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Cancer campaign bolstered by 45,000 signatures

The history of our H2O, from wells to waterways

Lars Newman: Resident Doctor

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FROM THE EDITOR

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RESTORATION Historic Convair 440 touches down in Dubbo PAGE 14

2x2 Rod and Deb Archer: Going the distance PAGE 28

PROFILE

PEOPLE

Lars Newman: Resident Doctor PAGE 20

NEW BUSINESS

BUSINESS

Joan’s touch of vintage PAGE 32

GARDENING

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Get out into the garden this Spring PAGE 38

MUSIC Sara and Greg Storer: Keeping it real PAGE 49

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

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

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What price innocence T’S funny how kids mind’s work. My youngest read an article this week in a newspaper about a terrorist attack which left many dead.

His imaginings from reading the words on what took place troubled him enough to not want to sleep in his own bed that night, experiencing anxiety that the same thing could happen to him or the people he loves.

That he should actually see images or footage from the aftermath of such an event, concerns me enough as a parent living in a peaceful society, that since becoming a mother 18 years ago, television news is neither seen nor heard when children were in the house.

Better, I thought, they learn the inherent good in people first, of which there are mountains of examples to follow in the history of the world, than there are bad deeds done by the cruel.

They may not be headline worthy because feeling good doesn’t bring out the fight or flight instinct for which we’re so primordially programmed.

It’s not that I would have them ignorant; political, historical and cultural discussions are normal at the dining table. But I would have them innocent, until they are ready to reason and fathom why anyone might strap a bomb to a child, for example, and send them to do their dirty work, suiciding in the process.

The act itself is nothing new and probably in one form or another has been a tactic employed long before the invention of ‘a live feed’ or ‘tweets’.

The French film starring Juliet Binoche, called “A Thousand Times Good Night” is a revealing tale about the issue of suicide bombers and not surprisingly a confronting one, but as she said in an interview about it, she chooses films that tell stories which need to be told.

That’s the line of most journalists but around the context of journalism there has always been policy for broadcast and print media, boundaries and regulations, determining what crosses the line of decency, appropriateness, what will the public stomach.

Every country is different. Living in the middle east where there are dozens of news media outlets I remember looking at the front page of the Lebanese daily, The Daily Star, which showed an enlarged picture of a man holding something indescribable, up for the camera to see. For the longest time and with no reference point I could not see the head and shoulders of a Lebanese soldier blown separate from his body in a border patrol bomb attack.

Unaccustomed to such imagery in the news, it shocked me then that this image might be on newspaper stands, kitchen dining tables, accessible to children, who would grow up seeing life lived in this way and not know any different. Never be shocked or have sleepless nights that something like this had happened and it was normal to be shocked, not just normal.

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That was before the Internet was the open book on humanity for all to see. A space where there is no regulation and only now, are there efforts to rein in behaviour or visuals which just aren’t appropriate for anyone let alone kids.

Or is it, that the times have changed so much?

In less than a decade it’s become the norm to expose the young minds of our next generation to the world’s realities without seeking to protect their innocence or exercise our duty of care toward their mental health – even if their only “problem” is that they live in fear of things outside their realm of daily experience.

Like asking a child to suicide by blowing themselves up for a cause they have no capacity to understand IS the highest form of child abuse this planet will ever likely know, isn’t exposing children to images and headlines about the worst humankind can do to each other – then and leaving it up to them to fathom, reason and understand, or create a context for – also a type of abuse, through neglect, apathy or conditioning?

At which point do our youth experience the good in people to the same degree, with the same heightened insistence that they must watch, must read, must listen, must engage, so that they are allowed to experience hope, faith, fearlessness.

I remember when Russia invaded Afghanistan in the late ‘70s thinking it was the end of the world and the only context I had to understand it, was what the television news gave me.

Thirty years on, the crimes against humanity join us at the dinner table, opposite our lounge chairs, on our phones, and in our daily lives between Snapchats and Facebook posts.

For adults, current affairs have some relevancy, but do children really need to know how many people died today in a terrible, frightening way?

Mortified, it shocked me then that this image might be on newspaper stands, kitchen dining tables, accessible to children, who would grow up seeing life lived in this way and not know any different. Never be shocked or have sleepless nights that something like this had happened and it was shocking, not normal.

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Dr Florian Honeyball, Mark Coulton ,Lyn Smith, Brian Semmler, Michelle Mathieson, Dr Colin McClintock, Franny Peters-Little, Robin Payne, Dr Joe Canalese attend the official handover of 45,000 signature this week which are part of a campaign for a cancer centre in Dubbo, with more signatures on their way.

Cancer Centre campaign 45,000 signature boost

BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

HE election pledge of $25 million for an integrated cancer centre at Dubbo by deputy prime minister, Mr Barnaby Joyce marked an amazing moment in politics for Parkes MP Mark Coulton.

“As the local member for the federal parliament, this is something that makes me very proud to have the job that I do,” Coulton said, signing the receipt of so many signatures from throughout the western region was a highlight of his career.

“It’s clearly one of those special moments, I could not possibly have predicted a number of this magnitude.

“It really shows two things – it shows that this centre is something that is highly sought and that people do see the need but it also shows what an amazing group of people live in the communities of western NSW,” he said.

The large table in his meeting room was covered in envelopes containing at least 1000 signatures apiece, testament not only to the amount of people who signed the petition, but also to the number of individuals and organisations from across the region who distributed and collected the petitions.

The Nationals’ Whip and long serving member, who’s respected across all sides of politics for his calm and respectful manner, has been hamstrung in the past because his seat, which covers half the state, is so safe, the coalition at the highest levels know they’ll win here despite anything they do, or don’t do.

That makes it difficult to get any significant spend in the region.

Just weeks before the surprise federal poll was called, a grassroots campaign for the integrated cancer centre kicked off again with a big splash, but this time with a difference.

Coordinated and led by West Dubbo Rotary, Dubbo’s media outlets collectively began crusading for the concept, some enterprising locals cornered all

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sorts of celebrities to post their support to social media and state MP Troy Grant, who doubles as NSW deputy premier, also threw his weight into the fight – and sometimes the commonwealth needs the states to do things for them, so at last the stars had aligned.

The coalition scraped-in with the barest of majorities in the double dissolution election, and this week was the watershed moment as the petition - numbering more than 45,000 signatures - was handed to Mark Coulton on Monday so he could present it to parliament in Canberra.

He wasn’t wasting any time.

“This afternoon I’ll be meeting with the deputy premier Troy Grant and Scott McLaughlin from Western Health to start the formal process of the funding agreement so that Western Health can plan the details for this centre in stages three and four of the Dubbo Hospital redevelopment,” Coulton said.

“I’ll be sending (this petition) to the Australian parliament in September and as indication of the overwhelming support and community spirit from western NSW for this centre,” Coulton said.

West Dubbo Rotary’s Lyn Smith said they sent the petitions out to start with, then they had an avalanche of hundreds of people getting in touch, to put them out in their towns.

“It really has been a grassroots’ campaign, we wouldn’t have more than 45,000 signatures if it wasn’t something that everyone thought we needed and something that was long overdue”, Smith said.

“And as many people would know, this campaign didn’t begin recently, it’s

been going on for years.

“Now’s the best time to get it both because stages three and four of the hospital redevelopment are going on, and if we’d gotten it earlier we would have had older technology,” she said.

Dr Colin McClintock said the social media campaign provided a tremendous data pool for supporters.

“One of the remarkable things was using social media to track who was supporting and by that more than anything we were able to show that this was not just about Dubbo, this was the west of the state, half the people who have signed this and were supporting it on social media, the Facebook campaign and elsewhere were in other towns,” Dr McClintock said.

“Towns where the challenges of the geography and the challenges of accessing high level health care services such as cancer services are the greatest.

“I think it’s a testimony to the support across the entire west of the state, and the desire and the passion to deliver this cancer centre,” he said.

Mark Coulton said that in all the towns across his electorate, wherever he went, there’d be signs urging people to sign the petition.

“This ties in with Dubbo being a centre for health, with the hospital redevelopment, Macquarie Homestay, which is also another great example of community spirit which will dovetail nicely with the cancer centre so that people from the west can come and stay in Dubbo with very minimal costs while they or their loved ones are getting treatment,” he said.

Professor Joe Canalese has been fight-

` It really has been a grassroots’ campaign, we wouldn’t have more than 45,000 signatures if it wasn’t something that everyone thought we needed and something that was long overdue – Lyn Smith

ing for such a centre for almost two decades, he says it will be an incredibly vital part of the health capacity of Dubbo.

As a former dean of Sydney University’s Rural Clinical School next door to Dubbo Hospital, he says it will provide local training, work experience, pathways and eventual jobs for medical students from the city, as well as those who come here to study medicine.

“It’s not just a therapy unit, we hope to have the correct physiotherapists, all the appropriate support mechanisms including education,” Dr Canalese said, pointing out a complex like Dubbo Hospital will also need facilities such as a tiered lecture theatre and all the things necessary to convince students and staff that Dubbo is a great place to work and study.

Dr Florian Honeyball will play a major role in designing the integrated cancer centre, he’s also provided plenty of expert advice for politicians and the health bureaucracy to get the project to its current stage.

He believes the facility will be far more than just a place where people go to seek help when they’ve been diagnosed with cancer.

“We’ll need appropriate diagnostic facilities including PET scanning, we’re also looking at trying to bring in clinical trials to Dubbo to try and reduce the amount of travel which people need to take to get up to the minute treatments and clinical trial treatments in Dubbo There will be a research component to that and we’ll be working with the University of Sydney to try and ensure Dubbo’s not just a treatment centre but a research facility for people to extend their careers in the city.”

“The cancer centre will also be training medical students but also training advanced trainees, so specialty medical oncologists, radiation oncologists but also other fields such as specialist nurses, specialist allied health and also trying to provide research and postgraduate research opportunities for anyone who’s interested in providing ultimate cancer care in the bush,” he said.

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Long term vision for Toongi

BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

OR 200 years agriculture has flogged the fragile Australian landscape with a combination of overstocking via set stocking limits, overuse of synthetic inputs which have degraded our soils and conventional farming methods which have seen much of our fertile topsoil either blown away on the wind or washed into rivers we’ve turned into drains.

In the past three decades sustainability and regeneration have become buzzwords for landholders looking to escape the corporate model of costly inputs as they’ve tried to rebuild that lost fertility and increase productivity and profitability.

Mining companies have received plenty of bad publicity by wanting to dig huge holes in fertile farming country like the Liverpool Plains.

New reports are showing that many of these heavily subsidised mines are dug until the easy pickings are exported, then sold off so the companies don’t have to rehabilitate the moonscapes they’ve created.

Coal Seam Gas (CSG) companies have been heavily criticised for working the system to get taxpayer subsidies so they can sell our gas cheaply off-shore, meantime jacking up the price for local users – all this while opponents claim the fracking method used for gas extraction is irreparably damaging priceless underground aquifers and cracking stream beds, making our precious freshwater reserves poisonous.

As I discovered this week, Alkane Resources, parent company of the Dubbo Zirconia Project (DZP) near Toongi, just south of Dubbo, approaches environmental stewardship in an innovative and unlikely way.

MIKE SUTHERLAND hailed from the local area before a career in mining took him around the world.

He now heads up Alkane’s NSW operations but well before that he was the state’s forest Landcare Coordinator, so when he was planning how to manage the 2500 hectares of land surrounding the DZP, he went headhunting, and he didn’t have to look too far.

Fergus Job grew up around Yeoval and was catchment manager at Little River Landcare when the DZP planning was in its early stages and had numerous discussions with Mike Sutherland about how the country around the proposed mine should be managed – so it was only natural that he was the target to run the newly formed Toongi Pastoral Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alkane Resources.

He’d left Little River after five-anda-half years in 2011 and moved to Surat in western QLD to manage a station for AA Company, which is the home of their Western Waygus which is the largest full-blood Waygu herd in the world outside Japan, a 90,000 acre property with broadacre and irrigated farming operations.

“The opportunity came in April in this year to come back to Dubbo and to take over here at Toongi Pastoral and work with Mike and Ian Chalmers,” Job said.

“There’s two really big things for me and on a personal level one of them is that I can’t influence a mining company by sitting on the outside and throw sticks at them but if I’m actually in the

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Former NSW state’s forest Landcare coordinator and current Alkane’s NSW operations head, Mike Sutherland, Toongi Pastoral Company, Fergus Job and Alkane Resources managing director Ian Chalmers. PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER

business and managing a landscape on their behalf we can actually influence the outcomes and tell that story of coexistence appropriately – there has to be co-existence between Natural Resource Management and mining resource management so that’s one of the big things for me.

“From the landscape management perspective these guys are a start-up company, there’s no preconceived ideas about agriculture – the number one output is manage the landscape sustainably, it’s an 80 to 100 year project so we get to set it up right, right from the word go and not too many people get that opportunity in business to actually do that,” he said.

He believes this is an almost unique situation to make some valuable case study material which could help lead the way for miners and farmers to interact harmoniously with both caring for country.

“There’s two really important things; the conversation that I started with Mike Sutherland back in my Little River days was about setting up an agricultural business that had an open book and the flip side of that is that we’re a public company, or Alkane Resources is a public company, so we have full transparency, there’s no, ‘we can’t hide anything in the system’,” Job said.

“So we get an opportunity at Toongi Pastoral to do that right from the word go, to measure and record the things in the landscape that need to be done and keep it practical so that it’s economically viable as a business unit.

“I haven’t been given a free ride – so the mining company hasn’t just come in and said here’s a heap of money, go out and put a shiny farm together, they’ve actually come to me and said what do you need and what resources do you need and how much is it going to cost for us to set up a sustainable organisation and once we get to that point, you’ve still got to make money and you’ve still got to contribute to the greater part of the business,” he said.

Fergus has accumulated 25 or 26 years of experience since he left school both through education and other busi-

ness experience.

“The whole coexistence thing is about do we manage the landscape that we operate within and how do we actually integrate with the people around us, whether that’s the neighbours on the other side of the fence or whether it’s the greater community,” Job said.

“There’s a lot of opportunities to do different things with the local community, first and foremost we need to actually record and get a little bit of a hold on economically and from a business structure on the piece of landscape that we’re being asked to manage.”

Part of the farm area contains 1021 hectares of biodiversity offset to be managed on behalf of the mine without locking it up and throwing away the key.

“So we’re going to manage that for an environmental outcome, we’re going to manage our agricultural business for an environmental outcome and we’re going to manage our mine for the same environmental outcome, they’re totally different businesses and totally different outputs but the basic ethos between those three businesses will be the same,” Job said.

“It’s 450 hectares of what we’d call Invasive Native Scrub (INS) pine vegetation, the remainder of the biodiversity offset actually high-value agricultural land, grassy box woodland so yellow box and going down in to fuzzy box and the riparian zone so there’s a real opportunity to take some of that landscape that’s been highly modified historically, restore it back to its previous state without turning it into land where we lock the gate and throw the key away because that’s what happens in a lot of mining cases, they actually just put a fence around it , lock it up, throw the key away and nobody manages it.

“We need to be really really careful because we can say best management practice but it’s not best management practice, what we’re going to do is come up with a system that works really good for this environment,” he said.

He also says it’s important to regard this operation as a guide for operating principles rather than a template to be

` There’s a real opportunity to take some of that landscape that’s been highly modified historically, restore it back to its previous state without turning it into land where we lock the gate and throw the key away because that’s what happens in a lot of mining cases, they actually just put a fence around it , lock it up, throw the key away and nobody manages it.

– Fergus Job, manager, Toongi Pastoral Company

slavishly replicated on other properties.

“What we do here may not necessarily work on another block of dirt on the other side of the catchment or in another catchment somewhere else, but just to show that you can actually do it and you can actually be conscious and planned and thoughtful about where your landscape’s going over the next 80 or 100 years,”, Job said.

“Probably the greatest disappointment for me is that I probably won’t be here in 80 or 100 years to see it, that’s probably a big disappointment.”

Alkane Resources managing director Ian Chalmers says it’s important to the company that they have minimal impact, starting at the exploration stage and right through to actual mining operations.

He says getting the best people in place at the start is the key to making the best decisions for all concerned.

“In doing what we’re doing on the environmental farming side we’ve got two very very good guys – that’s one of the things we pride ourselves on, we will always try and get the best people that we possibly can, in on the ground doing the right things,” Chalmers said.

“Sometimes you might sit back and say why are we doing this, but actually when you stand back and look at it the cost-benefit and the social benefit and the environmental benefit just outweighs any additional costs – I think that’s a really important thing, the path that we’re following.

“I mean it’s really what we’ve set out to do, you know, we set out to have minimal impact, we’ve always approached projects such that we can, if we can continue farming it again, it’s part of a buffer zone around it too, we don’t want to be seen as just some horrible nasty mining operation sitting in a very pleasant farming environment, we want to make sure that we blend in with what we’re doing, but in doing that we want to put a level of expertise and high standards with that, that makes sure that we do turn it into a profitable farming operation,” he said.

I asked him how he got on dealing with two traditional Landcarers who now have a major input into land management decisions whether the company may have to spend a bit more upfront in certain areas.

He laughed, as if these sorts of conversations were not unusual occurrences.

“It’s a good question because yes, I’m an exploration geologist just by training, that’s what I’ve spent all my life doing but I’ve also had the benefit of doing that, of working all around the country and overseas in farming and rural environments and interacting with people and those environments and I always look at how we impact, you know our initial contact is very important to us, how we interact with the people that are on the land and how we can then turn that in to something of value,” Chalmers said.

“It’s all part of the environmental management but also to minimise the impact, we’re operating outside a sizeable regional centre here and we want to be part of the community, all of our people will live in Dubbo, I mean most of our people from Tomingley either live in Dubbo or nearby so we want to be part of the community and we think longterm and this is a long-term project, it’s potentially 80 years, 100 year project and it needs to be part of the community to be successful.”

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DUBBO Meals on Wheels service manager Peter English: “There is ample training for board members, to help them cope with the responsibility … and to help them understand aged care.” PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER/MADDIE CONNELL.

Strong sense of community sought

BY NATALIE HOLMES ES JOURNALIST

EW board members are being sought by two local not-forprofit organisations. To apply, all they need is enthusiasm and a strong sense of community.

Dubbo Neighbourhood Centre is at the core of the city’s social services, offering support in four main areas of aged and disability, children’s services, counselling and family support and community and administration.

Operations manager Vanessa Creed said they were seeking new input on the board.

“Every year, we advertise for anyone to be involved. A lot of our board members have been sitting for a few years and we are looking for new people.”

There are presently 10 board members from a range of backgrounds.

Vanessa said the role is voluntary, does not require a huge time commitment and is a valuable experience.

“We are looking for people who want to engage with the community.

We have been here for over 40 years and we like to have volunteers who have the skills that will help us grow as an organisation.”

Candidates come from all walks of life but share the common goal of making a difference in Dubbo.

“We want diversity, we are looking for people with community service backgrounds or who have worked in not-for-profit before.

“They do have a fairly big say in driving our future direction and we are led by what they want, within reason.”

People with skills in finance, legal, governance and human resources

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would be welcomed. w Being a board member requires attendance at a two-hour meeting once te a month for a period of two years.

“We like to have a two-year commitment to enable strategic planning and see it through. We really don’t need them to have prior board experience, but if that’s what they want to do, it’s a stepping stone to other roles.

“They also get a chance to give back to their community and learn a lot about the services we offer. “We service the Local Government Area, and have 16 programs and services available within the sector.

“It also gives you a great sense of achievement to be part of something that makes a difference in the community.”

The centre has more than 50 active volunteers across the organisation.

“It’s just quite rewarding to give back,” Vanessa said.

Meals on Wheels service manager Peter English agreed that being a board member was beneficial. Their organisation is also searching for someone to fill a vacancy.

“We have a board of seven and have had a vacancy for about 18 months. The board haven’t considered it a priority to fill it, but at some point in time, we to look at board succession and making sure we don’t have a quorum issue.

“In the interim, we are making the opening available to the community to see who would be interested. We have already had some interest.”

Peter said the position offers the opportunity to be trained in governance, particularly those with a background in business or finance.

The contribution of a new member will affect the organisation’s struc-

ture over the next couple of years.

Meals on Wheels is funded by the Federal Government on a three-year contract which currently expires in June 2018.

“We need the continued funding to improve our service to the community. We also need to make the organisation fresh and attractive should things change and we have to sing for our supper.”

English described some of the benefits of being on the board.

“Personal growth, being part of something that is very well-run and the executive always listen whenever there is something on the table.

Everyone has some say on the strategic direction of the organisation and being heard and their opinion is valued.”

There is no need to have prior experience in this area as this will be provided.

“There is ample training for board members, to help them cope with the responsibility.

“Training is also available to help them understand aged care.”

Much like the Dubbo Neighbourhood Centre, they need to be passionate about the not-for-profit sector and an ability to be part of the community.

“A couple of hours a month is the minimum requirement, as well as input into strategic planning.

It’s a very inviting position for someone who is interested in putting back into the community.”

Expressions of interest for the Meals on Wheels position close on August 31. Contact Peter on 0417 885 088.

For more information about the Dubbo Neighbourhood Centre positions, contact Vanessa on 6882 2100.

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Seven Days

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

COPS MARCHING TO A BEAT ORANA Local Area Command scored seven of the new probationary police from the recent graduating class, with four based out of Dubbo and the others going to Wellington, Gilgandra and Narromine.

This is a great result regarding new police, now hopefully the NSW Police Force can work out how to attract and retain experienced officers in regional and rural areas so the rookies have good people to show them the ropes on the street.

It’s a tough job to stay in and a difficult area to manage in terms of human resources.

CROOKS APLENTY I SEE the ALP is holding its 2016 state conference here in Dubbo, so hopefully our new police can ensure they don’t bring Eddy Obeid and Ian Macdonald to town and, if they do, lock them and their ilk up straightaway.

I laughed when I saw this, in my opinion Dubbo would have been picked because Luke Foley has made so much mileage out of attacking Dubbo MP and deputy premier Troy Grant over the government’s decision to ban greyhound racing.

There’s no law against that and it may be smart politics, I don’t know, but it’s certainly niggly politics, maybe Cronulla hooker Mick Ennis is dispensing political strategy advice these days.

On the flip side, Troy Grant could show the collective ALP the amazing redevelopment of Dubbo Hospital, a facility that got virtually nothing during the 16 years the Carr/Iemma/ Rees/Keneally administrations were in power.

Around the electorate they could also see new hospitals or ones on the way in Peak Hill, Parkes, Forbes, Gulgong and

Dubbo Weekender met the historic Convair 440 and it’s pilots during an overnight fuel stop in Dubbo on Sundday and Monday this week. PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER/YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY

Mudgee.

This state government has gone out of its way to offend large sections of the community in recent times on issues like the forced council amalgamations, the greyhound shutdown, forced acquisitions for Sydney tollways and others, but let’s not forget there’s a flipside to that, which is the balancing of the books and a whole lot of billions spent on desperately needed infrastructure.

Labor can say they’re wanting to look after regional areas, but the problem is they’ve never done that, so people have to be hyper-critically cynical when asking labor leader Luke Foley “What’s changed?�

The ALP needs to firmly commit to actually spending money out west, I remember how shocked I was when former ALP minister (and good bloke) Carl Scully came to town and actually announced maybe a million bucks for some second hand rail crossing booms at Fitzroy St, so we don’t want to go back to the days of getting almost nothing year after year.

That being said, the fact so much great infrastructure building has been totally overshadowed by peripheral issues shows how difficult it is to negotiate the political landscape these days.

And it shows Mike Baird and Troy Grant have decided to

make unpopular decisions at great electoral risk.

If I was a political advisor I would have been wary of implementing these policies for that reason.

SHOOTING FIREWORKS FOR BIRTHDAY ONE investigation the new probationary constables won’t have much to do with is the mysterious shooting into a home on Wellington’s Maughan St. Police went to check out a report of malicious damage to a vehicle and after doing that, were called back later in the day after a bullet hole in the home’s

exterior wall.

Closer examination revealed there were a number of shots fired but it’s unknown when those shots were actually fired.

If the bullets were fired during the malicious damage on the vehicle, it’s lucky no-one was injured because there were people in the home at that time.

In a separate matter, a 27 year-old man has been charged for stealing three firearms from Warne St address after allegedly breaking into the house.

Good work by local police to solve that break in, it’s not good to have people running around free who have access to stolen firearms.

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Wello was looking for as the town gears up for its 200th birthday next year.

Everyone in the community is being asked to contribute ideas and feedback as to what residents want to see happen during 2017 to mark the anniversary, events already in the mix include high dining on the Duke of Wellington Bridge and a beer can regatta at Lake Burrendong, so the Macquarie River is already featuring prominently.

Historical trades will be on display such as blacksmithing during the showcase event and will also include a re-enactment of explorer John Oxley’s initial crossing into the valley.

Wellington High School is also planning a major reunion next year.

Speaking of reunions, I hope a great time is had by all that Dubbo High School’s 40th reunion for the Class of ’76 which will be held at the Commercial Hotel this weekend – it’s been organised by former Dubbo-ite Gary Davey, who shot to national prominence earlier this year after filming a vicious road rage attack in Brisbane which went viral on social media.

GAOLBIRDS BACK to the allegedly suspicious former Labor state pollies, if they do come to town they can visit the Old Dubbo Gaol while they’re here.

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The Old Dubbo Gaol upcoming Wine and Nourishment night, featuring Hamish and Andy, has been a sell out success. Pictured, are patrons of the last Wine and Nourishment evening. PHOTO:

The Sustainability City Expo and Science Festival will be held on September 2, at the Western Plains Cultural Centre. PHOTO: WESTERN PLAINS REGIONAL COUNCIL.

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tionally well in promoting its upcoming Wine and Nourishment night and it was all above board, although innovative in its use of social media.

480 tickets from 500 were sold in just 15 days and all it cost was a $14 boost via Facebook, so the advertising campaign was shortened from eight weeks to just a fortnight.

The remaining 20 tickets have been held back to be used as giveaways closer to the event. “It’s great that the people of the Dubbo and the region are supporting our events and enjoying what we are bringing to Dubbo,� according to Gaol manager Jamie Angus, who

wouldn’t rest on these laurels, in fact I couldn’t stop him talking about the campaign he’s launched to bring media personalities Hamish and Andy to Dubbo. “As part of the H&A show, the boys are taking their band “The Cool Guys and the Front Man� on the road for a five day tour from Nov 28 to Dec 2. We are hoping that they choose the Old Dubbo Gaol as one of their venues to play,� Angus said. “We have started the campaign “#sendHamishandAndytogaol on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to try to raise awareness and hope the boys see it and choose Dubbo.

“We created a video at https://www.facebook.com/olddubbogaol that has now been viewed over 35,000 times - our two Facebook posts have both been viewed over 60,000 times each but we are hoping to make the hashtag #sendHamishandAndytogaol go viral, the more attention the better,� he Angus is hoping it comes off, claiming such a coup would generate hundreds of thousands of dollars of free publicity for the city across Australia.

Finally, restoration of the wood paving out the front of the Old Gaol is almost finished, that’ll be officially opened next Wednesday.

LOTS OF ENERGY PLENTY happening on the energy front in town this week.

Tomorrow Saturday, August 27, Western Plains Regional Council is staging its incredibly successful Sustainable City Expo and Science Festival, an event which saw more than 1000 people through the doors last year according to council sustainability coordinator Catriona Jennings. “There will be 40 exhibitor displays, including a range of sustainable living exhibits, with tips on how to reduce household energy and water bills, create less waste, and live in harmony

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Six Wilcannia Certificate III Hospitality Aboriginal students worked alongside Aboriginal celebrity chef Mark ‘The Black’ Olive at TAFE Western’s Bangamalanha Conference in Dubbo, pictured here with Olive, left to right, Lee Cecchin, Veronica Campbell, Danielle Kinsela, Brandee Dennis, Grace Kinsela, Mark Olive, Rebecca Shillingsworth, Trevor Green, Lois Kinsela and Kayleen Broome.

with the environment,” Ms Jennings said.

“There will be hands-on science exhibits to inspire and engage the local community about the wonders of science. There will also be a live show and light refreshments at the Science Café, and plenty of kids’ activities and competitions to enter.

“Some of the highlights of this year’s program include the live science show with Fizzics Education, native animal encounters and a chance to learn fun circus skills with Circus West,” she said.

For more information you can visit dubbo.nsw.gov.au/expo Next Friday, September 2, marks the Festival of Energy, put on by the Aboriginal Housing Office, open for all comers, and focusing on assisting vulnerable people living in the region to reduce their high energy bills.

There will be interactive inhome energy use workshops, Bring your Bills sessions, energy tariff talks, financial counselling services and budget talks as well as demonstrations of solar and other renewable technologies.

There’ll also be workshops and educational games specifically targeting children plus family-friendly entertainment, take-home show bags and a free BBQ. The Festival of Energy will

be held at Dubbo Showground Centenary Pavilion from 11am to 4pm and is absolutely free.

Still with energy saving, and that’s because it’s so vital these days, and Dubbo MP Troy Grant is urging eligible households to apply for NSW Government Home Energy Action appliance program discounts to replace inefficient TVs and fridges.

He says the 40 and 50 per cent discounts for low income households are expected to save households an average of $140 a year on their energy bills.

“This program will help 20,000 low income households lower their living costs,” Grant said.

“Replacing power hungry TVs and fridges is an easy way to lower your energy bills.

“Replacing an inefficient fridge will save a household up to $200 a year on its energy bill - replacing an inefficient TV will also save a household up to $125 a year on its energy bill.”

There are conditions, and the total budget for assistance is $4 million across the state, so visit the link below to see if you’re eligible to apply. http://w w w.env ironment. nsw.gov.au/households/appliance-replacement-offer.htm

BITS AND PIECES GREAT to see the Convair call into town in transit from South Africa to its new home near Wollongong.

TAFE Western Institute Director Kate Baxter on Friday joined Shanghai AXGZ Education Training Co. Ltd Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lawrence Feng in signing a Cooperation Agreement, signaling both organisation’s intentions to work together in the future. PHOTO: TAFE WESTERN INSTITUTE

I loved the map of Australia painted on the fuselage by a South African firm which is mirror-imaged, and puts Western Australia on the eastern seaboard – fantastic, that made my day.

Don’t forget to take advantage of this year’s council kerbside clean-up, it’s a great initiative aimed at preventing much illegal dumping.

It was fantastic to be pre-

sent when the integrated cancer centre petition was handed to Parkes MP Mark Coulton – sometimes good things do happen, and so many well-intentioned people were involved in this process, not the least of which were the almost 46,000 people who signed the petition.

Great to see Wheelers Lane finally open to two lanes of traffic each way, it should have been done a couple of dec-

ades ago but at least it’s finally happened.

The prolonged wet weather may be partially responsible for outbreaks of footrot in areas which haven’t seen the disease in decades.

According to Local Land Services (LLS), Coonamble, Narromine, Warren, Nyngan and Gilgandra have all seen cases in recent weeks.

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Driftwells Park: The steam machinery was replaced by electric engines once electricity became available in Dubbo in 1925. PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER/YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY

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UILDING a $90M pipeline from Burrendong Dam to Dubbo would have the potential to save our city from a devastating drought and give increased security to water users. Plans for the structure are on public display until August 26 after a detailed report was presented to Western Plains Regional Council.

Council’s technical services director Stewart McLeod said the 90km pipeline, which would have the capacity to deliver a guaranteed 20 megalitres of water per day, would provide physical insurance during periods of extreme shortage.

“A pipeline would not be needed most times, but may be used during major droughts. For example, if the water in Burrendong Dam reached very low levels, delivering water to the towns by a pipeline rather than down the river would result in much less water being removed from Burrendong Dam. “It could supply water if river water or bore water was not available, such as during a contamination incident, or a major algae bloom.”

The proposal stems from the State Government’s need for all NSW Local Water Utilities to operate under best-practice management, both efficiently and effectively. This in turn is part of the NSW Government’s requirement to demonstrate compliance with the Australian Government’s National Competition Policy and National Water Initiative.

The Millennium Drought (2002-2010) played a significant role in the need to establish main water security strategies for Dubbo.

However, the costly pipeline project is not Council’s first preference for water security.

“The reason the pipeline idea came about was that we were actually approached by the State Government to see whether we were interested in sharing the cost of doing an investigation. But the pipeline is a very expensive option to secure water security for Dubbo,” McLeod explained.

“It would only be really needed in a terrible drought.”

The former Dubbo City Council had already looked into creating bore wells a decade ago, in the midst of one of the longest droughts on record.

“The groundwater strategy is the other main way that Dubbo could source additional water to increase its town water security.”

According to McLeod, this would be the preferred option.

“The most practical water supply option would be to sink bore fields.

“We explored that option 10 years ago and at a cost of $15M to $20M, it’s much more realistic and less expensive than $90M to $100M.” McLeod said the obvious locations to source water would be Dundullimal, Cumboogle and Shepherd’s Hill.

He then pointed out that it would be a rare occasion for the city to be left without water but this kind of contingency planning was necessary.

“It’s a risk management exercise. It would really only be needed in extreme drought. Droughts are a normal part of life, so you have to plan for them.”

A desire to regulate water flows is reminiscent of the construction of Burrendong Dam which was proposed after World War II. Work began in 1946 but due to financial constraints, the dam wasn’t completed until 1967.

“Before Burrendong Dam, the Macquarie River was only dry four per cent of the time. The river was not a permanent stream, it would stop flowing. There’s been at least three occasions since the dam filled in 1970 that it has been below 10 per cent.

“The river will not dry up but we need a plan for the worst case scenario.”

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A proposed multimillion dollar pipeline marks more than a century of manmade water supply to the city on the plains.

Weekender looks at the history of our H2O, from wells to waterways. WORDS Natalie Holmes

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Part of the reason for concern is Dubbo’s sheer growth since its gazettal in 1849.

“While Dubbo was a small town with only a few thousand people, it wasn’t a concern, but now Dubbo is a town of 4050,000 people. We would have to evacuate the city because of the inherent need for drinking water and some commercial operations.”

Mr McLeod said there is a tacit understanding that the situation could be resolved locally if it arose.

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“It would take 12 to 18 months to build the pipeline. If it became obvious that a record drought was happening, it could be built.”

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Victoria Park,” Mr McLeod confirmed. “Then the first drift well was opened in 1894.”

This involved sinking a well into an ancient water channel, called a drift. Located at the intersection of Tamworth and Brisbane streets, water from the drift well was pumped to a reservoir in Fitzroy St (Newtown Heights).

Prior to the well being dug in 1893, there had been some contention about finding a reliable and abundant water source. It was a hotly debated topic. A Department of Public Works surveyor from Sydney, Mr James, suggested sinking a well in the banks of the Macquarie River.

However, Dubbo Mayor James Samuels argued that the Macquarie River alone did not provide a wholly reliable water source. Instead, Samuels believed that subterranean water channels were capable of yielding plentiful supplies. After two surveys, the scheme was finally built based on a design by Mr Pridham, Assistant Engineer for Water Supply at the Department of Public Works. The 24 metre well, 4.5 metres in diameter, was the preferred option over the quarry hole in the Macquarie River which was predicted to cost $50,000. The well was constructed using a $30,000 government loan and was hand dug and lined using locally sourced bricks. It even came in under budget at a cost of $26,768. It was predicted to supply 95,000 litres of water a day.

It proved to be a successful scheme, with the Australian Town and Country Journal reporting in 1898: “The water is excellent, and is unfailing.”

The cool, clean and pleasant supply of water enjoyed

by Dubbo residents soon became the envy of other towns.

As demand grew, Driftwell 1 was followed by Driftwell 2, built in 1909. It was six metres in diameter and 21 metres deep. This time, construction was done using a caisson method, creating a brick and concrete chamber in the ground. The two wells were linked so that water could be simultaneously pumped out.

The steam machinery was replaced by electric engines once electricity became available in Dubbo in 1925.

In 1929, a third well was sunk. Driftwell 3 was nine metres deep and built east of the original wells, on the other side of Brisbane St. “Once the ‘30s came, there were three driftwells,”

Former Dubbo Mayor James Samuels argued that the Macquarie River alone did not provide a wholly reliable water source. PHOTO: MACQUARIE REGIONAL LIBRARY, LOCAL HISTORY, PICTURES CATALOGUE

McLeod said.

“Dubbo survived on groundwater from 1850 to 1939.”

During this decade, the Department of Public Works once again attempted to construct a hole directly into the river bank as a means of sourcing water. As predicted, it was a failure. The water was unpalatable even when mixed with well water. The site was abandoned.

In 1940, a water treatment plant was commissioned.

Treated river water sourced from the Macquarie was supplied to residents for the first time. The plant had a capacity of 30 megalitres per day.

Sadly, water engineer Walter Pettiford drowned in

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Driftwell 3 in 1950. It is believed he was knocked into the well by the belt driving the pumps.

The Water Treatment Plant was upgraded by engineer John Gilbert in 1960/1961, doubling it its capacity and adding a treatment process to soften the water. The three driftwells were decommissioned in the 1960s.

In 1981, a new water treatment plant was constructed close to the 1940s structure. It was named the John Gilbert Water Treatment Plant in honour of the Council engineer and also had a capacity of 30 megalitres a day. Improvements to the plant in 1986 increased this to 50 megalitres a day. Further improvements in 2005/2006 increased production to 80 megalitres a day. In 2010, the former building, which had sat idle for 30 years was demolished.

Dubbo City Council adopted best-practice water pricing in 2009, as part of its 20-year financial plan for water supply and sewerage services.

In 2014, Council recommenced pumping water for the City’s water supply from the Driftwells Water Supply Bore following a groundwater contamination incident in 2008. The same year, the original well site was upgraded and the pumps and steam boiler went on public display at Driftwells Park. An attractive park space complete with education boards was the result.

They serve to highlight the heritage value of the remaining infrastructure and the area’s integral role in the history of water supply and engineering in the city of Dubbo.

Today, the John Gilbert Water Treatment Plant filters, treats and pumps out millions of litres of water per day supplying the city and surrounds. The Macquarie River provides 80 per cent of water supply and is supplemented by seven South Dubbo bores.

There are 16 reservoirs and hundreds of kilometres of pipes connecting households and businesses right across the city.

Signage at the Driftwells, where it all began, best summarises the progress that’s been made from pipedream to pipeline. “Dubbo’s water supply is a testimony to vision, innovation, experience and engineering excellence.”

SOURCE: SOME INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE FORMER DUBBO CITY COUNCIL WEBSITE AND SIGNAGE AT DRIFTWELLS PARK.BY A RETICULATED WATER SCHEME POWERED BY MECHANICAL STEAM-DRIVEN PUMPS BUILT IN THE UNITED STATES.

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BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

HE last time I saw an aircraft from the Historical Aircraft Restoration Association (HARS) land in Dubbo it was a Douglas DC-3 stopping over to pick up my parents and take them to a Narromine airshow.

So it was fitting this week that the plane

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which represents the next, evolved, generation of airliners, touched down at Dubbo on its ferry flight from South Africa to HARS Albion Park headquarters.

My family’s had a long association with HARS since its president Bob de la Hunty approached my father about swapping some gear from his Lockheed Neptune maritime reconnaissance aircraft for unserviceable parts from the two he’d collected, and which were the beginnings of HARS.

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Gauges, a bomb bay door and the magnesium main landing gear wheels were just some of the parts which were swapped and it was a source of great satisfaction for dad that his static display Neptune could help keep two others in the air.

Even then I couldn’t believe the passion driving Bob de la Hunty and the way he could convey that enthusiasm to so many others.

Now HARS has 40 aircraft, mostly large from Caribous right up to a WWII Catalina

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Pilot Doug Haywood

Pilot Ross Kelly

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I was standing next to Bob when the Convair landed at Dubbo this week and asked him why the bigger aircraft were so important to HARS, when most collectors concentrate on the more glamorous single-seat fighters like Spitfires, Mustangs and Kittyhawks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because not many people are doing it, no-one on this sort of scale, and it means we can fly with our mates,â&#x20AC;? Bob said.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly got plenty of mates, HARS now has a volunteer workforce of a staggering 500 people, many former navy and air force tradies who are now passing on their skills to a new generation of enthusiasts.

The growth and credibility of HARS has been amazing by any standard, with the crowning glory the donation of an older Boeing 747 which was lightened and flown in to Albion Park as the organisationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest display.

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;City of Canberraâ&#x20AC;?, a 747-400, made history

by flying London to Sydney non-stop, then making the shortest flight from Sydney to Illawarra Regional Airport.

This surely is an organisation of dedicated and enthusiastic over-achievers who also have plenty of fun along the way.

Acquisition to ensure the survival of these historic airframes is at the core of HARSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ethos, and all other bidders for the two Convairs planned to melt them down for scrap according to treasurer David Neaves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m probably the prime suspect to blame for all this,â&#x20AC;? David said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I saw the ads for two aircraft in South Africa and they just kept getting cheaper, I saw the price dropping and sent a nice letter to the owner, explained that we wanted it to preserve and actually fly whereas everyone else wanted them to scrap and he was very pleased we wanted to keep one in the air. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This Convair hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t flown for ages, there were issues with the power on one engine, it needed hydraulic parts, it was pretty tired with cracked and crazed win-

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dows but it had plenty of things going for it, it had one million dollars spent on it in 2000 and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably $100,000 worth of avionics in the instrument panel,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some background on HARS, and against that backdrop the identification, acquisition and transit of the Convair 440 looks almost normal, although 60 years ago the flight from South Africa would have been an undertaking that taxed the resources of a fully-fledged and well-resourced airline.

The Convair left South Africa from an airfield near Johannesburg, and had stops at Kruger national Park, Mozambique, The Seychelles, Colombo, Bali, Darwin and Mt Isa before hitting Dubbo, the longest leg being 1800 miles over water from The Seychelles to Sri Lanka.

Ross Kelly, a retired QANTAS captain who flew with the airline for more than 30 years, remembers Dubbo fondly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was riding through Dubbo in 1978 and ended up staying for 11 years, I got a job working in a service

The Australian map on the starboard side of the cockpit has the image of our island nation reversed, so Western Australia is actually on the east coast, Historical Aircraft Restoration Association. PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER

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FUTURE PILOTS INSPIRED Phoenix Aubusson-Foley joined journalists and enthusiasts on the tarmac to greet the Convair 440 as it arrived in Dubbo on Sunday, August 20. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought it was good. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d never heard of a Convair before. It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look old fashioned, but it definitely looked different.

The nose is different from more modern planes. I was talking to someone about the chrome and they said it was just easier to maintain if they painted it grey and chromed the engines.â&#x20AC;?

Keen to learn how to fly he took the chance to talk to the men involved. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I did talk to one of the pilots. I asked him when did he decide to learn to fly, and he said, he quit smoking and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when he took up flying. He really said that.

Together with his brother, Dash and friend Robert Foster, the trio got the opportunity to see the cockpit up close. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know any flights that come to Dubbo from South Africa. It was a bit of a privilege to get inside,â&#x20AC;? said Dash, 10. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was amazing. There were too many buttons in the cockpit,â&#x20AC;? said Robert, of his first experience inside an aircraft and first time visiting the Dubbo Regional Airport. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just think having the chance to fly all over in a vintage plane would be amazing and if I was a pilot and was able to do something like that, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d appreciate it.

I would work on a commercial airline if I could,â&#x20AC;? said Phoenix. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Getting to sit in the cockpit was a highlight.â&#x20AC;?

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PHOTO: LARRY LAYTON, CENTRAL WEST AVIATION FUELS

station for two years, then at Dubbo Marine and I learnt to fly with Noel Howell before working for Davey Air Services,” Ross said.

“I persisted until I got a job with Max Hazelton and worked in aviation up until I retired two and a half years ago, the last 33 and-a-half years were with QANTAS.” He’s pleased to see the plane painted in TAA colors, as HARS already has many aircraft displaying Ansett livery and QBE Aviation, a major sponsor of the ferry flight, were pleased to see it painted to represent that important airline.

Locals in South Africa painted the aircraft from photographs which HARS sent over and got things mostly right, although the Australian map on the starboard side of the cockpit has the image of our island nation reversed, so Western Australia is actually on the east coast and Sydneysiders would get the chance to see the sun setting into the Indian Ocean.

“It’s a Convair 440, a 1954 model, it began its life in the US Air Force aircraft, designated a C131 VIP aircraft,” Ross said, explaining the plane was one of two bought by a tourist railway company.

“It was bought by Rovos and had a million dollars spent on upgrades about 12 years ago and it was used to fly passengers from their train journeys back the other way.

“It cost between $150,000 - $180,000 to refurbish so we could ferry it out to Australia, to get it ready for transit,” he said.

This larger Convair wasn’t operated by TAA, that airline used the smaller 240 models, according to Ross the aircraft were a quantum leap ahead of the venerable DC3s they replaced.

“The DC-3s were very cold, very slow and the Convair was the first pressurised civilian airliner and it could cruise at 230 knots at altitude so it was a huge leap forward,” Ross said, explaining that the era of jet aircraft signaled the end for planes such as the Convair and Constellations.

“The radial engines use a lot of fuel and are expensive to maintain.”

He said the plane is beautiful to fly, heavy but very stable, and said it was a lot of work to fly home as the autopilot doesn’t work, so they had to hand-fly it the whole way.

The stopover was appreciated, especially the flyover of Dubbo, with one mate hearing the sounds of the smooth but booming engines.

“I thought RADIALS and ran outside, then jumped in my car and drove out to the airport to check it out,” he said.

I saw the price dropping and sent a nice letter to the owner, explained that we wanted it to preserve and actually fly whereas everyone else wanted them to scrap and he was very pleased we wanted to keep one in the air. - David Neaves, treasurer, Historical Aircraft Restoration Association

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Friday 26.08.2016 to Sunday 28.08.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

USyd SRH medical student (and Dubbo local) Lars Newman chose Dubbo NSW for his 2017 Internship

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 26.08.2016 to Sunday 28.08.2016

BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

ARS NEWMAN is the first of hopefully many doctors to be born in the city, who studied much of their trade in the city to then take up jobs in the local area.

Twenty years ago the concept of doctors training in Dubbo seemed far-fetched but thanks to the drive of locals, including a huge push by then federal MP Tony Lawler, the Sydney University Rural Clinical School was established in 2001, with the aim of training city and country students in the bush.

The data has vindicated the early efforts to make it happen according to Lars, a bloke who grew up and went to school in Dubbo, studied ecology at the University of New England, and returned home to teach science. He then went back to Sydney Uni to study medicine, ending up training back in Dubbo.

“After spending a year here, data tracking, those who’ve been here for 12 months are far more likely to come back and work in the regions than a country kid who moves away to study in Sydney,” Lars said.

“It’s a federal funding requirement, 25 percent of all medical students have to spend a year rurally.”

That’s obviously a great strategy, and so many students who would never have thought to go bush, or been brave enough to leave all their support networks in Sydney, now have an ease of transition to taste the manifold benefits of country living.

“All the students who come out here from Sydney absolutely love it – they realise it’s actually not the end of the world,” Lars said.

“The Royal Flying Doctor Service also helps to attract students, it’s very sexy for people in Sydney to think they could get to work with the Flying Doctor.

“Travel is also amazing. With the accommodation students live on campus, the dorms are 30 metres from study and a three minute walk to the hospital.

In Sydney it could be an hour or two each way just to get to lectures,” he said.

Now Lars is the first homegrown and trained student to be stationed in the city as a doctor.

He’s got a 2017 internship at the rapidly expanding Dubbo Hospital.

“I’ve got seven weeks of study left and then I start at Dubbo Hospital for 2017,” Lars said.

“After studying you get a two-year contract, the first year is an internship and the second year is a residency.”

He’s one of eight interns starting here next year and says the huge hospital redevelopment is a drawcard for interns.

“It’s really an exciting time for health in Dubbo, with the new hospital, and looking likely that we’re going to get a new cancer centre, it’s attracting more and more health professionals to the city.

“If you build it they will come,” he said, “There’s a new medical buzz amongst the students.”

Lars may be the most high-profile local success story, but Emma Webster believes her job as a senior lecturer in rural research at the clinical school is also a dream come true, and only possible because the city now boasts the facility.

It’s a far cry from senior high school and university in Perth but, after her family moved to Dubbo, she followed, and now calls the city home.

“Family connections here, eldest of four girls,

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the only one who didn’t go to school here, it feels like home, moving here was because my family was here,” Emma said.

“My first job out of uni was working for the public health unit in Dubbo, working on research on physical activity and physical environment, so looking at open spaces and whether those open spaces were conducive to physical activity – that was my first job and my first foray into health.”

Emma’s undergrad studies were in exercise physiology/human movement, a bachelor of science.

“I did Honours in exercise physiology and working with elite athletes, which was fabulous but at the same time demonstrated to me that I really didn’t want to be working in that field,” Emma said.

“I felt that education was such a privilege and I found that in elite sport there’s so much effort that goes into imperceptible and statistically insignificant differences, you know; it’s point three of a second between not making an Olympic final and winning the gold medal – I just felt that I wanted to use the privilege of my education to help a lot of people rather than just a very narrow subset of the population who are all going to be great at something anyway.

“I love the Olympics, I love the elite sport, I love all of that but it’s not me, you know, I definitely like the public health ‘end’; the greater good, using your education to provide as much benefit to your community as well,” she said.

Thus 10 years with public health working on community profiles, health promotions, health initiatives and planning.

Emma’s second 10 years was a shift into supporting rural clinicians to undertake research, while there are many stats which help direct health efforts and programs from city-based evidence, that sort of specific data is sadly lacking in rural areas.

“The evidence-based medicine says we should be doing this, whatever it is, but in the country you come out here and you don’t have that,” Emma said.

“You’re working with people who are very experi-

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enced, very clever, and you’re helping them solve a problem that’s very close to their practice so that was really enjoyable, I really enjoyed that.”

After identifying so many specialist shortfalls she went back to do doctoral studies to learn skills not available in the bush that would help her do her work.

The major problem was finding a relevant course she could work on part-time and via distance.

“Flinders University offered a doctorate in public health, a doctorate’s slightly different to a Phd, you do some course work at that post-graduate level and you do a research thesis as well and it’s a third course work, two thirds research,” Emma said.

“The benefit to me about that was it was more about expanding what I knew - a Phd really just narrows you in to one area, and I really needed to broaden what I knew, not narrow it down so that was the attraction for me.”

The next 10 years were spent chipping away at the study.

“At the time I felt like I needed those skills to help me in my career, no job I’d ever applied for or seen in Dubbo needed doctoral level qualifications as a prerequisite so it wasn’t because I thought I was going to get a job in that field, it was just because I knew I needed that level of skill to do the job I wanted to do,” Emma said, little realising the establishment and expansion of the rural clinical school would actually create a senior lecturer’s position which would amount to a perfect fit.

“I’m so lucky that I can do this job in my hometown and it is a dream job – it’s intellectually stimulating and challenging with a strong focus on problem solving and on serving your community as well – if you’re not serving your community then what’s the good of what you’re doing? I really like that focus and it resonates really well with my values,” Emma said.

“I’m really well supported here as well in terms of having great people around me who can help do all sorts of things, I’ve got great mentoring as well.

` It’s really an exciting time for health in Dubbo, with the new hospital, and looking likely that we’re going to get a new cancer centre, it’s attracting more and more health professionals to the city. “If you build it they will come,” he said, “There’s a new medical buzz amongst the students.”

Lars Newman and Emma Webster. PHOTO: JOHN RYAN

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Friday 26.08.2016 to Sunday 28.08.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Greg Smart

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

Economic benefits run rings around Olympic spirit HAT’S your abiding memory of the Rio 2016 Olympics?”

As the games wrapped up, this was the question being asked by the media in an effort to keep the hype pedal to the metal. The games were touted as anything from a showcase of the human spirit, to sport as a totem for human endeavour.

The video montages showed athletes sprinting across finish lines, swimmers punching the air in victory, and the Refugee Olympic Team matching as independent Olympic participants. All well and good.

For me, the image that symbolised the Rio games was the photo of barefoot children looking from their ramshackle house across the rooftops to the Olympic stadium bathed in the glow of the opening ceremony fireworks. A distance of perhaps 500 metres, but may have well have been 500 kilometres, such was the feeling of exclusion.

This feeling of exclusion is just one of the implications of hosting a sporting vanity project in a third world country, and has been analysed in fine detail by Professor Andrew Zimbalist in his book Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup. Zimbalist finds there are no net economic gains for hosting the Olympics or the World Cup. Big Business will benefit, but the lower and middle classes won’t.

The tourism marketing is also hype.

Zimbalist argues there are two types of tourists, normal and sports tourists.

Sports tourists will go to an Olympics and watch sport, then go back home and not be able to tell their friends anything about the host city other than sport, the hotel and the transport. Their friends, normal tourists, will be none the wiser about the cultural attractions of the host city and not be drawn to spend their tourism dollars there.

London and Sydney were already tourist cities, and Beijing will not disappear if Western tourists stop visiting – they are already “on the map.” Claiming a long term tourism benefit for hosting the games doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.

Despite International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach declaring the Brazilians united behind the games, the Southern American experiment seems to have failed.

Many of the venues were no where near full capacity, even with free tickets being handed out left, right and centre. The Olympics will not cure the poverty issues of Brazil and Brazilians’ are rightly angry at their government’s mis-management.

Tokyo will host the next summer games, and Japan will be gambling it can reduce its government debt from over 200 percent of Gross Domestic Product to something vaguely manageable by the time it

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comes to build IOC mandated infrastructure (Australia apparently has a budget emergency with a government debt to GDP ratio of 36 per cent.) In a country that is already on the map, what is the benefit to Japan?

Ultimately, are the Olympics benefitting sport?

Every sport has its own world championship or title, so it’s a crowded market. There is even a Quidditch World Cup – which sports tragics/Harry fans Potter will be pleased to know that Australia won last month. Plus, the doping and money issues are ever present. If fact, try to name the last Olympics that was not tainted by drugs or commercialisation. I’d say it would in the 1960’s, and the Olympics have been fighting for relevance ever since.

PEAKING of relevance, shonky finances and gross commercialism, my perennial hobby horse Donald Trump’s campaign for the US Presidency may be getting too much for him.

His ranting is increasingly incomprehensive, if that was possible. He has ramped up the anti-Clinton rhetoric and name calling.

He has shaken up his campaign management team for the second time with the departure of his campaign chairman Paul Manafort following internal tensions.

There is word of the imminent departure of more senior staff after they learned of new campaign plans via the media, or seeing Trump off script on television.

Rearranging the deckchairs on the Trumptanic this close to the election is sending a poor message to voters, and the Republican Party leadership. And the more the leadership push back at Trump, the more he will lash out.

I think Trump has an implosion brewing.

Trump markets himself as a winner. Get to one month out from the election, with Hillary way ahead in the polls; the thought of losing the election could be too much for him. He is a narcissist of the highest order with his track record in business showing he walks away when things get too hard. He leaves behind a trail of failed investments and unpaid contractors wherever he goes in business, but that he says is never his fault.

Trump is already laying the groundwork for losing in November, accusing the very same media that gave 12 months of free air time after he nominated of being biased and “telling lies” about him.

When he finally wakes up and realises he has never held any type of public office, and the presidency is a job for an adult, I suspect there could be a Trump sized temper tantrum.

Hopefully that will be the last we see of him.

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Friday 26.08.2016 to Sunday 28.08.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Tony Webber

Tony Webber is a Dubbo resident who would like to see two less Bs here.

Silent letters leave English spellers in the Dark Ages F we can’t reform the written language can we at least get rid of silent letters?

Here’s the beauty: as they are silent they won’t change the word at all, just make it easier to spell.

We can’t confidently spell our own language, even fluent, native English speakers.

What purpose does the spellcheck on your computer serve other than to help you spell words that you are unsure about?

And if you’re computer savvy there’s a fair chance you are a reasonably highfunctioning, literate person, rather than someone living nude in the bush with only dreadlocks and animal fat for warmth.

It would be understandable to hold dear to the traditional spelling origins if we were engaged in a cultural identity crusade like speakers of Flemish or Gaelic.

But if English is the world’s language now should it not more accurately reflect “now” considering that Geoffrey Chaucer has been dead for quite a while.

Having a medieval, dysfunctional written language (dysfunctional spelled with a Y instead of an I – convinced yet?)

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as the common tongue (spelled tongue, pronounced tung) for global business is neither efficient or practical, yet we’re told such attributes are held in some esteem by business.

The horse and carriage served us well when the English we know today was taking shape, then the steam train, car and aircraft were progressively embraced as more beneficial modernisations.

Meanwhile in 2016 physical is still spelled using PH for F, quite oblivious to the fact that the language has an F, and a Y for an I, for reasons not governed by anything more rational than just the habit of history and the fact that no-one has bothered to update it.

It is the archaic interpretation of a people who boasted a literacy rate of about 1 per cent and thought nothing of emptying bed pans out the window before dealing with the witches in their midst.

If we can congratulate modern society on its, er, modernity, then surely we should also have a language that reflects the move from bear-baiting and open sewers.

If written English is so difficult that school children still compete in spelling contests to see who best can master

the absurdities and inconsistencies of the language transcribed, how do those for whom English is a second language cope?

Whether they are our fellow citizens, tourists, or foreign trading partners, going about our business in a language that spells similar sounds as rhymes – because without the H it’s incomprehensible right? – can only be a needless and serious impediment.

Come on: comb needs a B? Receipt needs a P? The H in thyme? Queue needs two Us and two Es to spell a one syllable word that appears in another context as cue?

` Lime makes sense, but we put a B on it for limb as if that shortens the vowel, until you put a C at the front for climb to lengthen it again – the silent B is just a novelty hat that serves no purpose: a door to nowhere but confusion.

Plaque with a Q and U and E instead of a K? Then why don’t duques quaque?

Would the walls come tumbling down if we dropped the P from psychiatry and pneumonia?

Without the pointless, silent E in does it would sound slightly more like it’s pronounced, and not be exactly the same spelling as a group of female deer.

If it’s risk why is it wrist? It’s subtle, like scuttle, yet the latter seems to have been left none the worse for not having a B jammed in the midst of it.

Lime makes sense, but we put a B on it for limb as if that shortens the vowel, until you put a C at the front for climb to lengthen it again – the silent B is just a novelty hat that serves no purpose: a door to nowhere but confusion.

And solemn and column with an N at the end? Of course.

How many of those with reading and writing difficulties – and all that entails for their future prospects – would have found reading and writing easier if it was made easier by removing the difficulty and complication?

Silent letters add nothing and detract much - tyme to be wrid of themn.

Young Aussies are seeking ‘dodgy’ health advice online

2016 GOOGLE LIFE

SYDNEY: Almost four out of five young Australians turn to “Dr Google” for advice about their health and medicines, according to a new survey.

This has led to warnings for people to be a little wiser about “dodgy” online health sites.

The research, commissioned by health advocacy group NPS MedicineWise, has found the majority of people aged 18-34 go online to source health-related information.

Almost 80 per cent of the

survey’s participants admitted they will sometimes or always look up information about their health conditions on the internet to avoid seeing a health professional.

This is an increase on the last NPS MedicineWise survey conducted in 2012.

The Galaxy Research survey also showed 20 per cent of participants would use Facebook to ask questions about medicines.

NPS MedicineWise spokeswoman and pharmacist Aine Heaney says

people need to be a bit more discerning.

“They need to be aware that there’s lots of dodgy information that’s on the internet these days,” she said.

While it is always a good idea to equip yourself with health-related information, Ms Heaney says it’s important to be aware that not all health information you access on the internet will be accurate or reliable.

“Some might be full of medical

jargon and not have plain language statements to explain the information clearly.

“You need to be able to assess the reliability of information found on the internet, and understand limitations of what the internet can tell you.”

If people are wanting more information about the medicines they’ve been prescribed then they should seek advice from a health professional or pharmacist. They can also ring the drug manufacturer.

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 26.08.2016 to Sunday 28.08.2016

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French media’s selective truthtelling fails right to be informed

BY FAYROUZ TAWFIK RADIO JOURNALIST, PARIS, FRANCE

RESPECT the editorial line of the newspaper’. Heard this during my first job interview and it is been going around even before I joined the media.

Editors still repeat it in a serious tone, but I’m not quite sure if they know exactly what they want to mean by it. A long time ago it meant various things starting from respecting the language style to choice of photos to run with a story.

But after some 20 years in media on three different continents, I discovered there are other hidden meanings to ‘Respecting the editorial line’. It could mean ‘Do not mention in any negative way the political party we are allies with or the politicians who are friends or seen partying with our editor or media chairman.’

Other meanings include ‘follow the politics of the ruling party’ unless of course you work for an opposition party’s media.

No one mentions the ‘Right to information’. Maybe they consider it com-

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mon sense, but practice proves that it applies only in minor issues such as ‘Expected pour down’ or ‘snow storm this weekend blocking main roads or slowing traffic’. Major mass concerns can be object to a blackout or being twisted in ways that serves the ‘Editorial line’.

After the Nice attacks and the murder of an elderly priest in a church in Rouen, mainstream French media announced that it will no more publish the names or photos of terrorists involved in any attacks.

Le Monde said in an editorial that ‘media organisations had a special role to play’ which in their opinion is to resist the strategy of hate. La Croix joined in the total ban on publishing photos or names of any suspects in terrorist attacks. Even popular radios like Europe 1 announced their decision to ban broadcasting the names of terrorists.

The declared reason to appease people who are against the media blackout was ‘to avoid the potential effect of posthumous glorification’ as most terrorists want to gain respect of their leaders and friends and have been leaving behind on purpose their identity cards to be easily identified by authorities.

State owned television decided otherwise, their executive director, Michel

Field announced that France Television is against auto-censorship and confirmed that the duty of the media is to inform not increase the anxiety of the public by misinforming.

Other publications, radio and television channels will tackle the issue caseby-case. The media has been very selective about what to inform; playing a very un-democratic game on the people’s ‘Right to Information’.

On important global news like the eradication of Yemen by its petro-rich neighbour Saudi Arabia and its allied forces are less covered.

Daily airstrikes on residential areas, schools and hospitals have not been reported in media as if it never happens.

Saudi Arabia and its allied forces have even made sure to wipe out the airports in Yemen to ensure that no aide of any kind; medical or food can be sent to families under siege.

No news about the calls of the UNESCO to save the cultural and historical heritage of Yemen that was wiped out with non-stop bombardment on various cities in Yemen by Saudi forces.

The ‘Right to be informed’ has been something primordial in democratic countries, but now this tradition is fading away to serve ‘editorial line’ that

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A real war that claimed the lives of over 6500 civilians in 16 months has been blacked out from mainstream media. Latest disaster a series of airstrikes that killed 19 and forced Medicin Sans Frontiers to abandon its six placed aid camps in Yemen and relocate its staff abroad.

So putting a ban on publication of names and photos of terrorist suspects, and making a big issue about the decision is really not fooling anyone any more. It will not protect people from painful information nor will it protect the Muslim community from a rising animosity towards them in Europe.

If we do not get the information through the mainstream French media about terrorists we will read it on Daesh’s official website; glorifying their terrorist who have sharpened their genitals before their suicide attacks to enjoy 72 virgins they have been promised.

A serious redefining of terms like ‘editorial line’ and the ‘right to information’ is in order. People have the right to be informed; and have the intelligence to evaluate the information they are receiving.

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BY JEN COWLEY

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie… oh, oh, oh OUR 400-ish strong Olympic team touched down from Rio this week, dragging a haul of 29 medals, eight of them gold, down the steps of the Qantas aircraft that brought them home. But the homecoming has been somewhat tempered by that other favourite Australian game – the blame kind. According to some commentators – and not an inconsiderable number of arm-chair Aussie experts – that medal tally didn’t come even close to meeting the expectations of a gold-mad nation. Sure, “we” had some outstanding results, but we wanted more. More. More.

There’ll be a great deal of navel gazing and finger pointing in the coming weeks and months, and more than a little debate over how much money is thrown at meeting those national sporting expectations. But when the first words out of the mouth of Cate Campbell – an extraordinarily dedicated young woman by any measure – after “failing” to medal in her chosen event are “Please don’t think less of me, Austral-

ia”, perhaps we need to ask ourselves if that national sporting expectation is in any way reasonable.

Complete black out SPEAKING of spectacular ways in which to break a sporting nation’s heart, the Wallabies came up well short of expectation – their own, along with those of just about everyone who follows the game – in the first match of the annual trans-Tasman rugby fest that is the Bledisloe Cup. The Men in Black gave their green ‘n’ gold opponents an absolute flogging, with the Wallabies going down 42-8 in what can only be described as a complete black out.

Hope springs eternal, but anyone heading across the ditch to Wellington for the second of the three matches might do well to take a black t-shirt to wear home on the train from the stadium. Just sayin’.

Green ‘n’ gold AND since we’re on a roll here with the gold theme (medals, guernseys…stay with me here…), spring is just about to, well, spring. Mother nature gave us a tormentingly hopeful glimpse of her sunnier side last week, but she’s sent winter doubling back on us, just to remind us of who’s actually in charge.

Our region copped another drenching this week, and it’s been whispered behind closed doors and in dark corners of the soggy farming community where it’s tantamount to blasphemy to curse the rain, that we’ve just about had a gutful of the wet stuff now.

There’s plenty of green, which is always a sight to behold across a region far too familiar with drought, but if the rain keeps up there mightn’t be as many fields of gold come summer, and that’s not good news, to put it mildly. So a nice warm, sunny start to Spring would be welcome. The good news is that next Thursday not only marks the official start of everyone’s favourite season, it’s also the day we get to celebrate our national floral emblem in all its furry, golden polleny glory.

Apparently, Australia is home to no less than 760 different varieties of wattle. Now that’s nothing to sneeze at.

What a pearler AND now, from the “Lucky Bugger” files, comes the story of a Filipino fisherman who found what’s believed to be the world’s largest pearl and kept the 34kg behemoth – believed to be worth around a cool $130 million – under his bed. As a good luck charm.

For ten years.

Seems he found it while diving from his fishing boat to free a stuck anchor during a storm a decade ago, and decided he’d keep it for good luck.

But the charm’s “luck” ran out recently when the fisherman’s wooden home burned down and, apparently oblivious to its potential value, he handed the 61cm x 30cm clam pearl over to the Puerto Princesca tourist office.

Imagine the looks on those tourism officials’ faces.

Priceless.

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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

This is really getting up my nose...

PROBABLY need to flag a warning at this juncture, that the conversation is about to become a little too visceral for the very polite and the somewhat squeamish.

It’s time for my annual graphic rant about the symptoms of the flu and this year I’m having a real spray. However I have done some market research and I reckon I have the weight of public opinion on my side, because nearly every person you speak to is suffering this winter.

And some of them are men, which means double that suffering. And ramp up the coverage it gets. That is the welldocumented fact that the men themselves suffer more and then factor in the additional suffering endured by their partners and colleagues who have to cope with the commentary on the symptoms.

As they say on social media, women who have been through childbirth are able to get a sense of some of the pain experienced by a man with a bad cold.

I just got off the phone from comparing notes with a bloke about our different flu symptoms, and I think it’s fair to say that I wasn’t even in the hunt, when it came to the severity of the recorded impacts. Actually it would be more accurate to say that I went into the conversation acknowledging it was a lay down misere that he had been sicker than me...

However we did agree (as one does incrementally each year) that this year’s flu is waaaay worse than last year’s. And here’s the proof; it has a new name.

According to my male friend, the 2016 iteration is now officially known as the Snot Flu. That’s the word from the medical fraternity - this isn’t just watercooler chat, saleyard banter or tales from the dartsboard on a Friday night. This is your bona fide medical diagnosis of snot and masses of it, with a pithy and witty summary of the symptoms in the name. Free flowing, if somewhat sluggish...Clever...

Another aspect of the flu that’s enhancing my enjoyment of this winter is its remarkable ability to reappear, just as you think you’re better. I’m as content as anyone to mooch around the house in flanellette pyjamas for a day or two, barking and whoofling and moaning to anyone who will listen. But eventually even I get bored with my own mis-

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erable company and start to feel that I might survive sufficiently to return to the workplace without suffering permanent injury. So, it’s back to work we go, with the doctor’s certificate in our fevered little hand and a Tupperware container full of chicken soup. (And a bottle of whisky on standby at home, for postemployment revival, purely medicinal of course).

But this season’s bug is a regular little boomerang. About the time you think you’re free and clear; that the last vestige of the lurgy is gone, it all comes looming back, fogging the head and clogging the sinuses and surrounding you in a soup of misery.

I don’t think I have ever felt as though my whole life was lived through my nostrils. If they are free and clear, then happy days and all is good. But as my head gets congested and the lava starts to flow, then it all turns to custard.

There is limited consolation in knowing I am not alone in this. Sniff. (And that’s not accurate, it’s more of an inhaling snort, that starts at my toenails.

Feeling nauseated yet? I am.)

I’m a little bemused by the NSW Government actually going ahead with the greyhound racing ban. Maybe I’m naive, but it’s like I was thinking the plan was they’d make the threats, that they’d whip the management of the sport into

1. ADVERTISING: Elle Macpherson began her modelling career in 1982 appearing in a television commercial for which drink?

2. ANATOMY: What human organ contains special cell clusters called the islets of Langerhans?

3. MOVIES: What famous singer joined Mel Gibson (pictured) as stars in the movie “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome”?

4. RELIGION: In what country is the Shinto religion based?

5. HISTORY: When did the Suez

some sort of compliance, and then the Government would say “Oh, well then, if you’re SURE you’re going to pull your fingers out and clean the whole thing up...”.

Then a strict code of conduct would be introduced, and all those grassroots dog industry dudes would be able to keep their dish-lickers in training and the working man’s sport would survive.

And we’d all have a beer together down at the Buncha, we’d all have a laugh about it and life would go on.

Because the industry has been threatened with Really Serious Shit before, when onlookers have been unhappy about the way they manage their affairs. And they have continued to do as they please. Like when Mum says, ‘If you don’t stop punching each other, I’m going to pull the car over and make you walk the 50 kilometres home’, you get a sense that there’s a threat there, but maybe not exactly the Terrible Outcome

` With him in Washington and Putin in the Kremlin, how much more bizarre could it get. At least the images of Trump shirtless on a horse have to be photoshopped into reality.

Canal open to navigation?

6. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of British Columbia?

7. AUTOMOBILES: Which car company produces the Accord and the Civic?

8. ANIMAL KINGDOM: The llama belongs in the same family as what other type of animal?

9. LITERATURE: Where was the novel “Anne of Green Gables” set?

10. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS: Which 19th-century American poet wrote the line, “A little

madness in the spring is wholesome even for the king”?

11. FLASHBACK: Who released the hit single “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina”?

12. CRICKET: Who holds the record for most centuries in test match cricket by a batsman in their entire career?

13. LYRICS: Name the song that contains this lyric: “Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone, Let’s pretend that we’re together all alone.”

ANSWERS: SEE THE PLAY PAGES.

that has been Threatened.

That was my assessment of the level of resolve from the NSW government.

Ah huh.

So it seems I was wrong about that.

Just like it seems that I was wrong about the Donald Trump US presidency tilt.

You know, that theory that he’d done it because, let’s face it, the US Presidential Election race is like the biggest reality show in town. And he’d done all the others. So if he was looking for the ultimate exercise in television and social media exposure, what better?

Or the other theory that he’d only put his hand up to ensure that Hillary Clinton would get elected? That’s a great piece of spurious political analysis. It certainly beats what appears to be the reality; that he may well be the next US President.

With him in Washington and Putin in the Kremlin, how much more bizarre could it get. At least the images of Trump shirtless on a horse have to be photoshopped into reality.

Thank God I’m no longer at home, watching daytime telly and throwing dirty tissues at the screen. Imagine how narky I might be, if I was still crook and confined to barracks and nursing my own ill health.

You can imagine how relieved my colleagues are, to have me back on deck.

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Rod and Deb Archer: Going the distance Rod and Deb Archer have always been sporty. Whether it was basketball, swimming, cricket, tennis or running, they love to compete. With Rod making a return to Ironman and Deb training for her first ever half-marathon, they are truly putting a new spin on finding fitness. AS TOLD TO Natalie Holmes Rod Archer ’VE been into fitness all my life. I grew up in Tamworth and started playing water polo at 12. It really grew from there. It didn’t matter if it was a cold and rainy morning, I had to have discipline.

I had asthma and my doctor said that I couldn’t run. But I like doing things that people say I can’t do.

I took part in my first triathlon when I was about 19. I have been doing them ever since.

Ironman is a 3.8km swim, 180km bike ride and 42km run. You’ve got to put the work in, you can’t go in blindly. I will be competing in the Australian Ironman in Port Macquarie in May 2017 and my 22 year-old nephew is planning to compete too.

I’ve done two Ironman competitions and 10 half Ironman. Ironman attracts people from all over the world. It takes six months to train, but I’m doing stuff now. It’s been 15 years since I last did an Ironman event. I’ve got mates who wanted me to do it, I was quite good.

The elite athletes finish in about eight hours, the average time is about 12 hours. I was towards the front and I’m aiming for 11 hours this time. It’s timed for 17 hours.

It’s hard in terms of recovery. And as soon as you’re finished, you think, that was good and you forget how hard it was. I used to run, swim and bike hundreds of kilometres every week. It gets harder for the body to get up and do it again but you get hooked. I would go away on triathlon weekends where a big night was Gatorade and bed by 8.30!

You also end up with an Iron Widow at home.

I was training about 40 hours a week back in 2002, our son Jaydon was about four and we both had jobs as well.

Leading up to the event, you start training at about 20 hours a week, doing an hour in the morning, an hour each night and six or seven hours on weekends. I do strength training as well.

We recently swam from Dubbo to Rawsonville Bridge, a distance of 28km.

There was a group of 20 of us that decided we wanted to do it. It was exhausting but we had so much fun along the way. At the end, we had a barbecue, the social side is fun too.

In the past, I have done a swim from the Harbour Bridge to Manly and the Canberra National Capital Swim. I came third in my age group in 2009. Swimming is a form of mindfulness where all the other things go away. It’s just you and the water. Out of the three, I probably prefer the running at the moment.

The cycling is the hardest – six hours on a bike is really hard to do!

The thing with Ironman is that you’re not racing against anyone else, just yourself. I do it because I like the challenge. A lot of it is mental stamina and the chance to see what your body is capable of. Physically, you also need to look after yourself, eat a low fat diet, no caffeine and lots of fruit and vegetables.

Deb really inspires me. She kicks me out of bed all the time when I’m lazy.

She is doing such huge kilometres at the

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moment. She’s making me feel a bit bad!

She is pretty cool, I am definitely proud of her. I’ve always told her that her biggest obstacle is her own self-belief. She is much more capable than what she gives herself credit for. She’s started to see that now so it will be good to see her after the Stampede. I think she loves fitness as much as I do. I would love to do the Ironman with Deb one day.

Deb Archer ’VE always been a swimmer and always played basketball, since I was four. I’ve also played cricket, tennis and softball. When I was at school, I was quite good at sport and mainly represented at a regional level. I also went on exchange to America when I was in Year 12 and played sport there. It’s a team thing, and I am competitive. I never used to enjoy running. But I switched to running when I gave up basketball.

For about the past three or four years, I have been in the Vixens and Kits running group. It consists mainly of women and some kids and it was started by Bonnie Tratt. Sometimes my daughter Sharni comes as well. The group runs

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on a weekday morning so I have committed myself to that. Not long after I started, I got my current manager’s role at work. The running is good because I need some time to myself – some time out.

They are a really great group and we always have something to talk about between breaths. We have some really good conversations. They are a very encouraging lot as well. We run different routes – around the river, Barden Park, usually about 5km. You can walk, jog or run and it’s a really good social time. We are like seagulls, just chatting all the way. I’m not naturally a running person but since I’ve been running, I get more done. I get home and start doing stuff around the house before work (the run is between 6.15 and 7am).

At the Stampede, a lot of the Vix are aiming to do the full marathon of 42km.

They encouraged me to do it too. But I’m not ready, the most I’m running in training is 17km. We are all doing lots of kilometres and really encourage each other along the way.

At the Stampede, I’m really aiming just to finish. Hopefully, I can do it in two or three hours. I’m not aiming to

break any records! These days, I know my boundaries. Now that I’m up to 17km running, I know that I could walk the rest of the way.

Another event we did was City to Surf, it was on the Bucket List. That was the first time I’d done 14km, I did it with Rod. I put on a bit of a sprint at the end so I could beat Rod. So I beat him by .0001 of a second (laughs).

(Rod: She was like a freight train).

Rod really spurs me on and tells me I can do it when I think I can’t. He encouraged me to have a go really. I’m more determined because of him. With Rod doing the Ironman, I won’t say it’s easy. There’s a big pressure on the family but it’s not like the last time. I was pregnant when he did the last one and had a friend on standby in case I went into labour! This time, I will be on the sidelines cheering him on. A lot of marriages break up over Ironman, there are a lot of Iron Widows. But what we do makes us feel better. Our relationship is good, we are happy and we are both in a better place. We both work full-time in high-stress jobs so it’s nice to have the fitness training.

When you move, you feel good.

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Catriona Jennings: Sustainable spark This year’s Sustainability Expo and Science Festival on tomorrow (Saturday, August 27) is on track to deliver the best the region has to offer to live or work sustainably, all backed up by science which the expo promises to deliver in a fun and hands on way. Western Plains Regional Council sustainability coordinator, Catriona Jennings spoke to Dubbo Weekender about her passion for a sustainable future for the region.

AS TOLD TO Yvette Aubusson-Foley. PHOTOGRAPHY Maddie Connell HIS is the eleventh year we’ve been educating the community on sustainability. It began as a weeknight information night and it’s been in the form it’s been in for that last five years. It used to be at the RSL and it’s progressed with the interest in the community into being bigger. A newish element to the Sustainability Expo is the science part of it.

There’s a real push to look at innovation and it fitted really well with sustainability because you need to be really good at problem solving. Working out how things work and how to do things better.

Integrating the science element has come about from grant funding from “Inspiring Australia”. So we receive funding from them to help promote science to the community. It’s something that’s worked quite well for Dubbo.

The science element gives it an extra level by making it more hands on and educational. It makes it more interactive. They only benefit to having the element to the day.

It’s definitely a family day, the average age of the kids is primary school.

If Dubbo families are looking for something to do with the kids and its educational.

I do have a Bachelor of Science from ANU in resource and environmental management. I have grad certificate in environment education.

It’s part of my job. We have a sustainability team at council and we manage an energy fund. Facility managers across council will put in project applications in terms of it energy efficiency or renewable energy and our team will judge those applications.

The community have had an opportunity a few years ago, to put on free solar systems. The community has taken that on really well. Some things the community hasn’t taken on so much. It’s very inner city it’s the norm to ride your bike to work,

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but with Dubbo you don’t really have certain things to push you to do those things. Definitely, people in Dubbo could ride, but because it’s so easy to drive, there’s no traffic congestion, it’s easy to sit in a car. In the city with traffic congestion you have to look at your options because there’s so much traffic.

Dubbo being a lower socio-economic area, things like water and energy conservation are very important – the more you use the more it costs. Rural and regional areas should be watching that quite closely. There are a lot of opportunities in agriculture, looking at the use of bio waste for energy.

When you look at best places to live in larger scale regional areas they are meant to be for better quality of life.

We’ve got about 40 exhibitors in total – a mix of sustainability and science. We’ve got Siding Springs Observatory, Age of Fishes Museum. A new one is Charles Sturt University. Fizzics education are coming from Sydney.

Interest in sustainability goes up and down depending on the interest in the community. It’s the best time for the public to get involved with what council’s doing.

Sustainable City Expo and Science Festival Highlights z Saturday, August 27, 2016 z 10am to 2pm z Free, Great family day out z Western Plains Cultural Centre z Food and drink stands z Age of Fishes Museum z dLux Media Arts z Fizzics Education z Circus West z Dubbo Field Naturalist & Conservation Society z Larry Brandy Aboriginal Story Teller z Wambangalang Environmental Education Centre z Siding Springs Observabory z Taronga Western Plains Zoo z Plus, more!

Catriona Jennings, sustainability coordinator, Western Plains Regional Council.

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That’s 21 years as one of Dubbo’s leading cafés.

Serving great coffee, breakfast, brunch, lunch, ch, k. and light afternoon tea – seven days a week.

Eat in or takeaway. Enjoy!

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DIGITALLY ENHANCED.

Subsidies could fill gap in Internet equity for regional users

BY MATHEW DICKERSON ON SMALL BUSINESS RULES CONSULTANT

OR a tech column it might seem a little out of place but I want to have a philosophical discussion today. Discussion is probably not the correct word as a that would normally involve multiple people putting forward different ideas and exchange those in some meaningful manner.

Writing a column does not allow a live debate but I will try my best to bring different viewpoints forward.

The issue today is about equity of access to technology. We live in a vast nation. Roughly 7.692 million square kilometres. Our population is not evenly spread across this vast nation with 66 per cent of Aussies living in our capital cities. Population density in these cities means that there are economies of scale that allow delivery of greater services at cheaper prices.

The challenge for any federal government is to balance the cheaper delivery of services in an urban area with the equity of service desire across the nation.

To demonstrate what I mean, we should jump back to the nineties. Those were the days when you accessed the Internet via a telephone line using a modem.

We all became accustomed to the screeching noises made by the equipment plugged into our computer. The Internet Service Provider (ISP) plans were based on time not data and the term “dialup” became mainstream.

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Macmahon Mining Services ordered to pay $75,000 THE NSW Department of Industry’s Resources Regulator has successfully prosecuted Macmahon Mining Services Pty Limited (Macmahon Mining) for a breach of sections 32 and 19(1) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.

The prosecution related to a 2013 incident where Jeremy Junk, a shift supervisor working in the No1 Shaft at CSA Mine near Cobar, was fatally injured while using a kibble (a large bucket used to lift items or people in mines) as transport about 1km underground. Junk died of serious head injuries when his head collided with a working platform.

I really can’t remember how much was typically paid per hour to connect to the Internet but it wasn’t much and some providers offered a daily rate of a few dollars. For a business to be connected to the Internet for most of the working day may have cost you in the vicinity of $60 per month and for home users just using it intermittently it was significantly less.

If you wanted to connect for significant periods of time you would often have a phone line dedicated for the task as well but home users often used one line and it would be engaged while you were on the Internet. So all up the cost may have been anywhere from $20 to $80 for home users to business users.

Plus the cost of the phone call.

And that is where the disparity occurred. In Sydney (or in any of the capital cities) if you wanted to use the Internet, it was a local phone call. Dial up all day for the cost of a local call and just pay your ISP for their charges. In regional areas, it was different.

Very few regional locations had a local ISP therefore every call to your ISP was a long-distance (or STD as it used to be called) call.

There was no such thing as a plan that had capped STD calls so the most significant cost for a user in Dubbo was the phone call.

I discussed this issue with our federal government at the time (remembering that Telstra was still a government entity then with only one third being sold in 1997) and gave them my brilliant idea.

There was a focus on trying to build more ISPs in regional Australia but I had a much simpler solution. Don’t spend large chunks of government money on infrastructure. Spend slightly smaller chunks of government money on subsidisation. The only issue was the cost of the phone call so I lobbied the government to introduce a free phone call for regional users. I wasn’t successful but a couple of years later Telstra introduced a new plan. It went halfway there – it gave users of the service a toll free number to call for their Internet access but at a dearer rate to use the ISP. Not perfect but it was a subsidisation and it made sense.

Keep in mind this subsidy in services is to help an area of the nation that contributes 67 per cent of export income and accounts for 45 per cent of tourism expenditure. Regional Australia is not asking for a handout but asking for fair and equitable access to services.

From all those years ago you would think that we have learned

` Regional Australia is not asking for a handout but asking for fair and equitable access to services.

From all those years ago you would think that we have learned the lesson and wouldn’t repeat the same mistakes with the NBN. Think again.

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Macmahon Mining, a specialist mining contractor engaged by the CSA mine to undertake the No1 shaft extension project at the mine, received a sentence in the Sydney District Court on Friday, August 19, for failing to ensure, so far as was reasonably practicable, the employee’s health and safety while at work. The offence carries a maximum penalty of $1,500,000.

Macmahon Mining was convicted and fined $100,000, less 25 per cent allowed by the Court for accepting responsibility for the incident and pleading guilty. The penalty amounted to $75,000.

The company was also ordered to pay the Prosecutor’s costs in relation to the proceedings.

The Resources Regulator’s Chief Compliance Officer, Lee Shearer said the incident highlighted the risks of working with mining equipment and the need to provide effective safety protection and appropriate work, health and safety practices for workers operating in high- risk situations.

“This tragic event serves as a timely reminder for companies to ensure that workplaces are compliant with health and safety legislation,” said Shearer.

the lesson and wouldn’t repeat the same mistakes with the NBN. Think again.

The Australian government is currently in the process of launching the Sky Muster satellites. The cost of this infrastructure is in the order of $2 billion to start with plus the running costs. It has an estimated life of fifteen years. We are told this will service 200,000 people. That is $10,000 per person just to launch.

What I am seeing is that many people are unhappy with the latency; speed and data limits from pieces of equipment sitting 35,786km above the equator so in areas where mobile service is available – even if only just available – many users are choosing to use mobile broadband despite the fact that this often comes at higher prices.

There are obviously locations where there is no mobile service. I would prefer to see special mobile broadband pricing or subsidies for users that can’t access other forms of NBN. $2 billion buys a lot of subsidisation – or maybe even put up a few new mobile phone towers!

For those in areas that are definitely not going to receive mobile phone reception, there are over 1,000 active satellites in our sky at the moment so I am quite certain that the owners of those satellites would welcome more connections to their satellites. Once again, a government subsidy to these users would seem like a better solution that spending our money on infrastructure.

If only we could learn from the past…

“In this instance there was a failure to address a foreseeable risk which resulted in terrible consequences.”

“Work Health and Safety legislation provides important information on minimum standards for equipment and effective safe work systems and practices for preventing workplace injuries and fatalities. Companies cannot become complacent with these obligations and must continually review their operations to ensure robust safe work systems are in place.”

“The Resources Regulator will continue to actively prosecute work, health and safety breaches to ensure the resources sector, which has one of the state’s largest workforces, remains safe and productive,” she said.

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Is your small business compliant with fair work? Inspectors are out!

BY PHIL COMERFORD SCOLARI COMERFORD

HERE is no doubt that being a small business employer these days means that you need to be very careful that you comply with the Fair Work legislation, which includes being aware of the minimum requirements. As small business accountants, many of our clients find that they may need assistance.

The National Employment Standards (NES) are 10 minimum terms and conditions of employment (set out in Part 2-2 of the Fair Work Act 2009) that apply to national workplace relations system employees.

Whilst these might not be popular with many small business owners, the reality is that you need to be aware of them and make sure you comply or it could be an extremely costly exercise if you don’t.

So what are these standards and what do they mean?

Below is a guide only but you should always seek legal advice specific to your circumstances.

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1. Maximum of 38 weekly hours of work An employee who is full-time must not be asked to work more than 38 hours a week unless the additional hours are considered reasonable. If the employee is not full-time then the maximum hours are their normal weekly hours worked unless the extra hours are considered reasonable.

There are a whole range of considerations taken into account such as notice, normal industry standard, whether the employee is entitled to overtime, etc.

Some awards and agreements allow for averaging of hours. These also must be adhered to with respect to the maximum hours per this standard.

2. Requests for flexible working arrangements Employees may request a change to their working arrangements if they: z are the parent, or have responsibility for the care, of a child who is of school age or younger; z are a carer (within the meaning of the Carer Recognition Act 2010); z have a disability; z are 55 or older; z are experiencing violence from a member of their family, or z provide care or support to a member of their immediate family or household, who requires care or support because they are experiencing violence from their family.

It should be noted that there can be grounds for the employer to refuse the request under a number of circumstances if they are considered impractical or will reduce efficiency and other situations outlined by the fact sheet. There are also minimum service periods such as 12 months for full-time employees.

3. Parental leave and related entitlements All employees in Australia are eligible for unpaid parental leave if they have completed at least 12 months of continuous service with their employer.

This includes casual employees, but only if: z they have been employed by the employer on a regular and systematic basis for a sequence of periods over at least 12 months;

UNE app development team leads the way for the sheep industry THE team behind the popular webbased app RamSelect Plus is already turning its attention to finding new solutions to the data challenges facing the sheep industry.

The next project on the cards for the University of New England (UNE) Agile App team is to develop an early inter-

z had it not been for the birth (or expected birth) or adoption (or expected adoption) of a child, they would have a reasonable expectation of continuing employment by the employer on a regular and systematic basis.

The unpaid period can be up to 12 months for each eligible person of a ‘couple’.

4. Annual leave Each full time employee is entitled to four weeks annual leave. The legislation sets out circumstances where the employer can ask that the leave be taken at certain times (e.g. excessive leave or shut down).

5. Personal/carer’s leave and compassionate leave The NES establishes minimum entitlements for permanent employees to receive: z paid personal/carer’s leave; z unpaid carer’s leave; z paid or unpaid compassionate leave.

These forms of leave are designed to help an employee deal with personal illness, caring responsibilities, family emergencies, and the death or serious illness of close family members.

Casual employees are eligible for unpaid carer’s leave and unpaid compassionate leave.

The amount of carer’s leave is 10 days paid per year, 2 days unpaid and 2 days paid for compassionate leave.

6. Community service leave This standard sets out unpaid leave for voluntary emergency activities and up to 10 days of paid leave for jury service (after 10 days is unpaid).

7. Long service leave Under the NES, an employee is entitled to long service leave in accordance with their applicable pre-modernised award. Modern awards (from January 1, 2010) cannot include terms dealing with long service leave.

However, an employee’s long service leave entitlement derived from a pre-modernised award does not apply in a number of circumstances.

8. Public holidays The NES provides an entitlement for employees to be absent from work on a day or part-day that is a public holiday.

The NES protects an employee’s workplace right to reasonably refuse to work on a public holiday, and will guarantee payment where an employee is absent from work because of a public holiday.

Employees are protected from adverse action for having, using, or seeking to use their workplace right to reasonably refuse to work on a public holiday.

9. Notice of termination and redundancy pay This standard sets out minimum notice for termination and redundancy.

For termination the following can be payable: Employee’s period of continuous Period service with the employer at the end of the day the notice is given Not more than 1 year

1 week

More than 1 year but not more than 3 years

2 weeks

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vention sheep management app for the Cooperative Research Centre for Sheep Industry Innovation (Sheep CRC) so that producers can ensure all animals

More than 3 years but not more than 5 years

3 weeks

More than 5 years 4 weeks As noted the period can be up to four weeks’ notice of termination (plus an extra week for employees over 45 years of age who have been in the job for at least two years).

There are circumstances where notice is not required such as serious misconduct.

For redundancy the following can be payable: Employee’s period of continuous service with the employer on termination

Redundancy pay period

At least 1 year but less than 2 years

4 weeks

At least 2 years but less than 3 years

6 weeks

At least 3 years but less than 4 years

7 weeks

At least 4 years but less than 5 years

8 weeks

At least 5 years but less than 6 years

10 weeks

At least 6 years but less than 7 years

11 weeks

At least 7 years but less than 8 years

13 weeks

At least 8 years but less than 9 years

14 weeks

At least 9 years but less than 10 years

16 weeks

At least 10 years*

12 weeks*

This table is not applicable for small business employers (fewer than 15 employees).

10. The Fair Work Information Statement The Fair Work Information Statement is available from the Fair Work Ombudsman.

This must be given by employers to all new employees. It contains information about: z the NES z modern awards z agreement making z freedom of association and workplace rights z termination of employment z individual flexibility arrangements z right of entry z transfer of business z the role of the Fair Work Commission z the role of the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Conclusion: The above is a guide only and legal advice or assistance from Fair Work should be sought if you are unclear of your obligations and speak to your small business accountant.

Fact sheets are available at www.fairwork.gov.au.

Awards and agreements have to also be referred to so be extra careful or you could inadvertently be contravening the rules without even knowing it until it’s too late.

The penalties are substantial if you don’t comply (a contravention of a provision of the NES may result in penalties of up to $10,800 for an individual and $54,000 for a corporation). Then there is the lost time and legal fees!

Inspectors are ramping up their spot checks at present.

Ignore the rules at your peril!

in their care are healthy and productive.

“The new app team at UNE, led by Johan Boshoff, has delivered a win for the sheep industry with their first major job, the upgrade of RamSelect.com. au to include a range of new functionality, proving that our local team can provide world-class technology solutions,” Sheep CRC chief executive James Rowe said.

“The first version of RamSelect, launched last year, was developed through a collaboration with Telstra

and Pivotal Labs, and introduced the Sheep CRC to the highest levels of app building skills and methodologies.

“It was a real challenge to see if we could achieve these standards through an ‘in-house’ team, rather than outsourcing and paying for contract development.

“It should be a source of pride for UNE that they have brought together a team that can provide ongoing app development services to the Australian sheep industry.”

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Joan’s touch of vintage When Tenelle Bond moved back to Dubbo with her young family in tow, the stay at home mum was looking for a business opportunity – something a little left of field. Childhood memories of her grandmother’s style and warmth prompted Aurevoir Vintage Van, an event prop, bar or café for hire, it’s not just a van, it’s a “person” and her name is Joan. AS TOLD TO Yvette Aubusson-Foley PHOTOGRAPHY Soul Photography By Sheridan How did Aurevoir Vintage Man get started?

I’m a Dubbo girl, born and bred, and we’ve lived up at the Gold Coast for the past five years. My husband Robert and I have got two young children and we’d moved back to Dubbo as we’ve got family here.

We thought Dubbo is an untapped market for something like this. There’s nothing like this out here and we got to thinking about what’s new, what’s out of the box.

What were you doing on the Gold Coast?

I was a stay at home mum. I found it very difficult to get back into the workforce. I thought I’d come back to Dubbo and find a job, no worries. On the Gold Coast it was a little bit hard being out of the workforce. It was an opportunity for us to start our own business with low costs and overheads.

Being from a large family and with a rural background, I know people want to have their weddings and events, things like that, out on your property.

Dubbo’s a really good market for that. How many of us have big families? How many of us just want to get married at home? It’s a tradition for many people too.

What’s the story behind “Joan”?

Joan is in memory of a beautiful, gracious woman, my grandmother Patricia Joan, whose door was always open and its this warmth and passion of country hospitality that we want to provide at the events we attend. AuRevoir means "until we meet again" in French and this could not be more perfect for a traveling BYO bar & pop up cafe in memory of the beautiful soul.

Coffee has long been a passion of mine and it is something I have always wanted to do with my nan, create a place for people to go with the warmth and atmosphere that begs you not to leave.

Unfortunately I lost her earlier than expected and so it’s a little bit of a tribute to her in a way. I can do it with her, in her memory.

The colours come from her. She loved yellow, so there’s the yellow roses. It’s very on trend, but it can also be customised to make retro, vintage, industrial.

It is hopefully all rounded.

Because she’s got a story behind her, Joan’s not just a caravan, she’s a person.

With the support of our family and friends we have

been able to create a beautiful portable version and she works in perfectly with our other businesses without compromise.

I’d eventually like to go back into Queensland and think Joan could end up being quite a good little business in Dubbo so I’d like to leave her here. It would be such a shame to build something up and then take her away. She belongs in the region.

My grandmother’s first name was Pat, and I’d like to get “Pat” made for when I move back to Queensland.

How long did it take you from concept to your first sale?

It took 12 weeks to build it. Woody Caravans built it, they’re on the Gold Coast. When I first decided, I’d missed production before Christmas, so it took me three months to get in and then another three months for it to be built.

They only do a few a year because they are more custom built but there’s a lot of love put into them and that’s what I loved too.

What services can Joan provide?

We can do a dry hire. She can be used for props

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or events, and she would come with a chaperone. A true lady never travels alone. So Joan can be hired as a standard hire but what has been quite popular is the wedding and bar hire.

A lot of people are getting married on their properties or in settings where they have to purchase that bar service. My brother got married out at Dundullimal and we hired a cool room and bar staff and a marquis and table, but if you had Joan there, she’d bring that extra personality and class and the option to have photos with her too.

We do go with the standard bar option for corporate events, that sort of thing, then we have the coffee machines, so she’s also a pop up café, as well as a mobile BYO bar.

There’s other packages which we’d like to do. They’re our romance packages. There’s nothing like this really in Dubbo at the moment that if you want to go and have a honeymoon package or – like my husband and I are celebrating our 10-year anni-

versary this year – and you look for something special.

So, we can bring Joan to you.

In your backyard, we can set it up, create some ambience, just make that private romantic setting that’s just about you and your partner.

We’d also like to do bridal showers, high tea and little birthday parties. My daughter’s turning 4 at the end of the year. She’s very excited about her high tea birthday party with all her little friends, so she can make little hot chocolates and babyccino’s for the little girls. Just something a little left of field. We’re all about making what’s happening in your life as special as it can be.

A traditionalist at heart, I love the Central West and being a Dubbo girl it will always hold a special place in my heart. Together with my husband Robert & our two small children Riley & Charli we hope that Joan creates that everlasting impact on Dubbo as it has done for me.

Until we meet again.

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Dare to dream this October HOW fast does a year go? Well in terms of the DREAM Festival Committee – lighting fast. Suddenly we are only 2 months from the festival and we have so much to tell you.

The program will be launched soon but if you can’t wait then head over to our website and see all the items we have locked in already.

All the favourites are back – Lantern Making Workshops, Art Exhibition (Citizen), Lantern Parade, Twilight Markets, Laser Show (a little bit different this year) but we also have some new events to be announced at the next DREAM Dinner at Veldt on the 13th September (go to our facebook page or website to book).

If you are intrigued by a little controversy then make sure you follow us on Facebook or sign up to our newsletter to see who will be visiting Dubbo for an authors night.

We have a tremendous amount of local support that makes the Festival successful and we would like to thank the following organisations for their very generous support: • Macquarie Credit Union - Major Sponsor • Laser Show - Big Blue Digital (gold sponsor) • Twilight Markets - Kennards Hire (gold sponsor) • Lantern Parade - MAAS Group (gold sponsor)

` It’s in memory of my grandmother really.

Hence the reason she’s called Joan, which was my grandmother’s middle name. I remember my grandmother used to just create a warmth in the home and every time you were there you felt welcome.

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Somewhere, over the rainbow Thanks Peter English, service manager, Meals on Wheels Dubbo who took this EPIC PHOTO! He said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I took this photo about 8am last Wednesday, August 10, 2016 from my front verandah. A double rainbow is very rare and to capture it all I had to use my fish eye lens. I took a second photo a few minutes later of the rainbow virtually touching my neighbours house as I was driving to the road. The inner rainbow seems to be in front of the tree which is again unusual. And no I have not dug up under the neighbours tree to search for the pot of gold!

Epic pictures wanted!!

Got a great shot and want to share it to the world? Then youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re invited to send it in to be published on these pages for readers of Dubbo Weekender to enjoy. Please Include your name, a contact number and a brief description of where and when the photograph was taken. For best reproduction, images need to be 300dpi. Please email them to feedback@ dubboweekender. com.au

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Get out into the garden this Spring

BY CHRIS BRAY GARDENING GURU

ITH Spring just days away, gardens are ready to burst into a new season flourish of colour and growth.

Already, there are many blossom trees out in bloom and with the days increasing in temperature, there will be many other varieties showing their Spring spectacle over coming weeks.

With such a busy agenda in the garden at this time of the year, it is important to prioritise tasks that will make the transition from Winter to Spring more effective. We have spoken in previous editions about the importance of weed control in lawns and garden beds, especially after such a wet Winter. If your lawns are showing continuing signs of weeds, it is important to control them now, before ground temperatures start to increase and the problem escalates.

If you currently have a weed free lawn, now is the time to start thinking about lawn fertilising. Spring marks the most important time to rejuvenate a tired and dis-colored lawn after the effects of Winter. When making a decision about fertilising your lawn, you have a few different choices when purchasing the

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Digital trail creates automatic enrolment of newborns to Medicare

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A DIGITAL trial with Gold Coast University Hospital has made life easier for parents by enabling automatic enrolment of their newborn into Medicare, the Medicare Safety Net and the Australian Childhood Register.

Seven hundred and eighty-six newborns were enrolled during the trial after their parents agreed to allow existing hospital data to be sent to the Department of Human Services instead of requiring the completion of a six page Medicare enrolment form.

Participation in the trial was with parental consent.

The trial has been in operation since April of this year in a partnership between the Federal Government and Queensland Health Department. In an Aus-

most suitable fertiliser. Given that there are many fertiliser brands and types on the market, the choice really comes down to manufactured or organic.

Whether you have a Kikuyu, Buffalo or Couch lawn, most of the common fertiliser choices will be suitable, remembering that the manufactured or “prilled” fertiliser choice, will generally give you a faster result as apposed to the organic equivalent, which will give you a more controlled release and can feed over a partially longer period. Each fertiliser brand has it’s own unique NPK rating (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium) and can guide you to the choice of the required level of each element for your lawn type.

When you are ready to fertilise, also consider using a wetting agent at the same time.

With the days only getting warmer from now on, it is a perfect time to throw a wetting agent onto the lawn and help conserve some of the water reserves from Winter rainfall.

Don’t forget whilst feeding the lawn, fertilise plants in pots and containers, as this will encourage new growth and flowering through the Spring Season.

Other tasks around the garden now include trimming of hedges and shrubs. Hedges in particular will burst into new growth in coming weeks and will need a trim with hedge

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tralian first, it has involved the link of basic data between the state hospital system and the federal Medicare system to enroll the child for Medicare in a more streamlined way.

Usually, new parents are required to complete a six-page Medicare enrolment form or a Newborn Child Declaration. This has to be signed by their doctor or midwife and then lodged at a Government Centrelink or Medicare office. The trial bypasses this process.

The trial was a Digital Transformation Office (DTO) exemplar

trimmers or shears. Make sure that susceptible plants to late frost are left a bit longer as trimming them back early, will encourage new growth and late frost may damage new shoots.

Prepare new garden beds with a good organic fertiliser or compost with blood and bone, turning the soil over on a regular basis to encourage microbe activity and rejuvenate the soil after the effects of the previous seasons. Plant new season annual colour and vegetable varieties, making sure that any plants that may be susceptible to late frost are covered, including Tomato’s.

Top 5 tips for this week: 1. Inspect lawns and treat for weeds with a suitable herbicide for your particular lawn type.

2. Prepare new or existing garden beds and pots with Petunia for Spring colour and seasonal Spring/Summer vegetables.

3. Check all outdoor power equipment for the new season ahead. Replace blades on Mowers if worn, clean air filters and replace stale fuel.

Also change oil in 4 stroke mower models.

4. Sharpen cutting tools ready for pruning hedges and shrubs.

5. Look for new season varieties of shrubs, and edible crops for your garden this Spring.

project. The DTO will continue to work with the Department of Human Services to consider options for expansion of the digital enrolment service and ensure that best practice is applied across Government.

The DTO’s report on the project can be found at the Digital Transformation Office website.

Research helps treatment of heart attacks and angina in Aboriginal people RESEARCH carried out by The University of Western Australia into the management of Aboriginal heart patients has found that while treatment is improving, more work is needed to ensure that rural patients are getting treatments that match those that are recommended.

Researchers completed two audits that effectively serve as a report card on how one regional WA

hospital managed treatment of heart attack and unstable angina (collectively referred to as acute coronary syndrome or ACS).

The study examined medical records from the hospital’s emergency department to analyse the differences in treatment and health outcomes and it also explicitly examined the treatment of Aboriginal patients compared to that of non-Aboriginal patients.

Findings from two periods studied (2011-12 and 2013-14) showed that there were some gaps in the medical assessment and management of acute coronary syndrome. After feedback to the health service managers and clinicians following the first audit, the treatment gap reduced.

Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death and the leading cause for Aboriginal people in Western Australia, being 4.6 times more frequent (per capita) in Aboriginal people than in nonAboriginal people.

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Hayden’s recipe for a calmer life

BY KATE WHITING WE cook on so many levels, not just to feed ourselves,” says Georgie Hayden, taking a sip of tea.

As part of Jamie Oliver’s ‘Food Team’, the bubbly brown-eyed Londoner cooks for a living, dreaming up and styling recipes for Oliver’s books, magazine and TV shows. But she also cooked her way through a traumatic maternity leave, after her son Archie died just before birth two years ago. “ I can’t remember what happened for the first few months. I think we must have lived off food from nice people. I don’t think I cooked for a while. I really scared myself. I thought, ‘I just don’t care, I actually don’t care about food or anything’,” she recalls. “You feel really vulnerable and I didn’t want to go out...

Then it sort of went full circle.”

Fearing she’d lost her love of food, Hayden gathered all her cookbooks together – including Honey & Co’s book, the Middle Eastern cafe where we meet today – and started thinking about food for her and husband Pete.

“After a few months of calming down, I thought, ‘Let’s start again... You’re going to sit down and start making a weekly meal plan’. Then I would drive myself to the supermarket and do the shop, and that’s actually what got me out again – having a purpose got me back into doing something and being a bit more confident.”

The familiarity and routine of cooking was like therapy and slowly eased Hayden, 34, through her bereavement, while the meal plans gave her a sense of control.

“In those early days, I was convinced Pete was going to die [too]. I was absolutely terrified. I thought, ‘If I can feed us really nice food, at least I know we’re OK’.”

What started out as a simple project has been gently nurtured into Hayden’s first cookbook, Stirring Slowly: Recipes To Restore + Revive. With chapter titles such as ‘A Sunny Start To The Day’, ‘Bowl Food’, and ‘Bake Yourself Better’, it’s a book to turn to when you’ve had a long, tough day – full of warming, comforting and revitalising recipes.

In his foreword, Jamie Oliver says he loves Hayden ‘like a sister’, and she is equally full of praise for her mentor, with whom she’s travelled the world for work.

“After my maternity leave, I went back part-time, because I needed to sort my life out a bit. He said, ‘Whatever you need to do, we’ll make it work’. He’s phenomenal and he really cares. It sounds

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Georgina Hayden. Photos: PA Photo/Laura Edwards.

cheesy, but the Food Team is family and it’s the most inspiring place to be.”

Hayden’s real family has had a huge impact on her love of food, too. Born to Greek Cypriot parents, her childhood memories are of Saturday pilgrimages from their home above her grandparents’ Greek restaurant to the ‘smelly shop’ – an Italian deli packed with hanging salami – around the corner.

Her dad worked in the family restaurant while her mum stayed home, teaching Hayden and her sister to bake. It sparked a lifelong passion – and she remembers shadowing both her grannies, determined to learn all the traditional Cypriot family recipes before they were lost.

“I still cook with my granny,” she says.

“She’s amazing. She’s had such an influence on me.”

While Hayden tries to eat well, she thinks we’ve all become a bit too ob-

LUNCH FOR DINNER, DINNER FOR LUNCH

BY ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS

THE KITCHEN DIVA

A nutritious lunch does not have to be boring or cost you a fortune. Making small changes – like planning a lunch with ingredients that also work well for dinner meals – can save you money.

Remember, too, that well-nourished children have a greater chance of success at school because they have the fuel and the energy they need to play and learn. Packing your child’s lunch lets you know exactly what he or she is eating.

Follow these tips and not only

sessed with health food.

“What’s healthy for me is taking the time to cook something and sit down and actually eat it properly.”

And, she says, there’s nothing wrong with making life easy for yourself.

“There are certain books and people out there that make you think, ‘I should be doing this, I should be doing that...’

“Something can be quick, it can be delicious and it can still be OK for you; an omelette is great. We definitely have a lot of breakfast for dinner!”

Hayden’s already planning her next cookbook – full of Cypriot food – but for now, she’s pleased to have created a legacy for Archie with her first one.

“It felt wrong to go through something so enormous and painful and to carry on life as normal. I thought, ‘He needs to have some impact on my life, in a good way’. You want to honour your child and make sure people know about

will you save money, you’ll also pack a nutritious lunch that your child will enjoy.

1. Practice good nutrition yourself. Children learn by association – you need to be a role model.

Talk with them about the benefits of healthy eating.

2. Make your own. Look beyond lunchmeat. Slice your own meat or grill chicken breast and cut it into strips or cubes. Avoid highpriced pre-packaged lunches.

3. Send in leftovers. Invest in a good insulated food container to keep food warm. Homemade soup is always a good option.

4. Buy what’s on sale each week and use coupons, then work it into a menu. Use fruits and veg-

these things.

“As time goes by, it’s more gentle.

It’s still incredibly difficult, but we can also find joy in things now. I can look at his picture and not cry, and look at his things and find comfort in them.”

Here are some of Hayden’s comforting recipes to try at home...

etables that are in season.

5. Buy store brands and compare unit prices.

6. Look high and low – bargains are usually on the top or bottom shelves, not at eye level.

7. Plan ahead and have a list when you go to the store. The more time you spend in a store, the more money you spend.

8. A healthy lunch should contain foods from each of the five food groups: Carbohydrates, protein, dairy, fruits and vegetables.

Choose whole-grain products like bread, tortillas, pita bread, bagels or whole-grain crackers. These are more nutritious, have more fibre, vitamins and minerals, and keep blood sugar steady for opti-

Stirring Slowly: Recipes To Restore + Revive

by Georgie Hayden is published in hardback by Square Peg.

mal learning.

9. Include the kids in the process and give them choices. Take them along when grocery shopping. Let them pick one new fruit or vegetable each week to try. Let them help prepare dinner and use the leftovers to pack their lunch. ** MEDITERRANEAN CHICKEN TWO-WAYS My recipe for Mediterranean Chicken Two Ways doubles as a delicious dinner and a nutritious lunch! It makes six servings: four for dinner and four lunches.

2 cups plain fat-free Greek yogurt 1 tablespoon packed fresh mint or basil

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DubboWeekender Weekender| |Friday Friday26.08.2016 20.03.2015 to to Sunday Sunday 28.08.2016 22.03.2015 Dubbo ROASTED CAULIFLOWER AND COCONUT SOUP

WHOLE ROASTED MISO AUBERGINE

(Serves 4-6) 2 onions 600g cauliflower 4 garlic cloves 1tsp (heaped) ground cinnamon 1tsp (heaped) ras el hanout (available in the spice section at most supermarkets) Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper Olive oil A handful of unsweetened coconut flakes 1 x 400ml tin of reduced-fat coconut milk 600ml vegetable stock 2-3tbsp chilli oil 1. Preheat your oven to 180C/gas 4. Peel and cut the onions into 1cm wedges and trim then cut the cauliflower into even-sized florets. If it has the leaves on, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cut them off, roast those too. Place it all in a roasting tray with the unpeeled garlic cloves and sprinkle with the cinnamon and ras el hanout. Season well, and drizzle everything with a good glug of olive oil. Toss it all together and pop into the oven for 2530 minutes, until cooked through and a little charred.

2. Scatter the coconut flakes onto a small tray and pop into the oven for the last few minutes to toast â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they should only need three to four minutes. When the veg are ready, remove the garlic cloves and scrape all the veg into a large saucepan. Squeeze the garlic out of its skins and add them too. Pour in the coconut milk, add the stock and gently bring to the boil.

3. Reduce the heat a little and simmer for five minutes, then remove from the heat. Using a stick blender, blitz the soup until creamy and smooth, adding a splash more water if it is too thick. Taste and adjust the seasoning, and serve topped with the toasted coconut flakes and a drizzle of chilli oil.

BOMBAY OMELETTE (Serves 2) 1/2 a red onion 2 small vine tomatoes 1/2 a bunch of coriander 1 green chilli 4 large eggs 1/2tsp ground turmeric 1/2tsp garam masala 1/2tsp ground cumin Salt and freshly ground black pepper 50g baby spinach leaves 1/2 a lemon 2 knobs of butter 1. Peel and finely chop the onion. Halve the tomatoes, scoop out the seeds with a teaspoon and discard, then finely chop the flesh. Finely chop the coriander stalks and leaves. Halve the chilli, deseed and finely slice.

2. Whisk the eggs together until well combined, then season generously and whisk in the onion, tomatoes, coriander, chilli, turmeric, garam masala and cumin. Put the spinach leaves into a bowl, squeeze just enough lemon to coat, toss together, then leave to one side.

3. Melt half the butter in a medium non-stick frying pan over a medium heat and ladle in half the omelette mixture. Swirl the eggs around for two minutes, pushing them to the middle and tilting the pan so that all the mixture has a chance to set. Leave it for a minute, then slip the omelette on to your serving plate. Top with half the dressed spinach and fold the omelette in half. Serve straight away, and repeat with the remaining butter, omelette mix and spinach.

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1 tablespoon fresh dill, chopped, or 1/2 tablespoon dried dill 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin 3 cloves garlic, finely minced 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 1/2 teaspoons ground black pepper 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon dried oregano 900g (2 pounds) chickenbreast tenders 1 English (seedless) cucumber 2 large ripe tomatoes 4 whole-wheat pitas 1. In small bowl, combine yogurt, mint, dill, 1/2 teaspoon cumin, 1/3 of the garlic, and

(Serves 4) 3cm piece of ginger 4 garlic cloves 2 small green chillies 2 aubergines Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper Groundnut oil 200g vine cherry tomatoes 4 spring onions 1/2 a bunch of coriander 1 lime, juiced 1tbsp tamarind paste 1/2tbsp honey 3tbsp white sweet miso 1. Preheat your oven to 180C/gas 4.

2. Peel the ginger and garlic, and finely slice the chillies. Pierce the aubergines all over with a paring knife, as if you were making incisions into a piece of meat.

Grate the ginger into a large mortar and pestle, and bash together with the garlic, chillies and a good pinch of salt until you have a thick paste. Mix in just enough oil to make it spoonable, then spoon the mixture over the aubergines and massage it into the incisions, really getting the flavours inside.

3. Place the aubergines in a large roasting tray, dot the cherry tomatoes around, and pop into the oven for 40 minutes, turning a couple of times. While the aubergines are cooking, trim and finely slice the spring onions and roughly chop the coriander, stalks and all.

Put into a bowl, squeeze over the lime juice to coat and mix all together. Leave to one side.

4. Mix together the tamarind, honey and miso and add enough water to make a thick glaze. Remove the roasting tray from the oven after 40 minutes, turn the oven up to 200C/gas 6, and drizzle the miso glaze over the aubergines. Pop back into the oven for a further 15 minutes, to caramelise, then remove and leave to cool a little.

5. Working carefully, remove the stalks from the aubergines and discard them, then roughly chop the flesh in the tray into coarse chunks. Stir in the dressed spring onions and coriander and serve right away.

1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper.

Let stand 15 minutes. Place half of the mixture in a covered container and refrigerate to use for lunch.

2. Use a pie plate to combine 2 tablespoons of the lemon juice, 1 1/2 tablespoons oil, oregano, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper, 1 teaspoon cumin and 1/3 of the garlic. Add chicken, turning to coat. Let stand.

3. Heat a grill pan on mediumhigh. Grill chicken 10 to 12 minutes or until no longer pink in centre, turning once.

4. Meanwhile, cut cucumber and tomato into chunks; toss, in large bowl, with the remaining 1/2 teaspoons salt and pepper,

and remaining lemon juice, oil and garlic.

5. For dinner: Divide the chicken and salad evenly. Place half of the ingredients in sealed containers. Transfer remaining chicken to serving plates and serve the cucumber mixture and the remaining yogurt sauce.

Sprinkle with the dill. Prepare a side of orzo or couscous, if desired.

6. For lunch: Grill pitas until toasted, turning once. Fill the pitas with the remaining chicken, yogurt sauce, cucumber mixture and dill. Place in a re-usable container in a lunchbox, along with fruit.

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BY GABRIELLE FAGAN T might be hard to picture when winter still has a few more days to go, but a tan is synonymous with summer, and that irresistible sun-kissed glow – in all its variations, from celebrity mahogany to subtle golden honey – can work just as well in decor. It’s not too early to start planning and doing home decorating ready for the coming seasons.

If you’re a sun-worshipper who likes to bake, soft brown tones and furniture in natural materials which celebrate those shades – wood and leather – will probably appeal. Dipping into a burnished colour palette and adding a few well-chosen pieces will beautify rooms, and can accent their best features in much the same way as bronzers highlight facial features.

Beach babes could match their more subtle look in their spaces, with sand and bleached blonde hues, conjuring a gorgeous, golden glow. Meanwhile, those who shun the sun completely could simply opt for ‘pale and interesting’, with on-trend nearly nude, blush tones.

Whichever tan factor you go for, these looks will turn your home sunny side up...

TAN-TASTIC DECOR Summertime, and the glowing is easy – if you embrace brown hues, from mahogany to chocolate, to beautify your abode.

“A wonderful way to inject that summer feel into your home is to opt for warm, tan-toned furniture.

When searching for the right colour, keep in mind the holiday tan spectrum, ranging from a golden glow to a dark, rich mahogany,” advises Rebecca Snowden, an

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interior style advisor.

“Natural materials have beautiful mellow richness, which brings tone and character to rooms. Caramel and butterscotch shades are featuring strongly in trends for autumn and will help inject warmth into a home in the colder months too. Set pieces against a neutral backdrop, particularly white, to allow them to shine in the same way that an all-white outfit will always show off an enviable tan.”

GET THE GLOW: Leather looks luxurious, but can be an expensive choice. Look for design-standard furniture at discounted prices. Give walls a bronzed shimmer with brown mosaic tiles. Soft and lustrous copper is the metal of the minute and will add a gleam to blonde wood and shades of grey.

GOLDEN GLOW Your skin may not go golden on demand, but your home will be right on hue if you tan up with sand and bleached-blonde shades.

“We lead busy lives, so we need our homes to be relaxing havens where we can escape from the stresses of the outside world, and there’s nothing more soothing than golden tones, reminiscent of sun-baked tropical climes,” says David Roebuck, managing director at a blinds retailler.

“These will work particularly well in light-starved rooms, but if you want to add more punch to larger, airy spaces, opt for sunset shades, such as amber, flax or burnt orange. This palette is ideal for those wanting to create their own paradise decor inspired by nature.”

GET THE GLOW: Look for stunning wallpaper designs. Take colour to the walls with a One Coat Matt

Watermelon Ice Pops and Salad With Mint

BY DONNA ERICKSON

CREATIVE FAMILY FUN

Clear off a shelf in your refrigerator, and make way for a watermelon to quench your thirst, satisfy your sweet tooth and provide good-for-you A, B-6 and C vitamins.

Slice it up, and you have an instant dessert to top off a picnic or barbecue; or, get set to try something new this coming spring and summer and showcase your melon at snacktime

and mealtime: For a cool-down snack, nothing beats an ice block. This refreshing version, made with watermelon puree and ripe fruit, is tasty, “good for you” sweetness. Quite simply, it’s a frozen fruit salad on a stick!

I have listed a yummy combo of fruit and berries that freeze well, but feel free to create your own combinations according to availability and taste.

Then, when you are looking for a creative supper salad, surprise your family with a delicious combination of watermelon, feta and mint. The thin

Emulsion. Pick up on the palette with accessories such as a Wading Bird Cushion, or perk up a sofa with a Mustard Yellow Herringbone Throw.

IN THE BUFF Pale can be interesting and is a subtle alternative to sun-baked mahogany hues, so bare all with nude and blush pink tones, which will add a twist to neutrals.

“Glamour and pallor are definitely proving a winning combination, as increasingly we shelter from the sun’s damaging rays. So as temperatures rise, go nude in your home and introduce buff, caramel, pale baby pinks, and even beige shades into your decor,” says Sarah Quilliam, head of product design for a specialist blinds and shutter company.

“Often wrongly viewed as boring, beige is infinite in its subtlety, and the shade you choose can alter the entire mood of a room. It can look great as an accent colour – a warm, dark buff works wonderfully with light, pale blues, while layering nude hues creates a soft, calming look, especially if teamed with sensual textures such as cashmere and silks.”

GET THE GLOW: Paint walls in soft Pink Sand, look for desirable fabric collections. Pink and white team well so look for a Pink Pendant Light that could be the finishing touch for a scheme.

For even more authenticity, he advises introducing textural interest by juxtaposing rough stone walls with cool, tiled floors and soft linen upholstery.

onion slices provide an extra surprise.

FRUITY WATERMELON ICE POPS 1/4 medium seedless watermelon 1/2 cup fresh blueberries 1/4 cup chopped fresh strawberries 1 kiwi, peeled and sliced 1 peach or nectarine, peeled and diced 6 cherries, pitted and chopped 12 ice block moulds and sticks 1. Cut watermelon flesh into chunks. Puree in a blender or

food processor until smooth, to yield approximately 3 cups.

Pour into a measuring cup or container with a spout.

2. Set out ice block moulds.

Fill each one 3/4 full with the fresh fruit, then pour in the watermelon puree until each mould is full. Insert ice block sticks in moulds, and freeze.

Serve when completely solid.

WATERMELON AND FETA SALAD WITH MINT (Serves 4 as a side dish.)

1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1/4 red onion, thinly sliced

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Pinch of salt 1/4 medium seedless watermelon 1/4 cup sliced or crumbled feta cheese 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves Freshly ground pepper (optional) 1. In a small mixing bowl, combine the vinegar, oil, sliced onion and salt. Set aside.

2. Cut watermelon flesh into bitesize chunks and place on a mediumsize serving platter or in a bowl.

Sprinkle with feta cheese and mint.

Top with onion mixture. Toss lightly and serve immediately, garnished with a sprig of fresh mint. Grind fresh pepper on top, if you wish.

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BY JOANN DERSON z Hull strawberries quickly by pushing a straw through from the tip to the stem. z Ice cream will stay soft and scoopable if you put it in a zipper-top, freezer-safe storage bag before you tuck it away in the freezer. z Taco Tuesdays made easy: “Flip a muffin tin over so that the wells of the tin are poking up. Set your hard taco shells in between the wells to hold them up while you are filling them. You could even make a bunch of tacos this way and bring them to the table already made!

Fun stuff.” – contributed by J.D. z “To make sure you don’t get any

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slipped stitches when you are interrupted while knitting or crocheting, just clip the work at the needle with a clothespin.

It stays put, and you can pick it right back up after you are done taking a break.” – contributed by C.C. z If you love coffee, you’ll extra-love this tip: Freeze leftover hot coffee that has been slightly cooled. Then, use the ice cubes to cool down a piping hot cup, as a base for coffee milkshakes and in iced coffee drinks so they will not water down. z * “I use clothespins clipped to the top of my shower curtain to hang washcloths to dry. When they are dried out, I toss them in the laundry bin. I only do laundry one a week, and if a washcloth sits wet in the laundry bin, it starts to mildew and smell!” – contributed by E.L.

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Douglas Mawson: Australia’s forgotten hero

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BY SARAH MOTHERWELL USTRALIA’S greatest story of survival in the desert comes not from the dry outback but the unforgiving ice of Antarctica.

Douglas Mawson was the astronaut of his time when he led the first Australian expedition to the continent in 1911.

The crew set off with the finest clothes and liquor in a splinter of a boat compared to modern standards.

Mawson was on a final mapping trip on December 14, 1912, when his crewman Belgrave Ninnis fell through the snow.

The only thing Mawson and remaining traveller Xavier Mertz could see as they looked into the black crevasse was an injured husky on an ice ledge 45 metres below.

They shouted but no reply came.

Ninnis has fallen with the best of the team’s supplies and the two survivors were 500km from their main hut with just 10 days of food.

A mad dash to a previous camp helped them recover urgently needed equipment.

When food ran out they ate their dogs’ livers but were unaware they were being poisoned by high levels of vitamin A. Mertz lost his mind and Mawson had to sit on his chest to stop him from destroying their tent.

He died slowly and painfully and Mawson was left to make the remaining 160km journey on his own.

His hair fell out and he had to tape the soles of his feet back on after the skin fell off.

Mawson almost tumbled into several crevasses but managed to pull himself from the brink each time.

Against all odds he managed to reach the hut on February 8, 1913, only to see the ship returning to Australia disappearing on the horizon.

As the remaining team prepared for winter, Mawson messaged his wife that he was a bald, ruined man and she was free to leave him.

Her reply: Warmest welcome awaiting your hairless return.

Mawson’s legacy is not only this story of determined survival but his endeavours that gave Australia a 42 per cent territorial claim over Antarctica, the largest of any country.

His face graced the $100 note, giving him the nickname The Grey Ghost, but as time has passed he has

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slipped from the nation’s mind.

But thanks to the work of the Mawson’s Huts Foundation a little bit of his world lives on in Tasmania’s capital, Hobart.

The Mawson’s Huts Replica Museum at Franklin Wharf is faithfully copied from the original, which still stands in Antarctica today.

The timber is the same, the layout is the same, even the tiniest details are copied, like the pictures they hung at their bunks.

The museum also includes pieces from the original hut such as a flag pole and a stove.

Given more people have been on top of Mt Everest than inside the original hut, which is protected as a historically significant site, to step inside the museum is your best chance to travel through time and space.

It should be at the top of the to-do list for anyone visiting Hobart.

IF YOU GO GETTING THERE: Hobart International Airport is about a 20-minute drive from the city centre. Have your camera ready for the stunning view of the Tasman Bridge and Mount Wellington as you approach

the River Derwent.

Hobart is a city you can conquer on foot with most major attractions within walking distance of one another in the CBD. The ferry is the easiest and most picturesque way to get to MONA. Splash out on tickets in the Posh Pit to travel in style.

PLAYING THERE: Hobart’s inaugural Australian Antarctic Festival runs from September 8-11, 2016. It’s noticeably colder down here. Wear warm clothes, including gloves and a scarf – Tasmania is close to Antarctica after all. You would also do well to pack good walking shoes, and keep a raincoat or umbrella at hand.

For tours, visit the Chimu Adventures website at www.chimuadventures.com.au. The company is offering a four-day tour that gives you access to the best of the festival. * The writer was a guest of Tourism Tasmania http (www.discovertasmania.com.au), Chimu Adventures and the Australian Antarctic Festival (www.antarcticfestival.com.au).

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Inside Douglas Mawson’s cabin in the Mawson’s Huts Replica Museum, Hobart.

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The bush supplies best table in NT desert

BY JULIA CARLISLE HE outback terrain provides a tasty smorgasbord and we are hours from being seated under the stars for the real bush-tucker spread.

For a novice looking out across the endless scrub around Alice Springs, a feast doesn’t look promising.

It’s where a true-blue bush-tucker bloke comes in handy. His name is Bob Taylor and he knows his game.

We’ve been picked up from the luxury Lassiters Hotel Casino and are heading out in Bob’s minibus to Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve.

We’re soon wandering through what looks like a dry creek bed when Bob hands me a leaf from a river red gum leaf with a white substance on the back, and tells me to try it.

It’s sweet like sugar.

We pass a bush orange tree, then a desert passionberry, some sort of raisin and wild baby tomatoes.

All the while, Bob, who’s from the Arrernte people, points out snake and lizard tracks in the sand and explains other interesting outback facts.

Next stop is what the locals call Tyunpe, or for us white fellas “A place of lizards”. As we drive closer to the towering gorge, Bob points to one side of the huge stone wall that is in the form of a lizard’s head. We feel minute walking through the gorge and it’s magical to discover the water hole at the end of the dry river bed – a true oasis.

There’s only a handful of other tourists and the warm late afternoon sun highlights the colour of the towering rock walls either side of us.

Bob’s keen eyes spy tiny bush wallabies hiding on the cliff faces either side of us.

We drive out along the Western McDonnell Ranges arriving at our magnificent bush setting and the appetite is good after several hours of bush roaming.

Now it’s time to dine under the stars.

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With a permanent spot of land that Bob’s leased in the national parks, his guests are guaranteed the best table in the desert.

There’s a permanent wooden shelter that he strings lamps to and his trailer is a well-organised mobile kitchen.

Our “Outback MasterChef” runs an efficient show – in a matter of minutes a fire is burning nicely, the table is set, the comfy chairs are arranged.

While he’s preparing we take a stroll around the bush, glass of wine in hand, as the sun sets.

A platter filled with macadamia nuts covered with bush herbs and chili is passed around – the feast begins.

First course is a bruschetta with chickpea dip and lemon myrtle – he’s made the bread and it’s grilled over the fire, the mulga wood enhancing the flavour.

Every course is cooked in a bush oven or barbecued over our fire.

The banter is jovial as we sit around the flickering fire and Bob’s stories entertain us.

He’s a trained chef, worked in Holland and travelled the world – hence the confidence and ease at which he serves our five-course meal.

Aged in his late 40s, Bob talks openly about his life; how he’s part of the Stolen Generation, which he explains with maturity. He doesn’t seem to carry bitterness but remembers the heartbreak.

I feel privileged hearing his story and the way he looks to the future, and realise he’s the first person I’ve met from the Stolen Generation.

But what a way to learn about it, sitting around a camp fire with a charming chatty Aboriginal man, under the stars and dining on his exquisite menu.

Bob says he works a lot with the local Alice Springs schools taking groups of kids on his tours, knowing it’s important for his culture to live on.

But the food show must go on and all throughout

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this chit-chat we’re served homemade emu sausage with mustard and sun-dried tomatoes, followed by grilled kangaroo fillet with a wattle-seed duka and bush tomatoes with roasted macadamia nuts.

As the night goes on and the conversation weaves over all sorts of topics, Bob educates us on how the Aboriginal people lived by the land.

“Don’t eat all the berries or fruit on the trees, let the birds eat them... then eat the birds,” he wisely tells us.

His elders worked with nature.

When there was drought and food and water was scarce the men and women would use natural birth control to prevent any extra mouths to be fed.

Then it’s on to that main course that’s been bubbling away – outback beef hotpots served with potato fritters and saltbush steamed vegetables with lemon myrtle.

The fresh night air is wonderful. We’re in the middle of the Australia, under the Milky Way, with the sounds of desert keeping us alert as we try to spotlight some wildlife.

“This is what dreamtime means,” I suggest.

Then dessert arrives.

Bob has whipped up a steamed Quandong pudding, with apricot wattleseed, white chocolate topped with caramel sauce that’s been teasing us with its sweet delicious aromas as it cooked over the fire.

When our minibus pulls up at the hotel and we farewell Bob I feel like I’m saying goodbye to a dear mate whom I’ve just caught up with after a long absence.

Now it’s dreamtime.

Details of Bob Taylor’s tour in Alice Springs: RT Tours Australia, Bob Taylor 0438 532 118 http://rttoursaustralia.com.au Cost $160 per person (No alcohol provided) * The writer was a guest of Tourism NT AAP

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Friday 26.08.2016 to Sunday 28.08.2016 | Dubbo Weekender An image from Kim V Goldsmithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s installation exhibition, Volucres, to be held at the Anglican Church Hall. PHOTO: COURTESY REGIONAL ARTS NSW

Art for arts sake

BY ELIZABETH ROGERS CEO, REGIONAL ARTS NSW

HE regional arts national conference and arts festival is coming to Dubbo October 27 to 30 this year. This unique event occurs every second year in a different city and is the largest gathering of people engaged in the art sector in the country.

Each event is hosted by the regional arts agency in that state, in this case Regional Arts NSW, and is in a regional location. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been fourteen years since the national conference was last held in NSW, in Albury. In 2014 it was held in Kalgoorlie, WA and in 2018 will be held in Victoria.

Dubbo was selected because it has the cultural facilities to host such a large and multifaceted event, has plenty of accommodation and excellent transport connections for people travelling in from all parts of the country as well as internationally.

The Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre, The Western Plains Cultural Centre, The Dubbo Showground, Victoria Park and the Dubbo RSL will be the main venues for both the conference.

People working in all parts of the arts sector will be attending including artists, arts workers state and national leaders for four days of discussion, conversations and networking around the themes of Regeneration, Emergence and Connectedness.

Inspiring keynote speakers and panels will be followed by parallel sessions of panels, presentations, forums and hands on workshops. International speakers announced so far include Clive Parkinson, Arts and Health, Manchester UK, Skinder Hundel, chief executive, New Arts Exchange, Nottingham, Ricard Peach, director of the Vrystaat Kunstefees/ Arts Festival/Tsa-Botjhaba, a multi-artform arts festival in Mangaung, South Africa, and Karl Johnstone, recently director of the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute and now running his own consultancy.

Australian speakers include Mark McMillan, Lee-Ann Buckskin and Kate Fielding. A final panel exploring national thought leadership for regional Australia will consist of

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Lee-Ann Buckskinas, Australia Council Board, Co-Chair of a new International Aboriginal Visual Arts Festival in South Australia, part-time manager at Carclew in Adelaide; a Narungga, Wirangu, Wotjobaluk woman and a keynote speaker at Artlands Dubbo 2016. PHOTO: COURTESY REGIONAL ARTS NSW

Lindy Hume, Opera Queensland; Mathew Trinca, National Museum of Australia, Wesley Enoch; Sydney Festival and Michael William, Wheeler Centre with Regional Arts Australia champion, Anne Dunn.

Parallel sessions include forums on regional theatre making practice, the value of regional festivals, a diverse range of panels and presentations on regional arts practice and projects and info sessions from a number of national arts bodies.

Described as part conference, part festival, all arts, ARTLANDS has a fully curated arts festival accompanying the conference, and all festival events are open to the general public. The festival director, Greg Pritchard, has been based in Dubbo for the past 18 months

sourcing the best performers and artists from regional NSW to showcase the outstanding calibre of arts practice in this state. The festival program has a mixture of exhibitions, performances, installations and interventions throughout the ARTLANDS precinct. This precinct has been tightly defined from Macquarie St to the Showground bordered by Talbragar and Bultje Sts. All artists involved in the festival are either regionally based or have a connection to Dubbo. Local artists and organisations in the program include the Macquarie Conservatorium of Music, Circus West and Kim V Goldsmith.

A new exhibition of artists from the region curated by Caroline Downer will be in the DRTCC foyer for the duration of ARTLANDS and the Fire Station Arts Centre will have work by Chris Kunko and Sally Hopkins. Local bands, One Proud Monkey and Civil Hands will be playing in the Festival Club.

Adding to the festival atmosphere will be outdoor installations, night time projections and illuminations and roving street performers.

An Art Fair will be held at the Centenary Pavilion at the Showground on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Over 20 Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal artists and makers from across regional NSW will have hand crafted art works on sale. Another feature of the event will be an outdoor Master Fibre Makers Gathering in Victoria Park on Friday and Saturday afternoon. This project will see ten regional NSW master Aboriginal weavers join with four Tasmanians and four Torres Strait Islanders doing drop in workshops and sharing skills and techniques throughout the day.

Through this process they will be building a collaborative sculptural piece that will be presented to the Western Plains Regional Council on completion as a permanent legacy of the event.

ARTLANDS welcomes community involvement in the event and is looking for local Ambassadors with a diverse range of skills. So those who can spare a few hours during the period, visit www.artlands.com to find more information.

The full festival program was launched in Dubbo on Tuesday, August 16.

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A fundraising evening in support of Compass Run – Riding for Rare Cancers charity motorbike ride – to raise money and awareness for Without a Ribbon, an organisation supporting those battling rare cancers.

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6pm – midnight Vista Lodge Estate, Chapman’s Rd, Dubbo NSW

Includes exclusive mini-concert:

Popular Australian songstress Sara Storer, supported by her brother Greg

Tickets: $100 per person

• Includes an intimate concert, substantial finger food dinner & all drinks • Auctions and raffles will be held, with all proceeds to support both the Compass Run ride and Without a Ribbon.

• To purchase tickets, go to: 123tix.com.au/events/373/compass-run-fundraising-evening or The Swish Gallery – 29 Talbragar St, Dubbo

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Sara and Greg Storer: Keeping it real Sara and Greg Storer grew up with both the Australian bush and music pumping through their veins, but it was almost by accident that the popular country songstress carved a career in the music industry, with her proud and equally talented big brother lending support along the way. The singing siblings tell of a happy childhood, a solid musical partnership and their coming charity gig in Dubbo.

AS TOLD TO Jen Cowley. PHOTOGRAPHY Deb Fisher Sara Storer STARTED in the music industry when I was 26, so I was a bit of a late bloomer. I was in the right place at the right time and landed a record deal with the ABC, so luck played a big part.

My family has always been a massive part of my music, and I’d go home and ask my brothers for ideas for writing songs and before we knew it, Greg was writing songs too. He plays guitar and sings too – I reckon he’s actually better than me (laughs) – but he’d only been doing covers of other people’s stuff. When he began writing his own, I started pinching his stuff for my albums so he came aboard and recorded one of those songs with me.

Since then, we’ve recorded lots of duets and been working together on lots of songs, with him playing guitar as well as singing.

Playing and singing with your own brother is really enjoyable and it’s quite relaxed – I don’t have to worry about who’s next to me or how I’m doing, because we can be real with each other.

I like to keep it real – we both like “real” songs and “real” lyrics. I like to sing about things that move me, and Greg’s the same. It’s nice to just entertain people by being who you are – not just putting on a show.

Greg and I do tend to bounce well off each other, and we respect each other’s writing. But we’re able to be open and honest with each other if we need to have a conversation about the way a particular song is going.

We grew up on a farm in the Mallee in Victoria, just out of a little town called Women near Mildura. After they sold that farm, they moved up to a property near Warren and they run a family farming business.

There was always music in our house when we were growing up – Dad plays piano-accordion and has a beautiful voice – and he used to play in the town band.

My mum played piano.

We were encouraged to enjoy all kinds of music, and to turn it up as loud as we liked, as long as it was a good song!

From my father I also learned to respect country music. A lot of people pooh-pooh it and think it’s daggy, but Dad taught me to appreciate it. I love the real relationship and connection country music has with people who are off the land. It’s very powerful.

I try to connect with people through my lyrics, but they’re not just about country people – I write about real feelings.

Mind you, the fact that I grew up on the land and now live on the land again, gives me the freedom of

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space and place to write and be creative. Wide open spaces help open my mind. There’s something really peaceful and free about living in the Australian bush, and that’s helpful for creativity.

When I write about things I like to see the colours, the trees, the land – and then I use those images in my songs. I know that for me to write a good song, I have to see and feel and smell so I can say it like it is.

I have four children now, which has had a huge impact on my music career and I do get anxious about that. But I won’t replace myself with someone else when it comes to my children – so I’ve had to learn to not be so hard on myself, and just accept that as a mother, it’s what you do. It’s a challenge a lot of mums face – I’m no different.

I do the shows I can, but I’m not beating myself up – I just have to find ways to manage my life around the kids and my music.

Family and friendships are very important to me, and that’s where our coming gig at the Compass Run fundraiser in Dubbo came to be. I’ve known Charlie Crossley (one of the four motorbike riders who will be riding around Australia to raise money and awareness for rare cancer support) for many years, and the opportunity to support not only him and his mates and this great cause, but to be able to do it with my big brother… that’s just really special.

Greg Storer ARA is a little girl who grew up always wanting to sing. She always had a good voice, but as siblings go, we didn’t really think much of it and we certainly didn’t think she’d wind up being as successful as she is.

We grew up in the Mallee, and no one really had singing lessons there so she didn’t ever have any training.

She was a pretty laid back sort of a kid – until you got her on the netball court, then you’d see a different side of Sarsi (laughs). Once she makes her mind up on something, she’s pretty determined, which has stood her in good stead.

There were six kids, so there was a wing of us and we all got along well. We were all pretty sporty, but there was always music in the house.

I banged the drums there for a while as well as guitar but we never really sang together – probably should have now that we look back.

Sara did her teaching (qualifications) then decided to travel and I think that’s when she really started to want to write her own songs and music.

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Before she started a teaching job at Kalkaringi in the Northern Territory, she was working at a roadhouse at Camooweal, making burgers and that sort of thing, and she met an old bloke named Bill. She wrote a song about him, and that’s really how it all started.

Then she won a talent quest at the Adelaide River Rodeo, and from there she got into the Country Music College at Tamworth, so she really got going then.

I started taking guitar lessons, and she’d say to me, “If you’re in the tractor and you think of a good line, write it down.”

So I did – and she was really the catalyst to our songwriting together. If it wasn’t for Sarsi, I wouldn’t be performing publicly. She coaxed me up on stage to just sing one song, and it went from there.

Now I do gigs around Warren and around the region, which I just love. A mate and I have a bit of a duo going, and it’s great fun – but there’s no way I’d be doing any of it if it hadn’t been for Sara’s inspiration.

It’s really great to be able to get up on stage with her and sing and play our songs, particularly the ones we’ve written together. It’s pretty special.

But I remember doing the Golden Guitars with her at Tamworth, and having to get up on stage in front of all those people. Oh, my God, I’ve never been so scared in all my life! You know you’re nervous when your bum cheeks are shaking (laughs).

I’m very proud of her – we all are. We’re very family oriented, and now, with four boys Sara knows all about that.

I honestly don’t know how she manages to do it all, but she does.

And she’s still so very down to earth and she’s still very passionate about her music, particularly her lyrics which I guess you could best describe as no-bullshit!

We’re both really happy to be able to put our hands up to help out with the Compass Run launch – supporting people who are battling rare cancers is such a great cause. z Sara and Greg Storer will be performing live at the Compass Run – Riding for Rare Cancers launch/fundraiser for rare cancer support charity, Without a Ribbon – next Saturday, September 3 at Vista Lodge Estate on Chapman’s Road, Dubbo from 6pm. z Tickets are $100 per head, which includes the miniconcert, dinner (substantial finger food) and alcohol, as well as soft drinks – and can be purchased online at 123tix.com.au/events/373/compass-run-fundraisingevening or by visiting The Swish Gallery in Talbragar Street.

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Jazz concert and workshop PHOTOS BY MACQUARIE CONSERVATORIUM

OUR Australian jazz stars were in Dubbo on Friday, August 12 at Macquarie Conservatorium Dubbo, for an inspirational workshop with local school students and a sold-out public concert.

Dubboâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own Phil Stack, bassplayer, vocalist Emma Pask, guitar-

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ist James Muller and drummer Tim Firth demonstrated why they are acclaimed as some of the finest jazz musicians in the country, with international careers and bags of awards between them.

These wonderful musicians shared their knowledge hands-on with students from schools in and around Dubbo, and then that evening performed in a concert that was enthusiastically received by the capacity audience.

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New Harry Potter book is a tale about the difficult bond between fathers and children

BY KATE WHITING THE BOOKCASE

BOOK OF THE WEEK Harry Potter And The Cursed Child: Parts One And Two Script Book by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne is published in hardback.

ALMOST exactly five years since that tantalising glimpse of a grown-up Harry, Hermione and Ron at the end of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 – the final film adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s seven books – the eighth story has already become one of the biggest-selling print books in a decade.

Set 19 years on, the script book of the West End play Harry Potter And The Cursed Child (which premiered on July 30) is a refreshing 330 pages long (compared to Deathly Hallows 600+), and can be devoured in one sitting.

After a while, you stop noticing you’re just reading dialogue and the names of the characters, and the stage directions are so intense (“their minds in hell”), they help conjure each scene. Like her female heroine, Rowling has teamed up with two guys – playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany – to revisit her wizarding world in a new medium and it works.

Harry is struggling with fatherhood – his third child, Albus Severus (named for Dumbledore and Snape) is starting at Hogwarts and struggling to live up to his father’s name. He befriends Harry’s erstwhile enemy Draco Malfoy’s son Scorpius (just a really nice guy) and convinces him they ‘somehow’ should save a key Hogwarts student who died in the past.

And that’s all the plot you’re getting...

There’s time travel and dark alternate realities with mindless acts of terrorism (poignant for our world today) – but above all, it’s a tale about the difficult bond between fathers and children – and, as ever with Rowling, the cure-all of love and friendship.

9 and 3/4 of out 10 (Review by Kate Whiting) J.K. Rowling (pictured) has teamed up with John Tiffany and Jack Thorne for the latest Harry Potter book. PHOTO: REUTERS/NEIL HALL

FICTION Lie With Me by Sabine Durrant is published in hardback by Mulholland Books.

SABINE Durrant is the former assistant editor of The Guardian who has turned her hand to writing brilliantly creepy, psychological thrillers.

With dark tales like Gone Girl being all the rage, Lie With Me has the makings of another best seller. That is, dislikeable characters, dysfunctional

families, an unreliable narrator, and a claustrophobic world you just can’t tear yourself away from.

Paul is a 40-something, broke, failed writer who still lives at home with his mother. He’s also a prolific liar, who gets by through using people for money, sex and anything else he can get out of them.

When he manages to get invited on a

family holiday to Greece with his latest love interest, he thinks he’s in for a perfect summer. However, it’s in this idyllic location that his past deceptions eventually catch up with him.

This clever tale leaves you feeling disturbed, shocked and questioning the classic ideas of good and evil; which of course is the sign of a fantastic read.

9/10 (Review by Harriet Shephard)

Augustown by Kei Miller is published in hardback by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

KEI Miller’s third novel invites us to Jamaica in 1982, to a poor suburb of Kingston called Augustown – which, the 2014 Forward poetry prize-winner assures in the preface, is a fictionalised version of the real August Town.

In Augustown, an almost blind Rasta-

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 26.08.2016 to Sunday 28.08.2016 farian grandmother called Ma Taffy can sense disaster looming as her distressed grandson comes home from school. To soothe him, she speaks of the ‘flying preacherman’: a 19th century revivalist called Alexander Bedford, who claimed to be able to fly.

But the events of this single day entwine around Ma Taffy’s family as conflicts between religious prejudice, social hierarchy and the oppression of the poor by ‘Babylon’ build to a head.

Writing in Jamaican dialect gives Miller’s rich prose the ebb and swell of verbal folk tales, but he harmonises his fundamentally simple story with relevant events that echo down the decades.

It’s a brilliant, textured read that has the horrifying inevitability of a classical tragedy – but you can’t stop before the end.

9/10 (Review by Natalie Bowen)

NON-FICTION Flaneuse: Women Walk The City In Paris, New York, Venice And London by Lauren Elkin is published in hardback by Chatto & Windus.

THE flaneur is the emblematic figure of urban life, and even more so of psychogeography; the interested ambler, wandering wherever the city’s currents take him. And, French being a gendered language, the flaneur is always male.

It’s a distinction that some of his modern popularisers, among them Will Self and Iain Sinclair, have maintained, albeit generally with expressions of regret. Elkin takes issue with that, and here revives the great women, from writers George Sand and Virginia Woolf

to war photographer Martha Gellhorn, who proved more than a match for the boys.

It’s a story she intertwines with her own, as bored suburban girl becomes young academic and she gets to know some of the world’s great cities on foot.

Doubtless some readers will prefer one half of that mix, others the other, but the braiding works; like her male peers, she’s insisting on her own place in a great subcultural tradition.

8/10 (Review by Alex Sarll) The Water Kingdom: A Secret History Of China by Philip Ball is published in hardback by Bodley Head.

PLENTY of books propose a history of the world or a nation in terms of some single, attention-grabbing item or commodity, but Ball’s look at China through the nation’s relationship to water is more plausible and less gimmicky than most.

The Yellow and Yangtze rivers function on a scale beyond anything in Europe; over the millennia they have been responsible both for China’s most fertile land, and for regular disasters with staggering death tolls.

As such, efforts to tame them stretch back into prehistory, and are baked into the language: “the Chinese character for political power and governance, zhi, is comprised of fragments... implying that state rule is a platform built on water”.

From those early ‘water heroes’, through the long imperial period, to the polluted rivers and dried-out lakes threatening modern China’s economic progress, Ball offers a compelling and evocative insight into a history still little understood in the West.

8/10 (Review by Alex Sarll)

CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK Around The World With The Ingreedies: A Taste Adventure by Zoe Bather, Joe Sharpe and Chris Dickason is published in hardback

by Laurence King.

THE Ingreedies are a band of food-shaped friends, who travel the world in search of the most interesting flavours. From America to Iran, Sweden to Australia, they offer satisfying nuggets of info – and some penny-drop moments – about different ingredients and dishes.

(Did you know croissant comes from the French for crescent?)

There’s a mouth-watering recipe for each country – Haddock Chowder for the US, Pear Tarte Tatin for France, Dan Dan Noodles for China – designed with little chefs in mind and handy suggestions for which bits they could help with.

And laced throughout are fabulous illustrations of the Ingreedies

The Ten Commandments OOKS featured in current articles are focusing on the origins of mankind.

Last Weekender concluded with reference to Peter Frankopan’s book “The Silk Roads”. The book notes that from the beginning of time, the centre of Asia was where empires were made.

The alluvial lowlands of Mesopotamia, fed by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers provided the basis for civilization itself. Systematised agriculture using irrigation made the area become known as the “Fertile Crescent”.

Nearly 4000 years ago the King of Babylon, Hammurabi, detailed his subjects’ obligations with some of the first recorded laws, “and set out fierce punishments for their transgressions”.

Frankopan notes on page 35 that Christianity has long been associated with the Mediterranean and Western Europe. But in fact, early Christianity was Asian. The spread of religions across the Silk Roads before 600AD are noted featuring Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity and Buddhism. And the theories and disciplines of religion had a widespread influence on the thinking and social behaviour of populations. It is interesting to study why humans adopted these religious beliefs and that there were no political boundaries.

The Roman Empire dominated Mediterranean countries for a period with its navies moving freely from Egypt to England.

“Imperial Roman Naval Forces” lists the campaigns from 31BC – on September 2 the fleet of Octavianus and Agrippa defeat-

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ed the ships of Antonius and Cleopatra capturing 300 vessels. In 16AD Germanicus employed the Roman North Sea fleet around the Jutland peninsular. Several major conflicts of the Romans at sea are listed – beginning in 238AD at the First Gothic War when they raided the Goths in the Black Sea, then to the 261AD Persian War where they defeated the Persians near Pompeiopolis.

An example of the philosophical development of man is shown in “How the Irish Saved Civilisation” by Thomas Cahill. It describes the conflicts of the 5th century when Rome was sacked by Visigoths and its empire collapsed. Scholars and monks, seeking safety, gradually moved from the Middle East across Greece, Gaul, England and then to Ireland. They took with them copies of manuscripts of both pagan and Christian writers, including Homer and Aristotle, and once in Ireland, enabled the classical and religious heritage to be saved, and effectively relaunched civilization.

The chance discovery in 1974

of the life-size terracotta army of the First Emperor of China (221-210BC) astounded the world. “The First Emperor” edited by Jane Portal and Hiromi Kinoshita explores the evidence of Qin Shi Huangdi’s existence, his achievements and vision. He rose from being king of the Qin in Western China to conquer six other major states, shaped the form of control and established firm authoritarian ways of government. The book also unfolds the discovery of his terracotta army.

Move onward 1200 years and the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China.

Some of these vessels were 500 feet long and, under the command of Emperor Zhu Di’s admirals, their mission was “to proceed all the way to the end of the earth to collect tribute from barbarians beyond the seas”.

Gavin Menzies writes on their two-year journey in “1421” with the knowledge that they had circumnavigated the globe 70 years before Columbus. When they returned, Zhu Di had lost control of his empire.

Authors Stringer and Andrews have compiled “The Complete World of Human Evo-

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sniffing out the best ingredients at a spice market in Morocco and a floating market in Thailand.

Packed with so much to see and read, it’s perfect for dipping into and inspiring young people to understand what’s on their plate, where it comes from – and how to make it.

8/10 (Review by Kate Whiting)

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by Dave Pankhurst The Book Connection lution”, a very comprehensive study which collects evidence of man’s evolution, covering the Phanerozoic and Precambrian periods onwards. Studies of skeletons and the relevant sites led on to the first colonisation of the world by modern humans since 160,000BC. Because much of the world that we interact with is Caucasian, some other cultures become distant. Michael Jacobs has written “Andes” which details the characteristics of Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile.

The physical nature – rugged mountains, deserts and salt lakes, coastal regions, jungles, tropical to freezing climates – influence the way people have developed in their societies over time. The author follows the treks of earliest explorers, examining the ancient relics of civilizations.

Heather Hoag has written a history “Developing the Rivers of East and West Africa”. She writes about the former British colonies and how people interacted in different ways to colonial agriculture, post-colonial economic development and conservation. Examples of social growth are described in irrigation, urban water supplies and hydropower in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe,

Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, Sudan Egypt, Ghana and Nigeria. The variation in the fortunes and otherwise of these peoples today, and the influences of the past, are examined.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond wrote “The World Until Yesterday”. The book provides a picture of human life as it has been for thousands of years. In particular, he examines how isolation and being remote from faster growing cultures produced the societies of New Guinea where he spent a 40-year period, as well as with Amazonian Indians, Kalahari San and Inuit peoples. It provides a glimpse of largely traditional societies that still exist or did so until just yesterday.

When one considers the rise and fall of empires and governing entities, it is interesting to use the example mentioned last week of Richard Fidler’s “Ghost Empire”. The entity established

by Constantine in 380AD until 1429AD was based on the Christian faith. It raises the question, what influence of the human disciplines of the Ten Commandments was applied to have an empire lasting a thousand years? It’s a rare factor in modern human existence.

Enjoy your browsing, Dave Pankhurst

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DUBBO Golf Club held the final gala night for Destination Outback on Saturday, August 20. The Rotary Club of Dubbo South and the DO16 Committee had a very successful evening, auctioning off a number of items, followed by speeches and a presentation.

Jock Wallace and Jay Podger

Henry Jom and David Lomax

Wendy Nelson and Linda Nicastri

Helen Logan and Barb Taylor

Colin and Mary Ann Knight

Annie Flynn and Angela Blanchard

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George Richmond and Donna Falconer

Sandy Dunshea and David Hayes

Kelly Wallace and Shaye Haling

Di and Brett Mcarthy and Jane Diffey

Shaun Gibbson, Jodie Clark, Brian and Damian Weibler

Lorraine Grace and Simon Keough

Tom Huston, Chuck Sutherland and Nick Dunshea

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BY LUCY O’SULLIVAN. COUNTY singing trio The McClymonts performed at the Dubbo RSL on Friday, August 19. A massive sea of people filled the room to support them. You can get the full experience with their current album “Here’s To You & I”.

Erin Zmyslowski and Janine Graham

Leanne Ticehurst, Vicki McIntyre and Leanne Dennis

Anne Kelly and Sandra Buchanan

Lorraine Reid, Clarissa Pettit, Maree Wilkie, Maree Watt and Tammy Buswell

Nicole Barber and Maddy Preston

The supporting act Karin Page with Amanda Biszko

Patrick and Glen Hodges

David Payne and Naomi Geck

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BY LUCY O’SULLIVAN

THE Western Plains Cultural Centre held a special gala night on Friday, August 19, for the Official Opening of both the National Photographic Portrait Prize and Saltwater Country exhibitions here in Dubbo. The two exhibitions expose deep talent, and will be on display until the start of October so don’t miss out!

Kerry Palmer, Peter and Vicki Aland, Mervyn Bishop

Brenda Hutchins and Monique Harmer

Adrienne O’Flaherty and Cathy Young

John Bayliss, Simone Taylor and Andrew McKay

Patrick Major and Kathleen Ferguson

Michael Winters and Polly Sansey

Sally Forsstrom and Heather Rankin

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T H E R E G I O N AT A GLANCE SE E H E A R S EAR a knock on the door any time soon from one of the 38,000 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census Field Officers now working across Australia to visit households and remind those of us who still haven’t done their census form to get the job done.

Since taking the online Census form down as a precautionary step on 9 August to protect people’s data, more than half of Australian households have now completed the Census.

Head of the Census Program, Duncan Young, said the online form has been performing smoothly since it was re-opened.

“We thank the many Australians who have already completed the Census and we apologise again to everyone for the inconvenience caused on Census night,” Young said.

“If you have not completed the Census, we remind you to complete it as soon as possible. Your information is safe and you won’t be fined for completing it after Census night, but it is important to complete the form either online or in paper as soon as possible.

Important Census numbers: Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS): 13 14 50. Paper Form Request Service: 1300 820 275 Census Inquiry Service: 1300 214 531.

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EAR how to save money at the Festival of Energy, being held on September 2, from 11am to 4pm at the Centenary Pavilion Dubbo Show Ground. The event is a free event targeting people living in Dubbo and surrounding areas who are on low incomes. It is designed to assist them with high energy costs. Festival exhibits, demonstrations and presentations will show attendees how they can save energy and will help them check they’re on the right energy deal for them. They will be able to receive on the spot assistance from energy-related program and services providers, who will hold stalls at the festival (around 30 stallholders).

The Festival will include family-friendly entertainment, cultural performance and storytelling, a free BBQ lunch, a performance by the Street Warriors, a lucky door prize, and the first 200 attendees will receive energy-savings show bags. The Festival is completely free to attend.

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EE your film making skills up on the big screen at the 2016 Dubbo One Eye Film Festival which is open to receive entries until midnight October 21. In partnership with the Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo Filmmakers will host the 4th annual One Eye Film Festival at the brand new Black Box Theatre on November 11 and 12. Dubbo Filmmakers member and festival coordinator, Kellie Jennar says the One Eye Film Festival is open to all filmmakers who can demonstrate a link to Dubbo and surrounding regions.

“That link might be thematic, geographic or a delightful accident of birth. There is no entry fee, prizes or theme. The festival is all about promoting and showcasing local filmmaking.

All genres and styles of films are encouraged, however there is a time limit of seven minutes.

“It’s a great opportunity to showcase your films to enthusiastic local people.“ It’s a completely difference experience to upload a film into the silence of cyberspace, compared with the immediacy and warmth of watching your film with an audience.

“Filmmaking can be quite a solitary activity so it enables filmmakers to get out of the editing studio, see the diversity and creativity of films being made and network with other local filmmakers,” she said.

The One Eye Film Festival has grown in popularity both with filmmakers and audience in the past three years. Last year, 30 short films were shown to an audience of more than 350 people at three sittings. Entry forms and further information is available at http://dubbofilmmakers.wordpress.com/ one-eye-film-festival/ EE – hey, Tradies, we’re talking to you – your life change, this August in Tradies National Health Month thanks to Cancer Council NSW because they’re encouraging you to have a crack at simple, healthy habits which can help reduce their cancer risk.

Lay off the junk food, get serious about sun protection, reduce alcohol consumption and not smoke.

We’ll just pause for a moment if you need to step outside for some fresh air.

Camilla Thompson, community programs coordinator at the Cancer Council NSW wants tradies to know how easy it can be to eat better on the worksite this Tradies National Health Month.

“We hear of many tradies, mainly blokes, who eat takeaway because they think it’s easier. The truth is, there is nothing easier than sorting a delicious lunch the night before,” she says.

“Try to make your own food as much as you can, that way you know exactly what you are eating and how it was prepared. Go easy on the processed meats, like bacon, ham and snags and add in some veggies as both will help reduce your risk of bowel cancer.

Tradies in Western NSW can download the free SunSmart app to get up-to-date UV rating and tips for sun protection, and access more information on nutrition, quitting smoking and reducing your alcohol and getting regular exercise online at www.cancercouncil.com.au.

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ETC DO O sign up your community group, sports clubs or council (interim or not) to apply for up to a million dollars (read: jackpot!!) to help you deliver an “important sports infrastructure project” for the community.

Member for Dubbo & Deputy Premier Troy Grant sent out the invite late last week, to apply for grants between $500,000 and $1 million for new or upgraded sport and recreation infrastructure projects.

Let’s stop and dream here for a moment. What if our Number 1 oval velodrom got an upgrade? Dubbo bleeds regional, state, national and international cycling champions. We could have a training track which actually comes up to THEIR standards and it could be indoors!

What about an Olympic standard high jumping arena? It’s astonishing how Australia (let alone Dubbo) is overpopulated by horse jumping nuts but how underrepresented are we at the Olympic standard?

Hello! An archery range of any description please. Clay shooting. Maybe the PCYC is ripe for an upgrade…

Opportunity knocks until September 16 so grab your applicant information pack on the Liquor & Gaming NSW website (hang on, there’s a conflict of interest – sport/kids/liquor/gaming/moving on) www.liquorandgaming.justice.nsw. gov.au with expressions of interest.

Applications will be assessed by the independent ClubGRANTS fund committee and approved applicants will then be invited to lodge formal applications.

Successful projects will be announced in 2017.

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O get dolled up for a cocktail evening fundraiser is being held next month to raise funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service south eastern section. Organised by the Dubbo Support Group Inc exclusively for the Dubbo Flying Doctor base, guests will be served fine wine, boutique beer and finger food.

Dubbo City Toyota will be opening the doors to their Lexus Showroom on Bourke Street, Dubbo to host the event on Friday, September 9 from 7pm.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) is on of the largest and most comprehensive aeromedical organisations in the world using the latest medical and communications technology.

They deliver extensive primary healthcare, dental and 24 hour emergency service to those who live, work and travel throughout Australia.

Tickets are $50 available from Terry Clark 0407 444 690 or Maureen Dempsey 0458 229 745.

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ODAY (Friday, August 26) is Wear it Purple Day and headspace Dubbo is celebrating and bringing awareness to challenges faced by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Asexual (LGBTIQA) community.

Wear it Purple's vision is to see the wellbeing of rainbow young people become equal to their peers. headspace Dubbo is available to the 12 to 25-year age bracket which is a critical period for the development of identity - and uncertainty and questioning regarding gender identity or sexual preference.

“Wear It Purple is such an important day because it’s a chance for the broader community to come together and visibly support Dubbo’s LGBTIQA youth by wearing purple and taking part in our delicious BBQ,” comments Rachel Thomas headspace Dubbo Program Manager.

A community BBQ will be held from 11:30am until 1:30pm at the Rotunda on Church St with all participants encouraged to show their support by wearing purple.”

According to the Young and Well’s Growing Up Queer report, young people of diverse sexuality, sex and gender who had experienced physical and verbal abuse fared worse on almost every health and wellbeing indicator than young people who had not.

Many also face particular pressures in their interactions with family, peers and within learning environments, displaying a higher vulnerability to depression, homelessness and drug use.

If you are having a tough time, visit the headspace Dubbo centre on Church Street, contact (02) 5852 1900, or visit their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ headspacedubbo/

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

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

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

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

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

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Friday, August 26 Empire Of The Tsars: Romanov Russia SBS, 7.30pm This three-part documentary series investigates the story of the Russian Romanov family, the most powerful monarchs since the Middle Ages.

Wielding absolute power into the 20th century, the Romanovs were deposed in 1917 during the February Revolution and kept under house arrest until July 1918, when they were led into a cellar and shot. Their demise was shocking and brutal, yet for most they are distant figures.

British historian Lucy Worsley applies her characteristic insight and wit to create a fresh and compelling account of this most extraordinary royal family.

ABC

Birds Of A Feather

MOVIE: Morning Glory y

ABC, 8pm

ELEVEN, 8.30pm, M (2010)

Blood is thicker than water, as proved by this British comedy about two working-class sisters, Tracey and Sharon (Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson), who are left to fend for themselves after their husbands are arrested for armed robbery. The original series ran from 1989 until 1998 and after a long hiatus was picked up again in 2014. This episode reunites the cast, with the estranged sisters bumping into each other at a book signing – they’re both there to meet Foxy Cohen, author of Sixty Shades of Green. Foxy, however, turns out to be their old friend Dorien Green (Lesley Joseph). Cue the laughs and sisterly shenanigans.

y TV Rachel McAdams stars as perky producer Becky in this light-hearted arted orning comedy about a failing early morning talk show. It’s McAdams (right)) who carries a script and screenplay that blown could have easily become full-blown e drivel and breathes life into the on story. Diane Keaton and Harrison Ford star as quirky co-anchors, with ric Keaton playing a frantic eccentric e and alongside a typically masculine stubborn Ford. At the heart of the film is the g, ambitious relationship between the young, lwarts facing Becky and the out-of-touch stalwarts the camera each morning. It’s directed by d written by Roger Michell (Notting Hill) and a) Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devill Wears Prada – so you should get the idea.

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WIN

SBS

6.00 ABC News Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 ABC News Mornings.

(CC) 10.00 One Plus One. (CC) 10.30 Catalyst. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 From The Heart. (R, CC) 11.30 Eggheads. (R, CC) 12.00 News At Noon. (CC) 1.00 Pointless. (R, CC) 1.45 Miniseries: Mapp & Lucia. (R, CC) 2.50 The Cook And The Chef.

(R, CC) 3.15 The Bill. (PG, R, CC) 4.10 Murder, She Wrote.

(PG, R, CC) A fan posing as Jessica is murdered.

5.00 ABC News: Early Edition.

(CC) 5.30 The Drum. (CC) Analysis of the day’s news.

6.00 Sunrise. (CC) 9.00 The Morning Show.

(PG, CC) The latest news and views.

11.30 Seven Morning News.

(CC) 12.00 MOVIE: Point Last Seen.

(M, R, CC) (1998) Based on a true story. A tracker who is searching for a girl lost in the desert, confronts her own painful past. Linda Hamilton, Kevin Kilner.

2.00 The Daily Edition. (CC) The hottest issues from the day’s news.

3.00 The Chase. (CC) Hosted by Bradley Walsh.

4.00 Seven News At 4. (CC) 5.00 The Chase Australia. (CC) Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

6.00 Today. (CC) 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: Salmon Fishing In The Yemen. (PG, R, CC) (2011) A fisheries expert is asked to help realise a sheik’s vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert. Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas.

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 Entertainment Tonight.

(PG, R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG, CC) 11.00 The Talk. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PG, 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 My Market Kitchen. (CC) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, CC) 5.00 TEN Eyewitness News.

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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 Unity: The Latin Tribute To Michael Jackson. (R, CC) 3.00 The Point Review. 3.30 Thai Street Food With David Thompson. (R, CC) 4.30 Thai Street Food With David Thompson. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Cycling. La Vuelta a España. Stage 6.

Highlights.

5.30 Letters And Numbers.

(R, CC)

6.00 One Plus One. (R, CC) Jane interviews Michelle Bridges.

6.10 Pointless. (CC) Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.

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 Birds Of A Feather.

(PG, CC) (Series return) Two sisters, Sharon and Tracey, are reunited at a book signing.

8.30 New Tricks. (M, R, CC) (Final) The team is threatened with closure following their perceived mishandling of the Henway case.

9.30 Miniseries: Exile.

(M, R, CC) Part 3 of 3. A shock revelation leads Nancy to help with Tom’s search for answers.

10.30 Lateline. (R, CC) A news analysis program featuring coverage of current events.

11.00 The Business. (R, CC) The day’s business and finance news.

11.20 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (M, R, CC)

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

(CC) 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (CC) Joh and the team join forces with cast of Home and Away to help a 90-year-old grandmother get her house ready for auction. Karen cooks a spiced pulled pork shoulder. Dr Harry deals with a dachshund.

8.30 Zumbo’s Just Desserts.

(PG, R, CC) Using chocolate, the remaining dessert makers must produce their most swoon-worthy creation.

The two weakest will head straight to the Zumbo test, where a truly monumental challenge awaits them.

9.50 MOVIE: 50 First Dates.

(M, R, CC) (2004) A marine veterinarian, afraid of commitment, falls in love with a woman with recurring short-term memory loss, forcing him to romance her anew each day.

11.50 The Goldbergs. (PG, R, CC) Adam asks Barry for some advice after he decides to take up ice hockey in order to impress Murray. After Beverly tries to help Erica prepare for her university entrance exams, her plans backfire.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 A Current Affair. (CC) 7.30 Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 25. Melbourne Storm v Brisbane Broncos. From AAMI Park, Melbourne.

10.10 MOVIE: Mr Nice Guy. (M, R, CC) (1997) A Chinese celebrity chef and a news reporter, who accidentally filmed a drug deal which ended in a bloody massacre, find themselves chased by gangs who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the tape. Jackie Chan, Barry Otto, Miki Lee.

6.00 WIN News. (CC) 6.30 The Project. (CC) Join the hosts for a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 The Living Room. (PG, CC) Dr Chris Brown explores the entertainment capital of the world, Las Vegas.

Chef Miguel Maestre travels to Margaret River, Western Australia’s food and wine region.

Renovation expert Cherie Barber provides some tips on how to renovate for profit.

8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M, R, CC) A fast-paced, irreverent look at news, with Ed Kavalee, Chrissie Swan, Marty Sheargold, Celia Pacquola and Dilruk Jayasinha competing to see who can remember the most about events of the week. Special guest is Keira from The Bachelor.

9.30 To Be Advised.

10.30 Life In Pieces. (PG, R, CC) Tyler introduces his new girlfriend to the family. Matt and Colleen are caught making out at the office.

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) Nigella Lawson prepares some finger food using fast and easy recipes which are “perfect” for any party.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 Empire Of The Tsars: Romanov Russia: Reinventing Russia.

(PG, CC) Part 1 of 3.

Historian Lucy Worsley takes a look at the Romanovs, the dynasty who controlled Russia for more than three centuries.

She begins with Mikhail Romanov, who was plucked from obscurity in 1613 and offered the crown, before focusing on Peter the Great.

8.35 MOVIE: Everything Must Go. (M, R, CC) (2010) A salesman holds a garage sale to sell his belongings after his wife kicks him out of the house. Having already lost his job the same day, he hopes the clean sweep will help him start his life over again.

Will Ferrell, Rebecca Hall, Laura Dern.

10.25 SBS World News. (CC) 11.00 MOVIE: Lol. (M, R) (2008) A Parisian teenager decides to punish her unfaithful ex-boyfriend.

12.05 Rage. (MA15+) Continuous music programming.

5.00 Rage. (PG, CC) Continuous music programming.

12.20 Private Practice.

(M, R, CC) Charlotte causes unrest amongst the doctors when she insists on continuing to run the hospital.

1.30 Home Shopping.

12.10 MOVIE: Sharky’s Machine. (MA15+, R, CC) (1981) A cop is demoted to the vice squad. Burt Reynolds.

2.30 The Baron. (PG, R) 3.30 Extra. (CC) 4.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 4.30 Good Morning America.

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12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. (CC) 1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG, CC) Hosted by Stephen Colbert.

2.00 Home Shopping.

3.30 Global Shop Direct.

4.00 Home Shopping.

12.50 Coast: The Explorers’ Coast. (R, CC) 2.55 Lost Kingdoms Of South America: Kingdom Of The Desert. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Secrets Of The Irish Landscape. (R, CC) 5.00 CCTV English News.

5.30 NHK World English News.

CLASSIFICATIONS: (P) For preschoolers (C) Children’s programs (G) General viewing (PG) Parental guidance (M) Mature audiences (MA15+) Mature audiences only (AV15+) Extreme violence.

(R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions. Please Note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to late change by networks.

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Friday, August 26 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

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DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

8.30pm Me And Earl And The Dying Girl (2015) Comedy. Thomas Mann, Olivia Cooke. An awkward high school filmmaker befriends a terminally ill girl. (M) Masterpiece

7.35pm Judge Judy. Real-life courtroom drama. (PG) Arena

8.35pm Robbie Williams: Take The Crown.

International superstar Robbie Williams returns to the stage at London’s 02 Arena with a spectacular new live show. (M) Foxtel Arts

7.30pm Golf. European PGA Tour. Made In Denmark Tournament. Second round.

Fox Sports 3

8.30pm Mortdecai (2015) Comedy. Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow. An art dealer races to recover a hoard of lost Nazi gold. (M) Comedy

8.30pm Law & Order: SVU. A game developer is kidnapped.

(MA15+) Universal Channel 10.30pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. (M) E!

9.30pm It Takes A Killer.

Investigates the world’s most notorious murders and takes you inside the minds and motives of the killers. (M) Crime & Investigation

10.45pm Bridge Of Spies (2015) Drama. Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance. (M) Premiere

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.25 Sarah And Duck. (R, CC) 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 River Monsters.

(PG, R, CC) 8.20 Gruen Pitch Rewind.

(PG, R, CC) 8.30 The Hoarder Next Door.

(PG, R, CC) A look at extreme hoarders.

9.15 How To Make Money Selling Drugs.

(MA15+, R, CC) 10.45 Dirty Laundry. (M, R, CC) 11.40 Jimmy Fallon. (PG) 12.20 Sex Rehab With Dr Drew. (M, R, CC) 1.00 River Monsters. (PG, R, CC) 1.50 Jimmy Fallon. (PG, R) 2.35 News Update. (R) 2.40 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. 3.15 The Jungle Bunch. (R) 3.25 Thunderbirds Are Go. (R, CC) 3.50 Danger Mouse. (R) 4.00 Bushwhacked! (R, CC) 4.25 Game On. 4.40 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. (R, CC) 5.05 Camp Lakebottom. (R) 5.25 Kobushi. (R, CC) 5.30 Slugterra. (R) 5.55 BtN Newsbreak. (CC) 6.00 Make It Pop! 6.20 Secret Life Of Boys. (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. (R) 8.20 Total Drama Action.

(R, CC) Lindsay shares her night at the movies.

8.45 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) Frankie celebrates her birthday.

9.05 Dani’s House. (R, CC) 9.35 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. (R) 9.55 Sword Art Online.

(PG, R, CC) 10.20 K-On! (R, CC) 10.45 Close.

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6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 Match It. (C, R, CC) 7.30 Flushed. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Toybox. (P, R, CC) 8.30 Harry’s Practice. (R, CC) 9.00 Home And Away: The Early Years.

(PG, R, CC) 9.30 NBC Today. (R) 12.00 Better Homes. (R, CC) 1.00 Lovejoy. (PG, R) 2.00 Body Of Proof. (M, R, CC) 3.00 Australia’s Best Backyards. (R, CC) 3.30 The Outdoor Room With Jamie Durie.

(R, CC) 4.00 Medical Emergency.

(PG, R, CC) 4.30 60 Minute Makeover. (PG, R) 6.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) 7.30 The Border. (PG) A pilot leads ground agents on an epic chase.

8.30 Escape To The Country.

(R) Presented by Jonnie Irwin.

10.30 Best Houses Australia.

Hosted by Gary Takle.

11.00 Cook Me The Money. (PG) 12.00 Australia’s Best Backyards.

(R, CC) 12.30 The Outdoor Room With Jamie Durie. (R, CC) 1.00 Escape To The Country. (R) 3.00 Lovejoy. (PG, R) 4.00 The World Around Us. (R) 5.00 Shopping.

7MATE

6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 12.00 Steven Universe. (PG, R) 12.30 Ben 10.

(PG, R) 1.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. (PG, R) 1.30 Sooty.

(R) 2.00 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 2.30 SpongeBob. (R) 3.00 Little Charmers. (R) 3.30 Rabbids Invasion. (PG, R) 4.00 Kids’ WB. (PG) 4.05 Looney Tunes. (R) 4.30 Batman. (PG, R) 5.00 Steven Universe. (PG) 5.30 Teen Titans.

(PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: Scooby-Doo. (PG, R, CC) (2002) 7.45 MOVIE: Dolphin Tale.

(PG, R, CC) (2011) Morgan Freeman.

10.00 MOVIE: The Family.

(MA15+, R, CC) (2013) 12.15 Two And A Half Men. (M, R, CC) 12.40 Surfing Australia TV. (R, CC) 1.30 Ben 10: Alien Force. (PG, R) 2.00 Rabbids Invasion. (PG, R) 2.30 Sooty. (R) 3.00 Sonic Boom.

(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 Shopping. (R) 7.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG, R) 8.00 Motor Racing. Australian Drifting Grand Prix. Round 2. Replay. 9.00 Motorcycle Racing. Australian Superbike Championship.

Replay. 10.00 Motorcycle Racing. Australian Superbike Championship. Replay. 11.00 Starsky & Hutch. (PG, R) 12.00 T.J. Hooker. (M, R) 1.00 Inside: Cocaine Sub Hunt. (M, R) 2.00 Blindspot.

(M, R, CC) 3.00 Seinfeld. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 Billy The Exterminator.

(PG, R) 4.00 Hillbilly Handfishin’.

(PG, R) 5.00 Swamp People. (PG, R) 6.00 American Pickers. (PG, R) 7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. (CC) Pre-game coverage of the match.

8.00 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 23. Adelaide v West Coast. From Adelaide Oval.

11.30 Friday Front Bar. (M, CC) 12.00 MOVIE: The Big Hit. (MA15+, R) (1998) 2.00 Jail. (M, R) 3.00 Hillbilly Handfishin’. (PG, R) 4.00 Inside: Cocaine Sub Hunt. (M, R) 5.00 Dream Car Garage. (R)

6.00 News. (CC) 9.00 News Mornings. (CC) 11.55 Heywire.

12.00 News. (CC) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 ABC News Afternoons With The Business. 5.00 Grandstand. 5.55 Heywire. (R) 6.00 ABC News Evenings. 6.30 The Drum. (R, CC) 7.00 ABC News Grandstand. 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. 2.30 7.30. (R, CC) 3.00 BBC World. 3.30 BBC Africa. 3.55 ABC Open. 4.00 Al Jazeera.

5.00 BBC Business Live. 5.25 Lateline. (R, CC) 5.55 Heywire.

(R)

ABC NEWS

9.30pm Return To Amish.

(PG) TLC

6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 6.30 Skippy. (R) 7.00 Creflo. (PG) 7.30 Infomercials. (PG) 10.30 Come Dine With Me UK. (PG, R) 11.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 MOVIE: Cage Of Gold. (PG, R, CC) (1950) Jean Simmons. 1.40 Come Dine With Me UK. (PG, R) 2.10 Monarch Of The Glen. (PG, R) 3.20 Heartbeat. (PG, R) 4.30 Ellen DeGeneres. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Gilmore Girls. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 As Time Goes By. (R) Jean tries to cheer up Judith and Sandy.

8.50 MOVIE: Valkyrie.

(M, R, CC) (2008) An idealistic German officer joins a conspiracy to assassinate Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Carice van Houten.

11.20 Monarch Of The Glen.

(PG, R) 12.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.00 Gideon’s Way. (PG, R) 4.00 Come Dine With Me UK. (PG, R) 4.30 MOVIE: Cage Of Gold. (PG, R, CC) (1950)

7.50pm Rugby League. NRL. Round 25. Melbourne Storm v Brisbane Broncos. Fox Sports 1 7.50pm Football. AFL. Round 23. Adelaide v West Coast. Fox Footy Jimmy Fallon stars in The Tonight Show

ONE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 11. Czech Republic Grand Prix.

Replay. 9.30 Animal Extra. (R, CC) 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 Vegas. (M, R, CC) 3.00 Jake And The Fatman. (PG, R) 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 5.00 Star Trek: Voyager. (PG, R) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 MacGyver. (PG, R) MacGyver goes treasure hunting.

8.30 Walker, Texas Ranger.

(M, R) Walker pursues three criminals.

9.30 MOVIE: True Justice: Deadly Crossing. (M, R) (2011) A squad of cops battle drug dealers. Steven Seagal, Meghan Ory. 11.30 Megafactories. (R) 12.30 Shopping. (R) 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 3.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. (M, R) 4.00 Matlock. (M, R) 5.00 The Doctors.

(M, CC)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Wakfu. (R) 6.30 Transformers Rescue Bots.

(R) 7.05 Transformers: Robots In Disguise. (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) 4.05 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 5.00 Frasier.

(PG, R) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 Neighbours. (CC) 7.05 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother.

(M, R) 8.00 The Grinder. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Morning Glory.

(M, R, CC) (2010) Rachel McAdams.

10.45 How I Met Your Mother. (M, R) 11.15 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG) 12.15 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 12.50 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 Morning Programs. 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) 1.00 Domestic Blitz. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Postcards. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 The Block. (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. 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News.

1.00 Urdu News. 1.30 Tamil News.

2.00 Thai News. 2.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 3.00 Bangla News. 3.30 Armenian News. 4.00 The Feed. (R) 4.30 Fameless. (PG, R) 5.00 Brain Games. (PG) 5.30 Street Genius. 5.55 365: Every Day Documentaries.

6.00 If You Are The One. (R) 7.00 Human Resources. (PG) 7.30 Friday Feed.

8.00 RocketJump: Doorgy. (M) The team secures a script.

8.30 Adam Looking For Eve. (CC) (Series return) Couples go on nude dates.

9.25 Bi-Curious Me. (M, R, CC) Explores straight women seeking sex with other women.

10.20 MOVIE: Ip Man: The Final Fight. (M, R, CC) (2013) 12.10 MOVIE: 7 Boxes. (MA15+, R) (2012) 2.05 PopAsia. (PG) 3.10 NHK World English News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Chuck’s Eat The Street.

(R) 6.30 Taco Trip. (PG, R) 7.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 7.30 Iron Chef America. (R) 8.30 Kids Baking Championship. (R) 9.30 Chopped Junior. (R) 10.30 Good Eats. (R) 11.00 Pizza Masters. (R) 12.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 12.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 1.00 Taco Trip. (PG, R) 1.30 Giada In Italy. (R) 2.00 Tyler’s Ultimate.

(R) 2.30 Iron Chef America. (R) 3.30 Chopped Junior. (R) 4.30 Pizza Masters. (R) 5.30 Taco Trip.

(R) 6.00 Good Eats. (R) 6.30 No Reservations. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Mexican Made Easy. 8.30 Restaurant: Impossible. (PG, R) 9.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 10.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 10.30 Taco Trip. (R) 11.00 Tyler’s Ultimate.

(R) 11.30 No Reservations. (PG, R, CC) 12.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 1.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 1.30 Mexican Made Easy. (R) 2.00 Iron Chef America. (R) 3.00 Good Eats.

(R) 3.30 Chopped Junior. (R) 4.30 Tyler’s Ultimate. (R) 5.00 Good Eats. (R) 5.30 No Reservations.

(PG, R, CC)

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.30 Our Stories. 11.50 MOVIE: Amistad. (M) (1997) 2.20 Dead Creek. (PG) 2.30 Mugu Kids. 3.00 Yamba’s Playtime. 3.30 Bushwhacked! 4.00 Muso Magic. 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. (M) 10.00 Shuga. (M) 10.30 Blackstone. (M) 11.20 The Mulka Project. (PG) 11.30 Mohawk Girls. (M) 12.00 Yalukit Wilam Ngargee. (M) 1.00 National Indigenous Music Awards. (PG) 4.00 On The Road. (PG) 5.00 NITV On The Road: Barunga Festival.

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Saturday, August 27 Getaway

Million Dollar American Princesses

NINE, 5.30pm Our beautiful country is the focus of this episode of travel series Getaway, as this week we kick off a spectacular three-week special that focuses on trips around Australia. In tonight’s instalment, David Reyne heads to South Australia for a tour of Adelaide before discovering the beautiful Barossa, Kangaroo Island and the magnificent Flinders Ranges. With its gorgeous wineries, stunning landscapes and growing foodie culture, there are so many reasons to visit South Australia, while the capital Adelaide has a vibrant festival scene and a CBD that abounds with colonial elegance. Tune in for some tips on visiting this unique state.

ABC

SBS, 7.30pm They say money can’t buy you class, but that’s not entirely true. In the late 1800s, some of America’s richest women were frowned upon about for their “new money”, while at the same time in the UK, the cash was starting to dry up for certain British aristocracy prone to a lavish lifestyle.

Hosted by Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey’s Lady Grantham) hosts this three-part series which tells the story of how these “million-dollar princesses” were married off, granting the Americans entrance into the British aristocracy and allowing the Brits to pay off their debts and continue their extravagant ways.

PRIME7

9GO!, 9.35pm, M (2009) ectorial debut Drew Barrymore made her directorial ng Juno’’s with this girl-power flick starring dar, a Ellen Page. Page is Bliss Cavendar, earing teenager fed up with her overbearing mother (Marcia Gay Harden). After a poster for roller-derby piques her interest, nd Pash the youngster and her best friend (Alia Shawkat) sneak off to a nearby st, town to catch the show. The fast, acle furious and often violent spectacle o captivates Bliss and leads her to re joining a derby team. Barrymore e (right) gets out from behind the son, camera to play Smashley Simpson, en while other stars include Kristen Wiig as Maggie Mayhem and Juliette Lewis as Iron Maven.

Whip it good.

NINE

6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 11.40 The Checkout. (PG, R, CC) 12.10 Birds Of A Feather.

(PG, R, CC) Two sisters are reunited.

12.30 The Kumars. (PG, R, CC) 1.05 Pointless. (R, CC) Presented by Alexander Armstrong.

1.50 The Men Who Made Us Fat. (R, CC) Part 1 of 3.

2.40 Restoration Man. (R, CC) 3.30 Inside The Commons: Upstairs, Downstairs.

(R, CC) Part 2 of 4.

4.30 Landline. (R, CC) Presented by Pip Courtney.

5.00 Midsomer Murders.

(PG, R, CC) A nun at a troubled priory is murdered.

6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) Join Andrew O’Keefe and Monique Wright for all the latest news, sport and weather.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) Highlights from the past week.

12.00 To Be Advised.

4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R, CC) Dr Harry visits a family whose pet parrot is constantly attacking their daughter.

5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

(PG, R, CC) A look at efforts to smuggle contraband.

6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00

6.30 Gardening Australia.

(CC) Tino demonstrates easy grafting techniques.

John explores a natural playground.

7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 The Coroner. (M, CC) (Final) After a woman is murdered in the lead-up to a Latin dance festival in Lighthaven, Jane and Davey investigate.

8.20 Inspector George Gently. (M, R, CC) (Final) On Christmas Eve 1969, Gently investigates a bank robbery by a gang armed with World War II-era submachine guns.

In order to uncover the identity of the criminals, Rachel follows up on a lead by going undercover within the local skinhead community.

9.50 Poldark. (R, CC) Demelza gives birth and resolves to help Verity reconcile with Captain Blamey. Ross welcomes an old friend to Cornwall.

10.50 Miniseries: Cilla.

(M, R, CC) Part 3 of 3.

Cilla finds professional success but her happiness is threatened by personal troubles.

11.40 Rage. (MA15+) Music videos.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl.

(PG, R, CC) (2003) A young man joins forces with an infamous pirate to rescue the daughter of a local governor. The young woman was taken prisoner by the cursed crew of a ship called the Black Pearl, which happens to be the same vessel the man’s pirate companion used to captain. Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley.

9.45 To Be Advised.

10.45 800 Words. (PG, R, CC) George and Arlo implement a cunning plan to bring Shay back from Sydney.

Hoping for guidance, George and Jan seek advice from the women of Weld about their relationship.

11.45 The Goldbergs. (PG, R, CC) Murray goes on the warpath after Beverly makes the mistake of replacing his favourite chair with something new and “better”. Hoping to escape the clutches of a bully on the bus, Adam enlists Barry’s help.

12.15 Private Practice.

(M, R, CC) Amelia goes on a series of disastrous blind dates set up by the other doctors at the practice.

1.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

MOVIE: Whip It!

WIN

SBS

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 Life Inside The Markets.

(PG, CC) 2.00 Ben’s Menu. (R, CC) 2.30 Fishing Australia. (R, CC) 3.00 Cruise Mode. (CC) 3.30 Puppy Academy. (CC) 4.00 What’s Up Down Under.

(CC) 4.30 Places We Go With Jennifer Adams. (CC) 5.00 Rugby Union. (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 SBS Flashback. (R, CC) 2.40 The Lala Road. (PG, R, CC) 2.50 The March. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 The Classic Car Show.

(R, CC) 5.00 Cycling. La Vuelta a España. Stage 7.

Highlights.

5.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (R, CC)

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Transformers: Dark Of The Moon.

(PG, R, CC) (2011) The Autobots discover their human allies have been hiding the existence of a crashed spacecraft on the Moon. It appears the vessel not only contains Optimus’ predecessor, Sentinel, but a new technology which could have altered the course of the war on Cybertron. Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Tyrese Gibson.

10.00 MOVIE: Looper.

(MA15+, R, CC) (2012) A young man becomes an assassin tasked with killing people sent back through time, and disposing of their bodies, as part of a plot by the mob to remove people they deem dangerous without leaving any evidence of the crime.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt.

7.45 Australian Survivor.

(PG, R, CC) A group of 24 Australian castaways find themselves stranded in Samoa in the South Pacific.

Divided into three tribes of eight, they must face all manner of challenges as they vie for the title of Sole Survivor and the grand prize of $500,000.

Presented by Jonathan LaPaglia.

9.25 Australian Survivor.

(PG, R, CC) A group of 24 Australian castaways find themselves stranded in Samoa in the South Pacific.

Divided into three tribes of eight, they must face all manner of challenges as they vie for the title of Sole Survivor and the grand prize of $500,000.

Presented by Jonathan LaPaglia.

10.35 MOVIE: The Reckoning.

(M, R, CC) (2014) After his partner is murdered, a detective must track down two teenage runaways whose video footage contains the identity of the killer. Jonathan LaPaglia, Luke Hemsworth, Viva Bianca.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 Million Dollar American Princesses: Cash For Class. (PG, CC) Part 1 of 3.

Elizabeth McGovern takes a look at the American heiresses whose real-life stories inspired Downton Abbey. Considered “new money” by their peers in the US, these women nonetheless found themselves wooed by cash-strapped aristocratic admirers in England.

8.30 Grand Tours Of The Scottish Islands: Fair Isle To Foula – “So Far, So Good”. (R, CC) Presenter Paul Murton explores some islands off the coast of Scotland. He begins with a visit to two of the mostremote communities, Foula and Fair Isle in Shetland, where he makes a nervewracking trip through the Sneck o’ da Smallie, a ravine in the cliffs of Foula.

9.00 Soccer. EPL. Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool. From White Hart Lane, London.

Hosted by Lucy Zelic and Craig Foster.

11.50 Masters Of Sex. (M, R, CC) Nora, Masters’ prize surrogate, and Lester both have missteps in the protocol.

12.20 MOVIE: Red Hill.

(MA15+, R, CC) (2010) A young cop confronts an escaped killer. Ryan Kwanten.

2.10 MOVIE: Slayground.

(M, CC) (1983) Peter Coyote.

4.00 Impractical Jokers.

(M, CC) 4.30 Infomercials. (PG, R)

12.25 Motor Racing. (CC) International Supercars Championship. Sydney SuperSprint. Race 18.

Highlights. From Sydney Motorsport Park.

1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Global Shop Direct. (R) 4.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Global Shop Direct. (R)

12.50 Masters Of Sex. (M, R, CC) A group dinner proves to be a disaster.

2.50 Witnesses. (M, R) 4.55 Poh & Co. Bitesize. (R) 5.00 CCTV English News.

News from China.

5.30 NHK World English News.

5.45 France 24 Feature.

12.00 12.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30

PAW Patrol. (CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Today Extra: Saturday.

(PG, CC) Presented by David Campbell and Sonia Kruger.

Cybershack. (PG, CC) A look at the latest in gadgets and games.

The Block. (PG, R, CC) Hosted by Scott Cam. Fawlty Towers Live. (CC) A look at Fawlty Towers Live.

The Garden Gurus. (CC) Melissa gives her front garden a makeover.

News: First At Five. (CC) Getaway. (PG, CC) A threeweek Australia special.

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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GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

8.30pm The Dressmaker (2015) Drama. Kate Winslet, Judy Davis. (M) Premiere

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

6.30pm Baby Animals In The Wild. (PG) National Geographic Wild

2.00pm Football. AFL. Round 23. Essendon v Carlton. Fox Sports 3

7.30pm Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle. Part 4 of 4. Adventurer Ben Fogle meets more people living in some of the most isolated locations on Earth. (PG) BBC Knowledge

3.00pm Rugby League. NRL. Round 25. Manly Sea Eagles v Canberra Raiders. Fox Sports 1

10.35pm Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015) Action. Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans. The fate of Earth hangs in the balance. (M) Premiere 10.40pm Love & Mercy (2015) Biography. John Cusack, Paul Dano. Charts the life of The Beach Boys frontman Brian Wilson. (M) Masterpiece

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.45 Sydney Sailboat. (R, CC) 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) 8.45 The Moaning Of Life: Marriage. (M, R, CC) Presented by Karl Pilkington.

9.30 Live At The Apollo.

(M, R, CC) 10.15 Catastrophe. (MA15+, R, CC) 10.40 Broad City. (M, R, CC) 11.05 Episodes. (M, R, CC) 11.35 Breaking Bad. (M, R, CC) 1.10 Highway Thru Hell. (PG, R, CC) 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. 12.25 Game On. (R) 12.35 Gortimer Gibbon’s Life On Normal Street. (R) 1.00 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.

(R, CC) 5.30 Hank Zipzer. (R, CC) 5.55 The Gees. (R) 6.00 Scream Street. (R) 6.10 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R) 6.30 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 7.00 Operation Ouch! (R) 7.30 Bushwhacked!

Humpback Whale. (R, CC) 7.55 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 Grami’s Circus Show. (R) The adventures of three lions.

9.05 Dani’s House. (R, CC) Dani becomes suspicious of Toby and Sam. 9.35 World’s End. (R, CC) 9.50 Close.

7.30pm Switched At Birth.

(M) FOX8 9.20pm Winners & Losers.

Sam takes offence to a comment from Rob. (M) SoHo

9.45pm The Art Of McCartney. A celebration of the music of Sir Paul McCartney performed by some of the world’s greatest artists.

(PG) Foxtel Arts

7TWO 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Room For Improvement. (R, CC) 9.00 Time To Shine Catholic Schools Gala. 10.00 Shopping. (R) 10.30 Travel Oz. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 The Travel Bug. (PG, R) 1.00 The Real Seachange. (R, CC) 2.00 Horse Racing. (CC) Memsie Stakes Day. Run To The Rose Day. 5.30 No Reservations. (PG, R) 6.30 Mighty Cruise Ships: Stella Australis.

(PG, R, CC) 7.30 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railways: Republic Of Congo. (PG, R) 8.30 Escape To The Country.

(R) Presented by Aled Jones.

9.30 Nick Knowles’ Original Features. (R) Presented by Nick Knowles.

10.30 Air Crash Investigation.

(PG, R, CC) 11.30 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. (PG, R) 12.30 Mighty Cruise Ships. (PG, R, CC) 1.30 Travel Oz. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 The Travel Bug. (PG, R) 4.00 Dr Oz. (PG, CC) 5.00 Shopping. (R)

7MATE

6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dennis & Gnasher. (C, R, CC) 11.30 Pirate Express. (C, R, CC) 12.00 Kitchen Whiz. (C, R, CC) 12.30 Wild Kratts. (R) 1.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 1.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 2.00 Yo-Kai. (PG, 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 Justice League Unlimited. (PG, R) 5.30 MOVIE: Another Cinderella Story.

(R, CC) (2008) 7.30 MOVIE: Stick It. (PG, R, CC) (2006) Missy Peregrym.

9.35 MOVIE: Whip It! (M, R) (2009) A misfit discovers a roller derby league. Ellen Page.

12.00 Adult Swim. (MA15+, R) 1.00 Way Stranger Than Fiction. (M, R) 2.00 The Magaluf Weekender.

(MA15+, R, CC) 3.00 Surfing Australia TV. (R, CC) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V. (PG, R) 4.00 Wild Kratts. (R) 4.30 Beware The Batman. (M, R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-GiOh! (PG, R)

9GEM

6.00 Summernats. (PG, R) 8.00 Home Shopping. (R) 9.00 Zoom.

(PG) 9.30 Harley-Davidson TV. (PG) 10.00 Dream Car Garage.

(R) 10.30 Fifth Gear. (PG, R) 11.30 Combat Dealers. (PG, R) 12.30 Timbersports. Australian Championship. Qualifying round.

From Tasmania. 1.00 Billy The Exterminator. (PG, R) 1.30 Klondike Gold Fever. (PG, R) 2.30 Ultimate Factories. (R) 3.30 Naked Science.

(PG, R) 4.30 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 23. Sydney v Richmond.

From the SCG. 7.20 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 23. North Melbourne v GWS. From Etihad Stadium, Melbourne.

10.30 MOVIE: K-19: The Widowmaker. (M, R) (2002) Submarine officers try to avert a disaster.

Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson.

1.30 Friday Front Bar. (M, R, CC) 2.00 1000 Ways To Die. (MA15+, R) 2.30 Locked Up Abroad. (M, R) 5.00 Zoom. (PG, R) 5.30 Shopping.

(R)

6.00 Landline. (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 NT Votes. (R, CC) 10.30 The World This Week. (R, CC) 11.00 ABC News. (CC) 11.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 12.00 Press Club.

(R, CC) 1.00 Al Jazeera. 2.00 BBC World. 2.25 ABC Open.

2.30 Landline. (R, CC) 3.00 BBC World. 3.25 ABC Open. 3.30 Conflict Zone. (R) 3.55 ABC Open. 4.00 Al Jazeera. 5.00 One Plus One. (R, CC) 5.30 The Mix. (R, CC)

ABC NEWS

9GO!

6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 9.30 MOVIE: Carry On Cabby.

(PG, R, CC) (1963) 11.30 Destination WA. (PG, CC) 12.00 Your 4x4.

12.30 As Time Goes By. (R) 1.50 MOVIE: The Time Machine. (PG, R, CC) (1960) Rod Taylor.

4.00 MOVIE: Rio Bravo.

(PG, R, CC) (1959) A smalltown jail is attacked. John Wayne.

7.00 MOVIE: Ben-Hur. (PG, R, CC) (1959) A Jewish prince enslaved by the Romans vows revenge on the childhood friend who ordered his servitude.

Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet.

11.20 Blackadder Goes Forth.

(M, R) Blackadder joins the Royal Flying Corps in order to escape the trenches.

12.00 Hope And Wire. (M, R, CC) 1.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.00 MOVIE: Rio Bravo.

(PG, R, CC) (1959) 5.45 GEM Presents. (R, CC)

5.30pm Rugby Union. The Rugby Championship. Bledisloe Cup. Round 1. Australia v New Zealand. Fox Sports 2 Kate Winslet stars in The Dressmaker

ONE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Get Smart. (PG, R) 9.00 World Sport.

(R) 9.30 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 10.00 Hogan’s Heroes. (R) 11.00 Jake And The Fatman.

(PG, R) 12.00 Star Trek: Voyager.

(PG, R) 1.00 MacGyver. (PG, R) 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 3.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 4.00 The McCarthys. (PG) 4.30 Reel Action.

5.00 Driven Not Hidden. (R) 5.30 Escape Fishing With ET. (R, CC) 6.00 The Renovation King. (CC) 6.30 The Unstoppables. (PG) 7.00 Last Man Standing. (PG, R) 7.30 Attenborough’s Living With Dinosaurs. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 Motor Racing. (CC) International Supercars Championship. Sydney SuperSprint. Race 18.

Highlights.

9.30 MOVIE: Legendary. (M, R) (2013) Scott Adkins. 11.30 Crisis.

(M, R) 12.30 Bellator MMA. (M, R) 2.30 RPM GP. (R, CC) 3.00 RPM. (R, CC) 4.00 Motorcycle Racing.

MotoGP. Race 11. Czech Republic Grand Prix. Replay. 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, R, 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 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Cheers. (PG, R) 6.00 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 The Great Australian Spelling Bee. (CC) Hosted

by Grant Denyer and Chrissie Swan.

7.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M, R, CC) Hosted by Tom Gleisner.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, R, CC) Irish comedian Graham Norton chats with Sean Penn, Celia Imrie, Ross Noble and Kelly Clarkson.

9.30 Sex And The City.

(MA15+, R) Charlotte is obsessed with being an old maid.

11.30 American Gothic. (M) 12.30 The Loop. (PG, R) 3.00 Neighbours. (R, CC) 4.30 Becker.

(PG, R, CC) 5.00 Shopping. (R)

6.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 6.30 House Hunters. (R) 7.00 Garden Gurus. (R, CC) 7.30 Tiny House, Big Living. (R) 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) 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. 8.30 House Hunters International. 9.30 House Hunters Reno. 10.30 Vacation House For Free. 11.30 House Hunters Int. 12.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE

SBS 2 6.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News.

1.00 Where Are We Going, Dad? (R) 2.40 SBS Identity. (R, CC) 2.45 Rebel Music. (PG, R) 3.15 Man Vs Fly. 3.20 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy. (PG, R) 4.15 Man Vs Fly. 4.20 Don’t Tell My Mother…

(PG, R) 5.00 365: Every Day Documentaries. 5.05 RocketJump.

5.35 MOVIE: Adventure Planet.

(PG) (2012) 7.05 Food, Booze And Tattoos.

(PG) 7.30 If You Are The One. 8.30 Heston’s Dinner In Space. (R, CC) Part 1 of 2.

9.30 12 Monkeys. (MA15+) (Series return) Cole and Ramse repair their broken friendship.

11.10 Lost Girl. (M) (Series return) 12.00 MOVIE: Sleepwalk With Me. (M) (2012) Mike Birbiglia, Lauren Ambrose, James Rebhorn. 1.30 MOVIE: The Perfect Date. (M, R) (2010) 3.20 MOVIE: Baikonur. (M) (2011) 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 No Reservations. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Taco Trip. (R) 7.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 7.30 Iron Chef America. (R) 8.30 Restaurant: Impossible. (PG, R) 9.30 Chopped Junior. (R) 10.30 No Reservations.

(PG, R, CC) 11.30 Mexican Made Easy. (R) 12.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 12.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 1.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 1.30 Taco Trip. (R) 2.00 Tyler’s Ultimate. (R) 2.30 Iron Chef America. (R) 3.30 Chopped Junior. (R) 4.30 Restaurant: Impossible. (PG, R) 5.30 Taco Trip.

(R) 6.00 Mexican Made Easy. (R) 7.00 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 7.30 All-Star Academy. (PG, R) 8.30 All-Star Academy. (R) The mentors join forces to achieve victory.

9.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 10.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 11.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 12.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 1.30 All-Star Academy. (PG, R) 2.30 All-Star Academy. (R) 3.30 Chopped Junior. (R) 4.30 Tyler’s Ultimate. (R) 5.00 Taco Trip. (R) 5.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 I Live, I Breathe, I Surf. 11.30 Colour Theory. (PG) 12.00 The Point Review. 12.30 League Nation Live. 2.00 Our Stories. 2.20 Bikkies. (PG) 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. 5.30 Fusion Feasts. (PG) 6.00 Maori TV’s Native Affairs. 6.30 Talking Language. 7.00 Nulla Nulla. 7.10 Ngarritj. 7.30 From The Western Frontier. 8.00 Indians And Aliens. 8.30 Being Mary Jane. (PG) 9.30 MOVIE: Le Dep. (M) (2015) 11.00 Good Tucker. 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.

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Sunday, August 28 Family Feud: Sunday

The Block

WIN, 6pm

NINE, 7pm

It’s not always easy to come up with the obvious answer when you’re put on the spot. Even less so when you’re under blazing TV lights. So we feel some sympathy for those folks Family Feud has seen over the years who just can’t seem to tap into the answers of the everyman. That doesn’t stop us – nor host Grant Denyer – from laughing our pants off when some of the more stupid answers are spurted out. Indeed, we’d welcome a show that just featured clips of the silliest answers they could find. In the meantime, make do with the full format, as two families battle it out to see who can guess what the “survey says …”.

Some people like to leave things until the last minute. Others square things away well before their deadlines.

Most pairs on The Block seem to be from the former group (or more likely they are habitually overambitious with their projects), but one of this year’s teams seems to have everything under control as we hurtle towards master bathroom reveals – so much so that they have time for a casual breakfast on the big day while the others are frantically putting together their finishing touches. With one of the bathrooms disappointing judges Darren, Shaynna and Neale, which way of working will prove to be more successful?

ABC

PRIME7

MOVIE: Back To The Future 7MATE, 7pm, PG (1985) ing as timeMichael J. Fox’s first outing min’ travelling, guitar-strummin’ teenager Marty McFly is great fun.

Sent from the year 1985 to 1955 nted by in a souped-up car invented wn crazy scientist Doc Brown her (the inimitable Christopher Lloyd), Marty embarks on n a heart-pounding mission e against the clock to unite his parents (Crispin Glover and Lea Thompson) and make sure of his own future existence. Robert Zemeckis’ seminal gem is superb entertainment.

NINE

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) (Final) 2.45 Poldark. (R, CC) 3.50 Australian Story: What A Wonderful World. (R, CC) 4.20 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Julia Morris.

(R, CC) 4.55 David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive. (R, CC)

6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) Highlights from the past week.

12.00 MOVIE: Tinker Bell And The Great Fairy Rescue.

(R, CC) (2010) Tinker Bell is discovered by a girl. Mae Whitman, Lauren Mote.

1.30 Bewitched. (R, CC) Darrin assumes a new client is Endora.

2.00 To Be Advised.

4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R, CC) Adam and Jason give a house a makeover.

5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Sydney Weekender. (CC)

6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00

6.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame: Magda Szubanski.

(PG, R, CC) Follows comedian and artist Anh Do as he paints the portrait of actor Magda Szubanski.

6.30 Compass: The Yazidis – People Of The Peacock Angel. (PG, CC) Producer Olivia Rousset travels to Kurdistan where the Yazidi people are fighting for survival.

7.00 ABC News Sunday.

(CC) Local, national and international news.

7.40 Grand Designs New Zealand. (CC) Architect Chris Moller meets a couple who are constructing a straw bale and hemp house on the South Island.

8.30 Vera. (M, CC) Part 1 of 4. DCI Vera Stanhope investigates the death of a young woman in a suspicious fire.

10.00 The Bletchley Circle.

(PG, R, CC) Part 1 of 4.

10.45 The Honourable Woman. (MA15+, R, CC) A businesswoman uncovers a conspiracy.

11.45 Meet The Mavericks: Richard Tognetti And Penny Arcade.

(MA15+, R, CC) Part 1 of 5.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 The Big Music Quiz.

(PG, CC) (New Series) Two teams of celebrities, including Dave Gleeson, Ella Hooper and Giaan Rooney, face off on their knowledge of popular music in this next generation game show. Hosted by Darren McMullen.

8.00 Sunday Night. (CC) Current affairs program, hosted by Melissa Doyle.

9.00 Criminal Minds. (M, CC) When an UnSub targets the BAU, the team goes into action to find out who is responsible.

10.00 Criminal Minds. (M, R, CC) The team is sent a videotape from a serial killer, detailing one of his crimes, that includes a hidden message asking to help stop his murderous ways.

11.00 Motive. (M, CC) The detectives investigate a double homicide involving the deaths of an armoured car security guard and his attacker, who unlike his victim appears to have died for no obvious reason.

12.20 Rage. (MA15+) Music videos chosen by a special guest programmer.

2.40 Vera. (M, R, CC) Part 1 of 4.

4.10 The Bletchley Circle.

(PG, R, CC) Part 1 of 4.

5.00 Insiders. (R, CC) Hosted

by Barrie Cassidy.

12.00 Scandal. (M, R, CC) Quinn’s identity is finally revealed, leaving the team at Pope & Associates to deal with the fallout.

1.00 Home Shopping.

5.30 Sunrise. (CC) News, sport and weather.

PAW Patrol. (CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Wide World Of Sports.

(PG, CC) NRL Sunday Footy Show.

(PG, CC) Full Cycle. (CC) Hosted by Scott McGrory and Bradley McGee. Surfing. (CC) World League. J-Bay Open. From Jeffreys Bay, South Africa.

Human Planet: Mountains – Life In Thin Air. (PG, R, CC) Narrated by John Hurt.

Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 25. Newcastle Knights v South Sydney Rabbitohs.

WIN

SBS

6.00 This Is Your Day With Benny Hinn. (CC) 6.30 Hillsong. (CC) 7.00 Joseph Prince: New Creation Church. (CC) 7.30 Joel Osteen. (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 Motor Racing. (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. Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool.

Replay.

12.00 Arabic News.

12.30 Turkish News.

1.00 The Bowls Show.

2.00 Speedweek. (CC) 4.00 InCycle. (CC) 4.30 Cycling. La Vuelta a España. Stage 8.

Highlights.

5.00 Small Business Secrets.

(CC) 5.30 The Hollywood War: Star Wars. (PG, R, CC) Part 2 of 3.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 The Block. (PG, CC) Shaynna Blaze and Neale Whitaker arrive to inspect the completed master bathrooms. For some teams it was a frantic race to the finish, while one couple enjoyed a casual breakfast on the morning of the reveal. Hosted by Scott Cam. 8.30 60 Minutes. (CC) Current affairs program. Featuring reports from Liz Hayes, Tara Brown, Allison Langdon, Charles Wooley and Ross Coulthart.

9.30 MOVIE: Non-Stop.

(M, CC) (2014) During a transatlantic flight, a US Air Marshal receives a cryptic message threatening to kill the passengers unless certain demands are met.

Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy.

11.40 Unforgettable. (M, CC) After a murdered city official turns out to be someone Carrie played poker with in an underground casino, she puts her career on the line by admitting to her illegal activities, and decides to go undercover in order to find the killer.

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) After Gloria is selected for jury duty, Jay is not happy at having to help out at Joe’s preschool in her stead.

7.00 Modern Family.

(PG, R, CC) Claire and Phil have their hands full when Luke is arrested for driving without a license.

7.30 Australian Survivor.

(CC) A physical reward challenge pushes the tribes to their limits as they vie for a tarp and cushions.

Afterwards, the immunity challenge sees the contestants compete on a puzzle to avoid heading to tribal council. Hosted by Jonathan LaPaglia.

9.10 MOVIE: The Maze Runner.

(M, CC) (2014) A teenager wakes up at the epicentre of a massive, intricate monster haunted maze suffering from amnesia along with a group of similarly afflicted boys who have been trying to find their way out to freedom.

11.30 48 Hours: Playing By The Rules? (M, R, CC)

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 The Real Noah’s Ark. (CC) Follows British Museum curator Dr Irving Finkel who, armed with a 4000-year-old Babylonian tablet, teams up with a group of maritime archaeologists to build a vessel inspired by Noah’s Ark. 8.30 Shakespeare’s Tomb. (CC) Coinciding with the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, historian Helen Castor and a team of archaeologists embark on the first ever investigation of The Bard’s grave. She also delves into rumours of a curse and stories about the eventual fate of his remains.

9.35 The Secret History Of ISIS. (CC) Traces the growth of ISIS, arguably the most dangerous terrorist group in history, and investigates why governments did not recognise the threat in time despite repeated warnings by senior policy makers.

10.35 Miracle Landing On The Hudson. (M, R, CC) Documents the emergency crash-landing of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River, in January of 2009.

12.35 Constantine. (M, CC) 1.30 Anger Management.

(M, R, CC) 2.00 The Baron. (PG, R) 3.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.00 Good Morning America: Sunday. (CC) 5.00 News Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 Today. (CC)

12.30 48 Hours: Eliminating The Threat? (M, R, CC) An FBI agent becomes a murder suspect.

1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning. (CC) Morning news and talk show.

12.15 MOVIE: Happy Happy.

(M, R) (2010) Agnes Kittelsen.

1.45 MOVIE: The Admiral.

(AV15+, R) (2008) 4.00 Nature’s Classroom: An Australian Outback Adventure.

(R, CC) 5.00 CCTV English News.

5.30 NHK World English News.

5.45 France 24 Feature.

11.00 1.00 1.30 2.30

3.30

CLASSIFICATIONS: (P) For preschoolers (C) Children’s programs (G) General viewing (PG) Parental guidance (M) Mature audiences (MA15+) Mature audiences only (AV15+) Extreme violence.

(R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions. Please Note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to late change by networks.

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GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.30pm War Of The Worlds (2005) Sci-fi. Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning. A workingclass dad is thrust into a quest for survival when Earth is invaded by aliens. (M) Action

8.30pm The Night Of. The trial moves to the defence phase. (MA15+) Showcase

6.00pm Colour Theory. A look at indigenous artist Tony Albert. (PG) Foxtel Arts

8.30pm Robot Chicken.

A new slate of pop-culture parodies, insults and oldfashioned demented humour.

(MA15+) Comedy Channel

8.30pm The Lovers Who Killed Children. (M) Crime & Investigation

2.00pm Rugby League.

NRL. Round 25. New Zealand Warriors v Wests Tigers. Fox Sports 1

8.30pm V For Vendetta (2005) Thriller. Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving.

(MA15+) Action

8.30pm Pretty Little Liars.

(M) FOX8

8.30pm World’s Biggest Shipbuilders. Two teams are building a giant tanker. (PG) Discovery

10.15pm Ted 2 (2015) Comedy. Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane. Ted has to prove that he is a person. (MA15+) Premiere

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.25 Peter Rabbit. (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 Seconds From Disaster.

(PG, R, CC) 8.20 The Daters: Dating Bootcamp Night 2.

(M, R, CC) 8.30 Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow.

(PG, R, CC) Hosted by Michael McIntyre.

9.15 Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends: Demolition Derby. (M, R, CC) 10.05 How To Make Money Selling Drugs. (MA15+, R, CC) 11.35 Army Girls. (M, R, CC) 12.25 Seconds From Disaster. (PG, R, CC) 1.15 The Home Show. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 News Update. (R) 2.05 Close.

5.00 Franklin And Friends. (R, CC) 5.20 The Koala Brothers. (R, CC) 5.30 Bert And Ernie. (R, CC) 5.40 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.00 Little Lunch. (R, CC) 12.25 Game On. (R) 12.35 Gortimer Gibbon’s Life On Normal Street. (R) 1.00 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) (Final) 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. (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 Dani’s House. (R, CC) The gang tries tricking Dani.

9.35 World’s End. (R, CC) Mack and Skink are smuggled into the Castle.

9.50 Rage. (PG, R) 2.20 Close.

6.45pm Cricket. One-day International Series.

Sri Lanka v Australia. Game 3.

Fox Sports 4 Lucy Hale stars in Pretty Little Liars

7TWO

9GO!

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Tomorrow’s World. (PG) 7.30 Leading The Way. (PG) 8.00 David Jeremiah. (PG) 8.30 Shopping. 9.30 Brant Garvey: No Xcuses. (CC) 10.00 Home And Away Catch-Up. (PG, R, CC) 12.30 Storage Hoarders. (R) 1.30 Mighty Cruise Ships. (PG, R, CC) 2.30 No Reservations. (PG, R) 3.30 Escape To The Country. (R) 5.30 Intolerant Cooks.

6.00 Mighty Ships: MV Fairplayer. (R, CC) 7.00 For The Love Of Dogs.

(PG) 7.30 Britain’s Busiest Airport: Heathrow. (PG, R, CC) A look at life inside Heathrow Airport.

8.30 Escape To The Country.

(R) Hosted by Nicki Chapman.

9.30 Escape To The Continent.

A look at homes overseas.

10.45 Mighty Ships. (R, CC) 11.45 Escape To The Country. (R) 1.45 Escape To The Continent. (R) 3.00 Storage Hoarders. (R) 4.00 The World Around Us. (M, R) 5.00 Shopping.

7MATE

6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.00 Little Charmers. (R) 11.30 Wild Kratts. (R) 12.00 Rabbids Invasion.

(PG, R) 12.30 SpongeBob. (R) 1.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, 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: Lost In Space.

(PG, R, CC) (1998) 9.00 MOVIE: Transcendence.

(M, CC) (2014) A researcher creates a sentient machine.

Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall.

11.20 MOVIE: Battlefield Earth.

(M, R) (2000) Barry Pepper, John Travolta. 1.30 Adult Swim.

(MA15+) 2.30 Way Stranger Than Fiction. (M, R) 3.30 SpongeBob SquarePants. (R) 4.00 Little Charmers. (R) 4.30 Beware The Batman. (M, R) 4.50 Thunderbirds.

(R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R)

9GEM

6.00 Shopping. (R) 6.30 The Amazing Race. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Shopping. (R) 9.30 Adventure Angler. (PG) 10.00 AFL Game Day. (CC) 11.30 The AFN Fishing Show.

(PG) 12.00 Hook, Line And Sinker.

(PG) 1.00 Billy The Exterminator.

(PG, R) 1.30 Doomsday Preppers.

(PG, R) 2.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. (CC) 3.00 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 23. Hawthorn v Collingwood. From the MCG. 6.00 MythBusters. (PG, R, CC) Adam and Jamie test pykrete.

7.00 MOVIE: Back To The Future. (PG, R, CC) (1985) A teenager goes back in time. Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd.

9.25 MOVIE: The Bourne Identity. (M, R, CC) (2002) A man sets out to discover his identity. Matt Damon, Franka Potente.

11.50 MOVIE: Jackass 3D. (MA15+, R) (2010) Johnny Knoxville. 1.50 The Neighbors. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Shannon’s Legends Of Motorsport.

(R)

6.00 Planet America. (R) 6.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 Insiders. (CC) 10.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 World This Week. (R, CC) 12.00 News. 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. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 ABC News Weekend. 6.30 Foreign Corre. (R, CC) 7.00 ABC News Weekend. 7.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 8.00 Insiders. (R, CC) 9.00 ABC News Weekend. 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

3.00pm Football. AFL. Round 23. Hawthorn v Collingwood.

Fox Sports 3

6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 10.00 Fish’n With Mates. (PG, R, CC) 10.30 MOVIE: Warlords Of Atlantis. (PG, R) (1978) 12.30 Garden Gurus. (R, CC) 1.00 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 1.30 Fawlty Towers Live. (R) 2.00 MOVIE: The Anniversary. (PG) (1968) 4.00 MOVIE: Hotel. (PG, R, CC) (1967) 6.30 RBT. (PG, CC) 7.30 Death In Paradise. (M, R) A policeman is murdered on an island.

8.40 Major Crimes. (M, CC) (Series return) The squad investigates a double homicide.

9.40 Rizzoli & Isles. (M, CC) (Series return) A cop appears to shoot an unarmed man.

10.40 Murder In The First. (M) (New Series) 11.40 Person Of Interest. (M, R, CC) 12.40 Death In Paradise. (M, R) 1.50 GEM Presents. (R, CC) 2.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 MOVIE: Man About The House. (PG, R) (1974) 4.30 Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.00 Seaway. (PG, R, CC)

ONE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 Motor Racing. (CC) International Supercars Championship. Sydney SuperSprint. Race 18. Highlights.

8.00 Rugby Union. (CC) Bledisloe Cup. Game 2. New Zealand v Australia. Replay. 10.45 World Sport. (R) 11.00 Reel Action. (R) 11.30 Healthy Homes Australia.

(R, CC) 12.00 Puppy Academy. (R, CC) 12.30 Life Inside The Markets.

(PG, R, CC) 1.00 Undercover Boss.

(PG, R) 2.00 David Attenborough’s Death Of The Oceans? (PG, R, CC) 3.00 The Unstoppables.

(PG, R) 3.30 Megafactories. (R) 4.30 Cruise Mode. (R, CC) 5.00 What’s Up Down Under. (R, CC) 5.30 iFish. 6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. (CC) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 Scorpion. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 Motor Racing. (CC) International Supercars Championship. Sydney SuperSprint. Race 19. Highlights.

From Sydney Motorsport Park.

9.30 MOVIE: Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines. (MA15+) (2014) Tom Sizemore. 11.30 Megastructures. (R) 12.30 World Sport. 1.00 Late Programs.

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 Raymond. (R, CC) 4.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 5.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother.

(M, R) 8.00 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) Bart befriends an ageing movie cowboy.

8.30 MOVIE: The Rainmaker.

(M, R, CC) (1997) A lawyer investigates a corrupt business. Matt Damon, Danny DeVito.

11.15 Sex And The City. (MA15+, R) 12.30 Nurse Jackie. (M, R) 1.00 Don’t Trust The B----. (PG, R) 2.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 2.30 Cheers. (PG, R) 3.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (R) 4.00 Sabrina. (PG, R) 5.00 Kenneth Copeland. 5.30 Joyce Meyer. (PG)

6.00 Flip Or Flop. (R) 7.00 Vacation House For Free. (R) 8.00 House Hunters Reno. (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. (R) 4.00 Come Dine With Me. (PG) 5.00 Vacation House For Free. (R) 6.00 Tiny House Hunters.

(PG) 6.30 Tiny Luxury. (New Series) 7.30 Escape To The Country. 8.30 Masters Of Flip. (Series return) 9.30 World’s Weirdest Homes. (PG, R, CC) 10.30 A Sale Of Two Cities.

11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Masters Of Flip. (R) 1.00 Postcards. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Late Programs.

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SBS 2 6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Russian News. 7.30 Polish News. 8.00 Maltese News. 8.30 Macedonian News. 9.00 PopAsia. (PG) 10.00 WorldWatch. 10.30 Serbian News.

11.00 WorldWatch. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 MythBusters.

(PG, R, CC) 2.55 Friday Feed. (R) 3.25 Community. (PG, R) 4.25 How The Light Gets In. (PG, R, CC) 4.35 Stacey Dooley Investigates. 5.45 365: Every Day Documentaries.

5.50 Where Are We Going, Dad? 7.30 If You Are The One. 8.30 Closing Time: Norwich After Dark. Part 3 of 4.

9.25 Closing Time: Southampton After Dark. Part 4 of 4.

10.15 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. (M) 10.45 Confessions Of A Male Stripper. (M, R, CC) 11.40 Savage U. (M, R) 12.10 Fightville. (M, R) 1.40 MOVIE: Free Men. (M, R) (2011) 3.30 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 Iron Chef America. (R) 8.30 Taco Trip. (R) 9.00 Mystery Diners.

(PG, R) 9.30 Chopped Junior. (R) 10.30 All-Star Academy. (PG, R) 11.30 All-Star Academy. (R) 12.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 1.30 Taco Trip. (R) 2.00 Tyler’s Ultimate.

(R) 2.30 Iron Chef America. (R) 3.30 Chopped Junior. (R) 4.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 5.30 The Best Thing I Ever Made. (R) 6.30 Food Network Star. (PG) 7.30 Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern. (PG, R) 8.30 Restaurant: Impossible.

(PG, R) Hosted by Robert Irvine.

9.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) Hosted by Charles Stiles.

10.30 Chopped Junior. (R) 11.30 Food Network Star.

(PG, R) 12.30 Bizarre Foods. (PG, R) 1.30 Restaurant: Impossible. (PG, R) 2.30 Iron Chef America. (R) 3.30 The Best Thing I Ever Made. (R) 4.30 Tyler’s Ultimate. (R) 5.00 The Best Thing I Ever Made. (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 Nulla Nulla. 3.10 Ngarritj. 3.30 Vote Yes For Aborigines. 4.30 From The Western Frontier. 5.00 Te Kaea. 5.30 The Medicine Line. 6.00 Noongar Dandjoo.

(PG) 6.30 Australian Biography. 7.00 Sacred Ground. (PG) 8.00 Nyurruwyi Yurrampi. 8.30 First Australians. (PG) 9.30 Black Panthers. (M) 11.30 Our Stories. 11.45 Ngurra. 12.00 Volumz. (PG) 2808

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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 14 letters left over.

They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.

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OUT ON A LIMB

by Gary Kopervas

FLASH GORDON

by Jim Keefe

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dob in drongo dwell on fair dinkum fossick get the spear grouse guff hobo info ironbark

jonah jumbuck larrikin look-in lurk no flies on ocker out to it pash razoo ringer

rook snags spot on squiz swy tinny too right togs upter yarra

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

KIDS’ MAZE

MEGA MAZE

5. In the main, they’re used as steering wheels (5) 6. One will leave the carriage in pursuit (5) 9 & 8 Across.

Metaphorically speaking, statistics provided by the orator (7,2,6) 14. One farm overseer redeployed (7) 15. They bawl when schoolboys make them!

(7) 16. Female in the forefront is not allowed freedom of movement (7) 19. Kind of collection to impress (5) 20. Hoist a kind of winger (5) 21. Stick to a veto all round (5)

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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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INSANITY STREAK

by Tony Lopes

PRINCE VALIANT

CALIFORNIAN CROSSWORD

by Murphy & Gianni

From the pages of America’s most popular newspapers

ACROSS

THE CASHIER

by Ricardo Galvão

1 Express 4 Leprechauns’ dances 8 Quest 12 Area 51 vessel 13 Arm bone 14 Sandwich treat 15 Tatter 16 “Consider it done” 18 Pat down 20 Charged bit 21 Consider 24 “Greetings, pardner” 28 Nolan Ryan specialty 32 Soft cheese 33 Brewery product 34 One’s performances?

36 401(k) alternative 37 Peel 39 “Don’t sweat it” 41 Trig ratio, for short 43 “Peter Pan” dog

44 Atmosphere 46 Lowly soldier 50 Super-easy decision 55 Fish eggs 56 British noble 57 Leslie Caron role 58 Pistol 59 Salver 60 Bit of plankton 61 Conclusion

DOWN 1 Go from website to website 2 In the distance 3 Boo-Boo’s mentor 4 Promotional trips 5 UN workers agcy.

6 Econ. statistic 7 Ganges garment 8 Rub elbows 9 Web address 10 Born 11 Male turkey 17 Reaction to fireworks

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by Henry Boltinoff

JUST LIKE CATS & DOGS

by Dave T. Phipps

STRANGE BUT TRUE z It’s still not known who made the following sage observation: “Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this.” z You probably won’t be surprised to learn that 92 per cent of teens say that they use social media – the only question there is why the other 8 per cent aren’t using it. It is surprising, though, that, according to a recent survey, 54 per cent of teens feel their teen years would be happier if social media didn’t exist.

19 “Star Wars” initials 22 Harrow rival 23 Crenshaw, for one 25 Legal document 26 Tragic 27 Calendar period 28 DEA agent 29 Hodgepodge 30 Coop group 31 Actress Downey 35 Punch-bowl contents, maybe 38 With all one’s heart 40 Pitch 42 Spy org.

45 Latvia’s capital 47 Incite 48 Proper subject?

49 Incline 50 Profit 51 Rowing need 52 Lingerie item 53 Zero 54 Early bird?

by Samantha Weaver z In light of this year’s Federal election, it’s a shame more of us weren’t aware of the word “calumniate”, which means “to maliciously make false statements about someone”. z In 2011, an American woman named Susan Cole went to great lengths to avoid jury duty. When she arrived at the courthouse – with curlers, mismatched shoes and deliberately botched makeup – she handed District Judge Anne Mansfield a sob story about domestic violence, military service and post-traumatic stress

disorder. She was excused from jury duty, and if she’d been smart, that would’ve been the end of the matter.

However, a few months later, a radio talk show’s featured topic was avoiding jury duty, and Cole couldn’t resist telling her story in detail. Unfortunately for her, Judge Mansfield also was listening, and Cole was charged with first-degree perjury. z Sometimes a group of rabbits will get really excited and start to jump around wildly. When that happens, it’s called a binky.

Thought for the Day: “Men rarely (if ever) managed to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.” – Robert A. Heinlein

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YOUR STARS ARIES (MAR 21-APR 20) In a busy and fun week, work matters may easily take second place to social gatherings. Even so, if an opportunity to get ahead in business comes along, it is best to make a decision. Some chances do not come along often, so don’t miss out on this one. Bring a single friend to a party. It takes a chancer to take chances. Some that now come your way could be a springboard to greater things. your mind sharp and your knowledge up to date really pays off this week.

Given the chance to show what you can do, make it your best! Maintain a ‘cando’ attitude and you won’t go far wrong.

Soothing words won’t stop you worrying about something. Taking control will, however! You cannot always rely on others, no matter how experienced, to get things done.

GEMINI (MAY 22-JUN 21) The New

Moon combined with a solar eclipse shines a light on your home balance.

Love is on your mind, but is your partner equally inspired? Have you been spending enough fun and leisure time together? Perhaps you are between relationships and feeling the need for change? This is a positive and exciting time, but there is a need to apply some hard thinking and gentle psychology to get the most out of it.

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SAGITTARIUS (NOV 23-DEC 21)

Changes and opportunities come with this week’s solar eclipse. Business may need to take first place for a while, but that doesn’t mean you need spend more time away from home. Just be organised and know when to say no.

High-profile moments see you looking and sounding your best. Putting yourself in the right place with the right people can make a difference. seem possible.

Take your time when it comes to dealing with the finances, however, as impatience could cost you dear. Stoke up the romance stakes by giving a small but thoughtful gift. Putting thought into everything that you do right now can pay dividends in all areas.

VIRGO (AUG 24-SEP 23) With the solar

eclipse showing the way this week, you need to pay special attention to your health and appearance. Cheer yourself up with bright colours. Get together with friends and talk about those little niggles. Check in with your doctor.

Where is that ‘to-do’ list? You have the energy and the incentive to do your best for everyone, especially yourself!

CANCER (JUN 22-JUL 22) You can be such a lovely home bird. This week gives you the chance to glow and glimmer with your partner. Those who live solo may have the urge to change rooms or bring more music and colour into the everyday. Being creative brings out the best in your soul. Getting outdoors and doing something unusual sparks your imagination. Be spontaneous and this week could bring lovely long-term memories.

LIBRA (SEP 24-OCT 23) Emotions and ambitions rise together this week with the solar eclipse and New Moon. You may want to make urgent changes, but wait. No harm in thinking things through! Be creative in the area of your appearance and social life. A picnic with a bunch of friends perhaps? Get out and about and relax. Fun comes more quickly when you behave spontaneously.

LEO (JUL 23-AUG 23) Ambitions are

to bring new people into your life is good. However, with the New Moon and solar eclipse, emotions can be confusing. Love at first sight is not so very

sparked by a solar eclipse and New Moon this week. Something that you wanted to do for some time may now

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common and what you feel this week could be much less. Don’t take what you are told about someone at face value. Take your time and enjoy the day-to-day fun. Awkward customers are best avoided.

TAURUS (APR 21-MAY 21) Keeping

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CAPRICORN (DEC 22-JAN 20) What a wonderful time to be enthusiastic and make changes! When your sharp mind comes together with a contented heart, what could be better? Inspiration comes from an unexpected but welcome place, confirming your thoughts on one special person. Solar eclipses can bring big changes but many of these have already started for you. Bring those into the fold who are alone or unhappy.

Show them what life can be like.

AQUARIUS (JAN 21-FEB 19) A slow-

down in a situation midweek should not be allowed to put you off a project. As things start moving again, confidence is restored. The urge to keep moving forward needs tempering with a practical approach. Relaxing in the evening and at the weekend should mean paying attention to a partner rather than working in the home. The chance to become closer is far more important.

PISCES (FEB 20-MAR 20) A New Moon coupled with a solar eclipse this week will bring about changes. These will be mainly in your attitude to your relationships. Don’t let restlessness upset a good situation. However, if you are looking for love or moving on, this can be a magical time. There is an element of surprise around the corner that can really make your eyes sparkle!

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Monday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Revelations and secrets abound dear Virgo! Still, check out the facts before acting on impulse. In the months ahead it will sometimes be hard to sort fact from fiction. Keep a clear head and you won’t go far wrong.

Tuesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Virgo, you want to be friends with everyone but some are more worthy than others, aren’t they? Choose your friends and colleagues carefully in the coming months. There are some time-wasters.

Wednesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! In a social sense you spin a web of success, Virgo. Financially you need to welcome any extra cash but try to hold on to it. A new venture could take more time and money than anticipated.

Thursday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Stay one step ahead, Virgo, by keeping up to date with gossip or, if you wish to call it that, ‘research’. Listen and then read between the lines. Oh, this is where your intuition comes to the fore!

Friday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Being the best at something does not necessarily mean that you will come out on top financially. But then what is more important to you, satisfaction or glory? Innovation or money? Can you have both? Don’t sweat, Virgo.

Saturday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Health and beauty should be given priority now, Virgo. Maybe it is your health and someone else’s beauty? Staying energetic should be your aim. You do need to be ready for the excitement ahead, don’t you?

Sunday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Everyone loves a Virgo when they are being entertaining. Your more serious side sometimes comes as a shock, though! When making business decisions, be sure to point out that it is nothing personal. You can never have too many friends.

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 919 Learning strine

Crane; 21 Baton.

QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 7 Anoint; 8 Victor; 10 Compere; 11 Cloak; 12 Land; DUAL CROSSWORD 13 Stout; 17 Giant; 18 Pole; 22 19,001 Hoist; 23 Lateral; 24 Colour; CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS 25 Cavern.

Across: 7 Afloat; 8 Speech; Down: 1 Catcall; 2 Com10 Termini; 11 Names; 12 mand; 3 Kneel; 4 Viscous; 5 Goes; 13 Guyed; 17 Boles; 18 Stool; 6 Brake; 9 Rectangle; Love; 22 Terse; 23 Oracles; 14 Wistful; 15 Courier; 16 24 Manual; 25 Course.

Ceiling; 19 Shock; 20 Field; Down: 1 Cartage; 2 Alarmed; 21 Steak.

3 Cabin; 4 Sponges; 5 Helms; 6 Chase; 9 Figures The Baker’s Dozen Trivia of; 14 Foreman; 15 Howlers; Test: 16 Leashed; 19 Stamp; 20 1. Tab. 2. Pancreas. 3. Tina

Turner. 4. Japan. 5. 1869. 6.

Victoria. 7. Honda. 8. Camel, also in the Camelidae family.

9. Prince Edward Island. 10.

Emily Dickinson. 11. Julie Covington, 1976. It was later used in the musical “Evita”.

12. Sachin Tendulkar, of India, scored 51 centuries across 200 test cricket matches. 13. “He’ll Have to Go,” by Jim Reeves in 1959.

The song was issued as a bside, but took off on its own, topping the country charts.

Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1960.

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FROM THE EDITOR-AT-LARGE Jen Cowley

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Looming aged care crisis is no laughing matter HERE used to be one of those tacky little fridge magnets floating around that said, “Be nice to your children – they’ll be choosing your nursing home”.

If you still think that’s funny, you’re clearly on the sunny side of middle age.

I’m always up for a joke, and the whole ‘over the hill’ and getting old thing has always been a rich seam for miners of a quick one-liner.

But as I’m amidst my half century – and now that my husband and I have tacked into the murky and unchartered waters of caring and helping to care for our parents – when it comes to aged care, I’m among the millions of Australians no longer laughing.

The statistics on the crisis facing this nation as its population ages are more sobering than a Wayne Swan speech and just as painful to digest.

Consider this: In 2005, the number of people aged 70 or older in Australia equated to nine per cent of the population. In 30 years’ time – when our children will be trawling the brochures of homes for the perpetually bewildered – that percentage will have doubled.

Over the next two decades, the number of 70 plusses is set to grow at a rate of 3.3 per cent faster than the total population of Australia.

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A retirement age of 65 was set in 1909 when the average life span for an Aussie bloke was 58. It took governments exactly a century to realise that yard-

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stick might no longer be valid. The average life span for men is now 78ish and we women folk stick around a bit longer – ‘til around 83 on average. (Mostly so we can get the last say...) So in 2009 the official retirement age was raised... by two years.

Stay with me here.

As the population ages, economic growth will, as a matter of course, slow.

In 2007, there were five people in the workforce for every person aged 65 plus. By 2050, that ratio will have nearly halved.

The number of people on the aged pension in Australia hovers around the two million mark, around 78 per cent of whom are totally reliant on that support.

It appears that their waistlines aren’t the only place the Baby Boomers are bulging. The steady decline in fertility since their generation, which is now itself aging, has formed what pundits call Population Pyramid Bulge – with the groovy gransters now outnumbering their decreasingly fecund offspring and creating a skew in the formerly natural order of things.

And therein lies the rub for our lot – the youngest of the Boomers and the oldest of Gen X. Because we’re what social researchers are calling the Sandwich Generation – jammed between aging parents and dependent children while we’re all still working full time.

In our parents’ day – and here’s where

I issue a Sweeping Generalisation Alert – most women didn’t work, or at least, didn’t work in full time employment, once they were mothers. And as a rule, they had their children earlier. So by the time their parents needed care (and remembering that whole life expectancy thing), the children were up and gone and they were able to step into the reversed role of looking after Gran and Grandpa.

Fast forward a generation, and we’ve all had our children later, so we’re still in full time employment (either through financial need or because we can and we want to) and supporting those dependent children when the issue of caring for our aging parents comes knocking.

And these days, we tend to live further away from our parents than they did from theirs, and often we have fewer siblings to share the load.

Aged care places are as hard to get as Michael Jackson’s autograph, and there’s precious little choice as to the location if you aren’t able to stump up the quarter million dollar deposits some operators demand in a ‘market’ where demand outstrips supply.

Then there’s the question of staff ratios, because the pay and conditions for aged care workers would make Mister Bumble blush.

The push to help older Australians age at home is sensible and philosophically sound, and there are indeed a number of very good programs and supports available for the elderly and their families.

But for those for whom staying ‘at home’ – either their own, or with family – isn’t an option, it can be a pretty grim and frightening outlook.

As their a shock to that’s been aware that to fall.

kids are now finding, it’s the system of a generation cruising along blissfully unthe other slipper was about

And for that generation (yes, mine), the future stretched out into our own autumn years looks like it will be increasingly bleak unless preparations are put in place now – because the system, as it stands, is woefully ill-prepared to cope with the existing demand, let alone an increasing need that’s only going to get sharper.

The recent report by the Productivity Commission – Caring for Older Australians – should be ringing alarm bells all over government and its treasury. The report recommends immediate action to avert a looming crisis, but the government’s had the thing for six months now and nary a whiff of action.

Meanwhile, we’re learning all the ropes – with the help of a marvellous and caring local network of medical, practical and social support – and it’s just as well.

Because the way things are going, our kids had better start making arrangements now.

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