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FROM THE EDITOR

Friday 16.12.2016 to Sunday 18.12.2016 2016

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The industry of truth HE annual tradition of marking the end of the year in reflection on what the big news moments were in 2016 is the subject of a major feature in this edition, with thoughts and views shared by some of our regular contributors. Together they rein in the Trumps and bumps of the year that’s been – and you’ll be relieved to know, it’s not all bad. Yes, it’s about the giant talents we’ve lost, the highs and lows of technology and climate change, and even the importance of kindness in a world gone mad. Beyond all the darkest hours of suicide bombings, current events in Aleppo and the disturbing relentlessness of death cults, one thing 2016 slammed on the table as a wake up call, above all else, was truth: who is and isn’t telling it, why and for how long it’s been going on and importantly who is being hoodwinked by it against their will, and who is lapping up falsehoods without asking one critical question: is what I’m being told actually true? The Panama Papers would be the cherry on top of this cake, revealed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) exposing politicians, criminals and the rogue industry with 11.5 million financial and legal records and a system which enables crime, corruption and wrongdoing hidden by secret offshore companies. To date since their release in April this year, 150 investigations are underway in 79 countries and $110 million has been recouped by governments so far. It was a bombshell that all is not as it seems and a revelation that a minority operate above the law on one hand, yet demand the rest of us to comply with the rules they set, on the other. It was a blow to the head of Trust; in governments and the people who run them. Donald Trump is the pin up boy of that murky place between truth and lies brought about by events of 2016 and his new best mate, Vladimir Putin are fast becoming a tight knit billionaires playboy club with highly questionable morals, ethics and care for humanity, and, significant power. Given fake news has been news and it’s ties to Russia are as the crow flies, 2017 is looking interesting, nyet?

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It’s little wonder the Oxford Dictionaries (OD) has declared the International word of the year for 2016 is “post-truth”, a bosom buddy of fake news. By OD’s definition, post-truth is information “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” A characteristic of this is facts are not facts which get shared like gossip, among like minded people who agree without question. Lies became truth in 2016. Fact checking has been a casualty of the Digital Age in 2016 fermenting an industry of lies where via social media in particular, it is near impossible to retract incorrect information give the speed a story can spread globally. In a sad irony the rise of fake news also comes at a time when traditional journalism is in demise. Incorrect facts in print, on TV or radio, if proven, can be retracted and corrections announced. This is increasingly no longer the case. There are just too many sources and not enough editors. What didn’t make podium in the Oxford Dictionaries nod also say a lot about the year that’s passed. They include “adulting” (behaving like a responsible adult), “alt-right” (an ultra conservative ideology which uses social media to spread their message), “Brexiteer” (a person in favour of the UK leaving the European Union), “chatbot” (a computer program designed to simulate human interaction), “coulrophobia” (irrational fear of clowns), “glass cliff” (where a member of a minority group ascends to a position of leadership where the risk of failure is high), “hygge” (cosiness and a defining characterising of Denmark apparently), “Latinx” (a gender neutral way of saying Latino) and “woke” (being alert to injustice). Don’t know these words? Where have you been? Waiting as many have to put 2016 in their rear view mirror, perhaps? Whatever lies ahead in the Year of the Rooster/2017, from all of us at Dubbo Weekender we wish you one of inner peace and happiness, simplicity and calm.

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Rising in the east Property development, land sales, new businesses, facility expansions, everything is going up east of Dubbo. WORDS Natalie Holmes BY NATALIE HOLMES S JOURNALIST

HE massive growth of east Dubbo is not restricted to one particular area or aspect; with residential property, business development, aged care and education sectors all expanding at a rapid rate. Areas such as Keswick Estate, Southlakes and the BlueRidge Business Park are all quickly expanding, with buyers snapping up land packages almost as soon as they become available. In residential property terms, Dubbo Regional Council Environmental Services director Melissa Watkins said the spike is the after-effect of a building bottleneck which had previously been preventing construction. “I think the key thing behind it was that we had a lot of pent-up demand for land and now there are new lots everywhere being put up. There is a lot of building activity.” Council’s commercial facilities manager Simon Tratt agreed, saying that Council is developing 30 to 40 lots at a time which are selling off the plan. “I think there was a lot of unmet demand for vacant land in Dubbo for quite a few years. There was a surge of big scale developers and Southlakes was developed and amped up. Since (property developer) Maas Group came along, there’s a lot happening there. Keswick is also moving fast.” Council still owns 165ha in Keswick Estate where the latest release will be ready for development in February. By June next year, there will be more homes being built. “Most of the time, it’s individuals buying land off us and then finding their own builder. There are some also buyers buying land for investment.” Mr Tratt said the development is being driven by organic growth in the city. “There’s not any major businesses that have moved to Dubbo but things like the extension of the hospital, aged

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care and expansion of businesses that are employing an additional one to five people.” The bulk of buyers purchasing Council land at the moment are first home

owners, Mr Tratt said. “We’ve got 10 first home buyers out of 18. Many people are new to Dubbo and new to Australia in some cases.” Mr Tratt has been in his current role

for five years and has previously engaged in advertising this vacant land. “We were actively promoting before this release started selling off the plan – doing radio and website promotion, newspaper advertising and roadside signage.” With lots priced at $140,000 to $150,000 and house and land packages for $350,000, Mr Tratt said Keswick Es-

` There’s no doubt about it, there is a housing boom in Dubbo.” – Maas Group sales coordinator Bill Kelly

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tate represents good value for money for packages were purchased by first home potential buyers. buyers. They have had the opportunity “We’ve tried to make this the best val- to get on the property ladder.” ue in Dubbo,” he said. “There’s quite a This area is generally more affordadifference in what’s on offer.” ble, with three bedroom homes on small “They are probably the lowest prices blocks selling for up to $380,000. apart from Rosewood Grove (in West Southlakes is the group’s original deDubbo).” velopment area, and is described as an With these sales, Council is not at- area of beauty and prestige. tempting to have a massive profit mar“Stage 1 of Southlakes was developed gin, but to remain revenue neutral. by the Stevenson brothers, Brett Harvey “We’re not trying to outcompete, we and Mark Stanford,” Mr Kelly explained. are happy with sales. We have a social “They had a vision to develop the responsibility to cater for the whole whole area; with cycleways, walkways community of Dubbo.” and waterways.” Growth and profitability in this That was in 2000 and the group area is not just restricted to new home was called Southlands Developments. construction. Fast forward 16 years and the area is House sales in this area are also boom- now a leafy, picturesque and inviting ing, with Western Plains Real Estate re- neighbourhood. cently reporting a record price sale for Large homes dominate and some of Keswick Estate. them are two or three times the size of Real estate agent Sonya Hogan con- their Keswick Estate counterparts. firmed that 34 William Farrer Drive sold It’s all about catering to lifestyle, Mr for $552,000 on November 11. Kelly says as he describes how the dif“In the last two years, Dubbo has had ferent stages of life warrant different a huge amount of growth which is good living arrangements and different house for owners and investors.” configurations – from house-shares and Ms Hogan said the vendors of 34 Wil- flats through to sprawling family homes liam Farrer Drive were ecstatic with followed by a return to smaller, more the record sale of the four bedroom, manageable accommodation as people two bathroom home which also fea- grow older. tures massive entertaining areas and inThe Maas Group is assisting some of ground swimming pool. these different groups and successfully Maas Group sales coordinator Bill meeting their needs. They have also conKelly has been in the industry for many tinued the commitment to high quality years and described this period as a urban living established by the original developers. boom time for Dubbo. “Housing reflects different stages of “There’s no doubt about it, there is a housing boom in Dubbo that hasn’t been life and all the different lifestyles,” he said. “If the city can provide these opseen since the 1980s. “In the 1980s, the Council could see tions, then we are not relying on a parthe opportunity for growth but the land ticular housing type.” Southlakes is meeting those needs, wasn’t available. So Council got into land development to make it affordable and being pitched as ‘Dubbo’s first and most prestigious land release to offer an for young people to stay in the city.” The rise of areas such as Keswick Es- idyllic community bordered by beautiful tate are prime examples of the level of watercourses and parklands.’. Council’s involvement whereas the Maas The lakeland area certainly makes it Group are behind the ongoing develop- unique and a highly sought-after area. ment of Southlakes along with burgeon“It’s something that’s just a bit better, ing areas Keswick on the Park and Mag- it’s special and if you make something nolia Estate. special, people want to be there.” Although in its early stages, Magnolia During the week, the streets where Estate is already blossoming, with 200 tradespeople congregate to work on lots recently sold off the plan. these new homes are like ‘George St’, acMeanwhile, Keswick on cording to Mr Kelly, with the Park is a privately-held up to 55 workers labouring parcel of land within Kes- ` on one site alone. wick Estate which was pur- There was a That in turn has a strong chased by the Maas Group effect on the economy, and lot of unmet a couple of years ago. is what Mr Kelly describes What if offers buyers is demand for as the driving force. a chance for a slice of the “The land is affordable, vacant land real estate pie. there’s building materials “The area has been made in Dubbo for and the builders are buildavailable and affordable ing. We have created a new quite a few to first home buyers and economic driver for the people who are looking to years.” – Dubbo city.” downsize. Two or three of Regional Council The newest part of them are investment propSouthlakes is a gated estate commercial erties but most are owner called Lakeview, which facilities manager features grouped homes occupied. “All the house and land Simon Tratt with a communal pool,

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barbecue and clubhouse area. Mr Kelly has sold 17 of these properties within a week even though development is yet to begin. “That is a lot of properties,” he said. “But in this climate, it doesn’t blow me away.” What has prompted this rapid rise in development is twofold. Firstly, there has been an influx of new people to the city, many of them are new Australians. “Dubbo’s population growth would have averaged 600 people, and we are certainly seeing a lot of multiculturalism,” Mr Kelly said. The second driver was a rush to purchase property before changes to the First Home Owner Grant (New Homes) scheme, which dropped from $15,000 to $10,000 at the beginning of 2016. “That really drove the activity,” Mr Kelly said. “For young people getting into the market, it’s a significant amount of money.” The sharp increase in development in east Dubbo comes down to desirability. “It’s close to shopping and schools and it’s a desirable place to live in Dubbo.” With continued growth, and plans to continue the parkways and lakeland areas further, it looks like there’s no stopping residential growth east of the city. “We have a 20 year land bank in Southlakes and we want to make sure that it remains the same high quality as Stage 1.” Industry has also grown in this area with the BlueRidge Business Park a prime example of massive expansion. More than $28 million has been invested in the park since it started in 2009, and this year, the total number of businesses in the area reached 22. This includes gyms, childcare centres, accountants, solicitors, web designers, eateries, commercial and industrial outlets and government offices. The park is a partnership between local business TAWK developments and Newcastle-based company Hunter Land. Success lies in having an accessible, flexible location and all the amenities of the CBD. The park’s management team acknowledged that ‘Dubbo is growing rapidly and so are we.’ “We’re passionate about bringing together complementary businesses, to create a great experience for everyone that works, visits and does business in our park.” “We have built a great community of businesses: with at least 70+ employees moving to the park in 2016 alone, we are excited to see how our community will expand in the future.” Partnered with Blueridge Projects, the park also offers full design and construction services with Stages 4, 5 and 6 now open to potential buyers. Mr Tratt said that where businesses had the opportunity to build at locations that suited their needs, they would

continue to relocate. In Dubbo, that has meant a move away from the urban centre towards the fringes of the city where vacant land is available in a so-called ‘doughnut effect.’ “Dubbo is like so many regional cities or country areas where the cost of redevelopment outweighs the cost of a greenfield site.” Mr Tratt said a new building can be constructed according to the changing needs of the business. “The size, economic efficiency, the visual appeal. It’s like starting with a blank sheet of paper to develop exactly what they want. In that regard, places like BlueRidge Business Park are starting to gain more traction and the doughnut effect is easy to explain. I can see why people are going to greenfield spaces.” “East Dubbo is the area where there’s lots happening.” With their multi-stage development already underway, Dubbo Christian School is ensuring a school for the future amid new buildings, capitalising on existing land and infrastructure all part of the plan. “The school community will fund projects over the next 20 years,” the school’s business manager Michael Lowbridge said. “We are keen to bring the community with us and have done extensive consultation with the board, staff and parents.” The school has also recently purchased more land from Dubbo Regional Council with a view to further expansion in the future. Nearby, the construction of the Royal Freemasons’ Benevolent Institute Dubbo Masonic Village will add 70 aged care places to the city when it is completed early in the New Year. “The construction of the new village is proceeding well and we are delighted with how it is coming together. It is expected to be finished by March 2017,” the organisation’s chief marketing officer Alana Parker said. The facility features 70 single rooms, each with private en suite, a secure area for dementia patients, free WiFi, a hairdressing salon, café, chapel, state of the art kitchen, medical consultation room as well as a community and masonic centre and landscaped gardens. Across town, on the north-eastern edge of the city, Charles Sturt University is also busy doing renovations during the student break. Campus Development Manager Bart Sykes confirmed that the Learning Commons building is being transformed into more of a student hub, which will be accessible around the clock. “There is a lot happening in the main building at the moment, with the overall emphasis being for that area to become more of the heart of the campus,” he said.

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Seven Days SLOW DOWN AT FULL SPEED WE have been horribly let down by our senior council staff when it comes to planning for the future, and the worst is when it comes to roads. Roads minister Duncan Gay was in Parkes late last week announcing $50 million for a bypass for that town, a 10.5 kilometre section of new highway plus a new bridge. “In 2014, the then local member for Parkes Troy Grant and the community told us a bypass of the highway would be vital for the future of the shire and we are today delivering the concept design for the new bypass,” Mr Gay said. Parkes mayor Ken Keith said the council was keen to get the truck, one each minute, out of the town centre to make it a more friendly and safer place, and thus attract people. What a shame our former elected councilors and unelected council staff haven’t been as visionary. Instead, we’re left with council-driven options for a second, high level bridge that won’t get us moving along a freightway bypass route but instead see ever more trucks ducking and weaving as they try to get through Dubbo. If we got the trucks out, and the cars which were not intending to stop in town, we wouldn’t need an extra bridge crossing in Dubbo into the near future.

NEWELL SLOWDOWN HERE we have the state government dropping the speed limit on the Newell Highway on the city’s northern outskirts to make things safer for motorists exiting businesses on that side of town, when a freightway bypass would make things a hell of a lot safer in the first place.

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It’s like the new, slower speed limits to the south of town, after some serious and fatal road smashes near the Blackbutt Rd intersection – a heavy vehicle ring road to get the trucks out of town would do wonders in all sorts of ways. For decades Parkes has been an amazing example of dedicated and common sense councillors who’ve showed visionary leadership, working with senior staff who’ve had the best interests of the town at heart, rather than having empire-building as their over-riding priority. This explains why a town of less than 15,000 is currently running rings around the alleged hub of the west. In many ways Dubbo is a laughing stock, and once again we’re being left way, way behind.

Two sets of Ring-tailed Lemur twins born at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in October are currently not on display but will hopefully be on exhibit for visitors to see in the new year. PHOTO: TARONGA WESTERN PLAINS ZOO

MY DUBBO, SUCH AS IT IS IT’S difficult to get too excited about good things happening around the margins when our city has dropped the ball so continuously on so many major issues, but credit where credit’s due – at least some people at council are doing good things at the lower level, smaller scale side of things – even if it does feel like we’re somewhat fiddling while Rome burns. Dubbo Regional Council is introducing the myDubbo shopping card, an EFTPOS based gift card aimed at keeping money within the local Dubbo economy, just in time for Christmas. The myDubbo card program is being delivered by the Dubbo Ignite initiative in collaboration with businesses in the CBD. “The myDubbo shopping card works like any other gift card or voucher based system, the only difference is the money can only be spent in Dubbo at any of the 54 participating businesses,” Ignite Program Co-ordina-

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Friday 16.12.2016 to Sunday 18.12.2016 | Dubbo Weekender kind of fairytale, there’s been good money for managers who specialise in sacking people. There’s always two sides to the story, but after looking at the rise in remuneration for senior Essential staff, I’m not much interested in their side of the story – how people can get away with increased pay for destroying regional jobs is beyond me.

ART CAN MAKE US HAPPY Dubbo College Clontarf member and Year 12 graduate Zaiden Britt accepts Brandan Dodd’s principal’s award from Senior Campus principal Andrew Jones. PHOTO: DUBBO COLLEGE

tor Nicola Chandler said. “Simply visit a Load Up Store, decide how much money to load onto the card and this money can then be used to purchase goods and service at any participating business. The cards cannot be redeemed outside of the participating store network.” “You can purchase the card at Snares Newsagency on Talbragar Street and at both of the We Know Travel agencies in Macquarie Street and Orana Mall.”

COP THAT ON one hand, maybe it’s a good thing we don’t have too much going on in our city, because out of the recent 130 new cops they made down in Goulburn, our entire Orana Local Area Command is getting just a single, solitary one. I know we’ve had a pretty good run in recent years, but one? Barrier LAC, centred on Broken Hill, was the big winner – they’re got 10 boys and girls in blue heading out their way.

ESSENTIAL COPS AND ENERGY THE state opposition probably thinks the $28.1 million in Essential Energy dividends to NSW could have paid for some new police out here. Instead, the opposition claims, the NSW government pocketed that cash while company management was arguing it needed to slash 600 jobs to remain profitable. I don’t know how Essential Energy CEO Gary Humphries justifies his $764,353 pay this year, especially considering that’s a 40.3 bump upwards since the previous year. Since Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher convinced the world that “trickle-down” economics wasn’t some

KEITH YAP spent time as a school student volunteering his services at the Western Plains Cultural Centre (WPCC), now he’s got his own exhibition happening. Curator Alex Wisser describes the style of Yap’s work as ‘diverse, scattered, tangential’ and ‘seemingly arbitrary’, but notes that this approach contradicts the way the media (and society) depict identity as simple and monolithic. Using graphite, pens, paint and neon tubes (among other things), Keith challenges the idea that one tag, one word or one adjective can sum up the complex issue of a person’s identity. Keith grew up in Dubbo and has a Filipino heritage, and that experience of clashing cultures forms the basis of much of his work. These home-grown exhibits are always worth checking out.

SINGING SONGS OUT LOUD THE best recommendation Dubbo Sing Australia Choir has ever had is that I’ve never been invited to be a member. The choir sang Christmas carols outside 58 York St in East Dubbo last Monday evening and all residents had to bring along was a chair or rug and some Christmas cheer. It’s great to see all these sorts of things happening.

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ZOO BUBS THE zoo just can’t seem to keep out of the news, but with so many things going on out there, and in the conservation programs it’s involved with across the globe, there must be newsworthy stuff happening almost every day. Now, on the eve of Christmas we find out it’s double trouble times two. Two sets of Ring-tailed Lemur twins were born in October and, after some previous bibs didn’t last very long, zoo staff are taking this pretty slowly. “Both Rakitra and Cleo are new mothers, they have had offspring before but sadly none of their young have survived past the first 12 weeks, so we’re taking things very slowly,” said keeper Sasha Brook. “So far the mothers and their babies are doing well and we are very happy with progress to date. Both mums are quite protective and are very careful of the way they move around and the speed at which they move around, ensuring their babies are holding on properly.” The babies will cling to their mothers until they are about four months old, but they have started to venture short distances away from their mothers to play.

POOL PARTY THE change rooms at the Dubbo Aquatic and Leisure Centre now features an automatic, accessible change table to cater for people with special needs. This exciting new addition to the facility will greatly assist carers and parents of special needs children and adults who use the pool for leisure and therapy.

Dubbo Aquatic Leisure Centre also features a waterproof wheelchair and an automatic chair lift so users can get in and out of the pool. This is fantastic news for people who struggle to do things most others take for granted, and a great initiative by DRC to help make the public pool more inclusive. And it does get hot out here in summer.

POOL CLOSED LET’S hope it’s not too warm in town when the pool’s closed for the Water Polo NSW Under-14 Boys State Championships. The pool will be closed all day on Sunday 18 December, all day on Monday 19 December, all day on Tuesday 20 December and until 4pm on Wednesday 21 December. Wello and Geurie pools will be open all the way through, and with petrol so much cheaper in Wello it may be cheaper to drive down there, fill up the Family Truckster and take the kids for a dip at the same time.

FIRES ABLAZE GOOD to see some proactive hazard reduction around Bourke hill last weekend in a combined effort from Fire and Rescue NSW and the Rural Fire Service (RFS). For some reason many people call “burning off” a “backburn”, but a “backburn” is the term used to describe firies deliberately lighting fires to scorch country to prevent an exisiting blaze from getting out of control. Hazard reduction is just that – burning off grasses and other fuel build-ups in a pre-emptive strike so that either firebug kids won’t be able to torch the place, or there’s a handy firebreak to contain any naturally lit fires. PHOTO: DUBBO WEEKENDER/YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY

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The Year Bye 2016... it’s been. BY YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY WONDER what an alien might think if it were sitting on a hoverboard just south of the Supermoon, watching the events of 2016 unfold on earth below it. Chances are it would have no idea what in the universe is going on here and as a visitor from outer space it’s likely to be technologically ahead by a few light years but even still I bet it wouldn’t be able to play first person shooter games with ‘gore’ settings online, download ‘kiddy porn’ to their phones or watch travesties like Aleppo unfold on a Tweetable daily basis and feel powerless to do anything about it. When I was at uni studying communications decades ago, we dissected the Hawke government’s Minister for Science Barry Jones’s book “Sleepers Wake: Technology and the Future of Work”. One of the key premises of the 1982 book was

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that ”in the future” nations, regions and people would face unique threats and opportunities because of rapid advances in science and technology. We are living in that future he wrote of and science and technology certainly come to the fore in 2016. Data breaches (hacks) this year included the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, U.S. Department of Justice, the US Internal Revenue Service, Snapchat, the Philippine Commission on Elections, Yahoo, Hotmail and Gmail, Linkedin, Dropbox, the National Payment Corporation of India, Cisco… “those” emails. With a shift in the journalism industry to an increasingly online forum so too has there been significant changes to how communities get news and information. Sadly the rise of misinformation is now a symptom of our digital connectedness. Where a Chinese Whisper can, and has, whipped people into a frenzy over information proven to be completely false, fuelling racism and homophobia. There is so much information out there, 2016 felt like the cup runneth over. Some of it is mind blowingly amazing, like being able to watch from the couch NASA TV streaming live vision of astronauts doing repairs to the space station and yet some of it is disappointingly ordinary, where cases of online

bullying have driven youth to suicide or death cults spread their message of hate with images and films of gut-wrenching depravity. Science and technology have given us a window this year into some troubling home truths, like the Panama Papers and the realities of Climate Change. We know what president elects are thinking at three in the morning via Twitter, military might fights wars from afar using gaming technology and drones, humanoid robots came onto the market … and the future rushes in. There was a sense this year that the changes technology brings is all happening far too fast. And yet, the problems of yesterday still remain unsolved, war, displaced people (68 million), disease (Zika virus, Ebola, Anthrax), terrorism (suicide bombings) and environmental disasters (earthquakes, pollution). Thankfully it hasn’t all been doom and gloom. The first ever flower was grown in space, a zinnia, Myanmar’s first freely elected parliament in 50 years had it’s opening session, Jeb Bush suspended his presidential campaign, Ted Cruz suspended his campaign to be the Republican Presidential nominee, we had Pokemon Go (well it was fun for a day or two) and Leonardo Dicaprio FINALLY won an academy award.

` Muslims, Mexicans, China, the political establishment, the media, women’s rights and gun control lobbyists were all targets of Trump’s fear mongering.” – Greg Smart

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That Was As we head out the door of 2016 the general feeling seems to be - “well thank goodness that’s over”. it’s been a challenging year on many fronts around the world. Some of Dubbo Weekenders regular contributing writers weigh in on some of the more memorable high and low points.

` The unthinkable happened in Britain, and without an actual plan, Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson managed to withdraw Britain from the EU and, like a bunch of playground knuckleheads, could only muster a silly grin as an exit strategy.” – James Eddy

Annus horribilis BY SALLY BRYANT MIGHT be tempting fate, given I’m writing this in early December, but it would appear that I’ve bucked a significant trend and survived 2016. (If something untoward occurs and I don’t make it through until the 31st, I guess I will at least be in credit for my contributions, if not my accuracy…) It’s been a shocker of a year, in terms of the deaths of the great and the good, so I’m a little surprised by the fact of my survival. Think of the legends we have lost this year. And with all the other shit that’s gone down, it’s truly been an annus horribilis. All the deaths… deaths of people like David Bowie, Gene Wilder, Andrew Sachs and Leonard Cohen to name just a few. We’ve had terrorist attacks, wars and refugee crises, the Trumpster effect, the shock of Brexit, it’s been a pretty filthy year. In many ways the best thing that can be said for December 31 this year is that it might give us some sort of closure and bring this run to an end. Like drawing a line in the sand and hoping

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that the New Year might bring something better. The best commentary I’ve seen on the success of Donald Trump has come from British actor and comedian Tom Walker, and his character ‘Jonathon Pie’. So I’ve decided that I’m now following him on You tube. For something that is meant to be satire, it’s making a lot of sense to me. 2016 has been one of those years when humorous commentators actually run the risk of being believed. When someone like the Betoota Advocate gets quoted by other media organisations (who haven’t quite picked up on the subtleties of their schtick), you know we truly have entered the ‘post-truth’ era. As a journalist, it’s getting to the stage when I’m tempted to reduce my news intake to the comedy channel and get the ironic interpretation rather than the original story. Perhaps that might take some of the sting out the tail. News provided by the Betoota Advocate and Overheard in the Newsroom, on Facebook. But we are now hearing there’s a trend toward people getting all their news from social media, rather than from news organisations. So if you only follow people who agree with you, then you’re not going to get any news that is new to you. Post-news in fact.

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The year of fear BY GREG SMART 016 was the year Fear was used for political and ideological gain – and the world regressed as a result. Donald Trump treated the presidential campaign as a venue to incite fear rather than a place to unite. Muslims, Mexicans, China, the political establishment, the media, women’s rights and gun control lobbyists were all targets of Trump’s fear mongering. In the most infantile language ever seen in a campaign, he told audiences America is a bad place, with a bad economy and under threat from bad immigrants and evil terrorists. Trump played on their fears, made irrational pledges about how he would Make America Great Again (which was code for going back to the racially segregated, imperialist 1950’s with the little woman at home and men as breadwinners). Trump could never articulate how he would achieve this, but that didn’t matter to voters battling massive socio-economic inequality and a deteriorating quality of life – they just heard Trump was promising to get them a job and would deal with evil immigrants. Post-election hate crimes are on the rise, and American’s are protesting both Trump and the electoral system. Meanwhile he is appointing right wing ideologues to his cabinet. Fear was front and centre in the British referendum to leave the European Union (Brexit). Some supporters of the leave campaign were guilty of using racial hatred to frighten workers into believing their jobs and lifestyle were threatened by migrants and refugees fleeing Europe. Outspoken leader of UK Independence Party (UKIP), Nigel Farage took great joy in standing in front of a UKIP poster declaring ‘Breaking Point: the EU has failed us all’ over the picture of a queue of nonwhite faces. Farage used any opportunity in front of a microphone to taint migrants as criminals to the benefit of the Leave campaign. Post-referendum, the pro-leave camp seemed unprepared for victory, and now face the Pound at a near 30-year low, a downgrading of Britain’s credit rating, and the daunting task of unwinding 43 years of legislation, treaties and trade agreements which could take well over 5 years. Any financial benefits from Brexit seem a distant goal. Australia was not immune to political posturing mixed with fear mongering. Contradicting the name of her political party, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson voiced a pure dog whistle to the xenophobes and racists who live amongst us. Echoing her 2006 maiden speech to Parliament, when she created uproar by declaring Australia was being swamped by Asians, in 2016 Ms Hanson declared Australia to be in danger of being swamped by Muslims. The common thread running amongst the fear campaigners is the perceived threat to the status quo, i.e. white hegemony is losing its grip on power. Inciting fear veiled in patriotism is one of the few remaining ways to keep a grasp on that power. The net result is it gives licence to every disaffected nutter to lash out at those the politicians have targeted. Witness the murder of UK politician Jo Cox by a white supremacist, the dramatic increase in racial violence and hate crimes in the USA, and the physical and verbal harassment of Muslims in Australia. We have been transported back to a time before civil rights and racial tolerance, and the world is poorer for it.

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New beginning for greyhound industry BY NATALIE HOLMES LTHOUGH she’s over the moon about Premier Mike Baird’s backflip on banning greyhound racing, Dubbo breeder Charmaine Roberts said their three months of mistreatment will take a long time from which to recover. The announcement on July 7 that the entire industry would be shut down in the same month in 2017 completely shattered anyone associated with breeding, training and racing greyhounds. “It put a lot of strain on us every day,� Charmaine said. “It was the first thing you thought of in the morning and the last thing you thought of at night.� Although she and partner Shayne didn’t take steps to stop breeding or racing, Charmaine said the thought was always there in the back of her mind. “It’s like being told you have no job and your children will be taken away from you. It’s pretty hard to fathom. “We didn’t sell any dogs during that time because no-one wanted to buy them. Everything came to a halt, our whole life was on hold.� As a third generation breeder, Charmaine would be lost without her dogs, who are both an important part of her life and her livelihood. For the industry to shut down, it would have been the end of life as she knew it. “It was going to have a huge impact on our lives. Being an owner/trainer/breeder is our life.� When Mike Baird announced on October 11 that he’d ‘got it wrong’ by proposing the ban, Charmaine was thrilled. Two days later, she attended an industry fund-

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raiser in Orange which turned into a celebration. “Everyone let their hair down, they were so relieved,� she said. “In any sport, there’s always rivalry, but since this has happened, everyone has become really close. It pulled us all together.� Charmaine admits that some people in the industry ‘did need a shake-up but tarring everyone with the same brush was not the answer’. She believes the situation certainly had repercussions in the government arena. “It turned very political, it was crazy.� Charmaine’s partner Shayne Stiff is a bookmaker by trade and the local Greyhound Breeders, Owners and Trainers Association (GBOTA) spokesman and president of Dubbo Greyhound Racing Club. With the industry now in reformation mode, Shayne said the NSW Greyhound Racing Industry Alliance was still fighting to have the McHugh report discredited. “We are stating that these facts are wrong. It’s a huge thing because we don’t want the government to hold the McHugh report over our heads forever.� Politically speaking, Shayne believes that Dubbo MP and racing minister Troy Grant did not go into bat for the industry he represents when it was threatened with closure. “Why hasn’t he resigned as racing minister? I’ve been to his office to ask for help and he didn’t do his job in the first place. He didn’t stick up for the industry, instead he tried to shut it down.� In the wake of the backdown, Troy Grant stepped down from his role as Deputy Premier and leader of the National Party. Shayne said the huge swing away from the party in a previously safe seat at the recent Orange by-election was further evidence of voters making their voice heard on issues such as this one. There is still a long road ahead for greyhound racing but retaining their industry is a step in the right direction for the doggies.

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A tipping point for climate BY TONY WEBBER 016 was the year that we came face-to-face with our destiny from climate change, and it didn’t look good. The changes, not just in record temperatures but also in weather intensity, animal behaviour, or sea composition, began to approach catastrophic tipping points. This is where the term “uncontrollable” is being used to describe what happens when this next threshold is crossed, where one change aggravates another to accelerate what already is a dire process. Temperatures in the Arctic are currently about 20 degrees Celsius above what would be expected, which scientists describe as “off the charts”. Sea ice the lowest ever recorded for the time of year. The joint Arctic Resilience Report – lead author the Stockholm Environment Institute - warned that changes in the Arctic could cause uncontrollable global climate change. There’s that word again. “The warning signals are getting louder,” said Marcus Carson of the Stockholm Institute. “These developments also make the potential for triggering tipping points and feedback loops much larger.” A tipping point in the Arctic occurs as the snow disappears altogether not only depriving the

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Trump’s a chump but Brazil did alright BY JAMES EDDY ’VE had to make a conscious effort to reflect on 2016 in a positive light. It wasn’t easy, and I had to defer to the sporting world for inspiration. The Olympics in Rio threatened to be a disaster on several fronts but came through with flying colours, sticking it up all the sceptics. And then they celebrated by throwing a spectacular Paralympics to back it up. Well done, Brazil, you carved up! Meanwhile, back at home the NRL delivered at last to the perpetual bridesmaids at Cronulla. In the AFL, a mammoth arm wrestle in the top eight saw new kids on the block, The Giants, come within a kick to taking a Grand Final berth, but the flag flew for the sentimental favourites, the Western Bulldogs. 2016 was a great year to be a footy fan. But I can’t keep this up folks. 2016 was a crap year and brought out the ugly in so many of us. There was an initial glimpse of light from Germany who flung open her gates in February to a needy couple of million. But this was overshadowed by random acts of terrorism in Brussels and France, and gave the haters some justification. Now I can’t readily grab any modern example where division has led to a productive way forward. I’ve always subscribed to the philosophy of “Together we stand, divided we fall”, but 2016 was a year for the separatists and the refugee dilemma gave them a purpose. The unthinkable happened in Britain, and without an actual plan, Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson managed to withdraw Britain from the EU and, like a bunch of playground knuckleheads, could only muster a silly grin as an exit strategy. But by far and away, the greatest kerfuffle of all, the definitive WTF moment of world history, the biggest news story by far was when fewer than the majority of US voters chose a decidedly unPresidential salesman to become the least qualified and most inexperienced Leader of the Free World we have ever seen. Anyone who thinks this is none of our business has little recollection of the global effect from when they did this last time (thank you, George W. Idiot). Trump’s success is a testament to anyone born inside the borders of Toontown; that any chump can lead the world’s largest economy, and I mean anyone (provided that you don’t hold a Kenyan birth certificate, of course). His campaign demonstrated that facts are less important than headlines, that details count for less than slogans, and that anger and hate don’t make for clear decisions. The faceless men in the background that have always led the Republican movement lost control of their party and their best response was to evacuate their political bowels and try to clean up by flinging it at a fan. Only in America… I’ve always laughed at the doomsday preppers, but last weekend I bought a new shovel (a Spear & Jackson with a big brass handle…)

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earth of a massive cooling ice sheet, but also a white reflective shield to repel sun rays. The loop occurs when the missing ice exposes darkened ground and vegetation – as well as sea - that absorbs heat and round it goes. The billions of tonnes of vegetation, and more importantly methane – a far more potent greenhouse gas - trapped in the frozen northern tundra then thaws and joins the pressure cooker atmosphere broiling the earth. The report’s research comes as aides to US president-elect, Donald Trump, have announced plans to remove the budget for climate change science used by NASA and other US research agencies, to spend it instead on space exploration. That’s right kids, we’re going to Mars. Let’s hear from Mr Carson again. “That would be a huge mistake,” he said “It would be like ripping out the aeroplane’s cockpit instruments while you are in mid-flight.” “These are very serious problems, very serious changes are happening, but they are still poorly understood. A lot of the major science is done by the US.” Imagine your doctor said you had “very serious problems.” Scientists have long predicted that the knockon effect of exceeding tipping points such as those occurring in the Arctic could lead to “unpredictable and potentially irreversible consequences for global warming.” Hug your kids. They’re probably screwed.

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The Last mayor of Dubbo

BY MATHEW DICKERSON QUOD gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.� Forever more, no review of Dubbo for this year will be complete without the analysis of Council amalgamations and the consideration of Hitchen’s razor. Hitchen took the Latin proverb above and asserted that the truthfulness of a claim lies with the one who makes the claim; if this burden is not met, the claim is unfounded and opponents need not argue further in order to dismiss it. Keep that in mind when you consider the strength of Dubbo earlier this year. The last year as Dubbo City Council saw the magical 200,000 number through the airport cracked for the first time ever with 203,294 passengers. An increase of 7.6 per cent over the previous year and we now boast direct flights to seven destinations from four different carriers. The median house price hit a record high of $345,000 – an increase of 7.8 per cent – and our days on market of 69 days is well ahead of the Evoc-

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ities average of 146 days. 782 Development Applications were processed with a value close to $200 million which was an increase of 9.5 per cent. Unemployment was at the low rate of 3.8 per cent which was a 5 per cent improvement over the previous year and again better than the State average. I can list many other indicators that show the strength of our economy. High motel occupancy rates; strong figures in tourism and visitation; increasing average spend per visitor per night; increasing retail expenditure‌ The positives were in every direction. In community surveys, we found that 93 per cent of residents were happy with the ability to be involved in Council decisions; 82 per cent were satisfied with the overall operations of Council and 69 per cent were satisfied with the performance of Councillors. This all hardly sounds like cause to throw out a Council – so the alternative must be fantastic. Using Hitchen’s razor, the State Government must have some extraordinary evidence when it made its claim that amalgamations would put “downward pressure on ratesâ€? and “provide many benefits to communities.â€? No evidence was forthcoming as we should all, according to our Premier, just “consider the big picture.â€? Whatever that means. In fact the evidence against amalgamations was overwhelming. In a brief analysis of the 26 amalgama-

tions that occurred from 2001 to 2004, some startling statistics came to light. Only 26.9 per cent of the amalgamated Councils were declared Fit for the Future; 75 per cent had population growth below the State average and 76.9 per cent of those Councils applied for additional rate increases – with the average increase above rate pegging sitting just over 30 per cent. As much as I would prefer to talk about some of the wonderful achievements of Dubbo in the 2016 year, the reality is that one event alone that occurred this year overshadows all other events. The legacy that this State Government has forever left the communities of Dubbo and Wellington is the amalgamation that 80 percent of people didn’t want. The result will be the loss of identity for Wellington and the loss of momentum for Dubbo. Sure, the bins will keep being collected and water will keep coming from our taps (even if we have to boil it before drinking it) but I can’t help but think of how this column might have read if we didn’t have the amalgamation that was forced onto us this year. Our Councillors are proud of the fact that we have left the City in a better condition because of our involvement. This State Government cannot even dream of making the same statement. Bring on September 2017!

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BY JENNIFER CLARENCE ENCE AM not a journalist or published author, although I love to write. I am just a person who thinks that everyone can pick up a pen, pencil, crayon or brush and express themselves in some way. And, as it’s the end of another year I have been invited to pen 400 words about what 2016 meant to me for our Review of 2016 in the Dubbo Photo News and the Dubbo Weekender. So, let’s see – do I write about world affairs such as Trump becoming President-elect, Brexit, the refugee crisis, petrol prices, the rise of domestic violence, Syria, women’s unequal pay, terrorism? Or closer to home, the tragic loss of Perry Meredith and the distressing discovery of Lateesha Nolan’s remains or our farmers battles dealing with extreme weather patterns. You see

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where I’m going with this don’t you – sadness, loss, grief we all experience in some manner. Yes – I could and probably should write about the atrocities that invade our daily life, but I will leave that up to our dedicated journo’s, the experts, that will write an unbiased, true account of the state of the world we live in. I will write about the world I live in and hopefully dear reader you will not become too bored. Because, what I want to write, fairly simply is about this wonderful place we call home – Dubbo. It is a Sunday as I sit here in our little oasis writing this. It’s warming up and I am contemplating a swim, maybe some gardening late afternoon, visit a gallery, catch a movie at the cinema, a stroll by the Macquarie river, lunch or dinner out – who knows, there are so many options I am what you would call a ‘blow in’ as I moved here in November 2015 and fell in love with Dubbo immediately. The dry heat, the bluest of skies, the sounds of crick-

ets, sitting outside well into the evening reminds me of my hometown Tamworth, which I left in my teens heading for the excitement of the ‘big smoke’ Sydney. Dubbo, you have everything going on. Rich regional history, cultural powerhouse of the arts, restaurants, shops, cinema and events happening each month. I love your Farmers markets which showcase the region’s produce. I love your big Macquarie River coursing through the dry land. I love your community spirit and your smiling citizens. Dubbo I just love your country charm – you had me at SMILE - you’re in Dubbo. So, now I am excited about New Year’s Eve Fireworks in Caltex Park and what 2017 will bring, memories I am sure, as Dubbo likes to impress. Everything I love about Dubbo would not be, if not for the good citizens that make up this special community –that’s right, that’s YOU! So Dubbo don’t let me down – keep smiling.

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Kindness matters more than ever BY KERRIE PHIPPS HEN our esteemed editor issued the challenge to contribute my views on what I think has been the most memorable/ important/ground breaking news story of 2016, she stopped me in my tracks. What is THE story? As I ponder this for weeks on end as I go back and forth to Asia, picking up global newspapers in airports, watching TED Talks online and seeing snippets of news from home and around the globe I see a common theme. Kindness matters more than ever. Kind words and actions, however small have caused a ripple effect and been featured in every kind of media. Kindness becomes a story, and begs to be shared. There was the 4 year old in a supermarket who called out “Hey old person! It’s my birthday tomorrow!” embarrassing her mum initially, but creating an important bond that became a deep friendship between a busy modern family and an old man who’d lost his wife 6 months earlier. This was featured on TV and across the internet in article and video format. It’s just one example of the type of moments that occur when we pause and allow ourselves to connect with others. In a world where people can comment online without being accountable for their harassment and hatred, where tolerance is demanded by people intolerant of another perspective and community connection disintegrates in fear of saying the wrong thing; kindness matters. It actually shines a light in the darkness, a light that restores faith, creates a powerful reminder that you’re not alone, and shifts attention from the fear-grabbing headlines to something positive we can respond to and increase the impact of. When my Dad recently commented that he needed to stop at the supermarket for chocolate before heading back to Gilgandra, I teased him about ‘needing chocolate’. It wasn’t for him. Since discovering that road workers experience abuse from people who don’t have time to be stopped for their own safety at work sites along the highway, he’s taken to carrying chocolate and/or lollies and fruit to ‘make their day’. He was quick to tell me that it wasn’t his idea, that a friend inspired him by sharing his philosophy that when someone does a kindness to you, repay it doing something kind for 3 other people. I like the maths there. Let’s amplify the good in the world by creating more of it. Shine your light in the darkness, and the darkness cannot overcome it. The most important story of 2016 is that many kind words, deeds and humanitarian efforts have occurred around the world – each one making a difference. They’ve come in the form of a listening ear, a wise and timely word (if it’s not timely it’s not so wise) practical support, or a handful of coins or flowers. They’ve saved lives, encouraged (put courage in people) to not give up, to continue searching for solutions and creating a better world. When all seems dark around you, light a candle.

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After the Bell Junction gathering, Jim and Pam Whillock invited Peter Andrews to see the devastation on their side of the fence. The recent floods have ripped cliffs more than 12 metres high into their Bell riverbank frontage. The low-level Macquarie River bridge is to the far right, to the left along the fence line, just 30 metres away, are the vertical cliffs caused by poor land management practises. Not a fan of powerpoint presentations and data-driven explanations, Peter Andrews hoed a contour in a slope near the Bell Junction to demonstrate the basic framework behind his landscape management principles, showing people how to trap and slow water so it benefits the landscape rather than eroding and destroying it.

Pam Whillock show Peter Andrews the progressive destruction of their property. The Whillocks believe the erosion began when upstream willow trees were ripped out without any plans to have resilient vegetation in their place, and that the millions spent on concrete weirs in the wrong place have exacerbated the problem.

Peter Andrews surveys the damage on the Whillock's property. He says he can fix the erosion and prevent it from reoccurring easily, simply and cheaply, yet much of the work he has proven to work is illegal in this state.

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Rehabilitation for Bell Junction

BY JOHN RYAN UBBO REGIONAL COUNCIL has an environmental disaster on its hands and it could get catastrophically worse unless something’s done before the next flood. Jim and Pam Whillock have seen acres of their Bell Junction property ripped off by raging floodwaters, that country collapsing into the river in the past 20 years. But nothing prepared them for the recent flood, which has ripped away giant sections of their Bell Riverbank frontage. The unstable cliffs are so spectacular they could be listed as an international tourist attraction if there was easy access to the property. They believe the massive erosion was caused by a chain of events beginning in the 1990s, when the much-maligned but stabilising willows were ripped out along a stretch of the Bell, but not replaced with any riverbank stabilising native species. The first high water that came along started undermining the formerly balanced ecosystem, and the rest is history. Low weirs were put in at a cost of millions of dollars, they believe it exacerbated the problem, pushing torrent of water straight at their bend in the river just before the Bell rushed into the Macquarie. The only shining light is this week’s visit from landscape repair guru Peter Andrews, who believes he can rehabilitate that section of river easily, simply and cheaply just by making minimal interventions and then letting nature, the natural processes, do the rest. “This country ran itself beautifully for millions of years before we stuffed it up,” Mr Andrews told about 30 people on Tuesday evening as they gathered at the Bell Junction. He started his presentation by asking 12 questions, the answers to which he says should be understood before people can grasp the fundamentals that underpin the functions of the landscape. “If you don’t know how it all works, then how can you fix it – this is why the engineers and scientists have been coming up with the wrong solutions – they don’t understand why the problems they’ve helped created have happened in the first place,” he said. 1. What are the free energies that run any farm? Water. 2. How do I assess basic farm production? The conversion of sunlight to organic matter. 3. What is the most available and pure water on any farm? Dew. 4. What powers a cyclone, typhoon, tornado or a high and low pressure system? The change of the state of water from a gas to a liquid.

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Wellington's Rick Bremner reading to the crowd from Peter Andrews' first book, "Back from the Brink". Rick's son Duncan was adviser to former deputy prime minister John Anderson and was responsible for his boss going to Peter's Tarwyn park property for the first time, which led to the initial CSIRO taskforce investigation into Natural Sequence Farming (NSF). 5. How does the landscape maintain balance? Edible and inedible plants while growing. 6. Does salt rise? No, gravity holds it down – it will only rise if pushed. 7. Are water tables in some cases bad? Never – if they are managed correctly. 8. What would you consider your soil similar to when in human industry? Factories – the soil is the factory floor and the sunlight is the power. 9. What are the three basic functions of plants? A) they act as solar powered air conditioners, B) they work as solar powered pumps and C) They’re solar powered processing factories delivering compounds to the topsoil – humans have millions of compounds in their bodies and we need plants to deliver those compounds into our food supply from the soil. 10. How much can a tree contribute to any farm? See answers to Q9. 11. What is the environmental progression of a down slope of landscapes? Forestry to aquaculture. 12. Can you imagine a scientific technology that could manage the heat from the sun? There isn’t one, that can only be managed by plants and water. Most people who work in the natural Resource Management (NRM) space use slick powerpoint presentation and reams of confusing scientific data to justify their arguments – Peter Andrews’ approach couldn’t be further from that method. He dug a contour along a slope leading down to the Bell junction boat ramp and started tipping buckets of water into the “headwaters” of his landscape model, explaining how you need the correct sequences in any landscape to prevent water building up into an erodible force. Dubbo Regional Council administrator Michael Kneipp, a long time Wellington local, is keen to see the Bell junction erosion fixed. He said the presentation of “soft engineering” to address landscape problems need to be looked at. “We’re certainly interested, soft engineering is a growing area,” Mr Kneipp said.

“We’ve got staff here tonight looking at is as well and it is very much a long term thing. “The current erosion that’s taken place here, as well as robbing Jim of probably five hectares, it’s eventually going to end up as a fairly significant cost in terms of the low-level bridge so something needs to be done about that,” he said. He said he’s keen to learn more about how Peter Andrews proposes to fix the erosive force at the junction. “Peter’s certainly a different character … he’s got the backing of people like Gerry Harvey and others and he’s shown that he can change the landscape to retain water in it even during dry time, but his delivery style’s very unconventional,” Mr Kneipp said. He flagged an interest in visiting one of the properties where Andrews’ Natural Sequence Farming (NSF) methods have been working, taking council staff to hear first-hand from scientists researching the projects how that system could be applied to the Bell Junction. After the presentation it was a drive around a few corners to get to the eroded cliffs on the Whillock’s property, which is just a stone’s throw away from the Junction if you could make that trek direct. While everyone who’s looked at a rehabilitation project in this area starts in the low millions for costings and quickly works up, Peter Andrews thinks it’s a straightforward job that wouldn’t cost much money in the scheme of things, he just wants the authorities to give him permission to start, and do it his way. “The way they’ve been doing it caused this problem and all their solutions aren’t working, you can see they’ve spent many millions of dollars just to make it worse,” Mr Andrews said. “We need the powers that be to admit they’ve been getting it wrong – the evidence shows that. “The real crime will be if they keep doing the same thing in the future when they know they’ve been doing it wrong up until now,” he said.

` The only shining light is this week’s visit from landscape repair guru Peter Andrews, who believeS he can rehabilitate that section of river easily, simply and cheaply just by making minimal interventions and then letting nature, the natural processes, do the rest.

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Tony Webber

Tony Webber is a Dubbo resident and former journalist.

Pearson gets the kid gloves treatment for abusive tirade ’VE been mulling on this. I don’t want to come across all Andrew Bolt, but some recent media coverage of high-profile Aboriginal activist and lawyer Noel Pearson did get me thinking. So this is not so much about race, but about the treatment of powerful players in the media. Readers who’ve previously found themselves here will know me as a typically deluded leftie, with the accompanying sympathy for Australia’s dispossessed underclass. That Pearson’s advocacy for this group is highly accomplished over many years, while mine involves sporadic keyboard whining, is beyond dispute. So let’s set a foundation. From this point on W stands for “white,” F is the f-word, and C is the c-word (no, not cauliflower). Last month Pearson was accused of calling at least two women a FWC during an abusive tirade some years back. One was, and still is, a Queensland government Minister, who confirmed that it happened, the other a nurse who seemed pretty sure he had also added “bitch” to his appraisal of her. In the reporting that followed what was a larger theme of Pearson’s aggressive, bullying behaviour, Pearson denied calling the Minister a FWC but didn’t deny he swore at people. Another government education figure wrote to Pearson after Pearson yelled that he was a “fucking maggot” and a “bucket of shit.” Pearson apologised for this outburst, and in similar language to that which accompanied the FWC allegation, he seemed to liken his abuse to his passion for aboriginal issues. “I accept that I am a very passionate and relentless advocate on behalf of reform and I am surely not the only one who engages in colourful language,” Mr Pearson said in a statement at the time. But FWC to a woman, in a work or public environment, in an aggressive raised voice is a fair bit beyond colourful.

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Cape York indigenous leader Noel Pearson. PHOTO: AAP/PETER EVE

I love to swear, foully on occasions, but I can’t imagine calling a professional colleague a FWC at the top of my voice and expecting my career to flourish. The episode was widely reported, but as quickly as it appeared it was gone. I can’t imagine any public figure that could all but admit to using the upper end of worst-category racial, misogynist abuse in public or in a work context and cruising through it as effortlessly as Pearson did. And not just cruise, but remain a sort of media darling and the subject of at least two high-profile, well-publicised episodes within weeks. At the launch of a Paul Keating biography Pearson’s speech included berating the ABC for its “miserable racism,” which you might think was a bit rich for a bloke who uses the expression FWC in inter-racial exchanges. The critique of the national broadcaster also seem a bit unfair, given that the

ABC runs far more content on the situation facing sections of the indigenous population than the other networks put together. Yes, mature, quality media, what good is that to anyone? Much better to have the deep-thinking and sensitive corporate media cover aboriginal disadvantage, preferably presented by a halfdressed hottie and sponsored by Crown

` At the launch of a Paul Keating biography Pearson’s speech included berating the ABC for its “miserable racism,” which you might think was a bit rich for a bloke who uses the expression FWC in interracial exchanges.

casino. Then Pearson backed up in Brisbane to deride “progressives” for their role in suppressing aboriginal development, although he gave the right a broadside too. But none of the extensive media coverage of these two subsequent appearances saw it worthwhile to mention that he had recently called at least one woman, and more than likely two, FWCs. For any other public figure you’d think the counsel of their views, their appeal as a public speaker and their media treatment – especially in the more enlightened corners – would be influenced by calling a woman about the worst thing you could call any woman and in a way that would have made that woman at least somewhat fearful. Was Pearson treated with kid gloves because of his impressive life’s work, or because he tells mainstream Australia what it likes to hear on indigenous issues?

Powerball beats Pokemon as Google’s top search, Beyonce tops the pops

2016 SEARCH LIFE

NEW YORK CITY: Pokemon Go, the iPhone7 and Donald Trump are among Google’s top trending searches globally of 2016, but in the US no subject ranked higher than Powerball. The multi-state lottery’s record $US1.6 billion ($A2.2 billion) prize in January and $US429 million payout in June had ticket holders Googling winning numbers and landed Powerball the number one spot on Google’s top 10 list for the US in 2016.

Prince’s death in April made him the second-highest trending overall topic in the US and top-trending globally on the list of celebrities who died in 2016. Mobile app Pokemon Go was the top searched trending topic around the world with gamers frequently Googling tips on how to catch Pokemon and how to battle them as well.

Hillary Clinton again finished runner-up to Trump on the list of top-searched people globally and in the US the presidential election also prompted one of Google’s trending how to searches of the year. “How to move to Canada” was ranked number five. Netflix’s binge-worthy programming led the TV list in the US with Stranger Things, Making

a Murderer and Fuller House grabbing the top three spots. In music, Beyonce had a big year on stage and online. The performer was the top trending search in the US on Google’s musicians list and her hit Formation was the top trending song. In the US following Powerball and Prince, the top trending searches were Hurricane Matthew, Pokeman.Go, Slither.io, Olympics, David Bowie, Trump, the election, and Clinton. AAP

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Christmas message Dear Editor Christmas is a busy time for The Salvation Army. Whilst the true meaning of the season is of peace, joy and hope, it’s a fact that hundreds of thousands of Australians find Christmas stressful and a financial nightmare. The Salvation Army gives hope to those who need it most at Christmas by distributing thousands of food vouchers and hampers to people in need and providing gifts and toys to families in crisis. I’d like to urge readers to stop for a moment and ask, ‘Can I help someone who is struggling?’ We believe that no-one should have to go it alone at Christmas time and I truly believe that we are a nation that stands by those in need. Specifically, I write to ask readers if they could join with us at The Salvation Army to give hope to those who need it most this Christmas. There are easy actions you can take that will genuinely make a world of difference. You can donate to the Salvos by calling 13 SALVOS (13 72 58). Funds are desperately needed. You can also donate in person at any Westpac branch. Donations of new, quality gifts or non-perishable food items can be made at most Salvation Army centres. It’s best to call 13 SALVOS to find out how you can assist us in your local area, or check out salvos.org.au to find out how you can help. On behalf of The Salvation Army I wish all readers a Christmas filled with joy, peace, and above all else, HOPE. Yours sincerely, Leigh Cleave, Communications and Fundraising Director ••• In response to comments made in Seven Days (9.12.16 edition of Dubbo Weekender regarding water release from Burrendong Dam; WaterNSW have said in a statement: Water releases from Burrendong Dam had not changed in volume and The Weekender’s reports of a “massive release” were inaccurate. Dam releases have consistently ranged from 2500-3500 megalitres per day since early November. While releases remained constant, the source of the discharge changed from surface water via the spillway to deeper water via the valve, to prevent bluegreen algae being released downstream. The operational change was conducted in line with dam protocols to reduce to risk communities, water users and livestock.

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OPINION & ANALYSIS.

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Greg Smart

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

2016 Awards 2016 is now drawing to a close thankfully. It has been a year marked by blunders, back flips, inertia and demagogues. The Annual Dubbo Weekender Awards have this year been spilt into two categories – Winners and Losers – with recipients coming from all areas of our nimble, innovative and exciting society and beyond. The judges have harnessed these characteristics to select the winners and losers for the year. WINNERS FOUR CORNERS – the ABC’s flagship current affairs program has been a standout this year. Four Corners delved into a wide range of subjects including The Panama Papers, sport doping and corruption, fraudulent financial industry practices, Clive Palmer’s fall from grace, the housing market, political donations, the mismanagement of the dairy industry, youth issues in Bourke, and the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre investigation – a story that prompted a royal commission. Investigative journalism of the highest order. THE PARALYMPICS – whilst the judges always turn off the Olympics due to the overdose of jingoism and commercialism, the Paralympics again showed that sport is about competing to the best of the athletes ability, not the pursuit of victory at the expense of sportsmanship. The judges approve. -ISMS - Racism, Sexism and Fanaticism made a stunning comeback this year, being regularly sighted at political campaign rallies, political interviews and far right wing protests. Combined with xenophobia, bigotry and homophobia, the -isms were a major part of the political landscape this year- belying the claim of free speech advocates that political correctness and the legislation generally known as 18C was restricting Free Speech. PAULINE HANSON – having run out of C grade celebrity appearance opportunities and keen to use Parliamentary Privilege to protect her from swarms of Muslims, Pauline Hanson rode the tide of voter dissatisfaction with the major political parties back into Canberra. Her Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party now has 4 senators and is a constant thorn in the side of the Coalition. The upcoming Queensland state election is predicted to be a good showing for home girl Han-

The Baker’s Dozen Trivia Test

son, particularly in light of the growing disquiet with the performance of the Liberal National Party in rural areas. MANDATE – not a dating app or a Pokémon Go creature, yet Mandate was highly prized. Politicians sought it; they talked it up, and then claimed they had it (regardless of the margin of victory.) The Party faithful promoted the power of Mandate and yearned for a country where Mandate was realised. For sheer popularity, Mandate is a winner. DONALD TRUMP – fulfilled his ultimate vanity project, and gave fresh hope to demagogues everywhere. In the world’s greatest democracy, Trump gamed the US electoral system by convincing voters that personal insults, one word slogans, racial taunts and ignorance of judicial processes is ‘telling it like it is’ and qualified him for leader of the free world. Heaven help us all in this post democracy world. TOYOTA HILUX UTE – is on target to be the highest selling motor vehicle in Australia this year. Businesses bought the workhorse models, and families bought the fancy dual cabs to commute during the week and haul recreationary things on the weekend – like a mullet, business up front and party out the back.

LOSERS MALCOLM TURNBULL - continues to declare this the most exciting time to be alive, but the voters don’t seem to agree. Turnbull’s popularity has declined from a leadership high to equalling Abbott’s lows. He was unconvincing when attacking militant unionists and a failure at trying to reign in the hard right nutters of his Party. The double dissolution election strategy came within one seat of being his political eulogy, and the second half of the year was spent wasting political capital on the backpacker tax and the omnibus bill. Prime Minis-

1. MOVIES: What was Grace Kelly’s character’s name in the movie “High Noon”? 2. PSYCHOLOGY: What fear is represented in the phobia called “cryophobia”? 3. LITERATURE: What was the name of the island inhabited by tiny people in “Gulliver’s Travels”? 4. US CITIES: What American city bills itself as “The Sweetest Place on Earth”? 5. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the Gulf of Riga located?

ters have been deposed for less. Disappointment, thy name is Malcolm. MARRIAGE EQUALITY – is anathema to the hard right of the coalition (see above.) Malcolm Turnbull put on a genial inclusive face when he attended the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, but marriage equality will never happen in the current parliament. His invitation to next years Mardi Gras has understandably been cancelled. THE NATIONAL PARTY – received fewer votes than the Informal tally in the Federal Election, and at the State level saw a 21% margin in the seat of Orange turn into a victory for the Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party at the recent by-election. CONSULTATION – lost its way in the NSW Parliament when Premier Baird and Deputy Premier Grant dropped a bombshell on the greyhound ‘industry’ without warning. Perhaps some industry consultation and a timeframe to meaningful reform would have saved face and a Deputy Premier. Hard on the heals of the Local Government merger stoush and it’s no wonder there was a change of guard in Orange. PAULINE HANSON – has already felt the strain of leading her group of ill discipline, petulance and wilfully ignorant One Nation Senators. Keeping her unruly band of misfits together will be a struggle not unlike herding cats. Or Palmer United Senators. CLIVE PALMER – went from anti-establishment hero to political zero in three years. His Palmer United Party imploded spectacularly this year, taking Clive’s hubris and bluster with it. PROVIDERS OF PASTORAL CARE – who appeared before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse claiming through the wonder of hindsight that more should have been done at the time to

6. HISTORY: How many human beings have walked on the moon? 7. ART: Which post-impressionist painter created the series titled “Sunflowers”? 8. LANGUAGE: What product was slangily known as a “Tin Lizzie” in the early 20th century? 9. ASTRONOMY: What is the largest planet in our solar system? 10. MUSIC: Which 1960s rock group recorded the hit song “A Whiter Shade of Pale”?

11. FLASHBACK: Who had a hit with the single “Kentucky Rain”? 12. SPORT: When was the last time before 2016 that Romania failed to medal in women’s gymnastics at the Olympics? 13. LYRICS: Name the song that contains this lyric: “Clocks strikes upon the hour, And the sun begins to fade, Still enough time to figure out, How to chase my blues away.” ANSWERS: SEE PLAY PAGES. PHOTO: NASA

deal with the perpetrators and support the victims. Very true – but institutions who claim moral authority whilst being wilfully blind to the harm being caused by their own actions and employees, and who prioritise the reputation of the offender over the care of the victim, forfeit any claim to hindsight as a defence. THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM – continued their fine tradition of being cocksure of their own ability, and grossly underestimating the ability of their opponents. And the subsequent media reportage continued to be mind numbing. ANY PERSON – who used ‘curated’ when ‘organised, selected or presented’ would have done just fine e.g. “we’ve curated a menu of burgers just for you” and anyone who said ‘unanonymised’ instead of ‘revealed’. Anyone who thought morning television host Sonia Kruger was an authority on immigration policy, and anyone consuming any mainstream media article about Jarryd Hayne – thereby perpetuating the media obsession. PULLED ANYTHING – pork, lamb, beef - food trends come and go, but when the major fast food chains get a hold of it, it’s over. THE BUDGET EMERGENCY – gone from the limelight, shunned, and forgotten, never to be the subject of hyperbole again – we hope and wish – but with the benefit of hindsight this seems unlikely. SYRIAN CITIZENS - they don’t deserve to be, but are the victims of a tyrannical leader, religious extremism and foreign interference. Man’s inhumanity to Man in action. TRUTH – no longer seems to matter in the modern world of social media and partisan compliant mainstream media. Along with critical thinking, truth lost out to shouting and emotion.

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Business & Rural

DIGITALLY ENHANCED.

Geek gifts for Christmas BY MATHEW DICKERSON SMALL BUSINESS RULES CONSULTANT

AM sure all of the readers of this column have a family member who is lucky enough to be technically obsessed – and this time of year is always difficult. What to buy the person who thinks a piece of sporting equipment would be a great device to gather spider webs on; clothes are something that should be bought once and then kept forever and jewellery is good for the Gold within that could be melted and used in electronic devices. I am here to solve your gift problems this Christmas with a snapshot of presents that would have any geek drooling with excitement. To start with the future, I want to go back in time. Nintendo is one of the largest video game companies and was founded way back in 1889. Obviously they didn’t have video games in 1889 (Edison only invented the lightbulb in 1879) but they originally produced handmade playing cards. In 1985 they released the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) which became the best-selling gaming console of its time. Nintendo have now released the NES Classic Edition where you can enjoy 30 classic games including

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Super Mario Bros.; Donkey Kong; Legend of Zelda and one of my arcade favourites, Pac-Man. Parents might even have a chance of beating their kids on games they grew up on! Snapchat ten-second videos are perfect for the short attention spans of our modern society. The problem is that it takes longer to take your phone out of your pocket and get it ready to video than the actual video. Not anymore. Snap’s spectacles capture a tensecond circular video that you can easily share on Snapchat. To take out the creepy factor, a light on the glasses shows when you are currently recording. Virtual Reality has been discussed ad infinitum but the headsets are not starting to become reasonably priced at good quality. After extensive research, my son splurged on the Sony Playstation VR headset and I can vouch for the sometimes too realistic feel of the headset. With this you can be Spiderman or ride a roller coaster or pilot a spaceship. Head movements can be used to control your direction and the Playstation Move motion controllers put your hands into the action. The minor issue is that you also need a PlayStation console. With cameras galore on our phones, printing photos seems so yesterday – but maybe the concept is coming back. There is nothing like that little photo wall in your bedroom or a great photo stuck on the fridge. HP have just released a

portable photo printer that will allow a Bluetooth connection from your phone to print direct to the printer. Quick, easy and simple and the quality of the photos is impressive for a small portable printer. Noise-cancelling headphones are not exactly brand new. I have been using a couple of different versions from the inventor of the category, Bose, for a few years now. Bose have just released their latest version though. The Bose QuietComforst 3.5. All the great features of the previous Bose noise-cancelling headphones with the added benefit of Bluetooth. And let’s face it. Everything is better with Bluetooth. If you know someone who spends too much time on an aircraft, this is the gift that keeps giving. I explored Bluetooth standards in a previous article but one of the great advances of Bluetooth since the invention of the concept has been the low power consumption of the technology. You can now use a Tile – a small device about the size of a 50-cent piece – to track any device you want to keep tabs on. Keys, wallet, children (not sure on the legality of attaching one to your child) or even, in the case of my daughter, teddy bears. You can track the location with your smartphone or make the device emit a tone to track it down precisely when you are nearby. If you are buying presents for techies that like to spend time in

the kitchen, the Death Star Waffle Maker is for them. You can make waffles for dessert (or breakfast!) and have them imprinted with the image of the Star Wars Death Star. Seriously, who comes up with this stuff? If you want your techie family member to remember you every day (or in the case of some techies, every week), the Bluetooth Showerhead Speaker is the one for you. The waterproof speaker lets you stream music or podcasts from a phone nearby and simply clips out of its magnetic holder to recharge or use in another room. It takes singing in the shower to an entirely new level. For the last suggestion, I am going to go with traditional jewellery. Well, not exactly traditional. This cocktail ring syncs with a phone to function as an alert for texts; calls; calendar alerts and more. Vibrations and coloured lights let you know to check your phone. There are four vibration patterns and five colour options to distinguish the different options on your phone. And to keep the price down, it has been made with cubic zirconia rather than the normal Carbon allotrope. That should be enough to get the gift juices flowing but, as I am sure you know, there are tens of thousands of Web sites just waiting to take your money for geeky and gimmicky gadgets. Enjoy the creativity of the people who create these items.

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5 reasons why cloud accounting continues to shine BY PHIL COMERFORD D SCOLARI COMERFORD

Cloud accounting has been around for a few years now and there is no doubt it is becoming more popular as small business embraces the digital economy. The days of desktop programs are pretty much numbered, with even Microsoft Office now available online through its 365 product. Why is it then that this mode of keeping track of your finances is getting more and more traction? Here are some of things that stand out to me.

1. INTERNET IS GETTING FASTER For many years the idea of running a program that looked after your business accounting needs on the internet was balked at for a number of reasons, including: z speed; z reliability; and z security. With the NBN roll out, internet speeds are becoming quicker so that the time to run an internet-based program is much faster. In the past, slow reaction times

when processing was not an attractive option. Whilst it is true that the fear of having no internet due to it being down would mean no access to the program, and not being able to process invoices, these days the likelihood that the internet will be down often or for long periods of time is much smaller. To cover this, some have opted for a reserve provider just in case, and a reduction in access costs to the internet means this can be a cheap source of insurance. When cloud accounting first came out, there were major concerns about security and access to people’s information and accounts. As the popularity of banking apps has increased, the willingness to trust the security of cloud-based programs has also increased. Of course, care needs to be taken in this area as there is still malware out there that can hack into systems just like any program. Protection programs such as Trend Micro and AVG are still recommended, as is the prudent use of passwords.

based accounting program and are an extension of it, providing what could be called ‘optional extras’. Debtor management systems that improve cash flow by automatically emailing out statements and assisting to chase up outstanding monies, meaning less time required by humans, is just one example. Complex stock systems are another application that can be used where required. The beauty of plug-ins is that the program itself can be adapted to suit certain needs of various businesses, whereas in the past the accounting system itself may have been too basic.

2. USE OF APPS AS PLUG-INS MEANING FLEXIBILITY

4. BETTER SUPPORT FROM SMALL BUSINESS ACCOUNTANTS

Many cloud accounting programs have what is known as ‘plug-ins’. These are programs that talk to the cloud-

Being able to log in where authorised means small business accountants can: z see how clients are going live and

3. UPDATES SEAMLESS One of the big advantages of cloudbased accounting systems is that, generally, they are updated automatically. This is particularly so of Xero (but not MYOB). Because updates are simple and require less attention, and because accountants don’t have to run various versions of the software for their clients, this is an extremely big tick!

can easily compare budgets to actuals via three-way budgets and cash flow forecasts; z provide support where clients have trouble knowing how and where to process certain transactions; z hold meetings more regularly without having to be face to face (although at least once a quarter is recommended).

5. AUTOMATION OF TRANSACTIONS SAVING TIME Most banks download transactions into programs like Xero nightly, and the accounting system then uses its smart technology to work out where these transactions should be put, and that speeds up processing time by hours – if not days! The software memorises and recognises regular transactions and suggests where they should go.

CONCLUSION: Cloud accounting is not the be all and end all but there is no doubt it is becoming smarter, faster and more affordable than its competitors. If you think it could help your business, you are mad if you are not looking further into it so you can enjoy the many benefits on offer!

Council director is farewelled DUBBO Regional Council director Technical Services Stewart McLeod retired this week after what General Manager Mark Riley called a remarkable career. “Stewart started work with Dubbo City Council in 1979 and retired this week after some 36 years’ service, including a brief term at Orange Council and 22 years as Director of Technical Services at Dubbo Council,” Mr Riley said. “During this time, Stewart worked for 12 separate elected Councils, 83 individual elected councillors, 10 mayors, 1 administrator, 3 General Managers and has experienced two amalgamations,” he said. “Between 1979 and 2016, the LGA has doubled in size, and Stewart has been at the helm of many of the city’s major capital works projects including the Troy Rail Deviation, major intersections at the Airport, Bunnings, Boothenba Road, Wheelers Lane and the Talbragar and Darling Street Beautification projects, and built the city’s first roundabout in 1986. “Other legacy items include all stages of the Tracker Ri-

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ley Cycleway, the Yabangee Bridge, the Shibble Bridge, the Gulambula Bridge, water supplies for the villages of Brocklehurst, Wongarbon, Ballimore, Eumungerie and Mogriguy and the safety upgrade of the South Dubbo Weir and Fishway,” “He was also behind the construction of the Water Treatment and Sewerage Treatment Plants, fluoridation of the Dubbo Water Supply, nine new water supply reservoirs and a number of drainage schemes across the city, and all of these are just a glimpse of what Stewart has been involved with during his career.” “Stewart has also been an active member on a variety of a number of committees including being the Chair of the Dubbo Local Emergency Management Committee since

1998, a member of the Central Western Emergency Management Committee since 1990, various state level Water and Sewer Industry Committees and a driving force behind the Lower Macquarie Water Utilities Alliance.” “Along the way, Stewart has garnered a number of awards as an individual and for projects he has managed,” “These include the prestigious Public Service Medal awarded in 2011 that recognised the significant contribution he has made to the community during his professional career.” “It is with a mixture of sadness and fond feelings that Council farewells Stewart on his retirement. He has not only left his mark, but he has improved the quality of life for the residents of Dubbo in a myriad of ways and I wish him and his wife Judith all the best.”

Macquarie Matrons seeking sponsorship for last event THE Macquarie Matrons are

appealing to Macquarie Valley businesses for sponsorship. Each year the Macquarie Matrons set about raising money for charities and community groups within the Macquarie Valley Region. To date the Macquarie Matrons have raised in excess of $920,000 for charities. “We are seeking support from the business communities in Trangie, Narromine, Warren, Nyngan and Tottenham this year as we undertake possibly the last Macquarie Matrons event – the Macquarie Matrons Marquee at the ‘Three Rivers Machinery’ Macquarie Picnic Races,” said Kelly Reynolds, president of the Macquarie Matrons. “We are seeking donated items to be included in our silent auction on the day. All money raised will go to the Macquarie Valley Regional Fund, which in turn will be donated to charities and community groups in Trangie, Narromine, Warren, Nyngan and Tottenham,” said Kelly. “In return for their generous sponsorship, businesses will receive promotion through social

media, inclusion in the auction brochure and potentially their logo and promotional material displayed on the sponsors’ wall in the marquee.” “It will be a great, fun day out and we hope that others will be encouraged to join the Macquarie Matrons so that we can continue to raise money for charities within the Macquarie region,” said Kelly. Businesses interested in becoming a sponsor should email president@macquariematrons. com.au. Racegoers interested in purchasing tickets for the Macquarie Picnic Races for the Macquarie Matrons marquee can do so through www.123tix. com.au and are encouraged to stay up-to-date through the Macquarie Matrons Facebook page. Marquee tickets are $55 if purchased prior to December 15 and include entry to the races, a delicious luncheon, access to a private bar and live music. Tickets will be available through 123tix.com.au. Buses are also available from Dubbo to Trangie return for an additional $25 per person.

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Google’s query syntax BY CYNTHIA FOLEY OOGLE is the modern day equivalent of ‘Open Sesame’, the magical command which opened the robber’s den in the Arabian Night’s tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Likewise Google is the magic key that unfailingly opens a bottomless pit of information for everyone on every subject. Even for the genealogist. Just enter ‘google’ into search box and a mere 10,930,000,000 results will appear. Google offers the choice of searching the whole site from Australia. An advanced search, for an image, group search, names, maps, videos and more, such as a translating service. Over the years there have been other search engines. I quickly brought up the 15 of the most popular search engines. Each has its own appeal. Google ‘Top 15 Most popular Search Engines’ and chose for yourself. Note the millions of people who log onto search engines every day, week, month. Today we are obviously speaking about Google and there are tips and tricks to using Google. I advise printing off instructions from the Internet for your own benefit. However, ‘google’ is the in-word. Two years ago my grandson aged 8 asked; “Nan, how was I made?” I hesitated as words spun around my brain at a million miles per hour. How much did he know? What would I tell him? And while I am hesitating, obviously at a loss about what to say, he leaned over. Put his arm on my arm and said. “Nan, don’t worry, I’ll just ask the Google God”. He was going on 8 years of age! So for me, anyway, Google is the search engine with which I am most familiar. An example used in author Dan Lynch’s book Google on filtering is this. The book unlocks the mystery of Query Syntax. In the Google Web Search Query below, queries are submitted with only slight differences in the order of keywords and/or the use of basic syntax. Even the slightest changes in your query can yield a tremendous difference in the number of results returned. Using Statue of Liberty you will see as an example in the book, 14 Google Web Search queries for the Statue of Liberty. At number one position the result for just Statue of Liberty is 9,530.000 results. While “the statue of liberty” reveals 2,100,000 entries; statue liberty reveals 5,790,000, changing with each change of basic command. statue AND liberty results in 957.000 entries and at 14th place “Statue***liberty” {with perimeters plus wildcards, resulting in 610.000 results}. Use of the * wildcard symbol has a special meaning in Google when it is used within quotations. Filtering techniques are like an archaeology

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dig. Sifting through to find the items of interest to you. A google account is free and benefits include a gmail account, alerts, my library and others. Keywords are the main ingredient and can be single or multiple and not case sensitive. EMBER of DDFHS Geoff Attwell has contributed to today’s column. Geoff is a genealogical whiz. He can literally make Google talk. Google has a free, web-based version of programs such as Microsoft Office or Open Office. Includes a free calendar to track various dates. Google Voice allows you to make free phone calls from your PC to any phone in the US. Also free PC to PC calls around the world. Use this to check on archives hours, before a research trip. After opening the Google program, enter your own name. It is beyond me how someone human who is not instrument with artificial intelligence can work all of this out. According to Geoff Attwell Google Images is probably the greatest collection of photographs available to search in the one place on the internet. Open Google, select images from the toolbar across the top of the page which will place the picture of a camera at the right hand end of the search box. Now enter a description of the subject that you are looking for in a photograph. Google will display the picture that matches your search enquiry. Geoff uses Google for photographs of family members with their cars, truck, tractors and machines. Taken on holiday. Appliances like the washing machine that his mother had. The kitchen stove, the mantel radio, other common household items that were in the home of grandparents or even the home where they themselves grew up. “Photographs of items such as these greatly enhance your story,” Geoff said. “What about vehicles owned by the family? All there. Even, models of similar vintage and colour. There is nothing that you cannot do or find on google. It is just a matter of knowing the best method to enter the enquiry. Google ‘tips and tricks of using google’ for some more hints. Geoff searches Google images in the same way that he searches Google for general information. Entering a common single word will usually bring up a large number of results but too many to view in the time available. Entering two or more words without any qualifications will bring up even more results. It is necessary to refine the search so as to produce a manageable number of pages to read. For instance: Geoff enters his own name. Geoff Attwell (without any perimeters) resulting in 1.8 million results (2013) entering “Geoff Attwell”

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within quotation marks will result in about 160 results. Entering “Geoff Attwell” Condobolin will bring up one page. Bingo! You are there. He has his man. Try this for yourself in this most simple format. When Geoff started researching his family history and wanted pictures of items similar to those used by his parent 50 years ago, he spent hours in libraries trawling through newspapers of the time looking for advertisements containing the images he was seeking. Now on the internet he can find coloured photos of these items in a few minutes. Another advantage is that it allows you to build simple websites for an easy-to-use web presentation. To post your genealogy or other information about your family history. I am only using Google Images as an example. The same principle applies to everything that you can think of. “Google Images is probably the greatest collection of photographs available to search in the one place on the internet. “Go to Google. Select images from the toolbar across the top of the page. This will place the picture of a camera at the right and end of the search box. Now enter a description of the subject that you are looking for in a photograph. Generally Google will display pictures that have been titled in a way that matches your search enquiry”, Geoff said.. “The variety of images on Google seem boundless and what you can find is only limited by your imagination, your time and your searching technique. Google appears to gather the images from every source available on the internet. Newspapers, magazines, internet forums, photo hosting and storage websites such as Flickr. Obviously Google cannot access someone’s private collection of photos at home, but as soon as anyone puts a photograph on an internet forum or any other website on the internet, in most cases it becomes ‘public’ and there is no limit to where it may appear again. ••• 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 2pm6pm, Friday 10am-1pm. Phone 68818635 in library hours. 0408845796 (ah). DDFHS membership subscription is $40+ a once only joining fee for a single membership, (other membership categories also apply) is due January 1. Membership provides unlimited access to all records, plus the most important ingredient: assistance. New members are always welcome. Also on offer is $10 casual fee per session which provides access to the huge collection of genealogical records and databases in the society. More or less a try, before you buy. Closed for Christmas from December 10 to January 10.

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

Sally Bryant C That time of year again… HRISTMAS carols, blow-flies, garden sprinklers and the shopping list. The end of December approacheth, the yuletide is just around the corner and we’re doing that seasonal shuffle of winding down to a short festive break, and winding up for the biggest feast on the calendar. Part of me wants to shuck off the shackles of the working year and get ready to kick back for a couple of days of R and R. But another part of me is having a red hot look at how organised I am for Christmas and wondering if perhaps I need to get my finger out and start to do some prep. Presents perhaps? Should I be making puddings? Glazing a ham? It’s just that it’s hard to contemplate that level of activity when we’re getting this beautiful balmy weather, these long summer evenings when the hot wind is still creeping through the house as I head to my bed in what feels like the middle of the afternoon. My early shift means I need to keep nursery hours at the best of times but it becomes ridiculous in daylight saving time when I’m in bed long before the chooks. And then I lie there and doze in my somewhat darkened bedroom and listen to the rest of world outside my door. I eventually drop off to sleep, only to waken an hour or so later, wondering if my alarm has gone off, surely I’m not late for work. Couple that with moonlit nights where the landscape glows and beckons, it’s a wonder I’m getting any sleep at all. It’s the season of the fan; the white noise that cuts across all the other little noises that niggle in the night. The fan is great to keep you cool. It’s the best way to keep the mozzies at bay. But it’s chief benefit lies in the face that it provides a sort of audio hammock to rest your mind in, to allow your conscious mind to let go, so you can slip under the cotton sheet

Cancer Council is here to support people this festive season THE holiday season can pose many challenges for people who are affected by cancer. At a time which is traditionally full of fun and cheer, feelings of loneliness, isolation and sadness are more common than people think. As the only organisation to work across every area of every cancer, Cancer Council has a range of information and support services available to assist during this festive season. The new Cancer Council Online Community provides people currently living with cancer, cancer survivors, families, carers and the wider cancer community the opportunity to connect, share experiences and find information and support in a safe forum. It’s available to local residents 24/7 and from any online device, regardless of their location or travel distance from physical support groups. Cancer Council NSW’s Lead Supportive Care manager, Hannah Baird said the Online Community aims to reduce isolation

of a good night’s sleep. I’m a big fan of the fan. It’s the season of the municipal swimming pool, the season of sharing lanes and negotiating free passage up and down one’s lane with a plethora of sunkissed children with the attention span of a gnat. Like seal puppies they’re cavorting in the water, ducking and diving in and around the lane ropes, occasionally bumping into you as you grind your way up and down the pool. Every so often they miss you by millimetres when they explode back into the pool, leaping from the hot concrete surrounds and arriving in an effusion of bubbles, limbs akimbo. It’s the season of summer, of salads, of carrying cold drinks in the car. The rich grass of spring is long gone.

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by encouraging people affected by cancer to share their stories and build meaningful online relationships with other people in similar situations “What we are seeing through our peer support programs is more and more people are now turning to digital platforms for information and support, to connect with others who can relate to what they are experiencing.” On average per month, there are over 30,500 searches on Google for cancer related terms such as ‘living with cancer’, ‘support groups’, ‘I’ve just been diagnosed’, ‘treatment and side effects’ and more. “The new platform is designed to complement existing Cancer Council NSW information and support services, connecting people with each other in real time, regardless of when they seek information,

My fat rescue horse has done his mandatory sentence in m’father’s cattle yards, to keep his equine gout at bay. He’s truly a guts, that horse, he is a laminitis case just waiting to happen, so this season was a major risk for him. He’s been locked up in the yards for weeks now, making moon eyes at anyone walking by, sucking his guts in and looking as thin and bereft as he can possibly manage in the vain hope he can wangle his release. But now, O Frabjous Day! Calloo! Callay! He’s had his visit from the farrier, the trimming of the hooves and the inevitable discussions about the perfidy of leaning all one’s weight on the proffered leg; that’s all done and dusted. Louis the Lip has been given the all-clear to head back to the lucerne paddock to hang

or where they live. The entire website is also moderated and community managed by qualified health professionals – which is particularly beneficial during this time of year when support can be limited,” said Ms Baird. The Cancer Council 13 11 20 telephone information and support service is free, confidential and also available over the holiday period*. For more information about Cancer Council Online Community, visit:www.cancercouncil.com.au/OC

Unconventional gas mining in rural Australia health concerns A NEW journal article published this week in Rural and Remote Health highlights increasing understanding of health concerns associated with unconventional gas mining of potential relevance to rural Australia. “Emerging epidemiological studies suggest links between living in close proximity to unconventional gas operations and interference with foetal

with the cattle. As far as he is concerned, God is in his heaven and all is right with the world. And as anxious as he has been to get out of the yards, the blowflies have been lurking and scheming on my back veranda, waiting with intent to get inside my tent. They soooo want to be in there, in the cool, in there where the food is, in there where they can be maximum irritant. Because nothing will do them, once they find themselves inside, but to buzz incessantly against the window panes and the window gauze, in an effort to get back out again. That’s when they are not doing circle work over the top of my Christmas cooking, looking for somewhere to drop their filthy hoards. Christmas lunch at my place anyone?

development and birth outcomes, exacerbation of asthma conditions and higher levels of stress. These findings are particularly concerning to rural families here in Australia,” said Melissa Haswell, Professor of Health, Safety and Environment at QUT, and article author. “By 2015, at least 685 peerreviewed papers on health implications of shale and tight gas mining had been published, with 80 per cent between 2013 and 2015. This research should not be overlooked in the assessment of the likely costs of the industry’s development in Australia and decision making.” “Rural residents need to be supported to access and interpret the best and most current evidence regarding the multiple health concerns associated with unconventional gas mining.” Discussions with communities and experts, supported by the expanding research from the USA and Australia, revealed increasing health concerns in six key areas. These are: 1. No demonstrated long-term solution for hazardous waste-

water management 2. Air pollution – an under-recognised significant health risk 3. Competition for water and land between gas companies and farmers 4. Risks to mental health and social and emotional wellbeing 5. High levels and potency of fugitive methane emissions promoting climate change 6. Uncertainty that regulatory regimes will prevent long-term cumulative impacts. It is difficult to gain a broad but accurate understanding of the health concerns for rural communities because the evidence, which has grown very recently and rapidly, is complex and largely based in the USA, where the industry is advanced. In 2013 in the USA, the number of people living within a mile of a hydraulically fractured oil or gas wells was estimated at 15.3 million. By 2015, at least 685 peer-reviewed papers on health implications of shale and tight gas mining had been published, with 80 percent between 2013 and 2015. Few papers examine health concerns associated with coal seam gas.

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AN ANGEL SINGS Mary Jean Semmler b. 16.06.1037 – d. 3.12.16 Dubbo recently lost one of it’s valued and much loved community members, Mary Jean Semmler, whose quiet contributions - and not so quiet thanks to the gift of a beautiful singing voice - touched many lives, least of all, her husband Brian who has kindly shared with Dubbo Weekender readers the eulogy he wrote which was read at her funeral by Ken Phillis, in celebration of a long life lived well. HILE Mary had a myriad of admirable qualities, the greatest of these was her love for and service to her Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Just as Christ showed love, grace, compassion, gentleness of spirit, caring, forgiveness, understanding, tolerance, and concern for others, so did Mary; and it was through these qualities that she served God throughout her life. In fact one of our sons, in speaking about her the day she died, summed it up when he said “she had a pure heart”. Even in times of adversity, her faith never faltered. When I would complain about the atrocities which were gripping our world, and say aloud “why doesn’t God do something about it”, her re-assurance would always be “he will, all in his own good time”. She was blessed with great talent, both natural and acquired, which she employed in serving God and humanity. Although normally a quiet, retiring person Mary had a unique sense of humour; and even when she was seriously ill she would often come out with a quip that would blow us away. (She could be a bit cheeky at times, but lovingly so!) The first child of Leslie Eric and Freda Jessie Armour, Mary Jean was born on June 16, 1937. She had two sisters, still living, Helen (born 1938) and Isabel (born 1941). Their father was a grazier, and they lived on a property near Ladysmith – a small village approximately 20 km east of Wagga Wagga; and the girls’ maternal grandparents had a butcher shop in the village. Mary rode a horse to school, and although WWII had intervened, things were generally good for them. However, tragically their father died in 1943 at the age of 34, leaving their mother with three little girls. That meant the selling of the property, but as her father, Leslie, had left the family with a house to live-in and another as a rental property for income in Wagga Wagga, they moved into town. Her mother, Freda, later married again, and a son John was born. Growing-up in Wagga Wagga Mary attended Gurwood Street Primary School and later Wag-

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ga Wagga High School where she completed the Intermediate Certificate, and went on to do a Day Secretarial Course at the Technical College (TAFE as it is now known). In the meantime, she had studied piano and undertaken singing lessons, gaining skills which she would use to great advantage later in life. At school she had lead parts in school musicals, and was noticed by a fellow student who thought she was gorgeous (as well as being talented), and who thought he would like to get to know her better. They later also attended the same church and were members of the same tennis club. Mary and Brian were married on September 6, 1958 at the Wagga Wagga Methodist Church and have three sons, Mark (born 1961), Philip (1963), and Ross (1965). Mary’s desire to serve the Lord Jesus Christ has seen her have a considerable involvement in church activities as a Sunday school teacher; a religious education in schools’ teacher; a member of the council of elders; organiser/conductor of a junior choir; a church organist (when her son Philip was born she was ‘allowed’ one Sunday away from the organ and was back the following Sunday at her place at the keyboard with Philip in a basket beside her). As a teenager when most young people her age were going to the beach or playing sport on Sundays, she would teach Sunday school in the morning and then in the afternoon, accompany the minister of the church to country services to play the organ and/or present a vocal solo. As a member of the former Dubbo City Choristers for 20 years, Mary was lead soprano for most of that time. After that group dissolved, Mary began to sing with Palmer Street Singers and Holy Trinity choirs. Because of her vocal talents, she has taken many parts in church choirs over the years, including the soprano solos in ‘The Messiah’. With all the practices and community presentations involved in the various choirs’ activities, she has given hundreds of hours of her time to provide enjoyment for others. She has also been called upon

` With all the practices and community presentations involved in the various choirs’ activities, she has given hundreds of hours of her time to provide enjoyment for others. as a soloist for community occasions and sung at numerous weddings (including her own). Mary was the Dubbo coordinator of World Day of Prayer, which involved liaison with all branches of the Christian church to arrange annual services; and did this for 31 years. For 13 years she accompanied Brian to Mendooran one Sunday a month to provide music for a service at the Uniting Church. Mary had many other involvements. Although she was never a Rotarian herself, the support she gave Brian in his long-term Rotary membership and activity, and through her considerable direct participation in Rotary endeavours and programs, was enormous. Brian says, “I believe it was much more than many Rotarians give!” Mary was a member of the youth exchange district committee for 12 years, and in that role alone gave-up between 10 and 14 weekends a year over

that period, and undertook considerable travel. She was a host mother for five exchange students for Dubbo West Club. During Brian’s period as Deputy Mayor of the City of Dubbo there were a number of occasions on which he was acting mayor and Mary acting mayoress, and in that role she carried out her duties with grace, dignity, and purpose. Like many other parents, Mary worked tirelessly for the school which her children attended. For a number of years in the 1970s and ‘80s Mary delivered Meals on Wheels; and for the last fifteen years she and Brian had taken on that role again. Last year, in recognition for her tremendous contribution to family, church, and the community, the Rotary Club of Dubbo West awarded her a Rotary Foundation Paul Harris Fellowship. Mary has always been extremely talented with handicrafts – knitting, sewing (she

made almost all her own clothes – including her wedding dress – and also those of her family over the years), bark picture making, and folk art, etc. She was a very good homemaker. Life has presented her with some challenges, and even more so at the end, but she has shown great tenacity, resilience, and grace in dealing with them. Brian reflects, “For as long as I’ve known her, she was always loved and respected, and seen as a real lady by everyone who knew her”. While in care toward the end of her life, she endeared herself to every person who looked after her. Even in her darkest hours, she never failed to say ‘please’ when asking for something; and ‘thank you’ when anyone did even the smallest thing for her. Again, Brian says, “Mary was, and always will be, cherished by me – and I was so privileged to have her as my wife for 58 years. We shared a beautiful friendship!” Grandma, as she was known in the family, was loved unconditionally and adored by her children, grandchildren, and great grandchild. Throughout their lives, and particularly in the latter times, Brian’s love for her grew deeper and deeper; and her response was overwhelming. Beautiful lady, we know you are now with your Lord and Saviour, and at peace; and we know too that you will now be able to sing with the Angels. For the last two or three days of her life, Mary tried to say things to those with her, but because of her illness, she couldn’t be understood. However, late in the afternoon of the second of those days Brian played a CD recording of the Dubbo City Choristers singing ‘The Messiah’ to her, and when he put it on, she smiled. When it came to the first of her solos, he leant over and asked her quietly “Who’s that singing, darling?” And as clear as a bell she said “me”. That was the last word he heard her say. During the memorial service, this and a second recording featuring Mary singing, was played to which the congregation responded with applause.

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A year of music BY VIVIENNE WINTHER DIRECTOR MACQUARIE CONSERVATORIUM

ERE at Macquarie Conservatorium, 2016 has been humming with inspiring music-making of all sorts and sizes and sounds! Just some of the highlights are rounded up in our monthly stock-take below.

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January A fun holiday activity for kids made sure we got the year of to a noisy but musical start. Drumming workshops with drum-meister Dale Freeman proved a hit with eight to twelve year olds who worked off any holiday boredom with gusto, filling two packed sessions at the Conservatorium and another at Apollo House. Meanwhile our admin staff enrolled new and continuing students and started to juggle teachers, rooms and the students’ competing after-school activities in search of the perfect lesson timetable.

Macquarie Youth Chorus performs with Opera Australia in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro at Dubbo Regional Theatre. PHOTOS: GREG MARGINSON

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Two local schools upped the musical ante this year. Dubbo Public School hit a new high with more than 80 students busy learning an instrument, wind, brass or guitar, from their Conservatorium teachers. Meanwhile, Orana Heights Public School introduced three brand new music programs reaching more than 150 students: specialist classroom music for kindy to year 2; ukulele for a whole class of year 4, and wind and brass tuition for students from years 5 and 6. Great to see all those colourful ukuleles in young hands!

Conservatorium students were busy playing solos, duets, and ensembles in the City of Dubbo Eisteddfod. Notable among the many prize-winners was pianist Madelyn Fardell, awarded the Instrumental Scholarship, judged across all the competitors playing wind, brass, strings, guitar and piano. This month also saw the start of some very hard work by a talented bunch of young singers, who formed a youth chorus to perform with Opera Australia at Dubbo Regional Theatre later in the year. They began 8 weeks of intensive rehearsals to get ready to perform in a professional opera production.

March March was Moorambilla month across the region, and the indefatigable Michelle Leonard kicked off her three week workshop tour of western NSW regional towns right here in Dubbo, visiting schools and giving two workshops at the Conservatorium. Local youth were keen to take part and have the chance to sing in the next Moorambilla Festival in September.

April At the end of Term 1, five students at Macquarie Conservatorium received the results of their audition for the newly formed Regional Youth Orchestra NSW (RYO NSW). Selected from talented students across the NSW Regional Conservatorium network, violinist India de Sousa Shaw, violist Emma Newby, French horn player Aidan Kiriakou, tuba player Robin Hall and percussionist Sam Minney will take part in exciting RYO NSW projects at the Sydney Opera House, plus play in a major event in October for Regional Arts Australia’s Artlands Festival in Dubbo…..the planning begins now.

May May was concert month at the Conservatorium. Talented tertiary students on tour from Sydney Conservatorium gave a public concert and visited three schools, bringing their classical and jazz music to hundreds of school children. The Streeton Trio gave the third concert in the visiting artist series, and their generous and inspiring masterclass for string and piano students was a great hit with our young players. Students

from the Conservatorium advanced chamber music program delighted a Mother's Day crowd with their performance at the annual high tea event at Dundullimal Homestead.

Four outstanding jazz musicians visited this month: Dubbo’s own renowned bass player Phil Stack and his friends vocalist Emma Pask, guitarist James Muller and drummer Tim Firth. As well as performing a sensational sell-out concert, these musicians gave an inspiring jazz workshop to Dubbo secondary students.

September

Talented young singer and Conservatorium student Billy Palin was awarded a NSW Young Regional Artist Scholarship, enabling her to travel to London in July for a period of intensive workshops in voice, acting and movement with leading music theatre professionals in the West End. The first Regional Youth Orchestra project for the year saw four Conservatorium students join others from across the state at the Sydney Opera House to experience the life of a professional orchestral musician. Working with mentors from the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, our young musicians played in the cramped pit of the Opera Theatre and were thrilled to accompany an Opera Australia singer in an aria from Bizet’s Carmen.

Open Day was a little more packed than usual, with rain moving the Band Extravaganza indoors for the first time in 5 years. The wet weather didn’t dampen the enthusiasm for the drumming workshops available that day with visiting artist Kai Tipping. Kai also visited 3 primary schools and gave workshop for teens and adults, laying the groundwork for a massed drumming performance for the Artlands Festival in October. Students Emma Newby and Billie Palin with staff member Nadine Isbester were selected to perform in a concert at NSW Parliament House hosted by the Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli, showcasing the most talented performers from across the NSW Regional Conservatorium network. India de Sousa Shaw, Emma Newby, Aidan Kiriakou, and Sam Minney were the Conservatorium representatives in the RYO NSW project with the Australian World Orchestra (AWO). 45 students from the 17 NSW Regional Conservatoriums were tutored by some of Australia’s best musicians and performed with them in the AWO’s concert at the Sydney Opera House. Tuba player Robin Hall wasn’t able to do this project because he was touring Europe with the NSW Department of Education’s West of the Divide Band!

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It’s AMEB exam time – the nationwide music exam system our students follow. Specialist examiners travelled to regional centres like our Conservatorium to assess performance and technical skills of music students from Dubbo and neighbouring towns. In beautifully made period costumes, the 22 young singers in the Macquarie Youth Chorus performed their well-rehearsed parts alongside the professional singers from Opera Australia in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, an amazing opportunity for country kids to be part of a first class opera production in front of their home crowd at the Dubbo Regional Theatre.

This month was all about drumming, orchestras and….Artlands! Together with Outback Arts, 20 drums and drum teacher Dale Freeman went on tour to Cobar, Bourke, Warren, Coonamble, Walgett and Lightning Ridge for community workshops. Next for Dale and his Conservatorium Drum Ensemble was their annual gig playing in the DREAM Festival Lantern Parade. Then Kai Tipping returned and drummed up an impressive performance from more than 70 of our local youth and adult drummers for the opening event of the Artlands Festival. The Conservatorium hosted the full Regional Youth Orchestra NSW in

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Dubbo North Public School Drummers at the Artlands launch

Dubbo for a three-day residential camp, rehearsing for their performance in the Artlands Festival. Bad weather moved the planned outdoor finale concert inside to the Dubbo Regional Theatre, but the talented young musicians impressed with a rousing program of music that ranged from Mendelssohn to Sculthorpe, and from West Side Story to Lord of the Rings.

November Teachers in the Conservatorium school music program visited more than 15 schools across Dubbo, Wellington, Narromine, Gilgandra and Trangie on their annual “Puff Blow and Bow” tour, introducing school children to the wind, brass and string instruments we teach, and giving students who’d like to start learning music next year the chance to try an instrument in handson workshops. The Youth Music Theatre students performed their second show of the year; after exploring a science fiction theme with their first show in August, their November show, “Straw and Order” was the traditional Christmas story with a twist, scoring a hit with the young audiences who came along to two special shows for schools and pre-schools.

December School bands were on high rotation this month, playing at end of year concerts, fetes, graduation and assemblies, with our teachers racing across town to conduct “just one more performance”. The Conservatorium own end of year concert showcased the growth in our own ensembles, for wind, strings, brass, guitar, drums, all of them dedicated to the enjoyment of making music together. Conservatorium students and staff will keep playing in the coming weeks at Christmas Carol events around town and beyond, but here at the Conservatorium it’s unusually quiet in the teaching rooms and concert hall, just for now.

What’s On z December 16: Conservatorium office closes at 5pm for summer break z January 9: Conservatorium office reopens at 9am after summer break z January 18 and 19: Holiday Drumming Workshops for kids 8-12 years z January 31 and 21: Free Come and Try session MusicMakers for children 5-6 years z February 1 and 2: Free Come and Try sessions MusicPlay for children 2-3 years and 4-5 years z www.macqcon.org.au

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Parkes Elvis Festival

Get your float ready: Viva Las Vegas HE annual Northparkes Mines Street Parade is back and ready to rumba at the 2017 Parkes Elvis Festival. Shake, rattle and roll your way down the main drag on Saturday, January 14, with this year’s theme, the 1964 Elvis film, ‘Viva las Vegas’. Thousands of thrill-seekers are expected and groups can register a float, car or walking team and transform Parkes into the Las Vegas Strip. Get amongst the hordes of Elvis-themed floats, Elvis and Priscilla look-alikes, vintage cars, motorcycles and marching bands parading down Clarinda Street from Bushman Street to Cooke Park at 10am.

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Top tips to get your float ready Watch the film. Why not have an American-themed night with your family and friends for inspiration? Enjoy

some Elvis and put on Viva las Vegas, get your poker cards out and get into the spirit of the fun capital of the world! Hit the shops. You don’t have to spend a mountain of cash on your costume. Hit up the local discount shop, second-hand store, stationery outlet or newsagent and get creative. Surf the web. Check out websites like Pinterest where there are thousands of fun and simple ideas to create a fantastic Elvis Vegas-themed float. Think bold and bright colours like hot pink, purple, green, gold and blue. Here are some decoration ideas to get you into the Vegas spirit: z Hot rod themed floats; z Wedding chapel themed floats; z Show girl costumes (feathers, headdresses, fishnet tights); z Gambling chips/machines, cards, dices; z American flags;

z Cocktail dresses/suits; z Retro swimsuits. As the saying goes “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas”, so organisers suggest not to let your creativity be shortened, gather your friends and join the show! Download your Northparkes Mines Street Parade registration form from the website. Registration is essential and it's free. There are awards up for grabs including Best Classic Car, Best Float and even Best Walking Group, so start practising that swagger.

Tips z Plan: Be creative, think outside the box, clear idea of what you are making. z Materials: Discount shops, secondhand shop, doesn’t need to be expensive. z For all programming and ticketing information, visit the website at www. parkeselvisfestival.com.au.

Parkes Elvis Festival is held annually in the second week of January in Parkes, New South Wales, coinciding with the birthday of Elvis Presley. Parkes has a population of 12,000 and is located 365 kilometres west of Sydney. In January 2016 over 22,000 visitors attended the Festival, more than doubling Parkes’ population. The Festival began in January 1993 as a small birthday party for the local newspaper editor. It was so much fun they decided to do it again - and again! Over the following 10 years additional events were added and it became a two-day Festival. With the vision and effort of the voluntary organising committee as well as the support of Parkes Shire Council, the Festival exploded in popularity and word quickly spread across Australia of the fun and unique event in regional NSW. Following its tremendous success, in 2014 the Festival transitioned management to Parkes Shire Council under a Section 355 Festival Committee. The Festival now regularly attracts visitors from all around Australia and stages more than 120 events annually. In January 2015, Parkes Elvis Festival was officially endorsed by Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc., the trustees of the estate of Elvis Presley. Official endorsement elevates Parkes Elvis Festival to the ranks of premiere Elvis tribute festivals in the world. Parkes Elvis Festival is proudly supported by the NSW Government through its tourism and major events agency, Destination NSW.

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Books for Christmas M ANY folk will recall Norman Rockwell, a remarkable artist whose works were frequently featured in the “Saturday Evening Post”. Such was his profile that when President John Kennedy was assassinated, Rockwell’s portrait of him was shown on the magazine’s cover. A book that brings to life our recognition of Christmas is “Norman Rockwell’s Christmas Book” in which his art is supported by carols, stories, poems and recollections. It begins with a Bible text from Luke 2:1-16, “For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” The composition of the Christmas Book has a sincere message – in the early pages, Rockwell assembles portraits of nearly 20 people of various cultures, supported by a Biblical message, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” The pages continue with brief literary contributions from writers such as Shakespeare, John Milton and others. A challenge to us as we go about our busy lives is featured in Rockwell’s drawing of a cathedral entrance with the message “Lift Up Thine Eyes” and this is ignored by the several pedestrians walking past with their eyes fixed on the footpath. The carols of Christmas are included, interspersed with art work. Have you had the experience of reading a book and having the text imprint on your mind? It may be a learning process, a role in modifying an emotion,

or an emotional experience. And when the book has been received as a gift, we recall the person who made the choice and gave it to us. There are many occasions when we enter a bookstore and choose a book to satisfy some interest. The Australian Booksellers Association lists some of those motivations: 1. Lost your mojo 2. On the hunt for a new recipe 3. Looking for a bedtime story 4. In a dud relationship 5. Need to escape 6. Hungry for knowledge. Step into an unusual book – author Joel Salatin, well known to regional farming communities for his books “Salad Bar Beef” and “Pastured Poultry Profits”, has now released “The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs”. Joel’s vision of the world is alive as a Christian farmer; he puts his faith to work in the care of the animals and the land, producing food based on spiritual principles. A recent title to the shelves

is “Why On Earth Do You Still Read the Bible?” by Norm Habel. It is the story of an Australian biblical scholar’s painful yet fulfilling discovery that education, study, research, lifestyle and other issues can be viewed through new “lenses” and with renewed hope. It is an encouragement to not be afraid of the challenges – the text identifies commitment to connect faith and life. In 1843 Charles Dickens wrote “A Christmas Carol” which is his story of a solitary miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas Day. Scrooge experiences a series of ghostly visitors who impact on his attitude to life. In “The Bookshop Book” Jen Campbell takes us on a tour of the world where English is spoken, listing features of the various bookshops of note. The issue that emerges is that bricks and mortar bookshops are popular destinations with many people, and she looks into the various factors which attract readers to their chosen sources for reading matter. One of the most enduring bookshops

` Joel Salatin’s vision of the world is alive as a Christian farmer; he puts his faith to work in the care of the animals and the land... a

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From the bookshelves by Dave Pankhurst The Book Connection is “Shakespeare and Company” in Paris. In 1917 an American woman, Sylvia Beach, moved to Paris to study French literature and, just afterwards, opened her shop. Last year one of our Dubbo customers was in Paris and mailed us a postcard featuring “Shakespeares” bookstore. For some people, their favourite bookstore becomes their destination whenever the opportunity occurs. Just printed is the Australian Booksellers Association’s annual Kids Reading Guide for 20162017.It includes handpicked and reviewed titles for young people. It features recently released titles in sections – baby and toddler, picture books, junior fiction, middle fiction and teen reading. There is also a listing of audio books – CDs and MP3s. Now that the HSC final exams have been completed, so often a young person comes into our shop to offer a resume with the aim of securing employment. Two things come to mind. One is that there are remarkable, personable young people ready to enter the workforce. The other is that they face a tremendous challenge because retail traders are restricting employee numbers as they compete with supermarket operators and the internet.

Having spent 12 years at school, having to then contend with reduced employment opportunities is a tough lesson for them. Inspiring support comes in reading “Psycho-Cybernetics” by Maxwell Maltz. A final item in the Norman Rockwell book is a wonderful reminder of a child’s appreciation of Christmas. It begins with a letter from a child: “Dear Editor, I am 8 years old. Some of my friends say there is no Santa Clause. Papa says ‘If you see it in ‘The Sun’ (newspaper) it’s so.’ Please tell me the truth: is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O’Hanlon. A memorable reply in the newspaper runs: Dear Virginia, Your little friends are wrong... The extended message finishes: The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. No Santa Claus! Thank God he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. The New York Sun September 21, 1897 A classical text that honours Christmas in our lifetime. Enjoy your browsing, Dave Pankhurst.

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Lazy River Christmas Markets BY BRENDA HUTCHINS

A large crowd descended on Lazy River Estate for the pop up Christmas markets on Sunday, December 11. There were over 80 stalls for people to do some Christmas shopping and also entertainment from young singer Haleigh Hing.

Zoe Nel and Rose Davis-Nel

Bruce and Maddison Macdonald, Michele Baker and Jess Knight

Shantay Wark-Butcher and Debra Perreau

Sharon and Lauren Kirk Allira Chatfield and Oshay Whitton

Maddi Hall, Di Hewitt and Laine Hall

Some of the stalls

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Summerfest at the RSL BY BRENDA HUTCHINS

MEMBERS of the Dubbo Country Music Assoc. came together on Saturday, December 10 for the Summerfest. There was an open mic, various awards were announced and some special performances.

Kylie Adams-Collier and Greg Jankowski

Back, Iris Blackhall, Ivan Nolan, front: Joyce Nolan and Jana Nolan

Julie and Kevin Bargmann

Edith Osborne from Wellington and Marie Vague who travelled down from Queensland

Steve Parkes, Peter Gallen and Lance Birrell

Bill Favell and Mary Primerano

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ORISCON Annual Cultural Event CONTRIBUTED

A bright, spectacular cultural evening was held by the Orana Residents of Indian Sub Continental Heritage (ORISCON) Community Group in Dubbo on December 3, 2016. This event brought together children, young people and community members from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, and the larger diasporic community now living in Australia, Fiji and New Zealand. THE evening included cultural performances by children, young people and adults, followed by a delicious meal specially prepared by volunteers from the various communities living in Dubbo. The performances included traditional authentic performances, as well as trendy fusion items. SUCH events were developed with the precise intention of providing an opportunity for young people to develop self-confidence, and pride in their identity. THE event also supports new migrants to better integrate and be supported to live in Dubbo and the Central West. IT is an opportunity to build and bridge social capital, promoting harmony, inclusion and integration. While this was a closed member only event, the Oriscon community were privileged to have among them friends from the larger Australian community. ORISCON is a Dubbo based volunteer community group supporting promotion, facilitation, articulation and presentation of cultural and social events within Dubbo and Central West New South Wales. The group has been active in the Dubbo and the Central West for over two decades, facilitating and supporting diverse community programs, projects and events. THIS was 15th annual event held in the Dubbo and for the first time at the Regional Theatre and Convention Centre. Over 250 people attended the Saturday event, and over forty children actively participated. The Oriscon committee intends to increase output but also to provide a greater variety of events through the year.

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T H E R E G I O N AT A GLANCE H E A R HEAR the sounds of music on Sunday, December 18 at Victoria Park’s No.1 Oval at the Rotary Club of Dubbo West free community Christmas Carols night. The club has organised the event for 13 years and the Lion’s Club many years prior to that. Gates will open at 6pm and for an hour before the singing gets into full swing the Dubbo City Concert Band will entertain the crowds as they arrive. A new line up of local artists and choirs will lead the singing from 7.30pm. Coordinator Malcolm Cockram says bringing a picnic is fine but please no glass bottles or alcohol. Food and drinks will also be on sale at the evening. “Safe flame candles and glow sticks are also being sold by members of the local boy scouts,” he said. The man in the red suit arrives at approximately 8.30pm. For any enquires contact Malcolm on 0407710454. HEAR the sounds of fireworks exploding and the crowds reacting at the Dubbo Fireworks New Year’s Eve Party at Caltex Park. Gates will open at 5pm and the fireworks show will start at 9pm. The event is free but any gold coin donation is welcome and will be collected for a local charity. Until the night sky lights up, there is plenty of entertainment planned including the return of the overwhelmingly popular Water Skirmish Park which is being doubled in size and features a kid’s section separate to an area for the “not so little kids”. “The Eschol Rural Fire Service will be supplying the water for this activity,” organiser Peter Judd said. The Golden Oldies Holden Club are hosting a motor vehicle display which will include motorcycles, cars and trucks. A stage will feature entertainers. Games and activities for the children will be conducted during the evening, with food vans supplying food and refreshments. There will also be market stalls.

($2,500,000) Dubbo Regional Botanic Garden Adventure Playground ($1,300,000), Dubbo Regional Botanic Garden – Carpark ($240,000), Wellington Pool reconstruction ($3,000,000) Dubbo Aquatic and Leisure Centre Aquatic Playground ($800,000), Cameron Park Regional Playground ($280,000), Geurie Multi Court Facility and Playground Equipment ($245,000), Installation of a new Gross Pollutant Trap, West Dubbo Main Drain outfall into Macquarie River ($198,540), Moxon Park Improvements, Stuart Town ($85,000), Euchareena Local Projects ($84,700) and Funds reserved for contingency/future allocation ($266,760). The funding allocations were decided by an assessment panel made up of the Member for Dubbo the Hon Troy Grant MP, Council Administrator Michael Kneipp, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Director Greater Western NSW, Alison Morgan and overseen by Michael McKenna from Luka Group Accounting as a probity adviser. SEE Elvis and Priscilla in their hundreds at the Parkes Elvis Festival held annually in the second week of January in Parke, coinciding with the birthday of Elvis Presley. The Festival began in January 1993 as a small birthday party for the local newspaper editor. It was so much fun they decided to do it again - and again! Over the following 10 years additional events were added and it became a twoday Festival. With the vision and effort of the voluntary organising committee as well as the support of Parkes Shire Council, the Festival exploded in popularity and word quickly spread across Australia of the fun and unique event in regional NSW. The Festival now regularly attracts visitors from all around Australia and stages more than 120 events annually. In January 2015, Parkes Elvis Festival was officially endorsed by Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc., the trustees of the estate of Elvis Presley. Official endorsement elevates Parkes Elvis Festival to the ranks of premiere Elvis tribute festivals in the world. Parkes Elvis Festival is proudly sup-

ported by the NSW Government through its tourism and major events agency, Destination NSW.

DO DO get along to the 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. DO spread the word about the young regional $10,000 scholarship program. Artists and arts workers aged 18 to 25 years in the Dubbo electorate are being urged to apply for a $10,000 Young Regional Artist Scholarship (YRAS) to help reach their career goals. Member for Dubbo and Minister for the Arts Troy Grant said the YRAS program will invest in 100 scholarships to the value of $1 million in total over four years, and hopes to see the initiative unearth talent in the area. Local artists and arts workers can apply from any art form, including dance, design, digital arts, history, Aboriginal arts, literature, music, theatre, screen and the visual arts to apply for this terrific opportunity.

The scholarships are available to fund activities including mentorships or internships, residencies, short-term courses and workshops, travel and the creation of new work. For the purpose of this scholarship, regional NSW is defined as Local Government Areas outside the metropolitan and metropolitan fringe of Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong. Round Two of the NSW Young Regional Artist Scholarships for 2016-17 is open until Monday, February 20, 2017. For more on the application process, assessment and eligibility criteria, go towww.arts.nsw.gov.au or email arts. funding@arts.nsw.gov.au

ETC NATURE lovers can have an African safari style experience without leaving NSW at the Savannah Safari at Taronga Western Plains Zoo. The Savannah Safari experience features two purpose built safari trucks that carry visitors through the zoo’s African Savannah exhibit, featuring giraffes, two species of antelopes and ostriches. The $1.4 million project, jointly funded by the NSW Government and the Taronga Foundation also includes a new elevated platform, from which visitors can view the animals in the Savannah exhibit, and extensive redevelopment of the exhibit and public areas, with new seating, landscaping and walking paths. Member for Dubbo Troy Grant said Taronga Western Plains Zoo, recently recognised as the state’s top tourist attraction at the NSW Tourism Awards, was a major drawcard for visitors to the region. “The Savannah Safari is another great reason to visit the award winning Taronga Western Plains Zoo, and I invite everyone in NSW and from around the world to come and have a look at the zoo and everything else Dubbo has to offer,” Mr Grant said.

SE E SEE community developments get underway with the Dubbo Regional Council’s allocation of $9 million provided to the new Council from the NSW Stronger Communities Fund to kick start new developments in Dubbo, Wellington and surrounding villages. Dubbo Regional Council Administrator Michael Kneipp and Member for Dubbo the Hon Troy Grant expect the injection of new State Government money will have long term economic and community benefits. The projects to be funded are Wellington Caves Visitor Experience Centre

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OPEN WEEKENDER COFFEE & MEALS

DUBBO ANTIQUE & COLLECTABLES

OLD BANK RESTAURANT

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

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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

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THINGS TO DO

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Friday, December 16 MOVIE: The Princess Bride

MOVIE: The Great Gatsby

Destination Flavour Christmas hristmas

Rob Reiner made the deliriously funny mockumentary Spinal Tap a few years before this, and much of that deadpan comic bite surfaces here. Buttercup (Robin Wright) is a beautiful princess who falls in love with farm boy Westley (Cary Elwes). However, their plans to live happily ever after dashed when she receives false word that her true love is killed by pirates. She blindly agrees to marry the evil Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon), but is kidnapped by a trio of men on the eve of the wedding. They are trailed by a mysterious masked man in black. Every joke, delivered by a sensational cast, hits the mark.

Baz Luhrmann indulges his penchant for sparkle in this glitzy rendering of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as titular protagonist Jay Gatsby, an enigmatic, exquisitely tailored gent who throws decadent parties at his Long Island mansion in a desperate bid to engineer a reunion with his long-lost love, Daisy Buchanan (Carey Mulligan). Daisy is trapped in an unhappy marriage to brawny millionaire Tom (Joel Edgerton) and the whole tangled mess is narrated by Daisy’s cousin Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire), Gatsby’s next-door neighbour who becomes swept up in the man’s quixotic quest.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas as this delicious festive offering brings ings nts of the together the extraordinary talents SBS Food chefs to create a feast that reflects esenter Australia’s cultural diversity. Presenter ian Adam Liaw (right) draws on Asian mas traditions and childhood Christmas memories to create a mouthwatering spread for family and y friends. Meanwhile, the culinary es stars share their Christmas stories and recipes from kitchens around Australia and the world. Prepare to be inspired as Luke Nguyen, Matthew Evans, Shane Delia, Peter Kuruvita and Gabriel Gaté create their Christmas favourites.

ELEVEN, 8.30pm, PG (1987)

ABC

9GEM, 8.30pm, M (2013)

PRIME7

SBS, 4.30pm

NINE

WIN

SBS

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: Shower Search. (PG, R, CC) 3.45 The Cook And The Chef. (R, CC) 4.10 Murder, She Wrote. (M, R, CC) 5.00 ABC News: Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 The Drum. (CC) (Final) Analysis of the day’s news.

6.00 Sunrise. (CC) 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG, CC) The latest news and views. 11.30 Seven Morning News. (CC) 12.00 MOVIE: Angel Flight Down. (R, CC) (1996) A medical emergency flight crashes. Patricia Kalember, David Charvet. 2.00 The Daily Edition. (CC) Presented by Sally Obermeder, Monique Wright and Tom Williams. 3.00 The Chase. (R, CC) Hosted by Bradley Walsh. 4.00 Seven News At 4. (CC) 5.00 The Chase Australia. (R, CC) Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

6.00 Today. (CC) Presented by Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG, CC) Presented by David Campbell and Sonia Kruger. 11.30 Morning News. (CC) 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG, CC) Variety show featuring celebrities, musical guests and ordinary people with interesting tales to tell. 1.00 Cricket. (CC) First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 2. Afternoon session. From the Gabba, Brisbane. 4.00 Cricket. (CC) First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 2. Evening session. From the Gabba, Brisbane.

6.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 6.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R, CC) 7.00 WIN News. (R, CC) 8.00 Ent. Tonight. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG, CC) 11.00 The Talk. (PG, CC) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 The Living Room: Summer Edition. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. (CC) 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 I Heart My People. 2.30 Songlines. 3.00 The Point Year In Review. 3.30 Ottolenghi’s Mediterranean Island Feast. (R, CC) 4.25 Shane Delia’s Spice Journey Turkey Bitesize. (R, CC) 4.30 Destination Flavour Christmas. (R, CC) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R, CC)

6.00 QI. (PG, R, CC) Guests John Sessions, Phill Jupitus and Jimmy Carr join host Stephen Fry for a letter “D”-inspired discussion. 6.30 QI. (PG, R, CC) Guests Dara O’Briain, Jo Brand and Julian Clary join host Stephen Fry for a letter “D”-inspired discussion. 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) Pip Courtney and the team take a look at where Australia’s food comes from and the farmers who grow it. 8.30 Vera. (M, R, CC) Childhood memories haunt Vera after she investigates a murder at a remote cottage. The case leads the team into the world of local politics as it becomes evident a proposal involving a quarry, shadowy liaisons and conflicting sympathies all seem to be possible motives for the crime. 10.00 Hard Quiz. (M, R, CC) Hosted by Tom Gleeson. 10.35 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R, CC) Hosted by Adam Hills. 11.15 Rage. (MA15+)

6.00 PRIME7 News. (CC) 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. (CC) 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. (CC) Fast Ed gets the kids baking the night before Christmas with a little surprise for Santa. Adam Doville shows how to “doll up” a deck for the festive season. Jason Hodges recycles a bicycle into wall art. 8.30 MOVIE: The Santa Clause 2. (R, CC) (2002) After spending the last eight years as Santa Claus, with the enthusiastic support of the North Pole elves, a man must find a bride if he wishes to retain the position while coping with the fact his son is on the naughty list. Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell. 10.45 MOVIE: Bad Santa. (MA15+, R, CC) (2003) Two con men pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. However, their plans are complicated by a pesky store manager, a savvy mall detective, a Santa fan and an eightyear-old misfit. Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Lauren Graham.

6.20 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 Cricket. (CC) First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 2. Night session. From the Gabba, Brisbane. 9.15 MOVIE: 3 Days To Kill. (M, R, CC) (2014) A dying Secret Service agent trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter is offered an experimental drug that could save his life in exchange for one last assignment. Kevin Costner, Hailee Steinfeld, Connie Nielsen. 11.40 MOVIE: Ballistic: Ecks Vs Sever. (M, R, CC) (2002) An FBI agent is assigned to find the son of a government official who has been kidnapped by an old foe, a female spy. Delving into the case, he realises there is more at stake after he discovers the incident appears linked to the theft of a lethal nanobot assassination device. Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu, Terry Chen.

6.00 WIN News. (CC) 6.30 The Project. (CC) Waleed Aly, Gorgi Coghlan and Anthony Lehmann tale a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics. Special guests include Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt. 7.30 The Living Room: Summer Edition. (PG, R, CC) Miguel shows how to cook the perfect roast chicken with chorizo and chickpea stuffing. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, CC) Irish comedian Graham Norton showcases his sense of humour in a fast-paced interview show, featuring Carrie Fisher, Grayson Perry, Sandi Toksvig and Nadiya Hussain. 9.30 Just For Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival. (M, R, CC) Some of the world’s best comedic talent take to the stage for the 2016 Montreal Comedy Festival. Hosted by Joel Creasey. 11.00 Life In Pieces. (PG, R, CC) A guitar store salesman hits on Clementine. Tim’s surprise tattoo for Heather goes wrong. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. (CC)

6.00 Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey. (R, CC) (Final) Rick ends his culinary tour in Bangladesh, sampling biryani in Dhaka. 6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 Wild Canada: The Wild West. (CC) Part 2 of 4. A look at Canada’s natural wonders, focusing on the region between the Western Pacific coastline and the Rocky Mountains, where humans and wildlife have co-existed for thousands of years. 8.30 MOVIE: Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World. (M, R, CC) (2003) During the Napoleonic wars, a dogged British navy captain pursues a French privateer around South America despite the fact that his prey happens to be faster and far more powerful than his own vessel. Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd. 11.05 SBS World News Late Edition. (CC) 11.40 MOVIE: Vampyros Lesbos. (MA15+, R) (1971) A vampiric countess lures women to her isolated island so she can kill them, in order to remain young. Susann Korda, Dennis Price.

12.45 Home Shopping. (R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.00 Great Getaways. (PG, R, CC) A look at the Maldives. 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) Special guests include Meg Lanning. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG, R, CC) Hosted by Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Home Shopping.

1.15 MOVIE: Hawking. (PG, R, CC) (2004) 2.55 Miniseries: Spies Of Warsaw. (M, R, CC) 4.40 SBS Flashback. (R, CC) 4.55 Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook: Melbourne Bitesize. (R, CC) 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News.

5.00 Rage. (PG, CC) Continuous music programming.

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. 1612

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Friday, December 16 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

8.30pm Room (2015) Drama. Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay. (M) Premiere

7.25pm Holby City. (M) BBC First

7.30pm Scotland’s War At Sea. Uncovers the characters of the little-known naval war. (PG) History

7.30pm Soccer. A-League. Round 11. Newcastle Jets v Adelaide United. Fox Sports 4

8.30pm Get Hard (2015) Comedy. Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart. An imprisoned millionaire hires a gangster to harden him up. (MA15+) Comedy

8.30pm Rizzoli & Isles. A body is found in a bathtub full of ice. (MA15+) Showcase 8.30pm Sleepy Hollow. The Kindred reemerges as a new threat. (MA15+) FOX8

11.55pm The Hunger Games – Mockingjay Part 2 (2015) Action. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson. Katniss goes on a mission to assassinate President Snow. (M) Premiere

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.10 Wiggle. (R, CC) 4.20 Tree Fu Tom. (R, CC) 4.45 Timmy Time. (R, CC) 5.00 Ready, Jet, Go! (R, CC) 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 Winter Wipeout. (R, CC) 8.30 Catfish: The TV Show: Harold And Armani. (CC) Nev and Angel help a man in love. 9.10 Luke Warm Sex. (M, R, CC) 9.40 Sex Box. (MA15+, CC) 10.30 Peep Show. (M, R, CC) 10.55 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (M, R, CC) 11.35 Snow, Sex And Suspicious Parents. (M, R, CC) 12.35 Peep Show. (M, R, CC) 1.00 Winter Wipeout. (R, CC) 1.55 News Update. (R) 2.00 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. 2.45 Get Ace. (R, CC) (Final) 2.55 Steam Punks! (R, CC) (Final) 3.20 Jamie’s Got Tentacles! (R, CC) 3.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R) 4.00 Odd Squad. (R) 4.10 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. (R, CC) 4.30 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 4.55 Stand And Deliver. (R, CC) 5.10 Gortimer Gibbon’s Life On Normal Street. (CC) 5.35 Ninja Turtles. (PG) 5.55 The Deep. (R, CC) 6.20 Nowhere Boys: Two Moons Rising. (PG, CC) 6.50 You’re Skitting Me. (R, 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) Finn and Jake break into a castle. 8.45 Stoked. (R, CC) The guys find a pair of board shorts. 9.05 Lanfeust Quest. (PG, R, CC) Lanfeust hopes to surprise Cixi and Cian. 9.30 Kamisama Kiss. (PG, R, CC) 9.55 K-On! (R, CC) 10.15 Close.

9.00pm Cake Boss. (PG) Lifestyle Food

7.30pm Basketball. NBL. Round 11. Adelaide 36ers v Sydney Kings. Fox Sports 3 8.15pm Alpine Skiing. World Cup. Women’s Combined Downhill. Eurosport 10.00pm Alpine Skiing. World Cup. Men’s Super-G. Eurosport

7TWO

9GO!

6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 ZooMoo Lost. (C, CC) 7.30 The Wild Adventures Of Blinky Bill. (C, CC) 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 Australia’s Best Backyards. (R, CC) 12.30 One Foot In The Grave. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Air Crash Investigation. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 The Great Outdoors. (R, CC) 4.00 How Britain Worked. (PG, R) 5.00 60 Minute Makeover. (PG, R) 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R, CC) 6.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) 7.30 ABBA: Dancing Queen. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 Selling Houses Australia. (CC) 9.30 Escape To The Country. (R) 10.30 Front Of House. (R) 11.30 Best Houses Australia. (R) 12.00 Bargain Hunt. (R) 1.00 How Britain Worked. (PG, R) 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R, CC) 2.30 Australia’s Best Backyards. (R, CC) 3.00 Escape To The Country. (R) 4.00 Dr Oz. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Shopping. (R)

7MATE

6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 12.00 Steven Universe. (PG, R) 12.30 Clarence. (PG, R) 1.00 Adv Time. (PG, R) 1.30 Regular Show. (PG, R) 2.00 Rabbids Invasion. (PG, R) 2.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 3.00 Beyblade Burst. (R) 3.30 Regal Academy. 4.00 The Powerpuff Girls. (PG) 4.30 We Bare Bears. (PG) 5.00 Ben 10. 5.30 Teen Titans. (PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: Dogstar: Christmas In Space. (C, CC) (2016) 8.00 MOVIE: Jack Frost. (PG, R, CC) (1998) Michael Keaton. 10.00 MOVIE: Christmas Bounty. (M, R, CC) (2013) 11.30 Anger Management. (M, R, CC) 12.00 Southern Justice. (M) 1.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. (PG, R, CC) 1.30 Ben 10: Omniverse. (R) 2.00 Rabbids Invasion. (PG, R) 2.30 Pokémon. (R) 3.00 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 4.00 Steven Universe. (PG, R) 4.30 Clarence. (PG, R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R)

9GEM

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. (PG, R) 9.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. (R) 10.00 American Pickers. (PG, R) 11.00 The Neighbors. (PG, CC) 12.00 SlideShow. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Charlie’s Angels. (PG, R) 2.00 Wipeout USA. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Pawn Stars. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 What Went Down. (PG, R) 4.00 Doomsday Preppers. (PG, R) 5.00 MythBusters. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 Cowboys Of The Sea. (PG, R) 7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PG, R, CC) Raj moves in with Sheldon. 9.00 MOVIE: That’s My Boy. (MA15+, R, CC) (2012) A man’s estranged father reappears. Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg. 11.30 Defiance. (M, R, CC) 2.30 Pawn Stars. (PG, R) 3.00 NFL. NFL. Week 14. Philadelphia Eagles v Washington Redskins. Replay.

6.00 News. (CC) 9.00 News Mornings. (CC) 12.00 News. (CC) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 5.00 Grandstand. 6.00 ABC News Evenings. 6.30 The Drum. (R, CC) 7.00 ABC News Evenings With Grandstand. 8.00 ABC News Evenings. 9.00 ABC National News. 9.30 7.30. (R, CC) 10.00 The World. 11.00 ABC National News. (CC) 11.30 The Drum Weekly. 12.00 News. 12.30 The Drum. (R, CC) 1.00 BBC Impact. 1.50 Catalyst Bytes. (R, CC) 2.00 Al Jazeera. 3.00 BBC World. (R) 3.25 ABC Open. (R) 3.30 7.30. (R, CC) 4.00 BBC World. (R) 4.30 BBC Africa. 4.55 ABC Open. (R) 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

ABC NEWS

8.30pm The Jesus Code. New insights into the historical Jesus. (M) History

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 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 MOVIE: The Great St Trinian’s Train Robbery. (R, CC) (1966) 1.35 River Cottage: Summer’s Here Collection. (PG, R) 2.40 Monarch Of The Glen. (PG) 3.50 Eggheads. (PG, CC) 4.30 Ellen DeGeneres. (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 Great Gatsby. (M, R, CC) (2013) A writer is drawn into the world of a millionaire. Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan. 11.15 Dalziel And Pascoe. (M, R) Dalziel and Pascoe investigate four deaths. 12.25 Are You Being Served? (PG, R) 1.00 Call And Win. (M) 3.00 Secret Dealers. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Danoz. 5.00 Gideon’s Way. (PG, R)

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6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Freddie Down Under. (PG, 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 Star Trek: The Next Generation. (PG, R) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) Potter screens his favourite film. 7.30 MacGyver. (PG, R) Con artists pose as aliens. 8.30 Walker, Texas Ranger. (M, R) Walker investigates the appearance of Yakuza in Texas after the daughter of a businessman is kidnapped. 9.30 Highlander. (M) A woman discovers she is immortal. 11.30 Nash Bridges. (M, R) 12.30 Shopping. (R) 2.00 Hogan’s Heroes. (R) 3.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. (M, R) 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, 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 Baby Animals In Our World. (C, CC) 8.35 My Little Pony. (R) 9.00 Bob The Builder. (R) 9.30 Crocamole. (P, R, CC) 10.00 Dr Quinn. (PG, R) 12.00 JAG. (PG, R) 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 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG, R) 8.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PG, R) 8.30 MOVIE: The Princess Bride. (PG, R) (1987) A stable boy attempts to rescue his true love. Cary Elwes. 10.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG, R) 11.30 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (M) 12.30 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 1.30 Frasier. (PG, R) 2.30 JAG. (PG, R) 4.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 King Of Queens. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.00 The Block. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 Garden Gurus. (R, CC) 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. (PG, R) 1.00 Housewives Of Beverly Hills. (PG, R) 2.00 Waterwise Gardening With The Garden Gurus. (CC) 2.30 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 The Block. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 To Be Advised. 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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Tom Mison stars in Sleepy Hollow.

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 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. (PG, R) 7.00 VICE News Tonight. 7.30 Soccer. A-League. Round 11. Newcastle Jets v Adelaide United. 10.15 VICE World Of Sports. (PG) 10.45 MOVIE: Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate. (M, R) (2011) 1.05 VICE News Tonight. (R) 1.35 States Of Undress. (PG, R) 2.25 VICE World Of Sports. (PG, R) 2.55 Black Market: Dispatches. (R) 3.20 The Last Lesbian Bars. (PG, R) 3.50 365: Every Day Documentaries. 3.55 NHK World English News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Siba’s Table. (R) 6.30 Mexican Made Easy. (R) 7.00 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 7.30 Valerie’s Home Cooking. (R) 8.00 Jeni Barnett’s 12 Chefs Of Christmas. (R) 8.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 9.30 Barefoot Contessa. (R) 10.30 Giada At Home. (R) 11.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 12.30 The Best In Australia. (PG, R) 1.30 Siba’s Table. (R) 2.00 Mexican Made Easy. (R) 2.30 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 3.00 The Best In Australia. (PG) 4.00 Siba’s Table. (R) 4.30 Mexican Made Easy. (R) 5.00 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 5.30 Valerie’s Home Cooking. 6.00 Jeni Barnett’s 12 Chefs Of Christmas. (R) 6.30 Christmas At Bobby’s. (R) 7.30 Guy’s Grocery Games. (PG, R) 8.30 Beat Bobby Flay. 9.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 10.30 Kitchen Inferno. (R) 11.30 Jeni Barnett’s 12 Chefs Of Christmas. (R) 12.00 Christmas At Bobby’s. (R) 1.00 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 2.00 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 3.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 4.00 Kitchen Inferno. (R) 5.00 The Best In Australia. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Bushwhacked! 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Tales Of Tatonka. 9.00 Kagagi. (PG) 9.30 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. (PG) 10.00 The Point Year In Review. 10.30 I Heart My People. (PG) 11.00 Rose Against The Odds. (PG) 12.00 Fight. 1.00 Nukkan Ya Ruby. 2.30 Message Stick. 3.00 Bizou. 3.30 Bushwhacked! 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Kagagi. (PG) 5.00 The Dreaming. 5.30 In The Frame. (PG) 6.00 Unearthed. 6.30 The Other Side. (PG) 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 MOVIE: White Tuft, The Little Beaver. (2008) 9.00 Songlines. 9.30 NITV On The Road: Women Of Barunga. 10.30 On The Road. (PG) 11.30 Indians And Aliens. 12.00 Volumz. (PG) 1612

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Saturday, December 17 Penn & Teller: Fool Us

MOVIE: The Polar Express

MOVIE: Death At A Funeral neral

Penn and Teller have been wowing audiences with their magic acts for more than 40 years, so trying to pull the wool over their eyes when it comes to the tricks behind a trick is no mean feat. But that’s exactly what the contestants on this program, hosted by Jonathan Ross, are out to do. They have to perform their best illusion, then it’s up to the greats to try to replicate it. If the duo can’t figure out how it’s done, then the magician gets the chance to perform as Penn and Teller’s opening act at their Vegas show. Even if the acts don’t fool the experts, they’re far too good for the rest of us to puzzle out, so this makes for magical entertainment.

Robert Zemeckis, a filmmaker known for pushing the limits of film technology (Forrest Gump, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?), applies this theory to his eye-popping animated adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg’s famed children’s book. Tom Hanks reunites with Zemeckis, earning his pay cheque by playing no fewer than six roles. The marvellously merry tale concerns a disbelieving youngster, Hero Boy, who is taken on a wondrous journey to the North Pole, where he comes face to face with Santa Claus. With a massive heart to complement its smorgasbord of stunning visuals, this film is a worthy addition to the tree of festive classics.

arce This hugely successful British farce m follows one family (among them Matthew MacFadyen (right), Rupert o lose all Graves and Keeley Hawes) who control when the patriarch diess and a mysterious gold-digging dwarff (Peter ws up at Dinklage, Game of Thrones) shows off his supposedly dignified send-off over and claiming to be the dead guy’s lover sted threatening blackmail. The twisted black comedy from director Frank Oz (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Bowfinger) benefits from a tight screenplay by Dean Craig, but it’s Knocked Up’s Alan Tudyk as a druggedup mourner who brings this hilarious tale to life.

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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 Vera. (M, R, CC) 2.30 The Book Club’s Five Of The Best. (M, R, CC) Hosted by Jennifer Byrne. 3.30 Australia’s Remote Islands: Macquarie Island. (R, CC) Part 2 of 3. 4.00 Running Wild: Australia’s Camels. (PG, R, CC) The story of Australia’s camels. 5.00 Dream Build. (R, CC) A look at a home in the Adelaide Hills. 5.10 Grand Designs Abroad. (R, CC) Hosted by Kevin McCloud.

6.00 Home Shopping. (R) 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) 12.00 The Quest. (PG, CC) 1.00 MOVIE: Tinker Bell And The Great Fairy Rescue. (R, CC) (2010) Tinker Bell is found by a girl. Mae Whitman. 2.30 Surf Patrol. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Motorway Patrol. (PG, R, CC) Police encounter conspiracy theorists. 3.30 Travel Oz. (PG, CC) Hosted by Greg Grainger. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. (R, CC) 5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Luxury Escapes. (PG, CC)

6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00

PAW Patrol. (R, CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Today Extra: Saturday. (PG, CC) Hot In Cleveland. (PG, R, CC) Elka enlists Melanie’s help when her affair with the mayor takes an unexpected turn. Animal Emergency. (R, CC) A rottweiler eats snail bait. Cricket. (CC) First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 3. Afternoon session. From the Gabba, Brisbane. Cricket. (CC) First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 3. Evening session. From the Gabba, Brisbane.

6.00 Fishing Edge. (CC) 6.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R, CC) 7.00 iFish. (R, CC) 8.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 8.30 Weekend Feast. (R, CC) 9.30 St10. (PG, CC) 12.00 The Living Room: Summer Edition. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Ben’s Menu. (R, CC) 1.30 Life Inside The Markets. (CC) (Final) 2.00 Sara’s Australia Unveiled. (PG, CC) 2.30 The Great Endeavour Rally. (PG, CC) 3.00 iFish. (CC) 4.00 Places We Go With Jennifer Adams. (R, CC) 4.30 A Taste Of Travel. (CC) 5.00 TEN Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 France 24 English News. 6.30 Deutsche Welle English News. 7.00 Al Jazeera English News. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News From Cyprus. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 12.00 Arabic News. 12.30 Turkish News. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Small Business Secrets. (R, CC) 2.30 Figure Skating. (CC) ISU Grand Prix France. Men’s Singles and Dance competitions. 3.30 Cycling. Launceston Criterium. Highlights. 4.30 Empresses Of Ancient Rome. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Bon Appetit! Gérard Depardieu’s Europe. (CC)

6.00 QI. (PG, R, CC) Guests Phill Jupitus, Graeme Garden and Johnny Vaughan join Stephen Fry for a “D”-inspired discussion. 6.30 QI. (PG, R, CC) Guests Roger McGough, Vic Reeves and Mark Steel join host Stephen Fry for a letter “D”-inspired discussion. 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 Doc Martin. (PG, R, CC) (Final) Martin is taken hostage by a desperate woman, who demands he perform a life-saving operation. 8.20 Grantchester. (M, R, CC) A personal tragedy threatens to overwhelm Geordie, pushing his relationship with Sidney to the limit. 9.10 Inspector George Gently. (M, R, CC) Gently and Bacchus investigate the death of a lonely, old man in a dilapidated mansion. 10.40 Gruen Planet. (M, R, CC) Host Wil Anderson is joined by Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft for a lighthearted look at the biggest news stories of the week. 11.15 Rage. (MA15+) Music videos.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Frozen. (PG, R, CC) (2013) A young princess goes in search of her sister who, fearful of the shocked response of her people to her unique power to control ice, has fled the kingdom, leaving it locked in the midst of an eternal winter. Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff. 9.10 MOVIE: Matilda. (PG, R, CC) (1996) A highlyintelligent young girl, with the world’s worst parents, is taken under the wing of a caring teacher. However, after her newfound happiness is threatened by her school’s mean-spirited principal, she finds the power within herself to deal with the situation. Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman. 11.10 First Dates UK. (M, R, CC) Singles experience the thrills of dating. Includes single mother and occasional poet Frankie who hopes to find love with a teacher, and a couple of daters in their 80s who hope to find love with one another.

6.20 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 Cricket. (CC) First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 3. Night session. From the Gabba, Brisbane. 9.15 MOVIE: Non-Stop. (M, R, CC) (2014) During a transatlantic flight, a US Air Marshal receives a cryptic message threatening to kill the passengers unless certain demands are met. Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy. 11.25 MOVIE: A Midnight Clear. (M, CC) (1992) As 1944 draws to a close, a group of American GIs in the Ardennes locates a German platoon wishing to surrender. The two groups share a Christmas celebration before creating a surrender plan involving a mock battle. Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Arye Gross.

6.00 Territory Cops. (PG, R, CC) The police deal with “Monsoon Madness”, a phenomenon which occurs in Mitchell Street each year. 6.30 Scorpion. (PG, CC) After Sylvester appears on The Price Is Right and does well, the team infiltrates a car-smuggling operation. 7.30 MacGyver. (M, CC) In Mac and Bozer’s hometown, the team searches for a kidnapped prodigy. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. (M, CC) The team investigates a 10-year-old cold case involving a missing teenage girl. 9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. (M, R, CC) Analyst Nell Jones joins the team in the field after a former navy officer’s girlfriend is held for ransom, in exchange for some topsecret information. Deeks unknowingly breaks one of Hetty’s rules. 10.30 Elementary. (M, R, CC) As Kitty begins to unravel due to the threat to her safety, Sherlock and Joan intensify their efforts to help her. 11.20 48 Hours: The Accidental Husband. (M, R, CC) A look at the story of Harold Henthorn.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 Secrets Of Britain: Secrets Of Her Majesty’s Secret Service. (PG, R, CC) Explores the real-life stories and history behind Her Majesty’s Secret Service, better known as MI6. Home to the fictional super spy James Bond, the agency has played a major role in intelligence gathering for over a century, but was only officially acknowledged to exist in 1994. 8.30 MOVIE: Death At A Funeral. (M, R, CC) (2007) Family and friends are forced to contend with unexpected developments and revelations at a man’s funeral. The situation is made all the more chaotic after one of the guests is given a dose of a hallucinogenic drug, rather than the Valium he needed to settle his nerves. Matthew Macfadyen, Rupert Graves, Alan Tudyk. 10.10 RocKwiz. (M, R, CC) Music quiz show. 11.00 Soccer. EPL. Crystal Palace v Chelsea. From Selhurst Park, London.

5.00 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

12.10 Mr Selfridge. (PG, R, CC) An old friend of Harry’s arrives in town with a plan to open a rival store. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

1.30 Anger Management. (M, R, CC) 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Plonk. (M, R, CC) 3.00 The Baron. (PG, R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. 5.00 Extra. (R, CC) 5.30 Wesley Impact. (CC)

12.20 48 Hours: Secrets, Lies And Alibis. (M, R, CC) A look at the murder of Susan Sutton and the attempted assassination of her husband, John. 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Inspiration Ministries. (PG, R) Religious program.

1.50 Raymond Blanc: How To Cook Well. (R, CC) Raymond Blanc gives a cooking masterclass. 2.20 The Legacy. (M, R, CC) 4.25 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News.

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6.15pm Legend (2015) Crime. Tom Hardy, Emily Browning. The Kray brothers terrorised London in the ’60s. (MA15+) Premiere

6.30pm The Amazing Race. Hosted by Phil Keoghan. (PG) FOX8

6.30pm The House That 100K Built. Follows people attempting to build their own house from scratch. Lifestyle Home

7.30pm Basketball. NBL. Round 11. Brisbane Bullets v Melbourne United. Fox Sports 3

8.30pm Ted 2 (2015) Comedy. Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane. Ted has to prove that he is a person in a court of law. (MA15+) Comedy

7.30pm Saturday Night Live. The Emmy Award-winning late-night comedy showcase brings satire, sketch comedy, music, special guests and surprises to the screen. (MA15+) Comedy Channel

11.15pm Strange Magic (2015) Animation. Evan Rachel Wood, Elijah Kelley. (PG) Family

9.30pm Adam DeVine’s House Party. (MA15+) Comedy Channel

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 3.05 This Is Scarlett And Isaiah. (R, CC) 3.15 Teacup Travels. (R) 3.30 Play School. (R, CC) 4.00 Bananas In Pyjamas. (R, CC) 4.10 Wiggle. (R, CC) 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. (R, CC) 7.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (PG, CC) 8.15 The Yearly With Charlie Pickering. (R, CC) 9.15 Live At The Apollo. (M, R, CC) 10.00 Comedy Next Gen. (MA15+, CC) 11.00 Black Books. (PG, R, CC) 11.25 Comedy Up Late. (M, R, CC) 12.20 Problems. (M, R, CC) 2.15 News Update. (R) 2.20 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. 1.25 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 1.55 Operation Ouch! (R) 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) 4.00 Odd Squad. (R) 4.10 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. (CC) (Series return) 4.30 Bushwhacked! (R, CC) 5.05 Gortimer Gibbon’s Life On Normal Street. (CC) 5.35 Ninja Turtles. (PG) 5.55 The Deep. (R, CC) 6.20 House Of Anubis: The Reawakening. 6.50 You’re Skitting Me. (R, 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) Finn and Jake find some magic beans. 8.45 Stoked. (R, CC) Bummer creates a hotel safety patrol. 9.05 The Amazing Extraordinary Friends. (R) The adventures of a teen superhero. 9.30 Close.

9.30pm Ghost Asylum. (M) TLC

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dennis & Gnasher. (C, R, CC) 11.30 Pirate Express. (C, R, CC) 12.00 Move It. (C, R, CC) 12.30 SpongeBob. (R) 1.00 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 1.30 Power Rangers Dino. (PG, R) 2.00 Clarence. (PG, R) 2.30 Wild Kratts. (R) 3.00 Gumball. (R) 3.30 We Bare Bears. (R) 4.00 MOVIE: Pokémon 3: The Movie. (PG) (2000) 5.30 MOVIE: Yogi’s First Christmas. (R, CC) (1980) 7.30 MOVIE: The Polar Express. (R, CC) (2004) Daryl Sabara. 9.30 MOVIE: Snow Wonder. (PG, R, CC) (2005) Five people experience a Christmas miracle. Poppy Montgomery. 11.30 Two And A Half Men. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Adult Swim. (M, R) 12.30 Rick And Morty. (M, R) 1.00 Unforgettable. (M, R, CC) 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Super Charge. (PG, R) 3.30 SpongeBob SquarePants. (R) 4.00 Wild Kratts. (R) 4.30 Gumball. (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. (PG, R) 9.30 Harley-Davidson TV. (PG) 10.00 Fifth Gear. (PG, R) 11.00 MXTV. (PG) 11.30 Doomsday Preppers. (PG, R) 12.30 American Pickers. (PG, R) 1.30 River To Reef. (PG, R) 2.00 The AFN Fishing Show. (PG) 2.30 Adventure Angler. (PG, R) 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 Speed With Guy Martin. (PG, R) 7.30 Speed With Guy Martin: Hydroplane Bike. (PG) 8.30 Wicked Tuna. (M) 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 Outback Hunters. (M, R) 3.00 Fifth Gear. (PG, R) 4.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. (PG, R) 5.00 Harley-Davidson TV. (PG, R) 5.30 Shopping. (R)

7.30pm Soccer. A-League. Round 11. Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory. Fox Sports 4 8.15pm Alpine Skiing. World Cup. Women’s Downhill. Eurosport Seth MacFarlane voices Ted in Ted 2.

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6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 House Calls To The Rescue. (R, CC) 9.00 Room For Improvement. (R, CC) 10.00 Shopping. 10.30 Hot Property. (R, CC) 11.30 Best Houses Australia. (PG, R) 12.00 The Travel Bug. (PG) 1.00 Home In WA. (CC) 1.30 Out Of The Blue. (CC) 2.00 Creek To Coast. (CC) 2.30 Qld Weekender. (CC) 3.00 WA Weekender. (CC) 3.30 Sydney Weekender. (R, CC) 4.00 No Reservations. (PG) 5.00 New Zealand From Above. (R) 6.00 How Britain Worked. (PG, R) 7.00 One Foot In The Grave. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Escape To The Country. (R) 9.30 Citizen Khan. (PG, CC) Mr Khan becomes the local nappy dealer. 10.30 The Border. (PG, R) 11.30 How Britain Worked. (PG, R) 1.00 The Travel Bug. (PG, R) 2.00 New Zealand From Above. (R) 3.00 Room For Improvement. (R, CC) 4.00 Creek To Coast. (R, CC) 4.30 Qld Weekender. (R, CC) 5.00 Shopping. (R)

6.00 Landline. (R, 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. (R) 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. (R, CC) 9.00 ABC News Weekend. 9.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 10.00 News. 10.30 Back Roads. (PG, 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. Lucas creates the dream pool of a retiring military couple. (PG) Discovery

6.00 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. (PG) 7.20 GEM Presents. (R, CC) 7.30 Foot Support. 8.00 Danoz. 8.30 TV Shop. 9.00 Foot Support. (R) 9.30 Monarch Of The Glen. (PG, R) 10.40 Are You Being Served? (PG, R) 11.20 MOVIE: The Third Man. (PG, R, CC) (1949) 1.30 MOVIE: All The Fine Young Cannibals. (PG, R, CC) (1960) 3.50 MOVIE: The Barefoot Contessa. (PG, R) (1954) Humphrey Bogart. 6.30 MOVIE: The Brady Bunch Movie. (PG, R, CC) (1995) A family struggles to cope with modern life. 8.15 MOVIE: A Very Brady Sequel. (PG, R, CC) (1996) Carol is kidnapped by her first husband. Shelley Long, Gary Cole. 10.10 Filthy Rich. (M, R, CC) John Jr seeks out his notorious mother Vivian. 11.10 The Hairy Bikers Christmas Party. (PG) 12.20 Are You Being Served? (PG, R) 1.00 Call And Win. (M) 3.00 Dalziel And Pascoe. (M, R) 4.00 Danoz. 5.00 Dangerman. (PG, R)

ONE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Get Smart. (PG, R) 8.30 World Sport. (R) 9.00 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 9.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG, R) 10.30 ST: Next Gen. (PG, R) 11.30 Rugby Sevens. World Series. Round 2. Highlights. 12.00 Highlander. (PG, R) 1.00 MacGyver. (PG, R) 2.00 Monster Jam. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 4.00 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 5.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 6.00 Last Man Standing. (PG, R) 7.00 Freddie Down Under. (PG) 8.00 David Attenborough’s The Life Of Mammals. (R, CC) 9.00 MOVIE: The Fear Of Darkness. (M) (2015) Penelope Mitchell. 11.00 The Glades. (M, R) 1.00 Bellator MMA. (M) 3.00 World Sport. (R) 3.30 Rugby Sevens. World Series. Round 4. Highlights. 4.00 Rugby Sevens. World Series. Round 5. Highlights. 4.30 Rugby Sevens. World Series. Round 6. Highlights. 5.00 Rugby Sevens. World Series. Round 7. Highlights. 5.30 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Pokémon. (R) 7.00 Lexi And Lottie: Trusty Twin Detectives. (C, CC) 7.30 Baby Animals In Our World. (C, CC) 8.00 Totally Wild. (C, CC) 8.30 Scope. (C, CC) 9.05 The Loop. (PG) 11.35 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 1.30 Cheers. (PG, R) 2.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 The King Of Queens. (PG, R) 5.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 5.30 MOVIE: Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules. (PG, R, CC) (2011) Zachary Gordon. 7.30 New Girl. (M, R) Nick’s cousin and his wife visit. 8.30 MOVIE: My Super Ex-Girlfriend. (M, R, CC) (2006) A man breaks up with his needy girlfriend, only to discover that she is actually a powerful superhero. Luke Wilson, Uma Thurman, Anna Faris. 10.30 Sex And The City. (MA15+, R) 11.10 The Loop. (PG, R) 1.40 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 3.40 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 4.05 Frasier. (PG, R) 5.00 Touched By An Angel. (PG, R)

6.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 6.30 House Hunters. (R) 7.00 Garden Gurus. (R, CC) 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 Waterwise Gardening With The Garden Gurus. (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 Vintage Flip. (R) 4.00 Hawaii Life. (R) 5.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. (R) 6.00 House Hunters Off The Grid. (R) 6.30 Flip Or Flop. (R) 7.30 House Hunters. 8.30 House Hunters International. 9.30 House Hunters Reno. 10.30 Vacation House For Free. 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 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 11. Newcastle Jets v Adelaide United. Replay. 3.10 VICE News Tonight. (R) 4.15 States Of Undress. (PG, R) 5.55 If You Are The One. 7.10 VICE World Of Sports. (PG, R) 7.35 Weediquette: Marijuana Migrants. (M, R) 8.30 MOVIE: Sin City. (MA15+, R) (2005) A hard-boiled detective pursues a killer. Bruce Willis, Benicio Del Toro. 10.45 MOVIE: Once Upon A Time In Mexico. (MA15+, R) (2003) 12.40 Weediquette. (M, R) 1.30 Noisey. (M, R) 2.20 VICE World Of Sports. (PG, R) 2.50 F*ck That’s Delicious. (M, R) 3.15 365: Every Day Documentaries. 3.20 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Siba’s Table. (R) 6.30 Mexican Made Easy. (R) 7.00 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 7.30 Valerie’s Home Cooking. (R) 8.00 Jeni Barnett’s 12 Chefs Of Christmas. (R) 8.30 Christmas At Bobby’s. (R) 9.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 10.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 11.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 12.30 Jeni Barnett’s 12 Chefs Of Christmas. (R) 4.00 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 5.00 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) 6.00 Siba’s Festive Table. (R) 6.30 Giada’s Holiday Handbook. (New Series) Hosted by Giada De Laurentiis. 7.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) Guy Fieri heads to Montecatini Alto. 10.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) Three chefs make lobster rolls. 11.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. (R) 12.00 Jeni Barnett’s 12 Chefs Of Christmas. (R) 3.30 Siba’s Festive Table. (R) 4.00 Giada’s Holiday Handbook. (R) 5.00 Diners, DriveIns And Dives. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 UnderExposed. 10.30 Songlines. 11.00 NITV On The Road: Women Of Barunga. 12.00 MOVIE: White Tuft, The Little Beaver. (2008) 1.30 Indians And Aliens. 2.00 Cunnamulla Dreaming. 2.30 In The Frame. (PG) 3.00 On The Road. 4.00 The Other Side. (PG) 4.30 Unearthed. 4.50 Dance Free. (PG) 5.00 Keeping The Language. (PG) 5.30 Colour Theory. (PG) 6.00 Maori TV’s Native Affairs. 6.30 Aunty Moves In. 7.00 Defining Moments. 7.30 Colour Theory. (CC) 8.00 Express Yourself. (M) 8.30 Chappelle’s Show. (M) 9.00 Mohawk Girls. (PG) 9.30 Blackstone. (MA15+) 12.30 Korraiyn. 1.00 Yalukit Wilam Ngargee. (M) 5.00 On The Road. 1712

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Sunday, December 18 MOVIE: Home Alone

States Of Undress

MOVIE: Elf

Feel-good director Chris Columbus set one of the most successful kids film franchises in motion with this amusing variation on a wish fulfilment theme. When a young boy – the genuinely appealing Macaulay Culkin – wishes his family would go away he finds himself left at home by mistake when the folks leave for a holiday. Cue the bad guys in full pantomime style, with Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern incompetently evil as two crooks planning to break into the (apparently) empty house. The antics of Culkin in defending his territory have lost none of their charm, spawning two more than adequate sequels.

In this thought-provoking documentary series, model, actress and journalist Hailey Gates has visited Venezuela, Russia, Palestine, Congo and Pakistan in an effort to find out how different cultures can influence fashion. In her final stop in the series, she heads to the world’s manufacturing capital to find out how China is transitioning from making the goods of the Western world to designing them, and what’s really going on behind the ubiquitous Made in China clothing label. An insightful look at several vastly different countries around the world and the colourful threads that are interwined in culture, history and politics.

“I just like to smile! Smiling’s my favourite,” chimes the wide-eyed, sublimely hilarious, instantly endearing Will Ferrell (right) in this joyous Christmas treat. He plays a supposed “elf” (in reality he is a human orphan raised as one of Santa’s helpers) who jets off to New York to seek out his biological dad (James Caan). There, the awkward, ungainly proportioned elf finds employment at a department store, where he befriends a sweet co-worker (Zooey Deschanel). Wonderfully directed by Jon Favreau (Iron Man), this little charmer proves good things come in small packages.

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6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 10.00 Australia Wide. (R, CC) (Final) 10.30 The World This Week. (R, CC) (Final) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. (R, CC) 12.00 A Taste Of Landline. (R, CC) 12.30 Back Roads: Mallacoota. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Wild Life At The Zoo. (R, CC) 1.30 The Mix. (R, CC) (Final) 2.00 Soccer. (CC) W-League. Round 7. Canberra United v Brisbane Roar. 4.35 Gruen Planet. (PG, R, CC) 5.10 Doc Martin. (PG, R, CC) (Final) Martin is taken hostage.

6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) 12.00 Kochie’s Business Builders. (CC) 12.30 The Quest. (PG, CC) The Paladins compete in the Battle Dome. 1.30 MOVIE: Girls Vs Monster. (PG, R, CC) (2012) A teenager finds out her parents are monster hunters. Olivia Holt. 3.30 Motorway Patrol. (PG, R, CC) Police take on a couple of arm wrestlers. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. (R, CC) 5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Sydney Weekender. (CC)

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PAW Patrol. (R, CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) My Surf TV. (CC) The Wild Life Of Tim Faulkner. (PG, R, CC) Hosted by Tim Faulkner. 11.00 MOVIE: Alaska. (PG, R, CC) (1996) Thora Birch. 1.00 Cricket. (CC) First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 4. Afternoon session. From the Gabba, Brisbane. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 4.00 Cricket. (CC) First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 4. Evening session. From the Gabba, Brisbane.

6.00 Fishing Australia. (R, CC) 6.30 Hillsong. (CC) 7.00 Joseph Prince. (CC) 7.30 Joel Osteen. (R, CC) 8.00 GCBC. (R, CC) 8.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 9.00 Animal Extra. (R, CC) 9.30 Studio 10: Sunday. (PG, CC) 12.00 All 4 Adventure. (PG, CC) 1.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. (CC) 2.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. (CC) 3.00 iFish. (R, CC) 4.00 What’s Up Down Under. (R, CC) 4.30 Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals. (CC) 5.00 TEN Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 France 24 English News. 6.30 Deutsche Welle English News. 7.00 Al Jazeera English News. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Soccer. EPL. Crystal Palace v Chelsea. Replay. 12.00 Arabic News. 12.30 Turkish News. 1.00 Speedweek. (CC) 3.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 11. Sydney Kings v Adelaide 36ers. 5.00 Small Business Secrets. (R, CC) A look at small businesses. 5.30 The Nazi Gold Train. (PG, CC) A look at the search for a Nazi train.

6.00 QI. (PG, R, CC) Guests Phill Jupitus, Jo Brand and Jessica Stevenson join Stephen Fry for a letter “D”-inspired discussion. 6.30 QI. (PG, R, CC) Guests Jimmy Carr, Rob Brydon and Bill Bailey join host Stephen Fry for a letter “E”-inspired discussion. 7.00 ABC News Sunday. (CC) Local, national and international news, featuring an extended report exploring in depth state-based issues. 7.40 Joanna Lumley’s Japan. (PG, CC) Part 3 of 3. Joanna Lumley travels to the island of Shikoku to visit the local temples. 8.30 Midsomer Murders. (M, R, CC) The body of a wealthy landowner goes missing on the night of his death, exposing a web of secrets. 10.00 Call The Midwife. (M, R, CC) As 1959 draws to a close, the residents prepare for Christmas. 11.15 MOVIE: An Accidental Soldier. (M, R, CC) (2013) During World War I, an Australian deserter takes shelter on a farm with a French woman. Dan Spielman, Marie Bunel, Bryan Brown.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 Sunday Night. (CC) Current affairs program, hosted by Melissa Doyle. 8.00 Border Security: America’s Front Line. (PG, CC) In Michigan, the canine unit uncovers double trouble. Bloodstained baggage is found at Detroit Metro Airport. In New York, an air passenger is nervous about being screened. 8.30 Carols In The Domain. (CC) Coverage of Carols In The Domain from Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens. Featuring a star-studded line-up of performers, including Ky Baldwin, Jay Laga’aia, Dami Im, Shannon Noll and Georgie Parker. Hosted by David Koch, Samantha Armytage, Natalie Barr and Mark Beretta. 11.00 Molly: Counting Down The Hits. (PG, CC) Former Countdown presenter and music critic Molly Meldrum hand picks some of the best music videos from the ’70s and ’80s and, along with special guests, tells the stories behind the hits.

6.20 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 Cricket. (CC) First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 4. Night session. From the Gabba, Brisbane. 9.15 60 Minutes. (CC) Current affairs program. Featuring reports from Liz Hayes, Tara Brown, Allison Langdon, Charles Wooley and Ross Coulthart. 10.15 MOVIE: Contagion. (M, R, CC) (2011) As a deadly virus slowly spreads throughout the world, the Centres for Disease Control must develop a vaccine before it is too late. However, claims of a possible homeopathic cure by a US conspiracy theorist threaten to make the situation worse. Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law.

6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. (CC) Two families try to win big prizes by guessing the most popular responses to a survey of the public. 6.30 Modern Family. (PG, R, CC) Phil, Luke and Haley take Alex out so she can celebrate her senior ditch day, but end up taking an unexpected detour. With Manny groggy on pain killers, Gloria seizes the chance to meddle 7.00 MOVIE: Home Alone. (PG, R, CC) (1990) A boy defends himself from burglars after being left at home by his family during Christmas. Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci. 9.10 Michael Bublé At The BBC. (CC) A performance by Michael Bublé, featuring classic tracks Cry Me A River and Feeling Good, along with songs from his new album including Nobody But Me. 10.30 MOVIE: Life Of Pi. (PG, R, CC) (2012) After a young man becomes trapped on a lifeboat, after a shipwreck, he discovers he is sharing the cramped lifeboat with several animals that were on the ship, including a Bengal tiger. Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 This Is Greece With Michael Scott: The Dodecanese Islands. (CC) Part 4 of 4. Professor Michael Scott concludes his exploration of Greece by travelling through the Dodecanese Islands. 8.30 Egypt: What Lies Beneath? (R, CC) With the help of satellites, Dr Sarah Parcak and her team set out to create a map of ancient Egypt. The images provided by cutting-edge technology allow them to peel away layers of sand and soil to reveal, in stark contrast, outlines of structures hidden for millennia. 10.15 The World’s Most Dangerous Journey? (R, CC) Follows the route taken by migrants travelling from Central America to the US through the Darién Gap, located in one of the world’s most dangerous jungles which is populated by drug traffickers and bandits. 11.25 The Hidden Side Of Google. (R, CC) An insight into the dark side of Google, the richest search engine company in the world.

12.50 Rage. (MA15+) Continuous music programming. 3.15 Midsomer Murders. (M, R, CC) 4.45 The New Inventors. (R, CC) Hosted by James O’Loghlin. 5.15 Pointless. (R, CC) Presented by Alexander Armstrong.

1.00 The Big Adventure. (PG, R, CC) A group of 12 Australians compete in extreme conditions for the chance to claim a lifechanging prize. 2.00 Home Shopping. 5.30 Sunrise. (CC) News, sport and weather.

12.30 Public Morals. (MA15+, CC) Rusty takes revenge after making a discovery. 1.30 Westside. (M, 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)

1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning. (CC) Morning talk show. Hosted by Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell.

12.30 MOVIE: The Chef. (M, R) (2012) Jean Reno. 2.00 MOVIE: Carancho. (AV15+, R) (2010) Ricardo Darín. 4.00 Strip The City. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News. 5.45 France 24 Feature.

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. 1812

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Sunday, December 18 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

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8.30pm Blue Is The Warmest Colour (2013) Drama. Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos. (R18+) World Movies

7.30pm Modern Family. The family takes a train to Dede’s wedding and Claire struggles with firing an employee. (PG) FOX8

7.00pm How It’s Made: Dream Cars. Discovery Turbo

2.30pm Cricket. Fifth Test. India v England. Day 3. Fox Sports 2

8.30pm Spy (2015) Comedy. Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne. An analyst is sent into the field to take down an arms dealer. (MA15+) Comedy

7.55pm QI. Hosted by Stephen Fry. (M) UKTV 8.00pm Pacific Heat. (M) Comedy Channel

8.30pm The Age Of Adaline (2015) Drama. Blake Lively, Harrison Ford. An ageless woman meets a philanthropist. (M) Romance

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.20 Tree Fu Tom. (R, CC) 4.45 Timmy Time. (R, CC) 5.00 Lost And Found. (R, CC) 5.25 Charlie And Lola. (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. (R, CC) 7.30 The Hoarder Next Door. (PG, R, CC) 8.20 The Checkout: Snack Size. (R, CC) 8.30 The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story Of Aaron Swartz. (M, R, CC) Examines the story of Aaron Swartz. 10.10 End Of The Line. (MA15+, R, CC) 10.40 Louis Theroux: Extreme Love. (PG, R, CC) 11.40 Sex Box. (MA15+, R, CC) 12.30 Catfish: The TV Show. (M, R, CC) 2.35 News Update. (R) 2.40 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. 1.25 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 1.55 Operation Ouch! (R) 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) 4.00 Odd Squad. (R) 4.10 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. (CC) 4.30 Bushwhacked! (R, CC) 5.05 Gortimer Gibbon’s Life On Normal Street. (CC) 5.35 Ninja Turtles. (PG) 5.55 The Deep. (R, CC) 6.20 House Of Anubis: The Reawakening. 6.50 You’re Skitting Me. (R, 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) Finn is asked to give a speech. 8.45 Stoked. (R, CC) Surfers Paradise is evacuated. 9.05 The Amazing Extraordinary Friends. (R) A teenager transforms into Captain Extraordinary. 9.30 Rage. (PG, R) 2.00 Close.

7.30pm MARS. Follow the first human mission to Mars in 2033. (M) National Geographic

3.00pm Basketball. NBL. Round 11. Sydney Kings v Adelaide 36ers. Fox Sports 3 5.00pm Soccer. A-League. Round 3. Central Coast Mariners v Brisbane Roar. Fox Sports 4 Sofia Vergara and Julie Bowen star in Modern Family.

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6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 Tomorrow’s World. (PG) 7.30 Leading The Way. (PG) 8.00 David Jeremiah. (PG) 8.30 Shopping. (R) 9.30 Inside Volleyball. 10.00 Home And Away Catch-Up. (PG, R, CC) 12.30 Surfing. Sydney International Beach Festival. 1.00 Original Features. (R) 2.00 No Reservations. (PG, R) 3.00 New Zealand From Above. (R) 4.00 New Zealand On A Plate. 4.30 Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook. (R) 5.00 Sean’s Kitchen. (R, CC) 6.00 The Zoo. (R, CC) 6.30 Animal Airport. (PG, CC) 7.00 Dog Patrol. (PG, CC) 7.30 Escape To The Country. (R) 9.30 The Art Of The Architect. Two architects work on a meaningful building. 10.30 Nick Knowles’ Original Features. (R) 11.30 Sean’s Kitchen. (R, CC) 12.30 The Zoo. (R, CC) 1.00 Dog Patrol. (PG, R, CC) 1.30 New Zealand From Above. (R) 2.30 Inside Ireland. (R, CC) 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, R) 4.00 Justice League Unlimited. (PG, R) 5.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. (PG) 5.30 MOVIE: The Year Without A Santa Claus. (R, CC) (2006) 7.30 MOVIE: Elf. (R, CC) (2003) Will Ferrell. 9.30 MOVIE: Old School. (MA15+, R, CC) (2003) Three friends start their own fraternity. Luke Wilson. 11.30 Adult Swim. (MA15+, R) 12.00 Rick And Morty. (M, R) 12.30 Unforgettable. (M, R, CC) 2.30 Surfing Australia TV. (R, CC) 3.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. (PG, R) 3.30 SpongeBob SquarePants. (R) 4.00 Wild Kratts. (R) 4.30 Gumball. (R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-GiOh! (PG, R)

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6.00 Shopping. (R) 6.30 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG, R) 7.30 Shopping. (R) 9.30 Dream Car Garage. (PG, R) 10.00 Big Angry Fish. (PG, R) 11.00 Ultimate Fishing. (PG, R) 12.00 Outback Truckers. (PG, R) 2.00 Ultimate Factories. (R) 3.00 Skydiving. (CC) Australian National Parachuting Championships. 4.00 Seinfeld. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 MOVIE: The Hot Chick. (PG, R, CC) (2002) Rob Schneider. 9.00 MOVIE: S.W.A.T. (M, R, CC) (2003) An elite team of Los Angeles police officers is assigned to transport a drug kingpin into federal custody. Samuel L Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez. 11.25 Jail. (MA15+, R) 11.55 Locked Up Abroad. (MA15+, R) 1.00 Construction Zone. (PG, R) 2.00 Ultimate Factories. (R) 3.00 Doomsday Preppers. (PG, R) 4.00 Jail. (MA15+, R) 4.30 Construction Zone. (PG, R) 5.00 NFL. NFL. Week 15. New York Giants v Detroit Lions.

6.00 One Plus One. (R, CC) 6.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 World This Week. (R, CC) 12.00 News. 12.30 The Drum Weekly. (R) (Final) 1.00 News. 1.30 Landline. (R, CC) 2.00 News. 2.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 3.00 News. 3.30 World This Week. (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 News. (CC) 8.30 A Taste Of Landline. (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 The Mix. (R, CC) 12.30 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS

7.30pm Anne-Sophie Mutter: The Club Concert. In May 2015, renowned violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter gave a truly unique concert in a tiny graffiti-scrawled nightclub in Berlin. (NC) Foxtel Arts

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. 8.30 TV Shop. 10.00 Avengers. (PG, R) 11.00 The Hairy Bikers Christmas Party. (PG, R) 12.10 River Cottage: Christmas Special. (PG, R) 1.20 MOVIE: A Big Hand For The Little Lady. (R, CC) (1966) 3.25 MOVIE: Gunfight At The OK Corral. (PG, R, CC) (1957) 6.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R, CC) 7.00 Agatha Christie’s Marple. (PG, R) Miss Marple investigates a suspicious suicide. 9.00 Major Crimes. (M, CC) A man is pushed off a parking structure. 10.00 Rizzoli & Isles. (M, CC) A woman is found murdered. 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)

ONE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 World Sport. (R) 8.30 GT Academy. (R) 9.00 Puppy Academy. (R, CC) 9.30 Life Inside The Markets. (R, CC) 10.00 Red And Yellow Heroes. (R, CC) 11.00 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 12.00 Driven Not Hidden. (R) 1.00 Car Torque. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Monster Jam. (R) 3.00 Freddie Down Under. (PG, R) 4.00 4WD Touring Australia. (R) 5.00 People Of The Vines. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 iFish. (Final) 6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. (CC) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. (M, R, CC) Two contractors are murdered. 8.30 MOVIE: The X-Files. (M, R, CC) (1998) Two FBI agents investigate a bombing. David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson. 11.00 Undercover Boss. (M, R) 12.00 The Americans. (M, R, CC) 1.00 Legends. (M, R) 2.00 World Sport. 2.30 Car Torque. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 4.30 The Doctors. (M, CC) 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 And 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 The Graham Norton Show. (M, CC) 8.30 MOVIE: Dude, Where’s My Car? (M, R) (2000) Ashton Kutcher. 10.15 Party Down South. (MA15+) 11.15 The King Of Queens. (PG, R) 12.15 Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 1.25 Frasier. (PG, R) 2.30 Cheers. (PG, R) 3.30 Family Ties. (PG, R) 4.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (R) 5.00 Kenneth Copeland. (PG) 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 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 10.00 Domestic Blitz. (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, R) 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. (M) 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Masters Of Flip. (R) 1.00 Waterwise Gardening With The Garden Gurus. (R, CC) 1.30 Late Programs.

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SBS VICELAND 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 PopAsia. (PG) 10.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Vs Arashi. 1.55 Gaycation. (PG, R) 2.50 Noisey. (PG, R) 3.40 Dead Set On Life. (R) 4.40 Cyberwar. (R) 5.35 Billy On The Street. (PG) (Series return) 6.05 If You Are The One. 7.15 Great Minds With Dan Harmon. (R) 7.35 Balls Deep: Last Week Of High School. (M, R) 8.30 States Of Undress: China. (PG) (Final) Hailey Gates visits China. 9.20 Gaycation Presents: Orlando. (R) A look at the Pulse nightclub massacre. 10.10 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. (M, R) 10.40 South Park. (MA15+, R, CC) 11.05 Weediquette. (M, R) 11.55 Noisey. (PG, R) 12.45 States Of Undress. (PG, R) 1.35 Gaycation Presents: Orlando. (R) 2.25 Black Market: Dispatches. (R) 2.55 365: Every Day Docos. 3.00 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 7.30 Jeni Barnett’s 12 Chefs Of Christmas. (R) 9.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 10.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (R) 11.30 Giada’s Holiday Handbook. (R) 12.30 Diners, DriveIns And Dives. (R) 2.30 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 3.30 Giada’s Holiday Handbook. (R) 4.30 Christmas At Bobby’s. (R) 5.30 Siba’s Festive Table. (R) 6.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 6.30 Giada’s Holiday Handbook. (R) Hosted by Giada De Laurentiis. 7.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) Guy Fieri heads to Bakersfield. 10.00 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. (PG, R) Anthony heads to the American heartland. 11.00 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. (PG, R) 12.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R) 2.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 3.00 Christmas At Bobby’s. (R) 4.00 Giada’s Holiday Handbook. (R) 5.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Aunty Moves In. 11.00 Colour Theory. (CC) 11.30 Mohawk Girls. (PG) 12.00 Korraiyn. 12.30 Maori TV’s Native Affairs. 1.00 Surviving. 1.20 Desperate Measures. 1.40 Our Footprint. 2.00 Around The Campfire. 2.20 Custodians. 2.30 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. Round 3. Bloodlines v Taree Biripi Sharks. 3.30 Soccer. National Indigenous Football Championships. 5.00 Te Kaea. 5.30 Defining Moments. 6.00 Talking Language. (PG) 6.30 Matauranga. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 Star Stories Of The Dreaming. 9.30 MOVIE: First Sunday. (PG) (2008) 11.15 Deadly Thinking. (PG) 11.45 Australia’s Got Language. 12.00 Volumz. (PG) 1812

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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 15 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle. Festive season

OUT ON A LIMB

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FLASH GORDON

by Jim Keefe

aunt balloons cake cars cards carols chimney church decorations dinner eve

flowers friends fun gifts happy holidays ice joy mass mistletoe mother

peace phone plans race reindeers roasts Santa season sock songs star

stay stocking summer surf surprise sweets toys tree turkey uncle yuletide

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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.

GO FIGURE

GRIN & BEAR IT

by Wagner

LAFF-A-DAY

>> 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. Hath, presently 4. Wash 8. Goose comment 12. Iniquitous place? 15. Lodging house 16. Seal hunter 17. Field 18. Before, in poems 19. Word with jacket or soup 20. “Titanic” obstacle 21. Docking place 22. Self 23. Brilliantly coloured bird 25. Bound 27. Stonecutter 29. Heraldic-charge band 30. Basic 33. Get out of bed 35. Opposed to 36. Doctrine 39. Multitude 41. Cigar’s remains 43. Individual particular 46. Express a belief

47. Poker face 50. Winter illness 51. Large coffeepot 52. Affirm confidently 54. Stew pot 55. “Open ____ Night” 56. Third letter 57. Defensible 59. Certain mushroom 61. Carpenter’s tool 63. Dated 64. Leave the stage 65. 24 hours 66. Gyrate 69. Very strong wind 71. Financial officer 74. Short cry 78. Hiding place 81. Fail to win 82. Creative 84. Respect 85. Mine car 87. VHS alternative 89. Future chicks 90. Unhappy 91. Neural network 92. Eastern ruler 93. Understanding 94. Hurricane centre

95. Aloft 96. Good fortune 97. BPOE member

40. Movie theatre 42. Vaccines 44. Paint 45. Calm DOWN 46. Smart remark? 1. African animal 48. Barbie, e.g. 2. Close by 49. Swear 3. Growl 53. Poet’s product 4. Grey wolf 58. Extra 5. Mountain ridges 60. Wild daisy 6. DVD player’s cousin 62. Legendary story 7. Bald bird 67. Roof of the mouth 8. Take place 68. Chemical com9. Familiarize pound 10. By birth 70. Polar bear’s place 11. Destiny 72. Of an earlier time 12. Passing grades 73. “____ Without a 13. Consequently Cause” 14. Broadway sign 75. Call to mind 24. Broadcast again 76. Flat 26. Triple Crown win- 77. Joke ner 78. Crate 28. Disembarked 79. Not home 31. Dull 80. Deliver up 83. Escapade 32. Kind of wave 86. Accelerate in 34. Form a thought neutral 37. Belted jacket 88. Big bird 38. Fodder grass 39. Unfold PUZZLE NO. 394

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: “A man is known by the company he keeps. A company is known by the men it keeps.” – Thomas J. Watson z It was beloved American humourist and social commentator Will Rogers who made the following sage observation: “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.”

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PRINCE VALIANT

by Murphy & Gianni

YOUR WEEKLY STARS FOR THE WEEK STARTING DECEMBER 19, 2016 ARIES (MAR 21-APR 20) I know, dear Lamb, that you don’t like anyone trying to take charge of one of your projects, but try to be a bit more flexible. A new idea could help hasten a positive result. TAURUS (APR 21-MAY 21) I’m sure, like the time-thrifty Taurus that you are, that you’ve done much of your holiday shopping. But don’t relax yet. Wrap those gifts now to save yourself lots of unwanted pressure. GEMINI (MAY 22-JUN 22) Be receptive when a family member or friend asks to confide in you. Your positive reaction could ensure that he or she will have a happy holiday experience. CANCER (JUN 23-JUL 23) Don’t be rushed into wrapping up that workplace problem. Consider leaving it until after the holidays. This way you’ll have the facts you need to reach the right resolution. LEO (JUL 24-AUG 23) You’ll get news that will make you glow brighter than the lights of the holiday season. Be sure to use what you learn both carefully and kindly, to avoid giving the wrong impression. VIRGO (AUG 24-SEP 23) That frayed relationship could be mended in time for the holidays if you were more flexible. Give a little, and you could get back a lot more than you imagined. LIBRA (SEP 24-OCT 23) Things might not seem to be settling down as quickly as you would prefer. But it might be just a little holiday time flutter. You’ll soon get news that will lead to more stability. SCORPIO (OCT 24-NOV 22) Stop getting so involved in everyone’s personal problems that you lose precious time with loved ones. Remember, even the High Court of Australia closes for the holidays.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 23-DEC 21)

THE CASHIER

by Ricardo Galvão

All signs point to a bright holiday, with all of those pesky problems finally resolved in your favour. Share the good times with people you love and, of course, who love you. CAPRICORN (DEC 22-JAN 20) Your plans should not be set in stone and cemented over. Leave some openings in case you need to make changes. Spend the holidays with your nearest and dearest. AQUARIUS (JAN 21-FEB 19) Surprise! This holiday finds you on the receiving end of the generosity of those who are usually the recipients of so much that you give so freely and lovingly. PISCES (FEB 20-MAR 20) That piece of good news assures that you’ll be swimming in clearer, calmer waters this holiday season. There might be a storm or two ahead, but you’ll weather it all in fine style. BORN THIS WEEK: You have a flair for seeing things as you’d like them to be, as well as a gift for turning your perceptions into reality.

HOCUS-FOCUS POINT TAKEN

by Dorin

JUST LIKE CATS & DOGS by Dave T. Phipps

STRANGE BUT TRUE z Famed Australian racehorse Phar Lap started and ended his life outside Australia. He was foaled in Timaru, New Zealand, on October 4, 1926, and died at Menlo Park, California, on April 5, 1932. According to Museum Victoria, “Jockey Jim Pike, who rode Phar Lap in most of his races, summed up his performance in the 1931 Futurity Stakes at Caulfield, where the odds were stacked against him, with the words, ‘I thought his heart would burst.’”

by Samantha Weaver z Those who study such things say that hyenas are more closely related to cats than to dogs. z Those who study spycraft are aware of the many ingenious ways that have been used to pass secret messages. One of the earliest examples occurred in the late 6th century BC, when Histiaeus, the tyrant of Miletus (in present-day Turkey), shaved the head of his most trusted slave, tattooed a message on the slave’s scalp, and waited for the hair to grow

back before dispatching the slave to his son-in-law, Aristagoras, along with instructions to shave the slave’s head upon his arrival. z Police in Saudi Arabia have been instructed to arrest young men wearing tight jeans; the garments are considered to be immodest and un-Islamic. z The Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company, founded in 1858, has the distinction of producing the first beer in cans, back in January 1935.

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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

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CONTRACT BRIDGE FIRST THINGS FIRST Whenever declarer is playing a suit contract, he is faced with the questions of whether or not to draw trumps, whether or not to take certain finesses, whether to try to establish a long suit, and so on. Some or all of these things might have to be done, but the order in which they take place is usually of prime importance. Timing often spells the difference between the success or failure of a contract. Take this case where South was in four hearts and West led a spade. He won with the ace and

immediately led the jack of trumps and finessed, losing to the queen. Back came a spade to South’s king. Eventually, he lost four tricks – a spade, two hearts and a diamond – and went down one. Declarer failed to make the contract because he did not get his priorities in order. By tackling trumps at once, he in essence pinned all his hopes on limiting himself to one trump loser. South should have seen that he could afford to lose two heart tricks and still make the contract, provided he escaped the loss of a spade. This could have been achieved by leading the king of dia-

by Steve Becker monds at trick two. After the defence took the ace, dummy’s third diamond would provide a parking place for South’s spade loser. Even if the king of diamonds was allowed to win, a diamond continuation would establish dummy’s third diamond as a trick. In that case, the jack of clubs would serve as the entry to dummy for the discard. In most suit contracts, declarer plays trumps at once. But when there is more urgent work to be done, as in this deal, declarer should delay trump extraction until a more propitious time.

The ‘top 10’ best Australian beaches for 2017 1. Cossies Beach, Cocos (Keeling) Islands Indian Ocean 2. Nudey Beach, Fitzroy Island, Far North Queensland 3. Moonee Beach, Coffs Coast, NSW 4. Turquoise Bay, Coral Coast, Western Australia 5. Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, Queensland 6. Maslin Beach, Adelaide, South Australia 7. Dolly Beach, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean 8. Shelly Beach, Nambucca Coast, NSW 9. Boat Harbour Beach, North West Coast, Tasmania 10. Apollo Bay, Great Ocean Road, Victoria SOURCE: 101 BEST BEACHES

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Find The Words solution 935 And Happy New Year The Baker’s Dozen Trivia Test 1. Amy Fowler Kane 2. Fear of extreme cold, ice or frost 3. Lilliput (the Lilliputians) 4. Hershey, Pennsylvania, home of the Hershey chocolate company

5. Northern Europe 6. 12 7. Vincent van Gogh 8. Model T Ford 9. Jupiter 10. Procol Harum 11. Elvis Presley, in 1970. It was penned by songwriter Eddie Rabbit, who then launched his own recording career. 12. It was 1972. 13. “I Wanna Dance With

Somebody (Who Loves Me),” by Whitney Houston in 1987. The song took Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the Grammys and topped charts around the world, despite mixed reviews from critics.

Matchmaker solution 149 Disc, dish, dash, bash, bosh, posh, posy, cosy, copy. CryptoQuote answer This week's Sudoku

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