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Kicking goals for the community

ON a weekend where women-kind around the world were being celebrated for International Women’s Day, our Gove girls took to the field on March 9 to showcase their sporting skills in

the Annual International Women’s Day Cup. Traditional rivals - at least since the inaugural cup last year - the Latram Lions and the East Woody Eagles went head-to-head over four

twenty minute quarters which culminated in last quarter stand-off where the difference in scores was but two points.

Due to an injury in the game’s final 10

minutes the buzzer was blown early, and the truly victorious team may not be known until 2014.

For all the on (and off) field action, check out pages 11 and 19. >>

The numbing reality of kava use 1.5 tonnes, $1.5mill. value seized in the last 15 months

By MATT GARRICK A FORMER kava user - we’ll call him Joe, to protect his identity - sat at a table speaking to the Arafura Times about the “numbing” qualities of this root-based drug that has infiltrated East Arnhem Land.

Opposite him sat his Uncle - an elder who continues to use kava for ceremonial reasons.

Joe, who no longer drinks kava because he doesn’t like the taste, said when someone in his community passes away, many family members drink kava in ceremony.

“It makes people happy, relaxed.

“They drink it in traditional Fijian way.

“It’s sacred to them (Fijians) not sacred to Yolngu.”

Since January, 2012, police have

seized an estimated 1.5 tonnes of kava in East Arnhem Land, with an estimated value in remote communitites of $1.5 million.

In this time period there have been 75 incidents over the drug, including seizures and arrests.

There have been many more searches undertaken during this period as well.

Continued Page 4 >>

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Local firey number one in N.T. ORTHODONTIST

Auxiliary Fire Fighter of the Year for 2013 John O’Shea with Nhulunbuy Fire Station Officer in Charge Colin Snowden.

Dr. Jeffrey Watts

By MONIKA O’HANLON

Monday, MARCH 18 and Tuesday, MARCH 19

NHULUNBUY Fire Station has been burning with excitement since local Auxiliary Captain John O’Shea was named the 2013 Auxiliary Fire Fighter of the Year.

Captain O’Shea was presented with the 2013 Eric Simmons Award for Fire Fighters at a ceremony in Darwin by Administrator of the Northern Territory Sally Thomas at the Fire and Rescue Headquarters on Monday, March 4.

Officer-in-Charge at Nhulunbuy Fire Station Colin Snowden said he nominated Captain

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O’Shea to recognise his 21 years of valued contribution to the community.

“John enhances our service delivery and community status through competent leadership, promoting high service standards and leading by example.

“He has become a coach and mentor for our new volunteer and auxiliary fire fighter candidates.”

Officer Snowden said John has been a valuable asset at the fire station, both on and off the fire ground.

The ever-so-modest Captain O’Shea said his love of working with the fire services started

because the training was interesting and he enjoyed volunteering with good people.

“I just love the job and the passion of the Fire Service; we have some excellent people out there.”

He also encouraged anyone who might be interested in volunteering to come into the station and give it a go.

“It’s a great opportunity to do community work.

“For young people, it’s a good stepping stone to continue into the fire services.”

It is the second year The Eric Simmons Award has been

running, and was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Darwin North.

Two awards are presented annually, to both a career and a volunteer Fire Fighter, in recognition of their different yet equally valued contributions they make to the community.

Captain O’Shea said he’d like to thank North Darwin Rotary for putting on the event, the camaraderie of the men and women he works with, as well as the close-knit community who make volunteering all the worthwhile.

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FIRST Gove got the gas, now it’s set to play host to Sweden’s most-famous pop exports - ABBA. Well, almost.

To celebrate the announcement that gas will come to Gove, Pacific Aluminium’s Gove Operations are holding a free concert under the stars in Nhulunbuy, featuring a killer line-up of music and fun-filled activities for the whole family.

Dancing queens (and kings) of Gove can let their sequins sparkle when ABBA doppelgangers Bjorn Again - the only officially endorsed Abba Tribute Band - take to the stage to headline the festivities.

Those not in sequins can prepare to don the flairs and dance the robot to popular 1980s

cover band, New Romantics.

For the kids and young at heart, Postman Pat and Alvin and the Chipmunks will be performing live onstage, as well as strolling through the crowd to meet and greet with excited fans.

Local acts including Yirrkala rockers East Journey will also be getting the audience on their feet over the night.

Gove Operations General Manager Frank Willsdon said holding the concert was a way for Pacific Aluminium to thank and recognise the patience and understanding of their workforce and community members over the last few months of waiting to see if the town’s refinery would remain open.

“It has been a difficult time, but it is now time to celebrate the continued future of our

operation, the township of Nhulunbuy and the surrounding communities with a free open air concert.

“We know the evening will be a success with a performance for the interest and enjoyment of all the community.

“I look forward to many of you joining us for a memorable evening.”

The concert, to be held at Hindle Oval, will kick-off at 4pm on March 23.

Community stalls will be set up to offer a range of food and non-alcoholic drinks on the evening.

Alcohol-wise, it’ll be a licensed BYO event, so bring a couple of cold ones, a blanket to sit on, and settle in for a stellar night under the open sky.

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Gove mourns the loss of business great AUSTRALIAN business great and former head of the Gove alumina mine and port operations, James Strong, died aged 68 after complications from surgery on March 3.

Tributes have been pouring out from around the nation for Mr Strong, who in his decorated career also rose to become the head of QANTAS, from 1993 until 2001, and the Chairman of Woolworths.

PHOTO: Businessman James Strong, during his days at Nabalco, at his farewell in Nhulunbuy, February 8, 1983.

Photo sourced from the Northern Territory Government Photographer Collection, Northern Territory Library.

Mr Strong began his career in business here in Gove, as a site manager for the mining company Nabalco in 1981.

During his time in the region, Mr Strong was known as a man of charisma and integrity, as well as having all the makings of the business dynamo he later became.

Old friend and former colleague, Chief Executive Officer of Gumatj Corporation Klaus Helms said Mr Strong’s passing was a huge loss not just for Gove, but the whole of Australia.

“He was very kind and gentle, but also very dynamic.

“In a list of heroes, he was one of mine - I really respected him.”

Mr Helms began his friendship with Mr Strong in the early eighties, while both were working at Nabalco.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Australia was mourning the loss of a “great Australian”.

“With the death of James Strong, Australia has lost one of its most gifted corporate leaders who significantly enriched the life of our nation,” the PM said.

Mr Strong was also known as a champion for the arts over many years, most recently as Chairman of the Australia Council from 20062012, where he promoted innovative arts performances, exhibitions and festivals, and

the need for stronger partnerships between government and the private sector.

He also served as Chairman of the Sydney T h e a t r e C o m p a n y, t h e Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, the Australia Business Arts Foundation and the State Library of Victoria.

The enigmatic leader started his life in humble, rural beginnings; he grew up in Lismore, NSW, in a world he said was “dominated by the cows”.

He used to milk them in the morning by hand before heading off to school.

Mr Strong is survived by his wife, Jeanne-Claude, and sons Nick and Sam.

Coke win a death knell for recycling program BOYCOTTS are being called for after soft-drink corporation giants won a court case in Sydney on March 4, bidding to have the Northern Territory’s Cash for Containers legislation overturned.

Their win has spelled the near certainty a Cash for Containers recycling program won’t be introduced into the region.

In January, Coca-Cola Amatil, Lion Nathan and Schweppes took the Northern Territory Government to Federal Court, claiming the NT scheme was invalid because it conflicted with Commonwealth legislation.

Local business East Arnhem Trading, which had planned to open a Cash for Containers outlet in Nhulunbuy industrial area if the soft-drink companies had not been victorious in the court case, now says it may not be able to run.

East Arnhem Trading co-owner Tim Broadbent said he would have to do some

A NEW study by Keep Australia Beautiful has found Coca-Cola is the second-worst offender on a list of the most-littered brands of products in Australia.

The the most-common brand name found in litter is McDonalds.

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homework to see what it would take for him to open now that the negative court verdict has been delivered.

“Unfortunately if I can’t get contracts with Statewide, I can’t operate.”

(Statewide and Marine stores processes for Coca Cola Amatil and Lion Nathan).

“That’s the licensing agreement you have to have contracted with each coordinator.

“If you don’t, you can’t get the ticket.”

Mr Broadbent also mentioned a boycott of Amatil products could have benefits.

“It’s happened before.”

Barrier Aviation is almost at the point of no return BARRIER Aviation is reaching a point where it will not be able to recover from “this unreasonable and lengthy grounding”, saying there should have been no reason for the carrier to be grounded by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA).

“It is has been well over two months and we are still going through the process with CASA,” a letter signed by Barrier Managing Director David Kilin says.

“The biggest concern is that CASA are not obligated to speed this process up, but we, of course, do want to resolve this as soon as possible.

“We at Barrier Aviation haven’t asked for any special treatment, just a timely resolution to the issues at hand.

“We have fully co-operated every step of the way and continue to do so.”

The letter also asks community members to email or fax their local Federal Member asking that Barrier Aviation’s case “be heard and resolved promptly”.

CASA initially suspended Barrier Aviation for five days on December 23, but that was extended to February 15 a day later. The Federal Court hearing in Sydney on February 15 recommended both parties to mediation prior.

Mr Kilin says: “We think that the issues CASA has raised could have been dealt with professionally and without the

ambush on Christmas Eve. “We were ready then and still are ready now to deal with CASA on a co-operative and professional basis; there should have been no reason to be grounded.

“Regrettably we have been forced to place our customers in such an inconvenient situation.”

Mr Kilin says: “We also appreciate all the support our wonderful staff have given us at this difficult time.

“They are all aware of what is going on and are still standing by us at this time.

“We hope to be able to give you more positive news in the near future. We cannot fully express the gratitude we feel for the incredible support that continues to flow from throughout Cairns, Cape York, the Torres Strait and the Darwin and Gove area from our customers, the aviation industry and our staff.”

Barrier Aviation operates from bases in Horn Island, Cairns, Darwin and Gove in the Northern Territory, has a fleet of more than 30 aircraft, and employs more than 50 staff when operating.

CCA’s product portfolio consists of: Coca-Cola, diet Coke, Coke Zero, Fanta, Sprite, Powerade, Glacéau Pump, Mount Franklin, Deep Spring, and Kirks, Jim Beam, Canadian Club, Makers Mark, and The Famous Grouse Meanwhile, an activist group have begun sticking “out of order” notices on Coca Cola and Mount Franklin vending machines around the country.

A spokesman from the group, named Out of Order, said they were slapping up the stickers in support of the scheme.

“We are committed to keep disabling the machines until Coca Cola Amatil withdraws the legal action.

“Many notices have remained on machines for the three days since we started. We aim to directly affect Coke’s bottom line through this action but also by encouraging people who are disgusted by this move to boycott Coke products,” said the spokesman, known as Katso.

The court decision has meant the Northern Territory Container Deposit Legislation (CDL) is now illegal under the Act. Chief Minister Terry Mills described the ruling as “a big blow for the Territory” and “a setback”. “We have fought every inch of the way to keep a Container Scheme in the Northern Territory and I am disappointed by the Court’s decision.”

For more information go to: http:// www.ntepa.nt.gov.au/news/2013/ container-deposit-update.

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Public Notice To ensure Gove Operations remains economically viable, prior to the arrival of gas in 2016, our operation is progressing with plans to increase its bauxite export capability.

The increased bauxite will be sourced from the existing mine lease and exported by ship through the current port facilities. Additional bauxite in excess of the conveyor’s capacity will be transported by haulage trucks from the mine site along the existing haul road adjacent to the overland conveyor belt and will cross Melville Bay Road at an intersection just east of the overland crossing.

Public traffic management plans are being finalized to minimize disruption to traffic on Melville Bay Road and to ensure the safety of the community.

A series of community meetings will be advertised in the coming weeks which will provide community members with information about the project including details of the traffic management plan and the revised intersection requirements.

Details on the community meetings will be provided closer to the date.

For enquiries please contact Gove Operations Community and Observations Feedback line on 1800 996 508.

Groote man charged over alleged animal sex A MAN charged with having sex with a pet pig called Michael Jackson on Groote Eylandt appeared in a Darwin court last week.

The 35-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, sat in the dock at Darwin Magistrates

Court charged over having sexual intercourse with an animal and indecent behaviour in public in November last year.

Northern Territory media have reported that Michael Jackson had to be shot following the incident at

Alyangula, on Groote Eylandt.

The court was told the man’s mental health was an ongoing issue, with his defence counsel asking for the charges to be dismissed. But the case was adjourned until later this month for hearing.

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The numbing reality of kava use << From Page 1

powder to water so it can be drunk.

Local Senior Sergeant Brendan Muldoon said kava trafficking into this region was a drain on resources and a scourge on community welfare.

“We dedicate a lot of our resources to apprehending the people who are bringing it in, and the people who are organising it.

“They’re preying on weak people.

“The money that’s being paid for kava is money that should probably be used to buy food and groceries for families.”

In the last fortnight alone, over 60 kilograms of kava has been seized in Gove, worth an estimated $60,000 in remote community street value.

Kava is consumed in various ways throughout the Pacific Ocean cultures of Polynesia, Vanuatu, Melanesia and some parts of Micronesia and Australia.

Traditionally, it is prepared by either chewing, grinding or pounding the roots of the kava (piper methysticum) plant and then adding this grounded

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Although police have maintained a vigilant routine of patrolling for kava, the drug appears to remain prevalent.

“It’s because there’s a market for it.

“Here it’s the only state or territory in Australia where it’s illegal - and there are certain sections of the community here that want it and use it, and use it to excess,” Snr Sgt Muldoon said.

Detective from the Northern Substance Abuse Intelligence Desk Ken Bradshaw, based in Katherine, said the social and economic impacts of kava usage in indigenous communities have been huge.

“Heavy kava use in Arnhem Land has caused massive social dramas.

“It’s often abused; and the effects are like drunkenness without the

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alcohol-related violence.”

One of the effects of drinking excessive kava is drowsiness.

Due to this symptom of lethargy, Detective Bradshaw said rates of neglect soar due to its usage.

“People not looking after kids, not going to work - lethargy in every aspect of living.”

The story goes that kava entered Arnhem Land in the 1980s, after some Traditional Owners from Yirrkala travelled to Fiji to conduct research into how communities were set up over there, and how they operated compared with in the Top End. While they were there they were introduced to kava, and the traditional role kava plays in islander communities, and they brought some back - and ever since then, kava has existed in East Arnhem Land.

Its use was once unrestricted, but has been increasingly controlled since its introduction.

In 1998, the Northern Te r r i t o r y i n t r o d u c e d a licensing system that allowed communities to sell a controlled amount of kava.

But the licensing scheme was cancelled in 2007, when the Commonwealth implemented a ban on importing more than two kilograms into the region.

Although this ban remains in full force, local indigenous people continue to transport kava

into Homelands on a regular basis.

J o e ’s U n c l e spoke of the ways he procured kava, and also of the ways it was distributed out in Homelands.

“When I go Elcho, I take kava, when I go Homelands, I take it, in a bag, and we drink it. “ We t a k e t h e kava from Yirrkala.

“My family buy it from people in Yirrkala, then we take it on a plane, or on a boat.

“Usually a bag full.

“We go out hunting, fishing, we get turtle, turtle eggs, then when we get back we drink the kava for ceremony.”

The banning of kava was a measure taken after serious health and social implications became evident in remote communities.

Professor Alan Clough, from James Cook University, has been studying the health effects of kava use in East Arnhem Land for almost 20 years.

One of the trademarks of a kava user, he said, was a noticeably scaly skin condition - but the heath implications of using it can be even more serious.

“Many of the health problems that heavy kava users suffer actually are parallel to the health problems that anorexics suffer.

“Particularly the risks of cardiovascular problems, sudden cardiac death even.”

Alongside cannabis and alcohol, kava is one of the most abused drugs in the region.

During our conversation, Joe freely admitted he was a cannabis smoker - and as we sat talking, he was polishing off a beer.

He used both of these drugs as comparative examples to taking kava.

“Kava is not like grog It’s more like marijuana... when you smoke ganja, you relax.

“It’s like that - you get sleepy.

“When you’re feeling bad, it will make you feel relaxed - just like ganja - but it’s more better than ganja, coz ganja can make you mad, and force you to drink grog.”

Whether Joe was right or not about which was

worse is in some ways irrelevant - statistics have proven kava continues to damage lives in communities, and, as Snr Sgt Muldoon said, it is potentially taking food away from hungry mouths.

“The complaints we get are that families are going hungry because the father in the household is taking money from the grocery tin to buy kava instead.”

Money is draining out from communities who didn’t have money to begin with, Detective Bradshaw said.

“Most of the money that goes to kava leaves that community and goes back to the trafficker.

“That’s taking a lot of money away from communities that were already on the poverty line.”

Police said they would continue the fight against kava in remote communities, and continue to dedicate resources to apprehending the traffickers of kava into East Arnhem Land.

Snake’s alive: Here’s hoping this one’s a breeder IT looks like something out of the Amazon Jungle - but this rare monster python was actually discovered not too far from our own backyard.

Somewhat of a ‘Holy Grail’ to snake collectors due to its rarity, the python, captured as part of a trial breeding program, is endemic to just a small part of Arnhem Land.

This 4.2 metre ‘Morelia oenpelliensis’, better known as the Oenpelli python, was found recently near its namesake of Oenpelli; a small community out near Jabiru.

Northern Territory reptile scientist Dr Gavin Bedford is one of just two permit-holders who can capture the snakes as part of a limited program to establish a captive breeding scheme for a commercial trade.

And over the years, he has spent over 1100 hours out in the bush searching for this species, dropped by helicopter into remote and rugged sandstone country near the East Alligator River in Arnhem Land.

“This is the number two snake I have in captivity,” Dr Bedford said.

“I need a breeding pair, and the two I have are both girls, but I believe this one just caught would be capable of breeding.”

Dr Bedford said not much was known about the pythons.

Dr Gavin Bedford (right) works with local Traditional Owners to protect endangered pythons.

“There are many endemic animals Manager of Wildlife Use with the in the Arnhem Land escarpment region, Department of Land Management Keith and this project started because I could Saalfield said each permit holder could see this was a specialised animal from catch up to eight snakes. escarpment country, and totemic for “The only people allowed to catch some clans - and noone knows what’s snakes are nominees listed on the permit going on.” and persons who have been authorised He said because numbers of the by the permit holder,” Mr Saalfield said. small mammals the snakes usually “This trial program has been to see if feed on, including bats and wallabies, it is viable for the pythons to enter legal are dwindling, numbers of the snakes wildlife trade in Australia to ensure that would start to drop as well. benefits go to Traditional Owners - the “Let’s at least put some in captivity only way to do this in certainty has so we know they’re there, and we can been to make sure every animal in the work backwards from there.” program was obtained legally.”

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Nothing like a lick of paint SHIFTING dozens of yidaki’s, bark paintings and other intricate Arnhem Land artworks to give Yirrkala’s BukuLarrnggay Mulka Art Centre a new lick of paint was no easy task.

That’s why the crew from the Jawun Secondment Program were called in, and all hands were on deck last Saturday, March 9, when the older gallery in Yirrkala’s cultural hub was given a spruce for the first time since 1988.

Art Co-ordinator Will Stubbs said the opening of the art centre’s new wing late last month had made the older section look a bit dusty.

“The old gallery was opened by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam back in 1988 as part of a Bicentennial project.

“I don’t think it’s had too many paint jobs since then.”

Mr Stubbs expressed his gratitude for the hard work undertaken by the crew of nine from Jawun.

“Not only do they work for others throughout the week, they come out and chip in here during their leisure time.

“I couldn’t speak more highly of them.”

Regional Director of Jawun in North East Arnhem Land Eula Rowen said the crew volunteered their time to be a part of the art centre’s awesome refurbishment.

“Our main focus is to support our local Indigenous organisations, and this has been a great opportunity with Buku, to help them get their gallery space up and running in time for the fiftieth anniversary of their church panels, as well as for the Garma Festival.”

Indeed, 2013 represents a huge

year for Yirrkala arts and the whole community; it’s the fiftieth anniversary of the Yirrkala Bark Petitions - known as the first Aboriginal land rights protest document - and also the fiftieth anniversary of the intricate church panels which nowadays hang in the gallery.

Mr Stubbs said the Yirrkala art community was looking forward to welcoming people from Nhulunbuy to the refurbished gallery.

“Come out and visit the church panels and the new wing out here, as well as the rest of the gallery.

“When the paint’s dry, it’ll be here for all of you.”

Mr Stubbs said the Yolngu people of Yirrkala were proud to show their cultural centre and art to all people from around the region and afar.

RENOVATION RESCUE: Members of the Jawun Secondment Program along with local kids and crew from the Yirrkala Arts Centre chipped in last week to refurbish the centre’s main gallery.

Jail term for mail drug smuggler A MAN, charged with trying to smuggle drugs interstate via post, was last week handed a jail sentence in Nhulunbuy.

The 29-year-old man from Groote Eylandt was arrested on April 5, 2012, after he attempted to send 750 grams of cannabis in the mail.

Police had at the time executed a warrant and seized the cannabis, and the case was adjourned to Nhulunbuy for sentencing.

He received a stint of 28 days in prison.

Police said the magistrate had wanted to ensure there was a term of imprisonment handed down, to make clear the importance of keeping drugs out of indigenous communities.

Officers said the street value of the cannabis when sold in remote communities would equal to an estimated $75,000.

DRINK-DRIVER BANNED FOR FIVE YEARS A 33-year-old man from Ski Beach has been banned from driving for five years, after his drink-driving charge was heard in Nhulunbuy court last week.

The magistrate handed the offender a $2000 fine and a five-year disqualification of his licence, due to the fact it wasn’t the man’s first offence.

The vehicle he had been driving when pulled over for a random breath test was also found to be unregistered and uninsured.

He had blown a medium range reading of 0.140, nearly three times the legal alcohol limit.

Police said the offender would likely be given a term of imprisonment if he offended again.

POTTY MOUTH COPS FINE A 31-year-old man from Nhulunbuy who told local police officers to “shove it up your a*se,” was convicted of using obscene language in court last week.

The man, who police said was located passed out in his own vomit in Endeavour Square, was arrested after directing colourful language at the police as they attempted to move him from his position.

It was told in court the offender called police “pig ***ts” along with further graphic vulgarities.

He was charged and handed an $800 fine.

SPATE OF BREAK-INS A NUMBER of breaks-in around the Nhulunbuy community over the last weeks have prompted police to urge residents to make sure their property is properly secured.

The Gove Peninsula Surf Club, the Arnhem Club, Gove Motors and a flat on Eugenia Avenue have all been broken into in recent times.

Senior-Sergeant Brendan Muldoon urged residents to make sure they kept doors locked and maintained vigilant security.

“There are opportunistic thieves in the area, so residents have to make sure they don’t give them the opportunity they are seeking, such as an unlocked car door or window.”

For information on break-ins or if you suspect a robbery, contact police (8987 1333).

CRUISE SHIP DRAMA THE town’s emergency services were involved in a drama on the high seas last week, after a man suffered a heart attack on a cruise ship forty nautical miles from Gove.

The ship, which had left Darwin, was forced to return to its origin after the man, aged 72, suffered a cardiac arrest.

At first it was thought the ship would have to be brought into Gove port and the man would be taken into emergency care from there, though after a few hours of planning with services on the ground in Gove, including police and ambulance services, it was eventually decided the ship would return to Darwin.

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NEWS

Candidates hit the campaign trail am focused I think our “onI continuing “regional areas to work hard for the people of Lingiari.

have been extremely neglected.

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WARREN SNOWDON POLITICIANS have already begun to get their baby-kissers puckered up for this year’s Federal election campaign trail, to try and convince Australians nation-wide where to swing their votes.

Out here in Nhulunbuy, residents will be casting their votes on September 14 to help determine who will win the seat of the Division of Lingiari - held by veteran Labor Member of Parliament Warren Snowdon.

Lingiari is at current looking like a two-horse race; former Mataranka cattle producer and Country Liberal candidate Tina MacFarlane will be challenging for it at the election, saying that after 13 years of Mr Snowdon holding the seat, it’s time for a change.

(It is expected the Greens plus fledgling groups the First Nation Party and Bob Katter’s Australia Party will also stand candidates to vie for the seat, but have not

announced them as of yet).

Talking with the Arafura Times last week, Ms MacFarlane said her focus going into the election was on strengthening rural community needs.

“I’m very focused on strengthening small businesses in our communities.

“I think our regional areas have been extremely neglected,” Ms MacFarlane said.

One of her key campaign agendas will be on roads

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and infrastructure, she said, and putting bitumen on the Central Arnhem Highway would be a priority for her should she win the seat.

“I will do everything in my power to strengthen the road structure in Arnhem Land.

“If we could attract the funds to put bitumen on the Central Arnhem Highway, that would be a key to opening up Gove and the region for indigenous tourism industries, as well as furthering our regional infrastructure.”

She said after so long in the position, Mr Snowdon had become tired and

complacent.

“I want to get out and go door-knocking in all the communities, and make sure their voices are heard.

“People have been saying to me, ‘Where’s Warren? Why haven’t we seen him?’

“Where was he when the gas to Gove crisis happened?

“He was there at the town protest, but where was he as the situation built up to crisis point?”

Mr Snowdon has argued, saying he has his sleeves rolled up and is ready to put in more hard yards for the people of his

TINA MACFARLANE

electorate.

“I am focused on continuing to work hard for the people of Lingiari on the things that matter to families; that is jobs and job security, boosting education standards for our kids and making sure that everyone in the Territory - wherever they live - has access to decent, quality health care.

“When it comes to jobs, there is good news for people in the bush, with the Federal Government announcing that from July 1, remote communities across the Territory will receive a share of $1.5 billion in federal funding

under the Remote Jobs and Communities Program, giving more locals a chance to get into work and to learn new skills and be able to better provide for their families.”

Mr Snowdon was at time of publication visiting the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, located midway between Australia and Sri Lanka, which is also part of his electorate, and was unable for contact to confirm when he would next be hitting the ground in Gove.

Ms MacFarlane said she has plans to visit Nhulunbuy within the next month or so.

Knowing our electorate: History of Lingiari

Dr N. Lewis | Dr W.L. Wong | Dr D. Gordon | Dr K. Babu

DUE to its remoteness, history and capacity for modern growth, the area that sits within the electoral seat of Lingiari makes it one the most culturally interesting and diverse Federal seats in Australia.

The electorate contains a huge variation of geography, climate and environment, from the deserts of Central Australia to the tropics of the Top End. Lingiari is home to some of Australia’s most-famous natural heritage sites including Kakadu National Park and Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, both of which are recognised UNESCO World Heritage Sites due to their environmental and cultural significance to people

in Australia and around the world.

It also contains much of East Arnhem Land within its bounderies, most of which is mostly Aboriginalowned land.

More than 40 per cent of the population of Lingiari is of Aboriginal descent, by far the highest proportion of any electorate in the country.

It is a place where Aboriginal Australians maintain and celebrate their culture and traditions both in towns and in the bush, and this cultural heritage forms an important part of the character of the electorate.

Lingiari is also home to some of the great stories and events in the

struggle for Aboriginal land rights and recognition, including the Wave Hill walk-off in 1966 and hand back of Gurindji lands to traditional owners in 1975; fought and won by the seat’s namesake, Vincent Lingiari OAM (1908-1988).

The major industries in Lingiari are tourism, mining (bauxite, copper, gold and uranium), pastoralism, horticulture and fishing.

Mr Snowdon is the only politician to have held the seat.

Lingiari was first proclaimed an electorate in 2000/2001 after previously being a part of the Division of Northern Territory (1922-2000).

Continued Page 9 >>

Lingiari: Land-rights pioneer

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VINCENT Lingiari’s story has been writ into Australian folklore; including as the subject matter for musician Paul Kelly’s Aboriginal land rights anthem, From Little Things, Big Things Grow.

He was a land-rights pioneer, a man of phenomenal inner strength, and the namesake of our voting electorate.

Mr Lingiari was a member of the Gurindji people from the Northern Territory’s Victoria River district.

He was a stockman and a land-rights leader who worked for many years to improve conditions for Aboriginal people working on cattle stations.

Mr Lingiari was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for services to Aboriginal People.

One of the most significant events in Mr Lingiari’s life began on August 23, 1966, when he led the Gurindji people and others off the Northern Territory’s Wave Hill station to a riverbed nearby.

This strike would eventually reshape the agenda of relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and the wider community.

The Wave Hill dispute began after the station’s owner refused Mr Lingiari’s request that Aboriginal stockmen, who suffered appalling working and living conditions, be paid $25 a week.

But it soon became much more, when the Gurindji people demanded the return of their traditional lands.

The strike lasted seven years.

Over that time, support for Aboriginal land rights

HANDFUL OF SAND: Former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam with Vincent Lingiari in 1975. grew as the struggle intensified.

The end result was an enormously important event in our nation’s history when, during an emotional ceremony in 1975, the then Prime Minister Gough Whitlam poured local sand into Vincent Lingiari’s hands and handed the Wave Hill station back to the Gurindji people.

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What’s On

editor@arafuratimes.com.au

EDITOR’S NOTE: If you have an upcoming event, please let us know by email to editor@arafuratimes.com.au or phone Matt Garrick on 1300 088 000.

Members of the Nhulunbuy Dancers.

PHOTO MATT GARRICK

MARCH Wed 13. Lawn Bowls at the Arnhem Club, from 5.30pm.

Wed 13. Karaoke at the Arnhem Club from 8pm.

Wed 13. Jam session/open mic night - Walkabout Tavern from 8pm.

Fri 15. Anglicare new offices Official Opening, 10am, info: 8939 3400.

Fri 15. Andrew "Pidgy" Pidgeon Shaves for a Cure at the Surf Club from 6.30pm.

Sat 16. Movie Night - Gulliver's Travels (starring Jack Black) Hindle Oval, 6pm.

Sun 17. St Patrick's Day Ambrose at the Golf Club Info: 8987 3191.

Sun 17. Jazz Arvo with Grant Pukeroa at the Arnhem Club, 1-5pm.

Mon 18. Indigenous Marathon Project national try out, Yirrkala Community Oval - 9am. Info: (02) 6260 5750.

Wed 20. Lawn Bowls at the Arnhem Club, from 5.30pm.

Wed 20. Karaoke at the Arnhem Club from 8pm.

Wed 20. Jam session/open mic night - Walkabout Tavern from 8pm.

Sat 23. NCL Art and Craft Market, 9am-12pm, Town Hall hosted by Catholic Parish.

Sat 23. Pacific Aluminium's concert under the stars, featuring Bjorn Again, New Romantics, East Journey and plenty more. Hindle Oval from 4pm.

Sun 24. Jazz Arvo with Grant Pukeroa at the Arnhem Club, 1-5pm.

 comment/news And the political circus continues I WAS determined this week that I would try to focus more on local matters in my weekly column, but I couldn’t let the farcical events of the past week and another botched leadership challenge to Terry Mills’s Chief Minister’s job pass without comment.

After all, this is not a spat going on within some local club, this is the government of the Northern Territory and it beggars belief as to how Terry Mills and his fractious team can provide certainty, stability and good government to the Territory when there are clearly such deep divisions within their ranks.

There have been no fewer than three cabinet reshuffles in just six months.

What should have been a 30-minute meeting of the CLP’s parliamentary wing on Wednesday, March 6, to elect a new Deputy Chief Minister following Robyn Lambley’s unexpected resignation and hasty retreat to Alice Springs, turned into a seven-hour marathon with ambitious Alice Springs

Cyclone Tim forming near Gove

member Adam Giles challenging for the top job.

Terry Mills survived the challenge, thanks entirely to Alison Anderson and her ‘bush coalition’ of four threatening to walk to the cross benches, and Willem Westra Van Holthe emerged, unexpected, as the Deputy Chief Minister.

Anderson’s bush collation have all been rewarded with parliamentary secretary roles for sticking behind Mills.

Dave Tollner was punished, apparently for abuse targeted at Mills, and stripped of all his portfolios and sent to the back bench.

This, just one week after he’s made his first visit to our region as the Health and Housing Minister.

Robyn Lambley now picks up the health portfolio, amongst others, and John Elferink, six weeks out from handing down the 2013-14 budget, becomes treasurer.

To top it off we now have yet another new Education Minister, the third since August 25,

A STRONG, low-pressure system hovering in the western Gulf of Carpentaria, near Nhulunbuy, is expected to form into a cyclone by Wednesday (March 13), meteorologists claim.

Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Jonty Hall says there’s a moderate chance it will form into a cyclone by mid-week, meaning Nhulunbuy residents would catch the edge of it.

The storm, which if it does become a cyclone will be called Cyclone Tim, is

and a newly elected member, the youngest in the history of the NT enters cabinet with junior portfolios - good on her.

All this unfolded Electoral News on the same day by NT Member for Nhulunbuy LYNNE WALKER Victorian liberal Premier Ted Baillieu stepped down from his job with pundits tipping Queensland Premier Campbell Newman could be next to go.

At the same time we saw last weekend WA sweep it in with a landslide victory under Liberal Premier Colin Barnett with the backlash attributed by some to dissatisfaction at a Federal level.

With the Federal election called for September 14, the next six months are going to be interesting to say the least.

expected to then move eastwards over Cape York Peninsula before “popping out” over the Coral Sea. Mr Hall said the storm would most probably spare heavily populated parts of the east coast, as Cyclone Sandra did, and move out to sea.

Sandra, currently a 600km-wide, category-four cyclone, is approaching New Caledonia and is expected to lash the north-west point of the main island on Wednesday before bringing destruc-

tive winds to the capital, Noumea.

The Bureau of Meteorology couldn’t confirm reports a ninth cyclone would follow the expected Cyclone Tim, but would not rule out more cyclones this season.

“We’ve seen cyclones just before Anzac Day. So there’s still another month and a half to wait and see.”

Visit the Bureau online at http:// www.bom.gov.au/nt/ for more information.

Wild About Gove: Doing the Eagle Rock

April Sun 14. GCGC Committee Meeting 4pm at the Golf Club, Info: (8987 3191).

Thu 21. Junior Golf Season/Sign-On: 9am at the Golf Club, Info: 89897 1905 or email: jonniesta@bigpond. com.

Sat 27. NCL Art and Craft Market, 9am-12pm, Town Hall hosted by NPS Year 6 Canberra Excursion.

May Sat 25. NCL Art and Craft Market, 9am-12pm, Town Hall hosted by Gove Squash.

Sat 25. BASSINTHEGRASS Festival featuring Matt Corby, Flume and 360. Darwin.

LIVING so close with the natural world, we can sometimes take for granted some of our surroundings; huge manta rays play in our waves, parrots dart through our trees and sea birds dominate our sky.

Here, local health worker and part-time

photographer Graham Hughes managed to capture the latter; he snapped this sea eagle as it skirted along the sand at Wirrawuy Beach, with an unlucky fish caught in its back claws.

This photo puts Mr Hughes in the running for March’s Photo of the Month.

At the end of 2013, the monthly winners from throughout the year will be announced and displayed at an exhibition (location yet to be named).

So to be in with a grin, keep those photos coming to editor@arafuratimes.com.au.

Can club secretaries please send in a list of their events planned for the year to editor@arafuratimes.com.au so they can be included in the What's On section.

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NEWS

Rises in child abuse/neglect ABORIGINAL and Torres Strait Islander children are almost eight times more likely to be the subject of substantiated child abuse and neglect than non-Indigenous children, and 10 times more likely to be in out-of-home care.

This one of the findings from a report into substantiated child abuse and neglect in Australia, released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) last week.

The report, Child Protection Australia 2011-12, showed that over the past 12 months, the number of children who were the subject of substantiated abuse increased from 31,500 to 37,800 at a rate of 7.4 children per 1000.

In 2011-12, children aged under one year old were found to be the most likely subject of a substantiation, with a rate of 13.2 per 1000 children in this age group, up from 12 per 1000 in 2010-11.

AIHW spokesperson Tim Beard said a notification to a department was considered ‘substantiated’ when, after

aninvestigation, it was concluded there was sufficient reason to believe the child had been, was being, or was likely to be abused, neglected, or otherwise harmed.

“In contrast, older children, aged 15 to 17, were the least likely to be the subject of a substantiation, with a rate of 3.2 per 1000 children in 2011-12,” Mr Beard said.

As of June 30, 2012, there were nearly 40,000 children in out-of-home care.

Most (90 per cent) were on care and protection orders.

The time children were found to have spent in out-of-home care varied; while 38 percent of children in out-of-home care had been in a continuous placement for five or more years, a further 19 per cent had been in their current placement for less than 12 months.

Across Australia, the vast majority (93%) of children in out-of-home care were placed in home-based care such as with foster carers or relatives/kin.

This follows a similar pattern to that observed in previous years.

TRADE RECOGNITION: Local electrician James Wilkes and apprentice electrician Loughlin Alexander.

Time to award our tradies

By MONIKA O’HANLON

Do you know of any training organisations, trainers, apprentices, trainees or students of vocational education in East Arnhem Land who deserve to be recognised?

Well, now’s the chance to give them a plug.

Minister for Business Peter Chandler has announced the opening of nominations for the Territory’s premier training awards.

“The awards are an opportunity to celebrate and showcase the leaders in the vocational education and training (VET) sector.

“The VET sector plays an important role in the economic growth of the Territory by training workers.

“Final year apprentices, trainees and students completing their certificates or diploma qualifications, trainers, training providers, employers and small businesses can nominate for the awards.”

The 11 award categories include: Trainee of the Year, Vocational Student

of the Year, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year, Austin Asche Apprentice of the Year, Training Provider of the Year and Employer of the Year.

The awards will be presented on September 7.

Winners will receive cash prizes and have the opportunity to represent the NT at the Australian Training Awards in Perth in November.

Local Electrical Apprentice Loughlin Alexander said the awards were a great way to recognise hardworking trainees and apprentices.

“I think awards like these encourage people to undertake some kind of vocational education.

“It’s always good to acknowledge people for their hard-work, and it’ll promote others to put in that extra bit of effort for next year,” Loughlin said.

For anyone in the East Arnhem Region wanting to nominate a worthy recipient, entries close on Wednesday May 1, 2013.

For further information on the awards and how to nominate visit www.trainingwards.nt.gov.au.

Milingimbi youths explore life in rural Asia

A group of indigenous students from Milingimbi, along with students from rural Victoria, travelled to Cambodia to gain insight into other ways of life in remote parts of the world. just outside of Cambodia’s capital teacher David Armstrong.

By MONIKA O’HANLON Mr Armstrong said it was interestPhnom Penh, where they helped FROM one remote extreme to build twelve houses, a bike shed, a ing to see the similarities between the Khmer (a race of rural Cambodian another, a group of East Arnhem vegetable garden and a shelter.

As part of the adventure they also people) and the indigenous cultures Land students have taken the plunge visited orphanages and distributed from Top End communities. into the journey of a lifetime.

He said he found likenesses in School students from the remote health packs to poverty stricken the way both cultures told stories, community of Milingimbi have families.

Former student Hannah Worle danced, their music and the way their travelled to an equally far-removed region in the South-East Asian took part in the excursion three communities were physically set out. years ago, and said she was surprised “They remind me a lot of what country of Cambodia.

The expedition aimed to give how much the experience changed you’d see across the Top End. “The kids from Milingimbi indigenous students from rural her life.

“In all, my trip to Cambodia was picked up the Khmer language quite communities the opportunity to experience something completely the most rewarding and challenging quickly - basic phrases - faster than event of my life. the rest of us. different to what they are used to.

“I’ve made lifelong friends, “Within two or three days they The students were given the opportunity to travel to Cambodia opened up career paths, helped to were building a house together and for two weeks as a “schoolies alter- change numerous lives for the better getting to know each other,” said Mr native,” along with students from and learned so much about myself,” Armstrong.

The trip has been so successful it Victorian Indigenous communities Ms Worle said.

The trip was lead by the Northern is now in its sixth year running, and who had completed Year 12.

While over there, the young Territory Open Education Centre’s has been kindly funded by Rotary adults joined up with a local charity physical education and health Club donations.

Knowing our electorate: History of Lingiari << From Page 6 Mr Snowdon was first elected to the House of Representatives for the Northern Territory in 1987 and was re-elected in 1990 and 1993.

He was defeated at the 1996 general elections, but was re-elected 1998. He was re-elected following 2000 electoral redistribution, this time for the seat of Lingiari and has been returned in 2001, 2004, 2007

and 2010.

Mr Snowdon suffered a massive swing of 13.91 per cent in 2010 when he obtained 40.08 per cent of the primary vote.

The swing was 7.46 per cent after the distribution of preferences.

The huge swing in the primnary vote was shared among The Greens (5.57%), two independents (4.45% and 4.75%), Citizens Electoral Council (3.87%). The Country Liberals’

vote dropped 0.4 per cent.

IN the 2007 poll, Mr Snowdon obtained 53.99 per cent of the primary vote and won with an absolute majority.

Lingiari covers an area of approximately 1,352,371 square kilometres of the Northern Territory, including Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and is the second-largest electorate in Australia, after the seat of Durack, in Western Australia.

Applications now open for organisations to access funding to support Indigenous employment Funding is available for initiatives that support Indigenous Territorians enter or more fully participate in employment.

Applications are invited for projects that assist industry and business, including the not-for-profit sector, to plan and establish practices and systems that engage and expand the number and the skills of Indigenous Territorians in the workforce.

Business, Aboriginal organisations, industry bodies and other organisations are eligible to apply.

To find out more about the Indigenous Workforce Participation Initiatives Program (IWPIP) visit www.nt.gov.au/iwpip or phone 8999 7802.

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WOMEN IN BUSINESS LUNCHEON, MARCH 9 A MASS of the community’s hard-working women came out in colour last Saturday, March 9, to attend the annual ‘Women in Business’ function, held at Macassans Restaurant.

The networking event, held in conjunction with International Women’s Day, featured guest speakers Katrina Dwyer, from Westpac, and Marree Merrett, from Pacific Aluminium, who talked about top ways to train a team.

Gift giveaways, raffles and auctions galore were also held at this successful event set up by the East Arnhem Chamber of Commerce; all part of the fun of celebrating the wonderful women of our region.

ABOVE: Sam, Sue, Min, Rowena, Ruth, Marion and Holly.

BELOW: Penny Body, Kirsty Winter, Sherri Wollin, Jo Smith and Toni Nolan.

Back: Katrina Dwyer, Renee Cowper and Catherine Cowper. Front: Angela Rogers and Judy Carter.

Anna McDonald, Erica Sims, Helena Hermanus and Mikala Magrath.

ABOVE RIGHT: Back: Sally, Leanne and Ina. Front: Troudell, Lynne, Robyn and Louise.

LEFT: Amanda Sweet and Sharon Mery.

RIGHT: Maria Muldoon and Jill Bridgfoot.

BELOW LEFT: Susan Stewart and Nicky Mayer.

BELOW: Georgia Thorpe and Teresa Holdsworth.

BELOW RIGHT: Rhona Woodhead and Terri Dupe.

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PHOTOS: MATT GARRICK

young women’s achievement awards, yirrkala ON International Women’s Day on March 8, an award ceremony focusing on Yirrkala’s young Yolngu women achieving exemplary things in multiple fields was held in the community’s multi-purpose hall.

The theme for the ceremony was ‘Hope for Tomorrow’s Leaders: Celebrating Yuda Yolngu Miyalk’.

The award winners were: • Excellence in Sport: Munuy’ng

gu Marika.

• Excellence in Leadership: Lirrina Munungurr.

• Excellence in Caring for Country: Wanggawuy Munungiritj.

• Excellence in Arts: Dhalmula Burrarrwanga.

• Excellence in Health: Wupurruwuy Gondarra Burrarrwanga.

• Excellence in Work: Bamurungu Munungurr.

PHOTOS: MONIKA O’HANLON

• Excellence in Mothering: Yarrakayngu Marawilli.

Congratulations to all the winners, and big thanks to the organisers: East Arnhem Shire Council Youth Sport and Recreation program officers, Gong-Wapitja Young Women’s program, the Mulka Project, Miwatj’s Strong Fathers, Strong Families program and the women of the Yirrkala community.

Eunice Marika, Vanessa Lamboa and Djalumou Ngurruwuthun.

Tricilla Dhamarrandji and Dianna Maymuru.

Tiona Marika with baby Nikalia Austral.

Eula Rowan, Hannah Saunders and Annie Studd.

ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CUP, MARCH 9

PHOTOS: MATT GARRICK

A CROWD of supporters gathered at Town Oval on Saturday, March 9, to cheer on the gals playing in the Annual International Women’s Day Cup for 2013.

After their on-field onslaught, the ladies from teams the East Woody Eagles and the Latram Lions were ready to relax and enjoy a barbecue and a few cold ones with mates.

(More action from the game on page 18 >>).

ABOVE: Norman Dulvarie (aka The Waterboy) and Danny Beadman.

LEFT: Emma and Brad Ripp with Katrina Wong and a smorgasbord of steaks and snags.

ABOVE: Fiona Shaw, Jeremy Kee, Caroline Teh and Coreena Molony.

LEFT ABOVE: After the on-field battle, opposing team members Serema Jackson and Emma Kennedy came together and shared the love.

ABOVE RIGHT: FAIR CALL UMP.: Whistle-blowers Roland Davies and Hamish Simpson.

LEFT: Jeremy Yunupingu and Wayne Raymond.

RIGHT: Smiley crew Josiah, Sailor, Patrick, Leroy and Connor.

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THURSDAY 14

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Jung In Europa 10:10 La Mappa Misteriosa 10:30 Behind The News 11:00 Life At 3 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Movie: “The Paleface” (G) 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News 6:00 Grand Designs 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Catalyst: On The Road 8:30 Canberra Confidential - As Canberra celebrates its centenary, there’s no better time to bare its secrets. ABC presenter Annabel Crabb dishes the dirt on a series of almost forgotten scandals and political skulduggery that rocked the nation.

9:30 The Midwives 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Seven Ages Of Britain: Age Of Revolution - In the 17th century the British people learnt to question everything. The result was the Civil War which spawned a re-invented monarchy, a scientific revolution and the great Cathedral of St Paul’s.

12:30 The Clinic 1:25 Parliament Question Time: The House Of Representatives 2:30 NTFL: Preliminary Final 5:30 Eggheads

5:30 Today 8:30 Mornings 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Danoz Direct 1:30 Days Of Our Lives 2:30 National News Now 3:30 Extra 4:00 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:00 A Current Affair 6:30 The Block: All Stars 7:30 Imparja’s Thursday Night Football: Parramatta Eels Vs Canterbury Bulldogs 9:15 The NRL Footy Show 10:45 The AFL Footy Show - The Logie award-winning AFL Footy Show celebrates its 20th season, starring Garry Lyon, James Brayshaw, Sam Newman, Billy Brownless and Shane Crawford. The boys will bring viewers all the latest in the world of AFL including, breaking news, team line-ups and entertainment.

12:45 Extra 1:15 Nine Presents 1:30 Danoz Direct 2:30 Global Shop Direct 3:00 Good Morning America 4:30 National Early Morning News / 5:00 Today

5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 Movie: “919 Fifth Avenue” (M v,s,a) 1:30 Dr Oz 2:30 Wild Vets 3:00 Minute To Win It 4:00 Seven News 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Seven News 6:00 Today Tonight 6:30 Home And Away - April and Dex are both struggling at Uni. Sasha thinks April and Dex should stop kidding themselves and get back together.

7:00 My Kitchen Rules - It’s elimination night at Kitchen Headquarters and the pressure is mounting as two teams battle for survival.

8:15 Bones: The Twist In The Plot / The Change In The Game Brennan and Booth start discussing their individual choices for after-death arrangements.

10:15 Nazi Hunters: Franz Stangl & Gustav Wagner 11:15 Up All Night: The Proposals 11:45 Last Chance Learners 12:30 Home Shopping 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra 5:00 Seven Early News

5:00 UEFA Champions League 7:35 World News 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village 6:00 Grand Tours of Scotland: From Burns To Butlins 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Food Safari: South Africa 8:00 Gourmet Farmer: New Farm 8:30 Yotam Ottolenghi’s Mediterranean Feasts: Tunisia - In one of North Africa’s most popular holiday destinations, Yotam dines on the freshest fish, discovers the national obsession with fiery harissa paste, and samples spicy merguez sausages..

9:30 24 Hours in Emergency: We Are Family 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 UEFA Champions League Hour 12:05 Movie: “The Kaifeck Murders” (M v,h) In German. A photographer and his son uncover a gruesome murder story in a Bavarian village. Based loosely on the story of an unsolved multiple murder on a farmstead in 1922.

1:40 Weatherwatch Overnight

FRIDAY 15

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Double Trouble 10:20 What I Wrote 10:30 Arrows Of Desire 11:00 Foreign Correspondent 11:30 One Plus One 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Poirot 1:20 Last Of The Summer Wine 2:00 Waterloo Road 3:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 Grand Designs 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 NT 8:00 Who’s Been Sleeping In My House?: Roleystone 8:30 The Doctor Blake Mysteries: Bedlam - A psychiatric inmate is found, murder weapon in hand, at the scene of a brutal murder. The inmate also confesses but is this case as neat as it appears?

9:25 Silk: Martha takes on the biggest case of her career and Billy foils a plan by Kate to break away and form a new chambers.

10:30 Lateline 11:05 My Family: Darts All Folks - Ben is invited to join a darts team and Susan finds a very persuasive personal trainer, with some very reasonably priced products.

11:35 Rage 5:00 Rage

5:30 Today 8:30 Mornings 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Danoz Direct 1:30 Days Of Our Lives 2:30 National News Now 3:30 Extra 4:00 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:00 Imparja’s Live Friday Night Football: St George Illawarra Dragons Vs Brisbane Broncos 8:30 The Block: All Stars 9:00 Getaway 9:30 TBA 12:00 Movie: “On Deadly Ground” (AV v,l) - An Alaskan oil worker is left to die in the Arctic wilderness after threatening to go public about unsafe drilling practices. Ultimately, he plots his revenge after being rescued by a tribe of Eskimos.

1:30 The Avengers: Never Say Die 3:00 Danoz Direct 4:00 Good Morning America

5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 The Midday Movie: “The Ballad Of Lucy Whipple” (M a) 1:30 Dr Oz 2:30 Wild Vets 3:00 Minute To Win It 4:00 Seven News 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Seven News 6:00 Today Tonight 6:30 Home And Away - Jett finally gets the upper hand on Tilda.

Tamara decides to return to school, only to be discouraged by uniform restrictions. Maddy and Roo work on the tension between them and arrive at a good place. Alf counsels Roo and Harvey to focus on their relationship. Meanwhile, Casey gets some bad news from Zac. 7:00 Better Homes And Gardens - Joh visits the home of new MKR judge Colin Fassnidge and finds out his favourite recipe.

8:30 TBA 11:00 TBA 1:10 House Calls To The Rescue 2:30 Home Shopping 3:30 NBC Today

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 The Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia 1:30 One Born Every Minute 2:30 Living Black 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: The Bahamas: The Heart Of The Ocean 6:00 Grand Tours of Scotland: It’s Just Like Switzerland 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Monty Halls’ Great Irish Escape 8:30 Dust Bowl: Reaping the Whirlwind 9:35 As It Happened: Operation Crossbow 10:30 World News Australia 11:10 Movie: “199 Tips To Be Happy” (MA n,s) - In Spanish. A young Chilean couple receives an unexpected visit from the girlfriend of the wife’s deceased younger brother. As a love triangle forms between the visitor and her hosts, the couple begin to take stock of their lives, and look at what’s making them so unhappy.

12:55 Movie: “Kurt Wallander: The Heritage” (M s,v) In Swedish.

2:45 Weatherwatch Overnight

SATURDAY 16

6:00 Rage 10:30 Rage: Guest Programmer 11:30 7.30 NT 12:00 Australian Story 12:30 Catalyst: On The Road 1:00 At The Movies 1:30 Eggheads: Work I.T. Out 2:00 Cassowaries 3:00 Movie: “Magnificent Obsession” (PG) 4:55 Midsomer Murders: Bantling Boy 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 ABC News 7:30 The Paradise: Katherine sets out to prove her credentials as the soon-to-be Mrs Moray while Denise wins over the Tollgate Street shopkeepers and rises to her biggest challenge yet.

8:30 Grand Designs: The Disco Home: London - Kevin McCloud meets a couple who set out to build a house in London large enough for a dance floor, DJ booth, spa and sauna.

9:20 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: King Memses’ Curse Phryne is on the hunt for escaped prisoner Murdoch Foyle.

Will she discover the truth behind her sister’s mysterious disappearance?

10:15 NTFL: Grand Final 10:45 Laid 11:10 Rage: Guest Programmer 5:00 Rage

5:30 Bubble Guppies 6:00 Dora The Explorer 6:30 Weekend Today 9:30 Danoz Direct 10:30 Getaway 11:00 Alive & Cooking 11:30 The Bottom Line Icon Series 12:00 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 12:30 The Middle 1:00 TBA 1:30 Who Do You Think You Are? 2:30 Movie: “Arthur 2: On The Rocks” (PG a,l) 4:30 National News 5:00 4WD TV 5:30 National News Saturday 6:00 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 7:00 TBA 9:00 TBA 11:00 Movie: “Identity” (AV v,l) - Ten complete strangers are stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm and soon find themselves the target of a deranged murder. One by one, they are murdered and as their numbers thin out, it becomes clear that they were all drawn to the motel and are mysteriously connected.

12:50 Movie: “Captivity” (AV v,h,l) 2:30 The Baron 3:30 Danoz / 5:00 Wesley Impact

5:30 Saturday Disney 8:30 Weekend Sunrise 9:30 The Morning Show 11:30 Dr Oz 12:30 That ‘70s Show 1:00 Movie: “The Aristocats” 2:30 Movie: “Avalon High” 4:30 Creek To Coast 5:00 Queensland Weekender - Dean Miller and his team cover the length and breadth of Queensland with great suggestions for weekends, short breaks and holidays.

5:30 Seven News 6:00 TBA 8:30 TBA 11:00 Family Guy: Bango Was His Name-O 11:00 Movie: “Catch A Fire” (M l,a,v) - A powerful political drama about a coloured man in apartheid South Africa who is radicalised after being accused of terrorism.

1:35 House Calls To The Rescue 2:30 Harry’s Practice 3:00 It Is Written Oceania 3:30 Home Shopping 4:30 That ‘70s Show

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Paris: The Luminous Years 2:00 Phillippe Jaroussky: A High Pitched Portrait 3:00 Looking for Lowry 3:55 The Beauty Of Books 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Salvage Hunters 8:30 Prisoners of War: Awake At Night 9:30 Movie: “Agora” (M v) - A historical drama set in 4th century AD Roman Egypt, about a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hopes of pursuing freedom while also falling in love with his master, the famous female philosophy and mathematics professor, Hypatia of Alexandria 11:50 Movie: “The Sea Inside” (M a) In Spanish. Based on the true story of Ramón Sampedro, who was left a quadriplegic after a swimming accident some 28 years prior, the film focuses on the final months of Ramón’s life and his attempts to win the right to an assisted suicide through the courts. Although this is a poignant and moving film, it is also full of humour.

2:00 Weatherwatch Overnight

SUNDAY 17

SBS

6:00 Rage (MA) 6:30 Children’s Programs 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business 10:30 Offsiders 11:00 Asia Pacific Focus 11:30 Songs Of Praise: Liverpool: Working Together 12:00 Landline 1:00 Travel Oz 1:30 World Cafe Asia: Calcutta 2:00 How The Earth Was Made: Great Lakes 3:00 Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art 4:30 The Book Club 5:00 Chris Humfrey’s Wild Life 5:30 Deadly 60: On A Mission: Costa Rica 6:00 Dig 1940 6:30 Compass: Patrick: The Renegade Saint 7:00 ABC News 7:30 David Attenborough’s Galapagos 8:20 The Making Of David Attenborough’s Galapagos 8:30 Midsomer Murders: Schooled In Murder 10:00 Rev. 10:30 Shakespeare Uncovered: The Tempest Presented By Trevor Nunn 11:25 In Search Of Beethoven 12:15 Movie: “Happy Birthday, Wanda June” (M a,l,v) 1:55 Order In The House 2:55 Rage 4:05 The New Inventors 4:35 Art Nation 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Catalyst

5:30 Bubble Guppies 6:00 Dora The Explorer 6:30 Weekend Today 9:30 Wide World Of Sports 10:30 The Sunday Footy Show 12:30 Australian Athletics Tour 2013 1:30 2013 Intrust Super Cup 3:30 Imparja’s Sunday Football: Wests Tigers Vs Penrith Panthers 5:30 National News Sunday 6:00 TBA 7:00 60 Minutes 8:00 The Mentalist: There Will Be Blood - Ten complete strangers are stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm and soon find themselves the target of a deranged murder.

9:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Double Fault 10:00 CSI: Miami: Stoned Cold - A high-school bully is stoned to death, and revenge is believed to be the motive as the investigation centers on a group unpopular kids at the school.

11:00 TBA 12:00 What Would You Do? 1:00 Spyforce 2:00 Home Shopping 3:00 Danoz Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 4:30 National Early Morning News 5:00 Today

5:30 Stitch 6:00 Handy Manny 6:30 Weekend Sunrise 9:30 AFL Game Day 10:40 Iron Chef Australia 11:40 That ‘70s Show 12:00 Movie: “Minutemen” (G) 2:00 Movie: “Wild Child” (PG l,s) 4:00 Live Healthy, Be Happy 4:30 Drive Thru Australia 5:00 Great Southeast 5:30 Seven News 6:00 Sunday Night 7:00 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line 7:30 The Force - Behind The Line 8:10 Downton Abbey - Has Bates finally realised that he will spend the rest of his life behind bars for Vera’s murder or does he have something up his sleeve that will set him free?

9:15 Castle 11:10 Law & Order: LA: Angel’s Knoll 12:05 Harry’s Practice 12:30 Spacial: The Passion Of Spain - Part One 1:30 Home Shopping 2:30 NBC Today 3:30 NBC Meet The Press 4:30 Sunrise Extra 5:00 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:30 World News 8:30 PopAsia 10:30 Football Asia 11:00 UEFA Champions League Magazine 11:30 Speedweek 1:30 Al Jazeera News 2:30 Dino Gangs 3:30 Anthony Bourdian: No Reservations: London And Edinburgh 4:30 Living Black 5:00 Cycling Central 5:30 Inspector Rex: Blind Fury 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Lost Worlds: History Cold Case: The Woman and Three Babies 8:30 The Pluto Files 9:30 Lucky - An entertaining and candid look at the seduction of the lottery and what hitting the jackpot does to the winners. Oscarnominated director Jeffrey Blitz criss-crosses the country to see what happened to the not-always-lucky few whose dreams came true, learning that winners’ lives can be turned upside down when they are forced to grapple with their new status in the world.

11:10 Cycling: Milan-San Remo 2013 - The Milan-San Remo cycling classic runs annually between the Italian cities of Milan and San Remo. One of the ‘monuments’ of European cycling, it is the longest professional one-day race at 298 kilometres.

1:30 Weatherwatch Overnight

MONDAY 18

7 CENTRAL

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Backyard Science 10:25 Science Clips 10:35 Inside Science 10:50 I Maths 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 David Attenborough’s Galapagos 1:30 Meerkat Manor 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 Grand Designs 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Australian Story 8:30 Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35 Q&A 10:35 Lateline 11:10 The Business 11:35 Five Daughters 12:25 Movie: “I Walked With A Zombie” (PG) 1:35 Parliament Question Time 2:35 Grand Designs: The Inverted-Roof House: Buckinghamshire Part Two 3:25 Rage 4:00 Movie: “Flying Down To Rio” (G) 5:30 Eggheads

5:30 Today 8:30 Mornings 9:30 National Morning News 10:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Danoz Direct 1:30 Days Of Our Lives 2:30 National News Now 3:30 Extra 4:00 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:00 A Current Affair 6:30 TBA 7:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Herb Garden Germination 8:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Closet Reconfiguration 8:30 Two And A Half Men: Fat, Flying Baby 9:00 Person Of Interest: Revelance - Reese and Finch encounter a formidable foe when an attractive government operative goes on the run.

10:00 Person Of Interest: Critical 11:00 TBA 12:00 Extra 12:30 The Avengers 1:30 Home Shopping 2:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Good Morning America 4:30 National Early Morning News 5:00 Today

5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 Movie: “Love With A Perfect Stranger” (PG a) 1:30 Dr Oz 2:30 Wild Vets 3:00 Minute To Win It 4:00 Seven News 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Seven News 6:00 Today Tonight 6:30 Home And Away - Rosie misconstrues Natalie’s advice and insults Sasha in an attempt to reconcile their friendship, Casey doesn’t have to go back to prison, and by aiding Casey’s release, Zac loses his job.

7:00 My Kitchen Rules 8:10 Revenge: Penance - Things get complicated as Mason Treadwell delves further into Emily’s past while Kara begins to unravel, putting the Graysons in her crosshairs.

9:10 How I Met Your Mother 10:10 Private Practice 11:10 Happy Endings 11:40 Last Chance Learners 12:30 Home Shopping 3:00 Harry’s Practice 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra / 5:00 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Movie: “Clean” (M d,l) 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 PopAsia 5:30 Global Village: The Dege Printing House 6:00 Wainwright Walks: Haystacks 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Mythbusters: Newtons Crane Cradle 8:35 Man vs Wild: Behind The Wild 9:35 RocKwiz: Amanda Palmer and Hugo Race 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 The World Game 12:00 SOS: Noreen - (MAV) Two policemen get more than they bargained for on a house-call in rural Ireland. When Frank and Con find a dead body in a local cottage, what began as a routine call-out becomes an opportunity for life lessons.

Moore Street Salsa (PG) Convenience store clerk Baba falls for the sexy real estate agent across the street. When he sells her lunch, she steals his heart. There is only one way their love can make it...Bollywood style!

1:00 My Family UK: Daddy Likes His Potatoes 2:00 Weatherwatch Overnight

TUESDAY 19

IMPARJA

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Behind The News 10:25 Real Chinese 10:40 Postcards From Bangladesh 10:50 Australian Prime Ministers 10:55 Australia’s Heritage: National Treasures 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Q&A 1:30 Compass 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Grand Designs: The Contemporary Cedar Clad Home: Stirling, Scotland 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Foreign Correspondent 8:30 New Tricks: Old Dogs 9:30 At The Movies 10:00 Artscape: Anatomy 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Four Corners 12:20 Media Watch 12:35 Desperate Romantics 1:25 The Sleeping Book 1:55 Parliament Question Time: The Senate 2:55 Grand Designs 3:50 Movie: “Top Hat” (G) / 5:30 Eggheads

5:30 Today 8:30 Mornings 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Danoz Direct 1:30 Days Of Our Lives 2:30 National News Now 3:30 Extra 4:00 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:00 A Current Affair 6:30 TBA 7:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Agreement Dissection - Priya uses her legal expertise to rip apart Sheldon’s roommate agreement, and the women take the flustered Sheldon out dancing.

8:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Wildebeest Implementation - Raj makes an attempt to cure his phobia of talking to women; and Penny spies on Leonard and Priya with the help of Bernadette.

8:30 Two Broke Girls: And Not-So-Sweet Charity 9:00 TBA 11:30 TBA 12:30 Extra 1:00 Home Shopping 2:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Good Morning America 4:30 National Early Morning News / 5:00 Today

5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 Movie: “Held Hostage” (M v,a,s) 1:30 Dr Oz 2:30 Wild Vets 3:00 Minute To Win It 4:00 Seven News 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Seven News 6:00 Today Tonight 6:30 Home And Away - Romeo hires Heath full time. Gina is impressed with Sasha’s efforts towards the petition and Tamara agrees to let Kyle tutor her.

7:00 My Kitchen Rules 8:30 Packed To The Rafters: Got What It Takes - Dave is determined to take his business to the next level, beginning with his new contract with Duncan.

9:30 Parenthood 11:30 Special: Ningaloo: Where Ocean Giants Meet - Journey to one of the world’s most untapped natural wonders, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia’s largest coral reef and marine park.

12:30 Home Shopping 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra 5:00 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Movie: “Yella” (M a,l) 2:35 The History Of Aviation 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: The Seychelles 6:00 Wainwright Walks: Blancethra 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: Shaun Micallef 8:35 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 Movie: “Forever Enthralled” (PG) In Mandarin. Set in the artistic underground of 1930’s China, this is the epic story of Mei Lanfang - the performer who overcame prejudice to become China’s greatest opera star. Born in Beijing in 1894, Mei grew up in a period where a career in opera was only slightly more respectable than one in prostitution.

1:35 Anna Pihl - Mikala is desperate following a murderous arson attack ordered by Stavro, and she refuses to help him any longer. Meanwhile, the city is warming up for a major soccer match at the national stadium, and the officers from Bellahøj come across a couple of good leads in the arson case.

2:55 Weatherwatch Overnight

WEDNESDAY 20

ABC

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 For The Juniors 10:15 Ace Day Jobs 10:20 My Great Big Adventure 10:40 Behind The News Specials 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 At The Movies 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Grand Designs: Water Tower Conversion: Ashford, Kent 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL 8:30 Tractor Monkeys: Tom Gleeson, Frank Woodley, Ella Hooper and Adam Richard 9:00 The Agony Of Life 9:30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg 9:55 Would I Lie To You?: Mackenzie Crook, Chris Packham, Victoria Coren and Rhod Gilbert 10:30 Lateline 11:00 The Business 11:30 Bored To Death: Super Ray Is Immortal 11:55 Durham County 12:50 Parliament Question Time: The Senate 1:50 Catholic Dilemma 2:30 WAFL 5:30 Eggheads

5:30 Today 8:30 Mornings 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Danoz Direct 1:30 Days Of Our Lives 2:30 National News Now 3:30 Extra 4:00 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:00 A Current Affair 6:30 TBA 7:30 TBA 8:30 TBA 9:40 TBA 10:40 TBA 11:30 Weeds: Pinwheels And Whirligigs - Nancy decides that her family has seen enough gunslinging for a lifetime, so to lighten things up she takes them to a Montana fair.

12:00 Extra 12:30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 1:00 Home Shopping 2:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Good Morning America 4:30 National Early Morning News / 5:00 Today

5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 Movie: “Schemes” (M s,l,v) 1:30 Dr Oz 2:30 Wild Vets 3:00 Minute To Win It 4:00 Seven News 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Seven News 6:00 Today Tonight 6:30 Home And Away - Brax lays down the law in the Braxton household, and defines some boundaries of his own. After spending time with Harvey and Spencer, Jett realises that adoption may be a good idea.

7:00 My Kitchen Rules 8:10 Last Resort: Big Chicken Dinner / Cinderella Liberty - Grace is haunted by an event from her past as a food shortage threatens the stability on Sainte Marina.

10:00 World’s Wildest Police Videos 11:00 I Shouldn’t Be Alive 12:00 Harry’s Practice 12:30 Home Shopping 3:00 Room For Improvement 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra 5:00 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch And Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Insight 2:00 Dateline 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Insect Trafficking 6:00 Wainwright Walks: Castle Crag 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Wildest Arctic: Taiga: The Frozen Forests 8:30 Hostile Environment 9:30 Trafficked - The Reckoning 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “The Princess Of Montpensier” (M n,v) In French. This swashbuckling romance tells the story of Marie de Mézières, a beautiful and clever young heiress who enslaves the hearts of men throughout 16th century France. In due course, the contest for her affection causes a violent rivalry between four different suitors.

1:35 Movie: “Heading South” (M d,s) In English, French and Creole. Ellen, a 55-year-old American school teacher, travels to politically tumultuous Haiti each summer for a bit of fun with the young male locals.

3:30 Weatherwatch Overnight

12 – Arafura Times

13 - 19 March 2013

CROSSWORD No. 139

SUDOKU No. 139

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PISCES (February 20th - March 20th) You feel at ease amongst your small group of friends. Try to include others into your clique to change up the dynamic.

Romance. It won’t be long before a new relationship heats up! Be sure to know your limits.

Slow down if you feel your partner is moving too fast. They’ll understand.

ARIES (March 21st - April 20th) Something a close friend said should not give you cause for concern. They may just be organizing their thoughts. Romance. A low-key approach might be more effective than a confrontation. You will be in a very assertive mood and must be careful not to push your partner too hard.

TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st)

FOR KIDS

You will enjoy the feeling of full competence with a current work project.

Allow this to drive you through your more difficult upcoming projects. Romance.

Something which you have been putting off for too long must be tackled to prevent complete chaos from occurring. Start working on it now!

GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st) Don’t worry too much about what other people think. If you manage to forget about some recent comments, your self-confidence will improve enormously.

Romance. Your relationship may be starting to feel mundane. Shake things up a bit and skip your usual routine. Be spontaneous!

CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd) Don’t allow your generosity to be wasted on someone who is not grateful. Move along to better prospects. Romance.

Someone whom you see as a figure of authority may be interested in seeing you. Don’t let their power overrule your upcoming relationship.

You have plenty to offer.

LEO (July 24th - August 23rd) A long conversation with a friend could be a little boring at times. This person seems to like the sound of their own voice! They may be lonely. Romance. This promises to be an exciting week. Be sure to grab an opportunity as soon as it is offered as there will be plenty of competition.

FINDWORD No. 139 A LAUGH WITH LOTSA

VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd) You have a strong sense of fair play.

Make sure that a recent agreement is reasonable for all the people concerned. If not, quickly make adjustments. Romance.

Your love-life will soon be on rocky ground.

Acknowledge any problems immediately and make changes as needed.

LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd)

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This will be the week to finally get things on the move. Tackle all those jobs which you have been putting off for the past few months! You need to create a clean slate for yourself. Romance. Your partner will be much more helpful than usual. Don’t question their motives! Take what you can!

SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd) You’ll be getting fed up with others constantly questioning your personal choices. Set them straight and they will understand. Romance. Your dreaminess may affect your partner. They might like to have a better idea about how you are feeling. Be more realistic with your desires.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st) You will have an extraordinary amount of energy at the moment. Don’t waste this: if you use it effectively, you could achieve a lot. Romance. A powerful aspect between your Ruling Planet and the Moon may make you impatient for change. Try to fight this urge and you’ll be rewarded.

CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th)

QUOTE OF THE DAY

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

– Aristote

SOLUTIONS No. 139

Try to avoid getting into an argument with a colleague. This person can be very petty at times and may get you into more trouble than it’s worth. Romance. Don’t indulge your partner too much. It might be better to stand firm on this occasion. You have good reason for believing what you do.

AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th) You may soon become frustrated with a situation at work which does not seem to be resolving itself. Make sure that you address this problem directly before it escalates. Romance. You may find it too easy to see your partner’s weak points. Instead, try to focus on something positive!

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Notice of Annual General Meeting The Nhulunbuy Playgroup will be holding its Annual General Meeting:

Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 10am at Playgroup, Arnhem Road • Seeking nominations for all positions

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Please contact Keith Weymes on telephone 8939 2200 to obtain copies of the cleaning guidelines and to arrange inspection of the facilities.

Quotations close at 4pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 and should be addressed to the Town Administrator, PO Box 345, Nhulunbuy NT 0881.

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NEWS

The great shark massacre Clontarf Academy cooks up a storm for the community

Photo: Nancy Boucha SHARKS have become the underdog of the oceans.

They reproduce slowly and are being targeted for their fins and caught accidentally in the hunt for fish.

Now, researchers have created the first global estimate of the carnage.

By combining data from fisheries organisations and the scientific literature, the team reports that 97 million sharks were killed in 2010 and perhaps as many as 273 million.

“This is the best attempt, pub-

lished to date, to bring together the available data to quantify fisheries impacts on sharks at a global scale,” says John Musick, a shark expert at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science in Gloucester Point in the USA. The dire figure implies that more sharks are being taken than are born, jeopardizing their future.

George Burgess, of the Florida Museum of Natural History, points out that the calculation required numerous assumptions, including a single weight estimate for all sharks.

Nevertheless, Burgess says,

experts agree that sharks are in deep trouble.

“It’s just a matter of how bad off.”

The authors argue that sharks need stronger protections, such as the kind of international agreement that has protected whales, or restrictions to the trade of their fins and meat.

Several such proposals will be considered this month as the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora meets in Bangkok.

‘FROM Little Things, Big Things Grow’ - that’s the motto of Yirrkala’s Clontarf Academy, who know there’s nothing that helps kids grow better than a good, hearty breakfast.

That’s one of the reasons the Academy held their Partners and Supporters Meet and Greet Breakfast, last Friday, March 8, attended by a throbbing mob of Yirrkala School students as well as plenty of friendly faces from around the community.

Director of the Academy Rob Clements said Clontarf try to hold a community engagement activity involving partners and supporters of the program at least once a semester.

“We just want them to come along and see how our students are going, and see ALL FIRED UP FOR A BBQ BREKKIE: From left: Nathan, Bukutjpi, Djali, Nathaniel, Mabo, some of the work they’re doing.

“It’s not everyday that these students Yalparr, Malkpuy and Rob. later this month (Week Nine), to participate in would get to meet, for example, the project officers from Laynhapuy or the a footy carnival.

“We try to do a major attendance activity sergeant from the police station, so any sort of exposure they get to the community is each term, for each year level, and for the senior students in the program, this year they beneficial for both sides.”

Clontarf have been working their butts off have a target they have to reach in order to to make sure students maintain their school qualify to travel down for the Territory Cup attendance rates, and to aid in this mission, football carnival.”

Mr Clements said although there were a the kids have been offered a goal to work to few who wouldn’t quite make it, many of the towards.

Each individual student has an attendance students were looking on track to reach the target they have to reach, and if they do so they target and travel down to Alice for the trip.

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Rirratjingu Aboriginal Corporation Mr J Yunupingu Yirrkala is in mourning following the death on Sunday, February 24, 2013* of Mr J Yunupingu (Uncle Joe). Mr Yunupingu died at his home in Yirrkala after a short illness.

Mr Yunupingu was a senior Gumatj man and one of the original leaders who signed the bark petition in August 1963, which will celebrate its 50 year anniversary this year. Sadly, Mr Yunupingu will miss this historic occasion.

Among his many achievements, Mr Yunupingu was Chairman of Yirrkala Dhanbul Community Council during the 1980s, a Cultural Advisor and Director of Dhimurru Aboriginal Corporation. He was an active community member, advocate for the land rights campaign and strong ambassador for Yolngu people.

Bakamumu Marika the senior traditional owner and the leader of the Rirratjingu people, is the Djungaya (ceremony leader and custodian) overseeing the ceremony and burial process.

A date for the burial will be announced by the family when appropriate, in line with Yolngu Law. * Please note the Corporation apologises for the incorrect date appearing in last week’s advertisement.

Health Careers & Opportunities in the Northern Territory If you want your career to go places then join Department of Health in the Northern Territory. The challenges and opportunities in health and community care in the Territory are like no other in Australia, from remote Aboriginal health to tropical health and urban tertiary care. Continued investments in Aboriginal health, remote health, acute care and community services offer many opportunities for health professionals who want to be part of making a difference.

TOP END HOSPITAL NETWORK THEATRE SCHEDULER Administrative Officer 3 Remuneration Package Range $58 204 - $62 814 (comprising salary $50 528 - $54 530, superannuation, leave loading and the value of 2 weeks extra recreation leave) Operating Theatre Suite – Gove District Hospital Ongoing vacancy available Manage the Gove District Hospital Operating Theatre bookings and waitlist ensuring effective theatre utilisation and patient focused service. Provide administrative and clerical support to the Operating Theatre. There is no provision to provide accommodation with this position.

Quote vacancy number: 22698 For further information please contact Lisa Pullen on 08 8987 0352 or 0407 793 383 or email lisa.pullen@ nt.gov.au Closing date: 24 March 2013

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Gove 8 Ball will be holding an AGM on Sunday, April 7, 2013, at The Arnhem Club starting promptly at 7.30pm.

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NEWS

So many fish, one great map FishMap has a myriad of uses, from creating a personalised pictorial guide or identifying fish spotted during a dive, to plotting the range of a threatened species, to improving quality of data collected by citizen scientists, field workers and scientists, or determining the possible species composition for catches of any fishery in the waters of Australia’s continental shelf and slope.

The tool provides the scientifically known geographical and depth ranges of over 4500 Australian marine fishes, including 320 sharks and rays, of which over 95 per cent have an associated image or illustration. Searches reveal illustrated lists of fishes by area, depth, family or ecosystem. Lists can be printed to create simple guides or data can be downloaded into a spreadsheet to create templates for data collection.

“FishMap is built on the Atlas of Living Australia’s open infrastructure and perfectly illustrates our purpose to bring the rich data from Australia’s biological collections to the fingertips of everyone from scientists to the public,” says program manager Peter Doherty of the Atlas of Living Australia.

“The Atlas team has built FishMap quickly and efficiently by leveraging the existing open infrastructure that currently delivers over 36 million spe-

FROM identifying what’s on the end of your fishing line, to finding out which fishes occur in your local waters, FishMap has the answers.

FishMap is a free, online mapping tool that allows anyone interested in fish to discover which fish species occur at any location or depth throughout the marine waters of Australia’s continental shelf and slope.

FishMap also lets people create regional illustrated species lists for almost all of Australia’s marine fishes, detailed with photographs and illustrations, distribution maps and current scientific and common names.

FishMap was developed by CSIRO’s Wealth from Oceans Flagship and the Atlas of Living Australia.

“Australia’s marine biodiversity is among the richest in world, but until FishMap we lacked an Australia-wide capability to rapidly produce regional, illustrated species lists,” says ichthyologist Mr Daniel Gledhill of CSIRO’s Wealth from Oceans Flagship.

“FishMap provides a fundamental tool to assist management and sustainability of our marine biodiversity and puts this major capability in the hands of managers, fishers, scientists and the broader public for the first time.

“FishMap is the only resource of its kind in the world that covers virtually all species of marine fish found in the marine waters of an entire continent.”

Southern eagle ray.

cies occurrence and specimen records to Australian researchers,” he says.

FishMap builds on more than a century of research by Australian ichthyologists and on the work of museums and research agencies across Australia who contributed underlying data and images.

FishMap has been jointly funded

by The Atlas of Living Australia

and CSIRO’s Wealth from Oceans Flagship. Collation of core data and images within FishMap has previously been supported by FRDC (Fisheries Research and Development Corporation) and Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.

The Atlas of Living Australia has received a total of $41.03 mil-

If you have a change of contact details for your organisation or group, can you please email thru to ads@arafuratimes.com.au

Nhulunbuy Community Guide Community organisations Arafura Dance Assoc.

Contact: President Lesley Tankard P: 8987 2136 A/H.

Nhulunbuy Toy Library Contact: Lorretta Peirce M: 04130913 127 E: westrett@optusnet.com.au Lodge Arafura Contact: Secretary P: 0418 831 120 or 0437 272 210

Arnhem Early Learning Centre Contact: Director 8987 1004 E: aelcdirector@bigpond.com Arnhem Gun Club Contact: President, Grub Stevens E: grub.gove@bigpond.com Arnhem Land Bowls Club Contact: Isobel Murray P: 0435 822 107, 8987 2120 Arnhem Writers Contact: Ian Maclean P: 0417 601 490

Australian Breastfeeding Assoc.

Contact: Meaghan Kennedy P: 0438 175 260 Helpline:1800 686 2686 E: nhulunbuyba@gmail.com Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre P: 8987 1701 E: art@yirrkala.com Captain Cook Comunity Centre Captain Cook Community Centre President: Richard Webb M: 0404 351 839 E: richard.webb@riotinto.com Endeavour Room Bookings: Contact: Lorretta Peirce M: 04130913 127 E: westrett@optusnet.com.au Gove Arts Theatre Contact: Chris Andrews P: 0428 856 392 E: sma44324@bigpond.com Nhulunbuy Playgroup Contact: Cassie McIllree P: 0418 322 719 E: nhulunbuyplaygroup@gmail.com

Gove Peninsula Surf Life Saving Club Contact: Chris Putland P: 8987 8083

East Arnhem Land Tourism Association Contact: John Tourish P: 8939 2000

Gove Peninsula Tennis Club Contact: Nicky Mayer P: 8987 2640

East Arnhem Rugby Union Contact: Eddie P: 0407 002 357

Gove Touch Footy Contact: Bec Thomson E: secretarygtouch@hotmail.com

8EAR Community Radio (Gove FM) Contact: Alicia Scobie P: 8987 1500

Auskick Contact: Cameron Knight P: 0488 508 577

Gove Peninsula Festival Contact: Ian Maclean P: 0417 601 490 E: govefestival@yahoo.com.au

Gove 8 Ball Contact: Adam White P: 0438 809 620

Gove Country Golf Club & Gove Country Golf Club - Juniors Contact: Jamie Henderson E: manager@gcgc.com.au P: 8987 3191 Gove Golden Oldies Contact: Ria Ngamoki P: 8987 3530

Gove Volleyball Assoc.

Contact: Fred Rowe - Pres P: 0417 080 579 E: fredntash@froggy.com.au

MOPS Contact: Katie Hovenden P: 8987 1607

Nhulunbuy Child Care Services Inc. Contact: Tracey Chrzanowski P: 8987 3311

Nhulunbuy Amateur Swimming Club Contact: Steve Dowzard P: 0417 833 060

Gove Netball Assoc.

Contact: Helen Clark - Pres P: 8987 3728 M: 0438 873 728

Nhulunbuy Motorcycle Club Contact: Maria Akapita P: 08 8987 2191 E: ncnc@email.voicetalk.com.au

Northern Territory Emergency Service P: 0427 392 264 Oasis Play Time Contact: Nisha P: 0437 141 291 Old Codgers: Contact: Shane Ogg P: 0423 172 139 Queens Bus (Variety NT) Contact: Angie Moyle P: 0408 838 498 or Facebook us at: Queens - Variety NT

Fri 15

Time 0355 0951 1617 2219

Time 0435 1031 1653 2249

Time 0509 1108 1725 2319

Ht 1.07 3.36 0.76 3.18

Ht 0.96 3.32 0.83 3.23

Sat 16 Ht 0.89 3.22 0.93 3.24

Time 0541 1144 1755 2349

Ht 0.86 3.07 1.06 3.22

Sun 17

Mon 18

Tue 19

Time 0614 1220 1823

Time 0020 0647 1257 1850

Time 0053 0725 1339 1921

Ht 0.88 2.90 1.20

Ht 3.16 0.93 2.72 1.34

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Nhulunbuy Baptist Church Sundays 9.30am at Town Hall – Ph: 8987 1256 Uniting Church: Sunday Service 9.30am Hazel Trudgen – Ph: 8987 3545 Mobile 0413 536 877 Forward in Faith Ministries Sunday: 10am – 12.30pm. Library at the Nhulunbuy Christian College. Ph: 0434 059611 or 8987 8268.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Brother Forbes 0428 767 616 – Sunday 10am.

WATER CONSUMPTION TABLE

NHULUNBUY

W/E Mar 3 W/E Mar 3 Variance Actual Usage Target Usage

Day

Total Per head Total Per head Total Per head Kilolitres of Pop: Lt Kilolitres of Pop: Lt Kilolitres of Pop: Lt

Monday 25/02

5053

1330

7100

1868

-2047

Scouts Nhulunbuy Contact: Group Leader E: gl.nhulunbuy@nthq.scouts.com.au

Tuesday 26/02

5443

1432

5800

1526

-357

-94

Wednesday 27/02

4783

1259

3700

974

1083

285

Thursday 28/02

5073

1335

4100

1079

973

256

Friday 01/03

4946

1302

4500

1184

446

118

Saturday 02/03

4489

1181

3900

1026

589

155

5214

1372

4400

1158

814

214

9211 33500

8815

1501

396

Squash Club Contact: Donna Marie P: 8987 1272 Tae Kwon Do Nhulunbuy Contact: Paul Macloy P: 0407 106 525

Sunday 03/03 TOTAL

T.S. Melville Naval Cadet Training P: 8987 2562

Ht 3.07 1.02 2.54 1.49

NOTE: these are predictions only, subject to change due to prevailing weather conditions. It is recommended you use this table as a guide only.

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Seventh-Day Adventist Church Ph: 8987 2375 / 0419 465 045

Rotary Club Nhulunbuy Contact: TBA P: TBA

Tide times – Gove Harbour (Melville Bay) Thu 14

OASIS Christian Assembly Pastor Phil Sampson – Ph: 8987 1522 / 8987 1369

Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga Hala Tupou – Ph: 8987 3553

RSPCA: Contact: Sarah Howland P: 0437 526 502

Gove Junior Rugby Contact: Jon Regan P: 8987 8094

Wed 13

Church services

Sacred Heart Catholic Church Father Barry Hanson – Ph: 8987 1533 Vigil Saturday 6.00pm, Sunday Service 8.30am

Runners North Contact: Vanessa Drysdale P: 8987 8005

Nhulunbuy BMX Club Inc Contact: Donna Leahy, Secretary P: 0409 173 562 Nhulunbuy Community Neighbourhood Centre Contact: Maria Akapita (NCNC Director), P: 08 8987 2191 E: ncnc@email.voicetalk.com.au

Gove Junior Football Club Contact: David Hill P: 0438 861 599

Nhulunbuy Child Care Centre P: 8987 3311 E: jaklwill@bigpond.com

Nhulunbuy Speedway Contact: Ben Hurst P: 0410 833 292

Junior 8 Ball Contact: Marian Richter P: 0402 355 499

Gove Astronomy Club Contact: Ian Maclean P: 0417 601 490

Nhulunbuy Regional Sport Fishing Club Contact: Ian Shepherd P: 0412 892 703

lion in support from the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy, the Super Science Initiative and the Collaborative Research Infrastructure Scheme.

FishMap was launched on February 26 and is available on the Atlas of Living Australia website: http://fish. ala.org.au

35001

Other Cities Av. Consumption / Head of Pop. Brisbane 270 • Darwin 1100 • Perth 340

Weather details o

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Temperature ( C) Max Min Rainfall Monday 4 33.5 25.4 NIL Tuesday 5 34.1 27.5 NIL Wednesday 6 34.4 27.2 NIL Thursday 7 35.4 28.1 NIL Friday 8 32.7 26.2 0.4 Saturday 9 34.2 24.4 15.0 Sunday 10 32.4 24.7 1.8 Monthly total rainfall to date: 36.4 mm

Weather details supplied by the Bureau of Meteorology – Gove Airport from Monday, Mar. 4 to Sunday, Mar. 10

Mean sea level pressure Max: 1009.2 hPa on Friday Min: 1001.2 hPa on Monday Averages for the month of March Max temp: 31.3 Min temp: 23.9 Rainfall: 253.6 mm

NEWS

Ghostnets fish on: Marine rubbish threatens our turtles If you’re a marine turtle, your most likely cause of death is getting tangled in a discarded fishing net.

By BRITTA DENISE HARDISTY and CHRIS WILCOX Photos: theconversation.edu.au EACH year around 640,000 tonnes of fishing gear is lost or thrown overboard by the fisheries around the world.

These “ghostnets” drift through the oceans and can continue fishing for many years. They kill huge numbers of marine mammals, sea turtles and sea birds, and cause significant loss of biodiversity.

One study showed fur seal populations declined around 5% each year. Ghostfishing of commercially valuable fish species also reduces food resources.

Ghostnets are a global problem: they’re found even on remote atolls thousands of kilometres from commercial ports. But they are a particular problem in Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria.

Here ghostnets wash ashore at densities reaching up to three tonnes/km, among the highest in the world.

We don’t know where more than half

Rubbish in the ocean marine debris - is a terrible threat to wildlife.

Discarded fishing nets are among the worst.

the nets come from, but of the nets we can identify, most come from fisheries in neighbouring Asian countries. About 4% come from Australia. Because of the large amount of illegal fishing that has occurred in the region it’s not clear whether they were lost or left behind intentionally.

Ghostfishing in the Gulf is known to kill sharks, crocodiles, and dugongs, as well as other fish and invertebrates. But it is turtles that are most at threat.

Australia is home to six of the world’s seven threatened species of marine turtle.

During a recent cleanup of ghostnets on beaches in the Gulf, 80% of animals recorded in nets were marine turtles, including Olive Ridley, Hawksbill, Green and Flatback turtles. Getting tangled in ghostnets is one of the most common causes of death for marine turtles in Australia.

Understanding the impact It’s expensive to get out on planes and ships, so most of the data we have about marine debris comes not from the sea itself.

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Instead we use beach clean ups of rubbish washed ashore to estimate what might be drifting out there in the ocean.

In our research, we worked with GhostNets Australia and used data collected by Indigenous rangers on the number of ghostnets found during beach cleanups in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

We combined that with a model of ocean currents. This let us simulate the likely paths that ghostnets take to get to their landing spots on beaches in the Gulf.

Beyond finding out where ghostnets occur in the Gulf, we wanted to actually estimate their impact on threatened marine turtles. So we combined our model with data about where turtles exist in the Gulf, using turtle by-catch records from the prawn trawl fishery that operates in the region.

We crosschecked our predictions about where turtles would wash ashore tangled in ghostnets with real life data on turtles caught in ghostnets found by the rangers.

This showed us where the hotspots are.

Ghostfishing for turtles is concentrated in an area along the eastern margin of the Gulf and in a wide section in the southwest extending up the west coast.

Taking action on ghostnets Most ghostnets enter the Gulf from the northwest and move clockwise along its shores. This means we can help protect biodiversity in the region by intercepting nets as they enter the Gulf, before they reach the high-density turtle areas along the south and east coastlines.

Nets arriving here could be monitored by aerial or satellite surveys or coastal surveillance programs. Run from a nearby port, this surveillance could focus on a relatively small area north of the Gulf.

Intercepting nets along the northeast of the Gulf should reduce much of their impact: they will no longer sweep through the Gulf and meet turtles along the south and east margins.

Encouraging fishers to recover lost or damaged nets could also reduce the prevalence of ghostnets in our seas.

One idea is to offer incentives for fishing boats to return fishing gear. Another is to set up waste disposal sites at ports.

Finding a path Our work points the way forward for understanding the global threat from marine debris and making predictions that can guide regulation, enforcement, and conservation action.

This approach can easily be expanded to the level of whole oceans for a huge range of different animals, from sea birds to seals. Models that predict global densities of marine debris already exist, thanks to other researchers.

Combining models such as these with species distribution data, even at coarse scales, would show us the global hotspots where marine debris meets commercially valuable or threatened marine species.

This could pinpoint where prevention and clean-ups could really make a difference to biodiversity and help us mitigate the impact of marine debris on the world’s marine wildlife.

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SPORT

Arafura Times

Upsets throw NRL tipsters

NOT one tipster correctly forecast all seven winners so far in the Arafura Times’ NRL tipping competition for 2013 which kicked-off on the weekend.

The final game in the round between the Knights and Tigers, played on Monday night, had been not completed at the time the Arafura Times went to press.

In fact, only did no one correctly forecast all seven, but only three from the field of 28 correctly selected six.

They are KaDavo82, KAFFIR and Malkzok1.

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No one picks all winners in race for cash ners.

At the other end of the table, there are six on three selections.

Two results upset the vast majority of tipsters - the Broncos’ loss to the Sea Eagles and the Panthers’ demolition of the Raiders.

The winner of the NRL competition will recaive $500 in cash, sponsored

by The Arnhem Club and the Arafura Times.

With such a long season, there is still plenty of time to enter.

The winner of the AFL comp, which is due to kick off on Friday, March 22,

will walk away with $750 in cash, also sponsored by The Arnhem Club and the Arafura Times.

There are 49 entries so far with still plenty of time to enter.

The tipping competitions on both the NRL and AFL will run indepently of each other with separate prizes for both.

To further extend the merits of the competition, two major changes have been introduced this year.

1. Anyone who fails to enter their selections for a week will receive no points. This ensures fairness to those

who do enter their tips.

2. Anyone entering the competition after the start of the season, also will start from zero with no points awarded for missed games.

The Arafura Times/Arnhem Club NRL and AFL footy tipping competitions are free - there is no joining fee and no charges whatsoever are associated with it.

The competitions are computer generated, with all selections being lodged to an independent, national footy tipping website.

Neither the Arafura Times nor the

sponsors can access the website, and all results are generated by the website operators.

The results will be provided in the Arafura Times, the Arafura Times facebook page and the competition operator’s website after each round.

Staff from the Arafura Times and sponsors are ineligible to enter.

In the event of a tie, the prize value will be divided among the joint winners winners.

Only residents with local postcodes and subscribers to the Arafura Times are eligible to enter.

Clontarf cooks up a storm << From Page 15 The Clontarf Academy held their Partners and Supporters Meet and Greet Breakfast, last Friday, March 8, attended by Yirrkala School students as well as plenty of friendly faces from around the community.

LEFT: FRIENDLY FACES OF THE COMMUNITY: Sergeant Erica Sims, Nathan Djerrkura, Constable Ben Parfit, Constable Matthew Ridolfi and Malkpuy Marika.

LEFT: Djali Marika and Sebastian Wanambi.

RIGHT: Wunu, Tyrelle, Aymdy (front) with Katherine O’Neill from the Jawun secondment program.

BELOW: Jayrique Yibarbuk, Pjoki Antonio and Gonybi Wanambi.

Yirrkala School students posed for a photo with managers, supporters and partners of the Clontarf Academy in their clubroom at a breakfast on March 8.

NRL Tipping Competition

Proudly sponsored by...

*PLEASE NOTE: Where there is a Monday night game, results will be given up to and including Sunday games and Tipster Leader board will also reflect these results. NR = no results available at time of going to press.

LEADERS AFTER ROUND 1

ROUND 1 RESULTS (home team first)

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$500 for the WINNER

10

Roosters

Rabbitohs

28

14

Broncos

Sea Eagles

22

40

Eels

Warriors

10

12

Bulldogs

Cowboys

24

32

Panthers

Raiders

10

30

Storm

Dragons

10

12

Sharks

Titans

10

W Tigers

*NR

*NR Knights

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Total Score Margin 6 8 6 11 6 12 5 6 5 6 5 8 5 12 5 12 5 12 5 12

DRAW ROUND 2

NRL LADDER AFTER ROUND 1

(March 14 – 18, home team first)

1 Eels

9

W Tigers

2 Panthers

10 Titans

3 Storm

11 Broncos

4 Rabbitohs

12 Bulldogs

5 Cowboys

13 Roosters

6 Sea Eagles

TONIGHT, Thu, March 14 Eels

Bulldogs

Friday, March 15

Dragons

Broncos

Saturday, March 16

Cowboys

Storm

Warriors

Roosters

Titans

Raiders

14 Dragons

W Tigers

Panthers

7 Sharks

15 Raiders

Sea Eagles Knights

8 Knights

16 Warriors

all selections being lodged to an independent, national footy tipping website. Neither the Arafura Times nor sponsors can access the website, and all results are generated by the website operators.

The results will be provided in the Arafura Times, the Arafura Times website and the competition

Sunday, March 17

Monday, March 18

Rabbitohs

Sharks

operator’s website after each round. Staff from the Arafura Times and sponsors are ineligible to enter. In the event of a tie, the prize value will be divided among the joint winners. No substitution of prizes for cash. Residents with local postcode and subscribers only eligible to enter and win prizes.

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East Woody Eagles line-up for 2013 (coached by Richie Seden).

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Latram Lions team line-up for 2013 (coached by Vern Patullo).

Eagles soar and Lions roar at Women’s Day Cup COMPETITION was roaring and the gameplay was soaring when the Latram Lions took on the East Woody Eagles for the Annual International Women’s Day Cup Aussie Rules match, last Saturday, March 9, at Town Oval.

Both sides pulled out refined performances, showcasing many of the players’ talent for both attack and defence.

Although each player was

recognised at the end for her top performance, a few standouts were named as Best and Fairest.

For the Lions, players Fern, Whitney and Veronica were named, while, for the Eagles, Emma, Jess, Kathy and Phillipa got the nod.

Best on Ground for the match from both teams was Roberta Mununggarritj.

Eagles coach Richie Seden

said the game was played in good spirits.

“Both teams had good games, and we thank the community for coming down, and for all those who chipped-in to help out on the day.”

He said training for women’s footy season continues on Wednesday and Friday nights, from 5.30pm at Town Oval, and anyone interested should come RIGHT: A Latram Lions player felled by an eager East Woody Eagle.

BELOW: An even punt from an East Woody Eagle.

LEFT TOP: A Latram Lion roars through to the goal line.

ABOVE: Dr Eva Constantinidis runs in to make a blazing tackle.

LEFT: A Lions player evades the Eagle’s defence.

ABOVE: One of the Lions’ younger players ready to boot.

LEFT: Scrummage for the ball in the fourth quarter.

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