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PROFILE

NEWS

Experts discuss managing Grief at Christmas time

Bourke Street Butchery Owner Ray Pearson

Agritourism to promote paddock to plate foods

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FROM THE EDITOR

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Experts discuss managing Grief at Christmas time

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ISSUE The state of the Macquarie River PAGE 22

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Bourke Street Butchery Owner Ray Pearson PAGE 14

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HISTORY

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REMEMBRANCE Raoul’s Christmas spirit inspired city’s tradition of lights PAGE 38

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CONTACTS & CREDITS | Cover Perry Meredith. | Email feedback@dubboweekender.com.au | Online www.dubboweekender.com.au | www.twitter.com/DubboWeekender | www.facebook.com/WeekenderDubbo | Published by Panscott Media Pty Ltd ABN 94 080 152 021 | Managing Director Tim Pankhurst Editor-at-Large Jen Cowley Editor Yvette Aubusson-Foley Writers John Ryan, Natalie Holmes Reception Emily Welham Design Sarah Head, Hayley Ferris, Rochelle Hinton Photography Maddie Connell, Steve Cowley General disclaimer: The publisher accepts no responsibility for letters, notices and other material contributed for publication. The submitter accepts full responsibility for material, warrants that it is accurate, and indemnifies the publisher against any claim or action. All advertisers, including those placing display, classified or advertorial material, warrant that such material is true and accurate and meets all applicable laws and indemnifies the publisher against all liabilities that may arise from the publication of such material. Whilst every care is taken in preparing this publication, we cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions. Opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the publisher. The editor, Jen Cowley, accepts responsibility for election comment. Articles contain information of a general nature – readers should always seek professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances. Corrections and comments: Panscott Media has a policy of correcting mistakes promptly. If you have a complaint about published material, contact us in writing. If the matter remains unresolved, you may wish to contact the Australian Press Council. © Copyright 2016 Panscott Media Pty Ltd. Copyright in all material – including editorial, photographs and advertising material – is held by Panscott Media Pty Ltd or its providers and must not be reproduced in any form without prior written permission from the Publisher.

The sad side to Christmas We’re a town in mourning. A young life has come to an end too soon and in tragic circumstances which are impossible to comprehend. The staff and management of Dubbo Weekender extends its condolences to the family and friends of Perry Meredith in this very difficult time. EELINGS of grief and loss are the subject of a feature in this edition but in specific relation to Christmas. It looks at the broader impact of Christmas in a modern world and how it can affect our mental health, our ability to cope, as a trigger to past conflict or pain, and the discomfort this time inevitably brings when families come together. Despite being sold to the consumer as a happy time, a time for joy and peace, love and laughter – and Christmas can be all of those things - the underbelly of Christmas for many is becoming increasingly darker as the ideal of it is unattainable with the expectations of a modern, retail oriented festive season. Once upon a time Christmas was so simple. Not dissimilar to America’s brilliant holiday, Thanksgiving, Christmas was a time which focussed, in a sharp spotlight, on bringing joy to others with gifts and noting the things that matter in life; family and friends, acknowledging your support network, creating memories, breaking bread or Chrissy cake, sharing good conversation, being grateful for what and who you have in your world. These things haven’t changed but there is a layer to Christmas now which completely disregards them. Gifts were pretty basic, but appreciated. Of all the gifts I received as a child my two favourites were a Barbie Camper Van (I was 9) and a loaf of bread! The bread was a longstanding joke between my grandmother and me and now that she is gone, I cherish that bond we shared and what the silly loaf of bread has come to symbolise; the memory of it keeps her alive for me and the ‘why’ is what matters the most. And it probably put her out of pocket 40 cents but triggered something that’s lasted a lifetime. The CEO of Griefline Catherine Cini comments in our feature on coping with grief at Christmas time about our underestimation of grief. While we usually associate it with the loss of someone from our life, we grieve and mourn for many things like employment – especially at Christmas. Not having a job or an income creates huge pressures on families particularly when the retail sector is pushing consumers to spend up big. A family’s inability to recreate the experience of Christmas seen in advertising or to achieve

the ideal of Christmas where happiness reigns because we own a $7,000 big screen TV, or the latest release Playstation or new smart phone upgrades, takes it’s toll. That a ticket price on an object has come to be associated with how we value each other or ourselves is a layered cake of problems and just one of the reasons Griefline receives 55,000 calls a year from people in distress. There is something very unChristmassy about a single mum with five kids who has lost her job knowing she cannot live up to the ideal and feeling any sort of pressure about it, made to feel like a failure despite that fact she’s probably spent every school morning all year making lunches, helping with homework, washing, cleaning, ironing, tidying, counselling, coordinating leisure activities, scrimped and saved for holidays. She ain’t no failure. She’s a goddess at Christmas time and all year round. Just because she may not be able to afford the most expensive gifts this year or that her children are being groomed by the corporate world to view her in the same light actually means zilch. Until it starts playing on people’s minds causing anxiety and depression, frustration, and conflict instead of joy, peace and love. Perfect strangers who are driven and get paid by shareholders and neither think nor care for anything else except how much money they can make, is a point of view Kids Helpline teaches children to consider, when they know instinctively their Christmas or home life does not reflect what is bill boarded or advertised relentlessly at this time and it causes confusion and feelings of exclusion. Feelings of sadness for not being able to have things. As The Enemy Within’s founder Joe Williams also says in the article, the differences between what people can and can’t afford at Christmas becomes acute and for parents Christmas can be associated with a sense of failure instead of joy. Some of this is self imposed but the all pervading message is spend up big or be seen as worthless, which is about as far away from what Christmas actually means as you can get. How to help the situation? Let go of the pressures to live up to the expectations of some random marketing executive. Teach kids to value themselves so they can see the best things in life are free. Or round about 40 cents.

Correction LAST week in an article about a new food survey, figures were incorrectly published and should have read “10 percent more vegetable intake will save the government $96 million dollars.” Well worth eating more greens! Our apologies.

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A bridge too far away BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

HE decision on where Dubbo’s new high level bridge will be situated has been delayed until well into

2017. The controversial issue was meant to be decided before the end of this year, but Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) this week revealed to Dubbo Weekender that wouldn’t be happening. “The timeline for announcing the preferred new bridge location has been revised due to the amount of community feedback and extensive planning work carried out to provide motorists with the best option,” an RMS spokesperson said. “A preferred option is due to be announced in the first half of 2017 and concept design and environmental assessment is expected to be completed by the end of 2018.” Dubbo Weekender sent a number of questions to the RMS unit working on the bridge project, amid concerns from some sectors that the best long term strategic option isn’t even on the table. Six options were put forward for public consultation, but as the RMS document “New Dubbo Bridge” Options Report states, all have negatives as well as any positives. Road transport advocates such as John Morris pushed hard for the money to be best utilised by building the new high level bridge at Troy crossing, where it would form the first past of a Newell Highway diversionary route for heavy vehicles, and get the NorthSouth trucks out of the city on a daily basis. “Roads and Maritime based its strategic options on Council’s Transportation Strategy to 2045, and in consultation with Dubbo Council,” the RMS spokesperson said. So the “community consultation”, where RMS staff spoke to more than 650 local residents, didn’t even consider anything other than those flawed options promoted by the then Dubbo City Council. “Troy Bridge was discussed but is too

far out of town to be assist local traffic during flooding ,” the RMS spokesperson said. The Purvis Lane corridor was considered preferable to Troy Bridge as it also connects to Council’s proposed freight route.” This is a ridiculous argument accord-

ing to John Morris, who says the low level bridge is only flooded for 10 or so days every 10 years. There’s plenty of talk around town that council is pushing hard for Purvis Lane because that would make the city’s industrial subdivision more valuable, which is just another example of how

the planning process shouldn’t include such key stakeholders as developers of land in the first place. None of the six options presented would help ease heavy vehicle congestion in Dubbo itself, and when reporting on this issue that’s the overwhelming response I get from locals.

There’s plenty of talk around town that council is pushing hard for Purvis Lane because that would make the city’s industrial subdivision more valuable, which is just another example of how the planning process shouldn’t include such key stakeholders as developers of land in the first place.

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Connecting products with people BY NATALIE HOLMES JOURNALIST

SERIES of workshops aimed at the region’s agricultural producers will be held this coming week as a precursor to a proposed agritourism guide for the region. As part of an integrated program, the Regional Platters project will develop a framework to connect producers with a range of key target markets including group travel, private tours and investors. The collaboration is being led by Dubbo Regional Council and encompasses nine other Local Government Areas. Council’s economic development officer Jacki Parish said the guide is wellsuited to regional agricultural businesses who may be considering promoting their operation. “The collaborative guide will showcase the region’s produce, act as an information source and motivate visitors and potential future investors to utilise the trail, experience smaller rural communities and engage face to face with producers,” she said. “With conscious consumption on the rise, the time is ripe for our region to embrace the paddock to plate approach and develop a unique visitation experience.” Ms Parish said the project will take advantage of the industry’s natural ebbs and flows, providing business expansion and additional income opportunities.

“It aims to target the agricultural sector, to encouraging diversification through creating additional business by educatc ing in consumers and showcasing the diversified industries they support,” she said. “Linked to the region’s Destination Management Plan, the guide will promote visitation to these rural communities, providing experiences that are sustainable, compelling and real.” The free workshops will help farming enterprises and agribusinesses to define and develop farm experiences for visitors. “The focus of the workshops will be understanding and addressing the industry needs in order to deliver a high quality group visitor experience.” Topics covered at the workshops will include workplace health and safety, public liability, learning how to define price and products, meeting visitor needs and expectations, how to present to a group tourism market, connect with visitors beyond the farm gate, explore online opportunities, as well as finding the best packaging and imagery. Outcomes include encouraging sustainable economic development and diversification opportunities, supporting local agricultural businesses with suitable products to diversify into tourism markets and leading enterprises through a stepped level of training for the delivery of quality experiences. “The program will generate a direct boost in income for farm producers and

agribusiness and an indirect boost in income to tourism related industries such as accommodation, retail, transport and hospitality sectors.” Additional benefits include increased productivity through diversified income streams, educating visitors about the processes used to deliver produce to their plates and provision of training for businesses to expand into an online market. Further needs and opportunities may be identified through the workshop program. Primary producers, agribusinesses and group tour operators in Dubbo, Wellington, Narromine, Gilgandra, Warrumbungle, Coonamble, Warren, Mudgee, Nyngan and Cobar regions are invited to participate. When the guide is released, it will contain sections on Paddocks to Produce, Innovate and Export, Fresh Food Buy and Entertaining Events. It will also be produced in digital and hardcopy formats. Other campaigns being developed by Dubbo Regional Council to attract more visitors and encourage local participation include Christmas shopping promotions in both Dubbo and Wellington, development of a new visitor guide for Wellington, a $25,000 television advertising commercial in partnership with Taronga Western Plains Zoo and plans to target the self-drive and fly market in 2017. The workshops will be held as follows: December 5 z 9am to 12 noon, Western Plains Cultural

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FAREWELL PERRY GOODBYE, GOD BLESS, AMEN BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

FTER 30 years in journalism which has involved helping remove bodies from car wrecks and off train tracks, consoling families who’d had loved ones torn from them by road smashes, murder and other tragic causes - sitting through Perry Meredith’s funeral this week was the saddest experience of my life, I found it almost unbearable to stay in the church. The sorrow on the faces of Perry’s parents Mark and Liz, sister Kendell and brother Jarryd, was immense. The shockwaves of grief this has sent through the community has been staggering, and I’ve never experienced anything like it. In by far the largest crowd I’ve ever seen at St Brigid’s, it was also by far the largest number of grown men I’ve seen in one place who stood there with tears streaming down their faces. I’ve been great mates with Mero for decades, my god-daughter is married to Perry’s best mate, and there are many other connections as well, so personally I’ve been hit from a number of directions, and can’t stop crying as I’m typing

this piece. Multiply that angst and sorrow by thousands – that’s the ripple effect throughout the community, and for family members especially that’s enormously magnified yet again. The wake was incredible, I’ve never seen so many Australian men hugging each other while unashamedly bawling their eyes out, and the relief this brought to so many people was indescribable. We see this communal depth of mourning in other cultures around the world but it’s been something sadly, and horribly, lacking in this country. Until this week I’d never realised that, despite the fact I’ve covered hundreds of horrendous news stories and thought I had developed a sense of empathy. I drove home with a couple of standout messages seared into my brain – hug my little boys because we never know what tomorrow will bring: love them unconditionally and unreservedly because they are the most precious things in life; do far more to connect with family and friends. We have created a super-busy world where we’re ever-striving to get the bigger house, the flashier four-wheel-drive and the van, boat, pool, flatscreen TV and yet for a brief moment in time last

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Tuesday, there were maybe 2000 people who really understood that all that shit matters very little, and no-one who wouldn’t have traded it all to give the Mero’s their son back. For all the criticism copped by the cops, one thing gladdened my heart like no other. Jarryd, Perry’s brother, is a police officer in Sydney – he’s been a rock this week for his family and like many others I was concerned how he’d fare when he resumed life and went back to work

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Seven Days WATER, WATER AS FAR AS I CAN SEE, YET NONE FIT TO DRINK THE bad news stories just keep coming for Dubbo Regional Council (DRC), and the only thing murkier than the water at the moment is the lack of transparency from city hall about why there have been so many dramas, serious dramas, when it comes to providing safe drinking water that actually tastes good enough to drink. The city had no sooner finished with a lack of decent explanations as to the cause of the lengthy Boil Water Alert, then all of a sudden weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a new press release from DRC telling us the organic matter in the source water poses no risk to public health, even though the waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s odour and taste have made it far worse to the palate than usual. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re told to believe that Burrendong Dam was at such high levels for so long, that the rotting vegetation has caused an overload of rotting debris, which is floating on the dam and has contaminated that body of water. Considering the dam is currently holding more than three times as much water as Sydney Harbour, and that the inhospitable country along its banks is pretty sparse in vegetation at the best of times, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m struggling to understand the maths on this one, but then, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m especially cynical when it comes to council explanations defending its problems â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ever just accept an explanation because someone says so.

MURKY BOTTOM FEEDING ADDED to that, I heard a radio interview on this subject with DRC tech services boss Stewart McLeod where he stated that the debris floating on the top of the dam was being released into the river and thus contaminating the Dubbo water supply. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strange, because the

curtain to spill water in from the surface at Burrendong hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been working for a year (another bad news story, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even ask) and so the water weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting has been coming from the bottom â&#x20AC;&#x201C; so how this enormous amount of rotting vegetative debris is meant to be submerging through all those metres of water and coming out the bottom is anyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guess, but it sounds plausible I suppose if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look into it too much. Strike one and strike two for DRC on the water issue at the moment, and it gets worse when I hear that not only have the bird proofing and other maintenance issues on the water towers been let go, that there havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been enough regular and routine inspections in the past few years in any case. We really need an inquiry into the whole water issue, and from someone outside local government so it can be truly independent â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this issue is too important to leave with the people who have a lot to lose if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proven they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been doing their job.

BLUE GREEN HAS BEEN SEEN MEANTIME, DRC has issued yet another press release letting us know that â&#x20AC;&#x153;the blue-green algae warning issued for Burrendong Dam does not affect Wellington, Geurie and Dubboâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drinking water.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Town water supplies remain unaffected and safe to drink because the water goes through a treatment process at the Water Supply Plant at either Wellington, Geurie and Dubbo which removes algae toxins,â&#x20AC;? Dubbo Regional Council technical services director Stewart McLeod said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The current issues with odour and taste with tap water is due to the high level of organic matter, that is decomposing plant life, in the source water.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The water is being treated with powder activated carbon to remove the taste and smell,

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however it will take a number of days for the water to carry through the system,â&#x20AC;? he said. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m thinking of moving my family to a decent first world country, or maybe Mt Druitt. Meantime, the algae alert hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet deterred people from using the dam as a summer playground, with plenty of campers and boats down there last weekend.

MORE WATER FLOWS WATER is such a pressing issue, yet it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t receive anything near the priority it should, especially when it comes to the crazy Coal Seam Gas (CSG) licenses that were handed out like participation awards for kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sport. Bureaucratic reports are notoriously boring for so many people, but this week the Lower Macquarie Water Utilities Alliance released its Water and Drought Security Report, a document highlighting the need for all councils in this area to work collaboratively and holistically across the water issue. Not before time, but well done and keep it simple.

FIRE AND RAIN THE state government lost the

seat of Orange by just 50 votes so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going out on a limb here and claiming that without the backlash from the Volunteer Fire Fighters Association, who had almost 20 volunteers down there handing out How to Vote cards for the Shooters Party, the Nats would have scraped over the line. For years the Rural Fire Service has had a dysfunctional management culture, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plenty of angst about the Coonabarabran fire a few years back, with many experienced locals saying it should never have been allowed to become so severe. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even start me on this, I saw 30 fire-fighting aircraft at the local airstrip, doing buggerall during the cool of the mornings and evenings, but getting all fired up when the media arrived to get some good pics. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this unrelenting refusal to listen to the very volunteers the RFS depends on thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s caused this, and the refusal by government to take heed of years of warnings. The Rural Fire Service Association (RFSA) is a union set up by the RFS and which is controlled by the paid employees in the RFS, the people who answer to the commissioner and

senior management, yet theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the ones who are regarded as the voice of the volunteers and the ones who receive millions of dollars from charity fundraising. Most of that money goes to the professionals who solicit it, and much of the rest is invested into the stock market, not into gear for the very volunteers who give their time and risk their lives. I hope, after the negative publicity this week showing how ridiculous this situation is, how all that money is diverted away from the troops on the ground, that the government orders the disbandment of the RFSA, and treats the VFFA as the real volunteers they are.

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market share and the money that goes with it, it’s great to see so many people doing such good work in grassroots community groups. That includes the Western Plains Ulysses Branch who do a toy run before Christmas every year – stay tune for details on this year’s event, but get your toy donations ready to rock and roll.

IT’S A SIGN DUBBO Regional Council is currently installing a series of signs around the Central Business District that will depict the history of the area. Once all the signs are installed there will be a total of 13 informative stories for people to read, and each sign will direct you to the next or previous sign. “These signs are designed to encourage visitors and locals to explore the CBD area and learn something about the unique history of Dubbo,” Manager Western Plains Cultural Centre Andrew Glassop said.

TAFE KICKING GOALS FOR an institution that seems to have a constant battle to exist, TAFE Western certainly puts out plenty of great good news stories. Five Dubbo staff members (pictured below) were recognised at this year’s award ceremony, scooping prestigious Director’s Awards. Teaching other can be an often underappreciated task, so these awards are important. Nursing Teacher Letisha Finlay, Tourism and Hospitality Teacher Susan Greer, Agriculture Teacher Frank Roberts, Foundation Skills Teacher Cathy Zajac and Accounting and Finance Teacher Leona Mills all received an Award for Excellence by an Individual. Well done.

ZOORISM AWARDS THE way our zoo’s been going in recent years, they could almost name the NSW Tourism Awards the Zoorism Awards. This year the region’s major attraction scored two gold gongs, one for Best Attraction and the other for Unique Accommodation, the latter has now won so many times it’ll be entered into the Hall of Fame. I know the zoo has been blessed with huge amounts of

state government funding in recent years, but it proves the adage that if you invest in good things, then good things will happen, and the one thing Dubboites should never do is to take the zoo for granted. That investment has taken the zoo from being a pretty good thing to being a national asset which is reaching “iconic” status, especially by dint of the work done on all sorts of breeding and reseacrh programs, and that local, highly specialized expertise adds to Dubbo social amenity. Everytime there’s a story like the recent Asian elephant birth, our city is seen in a positive light around the world.

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BIG BABY BY the way, the new elephant bub has been named Sabai in a recent competition – well done to Dubbo’s Belle Lordon for coming up with that original moniker for the zoo’s first Asian elephant calf.

GAOL TIME IN THE SUN WELL done also to the Old Dubbo Gaol, the crew there picking up a Bronze medallion in the Cultural Tourism category. Accommodation provider Manera Heights Apartments were a finalist in the Standard Accommodation category, that must be hotly contested so well done there as well.

TRANSFORCE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH IT’S almost literally raining awards for locals, so I’m totally bemused that I never seem to

win anything. Local trucking and logistics company Transforce won the Excellence in Business at the NSW Business Chamber State Awards, that’s added to a long list of good things that’s come from this most innovative of companies. Transforce won this year’s Gold Rhino, and received national recognition a while back as Australia’s first carbon neutral heavy vehicle operator. If all companies had this type of vision and social responsibility, our world would be a much better place - it proves you can be a good guy and still make a profit.

CSU CAFÉ LATTE IT’S great to see so many state and federal dollars pouring in to

Dubbo as a matter of course after so many decades of neglect. Years ago local reporters would rush to wrote the headlines if Dubbo was handed a few hundred grand, now the multi-millions are rolling in for the zoo, the cancer centre, new hospital, fishway and other projects, it’s almost unbelievable to those few people with long memories. Charles Sturt University (CSU) is whacking $2.5 million into an upgrade which will see an upgrade of student learning facilities ie a Learning Commons, which will include a new café. This is great news, Dubbo missed out on getting a uni for so long that by the time we did it was more a virtual campus than one which brought thousands of students to town like Bathurst, Wagga and Armidale, so it’s great we’re starting to catch up on some of the more social aspects of campus life – hopefully it will help attract more students and get that perpetual motion equation happening, where the critical mass is reached so it breeds ever more success.

MAIN STREET BLITZ CHRISTMAS is coming, but we already knew that – it’s as certain as death and taxes and it really is a tax imposed on us all by some canny marketers who’ve turned it into a credit card splurge fest. Dubbo Regional Council (DRC), launching the “Smile! It’s Christmas” campaign. DRC, Brennan’s Mitre 10, Dubbo Mens Shed and Westhaven are collaborating to make this year’s decorations, so it’s great to see the collaborative dots are starting to be joined by council, it’s a huge step forward – it saves money and gets great community organisations involved.

WELLO LIGHTING UP WELLINGTON’S Hans Claven Oval has had its lighting system renewed to a 200lux standard, which in English apparently

means it’s the same standard as for semi-professional football games, whatever that actually means. Anyway, it’s apparently a good thing, and the $129,150 cost came from the 2016/2017 capital works budget. In a win-win, council’s sporting facilities manager Wes Giddings said it will not only vastly improve the lighting across the field from the previous 100lux system, but the newer technology also means it will cost less to run. This is a great outcome for Wello.

SNAKES ALIVE THE wet winter has turned the landscape lush and now the warmer weather means there are far more snakes about than usual. Already the warnings are flying about thick and fast but Wellington’s Lorraine Gould is doing more than raise awareness about the issue. The lady everyone knows as Wellington’s most popular ever paramedic is running a FREE snakebite awareness day at the town’s Soldiers Memorial Club on Friday, December 16. Instructors will show participants how to bandage snake bites and anyone who needs one can purchase a practical snake bite kit on the day. If you’re chasing more info, give Lorraine a buzz on 0418 681101.

SPEEDY WEEDS IT’S not just snakes that are proving to be a problem this year, the expansion of hard-tocontrol weeds is proving a huge problem for farmers and land managers. This Friday Mid-Macquarie Landcare has partnered with Dunedoo-Coolah landcare to stage a third weeds management workshop. This instalment will look at pasture control and other options to try and keep things in hand, a trend many landholders are looking at due to the scarily escalating costs of chemical controls.

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as tears CCORDING to Griefline CEO Catherine Cini grief is a misunderstood experience often relegated to be an emotion felt after a death has occurred but the helpline service finds there are a multitude of reasons why people are grieving at Christmas time. “There is a broad underestimation of grief I think. There’s a lot of loss and grieving the community at the moment around unemployment which is huge. We have a huge number of people talking about the grief association with the loss of a job, their status and concerns for the future and not knowing what that looks like. “At Christmas these feelings are exacerbated by having to count every penny. We had a women who rang up recently and she has five children and she said she’s never had to rely on anyone before and just doesn’t know how she’ll manage at Christmas,” Ms Cini said. Based in Melbourne, Griefline operates nationally, providing a listening ear to people who are grieving or are isolated. Calls from people concerned about Christmas begin at the end of November and build up as the festive season approaches. “We had a group in here recently and there were floods of tear. Christmas is when they would normally be buying presents. Christmas is a trigger for when our children were little too. I’ve got adult children and it’s very different celebrating Christmas with them today. “There are all kinds of triggers and right now there a general unease in the community anyway, there’s a real disquiet with everything that’s happening and it makes people nervous,” she said. “With the anniversary of the bush fires we’re getting calls around people’s losses from that time. Interestingly there are people who have chosen to leave country areas to the city as a result but are missing the community. “Grief is experienced on a daily basis and unless we respond to it, it can lead to depression and then mores serious mental illness. We have people with adult children in prison or who have a mental illness and they normally precede the call by saying he was such a beautiful boy or a pretty girl, grieving for the child that was,” said Catherine. Griefline offers a variety of programs to help people deal with whatever loss they’re experiencing. “We cover grief not just in situations of death but across the life span. For instance we have an immi-

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grant program and theirs is a loss for home wherever home was. It’s not that they aren’t happy here, it’s just different. “People grieve for the loss of a dream. Parents whose children haven’t done as well at school as they’d hope. We offer programs around grief and aging, normalise what happens so they don’t feel they need to go to the doctor all the time. “We handle 55,000 issues every year. People can ring between 12 pm and 3am every day. The reason for those hours is because people who are depressed or grieving don’t really get moving until lunch time, so from 12 o’clock onward we’re there. Also when we have a worry we tend to wake up in the early hours of the morning so that’s why we’re there until 3am,” said Ms Cini. Those worries may come from a family split by divorce or separation and not knowing how to approach Christmas with children. Interrelate Central West area manager Anne Heath says the traditional imagery around happy families sitting at the dining table eating Christmas ham and turkey just don’t apply to many families. “Christmas is a lovely joyous celebration but it can be a very stressful. We publish a guide to surviving Christmas and it talks about dealing with loss and grief, loss of families and we’re also running some groups to help people prepare for the festive season,” Ms Heath said. The groups called, ‘Come and have a yarn with us’ are for carers which talk about managing expectations of Christmas and also groups for separated families. Particularly for people facing their first Christmas as a separated family, the groups are an opportunity to plan what to do, who to buy for, who not to include. Christmas is often marketed as a seamless, happy experience where families are smiling and together enjoying each other’s company. It’s an ideal which for many is unattainable. “It can heighten people expectations around the material side for Christmas and also around the happy family scenario and all the images at Christmas of happy families doing everything together but you might be facing your first Christmas without your children for example, so these images become a confrontation because it’s not your reality.” Interrelate supports ideas of family as being made up of many different groupings of people, legitimising families which do not fall into a stereotypical grouping of mum, dad and a couple of kids at home together. “We like to promote lots of legitimate ways of being in family, that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll be sitting around a table eating ham and turkey, also Australia has an increasingly large population of people who don’t Christmas at all.” Knowing beforehand that Christmas will be different and may not meet your expectations means preparing for something different can ease any pain felt as a result. “Now is a good time to investigate what is happening in our community and perhaps volunteer. It’s a good strategy if you’re helping someone else you’re shifting the focus from yourself. You can develop new rituals around Christmas such as celebrating a few days earlier so everyone can be together. Planning is key,” said Ms Heath. “The local community centre, the neighbourhood centre, different religious groups will probably be looking for volunteers at Christmas. Managing pre-

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paring and creating opportunities to deal with that are good options. Pop into our office for a Survival Guide,” she said. Possibly the hardest loss to face at Christmas is the loss of a loved one who has died. “When I lost a loved one recently my colleague said something to me that really resonated with how I was feeling. She said that sometimes the emotions are softly present like gentle waves lapping the shoreline. Not hard to be with. Other times the emotions are more like a sudden uprising of a wave - unexpected and nearly too intense to breathe. The holiday season will likely bring a mix of both, or somewhere in between, and that’s ok,” said Suicide Prevention Australia deputy CEO Kim Borrowdale (pictured inset). “As well as reaching out to people you know may be struggling at this time, it’s also important to let those around you know when you could do with some extra support,” Ms Borrowdale said. NALAG Centre for Loss & Grief Dubbo grief counsellor, educator and manager Trudy Hanson agrees. “Asking someone if they’re ok could be the Christmas miracle they’re looking for, that someone cares about their grief at Christmas. “We’re conducting get-togethers (see details at the end of this story) in the coming weeks to help people talk about appropriate strategies. There usually is an influx of people coming in at this time, the intake is huge at the moment. One incident can bring up other incidents. “Sometimes families can’t be together for different reasons, people might be overseas or in jail or

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z ‘Come and have a yarn with us’ Surviving the Festive Season Sessions Cost: Free Wednesday, December 7, 1pm – Caring for Carers Sunday, December 19, 10.30am – All welcome Tuesday, December 21, 11am – All welcome z Or Pick up your Surviving Christmas guide, all from Interrelate Dubbo 138 Darling Street Dubbo Phone 6815 9650

z Call for help Griefline National 12noon and 3am, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Phone (03) 9935 7400 Phone 1300 845 745 (landline only) z www.griefline.org.au Counselling support services free of charge to individuals and families. These include: telephone support; online counselling; in-house one on one counselling; education and training and health support programs. Callers to the GriefLine Helplines have the opportunity to share their stories anonymously and confidentially with someone who will listen.

NALAG z Don’t be Blue for Christmas Tuesday, December 6, 10am-3pm Free morning tea and lunch z Or pick up your Coping with Grief at Christmas brochure from NALAG Centre for Loss &Grief Welchman Street, Dubbo Phone Trudy Hanson, 6882 9222 or email trudyhanson@nalag.org.au For more information about Mudgee, Wellington sessions visit www.nalag.org.au

due to financial restraints. “There can be an enforced joyousness where you have to put on the mask and be joyous and on the day you’re truly trying to hide you’re real feelings but at what cost? It’s better to tell the people who you’re going to how you feel, and maybe they will understand a bit better,” Ms Hanson said. “Expectations around having a perfect Christmas and presents and the losses, perhaps it’s the first Christmas without dad, or a baby, perhaps a family was expecting to have their baby there at Christmas... “There is new understanding of grief which acknowledges that though someone is gone you continue to have an emotional bond with that person so one of our ideas is to make something to go on to the Christmas tree for the person who’s died

to continue that bond,” Ms Hanson said. “In the workshop we’re making baubles to hang on a Christmas tree.” There is one group of people who will feel the pressures more than any in the lead up to Christmas and that is children and youth. Kids Helpline Australia counselling centre supervisor Leo Hede said towards this time of year there is an increase in the calls from young people who might not be having a happy time looking around at their peers and what they see in the media, and on Christmas day itself. “We know the pressures young people face from the media and comparing themselves to their peers, even without having a significant family loss and grief experience, if their family experience isn’t liv-

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 02.12.2016 to Sunday 04.12.2016 ing up to what they see in the media it can certainly be hard for them, for the younger kids who don’t understand that they ask what’s wrong with my family?” “In helping them to separate their world from the expectations of the media, helping them to understand what the media is about, that it’s about storytelling and often the media presents really sad things - you watch the news it can be quite dramatic, but the flip side is the happy things. “But in reality most of life is in the middle, so we help them to understand that and to manage their expectations by looking at those things that they do have and for some, helping them to let go of the materialistic expectations,” Mr Hede said. “So telling themselves I’m not going to get the new computer game and new bike that I want but to learn to value their relationships.” “For those kids who are experiencing grief because of separated families or loss of a parent, or of a triggering of a past memory, for kids who have been through abuse for example and which may have been exacerbated around Christmas, we help them to express their feelings and that it’s ok to show the emotion and not to bottle it up but to talk about it,” he said. “Self-care, taking time out throughout the Christmas period is important. For older kids if they’re going to be eating and drinking, do it in moderation and for parents in supporting kids if it is around the family being separated and that logistical struggle moving them between places, choose to include them in that and information sharing so there’s no surprises and they know what to ex-

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pect, if they’re going to be with one parent and not the other let them know when will they see them next,” he said. “We sometimes underestimate children’s desire to be involved - not in the tension between the parents - whether they’re separated or not. Protect them from the stress, kids are sponges for what’s going on with parents. It’s not just children who feel under pressure from external messages at Christmas time which create unachievable expectations and disappointment mixed in with loss, grief, triggers from past incidences or the pain of missing loved ones at Christmas it can take its toll and can lead to negative thoughts. The Enemy Within’s founder and international speaker Wiradjuri man Joe Williams talked to Dubbo Weekender about removing those expectations and getting real about what actually matters. “It’s not only the financial pressures at Christmas time. Me, being an aboriginal boy there was not a lot of money in the home so I can relate to that side of it, and obviously with alcohol, there are disagreements and pressure - all these

things to deal with around Christmas time. “Seeing that some families get to go on a holiday and some families don’t, it’s what happens, but there’s mixed emotions and with those mixed emotions you can feel like you’ve let your family down that you can’t provide and there is a hell of a lot of what society’s telling us about what we have to have at Christmas, when all we actually need is love and affection from each other. “We’ve got to start talking about the needs in life not the wants, because when these pressures come from outside, and within and they come from within because of outside issues, that’s when we start having these thoughts around depression and suicide because of what someone else thinks we should have… instead of worrying about the wants, we have to think about the needs instead,” Mr Williams said. Across the board, the experts agree, that if you’re grieving this Christmas, for whatever reason, talk about it with friends or phone a professional service, and if you know someone who is grieving this Christmas be there for them in whatever capacity you can be. “Along with the many challenges that life throws at us, losing someone we love will be one of the most difficult. Christmas can be a really tough time when someone who meant the world to us is missing. If you know someone who’s grieving the loss of a loved one, checking in with them can mean so much. Dropping by for a cup of tea, a phone call or even a text message to let them know that you’re thinking of them can go a long way,” said R U OK CEO Brendan Maher.

Coping Strategies for grieving for a loved one at Christmas courtesy NALAG Centre for Loss and Grief ‘Coping with Grief at Christmas’ z Do something special in memory of the person who has died z Light a special candle to burn during the day or during the Christmas meal z Make or buy a special decoration to hang on the tree in memory z Make a toast to the person, share anecdotes. Don’t be afraid to laugh as you remember some of the good times. z Play a special song or music. z Write a letter or a car to the person who had died, don’t be concerned if you want to talk out loud to them… do it. z Some bereaved parents buy a small gift for the age their child would be had they lived and put it under the tree at one of the charity, church or supermarket trees. z Some people like to visit the graveside or a special location to sit and remember. z Plan your time so that you are under as little stress as possible. Plan your ‘escape’ if need be, don’t over commit. Rehearse a simple explanation of why you may not attend a function. z Ask for some assistance with preparations including going shopping – many people experience panic attacks in supermarkets. If this is a problem for you, learn some simple breathing techniques to assist with the panic.

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The Meat Game Working his way up from apprentice to business owner, butcher Ray Pearson has a very clear idea about what customers want and how to keep them happy. He’s also keen to keep his product fresh and local, incorporating the Paddock to Plate philosophy. WORDS Natalie Holmes PHOTOGRAPHY Seed Business Solutions AY PEARSON was a young bloke of just 16 when he entered the trade that would become his livelihood, rising from apprentice to business owner during his career. Like his uncle and cousin, Pearson became a butcher, a wellestablished and respected profession. Dubbo born and bred, the teenager completed his six month pre-apprenticeship in coastal Wollongong where his uncle had a shop. Knowing the work involved in the labour-intensive job, Pearson’s uncle did not aim to inspire his nephew into the industry. “He had been involved in the meat game for a long time and actually tried to steer me away from it,” he laughs. His efforts had no bearing and Pearson was successful in entering an apprenticeship with Johnson’s Butchery in Darling St where he would remain for the next three and a half years. He then finished his apprenticeship with Larry Dickson at Bourke Street Butchery. Butchering was no easy task and Pearson was required to start as early as 3am, finishing at 6pm and working five and a half days a week. As well as the front counter customers, they supplied meat to various commercial outlets including one of the supermarkets. Pearson performed his duties well and enjoyed the mix of cutting up meat behind the scenes and serving customers. “I ran the back of the shop and always took pride in it,” he explains. In 2006, Pearson decided on a change of scenery and swapped his country lifestyle for a stint in the city, spending six months working at Victor Churchill Meats in the upmarket Sydney suburb of Woollahra. A typical Aussie bloke who enjoys sports and the great outdoors, the experience was not only an eye-opener but would affect the course of his career. “Churchill Meats was established in 1876 and is a very wellrespected butchery. My time there invigorated my passion for what I do.” The innovative approach of Churchill’s inspired Pearson and gave him many ideas to pursue. “They were doing things at that time that weren’t being done in Dubbo like ageing meats. I learnt a lot there.” Ageing meat gives it time to settle, with Pearson a big fan of the process. “The difference is incredible. It’s something I’d like to do more.” After moving back to Dubbo, Pearson went back to Bourke Street Butchery with a newfound focus. Four years later, the business was taken over by colleague Jason Wood. In 2014, Pearson and his partner Lexi bought into

the business as equal partners. In May this year, the couple became the proud owners of the iconic butchery, 21 years since his apprentice days. They now boast four full-time butchers (including Pearson), an apprentice and one casual employee in the shop. Pearson believes in training his staff properly, and teaches them everything that he learnt while studying in Wollongong. Many places just give employees on the job training, but Pearson wholeheartedly believes in also sharing the theoretical side of the role. “If I don’t show them what to do, they don’t learn,” he points out. They all work long hours in the shop and Pearson is very proud of the butchery which now serves a vast section of the local food scene - clubs, pubs, cafes and restaurants in a wholesale capacity - as well as shopfront customers. He also has a spit for hire, a mobile cool room, a walk-in freezer and he

takes bulk orders for parties and special events. There’s even a barbecue where the boys cook a protein and iron-packed ‘smoko’ every day. “We are focused on the front counter but we also have a lot of back door trade,” Pearson explained. “Whether they spend $10 or a thousand, it doesn’t matter.” The counter lunch trade is alive and well in Dubbo, with steaks and schnitzels high on the menu, but Pearson said that going out for breakfast is becoming more popular too, providing a perfect forum for his nitrate-free bacon, which is smoked on-site. “Some restaurants only open for breakfast and dinner, not lunch,” he said. The rise of cuts such as pork belly and the humble lamb shank are also gaining attention on gourmet menus thanks to televised cooking contests such as MasterChef and My Kitchen Rules.

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“People will now pay top dollar at a restaurant for these, they are very tasty.” Catering to trends in eating is part of Pearson’s strategy as the business’ newest owner, along with an ambition to sell local produce. His list of suppliers reads like a who’s who of local boutique producers and includes grass-fed beef from Roseborough, Rawsonville and Waratah Homestead Organics, Peak Hill; free range poultry from Carbeen Pastured Produce, Manildra and Grassland Poultry, Wellington; naturally-raised lamb from Iona, Narromine; along with fresh produce from the Gourmet Lady, Collie and Tickled Pink Pork, Narromine. For a more acquired taste, brains and lamb’s fry are also available. The meat is complemented by a range of sauces from Warren, Dubbo milk, honey from Elong Elong and a range of assorted salt rubs and seasonings. “All my stuff is fairly local and my aim is to have everything local,” Pearson said.

“It’s good to know my stock is local. I like to know where the meat comes from.” There are many reasons why Pearson stands by this philosophy. “It helps the local economy and it supports local people.” He is also answering the call for a 100 mile diet and choices in consumption with food movements such as the Paleo Diet and Paddock to Plate changing the way people view food and their eating habits in general. “People are a lot more conscious of what they are eating and where it comes from,” Pearson said. “You get a lot of people who don’t like preservatives or who can’t have certain things like gluten. A lot of people are also taking grain out of their diets.” To that end, the butchery stocks grass-fed certified beef, gluten and preservative-free sausages made in store, moisture-infused pork and of course, Pearson’s own nitrate-free bacon.

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Pearson is realistic about what he sells and assures quality every time. “Beef is a big seller but a lot of people wouldn’t shop here if it wasn’t grass-fed. The customers really drive what we sell. Chicken sells well too, along with lamb and pork. And we do our own bacon, all of our own smallgoods such as cabanossi, frankfurts and chorizo.” Then there’s the award-winning hams, which picked up a bronze medal at the Sydney Fine Food Show. Up to 300 are sold during the festive season and people pre-order their Christmas stock. The special smoking machine at the rear of the shop can hold 15 hams which take 12 hours to bake. “You can cook anything in there, roast pork, pies,” Pearson confirmed. “Christmas is a busy time and I like to do all the hams myself. I like to make sure they are just right. We’re all about quality.”

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Tony Webber

Tony Webber is a Dubbo resident and reluctant food source.

Space means no-one can hear you scream so let’s keep quiet AM with Stephen Hawkins. The famed British cosmologist thinks making contact with aliens is dangerous. For what it’s worth I think it’s also stupid and more than just a bit egotistical. We are assuming that aliens are going to be like us, perhaps more generous and less violent, just like the movies. But the notion that any creature from space will be even remotely like us in any way is fantastically absurd, and if they exist all at they might just as likely eat or enslave us. Who’d feel silly then? The probability that it was humans that rose to (temporary) prominence on earth was hugely unlikely in itself. It was only a few hundred thousand years ago that we were monkeys. Aliens may well have come here countless times over the last million years waiting for us to evolve and just got sick of it. “Wonder if those ape things on the blue planet are any less selfish and violent?” Aliens, if they exist, could have evolved trillions of years in front of us. It would be like a microbe meeting us, or a seahorse. Or the aliens themselves might be microbes, in which case the billions of dollars spent to book a date with galactic destiny will be reduced to a rather awkward few minutes. Hawkins says any intelligent alien lifeforms might be entirely indifferent to our approaches, which would hurt our feelings, or aggressive and predatory, which could well hurt our body. Now that might be just the ape in him talking, but I think he’s implying that the risk is they might kill us and take our stuff. Why not, that’s how we behave – the civilisations of the past that prospered in our memories are those that were shockingly violent and energetic looters. Richard the Lionheart’s obscure relative, Ermine the Pissant, has been totally erased from history. To continue with earthly examples, how many indigenous peoples have fond memories of being discovered by more

technologically advanced Europeans? Or how about after all our efforts, we arrange to meet and the mystery date turns out to be the ET equivalent of a saltwater crocodile or a cape buffalo wielding a meat cleaver? Or the alien lifeform carries a virus so toxic that our entire planet is reduced to decaying carbon lumps in a nanosecond. The whole search-for-intelligent-life idea speaks to our simian ego, and finds comparisons in celebrity worship, where fans trying to contact their idols, or stalk their houses in the belief the affection is reciprocated, only to be seized by security and thrown down the stairs. Why in creation would any thriving culture in a far off galaxy have any interest in talking footy and traffic with us? How would we even communicate, if they are a ball of leathered snot 12 kilometres tall that uses gas emissions of varying intensity to communicate once every 200,000 years, while we use warmed air through our larynx, amplified in our nasal cavity. We can’t communicate with most of our own species in anything resembling a common tongue, let alone the creature prowling the air-duct in the “Alien” movie. We’re pretty chuffed with the ape qualities we have shrugged off entirely – like the body hair, menacing incisors and sloped forehead – or have worked to control, like the chest-beating and faeces hurling. But there’s still a lot of ape hanging around in us: the shocking tribal violence, a curious obsession with buttocks and an enduring affection for fructose. It is unlikely a civilised space visitor will be impressed that we don’t eat with our hands anymore to the extent that they are willing to overlook the bombing of Syrian children in hospital. We have such an unimaginative, homocentric worldview - even our gods are humanoids - that we can’t picture how badly alien contact could be for humanity. Unless they are friendly and just like ET, in which case we could kill them and take their stuff.

How can you mend a broken heart? Scientists may have a patch for that

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SYDNEY: Australian and British researchers believe they may have found a way to mend a “broken heart”. They’ve developed a patch that can be stuck onto the organ to prevent potentially fatal cardiac arrhythmia after a heart attack. The flexible polymer patch requires no stitches and helps to improve the electrical impulses across damaged heart tissue. Heart attacks create a scar that slows and disrupts the conduction

of electrical impulses across the heart. Professor Sian Harding from Imperial College London’s National Heart and Lung Institute says this disruption to heart rhythm can be fatal. “Our electrically conducting polymer patch is designed to address this serious problem.” Dr Damia Mawad, from the University of NSW, who led the research team, said the suture-less patch is a big advance in heart at-

tack research. “No stitches are required to attach it, so it is minimally invasive and less damaging to the heart, and it moves more closely with the heart’s motion.” The patch is made from three components: z a film of chitosan, a polysaccharide found in crab shells that is often used as a food additive; z polyaniline, a conducting polymer that is grown on top; z and phytic acid, a substance

found in plants that is added to the polyaniline to switch it to its conducting state. The patch is made to adheres to heart tissue by shining a green laser on it – a patented technique developed at UNSW by Dr Antonio Lauto of Western Sydney University. It’s envisaged heart attack patients will eventually have patches attached to their hearts as a bridge between the healthy and the scar tissue to help prevent cardiac arrhythmia. AAP

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YOUR VIEWS November 24, 2016

Smart meters I RECENTLY attended a government backed seminar about the end of the solar feed-in tariffs. I thought it was largely a push toward the new Smart meters, and a win for the power supply companies and the government. While many people took up the ridiculous offer of FREE solar panels from the government of the day for a return of 60 cents per kw/h, many others purchased expensive systems costing many, many thousands of dollars, for the same feedin return promise. This was supposed to alleviate some of the need for fossil fuel use by utilising the sun for renewable power. We all knew this, at the price offered, was not sustainable, and we all knew it would end after 7 years. Now here is the issue. The government expects us all to move to smart meters. They say we will use our own solar generated power during the day, as it generates. Use our own power while most of us are out at work, earning money to pay taxes. Some may be offered a small, estimated 6 or 7 cents per kw/h for excess generated power we send to the grid. Yet we will be charged full costs for any power used after daylight hours, when most of us will be using it. This is

currently about 25 cents per kw/h. The cost of affordable power storage in batteries at this point is exorbitant. Is this fair? I don’t think so. Sure, those who accepted the free system have little to complain about. However, those who spent thousands on a system are going to be well into the red. The power supply companies, through the government, will have to supply the power needed if we use more power after daylight hours, which most working people do, and which will then be charged at whatever the suppliers choose. The government has some incredible figures on what is currently being developed by our solar panel systems. The government has acknowledged the success of solar panel systems. Solar panel systems save a great amount of fossil - fuel - generated power. The government and the responsible people of the world want to move to renewable power. Do your own research on these issues. http://w w w.resourcesandenerg y. nsw.gov.au/energy-consumers/solar/ solar-bonus-scheme h t t p : // w w w. r e s o u r c e s a n d e n e r g y. n s w.g ov. au /e ne r g y- c on s u m e r s /s o l a r /s o l a r- b o n u s - s c h e m e / energy-opportunity-workshops www.greenpower.gov.au

h t t p:// w w w. r e s o u r c e s a n d e n e rg y.ns w.gov.au /energ y- consumers/ energy-providers/smart-meters-in-nsw My idea is this. On the 31st of December 2016, we all turn off our solar panel systems. Let’s see how the old system copes. Let’s see if what we have, what the government said was a positive move for the future, is valid. Let’s see if what we provide is worthy, or needed, or indeed wanted. Let’s wait and see. I am certain we can, if we work together, discuss a fair and equitable solution to this issue. I would be happy to go to a smart meter on the basis that I utilise, where I can, my generated solar power during the daylight hours. Plus I receive a return for any excess power that is fed back into the grid at the current cost per kwh my current individual power supplier is charging, not the proposed 6 or 7 cents/kwh. This is a fair and equitable outcome for all, the owners of the panels, the power supply companies, the government and the environment. This system will encourage many more individuals and businesses to take up generating power via solar panels. I see this as a win/win for all. Chris Fallon •••

International Volunteer Day, December 5 INTERNATIONAL Volunteer Day is a time for us to reflect on the immense contribution volunteers make to our society and thank them for all that they do. Red Cross is an organisation built on voluntary service, made up of 17 million volunteers worldwide. Volunteers help us save lives, build resilient communities, support people in disaster, and prevent and alleviate human suffering in times of war and conflict. Every day throughout the year our 35,000 members and volunteers in Australia improve the wellbeing of those who are experiencing extreme vulnerability. I can’t thank them enough for their time, energy and commitment, and I feel privileged to work alongside them. Voluntary service not only helps the recipients, but also the volunteers whose lives are enriched by the act of giving. We aim to build an inclusive, diverse and active humanitarian movement based on voluntary service. I strongly urge you to join our humanitarian movement and help your community by visiting redross.org.au/volunteering. Penny Harrison, director, Volunteering, Australian Red Cross

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Rob and Bob North: Doctor, doctor Most households don’t even have one doctor but one local country homestead can boast two doctors in the house. GP obstetrician Rob North is the eldest of three boys and following in both his father and grandfather’s footsteps in the medical field. AS TOLD TO Natalie Holmes PHOTOGRAPHY Colin Rouse/RSVP Bob North: I ALWAYS thought I’d do medicine. My father was one of six and three were doctors. My father and one of his brothers were eye specialists in Sydney. When I chose medicine, I suppose as a kid, everyone expected me to do medicine. I liked the sciences. It was the subjects I did at school which led me to study medicine. I’m so pleased I did it because I loved my training. It was fantastic, stimulating and I had such an experience travelling and meeting people. It was a thrill. I attended Sydney University, with four years of study there followed by a further five years in the United Kingdom. I was conscripted to national service. Then the following year, I was a runner in the Olympic Torch Relay, prior to the 1956 Melbourne Games. I worked as a ship surgeon, a locum for the Royal Flying Doctor Service and later, with the Care International Aid Scheme in Sumatra. I grew up in Sydney but always had fond memories of rural life. My mother grew up in Bourke and her father was the Western Lands Commissioner. Growing up during and after the war, we also spent a lot of time in Goondiwindi, so I had connections with the bush. Most people want to live in the city, for reasons unknown to me. I trained as a surgeon and came here to Dubbo in 1968. I joined a general practice in which I was the surgeon. In those days, you could set up your own practice and surgery. It was more independent and there was less bureaucracy. The UK was pretty similar to here. And medicine wasn’t as sub-specialised then. Surgeons were much more generalised. Rural surgeons still have to be more generalised. After 25 years, I decided to go into specialist practice because that was the way surgery was going. In the last 10 years of my career, I was interested in breast cancer and thyroid surgery. Most of my patients were in these categories but of course, as you go on, everything has become more specialised. In 1996, I became the surgeon attached to BreastScreen and I have done research on breast cancer in rural areas, focusing on the statistics of survival rates. Then I assisted Professor Rick McLean in establishment of the School of Rural Health in Dubbo. The Sydney University campus provides rural training for medical students, giving them a taste of life in a country area, with the view to also securing their services in the future. When I retired from active surgery in 2002, I became sub-dean of the medical school and worked there for 11 years. To keep my registration up to date, I attended meetings, worked at BreastScreen and I was teaching students. Before my retirement, the only work I did was surgeon advice at BreastScreen and a volunteer ulcer clinic at Lourdes Hospital. I will soon be 80 so working until I was 78 was enough. Working with other doctors, we all got on so well. I made

good friends and had great camaraderie. We could always consult with each other freely. I retired completely in August 2015 and handed in my registration. To practice, you need to have that registration and get so many points each year. If doctors don’t get their points, they can’t be registered. You get tired keeping up with modern advances. It gets faster and if you don’t keep up, patient safety can be compromised as well. Technology has overturned what we used to do. These days, I’m enjoying gardening and our five grandchildren. There will be six before Christmas. When I was practicing medicine, I had belonged to the Provincial Surgeons of Australia since 1969. It’s one of the best groups I’ve belonged to and since 1969, I’ve only missed four meetings. We had regular surgeons’ meetings in all sorts of places – Alice Springs, Darwin, Bunbury, Cairns. We’d have an annual three-day meeting where the doctors presented papers on their research and experience, and we’d have a guest speaker. We’d also have a social gathering. I did a lot for the College of Surgeons, training surgeons and teaching anatomy. I did a lot of volunteer work. Earlier this year, I got a lovely letter from the College of Surgeons saying that I’d been awarded the 2016 Rural Surgeon of the Year award in Australia. I was flabbergasted. We went to Albany for the presentation. I felt very rewarded and honoured because it was an award from my peers. I enjoyed it so much, what I was doing. I wasn’t doing it for an award. It was a good way to end my career. Rob attended Delroy High and I was very pleased with the education he received there. He got an excellent HSC pass which got him into a school to study medicine at the University of Newcastle

medical school and started his training at Tamworth. He’s worked in so many places now (Katherine, Coonabarabran, Seymour) including some isolated places. He set up a practice in Seymour, Victoria and trained in GP Obstetrics. He had a lot of patients until the government stopped ladies from having babies in smaller communities. He was a bit frustrated by that because he loved it. So he decided at the age of 39 to become a full specialist. It’s six years of training and two years of practical to become a specialist. They have to complete four years as a registrar in a teaching hospital. Postgraduate training in medicine is longer than the undergraduate degree. To become a GP, it’s five years’ study and seven years’ training, it’s eight or nine years to specialise which means that most doctors are over 30 before they settle in practice. Rob is the first doctor in Australia to train outside Sydney in this regard and he is under the guidance of doctors Cannalese and Geraghty. Our relationship with all three boys is very close. Rob is very kind, very supportive. He’s very cool and calm and doesn’t get excited. That’s a good quality in a doctor.

Rob North: I THOUGHT about doing engineering and I wasn’t definite on becoming a doctor until I got in. I was given a good start in life so I owe a bit to society. I’m proud to have achieved what I have in life. I went to a good school, had a good education and a good upbringing. I was inspired, partly because I wanted to help people and because of Dad’s work as well as the vast opportunities that it provided. I started off in Tamworth for two and a half years and then came back to Dubbo. Dad and I briefly worked at the hospital at the same time – I was in

the ED and he was in the theatre. That was in 2001. After that, I travelled and worked in a variety of places. Working as a base camp doctor in Antarctica was probably the most amazing thing I’ve done in my life. Eventually, I lived in Coonabarabran and then moved to Victoria. I was a GP there for 10 years and I did a Diploma of Obstetrics. It meant I was able to practice in the birthing unit in Seymour. That unit closed and I had the opportunity to join the specialists program. Obstetrics is the bit that I enjoy the most. Generally, you’re dealing with healthy young people and it’s a time that is happy and joyous. That makes it rewarding. The long hours and hard work – maybe I didn’t learn from that with my Dad. But when I was growing up, I didn’t know any different. It feels normal to me. Trying to get a weekend off – that can become more frustrating when you have a family. I’m enjoying Dubbo although I miss my family (Rob is married with children). I didn’t expect to move home at the age of 39, but here I am doing my obstetrics/gynaecology specialist training here. I thought I’d finished in 2008 and now I’ve bitten off a bit more. But the spirit and camaraderie of the medical fraternity in Dubbo is fantastic and there is a good collegiate atmosphere. Next year, I will be in Melbourne. When I finish, I’d like to provide a specialist service that’s as good as you get in city areas. Offering post-graduate specialist training will help get specialists to work out here. In that regard, I believe the medical school can certainly help. I’m glad I’ve inherited Dad’s passion for rural health. Dad is very honest, generous and always strives to do the best for people and the community. This is true both personally and professionally.

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Greg Smart

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

The good drug T’S a common scenario across the land. A loose group of bleary eyed strangers, gathering in silence, awaiting their hit. Nothing in common, other than their need for a chemical upper to sharpen their senses. The grinding of the raw product, the metallic clatter of the dispenser allocating the portions, the billowing vapour from heating to achieve the right chemical extraction. All part of the ritual. Each stranger in turn, called up to collect their bespoke stimulant. Money changes hands and a spring is added to the step as the day instantly seems more bearable. I’m part of this scene – it’s my only vice. I don’t drink beer and I don’t own a pair of thongs. It started when I was teenager with a cup of instant Nescafe at a friend’s house. Milky with enough sugar to make the spoon stand upright. My friends Mum said that’s how everyone had theirs so I yielded to the pressure. The years passed by and I was getting steadily hooked. Social occasions were enhanced by joining in with the other dependants. There was sense of belonging due to the shared need. My first job after finishing school came with a supply of International Roast. A large tin sat in the staff room kitchen, beckoning all to gather and partake. This was a time when smoking was still permitted indoors and the smoking staff members would hog the staff room, driving us health conscious addicts to slurp and run. When the tin was near empty, a new one miraculously appeared to ensure supply wasn’t interrupted. The next job came with Moccona freeze dried instant and permission to partake at my desk. Could it get much better than this? The job was stressful and frantic, but to be able to savour the flavour and get an energy boost was just what was needed to keep up the pace. After a few years I strayed. Moccona was losing its effect so I went looking for something with an edge – and I found Coke.

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We had a supply at work for catering for customers. I could sneak one every now and again, carefully avoiding detection from the customer service staff and my boss. A surreptitious session out of sight then quickly back to work, carefully disposing of the empty evidence. But I couldn’t take much more. Getting busted in the act, the guilt, the expanding waistline. I cut back but I was

` The years passed by and I was getting steadily hooked. Social occasions were enhanced by joining in with the other dependants. There was sense of belonging due to the shared need.

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left with a hollow feeling inside. Then my life changed. Espresso arrived and the hollow feeling was gone. Moccona now a memory, replaced with the full flavour of the bean. A beautiful espresso machine was installed at my work and due reverence was paid. No more instant for us. Espresso in all its forms had invaded the nation, and a grateful population was saved. Not just the preserve of migrants anymore, cafés sprung up across the landscape. Cappuccinos appeared at shopping centre and lattes were available in the suburbs. The urn, drip filter, plunger and kettle had had their day. I was in heaven. A cappuccino in the morning just like a European had me feeling very cosmopolitan. The offer of an instant had me regressing to an ear-

included the song “The Man That Got Away”? 7. HISTORY: What did the 1997 Kyoto Protocol international agreement attempt to regulate? 8. TRANSPORTATION: In what city is the Jose Marti International Airport located? 9. MUSIC: What famous singer/ songwriter was born with the name Robert Zimmerman? 10. FOOD & DRINK: What plant does the coriander seed come from? 11. FLASHBACK: Who sang the

title song for the James Bond film “You Only Live Twice” (pictured)? 12. SPORT: Who was the last male tennis player other than Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to win a Wimbledon singles title? 13. LYRICS: Name the song that contains this lyric: “So I waited with high hopes, then she walked in the place, I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face.” ANSWERS: SEE PLAY PAGES.

lier less enlightened time and was met with a polite “no thank you.” Again the years rolled on and the café culture spread far and wide. Australians were buying over 2 billion take away espressos and I was helping with that number. Should I try to dial down the caffeine? Maybe I’ll sleep a little better. A short experiment with decaffeinated had me pining for the real stuff before too long. It was back to the triple shot cappuccino, and who needs sleep anyway? I now have an espresso machine at home, although I can be seen most mornings downtown amongst the silent strangers waiting expectantly for our daily dose. So be kind to us addicts. We are creating jobs and fuelling the economy, as well as ourselves.

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Cry us a river report on potential remedial actions to reduce the risk of further subsidence BY JOHN RYAN at the site has not yet been completJOURNALIST ed although investigations have commenced,” he said. HE Macquarie River is the most A power supply is stranded on the valuable natural asset in the edge of the precipice, looking like a Dubbo Regional Council (DRC) back-drop from a roadrunner cartoon area and the waterway binds the comwhere destruction is imminent. munities of Wellington and Dubbo. A park bench is taped off because it’s But just as the recent river rehabilita- about two metres away from toppling tion works such as re-snagging have creover the edge, and the walking track is ated breeding grounds for native fish, just another metre towards safety – anand an increase in angling tourism, the other flood like the last one, with nothMacquarie is facing plenty of challenges ing to stabilise the back, and the soccer from human-inspired intervention. ovals will be true waterfront real estate. The most obvious is the pest element, In Wellington, things are bad and with police still looking for a group of have been getting worse for decades. very young juveniles witnesses believe The recent floods most high profile lit a fire on the west side of the Tamvictim was Pioneer Park. worth Street footbridge this week. “As the result of high velocity flow Twelve firies were called in to douse over the asset from the Bell River, subthe flames, the local brigades taking the stantial damage to the carpark, playopportunity to undertake some hazard ing surface and roadway resulted,” Mr reduction on the riverbank in the long McAlister said. grass where it’s difficult for council to Following repairs to the carpark and mow or slash, but easy for these kids or the playing surface Pioneer Park has their mates to come back and keep lightbeen reopened to the public. ing up. “The roadway on the eastern side I wandered down to snap some phoof Pioneer Park remains closed at this tos and noticed a Ford Fairmont sedan point in time due to higher priority sitting at the lookout over the river, all works being identified,” he said. its windows smashed and tyres slashed. But that’s small change compared Why people think the river is a playto the ongoing environmental disasground for amateur criminal escapades ter that is the Bell Junction, where that is beyond me, and I think it’s time DRC fast-flowing river enters the Macquarie installed secret bush cameras at these the high-speed water flows have been very frequented reserves, ones that are ripping huge areas of land downstream. capable of day and night vision, so these Pam and Jim Whillock have been perpetrators can feel the pleading for help for decweight of the law. ades, as they’ve watched ` But the far more serious literally acres of their valproblem than this petty The pictures uable country washed tonuisance crime is the se- of a swimming wards Dubbo. vere erosion at different pool hanging Pristine waterfront rivpoints along the river. erbank they used to enover a washed The high eastern bank joy taking walks along no just towards the city from away Sydney longer exists. the footbridge resembles a beach made The pictures of a swimscene from a Hollywood international ming pool hanging over disaster movie. a washed away Sydney headlines after a The cliffs are more than beach made internation10 metres high and, de- storm down there al headlines after a storm spite huge amounts of earlier this year, down there earlier this ground collapsing, still yet the Whillocks year, yet the Whillocks look extremely unstable. have seen their country have seen their slipping and sliding away Ian McAlister is DRC’s and little has been done. parks and landcare direc- country slipping A letter they wrote to tor said: “Council is aware and sliding away of the bank subsidence at and little has been Wellington Shire Council in 1998 pointed out that the location mentioned done the water was causing and the situation was inienormous damage to their tially assessed to ensure property. that the public’s safety was not compro“It would seem that after the removmised. This assessment resulted in safeal of willow trees upstream in the late ty measures being erected. ‘40s, early ‘50s, the bell River ran much “These safety measures will remain faster and created a new junction with in place indefinitely and until higher the Macquarie River in the floods of the priority repair work is completed -a full

1970s,” the letter stated. I’m all for native species such as casuarina being planted to stabilize riverbanks and hold them together, but am hugely critical of the wholesale destruction of willows without first making sure there are mature native trees to make sure entire banks aren’t washed away. I reported on that happening in Dubbo a long time ago, after council got hundreds of thousands of dollars to rip willows out wholesale, the next flood that came through tore huge chunks of riverbank away because there was nothing left, or renewed, to stop it happening. The letter went on: “The 1990 floods did considerable damage to our banks along the entire length, followed by natural regeneration of a very thick stand of oaks and gums along the water’s edge for about 200 metres – retaining the banks and, by 1998 were really well established,” the letter stated. “A weir was built in 1993, since then there has been a very dramatic change in one area. “We understand the weir was intended to slow the flow through the town area and silt up the river upstream for here – it was obvious to us that the third weir near our place when completed was going to direct the water against our bank instead of the natural course of our river,” the letter stated. Things have deteriorated ever more rapidly since that time, and despite major grant applications being put in to remedy the problems, there’s been little success. The former Wellington Shire Council was awarded a significant grant in recent times but, for various reasons, was unable or unwilling to go ahead with the project, so the money was returned unspent to the NSW Environmental Trust. While engineers have suggested spending multi-millions of dollars of

great concrete structures that then have to be maintained at great expense, with budgeting for renewal at end of life, the trend outside NSW, in other states and across the globe, is for “soft engineering” options. These solutions generally cost far less and are designed sympathetically in the context of the local environment to help recreate what nature had once established by itself, and which had only been torn asunder thanks to human meddling. Mid-Macquarie Landcare is hoping to get Peter Andrews, of Natural Sequence Farming (NSF) fame, to speak to an informal town gathering in the next few weeks. He’s studied and modelled the Bell Junction and believes he can fix the problems for a fraction of the budgets being spruiked by conventional engineers. I attended the 8th Australasian Stream Management Conference a few months ago and was heartened to see the keynote speaker, Professor Ellen Wohl from Colorado State University, deliver her address “Messy Rivers are Healthy Rivers – The Role of Physical Complexity in Sustaining Ecosystem Processes” to rapturous applause. We need to listen to these people who have the demonstrated results on the ground from mimicking how nature operated in the eons before we became captured by paper qualifications and bureaucratic processes, where those processes became king and over-ruled common sense. We owe the Whillocks and other affected landholders natural justice for the policies that have stuffed things up so badly. Above all, we need the community to come together and have an honest and inclusive discussion about the best way forward, free of agendas and egos, but to get the best result for the best price.

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This 1998 photo shows trees the Whillockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still had left after the 1998 flood. All of the area went in the 2010 flood except for one bottlebrush.

Taken on September 14, 2016 shows the amount of land Pam Whillock has lost since buying her property in 1985. She says the river used to run where the gravel and trees are and she could get down and walk along the riverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edge. The bottlebrush which was all that remained after the 1998 flood is now gone and much of the fence which was some distance behind it and the higher bank has eroded down to the lower part of bank on Macquarie side.

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How a viking Danish King ‘gave’ you Bluetooth technology BY MATHEW DICKERSON SMALL BUSINESS RULES LES CONSULTANT

ENNY: “How are flower berets gunna appeal to men?“ Howard: “We add Bluetooth” Sheldon: “Brilliant. Men love Bluetooth.” Penny: “Wait a minute, wait a minute. You wanna make a hair beret with Bluetooth?” Sheldon: “Penny. Everything is better with Bluetooth!”. Sheldon from Big Bang Theory was right – everything is better with Bluetooth but what exactly is Bluetooth and what are some of the applications of the technology. Let me start off by saying Bluetooth is different to Wi-Fi (or as I hear many people cringingly call it – Wifier) although both transmit data between devices. They are complementary and will often exist side by side. For example, your mobile phone may be connected to your home Wi-Fi network for your Internet connection to then stream music to your phone but you may use Bluetooth to connect your headset to listen to that music. Wi-Fi can be thought of as a central point to connect many devices at high-speed over longer distances whereas Bluetooth can be thought of as connecting two paired devices for low-power and low-speed communications over short distances. In the example I gave, you may walk around your house with the Wi-Fi reaching your phone across the entire house and you may have many other devices connected as well but your paired Bluetooth phone and headset are both carried with you so they stay relatively close to each other. Bluetooth’s history goes back to 1995 when two Ericsson Mo-

bile Communications employees, market. My youngest daughter Sven Mattison and Jaap Haartsen, tells the joke: “What was more imwere working on a project called portant than the invention of the MC Links which was designed first telephone? The second one.” to replace cables to allow mobile And so it was with Bluetooth. A phones to communicate with each single line of products was of no use unless they had other prodother. The technology was officially ucts they could communicate launched in 1998 by the Bluetooth with. Special Interest Group which conIn 2000 the first Bluetooth sisted of five companies – Eric- headset and phone were both resson; Intel; Nokia; Toshiba and leased. In quick succession we IBM. It is at this saw the range of point that I start- ` Bluetooth proded to wonder ucts expanded how these tech- Kardach was to include mice; nology giants fascinated and keyboards; notearrived at the suggested the books; printname of Blue- name Bluetooth ers; cameras; tooth. Presumhealth products; ably a marketing as the king had MP3 players and team was tasked successfully joined more. The speciwith the role of two Scandinavian fications have creating a name kingdoms in the continued to and focus groups evolve and most were engaged to same way MC Links products on the test the suitabili- was aiming to join market today are ty of various pro- telecommunications using the Blueposed names. tooth 3.0 or 4.0 and computing. standard and the As with many specification for common items we see in society, the best ide- Bluetooth 5 was officially released as are often very simple. Harald in June this year. Blåtand (anglicised as Bluetooth) Typically, Bluetooth products was king of Denmark from 940 to have a transfer speed of 25Mbps 986. and a range of around 10m – both When Intel started working on of these may sound limiting – but the MC Links project, Jim Kardach it is the low power of Bluetooth was the Intel representative and that makes it incredibly attractive. Mattison gave Kardach a book on Humans are incredibly inventive and there are fascinating products the Viking king. Kardach was fascinated and being released to the market now suggested the name Bluetooth as using this technology. Now that you have the lowdown the king had successfully joined two Scandinavian kingdoms in on the technology, what are some the same way MC Links was aim- of ‘practical’ uses that we see in ing to join telecommunications products available today. Most and computing. The name stuck people are familiar with the Blueand was officially adopted and tooth connection between their the logo is the representation of phone and their car or a headset – and audio is still the most poputhe initials of the Viking king. Now the technology had a sexy lar use of Bluetooth – but consider name, the specifications started some other uses. to be ratified – the Bluetooth 1.0 Chester Gould was incredibly specification was released in 1999 futuristic when he gave his car- and products started to hit the toon character, Dick Tracy, a ra-

dio wristwatch in 1946 as watches available today allow you to connect your watch to your phone to perform most of the functions of your phone. Keen golfers can even look at their watch to see how far it is to the pin! The link between your phone and watch is Bluetooth. If you want to feel like a mechanic in Nico Rosberg’s team, you can purchase an engine monitoring device for most modern cars that will give you real-time information on the performance of your car with the information delivered via Bluetooth to your phone. Many companies are now releasing padlocks and deadbolts that give you the flexibility to open locks from your phone. This gives you additional abilities to allow limited access to certain people or allows one phone to open multiple locks to save carrying keys for a variety of locks. The information is transmitted from your phone to the lock via Bluetooth. Bluetooth tracking devices allow you to keep track of your keys or wallet or any device that you may misplace (children perhaps) and product buttons are being produced that will allow you to order at the click of a button. For example, a laundry powder manufacturer might give you a button that will allow you to click when your powder is low and an automatic shipment will be generated. You can add in helmet concussion sensors (after tangling with a kangaroo while on my bike recently I like the idea of this); autonomous suitcases; pet tracking collars; garment activity sensors; running shoes…the list goes on. All of these devices use Bluetooth. I am sure devices that we have not even thought of yet will be essential items in only a few short years. I am not convinced they will include a hair beret but in this Bluetooth enabled world we live in, who knows!

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Cutting costs for small business – do not overdo it! BY PHIL COMERFORD D SCOLARI COMERFORD

HERE’S no doubt that if things get tough a review of costs is always a very good idea so you can navigate through the treacherous waters. In fact, just like businesses that would like to know how they can improve their small business valuation, doing it early and regularly and not when the time comes to sell is by far the best strategy. Going through the ‘review of costs’ process when things are good means that you will benefit even further on many different fronts. How would you check you are getting a good deal?

1. BENCHMARK YOUR FIGURES It’s a great exercise that you should be going through with your small business accountant and it’s called benchmarking. Because we’re also business advisors these days, small business accountants have access to benchmarking

statistics to compare your business performance. It could be through benchmarking providers or through research bodies such as IbisWorld or even the ATO website. If your key performance indicators are low then this means that you could be paying too much for your purchase of goods, rent, salaries and wages and other costs, so it will be time to find out why that is and whether there is something you can do about it.

2. COMPARE APPLES WITH APPLES Like anything when comparing cost, be careful to not just jump to the cheapest option. If you have a current supplier, chances are they are doing more than you realise so it’s important to check apples with apples. Be wary of cheap options without considering: z money back guarantees; z customer after sales support; z warranties; z insurance if something goes wrong (do they have it); z wrong product for what you need;

z returns policies; z faulty goods or services; z delivery times.

3. SHOP AROUND Yes, it is best practice to shop around when it comes to almost any business supply. Doing this might give you a bargaining edge when negotiating with your suppliers. However, be aware of point 2 above, as getting them to drop to the lowest quote might not be that easy.

4. ASK FOR VOLUME/ PAYMENT DISCOUNTS Many suppliers offer discounts for payment terms or volume purchases. You should enquire whether your suppliers do this and then assess whether they will help improve your bottom line and margins, etc. Be careful, though, as early payments and buying more than you need could tie up cash flow which you may need to keep operating. Of course, if you do have plenty of cash to cover it the it’s worth considering. (You can check this by sitting down with your

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small business accountant and entering your new debtor days, supplier days and inventory days into your threeway budget – this includes profit & loss and cash flow forecast and is a brilliant planning tool!)

5. REVIEW EFFICIENCIES Sometimes you are paying too much (e.g. salaries and wages) because you don’t have efficient processes in place so things take longer to complete than they should. When preparing your procedures manual (which will increase your business valuation should you sell), see if there are more efficient ways to do things and get rid of your road blocks!

CONCLUSION: Always look for better deals but also, when reducing costs, do not throw the baby out with the bathwater. Getting rid of advertising or reducing substantially could, for example, be the death knell for your business if you need more leads and sales. Are you following any of the above tips?

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Birth, death and marriage records BY CYNTHIA FOLEY

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A MAJOR primary and vital source are Birth, Death and Marriage records. Often referred to as the abbreviation, BDM, these records contain vital information for the researcher. Not always perfect; not always complete. Quite often with vital information missing. Writing direct to or applying online to the NSW Birth, Death and Marriages ensure you receive back the actual copy of the certificate. On a child’s birth certificate the date of marriage of parents is required in NSW, Victoria and Queensland, a detail essential to your research. For instance, by getting the birth certificate of your father, you will know when and where he was born, his parents’ names, their marriage date and place, their ages and birthplaces. The certificate also records the number of previous issue of the marriage and whether alive or dead. Birth, death and marriage records are your ‘bread and butter’ in genealogical research. Birth certificates provide the names of parents, as do marriage certificates, although in some states and in England and Ireland, certificates only record the fathers’ names. The standard procedure in genealogy is to obtain a birth certificate, then the parent’s marriage certificate, followed by their parent’s birth certificate and marriage certificate. It becomes a matter of moving between birth certificates and going back to marriage certificates through previous generations. Then to death certificates. The marriage certificate is the most reliable and best value for money as both couples provide their own information, and unless they have cause to lie, the information is usually correct. And they sometimes did lie. About their age. Place of birth. The Irish often said just ‘Ireland’. Also keep in mind misspellings. When the wife is the informant for a death, the wife usually knows the details. Like a pecking order, the further related the informant is to the deceased, the less details are generally known. Often the informant is the matron of a hospital and not in possession of the knowledge required to fill in the deceased’s death certificate.

In the light of later research, I knew that my grandfather had no idea of the name of his grandmother. Another incorrect piece of information was in the ‘previous children of marriage’ column on a different family line. The official certificate stated that Charles Alexander Johnson was 12 years of age when his sister was born in 1861. Yet the father arrived from Sweden and married in Bathurst in 1857. This was not rocket science. And it was not until I went into the Register General in Sydney and questioned the information, that they admitted it should have been 1.2 months, not 12 years of age. Searching the NSW index for births over 100 years, deaths over 30 years, and marriages over 50 years, with the registration number cost is $32 at http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au and without registration number cost is $45. Go to http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au for full details where you will find the necessary criteria. The Dubbo and District Family History Soci-

How to read the 1828 Census Slipping back momentarily to the 1828 Census. The letters: F or G listed in front of a person’s age indicates the start and finish of a family group. F is the first family member while the person listed with a G is the last person in the family group. Before beginning on another vital primary source, this is a list of abbreviations that will be required when reading the Census records. BC Born in the colony. GS Government Servant. (Not the personal maid to the governor, just a convict still service) FS Free by servitude. This refers to a convict that had completed his or her sentence. CF Came to the colony free. TL Ticket of leave holder. (refers to convicts). CP Granted a conditional pardon. AP Granted an absolute pardon. P Protestant C Catholic. Always read instructions on any set of records you are researching.

ety (DDFHS) holds certificates from the beginning of the colony up until 1856 on microfilm. Actual copies of the certificates which can be copied. Otherwise indexes to the full records are on microfiche, on a set of CDs from 1788 to 1918 or online at http://www.bdm.nsw.gov. au. Also check major online databases such as www.ancestry.com.au and www.findmypast. com.au. Alternatively there are three transcription agents offering an alternative to the NSW BDM Certificates whose services are less expensive than the registry. Go to www.australianhistoryresearch.com. au where you will find details on Turtle Consolidated Services at: lturtle@primus.com.au. Or by telephone 4573 1559. Joy Murrin at www.joyinfamilyhistory.com telephone: 9585 1187. Marilyn Rowan at www.marilynrowan.com. au. All three transcription services offer birth, death and marriage transcriptions/certificates from NSW England, Scotland, Victoria and NZ. All keep a register of enquiries and clients are put in touch with other people making the same enquiry. DDFHS holds brochures for free which allow anyone to send directly to any of the above. Each state has a slightly different criteria. Accessing birth, death or marriage certificates has changed dramatically. DDFHS still has the original transcriptions on microfiche. Errors occurred in the copying process from microfiche to CD. Many transcriptions were done in Asian countries so keep an open mind for spelling mistakes. If in doubt go back and check against the microfiche records in DDFHS Library. z Dubbo & District Family History Society, ground floor, Community Arts Building, Western Plains Cultural Centre. Opening hours: Saturday 10am to 4pm, Tuesday 1pm to 4pm, Thursday 2pm to 6pm, Friday 10am to 1pm. Library hours, phone 68818635, after hours 0408845796. z Annual sliding subscription $40 plus a once only $10 joining fee for single membership, (other membership categories also apply). New members are always welcome. Pay now and your membership will not be due again until January 1, 2018. z Casual fee per session $10. A z Closed for Christmas from December 10 to January 10.

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 02.12.2016 to Sunday 04.12.2016

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

Laughter is a great aphrodisiacâ&#x20AC;Ś IVE me a man who can make me laugh, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a happy woman. Of all the traits I find attractive in the opposite sex, a sense of humour, a sense of the ridiculous is the most important. Handsome is nice and decorative, charming is delightful and even better when married with sincerity, but a good laugh with even the homeliest man is a pearl beyond price. And, as is the way of the world, often the handsome and charming men of said world have so much success with their handsome and charm that they neglect their insight and sense of the ridunculous. I found a great comment on Facebook the other day, sandwiched between the kitten rescues, people of Walmart and the photos of landscapes with â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;inspirationalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; messages. And it read something like this. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Humanity is remarkable. When one sense is impaired, another will increase to fill the void. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why people with no sense of humour so often have an enormous sense of self-importance.â&#x20AC;? Pure Facebook gold, there on the computer screen. Over the years (says Nana) I have been blessed with many men who have made me laugh. Some have done it in the way they write, some have made films and television shows that bring me to helpless tears of glorious mirth. And some of them, some of the most special of them, have been blokes Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve actually known. Blokes whose innate humour permeates everything they do, colours all their language and their take on life and who make life better just by their very presence. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not about â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;telling jokesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Though I appreciate a good â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;jokeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, with the intro, the wind-up and the punchline â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you get the picture; I appreciate them as an art form. But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the essence of humour to me. The stuff that makes me laugh until my sides ache and still grin years later is something far more subtle, far more ephemeral. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a state of mind, a way of seeing the world and an attitude. All coupled with a perfect sense of timing and some finesse.

As I write this I can see them in front of me, those wags, those fools, those wry commentators. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s look at some of the better known, the ones that have shared their wit on a wider stage. There are the film and television writers (sadly often unsung, a brief credit on the end of the film or TV show), the stand-up comics, the novelists, the essayists, the talking heads from the telly (not so many of them on my list, but there are one or two). Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve long been in the thrall of Clive James, whose wry smirk and meandering prose strikes a chord in my heart. And add to that his deep voice, the unhurried and confident presentation and his exceptional sense of timing. I read him and listen to him with equal pleasure but I will say that when I read him Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard him speak because I can hear his voice in my head. I know that Shawn Micallef doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t write all his own material; I know there are illpaid writers sniggering away to themselves as he delivers their perfect material. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care. The man has humour in his eyebrows, in his nose. I suspect if I met him Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be incapable of speech because he only has to walk onto my telly screen for me to become mesmerised, waiting for the pearls to drop from his mouth, for those eyebrows to waggle and for it all to become wonderful. Ah Shawn, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re mah man. And then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the completely delicious Kevin Smith. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve watched the films and the bits that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make me cringe, the bits where I understood the bizarre cultural references of a stoner generation on the other side of the world were priceless. I was a member of the Classification Board when I watched Clerks II; when your man was arrested for bestiality (with a horse? Or a mule?) and protested that the police were culturally insensitive to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;interspecies eroticaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, well, then I knew that I had found another man to make me laugh. For the rest of my term as one of the moral arbi-

` The stuff that makes me laugh until my sides ache and still grin years later is something far more subtle, far more ephemeral. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a state of mind, a way of seeing the world and an attitude. All coupled with a perfect sense of timing and some finesse.

ters of our society, every time one of us had to watch some particularly vile piece of pornography that was never going to be allowed to be sold, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d cock an eyebrow at each other and suggest â&#x20AC;&#x153;interspecies erotica perhaps?â&#x20AC;? Just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ever ask me about dogs in socks. But it was through a series of lectures on film and film-making that I became a massive Kevin Smith groupie. He travelled through the US, delivering his somewhat questionable wisdom on life, filmmaking and the stoner culture to packed auditoria of enthralled students, and he was one of the most naturally funny raconteurs Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever listened to. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d stand there on stage, morbidly obese and scruffy as all get-out and he had them, and me, in the palm of his hand. Good looking? Not so much. Charming? Questionable. But as a human force of humour and insight heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the business. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m completely in favour of Ian Rankin with one exception. The man simply doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put in sufficient hours. He could be far more prolific if heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d pull his finger out, and I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to endure all the dross I wade through as I watch, like a gannet, for his next offering. I first discovered Rebus, the lugubrious Scottish detective, when I saw him on the telly. And lo, I was happy. Here was meat fit for a Friday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s indulgence. Happy as a clam I was, until I read the books. And though the television series is good, there is nothing to compare with the way I feel when I flip the page on a crime novel riddled with good Scottish blood, guts, underworld criminals and disaffected cops and I laugh out loud at his telling of a situation that is inherently Scottish, viscerally funny and totally insightful. (Seriously thinking of stalking him; though, with that crime writing background, I suspect heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d spot me pretty quickly...) Sigh. So many men on my bookcase, in my DVD library and on the telly; all making me laugh. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a happy woman.

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THE HELP BY FELICITY HAYLOCK HE girl in my head is my only friend and she's back again. She makes everything in life harder than it really is. Her visits are more frequent and she stays longer than she should. She is meaner than she was before– she’s playing games I wish she wouldn’t! She haunts me with my faults. My flaws. My insecurities. I have never felt so isolated. This is not fun for me! I am lost and I am alone. But no one seems to care. The world rushes by for all to see but for me it does not move. I beg that someone will just stop. That someone will see me. I just need someone to propel me out of my own misery. I need help. I wish this story was mine to carry all alone – but sadly, it is not. Instead, it is the story of my generation – we are riddled with this doubt. The story that I wish to tell is that of mental health. I want to start a conversation and I urge you - join in and help. Today, mental illness within our society is more prevalent than ever before. According to Headspace (2016), one in four young people have experienced their own mental health issue in the past 12 months. A mental health ‘issue’ is usually associated with feeling down, tense, nervous or anxious. While these are all normal human emotions, it is when these feelings persist for an extended period of time that they may be part of a larger mental health problem (Headspace, 2016). Mental health problems impair our cognitive functioning – the way we think and our ability to function in our everyday lives. For someone suffering a mental illness or

feeling ‘unwell’, their ability to function in everyday activities – whether at school, at work or in relationships – can be significantly impaired. Mental health problems are commonly listed as a cause of suicide. Accordingly, over 90 per cent of people who die by suicide have a mental illness at the time of their death (Caruso, 2016). What’s just as alarming is that suicide is the leading cause of death in young people; accounting for one third of all deaths (Headspace, 2016). In 2015, preliminary data showed an average of 8.3 deaths by suicide in Australia each day (ABS, 2015). Frankly, these statistics scare the life out of me. For a long time, it puzzled me how a young person could think suicide was a viable solution. I just didn’t get it. How, at the height of our lives, when opportunities were knocking on our door and we were wild and free, could taking our own life be a viable option? But I have never been in that mind frame. I have gotten help before I have visited that dark a place. I argue that, in the mind of someone feeling ‘unwell’, suicide is a permanent solution. But in the mind of the ‘well’, suicide is a permanent tragedy. For those exhibiting good mental health, safe and plausible solutions to life’s problems are able to be reached. But these cannot be seen, nor understood, by a victim of suicide. In conversations surrounding suicide, some people empathise with the victim. They feel their pain. In the mind of the victim, they lack empathy for themselves. If only they could see how valuable they really are. I think the narrator of the children’s movie Matilda said it best – “everyone is

born, but not everyone is born the same. Some will grow to be butchers, or bakers, or candlestick makers. Some will only be really good at making Jell-O salad. One way or another, though, every human being is unique.” The way I see it, we can all be something to someone and we all serve a purpose. In the same conversations, however, others call the victim selfish and explain how the family are the real victims. The tragedy devastates the family, friends and community and leaves them in despair. Those that remain feel empty and recognise that life, as they knew it, will never be the same. I can see both sides. I have felt the devastation and pain that suicide brings. I have also felt the madness that is mental illness. I have experienced the most intense highs and been haunted with crippling lows. But I have survived. Because I got help. If you are or know someone who is experiencing a crisis in life, please call: Lifeline: 13 11 14 www.lifeline.org.au Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467 www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au beyondblue: 1300 22 4636 www.beyondblue.org.au MensLine Australia: 1300 78 99 78 www.mensline.org.au Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 (24/7 crisis support) www.kidshelpline.com.au headspace: 1800 650 890 www.headspace.org.au (direct clinical services) Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service 1800 011 046 www.vvcs.gov.au

THE HELP It comes in all shapes and sizes. For me, it is my family. My mum and dad that carry me when I forget how to walk. My four brothers who call me Fliss and remind me to breathe. It is my girlfriends that make sure I'm eating properly. It is my friends that send me pointless snapchats; that tag me in funny memes and send me kind messages. It is my favourite GP who offers personalised solutions and advice when life gets tough. It is my boss who always cares and my work colleagues that know when something's not right with me. It is my coffee barista that greets me with a smile and asks if I’m doing OK.

WHO IS YOUR HELP? My Ben says "It's sometimes only a conversation that is able to save someone..." I urge you to believe him – and start your own conversation. If you're feeling lost, there is help. 24 hours. 7 days a week. Please get help. Start the conversation. Please. For your family. For your friends. For yourself. Get help.

50,000 preschools to receive free water safety education packs SUMMER can be a time of fun in the sun and in the water, but it is also a time to be extra careful about children’s water safety. Minister for Health and Sport Sussan Ley this week urged all families and teachers involved with young children to use free water safety education resources proudly supported by the Australian Government. New packs to promote water safety for toddlers, including songs, videos and books, will be distributed by Australia Post to more than 50,000 preschools, early learning centres and play groups around Australia over the next two weeks. The resource packs are part of the Kids Alive Do the Five program developed by Laurie Lawrence. The program will receive $1 million from the Federal Government this financial year. The 2016 Drowning Report released by the Royal Life Sav-

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ing Society of Australia found that the number of children under five who drowned was 30 per cent below the 10-year average. “While the great work being undertaken by Laurie Lawrence is having a real impact, 21 youngsters tragically lost their lives to drowning in the past 12 months, so we still need to push the message that many of these deaths are preventable,” Ms Ley said. “We have to stay vigilant and ensure our pre-schoolers are

properly supervised whenever they are near water and improve water safety skills as early as possible.” A DVD on infants’ water safety produced by Mr Lawrence as part of the Kids Alive program is also distributed to new mothers in hospitals throughout the country. The water safety curriculum materials along with other water safety resources can be accessed free from the Kids Alive website www.kidsalive.com. au.

Subsidised thyroid cancer medicines AUSTRALIANS from December 1 will pay no more than $38.30 for a medicine to treat thyroid cancer that would cost a patient $117,000 without subsidised access through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). The medicine - Lenvatinib

(Lenvima®) - is used in the treatment of radioactive iodine refractory differentiated thyroid cancer (RAI-R DTC) and works by blocking certain proteins that would otherwise encourage cancer cell growth. The Minister for Health and Aged Care Sussan Ley: “The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee agreed that there was a clinical need for an effective treatment for symptomatic, rapidly progressing patients with RAI-R DTC. “This listing will help reduce stress for people at a very difficult time in their lives. Around 140 patients annually will benefit from the listing, and without Government subsidy, these patients could pay more than $117,000 for one year of treatment.” Most patients with thyroid cancer respond well to treatment with radioactive iodine. However, there are currently no subsidised treatment op-

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Raoul’s Christmas spirit inspired city’s tradition of lights The following is the eulogy for Raoul Kelly who passed away suddenly this year. A tireless contributor to the Dubbo community he made an impact in the 1980s when he bedecked his Tamworth Street with Christmas lights like the town had never seen, inspiring a tradition that can be found repeated across the city today. AOUL ALEXANDER ROSS KELLY was born the March 8, 1930 in Perth, Western Australia, to Ross and Nina Kathleen (Nee Lawton). His parents separated when he was very young and his father moved to Adelaide and later remarried. At age seven he flew alone to Adelaide to live with his father and began his schooling at Rose Park School and Norwood High School, where his sports interests were baseball and cycling. He was a free spirited kid. An Adelaide newspaper article about the thousands watching the soap box derby wrote “Raoul Kelly, in the “Red Devil” nonchalantly chewed gum as he crossed the finishing line to win his heat”. In 1945 he started as an apprentice electrician. Then three and-a-half years later in 1948 he joined the Royal Australian Navy at Nowra (Fleet Air Arm “Albatross”) and became a Leading Electrician’s Mate. When with the Navy he served in Korea and Japan during the Korean War. He chose Athletics as his sport. In 1949 at The Inter-Service Sports in Sydney, he came second in the 880 yards with no coaching. On numerous occasions he won the 440, 880, and Javelin events. As a member of the Albatross Athletics Club, he held wins in all running events from 60 yards to 6 & 1/2 miles and every jumping and throwing event. He was runner up in the NSW State Country Decathlon in 1952 and won in 1953. He also won the State Country Titles for the javelin

on three occasions; discus throw twice, high jump and 880 yards. He was even a reserve for the Australian Athletics Team in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. He met his wife, Pam McKinney in October 1959 at Bundanoon and they married at St. Paul's Church of England Burwood on January the 14th, 1961 and bought a home in West Ryde. From his time in Japan he developed a passion for bonsais, and in the 1960s he was a founding member of the Bonsai Society. He held major displays at the Sydney Town Hall, and appeared on TV garden shows. Three sons, Glenn (in 63), Bryce (in 65) and Darren (in 67) were born in Sydney. In search of a better job and healthy living for the family they moved to Bathurst in 1969 and Scott was born there in 1972. The move to Dubbo came in 1979 when Pam’s elderly parents decided to move to Dubbo where son Alan had a property, so Raoul and Pam decided to move there also. He was an electrical contractor till the mid 1990’s and became very active in community organisations such as The Tidy Town Committee, Bike Safety Committee, and the Chamber of Commerce. When the Nyngan floods came in April 1990 he organised the electrical restoration while his wife Pam manned the phones for days and he was given “The Honorable Order of the Crossed Cords’’by Macquarie Electricity. He inspired the development of the Dubbo music bowl and Carols by Candlelight at Sir Roden Cutler

Park. This was a highly successful event for some years. In 1989 he was awarded Citizen of the Year for his community and charity work. Meanwhile in the 1980’s each Christmas he began to decorate their Tamworth St home, where many people, now adults, will remember coming as children to see the Christmas decorations. It became so big that tourist buses would stop outside the house. Raffles were run for Dubbo Base Hospital and Lourdes Hospital, $10,000 being raised. Apart from his family, he had a great love for his garden, birds, dogs, animals, and golf. He rests in his golf clothes, a Dubbo Golf Club jumper, and has three golf clubs and his bag of balls to take with him. He told numerous jokes. He just couldn’t help himself. In 1989 came the first of six heart attacks followed by numerous health problems. He had very attentive care from his G.P and in the family he was known as ‘The Bionic Man’, so many parts had been repaired or replaced by many dedicated doctors who gave him his life until this year. He might as well have had the word Dubbo imprinted on his forehead and there were many excuses for not leaving Dubbo when all the family had already left. He was immensely proud of his sons, their partners and loved very much to see them and his nine grandchildren. Raoul and his buggy will be seen no more but he will be greatly missed and has left a lasting legacy in Dubbo where he became a well-known identity.

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First floor: Business O NE of the best kept secrets on Macquarie Street is our first floor display of books which includes the Business section. A guide to financial freedom, whether you have your dream job, own your own business, or have just started in your first job, is “Flipping Burgers to Flipping Millions” by Bernard Kelly. It provides a plan that will help in life and also influence the way you think about money. Kelly explains the four stages of a successful financial life. He writes from experience: since the first day in his job at McDonalds cooking French Fries at age 18, he has been fascinated by the systems that drove the most successful restaurant business in the world and what those systems can teach us about life, in particular personal finances. He decided at the beginning that he was going to save a part of his modest income each week. If you would like to know more about the McDonalds business, we have copies of the originator Ray Kroc’s book, “Grinding It Out”. Another title which relates the story of a top achiever in business, by someone who started out on the bottom rung, is Michael Bergdahl’s “What I Learned From Sam Walton”. It explains how to compete and thrive in a Wal-Mart world. Many of our customers operate agriculture businesses. Joel Salatin, a farmer in the Virginia area, has written a number of books, two of which are “Everything I Want To Do Is Il-

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Clontarf Foundation White Ribbon Ride BY GREG MARGINSON

INDIGENOUS kids being mentored by the Clontarf Foundation went on a White Ribbon Ride around the Taronga Western Plains Zoo with mentors on Saturday, November 26. Various stations with signs had been set up around the zoo and the kids answered questions about domestic violence giving them a chance to discuss the isses with peers and mentors. It was a great day to spend together exercising and thinking about an important social issue. The kids gathered around the questions and conferred.

The kids went zooming past the animlas eager to get to the next station.

The ride starts at the beginning of the zoo.

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At the end everyone gathered and agreed it had been a great day riding at the Zoo.

The students take off on their orienteering challange around the Zoo.

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School of Rural Health Welcome Event CONTRIBUTED BY THE SRH THE School of Rural Health (SRH) recently welcomed 17 new 4th year Sydney medical students who are now studying and training at the SRH Dubbo Campus for the next 12 months. A function was held at the Commercial Hotel which was also attended by SRH staff and various representatives from local health organisations. These students will be joined by 16 new 3rd year Sydney medical students in January 2017.

Gabrielle Arnold, Bridget Cooper, Associate Professor Mark Arnold

Claire Ephraums, Rebecca Thompson and Patrick Mahoney

Stephanie Warner, Brendan Carney, Lars Newman and Alexandra Ridley

New student doctors - SRH Senior Lecturer & Dubbo Doctor Jenny Geraghty (right) welcoming new Uni of Sydney medical students, Annabel Lee & Stella Watson on 13 Oct 2016

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Dr Tony Geraghty, Dr Rajiv Agrawal and Mr John Lane

Kim Miller, Ritu Chaurasia and Katherine Moore

Gavin Parcsi, Kim Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor, Rejeev Naidu and Tanya Sinha

Kiffin Miller, Adam Carroll, Peta McKay and Daniel Clarke

Olivia Pickering and Dr Emma Webster

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T H E R E G I O N AT A GLANCE H E A R EAR the one and only SARA STORER perform in “Another night by the Billabong” at the WARREN Sporting and Cultural Centre to benefit RiverSmart today FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2. Tickets $30 each or if you want to take the luxury bus trip option from Dubbo or Narromine, contact Langley's Coaches. See www.riversmart.org.au for all the details. Tickets are selling fast so get in soon to avoid disappointment. Seating is limited. Then on SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10 and 11 throw in a line at the Macquarie River Fishing Classic, Carp muster and river cleanup. A major sponsor is Macquarie Toyota, Warren. Fish anywhere from Burrendong to the Barwon! All who enter go in the draw for a tinnie-trailer-outboard package donated by Dubbo Marine. See www. riversmart.org.au for all the details. Enter early to save yourself $10. Gold sponsors, Twin River Machinery and Macquarie Caravan Park.

EAR the fantastic sounds of folk music at THE GULGONG FOLK FESTIVAL will be held on DECEMBER 30, 2016 to JANUARY 2, 2017 and has always brought together the best of traditional folk music. It is a venue that has provided an avenue for new and young emerging talent. There will be performances, concerts and blackboard sessions in the Centennial Hotel, Commercial Hotel, Post Office Hotel, Prince of Wales Hotel, RSL Club, plus the Butcher Shop Café all weekend. Also in the legendary Prince of Wales Opera House and in Coronation Park covering music traditions from Folk to Bluegrass to Gypsy Jazz, some raw blues and lots of what comes in-between. Gulgong is famous for its traditional Folk Sessions that many visitors enjoy joining in. A small traditional friendly family focused long weekend is what makes Gulgong unique. From a Come All Ye session at the Centennial Hotel Friday night of December 30 through to a final farewell on the Monday afternoon/evening.

SE E EE that you avail yourself of the EXTENSION TO DISASTER ASSISTANCE as a result of flooding in the Brewarrina Shire since August. Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton has welcomed the extension of

disaster assistance for seven additional local New South Wales communities in response to flooding which occurred from late August. The extension ensures the people of the Shire will have the resources and support needed to recover from the impacts of the floods. The total number of disaster declared local government areas is forty-three and includes Albury, Brewarrina, Carrathool, Greater Hume, Griffith, Lockhart and Wagga Wagga. Under the NDRRA, a range of assistance is available to help flood affected individuals, small businesses, primary producers, and the local councils with their recovery, including help for eligible people whose homes or belongings have been damaged, support for affected local councils to help with the costs of cleaning up and restoring damaged essential public assets; receive concessional interest rate loans for small businesses, primary producers and nonprofit organisations, freight subsidies for primary producers; and grants to non-profit organisations. For information on personal hardship and distress assistance, contact the Disaster Welfare Assistance Line on 1800 018 444. To apply for a concessional loan, grant or freight subsidy, contact the NSW Rural Assistance Authority on 1800 678 593 or visit raa.nsw.gov.au. Further information on disaster assistance is available atdisasterassist.gov.au and emergency.nsw.gov.au. EE Australia’s number one tourist attraction and unique accommodation destination - Taronga Western Plains Zoo!! Dubbo collected three awards at the NSW Tourism Awards presented in Sydney last week. Taronga Western Plains Zoo won gold in the Unique Accommodation category and was inducted into the Hall of Fame for winning this category for the third consecutive year; Taronga Western Plains Zoo won gold in the Tourist Attraction category; Old Dubbo Gaol won bronze in the Cultural Tourism category. Dubbo Regional Council Administrator Michael Kneipp said it was fabulous news that Dubbo can come away from a major industry awards night with three awards. “Great attractions, accommodation and visitor services all play an important role in ensuring the experience of every visitor to Dubbo is memorable and rewarding,” Mr Kneipp said. “The NSW Tourism Awards are presented to the best tourism businesses and services in the State. “To have two organisations from Dubbo recognised in one evening is a very strong endorsement of Dubbo’s tourism industry.” “Congratulations also go to Mane-

ra Heights Apartments who were a finalist in the Standard Accommodation category.” “For many years Dubbo has taken a holistic approach to marketing Dubbo as a destination and the cooperation has lifted the standard of attractions and facilities for tourists coming to Dubbo and I congratulate all involved in winning these awards.”

mediately to see a doctor if they have symptoms they think might be caused by a tick bite. Symptoms can include flulike symptoms tiredness, muscle aches and pains, stiff neck, cognitive impairment and sensitivity to light. In regard to prevention, Dr McManus says vigilance and visiting your doctor is the key to staying fit and healthy this summer season.

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O heed the tick warning issued by experts this week. Director of the Karl McManus Foundation and infectious disease researcher Dr Mualla McManus says that confusion and mixed messages around tick-borne diseases can distract people from being vigilant on the issue. “The recent Federal Senate enquiry highlighted a range of competing views on the definitions of tick-borne diseases. However the reality is that tickborne diseases exist in Australia and ticks are more prevalent in the warmer spring and summer months,” said Dr McManus. Tick borne disease left untreated can lead to chronic and debilitating illness and cause issues with mobility, eyesight, cognitive impairment and overall wellbeing. According to Dr McManus, the most important thing is for people to go im-

TUDENTS studying Vocational Education Training (VET) courses around the state can apply for scholarships of up to $5,000 for study in 2017. Offered by the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW (RAS) Foundation, the scholarships are available for NSW individuals studying at registered VET institutions, such as TAFE or local colleges, who demonstrate a passion for a career that will support the future success of our rural and regional communities. Kate Ross, Executive Officer of the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW Foundation, said the organisation is committed to supporting students and their post-school study. “Every student takes a different career path and through this program we’re enabling more students to reach their potential through studies that will see them living, working and contributing to rural and regional communities,” Ms Ross said. “This scholarship embraces the diversity we are seeing in country communities and the goal of this program is to help develop Australia’s next generation, while making post-school study accessible to as many individuals as possible. “Our VET Scholarship Program has so far assisted students undertaking a broad range of studies including auto electrics, agriculture, community services and wool classing, whose passion and drive has shone through in their scholarship applications,” she said. Scholarships are valued up to $5,000 for full time and $2,500 for part time students. Applicants must be enrolled in or are applying for study in any accredited VET course at an approved Australian education provider and must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident. For more information and to submit your application, head to rasnsw.com. au/foundation/scholarships-and-grants Applications close at midnight on 12 February, 2017.

O get yourself back out on the Regand Park trail which has been reopened after work was done to repair damage caused in the recent flooding. “The trail has been rebuilt and now runs away from the river at the point of the bank collapse,” Dubbo Regional Council manager Landcare Services Lynton Auld said. “The old trail has been removed and the bank is further isolated with a security fence which Council asks the community to respect.” “The trail will be open from Macquarie Street to Tamworth Street during daylight hours just as it was prior to it being closed due to the bank collapse.” “The Tracker Riley Cycleway is very popular for recreational use so it is great to have this part of the trail reopened for walkers, joggers, social cyclists and families to all use. “The public is reminded that there are parts of the river near this extension are not safe for water activities. “The path extension follows the high bank of the river and passes the South Dubbo Weir and it is important to remember the safety message that ‘weirs kill’ and there is no reason to access the river in this area.”

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OPEN WEEKENDER COFFEE & MEALS

DUBBO ANTIQUE & COLLECTABLES

OLD BANK RESTAURANT

KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ͕ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϯƉŵ ŶƟƋƵĞ ĨƵƌŶŝƚƵƌĞ͕ ĐŚŝŶĂ͕ ĐĂƐƚ ŝƌŽŶ͕ ŽůĚ ƚŽŽůƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽůůĞĐƚĂďůĞƐ͘

KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϭϮ Ɵů ůĂƚĞ 'ŽŽĚ ĨŽŽĚ͕ ŐŽŽĚ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ŐŽŽĚ ƟŵĞƐ Ψϭϱ ůƵŶĐŚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ 232 Macquarie Street, 6884 7728

4 Depot Road, 6885 4400

DUBBO GROVE PHARMACY

REFLECTIONS RESTAURANT

KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϵĂŵ Ɵů ϭϮ ŶŽŽŶ 'ŝŌǁĂƌĞ͕ :ĞǁĞůůĞƌǇ ,ŽŵĞǁĂƌĞƐ 59A Boundary Road, 6882 3723

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

THE ATHLETES FOOT KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϵĂŵ Ɵů ϮƉŵ ǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ Įƚ for your foot 176 Macquarie Street, 6881 8400

ZĞŇĞĐƟŽŶƐ ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ

VELDT RESTAURANT Open for dinner Monday to Saturday ĨƌŽŵ ϲƉŵ͘ Under Quest Serviced Apartments ŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂŶ DĞŶƵ 22 Bultje St, 6882 0926

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

CLUBS & PUBS PASTORAL HOTEL

THE BOOK CONNECTION

DMC MEAT AND SEAFOOD

KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϰĂŵ͕ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϵƉŵ͘ ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ŽƉĞŶ ĨŽƌ ůƵŶĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ͘ Open Saturday and Sunday ĂůĐŽŶǇ ďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ͛Ɛ ĨƌŽŵ ϴĂŵ Ͳ ϭϭ͘ϯϬĂŵ ^ĞƌǀŝŶŐ ŝůů͛Ɛ ĞĂŶƐ ŽīĞĞ 110 Talbragar St, 6882 4219

KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϴ͘ϯϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϰƉŵ͘ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϮƉŵ͘ EĞǁ ĂŶĚ ƵƐĞĚ ďŽŽŬƐ͘KǀĞƌ ϲϬ͕ϬϬϬ ďŽŽŬƐ ŝŶ ƐƚŽƌĞ͘ 178 Macquarie St, 6882 3311

KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϲĂŵ ƚŽ ϯƉŵ ,ƵŐĞ ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ͕ ďƵůŬ ďƵǇƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĚ ŚŽƚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ ǁĞĞŬůǇ͘ 55 Wheelers Lane, 6882 1504

QUINN’S MYALL ST NEWSAGENCY

IGA WEST DUBBO

DUBBO RSL CLUB RESORT

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

Open Saturday 8am to 1am Sunday ϴĂŵ ƚŽ ϭϬƉŵ͘ YƵĂůŝƚǇ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ďůĂĐŬďŽĂƌĚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďŝƐƚƌŽ͘ Cnr Brisbane and Wingewarra Streets, 6882 4411

CLUB DUBBO KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ϵĂŵ͘ ZŝǀĞƌǀŝĞǁ ŝƐƚƌŽ ϭϮƉŵ ƚŽ ϮƉŵ ĂŶĚ ϲƉŵ ƚŽ ϵƉŵ͘ ZĞůĂǆĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ͘ Whylandra St, 6884 3000

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

THE GRAPEVINE ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϴ͘ϯϬĂŵͲϰƉŵ 'ŽŽĚ ĨŽŽĚ͕ ŐŽŽĚ ĐŽīĞĞ ĂŶĚ ŐŽŽĚ company 144 Brisbane St, 6884 7354

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

GROCERIES

SHOPPING

KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϮĂŵ͕ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϭϮĂŵ͘ ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ŽƉĞŶ ĨŽƌ ůƵŶĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ ϳ ĚĂǇƐ Ă ǁĞĞŬ͘ Cnr Brisbane and Talbragar Streets, 68824877

SPORTIES KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ϵĂŵ ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ŽƉĞŶ ĨƌŽŵ ϭϭ͘ϰϱĂŵͲϮƉŵ ĂŶĚ ϱ͘ϰϱͲϵƉŵ͘ 101 - 103 Erskine Street, 6884 2044

GYMS RSL AQUATIC & HEALTH CLUB KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϳ͘ϯϬĂŵͲϱƉŵ KƉĞŶ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϴ͘ϯϬĂŵͲϯƉŵ 'Ǉŵ͕ /ŶĚŽŽƌ ƉŽŽů͕ ^ĂƵŶĂ͕ ^ƚĞĂŵ ƌŽŽŵ ^ƋƵĂƐŚ ĐŽƵƌƚƐ Cnr Brisbane and Wingewarra Streets, 6884 1777

^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ϱĂŵͲ ϭƉŵ͘ EĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌƐ͕ ŵĂŐĂǌŝŶĞƐ͕ ƐƚĂƟŽŶĞƌǇ ƐƵƉƉůŝĞƐ͘ 272 Myall St, 6882 0688

THE SWISH GALLERY KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϵĂŵ ƚŽ ϭϮƉŵ͘ ŝƐƟŶĐƟǀĞ ũĞǁĞůůĞƌǇ͕ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ ĚĞĐŽƌ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵƌ ŚŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƚǇůŝƐŚ ŐŝŌƐ͘ 29 Talbragar St, 6882 9528

BRENNAN’S MITRE 10 &Žƌ Ăůů ǇŽƵƌ /z ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ͕ ŚĂƌĚǁĂƌĞ͕ ƚŽŽůƐ ĂŶĚ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ^ĞĞ ƵƐ ŝŶ ƐƚŽƌĞ ĨŽƌ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϴĂŵͲϰƉŵ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϵĂŵͲϰƉŵ 64-70 Macquarie Street, 6882 6133

ORANA MALL SHOPPING CENTRE ϱϮ ^ƉĞĐŝĂůƚǇ ^ƚŽƌĞƐ͕ ŝŐ t͕ tŽŽůǁŽƌƚŚƐ ĂŶĚ ĞƌŶĂƌĚŝ͛Ɛ ^hW /' ͘ ĂƐǇ WĂƌŬŝŶŐ͕ ŶŽǁ ĂůƐŽ ǁŝƚŚ ĂƉƉƌŽǆ͘ ϭϲϬ ƵŶĚĞƌĐŽǀĞƌ͘ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϵ͘ϬϬĂŵ ʹ ϱ͘ϬϬƉŵ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϭϬ͘ϬϬĂŵ ʹ ϰ͘ϬϬƉŵ ǁǁǁ͘ŽƌĂŶĂŵĂůů͘ĐŽŵ͘ĂƵ Cnr Mitchell Highway & Wheelers Lane, 6882 7766

KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϳ͘ϯϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϲƉŵ͘ 'ƌĞĂƚ ǁĞĞŬůǇ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ͘ 38-40 Victoria Street, 6882 3466

THINGS TO DO

WESTERN PLAINS CULTURAL CENTRE

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Friday 02.12.2016 to Sunday 04.12.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Friday, December 2 MOVIE: 8 Mile

MOVIE: The Crow

The Level

7MATE, 9pm, MA15+ (2002)

SBS VICELAND, 10.45pm, MA15+ (1994)

ABC, 10pm

From Elvis to Mariah Carey, music stars’ attempts to make it in Hollywood have been light on hits and heavy on misses. It’s a relief to find rapper Eminem’s intense brand of baggy-pants brooding translates nicely in this by-the-numbers drama from director Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential), about a Detroit youth bustin’ rhymes to make it out of the hood – a rough rendition of Eminem’s real life. Adding incidental love interest is the late Brittany Murphy as a parasitic aspiring model, while Kim Basinger’s take on trailer-trash motherhood is a surprise success. An inspirational journey that shakes off the novelty value with gusto.

ABC

The accidental manslaughter of Brandon Lee (son of Bruce) casts a giant shadow over the cinematic adaptation of the long-running comic strip and book. Lee plays Eric Draven, a man resurrected by supernatural forces to avenge his murder and the murder of his girlfriend at the hands of manic businessmen. Aussie director Alex Proyas (Garage Days) concocts a dark, decaying cityscape with unsettling menace around every corner, allowing Lee to put in a commanding performance. Though deep down a love story, The Crow is intelligent viewing, though the graphic violence may repel some.

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6.00 ABC News Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. (CC) 10.00 One Plus One. (CC) 10.30 Australian Story. (R, CC) 11.00 QI. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 News At Noon. (CC) 1.00 Gardening Australia. (R, CC) 1.30 Catalyst. (R, CC) 2.00 Doctor Foster. (M, R, CC) 2.55 Kevin McCloud’s Man Made Home: Recycled. (PG, R, CC) 3.45 The Bill. (PG, R, CC) 4.10 Murder, She Wrote. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 ABC News: Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 The Drum. (CC) Analysis of the day’s news.

6.00 Sunrise. (CC) David Koch and Samantha Armytage present the news, sport and weather, with business and finance updates. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG, CC) The latest news and views, including segments on health, astrology, gossip, cooking, counselling and fashion. 11.30 Seven Morning News. (CC) 12.00 Golf. (CC) Australian PGA Championship. Second round. From the Royal Pines Resort, Queensland. 5.00 The Chase Australia. (R, CC) Contestants race to answer quiz questions correctly.

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6.00 QI. (PG, R, CC) Guests Bill Bailey, Richard E. Grant and Linda Smith join host Stephen Fry for an “A”-inspired discussion 6.30 QI. (PG, R, CC) Hosted by Stephen Fry. 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 A Taste Of Landline. (CC) A look at where Australia’s food comes from and the farmers who grow it, as well as the consumers who buy it. 8.30 Vera. (M, R, CC) Detective Vera Stanhope investigates after a troubled young man is found dead in a bathtub. 10.00 The Level. (M, CC) (Final) Nancy finally sees the truth. 10.50 Lateline. (R, CC) (Final) Emma Alberici hosts a news analysis program featuring coverage of current events. 11.20 The Business. (R, CC) (Final) Hosted by Ticky Fullerton and Elysse Morgan. 11.40 Miniseries: The Politician’s Husband. (M, R, CC) Part 3 of 3.

6.00 PRIME7 News. (CC) 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. (CC) 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. (CC) Tara, Rob and Jason combine their talents to renovate a whole house on as little as possible. 8.30 MOVIE: Tower Heist. (M, R, CC) (2011) A building manager and his staff join forces with a petty thief to take revenge on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days to go before the billionaire gets away with his crimes, they must work out how to relieve him of the fortune he has in his penthouse. Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck. 10.45 Australia Beyond 2020. (PG, R, CC) Part 2 of 2. Simon Reeve and Angela Cox explore the future of Australia by looking at technology that aims to make life easier, including companion robots, virtual reality gaming and zero gravity on earth. 11.45 The Goldbergs. (M, R, CC) Beverly and Murray try to convince Erica to give up on her dream of becoming a pop star.

12.40 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (M, R, CC) UK-based panel show featuring host Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker. 1.20 Rage. (MA15+) Continuous music programming. 5.00 Rage. (PG, CC) Continuous music programming.

12.15 Mr Selfridge. (PG, R, CC) A Chicago-born entrepreneur arrives in London in 1908, to open the biggest and finest department store. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

Today. (CC) Today Extra. (PG, CC) Morning News. (CC) The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG, CC) Variety show featuring celebrities, musical guests and ordinary people with interesting tales to tell. MOVIE: The Cutting Edge. (PG, CC) (1992) A former ice hockey player teams up with a figure skater in an attempt to win gold at the Winter Olympics. D.B. Sweeney, Moira Kelly, Terry O’Quinn. Nine News. (CC) Afternoon News. (CC) Millionaire Hot Seat. (CC) Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

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SBS

6.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 6.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 7.00 WIN’s All Australian News. (R, CC) 8.00 Entertainment Tonight. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG, CC) 11.00 The Talk. (PG, CC) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PG, CC) 1.00 The Living Room. (PG, R, CC) (Final) 2.30 Alive And Cooking. (R, CC) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, CC) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (CC) 4.00 Ben’s Menu. (CC) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, CC) 5.00 TEN Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 France 24 English News. 6.30 Deutsche Welle English News. 7.00 Al Jazeera English News. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News From Cyprus. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 12.00 Arabic News. 12.30 Turkish News. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 A War Of Hope. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 The Point Review. 3.30 Ottolenghi’s Mediterranean Island Feast. (R, CC) 4.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Laurence LlewelynBowen. (R, CC) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R, CC)

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 A Current Affair. (CC) 7.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. (PG, R, CC) A penguin is treated for an arthritic hip that could be affecting its quality of life. The tigers move to a new enclosure, and a tarantula risks his life to reproduce. 8.30 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1. (M, R, CC) (2010) On the run from the dark forces, Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on a perilous quest to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort’s immortality. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint. 11.20 MOVIE: The Astronaut’s Wife. (M, R, CC) (1999) An astronaut returns to Earth a changed man after a major malfunction while in orbit. His bizarre behaviour becomes a concern for his partner, who sets out to discover what happened to him and why. Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron, Joe Morton.

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, R, CC) Dr Chris Brown returns. Chef Miguel Maestre prepares a traditional Canadian dessert. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, CC) Irish comedian Graham Norton chats with celebrity guests from around the world. 9.30 Life In Pieces. (PG, R, CC) John’s attempt to look younger doesn’t go over well with the family. Jen and Greg take Lark to a lavish kids birthday party. 10.00 Life In Pieces. (PG, R, CC) John brings home an unusual new pet. 10.30 The Odd Couple. (PG, R, CC) After the tax office decides to audit Oscar and his ex-wife, Gaby, Felix offers to mediate between the contentious exes. 11.00 The Odd Couple. (PG, R, CC) Oscar and Felix become obsessed with eavesdropping on their bickering neighbours. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. (CC)

6.00 Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey. (PG, R, CC) Rick Stein embarks on an exploration of the Far East’s diverse culinary culture. 6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.35 David Attenborough’s Wild Singapore. (CC) Part 3 of 3. Explores the wild side of one of the fastest growing cities in the world, Singapore. 8.30 MOVIE: The Impossible. (M, R, CC) (2012) Based on a true story. A couple and their three sons on holiday in Thailand are caught up in the 2004 Indian Ocean Boxing Day earthquake and tsunami. Separated during the disaster, they strive to maintain hope as they search for one another amidst the chaos. Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Geraldine Chaplin. 10.35 SBS World News Late Edition. (CC) 11.10 MOVIE: Norwegian Wood. (MA15+, R, CC) (2010) A quiet young man’s personal life is thrown into turmoil after his best friend inexplicably commits suicide. Kenichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi, Kiko Mizuhara.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.00 Great Getaways. (PG, R, CC) Catriona Rowntree visits Bali. 3.00 The Avengers. (PG, R) 4.00 Global Shop. Home shopping. 4.30 Good Morning America. (CC) News and talk show.

12.30 The Project. (R, CC) A look at the day’s news. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG, R, CC) Comedian Stephen Colbert interviews a variety of guests from the worlds of film, politics, business and music. 2.30 Home Shopping.

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1.30 Lilyhammer. (MA15+, R, CC) 2.20 Lilyhammer. (M, R, CC) 3.15 Lilyhammer. (MA15+, R, CC) 4.05 Lilyhammer. (M, R, CC) 5.00 CCTV English News. News from China. 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. 0212

3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE.

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 02.12.2016 to Sunday 04.12.2016

Friday, December 2 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.20pm The Homesman (2014) Western. Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank. (MA15+) Masterpiece

8.30pm Top Chef. Eight acclaimed chefs unpack their knives alongside eight chefs from seasons past, who are back for redemption. Arena

7.30pm The Making Of An Ice Princess. Follows 10-year-old Lily’s dream to be an ice-skating star and to represent her country at the Olympics. (PG) Lifestyle You

7.30pm Soccer. A-League. Round 9. Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory. Fox Sports 4

7.30pm Material Girls (2006) Comedy. Hilary Duff, Anjelica Huston. Two wealthy sisters are given a wake-up call when a scandal leaves them penniless. (PG) Family 11.05pm Man Of Steel (2013) Action. Henry Cavill, Amy Adams. A young man with special powers battles an alien villain. (M) Action

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.25 Kazoops! (CC) 5.35 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.50 Fireman Sam. (R, CC) 6.00 Hoot Hoot Go! (R, CC) 6.10 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.20 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.35 Charlie And Lola. (R, CC) 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 No Strings Attached. (M, CC) 8.30 Catfish: The TV Show. (M, CC) (Series return) Nev helps a single mum. 9.10 Luke Warm Sex. (M, R, CC) 9.40 Sex Box. (MA15+, CC) (New Series) 10.30 Hack Live. (M, R, CC) 11.30 No Strings Attached. (PG, CC) (Final) 11.35 Inside Amy Schumer. (M, R, CC) 12.00 Sexy Beasts. (M, R, CC) 12.30 First Dates UK. (M, R, CC) 1.20 Sun, Sex And Suspicious Parents. (M, R, CC) 2.15 Seconds From Disaster. (PG, R, CC) 3.05 News Update. (R) 3.10 Close. 5.00 Babar: Adv Of Badou. (R, CC) 5.20 Mouk. (R) 5.35 Children’s Programs.

ABC ME 6.00 Children’s Programs. 2.20 The Little Prince. (R, CC) 2.45 Get Ace. (R, CC) 2.55 Steam Punks! (R, CC) 3.20 Jamie’s Got Tentacles! (R, CC) 3.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R, CC) 4.00 Odd Squad. (R) 4.10 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. (R, CC) 4.30 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 5.00 BtN Newsbreak. (CC) 5.05 So Awkward. (CC) 5.35 Ninja Turtles. (PG) 5.55 The Legend Of Korra. 6.20 Nowhere Boys: Two Moons Rising. (PG, CC) 6.50 BtN Newsbreak. (CC) 7.00 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 7.30 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 8.00 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) 8.20 Adventure Time. (R) Jake wants Finn and Lady Rainicorn to be friends. 8.45 Stoked. (R, CC) The groms think the worst is over. 9.05 Lanfeust Quest. (R, CC) Thanos’s dragon ship is damaged. 9.30 Sword Art Online. (PG, R, CC) 9.55 K-On! (PG, R, CC) 10.15 Close.

8.30pm Real Husbands Of Hollywood. Follows the daily lives of Kevin Hart and other married celebrities in Hollywood. (MA15+) Comedy Channel

9.30pm The Classic Car Show. Quentin talks about the Mercedes SL. Discovery Turbo

9.30pm American Ninja Warrior. (PG) FOX8

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9GO!

6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 ZooMoo Lost. (C, CC) 7.30 Beat Bugs. (C, CC) (Final) 8.00 Jay’s Jungle. (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, CC) 12.00 Mr Selfridge. (PG, R) 1.00 Scandal. (M, R, CC) (Final) 2.00 Grey’s Anatomy. (M, R, CC) 3.00 The Great Outdoors. (R, CC) 4.00 Best Houses Australia. (R) 4.30 60 Minute Makeover. (PG, R) 5.30 The Border. (PG, R) 6.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) 7.30 ABBA: When Four Become One. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 Selling Houses Australia: Huonbrook. (CC) Comedian Akmal and wife Catie dreamed of an idyllic life in the Byron Bay hinterland. 9.30 Escape To The Country. (R) 10.30 House Wreck Rescue. (PG, R) 11.30 Best Houses Australia. 12.00 Bargain Hunt. (R) 1.00 Psychic TV. (M) 4.00 Scandal. (M, R, CC) (Final) 5.00 Shopping. (R)

7MATE

6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 12.00 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 12.30 Ben 10. (PG, R) 1.00 Power Rangers Dino. (PG, R) 1.30 Kate And Mim-Mim. (R) 2.00 SpongeBob. (R) 2.30 Yu-GiOh! (PG) 3.00 Problem Solverz. (PG, R) 3.30 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 4.00 Kids’ WB. (PG) 4.05 Justice League Unlimited. (PG, R) 4.30 Green Lantern. (PG, R) 5.00 Ben 10. (PG, R) 5.30 MOVIE: Material Girls. (PG, R) (2006) 7.30 MOVIE: Raise Your Voice. (PG, R, CC) (2004) Hilary Duff. 9.40 MOVIE: The Longest Week. (M, R) (2014) Olivia Wilde. 11.30 Mike & Molly. (M, R, CC) 12.00 Southern Justice. (M) 1.00 Surfing Australia TV. (R, CC) 1.30 Ben 10: Alien Force. (PG, R) 2.00 Problem Solverz. (PG, R) 2.30 Kate And Mim-Mim. (R) 3.00 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 4.00 Power Rangers Dino. (PG, R) 4.30 Justice League Unlimited. (PG, R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R)

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6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG, R) 7.30 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. (PG, R) 8.30 Dream Car Garage. (R) 9.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. (R) 10.00 Cycling. The Pioneer. Highlights. 11.00 The Neighbors. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (M, R, CC) 1.00 Bomb Hunters. (M, R) 2.00 Charlie’s Angels. (M, R) 3.00 Chow Masters. (PG, R) 4.00 Doomsday Preppers. (PG, R) 5.00 Classic Car Rescue. (PG, R) 6.00 American Pickers. (PG, R) 7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG, R, CC) A collection of plans for D-Day are brought in. 7.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 MOVIE: 8 Mile. (MA15+, R, CC) (2002) A rapper struggles to gain respect. Eminem, Kim Basinger. 11.15 Defiance. (M, R, CC) 1.15 Pawn Stars. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Chow Masters. (PG, R) 3.00 NFL. NFL. Week 12. Oakland Raiders v Carolina Panthers. Replay.

6.00 News. (CC) 9.00 News Mornings. (CC) 12.00 News. (CC) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 ABC News Afternoons With The Business. 5.00 Grandstand. 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 ABC National News. (R) 9.30 Lateline. (CC) (Final) 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 BBC Impact. 1.25 ABC Open. (R) 1.30 Lateline. (R, CC) (Final) 2.00 Al Jazeera. 3.00 BBC World. 3.25 ABC Open. (R) 3.30 7.30. (R, CC) 4.00 BBC World. (R) 4.25 ABC Open. (R) 4.30 BBC Africa. 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

ABC NEWS

8.30pm Passport To Murder. (MA15+) Crime & Investigation

6.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 This Is Your Day! (PG) 7.00 Creflo. (PG) 7.30 TV Shop. 8.00 Gilmore Girls. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Come Dine With Me UK. (PG, R) 11.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 MOVIE: Nicholas Nickleby. (R) (1947) Derek Bond. 2.15 River Cottage: Summer’s Here. (PG, R) 3.20 Monarch Of The Glen. (PG) 4.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Gilmore Girls. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Secret Dealers. (PG, CC) Antiques dealers value people’s possessions. 8.30 MOVIE: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. (M, R, CC) (2008) The story of a man who is born aged in his 80s and grows younger, with strange consequences. Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton. 11.50 Dalziel And Pascoe. (M, R) 1.00 Call And Win. (M) 3.00 Gideon’s Way. (M, R) 4.00 TV Shop. 5.00 Gideon’s Way. (M, R)

8.45pm Nordic Combined Skiing. World Cup. HS 138. Eurosport 9.00pm Basketball. NBA. Golden State Warriors v Houston Rockets. ESPN 10.00pm Cross Country Skiing. World Cup. Men’s and Women’s Sprint Classic. Eurosport

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6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Megafactories. (R) 9.00 Snap Happy. (R) 9.30 Fishing Edge. (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 Nash Bridges. (M, R) 3.00 Jake And The Fatman. (PG, R) 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 5.00 ST: Next Gen. (PG, R) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 MacGyver. (PG, R) MacGyver dreams he’s in the Old West. 8.30 Walker, Texas Ranger. (M, R) After Alex is shot in court, Walker and the gang go after the culprit. However, what they find goes much deeper. 9.30 Highlander. (M) An immortal is drawn into a deadly game. 11.30 24: Live Another Day. (M, R, CC) 12.30 Shopping. (R) 2.00 Hogan’s Heroes. (R) 3.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. (M, R) 4.00 Matlock. (M, R) 5.00 MacGyver. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Pound Puppies. (R) 6.30 Sidekick. (R) 7.05 Cardfight!! Vanguard G. 7.35 Pokémon. (R) 8.00 The Barefoot Bandits. (C, CC) 8.35 My Little Pony. 9.00 Bob The Builder. (R) 9.30 Crocamole. (P, R, CC) 10.00 Neighbours. (R, CC) 10.30 Family Ties. (PG, R) 11.00 JAG. (PG, R) 12.00 Elementary. (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) (Final) 7.05 The Simpsons. (R, CC) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG, R) 8.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 MOVIE: Bedazzled. (PG, R) (2000) An office worker is granted seven wishes. Brendan Fraser. 10.30 ARIA Awards. (M, R, CC) 1.10 James Corden. (M) 2.15 Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 JAG. (PG, R) 4.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 King Of Queens. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.00 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Hawaii Life. (R) 8.00 The Block. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 Garden Gurus. (R) 9.30 Hawaii Life. (R) 10.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 10.30 House Hunters. (R) 11.00 Masters Of Flip. (R) 12.00 The Millionaire Matchmaker. (M, R) 1.00 Housewives Of Beverly Hills. (M, R) 2.00 Postcards. (PG, R, CC) 2.30 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 The Block. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Come Dine With Me UK. (PG) 5.00 Selling New York. (PG, R) 6.00 Hawaii Life. 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 A Sale Of Two Cities. (R) 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Late Programs.

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Henry Cavill stars in Man Of Steel

6.00 WorldWatch. 8.30 Macedonian News. 9.05 Croatian News. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 Portuguese News. 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 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 Daria. (PG, R) 4.30 VICE News Tonight. (R) 5.00 The Feed. (R) 5.30 If You Are The One. (R) 6.30 Cyberwar. (M, R) 7.00 VICE News Tonight. 7.30 Soccer. A-League. Round 9. Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory. From AAMI Park, Melbourne. 10.15 VICE World Of Sports. (PG) 10.45 MOVIE: The Crow. (MA15+, R) (1994) 12.35 VICE News Tonight. (R) 1.05 States Of Undress. (M, R) 1.55 VICE World Of Sports. (PG, R) 2.25 Black Market. (PG, R) 3.25 365: Every Day Documentaries. 3.30 NHK World English News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Dinner At Tiffani’s. (R) 6.30 Food Lover’s Guide. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 30 Minute Meals. (R) 7.30 5 Ingredient Fix. (R) 8.00 Anjum’s Australian Spice Stories. (R) 8.30 My Sri Lanka. (R, CC) 9.00 Giada In Italy. (R) 9.30 Boys Weekend. (R) 10.00 Nigella Bites. (R, CC) 10.30 Dinner At Tiffani’s. (R) 11.00 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. (R) 12.00 Giada At Home. (R) 1.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 2.00 Iron Chef America. (R) 3.00 Food Lover’s Guide. (R, CC) 3.30 Junk Food Flip. (R) 4.00 5 Ingredient Fix. (R) 4.30 Anjum’s Australian Spice Stories. (R) 5.00 My Sri Lanka. (R, CC) 5.30 Giada In Italy. (R) 6.00 Boys Weekend. (R) 6.30 Giada At Home. (R) 7.00 Dinner At Tiffani’s. (R) 7.30 Grocery Games. (R) 8.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (PG) 9.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 10.30 Iron Chef America. (R) 11.30 Boys Weekend. (R) 12.00 Giada At Home. (R) 12.30 Dinner At Tiffani’s. (R) 1.00 Grocery Games. (R) 2.00 Beat Bobby Flay. (PG, R) 2.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. (PG) 10.00 The Mary G Cooking Show. 10.30 Our Stories. 11.00 Six Days In August. (PG) 12.00 Finding Dawn. (M) 1.30 Fusion Feasts. 2.00 Cultural Flows. 2.30 Mugu Kids. 3.00 Bizou. 3.30 Bushwhacked! 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Kagagi. (PG) 5.00 The Dreaming. 5.30 Tangaroa. 6.00 Our Songs. (PG) 6.30 The Other Side. (PG) 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 On The Edge. 8.00 Survive Aotearoa. (PG) 9.00 The Point Review. 9.30 Chappelle’s Show. (MA15+) 10.00 Shuga. (PG) 10.30 Blackstone. (MA15+) 11.20 Two Cars, One Night. (PG) 11.30 Indians And Aliens. 12.00 Volumz. (PG) 4.00 On The Road. (PG) 0212

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3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE.

Friday 02.12.2016 to Sunday 04.12.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Saturday, December 3 MOVIE: What We Do In The Shadows SBS, 8.30pm, M (2014) This Kiwi mockumentary follows the lives of Viago (Taika Waititi), Deacon (Jonathan Brugh) and Vladislav (Jemaine Clement) – three human blood-drinking vampires who are just trying to get by and overcome life’s obstacles, such as paying rent, trying to get into nightclubs and resolving flatmate conflicts. It’s not easy when you can’t go near sunlight, and look, well, dead compared with everyone else on the planet. Filled with throw-away humour and funny moments of the ghoulish kind, this slightly bonkers offering is worth a watch, even if you’re not a sucker for vamps.

ABC

MOVIE: Wish I Was Here

Comedy Next Gen

SBS VICELAND, 8.30pm, (2014)

ABC2, 9.55pm

Ten years after his directorial debut Garden State, Zach Braff turned to crowdfunding to finance this tale after the studios declined. Braff plays Aidan Bloom, an out-of-work actor and father of two whose wife Sarah (Kate Hudson) – the breadwinner of the family – is slowly losing patience with her lot. When Aidan’s father (Mandy Patinkin) becomes ill and can no longer pay for his grandkids’ exclusive education, it falls to Aidan to home-school the kids. This is not a sweeping tale of big drama and despair but one that plays true to the realities of life. The characters are genuine and the performances – especially Hudson’s – believable.

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6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 11.00 QI. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. (M, R, CC) 1.00 The Level. (M, R, CC) (Final) 1.45 Births, Deaths And Marriages. (M, R, CC) 2.35 Life At 9: Independence. (PG, R, CC) 3.35 Koalas: Slow Life In The Fast Lane. (PG, R, CC) 4.30 Landline. (R, CC) (Final) Presented by Pip Courtney. 5.00 Dream Build. (R, CC) Aussies build their dream homes. 5.10 Grand Designs Abroad. (R, CC) Follows a couple who start a new life in France.

6.00 Home Shopping. (R) 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe and Monique Wright. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) Join Larry Emdur and Kylie Gillies as they present highlights from the past week. 12.00 Golf. (CC) Australian PGA Championship. Third round. From the Royal Pines Resort, Queensland. 5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Luxury Escapes. (PG, CC) An entertaining journey through Australia’s most popular and affordable, luxury holiday destinations.

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PAW Patrol. (R, CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Today Extra: Saturday. (PG, CC) Hot In Cleveland. (PG, CC) Joy’s sister comes to visit. Ground Floor. (PG, CC) Brody gets some disappointing news. MOVIE: Men Don’t Leave. (PG, R, CC) (1990) A widow tries to save her family. Jessica Lange, Arliss Howard. The Story Of The Australian Firefighters Calendar. (PG, CC) Cows For Cambodia. (CC) Nine News. (CC) Customs. (PG, R, CC)

6.00 Fishing Edge. (CC) Hosted by Lee Rayner. 6.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) Tips for getting more out of your cooking. 7.00 RPM. (R, CC) Hosted by Matt White. 8.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 8.30 Weekend Feast. (R, CC) Hosted by Dani Venn. 9.30 Studio 10: Saturday. (PG, CC) Highlights from the past week’s episodes of Studio 10. 12.00 Motor Racing. (CC) International Supercars Championship. Coates Hire Sydney 500. From Sydney Olympic Park Street Circuit.

6.00 France 24 English News. 6.30 Deutsche Welle English News. 7.00 Al Jazeera English News. 7.30 WorldWatch. 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 Figure Skating. (CC) ISU Grand Prix. Men’s Singles And Dance Competitions. 3.30 Cycling. Cape-To-Cape. Highlights. 4.30 Lost Kingdoms Of Central America: Between Oceans And Empires. (R, CC) 5.30 Bon Appetit! Gérard Depardieu’s Europe. (PG, CC) (New Series)

6.00 QI. (PG, R, CC) Guests Jo Brand, Rich Hall and Phil Kay join host Stephen Fry for a letter “B”-inspired discussion. 6.30 QI. (PG, R, CC) Guests Rich Hall, Clive Anderson and Phill Jupitus join host Stephen Fry for a letter “B”-inspired discussion. 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 Doc Martin. (PG, R, CC) Louisa helps out her ex-boyfriend, Danny, when he brings seven children from London to camp on Ruth’s farm. 8.20 Grantchester. (M, R, CC) Amanda’s engagement ring is stolen on the same night a murder is committed. 9.05 Inspector George Gently. (M, R, CC) Gently and Bacchus investigate a death which appears linked to the IRA. 10.35 Call The Midwife. (M, R, CC) (Final) Trixie and Sister Mary Cynthia team up to support a deaf mother-to-be, while another patient has a case of morning sickness. 11.35 Rage. (MA15+) Music videos chosen by special guest programmers Marilyn Manson, Connan Mockasin and Wiz Khalifa.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 NSW Schools Spectacular. (PG) Coverage of the Schools Spectacular from the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney’s Olympic Park. Features dance and musical performances by students from across NSW, showcasing the talents of 2300 dancers, a choir of 2700 and an 80-piece symphony orchestra. 10.00 Victorian State Schools Spectacular. (PG, CC) Coverage of the Victorian State School Spectacular from Hisense Arena, Melbourne. Features dance and musical performances by students from across the state, showcasing the talents of 1200 dancers, a choir of 1300, an 64-piece symphony orchestra and 30 lead vocalists.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Puss In Boots. (PG, R, CC) (2011) A swashbuckling cat teams up with a fellow thieving feline, and his old friend Humpty Dumpty, to go on an exciting quest to acquire some magic beans and steal a golden goose. Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis. 8.45 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2. (M, R, CC) (2011) Harry, Ron and Hermione hunt down the last of Voldemort’s hidden horcruxes, in the hope of finally destroying the Dark Lord and bringing peace to the wizarding world. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint. 11.15 MOVIE: Stargate: The Ark Of Truth. (M, R, CC) (2008) The SG-1 team hunts for an ancient artefact know as the “Ark”. However, when the SG-1 crew discovers a final assault on Earth is in the works the mission takes on a new meaning. Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks.

6.00 Territory Cops. (PG, R, CC) The cops search for a thief who snatched a handbag from an unsuspecting grandmother. 6.30 Scorpion. (PG, CC) After an earthquake rocks Los Angeles, the team must fix a pinched gas line to prevent a massive explosion. 7.30 MacGyver. (M, CC) MacGyver and team must defend themselves, as well as US embassy workers in Latvia, from extremists. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. (M, CC) After a conspiracy theorist, with compelling evidence that JFK’s cabinet ordered his assassination, is murdered, the team investigates one of history’s most notorious unsolved mysteries. 9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. (M, R, CC) The team investigates the deaths of a retired naval officer and a journalist who were travelling together. 10.30 Elementary. (M, R, CC) A bioengineer is murdered. 11.20 48 Hours: Fugitive@ hotmail.com. (M, R, CC) A look at the story of Dr Yazeed Essa, a man suspected of murdering his wife.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 Secrets Of Britain: Secrets Of Scotland Yard. (PG, R, CC) Explores the stories and history behind Scotland Yard, one of the world’s most renowned policing institutions. Although the name has become synonymous with London’s police force, it derives from the location of the original headquarters. 8.30 MOVIE: What We Do In The Shadows. (M, CC) (2014) Vampire flatmates try to cope with the complexities of modern life, while showing a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead. Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh. 10.05 RocKwiz. (PG, R, CC) Music quiz show, featuring performances from two musical celebrities. Each performs one of their songs, before combining for a duet at the end of the night. Hosted by Julia Zemiro, with special guest Julia Stone. 11.00 Soccer. EPL. Manchester City v Chelsea. From Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England.

5.00 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

12.00 Mr Selfridge. (M, R, CC) Harry decides to capture the imagination of Londoners with some much-needed publicity. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

1.15 Anger Management. (M, R, CC) 1.50 Nine Presents. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 3.00 The Baron. (PG, R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 Cows For Cambodia. (R, CC) 5.00 Extra. (R, CC) 5.30 Wesley Impact. (CC)

12.20 48 Hours: Dirty Little Secrets. (M, R) A look at the murder of Kari Baker, who shared a seemingly idyllic life with her husband Matt, a Baptist preacher, until tragedy struck twice. 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Inspiration Ministries. (PG, R) Religious program.

1.25 Rugby Union. International Test Match. England v Australia. 3.30 The Legacy. (M, R, CC) 4.40 Condom Lead. (PG, R, CC) 4.55 SBS Flashback. 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News. 5.45 France 24 Feature.

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 02.12.2016 to Sunday 04.12.2016

Saturday, December 3 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

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6.35pm Our Brand Is Crisis (2015) Drama. Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton. A US strategist runs a Bolivian presidential campaign. (M) Masterpiece

6.30pm The Amazing Race. A competition where teams of two race around the world. (PG) FOX8

6.30pm Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown. (M) TLC

5.30pm Basketball. NBL. Round 9. Brisbane Bullets v Cairns Taipans. Fox Sports 3

8.30pm Point Break (2015) Action. Edgar Ramirez, Ray Winstone. (M) Action 10.30pm Tomorrow, When The War Began (2010) Action. Caitlin Stasey, Rachel HurdWood. Aussie teenagers ﬁght an invasion against an enemy army. (M) Action

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.20 Tree Fu Tom. (R, CC) 4.45 Timmy Time. (R, CC) 5.00 Ready, Jet, Go! (R, CC) 5.25 Kazoops! (R, CC) 5.40 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.50 Fireman Sam. (R, CC) 6.00 Hoot Hoot Go! (R, CC) 6.10 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.20 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.35 Charlie And Lola. (R, CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (PG, CC) (Series return) 8.10 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R, CC) 8.40 Rosehaven. (M, R, CC) (Final) Daniel tells Emma he is leaving Rosehaven. 9.10 Amy Schumer: Mostly Sex Stuff. (MA15+, R, CC) 9.55 Comedy Next Gen. (M, CC) 10.50 Inside Amy Schumer. (M, R, CC) 11.15 Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends. (M, R, CC) 12.05 Sexy Beasts. (M, R, CC) 12.35 Lowdown. (M, R, CC) 2.30 News Update. (R) 2.35 Close. 5.00 Babar: Adv Of Badou. (R, CC) 5.20 Mouk. (R) (Final) 5.35 The WotWots. (R, CC) 5.45 Children’s Programs.

ABC ME 6.00 Children’s Programs. 1.00 Dance Academy. (R, CC) 1.25 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 1.55 Operation Ouch! (R, CC) 2.25 Officially Amazing. (R, CC) 2.55 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 3.20 You’re Skitting Me. (R, CC) 3.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R, CC) 4.00 Odd Squad. (R) 4.10 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. (R, CC) 4.30 Bushwhacked! (R, CC) 4.55 Let’s Go! (R) 5.05 So Awkward. (CC) 5.35 Ninja Turtles. (PG) 5.55 The Legend Of Korra. 6.25 House Of Anubis. 6.50 Kick. (CC) 6.55 The Adventures Of Figaro Pho. (R, CC) 7.00 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 7.30 Deadly 60 On A Mission: South Africa 1. (R, CC) 8.00 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) 8.20 Adventure Time. (R) Finn is tempted by a salesman. 8.45 Stoked. (R, CC) Emma falls for Lo’s cute brother. 9.05 Heart And Soul. (R, CC) The Sweethearts find themselves on a high. 9.30 Close.

7.30pm The Fosters. Mariana feels guilty after Nick gives her an expensive present. (M) FOX8 8.30pm Last Comic Standing. (MA15+) Comedy Channel

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9.30pm Chrisley Knows Best Holiday Special. Todd and the gang get festive, exchange gifts, and celebrate some of their favourite unseen Chrisley clips from the past three seasons (PG) Lifestyle You

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6.00 Home Shopping. (R) 8.00 House Calls To The Rescue. (R, CC) 9.00 Room For Improvement. (R, CC) 10.00 Home Shopping. 10.30 House Wreck Rescue. (PG, R) 11.30 Best Houses Australia. (R) 12.00 The Travel Bug. (PG) 1.00 Home In WA. (CC) 1.30 Great South East. (CC) 2.00 Creek To Coast. (CC) 2.30 Queensland Weekender. (CC) 3.00 WA Weekender. (CC) 3.30 Sydney Weekender. (R, CC) 4.00 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. (PG) 5.00 New Zealand From Above. (R) 6.00 Mighty Ships: Africa Mercy. (R, CC) A tour of the Africa Mercy. 7.00 Escape To The Country. (R) Alistair Appleton heads to Buckinghamshire. 10.00 Victorian State Schools Spectacular. (PG) Featuring dance and musical performances. 12.00 The Border. (PG, R) 1.00 Psychic TV. (M) 4.00 Creek To Coast. (R, CC) 4.30 Qld Weekender. (R, CC) 5.00 Shopping. (R)

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.30 Pirate Express. (C, R, CC) 12.00 Move It. (C, R, CC) 12.30 Little Charmers. (R) 1.00 Kate And MimMim. (R) 1.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 2.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 2.30 LEGO Friends. (R) 3.00 Power Rangers Dino. (PG, R) 3.30 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 4.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. (PG, R) 4.30 Teen Titans. (PG, R) 5.00 Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays. (R, CC) 5.30 Batman. (PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: Dinosaur Island. (PG, CC) (2014) 7.45 MOVIE: Yours, Mine And Ours. (PG, R, CC) (2005) Dennis Quaid. 9.30 MOVIE: Planes, Trains & Automobiles. (M, R) (1987) A man tries to get home for Thanksgiving. Steve Martin. 11.30 Adult Swim. (MA15+) 12.00 Rick And Morty. (M, R) 12.30 Unforgettable. (M, R, CC) 2.30 Yo-Kai Watch. (PG, R) 3.00 Yu-GiOh! Zexal. (PG, R) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 4.00 Little Charmers. (R) 4.30 Kate And Mim-Mim. (R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R)

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6.00 Bull Riding. 2015 Pro Tour. Replay. 7.00 Bull Riding. 2015 Pro Tour. Replay. 8.00 Shopping. (R) 9.00 Dream Car Garage. (R) 9.30 Harley-Davidson TV. (PG) 10.00 Fifth Gear. (PG, R) 11.00 MXTV. (PG) 11.30 Classic Car Rescue. (PG, R) 12.30 Timbersports. Champions Trophy. 1.00 River To Reef. (PG, R) 1.30 The AFN Fishing Show. (PG) 2.30 Adventure Angler. (PG) 3.00 The Next Level. (PG, R) 3.30 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. (PG, R) 4.30 Big Angry Fish. (PG) 5.30 Ultimate Fishing. (PG) 6.30 Deadly Seas. (PG, R) 7.30 Cowboys Of The Sea. (PG, R) 8.30 Wicked Tuna. (M) (Series return) 9.30 American Hoggers. (M) 10.30 Outback Hunters. (M, R) 11.30 What Went Down. (PG) 12.00 Wicked Tuna. (M, R) 1.00 American Hoggers. (M, R) 2.00 Cowboys Of The Sea. (PG, R) 3.00 Outback Hunters. (M, R) 4.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. (PG, R) 5.00 Harley-Davidson TV. (PG, R) 5.30 Shopping. (R)

6.00 Landline. (CC) 6.30 World This Week. (CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 Australia Wide. (CC) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. (R, CC) 1.00 News. 1.30 World This Week. (R, CC) 2.00 News. 2.30 The Mix. (CC) 3.00 News. 3.30 Foreign Corre. (R, CC) 4.00 News. 4.30 The Drum Weekly. 5.00 News. 5.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 6.00 ABC News Weekend. 6.30 Australian Story. (R, CC) 7.00 ABC News Weekend. 7.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 8.00 Four Corners. (R, CC) 8.45 One Plus One. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 ABC News Weekend. 9.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 10.00 News. 10.30 Back Roads. (R, CC) 11.00 News. (CC) 11.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 12.00 Press Club. (R, CC) 1.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS

8.30pm Insane Pools: Off The Deep End. Pool designer Lucas Congdon and his crew are challenged to create a Mexican resort in a backyard in Florida. (PG) Discovery

6.00 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. (PG, R) 7.20 GEM Presents. (R, CC) 7.30 Foot Support. (R) 8.00 Danoz. 8.30 TV Shop. 9.00 River Cottage: Summer’s Here. (PG, R) 10.05 Monarch Of The Glen. (PG, R) 11.15 MOVIE: Saraband For Dead Lovers. (R, CC) (1948) 1.15 MOVIE: The Monte Carlo Story. (PG, R) (1957) 3.20 MOVIE: Khartoum. (R) (1966) 6.00 Vacation Vacation Vacation. (PG) (New Series) 7.00 The Great British Sewing Bee. (New Series) 8.20 The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge. Part 1 of 4. 9.30 River Cottage: Vegetables. (New Series) Presented by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 10.40 World’s Most Expensive Food. (R, CC) 11.40 Are You Being Served? (PG, R) 12.20 Come Dine With Me UK. (PG, R) 1.00 Call And Win. (M) 3.00 River Cottage: Vegetables. (R) 4.00 TV Shop. 5.00 Dangerman. (PG, R)

6.00pm Golf. Asian PGA Tour. Indian Open. Third round. Fox Sports 1 7.30pm Soccer. A-League. Round 9. Melbourne City v Brisbane Roar. Fox Sports 4

Caitlin Stasey stars in Tomorrow, When The War Began

ONE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Get Smart. (PG, R) 9.00 World Sport. (R) 9.30 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. (PG, R) 11.00 ST: Next Gen. (PG, R) 12.00 All 4 Adventure. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 MacGyver. (PG, R) 2.00 Monster Jam. 3.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. (R, CC) 4.00 4x4 Adventures. (R, CC) 5.00 What’s Up Down Under. (R, CC) 5.30 Escape Fishing With ET. (R, CC) 6.00 Last Man Standing. (R) 7.00 Freddie Down Under. (PG) (New Series) 8.00 Attenborough’s Nature’s Great Events: The Great Flood. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 48 Hours: Shadow Of Death. (M, R, CC) A look at the murder of Andra and Brad Sachs. 10.00 Moments Of Impact. (PG, R) 11.00 Megastructures Breakdown. (R) 12.00 Rosewood. (M, R) 2.00 Bellator MMA. (M, R) 3.50 World Sport. (R) 4.00 RPM GP. (R, CC) 4.30 RPM. (R, CC) 5.30 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Pokémon. (R) 7.00 Lexi & Lottie: Trusty Twin Detectives. (C, 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 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 5.30 MOVIE: Diary Of A Wimpy Kid. (PG, R, CC) (2010) Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron. 7.30 New Girl. (PG, R) Jess and Nick plan an engagement party. 8.30 MOVIE: No Strings Attached. (M, R, CC) (2011) A couple find themselves struggling as they try to keep their relationship purely physical. Ashton Kutcher, Natalie Portman, Kevin Kline. 10.40 Sex And The City. (M, R) Carrie attempts to seduce Aidan. 11.20 The Loop. (PG, R) Hosted by Scott Tweedie and Olivia Phyland. 1.50 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Touched By An Angel. (PG, R)

6.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 6.30 House Hunters. (R) 7.00 Garden Gurus. (R) 7.30 Hawaii Life. (R) 8.00 In The Garden. (R, CC) 8.30 Flipping Out. (PG, R) 9.30 Hawaii Life. (R) 10.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 10.30 House Hunters. (R) 11.00 Postcards. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. (R) 1.00 Island Life. (R) 2.00 Masters Of Flip. (R) 3.00 Million Dollar Rooms. (PG, R) 4.00 Hawaii Life. (R) 5.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. (R) 6.00 Moving Country. 6.30 Flip Or Flop. (R) 7.30 House Hunters. 8.30 House Hunters International. 9.30 House Hunters Renovation. 10.30 Vacation House For Free. 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Flip Or Flop. (R) 1.00 Late Programs.

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SBS VICELAND 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 Portuguese News. 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Soccer. A-League. Round 9. Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory. Replay. 3.10 VICE News Tonight. (R) 4.10 States Of Undress. (PG, R) 5.55 If You Are The One. 7.05 VICE World Of Sports. (PG, R) 7.35 Weediquette: The War On Weed. (M, R) Presented by Krishna Andavolu. 8.30 MOVIE: Wish I Was Here. (2014) A man tries to find meaning after his father falls ill. Kate Hudson, Pierce Gagnon. 10.35 MOVIE: Garden State. (MA15+, R) (2004) 12.20 Weediquette. (M, R) 1.10 Noisey. (M, R) 2.00 VICE World Of Sports. (PG, R) 2.30 F*ck That’s Delicious. (MA15+, R) 3.25 365: Every Day Documentaries. 3.30 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Dinner At Tiffani’s. (R) 6.30 Food Lover’s Guide. (R, CC) 7.00 Junk Food Flip. (R) 7.30 5 Ingredient Fix. (R) 8.00 Anjum’s Australian Spice Stories. (R) 8.30 My Sri Lanka. (R, CC) 9.00 Giada In Italy. (R) 9.30 Boys Weekend. (R) 10.00 Giada At Home. (R) 10.30 Dinner At Tiffani’s. (R) 11.00 Grocery Games. (R) 12.00 Beat Bobby Flay. (PG, R) 1.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 2.00 Iron Chef America. (R) 3.00 Junk Food Flip. (R) 3.30 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R) 4.30 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R) 5.30 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R) 6.30 Rachael Ray’s Easy Holiday Feast. (R) Rachael creates a festive meal. 7.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) Charles heads to Emerald Hills Golf Course. 10.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 11.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (R) 12.30 Easy Holiday Feast. (R) 1.30 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R) 2.30 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R) 3.30 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R) 4.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Bushwhacked! 9.00 Wapos Bay. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 UnderExposed. 10.30 Survive Aotearoa. (PG) 11.30 Tangaroa. 12.00 The Point Review. 12.30 Postcards From Indigenous Taiwan. 1.30 Indians And Aliens. 2.00 Our Stories. 2.20 Alice And Kevin. 2.30 In The Frame. (PG) 3.00 Away From Country. (PG) 4.00 The Other Side. (PG) 4.30 Unearthed. 4.50 Dead Creek. (PG) 5.00 Fusion Feasts. 5.30 Colour Theory. (CC) 6.00 Maori TV’s Native Affairs. 6.30 Aunty Moves In. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.30 First Contact. 10.30 Awaken. 11.30 Mparntwe: Sacred Sites. (PG) 12.00 Volumz. (PG) 4.00 On The Road. (PG) 5.00 NITV On The Road: Barunga Festival. 0312

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Friday 02.12.2016 to Sunday 04.12.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Sunday, December 4 This Is Greece With Michael Scott SBS, 7.30pm Academic Michael Scott’s knowledge of ancient history – specifically Greek and Roman – makes him the ideal leader for this televisual tour. Scott brings the past to life as he begins his journey at the Corinth Canal, a feat of engineering (not ancient, but wondrous nonetheless) connecting the Gulf of Corinth to the Aegean. He then heads to Ancient Corinth, with its acropolis Acrocorinth keeping watch over the town. From there, we go further into the Peloponnese peninsula, once home to the Mycenaeans. Finally, he arrives in Athens, with its well-known historical sites.

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Joanna Lumley’s Japan

MOVIE: Carlotta

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Joanna Lumley takes an absolutely fabulous journey through Japan, going from Hokkaido in the north to the Okinawa islands in the south. Enthusing in her trademark breathy tones about everything she sees, Lumley spends much of this episode exploring the countryside – meeting the local wildlife (rare red-crowned cranes and monkeys which enjoy a hot springs bath as much as she does), uncovering local religion and traditions, and delving into the benefits and drawbacks of having a near-monoculture. A real highlight is a visit to the Fukushima exclusion zone, where she meets a man who defied orders to leave.

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6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 Insiders. (CC) (Final) 10.00 Offsiders. (CC) (Final) 10.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 11.00 The World This Week. (R, CC) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. (R, CC) 12.00 A Taste Of Landline. (R, CC) 12.30 Back Roads. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Wild Life At The Zoo. (R, CC) 1.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 2.00 Soccer. (CC) W-League. Round 5. Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC. 4.30 Gruen Planet. (PG, R, CC) 5.10 Doc Martin. (PG, R, CC) Louisa helps out her ex-boyfriend.

6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) Latest news, sport and weather. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) Join Larry Emdur and Kylie Gillies as they present highlights from the past week. 12.00 Golf. (CC) Australian PGA Championship. Final round. From the Royal Pines Resort, Queensland. 5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Sydney Weekender. (CC) Mike visits Port Stephens for a quad bike adventure, before checking out some dolphins. Mel visits Gerringong.

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PAW Patrol. (R, CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) In Conversation With Alex Malley. (CC) Alex Malley talks to Alexander Downer. My Surf TV. (PG, CC) Coverage of surfing stories. The Wild Life Of Tim Faulkner. (R, CC) Hosted by Tim Faulkner. MOVIE: Ride, Vaquero! (PG, R, CC) (1953) A settler and his wife vie with bandits. Robert Taylor. Cricket. (CC) One-Day International Series. Australia v New Zealand. Game 1. Afternoon session. From the SCG.

6.00 Mass For You At Home. (CC) 6.30 Hillsong. (CC) 7.00 Joseph Prince: New Creation Church. (CC) 7.30 Joel Osteen. (CC) 8.00 Fishing Australia. (R, CC) 8.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) Tips for getting more out of your cooking. 9.00 Animal Extra. (R, CC) 9.30 Studio 10: Sunday. (PG, CC) Highlights from Studio 10. 12.00 Motor Racing. (CC) Supercars Championship. Sydney 500. Top 10 Shootout and Race 29. From Sydney Olympic Park Street Circuit.

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. Manchester City v Chelsea. Replay. 12.00 Arabic News. 12.30 Turkish News. 1.00 Speedweek. (CC) 3.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 9. Melbourne United v New Zealand Breakers. From Hisense Arena, Melbourne. 5.00 Small Business Secrets. (CC) Hosted by Ricardo Goncalves. 5.35 After Hitler. (CC) Part 1 of 2.

6.00 QI. (PG, R, CC) Guests Jeremy Hardy, Jeremy Clarkson and Barry Cryer join Stephen Fry for a letter “B”-inspired discussion. 6.30 QI. (PG, R, CC) Guests Jimmy Carr, Jo Brand and Bill Bailey join host Stephen Fry for a letter “B”-inspired discussion. 7.00 ABC News Sunday. (CC) Local, national and international news. 7.40 Joanna Lumley’s Japan. (CC) Part 1 of 3. Joanna starts her 3200km journey across Japan in Hokkaido. 8.30 Poldark. (M, CC) (Final) Dwight enlists in the navy. Demelza visits Verity to spend some time apart from Ross. While Ross considers rejoining his regiment, Elizabeth and George settle into married life. 9.30 MOVIE: Carlotta. (M, R, CC) (2014) A transsexual performer becomes a Kings Cross legend and daytime TV star during the turbulent ’60s. Jessica Marais, Eamon Farren, Socratis Otto. 11.05 Hockney. (M, R, CC) A look at the career of David Hockney.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 Sunday Night. (CC) Current affairs program, hosted by Melissa Doyle. 8.00 Border Security: America’s Frontline. (PG, CC) A traveller claims he has flown in for a wedding, but officers don’t believe him. In Detroit, an unconventional Canadian is visibly upset. 8.30 MOVIE: The Shawshank Redemption. (M, R, CC) (1994) After a soft-spoken, respected Maine banker is convicted for the murders of his unfaithful wife and her lover, he forms a friendship with one of his fellow inmates while serving at Shawshank State Prison. Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins, James Whitmore. 11.30 Car Crash TV. (PG, R, CC) A look at trucks on the road which are crucial for carrying cargo all around the globe. However, due to their sheer size and weight, if something goes wrong the results can be catastrophic.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 6.30 Cricket. (CC) One-Day International Series. Australia v New Zealand. Game 1. Evening session. From the SCG. 10.20 60 Minutes. (CC) Current affairs program. Featuring reports from Liz Hayes, Tara Brown, Allison Langdon, Charles Wooley and Ross Coulthart. 11.20 Public Morals. (M, CC) Mr O’Bannon’s wake brings together Muldoon and the west side Irish mob. Muldoon and Patton agree to discuss the case. Muldoon gets a tip about an illegal card game run by the Italian mob.

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. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 Modern Family. (PG, R, CC) Gloria wants Jay to teach Manny how to stand up to a bully in his cooking class. 7.00 Modern Family. (PG, R, CC) Claire tries to use her computer to get in contact with Hayley after getting stuck at the airport. 7.30 MOVIE: We Bought A Zoo. (PG, R, CC) (2011) Based on a true story. In the wake of the loss of his wife, a single father moves his family to a rundown zoo. Despite financial pressures and a strict list of repairs required by local authorities, he and the remaining staff set out to renovate and reopen the facility. Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church. 10.05 MOVIE: The A-Team. (M, R, CC) (2010) Members of an eccentric special forces group are courtmartialled, for a crime they did not commit. Liam Neeson, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 This Is Greece With Michael Scott: The Peloponnese And Athens. (CC) Part 2 of 4. Michael Scott continues to explore Greece, a country with a rich religious tradition and history. 8.30 Shakespeare’s Tomb. (PG, R, 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. 9.25 Miniseries: The Hollow Crown. (M, CC) Part 4 of 4. After his claim to the French throne is rejected by the Dauphin, Henry V invades France. With the English having captured the port of Harfleur, the two foes battle it out once more at Agincourt. 11.55 Battle Of Kings: Bannockburn. (MA15+, R, CC) The story of the pivotal campaign in Scotland which culminated in the decisive Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.

12.55 loudQUIETloud: A Film About The Pixies. (M, R, CC) An intimate portrait of the Pixies. 2.20 Rage. (MA15+) Continuous music programming. 3.35 loudQUIETloud: A Film About The Pixies. (M, R, CC) 5.00 Insiders. (R, CC) (Final)

12.00 The Big Adventure. (PG, R, CC) A group of 12 Australians competes in extreme conditions for the chance to claim a lifechanging prize. 1.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 Sunrise. (CC) News, sport and weather.

12.20 Westside. (M, R, CC) 1.20 Anger Management. (M, R, CC) 1.50 Animal Emergency. (R, CC) 2.20 Nine Presents. (R, CC) 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 The Baron. (PG, R) 4.00 Good Morning America: Sunday. (CC) 5.00 News Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 Today. (CC)

12.35 48 Hours: A Bad Bet. (M, R, CC) Takes a look at the 2012 murder of Tammy Parker, a crime for which her husband was convicted. 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning. (CC) Morning news and talk show.

1.35 MOVIE: Ida. (PG, R) (2013) Agata Kulesza. 3.05 MOVIE: An Ordinary Execution. (M, R) (2010) André Dussollier. 5.00 CCTV English News. News from China. 5.30 NHK World English News. 5.45 France 24 Feature.

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 02.12.2016 to Sunday 04.12.2016

Sunday, December 4 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

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6.20pm Southpaw (2015) Drama. Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams. (MA15+) Premiere

6.30pm Dance Moms. (PG) Arena

7.30pm Turandot: Handa Opera On Sydney Harbour. Recorded live on Sydney Harbour this year, Verdi’s masterpiece Turandot is performed by Australian Opera and Ballet orchestra. Foxtel Arts

5.00pm Soccer. A-League. Round 4. Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC. Fox Sports 4

9.30pm Shop Well For Less. Confronting families with out-of-control spending, Alex Jones and Steph McGovern aim to change the way they shop. Lifestyle You

8.00pm Cross Country Skiing. World Cup. Women’s 10km Classic. Eurosport

8.30pm Room (2015) Drama. Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay. Based on the novel by Emma Donoghue, a young boy is raised within the conﬁnes of a small shed after his mother is kidnapped. (M) Premiere 10.25pm Sahara (2005) Adventure. Matthew McConaughey, Penélope Cruz. (M) Action

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.20 Tree Fu Tom. (R, CC) 4.45 Timmy Time. (R, CC) 5.00 The Gruffalo. (R, CC) 5.25 The Gruffalo’s Child. (R, CC) 5.50 Fireman Sam. (R, CC) 6.00 Hoot Hoot Go! (R, CC) 6.10 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.20 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.35 Charlie And Lola. (R) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (R, CC) 7.30 The Hoarder Next Door. (M, R, CC) 8.20 The Checkout: Snack Size. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 MOVIE: Citizenfour. (M, CC) (2014) Reporters meet with Edward Snowden. Edward Snowden. 10.20 Four Corners. (R, CC) 11.05 Sex Box. (MA15+, R, CC) 11.50 Inside Amy Schumer. (M, R, CC) 12.15 Sexy Beasts. (M, R, CC) (Final) 12.40 Catfish: The TV Show. (M, R, CC) 3.30 News Update. (R) 3.35 Close. 5.00 Babar: Adv Of Badou. (R, CC) 5.20 Elmo The Musical. (R, CC) 5.35 The WotWots. (R, CC) 5.45 Children’s Programs.

ABC ME 6.00 Children’s Programs. 2.25 Officially Amazing. (R, CC) 2.50 Sunday Sessions. 3.20 Winston Steinburger And Sir Dudley Ding Dong. (R, CC) 3.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R, CC) 4.00 Odd Squad. (R) 4.10 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. (R, CC) 4.30 Bushwhacked! (R, CC) 5.05 So Awkward. (CC) 5.35 Ninja Turtles. (PG) 5.55 The Legend Of Korra. (PG) 6.25 House Of Anubis. 6.55 The Adventures Of Figaro Pho. (R, CC) 7.00 Horrible Histories. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 8.00 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) 8.20 Adventure Time. (R) Finn and Jake visit the City of Thieves. 8.45 Stoked. (R, CC) Reef uses lines from a surf movie to pick up a girl. 9.05 Heart And Soul. (PG, R, CC) The girls soldier through a challenging week. 9.30 Rage. (PG, R) 2.05 Close.

7.30pm Modern Family. Phil decides to whisk Claire away. (PG) FOX8 8.30pm The Exorcist. Psychological thriller following two very different priests tackling one family’s case of horrifying demonic possession. Showcase

10.00pm Cross Country Skiing. World Cup. Men’s 15km Classic. Eurosport

9.30pm Jaws Of The Deep. Discovery

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6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 To Be Advised. 7.30 Leading The Way. (PG) 8.00 David Jeremiah. (PG) 8.30 Shopping. (R) 9.30 Inside Volleyball. 10.00 Home And Away Catch-Up. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Nick Knowles’ Original Features. (R) 2.00 No Reservations. (PG) 3.00 New Zealand From Above. (R) 4.00 New Zealand On A Plate. 4.30 Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook. 5.00 House Wreck Rescue. (PG, R) 6.00 The Zoo. (R, CC) 6.30 Animal Airport. (PG, CC) 7.00 Dog Patrol. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Escape To The Country. (R) Presented by Alistair Appleton. 9.30 The Art Of The Architect. Tony Koia heads to Lake Wakatipu. 10.30 Nick Knowles’ Original Features. (R) 11.30 House Wreck Rescue. (PG, R) A young couple attempt to create a home. 12.30 Psychic TV. (M) 3.30 Escape To The Country. (R) 4.30 Animal Airport. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Shopping.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 10.00 Ben 10. (PG, R) 10.30 Teen Titans. (PG, R) 11.00 Nexo Knights. (PG) 11.30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu. (PG, R) 12.00 LEGO Friends. (R) 12.30 SpongeBob. (R) 1.00 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 1.30 Power Rangers Dino. (PG, R) 2.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 2.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 3.00 Gumball. (R) 3.30 We Bare Bears. (PG) (New Series) 4.00 Justice League Unlimited. (PG, R) 5.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. (PG) 5.30 MOVIE: Monte Carlo. (PG, R, CC) (2011) 7.40 MOVIE: Hairspray. (PG, R, CC) (2007) A teen becomes obsessed with a TV dance show. John Travolta. 9.50 MOVIE: Whip It! (M, R) (2009) Ellen Page. 12.00 Adult Swim. (M, R) 12.30 Rick And Morty. (M, R) 1.00 Unforgettable. (M, R, CC) 3.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. (PG, R) 3.30 SpongeBob SquarePants. (R) 4.00 Little Charmers. (R) 4.30 Gumball. (R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R)

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6.00 Home Shopping. (R) 6.30 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG, R) 7.30 Shopping. (R) 9.30 Dream Car Garage. (R) 10.00 Big Angry Fish. (PG, R) 11.00 Ultimate Fishing. (PG, R) 12.00 Goldfathers. (PG, R) 2.00 Ultimate Factories. (R) 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. (PG, R) 4.00 Seinfeld. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Jaws 3. (PG, R, CC) (1983) Dennis Quaid. 9.00 MOVIE: Wanted. (MA15+, R, CC) (2008) A timid man is recruited by a secret fraternity of assassins who have determined he possesses special abilities. James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman. 11.15 1000 Ways To Die: Crying Over Spilled Blood. (MA15+, R) 12.15 Locked Up Abroad. (MA15+, R) 1.30 Billy The Exterminator. (PG, R) 2.00 Goldfathers. (PG, R) 3.00 Ultimate Factories. (R) 4.00 1000 Ways To Die. (MA15+, R) 5.00 NFL. NFL. Week 13. Atlanta Falcons v Kansas City Chiefs.

6.00 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 6.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 Insiders. (CC) (Final) 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) (Final) 2.00 News. 2.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 3.00 News. 3.30 Offsiders. (R, CC) 4.00 News. 4.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 5.00 News. 5.30 Catalyst. (R, CC) 6.00 ABC News Weekend. 6.30 Foreign Corre. (R, CC) 7.00 ABC News Weekend. 7.30 Back Roads. (R, CC) 8.00 Insiders. (R, CC) 9.00 ABC News Weekend. 9.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 10.00 News. 10.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 11.00 News. (CC) 11.30 Conflict Zone. 12.00 Late Programs.

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6.00pm Golf. Asian PGA Tour. Indian Open. Final round. Fox Sports 1

6.00 TV Shop. 6.30 Leading The Way. 7.00 New Hope Ministries: New Hope On The Road. 7.30 Beyond Today. 8.00 Key Of David. (PG) 8.30 TV Shop. 10.00 MOVIE: The Railway Children. (R) (1970) 12.10 Great Getaways. (PG, R, CC) 1.10 MOVIE: Annie Get Your Gun. (R) (1950) Betty Hutton. 3.20 MOVIE: Northwest Passage. (PG, R, CC) (1940) Spencer Tracy. 6.00 Border Rico. (PG, R, CC) Thirty illegal immigrants are tracked down. 7.00 Agatha Christie’s Marple. (PG, R) 9.00 Major Crimes. (M, CC) The team investigates a murder during the taping of a reality TV show, in a case that personally impacts Sanchez. 10.00 Rizzoli & Isles. (MA15+, CC) Maura is abducted. 11.00 The Closer. (M, R, CC) 12.00 Murder In The First. (M, CC) 1.00 TV Shop. 1.30 Danoz. 3.00 The Closer. (M, R, CC) 4.00 Danoz. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.00 Seaway. (PG, R, CC)

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6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 World Sport. (R) 8.30 GT Academy. (PG, R) 9.00 Puppy Academy. (R, CC) 10.00 24-7 Heroes. (PG, R) 11.00 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 11.30 Snap Happy. 12.00 Far Flung. (R, CC) 1.00 Megafactories. (PG, R) 2.00 Hillary: The Man Who Conquered Everest. (PG) 4.00 Megastructures Breakdown. (R) 5.00 People Of The Vines. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 iFish. 6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. (CC) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. (M, R, CC) 8.30 Echo: The Unforgettable Elephant. (PG, R, CC) The story of Echo the elephant. 9.30 MOVIE: Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines. (MA15+, R) (2014) 11.30 Undercover Boss. (M, R) 12.30 The Americans. (M, R, CC) 1.45 Legends. (M, R) 2.45 World Sport. 3.00 The League. (MA15+, R) 4.00 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 5.00 Motor Racing. Trans-Tasman Muscle Car Battle. Replay. 5.30 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Invizimals. (R) 6.30 Victorious. (R) 7.05 Transformers: Robots In Disguise. 7.35 Pokémon. 8.30 Scaredy Squirrel. (R) 9.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (R) 10.00 Lexi & Lottie: Trusty Twin Detectives. (C, CC) 10.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (R) 11.00 Brady Bunch. (R) 12.00 Family Ties. (PG, R) 1.00 Cheers. (PG, R) 2.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 5.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. (CC) 6.30 Futurama. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Futurama. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 The Simpsons. (R, CC) 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. 9.30 Just For Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival. (M, R, CC) 11.00 Party Down South. (MA15+) 12.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 1.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 2.00 Family Ties. (PG, R) 3.00 Cheers. (PG, R) 3.30 Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 4.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (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 In The Garden. (R, CC) 9.30 Domestic Blitz. (PG, R, CC) 10.30 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 A Sale Of Two Cities. (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 UK. (PG) 5.00 Vacation House For Free. (R) 6.00 House Hunters Off The Grid. (R) 6.30 Texas Flip And Move. 7.30 Vintage Flip. 8.30 Masters Of Flip. (R) 9.30 Listed Sisters. 10.30 Flip This House. (PG) 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Masters Of Flip. (R) 1.00 Waterwise Gardening With The Garden Gurus. (CC) 1.30 In The Garden. (R, CC) 2.00 Late Programs.

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Penélope Cruz stars in Sahara

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 PopAsia. (PG) 10.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Vs Arashi. 1.55 Survivor Games. 3.10 Dead Set On Life. (PG, R) 4.30 VICE World Of Sports. (PG, R) 5.00 Cyberwar. (PG, R) 6.00 If You Are The One. 7.10 Great Minds With Dan Harmon. (PG, R) 7.35 South Park. (M, R, CC) 8.05 Balls Deep: Tugs. (M, R) Presented by Thomas Morton. 8.30 States Of Undress: Russia. (PG) Hailey Gates visits Russia. 9.25 Black Market: Iron Pipeline. (PG, R) Presented by Michael K. Williams. 9.50 Black Market. (MA15+, R) 10.20 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. (M, R) 10.50 South Park. (M, R, CC) 11.20 Weediquette. (M, R) 12.10 Noisey. (M, R) 1.00 States Of Undress. (PG, R) 1.50 Black Market. (PG, R) 2.50 Balls Deep. (PG, R) 3.15 365: Every Day Docos. 3.20 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 7.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 8.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (R) 9.30 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R) 10.30 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R) 11.30 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R) 12.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 3.30 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R) 4.30 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R) 5.30 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R) 6.30 All-Star Holiday Special. (PG, R) Seven cooks share a holiday dish. 7.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) Guy samples a Boston smorgasbord. 9.30 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. (PG, R) Anthony Bourdain visits China. 10.30 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. (PG, R) 11.30 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R) 12.30 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R) 1.30 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R) 2.30 All-Star Holiday Special. (PG, R) 3.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 5.00 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R)

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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. And theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re racing

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FLASH GORDON

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evens fast Flemington fodder furlong gallop gate gelding grass horses

injury jockey lose mare odds owner pace pays photo price races

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

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>> 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.

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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ACROSS 1. As the ____ flies 5. Witchy woman 8. Journey part 11. Coyly ironic 15. Long sandwich 16. Go wrong 17. Singleton 18. Gambling game 19. Skin affliction 20. Friendly 22. Indigo 23. Extinct bird 24. Frolic 25. Attribute 27. Situate 28. Belt 29. Cartoon frame 30. Bothersome person 32. Casual restaurant 34. Coincide 39. Citrus fruit 42. Part man, part machine 43. Nonprofessionals 45. Corporate symbol 47. Festoon 48. Wear 49. Bosc, e.g.

51. Extol 53. Snaky shape 54. Showy flower 56. Small drop 58. Smother 60. Strut conspicuously 62. Mothball ingredient 64. Bend in prayer 65. Bingo’s kin 66. Non-flying bird 69. Unlatch, in poems 71. Result 74. Kind of tide 76. Supplicate 80. Mobster’s man 81. Female ruff 82. Tropical tuber 83. Skunk 85. “____ Crazy” (Garland film) 86. Soft-shell ____ 87. “... have you ____ wool?” 88. 56, to Cicero 89. Admired star 90. Promotion 91. Shelter 92. Conger 93. Unit of heredity

DOWN 1. Winner, briefly 2. Regain 3. Elaborate 4. Great distress 5. Core 6. Knight’s protection 7. Frown 8. Tennis stroke 9. Intertwine 10. Barnyard fowl 11. Where to worship from 12. Delhi princess 13. Baby’s furniture 14. Pit 21. Horrify 26. Pottery material 28. Envelope sticker 31. Messy home 33. Jester 35. Literary monogram 36. Spur wheel 37. Cleanse 38. Fowl balls? 40. Extremely poor 41. Snarl 42. Having good manners

43. Navigational aid 44. Licorice-flavour source 46. Breathe hard 48. Circular plate 50. Indy 500, e.g. 52. Electronic component 55. Petal-puller’s word 57. Horsemanship 59. Associate of to 61. Lotion lily 63. Eyeglass 65. Organic compound 67. Scoff 68. Actress Merle ____ 70. Issued by Benedict XVI 72. Verona dry wine 73. Before 75. “____ of the Nineties” 76. Engrave with acid 77. None 78. Corner 79. Kimono, e.g. 84. Corrosive stuff 85. Jazz booking PUZZLE NO. 392

MEGA MAZE

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

Thoughts for the Day: “There is no human being who, as a result of desiring to build a better life, should be named or declared illegal.” – Alejandro G. Inarritu It was 20th-century Swiss-American psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross who made the following sage observation: “People are like stained-glass windows: They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.”

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INSANITY STREAK

by Tony Lopes

PRINCE VALIANT

by Murphy & Gianni

THE CASHIER

by Ricardo Galvão

YOUR WEEKLY STARS FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 5, 2016 ARIES (MAR 21-APR 20) Your curiosity might not be appreciated by everyone. Expect some resistance in getting answers to your questions. But stay with it. You need facts in order to make important decisions. TAURUS (APR 21-MAY 21) Some of the mystery surrounding your recent fiscal situation soon will be dispelled with a clear explanation. Use this new knowledge to help you chart a fresh financial course. GEMINI (MAY 22-JUN 22) Start your Christmas gift-buying now. This will help avoid problems caused by possible midDecember delays. A family member has important information. CANCER (JUN 23-JUL 23) Use a little more sense in how you plan to spend your end-of-the-year holiday dollars. Meanwhile, you continue to gain support for your stand on a workplace issue. LEO (JUL 24-AUG 23) Wearing that big, loving Lion’s heart of yours on your sleeve leaves it unprotected. Let things develop a little more before you allow your emotions to spill over. VIRGO (AUG. 23 TO September 22) You might feel you’re not ready to patch up an unravelled relationship. But the longer you wait, the more difficult it will be for all parties to take the first healing step. LIBRA (SEP 24-OCT 23) Your end-of-the-year holiday plans could be disrupted by something out of your control, but stay the course. Ultimately, things will settle back into a normal pace. SCORPIO (OCT 24-NOV 22) Your honest approach to a workplace project earns you both respect and credit from those in charge. Meanwhile, that personal problem still needs to be dealt with. SAGITTARIUS (NOV 23-DEC 21) Money could be a little tight this month. This means the usually bargain-oblivious Sagittarian should look for ways to save on end-of-the-year holidays. CAPRICORN (DEC 22-JAN 20) Examine the facts, and you might find that it’s a wiser move to shift gears and redirect some of your goals before the end of the year. Someone close to you offers good advice. AQUARIUS (JAN 21-FEB 19) Be careful that your generosity is not abused. Find out more, both about the special favours you might be asked to grant and who is asking for them. PISCES (FEB 20-MAR 20) You’ve come through a recent rough time in great shape. Congratulations. Now go out and enjoy your well-earned rewards. More good news comes in mid-December. BORN THIS WEEK: You aim for truth, and you usually find it. Your honesty earns you the friendship and respect of others.

HOCUS-FOCUS POINT TAKEN

by Branch

JUST LIKE CATS & DOGS by Dave T. Phipps

STRANGE BUT TRUE z You might be surprised to learn that the oldest public university in the U.S. is the University of North Carolina. The oldest in Asia is the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, founded in 1611, and Australia’s oldest university was established in 1850, that being the University of Sydney. z You doubtless know that a placebo is a pill or substance that is given to a patient like a medication, but in fact has no physical effect. Most people, however, haven’t heard of a nocebo

by Samantha Weaver – a similarly harmless substance that might make patients sick because they think it will. z We tend to think of Siberia as a bitterly cold place, but it’s not unknown for temperatures during a Siberian summer to exceed 38 degrees Celsius. z Almost a thousand years before Johannes Gutenberg introduced mechanical moveable type to Europe, people in Asia were already printing messages set in type. The oldest

recorded such piece, from China, translates as “Beware of Dog”. z At the outbreak of World War I, American financier August Belmont Jr. volunteered for the U.S. Army – at the age of 64. He served in France as a major in the Army Air Service. His wife was so proud that when one of their mares, Mahubah, gave birth to a colt in 1917, she named it in honour of her husband, not realising that Man o’ War would become one of the greatest racehorses of all time.

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AMBER WAVES

by Dave T. Phipps

THE SPATS

Can you, in eight moves, turn the top word into the bottom one? You may alter only one letter at a time to make another word. We have entered the centre word to keep you on the right track.

by Jeff Pickering

CONTRACT BRIDGE TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED

contract was ice-cold from the start and that you should have made it Assume you’re declarer despite the 4-0 division. at four spades and West When dummy apleads the queen of clubs. pears, it is obvious that if There seems to be noththe missing spades are ing to the play, so you win divided 2-2 or 3-1, you will with the ace and cash the make 10 or 11 tricks. Your ace of trumps. Unfortuonly concern, therefore, nately, East shows out, is the possibility of a 4-0 and you must now lose trump break and what, three trump tricks, as well if anything, can be done as the ace of hearts, and about it. go down one. Once you put your Furthermore, the outmind to the problem, come would have been it is not difficult to find the same had you won the answer: Win the first the club lead with the club with the ace and king and led a trump from lead a low trump toward dummy at trick two. dummy’s 10-2! This play Yet, if you study the guarantees that you will matter more closely, it not lose more than two becomes clear that the trump tricks no matter

by Steve Becker how the suit is divided. In the actual case, West cannot score more than two trump tricks, regardless of what he does. He can win the first trump lead with the queen, and later take dummy’s ten with the king, but that’s the best he can do. If East has the four missing trumps, he is equally helpless. He can win dummy’s ten with the queen at trick two, but you can later take a trump finesse to hold yourself to two losers in the suit. Come what may, the safety play at trick two overcomes every possible distribution.

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This week's Crossword 392

Find The Words solution 933 A day at the races The Baker’s Dozen Trivia Test 1. “T 1. Captain America. 2. Dashiell Hammett. 3. Night blindness. 4. Juliet. 5. Ulysses. 6. “A Star Is Born”. 7. Greenhouse emissions.

8. Havana, Cuba. 9. Bob Dylan. 10. Cilantro. 11. Nancy Sinatra, in 1967. She wasn’t the first choice. Her father, Frank Sinatra, turned the job down. 12. Lleyton Hewitt, in 2002. 13. “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)” by Rupert Holmes, in 1979. Guy responds to a personal ad

in the paper looking for a new love, and who should walk into the bar where they’re to meet, answering the ad? His current lady love.

Matchmaker solution 147 Long, tong, tone, hone, hole, hale, hall, wall, walk. CryptoQuote answer

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