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The week’s major news stories around the region

CSG driving community resistance in Dubbo and Gilgandra

Sebastian Dunn: A love of music

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FROM THE EDITOR

Friday 24.06.2016 to Sunday 26.06.2016 NEWS

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John Porter’s food for thought PAGE 04

ISSUE CSG driving community resistance PAGE 06

OUR FUTURE How to make Regional Australia great again PAGE 14

PROFILE

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Sebastian Dunn: A love of music PAGE 21

TECHNOLOGY

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Taking the wheel on the road to autonomy PAGE 26

RUGBY

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Waratah Tom returns to gee up our juniors PAGE 52

CARNIVAL Rugby Sevens Carnival scored on many fronts PAGE 54

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Seven Days Tony Webber What I Do Know Paul Dorin Your Views Business & Rural

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

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The artificial sweetener of tax HAT the “band aid” should be invented by men – or so the history books show – to help a woman stay in the kitchen where she frequently cut and burned herself, allowing her to dress her own wounds and carry on with her duties, paints a quaint portrait of 1920 when men were inventors and women cooked casseroles in the kitchen.

Not that cooking isn’t a respectable, revered skill and pass time but back in the day it was akin to institutionalised slavery for women while men explored the world and expressed their curiosities through invention while the Mrs made lunch.

Somewhat ironic then that the “Mother” of invention though is “Necessity” (she is obviously a woman).

Despite making leaps and bounds for both sexes to broaden their horizons in other ways, we’re still applying band aids to circumstances which are screaming out for change beyond the superficial.

The issue of a sugar tax being the latest.

It’s admirable that a proposed tax by the Greens exists at all. It is a gesture of real action, a genuine attempt to work a recognised, out of control problem and the shameful statistics surrounding Australia’s consumption of sugary drinks and their impact, in particular, on our youth.

According to the “Rethink Sugary Drink” website, “a 600ml bottle of soft drink contains 16 teaspoons of sugar and about 1000 unnecessary kilojoules … which can lead to weight gain and obesity. This is because people do not generally reduce how much they eat to allow for the extra kilojoules in the sugary drink.

Being overweight or obese can lead to health problems like type 2 diabetes, heart disease and some types of cancer.”

Perhaps in the future of the war on sugar, soft drinks will feature a graphic photograph of an obese child or the headstones of Indigenous citizens sent to an early grave by ailments linked to a diet laced with sugar, as was starkly illustrated in “That Sugar Film”.

The highly acclaimed documentary, follows the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, belonging to Damon Gameu, who consumes only foods and drinks commonly perceived as healthy but which contain high levels of sugar.

The results are mind-bogglingly startling, but not really surprising as the science is “in” on sugar which gives anti-sugar crusaders like Jamie Oliver plenty of ammo on the front line.

Britain’s Conservative party introduced a sugar tax this year to apply from 2018 and Oliver calls for other countries to follow suit.

The Turnbull government say it’s a “lazy solution to a complex problem” but you’ve got start somewhere, particularly when the stats claim 63.4 per of Australian adults are overweight or obese – over half the adult population – with related diseases on the rise too and a trend that one in four (27.4 percent of children aged 5 to 17) are also overweight or obese.

The proposed tax has left a bad taste in the mouth of sugar producers and importers because they’ll be attracting a 20 per cent excise based on the retail price of products.

Understandably Schweppes, Cottees, Golden Circle, Passiona, Cascade, Bundaberg, Back o’Bourke Cordials, Bickford’s face a bit of shake up but considering China produced “15 million tons of soft drink between April 2015 and April

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2016” (Statista), there are probably much bigger pressures on their industry right now.

Applying the tax to imported sugary drinks is an interesting concept considering the multitude of nasties they contain beyond sugar.

The US switched from using table sugar in the early 1980s to sucrose or high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and sweeteners to reduce calories but which come with their own set of side affects.

According to a Princeton University professor specialising in the neuroscience of appetite, weight and sugar addition, “HFCS are more likely to cause obesity than other sweeteners, including sugar. When rats are drinking highfructose corn syrup at levels well below those in soda pop, they’re becoming obese – every single one, across the board.”

So while jobs are threatened by a new layer of expense which a sugar tax would create, and though deemed a lazy solution but the Turnbull government proposing no alternative (which is a bit lazy), it isn’t proposing a be all and end all solution, but is making a start.

If the health negatives and the pathway for a future burden on an already groaning health system are undisputed and far outweigh the positives, why not tax sugary drinks 50 per But will a tax cent or 80 per cent. really change A 20 cent rise on the cost of a can of soft people’s drink or 45 cents on a behaviours? bottle seems a token gesture at best. Sure, it Will a tax would raise revenues of influence a $500M a year which is nothing to scoff at and 12 year-old could be turned into nagging health initiatives or campaigns to encour- mum or dad age Australians to end for a can of their love affair with drinks toxic to their soft drink, or bodies, brains and lives. a drink with But will a tax really their “meal change people’s behaviours? Will a tax influ- deal” (Aussie ence a 12 year-old nag- visit fast food ging mum or dad for a can of soft drink, or a outlets 51.5 drink with their “meal million times deal” (Aussie visit fast food outlets 51.5 mil- per month lion times per month - Huffington Huffington Post, Post, 24/02/16)?

The numbers suggest 24/02/16)? a tax will save lives from the ravages of diabetes, obesity and heart disease but is it still just a band aid solution to a bigger problem which actually needs a government to say, you know what, let’s just say no to this stuff outright. Let’s flip the marketing messages on their head and NOT “Do the Dew” (Mountain Dew), NOT “Embrace our past, and live for now” (Pepsi) just because Beyonce is paid $50 million dollars to say so, or NOT “Taste the Feeling” (Coca Cola).

There are plenty of failings in the proposed Greens sugar tax but between that and doing sweet nothing, someone needs to take a stand for our kids.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

HETHER “giving to” or “doing for” charity these days, there’s an array of options like never

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before.

Some people volunteer to help out because money is raised for a good local cause, and they like to see that spend in their patch – there’s been so many big money scandals at the international level that the previous level of trust for many charity brands has evaporated, but close to home these sorts of things can be better scrutinised on a personal basis.

Many people see the good work organisations like the Salvos do, and in years’ past the Friday night collection at the pub has always received solid support.

People affected by cancer or other illnesses may devote their time to raising money for specific organisations who have helped their friends or loved ones.

Others like the big picture stuff, especially where they can research to ensure the money that flows actually makes it to those in need rather than being eaten up in needless administration, or on the “look-how-good-I-am” cocktail circuit.

Year 11 student at St Johns College John Porter has a big picture desire to help. By acting locally he believes he’s thinking globally.

“For many of us in Dubbo, it is our family, our kids, our co-workers, our friends or our partners who we strive to help.

However, it is not just people in Dubbo

who feel this way - instead, it is a universal component of humanity,” Porter said He says people in Syria have had this basic instinct stripped away during five years of bloody conflict and says while the western world sees the commentary on the conflict, it’s so complex and distant that for many, that human suffering and aguish may as well be in another world.

“We all know the story, but do we really,” Porter said.

“After being exposed to the horrors of the Syrian civil war day after day through the media we risk becoming ambivalent towards the plight of refugees.

“Many of us care, but do we care enough to act,” he said.

Now he’s asking for Dubbo residents to make a small sacrifice alongside him.

On June 19 he began a Refugee Ration Challenge, which has seen him eating a diet typical to a refugee in a Jordanian camp.

He hopes to raise awareness of the plight of the millions of refugees displaced across the world, and if possible, raise funds to assist with Act For Peace’s mission to guarantee refugees basic needs in the world.

“If you care enough to donate, no matter how little the contribution is, you will be making a difference in people’s lives,” Porter said.

“If you are unsure, there is no need to feel pressured into contributing,” he said.

Dubbo Weekender sat down for a Q&A with this local student who’s putting his stomach where his mouth is.

What’s behind your motivation to undertake this challenge?

Well I first heard about the plight of refugees at a young age, and this exposure definitely helped me become aware of just how difficult life is for some people across the world.

Recently however whilst researching the Syrian conflict for a school assessment, I began to grasp just how extreme the conditions are for refugees in countries such as Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon.

I then experienced a massive wave of guilt as I realised that my life in a first world country is incredibly easy, and that I had the opportunity to make a difference yet I had not.

As such, the Ration Challenge was naturally an opportunity I simply could not miss.

Where did you hear about it?

Interestingly enough I found out about the challenge through the youtuber ‘friendlyjordies’ who had posted a video on the topic.

To give some context, his channel focuses mostly on political satire and comedy but also social justice.

The video encouraged individuals to take the challenge instead of sitting back and doing nothing to help fellow humanity. I thought that if I have the means to help, then help I shall!

The world is a tough place for many people at the moment, do you think acting locally in these small sorts of ways really can help, or is it more a feelgood activity?

My mindset coming into the challenge and fundraising is that if I impact just one person, then it is a worthwhile cause.

Many critics say fundraising is oversaturated and pointless, but sitting around expecting the world to change by itself is never going to accomplish anything.

Of course there are many causes both locally here in Dubbo and on a larger scale that are worthwhile, but with the world facing the largest humanitarian crisis of our time, I believe that it is up to me and others to assist in any way possible.

How much change do you think we could accom-

St Johns College student John Porter

My friends from school however have been invited plish if everyone in Australia joined in the Refugee Ration Challenge? to share a typical Syrian meal with me at my home If all Australians did the challenge and donated acthis week, so they can begin to understand what it is cordingly, Australia as a nation would be doing what like for other people in the world. (You never know, our government seems so incapable of; that is, helpthey may even like it?) ing those in need.

Does the challenge give you more appreciation for good food and the simpler things in life?

Together with the 23 million Australians we could make a huge impact on the 65.3 million people disThe challenge as a whole has given me an entirely placed in the world. new perspective on food.

To put that into context, the number displaced toPrior to the challenge my sense of smell was poor day exceeds those displaced after the Second World at best, yet being so consistently hungry I can now War. smell food from a mile away.

Together, Australia could potenCravings have begun to develop, tially provide hundreds of thousands and every time I see food I must shut ` of people with the basic necessities my mind down to assure I am not Coming into the they need to live. tempted to break my promise of conchallenge I was Of course it is ambitious, but it is tinuing with this challenge. better to remain optimistic rather unaware of what What do your schoolmates and famthan dwell in pessimism. ily think of you doing the challenge? true hunger felt How tough is it and is it easier or Friends and peers at school love like, yet it is safe to more difficult than you imagined it tempting me with food of all variewould be? say that I have that ties, yet they do appreciate the small The challenge itself so far has sacrifice I am making. insight now.

Not only been incredibly difficult.

Many of them have no idea how I is the consumption Living on essentially rice, rice and can consistently eat cold, plain rice, more rice with a few complimentary of rations physically and to be frank nor do I, but at the foods has been a massive shakeup challenging, end of the day it is something to eat. from my usual diet.

My family are behind me doing but emotionally Coming into the challenge I was the challenge, yet do not hesitate to straining and unaware of what true hunger felt throw all kinds of delights in my face like, yet it is safe to say that I have psychologically as I eat. that insight now. daunting.

Of course they are only joking, but Not only is the consumption of the temptation is certainly there. rations physically challenging, but Teachers also at school have been emotionally straining and psychosurprisingly supportive of me, believing that the logically daunting.

At the end of the day, it is as much a mental chal- cause is worthwhile.

Anything you’d like to add? lenge as it is a physical test.

Just a huge thankyou to all who have donated, you Do you know if there are others in Dubbo involved know who you are. in the challenge?

I would not be able to give you an accurate answer Also, if anyone is interested in still donating the if there are other challengers in Dubbo, but I personlink is: https://actforpeace.rationchallenge.org.au/ ally do not know of any. fundraisers/johnporter

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CSG driving community resistance in Dubbo and Gilgandra

BY YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY EDITOR

SURVEY completed by Dubbo’s “people in the street”, eager to voice their condemnation of the Coal Seam Gas industry, has been presented to Federal MP for the Parkes electorate, Mark Coulton MP, this week by Dubbo Knitting Nannas.

Dubbo Knitting Nannas have been occupying the streets of downtown Dubbo to peacefully protest the existence of the Coal Seam Gas industry, Santos, every week since October 2014.

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The survey was created in October 2015 in response the number of people who asked to sign a petition. No canvassing of signatures was undertaken. Over the eight months of operation 270 people have voluntarily stopped to say “No!” to Coal seam Gas mining.

After more than 20 years of CSG activity in the Pilliga, anti-CSG locals claim blatant disregard for environmental laws by Santos.

“During this time Santos’s plan to drill 850 gas wells in the Pilliga from Dubbo to the Queensland border - a possible six industrialised gas fields - has been revealed. The gas fields will encompass a large proportion of NSW farmlands, including the Liverpool Plains,” said a

Dubbo Knitting Nannas spokesperson.

Anti-CSG supporters point to research commissioned for the Great Artesian Basin Protection Group has warned that the Santos’ Narrabri CSG project “could be enough to stop bores flowing throughout the basin, which is the sole water source for towns and farms across 22 per cent of Australia.”

“I have spoken in Parliament on many occasions about this very issue. I supported the establishment of an Independent Expert Scientific Committee to examine Coal Seam Gas and Large Scale Coal Mining in Parliament. This Committee is crucial in protecting water resources for farmers and rural communities and the environment,” Federal

Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton told Dubbo Weekender.

“I understand there is a lot of community concern regarding Coal Seam Gas (CSG). This has been an issue that has been very prominent in the electorate for many years,” said Coulton.

Western region locals in contact with the Dubbo Knitting Nannas have expressed concern about stories emerging from the gas fields at Chinchilla, Queensland, where farmers have been forced from their farms, and suicide has resulted because of pressure, bullying, lack of consultation, health issues and the contamination of aquifers.

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tended numerous briefings by the CSIRO and many lobby groups including “Lock the Gate�. “I have visited the Santos Pilliga site and been to Queensland to inspect the active CSG industry up there.

I was also instrumental in bringing the Senate Committee inquiry to Narrabri in 2011 where they investigated the CSG industry’s potential effects on water resources, agriculture and the environment,� he said.

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Dubbo Knitting Nanna’s said Federal National Party leader, Barnaby Joyce, had declared that problems with Coal Seam Gas are a State issue and that he can do nothing. The statement was refuted on the ABC’s recent Q&A program at Tamworth by Tony Windsor, Independent candidate for New England, and Joel Fitzgibbon, the Shadow Minister for Agriculture.

“The State Government has primary responsibility to manage the CSG industry and due to the work and protections put in place by the NSW Government, NSW boasts the strongest regulation of coal seam gas exploration in Australia,” said Coulton.

The Dubbo Knitting Nannas ask why Joyce was quoted as saying, “Man has an effect on climate - most certainly!”, on ABC’s 4 Corners this week but they feel he not address the serious issue of CSG and close down carbon-emitting fossil fuel industries in Australia.

“My long held belief is that CSG projects should not proceed unless it has been established that they are safe and in the best interests of all concerned. I also believe that the long term future of much of the area that I represent will be in agriculture,” Coulton said.

“Most significantly, landholders have the right to say yes or no to access to their property

by Santos or AGL. A landmark agreement on land access for CSG operations in NSW was signed on the March 28, 2014.

“The Agreed Principles of Land Access was signed by gas companies Santos and AGL and landholder representatives NSW Farmers, Cotton Australia and the NSW Irrigators Council. This agreement means that Santos or AGL will not have access to your property should you not wish to allow them,” Coulton said.

Meanwhile in Gilgandra hundreds of shire residents braved the rain last weekend to declare their shire “gasfield free” and celebrate the results of a community-driven survey process that found 98 per cent of shire residents want to remain gasfield free.

Community members handed declarations to Gilgandra Shire Council representatives declaring the town roads gasfield free, and enjoyed a sausage sizzle, face painting, colouring-in competition, a raffle and hay auction.

Gilgandra resident, Dave Peart said, “When Santos were

Friday 24.06.2016 to Sunday 26.06.2016 | Dubbo Weekender issued a coal seam gas exploration licence and started exploring in the northern end of Gilgandra Shire three years ago, we did our homework and decided this industry was not compatible with Gilgandra.

“We’ve taken pains to ask people across the shire, including in town, if they want to keep their roads and lands gasfield free and an astounding 98 percent across the 483,600 hectares of our shire said they did. That is a big paddock.

“I want to thank the community for opening their doors, responding to the surveyors and taking the time to become informed. We know we are not alone in undertaking this process. Regions across our state and our nation are also surveying their communities.”

Gilgandra butcher Wes Morris attended the ceremony and said, “I have been here all my life and have a small business downtown. Gilgandra is one of the few small rural communities that is growing. If you take agriculture away, we will be a ghost town. We are passionate about keeping what we’ve got.”

Survey coordinator for NSW CSG Gilgandra, Colleen Fraser said, “Never before has this community spoken so strongly on one issue. People here do not want to live in an industrial gasfield. These results are worth celebrating!

“It’s been a completely community-driven process, and through it Gilgandra Shire residents have said loud and clear that Coal Seam Gas companies have no social licence to operate here,” added Fraser.

Gilgandra Mayor Doug Batten accepted the declarations from the community representatives and said, “A soggy Sunday did not stop a great crowd converging on the Gilgandra Youth Centre for what was the final declaration celebration that now sees every rural road and urban street within Gilgandra Shire being declared as Gasfield free.

“This symbolic declaration will form the basis of a very strong message to both State and Federal Governments regarding the desire of the residents of Gilgandra Shire not to proceed with the development of the coal seam gas industry.”

Gilgandra now joins 99 communities around North West NSW covering 3.23 million hectares that are declared gasfield free and protected by community.

I have visited the Santos Pilliga site and been to Queensland to inspect the active CSG industry up there. I was also instrumental in bringing the Senate Committee inquiry to Narrabri in 2011 where they investigated the CSG industry’s potential effects on water resources, agriculture and the environment - Mark Coulton

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Seven Days LOYALTY TO OUR DEATH PLAYER of the Origin series must go to Blues’ coach Laurie Daley.

I think Laurie’s a great bloke, but by keeping the culture of loss in the side with unimaginative players such as Gallen, Farah and Greg Bird, it was too much to expect our creatives like Fifita and Jack Bird, who didn’t get nearly enough game time, to get a good vibe happening.

These blokes were dangerous each time they touched the ball.

Don’t talk to me about Michael Jennings who knocked on twice to deny the Blues’ tries.

And while the refs were much better and didn’t nearly so blatantly favor QLD as they have in the past decade, they should’ve had a far better look to see that Dane Gagai, who does nothing with Newcastle, lost control of the ball when he scored his alleged third try.

And the blatant obstruction which saw the Maroons go in for their fourth.

Loz’s misplaced loyalty has been to has-beens, or rather ‘never-weres’, when his ultimate loyalty should have been to the state of NSW. I’ll be at Origin III with my two young blokes thanks to a great birthday gift from my wife, and all I’m asking from Loz in this dead rubber is for him to retire those blokes who have always lost (except for the one year Jarryd Haynes creative brilliance won us a series) and put Merrin in instead of Gallen, Cartwright in instead of Greg Bird, and Tedesco to replace Farah.

The few times our creatives got it in Game 2 we had the good but overrated Maroons

very worried, imagine if we had six or eight unpredictable players out there at the same time, and none of those who know how to courageously lose by just charging straight at the line.

That mentality belonged with the incompetent British generals from World War I, where they just kept sending troops “over the top” when it never, ever worked, but instead caused plenty of heartache.

Frizzel was amazing, whereas the coach’s pick of Dylan Walker gave away three penalties in just a few minutes to cost the Blues a lot of momentum, it sort of put the team on a downer just when they were on a huge high after an amazingly good first 10 minutes.

And the refs have to penalize QLD for slowing the play-theball, they do it again, and again and again for no penalties, yet the Blues can’t get away with exactly the same thing.

NO ORIGIN TRAINING GROUNDS THE cricket Gods must be smiling on Dubbo because the footy gods (no capital for that one) certainly aren’t.

We’ve had weeks of rain and unfortunately for our local footballers, particularly juniors, Dubbo’s ovals are closed at the first inclination that the grass may be a bit mucked up.

Luckily some sides play away games, and most other places only close their grounds in the event of extreme weather conditions.

Council’s Murray Wood told me that the window between winter and summer sports is now so narrow that they have to err on the side of caution.

“To turn Council grounds into

Kids playing footy in the mud last weekend in Orange. PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER

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$25M for hospital Member for Dubbo and Deputy Premier Troy Grant at Parliament House with NSW Minister for Health Jillian Skinner after he announced that $25 million allocated in this weeks state budget will ensure the Dubbo Hospital redevelopment continues without interruption.

“Stages 3 and 4 of the redevelopment will establish a new emergency department with imaging facilities, a new medical inpatient unit, an expanded ambulatory oncology unit, a new interventional cardiology unit and an ambulatory unit,” he said.

mud at this stage of the season means they will undoubtedly remain so for the duration of winter and early spring”, Wood said.

“This is an important consideration economically for Dubbo.

“Dubbo was able to secure the under 19 state cricket championships in September last year due to the quality of our grounds and we have catered for NRL players during the Aboriginal knockout,” he said.

I have heard nothing but complaints from people across a range of sports in recent weeks, although council maintains they’ve heard nothing negative.

“To date there has not been a concern raised with council regarding ground closures,” Woods said.

I’d like a couple of things to happen, the first being that if anyone has complained to council, that they let me know.

Secondly, I’d like to see council undertake a comprehensive community survey on this issue so we can gauge what the community thinks, and what the community wants.

Thirdly, use some of the $10 million we’re getting from the state government because of the forced amalgamation with Wellington to build a few low cost, low maintenance grounds that clubs can turn into muddy paddocks for training and games during winter – plenty of volunteer groups in tiny communities have build their own grounds, so it’s really not that difficult – in fact we should do it that way, we could probably get them built for less than the cost of a council feasibility study.

I look at the pictures of muddy, muddy kids who played in the sleet at Orange last weekend and all I can think of is how much more fun it is playing footy in the mud.

Let’s not wrap a generation of footballers in this sort of cotton wool, it’s no good having just Apex as a wet weather ground, it cost millions, yet Geurie will apparently allow Dubbo clubs to play down there and it would

have been built for a fraction of the cost.

We don’t need to be that hitech for kids to have some outdoor fun.

SPEAKING OF GEURIE I’VE never heard of flooding at Geurie so I was pretty shocked this week when I heard a flood study of the village adopted by the former Wellington Shire Council is causing all sorts of bureaucratic dramas for landowners down there who are wanting to do developments.

This issue has to be sorted, otherwise land values may be in jeopardy.

One place that doesn’t have to worry about flooding is Mount Arthur, which I’ve been told is the highest point in our new super shire.

That’s fantastic, because the Mount Arthur Challenge is coming up on July 17 and entries are already humming along.

This is a great event which includes a 5k run, 9k’s straight up the mountain for the fitness brigade and a 50k bike ride.

The scenery is amazing and the more Dubbo locals get behind this great event in our new council area, the more cash and benefits will be injected into the Wellington economy.

There’s some amazing scen-

ery down there, so it’d also be great for a family drive just to check out the event.

THERE’S A TRACK WINDING BACK THIS Sunday, June 26, there’s some beautiful scenery to check out a bit closer to home, with the annual Tracker Riley Family Bike Day happening.

Get to Sir Roden Cutler Park by 9:30 to register, there’s a free sausage sizzle, giveaways, prize draws and fruit drinks.

Once again there are options for different fitness levels, and the chance to go on a free training ride with the Dubbo Bicycle User Group, doubly important with the new cycling regulations put in place on march 1.

More regulations, it seems a lot of the fun is being taken out of life.

Anyway, that starts at 10:30, but you have to register from 10am and you have to wear a helmet.

It’s all free, and so’s the “A Metre Matters” T-Shirt that will be given to all participants.

HIGHWAY TO HELL GREAT to see $3M in the budget to upgrade the notorious stretch of Newell Highway around the Blackbutt Rd intersection, this really should have been sorted long before now, before we saw

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so many deaths in road smashes at that location.

I really wish our strategic planning was a whole lot better, both from safety and financial perspectives – if council had been pushing for a freightway truck bypass that section of road probably wouldn’t need an upgrade, it could’ve been brought back to an 80 km/h speed limit and nearly all the trucks wouldn’t be going past that turn-off.

That three million bucks could then have been put towards a new high level bridge at Troy Junction.

Don’t even start me on the fiasco that is the Wheelers Lane rail crossing upgrade.

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Zoo animals ready for school holidays Rajah Rhino calf is thriving at the Taronga Western Plains zoo. The zoo is preparing for a rise in visits during the winter school holidays.

PHOTO: RICK STEVENS

THE HIGHER HIGHWAY GOOD to see Aero Pelican flights to Newcastle and Jetgo gearing up to fly into Essendon Airport instead of Avalon.

Avalon is in the middle of nowhere, Essendon is almost an inner suburb, it’s closer to the Melbourne CBD than Tullamarine, hopefully this will see a huge rush to book flights to Vic, it’s such a great service we can’t afford to let it go.

These improved transport links are just one more reason for people to relocate to Evocities like Dubbo, but not Orange, because that council has decided to withdraw and not fund the campaign anymore.

There’s some sort of new Evocities ad campaign about testimonials that’s been released, but I went to sleep while reading the press release so don’t know exactly what it’s about.

I hope they don’t use any fake tradies in those commercials.

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BRIEF BRIEFS THE state budget seemed pretty good for Dubbo, hospital, zoo and so on, the state’s financial fortunes certainly have seen a massive turnaround in recent times.

Dubbo Hospital, the former “Base”, is marking World Continence week (June 20 to 26) by setting up an in-

formation stand to help you “Improve your bottom line”, aimed at encouraging people to adopt healthy bowel and bladder habits to prevent and improve incontinence – so we have two examples of improved bottom lines in this week of the state budget.

John Paul Young is coming to Dubvegas.

Homegrown talent Sebastian Dunn

will be giving a French Horn recital at Macquarie Conservatorium this Sunday, June 26.

He’s just finished his masters’ on the instrument at Chicago’s Northwestern University, an amazing achievement.

Read Sebastian’s story on page 23.

There seem to be plenty of achievements to go around this week, with four TAFE Western students win-

Vigil for Orlando A vigil was held in Dubbo on Sunday, June 19, under cover in the RSL carpark (due to the wet weather) to remember the victims of the Orlando massacre.

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ning NSW Regional Training awards last Friday, including Dubbo Shaun Gordon.

Shaun was named Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year, he’s an apprentice at Wayne Mallison Painter and Decorator, great to see local businesses taking these outstanding young people on, well done to all concerned.

TAFE Western students have won awards at the NSW Regional Training Awards on Friday evening last week. Bathurst’s Kellie Lane, Dubbo’s Shaun Gordon, an apprentice at Wayne Mallison Painter and Decorator who was named Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year, Wilcannia’s Shaylyn Whyman, and Orange’s Sammantha Devlin were all successful. PHOTO: SUPPLIED.

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A vision for Resources, access, infrastructure, transport, energy sources.

These are some of the areas of potential development identified by regional commentators as needing to be nurtured through good governance, planning, investment and innovation, in order to secure a sustainable and prosperous future for regional Australian communities. The usual culprits of the tyranny of distance, the Sandstone Curtain and prejudice towards regional communities continue to weigh down possibility. AS TOLD TO John Ryan

OR all the talk about Australia becoming an innovative nation, our lack of vision is farcical – future generations will judge us poorly.

Sydney is a beautiful harbour and collection of beaches smothered in over crowding, over-priced real estate and mediocrity, yet it’s probably going to be far, far worse in coming decades with the vast majority of immigrants wanting to settle there.

People commuting to work are stuck in traffic for an average of three hours, no wonder Google thinks there’s a profit in autonomous vehicles, that’d enable people to do half their day’s work just going to and from that work.

The problem is we’ve never had governments at federal, state and local levels even coming to grips with this problem of excessive urbanisation, much less try and come to grips with it in an holistic way, instead moving a few departments of public servants to the bush any time there’s a tight election race.

Yet the solutions, plural, are at our fingertips, even as the bureaucratic machine of unelected entities fights tooth and nail, day in, day out, on huge salaries and perks, to keep things as they are, to prevent positive change.

As a country we should make it a priority to deurbanise, and for that to happen we need brave

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public policy to encourage that seismic shift.

Everything that all levels of government does should be measured against a decentralization criteria, otherwise we’ll have unworkable capital cities on the one hand, and dying regional communities on the other where residents will be spending much of their lives lobbying and petitioning for better health services.

As a first step, as a nation we need to enforce our tax laws so all major corporations actually pay tax.

The, when that’s in place, we should set up regional taxation zones where businesses based outside Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong (in NSW), pay a lesser rate of tax which would encourage them to sell up their expensive Sydney land and relocate to regional centres such as Dubbo, Orange, Bathurst, Lithgow or Parkes.

If the jobs move out to the bush, many city residents would be sure to follow, that’s the way it works, we’re never going to see an enthusiastic avalanche of highly trained and skilled people moving out this way and then have to look for a job on spec, that’s on the margins.

We also need to look at all sorts of city taxes which encourage all sorts of companies not to be there in the first place – if CBD businesses had, for instance, the sort of car parking space levy that the

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the future former Dubbo City Council insisted on, the Sydney CBD would be a ghost town.

The bush needs a new infusion of enthusiastic residents and the capital that comes with them, and that would reverse the long-standing trend of diminishing communities and give us some scale out west.

Scale is the purported reason that Wellington and Dubbo councils were merged, to deliver greater capacity, so let’s use that argument to advance this cause – proper public policy settings could see this new shire entity grow to between 100,000 to 200,000 in the coming decades.

With these larger regional centres could come improved rail passenger services, like fast trains linking Sydney to the bush, and a new four lane freeway over the Blue Mountains, both projects that are at least 100 years overdue.

Similarly, we now have a private family business with an international air freight terminal at Toowoomba, pretty much what Parkes Shire Council was trying to do with its proposed Inland Marketing Corporation (IMC) all those years ago, the concept which was scorned by all governments while the research and ideas were being “stolen”.

The Inland Rail linking Melbourne to Brisbane needs to happen, although if ever I’ve heard of a slow train coming, this project is it.

We really need governments to step up, claim all the money that is owed them on our behalf, and start to actually build this sort of nation-building infrastructure. All we’ve heard for 100 years is the same cheap talk, or of how things are too hard.

In these following contributions we have a range of people, including aspiring politicians at the upcoming election, sharing their visions, and some are more visionary than others.

MATT PARMETER, Greens candidate, Parkes FIVE hundred years ago society was powered primarily by human and animal muscle power.

The poorer parts of the third world still are.

We don’t do this, because the Industrial Revolution – initially the steam engine, then coupled with the electric generator – gave us a wealthier lifestyle.

We live in a technological society. Change and technological advancement happen at an increasing rate. We should be forward looking, and try and choose our course. We should try to take advantage and expand on the beneficial changes that are coming, and be adept enough to minimise negative changes that will inevitably occur.

As an example of longer term thinking, a good NBN is an enabler to help us. The good NBN – fibre to the home - is “future proofing”. Because communications and computing / artificial intelligence will play a leading role in coming decades. The average NBN limits our choices. Unfortunately political advantage rather than national advantage was highlighted – and it may end up costing us in the medium term.

A technological transformation is happening around the world right now. It is the next phase of the industrial revolution – were we change from using fossil fuels to using renewable energy. It’s a huge task.

Our society currently runs on coal (electricity) and petrol. The first world uses a huge amount of energy. If this were cut off, towns and cities would

very quickly grind to a halt.

These energy technologies have been hugely successful, and are used all around the globe.

Because they have been so successful and widely used, their side effects have also been huge. The burning off fossil fuels has increased the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by 25 percent in my lifetime, from 320 ppm in 1964 to now 400 ppm. We are cooking the planet.

There are ways to live with our current lifestyle – to keep the beers cold, the TV on, the washing machine, fridge and mobile phones working.

Without cooking the planet. We do this by transitioning away from fossil fuels. We can’t end them overnight, but we have to end them soon.

Technologies The good news is that we have the technology to do it. To provide electricity reliably 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

The second bit of good news is that we can get jobs out of it. In the Parkes electorate.

Australia currently has 4,917 MW of PV panels installed on rooftops.

Despite previous political promises of significantly more, Australia only has 255 MW of large scale solar PV farms (Nyngan 102 MW, Broken Hill 53 MW, and Moree 56 MW).

Mums and Dads have done the heavy lifting on solar PV. (There are 47,000 MW of generating capacity in the NEM – much is coal fired. So there is a way to go before it is all eventually replaced) Concentrated solar thermal (CST) is the other solar technology. It uses mirrors (heliostats), rather than PV panels. CST can operate as a thermal battery. Solar heat is stored during the day. When electricity is required, the stored heat is used to make steam, and drive a steam turbine / electrical generator. There is a small solar power plant at Lake Cargelligo. And a second small solar power plant at Jemalong.

Much more could be done in the Parkes electorate to install more and larger concentrating solar thermal power plants.

Inland NSW is sunny. The Parkes electorate has the highest solar insolation in NSW. We need to capitalise on this.

In 2015, Australia had 76 wind farms, with a total capacity of 4,187 MW. Wind power is currently the lowest cost renewable energy technology that can be rolled out at a large scale.

Batteries are the chemical storage of electricity. Battery storage is decreasing in cost as the scale of production increases. Battery technologies are improving.

Additionally, electric vehicles (battery powered cars, etc) will see us decrease our reliance on petrol. They can be sun powered, using PV to charge the batteries.

Off stream pumped hydroelectricity is a well developed energy storage mechanism.

A small dam is constructed on the top of a hill, and another dam at the base. Water is pumped to the top of the hill in the middle of the day, storing the suns energy (electricity generated from PV panels) and released to the bottom dam at night. The falling water turns a turbine. Electricity is generated at night time. It’s a gravity “battery”.

The same water is pumped uphill again the next day. This technology is very suited to places with larger hills – the Tablelands.

Positioning Ourselves Inland NSW needs to be positioned to utilise its natural advantages. So we can get jobs. Setting ourselves up for the renewable energy transformation is in our best interests.

The existing electricity grid can be used to send electricity generated in our region into the electricity demand centres of Sydney and Melbourne. We have the land and the sunshine; and they need the electricity, every day.

Solar and wind energy infrastructure is already cheaper than new coal infrastructure. Costs for renewable energy technology are decreasing as more research improves the technologies.

The current prediction is that no new coal fired power stations will ever be built in Australian again.

There were 14,000 jobs in renewable energy in Australia in 2015; with about half of these installing rooftop solar. Policy changes by governments between 2012 and 2016 have seen a reduction of 5,100 jobs, since the peak of 19,100 jobs in 2012.

In recent years the Federal Government has weakened the RET (renewable energy target; 41,000 GWh reduced to 33,000 GWh); and has reduced funding for proposed renewable energy grants (through ARENA) by more than $1B. The Greens policy is to have more than 90 percent renewable electricity within 15 years, by 2030.

It is estimated this would produce jobs for 35,000 people. (The Australia Institute report, June 2016).

To best position ourselves, and get more jobs and encouraging the installation of solar in the Parkes electorate would be a good way to head toward a secure future.

PROFESSOR ANDREW VANN, Vice-Chancellor, Charles Sturt University (CSU) Much more could be done in the Parkes electorate to install more and larger concentrating solar thermal power plants. Inland NSW is sunny.

The Parkes electorate has the highest solar insolation in NSW. We need to capitalise on this.

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The motivation behind the MDMS initiative is to find a way to secure more doctors for regional and rural Australia to address the critical shortage we face. Universities like CSU and La Trobe have consistently demonstrated their ability to get 75 to 85 per cent of health graduates to enter employment in rural and regional locations.

of essential services such as healthcare and a more equal distribution of funding resources.

As a regional university, Charles Sturt University (CSU) plays a unique role in helping to meet the needs of regional Australia, particularly our home communities.

Our role in ensuring the sustainability of our regions is to undertake research which benefits our communities and industries, prepare a skilled workforce, and provide opportunities for students and researchers who otherwise might not have the chance to attend. We know only too well that once regional talent moves to the big cities, it is very difficult to get it back again.

We drive innovation for the benefit of our communities and we support and sustain not only the industries that are strongest in our regions, but also those that need critical attention like healthcare and social services. We also bring new innovation to the regions. But we cannot play these important roles without the support of government funding.

It alarms me, and it should concern regional communities, that after more than two years of discussion the future of higher education funding and policy is still unclear. It has been disappointing to see that both Labor and the Coalition have now committed to reduce indexation for higher education places. It is notable that schools have had well above CPI funding per student for decades, while higher education on the other hand has been a regular target for real terms cuts.

While we understand that the government must make difficult choices in challenging economic times, we are concerned that recent cuts – like those to the Clinical

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Training Fund and the Higher Education Partnerships and Participation Program – will have a disproportionately negative effect on regional students and communities.

Rural universities have higher costs in delivering learning and research services to a widely dispersed population while playing an important role in providing the targeted skilled workforce to meet industry and rural needs.

We were very disappointed that our joint proposal with La Trobe University for the Murray Darling Medical School (MDMS) did not receive funding in the 2016 federal budget and has not so far in this election campaign. This has been particularly frustrating when the government decided to commit funding for new medical schools in Perth and Gosford, which put paid to the argument that new medical schools can’t be approved, as they can certainly be approved in metropolitan areas. This has only reinforced the importance of continuing to fight for what will provide a real solution for rural and regional people.

The motivation behind the MDMS initiative is to find a way to secure more doctors for regional and rural Australia to address the critical shortage we face. Universities like CSU and La Trobe have consistently demonstrated their ability to get 75 to 85 per cent of health graduates to enter employment in rural and regional locations.

Which stands in stark contrast to the fact that nearly 85 per cent of graduating domestic medical students, who are studying in metropolitan medical education programs, report a preference for working in a major city.

In addition to the community benefits that would flow from having increased

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numbers of regional doctors, independent research found that the proposed MDMS would be a $66 million shot in the arm for the regional economies. The rural medical school would bring new students and staff, new jobs and growth to rural communities. So, the benefits of this kind of initiative are more than twofold.

Driving innovation and delivering skills and opportunity has long been the role of regional universities. It is time we were recognised not only for the unique position we find ourselves in but for the contribution we can make, not only directly to our communities and to regional Australia, but to the whole nation. Regional Australia is the place I am proud to call home and I am proud that CSU calls home. We have tremendous potential and the chance to play a critical role in the future of the country, but we need some support in order to deliver.

PROFESSOR STEVEN D’ALESSANDRO, CSU co-editor Journal of Consumer Behavior AUSTRALIAN regions are in a state of crisis. Recent shift share analysis conducted by the Faculty of Business at Charles Sturt University demonstrated that 40 of 42 Australian non-urban regions had either negative employment growth between 2006 and

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2011 or lower growth than their urban counterparts. This is expected to be exacerbated by the decline in mining revenues in recent years.

The decline and stagnation in regional areas, is also being translated into a decline in population, along with a significant aging demographic in many regional centres. So what can be done to improve the situation?

The issue for many Australians who live in regional areas is how to rebalance the society and economy of the country across the rural / city divide.

Politically this is difficult as the power to change governments rests mainly in the cities of NSW, Victoria and to a lesser extent Queensland.

Economically, whilst regional Australia contributes to the export economy, its share of the domestic economy is lower than population centres. That said there are examples of regional revitalisation in Australia pointing towards a more sustainable future.

The development and headquartering

of the Bendigo Bank in its namesake region, is a good example of a business model built on community engagement.

Niche and specialist industries such as Akubra hats in Northern NSW , Boag beer in Launceston are other examples.

Bathurst, with the council developing the Mt Panorama (Wahluu) racetrack in 1937, shows how local government can develop home-grown industries and identities.

Not only Bathurst prospers out of the racetrack, so to do surrounding towns. I am sure the same is true for Dubbo zoo and surrounding areas.

Not every town or region though can have a specialist industry or identity, so what can be done? I would suggest that first look at the natural advantages, be they lifestyle, or proximity to transport links or other major centres. If a town or a region is especially isolated, is there an advantage in that? Many people from overseas and Australia still travel to the isolated Kimberlyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of WA, or to Kakadu because of the natural beauty

The development and headquartering of the Bendigo Bank in its namesake region, is a good example of a business model built on community engagement. Niche and specialist industries such as Akubra hats in Northern NSW , Boag beer in Launceston are other examples.

Bathurst, with the council developing the Mt Panorama (Wahluu) racetrack in 1937, shows how local government can develop home-grown industries and identities.

and the culture of the first peoples of Australia.

Also regions need to think about the how they can position themselves in the industries of the future such as outsourced services, renewable energy and disability and retirement services. Of course there is a crucial role for policy makers in fostering decentralisation and providing incentives for people and business to relocate to regional centres in a service economy.

The establishment of Albury-Wodonga in the 70s by the Labor government, as a major regional processing hub for the ATO and other government departments is a good illustration of this.

The other major way of revitalising regions is to encourage more people to move there. The issue, remains that relocation, or migration may not be based on actual economic and socioeconomic reality but on the perceptions of these areas and the ease of relocation or migration.

Research has shown, dissatisfaction with employment and educational opportunities is a driver for younger people to leave regional centres. Likewise, migration to more rural and regional areas may be triggered by the stress of living in big cities and the desire for a sea-change. Relating to this cost of living pressures in larger cities may trigger the consideration of relocation to a regional area. Finally relocation is a complex decision and is hard to trial. The overall reputation of a regional centre can also have a positive effect on relocation intention. For this reason some councils and local government areas

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have developed campaigns to attract population in order to develop economic sustainability.

In NSW this is evidence by â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Evo-Citiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; campaign see http://www.evocities. com.au/en/ . This campaign focuses on lifestyle, employment and investment opportunities in NSW regional centres (Albury, Armidale, Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange, Tamworth and Wagga Wagga).

These cities were selected for z Quality infrastructure z Positive population growth z Business numbers z House prices z Quality education z Excellent facilities (health, sporting, community etc) z Culture and entertainment z Lifestyle offer In Victoria, there are similar moves with a $1 billion dollar fund to promote economic development in its southern regions. The success of these policies and campaigns, though depends on cooperation from business, state and federal government. A change in mindset is also required that regional development is as important as overall economic growth and jobs.

In short there is no silver bullet, but a coordinated approach by all parties can pay dividends. Universities such as CSU, can play an important role in brokering business and social developments for regions as do councils and regional development authorities. Faster broadband and better transport will also help though, as will word of mouth as to how great it is to breathe the country air.

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and educational opportunities for regional students by supporting programs that locally provide them with high quality educational experience, by enabling them access to high speed broadband to participate in connected classrooms from anywhere in the region. The allocation of the government’s educational data plan REGIONAL Australia makes more of 50GB per student is important in bridging the economic contributions than many inequality between rural and urban students, but people know. The latest figure this needs to be implemented as soon as possible. from Regional Australia Institute In a digital world we are confronted with ‘comput the economic contributions munities of limited liability’, which implies that of regional Australia to about 40 mobile people are willing to make sacrifices in per cent of the nation’s total ecotheir communities and regions as long as such nomic output. Putting the figure communities fulfil their aspirations. They are also into context, they stated that withready to pack and move to some other place as easout regional economy, Australia’s curily if their needs are no longer met. rent global economic position would only Regions and communities are becoming very fluid, be the size it was in 1997 (Regional Australia Institute, and trans-border activities could render static region2015, p6). al policies or local governments redundant and even This figure should also be put against the population counterproductive. In the new technological age, rebackdrop which says that two-thirds of the population gions are no longer defined or even limited to local live in metropolitan centres while 23 per cent live in governments and the sooner we start embracing these regional centres, and the remaining 11 per cent live systems of thought, the better we are able to leverage in small and isolated remote areas. In other words, from our strengths and build more sustainable com34 per cent of the population produces 40 per cent of munities. But the more we resist collaboration and the wealth, yet attention mainly focuses on big cities. cannot afford to offer what the new citizen wants, the less attractive our regions will become.

In fact, the 2014-2015 (ABS cat. no. 341) report indiThe answer could lie somewhere in cated that Sydney had the highest net our backyard where a connected enlosses population of all Greater Captrepreneur is able to link a Sydneyital Cities in Australia (-15,900 peobased broker who is caught up in trafple). This is due to the unaffordabilfic, with a regional farmer whose milk ity of the cost of living in Sydney. As is ready for shipment, while watching at March this year, the median house This figure should a performance of Puccini’s La Bohème price in Sydney merely dropped by at the Mayfield Gardens in Oberon 1.5 per cent to $995,804 compared to also be put against with his family. The answer could Bathurst which at 3.4 per cent growth the population also lie with start-up companies sharis only $349,000, while Orange at 2.5 backdrop which says ing low-cost spaces on our university per cent growth is $339,000. campuses where students gain valuaMany of those who left Sydney that two-thirds of ble experience from such integration, moved to the outskirts, while others or it could be new incubation centres to surrounding Central West region- the population live in dotted around regional centres which al cities and towns like Bathurst, Or- metropolitan centres are all connected through high speed ange, and Oberon. broadband networks to regional uniWhat does this data tell us? It shows while 23 per cent live versity campuses where students’ that we live in an enviable location in regional centres, projects and research are trialled in and position; that within our corridor and the remaining 11 real time. The opportunities are endwe can enjoy the best that Sydney can less and limitless, all we need is look offer without paying Sydney prices or per cent live in small beyond our physical and ideological living in the congestion of Sydney. and isolated remote barriers and embrace the new global We have one of the best educational region as our oyster. institutions – Charles Sturt University areas. In other words, - on our door steps with state of the 34 per cent of the Associate Professor Chika Anyanart facilities. The combination of livwu was the Head of School of Coming in an urban regional centres rela- population produces munication and Creative Industries tively close to Sydney, supported by 40 per cent of the from 2013 until his appointment as all the infrastructure one can only Head of Campus in 2016. Chika has dream of in many major international wealth, yet attention a PhD in Film, Master of Arts in Telcities, is enviable. We are surrounded mainly focuses on big evision, and a First Class Honours in by vibrant arts and culture, spoilt by Theatre Arts. He also has a Graduate a choice between country tranquilli- cities.

Business qualification in Leadership ty and modern comforts. We inhabit and Management and is a Fellow of the Governor’s rare ecological sites with historical significance, plus Leadership Foundation. Chika’s research and publicawe have a very youthful population who inhabit some tions cut across many fields including new technology, of Australia’s oldest inland settlements with history terrorism, political economy, creative industries, miand architecture. gration, and ageing.

These are wonderful lifestyles that we have seemingly kept secret from the rest of the nation and world.

MARK COULTON, Federal But how sustainable are they, should they remain seMember for Parkes cret, and for how long?

I believe that we could do better, that we have the IN order for our rural and regional potential and capability to do better and that unless communities to survive, they need to we start now that we may miss the boat because they grow and prosper. This is particuare not sustainable. We should be attracting more peolarly vital in this day and age with ple to our NSW central west region, and should be atthe shift to an online environment tracting more business investments as well. These two and a culture of people being able will bring more vibrancy and sustainability to the reto access whatever it is they want in gion. We can transform our region to be the envy of a very short space of time. the world. We need to be bold, creative, cheeky and With the tyranny of distance and a take risk. Using creative enhancement framework, we drought that seems almost impossible can utilise all that broadband network connectivity to shake, revitalising regional Australia is has to offer. We need to combine our social capital far from a simple task. to leverage from each other. It should be more about Over the past nine years I have represented over cooperation rather than competition. In creative enone-third of the land mass of rural and regional New hancement, we can use the power of digital technolSouth Wales (NSW), an area that will grow to 393,413 ogy to promote our historical assets through eco-toursquare kilometres at the upcoming federal election. ism. For example, I can see a digital node between During this time I have certainly seen some highs and the Mineral and Fossil Museum in Bathurst with the lows for the communities across the Parkes electorate.

Jenolan Caves in Oberon, and the Cadia Valley mines This raises a fundamental consideration when apin Orange as part of connected tourism experience. proaching revitalisation of our regional areas – every community is different. From the outset, I do not beData has shown that students from regional Auslieve there is a “one size fits all” solution to boost our tralia are more likely to return to regional areas to rural and regional areas. It is only a combination of work than less those from outside the region. If we solutions that will help to breathe fresh life into our therefore want to retain regional workforce to build local economies. the region, emphasis should be to provide incentives

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CHIKA ANYANWU is the Head of Bathurst Campus at Charles Sturt University

Every community is different. From the outset, I do not believe there is a “one size fits all” solution to boost our rural and regional areas. It is only a combination of solutions that will help to breathe fresh life into our local economies.

With this in mind, there are some solutions that I am advocating strongly within the Coalition Government to assist all of the communities across the Parkes electorate to grow and prosper.

Western NSW Cancer Centre Accessing quality healthcare closer to home is a significant issue right across rural and regional NSW. With 1 in 2 Australian men and 1 in 3 Australian women being diagnosed with cancer by the age of 85, it makes sense that access to cancer care is a high priority when talking about the need for treatment closer to home.

As someone who has lived in rural NSW and who has experienced cancer both firsthand and with close family members, I am fully aware of the inequity that exists in accessing specialist cancer services in rural and regional NSW. This is particularly true for our far western communities where people are sometimes choosing death over cancer treatment.

The dream of an integrated cancer centre to service Western NSW, located at Dubbo Hospital, poses a remarkable solution to this issue. With a re-elected Coalition Government this dream will become a reality and will certainly revitalise the provision of much needed health care for residents in Western NSW. Inland Rail I first spoke about the importance of the Inland Rail in my maiden parliamentary speech in 2008. For many years, there has been discussion about the construction of this line and for the first time we are seeing real investment to get this nation building project completed.

The Coalition Government will commit an additional $594 million on top of its previous $300 million to ensure that the project is soon shovel-ready and more importantly, completed over the next decade.

The ability for railways to stimulate growth is just as relevant today as it was for the United States town of Dallas back in the nineteenth century. The proposed Inland Rail from Melbourne to Brisbane has the potential to stimulate the local economies right along its route. It would also provide a fair economic return to the farmer and a reliable supply chain to the end user giving most of the highly productive Murray-Darling Basin access to several export ports as well as the domestic markets of Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.

National roaming As someone who travels extensively throughout rural and regional NSW I know just how many people still struggle to access quality mobile service, particularly across the Parkes electorate.

The Coalition Government’s Mobile Black Spots programme has done a lot to address this issue with an additional $60 million now committed to the programme on top of the $160 million already invested, bringing the Coalition’s total investment to $220 million.

While greater investment in mobile phone tower infrastructure is a very welcome and positive step towards quality mobile phone service for rural and regional Australia, it will not be fully effective until the issue of national roaming is addressed by Australia’s leading telcos.

While we appreciate that Telstra has a huge footprint around Australia I do not think it unreasonable to expect them to work with other providers to ensure that all Australians can access quality mobile coverage all the time. If this can be achieved, our regional areas would certainly be revitalised with greater access to the big wide world at all times.

It’s important to note that there are hundreds of other initiatives out there all working to help our local communities grow and prosper. Support for small business, farmers, youth, people facing unemployment and disadvantage all exist at both state and federal levels of government. As I said, it is a combination of all of these that will help to formulate a broad solution to revitalise regional Australia.

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TOM HARRIS, Chairman Orange Branch – Katter’s Australia Party and a NSW senate candidate for the party.

A couple of weeks ago Malcolm Turnbull launched his latest policy in Melbourne dubbed the “30 minute city”, meaning that nowhere within the city would be further than 30 minutes away from any one point anywhere else in the city.

A worthy idea.

But Katter’s Australian Party would like to see some of that money spent developing regional Australia with visionary projects that cater to a future where we have inland NSW creating more income, jobs, taxes and opportunities.

Rather than just continuing to concentrate everything on the coastal strip that is groaning with the stress of too many people with not enough infrastructure to support them.

When the London rail network was built, they did not build it to fulfil the transport needs of the day, they built it to cater for the transport needs of the future.

So they ran the line out into the country and put stations at all sorts of little villages that would not in themselves warrant the service.

As soon as these villages were opened up with the railway, people began building houses there as they could commute into London and that is how Greater London was created - you build the infrastructure and the development will follow.

It is this long term vision that is needed in Australia.

Too often (especially around election time) there is talk of inland rail, Bells Line expressway and fast rail, but nothing ever happens.

If we are going to develop regional Australia to its potential we need major transport infrastructure.

People will say that it is too expensive, but the returns in taxation revenue (if it is not all foreign owned) from the development that is attracted by it will more than pay for any project in the long term - Katter’s Australian Party has this long term vision.

Take for example a second international airport to compete with the exorbitant Macquarie bottleneck that it is Kingsford Smith Airport in Sydney.

Yes we need another airport but don’t build it at Badgerys Creek where no one wants it anyway, build it at PARKES. Yes it’s 400 kilometres from Sydney, so why don’t we build a high speed rail link to Sydney as well so you can catch a train from Parkes to Sydney in a bit over an hour with a few stops.

Not much different probably to the proposed time it would take to get from Badgerys Creek to the CBD. The train would stop at maybe Orange, Bathurst, Lithgow and then go via a tunnel straight through the mountains and then maybe a couple more stops before reaching the CBD. Parkes would become a major transport and manufacturing hub as not only would it be connected to the world via the air, but Sydney via high speed rail and the rest of the eastern seaboard through the inland rail.

Once we have one high speed rail line more would naturally be developed opening up even more of regional Australia.

Orange, Bathurst, and Lithgow would all benefit as well as they would be on the line - imagine being able to get from Bathurst to Sydney in 30 minutes!

All these projects would be built using Australian workers and Australian materials, which in itself would provide a huge stimulus to industry and our economy.

The train itself would be built in Australia, providing a huge boost to our manufacturing sector.

Rather than just continuing to concentrate everything on the coastal strip that is groaning with the stress of too many people with not enough infrastructure to support them.

This is how you create REAL jobs and growth that will continue to grow into the future unfettered.

And it is these sorts of ideas that Katter’s Australian Party wants to embrace because you can definitively say developing regional NSW will provide jobs, better standards of living, more services and increased wealth remaining within our borders.

Let’s hope there are enough people with vision and a desire to see our populace elevated as a whole to elect a senator in NSW for Katter’s Australian Party.

DAN KORFF Future Farmers Network Chair WHAT we, as a nation need to do to ensure regional Australia becomes resilient and sustainable.

Regional Australia and the people who live in them, I believe, are some of the strongest, proudest and resilient communities in our country and - although I would not call myself well-travelled - I would also argue, the world.

I am very lucky in my life to have good friends from many walks of life and from many locations both urban and rural. One of my favourite things to do is host my friends to a local race day or ball, which are often held for the benefit of a local or national cause that is important to the organising committee. Those weekends are some of my fondest memories, and I know they also are for said friends who have travelled the distance to attend, because they have experienced either a lovely café, the local pub or the supermarket (or all three of these and more!) where they are treated with such authenticity that they want to stay longer. It is these times when I watch my friends receive a small glimpse into the fabric of what regional communities are made up of, which gets me to thinking about what is it that creates this strength, pride and passion that shines so brightly?

We deal with many different things including natural disasters, medicinal challenges, tragedies, wavering and sporadic professional service provision, population shifts and the overarching tyranny of distance.

For all of the distance, we all somehow manage to stay extremely close knit, I think it is the distance that binds us!

Services Regional communities have always had to manage with varying levels of professional services – of both government and the private sector.

Private sector services are driven largely by the people who are in the community at any given time which can be through a whole range of reasons. There are many examples of small start-ups that survive for a year or two, and due to reasons including lack of business, high operating costs or the pure and simple reason that there are more attractive prospects in other communities whether they are regional or urban. It is the last point raised that we have the power to address, and it is by keeping every single regional community ‘competitive’ in the space.

Government services come and go, and because of this there are both challenges and opportunities for the private sector in business development, but there are often significant gaps left for the members of regional communities. Particularly around health and welfare services, there is often a lack of understanding or worse, a complete disregard for the practicalities of the provision of these services, and for this, community members suffer. I believe that a much more onground consultative approach can be taken by government, on how to improve many services in the bush, by getting on the ground at various times – not just in a good time or a crisis.

Governance and management Community organisations play an instrumental role in community building and resilience. One of the biggest elements missing from community groups, as I have come to notice as my professional career develops as well as my increased involvement in community and industry groups (not-for-profits (NFP’s)), is the lack of structured governance and management.

Oftentimes, these organisations are responsible for significant funds and have a well-respected charter, but unless there is quality management within them, they can become extremely inefficient and foster an unhealthy culture of leaving it to a few to do the work, or a mass exodus of good people because they cannot achieve a mature level of communication and hence become frustrated and leave. I hate to think of the level of skill that has been driven out of community or-

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ganisations over the years due essentially to one of the two reasons above, and there are many more that have not been mentioned.

One thing that has been identified by the members of the Future Farmers Network (FFN) is that they would like more access to training in the areas of governance and business management (including financial literacy), both for the benefit of their own businesses and also for their communities. The two naturally go hand in hand. There are organisations that the government could partner with to deliver this training to regional hubs, and indeed many new technologies that can be used for follow up activities such as webinars and podcasts.

Imagine the benefit of additional supported training for our farmers, small business owners and managers – of all ages – allowing them to continue the improvement of their own businesses, and be able to use these skills in the community organisations they are part of as well. The possibilities are endless and the learning opportunity great.

Celebration We don’t celebrate enough! The humility we show as a community is absolutely amazing but I believe that it is important to celebrate where we live, what we do, why we do it and what we achieve. If we don’t, who will? Celebration doesn’t need to be up in lights, it can happen in so many ways and it is the impact on individuals that counts.

Most people I know love hearing stories of success and achievement and openly offer congratulations and relish the opportunity to learn from the people who have had the accomplishment. Times likes these are invaluable, I believe, for peer learning and development and intergenerational information exchange. One of the most recent experiences of this I have had, is at the Marra Flock Ewe Competition, which - in its first year after a ten year break had approximately fifty wool growers in a bus for the day looking at sheep, discussing management techniques and We don’t celebrate innovations, and, talkenough! The ing about the newest babies in the district and humility we show how the new parents as a community is are coping. I left the day feeling so energised and absolutely amazing excited, and I know eve- but I believe that rybody else there did as it is important to well.

These initiatives have celebrate where we been a big part of our history and remain just live, what we do, as important now. Sup- why we do it and port and celebration of these events is vi- what we achieve. tal. I should also note If we don’t, who that this event as well will? Celebration as many others retain phenomenal local sup- doesn’t need to port, and I’d challenge be up in lights, it any government organisation to take a leaf out can happen in so of these small business’ many ways and it books.

Another element of is the impact on celebration is telling our individuals that story. I am a big fan of TED Talks, which are counts. delivered with such passion, drive and pride in the story tellers’ subject, that it is hard not to take a further interest in what they are talking about, and I am sure that I have learnt much from listening to these. The potential benefits of telling our stories is huge, I believe, to many audiences including fellow regional communities, urban communities/people and, consumers of our products and services. Stories from the heart are worth more than any marketing campaign and we all have one in us, so why not share it?

The broad elements (which are by no means the only ones!) I have addressed in this short piece are just that, broad elements that overarch an intricate network of relationships and interactions that are unique to the land and regions within which they all exist.

Four points: 1. Provide training in the areas of governance and business management 2. Equipment grants 3. Recognition of achievements and independent initiatives 4. Story telling

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Friday 24.06.2016 to Sunday 26.06.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Tony Webber

Tony Webber is a man of few needs and fewer standards.

Sleepless night means a trip to the city gives you the Bee Gees READERS who turned to this page by mistake a few weeks back will recall that in that episode one of our columnist moaned about having to wait to be served, in an article that could have more accurately been headed “Webber what a prick.”

(Today in episode two he laments a bad night’s sleep in a Sydney motel in a pattern of petty whining that is not only indifferent to genuine hardship, but poorly punctuated).

It started as a crunching, gnawing sound. As I lay there it grew to what could have been a large rodent, or a small horse, eating a large apple or a small sheet of plasterboard.

As the night went on it escalated to sort of erratic, hammering din that a miner might emit if he was chiselling into the wall next to the bedhead with an industrial tambourine.

Sleeplessness certainly offers the opportunity to think, and some of the topics I pondered include getting a refund, the Dutch flag, paraffin, turning 50, Putin, vodka, flight MH370, turning 30, soccer, corsets, griffins, how Adam Sanders sleeps at night, pigs as pets, that ingrown toe op, the EU disintegrating, turning 80, and the three things that really irk me about living out of motels.

There’s the fact that unless you’re drunker than sin, sleep is as elusive as nirvana.

The second is conditioner. The bathroom – yay the entire room – is well stocked with the guest in mind.

All the comforts of home, with the exception of conditioner: there’s shampoo of course.

There’s also a shower cap, an object not used by humans anywhere since the Victorian era, but it’s there just in case.

There’s body lotion which nobody uses either, unless you want to feel like a toxic frog that deters predators by having a business shirt glued to its back for the rest of the day.

But it has not occurred to ‘moteliers’ to provide conditioner even though it goes with shampoo like salt with pepper, Laurel with Hardy, bread with butter, bed and breakfast, defence forces and sex

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scandals, Hillary Clinton and Goldman Sachs, Telstra and outage.

So you wash your hair and spend the rest of the day walking around looking like Barry Gibb.

The third thing is the absence of toothpaste.

There are multiple soaps, which get replaced daily, yet even if you grated soap on to every meal you still wouldn’t get through one a day. But they are there too, just in case.

Towels? If you fashioned a hot air balloon out of the bloody towels you still

wouldn’t need them all.

Bring your own toothpaste? Sure, but why toothpaste and not sheets, or a TV or a kettle or coat-hangers as well.

For the novice the impression you get is that everything will be catered for, because that is the experience you pay for.

There’s furniture, there’s climate control, there’s grog in the fridge, there’s salted peanuts, there’s pay on the TV – so you’d assume that as the fundamentals were ticked off the list, somewhere before you got to shower cap, you might encounter toothpaste and/or conditioner.

` But it has not occurred to ‘moteliers’ to provide conditioner even though it goes with shampoo like salt with pepper, Laurel with Hardy, bread with butter, bed and breakfast, defence forces and sex scandals, Hillary Clinton and Goldman Sachs, Telstra and outage.

At check-in could the front desk present the option of swapping the kettle for these toiletry basics perhaps?

Instead you spend the next day walking around with a Dutchman’s afro and a taste in your mouth like you’ve been tongue-kissing Satan.

And since you are probably there for work or a special event turning up to either with breath that could rot leather is less than desirable.

“Wonderful presentation Tony, would you mind breathing into the bin, and could someone throw a chair through the window?”

I appreciate that these are indeed first world problems, and no, the drug gangs are not running my favela, nor is the power off again in my shantytown.

But starting the day with an oral cavity that doubles as a bacterial warfare experiment after a sleepless night is close enough to the first world equivalent.

Marty McFly or Marty McWalk? Unsafe hoverboards banned in Vic

BY ANGUS LIVINGSTON

2016 GROUNDED LIFE

Marty McFly went Back to the Future in 2015 – but if he’d landed in Victoria in 2016 his hoverboard might have been grounded.

The state is banning hoverboards from July 1 unless they meet stringent new safety standards.

“We’ve already seen one house fire in Victoria due to a noncompliant battery charger and cord sold with a hoverboard, and

we don’t want any more,” Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio said on Thursday.

The two-wheeled self-balancing scooters will be governed by the same safety regime that applies to mains-powered appliances such as refrigerators and heaters.

That means compliant suppliers will be able to advertise they have Victorian-standard approved devices so consumers know they’re buying a safe

product.

A Melbourne family had a lucky escape in January when a charging hoverboard caused a house fire.

Energy Safe Victoria later said the model did not comply with national safety standards.

Compliance with Victoria’s new regime post-July will ensure products meet the requirements of the consumer watchdog’s current national ban.

Hollywood star Russell Crowe

caused a Twitter storm a week before the Melbourne fire when he lashed out at Virgin Australia because he was banned from boarding a flight with his children’s hoverboards.

But after the Strathmore home was subsequently severely damaged authorities said Crowe might be “feeling a bit stupid”.

Virgin explained at the time that hoverboards were banned in the dangerous goods section of AAP its terms and conditions.

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Sebastian Dunn: A love of music and a thirst for collaboration It’s almost passe these days to hear of another bright Dubbo-ite, making their mark in some corner of the globe, rising or arriving, at the top of their profession and the city loves to hang their hat on their achievements.

Sebastian Dunn, 28, is another young man who’s doing the city proud, pushing the ceiling in a competitive field - French Horn professional performance - by most recently completing a Masters in the subject. While we can applaud from afar watching our sons and daughters prove their worth to the world, don’t we just love it too, when they come home. This talented former St John’s College student will be performing in a very special one hour recital on Sunday, June 26. Let’s give him a warm Dubbo welcome. AS TOLD TO Yvette Aubusson-Foley

I’ve been playing the horn since 3rd grade, so roughly 20 years. I wouldn’t say I’ve been practicing properly for that long though. I also play piano, drums, guitar (badly) and I sing (but it could only really be classified as talking in tune.)

I have recently completed my Masters in French Horn Performance at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois and will be returning to Chicago in September to start a Diploma in Professional Orchestral Studies at Roosevelt University on a Full Tuition Scholarship.

I was home last winter and flew back to the states in September 2015.

Studying in America came from wanting to continue extending my abilities as a musician. The application process for American Universities involves a written component, essays, and a performance component, audition.

For most major universities you have to send a video recorded audition for pre-screening. If you make it through pre-screening, you then have to travel to the university for a live audition. It is common to apply for a few schools (universities) as many of them are extremely competitive. When I traveled to the US for my auditions, I had made it through three schools’ pre-screenings.

They were RICE University in Houston, The Colburn School of Music in LA and Northwestern University in Chicago.

There are so many things that make Northwestern special. I think primarily, my teacher Gail Williams; the location - we have such a beautiful campus which is right on Lake Michigan and only a 30 min drive away from downtown Chicago and the people I have been fortunate enough to study alongside - everyone I have met here is incredibly passionate about what they are pursuing, which results in an incredibly intellectual and creative environment.

An average day would start with an hour practice routine at 8am. I might have class from 10 to 12, work for an hour in an office, lunch at 1. Orchestra rehearsal from 2 to 4, another hour of work in the office from 4 to 5. Practice from 5 to 6, go for a run/gym/stretch, dinner, then back into school for another hour of practice after that. There also might be some homework (readings or a paper) to work on once I get

home from practicing.

Yes, I am pursuing a professional career as a French Horn player, that’s the goal! Another goal of mine is to win a job in a professional orchestra somewhere in the world. I’d also love to teach in a university and tour with ensembles throughout regional Australia, performing in schools and community centers.

I have been incredibly fortunate to have had fantastic teachers and mentors since a young age. I really feel my greatest teachers have been my parents. They gave me a love of music and a thirst for collaboration. Were it not

for their input all throughout the early years of my development, I would have never gone on to pursue a career in music. After my parents, I have learnt from Andrew Bain, the current principal horn of the LA Philharmonic.

Earlier this year Andrew lived every young brass players dream when he had the opportunity to record the horn lines for the most recent Star Wars movie!

Another significant Australian teacher of mine is Ben Jacks, the principal horn of the Sydney Symphony orchestra. Since moving to Chicago I have had the privilege to study with the legend-

ary Gail Williams. Gail was the Associate Principal horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and is currently the full-time professor of Horn at Northwestern University. My other teacher here in Chicago has been Jonathan Boen, who is the current principal horn of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and has been there for 37 years.

I regularly perform with the University ensembles but outside of those experiences, I’ve not done a great deal of performance. My priority while being here in Chicago was individual practice time to become as strong a player as I could be.

For me, it’s not so much a priority on ‘how many hours of practice have I done’ rather its ‘have I been practicing well’. I find that it’s very easy to waste time in the practice room - you might have spent five hours at the piano, but how much of that was quality? Its very possible you could achieve just as much in two solid 20 minute sessions! On a day I am not performing I aim for an accumulated 3 hours of practice a day, broken into 20 min sessions. If I am performing, I will just do a warm up and routine for an hour in the morning then a short 20 min routine before a performance.

There are some great past times here in Chicago. I love going to the art Institute, going to Wrigley Field and watching the Cub’s play, Eating Deep Dish Pizza, going to see the Chicago Symphony Orchestra play, going to see live ‘improv’ and comedy and Second City. There are heaps of great craft beer places and of course Chicago style hot dogs.

The classical music scene is very strong and supported by the community. The city is proud of its orchestra.

I have a little stash of vegemite here at home (Chicago) but I honestly really miss chicken flavoured chips…

I want to say a big thanks to all my friends and family in Australia, their love and support has been incredible and none of this would have been possible were it not for them.

Join Sebastian Dunn: z Sunday, June 26 z Macquarie Conservatorium z Long Way Home recital z 1pm to 2pm z $20pp

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June 9, 2016

BREAKING DOWN STIGMA Dear Editor Startling new research has revealed the shocking role that “stigma” plays in preventing young Australians seeking help for mental health issues.

Each year, a quarter of all young people in this country will experience mental health issues, however many of them will not seek the help that they need.

New research, by the University of Melbourne, Orygen and headspace has revealed that 26 per cent of young Australians aged 12 to 25 would not tell anyone about a personal mental health issue.

It also shows that 52 per cent of young people are too embarrassed to discuss a mental health problem with anyone and nearly half were afraid of what others would think. The results also found that 22 per cent would be unlikely or very unlikely to discuss it with their family doctor.

Stigma plays a profound and significant role in stopping Australian youth from seeking help for mental health issues.It can make it harder to ask for help and get support out of fear of being judged.

Spending time and getting to know people impacted by mental health issues, hearing their stories and understanding their experiences helps to change negative attitudes, reduce fear and social distance.The other is education – providing information and knowledge about mental health issues and the benefits of seeking help and seeking help early.

To combat stigma, headspace has launched a vital new National Awareness Campaign aimed at informing Australians that the more we talk openly about mental health issues, the easier it becomes for young people to seek help for them. headspace constructed a Big Stigma in Melbourne’s Southern Cross Station that for the past week has been visited by thousands of members of the public who have taken away a piece of the stigma – a panel from its outer shell containing information about mental health issues and how to seek help for them. By doing so, everyone has helped to tear down the stigma, piece by piece, and keep the conversation about youth mental health alive.

We are inviting everyone across the country to join us on our new digital hub (which launched on June 14), complete with a virtual stigma to tear down, and links to resources and tools for friends and family seeking to support youth with mental health issues: www.thebigstigma.com.au Please join us and help to break down the big stigma. The more we share, the more we talk, the more we tear it down.

Chris Tanti, CEO, headspace ••• June 10, 2016

TOM LEWIS REMEMBERED Dear Editor The death of Tom Lewis (pictured), former Premier of NSW and Minister for Lands for 10 years, took place recently. Unfortunately, I was overseas and only learned of this on my return

to Australia.

The people of NSW and rural NSW in particular, owe a very great debt to Tom Lewis, a man of great vision who was responsible for some of the most important developments that took place under his Ministry.

When in 1964 the Askin Government replaced the tired and lazy Labour control of NSW, there, for instance, was only one National Park; the Royal National Park near Sutherland. He conceived of National Park Authority charged with developing and maintain critical areas of NSW that faced destruction, development or pollution.

New national parks were created across the state. He sought financial support from leading businessmen to purchase land to become national parks. This was a first in Australia. So began what continues to be recognised a most important step in preserving critical areas for future generations.

His love of our vast outback and the neglect of rural cities and towns led him to promote idas and provide money for councils to provide amenities and improve their landscape.

A good example of this is the development of the Dubbo riverbank. On a visit to Dubbo we met with the mayor and officials and Tom put to them the vision of improving what was then an ugly and neglected area. He offered funds and the advice of a landscape architect. The council saw the vision he gave them and today we see the attractive and much used area we can be proud of.

The Dubbo Zoo would not exist if it were not for his vision and readiness to prove the initiate and ability to fight for the funds to make it possible.

He established an Authority to select suitable crown land that could be subdivided and sold for much needed housing. He spent hours on the problems of the western land properties as he had a very real concern for the people of the west. There wasn’t an area of hi administration that didn’t benefit from his commitment to serving country people.

Every year Tom and I organised a group of city members of parliament to join us on a tour of country areas to inform them first hand of the problems people living in the country face.

There were so many good things that Tom Lewis initiated for country people.

Would that there were more like him.

It was a privilege to have worked with him and pay tribute to a man for country people.

John Mason, former member for Dubbo and Minister of Lands PHOTO: COURTESY THE NSW GOVERNMENT

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June 21, 2016

LIFE STARTS AT SIXTY Dear Editor, beyondblue has been raising awareness of depression and anxiety, and working to reduce the associated stigma for 16 years.

People who were in their forties when we started in 2001, will now be heartily agreeing with the sentiment that ‘60 is the new 40’ because either they’ve reached the latter milestone or they will soon.

While getting older has joyful advantages for some, such as grandchildren, the end of mortgage repayments and feeling more confident, ageing can also put people at increased risk of developing depression and anxiety.

Physical illness and chronic pain can

get people down. Experiencing personal loss, which could include losing a friend or loved one, one’s independence, health or a job, also may be psychologically distressing.

As people age, things happen in their lives that make them more susceptible to developing a mental health condition. Feeling sad or miserable most of the time or cutting themselves off from friends and family could be signs that someone has depression or anxiety.

Everyone feels down or anxious occasionally, but when these feelings persist for more than a few weeks, it’s time to talk to someone who can help.

As well, older people shouldn’t attribute physical symptoms like unexplained aches and pains, stomach upsets, appetite changes and sleeping problems just to ‘getting older’. These can all be symptoms of depression and/or anxiety and can be treated successfully by a health professional.

We know these conditions are common and we encourage everyone to pay just as much attention to maintaining good mental health as they do to remaining physically healthy.

It’s not a sign of weakness to seek help and older people shouldn’t feel they have to put up with doing it tough.

Life starts at sixty. Depression and anxiety shouldn’t.

Georgie Harman, CEO, beyondblue, Victoria ••• June 20, 2016

GREENS STAND WITH COUNTRY PEOPLE Dear Editor For some, Richard Di Natale’s strong showing in the recent regional leaders debate and the genuine possibility that the Greens might win in regional seats like Page and Richmond on the North Coast of NSW may come as a surprise, but this reflects a movement that has been slowly building over decades on the foundations of grassroots activism, good policy and shared values.

As a Country Greens MP my passion has been travelling and working to build bridges between those people concerned about our environment and those people who have the responsibility for managing so much of it: regional communities and farmers.

Wherever I go, regional people are eager to talk to the Greens about ways we can work together. The discussions range over a multitude of topics: NBN, renewable energy, weed management, feral animal control, water use and of course the very serious threat posed by expanding mining and gas industries.

Farmers across the country are some of the most passionate voices calling for urgent action to limit of climate change, as they are seeing first-hand the impacts of changing seasons, more unpredictable rain and increased fire risks. They are also fully aware of the massive opportunities for regional development, local jobs, and extra income that wind and solar power generation will deliver to their communities.

So often lazy clichés like ‘Greens are only inner city’ or ‘there are no progressives in the country’ dominate the debate. These myths and generalisations ignore an important social and political change occurring in Australia. While it’s true The Greens have won new heartlands in city seats like Melbourne and Balmain in NSW, it has not been at the expense of support in the regions.

The Greens are built on the values of a love of country, a determination to leave it in better state than we found it, and a belief that we have the capacity and responsibility to develop and share the wealth of our abundant resources fairly.

Many Australians living in regional areas are equally appalled at the abysmal treatment of asylum seekers, not least because they see opportunity and welcome the contribution that refugees would make to their communities.

Since the Landcare revolution of the 1980’s conservationists and farmers have learnt from each other as they successfully tackled the great land management challenges of our country. More recently the spread of massive coal mining and polluting coal seam gas industries has forged the bond and created a working relationship that threatens the traditional support base of the National party.

If you strip back the politics and look at the policies our federal government has on offer for country Australia, it is no wonder they are unimpressed and going Green. Superfast broadband is sidelined, the ABC – loved and trusted by regional Australia is being gutted or merged with SBS. At the same time as opportunities in renewables are being squandered, the Coalition and Labor are welcoming the industrialisation of our landscape by unconventional gas mining and new coal mines.

There is huge potential for regional areas to play a role in absorbing population growth, both for their benefit and to take the pressure off infrastructure and urban sprawl in our cities, but we have to get the policy settings right.

Without investment in infrastructure like inland rail, improved telecommunications and educational opportunities, this potential will be squandered.

In Dalby, the Coonawarra, Narrabri, Casino, Coonamble, Broome, Ballina, Gippsland and Taree, Greens are standing with country people and welcoming country people to stand with them.

Jeremy Buckingham is a Greens MP from Bellingen and is the NSW Greens spokesperson on agriculture, mining, renewable energy, health and water ••• June 20, 2016

POLLIES WASTING OUR TIME Dear Editor Our politicians are wasting our hardearned money by giving it to those who don't need it.

Examples include childcare subsidies to wealthy families, Family Tax Benefits to those on high incomes, and giving the age pension to those living in multi-million dollar homes.

There are student loans for dodgy courses, baby bonuses, first-home-buyer handouts, grants to arts and sports that few watch, ‘research’ grants for politically correct projects, ever greater funding of the ABC and SBS, plus inexorable growth in the bureaucracy.

With our tax rates already high, together with the debt we are passing on to our children, the elimination of wasteful spending should be a high priority for any government. Unfortunately no major party has a plan to deal with it.

The Liberal Democrats are a lone voice in having a plan.

David Leyonhjelm, Senator for the Liberal Democrats, Drummoyne, NSW

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River clean up volunteers choke on council’s eddy of excuses

BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

UR new council has clammed up on claims the Macquarie River resembles a polluted third-world stream, unable or unwilling to answer some pretty simple questions and having almost three days to formulate some answers.

Less than 12 months ago Dubbo City Council was forced onto the back foot after a community clean-up of truckloads of rubbish at Devil’s Elbow, when local fishers and other residents took the initiative to do some good work, and then piled on the pressure until council called a meeting to brainstorm strategies to fix the problem from reoccurring.

Luckily I filmed that event, so was able to grab some comments from that vision – it’s great having things on film, because it can be seen with amazing accuracy and context when you look at it in hindsight, and it’s indisputable.

At the time calls for more Gross Pollutant Traps to grab rubbish before it was washed into the river via stormwater drains, council’s manager of technical support Mark Stacey deflected blame from the storm water drains, instead pointing the finger at residents enjoying some recreation along the riverbanks, when people were out in the sun playing catch with their dogs.

“You don’t reckon that there would be someone playing down there – I know when my kids were little we’d play down there and a couple of times we lost the

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ball in the river,” Stacey said.

That statement didn’t go down very well, with many in the room looking at it as a bureaucratic way of passing the buck, believing the evidence of hundreds of tennis balls alone ruled out a few residents exercising their dogs.

At the same meeting Mark Stacey was asked what data he had to back his premise up, and council’s parks and gardens director Murray Wood intervened.

“He hasn’t got that data but he’s already said they’ve got to work at collecting that data so that’ll be an outcome of this meeting, where there’s community interest – that’d be something we’d take forward,” Wood said.

“So we haven’t had that data historically, it’s something we’re going to collect.”

Stacey said he stood by council’s record when it came to river rubbish, claiming there are many other centres far worse off.

“I think me, and the predecessors in my position since 1999, yes, they’ve done a fantastic job,” Mr Stacey said, but he conceded more can always be done.

Now that same Devil, or Devils Elbow, has come back to haunt the new Western Plains Regional Council, the merged Dubbo – Wellington entity that still has almost all senior Dubbo staff still on board.

These latest rain events have seen huge inflows to the river through council drains.

But this time there’s a difference – Inland Waterways Rejuvenation Association (IWRA) volunteers filmed large

amounts of rubbish swirling around the storm water drain outlets into the Macquarie within Dubbo’s city limits – and that vision makes it difficult for council to claim it’s all about people playing with their dogs.

IWRA president Matt Hansen said his organisation’s volunteers are disgusted at the third-world state of the river and that they want to help council fix the problem rather than see the blame game started up.

“We have an absolute pollution crisis on our hands, it was only 11 months ago that this site was cleaned up by about 50 volunteers and progressively it’s just gotten worse and worse and worse and it’s going to continue to happen,” Hansen said, that comment and the pictures of the river filth going viral on social media.

“I think we need to have a strategy that has Wellington, Dubbo, Narromine, all the local government areas that sit on the Macquarie River come together to fix this problem once and for all because we just can’t allow this to happen – we’ve got the Macquarie Marshes, one of Australia’s prime wetlands, sitting just below us and all this rubbish is no doubt flowing down to that” On the complicity of the stormwater drains, he says the video footage shows there’s no doubt that’s where much of the rubbish is coming from.

“We can see the rubbish sitting below the drains, we know it’s coming in from the drains by the concentrated levels of rubbish we’ve seen below the major stormwater outlets – we need to act

now,” Hansen said.

“We knew 11 months ago by the amount of tennis balls we found, just here in a very small stretch of river, that a large amount of rubbish was entering the Macquarie River through the city’s drainage system – it was obvious.

“We’re soaked to the bone but we’ve got the evidence on video that the rubbish is making its way to the river through the city’s drainage system, you just have to have a look at the concentrated levels of rubbish,” he said.

It appeared that some rubbish was getting into the river via a drain which has a Gross pollution Trap already installed, so Dubbo Weekender also asked Western Plains Regional Council if that can happen if the traps are full of rubbish, and we also asked for access to their logs detailing the GPT maintenance and cleaning schedules, none of which were forthcoming prior to deadline.

Predictably, there were comments that the soon-to-introduced container deposit scheme will limit the numbers of cans and bottles in the river, but that’s a distractive red herring, those make up only a smaller percentage of the mess, and there’s no deposit scheme for tennis balls, syringes, plastic backs and other baddies.

It’s true that council doesn’t create the rubbish problem, and that’s a whole other problem, but neither will it go away unless staff are willing to fully and transparently engage with the community groups who are just trying to ensure our natural environment is better protected.

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DIGITALLY ENHANCED.

Technology takes the wheel on the road to autonomy

BY MATHEW DICKERSON SON SMALL BUSINESS RULES CONSULTANT

HIS week we trawl back through history to 1768 when Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the first automobile – a steam-powered tricycle with a top speed of 3.6 km/h and able to carry four people.

He went onto construct two steam tractors for the French Army. It doesn’t seem like a great start to a technology column with the production of this car nearing its 250th anniversary and with over one million patents having being filed that relate to the car industry one would think it is a well-developed industry.

I see it a little differently.

I am sometimes frustrated by technology for the sake of technology. There is a very funny exchange on one of my favourite geek shows (Big Bang Theory) that highlights exactly what I am talking about.

Penny: “How are flower berets gunna appeal to men?“ Howard: “We add Bluetooth.”

Sheldon: “Brilliant. Men love Bluetooth.”

Penny: “Wait a minute, wait a minute. You wanna make a hair beret with Bluetooth?”

Sheldon: “Penny. Everything is better with Bluetooth!”

Unfortunately, this scene from a comedy is actually played out in many situations across the world where technology is created for the sake of it rather than for a practical purpose.

The car industry is different.

This is an incredibly competitive industry and one where human lives are at stake every day. Technology in a car has to work. Having said that, the technology in a modern car is quite incredible.

You might immediately think of the Google driverless car as being a technological marvel but the average car that is driven out of the local showroom is an incredibly powerful mobile computer.

Some people yearn for the days when there was a mechanical carburettor and simple physical devices in a car because a roadside quick-fix was easier to apply but that would be like bemoaning the modern spreadsheet and yearning for an abacus because computers sometimes stop working.

Back to the modern car.

Think of some of the features

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A Lexus version of a Google Self Driving car is shown in Moutain View, California, earlier this year. PHOTO: REUTERS/ALEXANDRIA SAGE

we are seeing today. Many sound like they come from science fiction shows. Adaptive cruise control sends a radar beam from the front of the car to monitor for vehicles in front so that your car can be automatically slowed in the case of a slower vehicle in front of you. In addition to making cruise control easier, it also applies additional braking force if a collision is imminent.

Adaptive headlights will automatically dim when they see oncoming traffic and will turn the beam around corners to help you see where you are going. Lane departure warning systems alert you if you are moving lanes without an indicator meaning you may be drifting from one lane to the next.

Blind-spot detection is similar to lane departure warning systems but this time it will warn you of a vehicle in a lane you are consciously trying to move to.

Rain-sensing wipers allow the car to decide how often and how fast the wipers need to move. Tyrepressure monitors alert you to discrepancies in tyre pressures – although they don’t go a step further and automatically correct the pressure for you…yet.

Proactive roll avoidance will actually modify your throttle and brake dependent upon what the car is doing to try and avoid a car rollover.

Once there was seemingly a competition amongst car manufacturers to see who could have the most airbags (Toyota Scion IQ with eleven airbags won that race) but now it seems to be a matter of who can have the most cameras with 360 degree aerial views already available when parking a car.

When driving in the normal direction, cross-traffic alerts try and avoid collisions from cars on the side. One I really struggle with is the death of the manual handbrake. First it turned into a footbrake but it has now transformed into a button. If I was a teenager again and wanted to impress a girl, what better way to do it than to do a perfect ‘handbrakey’ in front of said girl? Electronic handbrakes have taken that option away (which is probably a good thing as I am no longer trying to impress girls other than my wife and she was never really that impressed with a handbrake turn!)

None of the items I have mentioned even touch on GPS and

` On June 29, 2011, Nevada was the first US state to allow autonomous vehicles and now, with nine areas in the US allowing autonomous vehicles, Google’s 23 vehicles have ticked over 2.4 million kilometres in driverless mode.

infotainment systems or car entry systems and the list could go on. Luxury cars have over one hundred electronic control units (ECUs) installed in them to manage the variety of technologies present – with many communicating with each other as part of the system. A modern car has over one hundred million lines of computer code which is more than a jet fighter.

Where is all of this leading? The Tesla Model S is available to purchase today that has automatic steering within a lane and automatic lane-changing with a tap of the turn signal. But the next major change is autonomous.

On June 29, 2011, Nevada was the first US state to allow autonomous vehicles and now, with nine areas in the US allowing autonomous vehicles, Google’s 23 vehicles have ticked over 2.4 million kilometres in driverless mode.

Google is not the first or only company with a focus on autonomy. Toyota alone has over 1,400 patents for self-driving vehicles.

Many of the items mentioned in this article are little steps along the autonomous path but there is no doubt that the race is on for the first autonomous vehicle to be available on a showroom floor.

For me I can hardly wait. Driving along the highway with a computer in control while I watch episodes of “Big Bang Theory” is very appealing. I will be looking for one extra feature though – the car with the ‘handbrakey’ option will earn my hard-earned cash.

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NSW Budget fails to address bracket creep, homebuyers THE NSW government has failed to address bracket creep for the 30th consecutive year as homebuyers continue to be ignored in the budget, according to the Real Estate Institute of New South Wales.

REINSW President John Cunningham said all residents of NSW are affected by the government’s decision to continue to overlook bracket creep.

“It is unbelievable that the NSW government has again failed to review stamp duty bracket creep and continues to leave home buyers out in the cold,” Cunningham said.

“NSW Transfer Duty revenue for 201516 is more than $1 billion over Budget at $8.886 billion, instead of the forecast $7.841 billion.

“Looking ahead NSW Transfer Duty revenue for 2016-17 is budgeted at $8.777 billion, still more than the Transfer Duty Budget for last financial year 2014-15 of $7.29 billion and almost as high as the 2015-16 original budget of $7.841 billion, notwithstanding abolition of duty on transfers of non-land business assets from July 1, 2016.

The foreign investor surcharges in relation to NSW residential land are budgeted to bring in over $1 billion revenue over the next four years to June 30, 2020 which means that it is unlikely

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that the measures will operate to take pressure off the price of NSW residential land.

“It is time for the greed to stop. Year after year, budget after budget, the NSW government has the opportunity to support first homebuyers and those looking to purchase property and it continues deny them a fair go.

New property related taxes in the 2016-2017 budget STAMP duty surcharge of four per cent on foreign persons acquiring NSW residential land, from June 21, 2016; Land tax surcharge of 0.75 per cent on foreign person owners of NSW residential land and no threshold and no principal place of residence exemption for such foreign persons in relation to NSW residential land, from 2017 land

tax year; and Emergency Services Levy to be substituted with Emergency Services Property Levy from July 1, 2017.

Taxes previously legislated to be abolished from July 1, 2016 are confirmed to be abolished from that date, namely NSW Mortgage duty, NSW Transfer duty on transfers of unquoted marketable securities and NSW Transfer duty on transfers of non-land business assets.

More jobs from renewables for NSW BUILDING 50 per cent renewables by 2030 would create over 11,000 jobs in NSW, more than any other state, new research by the Climate Council and EY has found.

The research, which models the employment outcomes of 50 percent renewables by 2030, finds that building 50 percent renewables by 2030 will create almost 50 per cent more employment nationally than our current pathway (34 percent renewables by 2030).

“The Renewable Energy Jobs: Future Growth in Australia” report finds that jobs losses in coal will be more than compensated for by increased employment in renewable energy.

It also finds that NSW has the largest

net jobs growth of any state, the second highest per capita jobs growth and utility scale and rooftop solar PV make up half of all jobs in the electricity sector in NSW in 2030 under 50 percent renewable energy scenario.

Wind energy alone will contribute more jobs than would be lost in coal in New South Wales’ electricity sector by 2030 under the 50 percent renewable electricity scenario. Wind energy and large scale solar can provide employment opportunities for regional and remote communities.

Climate Councillor and energy expert Andrew Stock said that while every state would gain many more jobs than it would lose, NSW had the most to gain from reaching 50 percent renewable energy by 2030.

“Research has shown that we need to be sourcing at least half of our energy from renewables sources by 2030 to be on track to completely decarbonise power generation by 2050, which is essential to effectively tackle climate change,” he said.

“More than eight million people are employed globally in the renewable energy industry but while jobs are booming globally, the most recent statistics show jobs have fallen in Australia as a result of policy uncertainty,” he said.

That ain’t workin’ – Seekers Business in or Dire Straits small changing times with Phil Comerford, business accountant?

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OW look at them yoyo’s, that’s the way you do it, You play the guitar on the MTV.” – Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits The journey in small business is not always rosy. Any business that can have smooth sailing from day one until the end would be very rare.

The biggest problem I often see as a small business accountant is that people wait until it is too late to make change. Many keep doing the same things hoping business will turn around.

It doesn’t work that way!

Dire Straits sang about those who recognise opportunity and ride the wave as opposed to those who just did the usual.

If something is not working, you need to change things up.

Often you might not be able to see the forest for the trees so that getting help from an outsider is usually a good idea.

Sometimes though you need to do some trial and error.

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ground) or whether you need to make changes.

Common symptoms that can be compared to the timings in your cash flow forecasts are: z poor cash flow; z lack of sales; z margins lower than anticipated; z overheads blowing out; z too much debt.

2. Establish why targets are not being met “CLOSE the doors, light the lights. We’re stayin’ home tonight, far away from the bustle and the bright city lights. Let them all fade away. Just leave us alone. And we’ll live in a world of our own.” – The Seekers Naturally if things aren’t going to the original plan you need to find out why. Were your sales targets unrealistic or was your marketing plan not effective or implemented correctly?

Could it be your sales team is not communicating value, or

1. Recognise the signs IF you’ve sat down and worked out your key performance indicators and three-way budgets to manage cash flow, you’ll soon know if things are going according to plan (including time to get the business off the

` Once you have worked out the main problems, it’s time to change your strategy and business plan...a

has a competitor dropped their prices?

You should talk to: z your sales team (discuss number of leads, to quotes to conversion – do you know your growth equation?); z those that did not buy (find out why); z your existing customers (ask them to be honest about their experience); z your small business accountant.

3. Revise strategy ONCE you have worked out the main problems, it’s time to change your strategy and business plan. Very often problems occur due to: z no accountability of the sales team (reporting of activity and results not enforced); z attitude of being an ‘order taker’ not an ‘order maker’ (i.e. waiting for phones to ring); z target market misunderstood – the product or service is not solving a problem for those we are targeting so we need to find the right audience and where they are in abundance; z more sales training required; z no point of difference; z a lack of awareness of the competition activities; z ineffective advertising –

again spending money in areas outside of our ideal demographic; z loose spending – poor control over staff spending or not asking suppliers for a better deal or the getting of quotes; z inefficient sales follow up, including unnecessary travel instead of a ‘killing two birds with one stone’ type mentality; z luxury travel by staff and lack of control of the company credit card; z customers not being kept to within trading terms, or worse still not being invoiced at all!; z wrong business location; z inaccurate costings leading to under quoting; z no website or digital strategy; z lack of control over stock and cash (in some cases theft); z poor accounting systems or the lack of reconciling ensuring the numbers make sense.

4. Cross check numbers via new forecasts HAVING

identified

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that need to be made, revise your three-way budgets and forecasts. Update your accounting system with the new targets so you can easily identify the warning signs.

5. Stay in touch with your advisors HOPEFULLY you have a good relationship with your business advisors or small business accountants so that you can bounce some ideas off them or help you understand the numbers.

Monthly or quarterly meetings work best.

Conclusion: IT might seem obvious when business is not going well. The sad part is that it’s sometimes easier to have a ‘stick your head in the sand’ mentality rather than try something different.

Don’t just sit there – do something about it!

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THE BIG PICTURE.

Sunset rig Bunglegumbie Road frequently pops up in discussions about ring roads and a second bridge for the inland city of Dubbo.

Submissions to the RMS are closed now on that issue, which drew the interest of around 900 residents weighing in on on where a new river crossing ought to be built, in part to alleviate road freight pressures on the streets of Dubbo.

This photograph was captured in May this year, shot west of the Troy Bridge, when sunset conditions brought strong golden light underneath a low and dramatic cloudscape casting firelike colours onto everything including this passing truck. PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER/YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY, EDITOR.

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OPINION & ANALYSIS.

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Debate raises profile of social media to new election heights HE trust that we place in our social media networks might just be the difference between winning and losing an election, according to a Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic.

“The live streaming of the leadership debate between the Prime Minister Mr Malcolm Turnbull and the Opposition Leader Mr Bill Shorten on Facebook on the evening of Friday, June 17, was a momentous first for Australian politics,” said lecturer in the CSU School of Information Studies Dr Jake Wallis (pictured).

“It represented an explicit recognition of social media as a significant feature of the media landscape that shapes Australian political opinion.

“For Mr Turnbull, live streaming the debate via social media was a bold symbol of his commitment to ‘innovation’ in Australian political discourse; ‘this debate will enable millions to participate’, Mr Turnbull suggested beforehand.

“From a potential audience of 15 million Australian Facebook users, less than 13,000 live-streamed the debate, so if it achieved Mr Turnbull’s goal then it was thanks to the simultaneous broadcast on Sky TV,” Dr Wallis said.

“But the limited reach of the live debate should not understate the influence of social media in political campaigning.

Digital strategy is now integral to organ-

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ised political campaigning. Analysis of social media data can provide campaign strategists with a raft of demographic detail around the age, gender and, crucially, the location of potential voters in social media populations. This allows campaigning to be targeted more precisely to voters in specific electorates.”

Dr Wallis said social media can also act as a feedback loop for campaign teams, providing an indication of which issues resonate strongly with voter populations.

“Analysis of Twitter data (for example, by Axel Bruns at QUT, https://theconversation.com/ausvotes-2016-someearly-impressions-61027 ) demonstrated that issues of long-standing in Australia’s recent political discourse – the environment, social policy, the government’s Budget deficit, broadband, marriage equality, and refugee policy – again fea-

tured strongly in the early phases of this electoral campaign.

“Campaign managers can shift tack in strategy and the framing of policy issues in response to their analysis of sentiment expressed through social media,” Dr Wallis said.

“A primary aim of digital strategy is to drive engagement with campaign content. It is the dynamic social interactions with political content – liking, sharing, re-Tweeting, commenting – that campaigns value. Why? Because of the interconnection of the Internet economy’s critical success factors; attention and trust.

“Interaction pushes campaign content into our news feeds, search engine rankings, and social media recommendation algorithms. In short, interaction enhances the visibility of content within the digital landscape, bringing it to our at-

tention. If we can see it in our social media feeds, we are more likely to engage with it, and so the cycle continues, with ‘going viral’ as the pinnacle of success.”

Dr Wallis emphasised that trust matters online, because the web is a complex network of networks.

“When engaging online we have to make a range of complex decisions about who we can trust enough to interact with,” he said. “Who should we connect with, is this person they who they say they are in their social media profile, is this information accurate, does this online business have a good reputation?

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“A tried and tested way of doing this is to place our trust in our personal networks. This is what we have always done as people who live in communities of friends, relatives and acquaintances. Online we tend to do something similar. So when we receive a political message via our personal networks on social media, we are more likely to engage with that message because it comes from within our social network,” Dr Wallis said.

Digital strategy is now integral to organised political campaigning. Analysis of social media data can provide campaign strategists with a raft of demographic detail around the age, gender and, crucially, the location of potential voters in social media populations. This allows campaigning to be targeted more precisely to voters in specific electorates

“At a time when trust in politicians is at a low ebb among the populations in democratic societies, the capacity of election campaigns to leverage the trust that we place in our social networks might just be the difference between winning and losing an election.”

Tax trigger for private health DUBBO residents are encouraged to review their health insurance needs before the end of financial year. This comes in the wake of new research by health insurance experts iSelect revealed that the majority of NSW residents with private health insurance took it out before the age of 31, suggesting many are motivated by potential tax savings or a desire to avoid paying higher premiums later in life.

The end of financial year is one of the busiest times for private health insurance as Federal Government incentives prompt many Australians to sign up for or review their policies.

A national Ipsos Research study commissioned in June revealed three quarters (80 percent) of privately insured NSW residents first took out a policy before they turned 31, which is the age when Lifetime Health Cover (LHC) loading comes into effect.

LHC is a government incentive designed to encourage younger and healthier Australians to take out private insurance earlier in life. Customers without hospital cover by July 1, following their 31st birthday who decide to take it out later in life will have to pay 2 percent LHC loading on top of their premium for every year they were without cover.

Sixty-eight percent of insured NSW residents say they hold a policy to ‘protect their health’.

A government incentive designed to reduce the burden on the public health system, MLS is an additional tax (on top of the standard 2 percent Medicare Levy) for those who earn over $90,000 (single) or $180,000 (couple/family) and don’t have private hospital cover.

MLS ranges between 1 to 1.5 percent depending on income level.

HEALTH IN BRIEF

For higher income earners, taking out private health insurance can help to avoid the MLS, and paying the MLS for an entire year would cost a minimum of $900.

Taking out the cheapest policy to avoid paying extra tax, can end up costing more in the long-run if the cover is insufficient when it comes time to claim.

State budget allocates $25 million for Dubbo Hospital MEMBER for Dubbo and Deputy Premier Troy Grant announced that $25 million allocated in this week’s state budget will ensure the Dubbo Hospital redevelopment continues without interruption.

“Not only is this great news for the doctors, nurses and patients of the hospital and our local community, but also for the regional economy. The hospital redevelopment is a critical investment and so important to the health of our community and our regional infrastructure.”

“Stages 3 and 4 of the redevelopment will establish a new emergency department with imaging facilities,

a new medical inpatient unit, an expanded ambulatory oncology unit, a new interventional cardiology unit and an ambulatory unit.”

“The redevelopment of the hospital is a long term project that will continue to pump much needed dollars into the local economy and provide job security for the many contractors and suppliers engaged in the project”.

“The works soon to get underway for Stages 3 and 4 of the hospital will certainly complement the announcement of a $25 million commitment from the Member for Parkes Mark Coulton for an integrated cancer centre.”

“I have great faith that should the Federal Coalition be re-elected, the State Government, like with the announcement of the $25 million today for Stages 3 and 4 of the hospital redevelopment, we have a proven track record of delivering on our promises and will prescribe the funds needed to complete the hospital redevelopment, including the much needed facilities and technologies to provide the cancer services our community deserves” Grant said.

“I’m grateful for the support of the hospital redevelopment received from the Health Minister, Jillian Skinner. Minister Skinner has been a champion for regional health services in NSW and you don’t have to look far to see the level of investment made by the Liberals and Nationals into health in this region.”

“Dubbo and the entire Central West are benefiting from the good health of the NSW economy and I know that this will continue to deliver benefits for our hospitals and health services” said Grant.

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Chetna is Makan moves: Introducing Indian ingredients into traditional Western bakes

BY GEMMA DUNN

Chetna Makan. Photos: PA Photo/Nassima Rothacker.

HETNA Makan first entered the public eye when she impressed judging duo Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry with her spice-infused recipes on the 2014 semi-finals of reality TV show “Great British Bake Off”, but she will tell you that she faces her “best critics” at home.

“They love it when I make new things,” she says of her two young children, Sia and Yuv. “But they’ll say if they don’t like anything; they’re very honest.”

The youngsters like to help out too – “They chop stuff and make little cakes” – and the family, who live in the English city of Kent (her husband Gaurav is a GP), are well accustomed to Makan’s unique recipes, which introduce colourful spices, aromatic herbs and other Indian ingredients into traditional Western bakes.

For anyone with a taste for real Indian cuisine, and aspiring home cooks who’ve followed her journey, however, she’s hoping her debut book – The Cardamom Trail – will act as a springboard for culinary creativity.

“If people don’t generally cook with spices, how would they know how to use it in baking?” reasons Makan. “Baking requires measurements, so you can’t just put things together, and that stops people trying.

“I’m hoping the book will leave people feeling confident enough to mix things up.”

Traditional Indian ingredients star – chillies and chickpeas, turmeric and tamarind, poppy seeds and paneer – but Makan was conscious they should all be easy to source in supermarkets and Asian grocery stores: “I am not very active at ordering stuff online, so I kept it exotic but easily available.”

The book features an explainer section on spices, too, but as its author points out: “I’m not a professional; I’m a home cook. So when I look at spice books and they go into detail about where it’s grown and how it’s grown, as much as I want to know that, I can’t use that information when I’m cooking.

“I need to know what it goes with and how it tastes – and quickly, because I don’t have time read,” she adds, chuckling. “ I’ve kept things short and sweet.”

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Growing up in Jabalpur, an ancient city in Central India, Makan – who worked in Mumbai as a fashion designer before moving to the UK in 2003 – has eaten good, home-cooked food for as long as she can remember, and counts her mother’s “magical” home cooking among her biggest inspirations.

“I’m a keen learner; observing her skilled use of spices and other ingredients gave me the confidence to mix flavours and try new ideas.”

Her recipes, grounded in the different cuisines of India and Europe, vary from a sponge cake with cardamom, pista-

Simplify holiday-time meals

BY ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS

THE KITCHEN DIVA

Another school term will finish in a matter of weeks and the kids are hungry! Simplify your school breaks by planning ahead to make mealtime part of your child’s holiday fun! Here are some tips for creating an easy, time-saving meal plan for all year-round.

1) Enlist your children to help plan the meals they’d like to eat.

You can plan meals based on three- or six-month lists; Spring/ Summer and Autumn/Winter.

Planning ahead will save you time and money that you can use for a fabulous family holiday!

2) Make a list of menu items based on breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner and dessert categories. Select at least seven dishes for each

chio and white chocolate, to a steamed strawberry pudding flavoured with cinnamon. There are also coriander chicken parcels, and a swirly bread rolled with citrusy coriander.

Makan’s enjoyed a whirlwind two years since first appearing on British TV (she’s included in the 2015 GG2 power 101 List, which celebrates Britain’s most influential Asians), but says she’s not planning more TV work, stating while she’d love the chance, there’s a lot of competition.

She still keeps in touch with her fellow contestants though – “We’re really

close friends, we try and meet every two to three months to have a weekend at one of our homes with our families” – and is thrilled that her YouTube channel, Food With Chetna, is “doing really, really well”.

“I get do what I want, however I want, and it’s my platform,” Makan states, beaming. “I release one new recipe every week, either a bake or any sort of Indian cooking, and I’ve had great feedback. Hopefully it will only grow.”

If you fancy trying your hand at baking with Makan, give these recipes from her new book a whirl...

category, and rotate them at least twice to ensure plenty of variety.

BANANA BREAKFAST BAGELS

3) Choose some easy recipes that can be made at least 30 minutes ahead of time and/or ones that can be doubled and frozen.

(Makes 2 servings.)

2 tablespoons natural nut butter, such as almond, cashew or peanut 1 teaspoon honey 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 whole-wheat bagel, split and toasted 1 small banana, sliced 1/4 cup sliced almonds 1. Stir together nut butter, honey, vanilla, cinnamon and salt in a small bowl. Divide the mixture between bagel halves and top with banana slices and a sprinkle of almonds.

4) Set a budget and stick to it.

Shop for your ingredients based on what’s already in your pantry, fridge and freezer; what’s in season; weekly sales and farmer’s market finds. The freezer is your friend, especially when it comes to bargain buys on seasonal fruits and vegetables.

5) Let your child be the “assistant chef” for their favourite meals, and encourage them to help you with the planning and preparation. You’re not only making a great meal, you’re making precious memories.

Here are some delicious kidfriendly recipes that are perfect for family meals!

MEXI-MELT WRAPS (Makes 4 servings.)

8 large whole-wheat tortillas 1 (approx 225g) can non-fat refried beans 1/2 cup prepared mild to medium salsa 1 tablespoon chili powder

1/2 cup shredded coleslaw 1/2 cup shredded cheese, such as Mexican blend or Jack 2. Wrap the tortillas in a damp, food-safe paper towel. Microwave on HIGH for 10-15 seconds until the tortillas are hot.

3. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix together the beans, 1/4 cup of the salsa and the chili powder. Microwave on High until the beans are hot, about 45 seconds.

4. Spread beans on tortillas. Top with coleslaw, the remaining salsa and the cheese. Fold the tortillas in half.

SPAGHETTI PIZZA (Serves 6.)

225g (approx 1/2 box) spaghetti 3 cups marinara sauce 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon black pepper 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper 2 eggs, beaten

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 24.06.2016 to Sunday 26.06.2016 CURRY ONION TART (Serves 10-12) For the pastry: 300g plain flour, plus extra for dusting Pinch of salt 1tbsp smoked paprika 150g chilled salted butter, diced 1tsp lemon juice 4-6tbsp cold water For the filling: 2tbsp vegetable oil 2tsp black mustard seeds 10-15 curry leaves 4 dried red chillies 4 onions, thinly sliced Handful of fresh coriander leaves, finely chopped 1tsp salt 2 large eggs 1 egg yolk 100ml double cream 1. To make the pastry, mix the flour, salt and paprika together in a large bowl. Add the butter and coat it with the flour. Use your fingertips to rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Mix the lemon juice and measured water together and pour in just enough of the liquid to bring the dough together. Gently knead on a lightly floured surface for a few seconds, then shape it into a ball.

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2. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas mark 4. On a floured work surface, roll out the dough to a thickness of 3mm.

Line a 23cm loose-bottomed tart tin with the dough, leaving the excess dough overhanging the edge. Prick the dough all over with a fork, then line it with nonstick baking paper, fill it with baking beans and bake for 15 minutes. Remove the paper and beans and bake for a further 20 minutes, or until the pastry looks dry and crisp. Use a small, sharp knife to trim away the excess pastry from the rim, then leave the tart case to cool in the tin for 15 minutes.

3. While the tart case is cooking, prepare the filling.

Heat the oil in a pan over a medium heat and add the mustard seeds, curry leaves and dried chillies. When the mustard seeds start to pop, add the onions and cook over a medium heat until lightly golden. Stir in the coriander and salt, take the pan off the heat and leave to cool for a few minutes.

4. Whisk the whole eggs, yolk and cream together in a bowl. Fill the baked tart case with the onions and press them down a little. Sit the tart tin on a baking tray, then pour the egg mixture over the onions. Bake for 35 minutes or until the filling is set and golden.

Leave the tart to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then transfer it to a serving plate. Enjoy it warm or cold.

This tart will keep in an airtight container for up to two days, or refrigerated for up to four days.

The Cardamom Trail: Chetna Bakes With Flavours Of The East

by Chetna Makan is published by Octopus Books.

PISTACHIO, CARDAMOM AND WHITE CHOCOLATE CAKE (Serves 10-12) For the cake: 225g unsalted butter, softened 225g caster sugar 4 large eggs 250g self-raising flour 1tsp baking powder 1tsp cardamom seeds, crushed to a fine powder 100ml milk 50g pistachio nuts, roughly chopped 50g white chocolate chips For the icing and decoration: 150g white chocolate 150g unsalted butter, softened Few drops of vanilla extract Handful of pistachio nuts, finely chopped 1. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas mark 4. Grease 2 x 20cm round cake tins and line them with non-stick baking paper.

2. To make the cake, cream the butter and sugar together with an electric whisk or a stand mixer fitted

115g (1 cup) grated pizza cheese blend (mozzarella, Parmesan, Romano, etc.)

2 teaspoons olive oil 115g to 170g sliced pepperoni 5. Cook spaghetti according to the package directions. Drain and return to the pot.

6. Heat oven to 220C/425F. Toss the spaghetti with 2 cups of marinara sauce, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, nutmeg and the cayenne pepper. Mix well. Add eggs and 1/2 cup of the pizza cheese blend. Mix well.

7. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a 10inch ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add the spaghetti mixture and gently press it down. Top with the remaining 1 cup of marinara and 1/2 cup of the cheese blend. Place the pepperoni evenly over the spaghetti. Bake until browned, 18 to 20 minutes.

BLUEBERRY WATERMELON FREEZER POPS (Makes about 10 x 85g freezer pops.)

You’ll need 10 x (85g or similarsize) freezer-pop moulds to make these pops. You can prepare them ahead of time and freeze for up to 3 weeks.

3 3/4 cups chopped seedless watermelon 2 tablespoons lime juice 1 to 2 tablespoons sugar or stevia 1 cup fresh blueberries 8. Puree watermelon, lime juice and sugar to taste in a food processor or blender until smooth.

9. Divide blueberries among freezer-pop moulds. Top with watermelon mixture. Insert sticks and freeze until completely firm, about 6 hours. Dip the moulds briefly in hot water before unmoulding.

with a whisk attachment until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, ensuring that each addition is well incorporated before adding the next. Now add the flour, baking powder, cardamom and milk. Beat for one minute until the mixture is light and creamy. Now fold in the pistachios and white chocolate chips with a spatula.

Once mixed, fill the prepared tins equally with the batter. Bake for 30 minutes until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cakes comes out clean. Leave the cakes to cool in the tins.

3. Once the cakes are completely cool, make the icing.

Break the white chocolate into a heatproof bowl and set it over a pan of steaming water until melted, ensuring that the base of the bowl doesn’t touch the water beneath it. Leave it to cool slightly. Now cream the butter in a separate bowl and add the melted chocolate and vanilla extract. Mix well until light and creamy.

4. Spread half the icing on one cake, then align the second layer on top. Spread the remaining icing on top and sprinkle with the chopped pistachios. This cake will keep in an airtight container for up to four days.

CREAMY CARROT AND CORIANDER SOUP WITH PARMESAN TOASTS Try this delicious treat from Dairy Australia.

INGREDIENTS 1 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 small onion, chopped 500g carrots, chopped 1 cup vegetable stock 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons finely chopped coriander 1/2 cup natural yoghurt Parmesan Toasts 2 slices sourdough bread 1 tablespoon grated parmesan cheese 1 tablespoon grated cheddar Cheese METHOD 1. 1. Heat oil in a medium saucepan. Add onion and cumin, sauté

for 3-5 minutes or until softened.

Add carrot and stock, cover and bring to the boil. Simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes, or until carrots are tender. Remove from heat and process with a stick blender until smooth. Return to heat and stir in milk and coriander. Reheat gently until warmed through.

Serve with a dollop of yoghurt.

2. For Parmesan Toasts: Grill bread on one side until golden.

Turn over top with combined cheeses and grill until cheese is bubbly and brown. Serve warm with soup.

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Vicki Canalese, Dubbo Artz, Di Clifford, president Dubbo Artz Inc, Leonie Ward, secretary Dubbo Artz Inc, PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER

Dubbo Artz hosting Dubbo Cultural Forum

BY YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY EDITOR

HE Dubbo Cultural Forum will be held once again on June 28 and organisers, Dubbo Artz encourage as all volunteer community cultural organisations to attend and join the discussions and to express needs and ideas for cultural sustainability in the Dubbo Region.

“There are so many pockets of artists and cultural groups in Dubbo and the region, Dubbo Artz feels it’s really important they have the opportunity to come together, share ideas, concerns and problems and work together to solve them,” said Dubbo Artz founding member, Vicki Canalese.

“There is strength in numbers as they say, and the arts community as a whole from the craft societies to the dance schools, painters; here is a chance to stand together as one voice and grow Dubbo’s arts community,” she said.

The Dubbo Cultural Forum will feature speakers from different fields and the arts community has the opportunity to be heard and start discussions.

“The discussions are often around stimulating the cultural life and opportunities in Dubbo and surrounding region,” said Dubbo Artz president, Di Clifford.

“The forum offers everyone involved in the arts community a great opportunity to get them together in the same room. Often one group is off over here doing one thing, and another over here doing their thing and they’re not talking to each other so we can offer them networking, or assistance to help solve a problem or partnering up like never before,” she said.

“The council ask us to facilitate the Dubbo Cultural Forum, with the express purpose of getting people who are interested in the arts

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and want to say a few things to come and have input,” Canalese said.

“One big achievement of holding regular Cultural Forums is that it gives us impetus to talk to council which gave us for the first time a Cultural Person of the Year award, as part of the Australia Day Celebrations and Awards,” she said.

Dubbo Artz holds a unique position to lobby on behalf of the Cultural Community. Dubbo Artz has evolved serving the community, for over 70 years, in its various forms as the Arts Council of Dubbo.

In 1995 supporters of the Dubbo Art Gallery and the Dubbo Arts Council evolved into Dubbo Arts and Cultural Advisory Council (DACAC). In 2003 the name changed to Dubbo Artz.

Dubbo Artz’ objectives are to encourage, foster and assist the arts and cultural activities of Dubbo and close neighbouring people.

It is entirely voluntary; any financial assets come from membership fees and occasional grants.

No cultural activity is placed above any other and where possible - such as during the Dubbo Cultural Forum - Dubbo Artz aims to link and cross fertilise events so they all have the opportunity to expand and develop.

For many years, the community of Dubbo expressed a desire for a purpose built theatre, to not only develop the city, but to offer a broad spectrum of culture to the growing population.

After approaching Dubbo City Council with this desire, Dubbo Artz was told to prove the actual need within the community for such a development. With this in mind, Dubbo Artz set about bringing live, professional entertainment to Dubbo, thus developing an audience and proving to Council extensive community support for this undertaking.

A public fund was started and eventually

construction of a theatre by Dubbo City Council began in 2008 and completed in 2010.

The goodwill of the community of Dubbo was demonstrated in the amount of $150,000 raised by Dubbo Artz and contributed toward the purchase of the theatre seating.

The current popularity of the theatre now stands as a testament to the idea of “build it and they come, ‘ and the inclusivity of culture, resulting in a lively enthusiastic audience.

Dubbo Artz also became involved in the support of the Dubbo Regional Gallery after the loss of the Dubbo City Administration building to fire, with committee members making representation to Council on behalf of the community.

Dubbo Artz continues in the support of Regional Arts and Culture by the production of a bimonthly newsletter, packed full of events and news from the cultural community, which informs not only the members but the broader community.

The inaugural Dubbo Cultural Forum was held on Tuesday, November 19, 2014, with approximately 50 people representing the volunteer cultural community of Dubbo present.

Dubbo Cultural Forum z Tuesday June 28, 2016 z 6pm z Western Plains Cultural Centre z For more information z www.dubboartz.org.au z di.clifford15@gmail.com z 68826852

Dubbo Artz meetings z Fourth Thursday of each month z Varied locations z 3.30pm z For more information: z www.dubboartz.org.au z di.clifford15@gmail.com z 68826852

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Amy Ellis Nutt tells a true story of gender and identity BOOK OF THE WEEK Becoming Nicole: The Extraordinary Transformation Of An Ordinary Family

by Amy Ellis Nutt, is published in paperback by Atlantic.

THIS is the inspiring, New York Times bestselling true story of a transgender girl and her family’s journey to understand, help and celebrate her uniqueness.

Wayne and Ellis Maines are a very normal and hardworking American couple and after failing to conceive their own children, are given the opportunity to adopt the identical twin boys of Kelly’s second cousin.

When Jonas and Wyatt start to develop their own personalities, it becomes clear that the boys like different things; Wyatt imagines he is the Little Mermaid and likes to dress up in his tutu. However, more than that, at the age of three, declares he “hates” his penis and asks: “When do I get to be a girl?”

Becoming Nicole chronicles the journey of the whole family – and their community – and their views on gender and identity. A compelling, enlightening and informative read.

9/10 (Review by Georgina Rodgers)

FICTION The Crime Writer by Jill Dawson is published in hardback by Sceptre.

MELODRAMA and suspense are the twin pillars of this novel which echoes the turmoil of psychological thriller writer Patricia Highsmith’s life.

Fans of the Texan’s stories, such as Strangers On A Train, The Talented Mr

Ripley, The Two Faces Of January and The Price Of Salt – the basis of critically acclaimed film Carol – will delight in spotting the many nods to her work.

Prowlers in the night, guilt and compulsive behaviour are all centre stage in this homage to Highsmith, as author Jill Dawson imagines the minute detail of a few key months in 1964.

The hard-drinking, chain-smoking, socially inept Highsmith is holed up in a Suffolk village, supposedly to finish a novel, but planning secret assignations with her married lover. Throw in a journalist desperate to secure an interview and it makes for a dangerous cocktail of emotion and perhaps, even murder.

Twisty, tumultuous and irritating in parts, but never boring. Much like Highsmith herself.

8/10 (Review by Gill Oliver)Zero K by Don DeLillo is published in hardback by Picador.

DON DeLillo’s sixteenth novel arrives after a six-year pause for thought which initially appears to have zero effect on theme or form.

Billionaire Ross Lockhart’s efforts to freeze and indefinitely prolong the life of his dying wife, as warily observed by son Jeffrey, cover familiar DeLillo ground – death, language, terrorism, NYC – while his dialogue is unchanged, at turns frustrating and exhilarating.

For Zero K’s subterranean first half, deep in a secret lab, this stilted extemporising, those beloved lists, do nothing but echo around the precise blankness; only when Jeffrey breaks free do his ob-

Jill Dawson’s “The Crime Writer” is full of melodrama and suspense.

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servations find context, which is (just about) the point – the city, its humanity, gives DeLillo life.

His dead-eyed prescience eclipsed by the phenomenal weight of change post-9/11, like Jeffrey, he is in danger of being lost to the “touchscreen storm” as the world itself is “being lost to the systems”.

Crucially though he does not fight gnawing obsolescence, his arid humour forever skewering a death-fixated culture, brokering a fragile truce with the setting sun.

7/10 (Review by Michael Anderson)

The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney is published in hardback by The Borough Press.

WITH one of the best opening lines for a book I’ve read in a long time, LA-based Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney plunges her readers into the chaotic lives of the Plumb family, which all revolve around the charismatic golden boy Leo. After one thoughtless act of lust (drink-driving away from a family wedding with a young waitress in tow) which ends in disaster, Leo lands in rehab and his mother bails him out by using the family trust fund, the so-called Nest of the title, which each grown-up child had a particular need for.

There’s gay antiques dealer Jack, who’s been secretly borrowing against his husband’s beach house to keep his business afloat, Melody, who wants to give her twin daughters the best education, and writer Beatrice, who’s desperately trying to finish her novel.

Promising he’ll repay them, Leo pitches up at the Brooklyn home of Beatrice’s one-time agent and his former flame Stephanie, who’s one of the more sympathetic characters in the book.

After the pacey beginning, D’Aprix Sweeney takes her foot off the gas, but she captures the ugly, personal side of capitalism and the dysfunctional family dynamics with aplomb.

7/10 (Review by Kate Whiting)

NON-FICTION Zero Hour: 100 Years On: Views From The Parapet Of The Somme by Jolyon Fenwick, is published in hardback by Profile Books.

BOOKS normally tell the story of a lifetime, or at least part of a life. Very few are dedicated to an hour and the cataclysmic events which followed over the course of a single day. But few days have had the breathtaking effect upon a nation as July 1, 1916.

That hour was Zero Hour: 7:30am on a summer morning. On a day when a staggering 116,000 British and Empire troops were committed to the battle, by nightfall almost half had become casualties and close on 20,000 were dead.

In a chilling testament to the futility of out-dated battlefield strategy and total disregard for human life, whole villages saw their entire population of working age men wiped out, some families losing three brothers in the first hour alone as bullets and bombs rained down on rural France.

Historian Jolyon Fenwick’s third book, Zero Hour, recounts the story of that fateful day when simple acts of bravery and human endurance were lost in the sheer carnage and suffering. Through his powerful words and the clever use of panoramic photographs of what the

same fields look like today, Fenwick has painted a fitting memorial to a tale of unstinting courage and unspeakable suffering.

Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the bloodiest day of modern warfare, Fenwick’s painstaking research tells of an event which should never be repeated.

8/10 (Review by Roddy Brooks)

The Gift Of The Gab: How Eloquence Works by David Crystal is published in hardback by Yale University Press.

DAVID Crystal is probably Britain’s bestknown populariser of linguistic science.

His style is down-to-earth and lucid, and his evidence-based descriptivism is a beacon of common sense in a world of green-ink grammarians and self-appointed usage experts.

Unfortunately, this study of ‘how eloquence works’ – what it is and how to achieve it – comes across as a rather thin blend of anecdote, basic practical tips and only isolated nuggets of real interest.

The book gets more into its stride when Crystal comes to less obvious topics where his linguistic insights add real value, such as in his discussion of pitch, rate and rhythm, the end-weight principle and order of mention; there’s also an absorbingly detailed analysis of Obama’s celebrated ‘Yes we can’ speech.

Recent books on rhetoric such as Sam Leith’s You Talkin’ to Me? and The Elements Of Eloquence by Mark Forsyth have covered similar ground with a depth and panache that are lacking here.

In this book, as in some of Crystal’s others, you can’t help wishing he wore his learning a little less lightly.

5/10 (Review by Dan Brotzel)

CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK Claude All At Sea by Alex T Smith is published in hardback by Hodder Children’s Books.

Gigantic sea monsters are a source of endless fascination for little minds – and they don’t come more intriguing than Nigel, the octopus-like pink spotted one, with a moustache and small hat, in Alex T Smith’s Claude All At Sea. This is Claude’s first outing in a picture book, having made his name in young fiction titles including Claude In The City and Claude On Holiday – and it’s a real corker.

With his trusty companion Sir Bobblysock (a stripy sock) and his red beret that holds all manner of useful things, his latest adventure takes him down the stairs and out to sea in bath-tub, where Nigel lurks ready to gobble up unsuspecting sailors.

Once inside Nigel’s belly, Claude has to think fast to save the day. Using the same sparse palette of blue, red, black and pink, as his other books, writer-illustrator Smith carefully introduces little children to new words and sounds (whoosh!) – and fires their imaginations with a surprisingly friendly sea monster.

8/10 (Review by Kate Whiting

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 24.06.2016 to Sunday 26.06.2016 BAILEYS WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION: THE SHORTLIST CELEBRATING its 20th year, the Baileys Prize was announced on Wednesday, June 8. This year’s winner was Lisa McInerney, for “The Glorious Heresies”.

Previously the Orange Prize, the Baileys was set up in 1996 to champion excellence, originality and accessibility in writing by women from around the world. Previous winners include Lionel Shriver for We Need To Talk About Kevin and Zadie Smith for On Beauty.

Here’s what our reviewers think of this year’s six shortlisted titles... :: Ruby by Cynthia Bond (Two Roads) SET in the Seventies Deep South Liberty Township, Texas, Bond’s beautifully evocative first novel is a magical, moving and multilayered love story about Ruby Bell, who escaped for New York, returned to her family’s land and has descended into madness – and Ephram Jennings, the man who would rescue her. But Ephram’s been brought up by his God-fearing sister Celia, and she’s not about to loosen her grip. Bond carefully peels open her character’s painful pasts like onion skin, returning frequently to a present which fizzes with hope for their future.

8/10 (Kate Whiting) :: The Green Road by Anne Enright (Jonathan Cape) THE Green Road is a dense, treacly story of a scattered and fractured Irish family that’s pulled back together when

their cantankerous mother, Rosaleen, decides to sell the childhood home. And it’s wonderful. Broken into individual chunks, Man Booker Prize-winner Anne Enright draws out moments in each of the lives of Rosaleen’s four children.

The dialogue is particularly brilliant, capturing all the barbed snappiness of dinner with siblings and a parent convinced of their victimhood. But it’s the lead up too, a building of their lives in perfect, clarified layers, so by the time they sit down to Christmas lunch, you can feel the charged, static energy crackling from the page. It completely envelops you.

9/10 (Ella Walker) :: The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney (John Murray) THE Glorious Heresies has already earned huge acclaim for its author, whose Arse End of Ireland blog detailed the grim privations of life on a Galway council estate when everyone else was banging on about the Celtic Tiger. This debut novel continues the broken-nation mood and theme with a tale of the Cork underclass involving ‘a drug dealer, a sex worker, an unrepentant penitent, a gangland boss and a failed family man’.

The language fizzes and the realism is certainly realistic, but for me the characters don’t quite come to life and the plot remains oddly static.

6/10 (Dan Brotzel) :: The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie (Fourth Estate) WE meet Veblen Amundsen-Hovda, the quirky protagonist in American author

Elizabeth McKenzie’s utterly charming novel, at the moment of her engagement to neuroscientist Paul Vreeland. As the tale unfolds, and they plan their wedding, we’re introduced to the supporting cast of their lives – neurotic mum and mentally ill father (Veblen), hippy parents and brain-damaged brother (Paul) and taken back to their childhoods, to find out how they became the eccentric 30-somethings they are. McKenzie gently teases out what makes this pair tick, as individuals melding their identities into a couple, making them some of the most acutely drawn characters I’ve ever read. A true joy of a book.

8/10 (Kate Whiting) :: The Improbability Of Love by Hannah Rothschild (Bloomsbury) ROTHSCHILD’S debut novel is a wicked and exuberant tale that focuses on the corruption and culture of the London art scene. Deliciously detailed descriptions of the eccentric snobs and millionaires are silly and wonderful, but at the heart of the story lies some sombre questions about the power of art as a symbol of wealth and nothing more.

The novel’s heroine, unlucky in love Annie, stumbles upon a grubby old painting with a dark history in a bric-a-brac shop, that pulls her into an unknown world of chaos. Full of twists and turns, this is a delightful and clever work, full of colourful, beguiling characters and a fascinating glimpse into a warped and juicy world.

8/10 (Heather Doughty)

The electoral auction HE country is in a state of indecision, confusion and economic instability.

Last week it was indicated that 50,000 mining jobs were in jeopardy. One sure factor in the nightly news is that a murder or major crime has been committed. Less serious crimes proliferate and at best, inadequate prison terms are the sentence.

The evening TV issues the warning “the following scenes may be offensive to some viewers”” The pathetic aspect is that the whole system is offensive to those who seek to obey the law.

You and I are paying indirectly for the ineffective administration of measures supposedly designed to protect people.

A press article last week covered the fact that fellows jailed for domestic abuse reoffended within weeks after release. Having spent my teenage years living opposite Grafton Gaol, the knowledge of a maximum security process flowed through.

Given the severe physical treatment prisoners incurred, few if any wanted to return when released. That form of punishment more appropriately fits the crime than the tap on the wrist of today.

Move through 60 years and the gradual evolution of social and economic change persists.

A curious factor has emerged in recent times – Adolf Hitler’s name is mentioned in media, or in comparative comments by the odd politician, against a person they dislike. Andrew Roberts is the author of “Hitler & Churchill – the Secrets of Leadership”. Roberts notes that

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“even though these two men had some leadership techniques in common, Hitler was committed to destroying civilisation and Churchill was determined to save it”.

Here, the leadership qualities of these two completely different personalities were obvious as they strove for the same ultimate objective – victory in the Second World War. The book begins with the question – how can one hundred people be led by one person? This lies at the heart of history and civilisation.

If one man could not command one hundred others there would be no wars, but neither would we have any cathedrals, space exploration or philharmonic orchestras. The ability of one person to make one hundred others do his bidding is the basic building block upon which all collective human endeavour is based, for better or worse.

In the introduction to “Mein Kampf” it is noted that Hitler was born in Austria, the fourth son of Alois Hiedler ne Schickelgruber and his wife, Klara.

Alois adopted the surname Hitler in 1876. In 1924-25 Adolf Hitler wrote “Mein Kampf” and over time it has been seen to be a mixture of unreliable autobiography and half-baked political philosophy, which brought tragedy to Germany and the world. One commentator has said, and relevance of Hitler’s book is that it is “for students of totalitarian psychology and for all who care to safeguard democracy”.

Seen as a “panorama of the 1930s”, Piers Brendon wrote “The Dark Valley”, a story of “the dark, dishonest decade; (the decade that was) a child of one world war and parent of the next, and that determined the course of the 20th century”.

Brendon deals with each of the period’s great powers, takes us through the Great Depression and political turmoil, the massive unemployment, hardship and strife. The parallels with today’s world make interesting reading.

In the Critical Lives series, Lars Lih has written “Lenin”.

Vladimir Lenin was leader of the communist Bolshevik party and founder of the Soviet

` Reviewer Saul Alinsky comments that we need to examine these Leninstyle tendencies occurring in the USA today, and in the current election policies of Australia’s political parties... a

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:: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (Picador)

MALCOLM, Willem, JB and Jude, all in their early twenties, have arrived in New York, and are attempting to translate the ambitions and friendships formed at college into a harsher world.

Each are wrestling with their own dilemmas. Their lives unwind over the next three decades and more than 700 pages, and as their relationships deepen and complexify, Jude comes to dominate the narrative, battling his past as the other characters buoy him up.

Yanagihara deftly explores how the experiences of childhood unfold inexorably down the years, and whether individuals have the capacity to ever truly overcome them. It is rare and refreshing to see male emotions given so nuanced a portrayal. Above all, it is a novel in praise of friendship, of how it endures and how it sustains us through the big events of little lives.

9/10 (Adam Weymouth)

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by Dave Pankhurst The Book Connection Union. His original theme for world conquest by communism identifies eight key factors that needed to be achieved in creating a social state. These are: 1. Healthcare – control healthcare and you control the people 2. Poverty – increase the level as high as possible. Poor people are easier to control when you provide them with their basic needs.

3. Debt – increase it to an unsustainable level, and then increase taxes which will produce more poverty.

4. Gun control – remove the ability for the community to defend themselves. This will allow a police state to be created.

5. Welfare – take control of food, housing and income.

6. Education – control what people read and listen to – and what children learn at school.

7. Religion – remove the belief in God from government and schools.

8. Class warfare – divide the people into the wealthy and the poor, making it easier to tax the wealthy with the support of the poor.

Reviewer Saul Alinsky has simplified Lenin’s text with the above, and comments that we need to examine these tendencies occurring in the USA, and in the current election policies of Australia’s political parties.

An example of how the media, over time, has used its influence to manipulate its agenda comes in Derek Maitland’s new book “The Fatal Line”. In the late 1970s he blew the whistle on TCN Channel Nine and Channel TEN for colluding in the joint parliamentary report slamming Unilever and Colgate-Palmolive for marketing fraud. (Colgate has just recently been fined $18 million for running a price cartel with Unilever.) It turned out that every Australian commercial and radio station failed to run the report. When Maitland and the station’s Assistant News Director made a stand against management they were blacklisted, and Maitland left the country for 25 years. The book reveals the manipulation of broadcast facts. It is an indicator that the national media simply tells you about the issues which supports their agenda.

With the federal election pending, how clear is the real agenda of any party? The central themes of party leaders are little more than bidding for votes with ever-increasing amounts of money drawn from the bottomless pit. This is not evidence of quality leadership – it is an electoral auction.

Enjoy your browsing, Dave Pankhurst.

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EAR all about the possibility of cooking with weeds. Do you dare? Pesky, prickly, or at best simply humble, weeds are not usually something you greet with glee, especially not on your plate. But the Weed Lady, who is turning wild weeds into edible wonders will host a morning tea/forager’s feast of wild weeds with a sprinkle of bush tucker, and the opportunity to learn about how to prepare and use certain weeds to increase the nutrition and novelty of you cooking.

The morning tea and tour will be in a relaxed setting by the river (unless raining), so you can collect some weeds, sit around the fire, and boil the billy for a wild weed cup of tea!

Violet lives in Geurie, having moved from Melbourne a few years ago. She has long had a passion for foraging and using weeds in cooking. Violet’s Melbourne-ite hipster fashion combines with country hospitality and friendliness, and the weed din-

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EAR Sebastian Dunn play the French Horn in a pop up recital at the Macquarie Conservatorium on Sunday, June 26 between 1pm and 2pm.

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Sebastian returned to Dubbo this week, after studying a Masters in the French Horn Performance at the Northwestern University, Chicago for the past two years. Prior to that he studied a professional performance certificate at the Australian National Academy of Music in Melbourne.

He is of course a member of the talented Dunn family who will join him on stage, with other friends.

They will perform the music of Mozart, Bach, Massein and Kahn and the show will include a pop up chamber orchestra.

Tickets are $20 tickets at the door and donations are welcome. You can read about Sebastian in this edition of the Dubbo Weekender and where the proceeds will help him to go next in his quest to be a professional musician and put Dubbo on the map in the world of classical music.

Welcome home Sebastian.

O get your social conscience on at the National Highway Protest this Saturday, June 25 from 10am to 2pm to raise awareness about the threats of CSG mining to water. The protest starts at the north of Dubbo at the junction of Brisbane Street and the Newell highway.

Organisers will have yellow “No CSG” triangles and stickers or bring your own sign with this year’s slogan #water4life16.

Safety is a priority. This is a non-violent protest/ picnic near the highway demonstrating opposition to CSG mining in the western region.

Cars are to be parked off the edge of road and all attendees are responsible for their own safety. Organisers are adamant they’re protesting to raise awareness not cause an accident.

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There are lots of sites to choose from including just past Devil’s Elbow, the truck rest area before * Do you dare? Pesky, prickly, or at best simply humble, weeds are not usually something you greet with glee, especially not on your plate. But come and meet the Weed Lady, who is turning wild weeds into edible wonders! Enjoy a morning tea/forager’s feast of wild weeds with a sprinkle of bush tucker, and learn about how to prepare and use certain weeds to increase the nutrition and novelty of you cooking. The morning tea and tour will be in a relaxed setting by the river (unless raining), so you can collect some weeds, sit around the fire, and boil the billy for a wild weed cup of tea!

Violet lives in Geurie, having moved from Melbourne a few years ago. She has long had a passion

for foraging and using weeds in cooking. Violet’s Melbourne-ite hipster fashion combines with country hospitality and friendliness, and the weed dinners she and her friend Matilda have been running in Geurie have been a huge success. Having worked in trendy cafes for years – and running her own in Geurie til recently - her meals are gorgeously presented and a real treat for the taste buds. Be part of sustainable eating, at the forefront of future food, or simply enjoy some quirky cuisine!

Sunday, June 26, 9.30 to 1pm (includes travel time if joing bus group) Cost: $45 pp inc GST. Family prices available. Includes bus to and from Geurie, morning tea, and weed samples.

Phone Bron 0415 396 696 or email info@dubbotowncountrytours.com.au.

DAY on the Green’s 2016 Mudgee concert at the Robert Oatley Vineyards will feature a great lineup of 12 artists including the Eurogliders, Richard Clapton, Mi-Sex, Glenn Shorrock, 1927, Rose Tattoo, Mark Gable (The Choirboys), Gangajang, Thirsty Merc, Steve Kilbey (The Church) and Wendy Matthews and Ross Wilson.

The concerts will finish with an all-star tribute to the iconic Aussie classic by Stevie Wright, Evie Parts 1, 2 and 3.

From Steve Kilbey: “It’s a fantastic opportunity to

hear a load of great hit songs and meet a load of old friends. a day on the green will be a trip down memory lane and music galore for all the old and young dudes.”

With magnificent locations, good food and wine and general admission tickets at just $99.90 it’ll be a day where we celebrate some vintage Aussie music.

Leave the car at home and pre-book on a coach.

For ticket and coach travel from surrounding towns, call Ogden’s Coaches on (02) 6372 2489 or email: mudgee@ogdenscoaches.com.au(operating from Ba-

thurst, Orange, Wellington, Dubbo, Kandos, Lui, Rylstone, Gulgong, Windeyer and Frog Rock.)

Ogdens will also operate a shuttle bus service from Mudgee accommodation venues and the CBD to the winery, returning after the show.

For all accommodation enquiries, contact the Mudgee Visitors Centre on (02) 6372 1020 or email: info@visitmudgeeregion.com.au.

Camping is available close to the venue from rentatent.com.au or email: info@rentatent.com.au Tickets on sale from June 27, 10am.

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With hits written for The Easybeats, AC/DC, Grace Jones, Ted Mulry, Vanda & Young’s own studio unit “Flash and the Pan” to the wealth of hits written for John Paul Young, this show will have you up and dancin’ like it’s 1979.

John Paul Young is one of the most iconic artist in Australian music’s history, with over 4 million worldwide album sales and numerous awards which garnered him an induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2009. In 2012 John received an Order of Australia (OAM) for his services to charity and the music

EE wild animals doing their thang this winter holidays. The Taronga Western Plains Zoo has a host of activities. Bike or hike the 6km circuit.

That’ll warm up the kids in no time. Of course there’s lots of babies at the zoo right including four giraffe calves. The best time to see them is during the daily “Giraffes in Focus” encounter; for just $7 per person on top of zoo admission and you get to feed these elegant creatures and pose for a selfie!

The first Lion cubs to be born at the zoo are now over 12 months old, and have matured from mischievous to majestic. Male Baako now has a noticeable mane whilst his female siblings Makeba and Zuri are looking more like their mother each day.

The trio remain a huge hit with visitors as they rumble, play and chase each other around, particularly in the early hours of the day. Visitors can find out more about this special pride during the Lion Keep-

er Talk, 12.15pm daily during the school holidays.

It’s one of ten daily Keeper Activities included in the cost of zoo entry, and certainly a highlight of the schedule.

Winter is a great time to check in and see how the rhino youngsters are going, including White Rhino calf, female Kamari, and Greater One-horned (or Indian) Rhino calf, male Rajah.

Rajah, the first Greater One-horned Rhino to be born in Australia, is growing in size and confidence each week. Visitors can learn more about this incredible species and Rajah’s story at the 2:15pm daily Keeper Talk.

The Zoo is open all year-round and is a great place to relax and unwind with family in the zoo grounds or even in the free Savannah Visitor Plaza with children’s playground, and free viewing of Primate Islands, home to Spider Monkeys and Lemurs.

Taronga Western Plains Zoo is located in Dubbo in Central Western NSW. The zoo opens from 9am to 4pm every day. For more information contact 6881 1400 or visitzoofari.com.au

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EE John Paul Young, Aussie music icon, sing Friday on My Mind, Falling in Love Again, Evie (Parts 1,2 & 3), Hey St Peter, Love Is In The Air , The Day That My Heart Caught Fire, I Hate The Music, Yesterday’s Hero, It’s a Long Way To The Top and so much more.

John Paul Young and The Allstar Band The Vanda & Young Songbook is a concert celebrating the songs that gave Australia its unique soundtrack during the 60’s 70’s and the 80’s and still to this day.

ners she and her friend Matilda have been running in Geurie have been a huge success. Having worked in trendy cafes for years – and running her own in Geurie til recently - her meals are gorgeously presented and a real treat for the taste buds. Sunday, June 26, 9.30am to 1pm. Bus departs from and returns to Dubbo; morning tea and presentation are by the river at Ponto Falls (near Geurie/Wellington). Departure point in Dubbo will be advised upon booking. Cost: $45 pp inc GST. Family prices available.

Includes bus to and from Geurie, morning tea, and weed samples. Phone Bron 0415 396 696 or email info@dubbotowncountrytours. com.au.

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

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

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

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

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

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Friday 24.06.2016 to Sunday 26.06.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Friday, June 24 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince GO!, 7.30pm, PG (2009) Dark magic and surging teenage hormones prove an explosive mix as the beloved boy wizard (Daniel Radcliffe) casts his cinematic spell once again in the sixth instalment of J.K. Rowling’s bewitching saga. The makers of the Potter film series seem driven to make each episode more epic than the previous – this one clocks up 153 minutes – and the tension here reaches boiling point as Harry battles not only Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes), but also that malevolent spell cast upon both Muggles and magicians – romance.

This is one of the darkest Potter stories.

ABC

MOVIE: The Sapphires

Silent Witness

PRIME7, 8.30pm, PG (2012)

ABC, 9.30pm

Previously known for his hit children’s series Lockie Leonard and Dead Gorgeous, director Wayne Blair brings his warmth to the big screen with this musical-comedy. With an all-star cast including Deborah Mailman, Chris O’Dowd and songstress Jessica Mauboy, this uplifting tale set in the swingin’ ’60s is based on the true story of four Aboriginal women in a singing group who auditioned to entertain US troops in Vietnam. Bright cinematography and upbeat soul music characterise the film, but Blair also enters darker territory exploring the racial tensions of the era. An inspirational story.

d There’s no shortage of dark and disturbing cases to be explored d on Silent Witness. And while that’s true on many cop series, this show manages to extract some beauty from the menace, as oirish highlighted by the stunning, noirish pisode. cinematography in tonight’s episode. red), Cast regulars Emilia Fox (pictured), rn are David Caves and Richard Lintern h blessed with superior plots each week, which is probably owed to el the fact that series creator Nigel uad McCrery is a former murder squad detective himself. Tonight, a shootout at a city hotel leaves a young Ukrainian nanny dead, along with an unknown hit man.

PRIME7

WIN

TEN

SBS

6.00 ABC News Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. (CC) 10.00 One Plus One. (CC) 10.30 Catalyst. (R, CC) 11.00 Wild Life At The Zoo. (R, CC) 11.30 Eggheads. (R, CC) 12.00 News At Noon. (CC) 1.00 Breathless. (M, R, CC) 1.50 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) 2.45 Kitchen Cabinet. (R, CC) 3.20 The Bill. (PG, R, CC) 4.10 Murder, She Wrote.

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

(CC) 5.25 The Drum. (CC) 5.55 Antiques Roadshow.

(CC) Hosted by Fiona Bruce.

6.00 Sunrise. (CC) 9.00 The Morning Show.

(PG, CC) The latest news and views.

11.30 Seven Morning News.

(CC) 12.00 MOVIE: Hijacked: Flight 285. (M, R, CC) (1996) A convicted criminal takes control of a commercial flight from Phoenix to JFK airport. Anthony Michael Hall, Ben Horn.

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) Presented by Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson.

9.00 Today Extra. (PG, CC) 11.30 Morning News. (CC) 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. (R, CC) 1.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG, R, CC) Variety show.

2.00 Extra. (CC) Hosted by Mario Lopez.

2.30 Alive And Cooking.

(R, CC) Host James Reeson demonstrates easy recipes which can be cooked at home.

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 Everyday Health. (PG, 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 MasterChef Australia.

(PG, R, CC) 12.10 Dr Phil. (PG, CC) 1.10 Offspring. (M, R, CC) 2.10 Entertainment Tonight.

(CC) 2.40 Everyday Health. (PG, 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 Looking For Picasso.

(PG, R, CC) 3.00 Kylie Kwong. (R, CC) 3.30 Luke Nguyen’s Memories Of France.

(R, CC) 4.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Graham Norton.

(R, CC) 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

(R, CC)

6.55 Election Announcement: The Coalition.

(CC) An election announcement.

7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 7.30. (CC) Current affairs program.

8.00 Election Announcement: Labor.

(R, CC) An election announcement.

8.05 Tony Robinson’s Time Walks: Launceston. (CC) Tony visits Launceston which was once a colonial powerhouse, and home to explorers, farmers and entrepreneurs.

8.30 New Tricks. (M, R, CC) Gerry and the team investigate after the remains of a police officer are discovered buried under a basement.

9.30 Silent Witness.

(MA15+, CC) A shootout at a city hotel leaves a young Ukrainian nanny dead, along with an unknown hitman.

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

11.05 The Business. (R, CC) Hosted by Ticky Fullerton and Elysse Morgan.

11.20 Broadchurch. (M, R, CC) Hardy faces a race against time.

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

(CC) 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (CC) The final three House Rules teams go head to head in a furniture recycling challenge. Adam and Jason give a ‘70s-style house a much needed makeover. Karen makes sticky apple fritters.

8.30 MOVIE: The Sapphires.

(PG, R, CC) (2012) During the ’60s, four talented Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship and war after their singing group, The Sapphires, is sent to entertain the troops during the Vietnam War. Miranda Tapsell, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy.

10.40 Roger Rogerson: The Devil You Know. (R, CC) A look at the murderous plot by Australia’s most corrupt cop, Roger Rogerson, and his former detective accomplice, Glen McNamara, to kill a young drug dealer and steal $3 million worth of methamphetamine.

11.50 The Dr Oz Show. (PG) Dr Oz looks at health issues.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 WIN News. (CC) 7.30 Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 16. Penrith Panthers v South Sydney Rabbitohs.

From Pepper Stadium, Sydney.

10.10 MOVIE: Any Given Sunday. (MA15+, R, CC) (1999) A veteran gridiron coach struggles with his personal and professional life while trying to hold his team together in the face of the disapproval of his superiors and ferocious competition among the players. Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid.

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

6.30 The Project. (CC) Waleed Aly, Tarsh Belling, Anthony “Lehmo” Lehmann and Meshel Laurie take a look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Living Room. (CC) The team heads to Los Angeles where Dr Chris sets out to discover how many celebrities he can spot in a day.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, CC) Graham Norton is joined by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Jeff Goldblum and Liam Hemsworth.

9.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M, R, CC) A fast-paced, irreverent look at news, with guests Ed Kavalee, Sam Pang, Anne Edmonds, Peter Helliar and Fifi Box competing to see who can remember the most about events of the week. Hosted

by Tom Gleisner.

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 Nigella Bites. (R, CC) Nigella Lawson prepares some food which reminds her of childhood, including her mother’s steak bearnaise.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 Genius Of The Ancient World: Socrates. (CC) Part 2 of 3. Historian Bettany Hughes looks at the extraordinary life of Greek philosopher Socrates.

8.35 The Missing Evidence: Bigfoot. (R, CC) A look at the evidence surrounding claims of the existence of both bigfoot and the yeti. Both creatures are claimed to have roamed the remote landscapes of Tibet and North America for generations. However, it was only in 1951 that the tales began to be taken seriously.

9.35 Britain’s Ultimate Pilots: Inside The RAF: Chinook. (CC) Part 3 of 4.

The Red Arrows mark the end of an era, flying with a Vulcan bomber.

10.40 SBS World News Late Edition. (CC) 11.10 MOVIE: Intimate Parts.

(MA15+, R) (2013) The lives of a group of Russians.

Pavel Artemev, Yuliya Aug.

12.05 The Chaser’s Election Desk. (R, CC) Part 3 of 5.

The Chaser team takes a look at the upcoming federal election.

12.35 Rage. (MA15+) Continuous music programming.

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

12.10 The Dr Oz Show. (PG) Dr Oz looks at health issues.

1.00 Home Shopping.

1.15 WIN’s All Australian News. (CC) 2.15 A Current Affair. (R, CC) 2.45 MOVIE: Against The Current. (M, R, CC) (2009) A man dreams of swimming in the Hudson River. Joseph Fiennes.

4.30 Good Morning America.

(CC) News and talk show.

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

1.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Shopping.

12.35 MOVIE: I Wish. (PG) (2011) Kôki Maeda.

2.50 Who Do You Think You Are? Monty Don. (R, CC) 3.55 Who Do You Think You Are? Rupert PenryJones. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 CCTV English News.

5.30 NHK World English News.

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

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

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Friday, June 24 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

7.00pm Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) Action.

Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner.

Ethan and the team must eradicate a rogue organisation.

(M) Premiere

5.00pm E! News. The most comprehensive, up-to-theminute reports on the day’s top entertainment news. (M) E!

7.00pm Choccywoccydoodah. (PG) Lifestyle Food

9.30am Bowls.

Australian Open. Final day.

Fox Sports 4

8.00pm Banged Up Abroad.

(MA15+) National Geographic People

6.00pm Golf. European PGA Tour. BMW International Open.

Second round. Fox Sports 3

8.00pm My Floating Home.

Follows home owners as they take the “ultimate plunge” and have a stunning bespoke “floating home” designed, built, launched and furnished.

Lifestyle Home

6.20pm Football. AFL. Round 14. Collingwood v Fremantle. Fox Footy

7.00pm Fight Club (1999) Drama. Edward Norton, Brad Pitt. (MA15+) Masterpiece 7.00pm Confessions Of A Shopaholic (2009) Comedy.

Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy.

A woman struggles with her passion for shopping. (PG) Romance

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, CC) 6.15 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.25 Octonauts.

(R, CC) 6.40 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. (R, CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R) 7.00 Spicks And Specks.

(PG, R, CC) 7.30 Doctor Who. (PG, R, CC) 8.15 Gruen Pitch Rewind.

(PG, R, CC) 8.30 The Hoarder Next Door.

(PG, R, CC) Part 2 of 5.

9.20 The Virgin Daughters.

(PG, R, CC) 10.05 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (M, R, CC) 10.50 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. (PG) 11.30 Sherlock. (M, R, CC) 1.00 Doctor Who. (PG, R, CC) 1.45 Jimmy Fallon.

(PG, R) 2.30 News Update. (R) 2.35 Close. 5.00 Toby’s Travelling Circus. (R, CC) 5.10 Lily’s Driftwood Bay. (R, CC) 5.15 Rastamouse. (R, CC) 5.30 Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps. (R, CC) 5.45 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 2.50 Dennis & Gnasher. (R, CC) 3.15 Jamie’s Got Tentacles. (R, CC) 3.25 Vic The Viking. (R, CC) 3.40 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch.

(R, CC) 3.55 Bushwhacked! Bugs.

(R, CC) 4.00 Odd Squad. (R) 4.25 Numb Chucks. 4.40 Grojband. (R, CC) 5.00 Camp Lakebottom. (R) 5.25 The Penguins Of Madagascar.

(R, CC) 5.50 BtN Newsbreak. (CC) 5.55 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 6.25 Secret Life Of Boys. (R, CC) (Final) 6.50 BtN Newsbreak. (CC) 7.00 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 7.30 Outnumbered. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 Spooksville. (PG, R, CC) 8.20 Adventure Time. (R) Finn is jealous of a new resident.

8.45 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) Drew must organise a dance.

9.05 Girls In Love. (R, CC) 9.30 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. (R) 9.50 Sword Art Online.

(PG, R, CC) 10.15 Kamisama Kiss. (PG, R, CC) 10.40 Close.

6.30pm Celebrity Name Game. (PG) Arena 7.00pm This Is Not Happening. Hosted by Ari Shaffir, this show features long-form storytelling from stand-up comedians. (M) Comedy Channel

7TWO 6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 Flushed.

(C, CC) 7.30 It’s Academic. (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 City Homicide. (M, R, CC) 2.00 Dealers. (PG, R) 3.00 Medical Emergency. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 Last Chance Learners. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Best Houses Australia. (R) 4.30 60 Minute Makeover. (PG, R) 6.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) 7.30 The Border. (PG) Officers detain a father and son.

8.30 Escape To The Country.

Prospective buyers find their dream home.

9.30 To Build Or Not To Build.

A couple builds a modern home.

10.30 Best Houses Australia.

11.00 Mighty Planes: NOAA – P3 Orion. (R, CC) 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)

7MATE

6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 11.30 Yu-GiOh! (PG, R) 12.00 Ben 10. (PG, R) 12.30 Batman. (PG, R) 1.00 Power Rangers Dino. (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 Go! (PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back.

(R, CC) (2010) 7.30 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince. (PG, R, CC) (2009) Daniel Radcliffe.

10.30 iZombie. (MA15+) 12.30 Way Stranger Than Fiction.

(MA15+, 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! Arc-V. (PG, R) 4.00 Power Rangers Dino. (PG, R) 4.30 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R)

GEM

6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 The AFN Fishing Show. (PG, R) 7.30 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. (PG, R) 8.30 Dream Car Garage. (PG, R) 9.00 The Amazing Race. (PG, R, CC) 10.00 Aussie Barbecue Heroes. (PG, R, CC) 11.15 Starsky & Hutch. (PG, R) 12.15 T.J. Hooker. (M, R) 1.15 Construction Zone. (PG, R) 2.00 Swamp People. (PG, R) 4.00 Doomsday Preppers. (PG, R) 5.00 American Restoration. (PG, R) 6.00 American Pickers.

(PG, R) The boys visit a car graveyard.

7.00 AFL Pre-Game Show. (CC) Pre-game coverage of the match.

7.30 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 14. Collingwood v Fremantle. From the MCG. 11.30 Olympians: Off The Record: Cadel Evans.

(R, CC) Take a look at Cadel Evans.

12.00 Zero Hour. (M, R, CC) 1.00 City Homicide. (M, R, CC) 3.00 Doomsday Preppers. (PG, R) 4.00 Swamp People. (PG, R) 5.00 Dream Car Garage. (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

GO!

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 Escape To The Country. (R) 1.00 MOVIE: We Joined The Navy.

(R, CC) (1962) 3.00 Come Dine With Me UK. (PG, R) 3.30 River Cottage Autumn. (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. (PG, R) Lionel is feeling brave and protective.

8.50 MOVIE: Witness. (M, R) (1985) An Amish boy is the witness to a murder.

Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis.

11.10 MOVIE: My Favourite Year. (M, R, CC) (1982) Peter O’Toole.

1.10 MOVIE: To The Devil A Daughter. (MA15+, R, CC) (1976) 2.55 MOVIE: Operation Bullshine.

(R, CC) (1959) 4.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Gideon’s Way. (PG, R)

Tom Cruise stars in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

ONE 6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 8.00 River To Reef. (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) Hosted

by Grant Denyer.

6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 MacGyver. (PG, R) 8.30 Walker, Texas Ranger.

(M, R) Walker’s cousin returns to the reservation.

9.30 MOVIE: Turkey Shoot.

(MA15+, R, CC) (2014) A US Navy SEAL takes part in a reality TV show. Dominic Purcell.

11.30 Car Crash Britain: Caught On Camera. (M, R) 12.30 Shopping. (R) 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 3.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. (M, 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, CC) 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) Sonya and Toadie fear for Nell.

7.00 The Simpsons. (R, CC) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother.

(M, R) Lily tries to split Robin and Barney up.

8.00 MOVIE: The Guilt Trip. (PG, R, CC) (2012) An inventor takes a road trip with his mother. Barbra Streisand, Seth Rogen.

10.00 To Be Advised.

11.00 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG) 12.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 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 Morning Programs. 7.00 Come Dine With Me UK. (PG, R) 8.00 The Block. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 In The Garden. (CC) 9.30 Tiny House Hunters. (PG, R) 10.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 10.30 House Hunters. (R) 11.00 The Millionaire Matchmaker. (PG, R) 12.00 Housewives Of Beverly Hills. (M, R) 2.00 Masters Of Flip. (R) 3.00 The Block. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Postcards. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Flip Or Flop. (R) 6.00 Tiny House Hunters. (PG, R) 6.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 7.00 House Hunters. (R) 7.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. 8.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. (New Series) 9.30 Island Life. (New Series) 10.30 Extreme Homes. (R) 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE

SBS 2 6.00 WorldWatch. 10.20 Portuguese News. 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 WorldWatch. 12.30 Dutch News.

1.00 Urdu News. 1.30 Tamil News.

2.00 Thai News. 2.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 3.00 Bangla News. 3.30 Armenian News. 4.00 The Feed. (R) 4.30 Flight 920. (PG) 5.30 Brain Games.

6.00 Street Genius.

6.25 Humans Of SBS 2.

6.30 MythBusters: Hollywood On Trial. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Friday Feed.

8.00 Illusions Of Grandeur.

(PG) 8.30 Adam Looking For Eve. (MA15+) Couples go on naked dates.

9.20 Happy Hookers. (M, R, CC) Alex Bedford looks at prostitution.

10.15 MOVIE: Storm Warriors.

(M, R) (2009) Aaron Kwok.

12.20 MOVIE: The Sign Of The City. (MA15+, R) (2007) 2.10 PopAsia. (PG, R) 3.15 NHK World English News. 5.00 Korean News.

5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Chopped. (PG, R) 6.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 7.30 Taco Trip. (R) 8.30 Giada In Italy. (R) 9.00 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 9.30 Restaurant: Impossible. (R) 10.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 11.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 12.30 Taco Trip.

(R) 1.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 2.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 2.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 3.30 Siba’s Table: Fast Feasts. (R) 4.00 5 Ingredient Fix. (R) 4.30 Giada In Italy. (R) 5.00 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 5.30 Barefoot Contessa. (R) 6.30 No Reservations. (PG, R, CC) 7.25 Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook: Melbourne Bitesize. (R, CC) 8.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 9.30 Guy’s Grocery Games.

(PG, R) 10.30 No Reservations. (PG, R, CC) 11.25 Rachel Khoo Bitesize.

(R, CC) 12.30 Giada In Italy. (R) 1.00 Siba’s Table: Fast Feasts. (R) 1.30 Barefoot Contessa. (R) 2.30 No Reservations. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 4.30 5 Ingredient Fix. (R) 5.00 Giada In Italy. (R) 5.30 Chopped. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.30 MOVIE: The People Of The Kattawapiskak River. (PG) (2012) 1.00 Double Trouble. 2.00 Fit First. (PG) 2.30 Mugu Kids. 3.00 The Dreaming. 3.30 Bushwhacked! 4.00 Muso Magic Outback Tracks. 4.30 Kagagi, The Raven. (PG) 5.00 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. (PG) 5.30 Kriol Kitchen. 6.00 Tangaroa. 6.30 UnderExposed.

7.00 Unearthed. 7.20 News. 7.30 Aunty Moves In. 8.00 Mohawk Girls. (M) 8.30 Noah’s Ark. (M) 9.00 Defining Moments. 9.30 Chappelle’s Show. (M) 10.00 Shuga. (M) 10.30 Blackstone. (M) 11.20 Cash Money. 11.25 Jeffrey’s Healthy Tips. 11.30 Mohawk Girls. (M) 12.00 Volumz.

(MA15+) 4.00 Fusion With Casey Donovan. (PG) 2406

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Saturday, June 25 MOVIE: Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs GO!, 6pm, G (2009) Young inventor Flint (voiced by Bill Hader) becomes a hero in his small town when he makes a machine that causes hot dog hail and ice cream snow to fall from the sky. His friends enjoy the snacks, the egotistical mayor loves the publicity and junior weather reporter Sam Sparks (Anna Faris) sees the story as her big break.

But when a mega-storm threatens to drown the town in spaghetti and meatballs, Flint and Sam must find a way to stop the mutated machine and save the day. The madcap adventure story will satisfy the kids, while adults will appreciate the witty parody of disaster films.

ABC

MOVIE: The Illusionist

Cristela

SBS 2, 6.05pm, PG (2010)

ELEVEN, 2.05pm

Sylvain Chomet, who brought us the much-loved The Triplets of Belleville, turns a script from legendary auteur Jacques Tati into a wonderfully nostalgic animation. Travelling to Scotland in search of work, and feeling ever more irrelevant due to the birth of rock and roll, magician Tatischeff (voiced by Jean-Claude Donda) gains the companionship of a chambermaid, Alice (Eilidh Rankin), who is entranced by his act. A charming relationship develops, despite the fact it is strongly based on Alice’s innocent belief the magic is real. Chomet’s ornate visual style, along with his own score, work well with Tati’s script.

Some may find it hard to get excited about a series they know got son. cancelled after its first season.

But this slap-stick comedy,, from writer, producer and star Cristela Alonzo (pictured),, is good fun and there’s a pleasure in shed knowing that once it’s finished it’s, well, over. There are only ur four episodes left, so savour each one before the world of Cristela closes its door. Today, ay, Trent (Sam McMurray) picks Cristela to sit at his table for the trial of a landlord accused of not renting to minorities. Also a. stars María Canals Barrera.

PRIME7

WIN

TEN

SBS

6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 10.30 Rage Punk Special.

(PG, CC) 11.40 Reality Check. (PG, R, CC) 12.10 Two Men In China: Chengdu. (PG, R, CC) 1.10 Broadchurch. (M, R, CC) 2.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) 3.00 Tony Robinson’s Time Walks: Launceston.

(R, CC) 3.30 Supersized Earth: The Way We Move. (R, CC) 4.30 Landline. (R, CC) Presented by Pip Courtney.

5.00 Midsomer Murders.

(PG, R, CC) Barnaby and Jones face a series of inventively savage murders.

6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) 12.00 Road To Rio. (CC) A look at Australia’s Olympic team.

12.30 Olympians: Off The Record: Luc Longley.

(PG, CC) A look at the life and career of Luc Longley.

1.00 To Be Advised.

2.45 Britain’s Spending Secrets. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R, CC) Graham and Joh head to Mount Annan.

5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

(PG, R, CC)

6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00

PAW Patrol. (R, CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Today Extra: Saturday.

(PG, CC) The Conversation With Alex Malley. (R, CC) Fishing Australia. (R, CC) Rob heads to Broome.

MOVIE: Overboard.

(PG, R, CC) (1987) A man tricks a woman with amnesia. Goldie Hawn.

The Briefcase. (PG, R, CC) Families face a lifechanging decision.

Love Shack. (PG, CC) The Block’s Bec and George renovate a house.

News: First At Five. (CC) Getaway. (PG, CC)

6.00 Fishing Edge. (R, CC) 6.30 The Home Team. (R, CC) 7.00 iFish.

(R, CC) 8.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 8.30 St10. (PG, CC) 11.00 The Talk. (PG, CC) 1.00 Healthy Homes Australia. (CC) (Series return) 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 Places We Go With Jennifer Adams. (CC) 5.00 TEN Eyewitness News.

(CC)

6.00 France 24 English News.

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

9.30 Greek News From Cyprus.

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

12.30 Turkish News. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. (CC) 2.00 Equestrian. FEI Classics Series.

3.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 3.30 The Journey Of Mankind With Eddie Izzard.

(PG, R, CC) 4.35 Beat The Ancestors.

(PG, R, CC) 5.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R, CC)

6.25 Election Announcement: The Coalition.

(CC) An election announcement.

6.30 Gardening Australia.

(CC) Josh revisits a gardener of the year.

6.55 Election Announcement: The Greens. (CC) An election announcement.

7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 Election Announcement: Labor. (CC) An election announcement.

7.35 The Coroner. (M, CC) A body washes up on a beach.

8.20 Indian Summers. (M, CC) The pressure continues to mount on Ralph as Jaya reveals the real reason for her visit to Simla.

9.10 The Doctor Blake Mysteries. (M, R, CC) After a famous actress is murdered at a charity event, Blake suspects she has been poisoned and orders a lock-down.

10.05 Rake. (M, R, CC) Cleaver agrees to defend David.

11.05 8MMM. (M, R, CC) The Tourism Expo comes to town.

11.30 Rage Punk Special.

(MA15+) Music videos.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Evan Almighty.

(R, CC) (2007) A newly elected US senator’s life is thrown into chaos after God appears and orders him to build an ark. His wife however fears he may be undergoing a mid-life crisis, while his peers are even more reluctant to accept his divine explanation of his suddenly bizarre behaviour. Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham.

9.00 MOVIE: Bruce Almighty.

(M, R, CC) (2003) A luckless TV reporter is able to change his unsatisfactory life after receiving supernatural powers from God, who overhears him complaining about the world. He initially revels in his newfound abilities, however it is not long before his actions trigger all manner of chaos. Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman.

11.00 MOVIE: A Knight’s Tale. (M, R, CC) (2001) A medieval squire takes the identity of his master after the knight suffers an untimely demise. Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 The Voice. (PG, R, CC) As the competition continues, the contestants battle it out in a series of live shows hoping to prove they have what it takes to become Australia’s next singing sensation and ultimately claim the coveted prize of a recording contract. Hosted

by Sonia Kruger, with coaches Ronan Keating, Delta Goodrem, Joel Madden, Benji Madden and Jessie J. 9.20 Love Child. (PG, R, CC) It is the ’70s, and Joan is devastated to discover an infection may have dashed her dreams by leaving her infertile. A delinquent teen is determined to discover the identity of her birth mother.

10.20 MOVIE: Life As A House.

(MA15+, R, CC) (2001) A man suffering from terminal cancer takes custody of his estranged teenage son hoping to rebuild their relationship.

Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, Hayden Christensen.

6.00 Modern Family.

(PG, R, CC) An encounter with another family at hospital leaves Phil and Claire contemplating their kids’ future. In an effort to educate Lily about her cultural heritage, Gloria, Mitch and Cam take her out to a Vietnamese restaurant.

6.30 Bondi Vet. (PG, CC) Dr Chris faces a heartbreaking case when he treats a pet lamb who has been mauled by dogs.

7.30 Rugby Union. (CC) International Test Series.

Australia v England.

Game 3. From Allianz Stadium, Sydney.

Commentary from Matt White, Scott Mackinnon, Gordon Bray, Matt Burke and Nathan Sharpe.

10.15 MOVIE: Flight.

(MA15+, R, CC) (2012) A seasoned airline pilot miraculously crash-lands his plane after a midair catastrophe, saving nearly everyone on board.

However, despite being hailed as a hero, more questions than answers arise as to who was really at fault and what actually happened on the plane.

Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Nadine Velasquez.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 More Hidden Killers Of The Victorian Home.

(PG, R) Dr Suzannah Lipscomb looks at the Victorian era when cities were expanding and mass consumerism took hold.

8.30 RocKwiz Salutes The Legends. (CC) (Final) RocKwiz pays tribute to the best music Australia has to offer. Vika and Linda pay tribute to the track APRA voted as the best Aussie song of all time, Friday on my Mind.

Richard Clapton performs his 1982 hit I Am An Island.

Archie Roach plays a new song.

9.30 MOVIE: Chicago.

(M, R, CC) (2002) In 1920s Chicago, two dancers wind up on death row after committing murders.

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere.

11.35 RocKwiz. (M, R, CC) Music quiz show, featuring special guests Chet Faker, Nkechi Anele and Sarah Blasko.

5.00 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

2.00 Home Shopping.

12.55 MOVIE: Beauty Shop.

(M, R, CC) (2005) Queen Latifah.

2.55 MOVIE: Yours, Mine And Ours. (PG, R, CC) (2005) 4.30 Extra. (R, CC) 5.00 Hot In Cleveland.

(PG, R, CC) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo.

(R)

1.00 48 Hours: A Vision Of Murder. (M, R, CC) A look at the murder of a woman.

2.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 It Is Written. Religious program.

5.00 Hour Of Power. (R) Religious program.

12.35 Masters Of Sex. (MA15+, R, CC) 1.35 Masters Of Sex. (M, R, CC) 2.40 Masters Of Sex. (MA15+, R, CC) 3.45 Masters Of Sex. (M, R, CC) 4.50 Destination Flavour Scandinavia Bitesize. (R, CC) 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News. 5.45 France 24 Feature.

12.00 12.30 1.00

3.20 4.30 5.00 5.30

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

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

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Saturday, June 25 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

4.55pm Spy (2015) Comedy.

Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne.

An analyst is sent into the field to take down an arms dealer.

(MA15+) Premiere

5.00pm The Amazing Race.

Multiple teams race around the globe in an effort to win $1 million. (PG) FOX8

5.00pm Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown. Anthony Bourdain visits countries and delves into political issues as well as indigenous food and culture. (PG) TLC

12.00pm Football.

AFL. Round 14. Richmond v Brisbane Lions. Fox Footy

7.00pm The Walk (2015) Drama. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon. The true story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit. (PG) Masterpiece

6.00pm Wayward Pines.

(M) FX

7.00pm Fifty Shades Of Grey (2015) Romance. Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan.

(MA15+) Romance

7.30pm Celebrity Legacies.

One of the biggest female pop stars of all time, Whitney Houston blew millions on the high life. When she died suddenly at 48, she left behind a mess of epic proportions.

(M) Arena

ABC2/ABC KIDS

7TWO

6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.25 Mister Maker’s Arty Party. (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, CC) 6.15 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.25 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.40 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. (R, CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Highway Thru Hell.

(PG, R, CC) 8.15 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R, CC) 8.45 The Chaser’s Election Desk. (R, CC) Part 3 of 5.

9.15 Live At The Apollo.

(M, R, CC) 10.00 Comedy Up Late. (MA15+, R, CC) 10.30 Broad City. (MA15+, R, CC) 10.55 Archer. (PG, R, CC) 1.10 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (M, R, CC) 3.15 News Update. (R) 3.20 Close.

5.00 Toby’s Travelling Circus. (R, CC) 5.10 Lily’s Driftwood Bay. (R, CC) 5.15 Rastamouse. (R, CC) 5.30 Angelina Ballerina. (R, CC) 5.45 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 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) (Final) 2.35 House Of Anubis. (R) 3.00 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 3.30 Wacky World Beaters.

(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, CC) 5.55 Scream Street. (R) 6.10 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R, CC) 6.30 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 7.00 Operation Ouch! (R, CC) 7.30 Keeping Up With The Kaimanawas. (PG, R) 7.55 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) Zoe is facing jail time.

9.00 Girls In Love. (R, CC) Ellie has to fund her own mobile phone habit.

9.25 My Great Big Adventure.

(R, CC) Hosted by Kayne Tremills.

9.45 Close.

8.00pm Hell’s Kitchen.

(MA15+) Lifestyle Food

GO!

6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Room For Improvement. (R, CC) 9.00 The Real Seachange. (R, CC) 10.00 Shopping. 11.00 The Travel Bug. (PG, R) 12.00 Home In WA. (CC) 12.30 Great South East. (CC) 1.00 Creek To Coast. (CC) 1.30 Qld Weekender. (CC) 2.00 WA Weekender. (CC) 2.30 Sydney Weekender. (R, CC) 3.00 Rugby Union. Shute Shield. Round 15.

5.00 Road To Rio. (R, CC) 5.30 Secret Location. (PG, R) 6.30 A Touch Of Frost.

(PG, R, CC) 8.50 Escape To The Country.

Prospective buyers find their dream home.

9.50 Nick Knowles’ Original Features. (PG, R) 10.50 Air Crash Investigation.

(PG, R, CC) 11.50 Zero Hour. (M, R, CC) 12.50 Sydney Weekender. (R, CC) 1.20 WA Weekender. (R, CC) 1.50 Qld Weekender. (R, CC) 2.20 Creek To Coast. (R, CC) 2.50 Great South East. (R, CC) 3.20 Home In WA. (R, CC) 4.00 The Travel Bug. (PG, R) 5.00 Shopping.

7MATE

6.00 Children’s Programs. 10.00 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 10.30 Ben 10. (PG, R) 11.00 Heidi. (C, CC) 12.00 Pirate Express. (C, CC) 12.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 1.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 1.30 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 2.00 Wild Kratts. (R) 2.30 Sonic Boom.

(PG, R) 3.00 Power Rangers Dino.

(PG, R) 3.30 Problem Solverz.

(PG, R) 4.30 Ben 10. (PG, R) 5.00 Justice League Unlimited. (PG, R) 5.30 Batman. (PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs.

(R, CC) (2009) 7.45 MOVIE: Spy Kids 2: Island Of Lost Dreams.

(PG, R) (2002) Siblings set out for a mystery island.

Antonio Banderas.

9.50 MOVIE: Dinner For Schmucks. (M, R, CC) (2010) Steve Carell.

12.05 Go Girls. (MA15+, R, CC) 2.00 Surfing Australia TV. (R, CC) 2.30 Yo-Kai Watch. (PG, R) 3.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. (PG, R) 3.30 Yu-GiOh! Arc-V. (PG, R) 4.00 Problem Solverz. (PG, R) 4.50 Thunderbirds.

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

GEM

6.00 Bull Riding. 2015 Pro Tour.

Replay. From Cairns, Queensland.

7.00 Motorcycle Racing. Australian Superbike Championship. Replay.

8.00 Home Shopping. (R) 9.00 Dream Car Garage. (R) 9.30 Harley-Davidson TV. (PG) 10.00 Dream Car Garage. (PG, R) 10.30 The Billion Dollar Car. (R) 11.30 Car Chasers. (PG, R) 1.30 Swamp People. (PG, R) 3.30 Gator Boys. (PG, R) 4.30 Football. AFL. Round 14.

GWS v Carlton.

7.20 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 14. St Kilda v Geelong. From Etihad Stadium, Melbourne.

10.30 MOVIE: Surrogates.

(M, R, CC) (2009) A cop investigates the murder of a student. Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell.

12.20 Jail. (M, R) 1.00 Zero Hour. (M, R, CC) 3.00 Mudcats.

(PG, R) 4.00 Motorcycle Racing. Australian Superbike Championship. Replay. 5.00 Dream Car Garage. (R) 5.30 Home Shopping. (R)

6.00 Landline. (CC) 6.30 World This Week. (CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 11.00 News. (CC) 11.30 Australia Wide. (CC) 12.00 News. (CC) 12.30 Landline. (R, CC) 1.00 News. (CC) 1.30 Planet America. (R) 2.00 News. 2.30 The Mix. (CC) 3.00 News. (CC) 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. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 ABC News Weekend. (CC) 9.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 10.00 News.

10.30 World This Week. (R, CC) 11.00 News. (CC) 11.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 12.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS

6.00pm Slow Train Through Africa With Griff Rhys Jones.

Griff Rhys Jones tries to zigzag his way 2000km through Kenya and Tanzania. Part 2 of 5. (PG) History

6.00 MOVIE: Maytime In Mayfair.

(R, CC) (1949) 8.00 Danoz. 8.30 Global Shop. 9.00 MOVIE: West Of Zanzibar. (R, CC) (1954) Anthony Steel. 11.00 MOVIE: Mayerling.

(PG, R, CC) (1968) Omar Sharif.

2.00 MOVIE: Sabrina. (PG, R, CC) (1954) Audrey Hepburn. 4.20 MOVIE: Paper Moon. (PG, R, CC) (1973) Ryan O’Neal, Tatum O’Neal.

6.30 MOVIE: Memphis Belle.

(PG, R, CC) (1990) The crew of a bomber embarks on a mission. Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz.

8.40 MOVIE: The Pelican Brief.

(M, R, CC) (1993) A law student investigating the deaths of two Supreme Court judges exposes a sinister conspiracy. Denzel Washington, Julia Roberts, Sam Shepard.

11.30 MOVIE: Being There.

(M, R, CC) (1979) A man is mistaken for a philosopher.

Peter Sellers.

2.10 MOVIE: Mayerling. (PG, R, CC) (1968) 4.50 As Time Goes By. (PG, R)

12.45pm Netball.

ANZ Championship. Round 13.

Southern Steel v Melbourne Vixens. Fox Sports 3 1.30pm Rugby League.

NRL. Round 16. Newcastle Knights v St George Illawarra Dragons. Fox Sports 1 6.30pm Rugby Union.

International Test Series.

Australia v England. Game 3.

Fox Sports 2

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 Get Smart. (PG, R) 11.30 MacGyver. (PG, R) 12.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 1.30 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 2.00 Motor Racing.

Porsche Carrera Cup. Round 4.

Darwin Triple Crown. Highlights.

3.00 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R) 3.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 4.30 Reel Action. 5.00 Adventure Angler. (R) 5.30 Extreme Fishing. (PG, R) 6.30 Last Man Standing.

(PG, R, CC) 7.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. (PG, R) A terminally ill Starfleet admiral comes on board.

8.30 MOVIE: Noah. (M, R, CC) (2014) A man experiences visions of an apocalyptic flood. Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly.

11.15 Zoo. (M, R, CC) 1.10 Bellator MMA. (M, R) 3.00 Black Ops. (M, R) 4.00 ST: Next Gen. (PG, R) 5.00 Football’s Greatest Teams. (R) 5.30 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. Includes a variety of cartoons.

7.30 Kuu-Kuu Harajuku.

(C, CC) 8.00 Totally Wild. (C, CC) Kellyn goes tandem hang-gliding.

8.30 Scope. (C, CC) 9.05 The Loop. (PG) Hosted by Scott Tweedie and Olivia Phyland.

11.35 Neighbours. (R, CC) 2.05 Cristela. (PG) Trent picks Cristela to sit with him at a trial.

2.35 To Be Advised.

8.45 The Graham Norton Show. (M, R, CC) Guests include Stanley Tucci, Kim Cattrall, Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse.

9.45 Sex And The City.

(MA15+, R) Carrie visits Berger’s apartment for the first time and discovers his “ex-file”.

11.45 The Loop. (PG, R) Hosted

by Scott Tweedie and Olivia Phyland.

2.15 Neighbours. (R, CC) 5.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 6.30 House Hunters. (R) 7.00 In The Garden. (R, CC) 8.00 Rehab Addict. (PG, R) 9.00 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 9.30 Tiny House Hunters. (PG, R) 10.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 10.30 House Hunters. (R) 11.00 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. (R) 12.00 Island Life. (R) 1.00 Duncan’s Thai Kitchen. (R) 2.00 Postcards. (PG, CC) 3.00 Tiny House Hunters. (PG, R) 4.00 Good Bones. (PG, R) 5.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. (R) 6.00 Tiny House Hunters. (PG, R) 6.30 Masters Of Flip. (R) 7.30 House Hunters. (R) 8.30 House Hunters International. (R) 9.30 House Hunters Reno.

(PG) 10.30 Fixer Upper. (PG, R) 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE

Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars in The Walk

6.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Do Or Die. (PG, R) 1.55 Don’t Tell My Mother… (PG, R) 2.55 Motorcycle Racing. (CC) Superbike World Championship. Round 8.

3.55 My Father’s Truck. (PG, R) 4.10 Celebrity Chef. (R) 5.30 Brain Games. (R) 6.00 Humans Of SBS 2.

6.05 MOVIE: The Illusionist. (PG, R, CC) (2010) Jean-Claude Donda, Eilidh Rankin, Duncan MacNeil.

7.30 If You Are The One. 8.30 The Island With Bear Grylls. (R) Two groups try to survive on a desert island.

9.25 MOVIE: The Ringer.

(R, CC) (2005) A man poses as a Special Olympics competitor. Johnny Knoxville.

11.10 MOVIE: Fat Kid Rules The World. (M) (2012) Jacob Wysocki, Matt O’Leary, Billy Campbell.

1.00 MOVIE: Gimme The Loot.

(MA15+) (2012) 2.25 MOVIE: The Man Next Door. (M, R) (2009) 4.25 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Chopped. (PG, R) 6.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 7.25 Mexican Fiesta. (R, CC) 8.30 Giada In Italy. (R) 9.00 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 9.30 Barefoot Contessa. (R) 10.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 11.30 Chopped.

(PG, R) 12.25 Poh & Co. Bitesize.

(R, CC) 1.30 No Reservations. (PG, R, CC) 2.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 3.30 Siba’s Table: Fast Feasts.

(R) 4.00 5 Ingredient Fix. (R) 4.30 Giada In Italy. (R) 5.00 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 5.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 6.30 Big Bad BBQ Battle. (PG, R) 7.30 Kitchen Inferno With Curtis Stone. (R) 8.25 Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook: Melbourne Bitesize. (R, CC) 9.30 The Freshman Class.

(R) Gabe and his friends reminisce.

10.30 Big Bad BBQ Battle. (PG, R) 12.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 1.30 Kitchen Inferno. (R) 2.30 The Freshman Class. (R) 3.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 4.30 5 Ingredient Fix. (R) 5.00 Giada In Italy. (R) 5.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Kai Time On The Road. 11.00 The Abolitionists. (PG) 12.00 Living Black. (CC) 12.30 League Nation Live. 2.00 Defining Moments. 2.30 Sistas In The Sector. (PG) 3.00 The Marngrook Footy Show. (PG) 4.30 Unearthed. 4.50 Cash Money. 4.55 Jeffrey’s Healthy Tips.

5.00 Samaqan: Water Stories. 5.30 Move It Mob Style. 6.00 Maori TV’s Native Affairs. 6.30 Froth. 7.00 Still Frothin’. 7.30 Surfing. Australian Indigenous Surfing Titles. 8.30 Being Mary Jane. (MA15+) 9.30 Barunga Concert Special. 11.20 Cunnamulla Dreaming. 11.50 Custodians. 12.00 Volumz.

(MA15+) 4.00 NITV On The Road: Barunga Festival. 5.00 NITV On The Road: Laura Festival.

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Sunday, June 26 MOVIE: Ghostbusters

The Goddam Election!

With John Safran

7MATE, 7pm, PG (1984) For many of the insatiable Star Wars generation, Ghostbusters was just the tonic: an offbeat ride into supernatural peril with Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and the sardonic Bill Murray playing the entrepreneurial parapsychologists operating as the eponymous combatants of terror and “slime” in New York City. A subplot holds romance for Murray and the alternately coy and seductive Sigourney Weaver, whose nerdish neighbour Rick Moranis makes a priceless contribution to the chaos.

Brags Murray: “We came, we saw … we kicked its ass!” Boy, did they what!

ABC

SBS, 8.30pm Inimitable radio personality, satirist, documentary maker and author John Safran tackles religion and politics in this one-hour special. Safran is not afraid of causing trouble – in past documentaries he’s put a voodoo curse on an ex-girlfriend, streaked naked through the streets of Jerusalem wearing only the scarf and beanie of his favourite football club, St Kilda, and raked through the contents of A Current Affair host Ray Martin’s bin. This doco focuses on the federal election and lays bare the surprising stories of the minor political parties and their bizarre religious alliances. Fascinating.

PRIME7

Miniseries: Doctor Thorne orne ABC, 8.30pm Being a mere three-part miniseries, eries, Doctor Thorne could never be anything ything but a brief foray into the privileged world of the Thorne family. It’s no replacement ment for Downton Abbey, but it is a charming ming little distraction. Ironically, tonight’ss final ends by teasing us with some expected ted and unexpected developments, which ich could have warranted more parts. Lady dy Arabella (Rebecca Front) tries to persuade ade Mary (Stefanie Martini) not to marry y Frank (Harry Richardson), even as they hey plan their big day. Tom Hollander (pictured) and Alison Brie ng (Mad Men) both give outstanding performances that will leave you ou hanging for more.

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 Art + Soul. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 As You Dreamt It. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 Malala: Life After The Taliban. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 The Book Club.

(PG, R, CC) 4.30 Australian Story. (R, CC) 5.00 David Attenborough’s Galapagos: Adaptation.

(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) Maurice kidnaps the Tates’ baby.

1.00 I Dream Of Jeannie.

(R, CC) Jeannie becomes jealous of Tony’s old friend.

1.30 To Be Advised.

4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R, CC) Host Johanna Griggs visits an opal miner who has built his own castle in NSW’s Lightning Ridge.

5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Sydney Weekender. (CC)

6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00

6.00 Election Announcement: Labor. (CC) An election announcement.

6.05 Compass: Values In The House. (CC) Geraldine engages with five politicians.

6.55 Election Announcement: Labor.

(R, CC) An election announcement.

7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.40 Grand Designs. (CC) (Final) Hosted by Kevin McCloud.

8.30 Miniseries: Doctor Thorne. (PG, CC) Part 3 of 3. Lady Arabella tries to persuade Mary not to marry Frank, as they plan their nuptials.

9.20 Miniseries: Death Comes To Pemberley. (M, R, CC) Part 3 of 3. Elizabeth engages in a race against time to expose the killer’s true identity.

10.20 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. (M, R, CC) Host Shaun Micallef presents a round-up of important news stories of the week.

10.50 Hiding. (M, R, CC) (Final) Pinder cuts the family loose.

11.50 By Any Means. (PG, R, CC) A couple embezzles a charity.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 House Rules. (PG, CC) With only 24 hours left to secure a spot in the grand final, the last minute dramas come thick and fast as the teams give it their all for a special charity. Hosted

by Johanna Griggs.

8.15 Sunday Night. (CC) Current affairs program, hosted by Melissa Doyle.

9.15 Bones. (M, CC) The team investigates the murder of a convicted felon who had been released to a halfway house, before disappearing.

For Booth, the case proves to be personal when he discovers he knows one of the suspects.

10.15 Bones. (M, CC) The team investigates the body of a private investigator who was found frozen in ice, after being dumped in the Potomac.

11.15 Castle. (M, R, CC) After a body is found in a building torched, by a serial arsonist, Beckett and Castle investigate and discover the man was murdered before the fire was set. As they delve into the case, they also learn the building in question was owned by a man with connections to the mob.

12.50 Rage. (MA15+) Music videos.

2.40 MOVIE: Race Street.

(PG, R, CC) (1948) A crook pursues some gangsters.

George Raft.

4.00 Miniseries: Death Comes To Pemberley.

(M, R, CC) Part 3 of 3.

5.00 Insiders. (R, CC)

12.30 Home Shopping.

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

PAW Patrol. (R, CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Wide World Of Sports.

(PG, CC) NRL Sunday Footy Show.

(PG, CC) Full Cycle. (CC) Hosted by Scott McGrory and Bradley McGee. Surfing. (CC) World League. Championship Tour. Round 4. Oi Rio Pro. From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The NRL Rookie.

(PG, R, CC) Contestants vie for an NRL contract.

Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 16. Melbourne Storm v Wests Tigers. From AAMI Park, Melbourne.

TEN Creflo Dollar. (CC) Hillsong. (CC) Mass For You At Home.

Joel Osteen. (CC) Good Chef Bad Chef.

(R, CC) Studio 10: Sunday.

(PG, CC) The Talk. (PG, CC) Netball. (CC) ANZ Championship.

Round 13. Adelaide Thunderbirds v Canterbury Tactix.

The Offroad Adventure Show. (R, CC) iFish. (R, CC) RPM GP. (CC) RPM. (CC) 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 Cycling. UCI BMX World Championship. Highlights.

5.00 InCycle. (CC) Presented

by Mike Tomalaris.

5.30 Stalin’s Daughter.

(PG, R, CC) The story of Stalin’s daughter.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 The Voice. (PG, CC) As the competition continues, the contestants battle it out in a series of live shows hoping to prove they have what it takes to become Australia’s next singing sensation and ultimately claim the coveted prize of a recording contract. Hosted

by Sonia Kruger, with coaches Ronan Keating, Delta Goodrem, Joel Madden, Benji Madden and Jessie J. 9.00 60 Minutes. (CC) Current affairs program.

10.00 See No Evil: The Billings Murders. (M, CC) (New Series) A look at how cameras help to unravel mysterious disappearances by using first-hand testimonies, dramatic reconstructions and surveillance footage.

11.00 Major Crimes. (M, R, CC) After a man dressed as Santa Claus robs a bank and manages to escape with the help of a nearby flash mob, the squad investigates and soon discovers a connection between the two events.

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) Phil and Jay run an errand together to pick up Lily’s secondhand princess castle for Joe. 7.00 Modern Family.

(PG, R, CC) Alex is upset to learn she has to share the title of valedictorian with her rival, Sunjay.

7.30 MasterChef Australia.

(PG, CC) In a world first, the top 10 contestants must open four Heston-inspired pop-ups in just four days.

9.00 MOVIE: RED 2. (M, R, CC) (2013) On a mission which takes them from Paris to London and Moscow, a team of elite operatives must rely on their wits and skills to track down a missing portable nuclear device. Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker.

11.20 Limitless. (M, CC) NZT becomes readily available on the streets of New York City, and threatens to take over the country.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.35 King Tut’s Tomb: The Hidden Chamber. (CC) Documents the work of a team of archaeologists studying the tomb of Tutankhamun.

8.30 The Goddam Election!

With John Safran. (CC) John Safran investigates the micro parties contesting the 2016 Australian Federal Election, revealing bizarre alliances and uncovering what could be the most religious election ever.

9.30 America’s Drug Addiction. (CC) Faced with a heroin epidemic, discover how the US is experimenting with new approaches to the problem and explores what happens when addiction is treated as a public health crisis instead of a crime.

11.25 MOVIE: Bend It Like Beckham. (PG, R, CC) (2002) A teenage girl opposes her family traditions, in order to pursue her dream of playing soccer. Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.

12.00 Secrets Of The Pickpockets. (M, R, CC) 1.00 Step Dave. (M, R, CC) Cara meets Dave’s mother.

2.00 The Avengers. (PG, R) 3.00 20/20. (R, CC) 4.00 Good Morning America: Sunday. (CC) 5.00 News Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 Today. (CC)

12.20 48 Hours: The Ultimatum. (M, R, CC) A look at the murder of Vanessa Yvonne Mintz.

1.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Life Today With James Robison. (PG) Religious program.

4.30 CBS This Morning. (CC)

1.25 MOVIE: The Last Summer Of La Boyita.

(M, R) (2009) 3.00 MOVIE: Wedding Fever In Campobello. (MA15+, R) (2009) Christian Ulmen, Mina Tander, Lino Banfi. 4.50 Explosions. (PG, R) 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News. 5.45 France 24 Feature.

11.00 1.00 1.30

2.30 3.30

6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00

SBS

8.30 11.00 12.00

2.00 3.00 3.30 4.00 5.00

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

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

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DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.35pm Woman In Gold (2015) Biography. Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds. An elderly Jewish woman fights to reclaim family treasures. (M) Masterpiece

6.30pm So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation. Dance sensation Maddie Ziegler joins Nigel Lythgoe, Paula Abdul and Jason Derulo as a judge on this talent show. (PG) FOX8

7.30pm QSO Plays Mahler No. 2. With new conductor Alondra de la Parra, watch the magnificent Queensland Symphony Orchestra take on Mahler’s bombastic 2nd Symphony. (NC) Foxtel Arts

2.00pm Rugby League.

NRL. Round 16. Gold Coast Titans v Canberra Raiders.

Fox Sports 1

7.30pm Million Dollar Listing NY. (M) Arena

7.30pm Crimes That Shook Australia. (M) Crime & Investigation

8.30pm Vacation (2015) Comedy. Ed Helms, Christina Applegate. (MA15+) Premiere 9.05pm We Bought A Zoo (2011) Drama. Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson. A single father buys a rundown zoo.

(PG) Family

7.30pm Pretty Little Liars.

The girls continue to question who they can trust in season seven of this teen mystery. (M) FOX8

ABC2/ABC KIDS

7TWO

6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.25 The Gruffalo’s Child. (R, CC) 5.50 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 6.00 Peg + Cat. (R, CC) 6.15 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.25 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.40 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. (R, CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Seconds From Disaster.

(R, CC) 8.20 The Daters: The Boys – One Month On. (M, R, CC) 8.30 Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow.

(M, R, CC) Comedian Michael McIntyre visits Manchester.

9.15 Louis Theroux: Law And Disorder In Philadelphia.

(M, R, CC) 10.15 The Virgin Daughters. (PG, R, CC) 11.05 Junior Doctors: Your Life In Their Hands. (M, R, CC) 2.00 The Home Show. (R, CC) 2.50 News Update. (R) 2.55 Close. 5.00 Toby’s Travelling Circus. (R, CC) 5.10 Lily’s Driftwood Bay. (R, CC) 5.15 Rastamouse. (R, CC) 5.30 Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps. (R, CC) 5.45 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.30 You’re Skitting Me. (R, CC) (Final) 11.55 So Awkward. (R, CC) (Final) 12.25 Secret Life Of Boys. (R, CC) 2.20 Great Big Adv. (R, CC) 2.35 House Of Anubis. (R) 3.00 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 3.30 Wacky World Beaters. (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, CC) 5.55 Scream Street. (R) 6.10 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R, CC) 6.30 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 7.00 Operation Ouch! (R, CC) 7.30 Keeping Up With The Kaimanawas. (R) 7.55 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 Girls In Love. (R, CC) The girls decide to conduct an experiment.

9.25 My Great Big Adventure.

(R, CC) A look at friendship.

9.45 Good Game: Pocket Edition. (PG, R, CC) 9.55 Rage. (PG, R) 2.25 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.

(R) 9.30 Best Houses Australia.

(R) 10.00 Home And Away CatchUp. (PG, R, CC) 12.30 Gymnastics.

Australian Championships. 1.30 Wimbledon Preview. (CC) 2.00 Wimbledon 2015: The Film. (CC) 3.00 Secret Location. (PG, R) 4.00 Escape To The Country. (R) 6.00 Mighty Ships. (R, CC) 7.00 For The Love Of Dogs.

(PG) 7.30 Border Patrol. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 Motorway Patrol: Speed Special. (PG, CC) Follow the work of a police unit.

8.30 Escape To The Country.

Prospective buyers find their dream home.

9.30 Escape To The Continent.

A look at homes.

10.45 Mighty Ships. (R, CC) 11.45 Best Houses Australia. (R) 12.15 Escape To The Country. (R) 2.15 Escape To The Continent. (R) 3.30 Harry’s Practice. (R, CC) 4.00 Dr Oz. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Shopping.

7MATE

6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.00 Pirate Express. (C, CC) 11.30 Rabbids Invasion. (PG, R) 12.00 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 12.30 SpongeBob. (R) 1.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 1.30 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 2.00 LEGO Friends. 2.30 Nexo Knights.

(PG) 3.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 3.30 Problem Solverz. (PG, R) 4.30 Power Rangers Dino. (PG, R) 5.00 Justice League Unlimited. (PG, R) 5.30 MOVIE: Agent Cody Banks.

(PG, R) (2003) 7.40 MOVIE: Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls.

(PG, R, CC) (1995) Jim Carrey.

9.30 MOVIE: The Hangover 2.

(MA15+, R, CC) (2011) A family member goes missing. Bradley Cooper.

11.30 Two And A Half Men. (M, R, CC) 12.00 The NRL Rookie. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Surfing Australia TV. (R, CC) 2.00 Wild Kratts. (R) 2.30 Yo-Kai Watch. (PG, R) 3.00 Yu-GiOh! Zexal. (PG, R) 3.30 SpongeBob SquarePants. (R) 4.00 Problem Solverz. (PG, R) 4.50 Thunderbirds.

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

GEM

6.00 Home Shopping. (R) 6.30 The Amazing Race. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Home Shopping. (R) 9.30 Road To Rio. (R, CC) 10.00 AFL Game Day. (CC) 11.30 My Fishing Place. (PG) 12.00 Mudcats.

(PG, R) 1.00 Catching Hell. (PG, R) 2.00 Big Shrimpin’. (PG, R) 3.00 Seinfeld. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 MythBusters. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Ghostbusters.

(PG, R, CC) (1984) Scientists become ghost hunters. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd.

9.15 MOVIE: Ghostbusters II. (PG, R, CC) (1989) After a river of ectoplasm is discovered beneath New York City, the Ghostbusters investigate. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis.

11.30 MOVIE: White Noise.

(M, R) (2005) A man believes his dead wife is contacting him. Michael Keaton.

1.30 Zero Hour. (M, R, CC) 3.30 Bizarre ER. (M, R) 4.00 Catching Hell. (PG, R) 5.00 Big Shrimpin’.

(PG, R)

6.00 Planet America. (R) 6.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 Insiders. (CC) 10.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 11.00 News. (CC) 11.30 World This Week.

(R, CC) 12.00 News. (CC) 12.30 The Drum Weekly. (R) 1.00 News. (CC) 1.30 Landline. (R, CC) 2.00 News. 2.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 3.00 News. (CC) 3.30 Offsiders. (CC) 4.00 News.

4.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 5.00 News. 5.30 Catalyst. (R, CC) 6.00 ABC News Weekend. 6.30 Foreign Corre. (R, CC) 7.00 ABC News Weekend. 7.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 8.00 Insiders.

(R, CC) 9.00 ABC News Weekend. (CC) 9.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 10.00 News. 10.30 Planet America. (R) 11.00 News.

(CC) 11.30 Conflict Zone. (PG) 12.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS

11.30pm Tribe Alive! Explores how the tribes of an island use its natural resources. (PG) Discovery

6.00 Skippy. (R) 6.30 MOVIE: Our Man In Marrakesh. (R, CC) (1966) 8.30 Danoz. 9.30 Global Shop.

10.00 MOVIE: Second Fiddle.

(R, CC) (1957) 11.30 MOVIE: The Pure Hell Of St Trinian’s. (R, CC) (1960) 1.30 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 MOVIE: The Naked Spur.

(PG, R) (1953) James Stewart.

4.00 MOVIE: Stalag 17. (R) (1953) William Holden.

6.30 MOVIE: The Man With The Golden Gun. (PG, R, CC) (1974) Bond is targeted by an assassin.

Roger Moore.

9.00 MOVIE: The Spy Who Loved Me. (M, R, CC) (1977) Bond and a Russian spy join forces to track down a shipping magnate with an undersea missile base.

Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curt Jurgens.

11.30 Rizzoli & Isles. (M, R, CC) 12.30 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Seaway. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Danoz.

2.30 MOVIE: Victoria The Great.

(R) (1937) 4.30 Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.00 Seaway. (PG, R, CC)

2.10pm Netball.

ANZ Championship.

Round 13. Northern Mystics v NSW Swifts. Fox Sports 3 3.00pm Football. AFL. Round 14. Hawthorn v Gold Coast. Fox Footy Helen Mirren stars in Woman in Gold

ONE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Rugby Union. (CC) International Test Series. Australia v England.

Game 3. Replay. 10.45 World Sport. (R) 11.00 Reel Action. (R) 11.30 4x4 Adventures. (R, CC) 12.30 Extreme Fishing. (PG, R) 1.30 ST: Next Gen. (PG, R) 2.30 Temporary Australians. (PG, R) 3.00 Megacities. (PG, R) 4.00 Megafactories. (PG, 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 Russell Coight’s All Aussie Adventures.

(PG, R) 8.30 Chopper’s Republic Of Anzakistan. (MA15+) (New Series) 9.00 Last Man Standing. (PG, R) 9.30 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 8. Dutch Grand Prix. From TT Circuit, Assen, Netherlands.

11.00 World Sport. 11.30 The Killing. (M, R) 12.30 RPM GP. (R, CC) 1.00 RPM. (R, CC) 2.00 River To Reef. (R) 2.30 Adventure Angler.

(R) 3.00 Late Programs. 4.00 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 5.00 Late Programs.

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 9.00 Infomercials. (PG) 9.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (R) 10.00 Mako: Island Of Secrets. (C, CC) 10.30 Sabrina. (PG, R) 11.00 Infomercials. (PG) 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 Futurama. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 The Simpsons. (R, CC) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother.

(M, R) Lily tries to split Robin and Barney up.

8.00 Rules Of Engagement.

(PG, R, CC) Audrey discovers Jeff is keeping a list.

8.30 Sex And The City. (M, R, CC) Four 30-something women change themselves.

12.10 Don’t Trust The B----. (M, R) 1.10 Sabrina. (PG, R) 2.00 Family Ties. (PG, R) 3.00 Cheers. (PG, R) 4.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (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 In The Garden. (R, CC) 9.30 Tiny House Hunters. (PG, R) 10.00 Postcards. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 Extreme Homes. (R) 12.00 House Hunters. (R) 1.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 2.00 Masters Of Flip. (R) 3.00 House Hunters Reno. (PG, R) 4.00 Come Dine With Me. (PG) 5.00 Extreme Homes. (R) 6.00 Tiny House Hunters. (PG, R) 6.30 Tiny House, Big Living. 7.30 Rehab Addict. (PG) 8.30 Flip Or Flop. 9.30 Good Bones. (PG, R) 10.30 Extreme Homes. 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Tiny House, Big Living. (R) 1.00 Rehab Addict. (PG, R) 2.00 Flip Or Flop. (R) 3.00 The Block.

(PG, R, CC) 4.00 Late Programs.

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SBS 2 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 PopAsia.

(PG) 10.00 Croatian News. 10.30 Serbian News. 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News.

1.00 MOVIE: Godzilla Versus King Ghidorah. (PG, R, CC) (1991) 2.55 Friday Feed. (R) 3.25 Homemade.

(PG, R, CC) 3.30 Beach Volleyball.

AVC Continental Cup. Final.

5.30 Soccer. UEFA Euro 2016.

Highlights.

6.35 Humans Of SBS 2. (PG) 6.40 Ninja Warrior Sweden.

7.30 If You Are The One. 8.30 Drunk History UK. (M) A retelling of famous British novels.

9.00 South Park. (M, R) Ike hits puberty early.

9.50 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. (M, R) 10.20 Sex Box USA. (M) 11.15 Shot By Kern. (M, R) 11.45 Kassim The Dream. (M, R) 1.20 MOVIE: Black Caesar.

(MA15+, R) (1973) 3.10 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 6.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 7.30 Big Bad BBQ Battle. (PG, R) 8.30 Giada In Italy. (R) 9.00 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 9.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 10.30 The Freshman Class. (R) 11.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 12.30 Siba’s Table: Fast Feasts.

(R) 1.00 Giada In Italy. (R) 1.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 2.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 3.30 Big Bad BBQ Battle. (PG) 4.30 Giada In Italy.

(R) 5.00 Kelsey’s Essentials. 5.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG) 6.30 AllStar Academy. (PG) 7.30 Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern. (PG, R) 8.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) Hosted by Alton Brown.

9.30 Guy’s Grocery Games.

(PG, R) 10.30 All-Star Academy. (PG, R) 11.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 12.30 Bizarre Foods. (PG, R) 1.30 All-Star Academy. (PG, R) 2.30 Giada In Italy. (R) 3.00 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 3.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 4.30 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 5.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R)

6.00 Tipi Tales. 6.30 Wapos Bay. 7.00 Move It Mob Style.

7.30 Bizou. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Bushwhacked! 9.00 Wapos Bay. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Soccer. OFC Champions League. 12.00 Living Black. (CC) 12.30 Rugby League. Queensland Murri Carnival. Men’s and Women’s Grand Finals. 2.30 Rugby Sevens. 3.30 In The Frame. (PG) 4.00 Rez Rides. (PG) 5.00 Te Kaea. 5.30 Fit First. (PG) 6.00 Contact. (PG) 7.00 MOVIE: A Year In The Clouds. (2011) 8.30 Songlines.

9.00 Colour Theory: Frances Belle Parker.

9.30 MOVIE: Girlfight. (M) (2000) Michelle Rodriguez.

11.30 Defining Moments. 12.00 Volumz. (PG) 2606

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YOUR STARS

for the week commencing June 27

BY CASSANDRA NYE are so many paths that you could follow that giving up on all of them could seem the best option. However, you are made of stronger stuff, aren’t you? Yes, give yourself time to think and pick something that will be FUN! Taking life too seriously can sometimes mean worry-wracked times for you. It doesn’t have to happen.

ARIES (MAR 21-APR 20) In a pretty

smooth-running week you may feel that there is a little something missing.

What could it be? Are you losing your incentive to move forward because the current trend is so cosy and predictable? Do you need to move ‘up’ as opposed to moving ‘on’? Increasing your social activities in new areas and setting your romantic sights higher could be the answer.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 23-DEC 21) Show

someone that you mean business about moving ahead this week. Others may not have appreciated that you need to consider some things carefully when they are used to making rash decisions. Sagittarius is not a sign that is into wasting time.

You are in control and need to show it.

Making a romantic gesture is not enough this weekend. Some kind of physical or financial move is called for.

TAURUS (APR 21-MAY 21) There

have been some strong influences driving your actions recently. Now is the time to fine-tune your ambitions and direction and take more control.

Where the input of others can be useful and even welcome, you know what is best for you. Going about it in the most direct way will show that you mean business! A bit of good luck this week brings the chance of a change in direction.

GEMINI (MAY 22-JUN 21) This is a

straightforward sort of week when you don’t have to try too hard to keep the status quo. Is that what you want, though, Gemini? Somewhere deep inside is there a little voice telling you that there is more out there? A little bit of ambition has a lot to recommend it. Avoid stagnating, especially mentally. When life is too easy going and we lack challenges, this can happen.

CANCER (JUN 22-JUL 22) What you need

right now is understanding. Before someone else can understand you though, maybe you need to understand yourself. You know what you want, right? The question is, do you know how to get it? Someone who has already achieved this can be of help to you. Just ask! When you know the questions to ask, progress can be swift. Listen to those answers though!

LEO (JUL 23-AUG 23) In a creative and

astonishing week, be prepared to learn.

Those who make contact have so much to offer that I urge you to listen carefully, Leo. Sometimes you tend to think that you know everything. We like to think so, but how can it be true? Seeking back-up for your ideas does not mean failure. You can make real

CAPRICORN (DEC 22-JAN 20) After

emotional progress this week by realising that you are not and should not be alone.

VIRGO (AUG 24-SEP 23) There seems to

be something going on in the background of your life that is not entirely clear to you.

Making sure that you understand and have control of a new situation is essential.

Accepting help is not the same as handing over control. Don’t underestimate your power of attraction at the weekend, Virgo. You may not feel like flirting but letting someone see the ‘true you’ has many advantages.

LIBRA (SEP 24-OCT 23) There are sensual

and dramatic moments around you this week, Libra. Take the time to explore and appreciate them. Do you remember when you last showed your sparkle and charm?

Perhaps not often enough? Someone really appreciates what you have to offer midweek. A conversation shows you the potential of this relationship. There is no need to accept everything that is offered to you.

Even so you owe it to yourself and others to consider the possibilities.

SCORPIO (OCT 24-NOV 22) What a confusing time this can be for you, Scorpio. There

meeting a familiar situation this week you may well decide to look back. Sure, it is worthwhile if it stops you from making a mistake. However, bear in mind that pre-conceived ideas can backfire. People change their attitudes and their ideas as time goes on. Giving someone the benefit of the doubt costs nothing and can be to your benefit in the long run.

AQUARIUS (JAN 21-FEB 19) You may not

be perfect, Aquarius, but you are pretty near it at times! Am I being flattering? Possibly.

Sometimes you do not receive the recognition and praise that you deserve. Take this little ego boost and run with it. There is an important question that you want to ask and now is a good time. Courage can be a very underused word and action. Right now courage can get you moving in the right direction.

PISCES (FEB 20-MAR 20) Give someone

an inch and they will take yard. Maybe that should be give someone a centimetre and they will take a metre? Whichever way you see it, make sure that someone doesn’t overstep the mark. With distractions on a few fronts, keep an eye on your love life. It is here that rich and loving moments bring so much joy. Miss them and you miss a lot!

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Monday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Cooperation seems the way forward in the months ahead, Cancer.

Of course there are times when going it alone means that fast decisions can be made. Tread carefully so as not to upset a partner. Keeping the peace is worthwhile.

Tuesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! It would be so easy to just charge ahead without consulting anyone, wouldn’t it, Cancer? Sad to say that it is not always the best action to take. Getting a balance between cooperation and solo moves is tricky.

Do your best.

Wednesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Changes and challenges are just right for you in the months ahead, Cancer. Looking for something to get your teeth into? You won’t be disappointed. Offers of help should be well received even if not accepted.

Thursday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! A full run of decisions and progress can be expected. Distraction will include a domestic move and the need for financial adjustments. Cancer, you are sharp and on the button in the months ahead.

Friday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! With a sharp mind and an attitude that exudes confidence, who could not see you as a winner, Cancer? Base decisions on facts and future possibilities and you won’t go far wrong.

Saturday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Cancer, in a dynamic period keeping home and business life on an even keel can be tricky. Show those at home the rewards from time spent away. Point out that success will mean more time at home later.

Sunday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Being in charge is for you, Cancer. During the coming months the chance to expand both your mind and business are there. A little charm and flattery will get you a long way with any tricky customers.

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Waratah Tom returns to Dubbo to gee up our juniors

BY JOHN RYAN A AN JOURNALIST

TOM ROBERTSON is living his football dream and he says it didn’t matter that he wasn’t the best rugby union player while growing up in Dubbo – he believes what mattered was how hard he worked towards his goal of playing for the Waratahs.

He was in town recently with Tah’s team mate Reece Robinson as a special guest for the Clontarf foundation’s Delroy Rugby 7s.

Twelve academies from across NSW attended with teams competing in Under-14s, 16s and 18s.

Born in Wellington, Tom moved to Dubbo just prior to school and spent his primary years at St Mary’s, then years 7 and 8 at St Johns College before heading down to St Joseph’s in Sydney for four years.

He said it was a huge leap to the top grade.

“It was pretty tough, I went to school, I went to school in Sydney and then played a couple of years of club footy for Sydney University and eventually made my way up to the Waratahs – first time this year – so it’s been a bit of a challenge but it’s been great," he told Dubbo Photo News.

The ‘Tah’s players called in to the Dubbo Kangaroos junior rugby training to talk to the kids, Tom telling the boys that the hugely successful Friday night Junior Wallaroos Competition (Under-7s, Under-9s, Under-11s) didn’t kick off until after he was too old for it, but he loves the idea of a structured evening where busy parents can finish the working week and get the kids running on the paddock for a couple of hours before heading home.

He says the fact you can also feed the kids at the barbecue for $10 makes it much easier for families to get involved.

“It’s enjoying it, you’ve got to go out there and have a good time, and getting the $10 feed is always a bit of an incentive – it’s just enjoying your time and I always used to like coming here because I used to have fun with all my friends in junior rugby, so that’s pretty much it, just enjoying it," Tom explained.

He said he loves coming back to the bush to promote the game.

“I think it’s giving (the junior players) that goal, that light at the end of the tunnel – it’s about hard work. I was never the most talented kid, so you can show them you have to work for it.

"Yeah, I think it’s great to help the kids," Tom said.

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Clontarf’s Delroy Academy Rugby Sevens Carnival scored high on many fronts

BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

UBBO’S Clontarf Foundation may not be in the headlines on a weekly basis, but its cause is being pushed around the clock.

Unlike most organisations which believe that chasing positive publicity is a major end in itself, Clontarf flies beneath the radar and lets its achievements speak for themselves – Clontarf’s Dubbo director Michael Lee likes it that way, letting others do the advocating for the program after they see the positive results first-hand.

Two weeks ago former prime minister Tony Abbott spent an early morning training with the students – it was a media free event while it was on but he was only too happy to push the barrow afterwards.

When I asked about his greatest single regret, he said while he didn’t harbor regrets he was concerned he hadn’t been able to make as much headway as he would have liked when it came to Closing the Gap for Indigenous Australians.

“I wouldn’t want to start talking about regrets because I’m much more conscious of having the chance to make a difference than I am regretful but the difference might not have been as big as I’d like but one of my greatest frustrations has been in indigenous policy,” Abbott said.

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“It’s very simple at one level, the mark of a successful community is that the kids go to school, the adults go to work and people are safe, that’s the mark of a successful community and if you don’t go to school as a youngster and work as an adult it’s hard to have a successful life.

“Yet trying to ensure that 100 percent of Aboriginal kids go to school every day as opposed to 80 percent going to school 80 percent of the time, if we’re lucky, is, it’s really hard,” he said.

Parkes MP Mark Coulton, who heard that remark, said it was impressive the former PM singled that issue out from the hundreds of other problems facing the nation.

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

Clontarf’s Delroy Academy organised a Rugby Sevens Carnival in Dubbo last week after the success of a similar event last year, and is hoping it will become an annual statewide event.

This year 12 academies converged on Dubbo from across the state, from centres as far-flung as Inverell, Bourke, Sydney and Wagga Wagga, with a total of 14 teams competing in three age groups.

For the record, and it wasn’t about winning, Inverell took home the Senior Shield, Endeavour won the Intermediate Shield and Coonamble was victorious in the Junior Shield.

Michael Lee is over the moon at the support the Foundation receives from the grassroots level as well as from up high, with a couple of Waratah players on hand.

Tom Robertson and Reece Robinson flew in for the day as guests to see the boys in action and have a chat to them about what it takes to step up to the next level.

“It was a fantastic day with plenty of Clontarf partners on hand to support and lots of the local community cheering the boys on”, Lee said.

Tom Robertson was born in Wellington and went to school in Dubbo before finishing his high school years at rugby breeding ground St Joseph’s.

He says doing the hard yards is the most important aspect of the game.

“I think it’s giving them that goal, that light at the end of the tunnel, it’s about hard work, I was never the most talented kid, so you can show them you have to work for it, yeah I think it’s great to help the kids,” Robertson said.

Reece Robinson, who switched to rugby union this year after a successful stint at the NRL’s Parramatta Eels which made him a household name, said it’s important for high profile players to get to the bush and show the kids they’re just flesh and blood.

The Clontarf Foundation exists to improve the education, discipline, life skills, self-esteem and employment prospects of young Aboriginal men and by doing so equips them to participate meaningfully in society.

Since opening its first Academy for 25 boys in 2000 the Foundation has grown to cater for about 4,200 boys in 68 schools across Western Australia, Northern Territory, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.

The Foundation believes that failure to experience achievement when young, coupled with a position of under-privilege can lead to alienation, anger and more serious consequences. As a prelude to tackling these and other issues, participants are first provided with an opportunity to succeed and in turn raise their self-esteem.

The vehicle for achieving this outcome is Australian Rules and/ or Rugby League. The Foundation uses the existing passion that Aboriginal boys have for football to attract them into school and keep them there.

The programmes are delivered through a network of football academies established in partnership with local schools. Any Aboriginal male enrolled at the school is eligible to participate in the Clontarf Academy.

Our Academies provide an important school-engagement mechanism for many at-risk students who would otherwise not attend or have low school attendance.

Full time, locally based Clontarf staff mentor and counsel students on a range of behavioural and lifestyle issues while the school caters for their educational needs.

Using a comprehensive approach of supportive relationships, a welcoming environment, and a diverse range of activities, the students develop improved self-esteem and confidence.

Academy activities are planned within the focus areas of education, leadership, employment, healthy lifestyles, life skills and football. In order to remain in the programme, participants must continue to work at school and embrace the objectives of the Foundation.

With these mechanisms in place year-to-year retention is not less than 90% and school attendance rates are greater than 80 percent. In areas where Clontarf exists there has been evidence of reduced crime rates in the community.

Upon completing the programme, graduates are helped to find employment. Specialist Employment Officers are engaged to do this and provide support until graduates become comfortable with their new jobs and surroundings.

The Foundation’s approach has been very successful, not only in attracting young men to school and retaining them but also in having them embrace more disciplined, purposeful and healthy lifestyles.

Funding for the Foundation’s programs is received in equal parts from the Federal government, State or Territory governments and the private sector.

The Clontarf Foundation is a charitable not-for-profit organisation registered as an Unlisted Public Company Limited by Guarantee, which complies with the relevant Federal Government Acts in Australia.

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OPINION & ANALYSIS.

The final say

FROM THE EDITOR-AT-LARGE Jen Cowley

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Creativity over conformity?

Imagine that AMED physicist Albert Einstein is quoted as saying logic will get you from A-Z, but imagination will get you everywhere.

But ol’ Albert only had to worry about trifling things like the theory of relativity – he didn’t have to come up with fodder for a column every week, did he?

Some days my imagination struggles to get me further than what to defrost for dinner.

You’re way ahead of me aren’t you?

And yes, this was indeed one such week.

Salvation came in the form of the company of two delightful little people whose boundless capacity for fantasy reminded me of just how liberating the ability to imagine can be.

It’s always a learning exercise to spend time with my nieces – Misses Four and Six– and this week I learned that (apart from the fact that at 52 I still haven’t mastered the art of plaiting) wearing your pants backwards makes your pockets easier to get at, that firemen build their houses in volcanoes, that you can live under water if you keep your eyes shut and your mouth closed; and that polar bears don’t like broccoli.

I also realised just how much imagination can be flogged out of us by a traditional social and education model hell bent on conformity at any price.

Here’s how just one of the delightful conversations with my little dreamer companions went as we made our way to day-care one morning: Miss Six: Aunty Jen, I have a polar bear at home.

Me: (Pause) Ummm – wow. That’s cool (boom tish).

Her: Yeah – he lives in the back yard.

Really?

Yeah – but at my other house.

The house you go to at night? (Having previously confided that she has another home to which she goes after dark

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– “But I sneak out quietly so I don’t wake everyone.”)

Yeah. He lives in the garden.

Good place for a polar bear. What colour is he?

(With hands spread and a rolled-eyes look that says “well, duh”) – He’s white.

(Of course – because having a polar bear of any other colour in your garden would just be ridiculous, wouldn’t it?)

Silly me. And what’s his name?

(Pause) Ummm – Kye. No. No. It’s Jackson. His name is Jackson.

Oh. And where did you get Jackson?

From the pet shop. The other animals were being mean to him and none of the other grown-ups wanted to buy him, so Daddy bought him.

Good for Daddy. And how much did Daddy pay for Jackson?

Umm. A dollar.

Bargain.

So what do you feed Jackson?

At this point, Miss Four, who’s been singing quietly to herself and looking out the window, chimes in: He eats broccoli.

(Which I’m reliably informed is what she’d actually like to feed to a polar bear, given she steadfastly refuses to eat the stuff herself.)

No, he doesn’t, says big, all-knowing sister (with a slow, exaggerated shake of the head that clearly means something like, “Ha - kids say the darnedest things”). Polar bears don’t like broccoli.

They only eat mashed potato.

Makes sense. (Well, it’s white, isn’t it?)

I’m still smiling about a polar bear named Jackson who lives in the garden and eats only mashed potato, when we arrive at day-care to drop Miss Four off before we take her big sister to “big school”, and I’m ridiculously sorry the conversation is at an end.

I watch the two precious little people

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` I imagine that if she’s still talking about broccoli-hating polar bears when she hits fourth class, they’ll be wanting to shove Ritalin down her throat. clamber from their car-seats and make their way confidently and capably to the gate (where they have to help me with the code which I’ve forgotten again).

Now that Miss Six is at school, I can’t help wondering how long her wonderfully wild and utterly unselfconscious imagination will last.

I imagine that if she’s still talking about broccoli-hating polar bears when she hits fourth class, they’ll be wanting to shove Ritalin down her throat. She and her sister are blessed with a family that values creativity and spontaneity but the system, no doubt, will eventually teach her that imagination and fantasising is something best done silently and privately.

She’ll either master the technique of dreaming in seclusion, or she’ll be earmarked for special attention, and probably not in a good way.

Why do we do that? Why do we value quirkiness only when it’s accompanied by fame and fortune? We’ve homogenised, sanitised and pasteurised childhood for fear of what might happen if we allow kids to unleash their imaginations.

But imagination helps little people

to learn how to solve problems and to develop coping skills and resilience. Imagination lets kids explore real-life situations and communication, and to practice the application of that learning in the “real” world.

Make believe and role playing and storytelling helps develop the use of vocabulary; and creative thinking… well, when exactly was creative thinking not useful?

Inside the daycare centre, the children are gathered on the mat around a “fire” made from sticks and what looks remarkably like building blocks. They’re holding wooden rods over the cellophane flames.

“We’re toasting marshmallows,” says the most sensible adult I’ll meet all day.

For more than a moment, I see myself joining them – sitting cross legged on that mat for the day and telling stories and eating gooey imaginary sweets while the real world goes on around us outside. I could crawl back into a creative space and stay there all day, coming up with endless ideas for my columns.

Now, imagine that.

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