19 Heir; 21 Deem. The Baker’s Dozen Trivia Test: 1. 4164 to 1. 2. Venice, Italy. 3. Chlorophyll. 4. Clio. 5. An octagon. 6. About 30-35 days. 7. The Congo. 8. Vixen. 9. Jane Austen. 10. Mercury. 11. “No Reason to Cry”, released in 1976. It was

one of Clapton’s rare top-20 Billboard albums. 12. Tiger Woods shot 19-under par at the 2000 British Open. 13. “A Pub with No Beer”, the iconic song recorded by Slim Dusty in 1957. It was written by Gordon Parsons, who was part of the travelling Slim Dusty Show at the time. There are different stories about the origins of the song’s lyrics, and more than one person has claimed credit over the years. According to the National Film and Sound Archive, “an Irishborn cane farmer named Dan Sheahan went to the Day Dawn Hotel in Ingham, north Queensland, one day in late 1943, but the pub had run out of beer. American servicemen, either stationed

nearby or passing through to Cairns, had drunk the place dry (of beer) the previous night. According to one account, Sheahan sat in a corner with a warm glass of wine and penned a poem, “A Pub Without Beer”. It was published in the widely-read North Queensland Register early in 1944.” Slim’s wife Joy Kirkpatrick recalled the song was partially composed one night in western NSW, ‘somewhere near Forbes or Young’, when Parsons and Chad Morgan shared a bottle of whisky. Dusty asked Parsons if he was going to record the song and, when he said no, Dusty asked if he could have it for the B-side of another song he was about to record.

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Voters yet to tune in to election BY PAUL OSBORNE, AAP SENIOR POLITICAL WRITER CANBERRA: The half-time whistle has been blown. But the crowd hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t turned up yet and the pies are still frozen. Malcolm Turnbull kicked off the second-longest election campaign on May 8. Only Bob Menzies in 1954 forced the country to endure a longer match â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an epic 94 days. Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce put the point well when he said at the outset: â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is going to absolutely knock the stuffing out of all of us. It is going to infuriate, bore, send people crazy, ultimately.â&#x20AC;? Halfway along, if you ask the average voter theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll say one of two things: they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet tuned in to the campaign, and if they have, they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see much difference between Turnbull and Bill Shorten. Polls are showing, however, that droves of voters are seriously weighing up alternatives such as the Greens, the Nick Xenophon Team, other minor parties and independents. This makes the second half of the campaign crucial for Labor and the Liberal-Nationals coalition. Both leaders have clearly set out their cases for election, but will have to find new ways of articulating it â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or switch to attack mode â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as July 2 draws closer. Turnbull says he is all about jobs and growth, delivered through the threepronged approach of a 10-year business tax cut plan, innovation and export trade deals with Asian giants. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also embraced Tony Abbottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s electorally popular agenda of stopping the boats and resisting Laborâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;carbon taxâ&#x20AC;?. Shorten says spending more on education and restoring funding to health is higher on votersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; priority list than a corporate tax cut. Jobs and growth, he says, will come with a smarter workforce, more spending on roads and rail and a bit of selective pump-priming of industry. Queensland and NSW have received the lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s share of attention from the two leaders, and with good reason. The Sunshine State has 30 seats in-

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (left) takes a drink at the leadersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; debate against Opposition Leader Bill Shorten at the National Press Club in Canberra on Sunday. PHOTO: AAP IMAGE/TRACEY NEARMY

Turnbull has been combining his mescluding 12 on margins of under five per sage of trickle-down economics â&#x20AC;&#x201C; via cent. NSW has 47 seats â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a third of all lower the corporate tax cut â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with targeted announcements from spending on house MPs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with at least 17 electorates cancer research to helping indigenous believed to be in play. entrepreneurs. The most recent polling has the coaliAt the same time heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taken the Abtion ahead in both states in two-party bott approach of reminding voters of the terms. But thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a patchwork of support for â&#x20AC;&#x153;risksâ&#x20AC;? of Labor: opening the floodgates the coalition â&#x20AC;&#x201C; solid patches in heartland for people smugglers, pushing up power seats and fraying patches in regional and prices with emissions trading, hammering house prices with suburban electorates. changes to negative Shorten has spent a gearing. big chunk of his time ` Beyond the two in regional Queens- The real story of this battleground states, land, where Labor Labor is looking sees opportunities as campaign is support strong in Tasmania voters lament the im- for minor parties, and Victoria which pact of the mining inis likely to translate dustry downturn and which has risen from into solid showings warm to the idea of a about nine per cent the Senate but only better education proin 2013 to 30 per cent in a handful of lower pelling their kids into house seats changing the jobs of the future. today...

hands. Western Australia and South Australia are promising for the opposition, but again there are slim pickings in the lower house given the solid margins of many of the coalitionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seats. In the case of SA, Nick Xenophonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team is presenting a real threat in the Senate and a potential challenge in some lower house seats. Pollster Gary Morgan says at this point in the campaign the federal election is too close to call. But the real story is support for minor parties, which has risen from about nine per cent in 2013 to 30 per cent today. While a hung parliament remains a possibility, Morgan says whoever wins government is likely to face a seven or eight-member Senate crossbench similar to its existing makeup. Voters could be the ones blowing the whistle on majority government â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as they did in 2010. AAP

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OPINION & ANALYSIS.

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FROM THE EDITOR-AT-LARGE Jen Cowley

Read it and weep HEREâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S no cause for alarm (or celat which the townsfolk find olâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Red by ebration either, for that matter) his dead masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grave somewhat rubut it appears I have a chronic and ined by the Son and Heir leaping to incurable case of psychogenic lacrimahis feet, punching the air and shouting tion, which results in an often-embarâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Bingo! Dad, you owe me ten bucks.â&#x20AC;? rassing overproduction of fluid from my The chances of me crying at that point lacrimal glands. in the movie are odds not even Ladbrokes would touch. Some of the other symptoms include facial muscular spasms, convulsive inI cry when my children fail, and when halation and exhalation and involun- they hurt and when they struggle. But I tary, nonsensical vocalisations. cry all the harder when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re winning, when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re succeeding and when Put in laymanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s terms, this enduring theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re happy. When theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in trouble, affliction basically means that I cry. A I weep for my failed mothering skills. lot. When they have a win, or they do well On the positive side, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in good comI bawl with pride because we must have pany. According to the experts in the done something right. crying game, women cry four times I weep with nostalgia when I have more than men. birthdays (had one this week, and Any bloke whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ever sat through The Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m grateful for having racked up 52 Note Book with his wife or girlfriend of them) and I cry when other people will tell you that without the benefit of make birthday or anniversary speeches. a research grant. And donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get me started on weddings. Humans are the only creatures that Any news story involving babies â&#x20AC;&#x201C; cry emotional tears but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s okay begood or bad â&#x20AC;&#x201C; shoves a lump the size of cause I pretty much singlehandedly make up for the entire animal kingdom. a grape-fruit in my throat, and I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably far less onerous a task to even look at those missing children posters. Even missing dog posts on Falist those circumstances that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recebook have me reaching for the tissues. duce me to a blubbering mess, but then But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the end of it. No siree, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d fall so far short of my weekly word Bob. count it would, well, make me weep. I tell you this as the woman whose I cry at photographs (mostly at how own children insist on sitting at least bad my hair was in the 80s). I cry over two rows behind in the cinema, and not books. Songs make me teary, so does just because they refuse to share their poetry â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recite The Man from popcorn. Apparently, they find the Snowy River without movement at the gulping and sniffling and tear duct station. choking sounds annoying. ` Stories about old diggers What an overreaction â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bring me undone, as do war not like anyone watches the And oh, how cemeteries and when the previews anyway. bugler sounds The Last Post I cry when I cry more at funerals than at the dawn service, stand the dearly departedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loved I look at the back lest ye drown in a torones, which can be slightly place where rent of my tears. awkward, particularly when I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even have to be itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my waist watching it to bawl over second cousinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friend whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s used to be. the last scene in Gallipoli, in the box. when Mark Lee says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What My family found it more are my legs? Steel springs!â&#x20AC;? and launchentertaining to watch my reaction to es himself over the edge of the trench, Red Dogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s touching scenes than to watch and â&#x20AC;Ś oh, God there it goes again. Exthe flick itself, with the tender moment cuse me a moment.

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I never see the Australian flag raised in sporting victory or hear the first strains of our nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anthem without misting over. And oh, how I cry when I look at the place where my waist used to be. My husband, bless him, is not averse to going out in sympathy with his weepy wife. He cried so much when the children were born youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have thought he was the one whose nether-regionsâ&#x20AC;Ś well, you get the picture. He and I shared a hankie when Jack went to the bottom of the Atlantic with

the Titanic and Rose sailed into cinematic history with Celine Dion promising her heart would go on. (These days, that song makes me cry simply because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so cheesily awful.) Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lovely that he has the ability to cry â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it makes me feel less alone in my chronic inability to hold it together during 60 Minutes reunion stories. Still, when it comes to the tear tally, it makes me proud to know Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m above average at something. So proud, I think I might be going to cry.

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