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FROM THE EDITOR

Friday 15.07.2016 to Sunday 17.07.2016 10 reasons why greyhound racing had to go PAGE 04

FEATURE Motorbikes bound for the scrapheap and a worthy cause PAGE 10

BUSINESS Breaking the cycle of disadvantage the main course for MPREC PAGE 23

HISTORY

PEOPLE

Fischer in town to promote Monash book PAGE 42

TOURISM

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Government’s restructure of regional tourism PAGE 22

HEALTH

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Mother’s health first step to better breastfeeding PAGE 24

TRAVEL Out of this world: The Dark Sky Park PAGE 34

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Gotta catch ‘em all!

F you’ve noticed a lot of people going outside this week walking around looking at their phone, you can bet your bottom dollar they’re chasing Pokemon.

Despite rain, subzero temperatures and nightfall, I have been to Victoria Park three times since Sunday on unscheduled, spontaneous visits at the begging insistence of my kids; driven them to all the parks in my neighbourhood, twice, waved goodbye to my children who happily headed off to Sydney for a business meeting with their Dad to “keep him company” but whose real motivation was to scoop up Nintendo’s stock market busting cartoon creatures into their devices on a quest across the state to become Pokemon Masters.

I took them on a hike to Mugga Hill, mostly out of curiosity to see if Pokemon live in the Australian bush (they do), mocked surprise multiple times to hear there were Pokemon in our lounge room, front yard and street, and listened with fascination to the endless babble about Charmanders, Pidgey’s and Golbats.

They’re calling it a runaway hit. It’s blitzing the most popular social site in the USA, “Tinder“ and pundits are watching its exponential popularity reach for the heavens to soon knock off it’s perch – and probably by the time this goes to print – surpass, “Twitter” – which has 300 million users – as the world’s most downloaded app, of all time (well, since 2008 when Apps were first created).

To put things into perspective, according to Business Insider Australia, “Tinder was launched back in 2012, five years ago. Twitter came out in 2006 – a decade ago. “Pokemon Go” came out last week.”

And it’s only on a limited release while game makers, Niantec test the platform which they’ve admitted has struggled with the demand causing many Pokemon hunters to not be able to play in the first place or have their game crash under the weight of the official uptake in the USA, Australia, Canada, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain and the UK, and unofficially elsewhere with some clever hacks, and soon to be in Brazil, Japan, Malaysia, Phillippines and Singapore.

So, once the world IS able to access Pokemon Go things are going to really go nuts.

And I love it.

While this simple app has achieved what millions of dollars of government spending on “get active” campaigns to save obese kids in the West from their sedentary plugged-in lives could not, the world is getting up off their buts to go hunting.

Generation of kids who grew up on the franchise of Pokemon, established as a Nindtendo video game and extended to trading cards, TV shows, movies, and ubiquitous merchandising, have dreamed of becoming Pokemon Masters for the last 20 years, projected through the main protagonist of the “story”, a “trainer” whose name is Ash. Trainers raise Pokemon, little creatures with special powers used to battle other Pokemon and with experience these evolve (get older, stronger, bigger), all while having great adventures.

According to Pokemon “the games encourage strategic thinking and, in many cases, basic math skills. Pokemon puts a strong emphasis on good sportsmanship and respect for other players.”

And now, with Pokemon Go, it’s encouraging kids of all ages to go outside and chase down

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Pokemon in the real world, of which there are about 700!

One tradie in Melbourne this week said during a radio interview he lost his workmen during smoko because they’d all climbed over the back fence of the site and went off looking for Pokemon in a nearby park. People have started dating after joining organised meetups to play Pokemon Go in groups and at least one man has lost his job choosing to quest instead of work.

What makes this game so much more interesting is its augmented reality feature – a first. Using a phone’s GPS and clock, the game can decide what Pokemon appears when and where, depending if you’re near water or a park, etc.

Some have criticised it for the personal information it freely gives Niantec (an offshoot of Google) access too, right down to where a person is in a given time and place, but many apps already do the same in the background workings of your phone. Big brother has just never looked like this much fun before.

Safety in the real world is probably a bigger issue, particularly with kids and no doubt there are devious minds busy at work dreaming up ways of exploiting it for nefarious means.

An added brilliant feature is that some of the Pokemon are captured in their egg form. These have to then be incubated not over time but over distances, which mean your kids have to walk 5km to hatch this egg, or 3.5km to hatch that egg. Result? They want to be outside all the time, going somewhere, to the park, the green spaces, near the river. Is this the end of the coach potato?

Pokemon Go is clearly a game changer though really its just a new way of playing everyone’s favourite “Hide and Seek” or that other irresistible classic, going on a treasure hunt but given its success (Nintendo shares jumped 23 per cent in one day, this week) other franchises will be jumping on the bandwagon sooner than later.

I’m wondering if Malcolm Turnbull’s got developers working on “Senate Go!” as we “speak”.

Police Alert POLICE are re-appealing for information after a vehicle used by two escapees was recovered near Yeoval on Tuesday. Geoffrey Fieldsend, 30; and Richard Reginald Pretty, 29, were last seen at a minimum-security correctional centre on Mitchell Street, Ivanhoe, about 6pm on Saturday, July 9. PHOTOS: NSW POLICE

Apology IN our edition of July 1 the sports story Shoosh for Kids Week on page 62, the credit for the story should have gone to Katie Nolan, junior conveyor, Dubbo Junior Hockey, not Kate Pulbrook, Hockey NSW.

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New-look library remains relevant

BY NATALIE HOLMES JOURNALIST

ACQUARIE Regional Library has maintained it’s place as a relevant community hub, with renovations to its Dubbo Branch including a self-check desk and automated return shute. The revamp took just over three months to complete, with an expenditure of $900,000 and the transfer of thousands of books between the existing library and its temporary home across the road in the old Mitre 10 garden department and back again.

“It was in need of an update,” was how MRL director John Bayliss described the library’s appearance.

“The look and feel of the place was tired as it had been 13 years since Council had undertaken a refurbishment of the building. There’s a new look and feel about the library now that’s light and bright and it has a look of openness about it.”

The bulk of funding for the upgrade was budgeted by the former Dubbo City Council, which owns the facility and contributed $700,000 towards its improvement. The remaining $200,000 was sourced through the State Government in the form of a Public Library Infrastructure Grant.

While the external structure remains the same, the library looks vastly different internally, “There are e-resources, e-magazines, ebwith new carpeting, colour scheme, ceiling ` ooks and audiobooks,” Bayliss said. “They panels, shelving and furniture installed as are very popular and the web page gives well as a new air conditioning unit and fire We consider security system. The work was completed the webpage access to a very comprehensive list of databases for study, research and tracing by the Brownrite Building Group. as an extra ancestry.

“There’s a new layout of the collection,” “We consider the webpage as an extra Bayliss confirmed. “There’s also more read- branch. It’s branch.

It’s just like having a library at ing areas, study spaces and an additional just like home. But people still love books and readmeeting room which was a requirement. A ing a book. There are just those who have group of up to 30 can now easily fit in the having a different demands and we are catering to space.” library at their needs. It’s us meeting how they want In planning the renovation, library manto access information as well as those who home – MRL agement and staff were guided by commuwant to come in and browse.” nity needs and feedback from users.

Director John “There are many uses of the library so we “That was something that was really im- Bayliss. need to cater for those users.” portant to us, keeping up with the commuAs such, the library has its increased Winity’s needs,” he said.

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“We’ve really thought about the space and changed “We’ve also put in a new security tagging system for it to include better seating and presentation to encourthe collection which allows us to have an automated age people to explore the collections.” return shute. And we’ve installed face out shelving Local bibliophiles will be relieved to learn that books which gives us an opportunity to promote the collecare not losing their relevance in modern society and tion and display the books. readers are just accessing information differently There is more space for people to sit and read, whethin some cases. The library is keeping up with these er it’s in the comfy chairs or at the reading trends. tables.

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“The youth area is better laid out and now includes recreational reading as well as HSC materials.”

Bayliss said people have been very complimentary of the change and the new layout.

“It’s the same space, we’ve just rearranged things and better utilising the area as well as the cosmetic overhaul.”

Bayliss was extremely proud of the commitment shown by staff, who put in a lot of effort to shift the library to a new location and then bring it back again.

“There was a fantastic effort from the staff to pack up and unpack the library twice and Mitre 10 was a great space for us to use. At the same time, everyone was very excited about the re-opening and showing if off. It was a great effort from everyone that contributed and that we were able to re-open on July 4. It was certainly a labour of love.”

The official unveiling of the library renovations will be conducted by Arts Minister, Deputy Premier and local MP Troy Grant on August 22.

Other future events include a talk by former deputy prime minister, Tim Fischer, about his book “Maestro John Monash”, a visit from the state library on July 28 and 29 with Shakespeare’s First Folio and a talk

by Lieutenant Colonel Peter Sweeney on the Battle of Fromelles on July 26.

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10 reasons why greyh As the state steps forward to respond to the NSW government’s decision to shut down greyhound racing Mike Baird took to Facebook on July 9, to write an extended post to spell out to his detractors the thinking behind the decision. The following is an extract.

BY MIKE BAIRD D NSW PREMIER

HE decision to ban greyhound racing has obviously generated a lot of discussion and questions. And I’ve been listening. I’ve read many of the 10,000+ Facebook comments and other coverage in the media and I’d like to take a minute to respond to some of the questions. I particularly want to address some of the myths around this decision.

So, here are the top 10 things that just aren’t true about the shut down of greyhound racing on July 1, next year. This has been a tough decision, but a considered one.

1. You are punishing many for the crimes of a few.

Unfortunately, the report of the Special Commission is very clear that these practices were systemic - for too long, too many people who knew what was going on didn’t do enough to reform greyhound racing. It is also very clear that the industry has had many chances to reform but has failed to do so. In fact, intentional deception and illegal activity was rife. However, as I said in my original Facebook post, I feel very strong empathy for those who are caught up in this who have not done anything wrong.

They should feel deep anger towards others in their industry who have brought us to this place. These changes will have a big impact on some communities. This brings me no joy whatsoever. We are preparing a considered transition package to be announced in coming

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months after further consultation with the industry because we want to help as many as we can as we shut down this industry in an orderly way.

2. This is a land grab for developers. Wentworth Park is going to be sold off.

No, it’s not. Let me state this as clearly as possible: we will not be developing any tracks on Crown Land into residential or high rise. Something to clarify here: the government owns about half of the tracks, but not all of them. We don’t have any say over who the privately owned tracks get sold to. But, for the government owned sites - including Wentworth Park - I can’t be any clearer. They will be used for community space.

We will consult with the community about what this looks like, but it may include open space or sports facilities or even things like schools if appropriate. This will be decided in consultation with the relevant communities.

3. All these greyhounds are now going to die. These changes are actually worse for them.

There is absolutely a huge challenge here. We are working very closely with the RSPCA and their partners to rehome as many dogs as possible and our strong preference is for dogs to remain with their current owners or be adopted into homes. One of the reasons we have given till July next year for the industry to close is so we can work out the best possible way to care for as many as dogs as possible. But experts have advised us it won’t be possible to re-house all of them and many may be put down.

To avoid that, I’m open to any approach to save as many dogs as we can. But the report is very clear - tens of thousands of dogs are being systematically killed, often in inhumane ways, simply for not being fast enough. This would continue, and thousands of dogs each and every year would continue to die if we had not made this decision. Whatever loss of life regrettably comes as a result of the shutdown is a small fraction of what would happen if the industry continued.

4. This is a hastily made decision and there has been no consultation.

The opposite is true. When the Four Corners story on this emerged over a year ago, our response was not to make immediate decisions. It was to undertake a very detailed inquiry, overseen by a former High Court Judge. That inquiry has taken over a year and had the powers of a Royal Commission.

It received 2000 submissions and held private and public hearings. It has been in-depth.

It has been comprehensive.

There was nothing hasty about it, or this decision. If you read the report for yourself, you will see that the Government had little choice but to take this course of action.

5. The Government is hypocritical and will still take money from people in NSW gambling on dog racing in other states.

As you can imagine, the licence agreements with the TAB and the racing industry are quite complex and we need to do some work to figure out how we unwind some of these agreements. But let me be clear: we don’t want to, and

won’t, be profiting from poor animal welfare practices. We don’t want to curtail your right to punt. But we also don’t want the government to profit from practices like the ones we have seen outlined in this review.

We will have more to say on the specifics of this in the coming months.

6. This Government just wants to ban everything.

I’m a big advocate of small government that keeps out of your way. But that doesn’t mean government stands back and allows cruelty to animals on a widespread scale. I understand why some people feel like they are being over-governed when we introduce more laws - particularly if it is a law you don’t like. Creating extra restrictions brings me no joy. But neither does the death of thousands of dogs a year. My instinct on this, before the Inquiry’s report was handed down, was that we would find a way to reform this industry. But then I read the report. I didn’t need to read it twice. We are intervening here because we have to.

7. The industry was already reforming and on its way to a better future.

Although there had been some progress made, the Inquiry found that the industry has had many years to reform and failed to do so. In fact, even after the Four Corners investigation and with the full knowledge that we had ordered an inquiry, the report found trainers were STILL using live baiting and flouting the rules. It saddens me that there are many in the industry who wanted to do the right thing and have been let down by others. But the

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ound racing had to go Members of the NSW greyhound racing industry Ron Marsden (left), with Hardaway Alteva, and Mick Tesoriero with My Lady Day, pose for a photograph as clubs meet to unite to fight the Baird government’s ban of the industry, in Sydney on Tuesday, July 12.

NSW premier Mike Baird announced recently that the greyhound industry will be closed completely from July next year. PHOTO: AAP/PAUL MILLER

idea that the industry just needed better regulation and another chance was not borne out in the Inquiry. If you doubt this, please read the report for yourself.

8. A total shut-down is an over-reaction. You should have just given more oversight.

The Special Commission suggested that, if Parliament were to attempt more regulation, 79 different recommendations would need to be taken into account. But it said that, even then, it was highly doubtful the industry was capable of reform. The culture of deception and mistreatment of dogs just ran too deep.

Better regulation had been attempted, and failed, many times over. The Commission also found that the reforms required would have made the entire industry economically unsustainable. The sad reality is, further regulation simply isn’t a viable option.

9. If you really cared about puppies you’d shut down puppy farms.

We recently announced our response to a review into puppy farms and other issues relating to domestic pet breeding and sales. It’s a very complicated issue that we remain determined to get much better results with. We continue to work

closely with the RSPCA and other stakeholders to try and get better outcomes here. As a dog owner, I share everyones concern about puppy welfare and our government remains committed to big improvements in this area.

10. The review said this should go to Parliament. Why isn’t it?

It is. The Government will present legislation to shut down greyhound racing during the next sitting period and Parliament will indeed consider and debate our proposal. At that point, all MPs can have their say. If they want to oppose this change, they can explain their rea-

sons for that to the community at that time. We expect the legislation to pass because we believe anyone who reads this report will see there is no workable alternative option.

Finally, thanks to everyone for your feedback and questions. Please let me urge you to go and read the review. It is horrific. It is damning. And it leaves the Government with no real choice but to take the action we have. You can read the report at http://www.greyhoundracinginquiry.justice.nsw.gov.au Thanks for reading.

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

LESSONS NOT LEARNT I THINK all school buildings should be built from fire-resistant materials.

If all our classrooms and other structures were built using car tyres rammed full of dirt, they not only couldn’t burn, the schools would have no heating or cooling expenses because these Earthships are cool in the hottest summer and warm in the coldest winter.

Make sense? Maybe the highly paid people designing our schools and the ones who set those criteria should actually go back to school in the real world and see what amazing outcomes they could deliver by getting away from the corporate building codes which are all about creating industry supply chains enabling them to maximize centralised profits every step of the way.

This is so true in Dubbo this week, with yet another entire classroom block going up in flames after being torched.

Adding to the misery are many other factors.

This was not just the school canteen, but the series of classrooms devoted to special education.

They’re now as gone as Gonski.

A similar classroom block went up a few years ago next door to this one, that time the blaze was started by a couple of criminal grubs who torched the classroom to hide the fact they’d broken in and stole some gear.

Then, as now, the building design seems to have gone against the forces of good, with the block having a single roof void above the lower walls, meaning that once the fire gets into the ceiling it’s lights out for the whole job lot.

If we built schools from tyres of hempcrete or from many other environmentally friendly and sustainable products, we wouldn’t see entire blocks being destroyed literally overnight.

I know the bureaucracy doesn’t like this sort of talk, but the rules they operate under were made by narrow-minded people such as themselves, they’re only upholding the flawed status quo developed by their predecessors, so why can’t we just say enough is enough and change our ways.

Building from much better products would also constitute practical and positive life lessons for the students – how empowering to be warm in winter and cool in summer without having to flick a switch.

During the week I had a yarn to chief superintendent Neil Harris whose Fire and Rescue NSW’s area commander for Region West.

“It’s heartbreaking, particularly as it’s the special educa-

tion classrooms,” chief supt Harris said.

“Because it’s a primary school it’s more connected to the community and the students will really be impacted by it, school is a large part of their world.

“Being special needs it’s also taken a lot of work to get the environment just right for the students, their classroom teachers and support staff, so it will be a major dislocation,” he said.

At the end of the day, we’re all worse off because people are so dIsenfranchised, or so unaware, that they would destroy such vital public property.

DICKLICKER FURY READ the report – I know people say don’t destroy an industry because of a few bad eggs but while many greyhound owners may have been doing the right thing, the industry as a whole has ignored this impending tsunami which smashed it last week.

I’ve spoken to a fair few in the industry over the years and I’d be very surprised if there was anyone who didn’t really know there were so many cheats out there, as well as those who continued with practices such as live-baiting – so the fault lies squarely with the industry itself for a) refusing to accept there’s a systemic and cultural problem and b) not bothering enough to clean it up.

Looking at the report, I’d hate to be given the task of trying to clean the industry up, especially after all the warning signs over the years didn’t seem to bother those doing the wrong thing.

I’d suggest that anyone criticizing the move to shut the industry down reads right

through the report and then makes an informed comment.

For those who were doing the right thing, and who will suffer socially and financially from this, it’s a pretty tough thing to swallow, there’s no doubt about that.

Calls for Dubbo MP and NSW Nat’s leader Troy Grant to step aside are pretty crazy given the very limited appeal of the sport in a statewide and national sense, if you’re not involved directly in the dogs it’s really a peripheral issue at best, and the ALP’s pledge to reinstate it is political opportunism at its best.

I’ve talked to him on this subject and he was becoming concerned the report kept getting delayed at the request of the former High Court Judge Michael McHugh but after reading it he understood the huge flow of evidence coming in which painted an increasingly bleak picture.

The thing that concerns me is how any regulator could possibly clean up races where generations of the same family have been engaging in practices which are illegal, breaking that culture would be enormously difficult.

I’m no fan of over-regulation or of banning something because of a few bad eggs, but I don’t think that is the case in this instance.

LEADER’S LEGACY ONE leader who should be put in his place is former PM John Howard.

This week saw the release of the much-anticipated Chilcot Report which found that the Iraq war which toppled Saddam Hussein was based on a lie that

he possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction.

It didn’t paint former British PM Tony Blair in a terribly favorable light, it looks like he signed up to whatever war the US wanted to have, no questions asked.

Where’s the national debate and accountability for this mess, which John Howard jumped into with great glee and abandon to help out his mate George Bush.

No doubt he was flattered at the attention he was being paid, publicly lauded as the US’s best friend and George W’s “Man of Steel.”

Howard should at least lose all his pension and entitlements because his role in gung-ho-ing us into a seemingly endless war on terror has cost the nation, and the world, dearly – it would be a great incentive for all current and future politicians to think very carefully before doing something so stupid next time around, it’s the ultimate form of political accountability.

At the moment, however inept they are, just by serving time at a highly paid public funded job they get huge benefits until they die.

A far better deal than all the hundreds of thousands who have needlessly died since this conflict began.

BUILDING IT RIGHT, FROM THE START IT was a close shave when it comes to the future of Dubbo’s proposed integrated cancer centre but with the Turnbull coalition returned by a very slim majority, this important facility should be on track to happen.

Where do you start when it comes to how this election

played out, what a disaster for the PM (If he’s still PM by the time this newspaper goes to print).

This has to be committed to so the state planners sorting out the next stages of the hospital redevelopment can arrange for it to all be drawn up at the same time – that’ll save a lot of angst and cash down the track compared to if we’d had to retrofit the thing.

DONATE FOR LIFE WHY can’t our federal politicians bite the bullet and just make everyone an organ donor unless they make the decision to “opt out” of that.

July 31 marks the start of Donate life Week and Australia has just 32 percent of people on the national donation register despite surveys showing 69 percent are willing to donate their organs – this doesn’t make sense.

If we’re going to spend $150 million plus on a same-sex marriage plebiscite, let’s include issues klike this as well if our pollies are too hopeless to get their acts together.

LOTS OF BRIEFS DUBBO Square’s Rhino is getting a makeover courtesy of Dubbo Public School and local artist Fishdog.

It will be interesting to see what the students’ imaginations come up with for “Bruno”.

Great to see a telemonitoring service being piloted by Western NSW Primary Health Network (love how government department names grow far more quickly than regional communities they serve) as an afterhours program for people suffering from chronic conditions.

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A HORSE ON A COURSE Well done to Prezlia Brouggy, riding Hunting Romance aka Twiggy a young 4yr old mare She’s competed in five events against very experienced competition at the World Appaloosa Youth Show at Fort Worth, Texas USA. They were selected to compete in the finals. Well done, that’s a great effort.

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“This project has the potential to significantly reduce hospitalisation and reduce the pressure on hospital emergency departments,” according to the official press release, and I wouldn’t doubt that – we have to use all and any technological advances to their best advantage.

The fantastic Golden Oldies Vintage Truck, Tractor and Quilt Show is coming up on August 13 and it should once again showcase a great display from the Olden Days.

It’s yet another terrific event run by a hard-working volunteer committee and it attracts thousands to the city every two years.

For those who are interested in the river and all things fishing, get on to council’s timelapse photo website which gives hourly updates of the new fishway being installed at the old south Dubbo weir, using the link below. http://dubbo.photosentinel. com.au/PhotoGalleryDynamic. aspx?installationID=1719&ho meID=1110 Great to see my old mate Peter Andrews “squatting” on Tarwyn Park, the Bylong Valley property he was forced off late last century.

This is a model which can show the world how to reclaim fresh water for all by rehydrating our parched landscapes, and there’s no mine worth even a fraction of that knowledge.

Brent Simpson from Heavy Hiterz passed through Dubbo a couple of weeks ago on a bike ride from the Gold Coast to Perth.

Imagine my surprise when I found out he’d fractured his elbow in a fall before he got to Dubbo, putting up with the pain until he got to Ceduna (SA) which is on the eastern side of the Nullarbor Plain.

Nine days in hospital after he contracted septicemia, and then straight back on the bike hoping to get his ride back on track – this is one inspiring bloke and an amazingly inspiring story.

If you haven’t already, register for the upcoming Mt Arthur Challenge, it’s one of the premier events in our new expanded Western Plains Regional Council area.

COUNCIL APPROVES OPERATIONAL PLAN THIS month marks the start of the new financial year and the implementation of Council’s 2016/17 Operational Plan. This is the document that sets out how much Council will spend, what it will be spent on and how expenditure will be funded.

Council is inviting local residents to plant 500 trees for National Tree Day. Locals who come along to plant trees at the detention basin off White Cir-

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There will be a Council site at the Mudgee Small Farm Field Days where residents can talk to Council staff about the current Community Plan, what has been achieved so far, and what the community think Council’s future priorities should be.

Applications are now open for the Community Building Partnership program, and close July 22. Council will make applications for funding and encourages local community groups to also apply. Visit the website for more information.

Tickets for movies at the Town Hall Cinema are now sold online. To buy movie tickets, follow the links from Council’s website or the Town Hall Cinema Facebook page. Cash sales are still available at the Cinema on movie weekends.

BOOK GIVEAWAY BOUNCING back from a stroke is no easy road, but for author and speaker, David Roland, it’s a road he knows

only too well. He’ll be in town on the weekend of July 23 and 24. On the Sunday he’s hosting a public workshop (see Outback Writers’ Centre facebook or webpage for details). Called Writing for Wellness, he’ll share his story of how he rescued his brain from the murky depths of a stroke, to then turn his life around. It’s extraordinary stuff. As a bonus to Dubbo Weekender readers we’re giving away a couple of copies of David’s book, called, “How I Rescued My Brain” which he’ll sign and if you’re in town on that weekend he’ll give the copies to the lucky winners himself. All you have to do to enter, is go to the Dubbo Weekender facebook page; like, comment or share the post you’ll see there about the giveaway, as many times as you can and you’ll be entered accordingly into a random draw.

IT’S RAINING MUD IT’S been a long time since construction sites were halted in Dubbo because of the rain but the deluge that came down in the past week, certainly made life very difficult for the town’s tradies.

MISSING MAN Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Robert (Bob) Dickie aged 71 years of Elong Elong, near Dubbo.

Family members reported Mr Dickie as a missing person to the police on Wednesday, June 15, 2016.

Mr Dickie was last seen leaving his Elong Elong home on foot Tuesday, June 14, 2016, with someone he seemed to know.

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FEATURE.

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When she heard about an outback adventure involving thousands of kilometres, motorbikes bound for the scrapheap and a worthy cause, NATALIE HOLMES sensed there was a good yarn in the air.

PHYSICAL adventure will also be an emotional journey for participants bound for the bush on an exciting outback trek later this year. The Scrapheap Adventure Ride, now its seventh year, involves teams of fearless riders jumping on their old motorbikes and riding off into the western sunset.

At the same time as seeing the countryside, they are raising money and awareness of Down syndrome NSW, the primary support organisation in this state for affected families. What is a fun-filled few days for a group of passionate enthusiasts means the world to an organisation which was established by its parent members and receives very little recognition from the community.

The money that’s raised is critical for the organisation because it doesn’t receive a lot of funding.

Event founder Perry Gilsenan is nothing short of stunned by what the ride has achieved in its relatively

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short existence. In just six years, it has raised nearly $400,000, which has been poured into Down syndrome NSW without so much as a cent taken out for expenses.

For the father of two, the trip is a personal journey, as his daughter Grace has Down syndrome.

But he also sees it as a big belly laugh adventure for anyone who’s keen or crazy enough to take a motorcycle with a price tag of $1000 or less into the wide

It gets bigger and bigger every year. I meet people that tell me it’s on their bucket list.” - Founder Perry Gilsenan describing the Scrapheap Adventure Ride

blue yonder.

“There’s a lot of factors involved in people’s motives for doing it,” he explained. “So it’s a pretty amazing journey.”

Teams from across NSW, Qld, Victoria and South Australia will leave their respective sheds with the goal of meeting at Kallara Station, Tilpa in Far West NSW on September 30. A core group of riders will leave Sydney three days earlier with the plan of travelling 350km a day across the state, a journey of 1200km.

They will stop near Wellington on the first night and Nymagee on the second night, before arriving in Tilpa on the third day.

For many, it’s become an annual pilgrimage that they spend months planning. So far, they have travelled to places as far diverse as Kosciusko and the back o’ Bourke.

It gets bigger and bigger every year,” Perry said. “I

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Perry’s story Born in Parkes, Perry lived in Tomingley. At the age of 12, he was run over by a train and lost both legs, becoming a double amputee.

At the time, his mother taught him the resilience and tenacity that would serve him well in life.

“She told me that getting upset about it is not going to put feet back on the end of your body.

It was the toughest but most liberating statement I’ve ever heard.”

As if one near-death experience isn’t enough, Perry was involved in a horrific car accident 12 years later which very nearly claimed his life.

“I broke every rib on the right side of my chest and fractured every vertebrae in my spine. My ribs actually went through my lung.”

Perry recovered from both accidents and went on to found the Scrapheap Adventure Ride and has since done at least half a million miles. He has a big heart and fierce passion for his family which includes wife Jane and daughters Grace (13) and Molly (11).

“He doesn’t let anything stand in his way,” Jane told Jamie Malcolm in an interview for Kerri-Anne.

“He has a good time and loves to inspire and support the organisation.”

meet people that tell me it’s on their bucket list.”

It doesn’t get much better than that.

This year, Perry is hoping to get 100 riders or ‘Scrappers’ to go along on the annual trek with the aim of raising $100,000.

“There are a lot of amateurs and guys who have returned to riding. Everywhere we go, we have fun, we hear touching stories and we raise awareness of Down syndrome - from Cameron Corner to Broken Hill to Packsaddle. And it’s as much about having fun as raising money.”

Then there’s the bright idea of sending an old clunker of a motorbike out into the back of beyond where mechanic workshops are few and far between.

“The aim is to get an old junker, fix it up and ride it,” Perry explains. “It’s all part of the adventure - although sometimes the wives aren’t so happy with the parts in the shed.”

“Anyone can go and buy a bike and go for a ride.”

“In the same way, they build up their team and friends.”

Perry pointed out that there’s always a strong contingent of supporters along for the ride.

“A lot of people come along in the support crew. We have a lot of trailers and spare parts.”

At the ride’s conclusion, there is a celebration before riders head home to await the next event.

“At the end, I’ve got another 400 friends,” Perry says.

“It’s always a huge night where you’ve never laughed so much. In every community, everyone is so supportive. They are happy to help.”

“Some groups then put their bikes on the trailer and go home whereas others make a big run of it.

As a parent, Perry believes it’s vitally important to show support of other families.

“Everyone I know that has a child see them as having a positive impact in their lives. And every parent has the same desires and fears for their child.”

Unfortunately, there is still a stigma attached to people with disabilities.

“The sad part is that they are beautiful children,” Perry said. “Society tells us that we don’t want to put up with a child with a disability. But I can’t imagine my world without Grace in it.”

As for the Scrapheap Adventure Ride, Perry hopes it will still be going well into the future.

“They are really good events,” he said.

“It’s something positive when there’s so much negative stuff in the world.”

About Down syndrome NSW Down syndrome NSW (DS NSW) champions the rights of people with Down syndrome to have the same access to society as everyone else, such as health, education, work, family and being part of the community.

The organisation strives to achieve this by supporting people with Down syndrome, their families and carers, to be part of a strong and vibrant community that is informed, engaged and

active.DS NSW is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that was established in 1980 by parents of children with Down syndrome and is still proudly parent run.

DS NSW provides: z A dedicated information and referral service for families and professionals z Peer to peer support to families at all life stages z A library resource centre housing the largest collection of information and resources about Down syndrome in Australia z Workshops and community

building events for members z Professional development and training to education and health professionals z Representation of the interests and needs of people with Down Syndrome at state and federal levels z A voice for people with Down syndrome and their families in public discourse and policy development z Social networking and selfadvocacy opportunities for adults with Down syndrome through the Up! Club

Grateful for the support THE work of Down syndrome NSW is critical in enabling people to live full and productive lives.

However, the organisation only receives minimal government funding (22 per cent) so relies on the generosity of the wider community through financial contributions. DS NSW executive director Traceylee Arestides offers a helping hand to families with a child

with Down syndrome.

“DS NSW reaches out to families with information and support and shows them what’s possible in the years to come. We also link them up with other families.”

She is extremely grateful for the support of the Scrapheap Adventure Ride.

“It is an absolute delight for me to work with such a passionate group

of people. They love their children tremendously and they want to change the world and make it a better place for their kids to grow up in.

“We can keep helping people through the support of our members and friends doing wonderful things like the Scrapheap Adventure.”

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HOW TO GET SCRAPPY z The Scrapheap Adventure Ride is about having fun, raising awareness and funds for Down syndrome NSW. While all bikes are welcome, the idea is to start with a bike costing less than $1000 and spend any additional sums on the bike to make it roadworthy. All participating machines must be registered. Make a (suggested) $100 tax deductible donation to register. Set up a Scrapheap Adventure Ride challenge webpage and add photos, blog entries and updates for friends and sponsors. If a suitable Scrapper can’t be found, everyday bikes can still participate in the event. Supporters are also welcome to carry fuel, water, food and any Scrappers that don’t make the distance. If you’re not a rider, you can support the Scrapheap Adventure Ride and Down syndrome NSW by sponsoring a rider or just donating to the cause. To join, visit www.mycause.com.au/events/ scrapheapadventureride z Contact Perry Gilsenan on 0418 978 781 or perry@matters.com.au for more information.

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OPINION & ANALYSIS.

Friday 15.07.2016 to Sunday 17.07.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Tony Webber

Tony Webber is a Dubbo resident who opposed the Iraq war.

Those who lived by the sword damned by Chilcot pen on Iraq N Sunday, July 3, a car bomb in Baghdad killed at least 250 people.

A United Nations report said that in May at least 900 Iraqis were killed and 1500 wounded, including up to 150 people killed in a series of suicide bombings in Baghdad.

Three days after the bombing in the capital’s Karrada district – the worst terrorist bombing since the 2003 invasion of Iraq – one of the war’s leading advocates made a stunning statement.

Asked whether invading Iraq was a mistake, Tony Blair stuck to his lines: “I believe we made the right decision and the world is better and safer.”

Killing people to save them.

Better and safer.

In 2014 almost 10,000 Iraqis died in attacks - more than the cumulative total of fatalities from terrorism in the entire world from 1998 to 2000.

Blair’s astonishing comments follow last week’s release of the so-called “Chilcot report” into Britain’s role in the Iraq war.

Chilcot’s report lays bare the eagerness with which the full weight of western military might was inflicted on the long-suffering people of Iraq.

This second war came on the heels of crippling sanctions that withheld basic necessities, which in turn arose from the first Iraq war – all punishments inflicted on Saddam’s already brutalised population: a population that bore scant responsibility for bringing him to power in the first place.

That the report focuses on the feeble justification for the onslaught should be the lesson.

Whether intelligence was embellished or fabricated does not obscure the main conclusion of the report: that all peaceful options were not exhausted when the decision was taken to all but destroy a sovereign nation, and with it up to 300,000 defenceless people.

Other factors receive similar evaluation which seems unduly clinical in that light: was the war legal? Were adequate planning and resources allocated to “nation building” once the war was won?

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Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard gestures during a press conference for his reaction to the release of the Chilcot Report in the UK at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices in Sydney, Thursday, July 7, 2016.

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Does it matter as much whether the devastation of innocents was accompanied with adequate post-war planning and administration?

Is a dreadful thing done badly any worse than a dreadful thing done well?

Blair’s standard line about the world being a safer place sounded plausible in the aftermath of the first onslaught and overthrow of Saddam’s thuggish regime.

But as the worst case scenario continues to play out, he sounds detached from the horrific reality.

As the report states: “We do not agree that hindsight is required.” All the disasters that have come to pass were “explicitly identified before the invasion”.

The rise of a Sunni insurgency, the vicious Shia/Sunni civil war of 2006-07, the upsurge of Al Qaeda in Iraq and its

atrocities, the eventual emergence of ISIL and ISIS which spawned Islamic State, the instability in the region that helped spark wars in Syria and Yemen, pitting Iran against Saudi Arabia, the radicalisation of young men and women abroad and the terrorist blowback attacks on western countries and travellers, including our own.

As the report emphasises, all these consequences were voiced in the inevitable lead up to a war opposed by the majority of Brits, and Australians for that matter.

Both here and the UK opponents were rubbished by the government of the day and their jingoistic media supporters, but despite the catastrophic outcome of the war, its cheerleaders have lost little in prestige or career prospects.

The exception is probably Blair, who can credit Iraq as taking him from one of the UK’s most popular leaders, the man who helped bring peace to Northern Ireland, to the much-reviled figure he is today.

But there is little comfort to be had in hoping the grim lessons of Iraq were learned: In 2011, unprovoked, Britain, the US and other western powers repeated the blood-thirsty blunder in Libya with largely the same disastrous outcome.

Like Blair, Australia’s official line on Iraq remains that it was all a mistake, yet we have not held a thorough inquiry to determine what actually happened.

Chilcot’s findings possibly explain why not.

Amazon rainforest has 11,676 tree species

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LONDON: So many different tree species grow in the Amazon rainforest that it will take another 300 years to discover them all, say scientists.

Researchers made the prediction after conducting an audit of more than half a million museum specimens collected from the Amazon between 1707 and 2015.

They ended up with a list of 11,676 different tree species. Based on this figure, they believe about 4000 of the rarest Amazonian

trees remain to be discovered and described.

Conservationist Dr Nigel Pitman, from the Field Museum in Chicago, US, said: “Since 1900, between 50 and 200 new trees have been discovered in the Amazon every year.

“Our analysis suggests that we won’t be done discovering new tree species there for three more centuries.”

In 2013 scientists guessed there were around 16,000 tree species in the Amazon.

The new study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, suggests this estimate is probably a good approximation.

It was made possible by the digitisation of museum collection data – photos and records of specimens that can be shared online by experts around the world.

“We couldn’t have written this paper without digitisation efforts,” said Dr Pitman. “All of the information we needed was in the same place, so we didn’t have to go

through every individual museum in the world. We were able to use data not just from the Field Museum, but from museum collections everywhere.”

The species list will assist those trying to preserve the rainforest in the future, said the scientists.

Co-author Dr Hans ter Steege, from the Naturalis Biodiversity Centre in Leiden, the Netherlands, said: “We’re trying to give people tools so they’re not just labouring in the AAP/PA dark.

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THE SOAPBOX.

Friday 15.07.2016 to Sunday 17.07.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

NSW Parliament’s gone to the dogs – time to ban it!

HE time has come for the Baird/ Grant Government to close down the NSW Parliament and ban it for good. As we await the sentencing of yet another NSW Politician found guilty of engaging in corrupt conduct it’s now an inescapable fact that corruption stretching back to the Rum Corps is, despite numerous inquiries, Royal Commissions, guilty verdicts and promises made, impossible to root out and impossible to control.

Just as the entire Greyhound industry has been tainted by the actions of a minority so too must all NSW Politicians be tainted by the actions of the minority amongst their own ranks.

If we are to use the Baird/Grant Governments’ logic in relation to its attempts to shut down the greyhound industry, all NSW politicians and employees within the political ‘industry’ must be punished and their livelihoods scrubbed because history has proven time and time again despite their best intentions they can’t be reformed.

I feel very strong empathy for those who are caught up in this who have not done anything wrong. They should feel deep anger towards others in their profession who have brought us to this place.

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Comment by TOM CHESSON Bogan born and bred Tom Chesson has worked all over the world in a myriad different roles including in the media and politics.

Although there has been some progress made, the latest findings of corruption against yet another NSW politician has again highlighted that the NSW Parliament has had many years to reform and failed to do so. It saddens me that there are many in Politics who wanted to do the right thing and have been let down by others.

The historical systemic corruption in the NSW body politic makes the greyhound industry look like saints in com-

parison. History has shown too often the real gangsters reside in Macquarie St, not Kings Cross where the NSW fun police have banned Sydney’s nightlife. Given historical precedents we know that corruption will again rear its’ ugly head in Macquarie Street. Given this knowledge how many times will Mr Baird and his deputy, Mr Grant let politicians rort, lie and cheat the people before they act?

The NSW Government’s gross hypocrisy is on display. They ban industries because they say they can’t be reformed, yet fails to act on the one ‘profession’ which has time and time again failed to reform, his own.

The idea that the NSW Parliament just needed better regulation and another chance was not borne out by the conduct of his NSW Parliamentary colleagues in previous Parliaments, nor will it in future.

` The NSW Government’s gross hypocrisy is on display.

They ban industries because they say they can’t be reformed, yet fails to act on the one ‘profession’ which has time and time again failed to reform, his own.

It’s worth remembering that Mr Baird only became Premier because the preceding Premier resigned in disgrace!

The culture of deception and corruption in NSW has throughout history run too deep to be given yet another chance.

Better regulation has been attempted, and failed, many times over. The sad reality is, further regulation and promises by politicians simply aren’t a viable option.

It’s a pity we don’t currently have an alternative model of government to the NSW Parliament, however the Local Council amalgamations have made councils bigger and more ‘efficient’. We could always give these new entities the roles and responsibilities that formerly resided with the NSW Parliament. Following the announcement of a ban we could work out a better arrangement over twelve months as we transition to life without the NSW Parliament. If the United Kingdom can do it with BRexit we too can adopt a stiff upper lip approach and support a NSWexit.

(I have paraphrased two slabs of text from Premier Baird’s Facebook posts re: the greyhound racing ban and replaced references to greyhounds with NSW Parliament or politicians. It is amazing how interchangeable the two are!)

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OPINION & ANALYSIS.

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Greg Smart

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

Surely no surprise at the result S there any non-party hack surprised by the result of the Federal Election?

From the moment the Liberal Party bowed to the poll results, submitted to the blindingly obvious that Tony Abbott was on the nose, and installed Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister, the Federal Election was Malcolm Turnbull’s to lose.

And didn’t he come close.

Rather than gather up the middle ground, the small “l” Liberals and the swinging progressive voters, he dithered, flip flopped and back tracked. He was hamstring by both his lack of decisiveness and the hard right of his own Party.

The traditional Coalition ideologies of border protection and economic management were conspicuously muted in the campaign, replaced by the inane “jobs and growth” mantra.

Turnbull never looked comfortable when mounting a negative attack at Labor and opposition leader Bill Shorten.

Being an attack dog was and isn’t in his nature, and his body language showed his unease in that role.

Business tax cuts offered nothing for the average PAYE voter. The continual motherhood statements about pivoting to innovation and nimbleness (again more inane vagueness) did nothing to engage the disadvantaged, under employed or struggling lower middle class.

No wonder the public switched off mid campaign.

Then, rather than refocus his strategy on tangible and credible policies, Turnbull lectured the public on the dangers of voting for any independent candidate, claiming minor parties would “wreak havoc” and “chaos” on Australia in “another power-sharing fiasco” with Labor.

If there is one thing the average Australian hates it’s a lecture on how to behave, let alone vote. The backlash was therefore inevitable.

The Double Dissolution gamble has backfired spectacularly. Rather than the broom being put through the “feral senate” and the way smoothed for the industrial relations bill to curb bullyboy Union power, Malcolm in the middle has a senate split between right-wing nut jobs, centralist independents and single agenda contrarians.

Malcolm Turnbull managed to snatch

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the barest of victories from the jaws of defeat, a defeat itself lethargically eased from the jaws of what would have been a landslide victory nine months ago.

Whilst the Clive Palmer prototype anti-politician imploded in a haze of bluster, the public proved they are tired of the two Party monopoly, with its lecturing scare tactics.

And who could blame them.

It has been near to 10 years since Kevin ‘07. Kevin Rudd came to power after the public’s fatigue with John Howard, a Labor leader who was not a traditional union apparatchik, but someone

perceived as having the right leadership characteristics.

The moment he was done over by negative polling and backroom scheming, Australia was set on the path of revolving door leaders, wafer thin election results and political inertia.

Contemplate this – what has either side of party politics achieved in that near to ten years?

I’m not referring to the minutiae of daily government, which is achieved by public servants anyway, but the visionary social capital achievements.

Gonski education funding reforms?

` Instead they both default to scare campaigns, such as children overboard, Mediscare, $100 roasts, Whyalla wiped of the map. But in this modern age of social media the public respond quickly when they see straight through that nonsense. Treating voters with contempt can only lead to their own demise.

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2. OLYMPICS: Name the first country other than Norway to win a gold medal in the Olympic men’s Nordic combined skiing.

3. LANGUAGE: What is another name for a sommelier?

4. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is the chief characteristic of a palmiped’s feet?

5. MUSIC: A piece of music in the “adagio” style would be played in what manner?

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7. MOVIES: What was the acronym name of the artificial intelligence in the “Iron Man” and “The Avengers” movies?

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9. FLASHBACK: Name the artist who wrote and recorded “Sunshine on My Shoulders”?

10. LITERATURE: What was the title of the first James Bond novel?

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Too partisan.

Federal Health funding restructure?

Budget emergency - too bad if you are a leaner or aging baby boomers.

Mining tax alternatively known as the Mineral Resources Rent Tax? Poorly executed and negotiated, easily defeated by vested interests.

National Broadband Network? Too extravagant and expensive, who wants to be the clever country anyway?

Carbon tax and renewable energy rebates? Ideologically abhorrent.

Infrastructure? Build more roads and lease Darwin harbour to the Chinese.

Indigenous disadvantage? Too hard to fix from Canberra, lets send in the military.

Environmental Protection? The Reef and the Liverpool Plains are replaceable right?

National Disability Support Scheme? A rare and long overdue admission of past neglect that may or may not improve the lot of those needing its support.

No wonder the public are disillusioned and seeking alternatives.

Neither party has displayed an ability to provide stable grown-up government. Both are distracted by internal power struggles between factions. Both parties are beholden to their respective political masters, the union movement and corporate sponsors.

Instead they both default to scare campaigns, such as children overboard, Mediscare, $100 roasts, Whyalla wiped of the map. But in this modern age of social media the public respond quickly when they see straight through that nonsense. Treating voters with contempt can only lead to their own demise.

Now Turnbull has to govern a notionally majority government and deal with independents he so earnestly sought to oust via the Double Dissolution, whilst fighting a rearguard action within his own party against the fundamentalist conservatives to his right. All the while claiming a “mandate” for what?

Ten more years of the same on the horizon?

Malcolm Turnbull has declared “it is vital that this Parliament works.”

Now that would be a surprise.

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Adopt a greyhound July 11, 2016 Dear Editor The news that greyhound racing will be banned in NSW and the ACT is most welcome. As Premier Mike Baird said, this industry is responsible for the unnecessary slaughtering of tens of thousands of healthy dogs.

Now that the industry has been given notice to close down, the fate of thousands more is uncertain. The government must ensure that the greyhound racing industry stops all breeding programmes immediately in order to make certain that there are not even more dogs in need of “forever homes”.

Over the next year, any money earmarked for building or renovating tracks should be reallocated to promote desexing and dogadoption programmes.

Greyhounds are gentle, friendly dogs who love nothing better than human company, a kind word and a loving touch. If you are thinking of taking a new companion into your home, a greyhound, or any shelter dog, will offer loyalty and affection. Please don’t buy a dog from a breeder and sentence one of these beautiful animals to an early death; adopt a companion and offer him or her, and yourself, many years of joy and love. Sincerely, Desmond Bellamy, Special Projects Coordinator PETA Australia •••

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With the uptake on the app breaking records, it’s sadly a statistical reality though there’ll be someone out there who just won’t get it.

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Pokemon Go, just not here THOUGH little Pokemon are popping up all over the planet, in people’s bathtubs, dog houses and nearby parks, players of the explosively popular app are not welcome to play their game in certain locations.

Both the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Arlington National Cemetery in Washing DC area have issued pleas for players to not enter these memorials spaces intent on playing their game.

There is a time and place for everything, and not now, so it seems like a fair call. We’d no more go to these kinds of locations and start belting

Mmmmmm. Eating insects for food? It’s not new, but thankfully McDonalds have not found out how popular it is. National Geographic have issued a spiel on Snapchat about what bugs taste like. If you can get past the images and not listen to you brain screaming at you to “move away now!”, here’s what we will hopefully never see as a “side” to replace fries. Giant water bugs taste like a salty Jolly Rancher candy. Oh, yes, American lolly reference, which is like a super sweet hard boiled candy and I highly doubt any creature with six legs would ever taste like that. Scorpions apparently taste “funky and bitter” like spoiled crab meat. I’ll have to take their word on that! Grasshoppers, a popular snack in many countries not surprisingly tastes like spicy popcorn which I will never order on my next trip to Readings. “Hi, can I have a jumbo bucket of grasshoppers please?”

Inside peek to the Crab Nebula The Crab Nebula isn’t something you eat. It’s the left over of a mas-

sive explosion of a star in the Taurus constellation and it’s mighty pretty.

Astronomers have been observing it since the invention of a telescope capable of doing so but now we have Hubble and this week that marvel of modern star gazing revealed for the first time the best pics yet. Six and half thousand years after the star exploded there’s still a lot of activity there and Hubble has pictured it in high resolution colour. The remaining star has shrunk to just 20 miles across but still has the mass of our sun so there’s lots going on but most striking is the colours of the rainbow the energy being produced there is creating.

Like father, like son OH dear, here we go again? (I cannot stand repetition. I need more spontaneity in my life!) but clearly the son of wanted/presumed/is dead Al Qaeda terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, doesn’t think so. He’s calling for revenge for the assassination of his dad. It’s not possible he just found out, is it? Anyway Hamza Bin Laden has threatened the USA in a 21-minute speech. Apparently the aging commanders of Al Qaeda have struggled to attract newcomers to the fray with ISIS hogging all the limelight it seems Hamza is the new poster boy. Groan. Peace, love and underpants people!

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July 11, 2016 Dear Editor, Over 3 million Australians are living with chronic pain every day, an often overwhelming condition that can have a negative impact on all aspects of a person’s life. Mood, relationships, ability to work and general enjoyment of life can all be seriously impacted by chronic pain. In a double blow, the experiences of people with chronic pain are often discounted or minimised simply because it can’t be seen by others – what we call ‘the invisible challenge’.

In reality, chronic pain is arguably the fastest growing medical condition in Australia and affects people of all ages, a fact our Ambassador, cricketing legend Michael Clarke, knows all too well. He’s been living with chronic pain since he was just 17 years-old, and is encouraging people to seek the help they need.

“Seeking help has changed my life and allowed me to achieve everything I have through my career. It is all about learning as much as you can to manage the pain as effectively as you possibly can,” said Clarke.

Apart from the impact on individuals and families, chronic pain is also estimated to cost our economy at least $34 billion each year.

July 25 – 31 is National Pain Week, a week dedicated to raising awareness of the impact of chronic pain on the lives of Australians.

Our aim is to reduce the unnecessary suffering and isolation caused by chronic pain in our communities, and change the culture that surrounds people living with chronic pain.

We encourage your readers to attend the major event held at Westmead Hospital on July 29, where Michael Clarke will share his experiences, and where we will hear from experts and people in pain themselves about the latest and best information - what is helpful and what is not.

People who experience chronic pain, or know someone who does, can visit www.nationalpainweek.org.au for information and resources.

As Michael Clarke says, learning to manage chronic pain can be life-changing.

Yours sincerely, Dr Coralie Wales, president Chronic Pain Australia – National Pain Week 2016

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Ben and Tiff Patterson: Teaching in tandem Toddlers and teenagers have entwined the career paths of married couple Ben and Tiffany Patterson, who share a strong desire to make a difference in the education sector. After becoming parents to daughter Piper last year, they also hope to inspire her through love and learning. AS TOLD TO Natalie Holmes.

Tiffany Patterson WENT into Early Childhood education because my niece was diagnosed with dyspraxia. It’s a processing disorder to do with the part of the brain that processes language. She also experienced global development delays which meant that everything that she was doing occurred later than in other children her age. She also has low muscle tone.

I grew up with friends whose mothers were preschool teachers and they were always fun. My mum and grandma were also inspiring with their natural ability to work with children. Grandma was in my house growing up and she inspired learning and reading bedtime stories.

I’m creative and love helping people. I’m definitely a people-pleaser and always want to help.

It’s about getting down on their level and I did that naturally. My aunty was a preschool teacher and she wrote on my work experience feedback form that I had natural ability. I was 15 at the time. I wanted to work in a preschool and started my Cert III in Early Childhood Education at 19 but had to drop out when I developed severe glandular fever and depression.

I switched to a hairdressing apprenticeship because my mum is a hairdresser and I enjoyed being around her business. Because I was good with numbers, I ended up working in an accounting firm for five years, working my way up through reception, administration and bookkeeping. I left that role but stayed in the accounting and financial sector.

Not long after that, I met Ben. What I love about education is seeing the relationships you build. Getting through to someone, working with children, that’s what kept me going. And no matter how hard your day, you are making a difference in their lives. We develop these relationships with them that I wouldn’t give up for the world.

You’re not their mum but you do get very close to them. When I was teaching full-time, I would even go on holidays and still see things that I wanted to add to the program to teach. You look at different learning outcomes and development and how to do things.

Ben was in his last year of uni when we met and I had just started. In high school teaching, every child has different needs and backgrounds and absorbs things differently whereas in childcare, you have a format that covers everyone’s needs.

We also look a lot at our surroundings and use them as inspiration, such as the weather or a movie they have seen. As a mum now, I have realised that I need to do more intentional education with her.

When she was little, I used to read, sing songs, do counting and listen to music.

But when she became mobile, everything changed!

At work, you make a portfolio of everything a child does, but at home, you don’t do that as much.

On paper, Ben and I are very different. I am religious, he’s not. I went to a private Christian school, he went to

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public school. I grew up on the Northern beaches, he is from Western Sydney. I have four siblings. He and his brother were raised by their mum on her own.

But we are only six weeks apart in age so we are familiar with the same pop culture.

Ben and I are both very open with each other and have the same desire to help others. We also want to help each other and are really connected in that way. We are a team in that we understand each other. We’re also both very sensitive and care deeply about people and the community. We have very similar values. More than anything, we see behavioural trends and social issues that weren’t around when we were kids. In that regard, we are both mandatory reporters if there is anything we observe that is wrong. Even when Ben was finishing his degree, I could see how important it was to him and that he wanted so badly to be the best teacher he could be and help as many people as he could. There are people who get into teaching for the holidays or other reasons but Ben is different. He made the change to work in special education which I think has been the best decision because it’s about building relationships. He shares his interests with the students and that inspires them. Ben originally wanted to be a film director and his first degree was in electronic arts. It’s funny how things work out because he’s a great teacher.

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EACHING was actually my back-up plan. I was looking at it as a Plan B. There will always be a need for teachers and it’s a good job to fall back on. I tell the kids that it was peer pressure because all my friends were doing the same, so I followed. But I got really engrossed in it. Teaching isn’t just something you can dabble in.

Most people I’ve worked with wanted to be a teacher for a long time because of their parents or other influences. But I do take it pretty seriously. I have been a teacher for five years this year and got into it from my very first casual day onwards.

I wanted to teach after doing my first prac. Just seeing that lightbulb moment in kids; there’s been a few times where you can actually see kids get it, it’s really rewarding. I haven’t been in one place for long enough for kids to remember a shared experience from a long time ago but they still recall moments we’ve had.

The background of the kids I teach is so different to my own that I have to re-evaluate how I teach - I don’t think I’ve ever taught the same thing twice.

I do share a few similarities with Tiff.

It’s all about the relationship with the kids; showing an interest in their lives and sharing parts of my life with them.

It’s important that I don’t misrepresent myself to them because I want to be a good role model. I want to live the way I tell them I live.

Currently, I teach creative arts to kids with special needs and I’ve been enjoying it so I’m looking at retraining in special education. It’s the best faculty to work in. They’re smaller classes and you spend a longer time with the kids. It’s

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a different experience, I get more lightbulb moments and the rewards you see are bigger. I’m really proud of what the students can do by generating an idea and realising it; it’s a process.

The best teaching moments are actually when we aren’t really teaching. The kids are keen to hear about your life and tell you about their lives. That is also something that Tiffany does - child-initiated learning. For example, art versus graffiti fits in with urban lifestyles and it’s a big part of culture that kids are familiar with.

We both try to make stuff more fun so it’s interesting. Teaching art, the challenge is actually teaching them something. Sometimes I steal things from Tiff and upscale them. Teenagers and toddlers have a lot in common! I don’t make any assumptions about prior knowledge. It’s better to assume they don’t know anything and go from there.

I want to help my students and find a better way to do things and succeed in the things they do. Since becoming a dad, I feel more protective of the kids I teach and teaching them well gives me more motivation to do a good job. I’d like Piper to get the same quality teaching that I aim to provide.

One of the biggest things I take from Tiffany is how much she wants people to get along with each other. She has really helped me find what I’m good at and has really pushed me when I need an extra push - in my art practice and in my job. We alternate in supporting and we understand and listen to each other.

Tiffany has brought the qualities of her teaching to being a mum. She cares for all the kids and she’s a good mum.

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BY MATHEW DICKERSON SMALL BUSINESS RULES ULES CONSULTANT

HURSDAY, March 22, 2012 is the day that a light bulb was switched on for me. As I sat at the breakfast table on that morning, my fourteen-year-old daughter joined me for our cereal and toast. She asked if I had heard the big news. Having just returned from my morning bike ride where not a lot of news flashes are announced, I admitted I hadn’t – and also thought that the big news may be as important as who was about to leave Home and Away.

My daughter announced that Malcom Naden, who had been on the run from the law for seven years and was one of Australis’s most wanted men, had been captured. This was indeed big news so I turned on the television to see.

After going through several stations, I asked my daughter which channel she had seen the news on.

“Facebook!” was the reply.

For the next five minutes I gave my daughter the standard speech about not believing everything you read on the Internet and make sure you hear news from a trusted source such as a trained journalist and all the normal parental advice to arm a child with the tools to go into the big wide world.

I am sure all my daughter heard was blah, blah, blah. Having forgotten about the topic I went about my morning until sometime later when I heard ‘breaking news’ announced on one of the morning shows. “Malcolm Naden has just been captured,” announced the host, along with some sketchy details.

My daughter remained silent but the look she gave me said it all.

That was the day that I realised social media was not just a social tool but a source of current information that people were relying on in their daily lives. Maybe it was time to treat this fad a little more seriously.

There are many sites and organisations that claim they started the concept of social media sites and even though Classmates.com has a strong case from its launch in 1995, I am going to award the tag to the short-lived site called SixDegrees.com.

The concept was based on the hypothesis that any person in the world is only six steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person in the world. What better way to explore this concept than via the Internet?

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Although SixDegrees.com only saw their inbox filling with spam lasted for four years after its from the company. Membership launch in 1997, it triggered many drives gave the site a commerother sites such as Makeoutclub; cial feel rather than organically Cyworld; Friendster; MySpace; growing a network of users. That LinkedIn; Flickr and many more. seems mild compared to FaceThen came the one. book which is now a company worth It is hard to beUS$50 billion with lieve that Facebook ` some multinaonly launched in tionals spending February 2004. In When one of the US$100 million a just over twelve 15 million P.Diddy year on Facebook years, Facebook has social media advertising. built a community followers sees of almost 1.3 bilAnd that brings lion users and is un- him celebrating up a significant doubtedly the most with Ciroc Vodka, point. Almost half influential social they are not of the users of Facemedia site in the immediately book (and probably world today. most social media sites) are in the 18 Twitter is only ten aware that he to 34 age bracket. years old and has has a US$100 With the Internet almost 700 million million deal with starting in Australusers and to show it the company to ia in June 1989, is not completely a anyone in this age closed shop, Insta- be their brand bracket has grown gram only launched ambassador. up with the Web in 2010 and already has 300 million people using the just being a normal part of their lives. site.

They are tech-savvy but their The downfall of SixDegrees. com has been the success of the youth and trust in social media largest social media sites. One makes them prone to the influof the complaints about SixDe- ence of large corporations who grees.com was that they strongly are increasingly using their space encouraged existing users to in- to advertise in. vite other users and many users Studies have been conducted

that show the use of social media and celebrity endorsements can have a negative influence on the users of social media sites, with increased alcohol consumption cited as a major negative of this style of advertising.

When one of the 15 million P.Diddy social media followers sees him celebrating with Ciroc Vodka, they are not immediately aware that he has a US$100 million deal with the company to be their brand ambassador.

This is just one of many deals that celebrity influencers are cashing in on. The likes of Katy Perry; Justin Bieber; Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga all have more than 50 million Twitter followers and can increase sales of a product with a single tweet.

The type of trust my daughter showed in 2012 in the news that was delivered via social media is even stronger with users today and the lines of information and advertising are increasingly becoming blurred.

I can’t help but wonder whether the increasing integration of advertising in social media sites draws away from the original purpose of social media which is open, trusted and honest online communication among individuals.

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Biodiversity legislation recipe for disaster A CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY (CSU) ecologist argues proposed changes to biodiversity legislation in NSW are a recipe for an environmental disaster of unprecedented scale.

In his public submission on the reforms, Dr Peter Spooner from the Institute of Land Water and Society (ILWS) at CSU in Albury-Wodonga, says the proposed laws will lead to further land degradation, native vegetation loss and species extinctions.

The NSW Government claims the reforms will 'overhaul ineffective, complicated environmental laws and create a new system that improves both environmental outcomes and farmers' productivity'.

But Dr Spooner believes the current legislation already allows farmers to clear trees without much interference.

"This legislation threatens to un-wind decades of sustainable farming practice and Landcare achievements. In these new laws, the environment is perceived as an obstacle to intensified farming, urban development, and other largescale developments such as mining," Dr Spooner said.

"As a result, I fear that broad scale clearing will erupt in NSW with devastating social, economic and environmental consequences. Premier Mike Baird will be remembered for this legacy."

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concerns about accuracy of the satellite mapping of native vegetation, which forms the basis of a self-assessment approach by farmers to clear trees.

"The scale of the mapping ignores fine details such as paddock trees, and other smaller ecological elements," Dr Spooner said.

"The map provides simplification and clarity but, of serious concern, ignores key complexity which makes the environment 'work'. It is unclear how listed endangered or vulnerable species and communities are included in this map."

Dr Spooner is also critical of the use of biodiversity offsets in the proposed legislation.

"The promise of offsetting is that development can happen and biodiversity will be no worse off but this concept is flawed," Dr Spooner said. "You can't replace a clump of 200 year-old paddock trees with a bunch of new seedlings.

That is not like for like."

Dr Spooner has welcomed the com-

mitment of $240 million over five years to support private land conservation.

But he says there needs to be more funding for monitoring, compliance and for assessing biodiversity elements on farms.

"Agencies require appropriate resources to conduct diligent, independent assessments of tree clearing activities by farmers and developers," said Dr Spooner.

"The environmental components which farmers and other landholders conserve ensure their future livelihoods, but also serve a public good.

Likewise, urban environments require healthy neighbouring ecosystems for clean water and the air we breathe.

"Therefore we need to provide policy and program incentives to conserve the environment, not destroy it."

The period for public consultation on the proposed reforms closed at the end of June and the NSW Government plans to introduce the legislation into Parliament in October 2016.

Property tax system flawed THE NSW Government has admitted that property transfer duty is an inefficient tax in its 2016 budget papers, according the Real Estate Institute of New South Wales.

REINSW President John Cunningham said a review of the tax system is neces-

sary immediately.

“The NSW Government has openly admitted that taxes imposed on transactions, such as transfer duty [stamp duty] are relatively inefficient, because people react to them by moving home less often.

“Over and above the revenue generated, the state-wide economic cost for every million dollars of transfer duty revenue is estimated to be around $800,000,” Cunningham said citing the 2016-17 Budget documents.

“We again call for the NSW government to review stamp duty. Based on its own research the government should immediately cut stamp to encourage economic activity and address the inequities of bracket creep of this inefficient Tax. “The state government have openly admitted that additional transactions would result from a reduction in stamp duty given that stamp duty would be levied on these additional transactions government revenue will not suffer.

In-fact it would most likely improve based on similar changes that occurred in Western Australia and the Northern Territory when those states reformed their rates of stamp duty.

“It’s time to put first homebuyers first and provide them with the incentives to purchase property. What further proof does the government need to act?” Cunningham said.

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Tourism Advisory Council backs Government’s restructure of regional tourism

BY VICKI SECCOMBE REGIONAL MANAGER - CENTRAL WEST ORANA, NSW BUSINESS CHAMBER

HE NSW Business Chamber’s Tourism Advisory Council strongly backs the New South Wales Government’s decision to restructure the management of regional tourism in response to the Review of NSW Regional Tourism Organisations & Regional Tourism and is confident it will help unlock the potential of the NSW Visitor Economy.

The NSW Government will invest $43 million over four years in a major overhaul in the way regional and rural areas attract visitors for domestic short breaks, regional business events and international touring programs.

The additional funding is imperative for regional NSW to compete with interstate destinations and price driven international short haul destinations. It is also a key lever to generate product development investment in tourism experiences across the State.

Tourism Advisory Council chair Simon Spellicy said: “The current operational framework and funding model underpinning regional tourism in NSW is not working effectively, which is why we are pleased that the Government has outlined a clear blueprint of what needs to be done to overcome the current challenges.

It is clear from recent consultation with regional tourism organisations (RTOs) that there is a complete lack of understanding and vision of how each of their own Destination Management Plans is contributing to meeting the goals set out by the Visitor Economy Action Plan. The result is a disconnect between RTO activity and the delivery of the State’s visitor economy outcomes.

Key initiatives announced by Stuart Ayers, Minister Tourism and Major Events included: z Increased funding for regional tourism funding programs in NSW from $7m to $11m z Long-term strategic focus underpinned by the development of a stateside Destination Management Plan, mapping out the priorities for product development & marketing investment z 6 new Destination Networks (DNs) z 4-year administrative funding agreements with the DNs z Introduction of skills based Boards for the DNs with provision for Director remuneration Dean Gorddard, executive manager, Tourism at the NSW Business Chamber said, “The ability for RTOs to focus on their core role has been curtailed by their hand to mouth financial existence at an administrative level which has also hampered their opportunity to plan long term.

“Each region has different needs in developing tourism, however the current ‘one size fits all’ approach fails to utilise the on the ground expertise of destination marketing practitioners working in the regions,” Gorddard said.

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Tourism operators across the region are being encouraged to attend the upcoming Industry Development Workshop as part of the NSW First Program, offering operators the opportunity to learn the must-know tips and insights to deliver great visitor experiences.

Member for Dubbo Troy Grant said the 2016 workshops delivered by the State’s tourism and major events agency Destination NSW, are aimed at providing tourism operators across Regional NSW with product development advice and industry resources to help grow tourism across the State. To view the NSW First Workshop program for 2016 and to register, go to: www.destinationnsw.com. au/workshops.

to the NSW Business Chamber submitted the following recommendations to the Review of NSW Regional Tourism Organisations & Regional Tourism 1. Develop a strategic framework for long term regional tourism development and marketing in NSW and define the role of stakeholders including local government in regional tourism partnerships 2. Focus on long-term “destination appeal” and “experiential” brand strategies with more weighting over shortterm tactical activity 3. Overhaul funding processes for Regional Visitor Economy Funding Program 4. Streamline the operational & governance structure of Regional Tourism Organisations and provide longer term fi-

nancial commitment “The Government’s decision to streamline the current base of 11 Regional Tourism Organisations into six new and well-resourced Destination Networks (Destination North Coast (Including Lord Howe); Sydney Surrounds North; Sydney Surrounds South; Country and Outback; Southern NSW (Including Canberra Surrounds) and Riverina Murray) is a sustainable measure to help grow the regional visitor economy in NSW. “We are pleased to see the Government commit to a new process to establish investment priorities under a NSW Destination Management Plan, including creating visitor and local community experiences in sync with broader infrastructure expenditure and strategic

` The current operational framework and funding model underpinning regional tourism in NSW is not working effectively, which is why we are pleased that the Government hass outlined a clear blueprint of what needs eds to be done to overcome the current challenges. – Tourism Advisory Council Chair Simon Spellicy

land use planning.

“A strategic Destination Management Plan framework for NSW linked to the plans across the regions is the missing ingredient needed to prioritise product development investment in new experiences for visitors and local communities.

“From a marketing perspective, the opportunity to grow overnight expenditure through domestic short breaks, special events, touring routes, international programs and business events in the context of a strategic plan is the key to unlocking regional tourism activity and dispersal of travel across the State.

“We are pleased to see the Government increase investment in regional tourism funding programs including a regional conferencing unit for Destination NSW, an increase to the contestable pool of the Regional Visitor Economy Fund ($3.5 million) and an increase to Regional Flagship Event Funding ($4 million).

“This is on top of the investment in regional marketing campaigns to be undertaken, representing an unprecedented level of investment in regional tourism in NSW. Destination NSW will be well positioned to implement these changes to support growth in the NSW Visitor Economy and meet the 2020 targets,” Spellicy said.

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Breaking the cycle of disadvantage the main course for MPREC Max Rabbett, former Dubbo resident has returned after six years working in 5-star hospitality to train disadvantaged job seekers through the Murdi Paaki Regional Enterprise Corporation (MPREC).

BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

ENERATIONAL job disadvantage is being addressed in Dubbo and it’s a real case of service with a 5 Star smile.

Murdi Paaki Regional Enterprise Corporation (MPREC) is set to open the BlueRidge Café next to their headquarters in the business park.

Acting MPREC CEO Rene Wykes says it’s important to build foundational work and life skills for some of the most disadvantaged members of the community via social enterprises.

“The staff in these businesses are seeking to improve their work skills and, in turn, the lives of themselves and their families,” Wykes said.

“All profits from this business will return to supporting other community members – we think this business model will return great benefits not only to the team members in the café but also to the wider community.

“Giving people the opportunity to enter meaningful employment and gain skills through on-the-job training assists with bringing people out of a cycle of disadvantage and entrenched poverty, improving social outcomes and demonstrating positive career pathways to the community’s young people,” she said.

Heading up the training is former local Max Rabbett who’s returned to Dubbo after six years managing 5 Star hotel restaurants in Canberra and Sydney and a young man who’s pleased he moved away to get top-end skills so he can now bring them back to Dubbo to benefit others.

“I’ve got a strong hospitality background and I want to try and instil that into the staff I’m training,” Max said, pointing out the café is not just about handing out plates of sandwiches.

“All the small aspects, not just the food and beverage side of things, there’s the service side and there are administrative type things, food safety, all these types of things that they can get into as well so a broad spectrum of work, not just sort of waitering and waitressing.

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“That’s a really big thing for me, I really do want to be able to train and give the staff the knowledge and background that I’ve learnt from such highcalibre work, and also to get them excited – hospitality is a career that a lot of people think is a beginning to end sort of career, but there’s a very broad range of work in the industry,” he said.

Most exciting of all, he says, is the prospect of creating and cementing daily routines and habits for people who have been long-term unemployed or who have never had a job, oftentimes because there were no readily accessible pathways in the local area.

“Through Murdi Paaki) we’re bringing long-term job seekers and they do the training, specific training and then we bring them into the café here and I train them in things like hospitality operations and then they get trained as well in coming to work and all those types of things,” Max said.

“They work with us for six months

and then they can stay or move on as well.

“The pathways that we give here for them as well is not just based on hospitality operations, it’s the whole idea of bringing them back into the workforce and getting them into routines,” he said.

The first group has started training while the café is being set up to open and Max says while some are keen on hospitality, others are interested in fields like retail and construction.

He believes the skills the trainees are being taught are readily transferable to all sorts of occupations.

“Through the café here we really get them working in a team environment and all those sort of small aspects that you generally wouldn’t learn so much say doing work experience,” Max said.

“It’s incredibly challenging but also incredibly rewarding.”

There are six participants in first group with another four arriving during the next few weeks.

Rene Wykes believes the fact Max is so passionate about the industry is a huge plus for the trainees.

“Max will not only provide the necessary training for our clients, but will be a driving force to implement healthy lifestyle choices through a gourmet menu which will be collaborated with the chef,” Wykes said.

“Food and service go hand-in-hand and the BlueRidge Café will most definitely be providing a high quality of both of those elements.

“As part of his budget speech treasurer Scott Morrison said that 12 percent of Australian children aged under 15 grow up in jobless families – social enterprises not only create more jobs in our communities, but also put people on the right path for long-term employment, giving them a safe space to learn essential work skills,” she said.

BlueRidge Café will also showcase local produce such as Dreamtime Tuka from Wellington’s Herb Smith.

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Mother’s health first step to better breastfeeding

BY DEBBIE DIXON DUBBO BREASTFEEDING AND PARENTING SUPPORT

Health Home Food Motor

A mother was recently charged in the USA for passing cocaine to her infant daughter, via her breast milk. How does drinking alcohol, smoking or taking drugs affect a baby’s ability to breastfeed?

All substances to which a mother is exposed/has consumed will pass through the breastmilk in varying degrees to her breastfed child. This may affect the baby’s health, ability to breastfeed or the mother’s ability to care for her baby.

ABA has useful information pages for reference on alcohol, nicotine and drug usage: https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bf-info/ safe-when-breastfeeding For more specific information on use of any consumed substances refer to one of the state drug helplines: https://www.breastfeeding. asn.au/bfinfo/drugs.html What kind of lifestyle and diet choices can a mum make to help breastfeeding along? z Eating a balanced diet with everything in moderation - maintain mum’s normal diet z Avoiding or limiting/timing use of alcohol and nicotine z Taking any prescribed or over-the-counter medications as medically directed z Regular contact with medical practitioner/ obstetrician z Ongoing rapport with midwife and child health nurse z Professional breastfeeding support from lactation consultants and breastfeeding counsellors z Personal support from partner, family and friends Without ingesting substances from the

mother, what other types of issues can a baby present with, which will impact on its ability to breastfeed? z Pre-term birth z Caesarean delivery z Jaundice z Tongue and lip ties z Birth trauma/interventions What are some of the common problems mums face when trying to feed a newborn?

Sore nipples and low (or perceived low) supply. Whereas highly sensitive nipples are a normal sensation caused by high hormonal levels, sore or damaged nipples are not – they commonly indicate that attachment is not as good as it could be. Low supply can be caused by a lack of adequate breast stimulation due to poor breastfeeding attachment, separation from the baby or scheduled feeds. Tiredness is a very common problem as mothers are recovering from the birth in the early days. Information overload causes confusion and anxiety as parents are often bombarded with advice from all fronts and struggle to decipher which of that information is credible and what will actually work in their circumstances.

What kind of space at home is ideal to breastfeed?

There is no one answer – wherever it is convenient and comfortable for the mother. Keep anything mum needs/likes to have close to her when feeding, eg, drink, snacks, phone, etc. To some mums, the right space means lying in bed, others may prefer to sit up in a kitchen chair. Some revel in being surrounded by family and friends, others only want to feed in a quiet and private area. Some mums only like to feed their newborns at home, other mums are perfectly content and happy feeding at a football match. Whatever works for mum and her baby and feels right for them is the best space.

What can a mother do to prepare herself for breastfeeding?

In lactation circles, it is generally believed that the main preparation for breastfeeding during the antenatal period is to learn as much as possible about normal breastfeeding and normal newborn behaviour before the baby is born. Booking into an antenatal breastfeeding class ensures parents are accessing accurate up-to-date breastfeeding information. Another reliable source of current evidence-based information is the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) website www.breastfeeding.asn.au If a mother has existing hormonal issues or is aware she will deliver early or have birth interventions, she may consider expressing some colostrum to store in the freezer from about 36 weeks as a “just in case” measure Mothers with true inverted nipples may find special techniques helpful although evidence shows that breastfeeding itself usually helps to invert them more.

How soon before a baby is born should a mother contact a lactation consultant?

Booking into an antenatal breastfeeding class especially for a first baby has been identified as an excellent way of empowering parents with confidence and specific breastfeeding knowledge on which they can draw when living the reality of life with a newborn. A good time to attend a class is during the third trimester.

If you are having health issues during the pregnancy or know you will be having planned birth interventions, eg, an induction, Caesarean birth, an early labour, you are diabetic, or have other hormonal issues, it is highly advisable to consider booking in for an antenatal breastfeeding class or private consultation.

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DonateLife Week July 31 to August 7 HEALTH IN BRIEF

JUST 32 per cent of Australian adults are currently on the national Australian Organ Donor Register, yet 69 per cent of Australians say they are willing to donate.

That is why during DonateLife Week the Register is asking Australians ‘What are you waiting for?’.

They’ve launched a new campaign page – www.donatelife.gov.au - to make it easier for Australians to register and share their donation decision online.

Reasons Australians need to join the Australian Organ Donor Register include the fact you can no longer register your donation decision via your driver’s license in New South Wales.

Registering your decision leaves your family in no doubt of your decision to save lives a donor.

In 2015, organ donation proceeded in 91 per cent of cases where the deceased was a registered donor- this drops to just 52 per cent where the potential donor had not registered and the family had no prior knowledge.

There are some 1,500 Australians and their families today waiting for a lifesaving transplant.

The Australian Organ Donor Register is the only national register for organ and tissue donation for transplantation after death.

Recording donation decisions is voluntary and you have complete choice over which organs and tissue you wish to donate.

The Register enables authorised medical staff to check a person’s registered

decision anywhere in Australia, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They then give that information to your family in the event of your death where donation is possible.

Almost anyone can donate organs and tissue. There is no age limit on the donation of some organs and tissue.

Zika virus Olympic warning for travellers NSW Health is urging travellers heading to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro to plan ahead and take precautions to reduce the risk of contracting travel-related infections, including Zika virus.

NSW director of Health Protection, Dr Jeremy McAnulty, said those planning to attend the Olympics should visit their GP or a travel doctor four to six weeks before departure to ensure they have all the necessary vaccinations and advice to reduce the risk of contracting infections while travelling overseas.

“Brazil is one of many countries in South America and around the world currently experiencing an outbreak of Zika virus, an infection which can cause serious birth defects if contracted when pregnant,” Dr McAnulty said.

The Zika virus is mainly spread through the bite of infected mosquitos and is closely related to the dengue virus, causing a similar illness. Zika can also be a sexually transmitted infection so pregnant women can also be put at risk if their partner returns with the infection.

Symptoms of the Zika virus infection arise three to 12 days after being bitten and can include fever, a rash, headache, red eyes, muscle aches and joint pains.

However, 80 per cent of people who contract the virus show no symptoms.

“There is currently no vaccine against Zika virus so we advise women who are pregnant to re-consider going to Brazil.

If you do go to Brazil, or other countries experiencing a Zika outbreak, strictly follow steps to prevent mosquito bites, and use condoms or avoid sexual activity during the trip.

“Given the risk of sexual transmission of Zika, it’s important that travellers continue to take precautions after their trip to protect sexual partners even if they have had no Zika symptoms.”

For more information on the risk of sexual transmission of the Zika virus, go to the Commonwealth Department of Health website at: Zika Virus Sexual Transmission Questions and Answers.

For information on the Zika virus go the NSW Health website at: Zika virus alert.

‘Save the Box’ breaks the wall of silence around gynaecological cancer WITH 5,530 Australian women to be diagnosed with one of the seven types of gynaecological cancers, and survival rates improving by just 7 per cent in the last 25 years, peak research body says it’s time to ‘Save the Box’.

The Australia New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group (ANZGOG) is a

not-for-profit organisation dedicated to gynaecological cancer research. It is the lead group for clinical trials in Australia and New Zealand and has implemented 20 trials involving some 3,000 women across 50+ hospitals.

“We surveyed women in the community, cancer patients and survivors.

They told us they wanted a breakthrough campaign to kick-start the conversation and break the wall of silence around gynaecological cancers. Rather than think outside the box they told us to think inside the box and get everyone doing the same,” says Alison Evans, CEO ANZGOG. Evans says the statistics speak for themselves 5,530 women were diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer in 2015 and 1,740 women died; collectively, gynaecological cancers are the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australian women, over 17,000 Australian women are currently living with a gynaecological cancer, 15 are diagnosed every day and four women lose their lives daily and only 4 in 10 women diagnosed with ovarian cancer will survive five years from diagnosis.

The largest rise in gynaecological cancer is endometrial cancer (a type of uterine cancer) with a 22 per cent increase in incidence in 20 years from 1980 to 2008, this is continuing There is no test used for detection, with the exception of the Pap Test for cervical cancer, and the symptoms for gynaecological cancer can be unclear, and in some cases, non-existent.

Prepare your Rose Garden for pruning

BY CHRIS BRAY GARDENING GURU

ULY on the gardening calendar signifies the annual task of rose pruning and if you have not already pruned your roses, there are some handy tips to ensure that your roses will be in good shape for a Spring flourish of seasonal colour.

Whether you have many roses to prune or just a few, the process is just the same. The most important tip to remember when pruning is the timing of when the task should be done.

Over time, I have been told of different dates of when this task should be achieved, but have come up with the conclusion that around mid to late July in our climate is more than likely suitable, while the plant is generally dormant from Winter, but not in a position where excessive numbers of frosts will occur.

Pruning of your roses at this time of the year, enables you to discard old growth, ready for the next season and at the same time giving the plant new shape and vigor.

Before starting, check to see if your seca-

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teurs are in good working order, making sure that the cutting blade is sharp to give a clean cut. Alternatively, you may have old “woody” stems on your roses that need to be removed.

In this case, it may be necessary to use a lopper which again will require good working, sharp effective blades for an optimum cut.

Roses generally can take a decent prune if they have not had much attention for a few seasons. In the case of bush roses, cutting back previous growth close to the main branching point of stems is advised, remembering at the same time to leave some shape in the plant for the visual aspect, not only now but also when the plant takes on new growth during spring.

Standard roses are more intricate in their appearance and may require you to be a little less generous in the pruning process, as retaining the shape of this variety, will enable them to look more elegant and hold their appearance.

When your pruning has been completed, don’t forget to spray a suitable fungicide to discourage the effects of black spot and other fungal disease. The most popular choice for a fungicide is Lime Sulphur. Always check the label for dilution rates and apply the spray to the point of “run off” to all stems and branch-

es, also spraying the ground under the plant to also discourage fungal spores on the soil surface. It is also advised to remove any dead or fallen leaves from underneath your roses, as this will reduce the incidence of fungal spores on the ground, before spraying an application of Lime Sulphur.

Whilst your roses are in their dormant stage at this point in winter, you won’t have to apply a fertiliser until the end of Winter or the start of Spring. Use a good quality fertiliser later in the season for a flush of colour during the next season.

Top 5 Tips for this week: 1. Check your secateurs and pruning equipment for your rose and fruit tree pruning, making sure that blades are sharp and in working order.

2. Monitor fungal disease in the vicinity of your garden due to consistent rainfall and use a suitable fungicide spray where necessary.

3. Prepare garden beds for planting of new season deciduous fruit trees.

4. Monitor weeds in garden beds and lawns.

Use a suitable herbicide or remove where necessary.

5. Plant new season Potato, Rhubarb, Asparagus and Summer flowering bulbs.

` Roses generally can take a decent prune if they have not had much attention for a few seasons. In the case of bush roses, cutting back previous growth close to the main branching point of stems is advised

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Meet the new meat master

BY KEELEY BOLGER EIL Rankin can already predict the type of complaints people will level at his newly published cookbook.

“I’ve cooked a chicken a hundred times before – I don’t need to be told by you how to cook it; who do you think you are?!” jokes the former sound engineer-turned-chef, laughing.

But there’s cooking meat... and then there’s ‘really’ cooking meat, and Rankin has dedicated much time to the topic, delving into the science behind ensuring perfect results, as detailed in his first book, Low And Slow: How To Cook Meat.

Based in London, the Edinburgh-born foodie, who retrained as a chef a decade ago, seeks to clear up some confusion surrounding the subject. He doesn’t, for example, “get” the idea of resting meat.

“Every chef in the world rests meat and when they read my book, I’m sure they’ll say, ‘You shouldn’t have said that, of course you should rest the meat’, but actually, when you think about the physics behind it, it doesn’t make sense,” says the 39-year-old, whose East London home is filled with the scent of roast chicken bubbling away in the oven.

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“ I don’t think we’re supposed to (eat meat all the time)... It’s a supplement to our diets that we’ve been eating for one-and-a-half million years, so it is important to have, but I don’t think you should have it all the time.

Instead of bowing to popular opinion, Low And Slow attempts to arm home cooks with explanations and information so they can make the most of meals. But it’s not, says Rankin, a book for “people who don’t want to learn anything new, or don’t want to take anything on board”.

Keen to further his own knowledge, he is wise to the arguments for and against meat consumption.

Though he made his name opening the meaty Barbecoa restaurant with Jamie Oliver and Adam Perry Lang, as well as working at a string of other BBQ and smokehouses, Rankin is firmly in the “buy better quality meat and less of it” camp.

“I don’t expect people to eat meat every day,” says the chef, who “tends” to eat vegetable-based meals during the week, and meat at weekends.

“I don’t think it’s good. I don’t think it’s right. I don’t think we’re supposed to. It’s a supplement to our diets that we’ve been eating for one-and-a-half million years, so it is important to have, but I don’t think you should have it all

COMFORT FOODS MADE FAST AND HEALTHY!

BY ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS

THE KITCHEN DIVA

A barbecue is a universal way to celebrate.

If you’re using a Weber grill, you have George Stephen to thank for this innovative device.

The year was 1952. At the Weber Brothers Metal Works, employee George Stephen had a crazy idea. Using the marine buoys made by his company as a mod-

the time.

“You feel it inside when you’ve overdone it,” Rankin adds. “But if you cook it really nicely for a celebration, then you’ll want it like that. The less people eat all this crap meat, the less will be

el, he concocted a funky domeshaped grill with a lid to protect food and keep in the rich barbecue flavour. From those humble beginnings, an international grilling revolution was born.

James Purviance is the author of “Weber’s New American Barbecue – A Modern Spin on the Classics”. Purviance is one of America’s top grilling experts and Weber’s master griller. Through stories and essays, hundreds of photos, crystal-clear techniques and 100 exceptional and foolproof recipes, “Weber’s

made, and the better it will be.”

Fancy some top-notch meat this weekend? Here are three recipes from Low And Slow to crack on with...

New American Barbecue” celebrates what’s happening at the grill today.

From everyday backyard heroes melding flavours to chefs creating new classics and pitmasters setting new standards of excellence at competitions, this book explores the delicious evolution of a true pastime – barbecue.

Purviance’s recipe for Spicy Shrimp with Charred Poblano Romesco is the perfect appetizer.

Serve it with some toasted, crusty bread or tortilla chips for dipping

into the flavourful Romesco.

SPICY SHRIMP WITH CHARRED POBLANO ROMESCO

(Serves 4 to 6.)

THE green romesco is less sweet and a bit spicier than a traditional roasted red pepper romesco. Remember that jalapeño chili peppers vary in heat from one to the next, so it’s a good idea to taste them before adding to a dish. If you like, you can even leave the jalapeno out of this recipe.

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THRICE-COOKED PORK LOIN

CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

(Serves 4-6) 1.5 kg 8-10cm boned and rolled loin joint Salt 1. Start the recipe the day before you want to eat it. Put the joint in a pan and cover with cold water. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and leave to cool in the water for 15 minutes. The pork should reach an internal temperature of around 55C. 2. Place the pan in the sink under running cold water.

When the pork has cooled down so it can be handled, lift it out and dry with a tea towel. Salt the skin, then leave in the fridge overnight, uncovered, to dry slightly and chill.

3. Once it’s chilled, set your oven to 140C. Cook the loin from fridge-cold for 40 minutes. On a probe thermometer (meat thermometer) it should read no more than 60C internally.

4. Remove the pork from the oven. Cool slightly, then leave it in the freezer for two to three hours, or overnight in the fridge, to chill completely.

5. When you’re ready, set your oven to 220C. Roast the pork from fridge-cold for 30 minutes, placing the meat on a rack with a tray to catch any fat underneath. The skin should puff up like a balloon. If it goes too dark, pull the pork out and turn down the temperature, then put it back in.

6. The final internal temperature should be no higher than 63C – if it’s lower, don’t worry, as the core temp has already been reached during the previous cooking stages.

(Serves 4) 2kg chicken wings 4L cold water/chicken stock 300g minced chicken thigh Soy sauce, to taste Toasted sesame oil, to taste 2 onions, sliced 1 carrot, roughly chopped 3 garlic cloves, crushed 2tsp sriracha (hot chilli sauce), plus more for serving Vegetable oil, for frying 200g chicken skin (should be available from your butcher; if not, take all the skin off two birds) 250g dried egg noodles 3 spring onions, finely sliced 2 fresh red chillies, finely sliced Maldon salt 1. Set the oven to 100C. Place the chicken wings in a casserole or roasting tray. Pour in the water/stock.

Cover with a cartouche – a piece of greaseproof paper or baking parchment the same size of the container, laid on top of the liquid – but don’t put the lid on, and leave to braise in the oven for 12-15 hours.

2. Strain the chicken stock into a bowl, cool and chill (discard the wings). Once chilled, skim off any fat that has risen to the top and reserve.

3. Mix 50-100g of the skimmed-off fat with the chicken mince. Season with soy sauce and sesame oil. Roll into mini meatballs and chill.

4. Melt the rest of the skimmed-off fat in a saucepan, add the onions and cook with a pinch of salt until soft. Add the carrot and garlic and cook for a few more minutes, then stir in the sriracha and cook until the mixture is a deep reddish-brown. Pour in the chicken stock, bring to the boil then reduce until you have the flavour you want. Skim off any foam that comes to the surface.

5. Meanwhile, fry the meatballs in a little oil in a frying pan, until lightly browned all over and cooked through. Remove and reserve.

6. Finely chop up the chicken skin and fry in the pan until crisp. Remove and reserve also.

7. To finish, strain the soup and return to the pan.

Bring back to the boil, then add the noodles and cook until just tender. Warm through the meatballs in the soup and season with soy and sesame oil to taste. Ladle the soup into bowls, sprinkle with sliced spring onions and chilli and the crispy skin. Serve with more sriracha on the side.

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‘NDUJA AND CRUSHED ROAST POTATO HASH (Serves 4) 10 leftover cold roast potatoes Oil for deep-frying, plus a little extra 1 onion, thinly sliced 50g unsalted butter, plus a little extra 100g ‘nduja (Italian sausage) Juice of 1 lemon 4 duck eggs 2tbsp chopped parsley Maldon salt 1. Break up the potatoes into smaller pieces – not too small and not too even. You want random chunks.

Heat some oil in a deep-fat fryer or deep pan to 180C. Deep fry the potatoes until they are crispy. Drain.

2. Cook the onion in a hot frying pan with a little oil until soft and a good dark colour. Add the potatoes and then the butter. Toss the potatoes in the butter as it melts and foams. Add the ‘nduja and stir it in until it melts and coats the potatoes. Season with salt to taste and add a squeeze of lemon. Transfer to individual serving bowls or plates.

3. Using the same pan, quickly fry the eggs in a little extra oil or butter, keeping the yolks nice and runny. Place an egg on top of each serving of hash and sprinkle with parsley. Serve immediately.

Low And Slow: How To Cook Meat by Neil Rankin is published in hardback by Ebury Press.

225g total 1 small jalapeno chili pepper, stemmed, seeded and chopped 1/2 cup fresh cilantro sprigs 1/4 cup almonds, toasted 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 2 garlic cloves 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/8 teaspoon granulated sugar 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 teaspoons Kosher salt 1 teaspoon paprika 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper 24 large prawn/shrimp (21/30

count), peeled and deveined, tails left on, patted dry.

1. 1. Prepare grill for direct cooking over high heat (230C/450 F to 285C/550 F).

2. 2. Grill the poblano chilies over direct high heat, with the lid closed, until blackened and blistered all over, 10 to 12 minutes, turning occasionally. Place the peppers in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap to trap the steam.

Let stand for about 10 minutes.

Remove and discard the charred skin, stems and seeds, and then coarsely chop the chilies.

3. 3. In the bowl of a food processor, combine the poblanos, jalapeno, cliantro, almonds, lemon juice, garlic, pepper, sugar and 3 tablespoons of the oil and 1 teaspoon of the salt, and process until well-blended but some texture still remains. Transfer sauce to a serving bowl.

4. 4. In a medium bowl whisk together the remaining 1 tablespoon oil and 1 teaspoon salt, the paprika and cayenne. Add the prawn/shrimp and turn to coat in the mixture. Grill the shrimp over direct high heat,

with the lid closed, until firm to the touch and just turning opaque in the centre, 2 to 4 minutes, turning once.

5. 5. Arrange prawn/shrimp on a platter and serve with the romesco sauce for dipping, and toasted bread and/or tortilla chips for dipping.

6. Excerpted from “Weber’s New American Barbecue” by Jamie Purviance (2016). Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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BY GABRIELLE FAGAN IMBLEDON is such a visual treat, with its iconic vista of velvety green courts and white-clad competitors – and this month the world’s best have been battling it out for tennis’ greatest crown.

Regardless of the action on court, you could triumph at home and serve a style winner by making Wimbledon the inspiration for the coming summer’s decor scheme.

Fresh greens and crisp whites make a chic doubles team – and if you’re a real fan, complement the colour combo with a few beautifully designed tennis-inspired accessories, from cushions to mugs. Result: a style ace.

“Green – reflecting the colour palette of fields, forests and, of course, the pristine grass courts of Wimbledon – is right at the centre of the visual spectrum,” says Dulux creative director Marianne Shillingford.

“It’s also a colour which works with everything, and

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reminds us there’s a great outdoors beyond the great indoors. Add white to whichever green you choose for a classic combination you’ll never tire of.”

COURT THE LOOK “Green and white’s always on trend in interiors; it’s just the shades of green which change with tastes and seasons. Summer 2016/17 sees a palette of predominantly fresh, cool greens, which have a bit of bite to them, like Grecian Spa, Peppermint Candy and Paper Mint,” says Shillingford.

“Give a scheme real depth by painting walls in shades of green and then use houseplants, real or faux – both of which are making a huge comeback, in groups, as displays and to decorate surfaces.”

For a room which is playful, vibrant and uplifting, choose a warmer green and team with Chalky White 1, to capture the essence of summer sunshine on Centre Court perfectly.

GAME PLAN: You might never reach Centre Court,

but replicate a court in your living room with a fun mural, and you’ll feel like an interiors champion. Add a dramatic block of green to a white room with some striking green louvered shutters.

WILD CARD Conjure a small slice of Wimbledon at home with furniture and accessories that evoke the green richness of its manicured turf and ivy-clad walls...

“Designers are embracing foliage in patterns and designs for textiles and wall coverings, and also recreating the effect with items such as Mini Foresti Pendant Lamp, which could have been plucked from a forest, with its frame intertwined with fine branches and leaves,” says Freddie Oke, a creative director.

“While the trend does reflect our passion for nature and ‘bringing the outdoors in’, it’s also moving towards a more magical, enchanting setting reminiscent of fairy tales. It’s charming but also up-to-the-minute stylish, and has a lovely softening effect on a contem-

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CREATIVE FAMILY FUN Button, button, who’s got buttons?

CREATIVE FAMILY FUN

BY DONNA ERICKSON The family button jar is a practical keepsake filled with treasures for creative play and storytelling, too. Like scraps of repurposed fabric in a quilt, each one has its own story of where it came from.

If you don’t have a designated button container, start your own stash of buttons from discarded clothing, spares you no longer need, and odds and ends from garage sales.

Before you begin the simple button projects I’ve listed below, enjoy playing a sorting game with your child. Organise buttons by style and colour in a muffin tin, small zipper-style lunch bags or small jars.

STRING A SIMPLE STRETCH BRACELET Choose about 20 standard buttons with holes in their centres by colour, size and shape or create a combination and set out in a line on the table. Cut a piece of elastic for stringing jewellery about 30cm long.

Secure an office binder clip 5cm from one end to prevent buttons from slipping off as you thread.

Thread the elastic in and out of the buttonholes, letting buttons overlap slightly as you go. (If there are four holes on a button, thread through just two of them.) Check for fit on your wrist as you near the end.

When there are enough buttons to your satisfaction, remove the end clip, fit the bracelet snugly to your wrist and tie the loose ends in double knots. Cut off excess elastic near the knot. TIP: Use green and gold buttons to make an Aussie Olympic supporter’s bracelet.

GIVE A PLAIN WHITE BLOUSE PERSONALITY Remove ordinary white buttons and replace with a different-style button for every hole. Or switch out the white buttons for a favourite colour. This is an ideal opportunity to teach an older child how to sew on buttons without your help.

MAKE BUTTON “STAMPS” TO PRINT STATIONERY, NOTECARDS AND GIFT WRAP Choose buttons with 3-dimensional designs and simple patterns, such as a daisy or geometric shapes. With strong craft glue, attach the side opposite the design to a small block of wood or the end of a bottle cork.

When dry, press onto an ink pad and stamp away.

Note: Buttons can be a choking hazard for young children (and pets).

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porary environment.”

GAME PLAN: Umpires have to perch courtside, but for an appropriate and far more comfortable seat, try a Grass Armchair, upholstered in artificial grass with daisy button detailing. Add a bit of topspin with a chair which could have been inspired by a tennis ball!

Follow the theme with storage, and have everything beautifully organised with an upmarket locker-style Door Cabinet.

GAME SET & MATCH Complement your Wimbledon scheme (and score style points aplenty) with tennis-inspired details.

There’s plenty to inspire, including Wimbledon Tennis Coasters, Wimbledon Design Mugs, and Framed Prints.

GAME PLAN: Strawberries and cream teas are a traditional treat of the day. Alternatively, opt for a Strawberry Table Wimbledon Framed Print Decoration.

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BY JOANN DERSON z If you’re in a storm prone area, talk to your kids now about storm preparedness.

Help them pack a bag of items that they would want to have with them if ever you needed to evacuate. Then build a fort in your living room and go without power for an evening. Talk about things that are difficult, and how it might be if you had to hang out for a few days or a week like this. Talking about disaster when it’s not real can help kids (and adults)

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hand feel capable of handling themselves when it does strike! z Basil is said to repel bugs.

Make it do double duty by planting a few small pots and sticking them in your kitchen window. z A few ideas for keeping your car smelling and looking its best: keep a sheet of fabric softener or a small bowl of orange peels under the seat, remove food wrappers or drink cups daily, fill the ashtray with baking soda or cat litter, drive with the windows down once in a while to let it air out. z “Going on a flight? Take an empty water bottle, and fill it up AFTER you pass through

security. Raw veggies, nuts and crackers make better snacks than what you’ll find on-board. You can bring your own tea bags and ask for hot water.” – contributed

by J.H. z “If you like salads, but they just don’t fill you up or keep you full for long, try adding a little whole grain to them.

Quinoa in a spinach salad will add a bit of protein and fibre for a longer-lasting full feeling.” – contributed by H.T. z “I store my loose charging cables in an eyeglass case in my purse. It all stays together, and the cords don’t get damaged or crimped.” – contributed by E.M.

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Making space for tourists The Warrumbungle National Park was recently certified as Australia’s first Dark Sky Park strengthening the many locations around New South Wales attracting tourists with their eye on the night sky. PHOTO: DESTINATION NSW/ COLIN WHELAN

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OUT OF THIS WORLD New South Wales has strengthened its position as Australia’s astro-tourism capital with the certification of Australia’s first Dark Sky Park at Warrumbungle National Park by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA). The rare honour is public recognition of the exceptional quality of the park’s starry nights and nocturnal environment, which have made it a magnet for professional and amateur astronomers. The Dark Sky Park accolade is the latest feather in the cap for NSW, which offers myriad astro-tourism experiences, including the country’s largest optical telescopes, the world’s biggest “virtual solar system drive” and quirky astroaccommodation and tours.

BY DESTINATION NSW STRONOMY/STAR-GAZING observatories can be found in the Blue Mountains, Parkes, Dubbo, Broken Hill, Bathurst, Port Macquarie and Mudgee.

Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres welcomed the designation of Warrumbungle National Park as a Dark Sky Park.

“The Warrumbungle National Park in Country and Outback NSW has long been renowned for its star-gazing opportunities, due to its crystal-clear skies, low humidity, high altitude and world-class optical astronomy research facility at neighbouring Siding Spring Observatory,” Ayres said.

“The announcement is yet another fantastic win for NSW, reinforcing our position as the country’s leading tourism and events state. I encourage astronomy enthusiasts to start planning a trip to Australia’s first Dark Sky Park for a memorable Regional NSW first-hand experience.”

Destination NSW chief executive officer Sandra Chipchase said she was delighted Warrumbungle National Park had been recognised as Australia’s first Dark Sky Park, joining an elite list of only 36 others in the world.

“NSW is Australia’s premier astronomy state, with the certification of the Dark Sky Park in the Warrumbungles a wonderful addition to the existing experiences on offer,” Chipchase said.

“From the capital of astronomy at Coonabarabran to Outback star-gazing at Broken Hill, the breadth of astronomy experiences continues to grow amid a fascination and curiosity from visitors and locals alike.

IDA is a non-profit organisation that aims to stop light pollution and protect the night skies for present and future generations. An IDA International Dark Sky Park (IDSP) is defined as a land possessing an exceptional or distinguished quality of starry nights and a nocturnal environment that is specifically protected for its scientific, natural, educational, culture heritage and public enjoyment.

Here are 10 out-of-this-world astroexperiences in NSW: 1. Coonabarabran is known as the astronomy capital of Australia. Siding Spring, Australia’s premier optical and infrared observatory is a 20-minute drive away in the Warrumbungle Mountains. The observatory has several telescopes on the site, including the world famous 3.9 metre Anglo-Australian Telescope. The site has a visitor centre with

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a small astronomy exhibition 2. Experience the world’s largest virtual solar system drive, a daytime experience with 3D planet models on billboards at Visitor Information Centres and on roadsides, imitating a scaled model of the solar system. There are five drives departing from Dubbo, Birriwa, Merriwa, Tamworth and Bellata, finishing at Siding Spring Observatory – the Sun.

3. The Bathurst Observatory Research Facility offers a sensational way to get a live view of some of the wonders of the planets and the solar system, along with special solar telescope tours to view the sun. Public tours operate most Friday and Saturday nights at 7.30pm and every night during school holiday periods.

4. A rising number of NSW operators offer unique star-gazing services, from sleeping under the stars in astro-ac-

Dark Sky Planning The NSW Planning and Environment website has more information about Dark Sky Planning with photos and video of the Siding Spring Observatory - more than twenty optical telescopes exploring the Southern Hemisphere Sky. Dubbo is part of the local area with controls to limit the amount of light pollution to protect the observing conditions at Siding Spring. How is this related to CSG mining? The gas flares day and night even during high fire danger in the area of light control.

The declaration means that the area’s dark sky will be protected by controlling light pollution. The dark sky planning guide and other information can be viewed at the Department of Planning and Environment website. Read more http://www. edonsw.org.au.

commodation at Skywatch Observatory Domestays at Coonabarabran and astro mini-golf at the Dubbo Observatory, to Blue Mountains night tours with Tread Lightly Eco Tours, where visitors can view glow worms and learn more about nocturnal species and ecology.

5. Star-gaze above the vines at the Mudgee Observatory. Situated a 15-minute drive west of town, the observatory has several telescopes as well as a theatre and flat-screen planetarium that runs features on the night sky and space missions.

6. Located on Camp Road just behind Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo Observatory has up to five powerful telescopes to view the night sky, including a 14-inch Meade LX200gps, as well as a theatre. Solar viewing shows are available during the day, with star-gazing sessions at 7pm daily during winter and 6.15pm and 8pm during school holidays 7. The NSW State Heritage registered Linden Observatory in the Blue Mountains celebrates the life work of Ken Beames, one of Australia’s most famous telescope manufacturers. Now operated by amateur astronomers and used as a centre for astronomical education.

Group bookings and viewing nights available upon request.

8. The visitors’ centre at the Parkes Observatory is open seven days a week, giving visitors the opportunity to view the iconic “Dish” firsthand and to visit a dedicated astronomy and space science exhibition. It’s been more than 45 years since Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first to set foot on the surface of the Moon.

9. Over the October long weekend, Siding Spring Observatory will host StarFest, a one- day event on Saturday 1 October 2016 celebrating all things astronomy. Visitors can tour the telescopes, hear talks by world famous astronomers and learn more about how they use the telescopes at Australia’s premier astronomical research facility 10.

The vast desert plains of the NSW Outback provide the perfect blank canvas for star-gazing. Outback Astronomy in Broken Hill offers nightly tours (weather dependant) for novice star-gazers. The 60-minute tour gives participants an introduction to famous stars, constellations, nebulae and more during a virtual cruise across the Milky Way.

More information z For more information on astro-related attractions and experiences in NSW visit www.visitnsw.com z Share your NSW star-gazing adventures with Destination NSW on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook: NSW #NewSouthWales

Warrumbungle National Park. PHOTO: SUSAN WRIGHT/DESTINATION NSW

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Showing true stripes in India

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BY SARAH MARSHALL CANNING a barcode of regimented bamboo stems, I wonder if anything in this forest has a pulse. It’s a quiet day and nothing is stirring. A zigzag of movement momentarily sets my heart racing, but it’s no more than optical illusion. I have, it turns out, been bamboozled.

According to a report published by WWF and Global Tiger Forum in April this year, the wild tiger population has increased for the first time in more than a century. Having not clocked even a tuft of orange fur in six game drives, I’m finding that hard to believe.

Experts are equally sceptical; in light of shrinking habitat, the numbers seem incredulous. Issuing new census figures days before a Royal visit to India might also be considered cynical.

Dispirited, we hurtle in tin-can Gypsy 4WDs through Maharashtra’s Tadoba Andhari National Park, leaving a tunnel of hot dust in our wake. Ahead, leaves swirl in a pinwheel of russet and gold, churning up agitated grunts and bellows from retreating sambar deer.

A storm is coming, which could explain our run of unusually bad luck. Bengal tigers may be fierce, stealthy hunters, but a drop of rain will send them scurrying into the bushes, tails between their legs.

“You should have been here last week,” says Aditya Dhanwatey, whose family own the Tiger Trails Lodge on the park fringes. Tadoba’s queen bee tigress, Maya, he tells me, was seen hunting in clear view.

The truth is tigers are in trouble. Poaching remains a grave problem and as the human population grows, conflict is inevitable. In the midst of this, the cumbersome government initiative Project Tiger seems to be strangling itself with red tape.

Aditya, though, sees a way through it. He has big ambitions to open India’s first conservancy, managing tiger safaris on private land he hopes to buy from neighbouring villages.

“We already have tigers coming to our watering hole,” he says, pointing to a collection of TV screens in the dining room, all connected to camera traps.

The fuzzy monochrome images look more like a snowstorm in the Himalayas than the 48C furnace outside, but I trust his claims.

Crucially, a conservancy would enable greater freedom for game drives and, by giving employment, would incentivise communities to protect wildlife. So far, Aditya is making great progress. Maharashtra now has the relevant legislation in place and a search is underway for funding.

For now, we have to play by the rules – something that doesn’t come naturally to my guide, Paul Goldstein, a restless wildlife photographer and campaigner who’s rarely satisfied. Pacing up and down outside the park’s Khutwanda Gate, a five-minute drive from the lodge, he curses furiously until dithering, bleary-eyed officials arrive with keys at 6am.

Once inside, we rattle along bone-shaking roads, lined with pillars once strung with lanterns to herald the king’s arrival. Clearly they know Paul is in town.

Wrapped in half-light, stripped white eucalyptus trees loom like spectres above a mist of brown, brittle grass. Two startled sloth bears bundle across our path, followed by a family of wild dogs wearing hazy

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early morning halos. Prettier than their scraggy African counterparts, they look more like well-fed foxes.

There’s no radio communication in the park, so we spilt off in different directions, searching for pug marks and dividing time between watering holes – the best place to find hot, thirsty tigers.

It may lack the historical grandeur of former Maharajahs’ hunting grounds Ranthambore or the beauty of Kipling’s Jungle Book setting Pench, but Tadoba is arguably one of the most progressive parks in India.

In 2012, when the Indian government ill-advisedly banned tourists from core tiger areas, Tadoba defiantly stayed open. The Forestry Department has also shunned a zoning system, meaning all visitors can enjoy the available space.

Paul obviously has faith in the park. He’s been guiding tiger safaris for more than a decade, previously in Bandhavgarh, and has literally shed blood, sweat and tears for the species.

The day before we departed for Nagpur via Mumbai, 53-year-old Paul ran his 13th marathon in a 9ft, 30lb tiger suit to raise money and awareness for tigers. Ignoring an injury and doctor’s orders, he completed the charity fundraiser in six hours and 25 minutes.

Now though, he’s in agony – a pain exacerbated only by the refusal of his striped beneficiaries to show up.

After a mildly amusing diversion to spot a motionless nightjar camouflaged on the ground, we return to the lodge, dusty orange faces glowing bright.

“Anger and frustration, that’s what drives me,” admits Paul. “Tigers are still dying; we’re not winning.”

The following day, we schedule a meeting with Shree Bhagwan, the state’s Chief Wildlife Warden, to discuss improvements in the park. Passing a dimly-lit office occupied by an administrator in Ray-Bans twiddling

Maya’s cubs bathe in the morning light.

his thumbs amid mountains of faded, curling dossiers, I wonder if this might be a long day...

Sat beneath the shade of a teak tree, Paul hammers through his suggestions, drawing a plan in the sand for improved access routes. Shree nods in agreement. I, meanwhile, am more distracted by one of his acolytes bearing an uncanny resemblance to James Brown.

Right now, we all ‘feel good’. So enthusiasm renewed, it’s time to find our tigers, who are most likely on a sambar or gaur kill. Tadoba has an excellent prey base, part of the reason why there’s a healthy tiger population.

Our eager-to-please driver heads in the direction of the ‘frozen’ nightjar and I worry this is becoming a euphemism for not spotting a tiger. “How much Araldite did they need to stick that down?” scoffs Paul sarcastically.

Fortunately, we don’t have time to check; Maya and her cubs have been found. Tugging at a kill, every muscle in their bodies flashes with brilliance.

Over the next few days, we watch cats paddling in the water, staring at their reflections and snoozing in the sunshine. A jungle cat furtively skirting a watering hole is a bonus.

No matter the distance, coming eye to eye with a tiger is overwhelming. Time and time again, I ride a rollercoaster of awe, fascination, anger and sadness. I quickly understand why Aditya and Paul have chosen such a difficult battle to fight.

As we drive back to the lodge, black, swollen rain clouds gather overhead. Another storm is brewing. It won’t be the last. * Sarah Marshall was a guest of Exodus. For more information on Tiger Trails lodge, visit www.tigertrailstadoba.com

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Hawkesbury Postman reveals offshore life

BY CAROLINE BERDON S our boat approaches Dangar Island public wharf, three happy kids are waiting in anticipation – the two boys for the mail, their sister for a stash of homemade Anzac biscuits.

These are the children of Dangar’s postman, and during the winter school holidays, they are tasked with meeting the daily delivery.

Parcels and letters in hand, they run back up the wharf, past the cafe and general store, and a row of wheelbarrows, which residents can use to transport parcels or shopping home. Others use a flying fox. Bar a small handful of service vehicles, there are no cars on Dangar Island.

The Riverboat Postman has been servicing the Hawkesbury’s offshore community from Monday to Friday continuously since 1910.

Back then, the postie set off in a rowboat. With progress, a paddle steamer took over and as the service got bigger, so did a business opportunity. Today, the Riverboat Postman departs from Brooklyn in a twostorey ferry that covers 40km of waterfront. Members of the public can come along for the ride and learn a little of the history and lifestyle of this tight-knit river community.

Dangar Island once housed the workers who built the Hawkesbury’s first rail bridge, which opened in 1889. These days it’s full of “eccentrics, artists, just beautiful people”, says Natalie Smith, who ties up the boat and hands over the mail.

“Everyone knows everyone on the river. It’s never boring and there’s always a scandal,” adds skipper Justin Pigneguy, who’s lived on the Hawkesbury for 38 years.

As offshore life goes, the 250 people on Dangar have it relatively easy. Being a stone’s throw from Brooklyn, they have power, telephone lines, town water and garbage collection.

The further upriver you go, the more basic life becomes.

For years I have loved this river. I have swam in it, fished in it, slept in houseboats on it and crossed it by car and rail more times than I could count. I love its vastness, its stillness, its dramatic escarpments.

But I had no idea of the Hawkesbury’s chequered history. I learn that Peat Island, just past the road bridge

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on the right, was once a mental hospital – now empty, eerie and for sale. Milson Island, across the water, was a quarantine for retired soldiers with venereal disease after the First World War, before becoming a low security prison. It now hosts NSW public schools students on sports camps.

Opposite Milson Island, lurking in a shadowy bend, lays Australia’s first warship. The navy acquired HMAS Parramatta in 1910 and she worked in the Pacific, southeast Asia and the Mediterranean before returning to Australia in 1919. In her later years she transported building materials to the Hawkesbury until she ran aground during a storm in 1933. Rusted and beaten, she rests there still.

On the point sits the tiny community of Bar Point (pop 40), where the Postman’s job becomes a little confusing. There are no house numbers, just names like Fisherman’s Haven and Blotto Grotto – and lot numbers, which up to four houses may share.

Thankfully, Natalie knows exactly where the winterwarming crates of Dan Murphy’s are headed.

Bar Point is where the power network comes to a halt.

Rounding the point, it’s just the 200 million-year-old sandstone, the sea eagles and the jellyfish. Stunning and peaceful.

“This part of the Hawkesbury is what it would have looked like when the first settlers came,” says Justin.

“And this is how it will always be.”

In-between time, it was much busier – by the mid1800s, the river population had grown to around 4000 (compared to around 1000 today, including Brooklyn).

But many farmers left after the opening of the train line to Windsor mid-century, which almost killed their river trade.

Settlements were sold off, land subdivided and new houses were built – some of which are the homely, colourful weatherboards emitting woodsmoke curls that I admire today.

But with most of the land now designated national park, it’s unlikely more houses will be built.

Locals like it that way. Six properties along the Postman’s route are so remote that we can’t see them from the river. Hidden away down shallow creeks, they are marked simply by a red wooden stick poking out of the water – from which the postman hangs a sack for the resident to collect later.

Our furthest stop on the route is Marlowe – a tiny collection of houses sitting below the rock amid river gums and palms. An elderly lady is eagerly awaiting her mail. After exchanging pleasantries with Natalie, she drags her shopping trolley down to the water, loads her boat and sets off alone.

I guess the river keeps you young.

Our last stop and perhaps a highlight, is the tiny township of Milson’s Passage, where its self-proclaimed king John Carrick is sitting at the end of the wharf on his throne, greeting us with a smile and regal wave.

He jokes the community has been renamed the Democratic Republic of Milson’s Passage, and in the wake of the federal election, suggests we’d all be better off relocating. “We’re also a tax haven,” he adds.

But it can’t be always be fun living without power and water.

“You have to be pretty inventive out here,” says Justin, who lives in nearby Sunny Corner (pop seven).

He uses solar power and spring water, and while he doesn’t have access to terrestrial TV channels, he has Foxtel and catches the ABC and SBS via free-to-air satellite service Vast.

When I ask which people tend to be drawn to offshore life, he tells me the community is a complete mix of young and old – professionals who commute to Sydney, those who work locally and retirees.

And there are around 50 children on the river, including on Dangar Island. Around 10 of these are home-schooled; the remainder travel by boat each morning to Brooklyn, where they go on to the local public school by bus or on to high school by train.

I question whether kids on the river are limited but Justin says his own 10-year-old son has plenty of friends his age to play with. “He’s never bored, he’s always messing around in boats,” he says.

“It’s a great life.”

IF YOU GO The Riverboat Postman departs from Brooklyn daily Monday to Friday. Tickets: Adult $55, Senior $45, Child $15. Price includes tea/coffee, homemade Anzac biscuits and full Ploughman’s lunch. * The writer travelled as a guest of the Riverboat Postman.

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The children of Dangar Island’s postman await the daily mail delivery by the Riverboat Postman during the school holidays. Being a stone’s throw from Brooklyn on the Hawkesbury River in NSW, the island still enjoys town water, power and garbage collection. But, bar a few service vehicles, there are no cars. PHOTO: AAP IMAGE/CAROLINE BERDON

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There’s no place like Dubbo

BY ERIN MICHELE OVING to Dubbo was never going to be a simple decision to make.

Two kids under five and no real plan, we left Melbourne’s bright lights and busy freeways for a life that we’d dreamed of since our eldest was a newborn; a life of simplicity.

My husband and I had longed for days without traffic and skies that seemed to go on forever.

We arrived with every corner of our car packed and a moving truck that held our entire life’s contents. We made it. What do we do now?

I had made the decision to continue working as a photographer while we worked out the finer details of our new life.

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A decision that served me well when I was featured in this very paper, two weeks in a row, for both my work and my photography business.

I would later be offered a regular spot to write about life as a new resident in Dubbo.

Do you know those moments in life, the moments where everything is happening for you and you can’t help but wonder when it’s all going to fall? Well a couple of days later, I would learn that my little sister was unwell and I needed to return home.

Nothing can quite prepare you for moments like that. Especially when you’re over 800km’s away.

I worried about going back to Melbourne. I love Dubbo and our children had finally found comfort in their new routine. But somewhere inside me still worried that we wouldn’t be coming back.

We loaded up our little Subaru Forrester and were on the road to Melbourne the following day.

Driving into the city was the wakeup we needed. We sat in traffic for over two hours before we even began to get anywhere.

I looked at my husband, “how could we live like this for so many years?”

He gave me the saddest look, “I could never live here again”, like everything we ever believed, growing up, was a lie.

That it was normal to spend an hour in your car, just trying to get home to your family after a long day at work. That you were less of a person, less successful, less worthy, if you weren’t in this never ending rat race.

Such an enlightening moment, knowing that we had made the right decision for the things we wanted for our lives and our children’s lives, we would definitely be returning

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home to Dubbo, we’d even come to look forward to leaving Melbourne.

Pulling out of my parent’s driveway, my heart didn’t feel as heavy.

I wasn’t scared of what Dubbo would bring our lives because I knew that, as difficult as it was to leave my family behind, we had fallen in love with our new home, the community, and the lives we planned to build here.

We had come to love how quaint our new town is. We loved the sense of community and the relaxed lifestyle that Dubbo offers.

In Melbourne, like most big cities, it was normal to spend two hours each day sitting in traffic on Melbourne’s busiest freeway, nicknamed “The Monash Carpark” due to the lack of movement during peak hour.

One hour each way. Two hours in one day.

Ten hours in a single week. The hours spent sitting in traffic alone would quickly add up over time.

520 hours a year; 500 if you were lucky enough to have a couple of weeks off over Christmas, and that’s just commuting to and from work!

Everyone is always too busy. Rightfully so!

We lived in a city full of shopping malls that take an entire day to navigate, restaurants that continue to pop up all over the place, work places that are generally not within 20km’s from your home, and then all that traffic I told you about!

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I got to sit in the drive-through line for the first Krispy Kreme opening in Melbourne for an entire five hours. We had a huge list of clubs and bars to choose from on a night out.

We are the food and shopping capital.

We had restaurants for every country, every style of cuisine, every new trend, and every occasion. We had it good in Melbourne.

We also missed out on a lot. We missed out on the things that matter most to us. Our children. Each other.

We spent more time being busy than we ever did making memories with our kids.

So when we drove over that hill and into Dubbo, I knew that this beautiful sunset was just the start for us and our lives here.

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Local youth to hit high notes with Opera Australia

BY VIVIENNE WINTHER DIRECTOR MACQUARIE CONSERVATORIUM

LONG with similar groups in 20 regional towns across NSW, Victoria and Tasmania, the children in Macquarie where they’ve mastered challenging new AusConservatorium’s Youth Chorus are learning tralian choral repertoire. And most sing regumusic from the opera The Marriage of Figaro larly in their school choirs and school musiby Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Friday aftercals, with a few singing solo in eisteddfods. noon at 5pm is not when you expect a group of Jack Lyon from Dubbo Public School found school kids to be up for some really hard work. his voice participating in the Moorambilla It’s the end of the week, it’s been a long day at Voices camps and performing in their concerts. school, and at this time of year, it’s pretty cold “I did Moorambilla last year and I’m doing and miserable as well. But Friday at five was it again this year. I’ve learnt to blend my voice the only time a group of young local singers with others around me and also how to sing had free in their busy after-school schedules high, which I really need for The Marriage of to rehearse together for a very special project.

Figaro music,” says Jack.

Along with similar groups in 20 regional Jack does music at school and sings in his towns across NSW, Victoria and Tasmania, school choir, but hasn’t learnt to play a musithe children in Macquarie Conservatorium’s cal instrument yet, which means he has pretty Youth Chorus are learning music from the opmuch taught himself to read music. era The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Ama“It was hard at first to read the music, bedeus Mozart. They will perform on stage for cause I haven’t been taught that specially. But one night in a full-scale production of the opI can work out quite a lot of it, and I’ve got era in Dubbo this August, alongside the proused to the counting and a few other things, I fessional adult singers of Opera’s Australia’s can follow the music now.” touring company.

Sarah Hall from Dubbo West Public School Opera Australia has invited children’s choirs has also had the Moorambilla experience, and in every town they visit on their 2016 Maras a very talented 11-year old trumpet playriage of Figaro tour to be part of their show, er who recently won the award for best brass an opportunity to involve youth in an art-form solo player of any age at the City of Dubbo Eisometimes viewed as elite and old-fashioned. steddfod, music-reading isn’t the Classical opera is not somebiggest challenge for her. thing regional children expe- ` “It’s easy for me to read and rience live that often, either as understand the music because audience or performers. But … Macquarie I’ve been learning trumpet for a training children in singing and Conservatorium’s while. With the singing I’ve done acting on stage is something Youth Chorus so far, I’ve had to learn to extend Macquarie Conservatorium al- are learning the range of my voice, to sing ready does in our Youth Music louder and to have confidence Theatre program. So here at the music from singing in front of people.”

Conservatorium, we were ex- the opera The Singing is declared fun by cited to take on the challenge Marriage of Figaro both Jack and Sarah. of putting together a children’s by Wolfgang “I like learning the different choir for this opera project, songs, singing different parts when asked by Dubbo Region- Amadeus Mozart. and doing some acting,” says al Theatre, who are presenting They will perform Jack.

Opera Australia’s Marriage of Fi- on stage for one “When you sing in groups, you garo in their 2016 subscription night in a fullhave fun with the other peoseries. ple singing with you and make Opera is my professional area, scale production friends,” says Sarah. “You also I ran an opera company in Can- of the opera get to express yourself when you berra for 10 years before mov- in Dubbo this sing.” ing to Dubbo, and worked as August, alongside Both have found the music of a professional opera coach for The Marriage of Figaro quite years before that. But my opera the professional different to anything they’ve work didn’t involve children that adult singers of sung before. much.

“Most of the singing I’ve done Opera’s Australia’s Dancers, actors, dogs and stilt touring company. has been jazz, or pop, or music walkers have all been on stage for kids,” says Sarah. “I don’t ofin the productions I’ve worked ten sing classical music from so on, but not a choir of young singers aged ten long ago, like Mozart”. to fourteen. So after more than 30 years in the “It’s different to what I sing at school and at opera business, this is something new for me, Moorambilla,” says Jack. “And it’s not like the as co-conductor of our Chorus with my colmusic I sing around the house, which is pop league Raelene Burn, our Youth Music Theaor hip hop.” tre musical director.

While all the members of the new MacFirst, we had to find our young singers. For quarie Conservatorium Youth Chorus have this kind of challenge, they needed to audisome useful experience singing and performtion, so we put the word out and ran three auing, that’s mostly been alongside other young dition workshops, where a range of activities people and singing music written for their age dressed up as games allowed us to assess the and a small vocal range. The music the Choapplicant’s skills in team work, taking direcrus sings in this opera is originally written for tion, confidence and of course, vocal quality. an adult opera chorus, not a chorus of chilWe selected 22 young people with different dren, so is quite difficult musically and writsinging backgrounds. Some came from Macten for mature operatic voices that can sing quarie Conservatorium’s Youth Music Theatre really high. program where they have performed on stage In eight Friday rehearsals, they will learn in our own small shows. their demanding music and words from memory, to be ready to learn their stage moveQuite a few have sung with that great rements in just two rehearsals with the Opera gional choir initiative, Moorambilla Voices,

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Australia chorus master, who comes to Dubbo three days before the show.

They’ll also be in costumes, which for this production are in traditional village peasant style from the eighteenth century, Mozart’s era.

“We’ve seen the sketches of the costumes,’ says Sarah. “They are really nice.”

One detail was noticed by Jack.

“We’re not wearing shoes on stage, it’s bare feet!”

Jack and Sarah are approaching the opera with open minds, and know there will be a lot of new experiences performing in a professional production.

“I’ve seen some opera on television,” says Sarah.

“Opera singers can really project their voices, they don’t need to use microphones, even in a really big hall. We’ll be singing in a big theatre, and we will have to watch the conductor. And know all our songs from memory.”

Jack hasn’t seen opera at all, but has a good idea of what will be involved.

“Being in this opera, it will all be a lot bigger, and we’ll have adults singing on stage with us. There will be an orchestra of different instruments. We will be in our costumes and we’ll have to act our part, not just stand still and sing.”

The great tenor Jose Carreras, currently on his final concert tour of the world, first sang in opera as a boy soprano aged 11, appearing in La Bohème. Australian music theatre star Anthony Warlow sang the boy soprano part of the Shepherd in the opera Tosca at the Sydney Opera House.

Perhaps for one of our 22 young singers, their performance in The Marriage of Figaro in Dubbo will be remembered as their first step to a career as an opera singer. z Opera Australia’s Marriage of Figaro is at Dubbo Regional Theatre on Tuesday August 9, 7.30pm. Visit www.drtcc.com.au for bookings

What’s On z August 9: The Marriage of Figaro, 7.30pm Dubbo Regional Theatre z August 11: Emma Pask and the Phil Stack Trio in Concert, 7.30pm Macquarie Conservatorium z August 11: Secondary Schools Jazz Workshop with Emma Pask and Phil Stack, Macquarie Conservatorium z Visit www.macqcon.org.au for more info and bookings

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Maestro John Monash The Honourable Tim Fischer AC is the former deputy prime minister of Australia and was the Australian ambassador to the Holy See for three years until January 2012. A former Australian Army officer, NSW state parliamentarian, leader of the National Party and minister for trade, Tim Fischer is also a consultant, company director, author, broadcaster, and multiple patron. He is speaking at the Macquarie Regional Library Dubbo branch next week for an author talk on his book “Maestro John Monash”. WORDS Yvette Aubusson-Foley T’S a book that’s been described as ‘a fair and passionate judgement of the greatest Australian to wear our uniform’ (Spectator Australia) and its author as having brought ‘his army and political experience to the General Monash story with a flowing and digestible style.’

It’s also fair to say our brief exchange by phone this week was conducted with military precision but as a veteran of Vietnam and with inside knowledge of the workings of the military his matter of fact manner is possibly not that far removed from Monash’s tasked as that legendary Lt General was with facing incredible odds in World War 1.

“He made such a difference on the Western Front. He showed the British generals how to do it with his battle of Amiens most notably in 1918 when finally given overall command to get on with it, and he sure did.

He protected his men on a holistic basis,” Fischer told Dubbo Weekender.

It’s a subject he has poured his time and energy into and will be sharing his passion on the subject at an author talk at the Macquarie Regional Library on Wednesday, July 20.

It’s not every day a former deputy prime minister drops into the town library with such non-political purpose but Fischer is a prolific author in his own right.

Since 2002 when he published two titles, “Seven Days in East Timor: Ballot and Bullets” and “Tim Fischer’s Outback Heroes: and Communities that Count (2002) he has also written “Transcontinental Train Odyssey: The Ghan, the Khyber, the Globe” (2004), “Asia & Australia: Tango in Trade, Tourism and Transport” (2005), “Trains Unlimited in the 21st Century” (2011) and “Holy See, Unholy Me! 1000 Days in Rome” (2013).

“Maestro John Monash” was launched in 2014 and acknowledged by the then Prime Minister Tony Abbott who wrote of Monash,

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` … Macquarie Conservatorium’s Youth Chorus are learning music from the opera The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. They will perform on stage for one night in a fullscale production of the opera in Dubbo this August, alongside the professional adult singers of Opera’s Australia’s touring company.

“He brought organisation and technology to the battlefield to break the stalemate of trench warfare and the futility of men charging against barbed wire and machine guns.”

Of Fischer Abbott said: “As a veteran, a former Ambassador and Deputy Prime Minister, Tim is uniquely placed to bring Monash to the contemporary reader.”

An understanding of out of the ordinary life experiences is something Fischer appears to have captured in his book.

“It’s an uplifting book because it dives into history in a different way looking at the life and work of John Monash as an engineer and as a democratic citizen who ultimately declined to lead a coup d’etat in the Great Depression,” he said.

He was arguably the most innovative general of World War One and Fischer feels for all the recognition Monash received in his lifetime and after, he has not been given his proper due.

“Maestro John Monash” asks why Monash, Australian Army Corps Commander, was never promoted to Field Marshal postwar, as international precedent suggested was most appropriate, pointing the finger primarily at the Australian prime minister of the time, Billy Hughes, within a wider context of establishment suspicion towards this son of a German Jewish migrant.* History however is on Monash’s side.

On Sunday, August 11, 1918, at Chateau Bertangles, used by Lt General Monash as leader of the AIF Army Corps, it’s recorded he met with Winston Churchill, then Minister for War Munitions who was keen to discuss the performance of the new British built tanks (Mark V) and receive a briefing from Monash on the very successful battle of Amiens (August

8) which punched 16kms through German lines and was later described by the German General E Ludendorff as “the black day of the German Army”.

His name cemented in World War 1 history.

“He wrote famously that conducting a battle is a bit like conducting an orchestra where everything must enter with precision and it was more that reason which caused me to go down the path of “Maestro John Monash” because he was a maestro in so many ways,” said Fischer.

Monash’s full quote reads: “A perfected modern battle plan is like nothing so much as a score for an orchestral composition, where the various arms and units are the instruments, and the tasks they perform are their respective musical phrases. Every individual unit must make its entry precisely at the proper moment and play its phrase in the general harmony.”

Another of Fischer’s favourite Monash quote appealing to his own career as statesman, says ‘the only hope for Australia is the ballot box and a good education’ but Monash first caught Fischer’s eye in an old political stomping ground.

“He met Ned Kelly in Jerilderie in my old electorate. Ned was having a bit of trouble with the ATM of the era and took direct action and withdrew out some money from the “ATM”, and so that’s what lead me to him,” Fischer said. * Monash University Publishing

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The Muse is another exhilarating read

by Jessie Burton

BY KATE WHITING THE BOOKCASE

BOOK OF THE WEEK The Muse by Jessie Burton is published in hardback by Picador.

IT’S no surprise that Jessie Burton’s second novel, The Muse, is one of the most anticipated books of 2016. Her first, The Miniaturist, became an international bestseller and was named Waterstones’ Book of the Year 2014.

The author’s latest work is just as ambitious as her first, and like her debut, it’s clear that a great deal of research has gone into creating this work of historical fiction.

A dual time frame novel, the action begins in 1967 with young Caribbean immigrant Odelle Bastien getting to grips with her new life in London. Initially working at a shoe shop, the aspiring writer is offered a typist job at the prestigious Skelton Art Gallery.

She becomes embroiled in the discovery of a notable artwork from the Spanish Civil War, and it’s then that the reader is taken back in time to the south coast of Spain, where the formerly ‘lost’ painting is being created.

The Muse is a taut thriller, combining art, politics and romance, as the reader slowly discovers the events surrounding the making of the work, who painted it and why. Burton clearly has a way with words, crafting masterful, complex and atmospheric mysteries that keep the reader hooked right up until the very last page.

The Muse is a brilliantly realised story, and the parallel narratives are perfectly balanced, propelling the story forward at break-neck speed. Both tales conclude with their own shocking climaxes, which tie the whole story neatly together.

An exhilarating read, Jessie Burton can expect more awards to soon be coming her way.

9/10 (Review by Alison Potter)

FICTION Barkskins by Annie Proulx is published in hardback by Fourth Estate.

ANNIE Proulx is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author best known for The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain.

Barkskins took five years to write, and when you set eyes on this beast of a book, it’s immediately apparent why. At over 700 pages long, it’s a daunting read.

As a history graduate, Proulx has in-

dulged her passion by detailing North American history from 1693 right up until 2013.

The story starts as Rene Sel and Charles Duquet arrive in New France (Canada) to chop trees for the odious and rather comical Monsieur Trepagny. From the moment they step off the boat, it’s clear that life will be hard in this new land.

The settlers struggle to tame the wild landscape, and their treatment of the Native Americans is shocking.

The rest of this epic novel follows the ancestors of this pair, and shows how the human race has damaged the world’s forests over the last 300 years.

Whilst Proulx’s writing is clever and her research impressive, the many characters become confusing and it’s hard to feel attached to them. Those interested in deforestation may love Barkskins, but most will find it more of a chore than a treat.

6/10 (Review by Harriet Shephard) Everyone Is Watching by Megan Bradbury is published in hardback by Picador.

DESPITE this being Megan Bradbury’s first novel, there is nothing of the inexperienced debutant in this high-concept novel.

In a narrative about art, creativity and vision, she shows the flair of an artist, capturing snapshots, vignettes of the characters who inhabited New York through the culturally, socially and sexually transformative period from the 1890s through to the present day. Notably, these include poet Walt Whitman, city planner Robert Moses, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and novelist Edmund White.

But as much as this novel is about art, it is also about sensuality, sexuality and love. The masculine body is proudly and unequivocally on display both as an object of art and desire in a novel that explores much more the individual experience than the experience of the city.

It is perhaps not the novel one expects about New York, but in many ways Megan Bradbury’s idiosyncrasy and chutzpah are a fitting epitaph to a city that, as F. Scott Fitzgerald put it, has the ‘wild promise of all the mystery and beauty in the world’.

6/10 (Review by Jade Craddock) How To Find Love In A Bookshop by Veronica Henry is published in hardback by Orion Books.

Jessie Burton’s The Muse is one of the most anticipated books of 2016.

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VERONICA Henry’s latest novel, How To Find Love In A Bookshop, has been published to coincide with this year’s Independent Bookshop Week (June 18-25) being celebrated in some countries.

Set in Peasebrook, a chocolate-box Cotswolds town, this is a light, romantic story of one girl’s attempt to keep her father’s charming, but financially precari-

ous, bookshop open when she is called home after his death.

If only we all had a bookshop in our lives that could deliver us what Peasebrook’s does: meaning, community, true love and, of course, a happy ending.

For existing fans of Henry’s fare, this is a predictable but endearing romp through a legion of small-town char-

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 15.07.2016 to Sunday 17.07.2016 acters and their complex, intertwined lives. It’s also a love story to bookshops and reading, with the various ‘top 10 lists’ interspersed between chapters (‘Musical Novels’, ‘Literary Country Houses’, ‘Cult Classics’) tempting us to cross them off our bucket list.

Perfect deckchair reading.

6/10 (Review by Nicola Wilson)

NON-FICTION Paper: Paging Through History by Mark Kurlansky is published in hardback

by Norton.

PAPER is ubiquitous in our lives. We use it for everything from mopping up a spill to creating works of art. It carries news, heartbreak and love – it spreads knowledge and culture.

Mark Kurlansky, who wrote best-selling books Cod and Salt, paints a picture of how such a seemingly simple product as paper arose out of need and how it spread over time across continents.

This canter through social history is most interesting when it focuses on paper’s specific roles, for example, in Chinese burial rituals and in the form of newspapers around the time of the Crimean War or American Civil War, which tended to feature pictures of dead bodies rather than living people.

You see how paper fits into and shapes the culture of different societies, what the impact of paper becoming cheaper has had and what impact the ability of people to read can have on

power structures.

The ecological impact of paper – from paper mills to the changing nature of woodland with old forests replaced by monoculture fir forests – is examined too.

But for many years the death of paper has been predicted – to be replaced by the paperless office, the ebook and email. Kurlansky expertly argues a case for its continuing survival.

6/10 (Review by Bridie Pritchard)

CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK Bee: Nature’s Tiny Miracle

by Britta Teckentrup and Patricia Hegarty is published in hardback by Little Tiger Kids.

Bee is a celebration of one of nature’s most important insects – and one we desperately need to protect for future generations.

As pollinators, they’re crucial in helping to produce the food we eat, but bee populations are dying because of changes in the way we use farmland and the loss of wildflowers.

German-born illustrator Britta Teckentrup recreates the journey of a bee over the course of a day, her pages splashed with vibrant red poppies and wildflowers waving in the breeze. The book is cleverly designed with hexagonal cut-outs around our bee, so it appears to fly through the book, ‘Gathering nectar as she goes, From every foxglove, every rose...’

Enough is enough AN SISSON is the author of “The American Revolution of 1800” and in this he explains how Thomas Jefferson rescued democracy from tyranny and faction. Having been very much involved it the US constitution and its early government, he retired but was asked to help in recovering the degeneration which had later occurred. Sisson argues that Jefferson thought that democratic revolutions would be necessary from time to time to break the grip of autocratic factions on the government. That lesson for today’s Canberra people could not be more obvious.

Sisson’s book was first published in 1976 – its updated 40th Anniversary edition has made it relevant to today’s degradation of democracy.

Joshua Clover has written “Riot. Strike. Riot.” which examines the current era of uprisings. We now have an “age of riots” as the struggle of people versus state and capital has taken to the streets.

Rioting was a central form of protest in the 17th and 18th centuries and was supplanted by the strike in the 19th century. Rioting has returned to prominence in recent history as times have changed with the coordinates of race and class.

Demands for social justice campaigns are pursued through occupations and blockades. Social unrest against an unsustainable order continues to grow.

Ongoing encouragement for controversy comes from the media with TV crews setting up interviews with personalities

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to follow a specific agenda. Michael Bodey wrote “Broadcast Wars” which deals with money, egos and power, particularly when there is competition for an audience – and hence revenues. The book deals with a past where channels Seven and Nine traded blows as they chased material for slots in their Sunrise and Today programs.

The recent release “Bolt – Worth Fighting For” has the journalist and commentator Andrew Bolt relating material from his columns. He deals with current political and social debates, from Islam to immigration, the Green movement and the rise of the slacktivist.

Examples of massive rorts continuing in this country came from Coffs Harbour where a senior citizen was in line at a Chemist. In front of him an African man was collecting a prescription. The shop assistant advised him that it would cost $32.20. He looked surprised and said “but we don’t pay”.

When asked for evidence about why, the man pulled out cards; the Families Residency Card, and then his personal Federal

Government Pensioner Card.

The African, in his 30s, 6-feet tall and well dressed in a suit. had a Pensioners Card that the local resident and his wife would not qualify for.

When he returned home, the Aussie senior did some research on the Centrelink line. It showed an Australia aged pensioner had a total yearly benefit of $16,068. Illegal immigrants/ refugees living in Australia are paid $56,680.

Another example of living off the system occurred last week when our staff member was in a nearby shop buying a pair of slippers for $15.50. Ahead of her was a well-dressed woman buying a pair of shoes for $120 – and Joblink paid for them.

Investigative journalist Andrew Fowler is the author of “The War on Journalism” which investigates the agendas of media moguls, whistle-blowers and what it costs our society to have freedom of expression.

Fowler began as a reporter in the 1970s, and more recently has been acting as foreign editor of The Australian newspaper and SBS Dateline. He also headed the ABC’s Investigative Unit. In his time, rattled gov-

` An Australia aged pensioner has a total yearly benefit of $16,068. Illegal immigrants/refugees living in Australia are paid $56,680... a

Patricia Hegarty’s poem beautifully captures the ‘tiny miracle’ performed by bees, which should spark little readers’ interest in looking after them. Read, then go and scatter some wildflowers.

7/10 (Review by Kate Whiting)

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by Dave Pankhurst The Book Connection ernments have moved to jail whistle-blowers and later to record every mobile phone as a tracking device. Fowler believes that the public’s right to know, the aim of many journalists, is to respond to the public’s right to know.

However, the media feeds us with so much so-called information, showing little responsibility in the process. An example is the mass of emphasis on Brexit – they had the economy of the world in tatters. Monetary markets plummeted but within a week the Financial Times Economic data showed that the FTSE Index had risen to its highest point since 2015.

One article came under the heading “Merchants: Liars and Fools”.

Little emphasis is placed on the gap occurring between the haves and have-nots. Danny Dorling has written “Inequality and the 1 per cent” which examines that, since the 2008 Recession, the top 1 per cent has only grown richer while the rest of us find life increasingly tough.

Dorling states that the gap between the haves and the havenots has turned into a chasm.

Whilst the rich have found new ways of protecting their wealth, everyone else has suffered the penalties of austerity.

The inequality is more than just economics – being born outside the 1 per cent has a dramatic impact – reducing life expectancy, limiting education and work prospects. An example of the proposed agenda of the last government to reduce the income tax on our largest businesses from 30 per cent to 25 per cent is dealt with on page 151.

Andrew Gamble has written “Can the Welfare State Survive”. He focuses on the challenges facing the welfare states, from affordability to the rise of new social risks. After the 1930s Depression, the recovery was very slow and austerity ruled. Deep cuts were made to welfare budgets.

The welfare state is seen as a burden on wealth creation which can no longer be afforded in a competitive global economy. There are calls for it to be dismantled completely. A recent press article revealed that 44 per cent of Australia’s population lives off government salaries, pensions and benefits.

Whether we connect with the Brexit example or our recent election process, the gap in population attitudes on who can solve our problems has narrowed.

Enjoy your browsing, Dave Pankhurst.

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Rotary Club of Dubbo Macquarie Changeover 2016 AS the Rotary year drew to a close, the Rotary Club of Dubbo Macquarie gathered with special guests and Rotarians visiting from other clubs to usher in the new year at its changeover dinner recently.

Outgoing president Sylvia Dunn officially handed the mantle to 2016-17 president Steve Cowley, who will take the reins for the second time in his 20 year tenure

with the club.

During the evening, a number of members were acknowledged for their ongoing commitment to Rotary’s mantra “Service above self”, with the club having contributed nearly $40,000 over the past year to worthy local and international causes.

The new theme for Rotary International for the coming year is Rotary Serving Humanity, and President Steve and his incoming board have already hit the ground running to put that theme into action.

Colin Barnett from Narromine joined incoming District Governor Steve Jackson, Annamieke Neville and Ray Nolan at the changeover dinner.

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Steve Cowley with District Governor representative Don Stephens and his wife Marjorie

Outgoing president Sylvia Dunn hands over the baton and the new Rotary year banner to Steve Cowley

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Judy Jakins and Steve Cowley were acknowledged for 20 years' Service Above Self as part of the Rotary Club of Dubbo Macquarie

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We Three Kings Of Orient

BY LUCY O’SULLIVAN

THE Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre presented the internationally known group We Three Kings of Orient on Saturday, July 9. The audience were taken on an energetic and passionate journey of opera and classic carols, with music sung in multiple languages – and were highly entertained.

Peter and Janice Crosgrove

Jan Green and Margaret Redden

Jane William and Jan Furney

Frank and June Crowfoot with Annette and Phil Gibbs

Bath Hearn and Stephen Long

Les Brookfield and Don Kennaugh

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Agnes and Betty Verstegen

Clare Alley, Helen Doran and Joy Kennaugh

John and Christine Levings, Frank and Beverly Brennan, Peter and Angela Soo

Sue Shields, Lola Stuart, Gloria and Barry Young

Margaret Johnston and Alison Humes

Ian and Ruth McKenzie

Jan Wiegold, Margaret Main, Pat Page and Nancy Brooks

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H E A R EAR new voices at the Gympie Music Muster Building with the introduction of the inaugural Emerging Talent Showcase, which is a platform to recognise and nurture upcoming independent artists and give them the chance to win newfound fans and industry recognition.

Held over the four days of the Muster (August 25 to 28), the Emerging Talent Showcase series will feature 30 promising young artists who have been carefully selected through online applications.

These entrants have been chosen from various platforms including the iconic Muster Talent Search competition, regional talent competition winners, school students - including Australian Institute of Country Music (AICM) and CMAA (Country Music Association) students and recommendations from music festival programmers around the country.

Gympie Music Muster Program Director, Jeff Chandler commented on the initiative saying, “As someone who has worked for many years in the music industry by discovering and developing unknown talent, I can’t overstate the importance of such an opportunity for aspiring artists. While talent competitions are key for those who are just entering the music industry, it is showcases such as this that can often provide the ‘break’ that can be a pivotal career moment for a young artist.”

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Last year’s talent search winner Sam Maddison

O send your kids along to the school holiday session teaching them how to create their own computer game on July 16, 2016.

Western College has the solution if you have a passion for gaming. The introductory game development course is designed to create an experience what it takes to make games. Learn real programming concepts and techniques as you create your own fun games. If you don’t have prior programming experience, but you love computer games, this is the course to get you started on making your own great games.

Drop into the Western College on 37 Cobbora Road to ask about the course on Saturday, July 16, 10am to 3pm. Cost $150 dollars ($50 per session), member cost $135 ($45 per session).

National Tree Day Ambassador Adam Goodes. PHOTO: PLANET ARK

SE E EE the Earth in it’s ‘happy place on Planet Ark’s National Tree Day, Sunday, July 31. Planet Ark is celebrating the event’s 21st year in 2016 and the fact Australians have helped plant over 23 million trees in that time.

In Dubbo there will be a planting of local species like casuarinas, river red gums and bottle brush on the banks of the Macquarie River to improve the environment for native wildlife - including the fish.

There will also be several tree planting working bees leading up to National Tree Day. On July 31, the meeting point is Shibble Bridge, Dubbo, at 9am until 11am.

For more information visit http://treeday.planetark.org/site/10012624

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O keep flying to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. Dubbo City Regional Airport has broken through the 200,000 annual passenger barrier for the first time in history.

The total number of passengers flying to and from Dubbo in the 12 months of the 2015/2016 financial year was 203,294 eclipsing the previous record set in 2007/2008 by more than 10,000 people.

Dubbo City Regional Airport has enjoyed a very positive period of growth in the past two years and passengers have responded strongly to additional services.

Direct services have made flying a more attractive proposition not just for people from the immediate area of Dubbo, Wellington and Narromine but further afield such as Orange, Parkes and various towns in the wider Orana region.

“The direct services also provide a great opportunity to bring visitors direct to Dubbo for events, conferences and to visit the region’s great attractions,” said interim Western Plains Regional Council administrator Michael Kneipp.

Compared to 2014/2015 there has been a 7.6 per cent increase in passenger numbers and the past 11 months have been the highest respective monthly totals on record.

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HE replacement of equipment and renewal of Jack William Drive Park Playground in Eastridge has been completed with the new playground open for play as the second week of the school holidays gets underway.

Council’s director Parks and Landcare Services Ian McAlister said while the installation was delayed due to the extensive rain received in late May and throughout June students currently on school holidays are now able to use the new equipment.

“The new playground at Jack William Drive includes a slide, a nest swing, rope net climbs and rope bridges. As a local park servicing those people within walking distance it is generally targeted at younger aged children,” McAlister said.

In the past three years playgrounds have been replaced at Elston Park, Manera Heights and Buckingham Drive.

There are also plans to replace the playground at Lunar Park, as part of Council playground renewal program, and install a new playground at Spears Drive in the coming months.

Mr McAlister said a new design has also been chosen for the Spears Drive Park to replace the existing swing set with a playgrounds that cater for young families in Rosewood Estate.

“The design for the Spears Drive Park playground was chosen by the community through from two designs put forward in an online poll,” McAlister said.

“Council will now proceed to finalise the equipment orders and look to install the new equipment in coming months,” he said.

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GYMPIE MUSIC MUSTER NATIONAL TREE DAY COMPUTER GAMES FLIGHTS PLAYGROUND

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OPEN WEEKENDER COFFEE & MEALS

sŝƐŝƚ ƚŚĞ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůLJ ƐƚĂī Ăƚ ƵďďŽ 'ƌŽǀĞ WŚĂƌŵĂĐLJ

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

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

VELDT RESTAURANT Open for dinner Monday to Saturday ĨƌŽŵ ϲƉŵ͘ Under Quest Serviced Apartments ŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌLJ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂŶ DĞŶƵ 22 Bultje St, 6882 0926

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

DUBBO RSL CLUB RESORT

TED’S TAKEAWAY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SHOPPING THE BOOK CONNECTION KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ϴ͘ϯϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϰƉŵ͘ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϮƉŵ͘ EĞǁ ĂŶĚ ƵƐĞĚ ďŽŽŬƐ͘KǀĞƌ ϲϬ͕ϬϬϬ ŬƐ ŝŶ ƐƚŽƌĞ͘ 178 Macquarie St, 6882 3311

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

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

GROCERIES

THE SWISH GALLERY

DMC MEAT AND SEAFOOD

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THINGS TO DO

WESTERN PLAINS CULTURAL CENTRE

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

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

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

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

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

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3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE

Friday 15.07.2016 to Sunday 17.07.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Friday, July 15 Tony Robinson’s Time Walks ABC, 8pm Looking for hidden history around Australia and New Zealand, the inquisitive Tony Robinson is not so much walking this week as road tripping, as he gets behind the wheel to explore the towns and wineries of the Barossa Valley. Unlike many of us would be, the man who made us all feel much better about our daily grind with Worst Jobs in History is not here for the tastings – it’s all about getting a flavour for the local history for this likeable tour guide. Expect a fair bit of focus on the area’s German influence, courtesy of immigrants who fled here 160 years ago, escaping religious persecution.

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MOVIE: Patch Adams

The Art Of The Architect chitect

ELEVEN, 8.30pm, M (1998)

7TWO, 9.30pm

The late, great Robin Williams switches into his trademark harlequin mode, playing real-life doctor-intraining Hunter “Patch” Adams who believes that laughter is the best medicine. The fights with medical board authorities and insights into his troubled past add to the Hollywood-by-numbers feel. Luckily, the appearance of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman as Adams’ studious roommate adds a bit of life, but it’s quashed by an overall sense of mushy manipulation with even Williams’ manic comic routines going under the knife. Patch Adams could have done with a dose of its own medicine.

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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 Croc College. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 Eggheads. (R, CC) 12.00 News At Noon. (CC) 1.00 Doc Martin. (PG, R, CC) 1.50 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) 2.50 The Cook And The Chef.

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

(PG, R, CC) A volunteer fireman is murdered.

5.00 ABC News: Early Edition.

(CC) 5.30 The Drum. (CC) Analysis of the day’s news.

6.00 Sunrise. (CC) 9.00 The Morning Show.

(PG, CC) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

(CC) 12.00 MOVIE: Avalon High.

(R, CC) (2010) A new student discovers her classmates are reincarnations of characters from legends of Camelot. Britt Robertson, Gregg Sulkin.

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

3.00 The Chase. (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) Presented by David Campbell and Sonia Kruger.

11.30 Morning News. (CC) 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG, R, CC) Variety show.

1.00 MOVIE: Courage Mountain. (PG, R, CC) (1990) A young Swiss girl is sent to an Italian boarding school at the outbreak of World War I. Juliette Caton, Charlie Sheen.

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

6.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 6.30 Everyday Health.

(PG, R, CC) 7.00 WIN’s All Australian News. (R, CC) 8.00 Entertainment Tonight.

(PG, R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG, CC) 11.00 The Talk. (CC) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 MasterChef Australia.

(PG, R, CC) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, CC) 3.30 Good Chef Bad Chef.

(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 Tour De France: Daily Update. 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 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 12. Replay.

3.00 Kylie Kwong. (R, CC) 3.30 Thai Street Food With David Thompson. (R, CC) 4.00 Who Do You Think You Are? Matthew Pinsent.

(PG, R, CC) 5.00 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 12.

Highlights.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) Hosted by Fiona Bruce.

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

8.00 Tony Robinson’s Time Walks: Barossa Valley.

(PG, CC) Tony Robinson explores the towns and wineries of South Australia’s picturesque Barossa Valley.

8.30 New Tricks. (PG, R, CC) Ted leads an investigation into the apparent suicide of a city trader.

9.30 Silent Witness.

(MA15+, CC) (Final) A known criminal is found murdered in a similar way to Sam Honeywell.

10.30 Lateline. (R, CC) Emma Alberici hosts a news analysis program featuring coverage of current events.

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

11.20 Broadchurch. (M, R, CC) Beth faces an emotional ordeal.

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

(CC) 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (CC) Dr Harry goes to the National Poultry Show, in Sydney.

Karen prepares Bombay spiced pork neck chops with saffron rice. Graham makes a housecall on three trees that were planted together but have grown differently.

8.30 MOVIE: Endless Love.

(M, CC) (2014) The life of a shy teenager seems to change overnight when a charming but aimless mechanic asks her out.

However, their blossoming relationship is challenged by her father’s disapproval.

Alex Pettyfer, Gabriella Wilde, Bruce Greenwood.

10.45 Billy Connolly’s Tracks Across America. (PG, R, CC) Part 1 of 3. Scottish comedian Billy Connolly embarks on an epic trip across America by rail, beginning in Chicago.

Along the way he stops at the Minnesota State fair, an oil boomtown, yodels with cowboys and takes in Montana’s answer to Glasgow, before ending in Seattle.

11.45 The Goldbergs. (PG, R, CC)

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 A Current Affair. (CC) 7.30 Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 19. St George Illawarra Dragons v Gold Coast Titans. From Jubilee Oval, Sydney.

10.10 MOVIE: Rocky V. (M, R, CC) (1990) Having reluctantly retired from boxing and lost the proceeds of his winnings due the machinations of a corrupt accountant, Rocky Balboa inherits a gymnasium and sets out to teach a street kid how to fight. Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young.

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

7.30 The Living Room. (CC) Dr Chris Brown and Miguel Maestre travel from Vancouver to Seattle on the Rocky Mountaineer train. Along the way, Miguel prepares crab cakes and a gribiche sauce while Dr Chris goes on a tour of the local sites.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, CC) Graham Norton presents highlights from the latest series, featuring Jennifer Lawrence, Tom Hiddleston, Meryl Streep, Ryan Gosling, Dame Helen Mirren, Chris Hemsworth, Russell Crowe and Johnny Depp.

9.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M, R, CC) A fast-paced, irreverent look at news, with Ed Kavalee, Sam Pang and a panel of special guests competing to see who can remember the most about events of the week. Hosted

by Tom Gleisner.

10.30 To Be Advised.

11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. (CC)

6.00 Nigella Bites. (R, CC) Nigella Lawson takes a nostalgic look at food associated with summer, strawberries and cream.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 The Nefertiti Bust. (R, CC) Takes a look at the story behind one of the ancient world’s most iconic images, the bust of Queen Nefertiti.

8.25 The Inca: Masters Of The Clouds: Clash Of Empires.

(PG, R, CC) Part 2 of 2.

Archaeologist Dr Jago Cooper travels through Peru and Ecuador to reassesses the origins, accomplishments and nature of one of the greatest empires the world has ever seen. He concludes by revealing how it was not destroyed just by a clash of arms, but of world views.

9.30 SBS World News Late Edition. (CC) 10.00 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 13.

Bourg-Saint-Andéol to La Caverne du Pontd’Arc. 37km individual time trial. From France. Hosted

by Mike Tomalaris, Robbie McEwan, Dave McKenzie and Henk Vogels.

12.10 Rage. (MA15+) Continuous music programming.

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

12.15 Home Shopping.

12.20 Infomercials. (PG) 2.20 The Avengers. (PG, R) Steed’s old friend reappears.

3.20 Nine Presents. (R, CC) Music special.

3.30 Extra. (CC) 4.00 Global Shop.

4.30 Good Morning America.

(CC)

12.30 The Project. (R, CC) A look at the day’s news.

1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG, CC) Comedian Stephen Colbert interviews Seth Rogen and Krysten Ritter. Musical performance by Wolf Parade.

2.30 Home Shopping.

2.00 The Real King Solomon’s Mines. (R, CC) 2.55 The Lost Sword Of The Samurai. (PG, R, CC) 3.50 Who Do You Think You Are? (R, CC) 4.55 Poh & Co. Bitesize.

(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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6.25pm Spy (2015) Comedy.

Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne.

An analyst is sent into the field to take down an arms dealer.

(MA15+) Premiere

6.30pm E! News. A comprehensive, up-to-theminute report on the day’s top entertainment news. (M) E!

7.30pm World War One: The People’s Story. (PG) History

7.30pm Rugby Union. Super Rugby. Round 17. Queensland Reds v Melbourne Rebels. Fox Sports 2

6.50pm First Blood (1982) Action. Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna. A Vietnam War veteran returns home and is pushed to the brink. (M) Action 10.25pm Dead Poets Society (1989) Drama. Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard. (PG) Masterpiece

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.25 Mister Maker. (R, CC) 4.45 Sydney Sailboat. (R, CC) 5.00 Play School.

(CC) 5.05 Tree Fu Tom. (R, CC) 5.25 Sarah And Duck. (R) 5.35 Hoot Hoot Go! (R, CC) 5.40 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.50 Go Jetters. (R) 6.00 Hey Duggee. (R, CC) 6.10 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.20 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.35 Teacup Travels. 6.50 Shaun The Sheep.

(R) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Doctor Who. (PG, R, CC) 8.15 Doctor Who Extra. (R, CC) 8.30 The Hoarder Next Door.

(PG, R, CC) Part 5 of 5.

9.15 Drug Runners: The Peruvian Connection.

(M, 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 Franklin And Friends.

(R, CC) 5.20 The Koala Brothers.

(R, CC) 5.30 Bert And Ernie. (R, CC) 5.40 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 3.15 The Jungle Bunch. (R) 3.25 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. (R) 3.45 Little Lunch. (R, CC) 4.00 Odd Squad. (R) 4.25 Numb Chucks.

4.40 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. (R, CC) 5.05 Camp Lakebottom. (R) 5.20 Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness. 5.40 BtN Newsbreak. (CC) 5.45 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 6.20 Eve. (CC) 6.50 BtN Newsbreak. (CC) 7.00 Deadly 60.

(R, CC) 7.30 Officially Amazing.

(R, CC) 8.00 The Haunting Hour.

(PG, R, CC) 8.20 Adventure Time. (R) 8.45 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) Maya thinks Zig stole her laptop.

9.05 The Sleepover Club.

(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.

7.30pm Finding Carter. (M) FOX8

11.30pm My Amityville Horror. For the first time in 35 years, Daniel Lutz recounts his version of the infamous Amityville haunting that terrified his family in 1975.

(MA15+) CI

9.00pm Sydney Comedy Festival. Hundreds of the world’s funniest comedians take to stages across Sydney to entertain. (MA15+) Comedy Channel

7.50pm Rugby League. NRL. Round 19. St George Illawarra Dragons v Gold Coast Titans.

Fox Sports 1 8.20pm Football. AFL. Round 17. Fremantle v Geelong. Fox Footy Melissa McCarthy stars in Spy.

7TWO

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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 Mr Selfridge. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Dealers. (PG) 3.00 Medical Emergency. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 The Outdoor Room With Jamie Durie.

(R, CC) 4.30 60 Minute Makeover.

(PG, R) 6.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) 7.30 The Border. (PG) 8.30 Escape To The Country.

Prospective buyers find their dream home.

9.30 The Art Of The Architect.

(New Series) Hosted by Matt Brew.

10.30 Best Houses Australia.

11.00 The Woman Who Woke Up Chinese. (PG, R) 12.00 Dealers. (PG, R) 1.00 Escape To The Country. (R) 2.00 The Outdoor Room With Jamie Durie.

(R, CC) 3.00 Dr Oz. (PG, CC) 4.00 Danube Interlude. (PG, R) 5.00 Shopping. (R)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.30 Batman. (PG, R) 1.00 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 1.30 Sooty. (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 The Looney Tunes Show. (R) 4.30 Gumball. (R) 5.00 Clarence. (PG) 5.30 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite. (PG, R, CC) (2013) Clancy Brown, Troy Baker.

7.30 MOVIE: The Lego Movie.

(PG, R, CC) (2014) Chris Pratt.

9.30 MOVIE: Olympus Has Fallen. (MA15+, R, CC) (2013) A former agent must save the White House.

Gerard Butler.

12.00 iZombie. (MA15+) 1.00 Surfing Australia TV. (R, CC) 1.30 Batman: The Brave And The Bold.

(PG, R) 2.00 Rabbids Invasion. (PG, R) 2.30 Sooty. (R) 3.00 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 4.00 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 4.30 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 4.50 Thunderbirds.

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

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6.00 Home Shopping. (R) 7.00 Fishing Western Australia. (R) 7.30 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG, R) 8.30 The Big Adventure. (PG, CC) 10.00 SlideShow. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 Starsky & Hutch. (PG, R) 12.00 S.W.A.T. (PG, R) 1.00 Ultimate Factories. (R) 2.00 Wipeout USA. (PG, R) 3.00 Swamp People. (PG, R) 5.00 American Restoration.

(PG, R) 6.00 American Pickers. (PG, R) The boys look in Rick Nielsen’s warehouse.

7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG, R, CC) The gang is presented with a whale’s tooth.

7.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. (CC) Pre-game coverage of the match.

8.00 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 17. Fremantle v Geelong. From Domain Stadium, Perth.

12.00 Olympians: Off The Record.

(PG, R, CC) 12.30 Locked Up Abroad. (M, R) 3.00 SlideShow.

(PG, R, CC) 4.00 Ultimate Factories. (R) 5.00 Dream Car Garage. (R)

6.00 News. (CC) 9.00 News Mornings. (CC) 11.55 Heywire.

12.00 News. (CC) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 ABC News Afternoons With The Business. 5.00 Grandstand. 5.55 Heywire. (R) 6.00 ABC News Evenings. 6.30 The Drum.

(R, CC) 7.00 ABC News Grandstand. (CC) 8.00 ABC News Evenings With The Business. 9.00 Planet America. 9.30 Lateline. (CC) 10.00 The World. 11.00 ABC National News.

(CC) 11.30 7.30. (R, CC) 12.00 News. 12.30 The Drum. (R, CC) 1.00 Al Jazeera. 2.00 BBC World. 2.25 ABC Open. (R) 2.30 7.30. (R, CC) 3.00 BBC World. 3.30 BBC Africa. 3.55 ABC Open. (R) 4.00 Al Jazeera. 5.00 BBC Business Live. 5.25 ABC Open. (R) 5.30 Lateline. (R, CC) 5.55 Heywire. (R)

ABC NEWS

8.30pm Titchmarsh: Discovering A Lost Landscape. Lifestyle

6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 7.00 Creflo. (PG) 7.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 10.30 Come Dine With Me. (PG, R) 11.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 MOVIE: The Stranger’s Hand.

(PG, R) (1954) Trevor Howard. 1.45 Come Dine With Me. (PG, R) 2.15 Escape To The Country. (R) 3.25 River Cottage: Winter’s On The Way. (PG, R) 4.30 Ellen DeGeneres.

(PG, R, CC) 5.30 Gilmore Girls. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC) Ross learns Rachel is afraid of swings.

7.30 As Time Goes By. (PG, R) Jean feels her life is mundane.

8.50 MOVIE: Bonnie And Clyde. (M, R) (1967) Follows the short lives of Bonnie and Clyde. Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway.

11.05 MOVIE: The Magnificent Seven Ride! (M, R, CC) (1972) 1.10 MOVIE: Play Dirty. (M, R) (1969) 3.30 Escape To The Country. (R) 4.40 As Time Goes By. (PG, R)

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6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 River To Reef. (R) 8.30 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 9.00 River To Reef. (R) 9.30 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 10.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 11.00 Hogan’s Heroes. (R) 12.00 Raising Hope.

(PG, R) 1.00 The Millers. (PG, R, CC) 2.30 Dads. (PG, R) 3.00 Jake And The Fatman. (PG, R) 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 5.00 Star Trek: Voyager. (PG, R) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 MacGyver. (PG, R) MacGyver uncovers some dangerous racists.

8.30 Walker, Texas Ranger.

(M, R) Walker and Trivette go to Mexico.

9.30 MOVIE: Gun. (MA15+) (2010) A gun runner works to sniff out a traitor. Curtis Jackson, Val Kilmer.

11.15 Bear Grylls: Mission Survive. (M, R) 12.15 Shopping. (R) 2.15 Star Trek: Voyager. (PG, R) 3.10 Walker, Texas Ranger. (M, R) 4.05 Hogan’s Heroes. (R) 5.05 The Doctors. (M, CC)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Beyblade: Shogun Steel. (R) 6.30 Transformers Rescue Bots. (R) 7.05 Transformers Prime. (R) 7.35 Pokémon. (R) 8.00 Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures. (C, R, CC) 8.35 Littlest Petshop. (R) 9.00 Bob The Builder. (R) 9.30 Crocamole.

(P, CC) 10.00 Dr Quinn. (PG, R) 11.00 JAG. (PG, R) 12.00 Charmed.

(PG, R, CC) 1.00 Family Ties. (PG, R) 2.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R, CC) 4.05 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 5.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 Neighbours. (CC) 7.05 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother.

(PG, R) 8.00 Rules Of Engagement.

(PG, R, CC) 8.30 MOVIE: Patch Adams.

(M, R) (1998) A trainee doctor runs afoul of his teachers. Robin Williams.

10.50 James Corden. (PG) 11.50 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 12.50 Frasier. (PG, R) 2.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 JAG. (PG, R) 5.00 Shopping.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.40 Serbian News. 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 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 12. Replay. 5.00 The Death Of Santa Claus. (PG, R) 5.05 House Hazards. (PG, R) 5.35 Brain Games. (PG) 6.00 Street Genius.

6.25 365: Every Day Documentaries.

6.30 MythBusters. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Friday Feed.

8.00 Illusions Of Grandeur: Best Of. (PG) (Final) 8.30 Adam Looking For Eve. (MA15+) Couples go on naked dates.

9.20 Sex Addicts. (M, R) A look at sex addicts.

10.20 MOVIE: Thunderbolt.

(MA15+, R) (1995) 12.20 MOVIE: Aballay. (MA15+, R) (2010) 2.10 PopAsia. (PG) 3.15 NHK World English News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. (R) 6.30 Kids Cook-Off. (R) 7.30 Mystery Diners. (R) 8.00 Guilty Pleasures.

(R) 8.30 Restaurant: Impossible.

(PG, R) 9.30 Farmhouse Rules.

(R) 10.00 Barefoot Contessa. (R) 10.30 Man Fire Food. (R) 11.00 Outrageous Food. (R) 11.30 Kids Cook-Off. (R) 12.30 Pizza Masters.

(R) 1.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (R) 2.30 Kids Cook-Off. (R) 3.30 The Best Thing I Ever Made. (R) 4.00 Tia Mowry At Home. (R) 4.30 Junk Food Flip. (R) 5.00 Farmhouse Rules. 5.30 Pizza Masters. (R) 6.30 No Reservations. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 The Best In Australia.

(PG) 8.30 Cutthroat Kitchen.

(PG) 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Guilty Pleasures. (R) 10.30 No Reservations. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 The Best In Australia. (PG, R) 12.30 Mystery Diners. (R) 1.00 Guilty Pleasures. (R) 1.30 Farmhouse Rules. (R) 2.00 The Best Thing I Ever Made. (R) 2.30 No Reservations. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 Kids Cook-Off. (R) 4.30 The Best Thing I Ever Made. (R) 5.00 Junk Food Flip. (R) 5.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 I Live, I Breathe, I Surf. 1.00 Seaman Dan And Friends. 1.30 Fit First. 2.00 Whadjuk To Wadjemup. 2.30 Mugu Kids. 3.00 The Dreaming. 3.30 Bushwhacked! 4.00 Muso Magic Outback Tracks. 4.30 Kagagi, The Raven. 5.00 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 5.30 The Medicine Line. 6.00 Tangaroa. 6.30 UnderExposed. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 Aunty Moves In. 8.00 Mohawk Girls. 8.30 Who We Are: Brave New Clan. 9.30 Chappelle’s Show. 10.00 Shuga. 10.30 Blackstone. 11.20 A Time For Reflection. 11.30 Mohawk Girls. 12.00 Late Programs.

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Saturday, July 16 MOVIE: The Mummy Returns

MOVIE: Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life

PRIME7, 7pm, PG (2001)

PRIME7, 9.35pm, M (2003)

Fun-filled, special effects-laden sequel to director Stephen Sommer’s 1999 blockbuster, with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz reprising their roles as the derring-doers obsessed with Egyptology. Nine years on and now married with a young son, the adventurers are once again racing against the sands of time when Imhotep, the mummy from the original movie, is brought back to life.

John Hannah returns as the foolish brother-in-law, Arnold Vosloo is devilish as the corpse that won’t stay put, while wrestler The Rock makes an appearance of sorts as the dreaded Scorpion King. Great escapism.

The second instalment in the Tomb Raider saga sees Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) on the trail of a mystical artefact that threatens to destroy mankind.

Pitted against a criminal mastermind (Ciarán Hinds) and yet another untrustworthy boyfriend (Gerard Butler), Croft exhibits her gravitydefying talents in the world’s most scenic locales. Director Jan de Bont’s follow-up to the first instalment is stupefying whenever the action stops, falling foul to a predictable, generic plot that owes much to the Indiana Jones and 007 franchises. Nonetheless, Jolie’s keen athleticism and cool composure is enough to keep you awake.

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Road To Rio PRIME7, 12pm m the Rio Less than three weeks out from ing Olympics, it’s time to start getting excited. Fears of Zika outbreakss and oubt be robberies at gunpoint will no doubt forgotten once the flame is lit, and what better way to start getting into the Olympic spirit than spending a winter Saturday afternoon watching Jim Wilson and Johanna Griggs (pictured) bring you all the latest news, interviews and discussions on everything Rio 2016. If you think too much sport is never enough, o learn stick around after this is over to more about our London 2012 gold medal canoeist in Olympians Offf The n Bruce Record: Jess Fox, as the evergreen er McAvaney chats to her about her preparations.

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6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 11.30 Big Ted’s Excellent Adventure: 50 Years Of Play School. (R, CC) 12.30 Reality Check. (PG, R, CC) 1.05 New Tricks. (PG, R, CC) 2.05 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) 3.05 Tony Robinson’s Time Walks: Barossa Valley.

(PG, R, CC) Hosted by Tony Robinson.

3.35 Time Scanners: Petra.

(R, CC) Presented by Dallas Campbell.

4.30 Landline. (R, CC) Presented by Pip Courtney.

5.00 Midsomer Murders.

(PG, R, CC) Barnaby investigates the death of a DJ.

6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) 12.00 Road To Rio. (CC) 12.30 Olympians: Off The Record: Jess Fox. (CC) 1.00 Bewitched. (R, CC) Samantha writes a play.

1.30 I Dream Of Jeannie.

(R, CC) Jeannie reads The Tales of the Arabian Nights.

2.00 MOVIE: Step Up. (PG, R, CC) (2006) Channing Tatum.

4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R, CC) 5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

(PG, R, CC)

6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00

6.30 Gardening Australia.

(CC) Tino Carnevale visits a colourful garden. Meet a botanical photographic artist.

7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 The Coroner. (M, CC) Judith and Mick are among the crowds when a local businessman is shot dead during a restaurant reopening.

8.20 Indian Summers. (M, CC) The British community in Simla turns out in force for the murder trial.

9.10 The Doctor Blake Mysteries. (M, R, CC) After the local hardware store owner is found dead under suspicious circumstances in a hotel, Blake decides to spend a night in the same room in order to solve the mystery. Jean makes a big announcement to the household which will affect her relationship with Blake.

10.05 MOVIE: Holy Flying Circus. (MA15+, R, CC) (2011) A debate is sparked between the Monty Python comedy troupe and a group of self-proclaimed moral crusaders. Darren Boyd, Charles Edwards.

11.35 8MMM. (M, R, CC)

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: The Mummy Returns. (PG, R, CC) (2001) A couple must once again battle their old nemesis, the mummy Imhotep, after he is resurrected by a power hungry cult who have kidnapped their son in order to gain possession of a powerful artefact he is bonded to. Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah.

9.35 MOVIE: Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life. (M, R, CC) (2003) Archaeologist and adventurer Lara Croft tries to stop a megalomaniac from obtaining an orb which serves as the key to the fabled Pandora’s Box and the terrors it contains.

In order to complete her quest, she is forced to recruit the aid of a mercenary with whom she shares a past. Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciarán Hinds.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Volcano.

(PG, R, CC) (1997) After Los Angeles is rocked by an earthquake, the director of the city’s emergency management sets out to investigate and encounters a geologist who is convinced a volcano is on the verge of erupting.

Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann.

9.10 MOVIE: Patriot Games.

(M, R, CC) (1992) A CIA analyst interferes with an IRA plot to assassinate a member of the British royal family, killing one of the attackers in the process. As a result, the man’s brother, a member of a renegade faction of the organisation, escapes from custody and sets out to make him pay.

11.35 MOVIE: Tenderness.

(M, R, CC) (2009) After a young killer is released from juvenile detention, a detective remains convinced he was responsible for the murder of two other teenagers.

His efforts to to monitor the boy’s activities are complicated by the actions of a girl who has become obsessed with the suspect.

Russell Crowe, Jon Foster.

6.00 Modern Family.

(PG, R, CC) After Manny misplaces his backpack, Jay and Gloria go with him on a hunt for it. Their search leads them to break into Claire’s house and then into Mitchell’s home, where they partake in some overthe-top snooping.

6.30 Bondi Vet. (PG, CC) At SASH, Laura is confronted with a shocking case of animal cruelty.

7.30 David Attenborough’s Fishing Leopards.

(PG, CC) SIr David Attenborough takes a look at Africa’s fishing leopards.

8.30 MOVIE: Taken 2. (M, R, CC) (2012) During a visit to Istanbul, Turkey, a retired CIA operative and his wife are abducted by the father of a kidnapper he killed while rescuing his daughter from a sex-slavery ring.

10.25 MOVIE: The Counselor.

(MA15+, R, CC) (2013) Looking to make a quick profit, a respected lawyer gets involved with a Mexican drug cartel, a decision he comes to regret after their shipment is stolen and they decide that he has to be punished for the loss. Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz.

6.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland: A New Island Life. (R, CC) Presenter Paul Murton explores parts of Scotland which have charmed visitors for over two centuries. Paul visits two Hebridean islands which are very different.

Gigha is lush and verdant, while Jura is rugged and bleak.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 The Six Queens Of Henry VIII. (CC) Part 2 of 4. Explores the over three-decade long reign of Henry VIII from the perspective of his six wives.

8.30 RocKwiz Salutes The Decades. (PG, R, CC) Julia Zemiro, Brian Nankervis and the RocKwiz Orkestra celebrate one of rock music’s greatest decades, the ’60s. Featuring special guests Declan Melia, Dinah Lee, Holiday Sidewinder and Normie Rowe.

9.30 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 14.

Montélimar to Villarsles-Dombes, Parc des Oiseaux. 208km flat stage.

From France. Hosted by Mike Tomalaris, Robbie McEwan, Dave McKenzie and Henk Vogels.

12.05 Rage. (MA15+) Music videos chosen by a special guest programmers, New York-based duo MS MR. 5.00 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

12.00 Private Practice.

(MA15+, R, CC) The doctors get together for a celebration at Addison’s house and to reminisce about the past.

1.00 Home Shopping.

1.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.30 Cops Uncut. (MA15+, R, CC) A selection of dashboardcamera clips.

4.00 Anger Management.

(M, R, CC) Lacey’s parents pay a surprise visit.

4.30 Global Shop. Home shopping.

5.00 Infomercials. (PG, R)

12.50 48 Hours: The Last Confession (Update) (M, R, CC) A new witness steps forward in the case of the murder of Texas beauty queen Irene Garza.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

2.00 Masters Of Sex. (M, R, CC) 3.10 Masters Of Sex. (MA15+, R, CC) 4.10 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 4.45 Women’s Letters.

(M, R, CC) 5.00 CCTV English News.

5.30 NHK World English News.

5.45 France 24 Feature.

12.00 12.30

1.00 1.30

2.30 5.00 5.30

PAW Patrol. (R, CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Today Extra: Saturday.

(PG, CC) In Conversation With Alex Malley. (R, CC) Hot In Cleveland. (PG, CC) Joy competes with Canadian Joy for Bob’s affection.

Community. (PG, R, CC) Professor Hickey shows Jeff the ropes at Greendale.

Who Do You Think You Are? Chris O’Donnell.

(PG, R, CC) Chris O’Donnell traces his family roots.

The Voice. (PG, R, CC) News: First At Five. (CC) Getaway. (PG, CC)

6.00 6.30 7.00 8.00 8.30 11.00 12.00 1.00 1.30 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00

Fishing Edge. (R, CC) The Home Team. (R, CC) iFish. (R, CC) Family Feud. (R, CC) Studio 10: Saturday.

(PG, CC) The Talk. (PG, CC) The Talk. (CC) Healthy Homes Australia. (CC) The Doctors. (PG, CC) Good Chef Bad Chef.

(R, CC) The Renovation King.

(CC) Fishing Australia. (R, CC) Storm Season. (PG, R, CC) Places We Go With Jennifer Adams. (CC) TEN Eyewitness News.

(CC)

6.00 France 24 English News.

6.30 Deutsche Welle English News. 7.00 Tour De France: Daily Update. 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 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 13. Replay.

3.00 The Real Man’s Road Trip: Cajun Swampmen.

(M, R, CC) 3.55 James May’s Toy Stories: The Motorcycle Diary. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 13.

Highlights.

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, July 16 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.15pm Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) Action.

Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner.

Ethan and the team must eradicate a rogue organisation.

(M) Premiere

6.30pm The Amazing Race.

The racers head to Oktoberfest in Bavaria. (PG) FOX8

5.30pm Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages. Renowned actor Dame Penelope Keith travels through Britain’s charming villages. (PG) History

3.00pm Rugby Union. Super Rugby. Round 17. Crusaders v Hurricanes. Fox Sports 2

6.30pm Crazy, Stupid, Love.

(2011) Comedy. Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling. (M) Romance

7.30pm Wayward Pines. (M) FX

6.30pm Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown. (M) TLC

8.30pm Winners & Losers.

Sophie tries to avoid Luke. (M) SoHo

7.30pm Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival.

Captured across two nights at Madison Square Garden, Eric Clapton gathers his most respected colleagues in the music industry for a jam session. (PG) Foxtel Arts

10.45pm The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014) Action. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson. (M) Action

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.45 Sydney Sailboat. (R, CC) 5.00 Play School. (CC) 5.05 Tree Fu Tom. (R, CC) 5.25 Sarah And Duck.

(R) 5.35 Hoot Hoot Go! (R, CC) 5.40 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.50 Go Jetters. (R) 6.00 Hey Duggee. (R, CC) 6.10 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.20 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.35 Teacup Travels. 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? At Christmas. (R, CC) 8.45 Live From The BBC. (M, CC) (New Series) 9.15 Live At The Apollo.

(M, R, CC) 10.00 Comedy Up Late. (MA15+, R, CC) 10.30 Broad City. (M, R, CC) 10.50 Episodes. (M, R, CC) 11.20 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (M, R, CC) 2.55 News Update. (R) 3.00 Close. 5.00 Boj. (R, CC) 5.10 Ella The Elephant. (R, CC) 5.25 The Koala Brothers. (R, CC) 5.35 This Is Scarlett And Isaiah. (R, CC) 5.40 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.15 Stand And Deliver. (R, CC) 11.30 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 12.00 Worst Year Of My Life, Again.

(R, CC) 12.30 Gortimer Gibbon’s Life On Normal Street. (R) 12.50 Eve. (R, CC) 1.25 Girls In Love. (R, CC) 1.50 The Next Step. (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) 4.40 Numb Chucks. (R, CC) 4.50 SheZow. (R, CC) 5.05 Endangered Species. (R, CC) 5.30 Hank Zipzer. (R, CC) 5.55 Scream Street. (R) 6.10 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R) 6.30 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 7.00 Operation Ouch! (R, CC) 7.30 Bushwhacked! (R, CC) 7.55 Degrassi: Next Class.

(PG, R, CC) 9.05 The Sleepover Club.

(R, CC) Rosie becomes suspicious of her dad.

9.30 MY:24. (PG, R, CC) Young people tell their stories.

9.45 Close.

7TWO 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.30 Room For Improvement. (R, CC) 9.00 The Real Seachange. (R, CC) 10.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 Dealers. (PG, R) 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 18. Northern Suburbs v Manly. From North Sydney Oval.

5.00 Road To Rio. (R, CC) 5.30 No Reservations. (PG, R) 6.30 A Touch Of Frost. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 Escape To The Country.

Prospective buyers find their dream home.

9.30 Nick Knowles’ Original Features. (R) 10.30 Terror In The Skies. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 No Reservations. (PG, R) 12.30 Sydney Weekender. (R, CC) 1.00 WA Weekender. (R, CC) 1.30 Qld Weekender. (R, CC) 2.00 Creek To Coast. (R, CC) 2.30 Great South East. (R, CC) 3.00 Home In WA. (CC) 3.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. (PG, R) 4.00 The Travel Bug. (PG, R) 5.00 Shopping.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 7.30 The Skinner Boys. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Children’s Programs. 8.30 The Looney Tunes Show. (R) 9.00 Justice League Unlimited. (PG) 9.30 Batman. (PG, R) 10.00 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 10.30 Children’s Programs. 11.30 Pirate Express.

(C, R, CC) 12.00 Kitchen Whiz. (C, R, CC) 12.30 Children’s Programs.

1.30 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 2.00 Wild Kratts. (R) 2.30 Surfing Australia TV. (CC) 3.00 Power Rangers Dino.

(PG, R) 3.30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu. (PG) 4.00 Teen Titans.

(PG, R) 4.30 Ben 10. (PG, R) 5.00 Justice League Unlimited. (PG, R) 5.30 MOVIE: Nancy Drew. (PG, R, CC) (2007) Emma Roberts.

7.30 MOVIE: School Of Rock.

(PG, R) (2003) Jack Black.

9.45 MOVIE: Take The Lead.

(PG, R, CC) (2006) Antonio Banderas.

12.10 Adult Swim. (M, R) 1.10 Go Girls. (M, R, CC) 3.00 Surfing Australia TV. (R, CC) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 4.00 Beware The Batman.

(M, R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R)

7MATE

9GEM

6.00 Motor Racing. Night Thunder.

The Magic Man 34 and Demo Derby. Replay. 7.00 Zoom. (PG, R) 7.30 Harley-Davidson TV. (PG, R) 8.00 Shopping. (R) 9.00 Zoom.

(PG) 9.30 Harley-Davidson TV. (PG) 10.00 Dream Car Garage. (R) 10.30 Fifth Gear. (PG, R) 11.30 Big Australia. (PG, R, CC) 12.30 Car Chasers. (PG, R) 1.30 Goldfathers.

(PG, R) 2.30 Bomb Hunters. (PG, R) 3.30 Guinness World Records Gone Wild. (PG) 4.30 MOVIE: Smokey And The Bandit II. (PG, R) (1980) 6.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. (CC) 7.30 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 17. Adelaide v Collingwood. From Adelaide Oval.

11.00 MOVIE: Transporter 3.

(M, R, CC) (2008) Jason Statham.

1.15 Locked Up Abroad. (M, R) 2.30 Cruise For Charity. (PG, R) 3.00 Fifth Gear. (PG, R) 4.00 Motor Racing. Night Thunder. The Magic Man 34 and Demo Derby. Replay.

5.00 Dream Car Garage. (PG, R) 5.30 Shopping. (R)

6.00 Landline. (CC) 6.30 World This Week. (CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 Australia Wide.

(CC) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. (R, CC) 1.00 News. 1.30 Planet America. 2.00 News. 2.30 The Mix. (CC) 3.00 News.

3.30 Foreign Corre. (R, CC) 4.00 News. 4.30 The Drum Weekly. 5.00 News. 5.30 One Plus One. (CC) 6.00 ABC News Weekend. 6.30 Australian Story. (R, CC) 7.00 ABC News Weekend. 7.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 8.00 Four Corners. (R, CC) 8.45 One Plus One Redux. (R, CC) 9.00 ABC News Weekend.

9.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 10.00 News. 10.30 World This Week. (R, CC) 11.00 News. (CC) 11.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 12.00 Press Club. (R, CC) 1.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS

9GO!

6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 11.00 MOVIE: The Call Of The Wild. (PG, R, CC) (1972) 1.10 MOVIE: Avalanche Express. (PG, R, CC) (1979) Lee Marvin.

3.00 MOVIE: Around The World In 80 Days. (R, CC) (1956) David Niven.

6.30 MOVIE: The Frisco Kid. (PG, R, CC) (1979) After a naive young rabbi misses the boat to San Francisco, he joins up with an outlaw for a trip across America.

Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Ramon Bieri.

8.55 MOVIE: Rob Roy. (M, R, CC) (1995) In the early 1700s, a Scottish farmer takes up arms against thieves who stole his money and his livelihood. Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt.

11.50 Infomercials. (PG) 1.45 MOVIE: Around The World In 80 Days. (R, CC) (1956) David Niven, Shirley MacLaine. 5.00 Come Dine With Me. (PG, R)

9LIFE PLEASE NOTE 9LIFE is returning as of Sunday 17th July.

7.00pm Football. AFL. Round 17. Western Bulldogs v Gold Coast. Fox Sports 3 7.30pm Rugby League.

NRL. Round 19. South Sydney Rabbitohs v Brisbane Broncos.

Fox Sports 1 Melanie Vallejo stars in Winners & Losers.

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 Jake And The Fatman.

(PG, R) 11.30 MacGyver. (PG, R) 12.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 1.30 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 2.00 Motor Racing. V8 Supercars Dunlop Series. Round 4. Townsville 400. Highlights. 3.00 Motor Racing. Australian V8 Ute Racing Series. Round 5. Townsville 400.

Highlights. 4.00 The McCarthys.

(PG, R) 4.30 Reel Action. 5.00 Adventure Angler. (R) 5.30 Escape Fishing With ET. (R, CC) 6.00 The Renovation King. (R, CC) 6.30 Last Man Standing. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. (PG, R) 8.30 Zoo. (MA15+) The team tries to stop a surge of attacks.

9.30 Minority Report. (PG) 10.30 Crisis. (M, R) 11.30 Legends.

(MA15+, R) 12.30 Bellator MMA. (M, R) 3.00 ST: Next Gen. (PG, R) 4.00 Loaded. (PG, R) 5.00 Football’s Greatest Teams. (R) 5.30 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Pokémon.

(R) 7.00 Jar Dwellers SOS. (C, R, CC) 7.30 Kuu-Kuu Harajuku. (C, CC) 8.00 Totally Wild. (C, CC) 8.30 Scope. (C, CC) 9.05 The Loop.

(PG) 11.35 Neighbours. (R, CC) 2.05 Cristela. (PG) (Final) 2.35 MasterChef Australia. (PG, R, CC) 6.35 Becker. (PG, R, CC) A street light keeps Becker awake.

7.05 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) Ray is caught staring at a waitress.

8.05 The Grinder. (PG, R) Dean believes that Claire is sharing secrets.

8.35 American Gothic.

(M, R) Fourteen years after a string of murders shook the city of Boston, authorities reopen the case.

10.35 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M, R, CC) Hosted by Tom Gleisner.

11.35 The Loop. (PG, R) 2.05 Sabrina. (PG, R) 2.35 Neighbours. (R, CC) 5.00 Shopping.

6.00 WorldWatch. 10.20 Portuguese News. 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News.

1.00 Can I Drive, Daddy? (PG, R) 1.15 Do Or Die. (PG, R) 2.10 Motorcycle Racing. (CC) Superbike World Championship. Round 9.

3.00 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France.

Stage 13. Replay. 5.00 Brain Games. (PG, R) 5.25 365: Every Day Documentaries. 5.30 MOVIE: The Triplets Of Belleville. (PG, R) (2003) 7.00 Des Bishop: Breaking China.

7.30 If You Are The One. 8.30 The Island With Bear Grylls. (M, R, CC) After Patrick’s fall, the Island is in crisis.

9.30 Spotless. (MA15+) Martin decides to leave London.

11.35 MOVIE: Sexy Beast. (MA15+, R) (2000) Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Julianne White. 1.15 MOVIE: Stereo. (MA15+) (2014) 2.55 MOVIE: The Weather Station.

(M, R) (2010) 4.30 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 6.30 Kids Cook-Off. (R) 7.30 Mystery Diners. (R) 8.00 Guilty Pleasures. (R) 8.30 No Reservations. (PG, R, CC) 9.30 Farmhouse Rules. (R) 10.00 Tia Mowry At Home. (R) 10.30 The Best Thing I Ever Made. (R) 11.00 Junk Food Flip. (R) 11.30 Kids Cook-Off. (R) 12.30 The Best In Australia. (PG, R) 1.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 2.30 Kids CookOff. (R) 3.30 The Best Thing I Ever Made. (R) 4.00 Tia Mowry At Home. (R) 4.30 Boys Weekend.

(R) 5.00 Farmhouse Rules. 5.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 6.30 Mystery Diners. (R) 7.00 Guilty Pleasures.

(R) 7.30 Last Cake Standing. (PG, R) 8.30 To Be Advised.

9.30 Taco Trip. (R) 10.30 Rachael Ray’s Kids Cook-Off. (R) 11.30 To Be Advised. 12.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 1.30 Last Cake Standing. (PG, R) 2.30 Taco Trip.

(R) 3.30 Kids Cook-Off. (R) 4.30 The Best Thing I Ever Made. (R) 5.00 Tia Mowry At Home. (R) 5.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs.

12.00 Talking Language. 12.30 League Nation Live. 2.00 Our Stories. 2.20 Cash Money.

2.25 Jeffrey’s Healthy Tips. 2.30 Aunty Moves In. 3.00 The Marngrook Footy Show. 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 NAIDOC Awards 2016. 8.30 Being Mary Jane. 9.30 MOVIE: Uninhabited. (2010) 11.00 Afghan Cameleer Australia. 12.00 Late Programs.

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Sunday, July 17 Grand Designs New Zealand

David Attenborough’s The Hunt

ABC, 7.40pm

NINE, 8pm

The Grand Designs franchise continues its quest for world domination with a foray across the Tasman. Architect Chris Moller is at the helm here, following the frustrating yet rewarding renovation journeys of families seeking to make a mark on the Kiwi landscape, from the early blueprints to the celebratory champagne. Tonight we meet deer farmer Lachlan McDonald, a bachelor building his dream home for the family he hopes to have one day. He’s hired an architect, but will project manage the build of his concrete castle in the remote and stormy Catlins himself.

He might be 90, but Sir David Attenborough shows little sign of slowing down. As narrator of this series, the legendary British naturalist gives us an intimate look at the ways hunters catch their prey, and the strategies used by the hunted to escape. In tonight’s instalment, the allround nature know-it-all focuses on places where it seems there is nowhere to hide. On exposed grasslands and deserts, it’s easier for predators to spot their targets, but it’s also easier for them to be seen. From the giant leap of the caracal in Namibia to the glow of the headlight beetle larvae, there are some fascinating tactics on display.

ABC

PRIME7

Bones PRIME7, 9.30pm First up, Booth’s (David Boreanaz) z) ancestry comes back to haunt him as the team investigate the death of a secret service agent, whose body is found just before a presidential visit. But the real gem m here is the mockumentary-style second nd episode, which sees a TV crew following our favourites around for a few days. As often happens, the e crew ends up more focused on the he human drama unfolding in front of them – particularly between Cam m (Tamara Taylor, pictured) and Arastoo (Pej Vahdat) – than the relationship between the Jeffersonian onian and the FBI that they’re here to capture. ure. It’s a real fan-pleaser, with plenty of callbacks allbacks to all the characters we’ve loved and lost. ost.

NINE

WIN

SBS

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 The Divorce. (PG, R, CC) 3.35 Liquid Notes: The Making Of The Reef.

(PG, R, CC) 4.05 The Book Club.

(PG, R, CC) Hosted by Jennifer Byrne.

4.40 Australian Story. (R, CC) 5.10 David Attenborough’s Micro Monsters: Courtship. (PG, R, CC)

6.00 Home Shopping. (R, CC) 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) 12.00 Air Crash Investigation: Nowhere To Land.

(PG, R, CC) A look at the story of TACA Flight 110.

1.00 MOVIE: The Suite Life Movie. (PG, R, CC) (2011) Zack and Cody uncover a conspiracy. Cole Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse.

3.00 Toy Story At 20: To Infinity And Beyond. (CC) A tribute to Toy Story.

4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R, CC) Joh heads to Lightning Ridge.

5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Sydney Weekender. (CC)

6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00

PAW Patrol. (CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Wide World Of Sports.

(PG, CC) NRL Sunday Footy Show.

(PG, CC) Hosted by Yvonne Sampson.

Full Cycle. (CC) Hosted by Scott McGrory and Bradley McGee. Surfing. (CC) World League. Fiji Pro. From Namotu, Fiji.

The NRL Rookie.

(PG, R, CC) Contestants vie for an NRL contract.

Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 19. Penrith Panthers v Parramatta Eels. From Pepper Stadium, Sydney.

6.00 This Is Your Day With Benny Hinn. (CC) 6.30 Hillsong. (CC) 7.00 To Be Advised.

8.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

(R, CC) 8.30 The Talk. (CC) 9.30 Studio 10: Sunday.

(PG, CC) 12.00 Netball.

ANZ Championship.

Australian Conference Final. Queensland Firebirds v NSW Swifts.

2.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. (R, CC) 3.00 iFish. (R, CC) 3.30 RPM GP. (CC) 4.00 RPM. (CC) 5.00 TEN Eyewitness News.

(CC)

6.00 France 24 English News.

6.30 Deutsche Welle English News. 7.00 Tour De France: Daily Update. 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 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 14. Replay.

3.00 The Bowls Show.

4.00 Speedweek. (CC) 5.00 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 14.

Montélimar to Villarsles-Dombes, Parc des Oiseaux. 208km flat stage.

Highlights. From France.

6.00 Surfing The Menu: The Next Generation. (CC) Dan and Hayden head to Toowoomba where they meet a sustainable farming entrepreneur.

6.30 Compass: Divorce According To God – Bound For Life. (CC) Takes a look at divorce.

7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.40 Grand Designs New Zealand. (PG, CC) (New Series) Architect Chris Moller takes a look at innovative and unusual houses in New Zealand.

8.30 Barracuda. (M, CC) Part 2 of 4. With nationals approaching, coach Torma insists Danny change from freestyle to butterfly.

9.25 Stop Laughing… This Is Serious: Faark, Faark.

(M, R, CC) Part 1 of 3.

Explores the development of Australian comedy through social and political change.

10.25 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. (M, R, CC) Host Shaun Micallef presents a round-up of important news stories of the week.

11.00 MOVIE: Mystery Road. (M, R, CC) (2013) An indigenous detective investigates a murder.

Aaron Pedersen.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 Sunday Night. (CC) Current affairs program, hosted by Melissa Doyle.

8.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

(PG, CC) Authorities suspect an American couple may be trying to smuggle drugs into Australia.

8.30 Billy Connolly’s Tracks Across America. (M, CC) Part 2 of 3. Scottish comedian Billy Connolly continues his epic trip across America.

9.30 Bones. (M, CC) A drunk university student discovers the dead body of a Secret Service agent, just before a presidential visit.

The team investigates and uncovers some shocking evidence that only serves to heighten the seriousness of the case. Former intern Dr Colin Fisher returns to the Jeffersonian.

10.30 Bones. (M, CC) A documentary crew follows the team on a “typical” case involving the discovery of a body at a landfill.

11.30 Castle. (M, R, CC) Beckett and Castle suspect a pop star’s out-of-control lifestyle played a role in her demise.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 60 Minutes. (CC) Current affairs program. Featuring reports from Liz Hayes, Tara Brown, Allison Langdon, Michael Usher, Charles Wooley and Ross Coulthart.

8.00 David Attenborough’s The Hunt: Nowhere To Hide. (PG, CC) Explores the extraordinary range of techniques predators, from cheetahs to bald eagles and lions, use to catch their prey in the open arenas of deserts and grasslands.

Presented by Sir David Attenborough.

9.10 MOVIE: Edge Of Tomorrow. (M, CC) (2014) After being sent on a suicide mission to battle an alien menace, a man finds himself living the same day over each time he is killed in battle. However, with each experience he is able to engage the adversaries with greater skill while also recruiting allies among his fellow soldiers. Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton.

11.30 Major Crimes. (M, R, CC) Serial killer Phillip Stroh demands a new deal in exchange for his cooperation regarding possible murders.

6.00 Family Feud: Disney Edition. (CC) In a Disneythemed episode, two families try to win a trip to Disneyland in California.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Great Australian Spelling Bee. (CC) (Series return) A group of young people are put through their paces as they compete in a spelling bee.

7.30 MasterChef Australia.

(PG, CC) The top six contestants face a mystery box challenge containing some of the “hottest” ingredients in the world.

9.00 MOVIE: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.

(M, R, CC) (2013) With the ’70s behind him, San Diego’s former top-rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, has a meltdown after he loses out on a new job to his co-host and wife. With his career in tatters, he is offered a second chance by working for the country’s first 24-hour news channel.

Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Christina Applegate.

11.25 48 Hours: Fall From Grace. (M, R, CC) Takes a look at the death of Bethany Deaton, whose family is convinced she was murdered by her husband.

6.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland: So Near, So Far. (R, CC) Presenter Paul Murton explores parts of Scotland which have charmed visitors for over two centuries. On the west coast, he investigates an original steam powered puffer and reveals the vital role played in the Battle of the Atlantic by a string of islands just off the coast near Oban.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 Rome: Empire Without Limit: Pax Romana.

(PG, CC) Part 2 of 4.

English historian Mary Beard explores the causes behind the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. She continues by unpicking the threads of a huge commercial and cultural network which bound the nation together, taking in the vital supply of olive oil to Rome and her armies, the slave trade, and the allimportant silver mines of Spain.

8.30 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 15. Bourgen-Bresse to Culoz. 159km medium-mountain stage.

From France. Hosted by Mike Tomalaris, Robbie McEwan and more.

12.55 Our Girl. (M, R, CC) A feisty, working-class woman from East London decides to join the British Army as a medic.

2.25 Rage. (MA15+) Music videos chosen by a special guest programmer.

5.00 Insiders. (R, CC) Guest hosted by Fran Kelly.

12.30 Beauty And The Geek Australia. (PG, R, CC) The boys “geek up” their partners, while the girls then have the chance to channel their inner cowgirl.

1.30 Home Shopping.

5.30 Sunrise. (CC) News, sport and weather.

12.30 Constantine. (M, CC) 1.30 Infomercials. (PG) 2.30 Anger Management.

(M, R, CC) 3.00 Global Shop.

3.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.00 Good Morning America: Sunday. (CC) 5.00 News Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 Today. (CC)

12.25 48 Hours: The Accidental Husband. (M, R, CC) A look at the story of Harold Henthorn.

1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Life Today With James Robison. (PG) 4.30 CBS This Morning. (CC) Morning news and talk show.

2.00 MOVIE: The Hedgehog.

(M, R) (2009) Josiane Balasko.

3.55 Australia’s Secret Heroes. (PG, R, CC) 4.55 Poh & Co. Bitesize.

(R, CC) 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

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

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

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6.15pm Amy (2015) Documentary. Amy Winehouse, Mitch Winehouse. . (MA15+) Masterpiece

7.30pm Flipping Out. (PG) Arena

7.30pm Australia Doesn’t Just Want To Kill You. Dr Kelly Strzepek explores saltwater crocodiles’ ability to heal which could help fight infection. (PG) Discovery

12.18pm Netball. ANZ Championship. Australian Conference. Final. Fox Sports 3

6.25pm Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Action. Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron. Two veterans of the apocalypse try to outrun a warlord. (MA15+) Action 8.30pm Straight Outta Compton (2015) Biography.

O’Shea Jackson Jr, Corey Hawkins. Chronicles the rise and fall of iconic hip-hop group N.W.A. (MA15+) Premiere

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.40 Olivia. (R, CC) 6.00 Hey Duggee. (R, CC) 6.10 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.20 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.35 Teacup Travels. 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Seconds From Disaster.

(PG, R, CC) 8.20 The Daters: Is Sooz In Love? (M, R, CC) 8.30 Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow.

(PG, R, CC) Michael McIntyre unearths Britain’s brightest talents.

9.15 Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends: UFOs. (M, R, CC) 10.05 Drug Runners: The Peruvian Connection. (M, R, CC) 10.55 Never Mind The Buzzcocks. (M, R, CC) 11.25 Confessions Of A Nurse. (M, R, CC) 12.15 Seconds From Disaster. (PG, R, CC) 1.05 The Home Show. (PG, R, CC) 1.45 News Update. (R) 1.50 Close.

5.00 Franklin And Friends. (R, CC) 5.20 The Koala Brothers. (R, CC) 5.30 Bert And Ernie. (R, CC) 5.40 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.00 Worst Year Of My Life, Again.

(R, CC) 12.25 Gortimer Gibbon’s Life On Normal Street. (R) 12.50 Eve. (R, CC) 1.25 Girls In Love. (R, CC) 1.50 The Next Step. (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) 4.40 Numb Chucks. (R) 4.50 SheZow. (R, CC) 5.05 Endangered Species. (R, CC) 5.30 Hank Zipzer. (R, CC) 5.55 Scream Street. (R) 6.10 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R) 6.30 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 7.00 Operation Ouch! (R, CC) 7.30 Bushwhacked! (R, CC) 7.55 Degrassi: Next Class.

(PG, R, CC) 9.05 The Sleepover Club.

(R, CC) Sara and Alana join the netball team.

9.30 MY:24. (R, CC) 9.40 Good Game: Pocket Edition. (PG, R, CC) 9.50 Rage. (PG, R) 2.25 Close.

8.30pm The Night Of. A student is charged with a woman’s murder. (MA15+) Showcase 8.30pm 800 Words. George’s column earns the ire of the locals. (M) SoHo

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9.30pm Survival In The Skies. The people who design, test and owe their lives to the parachute. (PG) Discovery Science.

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6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Tomorrow’s World. (PG, R) 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 Catch-Up. (PG, R, CC) 12.30 Dealers. (PG, R) 2.00 Storage Hoarders. 3.00 Original Features. (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) Two suspected fraudsters arrive.

8.00 Motorway Patrol.

(PG, R, CC) Police deal with a drunk woman.

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) 1.15 Dealers. (PG, R) 2.45 Escape To The Continent. (R) 4.00 Storage Hoarders. (R) 5.00 Shopping.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.00 Little Charmers. (R) 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 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu. (PG) 4.00 Teen Titans. (PG, R) 4.30 Power Rangers Dino. (PG, R) 5.00 Justice League Unlimited. (PG, R) 5.30 Ben 10. (PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: Valiant. (R) (2005) 7.30 MOVIE: Dumb & Dumber.

(PG, R, CC) (1994) Jim Carrey.

9.45 MOVIE: Yes Man. (M, R, CC) (2008) Jim Carrey.

11.50 Adult Swim. (M) 12.50 The NRL Rookie. (PG, R, CC) 1.50 GO Surround Sound. (R, CC) 2.00 Wild Kratts. (R) 2.30 Yo-Kai Watch. (PG, R) 3.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. (PG, R) 3.30 SpongeBob. (R) 4.00 Beware The Batman. (M, R) 4.30 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 4.50 Thunderbirds.

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

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6.00 Shopping. (R) 6.30 The Amazing Race. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Shopping. (R) 9.30 Road To Rio. (R, CC) 10.00 AFL Game Day. (CC) 11.30 Running. Gold Coast Airport Marathon. 12.30 The AFN Fishing Show. (PG) 1.00 Mudcats. (PG, R) 2.00 Big Shrimpin’. (PG, R) 3.00 American Chainsaw. (PG, R) 4.00 Seinfeld. (PG, R, CC) 4.30 Football.

AFL. Round 17. Brisbane Lions v GWS. From the Gabba, Brisbane.

7.15 MOVIE: Men In Black 3.

(PG, R, CC) (2012) A secret agent travels back in time.

Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones.

9.25 MOVIE: Ender’s Game.

(M) (2013) A brilliant young strategist is groomed by the International Fleet to lead the fight against an alien race. Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Harrison Ford.

11.45 1000 Ways To Die. (MA15+, R) 12.15 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 17. St Kilda v Melbourne. 3.15 Jail.

(M, R) 4.00 Shannon’s Legends Of Motorsport. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 Insiders. (CC) 10.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 11.00 News.

11.30 World This Week. (R, CC) 12.00 News. 12.30 The Drum Weekly. (R) 1.00 News. 1.30 Landline. (R, CC) 2.00 News.

2.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 2.55 Heywire. (R) 3.00 News.

3.30 Offsiders. (CC) 4.00 News. 4.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 5.00 News. 5.30 Catalyst. (R, CC) 6.00 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. 9.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 10.00 News. 10.30 Planet America. (R) 11.00 News. (CC) 11.30 Conflict Zone.

11.55 ABC Open. (R) 12.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS

8.30pm Choose The Right Puppy For You. Lifestyle

6.00 TV Shop. 6.30 MOVIE: An Elephant Called Slowly. (R, CC) (1970) 8.30 TV Shop. 10.00 Fish’n With Mates. (PG, R, CC) 10.30 MOVIE: My Brother Jonathan.

(R, CC) (1948) Michael Denison.

12.45 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 1.15 MOVIE: Parrish. (PG, R) (1961) Troy Donahue. 4.00 MOVIE: The Sundowners. (R, CC) (1960) Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr.

6.30 MOVIE: A View To A Kill.

(PG, R, CC) (1985) James Bond faces an industrialist.

Roger Moore, Christopher Walken.

9.10 MOVIE: The Living Daylights. (PG, R, CC) (1987) James Bond is ordered to kill a Russian general, supposedly intent on starting another world war. Timothy Dalton, Maryam D’Abo, Jeroen Krabbé.

11.50 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.00 TV Shop. 2.30 MOVIE: Derby Day. (R, CC) (1952) 4.05 Rainbow Country.

(R) 4.30 Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.00 Seaway. (PG, R, CC)

2.00pm Rugby League. NRL. Round 19. Newcastle Knights v Melbourne Storm. Fox Sports 1 3.00pm Football. AFL. Round 17. St Kilda v Melbourne. Fox Sports 3

Tom Hardy stars in Mad Max: Fury Road.

ONE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Rugby Union. Super Rugby. Round 17.

Brumbies v Western Force. Replay.

10.00 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 10.30 Reel Action. (R) 11.00 Temporary Australians. (PG, R) 11.30 4x4 Adventures. (R, CC) 12.30 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 1.30 ST: Next Gen. (PG, R) 2.30 World Sport. (R) 3.00 Loaded.

(PG, R) 4.00 Megacities. (PG, R) 5.00 Adventure Angler. (R) 5.30 iFish. 6.00 Family Feud: Disney Edition. (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+) 9.00 Last Man Standing. (PG, R) 9.30 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 9. German Grand Prix. From Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany. 11.00 The Unstoppables.

(PG, R) 12.00 World Sport. 12.30 The Killing. (M, R) 1.30 RPM GP. (R, CC) 2.00 RPM. (R, CC) 3.00 River To Reef. (R) 3.30 Adventure Angler.

(R) 4.30 Temporary Australians.

(PG, R) 5.00 Loaded. (PG, R) 5.30 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Invizimals.

(R) 6.30 iCarly. (R) 7.00 Fairly Odd Parents. (R) 7.30 Pokémon. (R) 8.00 Scaredy Squirrel. (R) 8.30 Sidekick. (R) 9.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (R) 10.00 Mako: Island Of Secrets. (C, CC) 10.30 Sabrina. (PG, R) 11.30 Family Ties.

(PG, R) 1.00 Cheers. (PG, R) 2.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 3.00 To Be Advised.

6.00 Family Feud: Disney Edition. (CC) 6.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother.

(PG, R) 8.00 Rules Of Engagement.

(PG, R, CC) Jeff and Adam invent a new game.

8.30 American Gothic. A family is connected to murders.

10.30 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG, R) 11.30 Nurse Jackie. (MA15+, R) 12.05 Don’t Trust The B----. (M, R) 1.05 Frasier. (PG, R) 2.00 Family Ties. (PG, R) 3.00 Cheers. (PG, R) 4.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (R) 5.00 Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.30 Kenneth Copeland.

6.00 Flip Or Flop. (R) 7.00 Fixer Upper. (PG, R) 8.00 House Hunters Reno. (PG, R) 9.00 Garden Gurus. (R) 9.30 Million Dollar Contractor. (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 Flip Or Flop. (R) 3.00 House Hunters Reno. (PG, R) 4.00 Come Dine With Me. (PG) 5.00 Extreme Homes. (R) 6.00 Million Dollar Contractor. (PG) 6.30 Tiny House Hunters. (PG, R) 7.30 The Bachelorette US. (PG) 9.30 Mega Mansions. (New Series) 10.30 Extreme Homes. 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Tiny House Hunters. (PG, 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: Paris-Manhattan.

(PG, R, CC) (2012) 2.30 Friday Feed. (R) 3.00 Cycling. (CC) Tour de France. Stage 14. Replay. 5.00 Space Dandy. (PG, R) 5.30 365: Every Day Documentaries. (PG) 5.35 The Numbers Game. (R) 6.35 Ninja Warrior Sweden.

(PG) (Final) 7.30 If You Are The One. 8.30 Drunk History UK. (M) A retelling of historical events.

9.00 South Park. (M, R) The boys start their own company.

9.50 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. (M, R) 10.20 Sex Box USA. (M) 11.10 Shot By Kern. (MA15+, R) 11.40 Doin’ It Baja. (M, R) 1.25 MOVIE: Brazilian Western.

(MA15+) (2013) 3.25 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 6.30 Kids Cook-Off. (R) 7.30 Last Cake Standing. (PG, R) 8.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 9.30 Farmhouse Rules. (R) 10.00 Boys Weekend.

(R) 10.30 Cutthroat Kitchen.

(PG, R) 11.30 Kids Cook-Off. (R) 12.30 Taco Trip. (R) 1.30 Last Cake Standing. (PG, R) 2.30 Food Network Star. (PG, R) 3.30 The Best Thing I Ever Made. (R) 4.00 Tia Mowry At Home. (R) 4.30 Boys Weekend. (R) 5.00 Farmhouse Rules. 5.30 Beat Bobby Flay. 6.30 All-Star Academy. 7.30 Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern. (PG, R) 8.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 9.30 Food Network Star.

(PG, R) 10.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 11.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 12.30 All-Star Academy. (R) 1.30 Bizarre Foods. (PG, R) 2.30 Tia Mowry At Home. (R) 3.00 Farmhouse Rules.

(R) 3.30 Food Network Star. (PG, R) 4.30 The Best Thing I Ever Made.

(R) 5.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 5.30 Tia Mowry At Home. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Bushwhacked!

9.00 Wapos Bay. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Soccer.

OFC Champions League. 12.00 Talking Language. (PG) 12.30 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. Round 2. Nanima Common Connection v Moree Boomerangs No 1. 1.30 Flying Boomerangs. (PG) 2.00 Milpirri. (PG) 3.00 Goin’ Troppo In The Toppo. (PG) 3.30 In The Frame. (PG) 3.55 Afghan Cameleer Australia. (PG) 5.00 Te Kaea. 5.30 Fit First. (PG) 6.00 Australian Biography. 6.30 Message Stick. (CC) 7.00 Seeking Salvation. 8.00 We Shall Remain. (PG) 9.30 MOVIE: Gridlock’d. (MA15+) (1997) Tupac Shakur. 11.00 Message Stick. (CC) 11.30 Ngurra. 12.00 Volumz. (PG) 1707

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It offered 13 pumps and a maid who served ice water to customers. On opening day, a gallon of gas cost $0.29. z You might be surprised to learn that Cirque du Soleil, the largest theatrical producer in the world, was founded by two street performers who never completed high school. z Iconic actress Marilyn Monroe spent much of her childhood in foster

homes and an orphanage, and her troubled life has been much publicised. Considering her struggles with depression, anxiety and addiction, it should not be surprising that Monroe’s will named a mental-health research, training and treatment centre dedicated to helping children, as a beneficiary. z A global survey of people’s vacuuming habits finds that more than 60 per cent of vacuumers in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil and Chile listen to music while performing that chore – more than anywhere else in the world.

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for the week commencing July 18

BY CASSANDRA NYE

ARIES (MAR 21-APR 20) Your adventurous side is showing itself. With high energy and boredom creeping in you are looking ‘out there’ to see what is next. In this feisty mood it is pretty much impossible to stop you. Being argumentative with loved ones should be avoided, however.

That is not the way forward! Throwing yourself into romance is certainly one way of using up some of that super energy. Be careful with your words, though.

Hard to tell unless you have a chat with them. Please do that and be pleasantly surprised. A visit to the theatre or cinema provides the answer to a long-running puzzle. Similarly a paragraph in a book sheds a light on some of your own feelings.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 23-DEC 21) You

love to love and you love to laugh. Combine these two every day this week and see how much lighter you feel! Finding a new place to enjoy good company is easy and not expensive. Any hesitation when being offered something special is down to insecurity. What’s to lose?

Discussion around where our country goes next draws certain parallels with your own life at the moment. Could the answers be the same?

TAURUS (APR 21-MAY 21) Highly tuned

senses bring a special buzz to this week.

Everything that you taste, hear and smell seems full of potential. Rushing out to buy a cookery book or downloading that tasty recipe? Just watch those big doses of sugar and salt! A musical moment brings someone exciting into your sphere. Will you make the effort needed for real contact?

GEMINI (MAY 22-JUN 21) You want to

be in good and exciting company this week. To this end, you will travel far if necessary. Music is more important than ever and leads to new places and even romance. If music be the food of love, well, here it is! More than happy to play some physical games, take note of who is showing an interest. Spend some of the weekend seeking to know more about those around you, especially if they have knowledge.

CANCER (JUN 22-JUL 22) Doing things that make you smile needs to be a priority now. That’s not so hard, is it? Yet somehow you feel guilty about enjoying yourself so much. Please don’t. What has happened in the past should stay there.

It has no place in your future. Why are you not deserving of a good time? Ask those close. Getting the family around for a meal this weekend reminds you of what really pleases your soul.

LEO (JUL 23-AUG 23) Give your creative side a boost by doing something artistic this week. Back-tracking to early music experiences takes you on a journey. An invitation sees you making a special effort on the dress front. Could this become a new interest? Does a loved one

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need a boost? A short but dynamic trip fits the bill. Always wanting to make the most of life, enthusiasm bubbles to the surface with a vengeance this weekend.

VIRGO (AUG 24-SEP 23) With romance

banging on your door, you are not in for a peaceful week! Do you really want to avoid the chance of a lovely long-term relationship? Ask yourself what you could possibly lose by at least allowing for the possibility. An invitation to a family gettogether may not initially appeal. When offered something that you consider boring or mundane, think again. Why take a negative attitude when you really don’t know the possibilities?

LIBRA (SEP 24-OCT 23) Working best with a partner, you would not seek to be alone. Even so, that could happen this weekend if you do not get organised.

Hey, hang out the banners and allow for invitations! If you seek then you should find exactly what you need. Of course, what you want can be something else again... It is all down to you. Make the most of activities as they are offered and you will be surprised by the outcome.

SCORPIO (OCT 24-NOV 22) There are

certainly some mysteries for you to solve this week! Some folk in your circle are behaving rather strangely. Could it be the cold, the election or indigestion?

CAPRICORN (DEC 22-JAN 20) Feeling like getting your hands dirty this week?

Bringing out your creative side could mean some DIY at home this weekend.

Why not make it a barbecue or family get-together? Younger members of the family appreciate your input and find out more about you in the process. Do not hesitate to do something fun and out of character. It will keep family guessing and could even attract a partner.

AQUARIUS (JAN 21-FEB 19) Knowing

how much you love your gadgets and gizmos, I would not spoil your fun by suggesting that you ditch them for a while. However, be careful not to alienate a loved one by giving them too much attention. Not everyone shares your enthusiasm for a vision of the future that could be risky. Some recent disagreements need to be put to bed. Some things cannot be changed, at least not yet.

PISCES (FEB 20-MAR 20) In a week

when your spiritual side comes out, be prepared to change your mind more than once. Be it reading a new book or visiting a clairvoyant, something rouses your curiosity. Just be sure to stick to the facts as known and hold on to your cash!

Now, about that trip... Travel with your loved one is at last bringing the kind of results that you hoped for.

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Monday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! In some ways, Cancer, you are the embodiment of charm. In others you can be acidic and unforgiving. A bit of moderation, please, in the months ahead.

Tuesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Everyone loves an optimist, Cancer, and you can certainly be optimistic. When it comes to delivering on plans, use your charm and experience rather than your cash.

Wednesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Exciting but questionable people come into your sphere in the months ahead, Cancer. Older colleagues and family members can shine a light on these for you. Listen carefully.

Thursday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Cancer, there will be no backtracking for you now.

What you have decided to do has its merits. No need to change what you know works. Of course, new technology could make your work easier.

Friday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Although you like to be in charge, Cancer, the months ahead see you being more flexible.

The need to work with others has not evaded you. Make sure that backup is there in case of dropouts.

Saturday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Leo, your roar is often your best defence, especially against bigger challenges. Well, making a big noise will help in the months ahead. Surprise others with a direct and honest approach.

Sunday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Who will get the better of you, Leo? Not many with that sharp instinct of yours. Ignore negative people when you know what their ulterior motive is. Get on with your plans and stay focused.

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QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 4 Amatory; 8 Lulled; 9 Uncanny; 10 Summon; 11 Factor; 12 Obsolete; DUAL CROSSWORD 18 Petition; 20 Seraph; 21 18,993 Coming; 22 Dignity; 23 CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS Pistol; 24 Deflect.

Across: 4 Passage; 8 Down: 1 Blossom; 2 Avenue; 9 Sticker; 10 Briton; Glimpse; 3 Befool; 5 Mani11 Canine; 12 Downfall; 18 Re- fest; 6 Thatch; 7 Ransom; 13 script; 20 Sesame; 21 Ginger; Emphatic; 14 Vitiate; 15 Snug22 Dispute; 23 Beetle; 24 gle; 16 Demise; 17 Carnal; 19 Intends.

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Down: 1 Carbide; 2 Reviews; 3 Cut off; 5 Articles; 6 SecThe Baker’s Dozen Trivia ond; 7 Greens; 13 Arrested; Test: 14 Midgets; 15 Stories; 16 1. Wrist.

Region; 17 Sample; 19 Chisel. 2. Finland’s Heikki Hasu won

gold in 1948.

3. Wine steward.

4. Webbed, like a water fowl.

5. Slowly.

6. Columbia.

7. J.A.R.V.I.S. 8. Ballistics.

9. John Denver, in 1973.

10. “Casino Royale”.

11. Sam Snead was 52 when he won in 1965, and Art Wall was 51 when he won in 1975.

12. Trangie.

13. “Some Girls”, by British pop group Racey. The song was a major hit in Britain and Ireland, and was a No.1 hit in Australia.

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SPORT.

Friday 15.07.2016 to Sunday 17.07.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Warrumbungle celebrates the People’s Cup ESIDENTS of Warrumbungle experienced the magic of the Emirates Melbourne Cup when it rode into town this week as part of its annual Tour of Australasia.

The solid 18 carat gold trophy worth $175,000 was welcomed by the Warrumbungle Shire Council along with local development groups and progress associations, who arranged an array of community activities to celebrate the Cup’s arrival.

Mayor of Warrumbungle Shire Council, Cr Peter Shinton said they were thrilled to be a part of this year’s Tour.

“It was such a pleasure to have an Australian icon visit our very own town.

“I’m sure the community will remember this event for many years to come,” he said.

The Cup participated in a number of community events while in the region with events held at Cooinda Nursing Home, Binnaway Town Centre, the Dunedoo Town Hall and

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Yulliwirri Childcare Centre.

The Cup also had the chance to visit two very unique destinations in the Warrumbungle region. The Siding Spring Observatory, home to Australia’s largest telescope, with a great view of the iconic Warrumbungle ranges and local racing legend, Hugh Bowman’s families farming estate Mr Bowman also attended and spoke at the community events in Dunedoo and Coolah.

Racing royalty and Emirates Melbourne Cup Tour Ambassador John Marshall joined in the local community celebrations, which also included a special community gala dinner at the Coolah Sporting Club.

The Emirates Melbourne Cup Tour will continue to travel around Australia and New Zealand before returning to Flemington on Tuesday, November 1 for the ‘race that stops a nation™’.

The cup is due in Narromine on August 23.

` The Cup participated in a number of community events while in the region with events held at Cooinda Nursing Home, Binnaway Town Centre, the Dunedoo Town Hall and Yulliwirri Childcare Centre.

Racing royalty and Emirates Melbourne Cup Tour Ambassador John Marshall with local railway workers in Binnaway.

Peter Shinton, John Marshall and Warrumbungle Shire General Manager Steve Loan at the Siding Spring Observatory.

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 15.07.2016 to Sunday 17.07.2016

OPINION & ANALYSIS.

The final say

FROM THE EDITOR-AT-LARGE Jen Cowley

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Much ado about a do ITH half the state now resembling Atlantis, I’ve become acutely aware of the heartache and inconvenience that comes with prolonged wet weather.

I simply can’t do a thing with my hair.

Forget the millions of dollars of damage to regional infrastructure, lost crops and livelihoods and eye-popping clean-up bills – this infernal humidity has gone straight to my head. Literally.

Thanks to the daily cumulonimbus roll-out, even my hair is now fat.

Thanks Mother Nature – so much for the sisterhood.

I used to have the kind of locks that bounced into wonderfully devil-maycare curls and ringlets at the merest hint of atmospheric moisture.

But age has wearied them, it seems.

Like so many of my other body parts that have simply thrown their hands in the air and given up the fight against age, my once compliant tresses have become defiantly stubborn and now do exactly as they please, despite my best efforts.

I’ve never been one for regular trips to the hairdresser’s. The sartorially conscious among you will be horrified to learn that I even treat my own... ahem... natural blondes, and that’s only when the Teen Queen waves disgustedly in my direction and sniffs – “Skunk”.

I have a problem managing to sit still for more than half an hour, so I really have to force myself to go to a salon. But this week, I found Yahoo Serious staring back at me from the mirror, and I knew it was time.

The upside of having a “do” is that the hairdresser’s is one of only two places I get to catch up with the gossip on the size of J-Lo’s bottom, George Clooney’s little black book, and the Beckhams’ cheque book. Other than the supermarket queue, the salon is where you can reliably educate yourself on globally vital information about who’s doing what to

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whom and when in Hollywood.

There’s also the immeasurable bonus of a head massage – God knows they’re no longer on the domestic menu – and if you’re lucky, you’ll spend 20 minutes gripped by one of those chairs that feel so good they should come with an adults only warning.

But I digress. Instead of reaching for a trashy mag, I decided that during my stint in the chair this time (and let’s be honest, to avoid having to stare at my drowned rat self in those inescapable and unforgiving floor to ceiling mirrors) I’d shoot the breeze with young Sam – she of the flaming burgundy tresses – while she whittled away at my

ferocious fleece.

And a very interesting and important job she has, it turns out. There’s more to it than meets the eye (and the career option snobbery) – it’s as much about counselling and community service as it is about simply lopping ladies’ (and lads’) locks.

Because when you’re feeling down there’s nothing quite like a new ‘do’ to lift your spirits. Losing 20 kilos takes a bit longer. Auditing the wardrobe can be an expensive exercise. Ditto taking a three month sabbatical in the Greek Isles.

But for an hour or so of downtime and roughly the price of your husband’s

weekly red wine bill, you can feel like a new woman (which, if you ask him, is exactly what he wants anyway, so he’ll happily forgo the vino).

Sam and her industry colleagues are not unlike surgeons – when they wield their scissors, they’re providing an essential health and social service.

A hairdresser needs to know that when a client flings herself in the chair and issues a tearful demand to “cut it all off”, it’s probably not her hair she’s feeling dreadful about and that to accede to her wishes would probably have far more serious consequences than a month of bad hair days.

Similarly, the Sams of our salons need to weigh up the wisdom of obliging the 55 year old, calorifically challenged client who demands a “Jennifer Aniston”.

The ‘do’ might look perfect on the lovely Ms Aniston, but then she has a legion of hand-maidens and deep enough pockets to keep it that way – not to mention that she’s genetically (if not surgically) blessed with a Size 8 figure and a flawlessly photo-shopped complexion.

Sams need to know how to dissuade that client without using the words “mutton” or “lamb” and without finding the straightening iron lodged between their teeth.

They need to be able to smile and nod through the most long-winded and minutely detailed dissertations on life, the universe and everything from flagging marital arrangements to offspring achievement and the politics of family Christmasses.

Your stylist needs to be counsellor and clairvoyant, devil’s advocate and diplomat, servant and master...and they need to put up with pushy writers who need their heads pushed down every 30 seconds because they won’t stop with the incessant questions...

Love your work, Sam. * From the ‘Best of Jen’ Files

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