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TOURISM

Battle of the Somme Diggers remembered

Property market is booming

Mixing business and pleasure in Vanuatu

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Equality: trending now ’VE just stepped out from a conference keynote speech at the Walkley’s Foundation annual journalism conference, Storyology in Sydney (Thursday, August 11).

The speaker is executive editor of US company Recode. Kara Swisher, former Washington Post journalist, long time reporter on all things Silicon Valley and the “go to” journalist in the USA on anything and everything to do with current and future tech, hates Google, loves driverless cars and sees that the biggest fundamental change future information technologies will bring to the world is equality.

Through access to information and education, villagers in remote India will have the same knowledge simultaneously as landowners in the first world countries who are already hardwired and embracing the digital age.

That’s great news for regional New South Wales which while connected and increasingly demanding their right to better connected, through systems like Sky MusterTM for off grid locations, what information and how it is exchanged is key.

While communities in our neighbourhood in the Western Region and Far West of NSW are only now in recent years getting physical access to services like health care because grass roots organisations like Care West hire drivers to take cars to these communities, pick them up and bring them to where they need to be – the basics still need addressing.

As they’re increasingly made aware of what the possibilities are in their lives through technology, residents of remote communities will also ask for and expect more access and with that, hope for, want and demand more equality.

Not wanting to squash hopes, but the USA which defines itself as seeking equality for everyone from the get go, is yet to achieve that goal, and along the way has had some pretty catastrophic failures.

Even today, while African American citizens continue to be targeted in a biased and bloody way by police, the issue of inequality has bubbled over into a stand off in that society, begging to be addressed.

But how?

The biggest issue on the table at Storyology this year is how journalists can and will use technology to tell the stories that need to be told. Not just the ones about Kim Kardashian’s last butt move but the serious issues which communities the world over face usually in isolation.

Technology has the capacity to break down

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those barriers and while the Internet is noisy and at risk of imploding on it’s own potential given the rise and rise of hacking hiccups, viruses and lack of privacy, there is still much hope in the possibilities of tech.

Take investigative journalism as a prime example and the wrangling of the Panama Papers. That’s the topic of the next session at Storyology where Kate McClymont from Fairfax Media will chat with Gerard Ryle, director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists about how he lead the team of globally based journalists as they operated in a virtual newsroom picking the Panama Papers apart to essentially reveal a web of Technology systemic inequality has the which favoured the haves and bleeds the capacity to have nots. One se- break down cret group hide assets and evade tax and in ... barriers turn cry poor, to the and while the poor. Read Tony Webber’s comment piece Internet is noisy this week on the 40 and at risk per cent of Aussies down on their luck in of imploding this lucky country; a on it’s own feather in the cap of “Off Shore Worlders” potential... whose above the law practices are condoned by the banking system.

When was the last time a bank in this country posted a loss?

Just this week the Commonwealth Bank posted a full year net profit of $9.23 billion dollars but can’t find it in their heart to pass on the full interest rate cut to consumers claiming it’s better for the economy.

Not sure whose economy they’re thinking about there, but it’s something foremost in Kara Swisher’s mind.

Running for mayor of San Francisco she’s determined to make Silicon Valley care about the city’s people so is attempting to take them to task politically with as much passion and drive as she makes the business of keeping them grounded and accountable in her role as an important global journalist. “They live in their glass houses and they don’t care,” she said.

Something tells me if she wins her place in city hall, they soon will.

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Property market is booming

BY NATALIE HOLMES JOURNALIST

HE Dubbo property market is booming, with established homes selling like hotcakes and new dwellings popping up like mushrooms.

Western Plains Regional Council’s environmental services director Melissa Watkins confirmed the leap in residential growth.

“We have had a good year, there was a lot of movement in terms of house approvals. In fact, 2015-2016 saw the highest number of dwelling approvals since 2008-2009, going from 82 approvals to 244.”

Watkins said the spike is the after-effect of a building bottleneck which had previously been preventing construction.

“I think the key thing behind it was that we had a lot of pent-up demand for land and now there are new lots everywhere being put up. There is a lot of building activity.”

Watkins believes the development delay was due to a misconception that duplexes would not be approved and educating investors about land use zoning appears to have resolved the issue.

According to the building summary tabled at the July Council meeting, development applications have steadily increased since gazettal of the Dubbo Local Environmental Plan 2011.

“There are a lot of dual occupancy dwellings going ahead now,” Watkins confirmed.

Approvals have been rising but we have seen a higher proportion of dual occupancies than prior to the LEP 2011 being gazette. This is despite the fact that dual occupancy development was permitted in the equivalent zones under the previous LEP (LEP 1998).

“We simply attributed this to the fact that people were unaware that they were permissible or had a different perception of what is permissible under either LEP. In addition, leading up to the commencement of the new LEP in 2011 Council undertook a considerable amount of promotion and education to ensure that the community was aware of what the LEP contained and what had changed.”

She said that residential development had also increased with shifts in the rental market.

“It’s become a lot more attractive to invest in property. Rental accommodation was so tight and there was a lot of

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Matt Hansen, real estate agent: demand is outweighing supply of established homes in the market.

demand.”

Watkins said growth looked set to continue, with the newly amalgamated Council offering plenty of serviceable land for prospective buyers.

“Council has lots of land zoned for residential development. Around the city, there are 2000 potential lots.”

According to Watkins, property hotspots include Magnolia Estate, Macquarie View, Holmwood and South Lakes which are continuing to expand.

She said there is also plenty of land available in West Dubbo.

“There’s a good supply of land and it’s all serviceable, zoned and ready to go on with.”

She said it is a good time for the city to grow.

“Dubbo has been planning for growth for such a long time, we are now seeing that planning is paying off.”

“The investment in residential development, in particular, means we have a strong economy.

“It’s a good, positive indicator, there’s a lot of construction activity so in that sector, yes it’s a boom.”

Expansion in the areas of health and mining and the return of graduates to their home city has resulted in an influx of professional people to Dubbo who are

all seeking permanent accommodation.

“Health has seen some changes and there are professional positions connected to the Alkane mines (at Tomingley and Toongi). There is a flow-on effect.”

The city is also showing appeal as a regional hub connected to Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle, Brisbane and Broken Hill by air.

“Dubbo has good development potential, house prices are steady and we are still very affordable. And there is still a huge area to grow.”

Watkins doesn’t believe that the merger of Wellington and Dubbo City Councils will affect development patterns.

“We merged on 12 May 2016 and we have not seen a decline in numbers of applications.”

Dubbo real estate agent and director at Redden & Hansen Real Estate Matt Hansen agreed that the city was flourishing.

“It’s been tremendous since we opened the doors. Redden & Hansen just turned two and ever since we opened the doors, we have been busy.”

Hansen said there are a lot of buyers at the moment, with demand outweighing supply of established homes in the market.

“The market has a short supply of

` Dubbo has been flagged as a great place for investors because it’s got such a good local economy.”

– Real Estate agent Matt Hansen

stock in the mid-level price range and scores of names of people looking to buy.

He said houses remained very reasonably priced.

“There’s a lot of activity around the median price of $335,000.

“We recently had an auction in Short St which attracted 110 inspections in two weeks. On auction day, there were 15 registered bidders and the property sold well above the reserve.

“Dubbo has been flagged as a great place for investors because it’s got such a good local economy.”

Hansen said there was not just one segment of the community looking for places to buy. Some people are upsizing, others joining the market or stepping up on the property ladder because they are noticing good equity on their homes.

“Then there’s the western migration of retirees moving to a regional centre.

There are plenty of new faces in town.”

“Dubbo is growing at well above expectation and it is a great place.”

Hansen said industries such as mining, along with the education, health and agricultural sectors are all driving the economic growth.

“We certainly benefit from mining but our local economy isn’t directly reliant on it and we don’t get the peaks and troughs of mining communities. It is also a good season for graziers and croppers.

Hansen believes the area to watch is Macquarie View as ‘land sales have been very good there.’

With so many positive factors, Hansen said it’s a good time to buy and sell.

“The forecast for Dubbo is exciting as we continue to grow. The mind boggles at what the future holds. There are so many opportunities.”

Dubbo’s participation in the Evocities marketing program since its inception in 2010 has also contributed to its prosperity. Western Plains Regional Council administrator Michael Kneipp said Dubbo has benefited significantly in the past six years. As part of the overall resident attraction program, 149 households have been recorded as relocated to Dubbo.

“The results of the overall program for 2015/2016 are outstanding and demonstrate that people in cities such as Sydney are looking seriously at relocating and taking advantage of lower house prices, growing job opportunities and a lifestyle that allows more time to spend with family and less time commuting,” Mr Kneipp said.

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Rod Price posing with his punt - dragging the boat over giant snags was commonplace during the habitat mapping of the lower Lachlan River, harking us back to the diaries of some early explorers who said that even in the mighty Murray River they often spent more time dragging their boats than actually floating. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED BY NSW DPI FISHERIES

Birds and bees – fish and trees

BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

E may have just one earth to live on and luckily people at the grassroots level are starting to look at this concept in a far more holistic manner.

One local wearing many environmental, social and economic hats is Rodney Price, who spends his weekly working hours at DPI Fisheries as manager in the Aquatic Habitat Rehabilitation Unit.

He’s also on the Inland Waterways Rejuvenation Association (IWRA) and I caught up with him helping to plant 1100 trees along Dubbo’s riverbanks for national Tree Day on Sunday.

I spent much of last week with Rod down at the blue Mountains for the 8th Australian Stream Management Conference and he wowed eminent scientists and engineers from around Australia and overseas

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with his presentation on the riverine habitat mapping work the DPI unit has been carrying out for the past decade.

The talk was titled “Habitat Mapping as a Tool for Benchmarking and Enhancing Aquatic Habitat Condition,” and drew a packed house.

There was an audible gasp from the audience when he flashed up a picture of the DPI “tinny” resting on a giant fallen redgum which lay across the water, that was a magnet for people such as the keynote scientific presenter, professor Ellen Wohl from Colorado State University, who captivated the crowd with her talk on “Messy River are Healthy Rivers.”

“I got a lot of feedback, it was all positive too, everything from people being jealous about the kind of work I do to coming up and congratulating us on really being about to target those issues that we’re finding in riverine management,” Rod said.

That picture was followed up by a snapshot from the lower Lachlan River, where the tangled mass of snags looking more like a scene from the movie “Deliverance” than one depicting what our rivers may have looked like before we started clearing and dredging to emulate picture-perfect European streams.

“Since 2006 the department has done a lot of aquatic habi-

tat mapping with various funding providers, we worked with Catchment Management Authorities (CMA) when they were around and now we’re working with Local Land Services (LLS), the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA), local Bushcare groups,” Rod said.

“They’re really keen to see the information that we’re able to provide by mapping all the good things and all the things that are listed as a key threatening process under the Fisheries Management Act – they’re keen to see all that stuff mapped and then we can use that information to prioritise where we need to go to address the issues that we find on the river.”

` So much of our river corridors have been changed or affected in some way by mankind’s’ influence and 40 percent of the native fishes’ diet is often made up of insects that make their way into the waterway out of that riparian zone; so when you don’t have the trees and shrubs and grasses that native flora - along the river, then there’s no food source there for the fish to survive on.

By any standards the aquatic habitat mapping has been wildly successful so far.

“This has resulted in more than $24 million in on-ground works targeted exactly where it needs to go,” Rod said.

“In the case of the BarwonDarling mapping that we did for the MDBA that was over 1100 kilometres of mapping and it tells you such a good story about the whole river – there’s no guesswork involved about where you might need to go to fix certain issues, you know exactly where every issue is and you know exactly how to fix it up.

“Funding bodies, they want bang for the buck as well and if you can go to them and say we know that we’ve got these exotic weed issues in this particular reach and we know that there’s some erosion and we can work with a landholder because there might be some stock management issues and we can list those things exactly what needs to be done so it makes the fund-

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This looks messy, but the snags provide homes and shelter for native fish and create safe breeding grounds for their offspring to better survive the dog eat dog aquatic environment – above the water the logs also allow birds and native animals some protective habitat.

ing provider that much more confident and that’s resulted in a few projects already,” he said.

He’s incredibly impressed with the drive of local fishers which has led to the immensely popular Lake Burrendong Classic Fishing Competition each Easter which sees more than 100 anglers and their families make the drive to Wellington, where the large amounts of dollars raised go straight back in to on-ground projects to improve local aquatic health.

“When there are issues to do with stuff like snags, there might be a low-snag-loading in a particular reach of the river then groups like the Inland Waterways Rejuvenation Association (IWRA) have the capacity also to use that data and successfully apply for Habitat Action Grants through NSW Fisheries and they’ve used their own finances from fundraising to contribute to that re-snagging,” Rod said.

“The more recent stuff done with the IWRA was the resnagging project earlier this year and that saw 130 snags go into the river in about 30 complexes at 14 or 15 different reserves between Wellington and

Narromine, so really good for native fish.”

He says once the message gets out to people, especially when delivered by not-forprofit groups where volunteers have no monetary gain, it sends powerful messages reverberating throughout the community which can result in positive change.

Nothing illustrates this more than the IWRA’s shift away from stocking native fingerlings to re-snagging to create habitat.

“I like to think of it making the comparison with a farm paddock – if you’ve got really poor ground cover and not much food then you can’t overload it with sheep or with cattle and the same goes for the river,” Rod said.

“If the river doesn’t have a high enough carrying capacity it simply won’t carry those fish and so you can put all the fingerlings in there you want but they need food and they need a home and they need places to go and breed and through the habitat rehab that we do with Fisheries, IWRA and Bushcare, it’s making fish the way they want to do it.

“The results speak for themselves, you know, fishing is improving in the Macquarie, thermal pollution’s been addressed, snagging’s being done, we’re seeing riparian vegetation being put in, we’re seeing a lot of landholders recognizing the benefits of fencing and protecting and managing their riverbanks in a way that benefits them as well as the flow on benefits of improvement for the aquatic habitat,” he said.

When I asked him if he had anything to add to the interview, there was just a single simple sentence: “I love fishing,” he said.

The IWRA committee was out in force at Devil’s Elbow on Sunday, with about 30 volunteers braving a cool start and locked reserve gate to whack in a few hundred trees flowing the lower contours of the riverbank.

After a quick council-provided BBQ they finished off with a total tally of 400 native trees, the remainder going in around Butlers’ Falls.

IWRA president Matt Hansen said the group has been working hard to join the dots when it comes to our complex, inter-

related ecosystems.

“The on-ground works that we’re seeing unfold today makes it just so much more than just a fishing competition and that’s why we do it, it’s a fishing competition that raises funds to see this sort of thing put in to action,” Matt said.

“About 30 of our volunteers have turned up here on a Sunday and it’s a proud moment when you see the funds you’ve raised going into the ground, with big hopes for those trees to come up and create that riparian zone and get that river back to its natural state in years to come.”

Semi-mature revegetated areas are much in evidence along parts of the Macquarie River where the community BBQ was held at Sir Roden Cutler Park, according to Matt Hansen, a testament to what could be done across the nation.

“So much of our river corridors have been changed or affected in some way by mankind’s’ influence and 40 percent of the native fishes’ diet is often made up of insects that make their way into the waterway out of that riparian zone, so when you don’t have the

trees and shrubs and grasses, that native flora, along the river, then there’s no food source there for the fish to survive on,” Matt said.

“With all the trees cleared and the de-snagging that’s occurred over the years, intense agriculture, manipulating flows, there’s just so much activity out there that has been detrimental to the health of our rivers and that’s seen some really alarming statistics come out.

“Native fish numbers have declined by and estimated 70 to 90 percent since European settlement, so we’re working to turn that around, we’d love to see native fish numbers bounce back and recover as much as they possibly can,” he said.

Hansen said the IWRA committee is thrilled that, more and more, all sorts of community organisations and government agencies are starting to reach out and work together, combining their limited resources to attain broader collective objectives, creating not only a far greater skills’ base, but also motivating volunteers in individual groups by showing them they’re not alone.

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Battle of the Somme Diggers remembered

BY RICHARD SERISIER OWNER, DOMAINE SERISIER

S most readers will already know this year is the centenary of the Battle of the Somme or the Somme Offensive as it is sometimes known.

This First World War allied offensive lasted for four and a half months from July to November in 1916 and was the largest battle of the war on the Western Front. With British losses of about 800,000 killed and wounded it exemplified the horrors of trench warfare.

The Somme is especially important for us, as Australians, because during this campaign the AIF played a significant role in both the Battle of Fromelles and the Battle of Pozierres Ridge.

The stories of these battles are both shocking and inspiring.

In 2016, on ANZAC Day we were joined by good friends from Brisbane and went to the Centennial memorial service at the Australian War Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux. Given the chance this is something we recommend everyone does as it was a very moving and emotional experience.

The day began around 1am in Paris at the Gare du Nord where we joined a bus full of other Aussies and headed off to be ready for the dawn service.

It was a bitterly cold dawn and stayed that way all day…and this is not winter but late April!

Arriving in Villers-Bretonneux we were bussed to the memorial itself which is both imposing and restrained.

It is also beautifully maintained. Settling into our seats and trying to keep warm we waited for the dawn while a RAAF band played and a choir from Brisbane sang.

As the crowd gathered it was interesting to hear so many French people seated around us. A hundred years later the locals still clearly appreciated the contribution made by our troops all those years ago! It was also moving to see the mayor, I think of the nearby town of Pozierres, turn and very formally bow to the crowd before taking his seat in the front row.

When you visit the memorial it’s also very interesting to stop by the ‘FrancoAustralian Museum’ in Villers-Bretonneux and call in to the local school named the ‘Ecole Victoria’.

You will even find an inscription ‘Do not forget Australia’ in the school playground. This reflects the role that Aus-

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tralian troops played in yet another much later battle, that of the re-capture of Villers-Bretonneux from the Germans on 25th April, 1918. The centenary of this will no doubt be cause for another significant commemoration two years from now!

The crowd grew ever larger as dawn approached and at 5.30am the service began. There were prayers read and fine speeches from the Australian Ambassador; several serving senior officers of the Australian armed forces; the French Interior Minister; a former member of the Australian Army who had won the Victoria Cross in Afghanistan; and, the Governor-General of Australia, General Sir Peter Cosgrove, himself the holder of the Military Cross.

The Governor-General is such a top bloke… when the formal part of the service was over he made a point of joining in and mingling with the crowd, greeting and shaking hands with everyone who wanted to meet him. By the way, the G-G was back in Paris recently for Bastille Day when a contingent of Australian servicemen were given the honour of leading the parade down the Champs Elysee!

After the service was over we headed back to our bus ready for breakfast to be followed by a tour of the battlefield sites. Before that though we visited the Adelaide Cemetery in VillersBrettoneux from where the remains of the ‘Unknown Soldier’ who is now interred in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra originated.

The visits to Pozierres, Bullecourt and Fromelles followed and took up the rest of the day. Each site is special and has its own memorial and story which are all well worth experiencing.

One other thing you can see as you drive around the area is the occasional artillery shell standing out in the fields.

These shells are unexploded ordnance from the battle that are still being unearthed and are known locally as the ‘iron harvest’. Apparently, some 1,700,000 artillery shells were fired in the first eight days and many of them were duds!

Today, these newly unearthed shells are waiting to be collected by the local bomb disposal unit who have to deal with anything from artillery, mortar and poison gas shells to hand grenades. Needless to say there have been plenty of casualties since 1918 as farmers plough their fields or as new houses are built!

What else can I say? If you get the chance…you should visit.

These shells are unexploded ordnance from the battle that are still being unearthed and are known locally as the ‘iron harvest’. Apparently, some 1,700,000 artillery shells were fired in the first eight days and many of them were duds!

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Seven Days CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WE’RE all doomed, or at least many Dubbo building firms may be according to a bizarre press release from specialist accounting firm SV Partners.

Here’s something from the presser that shocked me when I read it, in fact I really did have to stop and think to make sure it wasn’t April Fools’ Day: Eight Dubbo construction industry players, representing more than five per cent of businesses in Dubbo’s construction industry, are heading toward financial collapse, according to a new analysis released by SV Partners.

According to the SV Partners August 2016 Commercial Risk Outlook Report, Dubbo’s eight at risk companies join an additional 23 businesses in the region that are highly likely to face financial failure within the next 12 months.

The Report analysis is based

on more than 20 million financial records from various sources relating to Australia’s 2.39 million operating businesses, including business trade payment history. The Report analyses and categorises businesses according to financial risk of default during the next 12 months.

SV Partners NSW executive director Ian Purchas said given the industry was one of Dubbo’s largest, the results aren’t surprising, particularly considering the challenges the industry had faced in recent years.

“Construction businesses represent more than five per cent of operating businesses across Dubbo,” he said.

“That fact combined with the recent softening of the construction industry, has seen the sector represent the highest number of high risk businesses in the region.”

I have never seen construction in Dubbo booming like it is at the moment, and when I sent the press release around to vari-

The week’s top stories from around the region by John Ryan ous builders in town I got some incredulous response.

Bill Kelly is flat out selling land and home packages for MAAS Group as well as overseeing a land development boom up around South lakes and Keswick Estate.

“It looks like a generic report taken with a broad brush approach which puts every builder (large or small) into a single classification in Australia and is saying all builders are heading for hard times,” Kelly said.

“Driving around Dubbo this morning and visiting the building sites and the volume of jobs under construction and knowing how much more is in the pipeline, it is hard to fathom how anyone would put out such a news release and expect it to be taken seriously.

“If every other industry in Dubbo is going as well as the building game is currently, rest assured Dubbo’s overall economic outlook is in good shape,” he said.

Deputy premier Troy Grant turns over a Mercedes Benz Class 2 pumper to the Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters.

If SV Partners answer some of the questions I emailed to them by next week’s deadline, I’ll fill readers in on that.

State Emergency Service.

His Australian Defence Medal recognised his time in the Australian Army Reserves.

CATASTROPHE AVERTED

DOUSING MORE FIRES

FROM the Doomsday scenario to a good news story about potential tragedy averted, eight correctional services officers at Wellington’s jail received bravery awards for their part in braving a fire to prevent inmates taking over a wing of the prison.

Corrective Services NSW officers Troy Brien, David Wake, Graeme Hill and Michael Hollow, received the Minister’s Commendation and Medal for Brave Conduct, and secondresponding officers Nathan Sparkes, Daniel Baxter, Drew Stone and Mark Deguara received a Commissioner’s Commendation in front of corrections minister David Elliott and deputy premier Troy Grant.

The incident happened on March 10 where two inmates had started a blaze, and tear gas was used when they tried to attack officer Graeme Hill – this looks routine in Hollywood movies but must be a scary situation in the real world, well done to all involved.

It’s been a big week for awards, with well known Dubbo resident Mike Blake picking up a National Service Medal for long and diligent service by members of recognized government and voluntary organisations that risk their lives or safety to protect or assist the community in enforcement of the law or in times of emergency or natural disaster – that one was for Mike’s time with the

BACK to Wello and while in town Grant also officially handed over a new fire truck to the town’s Fire and Rescue station.

He said the new Mercedes Benz Class 2 pumper has the latest equipment and technology, which will increase the capacity of Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters to deal with fires, accidents, chemical spills and other emergencies.

It was a busy day, with the two ministers also inspecting the newly installed boxing ring at Wellington PCYC. They also spent time in Dubbo with Volunteer Rescue Squad members from across the region, handing over four defibrillators worth a total of $88,000 to squads across the region.

STRUCK BY LIGHTNING UPDATE on the Burrendong Thermal Curtain from Samantha Davis at DPI Fisheries who’s been following this issue closely - “Water NSW confirmed that the automation function that was disabled through a lightning strike about 18 months ago has now been repaired and is operational in time for the 2016/17 warmer months.

This means that water releases from the dam can now be better aligned with natural river temperatures and provide the right conditions for our native fish. Thanks to everyone that

This week, corrections minister David Elliott and deputy premier Troy Grant perform the sod turning for the extension to the Wellington Correctional Centre, hand over four defibrillators to the Volunteer Rescue Squad members from across the region and inspect the new boxing ring at the Wellington gym.

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Dubbo Macquarie River Bushcare and The Inland Waterways Rejuvenation Association (IWRA) planted over 400 trees on National Tree Day.

took an interest in the progress of this issue, great result�.

CROOKS CAUGHT BACK to the jail expansion and we may be needing that extra space because local police have been very busy in the past week.

I was at the police station on other (legitimate) business during the week that was and grabbed some quick snaps of a pump action shotgun retrieved during a Wellington search warrant. The back dock was full of builders’ tools also from the search warrant, an estimated $60,000 worth of gear was recovered.

A 27 year old man was arrested and hit with 17 charges, including possess unauthorized firearm, resist arrest and assault police.

Some police received minor injuries in the scuffle.

Tradies work pretty hard so to flog the stuff they need to make their livings with is a “dog� act, especially from apprentices just starting out, so great work from the local cops on that one.

Three men were charged with attempted break and enter offences in the South Lakes area at a house under construc-

tion, so tradies’ tools are obviously being targeted big time.

It’s important for anyone near new builds to keep their eyes open and report any suspicious activity to police.

TORRENTIAL NIGHTMARES NEW ORLEANS has such a high water table that graves can’t be dug at cemetery’s, they have to build crypts above the ground.

Wellington’s Cemetery must be feeling some of that waterlogging at the moment, with Western Plains Regional Council putting out an alert that the wet weather of the past month is having an adverse impact on the site. “The use of machinery to dig and fill gravesites is unfortunately causing damage to the lawn and in some areas creating muddy patches,� the release stated.

Loads of topsoil are being brought in to repair the damaged areas but council staff want to assure the town’s residents they’re doing what they can to repair the damage as soon as possible.

WATER FOR LIFE

St Johns College student Brenden Lydford scored top carcass at this year’s Royal Queensland Show (Ekka) with his 468kg purebred Limousin steer.

THE water falling from the sky was a boon for all the volunteers who got down and dirty on Sunday, which was National Tree Day. Dubbo Macquarie River Bushcare had a literal field day, council had ripped areas near Sir Roden Cutler Park and they had 400 in the ground in just a few hours.

The Inland Waterways Rejuvenation Association (IWRA) had to clamber past a locked gate at Devil’s Elbow and along riverbanks made incredibly slippery from the recent flooding, but got a few hundred of their own in between that site and at Butlers’ Falls.

I’d like to thank council’s happy duo of “Gordo� and “Shieldsy� for the very welcome snags they cooked up on the “barby� for all the volunteers: very welcome.

Firstly, all are okay, but the incident has brought out the best in our regional community.

Firstly, a busload of CSU Bathurst rugby players stopped to help, and luckily some were training in various medical professions.

That help meant they were late for their match against the Dubbo Kangaroos – no problem, the Roo’s just started the game late.

The Bathurst Giants were just as generous, forfeiting the game in an outstanding display of sportsmanship.

I played for the demons for a few years and my two sons play with the ‘Roos, these sorts of things really do mean alot to so many people in the community with links to local sporting clubs, a great yarn all around all born from what could have been a tragic accident.

CRASH COURSE

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HOW about a crash course in community care and fellowship?

Well, all that was on display last weekend when four players from the Dubbo Demons Aussie Rules team were injured in a crash near Molong while travelling to play the Bathurst Giants.

ONE bloke who didn’t get run off course this week was St Johns College student Brenden Lydford who scored top carcass at this year’s Royal Queensland Show (Ekka) with his 468kg purebred Limousin steer.

A great win for a determined young man, Brendan started the herd by saving money working at Fletchers’ on night shift after school three times each week.

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Results of independent research on the community’s response to the Council name to the Local Representation Committee has revealed Western Plains Regional Council’s interim administrator Michael Kneipp will recommend a change of name to Dubbo Regional Council. The preferred name will need to be formally recommended to the next Ordinary Council meeting in August for a formal Council resolution to be made and a request submitted to the Minister for Local Government seeking a new name to be proclaimed.

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FEATURE.

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Seminarian Karl Sinclair was excited about the official launch of the St Brigid’s Catholic Church Facebook page this week.

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A lot has changed about church in today’s society, with leaders embracing technology in order to remain relevant. Websites, blogs, radio shows, live streaming and social media feeds are all part of the online revolution taking place behind the pulpit. WORDS Natalie Holmes PHOTOGRAPHY Maddie Connell

` Sometimes they will happen by your website and find something that might speak to them in some way. It’s just another way of reaching people.”

- Western Plains Baptist Fellowship Pastor David Bennett Pastor David Bennett: receives blog hits from all around the world, including the United States, Australia and European nations such as Russia.

T comes as a surprise to learn that septuagenarian Pastor David Bennett is on twitter.

“It’s a challenge in some areas but once I learn how to do it, I manage.”

“I’m thinking of Instagram as well, but I’m not sure yet,” he says.

The Western Plains Baptist Fellowship leader also has five blogs and regular slots on community radio in both Dubbo and Gilgandra. His wife Pamela is a regular Skype user.

Pastor Bennett is just one of a growing number of modern-day ministers who know that being tech-savvy will earn them both credibility and congregations.

His blog “dubbo4christ” features photographs, videos and pdf files. Mr Bennett doesn’t use it to spruik his own agenda, but as a place where users can visit, view and then form their own opinions.

“My main priority is that people will look at it and then be able to know a bit about our fellowship,” he explained.

Born and raised in the American Mid-Western state of Iowa, Bennett receives blog hits from all around the world, including the United States, Australia and European nations such as Russia.

“People have different quests, questions and problems in life. They will email you from around the world.

On the blog, there are videos about creation, atheism, salvation and the mystery of death.

They’re topic areas which the Pastor also discusses on his radio shows every Sunday in Dubbo and Friday and Sunday in Gilgandra.

“People are looking for various things.

“You never know what people are looking for so if they see it, it might just fit in with their needs and their life,” he said.

“Sometimes they will happen by your website and find something that might speak to them in some way. We can get on the World Wide Web and see what they have looked at, but why they came you will never know.”

“It’s just another way of various reaching people.”

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Mr Bennett said every person’s spiritual needs are different, as are their reasons for seeking guidance.

“In the years that I’ve been in the ministry, it’s surprising why people come along, even people that come to the fellowship. Usually people have had something happen which has turned off or on their beliefs. They will ask ‘Why did that happen if there is a God?” Living in Dubbo increases the need for the website, with a smaller congregation seen by the Pastor face to face.

“When we were in Sydney, we had a large Sunday School of 100, and we also had a class for the adults.

Even people who weren’t churchgoers came along.

“We have been here since 1997 but haven’t seen the progress. We have been based at Buninyong School since it opened, before that we rented scout halls around the city.”

Mr Bennett was ordained in 1974. Before that he was a farmer, a John Deere tractor salesman and he was in the army reserve.

“I don’t like saying I’m a Baptist minister, people tend to treat you differently then. I live in the world too.

He moved his family of four to Australia more than 30 years ago and now has 12 grandchildren.

“I was a pastor in a church in Minnesota. I heard a preacher talking about doing work in another country. A lot of people do it.

“We’ve been here ever since. It’s home now and we are Australians.”

Allan Vincent LLAN VINCENT was also a farmer who grew cotton before becoming a Pastor and moving to Dubbo 18 months ago. He also ran a finance franchise and was a truck and tractor mechanic and lived in Queensland and Bourke.

His role at Dubbo Community Church includes giving out chocolate, helping people fix cars and move house. He also runs a range of social groups including a men’s breakfast, pot luck lunch and la-

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“My gift is in the practice of pastoral care. One of the best tools a pastor can have is a ute,” he quips.

“And the ability to do something practical.”

The church also has a band, two Facebook pages and parishioners can give their offering electronically through the website. The service sheet includes a quiz and a find a word.

Mr Vincent describes his approach as laidback and relaxed.

“Some denominations are still fairly formal in how they present things but whoever is running it will find their flow.”

In the past year, Mr Vincent has been adding social media to the church community. But he believes that traditional modes of communication such as a newsletter or a friendly chat remain relevant.

“I’ve been upgrading how we communicate in the last 12 months. The website is fairly new and Facebook is a big part of our community. We have two pages – one is a closed group for more personal communication while there is also a page available to the public where I put quotes on to have our presence felt.

“But I still think there needs to be a balance. Like everything, not everyone has Facebook. There are a few older people in our congregation who through their own choice don’t have the internet. “Therefore the website is not accessible to everybody and the handful of people who don’t have Facebook are still applicable to our community.”

As much as he has embraced technology, Mr Vincent still loves to communicate the old-fashioned way.

“Nothing beats face to face communications and a warm handshake.”

“My wife and I have been in business for many years and we come from an environment where you have to be able to communicate with all ages and we have to meet them where they are.”

Finding common ground is also important.

“You can find out what people are using and connect that way. But I like to relate to people. I find

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they respect you more if they can relate to you too.�

Mr Vincent said social media has two sides. “It’s a nice tool if used properly. Used badly, it can do a lot of harm.�

Seminarian Karl Sinclair EMINARIAN Karl Sinclair was excited about the official launch of the St Brigid’s Catholic Church Facebook page this week. The parish already has a website.

In an environment steeped in tradition, it was a major accomplishment. “It’s a slow process but we are getting there. I think Facebook and twitter feeds, it’s something I think we should be doing but it’s a struggle getting people to start thinking that’s how we communicate.

Mr Sinclair firmly believes the church will adapt as they have always done. “We are starting to take steps. It’s changing the way we communicate. But communication is always changing. “The Catholic Church goes back 2000 years so we have dealt with the evolution of communication.�

According to Mr Sinclair, each parish has been taking steps towards the digital age. “We have been slower at adopting at

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a national level, it’s been better at a local level.

We are still behind the eight-ball but it’s where people are at. “I don’t think it’s a case of staying relevant, it’s about recognising that that’s where communication is taking place, that it’s part of the Catholic Church.�

Mr Sinclair pointed out that online forums were used a long time before social media.

He believes there is both good and bad in these elements. “Blogs have been changing aspects of the church community for decades,� he pointed out. “This form of communication has allowed a lot of voices that haven’t traditionally been heard. “It sometimes makes it worse if people with an agenda to push can communicate and confuse the air space. “It’s the young people that are attracted by it. A lot of older people aren’t there.�

World Youth Day 2016 was a recent example of the church embracing technology.

“There was a bishop sharing pilgrim experiences on YouTube.� He also suggested teachers live streaming to Facebook as another way in which Catholics were engaging in the online world.

Brett Watterson NGLICANS have also been jumping onto modern methods of communication.

Holy Trinity Anglican Church Canon Brett Watterson is fully behind the 21st century shift. “It’s a great tool for communicating and getting our product out there and a very effective way of getting information out there,� he said. “It’s just like using other media. People like seeing their photos and information so it’s a great tool for us. “We have a web page, Facebook and Instagram, they are the main formats we use.� “It’s more helpful for the younger generation because it’s how they are used to communicating. It’s a change for the future and the present as well.�

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The website is aimed at offering general information to the community. “It’s a way to engage with people you wouldn’t otherwise engage with. A lot of people surf the net.�

However, Mr Watterson believes that it is vital to keep the website current. As such, he relies on volunteer input. “There is nothing worse than going on a website that’s not up to date,� he said.

Mr Watterson pointed out that technology was also being utilised within the church walls as well as externally. “It’s also good internally with clips being used for sermons and as part of worship. Powerpoints are being used for funerals, we have PA systems and modern music. It’s not just for reaching outside the church.�

Mr Watterson said this transition has been a long time coming, but is definitely a worthwhile aspect of the church community. “Back in the ‘90s, I remember a bishop saying we needed to get into the virtual world. If you’re not in it, you’re missing out. “You have to keep up with the way of the world to keep up with people.

If you are not connected, people feel disconnected.�

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OPINION & ANALYSIS.

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Tony Webber

Tony Webber is a Dubbo resident and former journalist.

What’s so lucky about the Lucky Country anyway?

HO we are is an obsession of ours.

Defining our national traits is both popular and fraught.

The surge of right wing populism of late has added a rather unpleasant tone to ideas of national identity.

But a statistic this week opened a whole new door on what it means to be us, to live here and what the future holds.

As reported by the ABC Tuesday, the study by the Evatt Foundation dealt largely with inequality, but it was not that growing gap that had the power to shock.

As we know, the richest are getting richer at a rate that outstrips gains made at all other levels.

What we are starting to realise is that the playing field is increasingly set up that way, but that’s a discussion for another time.

The shock came in the both circumstances and size of the lowest economic sector of Australian society.

The study found that a full 40 per cent of the population had no wealth whatsoever.

In measuring wealth, factors such as asset ownership and personal debt were factored in as well as income.

For four out of every 10 Australians that added up to nothing.

For two of those four – or 20 per cent of the population – higher personal debt takes that tally into the negative.

As the wealthiest 10 per cent already hold more than half the nation’s total wealth, it is little wonder this group is using that asset base and income to draw ahead faster than the 50 per cent of the population beneath them, identified as the various sub-groups making up the middle class.

It is this dwindling return to the middle classes that is cited as one of inequality’s risk factors and at its extreme is credited with the surge of resentment driving the Trump phenomenon.

And it is worth noting that the report said Australia’s wealth distribution inequality is already above the average for

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` Surely no country as apparently affluent as Australia, having grown in wealth for more than four decades – the last two being turbo-charged by the minerals bonanza - would expect that too close to half the country has missed out.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries.

The country once renowned for its egalitarian ethos is now economically riven by the forces of market economics supposedly meant to sustain us all.

But it is the 40 per cent of those with nothing to show for the boom years since the 1970s that is the subject of the second expanding gap.

That middle 50 per cent are also drawing ahead of them.

And 40 per cent is no trifling number – it represents more than 9million Australians.

Surely no country as apparently affluent as Australia, having grown in wealth for more than four decades – the last two

being turbo-charged by the minerals bonanza - would expect that too close to half the country has missed out.

If you were asked how many people operate in our society with no savings, no assets or have debts that cancel those assets as accumulated wealth, would you have guessed 40 per cent?

What does a future look like where well over a third of the country’s population is struggling to manage debt, devoid of asset security and with little prospect for turning that around without significant change?

Or has it become another fact of life that we live with, not unlike considering five per cent unemployment not too bad in the scheme of it all.

That’s one jobseeker in every 20 unable to find work. By any other measure that’s a fail, but for years now it’s the norm to the extent that it seldom rates a mention unless there’s a noteworthy fluctuation.

With the richest 10 per cent ensconced in exclusive enclaves, it is almost an even split between people with prospects and a level of comfort about their existence and those without.

Words like inequality can seem bland, along with the dull patter of statistics.

But what does it mean to our prospects as a nation now that a huge number of unfortunates without any stake in society are now an entrenched norm.

Yet increasingly that’s who we are.

Mexico City visitors enjoy mezcal ‘kiss’, eight years in the making

BY ANGEL SANTILLAN

2016 MEXICAN LIFE

MEXICO CITY: From the first “kiss” of mezcal to a trail of tasty discoveries, Mexico City has started a tourist route taking in the tradition, culture and heritage of the liquor.

The Mezcal Route is a chance for visitors to explore the history of mezcal through to tastings accompanied by traditional dishes of the Mexican states that distil it.

More than 50 plant species of the Agave genus are used for

making mezcal, but only a few are officially recognised by the Mexican Regulatory Council of Mezcal Quality, or Comercam, which is in charge of certifying production.

In recent years, production of this Mexican drink first distilled in pre-Columbian days has taken off in states like Oaxaca, Michoacan, Durango, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi, Guerrero and Guanajuato.

Expert mezcal-maker Otto Minera told EFE the most common agave plant is the “espadin”,

whose leaves must grow for eight years before they’re ready to make mezcal.

The flavour changes depending on the touch given it by the distiller, so that each mezcal has a “unique, unrepeatable taste,” Minera said.

The first stop on the route is La Lavanderia, an establishment with magical colours in the capital’s Condesa suburb, where visitors on the route can taste a 90-proof mezcal with a smoked flavour that is savoured with a salted apple or

orange.

To taste this drink, considered “spiritual,” one must give it a “kiss” – have a first drink – which opens the throat to its strong flavour.

The second drink is friendlier and the mezcal flavours are readily discerned and appreciated.

Paco Hernandez, who stages the mezcal tasting at La Lavanderia, told EFE that his goal is to teach people the origins of agave and help them appreciate the properAAP ties of the liquor.

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Robert Leonard and Brooke Stewart: Master Chefs With a modern, delectable menu that included emu pastrami, sous vide rabbit and wattleseed mousse, Dubbo RSL One 7 Eight head chef Robert Leonard and apprentice chef Brooke Stewart picked up the Bronze at the recent Chef’s Table Awards. They talked to Weekender about fine dining, fresh food and produce that’s from paddock to plate. WORDS Natalie Holmes PHOTOGRAPHY Toby Styling/Chefs Table Club NSW Robert Leonard ’VE been a chef since I was 17, so I’ve been cooking for 23 years. As well as doing this, I have my own flight school. I teach people to fly in the mornings and cook in the evenings. I originally started cooking at Jinchilla Gardens here in Dubbo where I was a casual for six months to begin with. I got my apprenticeship at Fairmont Resort in Leura, which is five star. It was certainly a different pace, with high quality food. I worked in a la carte for six months and then as a pastry chef for 12 months. Working with pastry is more precise, everything is weighed and measured, it’s a more precise way of cooking. We were doing breakfast buffet foods like croissants and danishes as well as cakes, tarts and desserts for the a la carte service. Then I went to Port Macquarie and ran the Crays Waterfront Restaurant and then to Bennelong, Sydney Opera House with Janni Kyritsis and Gay Bilson. It was fine dining with three chef hats. Then I went back to Port Macquarie. Everywhere I have worked has been award-winning which I think is about putting yourself in the right place at the right time. I came back to Dubbo eight years ago. The menu here is seasonally changing and we are now going paddock to plate incorporating local produce as much as possible, featuring Hereford Red, Gilgandra Poultry, Extraordinary Pork and Little Big Dairy along with Murray Cod from Goulburn.

Our desserts are also based on fine Belgian chocolate. People are more appreciative of good quality food these days which also makes us want to pursue better food. You can’t get away with serving awful food, you have to be producing the best produce possible to be competitive.

We entered the Chef’s Table and achieved a Highly Commended in the first year, Apprentice of the Year in the second year and this year, we got third so we are jumping up every year. We always strive to be better, you can only link success to your own experience.

In terms of different international cuisines, everything has already been done because Australia is a big melting pot of cultures. Now I think we are going back to our old roots and sourcing more native Australian products. We are using small products with big flavours and better produce compared with massproduced food. I think people want to be healthier and look after themselves more after years of over-processed and overproduced foods we’ve all read are not good for us. The food I like to eat is Thai and my signature dish would be seafood. Lately, I have switched to preparing desserts more. Mains have always been a faster pace, and desserts are more refined. They are more of a fine art.

As a chef, you strive for the best and to be better and to teach the younger generation better processes and techniques. Teaching an apprentice like Brooke gives you the incentive to im-

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prove, it keeps you on your toes. What I like about Brooke is her cheekiness and she can take a high temperature in the kitchen down and make it into a more moderate environment. She makes you smile with her bubbly personality. She has recently learned how to temper chocolate and she is also very good at making sure everything is ready in the mise en place. (A French phrase which means ‘putting in place.’)

Brooke Stewart OTH my Nans taught me to cook when I was little, things like scones and cakes. They taught me about baking. My Nan and Pa lived on a farm in Gulargambone and that’s where they got their produce from. It included a massive orchard. Nan said they always ate what they grew and they were very healthy. When I was younger, I also worked in a café as a kitchen hand.

Then I started working with my Mum, she’s a photographer. But it wasn’t a regular income because I wanted to get into fashion photography and it was hard to get into. I wanted to get into something where I could get somewhere. My brother Ben was a chef and he worked at the Bathers Pavilion at Balmoral, it’s very expensive. He was probably one of my influences. When you first start as an apprentice, there’s a lot of respect you have to gain. I was a bit scared when I started, but once you get to learn, you feel like you can ask a question. It’s pretty challenging, you don’t have a lot of experience but it’s all about the preparation, ensuring service is smooth and everything is in place. This job is very demanding, it’s not all MasterChef. It’s a

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good job though and I’ve done two and a half years of my apprenticeship now.

Every Monday, I go to TAFE and the rest of the time, I work in the kitchen. Half of our coursework is theory, the rest is practical which is good. The quality of our food is really important and how we cook it. I’ve been learning a few new things. Tempering chocolate is really hard. It took me a whole day to do it and took two weeks to get it right. I like doing desserts, I have done them for a long time. I like the end result because they look so pretty and I really like chocolate and sweet things. I want to learn meats and stocks, they are harder to do than desserts. We do have a few cooking trends on our menu at the moment for the customers. Personally, I love Asian dishes, like soups and dumplings. I don’t cook for my family, I avoid it (laughs).

I was very proud to win Apprentice of the Year last year and won a cash prize and went in the Fonterra How to be Chef competition which is all about mentoring. There were 20 other apprentices from across Australia. We learnt from chefs and worked with some big names over five days. We also got to dine at Top Hat restaurants and meet famous chefs. Because I had won the apprentice award, I automatically qualified but other people had to apply and get accepted. I’m 19 now, and it was a real eye-opener. I felt that some of the citybased apprentices were heaps ahead of me but then I realised I had won the award for a reason. I thought, I’m here to learn and meet great people. We are from such a rural town, there’s a limit to the amount we can learn. I always want to do more. When I did Chef’s Table, the preparation took two to three

days, doing braising and making stock, stuff like that. We wanted to make sure everything was great.

I didn’t watch MasterChef, apart from what I saw on Facebook and the grand finale. I liked seeing the end result, but I wasn’t really a fan of the drama. A chef who inspires me is Neal Perry, he owns a Top Hat restaurant which we went to see. He went overseas, saw old school cooking and started doing very hearty, homely meals. I also met Scott Picket in Melbourne, he opened a restaurant and bistro and they had a degustation there.

It was fine dining but it was simple stuff and it tasted so nice, also cost-effective.

All that he used was Wagyu beef and broccoli.

Rob is a good mentor. When I have something to ask or I need to be shown, he helps me. In the restaurant, there’s eight of us: three chefs, Rob as head chef and two apprentices.

Rob has taught me not to get flustered, to be calm and not rush and if you don’t have a lot of time, to ask someone for help. He’s taught me to speak up. He’s also very witty, he’s good to get along with. He also listens to your ideas and takes them on board. I follow pastry chefs on Instagram and show him new ideas. Because I’m younger, I tend to look at more apps than he does.

I want to be the best I can be and use my ability, go to Sydney or overseas and work there for a bit. I don’t want to be a chef all my life. I would like to do a Diploma of Management. A lot of people don’t understand what it’s really like.

It’s just such a different work environment to 9 to 5. It’s a very different lifestyle. I love pub feeds but when I do go to restaurants, I like good food.

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– in fact, the adult prison population has increased by 12 per cent since last year; a record high.

The Minister readily acknowledged that “this is not money any politician wants to spend”, but perhaps a little less celebration of the “benefits” of the expansion of gaols at Wellington and elsewhere, and a little more of a nod to the unfolding tragedy of rising incarceration rates, particularly in regional communities, might be in order.

The good, the bad, the ugly

Pasta police

LAST week’s announcement of a further 400 beds for Wellington gaol was offered with much fanfare from Corrections Minister David Elliot, and followed up this week with the news that another 1400 beds will be rolled out across the state under a plan that includes reopening of old gaols and the commissioning of what the government calls “rapid build” projects.

The “good” news? Jobs, of course.

The bad news? It means our prison population is growing.

The ugly? See above re: bad news

POLICE in Rome responded this week to concerned calls from neighbours who heard loud crying coming from the apartment of an elderly couple.

Fearing some kind of domestic dispute or violence at play, the constabulary instead found a scene of no less tragic proportion. It seems the aging Italian couple – a 94 year-old man and his 89 year-old bride of 70 years – were overwhelmed by loneliness and a sense of despair at the state of the world and all its relentless bad news, and were found sobbing in distress. In the words

Dear Editor People around the country are laughing at PETA's request that Tasmania's Huon Valley Council change the name of Eggs and Bacon Bay to Apple and Cherry Bay, in order to encourage better dietary choices.

Understandable, as we at PETA are laughing too.

We're laughing at some of the other names we came up with in the brainstorming session ("Tofu Scramble Bay"? "Clogged Arteries Bay"? "Keep the Doctor At Bay"?) We're laughing at the absurdly disproportionate outrage of some commentators who took the story a little too seriously (the yolk's on them).

We're also laughing, delightedly, at the fact that one little email from us has got everyone talking about the real issue here: that animal fat, flesh and secretions are bad for human health, that animal agriculture is disastrous for the environment, and that some 600 million animals are confined, tormented and slaughtered each year in Australia for unnecessary and outdated dietary choices.

Here's a secret: we're not staying up nights worrying that the world cannot keep turning if Eggs and Bacon Bay keeps that name. We are staying up nights thinking of ways to make people consider their lifestyle choices that affect animals.

And the huge leap in requests for our vegan starter kit on the peta.org.au website indicates that humour is sometimes the way to a kind heart.

of the police, they were “old, sad and lonely”. So the friendly coppers stuck around, asking the couple to recount the story of their lives and, after checking out the meagre contents of the elders’ kitchen cupboards, whipped them up a quick meal of pasta, cheese and “the most precious ingredient of all, humanity”. Heartwarming? Yes. Tragic. Definitely.

Pods and ends COFFEE snobs might do well to look away now, but it seems the ubiquitous “pods” – maligned by environmentalists and caffeine aficionados alike – might have been thrown a life-line by a Perth-based company that’s developed a version of the pod made entirely from vegetables. Apparently an Australian first, these humble veggiebased pods will break down in just six months and will feed your garden in the process. It’s estimated that Aussies consume an eye-popping billion coffee pods a year, which is an environmental disaster in the making, given the little buggers take something like sev-

Have a laugh on PETA, and keep your sunny side up, knowing that going vegan can extend your life, reduce your carbon footprint and save the lives of more than 100 animals every year.

Ashley Fruno Associate Director of Campaigns PETA Australia

$450,000 raised July 28, 2016 Dear Editor, On behalf of Cancer Council NSW, I would like to thank the entire community of Dubbo for gathering together, sharing a cuppa and tasty treats, and giving support to those affected by cancer by participating in Cancer Council’s Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea this year.

Over 220, businesses and schools in the Orana region hosted a Biggest Morning Tea during May and June, helping raise over $451,202 across the Western NSW region.

Funds raised from Biggest Morning Teas in the home, in the office, in the local community and at school this year will allow Cancer Council NSW to continue to fund vital cancer research, prevention programs, advocacy, and information and support services.

This will support the 45,000 people across NSW who will be diagnosed with cancer this year alone.

Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea is now in its 23rd year, so I say thank you once again to the Dubbo community for continuing to make every morning tea matter and for their ongoing support of Cancer Council NSW. Yours sincerely, Brianna Carracher, Community Events Coordinator Cancer Council NSW, Western Region

eral hundred years to finally decompose. And if you’re not into composting, you can either send these little organic numbers back to the company or they’ll pick them up and recycle them. But for mine, the best thing about this yarn is the company’s clever little hashtag: #IGiveAShot.

Put your feet up LIKE we needed an excuse to take things a little easier, but here it is: Research out of (appropriately) the Florida Gulf Coast University suggests that people who spend more time kicking back tend to be more intelligent than their more active counterparts. Results showed that people with a high IQ don’t bore easily, so they spend more time “being still and engaged in thought”. Which makes others think we’re just lazing around…

And according to other studies smarter people also swear more.

I could expand further, but I need to just put my #*#$%* feet up and think about it for a while.

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Gov putting youth on track, but new prison still needed

BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

T’S great to see governments looking at complex issues in more complex ways, and this week has been a watershed for our new council area in a number of ways.

Police can keep locking people up for committing crimes and the courts can start sending more and more people into jails but around the world no nation has ever seemed to have solved crime problems by arresting their way out of a problem.

Singapore is cited as an example where extremely harsh penalties have led to a low crime rate, but this is an affluent island nation where the population is, compared to most countries, extremely well educated and supplied with a great range of social services and amenities.

In the USA, where the prison system is mostly privatised and those commercial profits depend on offenders being jailed, and then held in custody at the best cut-rate price possible, the problems are systemic and endemic – it’s a societal nightmare, getting rapidly worse and threatens to boil over, but whatever happens, it’s been a massive failure in that democracy and will have negative social ramifications for decades to come.

In Iraq and Afghanistan, where people are killed for resisting governments which govern because other nations say they can, people are still resisting and rebelling against those regimes – so it shows that, in effect, the death penalty isn’t a solution when it comes to stopping offences from happening.

But in our society, convicted criminals who pose threats to the broader population must be incarcerated so those threats are alleviated – we need order at that fundamental level.

This past week we’ve seen the state government working on two facets of this problem at a local level.

On one hand I’m upset we need more prisons to house a growing penal population, on the other I understand we need to make sure we can house the state’s inmates in a proper manner while, hopefully, the social and economic drivers of crime are being sorted out at a far more basic level.

The Wellington jail is in line for a massive expansion, part of a $3.8 billion plan for “Rapid Build Prisons”, each housing 400 inmates – the Wellington unit, to be built adjacent to the existing jail, is the first in the state.

Corrections minister David Elliott was in town to help turn the ceremonial first sod for the new construction, the first of four, claiming the new rapid builds will safely cater for both the rising prison population and better manage and reform inmates.

“This rapid build prison is an investment in community safety and allows us to quickly and flexibly adapt to the prisoner population,” Elliott said.

Grant said the new facility would create an extra 220 jobs, more than doubling the number of staff roles at the prison – already the largest employer in

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Corrections minister Corrections minister David Elliott and depuy premier Troy Grant turn the soil on the new Wellington prison complex. PHOTO: SUPPLIED.

Wellington.

“This is great news for the community because it will provide jobs throughout construction as well as permanent ongoing roles, underpinning the regional economy,” Grant said.

Last time the town had a few hundred million spent on it was when the jail was built, house prices boomed, and business picked up, so from an economic perspective alone this is great news.

But back to the radical new system of building jails, and Corrective Services Commissioner Peter Severin said the design allows for correctional officers to have good observation of prisoners at all times, and each dormitory includes a library and computer room.

“Officers will have access to thermal imaging cameras to help stop contraband items entering the facility, and a 24/7 Immediate Action Team to respond to incidents,” Commissioner Severin said.

Inmates will be engaged in activities including programs to reduce reoffending, education and industries for up to 12 hours per day, compared to six hours a day at similar security facilities.

` It’s great to see the Baird government investing heavily in programs that try to prevent people from becoming offenders in the first place, the visit by David Elliott coinciding with the announcement that the hugely successful Youth On Track program.

Work on the rapid build prison is expected to be complete in mid-2017.

This massive construction of jails is one side of the coin, and reflects the darker side of the society in which we live.

Many experts are concerned that incarceration actually makes many criminals worse when they’ve served their sentences, and that meaningful and widespread rehabilitation resulting from the jail system is true only for scattered individual cases.

So it’s great to see the Baird government investing heavily in programs that try to prevent people from becoming offenders in the first place, the visit by David Elliott coinciding with the announcement that the hugely successful Youth On Track program would be expanded to the Orana Local Area Command (LAC), and funded for three years.

I sat in on a briefing from a departmental official with the two MPs, local police and senior education staff based in Dubbo and there were plenty of questions being thrown around about how the YOT program operates on the ground.

Discussed were the enormous amounts of money that’s been wasted on non-performing programs in the past, across Australia, and how this black hole has created a public cynical about money being spent on anything other than detention options.

But Youth On Track has plenty of hard data to back up its effectiveness, showing about 90 percent of young people who have completed the program so far have either stabilised or reduced their contact with the juvenile justice system.

As well as that impressive statistic,

each individual costs the community $15,000 per year to be in the YOT program versus $250,000 to be locked up.

According to the department, the program complements the existing justice system by supporting high risk young people before they become entrenched in crime, and this can mean working with the complex web of issues surrounding young people including working on helping in their home environments.

At the highest levels of NSW Police, there’s plenty of enthusiasm according to Assistant Commissioner Jeff Loy, who works with youth issues.

“Youth on Track has been extremely well received since its inception in 2013 and the six sites will cover 13 police Local Area Commands, with 310 young offenders expected to participate each year”, assistant commissioner Loy said.

“Our officers work at the coalface of crime, and can often predict when young people are at risk of becoming entrenched in the criminal justice system - Youth on Track allows us to refer these young people to case management, which addresses the risks associated with their offending and can also engage the young person’s family to ensure an effective support network.

“My hope is that we’ll continue to see a drop in the number of young people coming under the notice of police in the Youth on Track Local Area Commands,” he said.

It’s only by looking at the root of the problems, working out the triggers which see young people embark on a life of crime, that the issues can be properly addressed at a basic structural level, so this is a great initiative.

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This used to be my playground Confessions of the wife of a mature age student Josh, a landscaper, returned to university in his 30s to study a bachelor of sports science at the University of Canberra.

He graduated this year winning the Herb Burton University Medal for academic excellence, sport and community involvement. Josh is currently undertaking an honours project and working in high performance sport. His wife, Belle, recounts the ups and downs of being a mature age debutant.

BY BELLE STRAHORN LOVE being stuck in long traffic jams. There. I said it. If you need a moment to digest that- a break where you stare inaudibly at the sky and wonder how in heavenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible- I understand.

I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t normally proclaim this publicly. Last time I did my mum asked if it was some peculiar plea for attention. When I left Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pretty sure she enlisted the help of a dreary Tommy Fleming CD and started the process of legal kinship termination only to remember sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d already lodged the paperwork when I told her I prefer Promite.

Apart from traffic jams my other secret joys include the smell of clag glue; crocs (yes the shoes of mini-van tourists); cooked tomatoes not raw and special mention to odd socks. People have insisted I rationalise these desires. Who are you? Where did you come from? Mars or Tasmania? I tell myself that liking odd things gives me an evolutionary edge. So, when my husband Josh decided to rekindle the smarts and return to university, eight years after leaving the first time, I agreed. After all, Canberra was a good place to live, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d spent a few years there myself, and although being known as the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;city of roundaboutsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; I knew it was still partial to a good traffic jam or two. In pursuit of his 360 degree career makeover, we packed our belongings, farewelled Dubbo and

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tootled off. Hats off him.

Quitting work to study full time again, probably to find an entry-level job in a new profession. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a gamble. Interestingly, he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t alone in his quest to re-enter academia. Australia has the highest mature aged education enrolment rate for those aged 40 and over. Ten percent of first year students at the University of Melbourne are mature age and almost one million 25 to 64 yearolds- were engaged in study last year, (Australian Bureau of Statistics).

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s it really like being a mature age scholar? I had my opinions based entirely on my experience as a - straight - out - of school uni student. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve all had that one mature-age student in our class. You know, the old timer whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decided to dunk their toe back in the cloudy waters of tertiary education.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d eye them suspiciously from the back of the lecture theatre, pondering the missing chapter, because for most school- leavers, the prologue is easy enough to surmise.

Finish year twelve, head to uni. Some set sail on an exciting ellipsis taking a gap year abroad. A gap decade on the other hand is more of an eerie concept. Quite frankly, mature age students were annoying. Surely these old people should be doing other things â&#x20AC;&#x201C; like maybe retiring, or dying. Instead they were eagerly asking questions (or worse, answering them) and generally being a nuisance. Why the rush for front row seats? Why the endless note taking? What could they possibly be forever scribbling on their pads?

If the lecturer had of passed wind, you can be assured theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d make note of that too.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be watching the clock, counting down the seconds before we could escape while those mature age pests had been saving the dumbest question known to ask two minutes before home time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shut upâ&#x20AC;?, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d squeal inside. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have little interest in your unsustainable, un-googled

` Stigma aside, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something inherently captivating about an old-timer cutting it in a young manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world, the underdog on a quest for more. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hollywood, essentially.

These days I can recognise the fact that a mature-age debutant generally knows who he is, they have life experience, for one

Hitting the books again?

Tried and tested tips for older students 1. Return for the right reasons- Identify why you want to study again, consider the pros and cons, be real about the time commitment and energy involved.

2. Plan- For a least a year in advance.

Remember, one cannot live on fresh air and love.

3. Find the right uni-Take some time to discover what sort of character and focus the university has and make sure it aligns with your own personality, interest and goals.

4. Enjoy it- If you get the opportunity to study full time again later in life, make the most of it. University study can be better the second time around.

Best advice: Take the plunge!

opinions. Who cares how to do the assignment, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not due for another two years!.â&#x20AC;?

With my better half now one of them, I attempted to rebuff this mature age generalisation.

I thought it unfair to pigeonhole every dear soul brave enough to plunge backward in time in an effort to acquire that which at some point may have been considered impossible. After all, in the good game of life, the second time around is sometimes better than the first right?

Josh took returning to study remarkably well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I chose my first degree at 18 (bachelor of horticulture) I was more interested in my social schedule and working out what I was doing on the weekend,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This time it was different. For starters I was one of the oldest in my course, and I wanted to be there. I wanted to learn as much as I could. I felt more directed in what I was doing and why. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re thinking of changing careers to do something youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve al-

ways wanted, do it. The time it takes to retrain is a drop in the ocean and if it means you are loving five days of your week then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth it,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Whilst a new found direction is inspiring, Josh admits, it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t all smooth sailing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Uni is not rocket science but you have to be willing to put the time in and often that means less time for other things.

Going back to study requires support, not only financially but having the encouragement of your loved ones. I learnt that while a degree might be hard for me, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also likely to involve more work for someone else,â&#x20AC;? he concluded.

Ah yes, spot on, shall we call it the two body problem, after the scenario in physics when a pair of particles interact with each other. In our case, though, it comes about when demands of returning to university collide with the obligations of being but one half of a couple.

Whilst physicists can decipher their two body problem with a

few equations, the real life equivalent is less controllable. The advice is, hang in there and learn to compromise, there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Stigma aside, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something inherently captivating about an old-timer cutting it in a young manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world, the underdog on a quest for more. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hollywood, essentially. These days I can recognise the fact that a mature-age debutant generally knows who he is, they have life experience, for one. He has defied certain odds to make the cut, as such, he will undoubtedly appreciate his opportunity.

Perhaps age just does not always equal wisdom. Nevertheless, if I am to be judged by the actions of others- such is the innately human hobby of generalising easily detectable minorities- then as the saying famously goes; â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;if you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t beat them, join themâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, and remember you are never too old to learn. Now someone fetch me a warm coke (I like that too).

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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.

Olympic business: meddling with the medalling ™

HE most important thing …. is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.”

This could apply to life in general but these words are attributed to Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the International Olympic Committee in 1890.

“The athlete should compete for the love of the game itself without thought of reward or payment of any kind, with professionals being part of the entertainment business.” – Avery Brundage – IOC President 1952-1972.

How things have changed.

The Olympic ‘brand’ is now the second most valuable in the world, after Apple. Despite the GFC and ongoing world financial turmoil, the value of the Olympic brand has increased 87 per cent since the Beijing Olympics.

In 1985, Mr “Sidennee”, Juan Antonio Samaranch, created The Olympic Program in order to capitalise on the Olympic brand. Having observed the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics returning a profit to its organisers, the IOC saw lucrative broadcasting and merchandising rights slip through its fingers.

The Olympic brand has since gone on to become an economic powerhouse, with the unique ability to charge hundreds of millions of dollars for broadcast rights, and have the financial risk of games taken up by the host country and the sponsors.

To me this seems to be the ultimate business model – have host cities (customers) compete for the honour of hosting the games (your product). Bankrolled by taxpayers and sponsor’s money these customers have to provide the facilities and you dictate the conditions required to host your product, but accept no financial risk.

Host countries are even required to

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pass bespoke legislation to create a further layer of protection for brands and copyright holders of Olympics sponsors.

Accordingly, in 2006 Great Britain’s parliament passed the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act to protect the contract and copyright interests of the IOC and its sponsors – with breaches of this Act being a criminal offence rather than a civil offence.

Wouldn’t brands such Microsoft, Apple or General Motors love to have this sort of special treatment.

The eerily named ‘Advertising and Street Trade Restrictions venue restriction zone’, otherwise known as the Brand Exclusion Zone, currently extends for 1km around an Olympic Park. Within this parallel universe, patrons are not allowed to wear clothing depicting nonOlympic sponsors or bring in unofficial food and beverages. Wi-Fi is only available through the official supplier and only the Olympic affiliated credit card will be accepted for payment.

Plenty of stories have been in the press depicting ‘brand police’ patrolling London searching for breaches – and finding such fiendish crimes as butchers displaying sausages in the shape of the Olympic rings.

The involvement of multinational sponsors is one of the reasons the Olym-

` The AIS carries out preOlympic reviews to predict the number of medals Australian athletes will win. These reviews contain management buzzwords such as KPI’s, anticipated outcomes, expected results and prospects for success.

Charlton Heston in The Ten Commandments (1956)

pics no longer holds any interest for me.

From a Scottish themed fast food chain being the ‘official restaurant’ of the games, to the monopoly on water consumption in venues being held by the patron company of the Atlanta games, it is clear that the Olympics are no longer a sporting event promoting the altruistic ideals of amateur competition but a business venture.

So where do the athletes fit into this commercial extravaganza?

Athletic achievement has turned into a business as well, as evidenced by the goals and outcomes set by the Australian Institute of Sport. The AIS carries out pre-Olympic reviews to predict the number of medals Australian athletes will win. These reviews contain management buzzwords such as KPI’s, anticipated outcomes, expected results and prospects for success.

A top five finish was expected because Australia received 46 medals at Beijing and 49 at Athens. The only way is up, isn’t it?

Unfortunately, through media pressure, the hopes of a nation, bad luck and /or just plain beaten on the day, at this Olympics we won’t achieve the expected top five result. Too much meddling and not enough medalling.

In the need to create stories from nothing (witness News Limited being found out as having created the Liesel Jones overweight story) the Australian media has jumped all over the less than predicted result with the usual misguided patriotic fervour – having expected the Australian athletes to “podium” every event they enter.

In between backhandedly accusing Chinese swimmers of being drug cheats because they had the audacity to defeat ‘our’ swimmers and going very quiet on the achievements of British athletes, mainstream Australian media has been

1. LITERATURE: Which conservationist wrote the book “The Sea Around Us” in 1951?

2. FOOD & DRINK: What are the food items mentioned in the song “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”?

3. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of the Bahamas?

4. BIRTHSTONES: What is another name for a ruby, July’s birthstone?

5. CARTOONS: What kind of

reporting the Olympics like a business deal gone wrong.

The recriminations started even before the half way mark, and as the games drew to a close exactly what I feared would happen is occurring.

The call began to spend more money on elite athletes and coaching.

Australian IOC representative Kevan Gosper is on record as saying the difference between gold and silver is money.

He is also reported as saying Australia has been outspent by other countries and Australian athletes were being hampered by a lack of public funds and government focus.

Australian Olympic Committee chief John Coates had been in the press expressing his disappointment ‘with the total picture at the moment’ and called for more compulsory school sport and increased funding of elite sport.

He had previously dismissed as ‘disgusting’ a 2009 federal government report which called for money to be diverted to grass roots sports. In this time of economic austerity, he lamented Australia’s team of 410 athletes as the lowest number in decades.

Newspaper reports have highlighted the number of Australian coaches working overseas and have expressed angst that they trained foreign athletes to 14 gold medals.

Again lack of funding to keep the coaches in Australia is being blamed, as foreign countries appear to have lured our coaches overseas for the big bucks.

In 1890, Baron de Coubertin went on to say “the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.” He also gave us the Olympic creed “Higher, Faster, Stronger”.

Luckily the Paralympics will soon give the world a lesson on the Olympic creed and not Olympic greed.

creatures are Disney characters Chip and Dale?

6. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the nickname of the New Zealand national cricket team?

7. EARTH SCIENCE: What is magma?

8. GAMES: What word refers to a draw in the game of chess?

9. BIBLE: In which two books of the Bible do the Ten Commandments appear?

10. TELEVISION: In this 1970s80s TV drama of the same

name, what does the acronym “CHiPs” refer to?

11. FLASHBACK: Who wrote “Strawberry Fields Forever”?

What was the songwriter’s inspiration?

12. SPORT: When did the St George-Illawarra Dragons last win an NRL Grand Final?

13. LYRICS: Name the song that contains this lyric: “His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean, And you’re the best thing that he’s ever seen.”

ANSWERS: SEE THE PLAY PAGES.

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DIGITALLY ENHANCED.

Pushing it to the cloud?

What does it all mean?

BY MATHEW DICKERSON SMALL BUSINESS RULES CONSULTANT

HE modern IT and telecommunications employee speaks about the ‘cloud’ more than your early morning weatherman but what does it actually mean?

When you hear this ubiquitous reference to something in the sky, how does it relate to the average IT user sitting in front of their PC or taking photos on their phone?

Sure, it is an easy throwaway line to make you sound impressive at parties (at least at the parties I attend). “We have gone to the cloud” or “I pulled that out of our cloud” sounds impressive but many people have minimal understanding of what being “in the cloud” actually means.

To gain a better understanding of cloud computing, we should think of the electricity industry, in particular go back to the early days of electricity. Once it was realised that there was the wonderful concept known as electricity with one of the initial uses being a light bulb to light up the night, there needed to be a way to generate electricity. Sure, you could have your own coal-fired power station at your house that you could provide fuel for and run some electrical cabling in your house to use but it was quite obvious that this was not going to be an efficient method of producing electricity.

Thomas Edison devised the first commercially viable incandescent light bulb in 1879 but I believe his real genius was the fact that he developed the first large scale electrical utility when he organised investors to back six jumbo dynamos that were housed at Pearl Street Station in lower Manhattan. In 1882, Edison had 85 customers with a total of 400 light bulbs. He owned the electrical network, he generated the electricity and sold the light bulbs as well. He had completely wrapped up a vertical market segment!

Edison’s genius was that he realised that it was inefficient for each location that wanted a light bulb to also have to generate its own electricity. By connecting to his electrical network, the electricity could be generated more efficiently at one central location and that power is then distributed to those who need to use it.

Fast forward 134 years, and we have an incredibly complicated system called the electrical grid that has houses and businesses connected with electrical

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cabling to a complicated network of transformers and cabling that goes back to centralised locations where large amounts of power are produced for the network.

When we turn on a light in our kitchen, we don’t really think about the power that is produced at a centralised coal-fired power station ‘somewhere else’ which is then delivered to us by this network of cables and transformers.

We simply flick the light switch and go about our day.

This electrical example is analogous to our modern cloud computing environment.

We have an incredibly complicated system of interconnected computers around the world that you may have heard of. It is called the Internet. ARPANET adopted the TCP/IP protocol on January 1, 1983 and from there the ‘network of networks’ began to form that is the basis of our modern Internet.

If you think of the Internet as the electrical grid, cloud service providers are the equivalent of power generation companies.

They generate services on a massive scale so individual users and businesses can choose the functionality they want in much the

same way that we choose to use power when we flick on a light switch. While all this may sound largely irrelevant to you, over 90 per cent of computer users in the world use at least one form of cloud computing.

Think of e-mail.

If I go back twenty years in my IT history, I can remember selling clients Microsoft Exchange Server for their email needs. It was a massive investment. The physical server required along with the software and setup was easily $10,000 – maybe more.

For a small business of just a few employees, it was incredibly expensive to have email in their business. Fast forward to today and you can have basic cloud email services (Gmail; Hotmail; yahoo; etc.) for free, or you can have full-blown modern Exchange email environments for less than $10 per mailbox per month.

Think more about the model of paying for an Exchange mailbox.

A business somewhere makes a decision to create a farm of servers and install Exchange server.

They take care of the redundancy and the backups.

They own the hardware the

` If you think of the Internet as the electrical grid, cloud service providers are the equivalent of power generation companies. They generate services on a massive scale so individual users and businesses can choose the functionality they want in much the same way that we choose to use power when we flick on a light switch.

purchase the licenses. They create efficiency by managing a large environment and generating savings with scale. The business model is then to have lots of clients paying a small amount of money to use the services offered. And that is the crux of cloud computing.

Organisations create services that they think people want, they build the infrastructure and connect to the Internet with the appropriate bandwidth and then sell the services relatively cheaply.

Another popular example is online backup. I know of one provider who will provide unlimited backup for your individual PC for US$5 per month. That company alone has over 200 Petabytes of client data stored (1 Petabyte = 1,000 Terabytes).

Their job is to provide the storage space and manage the redundancy and availability. They simply ask for a small recurring payment in return for the use of that storage space. Considering the cost of having your own backup media and the clumsiness of storing that off-site, US$5 per month is pretty cheap for that usage.

Cloud computing is not a binary decision. Cloud computing is an à la carte menu. There are a huge number of services available in the cloud. Your decision is simply to choose the items from the menu that you require and pay the appropriate fee. You also need to trust that your cloud provider is going to continue to deliver on the sales promise.

Welcome to the cloud!

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10 quick tips about small business brand

BY PETER SCOLARI COLARI SCOLARI COMERFORD ERFORD DUBBO

HAT exactly is a business brand and why is it needed? Well, you don’t always have to have a brand. If your small business isn’t driven by necessity (e.g. a vet or a dry cleaner) or pure convenience, chances are that you will need a brand.

A brand gives consumers a reason to choose your business over your competitors and if you don’t have a strong brand it’s probably going to be a very hard sell.

A brand gives a business its: z unique identity; z look and feel; z personality.

Hubspot (an inbound sales and marketing platform) and Moo (an online print and design partner) recently listed a checklist of branding basics.

Here is a brief summary.

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1. Beliefs Just like humans, brands have a belief of how they should live. A brand manifesto is a short statement that clearly states what the business stands for, whether it’s a promised level of customer service and anything else that matters to it.

Such a driving force can be useful when employing your team so that they can spread the message and truly engage what your company stands for.

2. How to create the manifesto Start with a whiteboard and fill it with words, pictures and

drawings that resonate with your business.

Ask yourself: z Why did I start a business? z What gets me out of bed? z How does success look like for my customers, employees and my business?

Then put these into either: z one line; or z a series of short, active statements that sum up your beliefs and values.

An example would be The North Face’s “Never Stop Exploring” or even Scolari Comerford’s “Design, Plan, Monitor”.

3. Brands need to “walk the walk” not just “talk the talk” You need your team to be living and breathing your brand, otherwise it really will become a fancy. Just saying something doesn’t make you famous for it – doing something will.

4. Value proposition In a single sentence your value proposition (a promise of value) aligns key people with a single purpose and explains why customers should buy your products. If done correctly it is one of the biggest factors in lifting sales numbers.

Ask yourself: z Who is the customer and what will they look like? z What problem are you solving? z What five benefits do you offer they don’t get going somewhere else? z What is your brand promise (e.g. money back guarantee)?

Bring together answers to the above into a single sentence or paragraph.

Now try and make it shorter.

5. Tell your story Building relationships with others is always easier if you have a story to tell. Your brand story should state: z Who you are; and z Why you’re doing, what you do.

6. Your personality Your brand is really your personality – how you are perceived by the world.

For example, it could be: z Excitement (Go-Pro); z Sophistication (Prada); z Sincerity (Band-Aid); z Competence (Costco); z Ruggedness (Old Spice or Solo Soft Drink);

7. Your voice If your brand was a person, how would your voice sound and what would you say?

A good example of this would be Victoria Bitter (actor John Meillion was the original) whose clear style of ad and sound gives it a clear type of personality.

8. Have a good look (as opposed to ‘not a good look’) This could be your logo, colour palette, or font. For colours: z Red – brazen & strong; z Yellow – optimistic; z Black – sophisticated and sexy; z Blue – trust; z Neutral – calm, cool and modern; z Green – nature and health.

9. Your channels How will you broadcast your brand?

Will it be online through: z Website;

Social Media; Newsletters; Transactional Emails; Videos.

And offline: z Business Cards; z Letterheads; z Loyalty Cards; z Packaging. z z z z

10. Use tools to create your brand Contact us if you would like us to show you where to find some free resources to create your brand. It’s not as hard as you think and the benefits could be enormous.

Conclusion: Your business will become famous for something if you work out what it is and communicate it.

What’s your brand?

Investment in Wellington welcomed THE interim Western Plains Regional Council welcomes the announcement made by the NSW Government to invest in Wellington with the potential for an extra 220 jobs to be created at the Wellington Correctional Centre.

Interim administrator Michael Kneipp said securing jobs based in Wellington is one of the keys to successful economic development. Currently 112 employees of the Correctional Centre live in Wellington with wages estimated at $10 million and another 89 living in Dubbo with wages valued at $8 million.

“The influx of new positions as a result of the expansion will offer new direct employment opportunities for people in Wellington as well as the potential for new and expanded businesses to service the larger facility,” Mr Kneipp said.

“There is also the opportunity to attract new residents to Wellington to take up new positions which open at the facility.”

Kneipp said in the future Council will be better resourced to support businesses in Wellington with economic development support staff.

“One of the areas under consideration with the integration of Council’s struc-

tures is an additional economic development officer in Council’s economic development team to work with Wellington businesses to take advantage of opportunities to strengthen and grow the local economy,” he said.

“There are many strengths to Wellington that could benefit from a structured approach to economic development,” Kneipp said.

“This will take time but it is an area that Council is investigating and considering ways to include a new position in the organisational structure,” he said.

32 new qualifications on the 2017 NSW skills list THE NSW Government this week announced 32 new qualifications will be added to the Skills List for 2017 in addition to the 730 subsidised vocational education and training courses currently on offer.

Minister for Skills John Barilaro said the Skills List defines the qualifications eligible for government funding and reflects the need to reinvigorate and modernise courses available to students while meeting the specialised skills

Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

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needed by industry.

“NSW has the strongest economy of any state in the country and the highest jobs growth, so we must make sure our economic advantage continues by strengthening our skills base and providing the vocational education and training that connects young people to jobs and that meets industry demands.

“In our review we consulted with industry and employers to identify the skills they need and we’re confident the qualifications on the new Skills List are the ones that the Government should be funding,” Barilaro said.

The 2017 NSW Skills List will support the NSW Government priorities such as the $73.3 billion infrastructure program and the rollout of the National

“It also supports the initiative to encourage the take-up of qualifications in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects which are critical areas for the workforce of the future,” Barilaro said.

Over half of the qualifications added to the List are higher qualifications at Certificate IV and above level which all go towards upskilling the NSW workforce.

New qualifications that support the Government’s infrastructure program include the Advanced Diploma in Building Surveying and a Certificate II in Trenchless Technology.

“We are also subsidising courses for training in the high-tech skills area with a Diploma of Digital and Interactive Games and an Advanced Diploma of Information Technology Business Analysis,” Barilaro said.

Three qualifications will be removed from the Skills List due to a lack of enrolments.

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MIXING BUSINESS AND PLEASURE Even with a wealth of experience under her belt, business development consultant Natalie Bramble was pleasantly surprised by the personal boost that three weeks’ volunteering as a tourism awards judge in Vanuatu would bring. AS TOLD TO Jen Cowley Natalie Bramble has been judging tourism awards across NSW for nearly a decade, and is a successful business development consultant in her own right. So she jumped at the opportunity to volunteer as a judge for the BSP Vanuatu Tourism Awards for Excellence 2015/2016,, and was rewarded for her efforts not only with a positive professional experience, but a surprising and valuable personal insight. Fresh from the tropics, Natalie told Weekender why the voluntary visit to Vanuatu was important both professionally and personally.

••• HE objective of the Vanuatu Tourism Awards for Excellence (VTAfE) program is to improve standards and professionalism, while encouraging the continual development of the tourism sector. By recognising excellence and celebrating the success of operators who are delivering an outstanding service to tourists, the Awards aim to encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing within the industry to help build the Vanuatu brand and enhance the visitor experience.

The ultimate goal of the Awards is to attract more tourists to create greater economic opportunity in Vanuatu and build a sustainable future for the industry. IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has supported the awards committee to deliver the VTAfE in line with these economic development objectives that underpin the Awards process, making it more than just a ‘beauty pageant’ which is the main reason I wanted to be involved.

The awards program is great, but underlying that is the focus on doing a business analysis. The nominees were given the rare opportunity to sit with judges – of which I was one – to go over the details of their operations and get pro-bono business advice.

I was there as a judge, but the more important role was to offer my expertise as a business development consultant, and it was a voluntary exercise for me.

I was in Vanuatu for three weeks, and there was also quite a bit of work beforehand with going over submissions and so forth.

I’ve been a judge on the NSW Tourism Awards for nine years now, managed the Inland Tourism Awards and also Old Dubbo Gaol for some years so I have experience with tourism operations. As part of that process, it’s always been my aim to make sure the judging is objective rather than subjective – to level the playing field, so to speak.

My time in Vanuatu was wonderful – not only from a personal development perspective for me, but just as an experience and being immersed in that country’s culture and getting to know the people. We weren’t just dealing with different businesses that offer certain

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Directly because of low tourism numbers and products and services, we were dealing with the economic cost of rebuilding, but indirectmany layers of cultural practice and with difly because of the wider impact on the whole ferent levels of literacy and language, which community. are significant considerations.

One of the great things about my time there The national language of Vanuatu is Bislawas the opportunity to help these tourism proma, but there are 76 different dialects. Some viders, and to provide them with really robust of the language they use to describe western feedback on how to develop their businesses objects and terms was quite delightful – for without losing that authenticity. The face-toinstance, the word for helicopter is “mix-masface time with them was fanter-sky-b’longa-Jesus Christ”. tastic. We also did a number French and English language ` of workshops while we were is still also heavily used, influenced by occupation before In- It was challenging in there, particularly around cona way, as a business tent marketing and how to dependence in 1980. start positioning the diversity It’s something of a balancing development experiences available in Vaact to help operators develop consultant, because of nuatu, not just the beautiful their businesses without losing this is a culture beaches. That really resonated the charm of authenticity, but that’s not all about with a lot of the providers. many have done this very well It was challenging in a way, because of their strong connec- money. It’s driven by as a business development contions to community. Overall, emotion and cultural sultant, because this is a culthere’s very much an awareconnection as well. ture that’s not all about money. ness that tourism is not just It’s driven by emotion and cula business, it’s the economic tural connection as well. It’s very much about driver for the health and strength of the whole people, and many of the businesses are what community. we’d define in Australia as social enterprises.

It wasn’t all work and no play, though! We managed to do some amazing things while we So it was about trying to frame business development and marketing with that cultural fowere there. And the people are just delightcus in mind. And that was a timely reminder ful. They’re some of the happiest people in the for me as well. world. We’d be out walking and all the locals What I’d say to anyone reading this is to put were just so friendly, and there was absolutely Vanuatu on your list for your next holiday. My no sense of unease or threat anywhere. It’s a husband and I have already sorted out our very safe and comfortable environment. dates to return as tourists! I believe Vanuatu We received so many entries that we had is just on the cusp of just exploding in terms representatives from 5 out of 6 of the Provinces in Vanuatu, covering 11 different islands, so of tourism from Australia, particularly with the instability of many other destinations, like we went the length of the entire country visitEurope. ing all these operators. We started off in the Vanuatu still has that laidback charm that capital, Port Vila, and went all the way to the people are looking for in a holiday destination. bottom of the country, doing all sorts of activiBut it isn’t just about beautiful beaches and ties and visiting some amazing places.

I judged a number of different categories – stunning scenery – although of course Vanuatu has that in spades. There’s also a wonderful about 8 in all – looking at all kinds of accomcultural experience waiting for visitors to this modation providers, everything from luxury to “island style”. Part of the submission was island nation. There’s an authenticity to Vanuatu, without the political or social instability to establish what kind of building materials one can often find in other developing counthe operators had used or were using for their tries. There are the same kinds of confronting businesses – so there was certainly an enviissues with poverty and with the cultural difronmental element as well. This is very imferences, but that just adds to the authenticportant, because Vanuatu has a particularly ity and Vanuatu is a safe and friendly country critical issue with waste disposal. This was one of my regular pieces of feedback – the with so much to offer.

The worst thing people could do when they need to communicate with guests about envido visit this beautiful place is to just go to a ronmental consciousness. resort and stay there. There’s so much more Cyclone Pam, which went through in March to Vanuatu.

2015, had a devastating impact on Vanuatu, I’ll definitely be putting my hand up to go and that showed in the submissions we reagain next year. It was as much a development ceived from tourism operators. There are a lot exercise for me as it was for the ni-Vanuatu of businesses that were financially decimated people! by the direct and indirect effect of the cyclone.

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Mystery Island cruise ship loading jetty

Travel by boat to Oyster Island, Santo

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Getting ready to eat the fabulous local fresh fruit platter

Port Vila by air

Swimming through the river, millenium caves

Local village huts, Malowia

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Co-judge Linda Tillman and Natalie with tour guide winner Max Zacharie

Getting tested for malaria (Aneitrym is malaria free)

Maria, guiding at Eden on the River, Port Vila

Modern Village Tour, Aneitrym

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Lifestyle

Simple outdoor power equipment maintenance, for a trouble free Spring Top 5 tips for this week

BY CHRIS BRAY

1. Keep a weeding routine in lawns and garden beds. Lawns should have weeds removed before an application of fertiliser in coming weeks. Check your lawn variety for a suitable herbicide application.

2. Check pressure sprayers for wear and tear, ready for the new season and replace if necessary. If using multiple types of herbicide and pesticide, rinse the sprayer well before use and flush the hose and lance with clean water before using again.

3. Complete plantings of new season roses and deciduous fruit trees.

4. Prepare garden beds with composted manures and blood and bone.

5. Complete rose pruning and use lime sulphur after pruning to eliminate black spot and other fungal disease.

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ITH Spring just around the corner and lawns already showing some unseasonal growth, now is the time to do some simple maintenance to your petrol powered lawn mower, line trimmer and any other garden equipment that will be required for the new season ahead.

Given that lawn mowers and line trimmers get little or no use during the Winter months, during which fuel in your mower and trimmer has probably been sitting idle too.

Discard any "old" or "stale" fuel as it only has a relatively short lifespan with respect to use in your equipment. Replacing with fresh fuel will ensure that your mower, trimmer, etc, will perform to it's maximum potential.

Also discard any fuel that has been sitting idle in your fuel can or container and replace with fresh fuel.

Other maintenance requirements for your lawn mower include checking blades, filters, oil and spark plugs. Before starting your mower check underneath to see if mower blades need replacing.

Worn blades will inhibit the mower to perform to it's full potential and possibly damage or not cut your lawn with the ease that it should.

Before checking the blades, ensure that you

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turn the mower over the correct way, especially if your mower has a 4 stroke engine. The mower should generally be turned with the spark plug pointing upwards, for models with the spark plug on the front of the engine block, this will mean the front of the mower will be pointing upwards. Doing this will ensure that oil from the sump doesn't make it's way to the air filter and carburetor, making starting the mower difficult. Other maintenance includes

` The mower should generally be turned with the spark plug pointing upwards, for models with the spark plug on the front of the engine block, this will mean the front of the mower will be pointing upwards. checking air filters, which can be cleaned and replaced along with spark plugs for an easy start at the beginning of the new season.

If your mower hasn't had the oil replaced for 12 months or longer, replace the oil with fresh 4 stroke oil, making sure that the oil is of a quality, suitable grade recommended for your particular model.

Check your owner’s manual for the correct type and required level, as too little or too much can also have direct consequences to longevity and warranty of your mower. This also applies to other forms of 4 stroke petrol powered equipment.

With reference to petrol powered line trimmers and blowers, that are of the 2 stroke variety, consult your owners manual for the correct mix of 2 stroke fuel. With many models today, the oil to petrol ratio does vary and it is important to mix at the correct rate. Also check air filters and spark plugs and clean if necessary.

Call for better support for rural medial workforce

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THE Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) says calls for GPs to be removed from the skilled occupations list for visas has to be part of Australia's future medical workforce considerations — but it has added that better supports, incentives and a National Rural Generalist Framework are urgently required to get more Australian-trained doctors to the rural and remote communities that need them.

The Australian newspaper has reported this week that, in an unpublished submission to the latest review of the Skilled Occupations List, the Federal Health Department has urged the removal of 41 health roles, including GPs, from the skilled occupations list for visas.

If implemented, the change would mean that International Medical Graduates (IMGs) would no longer be able to come to Australia under the visa class to work as a doctor.

"International medical graduates have made, and continue to make, an immensely significant contribution as valued local doctors in many rural and remote communities" RDAA President, Dr Ewen McPhee, said.

"In many cases, medical services in these communities would no longer be available if dedicated and long-serving IMGs were not there to keep them going.

"For this, we owe past and present IMGs a huge debt of gratitude.

"But it is not right that we should continue to rely on enticing more and more IMGs from their own countries to prop up

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the Australian health system, when we now have enough Australian-trained medical graduates to meet demand — particularly given that many IMGs come from poor countries with struggling medical systems.

"What we do need, however, are a range of better supports and incentives to entice more Australian-trained medical graduates with the advanced skills needed to work in rural and remote areas.

"While there are now enough Australian-trained medical graduates being generated through our medical training system, there remains a significant maldistribution of doctors — those doctors with the right skills are not necessarily going on to work in the rural and remote communities that need them most.

"In addition to better supports and incentives, RDAA has been a strong advocate for a National Rural Generalist Framework and associated training program that would provide medical students and young doctors with a seamless and dedicated pathway from medical school and the intern years through to work as a rural generalist doctor — while also providing those on the Program with training in the advanced

skills needed for rural practice.

"These include procedural skills in obstetrics, anaesthetics, emergency medicine and general surgery, and non-procedural skills like advanced mental healthcare and Indigenous healthcare.

"We are pleased that the Federal Government has set the development and implementation of the Framework as a key priority for the newly-announced role of Rural Health Commissioner. We look forward to working closely with the Commissioner and the Government to make it a reality, and to deliver to the bush the next generation of Australiantrained doctors."

Interrelate launches new Reconciliation Action Plan to close the gap NEXT Tuesday Interrelate will launch its new Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan to guide its work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, families and communities until 2018.

“Reconciliation is a process, and supporting reconciliation means working to overcome the gap that still exists between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people,” said Interrelate CEO Patricia Occelli.

Interrelate’s plan has been endorsed by Reconciliation Australia and will help guide its vision.

“Our vision for reconciliation includes ensuring that all of our services can enhance the wellbeing, safety and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

children, families and communities. Our programs are flexible and can help with connecting to culture, parenting, mental wellbeing and making healthy decisions. Our Reconciliation Action Plan keeps us on track with this and guides us in making our vision a reality.”

Key Facts and Figures Interrelate has a large offering of services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with dedicated Aboriginal advisors and community development workers who engage with the local communities to deliver culturally appropriate programs.

Research shows that engaging in, and sharing traditional culture helps Aboriginal people to close the gap in disadvantage and contributes to building stronger families and communities. Participation in cultural activities builds human and social capital, fosters cultural leadership and reduces isolation.

Interrelate is dedicated to ensuring relationships flourish by constantly consulting and collaborating with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and community to renew and refresh programs in order to ensure continuous improvement of Interrelate’s programs.

Interrelate has an internal Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander reference group called Kutanya which supports delivery of these services and Interrelate’s staff. To learn more about Kutanya watch the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgzjhzt9N4A &feature=youtu.be

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A little lost in translation

BY ERIN MICHELE PHOTOGRAPHER

FEW months in Dubbo and life for our family is starting to settle.

I’m officially a New South Welshman! After the painful process of having another licence photo taken, I am the official holder of a New South Wales driver’s licence. Although, as soon as I speak, my Victorian ways come through loud and proud.

Potato cakes, a pot of beer, milk bars and AFL; all the terms that sell me out as a Victorian. If you aren’t familiar with these terms, you probably call potato cakes ‘scallops’, you’d call a ‘pot’ a ‘middy’, milk bars are ‘corner stores’ and AFL is almost non-existent here, replaced by the ever growing soccer and rugby community.

We’re finally learning that it’s not as easy as we thought it would be to make a place for ourselves in such a small town. Another hurdle we had to overcome, and speaking to other parents whom are relatively new to the area, we weren’t alone.

“Hi, my name’s Erin and I’m hoping to book my daughter in for her four-year health check”. It was a rough day that

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day, and people can be quite abrupt.

Reaching the absolute end of my tether, I finally called a clinic that welcomed us with open arms; shout out to Dr. Dean Jones at Macquarie Valley Family Practice, whom is also relatively new to Dubbo.

We were so used to having 24-hour doctor’s clinics and pharmacies in Melbourne, that when we needed those services here in Dubbo, it was difficult to find a doctor that could see us.

Then, of course, is the matter of finding work, preschool enrolments, primary school enrolments, and rental properties. Knowing the “good” and “bad” areas weren’t coming so naturally to us, as we scrolled through the list of rental properties, zooming in on Google maps to ensure it was close to the primary school we plan to enrol Miss H in next year.

Another hurdle we found ourselves trying to overcome, myself more than my husband, “WIN” and “Prime”.

I found myself in a heap of frustration, trying to explain to someone that ‘Better Homes and Gardens’ was on “Seven, not Prime”.

In Melbourne, we have channel nine, known here in Dubbo as ‘WIN’ and we have channel seven, known here as ‘Prime’.

Other differences would soon trip me up. “You mean to tell me that ‘FOX.FM’ is ‘STAR.FM’? And that solid or ‘continuous’ road lines can sometimes be crossed?”

I was having a chat to a family member that has grown up in Dubbo, and just assumed that it was an Australiawide ‘thing’ to have some continuous lines that can be crossed.

If you don’t know what on Earth I’m on about, take the turning lane on Cobra street outside McDonalds, for example. The first time I ventured out for my very first Dubbo “Maccas Run”, imagine my horror when the only way in was, in my mind, to break the law.

“Turn in here”, my husband instructed. “WHAT?! I can’t! It’s a solid line!” I yelled back, the panic quite evident in my hunger stricken voice. “I know! But it’s ok here”.

I reluctantly turned in, feeling like I just broke the law and I’d receive a call from a man with an Irish accent, informing me that he will find me.

You see, in Melbourne, and most of Australia, continuous lines, generally, cannot be crossed, only giving permission to cross broken lines.

Add to that, indicating as you exit a roundabout, you can understand why I don’t jump at the thought of driving (an-

other item that was not on the Victorian driving test).

It’s all rather silly and of course, if we need to get somewhere, I’ll happily drive, but my goodness, things are much different than I’d initially thought.

My qualm isn’t with Dubbo. I still love it here just as much, if not more, as the day we got here.

I love how “small town” it is here. Everyone has a mutual friend, most places can be walked to and many businesses are locally owned.

I love that a trip to the supermarket isn’t complete without a familiar face stopping us or that elderly folk see our Victorian number plate and congratulate us on our move, asking in an immensely puzzled voice, “What made you move to Dubbo?”

It’s nice to be the new flavour of the month, but we can’t wait to be completely settled in, one of the locals, with our own ideas of Dubbo and the wonderful things it has to offer newcomers.

For now, I’ll learn to be a more competent driver and just accept the fact that walking places isn’t such a bad idea. z New to town, Erin, of Erin Michele Photography, has big plans for life & business here in Dubbo. Trading in the hustle and bustle for a life of simplicity, she finds that there’s no place like Dubbo.

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

Sally Bryant

I just stepped out for a moment… ’VE been pre-occupied for the past couple of weeks, with one thing or another. I’ve had work commitments and a filthy cold, so I’ve been unable to find a moment to polish my spleen to the lustre required for these pages. And for this I am truly sorry, mostly for myself as it happens, but I am truly sorry.

I reckon I’ve been down some sort of wormhole, in the intervening weeks between appearances ‘in this place’. I’ve been away but it’s like I have re-entered the scene to the same lines on which I left. The more things change, the more they remain the same.

It seems only other day I was having a spray about turning on the evening news and finding a footballer is the leading story.

You know the one, the footballer who left rugby league to go and play football in the United States and then turned out to not be all that good at it? Him. The national news at that time led with a story about how he might go and play rugby union, with someone, and might be eligible to go to Olympics, as part of The Sevens.

Whatever they are. Apparently he wasn’t good enough, but, like, whatever...

Let me just say this again; this is a story that is Leading the National News Bulletin.

This story has been assessed as having more news value than anything else on that evening’s bulletin. It’s not the important sport story of the day; it’s been classified as a bone fide news item. At the top of the bulletin.

So, here I am this week, discarding empty tissue boxes and empty paracetamol packets, and accidently catch the all-but lead story on the national news. And here he is; back again. Same bloke, different code.

(Well, to be fair, same bloke returning to the code that he was in originally. Same code but apparently joining a new team.)

And that warrants a place in the main news bulletin.

I know there are people who find this stuff interesting, who find it enthralling that a player is moving around the place, different continents, different sports, different oppor-

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tunities. That’s why we have a sports report at the end of the news. When the grown-ups have left the room.

The other thing that happened, while I was out? It rained. And not just a bit, as it happens. It has rained quite considerable amounts and it’s having a massive impact on nearly everything you can mention. The paddocks are greener, the sheep are disappearing knee-deep in luscious pastures.

Crops are leaping out of the ground and everything is fatter. Me included.

Water storages that were looking tragic just a few short weeks ago are now a very different story. I remember a few months ago, you could get massive falls of rain in the catchment and it wouldn’t have any impact on the supply in the dams. Then the season turned and the rains started, and now it’s a very different story. You only need a little shower somewhere in the hills and you end up with a several percentage point rise in dam levels. Everything is saturated, the country is wet as, so the water is just going straight into storages, and bundling down the rivers.

And that is creating its own set of issues, after quite a long period of not-so-much rainfall and less than stellar river flows.

Did you see the size of the logjam that came to rest in the Macquarie, behind the Warren hospital? I saw the video on social media and it was pretty amazing. It created no end of a stir in the community, sitting there on the surface of the river, looming.

And it kept growing, as more flotsam came downstream, adding to the mass.

I did hear reports (unconfirmed it must be confessed) that it wasn’t just logs in that mess. Someone said that every pair of thongs that had ever been lost in the central west had found their way to join the lump in the river. And aside from thongs, I also heard that the floating rubbish bomb also included white goods and dead animals, and the smell was becoming overwhelming.

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Happy days...

Meetings were held at the highest level to try and formulate a plan for how to deal with the problem. And it would have been a huge headache, in anyone’s language.

You have a great mass of fallen timber and ‘other items’ (possibly including many, many thongs, some discarded whitegoods and the odd dead animal) sitting there in the river, rotting away merrily and creating a health hazard and a great big trap for anything else that might come downstream. How to shift it?

Not with a front end loader, one assumes. That would be pretty expensive and also very intrusive, the riverbank is wet and would soon become pretty boggy.

What about employing a grappling hook with some sort of winch, at a distance further away from the river itself?

I guess that depends on how much access you could get to the river where the log jam was?

So I let my fingers do the walking, and according to Google Earth, it looks like that might have been one way to solve it.

Quite proud of thinking up that solution, all by myself.

Except, in the great tradition of Australian problem solving; when left long enough, the issue resolved itself. I gather there was more rain upstream, the river height went up again and that created the impetus necessary to move the problem along. (Possibly to some point downstream, but let’s not go looking for trouble here.)

I had an interesting conversation with a Warren local last week, in which we canvassed the idea of using a couple of well-placed charges of dynamite to shift the mess. We thought it was a great idea and I cannot imagine why the powersthat-be didn’t just do that in the first place.

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‘A chef’s life isn’t as rosy as people think’

BY GEMMA DUNN ’M flying to Madrid tomorrow and I have a million and one things to do,” Ping Coombes whispers down the phone, giggling at her hectic schedule. “And I’ve just moved house so I am surrounded by boxes. It’s madness.”

But for the Malaysian food-lover and former British MasterChef champion – who has spent the past two years since winning the 2014 series in somewhat of a whirlwind – packing up a few belongings shouldn’t break a sweat.

Coombes, now in her mid-30s, has gone on to “spread the word” as global ambassador for her native Malaysian cuisine; cooked up a storm up at food festivals around the world, and landed her debut cookery book, the eye-poppingly bright and brilliant Malaysia: Recipes From A Family Kitchen.

“No one really tells you what’s going to happen, because everything is so hush-hush,” she says of her crowning moment on the hit cooking show, aired in the UK on the BBC. “The next day, I had interviews back-to-back and since then, I haven’t stopped.

“But I’m very lucky,” she quickly adds, saying it’s proof that people are very accepting of new cuisines.”

Malaysian food – a fusion of Chinese, Malay and Indian tastes – has long been a hidden jewel of SouthEast Asian cuisine, and growing up in Malaysia’s vibrant city of Ipoh, Coombes distinctly recalls a world that revolved around shedloads of the stuff.

“We had big gatherings,” she recalls, mimicking the mealtime call ‘Sek fan la!’ – meaning ‘Come and eat’. “As children, we would always sit down with my mum and dad to eat as a family, and that’s been ingrained in me.”

And having dedicated her book to her family (flip open the first page and a passage beneath a childhood photo of Coombes and her mother reads: ‘Food has the power to create and evoke memo-

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“Even though my husband [Andrew] and I may not eat with my daughter [Alexa], because she eats early, we’ll always sit with her to enjoy the meal together, so that she understands mealtimes.

“We don’t have things like iPads [at the table], because we want her to enjoy the food as a family.”

Yet while she remains heavily inspired by her upbringing, Coombes claims she was eager to adapt her collection of 100 recipes – including such delights as Chilli Crab and Caramel Pork Belly – to “fit in with life in her adopted country.

“I simplify a lot of the recipes but still retain the flavour,” she says, reeling off the major supermarkets that now stock shelves of Malaysian products.

“People want to try a foreign cuisine, but to cook it, it needs to be simple and delicious. That’s the inspiration behind it; my travels, my childhood, and when I moved to the UK for university 17 years ago... It’s what I have developed in my kitchen and my mum’s kitchen.”

Coombes still hosts supper clubs and pop-ups, and heads up her popular online hub Ping’s Pantry.

“I’m doing more private cooking classes and consulting, and eventually we want to open our own restaurant,” she enthuses. “It’s good to be busy; I’m not complaining!”

Does she ever struggle spinning so many plates, though?

“We cook most of our food from scratch, but I do have cheat ingredients in my fridge,” she confesses of her home life. “It’s impossible to expect people with a busy lifestyle to do everything; I want people to be a bit more realistic.”

Her Instagram account, she says, gives people a sense of “what I do and what my everyday life is”.

“I am keen to show a chef’s life isn’t a rosy as people think,” she finishes, grinning. “Sometimes I can have microwavable rice, and it’s absolutely fine!”

Here are three of Coombes’ recipes to try for yourself...

Dinner potluck? Of course!

BY ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS

THE KITCHEN DIVA

WE love hosting dinner parties; however, our time is limited these days.

All of the planning, shopping, cooking, serving and clean-up can be a little overwhelming. Exhaustion isn’t the best way to start a social evening!

So, how do you plan a dinner party without all of the stress? Host a themed, multi-course potluck dinner and make your dinner party an event to remember.

1. Create a theme and a list of courses that fit well with your concept for the evening. If you’re centring your potluck dinner around an event – awards ceremonies, an outdoor

concert, a birthday or anniversary celebration – plan everything from the potluck dishes you assign to the decor to fit the theme.

2. Try mixing things up by have each course showcase a single ingredient. This way, you get an eclectic mix of dishes unlike the typical offerings at this type of gathering. For example, you could have a potluck on the beach featuring a Seafood by the Seaside theme, or a vegetableforward Farmer’s Market Feast in the country. Potluck dinners, by their very nature, are designed to be portable and casual in nature.

3. Plan the dinner in courses, from appetizers to the dessert, breads and drinks: Create your guest list and assign a menu item to each guest.

Check with your guests about any

food allergies, and share that information with everyone who is preparing food.

4. Assign more than one person to prepare each course, with enough servings for all of the guests. As the host, you may want to take care of one of the appetizers and one of the main-course dishes. That way, you don’t have to worry about a late arrival bearing the first course or a last-minute cancellation that could delay dinner.

Here are two potluck dishes that work well for a gathering: a simple appetizer for Tasty Fruit with Chile, Salt and Lime, and a main-course Asian-Style Pork Rotini with Spicy Peanut Sauce. Remember to relax, delegate and enjoy each course of your potluck dinner party!

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PRAWN CHA KEOW TEOW / STIR-FRIED FLAT RICE NOODLES WITH PRAWNS (Serves 4) 200g flat rice noodles 2tbsp vegetable oil, plus extra for drizzling 1 onion, thickly sliced 1 garlic clove, finely chopped 4-6 garlic chives, sliced into batons (or normal chives if you can’t find them) 200g raw shelled king prawns 2 free-range eggs, beaten 2tbsp sweet soy sauce 2tbsp light soy sauce 1tbsp dark soy sauce (optional) 180g bean sprouts 1. Bring a saucepan of water to the boil and cook the noodles for about 10 minutes, or until soft but still with a bit of bite. Drain and drizzle with a little vegetable oil to stop them sticking.

2. Heat the oil in a wok or large frying pan over a high heat until smoking, then add the onion and stir constantly. You want to char the onions but not burn them.

Add the garlic and garlic chives. Stir for one minute, then add the cooked noodles. Let the mixture sit for a minute over the heat, untouched.

3. Add the prawns to the wok or pan and stir-fry for one minute. Push everything to the edge of the wok furthest away from you and add the beaten eggs to the empty part of the pan. Stir, to cook the eggs a little, then gently fold the rest of the ingredients into the eggs until well incorporated.

4. Add the sweet soy sauce, light soy sauce and dark soy sauce, if using, and stir-fry well for 30 seconds.

5. Finally, tip the bean sprouts into the wok and work them through the noodles. They cook very quickly and are ready when they have just softened. You want to keep their crunchiness. Taste and add more soy or sweet soy sauce if necessary. Serve immediately.

Left: Ping Coombes.

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Right: Malaysia: Recipes From A Family Kitchen by Ping Coombes is published by Orion.

TASTY FRUIT WITH CHILE, SALT AND LIME You also may want to use papaya or firm, sliced peaches instead of mangoes for this recipe, which serves 5-6.

1 tablespoon kosher salt or other coarse salt 1 1/2 teaspoons ground chili pepper 1 1/2 tablespoons honey or agave syrup Zest and juice of 1 lime 1 (4.5kg) watermelon, cut into wedges 2 large mangoes, cut into thick slices, discard pit Lime wedges and mint leaves for garnish (optional) 1. Combine the salt, chili pepper and lime zest in a mortar and pestle. Alternatively, you can finely chop the lime zest and use a fork to mix it with the salt and the chili powder.

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DAGING LEMBU DAN SADERI / STIR-FRIED BEEF AND CELERY (Serves 2-4) 250g rib-eye steak, cut into thin strips 1tsp Chinese fermented black beans (optional) 4 celery sticks, trimmed 2tbsp vegetable oil 1tsp whole black peppercorns, slightly crushed 2 garlic cloves, chopped 1tbsp oyster sauce 2tbsp water For the marinade: 1 1/2tsp cornflour 1tsp light soy sauce Pinch of ground white pepper 1. Mix the ingredients for the marinade together in a bowl, add the beef and stir to coat, then set aside for 20 minutes.

2. Soak the black beans, if using, in a bowl of cold water for five minutes, then drain.

3. Using a vegetable peeler, carefully peel a thin layer off the celery sticks, to ensure they’re not stringy. Then, cut them into four 1cm batons.

4. Heat half the oil in wok or frying pan until smoking, then throw in the marinated beef and fry over a high heat for 30 seconds. Remove the beef and set aside.

There might be bits of beef left in the wok or pan but don’t worry, it all adds to the flavour of the dish.

5. Turn down the heat to medium, add the remaining oil and the crushed peppercorns, drained black beans and garlic and fry for one minute until fragrant (be careful not to burn the mixture).

6. Add the celery batons and fry for two to three minutes, then return the beef to the pan, add the oyster sauce and water. Stir and cook for a further 30 seconds. Serve immediately.

2. Arrange the watermelon wedges and mango slices on a platter and drizzle with lime juice and the agave or honey so the chili mixture will adhere to the fruit. Sprinkle the chili mixture on top. Garnish with lime wedges and mint leaves, if desired.

Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve. This dish packs well in a sealed container in a cooler.

ASIAN-STYLE PORK PENNE WITH SPICY PEANUT SAUCE This dish is perfect for a potluck because you can serve it hot or at room temperature. It serves four, but is easy to double or triple as needed.

You also can use rotini, cavatappi, rigatoni or fusilli pasta, if desired.

Kosher salt for seasoning pasta water 1 (340g) box penne 1 1/2 tablespoons sesame oil

(Serves 4) For the coconut meringues: 4 medium free-range egg whites 100g caster sugar 100g icing sugar, sifted 70g unsweetened desiccated coconut For the compote: 1 large ripe pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into 1cm cubes 2 star anise 1/2 lemongrass stalk, bashed Juice of 1 lime 70g soft dark brown sugar For the whipped coconut cream: 80ml coconut milk, chilled 200ml double cream, chilled For the garnish: 6tbsp unsweetened desiccated coconut 1. Start by making the meringue: whisk the egg whites in a spotlessly clean bowl until they form soft peaks, then whisk in half of the caster sugar, adding the rest gradually while continuously whisking, until the mixture is thick and glossy.

2. Fold in the icing sugar and desiccated coconut.

3. Preheat the oven to 110C/fan 90C/Gas 1/4. Line two baking trays with baking parchment, securing them with little dots of meringue mixture at each corner, to keep the paper attached to the tray. Spoon about 12 dollops of meringue, roughly the size of tennis balls, onto the trays with a metal spoon.

4. Transfer the trays to the oven and bake the meringues for one-and-a-half hours.

5. Put the cubed pineapple, star anise, bashed lemongrass and lime juice and sugar in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer uncovered for 25 minutes, until the pineapple is soft but still holds its shape. Remove from the heat and set aside. Discard the lemongrass and star anise.

6. Toast the desiccated coconut for the garnish in a dry frying pan for five to seven minutes, until golden brown. Tip into a bowl and set aside to cool.

7. Using a hand-held electric whisk or stand mixer, whisk the coconut milk with the double cream until it forms soft peaks (it should still run off the spoon).

8. Assemble the dessert in bowls or small glass tumblers: start with a layer of pineapple, then broken bits of meringue, then coconut cream. Repeat the layers.

Sprinkle with toasted desiccated coconut to serve.

5 medium green onions, roots discarded, whites and greens thinly sliced and separated 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger 2 medium garlic cloves, minced 1 pound ground pork 3 tablespoons soy sauce 2 tablespoons unseasoned rice vinegar 1 tablespoon Asian hot chili paste; more to taste 1 tablespoons granulated sugar or stevia 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter, preferably natural 2/3 cup low-sodium chicken broth 1 medium lime, cut into 4 wedges 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro, basil or parsley (optional) 1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the penne and cook according to package directions until al dente.

2. Meanwhile, heat a 30cm/12-inch

heavy-duty skillet over medium heat.

Add the oil, then the white part of the green onions. Cook, stirring, until softened, about 1 minute. Add the ginger and garlic, and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds.

3. Crumble in the pork and cook, stirring occasionally, until it loses its pink colour, about 5 minutes. Stir in the soy sauce, vinegar, hot chili paste and sugar or stevia, and cook until bubbling. Add the peanut butter and stir until incorporated. Pour in the broth, stir well, and bring to a simmer. Cook for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.

4. Reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta water, drain the pasta, and return it to the pot. Stir in the pork mixture and green parts of the green onions. Thin the sauce with the pasta water, if necessary. Divide among plates or bowls, squeeze a lime wedge over each serving, and top with cilantro, if using.

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Daffodil Day On Friday, 26 August, Cancer Council NSW is encouraging people in Dubbo, and across NSW, to participate in Daffodil Day by wearing a daffodil pin, volunteering at a key selling site, making a donation or purchasing merchandise online or at local Daffodil Day stalls.

Now in its 30th year, Daffodil Day is one of the largest fundraising events in the southern hemisphere and since its inception has raised over $133 million for life-saving cancer research, support services and prevention programs.

Thanks to the generosity of the community on Daffodil Day, Cancer Council NSW is able to provide support through services including free transport to treatment, patient accommodation, patient support groups, survivorship programs and pro bono legal and financial advice.

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5 ways to remove a wall

BY JULIA GRAY ... If you want to demolish a wall, start by establishing what sort of wall it is. Both stud-partition walls (plasterboard over a wooden frame, or lath and plaster) and partition walls (bricks or blocks) are usually straightforward to remove, while main supporting walls, which are made of bricks, blocks or stone, aren’t. Stud-partition walls are very rarely load bearing, although they can occasionally become so over time, while partition walls may or may not be load bearing. Main supporting walls are load bearing and tend to be expensive to remove. ... Load-bearing walls should never be taken down without using adequate supports and inserting a permanent steel beam (or steel frame) to take the weight the wall was supporting – not a job for DIYers. This type of work must be checked and signed off by a building officer from the local council, or an approved inspector (who does the same job for a private company), to ensure it complies with building regulations. Even removing non-loadbearing walls can be of concern to building control, if, for example, it would create a layout that breaks fire regulations. ... To determine if a wall’s holding something up, there are various things to look at, including the joists and what’s sitting on the wall, if anything, in the loft – visit www.wikihow.com/Tell-if-a-Wallis-Load-Bearing for advice. Sometimes it’s obvious, but if it’s not, consult a structural engineer – don’t take a chance because getting it wrong could make your home liable to collapse. A structural engineer will also be able to calculate what type of steel is needed to replace the wall. ... In most cases, removing a wall won’t require planning permission. However, if you’re combining wall removal with an extension, as is often the case with kitchen-diners, you may need consent from the local council for that, and all the layout changes will need to be drawn on plans for the application. ... With listed buildings, it’s important HOWto get listed building consent from TO TIP the local council before removing a wall. Of course, permission may not be As long as a paintbrush or granted, which could make creating roller has some (water-based) paint on it and the air doesn’t get an open-plan layout impossible. With to it, you can wrap it in a plastic bag leasehold properties, you usually or thin plastic sheet for days without require the permission of the freehaving to wash it out. You can also holder for alternations – knocking store roller trays in plastic bags to down a wall could potentially affect keep the paint in them from drying the whole building. If the work affects out too, or alternatively invest in a shared (party) wall or other shared a tray with a lid. Paint scuttles structure, you may need to serve a parwith lids are another great way to store paint ty wall notice on your adjoining neighmid-job. bours – check with the appropriate government departments for more information.

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LET’S EXPLORE NATURE’S WILD SIDE

BY DONNA ERICKSON

CREATIVE FAMILY FUN

I woke up in my second cousin’s country home in southern Sweden, jet-lagged and eager for a strong cup of Swedish coffee. I had barely gathered my wits about me when Catharina presented me with rain boots and a woven basket.

“I’m going to take you to a secret place in the forest where I forage for chanterelle mushrooms,” she said, as she set a layer of newspaper and a mushroom knife in my basket. “It’s a popular Swedish pastime you must experience.”

Excited by the promise of

adventure, I eagerly followed her steps into the quiet woods on narrow paths and around mossy tree stumps, hunting for the treasure.

But the search was to no avail. Not a single wild mushroom in sight.

“Someone has found my place!” she exclaimed, rather bewildered.

Still enjoying the peacefulness, earthy smells and beauty of the surroundings, we laughed our way home, empty baskets in hand.

Always the generous hostess, she bought some chanterelles at a local market so that I could taste the delicacy, deftly prepared with butter and sweet onions.

Now I make it a point to get a good dose of nature’s own whenever I can. Whether it’s something to see, hear, smell, taste or touch,

discoveries await everyone in the bush... and your own backyard.

Here are some ideas for your family: z Forage for wild leeks in woodsy areas. Chop and sauté with butter for a gourmet addition to omelettes, meats and fish. z Pick dandelions and make a chain necklace. z Pick wild raspberries, blackberries or blueberries. Make jam and bake a pie or cobbler for a sweet treat. z Listen for ducks, frogs and native birds. Record the sounds and make a game of identifying them back home. z Look for and identify bugs under a log or rock, then look up to discover a bird’s nest. Take photos

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5 steps to a more restful bedroom

BY JULIA GRAY ... Our brain produces less of the sleep-inducing hormone melatonin when our eyes are exposed to light, so having a dark bedroom at night could increase your chances of sleep. Fitting blackout curtains and/or blinds is a good way to achieve this and is usually a straightforward DIY job. However, light flairs around the edges of blinds and curtains (a curtain pelmet may prevent this at the top), so you often need both to cut out all or most of the light. Wearing an eye mask can help too. ... It may sound unlikely, but repainting your bedroom walls could help you get more sleep. According to a 2013 survey by Travelodge, those

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People with purple bedrooms got least sleep, which may be because purple is said to be mentally stimulating, followed by brown and grey. If this is true and you have the ‘wrong’ colour walls, it could be time to redecorate. ... Giving your bedroom a feng shui makeover is another option. Feng shui is an ancient Chinese art, based on the idea that the way we arrange things in rooms and buildings affect us. There’s a long list of things to consider if you want to rearrange your bedroom along feng shui lines, including the colour of the walls and the posi-

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for a digital scrapbook. z Collect fallen bark, leaves and pods from trees for natural crafttime supplies. z Grow your own: Plant native plants in your yard that you purchase in local garden centres.

If they have thrived in your area for hundreds of years, they’ll no doubt adapt well under your care.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Learn from a trained guide about proper identification of food and plants in the wild, as many are poisonous and irritating to the skin.

Be sure it is legal to pick or collect specific items before your expedition; stay on designated trails, and follow conservation ethics.

tion of the bed – putting it under a window is said to lead to fitful sleep, for example. Consult a good feng shui book or website to find out what you should and shouldn’t be doing. ... Sweltering summer temperatures can stop us sleeping. A study by wool bedding and homeware specialist The Wool Room found that while more than a third of us put sleeplessness down to being too hot at any time of the year, this rises to more than half during summer. “Ensure your bedroom is well ventilated and cool before going to sleep,” says Chris Tattersall, MD of The Wool Room. “The ideal bedroom temperature for healthy sleep is around 17C and 45 per cent relative humidity. Too hot or too cold bedroom temperatures, or too

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BY JOANN DERSON z Ease the weekday morning time crunch by planning your wardrobe on the weekends. Use a single hanger to gather everything you need for a smart, pulledtogether look. Attach a plastic sandwich bag with accessories to the hanger with a clothespeg, and you’ll be dressed in minutes. z “When my child stopped napping during the day, I had much less time to take care of household chores. So I started recording books on tape for him to listen to while I took care of a few tasks around the house. It’s still quiet

much humidity or dry humidity, can lead to poorer quality sleep by forcing your body to wake up in order to cool down or warm up.” ... Opening the window is the obvious way to keep your bedroom cool, but your bedding can also play a HOWbig part. Research has found that wool bedTO TIP ding allowed 43 per If you need to drill into cent more moisture a wall at a certain depth, transmission out of its put a piece of masking fibres than feather/ tape around the drill bit at the required depth down bedding, and so you can clearly 67 per cent more than see how far to polyester. The average go in. person perspires around 0.5-1 litres of water vapour every night, and wool bedding absorbs this moisture away from the skin so you’re more likely to have a comfortable sleep.

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time, even if he doesn’t actually go to sleep.” – contributed by R.L. z “I purchase extra school supplies when back-to-school time brings the sales. Inevitably, we need extras as the school year wears on, and these items can be pricier later.” – contributed by Y.C. z “I use an over-the-door shoe organiser on the back of the door in our den for homework supplies.

It has large and small pockets, so I can include pens, pencils, paper, stapler, tape and other small supplies, as well as different kinds of paper and folders. We have three kids who all take homework time together, so they have all they need right at their fingertips!” – contributed by M.D.

z “Convenience grocery items are so wonderful, but they can be pricey. If you find something you really like, try buying the ingredients, making several and storing them in plastic containers. My kids have a ball making their own ‘Lunchables’ to take to school for the week.” – contributed by O.P. z Print out a copy of your children’s school lunch calendar, and post it in the kitchen. Your kids can double-check the lunch for the next day to make sure it’s something they will eat. You also can reference it when meal-planning, so you don’t repeat a meal at home that the kids have had at school.

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Stunned by beauty at the Stans

BY ALEX DUDOK DE WIT HERE are tourist attractions, such as Beijing’s Forbidden City, that don’t grab you so much as creep up on you, working their magic by degrees. There are those whose sheer impact is deadened by familiarity: the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal. Then there are the ones that take you by surprise.

The Registan in Uzbekistan’s Samarkand is one of these. I slip under a row of mulberry trees, turn a corner, and it’s there: a vast flagstoned plaza flanked on three sides by towering madrasas (Islamic schools), their azure mosaics glinting in the night illuminations, their minarets reaching for the moon.

It is late, and I have the place to myself. I spend an hour wandering through its silent courtyards, admiring the snaking calligraphy, the ribbed turquoise domes, the eccentric lion motifs, the dizzying gold leaf patterns. Knowing little about this complex before I came, I am bowled over by its outrageous beauty.

The emir of Samarkand began work on the oldest of the three madrasas in the 15th century, when this Silk Road dominion was the cultural hub of Central Asia.

The road – more a network of routes – carried silk, spices, slaves, stones and ideas across Eurasia, and Samarkand grew rich from the trade. The depredations of Timur, the Turco-Mongol warlord who made the city his capital in 1370, only added to its coffers. His dynasty oversaw a construction boom and a flourishing of arts and academia. In its full imperial pomp, the Registan – the old heart of the city – symbolises Samarkand at the peak of its power.

As the Silk Road was superseded by the sea trade, the city declined and fell under the sway of the Russians. Today, situated in Uzbekistan, it retains much of its old-world charm. Its monuments are remarkably well-preserved (if sometimes overzealously restored). The tourism infrastructure is decent, and at every turn I’m hailed by carpet sellers or guides hawking camel trips in the desert – after all, the greatest product on the old Silk Road is now the Silk Road itself. European visitors are beginning to come, and their number will only increase as the Middle East is engulfed by violence.

My first stop is Timur’s mausoleum. It is a fitting introduction to Samarkand, as it contains many of the city’s architectural trademarks: the fluted Persian dome, the dazzling azure mosaics, the matte terracotta bricks. Their influence is felt in the buildings of India’s Mughal Empire (which was founded by Timur’s descendants), among them the Taj Mahal.

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Madrasah Tilla-Kari on Registan square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan. PHOTOS: PA PHOTO/THINKSTOCKPHOTOS; ALEX DUDOK DE WIT.

Inside, the warlord lies beside his sons and teacher, his tomb marked by a block of dark green jade. Stalin, a great admirer of Timur, ordered the tomb to be opened in defiance of the curse placed upon it. The next day, the story goes, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union.

I can see why Stalin was a fan: Timur matched him for ruthlessness and capriciousness. But he is judged by the standards of his time, and on his glorious cultural legacy. As a result, he is a national hero, while Stalin is a monster.

There is also the fact that Stalin led the Soviet Union, under whose watch Uzbekistan’s agriculture was wrecked and people were brutally oppressed.

The country hasn’t forgotten this.

The official line is that Russian imperial rule was tolerable, the Soviets abominable, and the current leader unimpeachable. A quick Google search challenges this view: Uzbekistan’s President Karimov stands accused of jailing journalists and boiling political opponents alive, among other tyrannical pastimes. Of course, nobody mentions this.

A common lament among Uzbeks is that the Soviets crushed their religion.

While there has been a resurgence since independence in 1991, Karimov retains a firm grip on religious institutions, and the majority Sunni population are careful not to display their faith too publicly.

An upshot of this is that most of the country’s famous mosques and madrasas have been secularised. Many are now museums. Inside the staggering Bibi-Khanym Mosque, one of the world’s biggest, I just find a gift shop.

When I veer away from the tourist zones, however, Samarkand’s rich religious history comes to life. Together with a few others from my tour group, I head into the spaghetti alleyways of the city’s old town. We pass intricately carved mulberry doors, some opening out onto tranquil residential courtyards. We encounter a crowd of Muslim men standing in solemn prayer, their palms upturned before them: a funeral.

On a doorpost, Hebrew lettering and a star of David announce our destination.

We have come to see the Gumbaz Synagogue, the home of the city’s Jewish community. The Bukharan Jews, named after the Emirate of Bukhara that used to cover this region, have lived here for millennia; they were once major players in Silk Road commerce. Lately, though, they have emigrated en masse to Israel and Queens, New York, leaving behind a dwindling, ageing population.

A man with tired eyes introduces himself as the rabbi. He leads us into the two modest congregation spaces: one for Ashkenazi Jews, one for Bukharans.

He shows us a collection of antique Talmuds (textbooks) brought here by Poles

fleeing the Nazis. With a weary smile, he explains that the Jewish population has fallen from its peak of 35,000 to 250.

I ask him whether he might ever leave Samarkand, and he replies simply that this has always been his home. As we leave, he points proudly to his chicken coop. “Those birds were born here,” he says.

We wend our way back through the alleys, stopping to buy loaves of crispy bread. A local approaches me with a bag of fine powder, green like Timur’s jade, and invites me to sniff a bit. Diplomatically, I take some, and my head sets on fire. This stuff is more chilli powder than snuff. The man grins, slaps my shoulder and walks off, leaving me in floods of burning tears.

On my last morning, I return to the Registan for a final look. At the base of a minaret, I slip the guard a note, and he lets me in the tower. Hundreds of steps later, I emerge onto the balcony and look down. All of Samarkand stretches out beneath me: a dust-flecked spread of stone and terracotta dotted with luminous blue domes.

The city shimmers in the sandy haze.

And right at this moment, I don’t want to come down. * Alex Dudok de Wit was a guest of G Adventures.

Young Aussies look to Pokemon for travel ideas

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Young Australians are booking their holidays with a game plan, turning to the mobile phenomenon Pokemon Go to shape their itinerary.

More than a third of Aussie millennials will consider domestic and international travel in order to catch ‘em all, stopping at certain landmarks based on their popularity as a PokeStop, according to research

by Hotels.com.

The survey of 500 adults aged under 30 found almost three quarters will log in to the application while on holiday and spend an average

of 3.25 hours each day trying their hand as a Pokemon master.

Those studied listed Sydney’s Opera House and Bondi Beach among the top five world landmarks likely to have a high number of surrounding PokeStops – or places to pick up items such as Pokeballs within the game.

London’s Big Ben and New York City’s Central Park and Times Square rounded out the list.

Many also said they

would look beyond the sea to catch a Horsea, with 27 per cent earmarking Japan’s bustling capital of Tokyo as a Pokemon playground, while six per cent considered a trek to Mount Everest in Nepal.

The augmented reality game has become known for getting gamers off the couch and onto the streets but 34 per cent of those surveyed said they would be more likely to use a Pokegym digitally attached to a hotel rather than the actual gym.

However, given players must walk between two and 10km to hatch one Pokemon egg, 33 per cent of Aussie millennials said they would walk at least five kilometres around AAP a destination each day.

Popular places predicted as perfect pokestops z Big Ben, London z Central Park, New York City z Sydney Opera House, Australia z Times Square, New York City z Bondi Beach, Australia

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Surf’s up amid the royal waves at Waikiki From the shower I can see surfers cutting through waves way out at the reef I was surfing at just earlier.

OU know you got a cut on your eye,” the leather-skinned HaIn the noon heat I take some downwaiian man says to me, squinttime to avoid sunburn and stave exing into the midday sun. haustion from surfing.

“That’s going to attract sharks. You’d At Waikiki I’m constantly spoiled for better paddle into the beach.” choice to fill my time in the middle of Straddling my three-metre longboard the day between surfs. about 300 metres off Waikiki Beach, I can try paddling on an outrigger I think about how hard it would be to canoe, sail the channels on a Polyneget help if I crossed paths with the masian twin-hull catamaran, snorkel, laze rine life way out here. by the pool or on the beach, or perhaps When the Hawaiian turns to face the head up to the hotel’s penthouse spa ocean again, I quickly feel my eyebrow for a traditional Hawaiian lomi lomi where my board had hit me moments massage. earlier as I turtle-rolled If I’m feeling enerunder that last wave. getic I could hike up No blood. the hulking extinct vol“Too bad it’s too shalcanic crater Diamond low for them out here,” Head, known in HawaiI call back, looking ian as Le’ahi, overdown at the reef below looking Waikiki and us.

Honolulu.

If I’m feeling He erupts into chuckOr maybe even rent energetic I could les with me before leta car and drive around ting out a long hoot hike up the hulking the island to check the heralding an approachfamous surf breaks – extinct volcanic ing set.

Makaha, Off the Wall, If surfing is Australcrater Diamond Waimea Bay, Sunset ia’s national obsesBeach and Pipeline.

Head, known in sion, it’s Hawaii’s very My partner knows identity.

Hawaiian as Le’ahi, exactly what she’s doThe world’s first surfing – shopping, and overlooking Waikiki ers were Hawaiian, and doing it well. We didn’t and Honolulu... Or Hawaiian icon Duke realise it before but Kahanamoku popularWaikiki is up there maybe even drive ised the sport in Austhe top shopping around the island to with tralia when he held a in the Pacific. surfing demonstration check the famous And I’m not just talkat Sydney’s Freshwater ing about tourist knicksurf breaks.

Beach in 1914. knacks or traditional At the centre of it The perfect cobalt blues and corduroy lines of surf at Waikiki Beach, where Hawaiian Hawaiian souvenirs icon Duke Kahanamoku always surfed. The beach is also where the OceanFest is held all is Waikiki Beach, a perfect stretch – the world’s fashion leaders are here in his honour every year. PHOTO: AAP IMAGE of sand with 25-30C, partly cloudy to too: Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Armani, Forsunny days nearly year-round. ever 21, Macys, H&M and many more.

The waves here are so gentle, glassy I take a raincheck on shopping and tory and culture of Hawaii.

So when the Duke’s was designed and crumbling that only Hawaiian royhead down the Hula Grill for a late it was primarily a place where all the It’s a delicate and subtle way to teach als were allowed to surf here in the breakfast – Portuguese sausage, capbeach boys will always be welcome. guests about the local traditions. But pre-colonial days. sicum and sweet potato hash topped there are also more hands-on cultural Gentle Hawaiian slack guitar with The main surf break is called with two fried eggs. activities for guests to try like flower rising and falling vocals waft through Queens, named after Hawaii’s Queen Waikiki has a little something to lei making, hula dancing. the air with the hoots of laughter from Liliuokalani. offer every holidaymaker, no matter However, the Duke’s Waikiki, on the holidaymakers every afternoon on this Today Waikiki is the quintessential what your taste is. ground floor of the Outrigger, is really beach. beach holiday destination globally – Back in my room to get changed for the paragon of the entire beach scene.

I make a few quick strokes before the chic, sophisticated, fun, trashy and an afternoon surf, I find a card left on Up until it was renovated into it’s gentle wave rolls into behind my board timeless at the same time. my bed. current open-air and wood-furniture and I hear the skimming sound as I You don’t have to be a royal to surf Each day there’s another morsel of form, the bars had big glass windows pick up speed and slide down the face. here any more, but if you want sand information about Hawaiian culture, and air conditioning and horrible orI lazily pop up and turn, careright on your doorstep there are just this one about greetings. ange formica tables. fully dodging beginners grappling seven beachfront hotels.

The hotel is adorned with pictures, Worse still, Hawaii’s iconic beach their boards and faffing about in the And I paddle to the one right in the ornaments and placards about the hisboys weren’t really welcome. shallows. middle – the Outrigger Waikiki Beach.

Just when I think it’s over the wave First opened by Roy and Estelle Keldrops away again on a second reef ley in 1947, the Kelley ohana, or family, IF YOU GO and reforms, with a fresh glassy wall still owns the hotel, which is a local steepening. z GETTING THERE: Jetstar, Qantas and Hawaiian Airlines fly directly to Honolulu institution. from Australia. Jetstar’s prices start at $654 return from Sydney.

As the wave finally folds over ahead Many of the staff have worked here of me I straighten out and shuffle my z STAYING THERE: Outrigger Waikiki Beach offers city-view rooms starting at for their entire careers, for decades, $US200 ($A260) per night. feet up the nose slightly so it carries me and many have parents who also into the beach. z PLAYING THERE: There’s almost no end to the tourist attractions available in worked here.

Waikiki including surfing, snorkelling, hiking, shopping, fine dining and much, much At Waikiki it’s never a question of The staff are always smiling and more. how long you want your ride to be. chirpy as they walk the corridors and z Hawaii’s premier ocean sports festival Duke’s OceanFest, to be held from August You’ve only got to think about how restaurants, bidding “aloha” to guests 20 to 28, includes surfing, volleyball, swim, stand-up paddle-boarding, tandem surfAAP you’re going to get back. walking by. ing and surfboard polo events, as well as traditional Hawaiian music, films and food.

My room looks over the beach right Most events cost between $US10 ($A13)-$US60 ($A80) to enter and you can do that * The writer was a guest of Outrigger to Diamond Head and the cobalt blues online at http://dukesoceanfest.com/applications.

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In tune with Wendy

Singing as a backing singer with a group she hung out with a bit in LA, called “The Little River Band”, brought Wendy Mathews on tour to Australia with them in 1983 where she firmly planted her Canadian-born feet, appeared regularly with the Models and recorded a string of solo hits to secure her a place in the nation’s heart and rock royalty alongside the likes of Kate Ceberano and Jimmy Barnes. In October she’ll be taking to the stage at a day on the green in Mudgee, and we probably have Glen Shorrock to thank for bringing Ms Mathews Downunder. AS TOLD TO Yvette Aubusson-Foley PHOTOGRAPHY A day on the green The songs that I feel are close to me you never get sick of. I think if you go for a trend or some sort of fashion in music, then you could really get damn sick of it after a while. Their stories are relevant and they change according to who wants to hear them and who’s listening and it’s a nice thing for me.

I guess what I’m saying is it depends on your material, so luckily my material is my friend (laughs).

My favourite song changes on the night. It really does depend on what’s going on that week, that day or that night. Sometimes, I’ll have a whole lot of fun with a song, or get particularly emotional doing another one. It just depends on what’s going on.

Prior to releasing the “Billie and Me” album, my piano player and I found ourselves in a huge piano factory a couple of years ago in Newcastle and it was just an amazing space, so we put up some microphones and started recording some songs that we’d been playing just on our down time.

To me that stuff is what I grew up in my parent’s home. They were young parents in the ‘60s and they had an eclectic music collection, but I never really heard the craft of the songs. They’re completely different creatures. I really got into the way they used to craft songs.

Before there were drummers up the back of your head, the mu-

sicians used to follow the singer.

It’s just an exercise we wanted to do, and we recorded them in two days.

We call them the white room sessions. I’ve got a few more women I’d like to record and put under that banner as well. They’re just quick projects that we sometimes move from our downtime to a recording.

With this Billie stuff, I don’t have a drummer, and that’s what’s really refreshing. There’s stand up bass, guitar and piano and it’s just us four chickens. They do follow me a little bit more which is completely different to locking it into a beat where nobody moves either side of it.

I’ve very grateful for how ‘in tune’ we are. We’ve been playing together for a long, long time, and you’re right, it’s a part of it.

` My mother always played piano. She taught disabled children through music, actually.

My father thought he was musical, but he wasn’t at all but there was always lots and lots of music around the house, it was just part of everything.

I’ve lived here twice as long as when I ever lived in Canada. It’s where my mother is and my family. When I go back there, I feel much more of a tourist, than I do here, that’s for sure.

When I was 13, 14, 15 we had little blues bands. My mother always played piano. She taught disabled children through music, actually. My father thought he was musical, but he wasn’t at all, but there was always lots and lots of music around the house, it was just part of everything.

Moving to Australia wasn’t a conscious one. I’d been living in Los Angeles where I ended up again just by chance for about seven years and I was hanging out with this band called “The Little River Band”, and Glen Shorrock brought me down here to do a tour with him and I realised once I’d gotten out of LA I was much happier and healthier and Australia was much much more to my sensibilities. It’s much more similar to Canada than the USA. Just before I turned 40 – years back! (laughs) – I thought if I reach 40 and I’ve got only a closet full of work clothes to show for all my work I’m going to be really pissed off, and if the world ends tomorrow and I’ve got a closet instead of a piece of land, I’m going to be really pissed off, so I just worked towards it and eventually got a little piece of land and in 2012 I moved up [to Coffs Har-

bour] where I’ve got a little home and this is where I live now.

I’ve got 10 acres and I live here by myself with my dogs but I’m away a lot. It was pretty scarey at first, I thought I’d never word again (laughs). I was just going to take the chance; it was just a different quality of life. It’s more difficult. It’s a lot more hands on but the moments of beauty just knock me over sometimes and its so worth it.

A day on the green shows are really fun days. We have just as much fun backstage as everyone in front of the stage catching up and just hanging out, so it’s just a really lovely feeling about it. I’ve met a whole lot of people in the last couple of years doing these shows, but I get to hang out with my friends like Grace Knight, Ray Thistlewaite, and lots of other folks, so they’re really nice catch up days, and we all get to go somewhere like Mudgee.

I’ve done a few a day on the greens in the past, but just as me, not part of something else. It’s a bit different this one, I think, with all these bands.

We all have five songs. It’s sort of a house band we all know – unless you’re a band ‘band’. There’s obviously songs that we’re best known for and obviously that’s what people are coming to hear and sing along too, so they’ll be hearing our greatest hits.

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Jane Green continues to wear

BY KATE WHITING THE BOOKCASE

O BOOK OF THE WEEK Falling by Jane Green is published in hardback by Macmillan.

MOVING to the suburbs and falling in love with a hunky man is a fantasy for many of us, but author Jane Green is proof of a success story.

It’s been 20 years since the former feature writer left journalism – and London – for America to work on her debut novel Bookends, and she has never looked back.

Like many of her earlier works such as The Beach House, Summer Secrets and Girl Friday, Green’s 18th book has been inspired by her own life. It touches on the familiar themes of class wars, love and family: the protagonist Emma Montague swaps her upper-crust English life and dull boyfriend Rufus for a financial career in New York, before switching up from the Big Apple to a beach cottage in Westport, Connecticut like the author herself.

Emma immediately falls in love with her landlord (just as Jane did), who is also a father to six-year-old son Jesse.

Together, the new couple have to learn to overcome their differences and deal with the curveballs life throws at them if they are to make their relationship work.

Falling, also billed as A Love Story, is the perfect winter escapist read – it will make you laugh and cry, showing why Green continues to wear the ‘chick-lit’ crown.

Rating: 9/10 (Review by Shereen Low)

With bestsellers including The Beach House and Summer Secrets already on her credit list, fans of Jane Green have been looking forward to her latest release “Falling”. PHOTO: IAN WARBURG

O FICTION The Secrets Of Wishtide by Kate Saunders is published in hardback by Bloomsbury.

MEET Laetitia Rodd, a widow in “reduced circumstances” who also happens to be an ace undercover private detective. The first novel in a new series by award-winning author and journalist Kate Saunders, this is a breath of fresh air.

Set in the Victorian era, there are charming nods to history such as when Mrs Rodd makes rabbit pie or dons black silk for mourning. This case involves travelling to Wishtide in Lincolnshire, disguised as a governess, to investigate the background of a so-called “unsuitable” woman set to marry a rich man’s heir.

A deceptively gentle read, it’s packed with pithy observations about human nature and Mrs Rodd makes a genuinely likeable character you can’t help but root for.

Luckily, there are already plans for five more books in the Laetitia Rodd Mystery series. Can’t wait.

9/10 (Review by Gill Oliver) Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters is published in hardback by Century.

Victor’s latest mission is proving trickier than usual. A former slave turned slave catcher, he inhabits an

America that’s the same as the country we know today... only different. In this distorted present, the American Civil War never happened.

Slavery – complete with horrifically modernised forms of incarceration and torture – still exists in a handful of Southern states known as the Hard Four.

With abolitionists defeated, clandestine

groups that free individuals provide the only glimmers of hope. It’s these ‘underground airlines’ that the morally ambiguous Victor is up against. But what is it that his bosses are trying to hide?

This is a counterfactual novel in the Fatherland mode and similarly has a terrific premise. But any momentum created by Winters, also author of dystopian trilogy, The Last Policeman, is stymied by over-complicated plotting and overloaded description.

Still, the haunting scenes of slavery in the Hard Four will stay with you.

6/10 (Review by Jackie Kingsley) Blackwater by James Henry is published

in hardback by riverrun.

AUTHOR James Henry has taken what he learned from writing three prequels to R.D. Wingfield’s popular DI Jack Frost series and created this police procedural novel set in Essex, UK, featuring DI Nick Lowry, a hard-bitten cop with a talent for boxing.

Set in 1980’s Colchester, the story is very much centred

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the ‘chick-lit’ crown around this being a garrison town. This plot line is bolstered by the typical top army brass, and army boxing organiser, which cause Nick no end of trouble during his investigation into an incident involving two soldiers, when what started as a drunken accident escalates into murder.

It’s a well-paced read with the events only spanning a short timeline, and serves its purpose to introduce us to Lowry and his immediate colleagues, yet it leaves some loose ends, allowing the development of each character in later novels.

However, I found it a too familiar and therefore not outstanding in the genre.

6/10 (Review by Phil Robinson)

O NON-FICTION Turner: The Extraordinary Life And Momentous Times of J. M. W. Turner by Franny Moyle is published in hardback by Viking.

FRANNY MOYLE starts her biography of Turner at his death.

His living arrangements are scandalous and irregular – po-

tentially reputation ruining.

Even worse, how will this affect the value of his work for his dealers and patrons?

For an artist with a controversial career and mixed standing among critics, his fame had been hard won. Moyle then looks at how he got to where he ended up – in a rather eccentric place.

He had a troubled early child-

hood – the family blighted by his mother’s mental illness. His father was a wig maker in Covent Garden. Turner showed his artistic talent early, selling pictures in his father’s shop.

Later in life, he found it hard to sell his paintings, even when offered large sums of money, as he didn’t want to part with them. He always had a sense of his own value as an artist – from setting high price tags to bequeathing his work to the nation.

Others didn’t always agree.

Critics found his later, more impressionistic work difficult.

He was the Damien Hirst of his day, but Turner always went his own way.

Moyle’s book contains a number of illustrations, but this isn’t a coffee table book to flick through and admire the pictures. If you liked Mike Leigh’s Mr Turner film, you’ll probably find this interesting to fill in the canvas of the whole of Turner’s life.

6/10 (Review by Bridie Pritchard)

O CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK Macavity’s Not There! A Lift-the-Flap Book by T.S. Eliot and Arthur Robins is published in hardback by Faber & Faber.

T.S. ELIOT’S Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats is the poetry collection that keeps on giving. First published by Faber in 1939, it spawned Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1980s musical Cats (currently undergoing a US revival) and even Axel Scheffler illustrated a version in 2009.

In 2014, the publishers teamed up with illustrator Arthur Robins to bring Eliot’s characters to a new generation, with Macavity: The Mystery Cat, followed last year by Mr. Mistoffelees: The Conjuring Cat and Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat. Now Macavity’s had the Where’s Spot? treatment in this clever lift-the-flap version, purrfectly using Eliot’s refrain: ‘Macavity’s not there!’ Not convinced Macavity would want to be in a bubble bath, but hey, there’s a lot to admire in this simple, beautifully illustrated addition to the Eliot spin-off canon.

7/10 (Review by Kate Whiting)

Thanks Amazon, the Indies From the will take it from here bookshelves ADVERTORIAL

UMOROUS Literary Quotations” by Fred Metcalf has been taken from the shelves and extracts used to introduce the interesting life in a bookstore, be it for customers or those who spend their daylight hours there.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1792) said: “I hate books: they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.”

A book which might relate is George Marshall’s “Don’t Even Think About It” which examines why brains are wired to ignore climate change.

George Carlin is quoted as saying, “I went to a bookshop and asked the saleswoman ‘Where is the self-help section?’

She said if she told me it would defeat the purpose.”

First published in 1988, “Being Happy” has sold over 2 million copies. Promoted as a handbook to greater confidence and security, it helps us understand ourselves, become more prosperous, and even why you can drive an old wreck for 15 years and never have it scratched... and then dent your new car after two days.

British comedian Jimmy Carr says, “I’m dyslexic. There was a sign outside our school that said ‘SLOW CHILDREN’ which didn’t do anything for our self-esteem.

Then again we couldn’t read it.”

There appears to be a belief that boys are generally reluctant to begin reading – James Moloney has written “Boys and Books” which examines the

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vital role of parents and how to create a positive reading initiative.

At times we are asked how we are handling competition from the internet. With developing technologies, the book industry has experienced some interesting changes. Authors can prepare and edit their transcripts with ease compared with 20 years ago. With so much irregular behaviour at all levels of life, a non-fiction book will be written and published as soon as it is legally acceptable to do so.

Brad Norington has just released “Planet Jackson – Power, Greed and Unions”. Kathy Jackson was hailed as a heroine for blowing the whistle on the million-dollar fraud of Michael Williamson, the corrupt boss of the Health Services Union. She endured bitter personal attacks from enemies in the Labor Party and Union movement. It asks the question whether Jackson was just as corrupt.

“Market Failure, Government Failure, Leadership and Public Policy” by Wallis and Dollery

examines the global wave of reform and the impact of transforming both the nature and the role of the state in the advanced national economies. With our daily dose of media, it is inevitable that politicians are a key feature and this is a fertile bed for writing books about them. We have books written about Malcolm Turnbull, Gough Whitlam, John Howard, Bill Shorten, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, and just about every Prime Minister since Federation.

Martin Seligman is the author of “Authentic Happiness“ – he writes on using the new positive psychology for us to realise our potential for lasting fulfilment. The book focuses on the strengths, asserting that happiness is not the result of good genes or luck, but it can be cultivated by identifying and using many of the strengths and traits that we already possess, such as kindness, originality, humour and optimism. He also wrote “Learned Optimism”.

“Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience, this is the ideal life” – Mark Twain reflects experiences in bookstores.

A few years back a couple from Pennsylvania visited – he was a grandson of William Ogilvie and was pleased to

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by Dave Pankhurst The Book Connection find a presentable second-hand copy of Ogilvie’s poetry on the shelves. They were travelling to visit Bourke where Ogilvie worked back in the late 1800s.

Another second-hand book is the “Collected Poems of Arthur Albert Bayldon” – the one we have is #7 in a print-run of 600, signed by the author, dated 1932. The poems first appeared in The Bulletin, The Triad, Steel Rudd’s Magazine, the Daily Telegraph, and their emphasis was on bush people and experiences.

One of the great minds of last century was Winston Churchill, and James Humes has written “The Prophetic Statesman” which examines the analysis and decision process of Churchill. Quoting from page 74, “Liberalism is not Socialism, and will never be. There is a great gulf fixed. It is not only a gulf of method, it is a gulf of principle... Socialism wants to pull down wealth. Liberalism seeks to raise up poverty. Socialism seeks to kill enterprise. Liberalism seeks to rescue enterprise from the trammels of privilege of preference. Socialism attacks capital. Liberalism attacks monopoly.” Our nation is desperate for a political brain that can recognise this understanding, let alone put it into practice and a bookstore is just the place to

gain this information.

“Reading maketh a full man, conference, a ready man, and writing, an exact man.” (Francis Bacon in “Treasury of Familiar Quotations”.) Many parents read to their small children each evening – it is a time of bonding, a time of encouragement for little ones, and a development of reading values. A frequent request is for Bible stories and some publishers present some appropriate titles to suit the growing age. If you read the Holy Bible it would be easy to recognise how our society has degenerated, in direct parallel to the way the teachings have been abandoned.

The internet sales-making revolution began around 1997 and in 20 years has impacted on world trade, affecting everything from government tax collection to booksellers.

In the English speaking world there has been a real effort by bookstores to compete, making their marketing mix attractive to their local markets.

Adopted from the “Independents” in the American Booksellers Association, we have a sign on the wall near the sales counter which notes “Thanks Amazon. The Indies will take it from here.”

Enjoy your browsing, Dave Pankhurst.

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SE E EE Mudgee poet Jorie Ryan, Alison Whittaker, Fiona Wright and Ellen van Neerven robustly Australian poetry landscape at the Mudgee Reader’s Festival. ABC Western Plains presenter Dugald Saunders also takes to the stage (yep, he’s a real person) to chat with Evan McHugh, author of a number of books on the Australian Outback (his latest serving is called “The Shearers”), which is a definitive history of these tough and hard-working men and their influence on Australia’s national character. Perhaps you’d be interested in spending time with the winner of The Stella Prize (a major event on the Australian literary calendar which draws attention to some of the best and brightest contemporary books). Charlotte Wood, and shortlisted authors Fiona Wright and Ellen van Neerven talk to Stella Schools ambassador, Emily Maguire and Stella Prize judge, Geordie Williamson, about the value and meaning of the prize and its programs.

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H E A R EAR the voice that stopped Eurovision fans in their tracks the world over! Dami Im will be performing at Dubbo RSL on Saturday, October 8, as part of her ‘Yesterday Once More’ 36-date national tour.

It will be the first time that Dami has performed in Dubbo. Tickets are selling out everywhere and promoters say it’s an exceptional show. Dami along with her band, perform songs from The X-Factor (of which she won in 2013), the Eurovision hit ‘Sound of Silence’ (yes!!!!), her own hit singles ‘Alive’, ‘Gladiator’, ‘Smile’, plus a selection of songs from her new album “Classic Carpenters” which is still riding high in the charts after four months of release.

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EAR plenty of literary talk at the the Mudgee Reader’s Festival this weekend. Guest speakers include internationally bestselling author Kate Forsyth author of over 40 books who will discuss fairytales and storytelling with Suzanne Leal. Candice Fox, whose new thriller “Never Never” – co-written with James Patterson – turns the Australian outback into a sinister hunting ground, and is a back-to-back Ned Kelly Awards winner, will talk murder and mayhem with Jenn McLeod.

David Dyer discusses his retelling of the sinking of the Titanic and The Californian, a ship which failed to respond to its distress signals in a psychological thriller “The Midnight Watch”. Jump online to see more of the schedule which is packed with plenty of events to keep writers and readers enthralled.

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EE daffodils here and daffodils there all throughout August for Daffodil Day month (!!). But, the only way it’s going to happen is if you volunteer or encourage someone you know to lend their time to this great cause. Proceeds from the sale of the daffodils help Cancer Council NSW support people affected by cancer. If you can’t volunteer, there are ways to support Daffodil Day and include wearing a daffodil pin, making a donation and purchasing merchandise online or at stalls on Daffodil Day. Daffodil Day officially falls on Friday, August 26, 2016 which marks 30 years of Daffodil Day being marked in Australia.

It is one of the largest fundraising events in the southern hemisphere and since its inception has raised over $133 million for life-saving cancer research, support services and prevention programs.

Each year over 5,000 volunteers across 650 sites across NSW band together to give their time. Last year $2.9 million was raised.

By supporting Cancer Council’s Daffodil Day, the community contributes to a brighter, cancer-free future.

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DO O join racing royalty John Letts when he visits Narromine on August 23 for the Emirates Melbourne Cup Tour. The two-time Melbourne Cup winning jockey participate in a range of exciting Cup festivities in Narromine as part of its fourteenth annual Tour of Australasia.

An Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductee, secured an impressive two Melbourne Cup wins during his illustrious career, the first atop Piping Lane in 1973 and then on Beldale Ball, owned by the late Lady Susan Renouf and Robert Sangster, in 1989.

While in Narromine the Cup will engage with the local community at a number of events arranged by the Narromine Turf Club, including primary and secondary school visits and a civic reception held by the United Services Memorial Club.

In 2016 the Emirates Melbourne Cup Tour will travel to 34 towns and cities across Australia and New Zealand, providing communities with the opportunity to experience the iconic $175,000 18-carat gold trophy firsthand, before it returns to Flemington on Tuesday November 1 for the ‘race that stops a nation™’.

Narromine residents are encouraged to post images with the Cup to Instagram using #EmiratesMelbourneCup and #PeoplesCup for the chance to win a Myer shopping voucher, with the overall winner receiving a trip for two to 2016 Emirates Melbourne Cup Day. *

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EMENTIA Awareness Month: You Are Not Alone – Memory Van to visit Dubbo Dubbo residents and visitors to town are being encouraged to find out more about dementia during Dementia Awareness Month, in September, so people living with the condition feel less isolated and alone.

As part of Dementia Awareness Month, the Alzheimer’s Australia NSW Memory Van will be visiting the Aboriginal Rugby Knockout, Caltex Park, Dubbo, on Saturday, September 24.

The Memory Van visit is supported by Catholic Community Services. Dementia Awareness Month runs throughout September and this year’s theme is You Are Not Alone. World Alzheimer’s Day is on Wednesday, September 21, 2016.

There will be a range of other events throughout the State during September as part of Dementia Awareness Month. Visit nsw.fightdementia.org.au for details.

Dementia Awareness Month 2016 is supported by financial assistance from the Australian Government and the NSW Government.

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As the singers present solos, duets, trios and ensemble pieces from some of the best loved operatic and classical repertoire. VOCI STUPENDE is a not for profit organization which exists solely to give fledgling singers and accompanists opportunities to showcase their talent and share their passion for classical music across Australia. This troupe are Sydney Conservatorium of Music graduates. For more information about them and their fantastic performance visit http://www.vocistupende. com/#!our-performers/cmip.

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Friday, August 12 Nigella Express

MOVIE: No Strings Attached

SBS, 6pm If there’s one celebrity cook who you don’t mind watching over and over again, It’s Nigella Lawson. And given how distractingly sexy her delivery can be, a second viewing may actually be necessary of you want to pick up the details of the recipes. So a re-run of this 2007 series isn’t a bad option for a Friday night. The UK’s favourite domestic goddess is focusing on food that can be made in a hurry, and in a flash she whips up steak with white bean mash as a weeknight dinner for one, then it’s curry to feed the whole family for weekend lunch. In an age of clean eating and fitspiration, Nigella’s love of a solid meal is a relief.

ABC

ELEVEN, 8.30pm, M (2011) Oscar-winner Natalie Portman (Black Swan) enters into rom-com territory to star alongside Ashton Kutcher in this light-hearted romp. A spin on the friends-with-benefits theme, trainee doctor Emma (Portman) and production assistant Adam (Kutcher), who have known each other for years, share an intimate moment after another chance meeting. While Adam is smitten, ambitious Emma insists they leave their emotions at the door and go with the flow in a casual relationship. The two leads are easy on the eyes and the script offers some funny moments.

PRIME7

Tony Robinson’s Time e Walks ABC, 8pm er known to The amiable historian – still better ontinues his many as Blackadder’s Baldrick – continues ralia, which travels back in time around Australia, own of tonight take him to the seaside town m Geelong. Just down the road from he Melbourne, it could have been the state capital, but for a quirk of nature, as the inquisitive Tony (pictured) discovers on his stroll..

Also on his radar are prison escapees who were never seen again, false maps and hiding he horses, and he mixes it up with the akes’ locals as he recreates Nathan Deakes’ n world-record-setting race walk on tory the waterfront. This popular History Channel series will wrap up nextt week, so enjoy it while you can.

NINE

WIN

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. (R, CC) PC Penhale is shocked after his ex-wife reappears.

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) 5.00 ABC News: Early Edition.

(CC) 5.30 The Drum. (CC)

6.00 Sunrise. (CC) David Koch and Samantha Armytage present the news, sport and weather, as well as Olympic Games coverage.

9.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 6: Daytime. Events include: men’s 200m backstroke final, women’s 100m freestyle final.

2.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Highlights. (CC) Host Kylie Gillies recaps the day’s competition at the Rio Olympic Games.

5.00 The Chase Australia. (CC) Contestants race to answer quiz questions correctly to avoid being caught by The Chaser.

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

11.30 Morning News. (CC) 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG, R, CC) Variety show.

1.00 MOVIE: The Grace Card. (M, R, CC) (2010) A bitter cop is teamed with a young police officer who is questioning his decision to join the force.

Michael Joiner, Michael Higgenbottom, Louis Gossett Jr. 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 The Home Team. (R, CC) 7.00 WIN News. (R, CC) 8.00 Ent. Tonight.

(PG, R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG, CC) 11.00 The Talk. (PG, CC) 12.00 Dr Phil. (M, R, CC) 1.00 The Living Room.

(PG, R, CC) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight.

(CC) 2.30 Ben’s Menu. (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 Al Jazeera English News. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News.

9.30 Greek News From Cyprus.

10.30 German News.

11.00 Spanish News.

12.00 Arabic News.

12.30 Turkish News.

1.00 PBS NewsHour.

2.00 Fonko: Angola And Ghana. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 The Point Review.

3.30 Thai Street Food With David Thompson. (R, CC) 4.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Fiona Bruce.

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

(R, CC)

6.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) Hosted by Fiona Bruce.

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

8.00 Tony Robinson’s Time Walks: Geelong. (CC) Host Tony Robinson heads to Geelong, which missed out on being Victoria’s capital thanks to a quirk of nature.

8.30 New Tricks. (PG, R, CC) After the body of a lottery winner is found in the foundations of a swimming pool, the team investigates.

9.30 Miniseries: Exile.

(M, R, CC) Part 1 of 3.

With his career in ruins, a washed-up journalist returns to his hometown to reconnect with his father.

10.30 Lateline. (R, CC) Emma Alberici hosts a news analysis program featuring coverage of current events.

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

11.20 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (M, R, CC) Special guest is Stephen Mangan.

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

(CC) 7.00 In Rio Today. (CC) Hamish McLachlan shares all the golden moments and performances from the Rio Olympic Games.

9.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 7: Evening. Hosted

by Hamish McLachlan.

Includes continued In Rio Today coverage and live events. This year’s competition will hold events across four different areas: Copacabana, where the beautiful beaches will be used in volleyball events, Barra, which is home to Rio’s Olympic Park, Deodoro, where the aquatic, BMX and equestrian events will be held, and Maracanã, which is home to the Maracanã Stadium where the opening and closing ceremonies of the games will take place.

10.30 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 7: Late Night.

Hosted by Mel McLaughlin.

Events include: athletics, men’s and women’s preliminaries and finals.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 A Current Affair. (CC) 7.30 Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 23. Brisbane Broncos v Parramatta Eels.

From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

10.10 MOVIE: The Glimmer Man. (MA15+, R, CC) (1996) A mystical, softly-spoken New York detective is transferred to Los Angeles to work alongside a streetwise police officer to investigate a series of murders where the victims have been displayed ritually. Steven Seagal, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Brian Cox.

6.00 WIN News. (CC) 6.30 The Project. (CC) Waleed Aly, Gorgi Coghlan, Anthony “Lehmo” Lehmann and Meshel Laurie take a look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Living Room. (PG, CC) Amanda interviews Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley. Dr Chris heads to Lord Howe Island.

8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M, R, CC) A fast-paced, irreverent look at news, with Ed Kavalee, Sam Pang, Urzila Carlson, Glenn Robbins and Neroli Meadows, competing to see who can remember the most about events of the week.

Guest quiz master is Ange Postecoglou. Hosted by Tom Gleisner.

9.30 All-Star Family Feud.

(PG, R, CC) Radio presenters compete to raise money for charity by guessing responses to a survey of the public.

10.30 Life In Pieces. (PG, R, CC) Matt coaches Colleen on how to connect with his family when he invites her to brunch.

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

6.00 Nigella Express. (R, CC) English TV personality Nigella Lawson prepares a flash fried steak with white-bean mash and a curry.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 In The Shadow Of The Moon. (R, CC) The surviving members of NASA’s Apollo missions to the Moon between 1968 and 1972 are reunited to tell the dramatic story of humanity’s only journey to another world. Includes remastered archival footage, much of which has never-before been seen by the public.

9.20 1964. (CC) Takes a look at some of the most influential figures of 1964, a pivotal year in the US Civil Rights movement, as well as revealing the stories of ordinary Americans whose actions would help change the country.

11.25 MOVIE: Gainsbourg.

(M, R, CC) (2010) Charts the life of French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, from his youth in Paris to his death in 1991. Eric Elmosnino, Lucy Gordon, Laetitia Casta.

12.00 Rage. (MA15+) Continuous music programming.

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

12.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 7: Overnight.

Events include: athletics; swimming, women’s 50m freestyle and 4x100m medley relay.

12.10 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.45 Anger Management.

(M, R, CC) 3.15 Nine Presents. (R, CC) Music special.

3.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.00 Global Shop.

4.30 The Baron. (PG, R) 5.30 Extra. (CC)

12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. (CC) 1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG, CC) Comedian Stephen Colbert interviews a variety of guests from the worlds of film, politics, business and music.

2.00 Home Shopping.

1.40 The Gatekeepers.

(M, R, CC) 3.30 Lost Kingdoms Of South America: Stone At The Centre. (PG, R, CC) 4.35 No Budget. (M, R, CC) 4.45 In Transit. (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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DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

8.30pm Spy (2015) Comedy.

Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne.

An analyst is sent into the field to take down an arms dealer.

(MA15+) Comedy

8.30pm In The Club. Follows six couples who attended a parenting class together during pregnancy. (M) BBC First

8.30pm How The Other Half Live. A poor boy meets a privileged family. (PG) Lifestyle

7.00am Golf. USPGA Tour.

John Deere Classic. First round.

Fox Sports 3

9.30pm For The Love Of Cars. Two men restore an Aston Martin DBS. (PG) Discovery Turbo

7.50pm Rugby League. NRL. Round 23. Brisbane Broncos v Parramatta Eels. Fox Sports 1

9.10pm The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) Animation. Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown. (G) Family 10.05pm Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) Comedy. Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant. (M) Romance

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.00 Wallykazam! 5.25 Sarah And Duck. (R) 5.30 Hoot Hoot Go! (R, CC) 5.40 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.50 Kazoops! (R, CC) 6.00 Hey Duggee. (R, CC) 6.10 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.20 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.35 Teacup Travels. (R) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion.

(R, CC) 8.15 Gruen Pitch Rewind.

(R, CC) 8.30 The Hoarder Next Door.

(PG, R, CC) A look at extreme hoarders.

9.15 How Drugs Work: Ecstacy. (MA15+, R, CC) 10.15 Dirty Laundry. (M, R, CC) 11.05 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. (M, R) 11.45 Sherlock. (M, R, CC) 1.15 Jimmy Fallon. (PG, R) 1.55 News Update.

(R) 2.00 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 Thunderbirds Are Go. (R, CC) 3.45 Little Lunch. (R, CC) 4.00 Odd Squad. (R) 4.25 Game On. 4.40 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. (R, CC) 5.05 Camp Lakebottom. (R) 5.30 Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness. (R) 5.55 BtN Newsbreak. (CC) 6.00 Make It Pop! (R, CC) 6.25 Backstage. (CC) 6.50 BtN Newsbreak. (CC) 7.00 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 7.30 Officially Amazing.

(R, CC) 8.00 Adventure Time. (PG, R) 8.20 Total Drama Action.

(R, CC) 8.45 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) Zoe pushes the cheer squad too hard.

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.

8.30pm Law & Order: SVU. Amaro is put in an uncomfortable situation.

(MA15+) Universal Channel 8.30pm Saving Hope.

(MA15+) SoHo

7.50pm Football. AFL. Round 21. Western Bulldogs v Collingwood. Fox Footy

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.

7TWO

9GO!

6.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 6: Morning. 9.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 6: Daytime. Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro.

12.00 Better Homes. (R, CC) 1.00 Mr Selfridge. (PG, CC) 2.00 Dealers Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. (PG, R) 3.00 Australia’s Best Backyards. (R, CC) 3.30 The Outdoor Room With Jamie Durie.

(R, CC) 4.00 Best Houses Australia.

(R) 4.30 60 Minute Makeover. (PG, R) 6.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) 7.30 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 6: Highlights.

Relive some of the best events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro.

8.30 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 7: Evening.

Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro.

12.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 7: Overnight.

7MATE

6.00 Children’s Programs. 1.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge.

(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 Looney Tunes. (R) 4.30 Gumball. (R) 5.00 Steven Universe. 5.30 Teen Titans. (PG, R) 6.00 Regular Show. (PG, R) 6.30 MOVIE: Flight Of The Navigator.

(R) (1986) Joey Cramer, Paul Reubens.

8.30 MOVIE: Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment. (M, R, CC) (1985) New police recruits cause chaos. Steve Guttenberg.

10.15 MOVIE: Summer School.

(M, R) (1987) Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley. 12.10 Way Stranger Than Fiction. (M) 1.10 Surfing Australia TV. (R, CC) 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 Dino Charge. (PG, R) 4.30 Beware The Batman. (M, R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-GiOh! (PG, R)

9GEM

6.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 6: Morning. 9.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 6: Daytime. Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro. 12.00 Hardcore Pawn. (M, R) 3.00 The Neighbors. (PG, CC) 3.30 Seinfeld.

(PG, R, CC) 4.00 Turtleman. (PG, R) 4.30 American Pickers. (PG, R) 6.30 Pawn Stars. (PG, R, CC) The gang appraises items including a copy of The Beatles album Yesterday and Today.

7.30 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 21. Western Bulldogs v Collingwood. From Etihad Stadium, Melbourne.

10.30 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 7: Evening.

Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro.

12.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 7: Overnight. Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro.

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. 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. 3.25 ABC Open. (R) 3.30 BBC Africa. 4.00 Al Jazeera. 5.00 BBC Business Live. 5.25 Lateline. (R, CC) 5.55 Heywire. (R)

ABC NEWS

9.30pm My Floating Home.

(PG) Lifestyle Home

6.00 Infomercials. (PG) 7.00 Creflo. (PG) 7.30 Infomercials. (PG) 10.30 Come Dine With Me. (PG, R) 11.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 MOVIE: Whisky Galore. (R, CC) (1949) 1.50 Come Dine With Me. (PG, R) 2.20 Monarch Of The Glen.

(PG, R) 3.20 Heartbeat. (PG, R) 4.30 Ellen DeGeneres. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Gilmore Girls. (PGt, R, CC) 6.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC) Income issues divide the friends.

7.30 As Time Goes By. (R) The gang heads to the country.

8.50 Absolutely Fabulous.

(PG, R) Patsy and Eddy head to New York.

10.00 Westside. (MA15+, CC) Ted and the boys go hunting South Africans.

11.00 Monarch Of The Glen.

(PG, R) Lexie organises a clan gathering at Glenbogle.

12.00 The Baron. (PG, R) 1.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.00 MOVIE: Champagne Charlie. (R, CC) (1944) 5.00 Gideon’s Way. (PG, R)

ONE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Animal Extra. (R, CC) 8.30 River To Reef.

(R) 9.00 4WD Touring Australia.

(R) 10.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 11.00 Hogan’s Heroes. (R) 12.00 Get Smart. (PG, R) 1.00 Matlock. (M, R) 2.00 Nash Bridges. (M, R) 3.00 Jake And The Fatman. (PG, R) 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 5.00 Star Trek: Voyager. (PG, R) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) Hosted

by Grant Denyer.

6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) Heavy casualties hit the 4077th.

7.30 MacGyver. (PG, R) MacGyver mentors a former student.

8.30 Walker, Texas Ranger.

(M, R) Walker transports a condemned man.

9.30 MOVIE: 6 Bullets.

(MA15+, R) (2012) Two men team up to find a missing teen. Joe Flanigan, AnnaLouise Plowman.

11.50 Megafactories. (R) 12.50 Shopping. (R) 2.20 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 3.15 Walker, Texas Ranger. (M, R) 4.10 Matlock. (M, R) 5.05 The Doctors. (M, CC)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Wakfu. (R) 6.30 Transformers Rescue Bots.

(R) 7.05 Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters. (R) 7.35 Pokémon.

(R) 8.00 Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures. (C, R, CC) 8.35 Littlest Petshop. (R) 9.00 My Little Pony.

(R) 9.30 Crocamole. (P, R, CC) 10.00 Dr Quinn. (PG, R) 11.00 JAG. (PG, R) 12.00 The Good Wife.

(M, R, CC) 1.00 Medium. (M, R, CC) 2.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 5.00 Frasier.

(PG, R) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 Neighbours. (CC) 7.00 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother.

(PG, R) 8.00 The Grinder. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: No Strings Attached. (M, R, CC) (2011) Ashton Kutcher.

10.40 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG) 11.40 Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 12.10 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 1.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 2.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Dr Quinn. (PG, R) 4.00 JAG. (PG, R) 5.00 Shopping. (R)

6.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 6.30 House Hunters. (R) 7.00 Come Dine With Me. (PG, R) 8.00 The Block. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 Garden Gurus. (R, CC) 9.30 Tiny House, Big Living.

(R) 10.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 10.30 House Hunters. (R) 11.00 The Millionaire Matchmaker. (PG, R) 12.00 Housewives Of Beverly Hills. (M, R) 2.00 Postcards. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 The Block. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Come Dine With Me. (PG) 5.00 Buying The View. (R) 6.00 Tiny House, Big Living. (R) 6.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 7.00 House Hunters. (R) 7.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. 8.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. 9.30 Island Life. 10.30 Extreme Homes. (R) 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE

SBS 2 6.00 WorldWatch. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Urdu News.

1.30 Tamil News. 2.00 Thai News.

2.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News.

3.00 Bangla News. 3.30 Armenian News. 4.00 The Feed. (R) 4.30 Fameless. (PG, R) 5.00 Brain Games. 5.30 Street Genius.

6.00 365: Every Day Documentaries.

6.05 If You Are The One. (R) 7.00 Human Resources.

7.30 Friday Feed.

8.00 RocketJump: Truck Flipper V Bus Puncher.

Matt and Freddie decide to flip a bus.

8.30 MOVIE: Fright Night.

(M, R) (1985) A teenager suspects his neighbour is a vampire. Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale.

10.30 MOVIE: Kiss Of The Dragon. (MA15+, R) (2001) 12.20 MOVIE: 18 Years Later. (M, R) (2010) 2.20 PopAsia. (PG) 3.20 NHK World English News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Valerie’s Home Cooking.

(R) 6.30 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong. (R) 7.00 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 7.30 Sandwich King. (R) 8.00 Chuck’s Eat The Street. (R) 8.30 Chopped. (R) 9.30 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. (R) 10.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 11.00 Valerie’s Home Cooking.

(R) 11.30 Pizza Masters. (R) 12.30 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong.

(R) 1.00 Chuck’s Eat The Street. (R) 1.30 Chopped. (R) 2.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 3.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 4.00 Sandwich King.

(R) 4.30 Pizza Masters. (R) 5.30 Valerie’s Home Cooking. 6.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 6.30 No Reservations. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Mexican Made Easy.

(New Series) 8.30 Chopped. (PG) 9.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 10.00 Sandwich King. 10.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 11.00 Valerie’s Home Cooking. (R) 11.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 12.30 Mexican Made Easy. (R) 1.00 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 1.30 Sandwich King. (R) 2.00 Mexican Made Easy. (R) 2.25 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

9.30 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. (PG) 10.00 The Marngrook Footy Show. (PG) 11.30 Our Stories. 11.50 Black Music: An American (R)evolution.

(PG) 12.45 MOVIE: Walkabout. (M) (1971) 2.30 Mugu Kids.

3.00 Yamba’s Playtime. 3.30 Bushwhacked! 4.00 Muso Magic. (PG) 4.30 Kagagi. (PG) 5.00 The Dreaming. 5.30 The Prophets. (PG) 6.00 Fusion Feasts. 6.30 Kai Time.

7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 Aunty Moves In. 8.00 Mohawk Girls. (M) 8.30 Colour Theory. (PG) 9.00 The Point Review. 9.30 Express Yourself. (PG) 10.00 Shuga. (M) 10.30 Blackstone. (MA15+) 11.30 Mohawk Girls. (M) 12.00 Volumz.

4.00 On The Road. (PG) 5.00 On The Road. (PG) 1208

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Saturday, August 13 Zoo

MOVIE: The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty

ONE, 8.30pm This series isn’t some cutesy family program about the goings-on at some famous zoo; no, this US drama has a more sinister edge. Based on the novel of the same name by James Patterson, Zoo sees a collection of concerned citizens working together to get to the bottom of what’s causing animals across the globe – from domestic pets to wild creatures – to turn the tables and start attacking humans. Tonight, with Jamie (Kristen Connolly) back on board, the team travels to Portugal on the trail of some hurricane-generating “immortal” jellyfish, the venom of which could be part of the cure for the animals.

ABC

WIN, 10.05pm, PG (2013) Ben Stiller stars in and directs this earnest tale based on a short story by James Thurber. Stiller plays the titular character, a man who surrenders to his imagination to escape his boring life and inability to talk to his workplace crush (Kristen Wiig). When Walter discovers the photograph his magazine wants to use as their final cover has gone missing, he sets out halfway across the world to find its reclusive photographer (Sean Penn) and save his job. Featuring dramatic daydreaming scenes, arty cinematography and a smart soundtrack, it’s a lighthearted movie that’s slow to start, but worth discovering.

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American Gothic ELEVEN, 10.50pm When every member of your family ily could reasonably be considered a credible ble suspect for a serial killer, surely it would be time to start severing some blood od ties and running for the hills The Hawthorne wthorne family at the centre of this whodunit unit seem surprisingly OK with the fact that any one of them could be behind Silver er Bells murders. But that could change nge after tonight’s episode, when a big g revelation leaves Christina (Catalina ina Sandino Moreno) mistrusting Garrett rrett (Antony Starr), Alison’s (Juliet Rylance) mayoral campaign in tatters, Cam (Justin Chatwin) tempted by the bottle and Tessa (Megan Ketch, pictured) worried about Jack (Gabriel Bateman).

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6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 10.30 Rage: Recovery Special.

(PG, CC) 11.30 The Checkout. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Rise Of The Continents: Eurasia. (R, CC) 1.05 New Tricks. (PG, R, CC) 2.05 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) 3.05 Tony Robinson’s Time Walks: Geelong. (R, CC) Hosted by Tony Robinson.

3.35 Time Scanners: Egyptian Pyramids.

(R, CC) (Final) Presented

by Dallas Campbell.

4.30 Landline. (R, CC) Presented by Pip Courtney.

5.00 Midsomer Murders.

(PG, R, CC) A farmer’s murder is investigated.

6.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 7: Morning. Events include: cycling track, women’s team sprint, men’s team pursuit final.

9.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 7: Daytime.

Events include: swimming, men’s 50m freestyle final, men’s 100m butterfly final; athletics.

2.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Highlights. (CC) Host Kylie Gillies recaps the day.

5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

(PG, R, CC) In a major operation, a passenger is pulled out of a departure lounge so officers can investigate his bags.

6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00

PAW Patrol. (CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Today Extra: Saturday.

(PG, CC) Nine Presents. (R, CC) Hot In Cleveland. (PG, CC) Community. (PG, R, CC) Who Do You Think You Are? Rachel And Kayleen McAdams. (PG, R, CC) Rachel and Kayleen McAdams discover their roots.

MOVIE: The Emperor’s New Clothes. (PG, CC) (2001) Napoleon escapes his exile. Ian Holm.

The Garden Gurus. (CC) News: First At Five. (CC) Getaway. (PG, CC)

6.00 Fishing Edge. (R, CC) 6.30 The Home Team. (R, CC) 7.00 RPM. (R, CC) 8.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 8.30 Weekend Feast. (R, CC) 9.30 Studio 10: Saturday.

(PG, CC) 12.00 The Living Room.

(PG, R, CC) 1.00 Healthy Homes Australia. (CC) 1.30 The Great Australian Spelling Bee. (R, CC) 2.30 Fishing Australia. (R, CC) 3.00 Cruise Mode. (CC) 3.30 Puppy Academy. (CC) 4.00 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals.

(R, CC) 4.30 Places We Go With Jennifer Adams. (CC) 5.00 TEN Eyewitness News.

(CC)

6.00 France 24 English News.

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

9.30 Greek News From Cyprus.

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

12.30 Turkish News. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Small Business Secrets. (R, CC) 2.30 Equestrian. (CC) FEI Classics. Luhmühlen CCI four-star eventing.

Highlights.

3.30 The Classic Car Show.

(R, CC) 4.25 Archaeology: A Secret History. (R, CC) 5.25 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R, CC)

6.30 Gardening Australia.

(CC) Costa discovers the world of lichen.

7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 The Coroner. (M, CC) Jane and Davey investigate when the aristocratic, elderly head of a local family is murdered.

However, as they delve into the case, they find themselves revisiting an embarrassing chapter of their past.

8.20 Inspector George Gently. (M, R, CC) After a woman’s body is found on the moors, Gently and Bacchus link her untimely demise to a spate of asbestos-related deaths in a small village factory.

Gently invites Bacchus and Rachel out for a drink to celebrate Bacchus’s promotion to inspector.

9.50 Poldark. (PG, R, CC) Ross celebrates the opening of Wheal Leisure as rumours spread of a relationship between him and Demelza.

10.50 Miniseries: Cilla.

(M, R, CC) Part 1 of 3.

A young woman from Liverpool begins her climb to fame, as a singer at the famed Cavern Club.

11.35 Rage: Recovery Special.

(MA15+)

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 In Rio Today. (CC) Hamish McLachlan shares all the golden moments and performances from the Rio Olympic Games.

9.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 8: Evening. Hosted

by Hamish McLachlan.

Includes continued In Rio Today coverage and live events.

10.15 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 8: Late Night.

Hosted by Mel McLaughlin.

Events include: rowing, women’s single sculls final; cycling track, women’s keirin (featuring Anna Meares).

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: GoldenEye. (PG, R, CC) (1995) In the wake of an electromagnetic attack on a Russian weapons facility, Bond finds himself teamed up with one of the survivors as he tries to retrieve the key to a space-based nuclear weapon. However, his efforts are hampered by a rogue general and a ghost from his past. Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Famke Janssen.

9.40 MOVIE: Tomorrow Never Dies. (M, R, CC) (1997) Secret agent James Bond has two days to prevent an all-out war between Britain and China after a manipulative media tycoon sinks a British warship in disputed waters. He is aided in his mission by a Chinese operative, who has also managed to catch wind of the plot. Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh.

6.00 Bondi Vet. (PG, R, CC) Dr Chris works on a radical plan to improve the quality of life of a young pug with an extremely long tongue.

7.00 The Great Australian Spelling Bee. (CC) A group of young people are put through their paces as they compete in a spelling bee.

8.00 MOVIE: Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian. (PG, R, CC) (2009) A former security guard infiltrates the Smithsonian Institution after discovering a magical tablet, which animated the museum exhibits he befriended, has been shipped to Washington.

Adding to the danger is the fact the artefact is working its magic on some dubious characters. Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Amy Adams.

10.05 MOVIE: The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty.

(PG, R, CC) (2013) A daydreamer, who escapes his anonymous existence working for Life magazine by disappearing into a fantasy world, is forced to embark on a realworld adventure to find a missing photo negative.

Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Jon Daly.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 The Rise And Fall Of Versailles: Louis XV, The Palace Of Pleasure.

(M, R, CC) Part 2 of 3. A continued look at three of France’s monarchs, and the seat of their power, Versailles. In the wake of the disastrous Seven Year War with Britain, Louis XV became obsessed with pleasures of the flesh and opened a private brothel in the gardens of the palace.

8.30 Grand Tours Of Scotland: Islay – A Race Apart. (CC) Paul Murton explores Islay which among the islands of the Hebrides, claims a separate identity. His journey takes him from Finlaggan, where the ruler Somerled held court, along Islay’s windswept coast, through its historic ports and villages, before ending on its highest mountain.

9.00 Soccer. EPL. Hull City v Leicester City. From KC Stadium, Kingston upon Hull, England. Hosted

by Lucy Zelic and Craig Foster.

11.45 Masters Of Sex. (MA15+, R, CC) Bill Masters tries to convince Virginia to rededicate herself to the study and to him.

12.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 8: Overnight.

Hosted by Mel McLaughlin and Todd Woodbridge.

Events include: athletics, women’s 400m round 1 (featuring Morgan Mitchell and Annelise Ruby).

12.00 MOVIE: Money Talks.

(MA15+, R, CC) (1997) A news reporter befriends a con man. Chris Tucker, Charlie Sheen.

1.55 Infomercials. (PG, R) 4.00 Impractical Jokers.

(M, CC) 4.30 Global Shop.

5.00 Infomercials. (PG, R)

12.20 48 Hours: Janet’s Secret.

(M, CC) Takes a look at the murder of Janet Walsh, a crime that went unsolved for more than three decades.

1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Global Shop Direct. (R)

12.50 Masters Of Sex. (MA15+, R, CC) 4.05 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 4.40 The Pub. (M, R, CC) 4.50 Along The Road. (PG, R) 5.00 CCTV English News.

5.30 NHK World English News.

5.45 France 24 Feature.

5.00 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

12.00 12.15 12.45 1.15

2.15

4.30 5.00 5.30

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

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

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DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.15pm Dead Poets Society (1989) Drama.

Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard. A new English teacher at a conservative boys’ school subverts tradition by encouraging his students to enjoy life. (PG) Masterpiece

6.00pm The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore. (M) Comedy Channel

6.30pm Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown. Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain explores the food and culture of some of the world’s less-known locations. (M) TLC

2.00pm Football. AFL. Round 21. Hawthorn v North Melbourne. Fox Sports 3

7.30pm Coraline (2009) Animation. Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher. (PG) Family

8.00pm @midnight. Hosted

by Chris Hardwick. (MA15+) Comedy Channel 8.30pm Winners & Losers.

Doug and Carla dote on Izzy.

(M) SoHo

8.30pm Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (2011) Sci-fi.

James Franco, Andy Serkis. (M) Action

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.00 Wallykazam! 5.25 Sarah And Duck. (R) 5.30 Hoot Hoot Go! (R, CC) 5.40 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.50 Kazoops! (R, CC) 6.00 Hey Duggee. (R, CC) 6.10 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.20 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.35 Teacup Travels. (R) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Highway Thru Hell.

(PG, R, CC) 8.15 Mock The Week.

(M, R, CC) 8.50 Live From The BBC. (M, CC) 9.20 Live At The Apollo.

(M, R, CC) 10.05 Comedy Up Late. (M, R, CC) 10.35 Catastrophe. (M, R, CC) 11.00 Broad City. (M, R, CC) 11.20 Episodes. (M, R, CC) 11.50 Kevin Nealon: Now Hear Me Out! (PG, R, CC) 12.45 Breaking Bad. (M, R, CC) 2.10 Highway Thru Hell. (PG, R, CC) 2.55 News Update. (R) 3.00 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. 11.15 Stand And Deliver. (R, CC) 11.30 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 12.00 Little Lunch. (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 Iron Man: Armored Adventures. (R, CC) 4.40 Numb Chucks. (R) 4.50 SheZow. (R, CC) 5.05 Endangered Species. (PG, 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) 7.30 Bushwhacked! (R, CC) 7.55 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) 9.05 The Sleepover Club.

(R, CC) The girls compete at a swimming competition.

9.30 MY:24. (R, CC) Young people tell their stories.

9.40 Close.

7.30pm Rugby League. NRL. Round 23. Dragons v Sharks.

Fox Sports 1

Robin Williams stars in Dead Poets Society.

7.30pm Treehouse Masters.

(PG) Discovery

7TWO

9GO!

6.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 7: Morning. 9.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 7: Daytime. Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro.

12.30 Dealers. (PG, R) 2.30 Best Houses Australia. (R) 3.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. (PG, R) 4.30 Qld Weekender. (CC) 5.00 Sydney Weekender. (R, CC) 5.30 ANo Reservations. (PG) 6.30 Mighty Cruise Ships: Azamara Journey.

(PG, R, CC) 7.30 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 7: Highlights.

Relive some of the best events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro.

8.30 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 8: Evening.

Featuring a variety of events from the Games.

12.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 8: Overnight. Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.30 Pirate Express. (C, R, CC) 12.00 Kitchen Whiz. (C, R, CC) 12.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 1.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 1.30 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 2.00 Wild Kratts. (R) 2.30 Sonic Boom.

(PG, R) 3.00 Power Rangers Dino.

(PG, R) 3.30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu. (PG, R) 4.00 Teen Titans.

(PG, R) 4.30 Ben 10. (PG, R) 5.00 MOVIE: The Adventures Of Milo & Otis. (R) (1986) 6.30 MOVIE: The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter. (R, CC) (1990) 8.30 MOVIE: Police Academy 3: Back In Training.

(PG, R, CC) (1986) Cops help out new recruits. Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith.

10.15 MOVIE: City Slickers.

(PG, R, CC) (1991) 12.30 Adult Swim. (MA15+, R) 1.30 The Magaluf Weekender. (MA15+, R, CC) 2.30 Yo-Kai Watch. (PG, R) 3.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. (PG, R) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 4.00 Wild Kratts.

(R) 4.30 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 4.50 SpongeBob. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R)

9GEM

6.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 7: Morning.

Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro.

9.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 7: Daytime.

12.30 American Pickers. (PG, R) 1.30 Fifth Gear. (PG, R) 2.30 Goldfathers. (PG) The companies face fuel shortages.

3.30 Ultimate Factories: Eco School. (R) A look at the construction of a school.

4.30 Football. AFL. Round 21.

GWS v West Coast.

7.20 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 21. St Kilda v Sydney.

From Etihad Stadium, Melbourne.

10.15 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 8: Evening.

Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro.

12.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 8: Overnight.

6.00 Landline. (CC) 6.30 World This Week. (CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 Australia Wide. (CC) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. (R, CC) 1.00 News. 1.30 Planet America. (R) 2.00 News. 2.30 The Mix. (CC) 3.00 News. 3.30 Foreign Corre. (R, CC) 4.00 News. 4.30 The Drum Weekly.

5.00 News. 5.30 One Plus One. (R, 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

7.30pm A Tribute To Sir Paul McCartney. At a gala event in Los Angeles, McCartney and a cast of superstar guests perform some of the quintessential songs from his renowned and celebrated career. Foxtel Arts

2.30pm Cricket. Third Test.

Sri Lanka v Australia. Day 1.

Fox Sports 4

6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 9.00 MOVIE: The Amazing Howard Hughes. (PG, R, CC) (1977) Tommy Lee Jones. 11.30 Destination WA. (CC) 12.00 Your 4x4. (PG) 12.30 As Time Goes By. (R) 1.10 MOVIE: Bachelor In Paradise. (PG, R, CC) (1961) Bob Hope, Lana Turner. 3.30 MOVIE: The Great Gatsby. (PG, R) (1974) Robert Redford, Mia Farrow.

6.30 Catching History’s Criminals: The Forensic Story: Traces Of Guilt.

(PG, R) A look at forensic techniques.

7.30 See No Evil: Skylar Neese.

(M, R, CC) Takes a look at a schoolgirl’s disappearance.

8.30 Westside. (CC) The wives financially support their men which does not go down well.

11.30 Spooks. (MA15+, R) A rock star’s son is kidnapped.

12.30 Destination WA. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Infomercials. (PG) 3.00 See No Evil. (M, R, CC) 4.00 Catching History’s Criminals: The Forensic Story. (PG, R) 5.00 Gideon’s Way. (PG, R)

ONE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Star Trek: Voyager. (PG, R) 9.00 Hogan’s Heroes. (R) 10.00 World Sport.

(R) 10.30 Get Smart. (PG, R) 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. (PG, R) 12.00 Tom Wills: A Father Of Australian Rules. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 MacGyver. (PG, R) 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 3.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 4.00 The McCarthys. (PG, R) 4.30 Reel Action. 5.00 Driven Not Hidden. (R) 5.30 Escape Fishing With ET. (R, CC) 6.00 The Renovation King. (R, CC) 6.30 The Unstoppables. (PG) 7.00 Last Man Standing. (PG, R, CC) (Final) 7.30 Making Of David Attenborough’s Africa.

(R, CC) 8.30 Zoo. (M) The team travels to Portugal.

9.30 MOVIE: Conan The Barbarian.

(MA15+, R) (1982) Arnold Schwarzenegger.

12.10 Crisis. (M, R) 1.05 Bellator MMA. (M, R) 4.00 Black Ops. (M, R) 5.00 Football’s Greatest Teams.

(PG, 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 To Be Advised. 4.30 Cheers. (PG, R) 5.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

(PG, R, CC) 6.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Rules Of Engagement.

(PG, R, CC) 7.00 How I Met Your Mother.

(R) The gang gets mad at Barney.

7.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M, R, CC) 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, R, CC) Graham Norton chats with celebrities.

9.30 Sex And The City.

(MA15+, R) Big visits New York.

10.50 American Gothic. (M) Christina loses trust in Garrett.

11.50 The Loop. (PG, R) 2.20 Neighbours. (R, CC) 4.30 Sabrina.

(PG, R) 5.00 Shopping. (R)

6.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 6.30 House Hunters. (R) 7.00 Garden Gurus. (R, CC) 7.30 The Block. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 Flipping Out. (PG, R) 9.30 Tiny House, Big Living. (R) 10.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 10.30 House Hunters. (R) 11.00 Lakefront Bargain Hunt.

(R) 12.00 Island Life. (R) 1.00 Duncan’s Thai Kitchen. (R) 2.00 Postcards. (PG, CC) 3.00 Selling LA. (PG, R) 4.00 The Shatner Project. (PG, R) 5.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. (R) 6.00 Tiny House Hunters. (PG) 6.30 Flip Or Flop. (R) 7.30 House Hunters. (R) 8.30 House Hunters International. (R) 9.30 House Hunters Reno. (PG) 10.30 Fixer Upper. (PG, R) 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE

SBS 2 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.05 Croatian News. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 Portuguese News. 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News.

1.00 Where Are We Going, Dad? (R) 2.45 The Numbers Game.

(PG, R) 3.15 Can I Drive, Daddy?

(PG, R) 3.30 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy. (M, R) 5.20 365: Every Day Documentaries. 5.25 MOVIE: Kirikou And The Men And Women.

(PG, R) (2012) 7.00 Des Bishop: Breaking China. (Final) 7.30 If You Are The One. Hosted by Meng Fei. 8.30 MOVIE: Byzantium.

(MA15+) (2013) Two women seek refuge in a run-down resort. Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton.

10.40 MOVIE: Out Of Sight. (M) (1998) 12.50 MOVIE: The Truck. (MA15+, R) (2008) Yeang Bang, Cheong-Ja Choi, Gyo-Sik Choi. 2.35 MOVIE: All That Glitters. (M, R) (2010) 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Morning Programs. 6.30 Valerie’s Home Cooking. (R) 7.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 7.30 Mexican Made Easy. (R) 8.25 Morning Programs. 8.30 Chopped.

(PG, R) 9.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 10.30 No Reservations. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 Mexican Made Easy. (R) 12.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 1.00 Sandwich King. (R) 1.30 Chopped.

(PG, R) 2.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 3.30 No Reservations. (PG, R, CC) 4.30 Valerie’s Home Cooking.

(R) 5.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 5.30 Mexican Made Easy. (R) 6.30 Sandwich King. (R) 7.00 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 7.30 Good Eats. (R) 8.00 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. (R) 9.00 Ching’s Restaurant Redemption. (R) 9.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 10.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 11.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 12.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 1.25 Late Programs. 1.30 Good Eats. (R) 2.00 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. (R) 3.00 Ching’s Restaurant Redemption. (R) 3.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 4.25 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 The Point Review. 12.30 League Nation Live. 2.00 Our Stories. 2.20 Custodians. 2.25 Healthy Tips. 2.30 Aunty Moves In. 3.00 The Marngrook Footy Show. (PG) 4.30 Unearthed. 4.50 Cash Money. 4.55 Healthy Tips. 5.00 One With Nature. (PG) 5.30 Fusion Feasts. 6.00 Maori TV’s Native Affairs. 6.30 Talking Language. (PG) 7.00 Our Stories. 7.30 From The Western Frontier. 8.00 Indians And Aliens. 8.30 Being Mary Jane. (PG) 9.30 MOVIE: Kinyarwanda. (M) (2011) 11.20 Bikkies. 11.30 Australian Biography. 12.00 On The Road. 1.00 On The Road. 2.00 On The Road. (PG) 3.00 On The Road. (PG) 4.00 Bush Bands Bash. 5.00 On The Road.

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Sunday, August 14 David Attenborough’s The Hunt

MOVIE: The American President

Grand Designs New Zealand

NINE, 8pm

ELEVEN, 8.30pm, PG (1995)

ABC, 7.40pm

Nature looks pretty lovey-dovey from afar, but get up close and it’s a gruelling struggle for survival. David Attenborough focused on this dog-eatdog world for his documentary series The Hunt, looking at the successes and failings of predators such as blue whales, cheetahs, frigatebirds, tigers and even army ants as they fight to survive in the wild. In this epsiode, we go behind the scenes and look at the documentary makers themselves to see what kind of efforts it took to make the series. Tune in as we follow the crews as they capture some of the most memorable – and gruesome – scenes from this fascinating series.

Michael Douglas plays the titular big cheese, a widower whose love life is given a shot in the arm when he falls for a coy but ambitious associate (Annette Bening). Amid deals and government procedure, Mr President sweetly romances his interest, triggering a chain of White House chit chat that eventually spills into the public arena. Douglas and Bening prove irresistible as the two lovebugs whose courting gestures are unpretentious and fashionably old-fashioned. As Bening’s character says as she’s entering the White House, “I’m trying to savour the Capra-esque quality,” – in many ways director Rob Reiner remodels it.

There’s a lot of pleasure to be had d in watching optimistic dreamers trying ying to build their dream home in challenging enging circumstances – and usually coming ming up against a shedload of difficulties. ties. igns Tonight’s instalment of Grand Designs rain New Zealand adds some tricky terrain and the threat of natural disasters rs to ct the mix, as an ambitious architect builds a four-storey family home on a steep slope overlooking the earthquake-prone city of Wellington. gton.

Constructing the home on a 45-degree degree cliff face means the team must rely ely on creative solutions to keep the house use from literally sliding down the hill. ill.

Presented by Chris Moller (pictured). red).

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6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 Insiders. (CC) 10.00 Offsiders. (CC) 10.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 11.00 The World This Week.

(R, CC) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. (R, CC) 12.00 Landline. (CC) 1.00 Gardening Australia.

(R, CC) 1.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 2.00 The Coroner. (M, R, CC) 2.45 Poldark. (PG, R, CC) 4.05 The Book Club.

(PG, R, CC) (Final) 4.40 Australian Story: The Olympic Spirit. (R, CC) 5.10 David Attenborough’s Conquest Of The Skies: Rivals. (R, CC) Part 2 of 3.

6.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 8: Morning. Events include: cycling track, women’s team pursuit final, men’s sprint.

9.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 8: Daytime.

Events include: athletics, women’s 100m final; swimming, women’s 50m freestyle final.

2.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Highlights. (CC) Host Kylie Gillies recaps the day’s competition at the Rio Olympic Games.

5.30 Sydney Weekender. (CC) Mike and Sophie check out Norfolk Island, where Sophie looks at Hill Goat Farm.

6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00

6.00 Surfing The Menu: The Next Generation.

(CC) Dan and Hayden wander through the cyclone-devastated town of Carnarvon in Western Australia.

6.30 Compass: The Meaning Of Life – Martin Sheen.

(PG, CC) Actor Martin Sheen talks to Irish broadcasting legend Gay Byrne about what gives his life meaning.

7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.40 Grand Designs New Zealand. (CC) Chris Moller meets an architect who is attempting to build a fourstorey family home on a steep slope.

8.30 Wallander. (M, CC) Part 2 of 3. Wallander investigates the murder of a woman and the disappearance of her daughter.

10.00 Redesign My Brain With Todd Sampson: Make Me Creative. (PG, R, CC) Part 2 of 3. Follows Todd Sampson as he undergoes a radical brain makeover.

11.00 Becoming Superhuman.

(PG, R, CC) Meet Dr Jordan Nguyen, who is helping a kid with cerebral palsy gain a new level of independence.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 In Rio Today. (CC) Hamish McLachlan shares all the golden moments and performances from the Rio Olympic Games.

9.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 9: Evening. Hosted

by Hamish McLachlan.

Includes continued In Rio Today coverage and live events. Over 10,000 athletes from 207 nations are competing for 306 gold medals across the 16 days of competition in Rio De Janeiro. This year’s competition will hold events across four different areas: Copacabana, where the beautiful beaches will be used in volleyball events, Barra, which is home to Rio’s Olympic Park, Deodoro, where the aquatic, BMX and equestrian events will be held, and Maracanã, which is home to the Maracanã Stadium where the opening and closing ceremonies of the games will take place.

10.30 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 9: Late Night.

Events include: women’s marathon.

12.00 Our Girl. (M, R, CC) Molly finds herself in a love triangle.

1.00 Rage. (MA15+) Music videos.

2.35 Lifers. (M, R, CC) The stories of three missionaries.

3.30 Wallander. (M, R, CC) 5.00 Insiders. (R, CC)

12.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 9: Overnight. Events include: equestrian; water polo, men’s preliminary round, Australia v Greece; sailing.

5.30 Sunrise. (CC) Coverage of Olympic Games.

PAW Patrol. (CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Wide World Of Sports.

(PG, CC) NRL Sunday Footy Show.

(PG, CC) Surfing Australia TV. (R, CC) Showcases Surfing Australia’s programs.

Human Planet: Arctic – Life In The Deep Freeze.

(PG, R, CC) Narrated by John Hurt.

Eyes Of The Tiger: Diary Of A Dirty War. (PG, R, CC) Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 23. Sydney Roosters v North Queensland Cowboys. From Allianz Stadium, Sydney.

WIN

SBS

6.00 Mass For You At Home.

(CC) 6.30 Hillsong. (CC) 7.00 Joseph Prince: New Creation Church. (CC) 7.30 Joel Osteen. (R, CC) 8.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

(R, CC) 8.30 Just Go. (R, CC) 9.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 9.30 Studio 10: Sunday.

(PG, CC) 12.00 The Doctors. (PG, CC) 2.00 Far Flung With Gary Mehigan. (R, CC) 3.00 iFish. (R, CC) 3.30 RPM GP. (CC) 4.00 RPM. (CC) 5.00 TEN Eyewitness News.

(CC)

6.00 France 24 English News.

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

8.40 French News.

9.30 Soccer. EPL. Hull City v Leicester City. Replay.

12.00 Arabic News.

12.30 Turkish News.

1.00 The Bowls Show.

2.00 Speedweek. (CC) 4.00 FIFA World Cup 2018 Magazine. (CC) 4.30 InCycle. (CC) 5.00 Small Business Secrets.

(CC) Hosted by Ricardo Goncalves.

5.30 Hitler’s Secret Drug Habit. (CC) Explores Adolf Hitler’s drug addiction.

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: On The Hunt. (PG, CC) (Final) Follows film crews as they capture some of the most memorable scenes from the documentary series, David Attenborough’s The Hunt, which explored the techniques predators use to catch their prey.

9.10 Sherlock. (M, CC) In Victorian-era London, Inspector Lestrade asks Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson to investigate disturbing claims a woman who committed suicide has risen from the grave to commit murder.

11.10 Unforgettable. (M, CC) After an ambitious reporter is murdered the day she breaks a big news story implicating a high ranking official in a sex scandal, Carrie and Al must use their connections in high places to help solve the case.

6.00 Family Feud: Sunday.

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

6.30 Modern Family.

(PG, R, CC) Mitch and Cam’s big day arrives, but an unexpected challenge puts their wedding planner to the test.

7.00 Modern Family.

(PG, R, CC) As the wedding day continues to devolve into chaos, Mitchell and Cameron are feeling discouraged.

7.30 All-Star Family Feud.

(PG, CC) Singer-songwriter Anthony Callea and his husband Tim Campbell compete to raise money for charity.

8.30 MOVIE: The Heat.

(M, R, CC) (2013) An uptight FBI special agent and a foul-mouthed cop join forces to bring down a ruthless drug lord. Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Marlon Wayans.

10.50 The Graham Norton Show. (M, R, CC) Guests include Tom Hanks.

11.50 48 Hours: Murder In Aspen. (M, R, CC) A member of Aspen “royalty” is slain in her sleep.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 Machu Picchu Decoded.

(PG, R, CC) A look at the enigma of Machu Picchu, an iconic symbol of the power and engineering prowess of the Inca Empire.

One hundred years on from its discovery, a new generation of archaeologists sets out to accurately decode the ruins, with new revelations about who built it and why.

8.30 MOVIE: Apocalypto.

(MA15+, R, CC) (2006) A hunter taken prisoner

by Mayan warriors, who intend to sacrifice him as part of their people’s efforts to fend off their decline and ensure prosperity, tries to escape and return home to his wife and son.

11.00 The Great Australian Race Riot: The Mob. (M, R, CC) Part 2 of 3.

Author Peter FitzSimons continues his journey across Australia, reliving the country’s forgotten race riots. He focuses on the period following the end of the Great War, when, in March of 1919, tensions over communism exploded into a week of mob violence.

12.10 Constantine. (M, CC) John meets a preacher with the power to heal.

1.05 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.00 Global Shop.

3.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.00 The Avengers. (PG, R) 5.00 News Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 Today. (CC)

12.50 48 Hours: Target Justice.

(M, R, CC) A look at the murder of Mark Hasse.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Life Today With James Robison. (PG) Religious program.

4.30 CBS This Morning. (CC) Morning news and talk show.

12.05 MOVIE: Amal. (M, R, CC) (2007) Rupinder Nagra.

2.00 MOVIE: Captain Abu Raed. (M, R) (2008) Nadim Sawalha.

3.55 A Pang For Brasil.

(PG, R, CC) 5.00 CCTV English News.

5.30 NHK World English News.

5.45 Soccer.

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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6.00pm Exodus: Gods And Kings (2014) Adventure.

Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton.

Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh, Ramses. (M) Action

6.30pm So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation. (PG) FOX8

6.30pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door. This series delves into the most extreme and extraordinary neighbour disputes, tracking down the worst offenders in a compelling portrait of modern Britain. (M) Crime & Investigation

2.30pm Cricket. Third Test.

Sri Lanka v Australia. Day 2.

Fox Sports 4

8.30pm Bridge Of Spies (2015) Drama. Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance. A lawyer is thrust into the politics of the Cold War. (M) Premiere

8.30pm Thirteen. The attempt to abduct Ivy is thwarted. (M) BBC First 8.30pm The Night Of. Box reconstructs Naz’s whereabouts on the night of the crime.

(MA15+) Showcase

11.45pm Hating Alison Ashley (2005) Comedy. Delta Goodrem, Saskia Burmeister.

(PG) Family

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.00 Bob The Builder On Site. (R, CC) 6.00 Hey Duggee. (R, CC) 6.10 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.20 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.35 Teacup Travels. (R) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep.

(R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks.

(PG, R, CC) 7.30 Seconds From Disaster.

(PG, R, CC) 8.20 The Daters: Two Months On. (M, R, CC) 8.30 Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow.

(M, R, CC) Comedian Michael McIntyre visits Blackpool.

9.20 Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends: Swingers.

(MA15+, R, CC) 10.10 How Drugs Work. (MA15+, R, CC) 11.05 The Hoarder Next Door. (PG, R, CC) 11.55 Seconds From Disaster. (PG, R, CC) 12.45 The Home Show. (R, CC) 1.35 News Update. (R) 1.40 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. 11.15 Stand And Deliver. (R, CC) 11.30 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 12.00 Little Lunch. (R, CC) 12.25 Gortimer Gibbon’s Life On Normal Street.

(R) 12.55 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) 4.25 Iron Man: Armored Adventures. (R, CC) 4.50 Numb Chucks. (PG, R) 5.00 SheZow. (R, CC) 5.15 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) 7.30 Bushwhacked! (R, CC) 7.55 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) 9.05 The Sleepover Club.

(R, CC) The class helps senior citizens.

9.30 MY:24. (R, CC) Young people tell their stories.

9.40 Rage. (PG, R) 2.15 Close.

7.30pm Rugby League. NRL. Round 23. Sydney Roosters v North Queensland Cowboys.

Fox Sports 1

8.30pm 24 Hours In A&E. A woman is brought in after collapsing with chest pains.

Lifestyle

7TWO

9GO!

6.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 8: Morning. 9.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 8: Daytime. 12.00 No Reservations.

(PG, R) 1.00 Dealers. (PG, R) 4.00 Mighty Cruise Ships. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Escape To The Country. (R) 6.00 Mighty Ships. (R, CC) 7.00 For The Love Of Dogs.

(PG, R) 7.30 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 8: Highlights.

Relive some of the best events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro.

8.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 9: Evening.

Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro.

9.30 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 9: Evening.

Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro.

12.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 9: Overnight.

7MATE

6.00 Children’s Programs.

12.00 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 12.30 SpongeBob. (R) 1.30 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 2.00 LEGO Friends. (R) 2.30 Nexo Knights. (PG, R) 3.00 Yu-GiOh! (PG, R) 3.30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu. (PG, R) 4.00 Over The Garden Wall. (PG) 4.30 Power Rangers Dino. (PG) 5.00 Justice League Unlimited. (PG, R) 5.30 Ben 10. (PG, R) 6.00 Batman: The Brave And The Bold. (PG, R) 6.30 MOVIE: Coneheads.

(PG, R, CC) (1993) 8.20 MOVIE: Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol. (PG, R, CC) (1987) Civilian volunteers become involved in law enforcement. Steve Guttenberg.

10.10 MOVIE: Spaceballs.

(PG, R) (1987) 12.10 Adult Swim. (MA15+) 1.10 The Magaluf Weekender. (MA15+, R, CC) 2.05 Wild Kratts. (R) 2.30 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 3.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 3.30 SpongeBob. (R) 4.30 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 4.50 Thunderbirds.

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

9GEM

6.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 8: Morning. 9.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 8: Daytime. 12.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG) 1.00 Mudcats. (PG, R) 2.00 Doomsday Preppers. (PG, R) 3.00 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 21.

Richmond v Geelong.

6.00 Seinfeld. (PG, R, CC) George pretends to be a marine biologist.

6.30 MythBusters: Bullet Dropped Vs Bullet Fired/ Knock Your Socks Off. (PG, R, CC) A bullet-based myth is tested.

7.30 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 8: Highlights.

Relive some of the best events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro.

10.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 9: Evening.

Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro.

12.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(CC) Day 9: Overnight.

6.00 Planet America. (R) 6.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 Insiders. (CC) 10.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 World This Week. (R, CC) 12.00 News. 12.30 The Drum Weekly. (R) 1.00 News. 1.30 Landline. (R, CC) 2.00 News. 2.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 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. 6.25 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. 12.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS

7.30pm Castro: World’s Most Watched Man. (PG) Discovery

4.30pm Football. AFL. Round 21. Fremantle v Adelaide. Fox Footy

6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 10.00 Fish’n With Mates. (PG, R, CC) 10.30 The Avengers. (PG, R) 11.30 MOVIE: The Iron Maiden.

(R, CC) (1962) Michael Craig. 1.30 The Garden Gurus. (R, CC) 2.00 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 2.30 MOVIE: Gunfight At Comanche Creek. (PG, R, CC) (1963) Audie Murphy. 4.30 MOVIE: A Distant Trumpet. (PG, R) (1964) Troy Donahue, Suzanne Pleshette.

7.00 MOVIE: We Are Marshall.

(PG, R, CC) (2006) A coach tries to rally the survivors of a gridiron team. Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox. 9.40 MOVIE: The Rover.

(MA15+) (2014) A loner pursues the men who stole his car. Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson.

11.40 Person Of Interest.

(M, R, CC) 12.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.00 TV Shop. 2.30 MOVIE: The Iron Maiden. (R, CC) (1962) 4.30 Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.00 Seaway. (PG, R, CC)

Riz Ahmed stars in The Night Of.

ONE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Healthy Homes Australia. (R, CC) 8.30 The Offroad Adventure Show. (R, CC) 9.30 Buckley’s Chance Survival Run. (PG, R) 10.30 Reel Action.

(R) 11.00 4x4 Adventures. (R, CC) 12.00 Puppy Academy. (R, CC) 12.30 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 1.30 Monster Jam. (R) 2.30 World Sport. (R) 3.00 The Unstoppables.

(PG, R) 3.30 Megafactories. (R) 4.30 Cruise Mode. (R, CC) 5.00 Adventure Angler. (R) 5.30 iFish.

6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. (CC) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 Scorpion. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 Attenborough’s Battle To Save The Tiger. (PG, R) 9.30 Motorcycle Racing.

MotoGP. Austrian Grand Prix. Race 10. From Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria.

11.00 Megastructures. (R) 12.00 World Sport. 12.30 The Killing.

(M, R) (Final) 1.30 RPM GP. (R, CC) 2.00 RPM. (R, CC) 3.00 Black Ops. (M, R) 4.00 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 4.30 Adventure Angler. (R) 5.00 Driven Not Hidden. (R) 5.30 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Invizimals.

(R) 6.30 Victorious. (R) 7.05 Fairly Odd Parents. (R) 7.35 Pokémon.

8.30 Ninja Turtles. (R) 10.00 Mako: Island Of Secrets. (C, CC) 10.30 Sabrina. (PG, R) 11.30 Family Ties.

(PG, R) 12.30 Cheers. (PG, R) 2.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 The King Of Queens. (PG, R) 5.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. (CC) 6.30 Futurama. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) Homer helps Mr Burns find love.

8.30 MOVIE: The American President. (PG, R, CC) (1995) The US president dates a lobbyist. Michael Douglas, Annette Bening.

10.50 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG) 11.50 Nurse Jackie. (M, R) 12.30 Don’t Trust The B----. (M, R) 1.30 Frasier. (PG, R) 2.30 Cheers. (PG, R) 3.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

(R) 4.30 Sabrina. (PG, R) 5.00 Kenneth Copeland. 5.30 Joyce Meyer. (PG)

6.00 Flip Or Flop. (R) 7.00 Fixer Upper. (PG, R) 8.00 House Hunters Reno. (PG, R) 9.00 Garden Gurus. (R, CC) 9.30 Tiny House Hunters. (PG, R) 10.00 Postcards. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 Extreme Homes. (R) 12.00 House Hunters. (R) 1.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 2.00 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 Tiny House Hunters. (PG) 6.30 Tiny House, Big Living. 7.30 Escape To The Country. 8.30 Flip Or Flop Follow-Up. (PG) 9.30 The Shatner Project. (PG) 10.30 Extreme Homes. 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Tiny House, Big Living. (R) 1.00 Postcards. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Flip Or Flop Follow-Up. (PG, R) 3.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE

SBS 2 6.00 WorldWatch. 8.30 Macedonian News. 9.00 PopAsia.

(PG) 10.00 Croatian News. 10.30 Serbian News. 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News.

1.00 MOVIE: Sophie’s Revenge.

(PG, R) (2009) 2.55 Friday Feed.

(R) 3.25 Space Dandy. (PG, R) 3.50 The Brain: China. (R) 5.45 365: Every Day Documentaries. 5.50 Where Are We Going, Dad? 7.30 If You Are The One. Hosted by Meng Fei. 8.30 MOVIE: The Company Of Wolves. A teenager dreams of werewolves.

Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury.

10.20 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. (M) 10.45 Sex Box USA. (M) 11.35 Savage U. (M, R) 12.05 Billy The Kid. (M, R) 1.40 MOVIE: Ginger & Rosa. (M, R) (2012) Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Christina Hendricks.

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 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 7.30 Good Eats. (R) 8.00 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. (R) 9.00 Ching’s Restaurant Redemption.

(R) 9.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 10.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 11.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 12.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 1.30 Good Eats. (R) 2.00 Ching’s Restaurant Redemption. (R) 2.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 3.30 Giada In Paradise. (R) 4.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 5.30 Beat Bobby Flay. 6.30 Food Network Star. (PG) 7.30 Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern. (PG, R) 8.30 Restaurant: Impossible.

(PG, R) 9.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) Chef Adrianne Calvo takes on Ben Thomas.

10.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 11.30 Food Network Star. (PG, R) 12.30 Bizarre Foods. (PG, R) 1.30 Restaurant: Impossible. (PG, R) 2.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 3.30 Giada In Paradise. (R) 4.30 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 5.00 Beat Bobby Flay. (R)

6.00 Tipi Tales. 6.30 The Dreaming. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Bizou. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Bushwhacked!

9.00 Wapos Bay. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Soccer. OFC Champions League. 12.00 The Point Review. 12.30 Indians And Aliens. 1.00 Fusion Feasts. 1.30 Bush Bands Bash. 2.30 In The Frame. (PG) 3.00 The Best Of Yalukit Willam. (PG) 5.00 Te Kaea. 5.30 The Medicine Line. (PG) 6.00 Australian Biography. 6.30 Message Stick. 7.00 Sacred Ground. (PG) 8.00 Reflections On Karrawirra Parri.

8.10 We Shall Remain. (PG) 9.30 Tough Love. (PG) 11.00 We Stop. (PG) 11.30 Ngurra. 12.00 Volumz. (PG) 1408

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ANOTHER DOUBLE BATCH OF PLAY PAGES...

Here’s another double batch of Dubbo Weekender’s Play Pages – two of everything, for twice the laughs and twice the brain-teasing during these winter weeks!

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KIDS’ MAZE

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QUICK CLUES

MEGA MAZE

traffic snarl-up (6) 5. See 2 Down 6. Is it included in the levy (5) 7. Material taken by the barrister (4) 10. Impasses produced by overtrained colleagues (10) 12. The last possible moment for reporting a row of corpses (8) 15. The day came to transfer to higher education establishment (7) 16. Behind a set arrangement by the Royal Navy (6) 18. Scoundrel to go the wrong way in French street (5) 19. Shoots up to prevent progress (4)

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

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FIND THE WORDS This is a theme puzzle with the subject stated below. Find the listed words in the grid. (They may run in any direction but always in a straight line. Some letters are used more than once.) Ring each word as you find it and when you have completed the puzzle, there will be 10 letters left over.

They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.

Name your game

OUT ON A LIMB

by Gary Kopervas

FLASH GORDON

by Jim Keefe

athletics bowl boxing champion club compete cricket discus dive fishing glide

heats high jump hockey hurdles ice skating jog kayak long jump marathon Olympics oval

park pentathlon polo racing relay rowing run silver soccer spar spikes

swimming tennis vault walk weights wrestling

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

GRIN & BEAR IT

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

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PRINCE VALIANT

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From the pages of America’s most popular newspapers

ACROSS

NEXT STRIP

THE CASHIER

by Ricardo Galvão

1 Let the cat out of the bag 5 Culture medium 9 Seek damages 12 Frost 13 Contemptible 14 Moreover 15 Saharan 16 Sculpted head 17 18-wheeler 18 Pedestal part 19 “The Greatest” 20 Fisherman’s hope 21 TV watchdog org.

23 Away from NNW 25 In a just manner 28 Certainly 32 Nome dome home 33 Heart line?

34 Aromatic resin 36 Brawl 37 Supplement,

with “out” 38 Scoot 39 Alger’s “before” 42 Twitch 44 Lends a hand 48 Coloration 49 Pruritus 50 Thought 51 Freddy’s street 52 – gin fizz 53 Lounge about 54 Billboards 55 Repair 56 Narrow opening

DOWN 1 Actor Pitt 2 Old Italian money 3 In the thick of 4 State of great comfort 5 Monastery office 6 France, once 7 Francis’ home 8 On Soc. Sec., maybe 9 Hindu garment

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by Henry Boltinoff

JUST LIKE CATS & DOGS

by Dave T. Phipps

STRANGE BUT TRUE z It was notorious “gonzo journalist” Hunter S. Thompson who made the following sage observation: “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ‘Wow! What a ride!’” z Spread out your fingers as far as you can, then measure the distance between the end of your thumb and the opposite side of your palm. That

10 One 11 Advantage 20 Sideshow performer’s cot?

22 Cape 24 Glitch 25 White lie 26 Khan title 27 Not up to par 29 Blunder 30 Greek vowel 31 Rotation duration 35 Stamina 36 Like some eyebrows 39 Comical Caroline 40 “- Lang Syne” 41 Pirate treasure, in part 43 Pedestal occupant 45 “American -” 46 Sandwich shop 47 Sodium chloride 49 Doctrine

by Samantha Weaver distance is known as your shaftment. z An US plumbing company conducts an annual survey of its technicians to find out what sorts of things are being found in customers’ pipes.

Among the more interesting items over the years have been Barbies, false teeth, TV remotes, alligators and six-packs of beer. z Over the past 100 years, the life expectancy of the average Australian has risen from 57 to 82. That’s better than in America where its currently 78, but not quite up to the Japanese

who can expect to live a year longer than Australians. z On a per-capita basis, Canadians consume more macaroni and cheese than citizens of any other country. z Railroads in Japan have a persistent problem: turtles. It seems the reptiles have a habit of wandering onto the tracks, and many of them get stuck between the switching rails.

To address the problem, they created tunnels under the tracks to allow the turtles to pass freely without endangering passengers – or themselves.

Thought for the Day: “English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment, and education – sometimes it’s sheer luck, like getting across the street.” – E.B. White

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YOUR STARS ARIES (MAR 21-APR 20) As ideas pop in and out of your head this week, try to capture some of them. Are you unable to concentrate because of a personal dilemma? It may not be easy to solve, but you can make a start. Someone has good advice that will set you on the right track. Choose your words carefully. You may feel that you need some guidance right from the ‘off ’ this week. Don’t make a big deal of it.

TAURUS (APR 21-MAY 21) Popping in

and out of people’s lives is unsettling for everyone. Sometimes it is fun to take a lighter approach. Even so, others may be taking you more seriously than you currently deserve. Step back if you really don’t want to make a decision. However, accept what happens if you lose out. Building a stronger aura around you means getting some life experience and learning from it.

be hard this week to make much sense of what others are doing. Having firm ideas about what you want, it is strange to see others waffling. Remember that you cannot help those who will not help themselves. Appreciation at work may be overdue, but please accept it with grace and charm. Changes can unsettle us when we are stretched already, right? Realise this and don’t hesitate to ask for practical help.

CANCER (JUN 22-JUL 22) A few delays

in plans? Look behind the given reason to find out the detail. This, however, means time to pursue a romantic interest that has been delayed. Bring out the best in your character and appearance as you are about to impress! Bring about more certainty in your life by taking control. There are some areas that need

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tightening up. Not doing this could end up in niggling problems when you most want to step back.

LEO (JUL 23-AUG 23) In a week full of

questions and a dearth of answers, be patient. The Full Moon midweek stirs up insecurity and jealousy. Is it time that a decision was made in your love life?

Extra responsibilities may be daunting, but could make life easier in the long run. You are aware of the saying ‘nothing ventured, nothing gained?’ Being in charge can be head-spinning. A practical approach will keep your feet on the ground.

VIRGO (AUG 24-SEP 23) Mid-

week is a good time for important meetings and you feel strong mentally. Physically you may decide to take a back seat whilst so involved in business.

Does this mean more time spent with a loved one? Certainly they can be a calming influence. Those who are single should mingle.

Going forward can sometimes mean planning things out in your head.

GEMINI (MAY 22-JUN 21) It can

LIBRA (SEP 24-OCT 23) The Full Moon, midweek, sees you feeling a little surer of someone you recently met. Are they really so good? Now you will know. Taking a rain check physically can give you back your love of life and enthusiasm. If this has been missing of late, are medical checks in order? Sorting out what you want from what you need is not always an easy task.

SCORPIO (OCT 24-NOV 22) A wide

range of emotions trigger some confusion. We all feel, at times, that we have lost our way. Getting back on track can

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be as simple as listing what really matters to you. Bounce ideas and feelings around with others to get a balanced picture. You have far more power and influence than you imagine. Maybe you don’t want it? Ah, but think how it could benefit your nearest and dearest!

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 23-DEC 21) With

a light being shone on your love life midweek by a Full Moon, you see a new friend clearly for the first time. Hesitating? You don’t need a reason to change your mind but it helps to know it. Confiding in an old friend or relative gives a much more balanced picture. You are being given the chance to shine. In showing what you can do a good impression is created.

CAPRICORN (DEC 22-JAN 20) This week’s Full Moon shines on your finances and future cash. There is a chance to see clearly and get things in order.

Although it is not a time to gamble, you could be lucky in other ways. Are you wanting to make progress with a new relationship? Do you want to progress an old one? Others may not share your dreams or understand your motives. Is it so important that they do?

AQUARIUS (JAN 21-FEB 19) Friends

and lovers can both be confusing at times. This week, however, you are seeing very clearly who is worth your time and who is not. The chance to meet new people should be taken up with enthusiasm. The period around the Full Moon midweek can be particularly lucky. When a situation arises that you have met before, don’t assume that it will play out the same as last time.

PISCES (FEB 20-MAR 20) Cash and

hobbies seem connected this week.

Could one hobby be the key to more fun or even an income? Sharing ideas and plans works well but, perhaps, sharing finances does not. You may dream of a different life, partner or finances. Yes, we may dream about anything. Isn’t that wonderful? Injecting a little reality would not go amiss though, eh?

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Monday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Loving Leo needs to get a balance between work and home life in the months ahead.

With a keen mind you can become over-enthusiastic when on a roll.

Business is buzzing but so can your love life be!

Tuesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Fast moves on both the work and family front take you by surprise, Leo. Don’t be thrown by strident comments by a relative.

They are probably testing the water.

Avoid jumping to conclusions.

Wednesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Leo, you are being encouraged to make the most out of any opportunity that comes along. That is fine as long as it does not take you away from home too often. Balance, here, is everything!

Thursday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! When Leo roars the world shakes (well, that is what we are told). Sometimes, though, you do not roar loudly enough.

Show your talents and be admired or stay silent and gain nothing. Your choice.

Friday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Being too modest certainly does not become you, Leo. In any case those who know you will not believe a word of it! When trying to impress just be yourself. Maybe others should be impressing you?

Saturday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Loud and clear you need to get your needs and ambitions over to others. You are not normally a shrinking violet so why start now? Others look up to you to set a firm example. Please do it, Leo. Sunday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! An increasing number of people seem to want your company. You fail to see why. However, it is directly because you are honest and unspoilt that they admire you.

Don’t change.

SOLUTIONS AND ANSWERS for this week’s first batch of puzzles and tests Mega Maze

CryptoQuote answer

This week's Snowflakes

This week's Californian

This week's Sudoku

This week's Go Figure!

FIND THE WORDS solution 916 Life. Be in it DUAL CROSSWORD 18,998 CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Raps; 3 Statutes; 8 Alto; 9 Oriental; 11 Point of order; 13 Angels; 14 Rename; 17 Promised land; 20 Together; 21 Peri; 22 Pressing; 23 Byre.

Down: 1 Reappear; 2 Putting; 4 Tariff; 5 Their heads; 6 Tithe; 7 Silk; 10 Stalemates; 12 Deadline; 15 Academy; 16 Astern; 18 Rogue; 19 Stop.

QUICK SOLUTIONS

Across: 1 Rift; 3 Merciful; 8 Sure; 9 Frenetic; 11 Opening night; 13 Sprout; 14 Stifle; 17 Take no notice; 20 Toreador; 21 Char; 22 Condense; 23 Myth.

Down: 1 Response; 2 Forbear; 4 Enrage; 5 Conviction; 6 Fetch; 7 Luck; 10 Vituperate; 12 Research; 15 Flighty; 16 Joyous; 18 Apron; 19 Otic.

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10. California Highway Patrol. 11. The song, by John Lennon, was inspired by Strawberry Field, the Salvation Army Children’s Home, where he lived in Woolton, near Liverpool. 12. In 2010.

The Dragons beat the Sydney Roosters 32-8. 13. “Lay Lady Lay”, by Bob Dylan, The Baker’s Dozen Trivia a single from his hit 1969 Test: “Nashville Skyline” album.

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They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.

Life’s a beach

OUT ON A LIMB

by Gary Kopervas

FLASH GORDON

by Jim Keefe

Alva Apollo Avoca Ayr Ballina Bega Cairns Cardwell Cape York Chelsea Dampier

Darwin Dee Why Fingal Beach Harbord Iluka Kiama Laurieton Miami Mona Vale Nambucca Narooma

Nowra Onslow Orbost Pambula Pialba Robe Roebourne Sale Tathra Tea Gardens Tugun

Urangan Urunga Wooli Yamba Yeppoon

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

GRIN & BEAR IT

by Wagner

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

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by Tony Lopes

PRINCE VALIANT

CALIFORNIAN CROSSWORD

by Murphy & Gianni

From the pages of America’s most popular newspapers

ACROSS

THE CASHIER

by Ricardo Galvão

1 Atomizer output 5 Annoy 8 Picnic invaders 12 Pub 14 Old Italian coin 15 Poisonous evergreen 16 Alternative to Windows 17 Greek consonants 18 Electrical resistance 20 Some silverware 23 Soon, in verse 24 Individuals 25 “Hamlet” Oscar winner 28 Schedule abbr.

29 “Once upon -...”

30 Periodical, for short 32 Semi-sweet sherry 34 Location 35 Study of the

13 Responsibility 19 Hoisted, at sea 20 Enemy 21 Aware of 22 Authentic 23 Preferred invitees 25 Ear doctor’s device 26 Eastern potentate 27 – -tat-tat 29 Operatic solo 31 Tooth-paste style DOWN 33 Buckeye 1 Chinese chair34 Always, in man music 2 Ailing 36 Show anger 3 Witness 37 Relocate 4 “Much obliged” 38 Desert-like 5 Unopened roses 39 Actress Campbell 6 Exploit 40 Legend 7 Apache leader 43 Long. crosser 8 Graduates 44 – and outs 9 1492 vessel 10 Advanced math 45 Baseball hat 46 Crafty 11 Old German duchy name 160801 past (Abbr.)

36 Wild 37 Crazed one 40 Silent 41 Sandwich cookie 42 Quadrennial games 47 Elvis’ “- Las Vegas” 48 Fatherly 49 Paradise 50 Ordinal suffix 51 Catch sight of

HOCUS-FOCUS

POINT TAKEN

by Paul Dorin

JUST LIKE CATS & DOGS

by Dave T. Phipps

STRANGE BUT TRUE z It was Australian poet Henry Lawson who made the following observation more than a hundred years ago: “It is a matter of public shame that while we have now commemorated our hundredth anniversary, not one in every ten children attending Public schools throughout the colonies is acquainted with a single historical fact about Australia.” z Before 1788, when European settlement began, it is estimated there were approximately 200-250 different languages spoken by Aboriginal

by Henry Boltinoff

by George people living throughout Australia. z Only five countries in the world are bigger than Australia: Russia, Canada, China, the United States of America, and Brazil. z If we trust the official National Archives of Australia more than Wikipedia (and we should be able to do so), Australia’s 19th Prime Minister, John Grey Gorton, was born in New Zealand. He went to school with at least two others who were destined for greatness: Gorton was at school with film star Errol Flynn at Shore

(1924-26) and painter Russell Drysdale at Geelong Grammar (1927-30). z According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the most fingers and toes (polydactylism) on a living person is 28, which belong to Devendra Suthar. The record was confirmed

by Guinness officials in Himatnagar, Gujarat, India in November 2014.

Devendra Suthar has 14 fingers and 14 toes. A carpenter, he says that the extra fingers don’t affect his work, though he has to be extra careful when cutting.

Quote of the Day: In the obituary for author, businessman and former editor of the Dubbo Liberal, Bill Hornadge, who died in 2013, he is quoted as saying this about his former boss, Liberal proprietor Leo Armati: “Working for Leo was like sitting on a volcano; you never knew when he was going to explode.”

It’s worth noting that the obituary was written by Leo’s son John Armati, and published in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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1. TELEVISION: What were the names of the children on the “Roseanne” TV comedy?

2. HOLIDAYS: What holiday is set aside to stress the importance of planting trees?

3. ANATOMY: What is the hardest known substance in the human body?

4. GEOLOGY: What is amber?

5. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What organisation allows people to join when they turn 55 years old?

6. CARS: What is the symbol

Another Baker’s Dozen Trivia Test

for Audi vehicles?

7. GEOGRAPHY: What kind of landform is Martha’s Vineyard?

8. MUSIC: What group recorded the 1966 hit “Good Vibrations”?

9. SCIENCE: What is the term for the temperature at which cooled water vapour turns into liquid?

10. MOVIE: What was Disney’s first animated feature that was based on an original story?

11. FLASHBACK: Name the

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singer who was born Ernest Evans.

12. SPORT: When was the last time before 2016 that more than one American female tennis player reached the quarterfinals of the French Open?

13. LYRICS: Name the song that contains this lyric: “The wild and windy night that the rain washed away, Has left a pool of tears crying for the day.”

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2nd batch Californian

2nd batch Sudoku

FIND THE WORDS solution 917 A beach getaway DUAL CROSSWORD 18,999 CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS Across: 3 Breakdown; 8 Took; 9 Batteries; 10 Litter; 11 Chief; 14 Leave; 15 Rash; 16 Turns; 18 Fuss; 20 Clear; 21 Earls; 24 Always; 25 Recondite; 26 Luce; 27 Loathsome.

Down: 1 Still-life; 2 Lost cause; 4 Rear; 5 Aitch; 6 Darker; 7 Weep; 9 Beset; 11 Corks; 12 Face value; 13 Pharisees; 17 Scale; 19 Sat out; 22 Lidos; 23 Veto; 24 Atom.

QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 3 Cowardice; 8 Rout; 9 Cultivate; 10 Animus; 11 Proud; 14 Chill; 15 Tile; 16 Youth; 18 Slap; 20 Arced; 21 Loose; 24 Leaven; 25 Malicious; 26 Arms; 27 Promotion.

Down: 1 Broadcast; 2 Municipal; 4 Opus; 5 Alter; 6 Devout;

7 Cute; 9 Curly; 11 Prune; 12 Discovery; 13 Readiness; 17 Hades; 19 Podium; 22 Stint; 23 Fair; 24 Ludo.

Another Baker’s Dozen Trivia Test: 1. Darlene, Becky and D.J. 2.

Arbor Day. 3. Tooth enamel 4. Fossilized tree resin. 5.

Probus. The minimum age to join is generally 55. 6.

Four interlocking rings. 7. An island. 8. The Beach Boys.

9. Dew point. 10. “The Lion King”. 11. Chubby Checker, of “Twist” fame. 12. It was 2004 (Jennifer Capriati and Venus and Serena Williams). 13. “The Long and Winding Road”, by the Beatles, 1970. A short time later when co-writer Paul McCartney went to court to legally dissolve the band, he pointed to producer Phil Spector’s modifications to the song as being one reason why.

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Soccer kids getting a taste of the real Madrid

BY JOHN RYAN AN JOURNALIST

OW much does it motivate kids at school knowing they’ll be going on a sporting trip to Spain?“ Challenge to select, more takers than places.

“That selection was based on their participation and engagement and so on, certainly the 20 are very enthusiastic, and the younger ones who may have missed out know that in the coming years there’ll be other opportunities,” said Wellington High School principal Don Harvey.

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of primary students involved in th the training program so as they co come into high school it’s sometthing they’re going to be lookth iing forward to and it will act as motivation.

“Real Madrid Foundation, it’s obviously associated with the football club, the philanthropic arm, they work independently, it’s one of the biggest sporting brands in the world, if not the biggest – the foundation has the social school’s sports program, they have soccer and basketball, Wellington High’s only involved in the soccer – that’s called football of course, we still have a bit of a language issue there.

“The program I believe is across many countries across

the planet and involves 270 odd schools, we are the first and at this stage the only school in Australia in the program.

“The Real Madrid Foundation pays all our accommodation, they have a hostel, they pay for food, basically while the kids are in Spain we are the guests of the Foundation so everything is paid for.

“The first Sunday we’re there the kids go off to see Real Madrid play on their home ground and they meet up with students from other schools and do work with the social schools program, there’s a tour of the city of Madrid and all the social and cultural aspects of that.

“The kids are responsible for paying for their airfares, get-

ting themselves over there and also their travel insurance and that’s basically the only expense the kids have.

“We have been doing significant fundraising and the community has been absolutely fantastic and we’ve even been to Sydney and we’ve had some wonderful people at a trivia night down there and they contributed to us going.

“It’s a huge opportunity and I’m sure our kids are going to take it.

“Obviously the Foundation has been interested to see how we’ve been going in Australia and they’ve watched us keenly and they’re very impressed with what’s been happening at the school and they’ve been

supporting all the way along.

“We’ve had ongoing support from them, every two years they will bring a coach out to work with staff and in the teaching program – they also made a generous donation to the school to run some functions and we’re looking down the track to run a gala day for other schools in the area, so it’s an association which I think has got fantastic potential into the future.

“I’m sure the kids will appreciate the opportunity and make the most of it “About three of the students have been overseas with the G’day USA, but most of them have never travelled overseas.

“We’re really excited.“

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The final say

FROM THE EDITOR-AT-LARGE Jen Cowley

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All that glitters is not gold H, the ‘lympics.

The wonderful opportunity that rolls around every four years for we mere mortals to express our sporting expertise on everything from dressage to diving.

Just between thee and me – and now that the games are underway – I’ll admit my usual gusto for the approaching spectacle had been somewhat tempered this time around. There’s something very uncomfortable about the notion of a country spending almost $5 billion on a sporting spectacle when some 10 per cent (or around 25 million) of its citizens live in poverty.

That’s more than the entire population of Australia, by the way (unless you’re using this week’s census count, which has our population at 12 people with fast internet). So all that glitters in Rio isn’t gold – particularly for the people living in the squalid favelas the Brazilian government tried in vain to bulldoze under the carpet for the sake of visitors’ sensibilities.

But those pesky issues of humanity aside, there’s been no shortage of actual sporting achievement at these games with which to push those images from our minds. And apart from the magic moments of Aussie gold (oi, oi, oi), here’s another few blips on our Olympic radar from the past week.

Remember how the yanks were going to “smash the Aussies like guitars” in the 4x100m freestyle relay at “our” Sydney 2000 games? Didn’t quite work out that way (thanks Thorpe, Klim et. Al.) but this week, there was no doubt as to who would take the title of swimming’s alltime front-man. And as much as we love to hate the Americans on the pool deck, it would be churlish not to dip yer lid to Michael Phelps, who this week bagged his 21st Olympic gold medal – at the age of 31. Hear that? That’s the sound of records smashing – like guitars? – all over the sporting world.

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No sense counting on the Census PEAKING of population counts, our big night of national snap-shotting turned into a complete balls-up this week. With millions of Aussies trying to log in at once to complete the Census – under reported threat of a $180 fine for failing to do so – the ABS’ site crashed like a Donald Trump one-liner, leaving three quarters of the Australian population questioning the wisdom of forcing the whole show online.

Rampant paranoia over perceived threats to privacy aside, the experiment seems to have turned what is genuinely a vital national snapshot into a national joke, spawning an avalanche of unfortunate – albeit highly amusing – social media jokes at the expense of what is supposed to be serious business.

Fortunately, we have until September 22 to complete the thing – and if Tuesday night’s debacle is anything to go by, we’ll need every minute of it – otherwise our national population will register at around 1928 levels, and show that nine out of 10 Australians spent at least four hours this week screaming at their computer screen.

Satire site, The Shovel, was among those to offer some light relief from the week’s Census frustrations, offering these “other” figures showing: z 61 per cent of Australians now work for the ABS; z 7 per cent of Australians have the surname Turnbull; z 12 per cent of Australians are current or former Australian prime ministers; z O per cent of Australians have an internet connection.

There’ll be no gold medals for the ABS this week, and with the debacle coming with a potential price tag of several hundred million – on top of the $470 million it cost to set up the census platform in the first place – we’re all losers.

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the great western plains took it as a win for the home team when former Nyngan lad and horseman extraordinaire Philip Dutton took bronze in the individual eventing this week. The 52 year old is no stranger to Olympic competition - he competed for Australia in 1996 in Atlanta and again in 2000 in Sydney and in 2004 in Athens. But in 2006, Dutton swapped the Southern Cross for the Stars ‘n’ Stripes, becoming a US citizen and this week, his bronze gong aboard trusty steed Mighty Nice adds to his adopted country’s medal tally. But hey, we can still claim him, can’t we? We know it’s really a win for Australia… (wink, wink).

Ric Charlesworth – former gold medallist and famed hockey coach – raised

a few hackles this week (your correspondent’s included) by suggesting the Aussie women’s rugby team gold medal win was a “soft” victory. RC – a former federal politician, by the way, speaking of hard games in which to win a gong – reckons hockey and basketball are much harder sports in which to win medals.

Apparently so. No sign of any metal coming our way yet on the hockey fields.

But there was a nice comeback to Charlesworth’s dig from Pearls player Charlotte Caslick – who was instrumental in the Aussie women’s gold medal winning 24-17 victory over traditional rugby rivals New Zealand – simply said, “I guess he’s never played Sevens.” Touché, Ms Caslick. And congratulations.

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