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Erin and her Royal friends meet at Uluru WHEN Nhulunbuy High School’s Erin Keeley last week presented a gift of a surf life saving cap to the Duke of Cambridge, he thought they were “budgie smugglers” for him. It was only when the Duchess of Cambridge saw the size of the second gift, a rash vest with the Nhulunbuy Surf Life Saving Club logo, she realised that they were intended for the infant Prince George. Erin, 17, was part of a contingent of nine NT school students last week that met their Royal Highnesses, at Uluru as part of the Chief Minister’s afternoon tea reception. Continued Page 3. >> Nhulunbuy student Erin Keeley and the Duchess of Cambridge.

Animal welfare threat •RSPCA run off their feet •Dumped pets face certain death •Veterinarian leaving

By ANDREW HARRISON NHULUNBUY’s dogs and cats face a bleak future with the resources of animal welfare body RSPCA “potentially stretched to its limits”. The body also fears some people moving from town will choose to dump dogs and cats as a burden as adoption is proving difficult as

Nhulunbuy’s population shrinks. And to further compound the problem, the RSPCA’s own veterinarian Sue Samuelson is leaving in June. While Rio Tinto is offering to uplift animals of departing owners, along with furniture and household goods, the family pet may be left behind. Continued Page 5. >>

Erin and the Duke of Cambridge.

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ABOVE: The honour guard after the main service in Arafura Park. RIGHT: Gove RSL sub branch president Mo McKay.

ANZAC Day edges to its first century sleepy eyes and looking out to the sea because when you’re looking at THE day began as did back then - in the ocean you can just picture what it darkness and a hurried few minutes would have been like coming ashore in Turkey 99 years ago. spent getting dressed and prepared. You feel for those men, going off The annual ANZAC Dawn Service, a reminder of the landing on into the unknown. This is why this Gallipoli in 1915, at Gove Boat Club tradition continues. A crisp, clear autumn morning was well attended again this year by greeted the crowd. several hundreds of townspeople. It’s always cold in morning at this People arrived well before sunrise to secure a good vantage spot and time of year - even in the tropics - but stood shoulder to shoulder, rubbing there’s warmth in the mob. Some wore their own medals and others their spouses’, parents’, grandparents’ or even great-grandparents’ medals. All wore them with pride. Emcee John O’Brien told the service of the importance of remembering those who put their lives on the line and honour those who fell. Squadron Leader Yogananda Just-Constant, the RAAF Base Darwin Chaplin, read a prayer. The crowd took in the Last Post. As the minute of silence ticked past, tears fell, welled or were drawn back. The mix of old and young showed the original ANZACs remain an inspiration, and the day’s traditions should little sign of dying out with newer generations. It’s a good way to remember the original ANZAC and those men and women who followed, it’s a good show of respect and a good time to reflect on the troop’s selflessness, and on the prosperity and freedoms we often take for granted. When the blue dawn light was all gone and the ABOVE: Naval cadet from Training Ship formalities concluded, urns Melville Bay lowering the Australia flag at the bubbled, bacon fried, stubconclusion of the main service in Arafura Park. bies hissed and everyday By ANDREW HARRISON

noises sounded again. The crowd stayed to breakfast, chat and pursue traditional Anzac Day activities. By 10am they had mostly drifted away. ‘’See ya,’’ someone said simply. At 11am, the townspeople gathered again at the cenotaph in Arafura Park for the main service - the big one. Organisers conferred, roles discussed and drills practiced. Citizens lined Chesterfield Circuit to greet a small march from Nhulunbuy Primary School. John O’Brien once more intoned the solemn lessons of the veterans’ endeavours. Squadron Leader Just-Constant read the immortal passage from Ecclesiastes 3:2: - “There is a time for everything.” Community organisations and leaders laid wreaths at the cenotaph. Once more, the Last Post sounded and crowd fell silent for a minute to reflect. Then the honour guard was dismissed, and it was over for another year. This year was no different from other years in some respects. RSL sub branch president Mo McKay said the town has always been a big supporter of Anzac Day. But next year promises to be special, different - the 100th anniversary. When we mark a century, we feel it’s time to pass the baton, hope the lessons have been learned and that traditions will thrive on their own. Only time will tell. Our ANZAC Day coverage continues on Pages 8-10-11. >>

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They watched a traditional Indigenous dance performance with the couple, who took part in the visit without Prince George, and met them later at the the Uluru-Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre. “I’m sure it’s a day they’ll never forget,” Chief Minister Adam Giles said. “They were great ambassadors for the Territory and I’m so pleased I was able to share the experience with them.” At the tea the students spoke to the Duke and Duchess about “all the things that make this part of the world so fantastic,” Mr Giles said. Erin cheekily asked the Duke for a selfie and was told by an official there would be no selfies with the royal couple. She then asked Prince William if he lived at Buckingham Palace and he told her: “No, but the Queen does.” Erin had visited Buckingham Palace last year and told the Duke that his grandmother had not been in residence that day. “That’s because she knew you wanted a selfie so she ran away,” he joked, she said. Erin is in her final year at the school, where she is the captain. She is a keen student and has achieved high grades and a number of awards, particularly in her favourite subjects of biology and personal development.

Mr Giles said the Duke and Duchess seemed “particularly pleased” with the gifts given to them. Erin, who also gave the Duchess a traditionally woven basket, said the experience was “incredible”. Princess Catherine told Erin that she was “really excited” about visiting Uluru later in the afternoon. The couple was given a private guided walk around the sandstone monolith and explained its significance to the local people. In addition to being the captain, Erin also has recently been selected to participate in the Chief Minister’s Round Table of Young 16 Territorians. The group meets four times a year to discuss the problems of the NT’s youth, such as bullying and alcoholism, and suggest solutions, and organise community events. Erin said she wanted to organise a “colour run” to raise awareness of mental health in the NT. On finishing school, Erin would like to follow in the footsteps of her mother, who unexpectedly passed away last February, to become a social worker. She would like to work with disadvantaged families and, hopefully, in the third world where families are in need. She said growing up in Nhulunbuy had made her aware of the plight of some other people.

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FAR from shutting their doors due to the Gove refinery closure, the Arafura Times is about to unveil a newspaper with a new look and an extended reach. That’s the plan of publisher Corey Bousen, co- owner of Regional & Remote Newspapers, the publisher of the Torres News, Western Cape Bulletin, Cooktown Local News and Gove’s Arafura Times. Mr Bousen has printer’s ink in his veins. Regional and Remote Newspapers is a family business with Mr Bousen working with his father, Mark, a newspaper editor of 40 years’ experience and his mother, Meg, who does the accounts for all four newspapers. With Rio Tinto’s refinery closing down and half the town’s population leaving, the Bousens have experienced the same frustration, doubt and anxiety as other business people in Gove. But now they can see the light at the end of the tunnel. “Expanding advertising opportunities are absolutely crucial to staying in business,” explains Corey Bousen. “With the town’s population shrinking, I don’t think we would be able to stay in business if we relied on our current distribution. “We have to grow or die. That’s the reality that we’re faced with.” Earlier in the year Mr Bousen spent some time in Nhulunbuy and was struck by the sombre, angry feeling in town, with many business people resigned to the fact they may go out of business and be forced to leave. But upon his recent return, he’s noticed a shift in attitude with people taking positive steps by implementing new strategies to stay in business. Nearly 50 businesses have signed on to the NT Government’s Gove Business Assistance Plan that funds a top consultant to come out and evaluate their business, suggesting new ideas and markets to explore. “People aren’t just sitting back and being reactive, with the help

of the NT Government programs, the Chamber of Commerce and Rio. “People are working to develop strategies to go forward from here and it’s a real, positive result to see those programs producing benefits,” says Mr Bousen. The Bousens added the Arafura Times to their stable four years ago and took it from a mostly black-and-white publication printed in-house to a full colour weekly printed by News Limited in Townsville. It is a paper that Mr Bousen finds a pleasure to produce. COREY BOUSEN, Publisher of Regional and Remote “There’s some- Newspapers, publishers of the Arafura Times. thing about remote scenario. newspapers like the Arafura Times,” Sea Swift, the Queensland shiphe observes. ping company, acquired Tiwi Barges, “They’re good businesses that entering the Territory transport marare widely-loved by their audience. ket. I was night editor of the Asian Wall It was a company that the Bousens Street Journal in Hong Kong for a had dealt with in the Torres Strait, period and there was no satisfaction and would soon be servicing the East in that job. Arnhem homelands. “Here you deliver the paper to the “They’re good operators and we outlets and you see people grabbing can now get our paper into all the copies straight away and looking for communities in East Arnhem Land, a particular photo or an article. and over to Elcho and Groote,” says “You get great satisfaction from Mr Bousen. the strong appreciation the com“Filling out that supply chain and munity has for the publication.” distribution channel was always too The Bousens knew that the hard but that has now been resolved. Arafura Times had to broaden its “It enables us to become a proper readership and become a truly re- regional publication with regional gional newspaper in order to survive. distribution.” But distribution was always the He says he wants to see the barrier. paper grow in size and feature more How do you get the paper to regional content. remote East Arnhem communities But the editor will be based in on Groote Eylandt or Ramingining Nhulunbuy,” he concludes, “so or Elcho Island before the news that will be our continued centre becomes dated? for operation and our home in East Then providence entered the Arnhem Land.”

Changing of the guard at Arafura Times THERE’S been a changing of the guard at the Arafura Times’ writing desk. Outgoing Editor Matt Garrick has begun packing his suitcases and readying himself to leave Gove, after being offered a new job as the Deputy Editor of the Centralian Advocate in Alice Springs. Matt said: “For someone who uses words as the tools in his workplace every day, I’m finding it pretty difficult to describe what this place has meant to me. “I’ve been here for around just 18 months now, yet it feels like a lifetime. “To have been a part of everything the town has gone through over this period, and to have watched how the community has banded together throughout, I am just grateful and proud to have been a part of it all.” Continued Page 7. >>

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Animal welfare threat as town shrinks << From Page 1

Future accommodation, such as temporary flats or affordable houses with limited yard space, may be unsuitable for some pets, too small or simply not allowed so some people may feel that leaving animal in Nhulunbuy would be the more expedient option, the RSPCA believes. The town’s electronic noticeboards have been a “rash of adverts for dog adoptions,” said the RSPCA’s Andrew Burrow. One particular item on a message board is the trouble one owner is about is having to find a home for a six-year-old Alsatian. Dumping is a sad and cruel fate that some of these animals face as they are usually ill equipped for survival in this environment. Many fall prey to predators. Taking your pet for a drive into the bush and dumping them may seem like an easy option, and you may justify it by pretending to “release them into paradise”. But the reality is, that you are condemning them to a life on the run. Hunger, disease, and early death is the more likely fate a dumped animal will face. They also add the “free” dog and cat population roaming the street and putting pressure on control measures of the Nhulunbuy Corporation Ltd. and its pound, which RSPCA shares. The other danger is Nhulunbuy “is not a poodle and chihuahau town,” Mr Burrow said. “Gove is a big-dog town,” he said. “In fact, the whole of the Territory is a big-dog place.” There was a potential for abandoned pets to mix with the existing feral

population and breeding a super strain of animal, which/ with the town with limited household fencing, could cause problems for the people who remain. So far, the worst has been avoided, but the potential is exists. In recent weeks, the RSPCA hasn’t had to enthuanise any animal and has been able to find homes or have them lifted to Darwin RSPCA. It currently only has one kitten in search of a home. It’s the future that Danika Coccaro and three other new board members; Andrew Barrow, Julian Charles and Ting Charles, worry about. With no former experience with serving on a board the four, who work with the Yirrkala health service, have been finding their new roles daunting. Mr Burrow paid tribute to his predecessors and appreciated their efforts. Building on to their work has made the new board’s endeavours easier, he said. But the RSPCA with its tight funding and limited space finds caring for its changes a battle at the best of times. “The load has been massive,” Mr Burrow said. It has six kennels and a cat boarding facility, and the only back-up is the NCL’s pound. How the group replaces the veterinarian is “up in the air”, said Ms Coccaro. Without a professional vet available, the group will have to rely in lay people to do relatively simple procedures, such as de-sexing, enthuasising and treating injuries. More advanced procedures won’t be possible. Pets, just like humans, have medical conditions that require specialised treatment. Mr Burrow said most owners would like to have

Vandals damage town gardens VANDALS last week uprooted a number of yellow-green crotons that Nhulunbuy Corp. Ltd. planted as part of a beautification of the Nhulunbuy town centre. A retriculated watering system also was damaged. Workers said the damage was more tiresome than destructive as the plants will need to potted for six months to redevelop their roots system, then reintroduced to the garden beds near the Westpac Bank. The retriculated system could be easily “tweeked,” a workman said. In the interim, the plants will be replaced by others bought as part of the NCL’s plans to improve the area, he said.

the “piece of mind” that their animals were being treated by a specialist and having the best care available. They were looking at a Fly In/Fly Out arrangement for a vet replacement. Ms Coccaro said they were hoping other RSPCA branches would arrange to fly in a veterinarian once every three months so they could do bulk de-sexing, micro-chippping and vaccinations, which were beyond its volunteers’ expertise.

And having a veterinarian on board to consult would greatly improve the group’s services, she said. The group also may face a drop in volunteers as the town shrinks by as much as a third. Volunteers are an integral part of the RSPCA team and it could not function at such a high standard without their assistance. Without volunteers, its operations would have to be dramatically reduced. It runs through dona-

tions from the community and volunteers play an active part in supporting its work to improve the welfare of animals and protect them from cruelty and neglect; socialising adoptable animals; walking dogs; brushing or petting them; cleaning kennels and the cat room; washing bowls, walking potential adopters through the kennel; bathing animals; and assisting with administrative tasks. Ms Coccaro said the workload is slight.

She spends about four hours a day on RSPCA work; twice a day at the kennels for an hour each time and another two hours on administrative matters. For now, Mr Burrow said the “work wasn’t an issue” and he enjoys it, finding it a pleasure to spend time at the kennel. But with the four new board members based at Yirrkala during the day, potential problems

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Public gets first sight of ancient ceremony A SACRED ceremony that has never been performed outside of Aboriginal land was recently performed in Canberra. Yolngu ceremonial elder and highly acclaimed dancer and composer Djakapurra Munyarryun, of the Wangurri Clan in North East Arnhem Land, led 30 traditional dancers, singers and elders in the Lorrkkon Ceremony. The ancient and sacred Lorrkkon Ceremony was performed late last month outside the capital’s Old Parliament House, held as part of the official launch of the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). The performance re-enacted the funerary rite and bone ceremony for Bunitj elder Bill Neidjie OAM - affectionately remembered as ‘The Gagudju Man’. He was a senior elder of Kakadu National Park and a traditional owner of the Bunitj country in northern Gagudju . Australian film icon, and regular visitor to the Garma Festival, Jack Thompson (inset right) was the guest speaker at this event.

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Siena Stubbs, Shyrell Brian and Mickayla Mununggurr at Saltwater theatrette, Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala tion of the latest stage of “The centre is inunconstruction. dated each afternoon by “People have remarked the kids. This is their place the stage really looked and this represents a new quite barren before,” he generation empowering told the Arafura Times. them.”

Changing of the guard at Arafura Times << From Page 4 He said the way he’d been welcomed into Gove and made to feel right at home was testament to this fantastic community. “Living in Gove has made me feel rich - all the experiences, the people I’ve met and the friends I’ve made along the way - I could be a millionaire. “Thank you to everyone in the community who always took the time to stop and say hi and have a yarn. “And of course, a huge thanks to my wonderful little gang of friends - you guys got me through this, and I hope all the best for all of our next adventures. “Biggest thank you to my Gove Film Society co-founder Ange, for always putting a smile on my face; life up here was made so much easier just by you being nearby. “And finally, massive thanks to the owners of this sturdy and stoic little ship that is the Arafura Times - Mark, Meg and Corey Bousen - for opening up the world of opportunities that Gove has brought. I’ll miss you all.” Although Matt departs to the Red Centre, the ‘paper will be kept in good hands, with reporter Andrew Harrison settling into the editor’s seat from now. In Andrew’s words: “Born in Tasmania, I had a nomadic childhood, including stints in the US and

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Canada, and eventually finished school in Newcastle. “After a cadetship at the local newspaper, I headed to Sydney to join the Daily Telegraph, Sydney Morning Herald and the wire service Australian Associated Press. “I later joined Bloomberg and Dow Jones to spend a decade as a financial reporter, which was rewarding monetarily but lacked the diversity of newspapers. “I returned to newspapers as a sub editor and worked for most of the capital city dailies.” This is not Andrew’s first time in the Top End, having previously worked at the NT News a decade ago. “So I have undergone the Wet/Dry/ Build-up, know about the teeth-to-tatts ratio, and keeping hydrated. I can spin a yarn and never forget my shout, but I never thought I would call Darwin the Big Smoke. “This is an interesting time to be in Nhulunbuy and to experience its changes because everyone has a story to tell, and everybody wants to hear it. “I want to relay those stories accurately and document this moment. “I hope you will trust me.” Come crack a beer and say see-ya to Matt, and g’day to Andrew, at the Gove Film Society screening this Friday night (details, What’s On guide, page 8).

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WEEKLY Every Wednesday. Nine-hole Chook Run, Gove Country Golf Club, 2.30 - 5.30pm. Every Wednesday. Barefoot Bowls at the Arnhem Club, from 5.30pm, followed by Karaoke. Every Wednesday. Walkabout Dart Competition Walkabout Tavern from 8pm. Every Thursday. Badge Draw, Arnhem Club, from 5.30pm, followed by Karaoke. Every Friday. Nine-hole Beer Run, Gove Country Golf Club, 2.30 - 5.30pm. Every Friday. TGIF Weekly Draw, in the Walkabout Tavern from 4.30pm, prizes drawn at 6.30pm. Every Friday. Jag the Joker, Arnhem Club, tickets from 5-6pm, draw 6-9pm. Every Friday. Gove Surf Club open from 4pm, great views and family atmosphere, BBQ 6-8pm. Every Friday & Saturday. Grant Pukeroa live in the Beer Garden, 9pm-3am @ The Arnhem Club. Every Friday & Saturday. DJ Wil.K The Baddist, live in The Jam, 9pm 'til late - Walkabout Tavern. Every Saturday. Goose Club (tickets on sale from 11.30am), and Jam Session from 1pm at the Arnhem Club. Every Sunday. Emma in the Beer Garden from 3pm - Walkabout Tavern. Every Tuesday. Pool Comp at the Arnhem Club, from 7pm. Every Tuesday. Trivia at The Arnhem Club, 8 - 9.30pm.

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Fri 2. Indigenous hip-hop project workshop/concert, 6pm, Yirrkala Community Recreation Hall. Fri 2. Gove Peninsular Film Society presents The Turning. Doors the Four Seas, Captain Cook Community, Bar and dinner from 6pm. Movie starts at 7pm, interval about 8:30pm. Tickets: www.gpf-filmsociety.eventbrite. com.au. Sat 3. Gove Arts Theatre presents: Blurred (a play). The Cell, in 4C's, 7.30pm. Tickets from Nhulunbuy High School front office. Sun 4. Gove Arts Theatre presents: Blurred (a play). The Cell, in 4C's, 2.30pm AND 7.30pm. Tickets from Nhulunbuy High School front office. Mon 5. May Day public holiday. Wed 7. Nhulunbuy High School Council meeting Swimming carnival. Sat 10. Nhulunbuy Primary School Mother's Day Markets & Fete Spectacular. Markets begin at 3pm. Entertainment kicks-off at 5.30pm.

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Lest We Forget. ANZAC Day 2014. Korean War battle recognised A “SMALL but dedicated” group of about 50 people gathered at the Arnhem Club last Thursday for a 63rd commemoration of the Battle of Kap’Yong during the Korean War. Rainy weather forced the event indoors, which had been originally scheduled for the Cenotaph. The emcee John O’Brien, a former Nhulunbuy resident until 2009, and a piper Denis Airens flew up especially from Brisbane and Towns-

ville respectfully for the event. They were joined by representatives from the RAAF 13 Squadron from Darwin, the Nhulunbuy Corporation Ltd., Lynne Walker MLA, members of Norforce, the local RSL branch and Nhulunbuy Christian College, and townspeople. Squadron Leader Yogananda Just-Constant, the RAAF Base Darwin Chaplin, read a prayer during the service. The commemoration marks a decisive battle in the Korean War when mainly Australian and Canadian troops defend-

ed a Chinese assault when other forces containing US and South Korean units retreated from an overwhelming enemy. The defence prevented a breakthrough while United Nation forces marshalled their rear resources. For their gallant stand the 3rd Royal Australian Regiment and 2nd Princess Patricia’s Canadians Light Infantry Battalion were awarded the US Presidential Citation, the equivalent to a unit Victoria Cross. The event is special to Nhulunbuy because it was home for many year to a few veterans from the battle, who have since passed on, but their comrades and the townspeople continue to remember the soldiers’ stand and the sacrifice of others.

TOP RIGHT: Parade commander Ivor Alexander and other observers. MIDDLE RIGHT: Squadron Leader Yogananda JusteConstant and emcee John O’Brien. RIGHT: Nhulunbuy Christian College students Rebecca Hermanus and Chase Aston with Army personel. LEFT: Piper Denis Airens from Townsville.

 letters to the editor/comment Is the Cape York education model for NT? EDUCATION Minister Peter Chandler’s visit to Noel Pearson’s Cape York Institute last week to examine the education model in place in the Indigenous communities under its banner indicates he’s pretty keen to embrace and implement what he’s seen into the Territory’s remote schools. I find his enthusiasm just a little disconcerting given we’ve yet to see a response from Mr Chandler to the review into Indigenous education in the NT, with submissions on the draft report closing off just a few weeks ago. I met with Noel Pearson in late 2011 and spent a day

at the Cape York Institute in Cairns with my colleague Malarndirri McCarthy, who was NT’s Minister for Indigenous Affairs. There are some elements of the Cape York policy area that I admire, the establishment of the Family Responsibilities Commission was one of them. Its aim, described on the FRC website, is to “support the restoration of socially responsible standards of behaviour and to assist community members to resume and maintain primary responsibility for the wellbeing of their community and the individuals

and families within their community.” However, with my own electorate particularly in mind, and acutely aware of the bitter resentment Labor’s own ‘four hours of English’ policy created, I have real reservations about the rote learning of English model used on Cape York in Arnhem Land. That, and the fact that secondary schooling requires children to be relocated from family and places like Aurukun, to a larger town for high school. There is no one-size-fitsall policy for Indigenous education and Peter Chan-

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he expects Alison Anderson to be the next chief minister at the 2016 election. I can’t help but wonder why the three MLAs, all Indigenous, chose PUP instead of the Australia’s First Nations party established in 2011. Anything to do with access to funding and resources? Adam Giles and Campbell Newman certainly think so.

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Today, as you are enjoying some well earned downtime, it’s worth taking a minute to remember that we’re all working towards our goals of a better future. Territorians are passionate about creating a better future, whether it be angling a new business opportunity, or simply hooking a record catch. We’re all working to build a stronger economy, to grow our regions and forge stronger towns and vibrant communities. That’s why the Northern Territory is leading Australia’s bold new push to develop the North. We’re fighting for our fair share of this national effort, to diversify our economy and to take the whole nation forward. We’re on this journey together and the Territory Government wants to hear your views. Have your say on how we create a new tomorrow together.

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ABOVE LEFT: Jay Titsmash from Norforce as part of the honour guard in Arafura Park. ABOVE RIGHT: Don James from the RSL at Arafura Park. RIGHT: Mick Kroger sounding The Last Post at the main service in Arafura Park. BELOW: Cadet P.O. Tracey Adams laying a wreath at Arafura Park.

ABOVE LEFT: The Last Post sounded at the Dawn Service. ABOVE RIGHT: Grahan Deppeler from Training Ship Melville Bay raising the New Zealand flag at Arafura Park.

Squadron Leader Yogananda JusteConstant and master of ceremonies John O’Brien at the Dawn Service.

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6:00 ABC News Breakfast ANZAC Day 9:00 ABC News Mornings 10:00 Making Media 10:30 Three Kinds Of Writing 10:45 The Shot 10:55 Artpost 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 ABC News With Jane Hutcheon 1:00 Call The Midwife 2:00 At The Movies 2:30 My Family 3:00 The Telegraph Man 3:00 Last Of The Summer Wine 3:30 Midsomer Murders 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Grand Designs: Brighton Co-op 6:50 What’s Your Story?: Medieval Sword Fighting Knight 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 QLD 8:00 QI: Health And Safety 8:30 Jonathan Creek: The Letters Of Septimus Noone - When a glamorous West End star is found stabbed inside a locked dressing room, her colleagues remain baffled. Attention turns to Jonathan Creek for a solution to the grisly puzzle. 9:30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder Most Scandalous - Miss Phryne Fisher is back! Jack’s father-in-law is implicated in the brutal murder of a prostitute. 10:30 Lateline 11:05 Randling: 11:40 Rage 5:00 Rage

5:30 Today 8:30 Global Shop Direct 9:30 Brand Developers 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:00 Movie “Michael” 2:00 National News Now 3:45 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Trans-Tasman Test Australia Vs New Zealand - International Rugby League comes to Sydney with Australia taking on New Zealand from Allianz Stadium. 9:45 TBA 12:00 Movie: “Never Back Down” - Never Back Down is the story of Jake Tyler, a tough kid with a big heart. 2:00 Spyforce: The Murder - Part 1 - Colonel Cato is shot and killed by an unknown assassin while working late at his desk. Although the Military Authorities try to cover up his death, Erskine and Gunther realise that he was in fact murdered and set about to discover his killer. 3:00 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 3:30 Brand Developers / 4:00 Good Morning America

5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 A Place To Call Home 1:30 The Daily Edition 2:30 The Chase - Four contestants go into battle against the Chaser as they try to win thousands of pounds. 3:30 Seven News At 4 4:30 Deal Or No Deal 5:00 Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Seven News 6:30 Better Homes & Gardens 7:00 2014 AFL Premiership Rnd 7 - Carlton Vs Collingwood - It’s a fierce rivalry stretching back decades. Can Nathan Buckley’s Magpies make it three in a row against the Blues? 10:30 Friday Late Movie “Stripes” - When John Winger loses his job, his car, his apartment and his girlfriend, he decides he has only one option: volunteer for the army. 12:30 Desperate Housewives - “Lost My Power” - Lynette tries to cause some negative friction between Tom and Jane. 1:30 Dr Oz 3:00 Home Shopping 3:30 NBC Today

5:00 World News 1:00 Living Black 1:30 Murdoch’s Scandal 2:30 NITV News Week In Review 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 Madhur Jaffrey’s Curry Nation 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 This is Brazil! 8:30 The Dark Ages: An Age Of Light “The Men Of The North” 9:35 As It Happened: - What Destroyed The Hindenburg? 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:05 The Feed: Best Stories Of The Week 11:30 Movie: “Gigola” 1:25 Kurt Wallender: The Ghost - Arson is suspected when a cottage by the sea burns to the ground following a gas explosion, and a man and a woman are found dead. M(D,L,S) 3:10 Movie: “On The Ropes” - Michele Venitucci stars in his awardwinning role as Mike, a struggling young boxer who agrees to participate illegally in a series of brutal bare-knuckle fights in order to pay off his sister’s debts. M(D,L,V) 4:50 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong Bitesize

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6:00 Rage 10:30 Rage Guest Programmer 11:30 The Checkout 12:00 Australian Story 12:30 The Next Big Thing 1:40 Movie: “Montana Belle” (G) 3:25 Movie: “The Lion In Winter” (G) 5:10 River Cottage Veg Every Day Finale 6:00 Saturday Landline 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Death In Paradise - When a bird-watcher is discovered murdered in the Saint-Marie jungle, DI Goodman and his team have a particularly puzzling conundrum to solve. 8:30 The Gods of Wheat Street: Nobody Lives Forever (CC,M,V) - Libby, sick of not being appreciated, decides to let the Freeburns fend for themselves; Jonesy breaks into the Freeburn’s house in search of his stolen money; and Tristan tries to win back Anastasia. 9:30 Last Tango In Halifax 10:30 Accused: Willy’s Story - From Jimmy McGovern comes the story of how ordinary individuals end up in the dock. 11:50 Rage Guest Programmer 5:00 Rage

5:30 Bubble Guppies 6:30 Weekend Today - Saturday 9:30 Danoz Direct 10:30 The Garden Gurus 11:00 Sally: Behind The Smile 11:30 The Middle 12:30 We Are Marshall 2:30 Commando 3:30 The Bottom Line 4:00 Reel Action 4:30 4WD TV 5:00 Getaway 5:30 National News Saturday 6:30 Movie: “Journey 2 The Mysterious Island” - Sean Anderson partners with his mom’s husband on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island thought to be a fictitious place described by Jules Verne. 8:30 Movie: “Miss Congeniality” - Starring Sandra Bullock 10:40 Movie: “Blindness” (Some Coarse L, AT) - When a city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant blindness a doctor’s wife becomes the only person with the ability to see. 12:15 Movie: “Acolytes” (VCL, SV, SAT) - A High School student stumbles upon a body and after learning the identity of the killer. 3:00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 3:30 Brand Developers 4:40 Extra 5:00 Wesley Impact

5:30 Saturday Disney 6:30 Weekend Sunrise 9:30 The Morning Show Weekend 10:30 Live Well 12:30 TBA 2:00 TBA 4:30 Creek To Coast 5:00 Queensland Weekender 5:30 Seven News 6:30 Happy Endings 7:00 2014 AFL Premiership Season: Rnd 7 - Brisbane Vs Sydney 10:00 Border Security: International 10:30 Strike Back - In Budapest, Section 20 tracks a pair of suicide bombers who could bring the city, and the World Security Summit, to its knees. 11:30 Desperate Housewives: “The People Will Hear” 12:30 The Late Movie: “Butter” - When a talented singer’s career takes off, she decides to change record companies - a decision that will change her life forever. 2:30 Harry’s Practice 3:00 It Is Written Oceania - “Finding Jesus Anywhere - From New York City To The Messiah” Religious program 3:30 Home Shopping 4:30 Dr Oz - “Eat This, Weigh Less! The Best Foods To Help You Lose Weight”

5:00 World News 1:00 San Remo Song Festival 2014 3:00 Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues 3:55 Contact - Steve McCurry: 9/11 This series focuses on a different photographer each episode from the iconic agency Magnum. 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 A History Of Celtic Britain - Age of Romans 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 My Wild Affair: The Rhino Who Joined the Family PG - Rescued from flooding caused by the damming of the Zambezi River, ‘Rupert’ the orphaned black rhinoceros was brought up in the suburban family home of wildlife vet Dr John Condy. 8:30 Movie: “Everything Must Go ” - Nick Halsey is a career salesman whose days of being on top are long gone. 10:25 Movie: “The Wackness” - It’s the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop. 12:15 Turn Me On: The History Of The Vibrator 12:35 Movie: “: Black House” - Jeon, an insurance claims agent, suspects a family of murdering their son with the intention of collecting insurance premiums 2:30 Richard Hammond’s Engineering Connections - Space Shuttle 3:30 Solar Storms: The Threat To Planet Earth 4:30 Adbc Bitesize 4:45 Coppa Italia Final

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7:00 World News 1:00 The Secret History of Eurovision 2:00 The Hotel Do Not Disturb 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 Island Feast With Peter Kuruvita 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Luke Nguyen’s France 8:00 French Food Safari 8:30 Fargo – The Crocodile’s Dilemma/The Rooster Prince **Special Double Episode New Series Premiere** 10:45 SBS World News Late 11:00 UEFA Champions League Highlights 11:30 Toughest Place To Be A... - Nurse 12:30 China: Triumph And Turmoil - Emperors 1:35 Movie: “Elite Squad” MAV(V D) - An ex-cop turned pimp is in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. 3:35 Afghanistan: The Great Game 4:35 Adbc Bitesize / 4:45 UEFA Europa League

6:00 Rage 8:00 Weekend Breakfast 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Offsiders 10:30 The World This Week 11:00 7.30 Qld 11:30 Songs of Praise: Doubt 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 Compass: The Moral Compass 2:00 Death In Paradise 3:00 Typeface 4:00 Big Art Ideas 5:00 Midsomer Murders: Worm In The Bud 6:30 Compass: God In The Lodge: Part 1 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Restoration Home: Nebo Chapel 8:30 Inspector George Gently: Gently Between The Lines - . Inspector George Gently is taken by surprise when he learns of Sergeant John Bacchus’s resignation. 10:00 Unfinished Sky - Farmer John Waldring wakes to find a woman collapsed in front of his house. She is injured but has no English to convey what has happened. 11:35 Movie: “The Last Tycoon” (MCL SR) 1:35 Movie: “The Informer” (PG) 3:05 Restoration Home: Nebo Chapel 4:05 The New Inventors 4:35 Catalyst 5:05 Gardening Australia 5:30 Best Of Collectors

5:30 Bubble Guppies 6:30 Weekend Today 9:30 Financial Review Sunday 10:00 Wide World Of Sports 11:00 Sunday Footy Show 1:00 Broncos Insider 1:30 2014 Intrust Supercup Easts Tigers v North Devils 3:30 Football: City v Country 5:30 National News Sunday 6:00 TBA 11:30 Financial Review Sunday 12:00 What Would You Do - Using hidden cameras, host John Quiñones observes and comments on how ordinary people behave when they are confronted with a dilemma that requires them to either take action or walk by and mind their own business. 1:00 Spyforce: The Trail - Part 2 - A medical Aid Post on a forward trail in New Guinea is under threat of shelling by Japanese guns. Allied High Command does not believe the Japanese can be so close to Port Moresby, and refuses to allow the Post to be evacuated. 2:00 Brand Developers 3:30 Good Morning America - Sunday 4:30 National Early Morning News / 5:00 Today

5:30 Sophia The First 6:00 Jake and The Neverland Pirates 6:30 Weekend Sunrise 9:30 AFL Game Day 11:00 Guys With Kids 11:30 TBA 12:00 Footy Flashbacks 2:30 2014 AFL Premiership Season Geelong Vs Richmond 5:30 Seven News 6:00 TBA 10:00 Malcom Naden: “Australia’s Most Hunted” “ Reveals the incredible true story behind Strike Force Durkin - the 7 year manhunt to capture Malcolm John Naden, Australia’s most elusive fugitive. A man described as an enigma, an invisible shadow in the bush that led police on a deadly game of cat and mouse and reveals the untold story behind Naden’s incredibly chilling confessions. 11:30 Dr Oz - “Ancient Ayurvedic Secrets To Lose Weight” - Get answers to your health questions from Dr Oz and other leading doctors, hospitals, associations and authors. 12:30 Outrageous - Features characters who are way-over-the-top. The bizarre, the zany and the outright crazies. 1:30 Home Shopping 2:30 NBC Today 3:30 NBC Meet The Press 4:30 Sunrise Extra

5:00 World News 1:00 Al Jazeera News 1:30 Wainwright Walks 2:00 Speedweek 4:00 2014 Superbike World Championship 4:30 UEFA Champions League Magazine 5:00 Subaru World Of Cycling 5:30 Road To The 2014 FIFA World Cup. 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Lost Worlds: Carthage’s Lost Warriors 8:30 Life On Us 9:30 The Battle For Rio 11:00 What Is One Degree? What is one degree? And what does one degree mean in the context of global warming? 12:00 Movie: “Sita Sings The Blues” - Filmmaker Nina Paley shares the details of her marriage breakdown through three very different animation styles and an original re-telling of ‘The Ramayana of Valmiki’, the greatest break up story ever told. 1.35 Movie: “The Matchmaker” - During the summer of 1968, young Arik Burstein goes to work for a matchmaker who has survived the Holocaust. 3:40 Cassino: Nine Months In Hell 4:40 Costa’s Arnhem Land Odyssey Bitesize - Costa embarks on an odyssey to northeast Arnhem Land to meet the students from the Yirrkala school.

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5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 A Place To Call Home 1:30 The Daily Edition 2:30 The Chase 3:30 Seven News At 4 4:30 Deal Or No Deal 5:00 Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Seven News 6:30 Home And Away 7:00 TBA 7:30 Under The Hammer 11:00 Parks & Recreation “Article Two” Leslie works to get rid of out-dated laws from the original town charter that no longer make sense. 11:30 Dr Oz 12:30 Home Shopping 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra / 5:00 Seven Early News

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 ABC News Mornings 10:00 In My Shoes: China 10:10 What Makes Me Me? 10:15 My Great Big Adventure 10:35 Behind The News 11.00 Wonders Of The Universe 12:00 ABC News With Ros Childs 1:00 QI 1:30 The Kumars (M,Sexual References) 2:00 Poh’s Kitchen 2:30 My Family 3:00 Last Of The Summer Wine 3:30 Midsomer Murders 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Grand Designs: Braintree 6:55 Clarke And Dawe 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 The Checkout - Factory Seconds 8:30 Call The Midwife 9:30 Assused: Tina’s Story 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:35 Mummifying Alan: Egypt’s Last Secret 12:40 Movie: The Spy Who Came In From The Cold 2:30 Football: WAFL: Round 6: Claremont Vs Peel Thunder 5:30 Eggheads: Eggs Men

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 ABC News Mornings 10:00 Backyard Science 10:15 Get Into Textiles 10:45 Atoms Alive 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 ABC News With Ros Childs 1:00 Landline 2:00 Poh’s Kitchen 2:30 My Family 3:00 Last Of The Summer Wine 3:30 Midsomer Murders 5:00 ABC News: Early Edition 5:30 The Drum 6:00 Eggheads: The Antibodies 6:30 QI: Adam 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 Changi: Gordon’s Will 12:35 Movie: “Born To Be Bad” (G) 2:05 Movie: “The Hunchback Of Notre Dame” (PG) 4:05 Movie: “Let’s Make Music” (G) 5.30 Eggheads: The Antibodies

5:30 Today 8:30 Global Shop Direct 9:90 Brand Developers 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Movie: “Avalanche Express ” (Some V) 2:30 National News Now 3:45 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 TBA 11:30 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations - As the sun scorches overhead, Tony hops into his classic Thunderbird and hits the open road of the US Desert, hoping to learn more about the region and its food 12:30 Nitro Circus Live - Pastranaland - Travis decides to host a week of insanity at his home compound. With ramps bigger than anything ever built, it’s a birthplace for tricks that have never even been dreamed of. 1:00 Extra 1:30 Brand Developers 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: “The Devil’s Bed” 1:30 The Daily Edition 2:30 The Chase 3:30 Seven News At 4 4:30 Deal Or No Deal 5:00 Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Seven News 6:30 Home And Away 7:00 TBA 10:00 Suits - Moot Point” With his secret seemingly safe once again, Mike gives Harvey a token of appreciation - a case against A. Elliot Stemple, the man who beat Harvey in moot court during his Harvard days. 11:00 Talking Footy 12:00 Parks And Recreation - “Jerry’s Retirement” When Leslie finds out Jerry is retiring, she struggles with the proper way to commemorate the occasion. 12:30 Home Shopping 3:00 Sons & Daughters - Wayne is amazed to discover that the Hamiltons have an unexpected and uninvited house-guest. 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra 5:00 Seven Early News

5:00 World News 1:00 Are You Good Or Evil? 2:00 First Australians Freedom For Our Lifetime 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 Living Black 5:30 Global Village 6:00 Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Mythbusters: Do Try This At Home Special 8:35 Vikings: Blood Eagle 9:30 RocKwiz - Kurt Vile, Phoebe Baker & Iva Davies 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 The World Game 11:30 Cycling: Fleche-Wallonne 2014 12:00 Shorts On Screen - Free Kick - Having turned 60, Adela is living a life she never wanted. She has no children, a husband who walks all over her and, worst of all, nothing to look forward to. 12:35 Movie: “The Last Days Of Emma Blank” M(A,N,S,L) - A black comedy with overtones of the Theatre of the Absurd. 2:15 Movie: “Son Of Babylon” PG(A) 3:50 Inside Nature’s Giants - Camel - The experts head deep into the Australian outback to explore the ultimate desert survivor. 4:50 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong Bitesize

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5:30 Today 8:30Danoz Direct 9:30 Brand Developers 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Movie: “Leap Year” Mild Coarse Language, Mild Violence - 2:30 National News Now 3:45 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 TBA 8:10 The NRL Footy Show - Join Fatty Vautin, Michael Slater, Erin Molan, Beau Ryan and Darryl Brohman, along with the game’s biggest names for all the fun and all things footy in the show’s 21st year. 10:10 Two And A Half Men 10:40 Two And A Half Men 11:10 The AFL Footy Show 1:30 Brand Developers 3:00 Good Morning America 4:30 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today

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6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 ABC News Mornings 10:00 Behind The News 10:30 Jung In Europa 10:40 La Mappa Misteriosa 11:00 Four Corners 11:45 Media Watch 12:00 ABC News With Ros Childs 1:00 Q&A 2:00 Poh’s Kitchen 2:30 My Family 3:00 Last Of The Summer Wine 3:30 Midsomer Murders 5:00 ABC News: Early Edition 5:30 The Drum 6:00 Eggheads The Bedford Blues 6:30 QI: Atoms 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Foreign Correspondent 8:30 New Tricks: Gentleman Vanishes 9:30 At The Movies 10:00 The Book Club 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:35 Four Corners 12:20 Media Watch 12:35 Movie: “The Mad Miss Manton” (PG) - A socialite tries to uncover a murder mystery with the help of a group of friends 1:55 Movie: “Bachelor Mother” (G) 3:30 Rugby Union: Shute Shield: 5:30 Eggheads: The Bedford Blues

5:30 Today 8:30 Global Shop Direct 9:30 Brand Developers 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Movie: “The Special Relationship” (S Ref: Some Coarse Language) - A behindthe-scenes dramatization of two world leaders - Prime Minister Tony Blair and President Bill Clinton - who forged a loyal, if tempestuous, friendship out of the crucible of political necessity. 2:30 National News Now 3:45 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 TBA 11:30 20/20 - 20/20 is news and current affairs show anchored by Elizabeth Varga and Chris Cuomo. 12:30 Extra - Co-hosts Mario Lopez and Maria Menounos reporting in front of a live audience from The Grove in Los Angeles. Catch up on all the latest in Hollywood’s current affairs as we find out what the world’s hottest stars have been up to this week. 1:00 Brand Developers 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: “Rapture” - A computer software designer becomes obsessed with his now married high-school crush of 20 years before. 1:30 The Daily Edition 2:30 The Chase 3:30 Seven News At 4 4:30 Deal Or No Deal 5:00 Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Seven News 6:30 Home And Away - Cheryl gives Casey the answers he needs about his real father. Jett struggles to find the money to pay for his boat. Denny tells Chris she can’t stand players. 7:00 TBA 10:00 Parenthood - “Cold Feet” Zeek and Camille finally agree on what to do with the house. Julia jumps back into work helping out Kristina and Adam but is struggling on how to proceed in her personal life. 11:00 Smash: “The Dress Rehearsal” As Tom and Julia race to ready ‘Bombshell’ for previews, Tom’s eagerness to prove himself may not be the best thing for the show. 12:00 Harry’s Practice 12:30 Home Shopping 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra 5:00 Seven Early News

5:00 World News 1:00 Movie: For A Moment, Freedom 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 Food Safari - Lebanese 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Great Houses With Julian Fellowes - Burghley House 8:30 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 The Killing: Jens Peter Raben is in intensive care after having been shot by Ulrick Strange. 12:10 East West 101 - Just Cargo - Detective Zane Malik is deep undercover, and in danger. His mission is to link arms dealer, Akmal, with the car bomb murder of an NSO agent. 1:10 Movie: “No One Knows About The Persian Cats” - Tehran’s indie-rock scene is explored through a pair of underground musicians, Negar and Ashkan, who face persecution if they are caught performing their music. 3:00 The Circuit - The Fallout 4:00 Terror Island - On 22 July 2011, Anders Behring Breivik, a 32-year-old Norwegian set off a bomb in the heart of Oslo.

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5:30 Today 8:30 Global Shop Direct 9:30 Brand Developers 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Movie: “Silk” (Sex Scenes, Some Coarse Language) - The story of a married silkworm merchant-turned-smuggler in 19th century France travelling to Japan for his town’s supply of silkworms after a disease wipes out their African supply. 2:30 National News Now 3:45 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 TBA 11:30 Rizzoli & Isles - Welcome To The Dollhouse - Young female professionals dressed as dolls are turning up dead on the public transit system, and Jane and Maura must piece together the clues. 12:30 EXTRA 1:00 Brand Developers 3:00 Good Morning America 4:30 National Early Morning News 5:00 Today

5:30 Sunrise 9:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 Movie Romance “Tears In The Rain” 1:30 The Daily Edition 2:30 The Chase 3:30 Seven News At 4 4:30 Deal Or No Deal 5:00 Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Seven News 6:30 Home And Away 7:00 TBA 8:00 TBA 9:30 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D - “Nothing Personal ” Agent Phil Coulson assembles a small group of Agents from the worldwide law- enforcement organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D. to investigate the new, strange and unknown and protect the ordinary from the extraordinary. 11:30 Defiance: “Past Is Prologue” A wake is held for Nicky at Kenya’s bar. Stahma confides in Kenya that losing the election would be a great shame for Datak and as such is he planning to kill Amanda. 12:30 Home Shopping 3:00 Sons And Daughters - Wayne uses Patricia to get Karen off his back for good. 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra / 5:00 Seven Early News

5:00 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 6:00 My Family Feast - Greek 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Walking Through History - Stonehenge 8:35 One Born Every Minute - What Happened Next? 9:30 The Bridge - Martin is at the hospital watching over his son, Nikolaj, who has suddenly fallen ill. Saga goes there to update him on the case, and notices something isn’t quite right at the hospital. 10:35 SBS World News Late 11:05 Movie: “Beautiful Lies” - This delightful French comedy stars Audrey Tautou as the well-meaning Emilie, a hair-dresser who begins to use the anonymous love letters she receives from a co-worker to reignite her mother’s joie de vivre. M(L) 12:55 Movie: “Castaway on the Moon” M(A,L) - After failing to commit suicide by jumping from a bridge, Mr Kim is stranded on an isolated island in a Seoul river. 3:05 Movie: “I’m All Good” - ) M(S,N,L) This lively comedy set in a sleepy backwater pits a bunch of barflies against a slippery team of con artists to recoup the winnings of a shell game.

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CROSSWORD No. 196

SUDOKU No. 196

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TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st) You may feel that family members are taking advantage of your skills. Tell them that you have limited time or ask for an exchange of some sort. Romance. Don’t miss an opportunity to meet someone new. This person knows you, but is very shy. Seek them out!

GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st) Don’t worry too much about something that is beyond your control. A solution will come if you wait. Busy yourself in the meantime. Romance. An unusual dream may worry you at first. The message in the dream will be much more positive than you realise, however.

CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd)

FOR KIDS

You could be approached by someone who wants to set a meeting with you this week. This person will be much older than yourself. Heed their advice. Romance. Your partner may be in a slightly strange mood. You’ll have to make allowances for them at this time.

LEO (July 24th - August 23rd)

A difficult family decision will be at the forefront this week. Be attentive to what others are saying and asking for. Romance. You will be feeling very confident. Your partner will find it great fun to be with. Your enthusiasm will help to cheer them and others up.

VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd) You need the chance to get away from your day-to-day routine. Try to find an excuse for a short trip away from home. It will leave you feeling rejuvinated. Romance. This will be a good time for relaxing with your partner. Finish your work early so you can have time together.

LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd)

A difficult decision will not be any easier if you worry constantly. Put your mind at rest and the matter will soon sort itself out. Romance. Don’t spend too much time thinking about the past. You need to take into account recent changes which have improved your situation.

FINDWORD No. 196

SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd)

A LAUGH WITH LOTSA

Some well-meant advice could be more of a hindrance than a help. Don’t rely on other people’s judgement when your own is better. Romance. You may feel completely in sync with your partner this week. It’s a good indication of how well you work with one another.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st) A chance meeting later in the week may be less accidental than it seems. They may have been seeking you out for some time. Romance. Both Venus and Mars are in good aspect at the moment. This could bring new endeavours to you and your partner. Are you ready?

CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th)

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You will have a strong need for security this week. Your friends should rally round you and give you some encouragement. Romance. Your partner will be intrigued to find out what you have been up to recently. Try to maintain the mystery as long as you can.

AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th) Look at all angles before you make your move. There may be something that you have forgotten. Double-check everything! Romance. Pressure from other people may cause strains in your love-life. Take what information you want from this and move on!

PISCES (February 20th - March 20th) You should be very “on the ball” this week. Activities which require clear, logical thinking will be especially easy for you. Romance. Someone close to you may soon be getting married. Your feelings may be a little ambivalent. Are you where you want to be at this moment?

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SOLUTIONS No. 196

ARIES (March 21st - April 20th) Your emotions will be much stronger than you realise. Don’t commit to any offers without thinking through them first. Romance. Don’t allow yourself to be ruled by your emotions. You will make a better partner when you are relaxed and realistic with your expectations.

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Shirley Stanaway ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 7pm on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at the Nhulunbuy High School Gym All positions are declared vacant A new committee needs to be filled for netball to continue in GOVE 2014/2015. *Please note all current committee members are leaving town in 2014 For further information on declared positions or GNA please email gove.netball@hotmail.com or contact GNA President Helen Clark on 8987 3728

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PROVISION BY TENDER OF SIX MONTHLY SERVICING OF AIR CONDITIONING IN ALL COUNCIL ASSETS IN THE COMMUNITIES OF ANGURUGU, UMBAKUMBA AND MILYAKBURRA

PROVISION BY TENDER OF SIX MONTHLY SERVICING OF AIRCONDITIONING IN ALL COUNCIL ASSETS IN THE COMMUNITIES OF GALIWIN’KU, RAMINGINING, MILINGIMBI, GAPUWIYAK, YIRRKALA, GUNYANGARA AND NHULUNBUY

TENDER No. B-AC1415.02 Closing Date: 14:00PM CST, 7TH MAY 2014

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Interested and eligible bidders are to submit their tender via electronic lodging on www.tenders.net/buyer/easc by the closing date.

For Enquiries: Ms Emma Clay Senior Technical Officer East Arnhem Regional Council (08) 8986 8905 emma.clay@eastarnhem.nt.gov.au

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PROVISION BY TENDER OF WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITIES OF YIRRKALA AND GUNYANGARA

PROVISION BY TENDER OF WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITIES OF ANGURUGU AND UMBAKUMBA

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TENDER No. B-WM1415.02

Closing Date: 14:00PM CST, 7TH MAY 2014

A full description of the Contract Requirements is available by accessing and downloading tender documents online at www.tenders.net/buyer/easc

Interested and eligible bidders are to submit their tender via electronic lodging on www.tenders.net/buyer/easc by the closing date.

For Enquiries: Ms Emma Clay Senior Technical Officer East Arnhem Regional Council (08) 8986 8905 emma.clay@eastarnhem.nt.gov.au

EDUCATION

Remote education conversation continues NT MINISTER for Education Peter Chandler has continued to visit remote schools across the Territory with a recent trip to Groote Eylandt and Bickerton Island visiting local schools and talking to key community stakeholders. This visit follows recent trips to schools in Gove and Central Australia. “I’ve been very impressed with the schools in our remote areas, and I’ve

met some dedicated teachers and assistant teachers. “Two areas that were high on principals’ agendas were the Indigenous Education Review (IER) and the Federal Government’s Remote School Attendance Strategy (RSAS).” Independent reviewer Bruce Wilson’s final report of the IER is being considered by the Territory Government so Minister Chandler was keen to discuss a few of the

recommendations with staff. He said staff were also interested in Bruce Wilson’s proposal to shift senior secondary schooling to regional centres to improve the quality of the education offered. “Interestingly, I was told that many students already leave their community for secondary education, travelling to boarding schools in Queensland, Adelaide or Melbourne.

Schools added to attendance plan A NUMBER of East Arnhem Land schools have been included in the government’s Remote School Attendance Strategy since the beginning of this new school term. The program, which began this year, involves School Attendance Officers and Supervisors working to increase student attendance number in remote schools across the country. Early data from schools involved in the scheme’s first stage, including Yirrkala School, have reportedly revealed signs of increased school attendance. Minister for Indigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion said: “The challenge now is to

maintain these gains and work with the additional communities to ensure they too benefit from increased school attendance. “School Attendance Officers work to increase school attendance through a variety of measures, including walking or driving children to school, helping with school lunch preparation and organising uniforms. “The officers also work within their communities to promote the benefits of regular school attendance.” The East Arnhem schools added to this program this term include Numbulwar School, Alyangula School (on Groote Eylandt) and Milyakburra School on Bickerton Island.

Chandler tours remote Cape York schools NORTHERN Territory Education Minister Peter Chandler (left) has completed a three-day tour of remote Indigenous schools on Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula, the ABC reported. On the final day of his tour, Mr Chandler was joined by Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson (right), who runs the Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy, it said. Mr Pearson showed the Minister about the academy’s Hope Vale campus, about 50km north of Cooktown. The schools teach English literacy and numeracy using the direct instruction teaching method, which focuses on teacher direction and repetition. Mr Chandler last Wednesday visited the Aurukun campus, where all students speak English as a second language. He said he was impressed by the students’ engagement, and is seriously considering the model for Territory

schools, the ABC reported. Mr Pearson said students at the Cape York schools are encouraged to attend urban boarding schools once they have graduated from primary school, it was reported “This is a model for remote Australia really,” he said. “Our five C model is completely applicable to Indigenous communities across remote Australia and should therefore be applicable in the Northern Territory.” He has rejected criticism the focus on English literacy and numeracy is a barrier to students retaining their languages and culture. “We believe that our program is an ambitious program,” he said. “It’s not an assimilation program, it’s about keeping your culture, but also being equipped to participate in the wider world.”

“It’s about providing options to students that will give them the best quality of education to open up opportunities later in life.” The RSAS is due to be rolled out on Groote Eylandt and Bickerton Island next term; Minister Chandler discussed with principals how they will plan for the additional students. The Minister also had very positive meetings with the Anindilyakwa Land Council and BHP Billiton’s Gemco as the major employer for the region.

NT Education Minister Peter Chandler recently met with staff and students at schools on Groote Eylandt.

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Gove Community Advisory Committee COMMUNITY UPDATE #9 The GCAC held a special meeting on 22 April 2014 to hear from senior officials from the NT Department of Mines and Energy (DME) on Government’s roles and responsibilities in the compliance and remediation of mining operations. This was arranged in response to a direct request from GCAC members, after feedback from the community. Key points from the DME briefing include: • DME, on behalf of the responsible Minister, monitors and regulates the environmental performance of mining operations in the NT. • Mining companies require a Ministerial Authorisation to operate. In order to obtain this Authorisation, a mining management plan must be submitted to and approved by the Minister. • The mining management plan includes a report of activities against the previous year’s plan, as well as details on proposed future activities. • Key parts of the mining management plan (given the refinery’s curtailment) are: A. Environmental and water management: progress against agreed targets (at Australian standards), revegetation and closure objectives, and pollution and waste minimisation strategies and indicators. B. Closure planning: overall end land use objectives (determined in consultation with stakeholders including land owners), objectives for close-out of individual areas (e.g. red mud ponds, waste water storage), time schedules and costings. • The mining management plan is assessed by DME officials including water and chemical specialists. • As part of the mining management plan, mining companies must deposit a financial security with DME against the operator’s future remediation obligations. This is set at an amount that reflects the estimated costs of remediating the land by a third party. The goal is to ensure that the refinery site and port are stable, non-eroding and uncontaminated. • The security amount held by DME for Gove Operations is unable to be disclosed as it is commercial in confidence. However, it is a substantial amount and covers cost components such as the removal of infrastructure and contamination, earth moving, revegetation, drainage and infilling. • The mining management plan is revised by the company at least annually and resubmitted through DME for Ministerial approval. As part of this process, the security held by DME is also revised each year. • The Minister may require an operator to pay an additional amount if the security held is less than the costs incurred for remediation. • An annual levy is also paid to DME by mining companies (1% of security amount) for Government’s Mining Remediation Fund and administrative costs. • DME will continue to continuously monitor the state of the Gove site over the curtailment period. Audits, visits and inspections will routinely take place, and will not be reduced. If anything, there will be an increase in these early months. • DME has not placed any timeframe on Rio Tinto Alcan’s refinery curtailment. It will continue to monitor the site including for structural integrity. • Other areas of particular interest to DME include water management and quality (ground and surface), residue disposal, reduction of contaminated water on site, and closure progress for the red mud ponds. The GCAC agreed to collate any additional community queries for DME on this issue through the NTG local team. Community members are also able to raise concerns directly and confidentially with DME via mineral.info@nt.gov.au or 08 8999 6528. The GCAC discussed several positive developments over the past four weeks, including the successful community event at the Walkabout on 9 May with a guest speaker on regional change. The GCAC acknowledged the strong support from the Arafura Times in publishing these updates free of charge for the community. The GCAC will be involved in two facilitated workshops in mid-late May: A. A review of GCAC’s priorities going forward, based on feedback from GCAC sub-groups (e.g. health, business, culture, sport and recreation). B. A project development session, focused on progressing a number of economic development concepts compiled from community and business input as well as NTG assessments. This workshop will also be held with the Chamber of Commerce and business group, and the Regional Economic Development Committee. Many of the sub-groups have already met to discuss their priorities for the future. All community members are encouraged to get in touch with their GCAC representatives to provide comments or ideas for either of these workshops. Community Update courtesy of the Arafura Times.

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WATER CONSUMPTION TABLE

NHULUNBUY

W/E Apr 27 W/E Apr 27 Variance Actual Usage Target Usage

Day

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

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

Monday 21/04

5088

1339

5100

1342

-12

-3

Tuesday 22/04

4879

1284

5000

1316

-121

-32

Wednesday 23/04

4201

1106

4800

1263

-599

-157

Thursday 24/04

4640

1221

5200

1368

-560

-147

Friday 25/04

3853

1014

5100

1342

-1247

-328

Saturday 26/04

4242

1116

5100

1342

-858

-226

Sunday 27/04

4469

1176

5200

1368

-731

-192

8256 35500

9341

-4128

-1085

31372

TOTAL

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

Weather details o

Temperature ( C) Max Min Rainfall Monday 21 30.8 26.0 0.6 Tuesday 22 27.4 24.1 44.4 Wednesday 23 28.2 24.1 17.8 Thursday 24 27.2 23.3 45.8 Friday 25 30.6 22.9 37.6 Saturday 26 29.3 24.3 34.0 Sunday 27 30.9 24.0 1.8 Monthly total rainfall to date: 293.6mm

Church services

Sacred Heart Catholic Church Vigil Saturday 6.00pm, Sunday Service 8.30am

Seventh-Day Adventist Church Ph: 8987 2375 / 0419 465 045 Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga Hala Tupou – Ph: 8987 3553 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. Endeavour Room at the Captain Cook Community Centre. Ph: 0434 059611 or 8987 8268. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Brother Forbes 0428 767 616 – Sunday 10am.

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Mean sea level pressure Max: 1011.4 hPa on Sunday Min: 1005.4 hPa on Friday Averages for the month of April Max temp: 30.8 Min temp: 23.2 Rainfall: 226.2mm

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Tide times – Gove Harbour (Melville Bay) Wed 30

Thu 01

Fri 02

Time 0330 0942 1552 2137

Time 0411 1024 1632 2212

Time 0447 1103 1708 2248

Ht 0.60 2.96 0.96 3.11

Ht 0.52 2.92 1.02 3.13

Sat 03 Ht 0.49 2.85 1.10 3.11

Time 0522 1141 1741 2324

NEW MOON

Ht 0.50 2.76 1.17 3.05

Sun 04

Mon 05

Time 0557 1220 1814

Time 0000 0633 1301 1847

Ht 0.56 2.66 1.24

LAST QTR

Ht 2.95 0.64 2.55 1.31

Tue 06 Time 0038 0715 1344 1927

Ht 2.83 0.75 2.44 1.39

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GREEN-FINGERED children and goodnatured residents are joining forces to bring Nhulunbuy into bloom. About six volunteers met last Sunday, at the Lions Club compound, off Wuyal Road, to break dirt on the 2014 Dry growing season. They’re were turning over the soil, spreading compost and preparing beds. Haidee Dentith is one of the coordinators, along with Leigh Anderson and Jessica Alexander, behind efforts to create and tend a community garden to educate kids about growing vegetables to supplement their families’ diets, and provide physical activity through maintenance. Many Nhulun boys and girls have limited access to fresh produce, and may not have adequate space to grow a garden or have the knowledge of how to maintain their own garden. Research shows that, when communities have access to fresh fruits and vegetables, they are healthier communities as a whole, with lower rates of diabetes, obesity, and other diet-related diseases. “There’s a satisfaction in growing something yourself, getting your hands dirty and seeing the seed develop into something edible,” Ms Dentith said. The children will be able to watch the plants and feel proud of their contributions, she said. And when they learn to grow their own food, they will appreciate it more. “It’s a fun family project to get kids interested in growing and identifying those things they need in their daily diet,” she said. “You’re outdoors and you have a lot of nice people you’re working next to.” “The benefits are numerous. It will be a gathering place where you can come together and see how people work together.” The community aspect of the garden is one of the best parts of the project, teaching children to share tool, work cooperatively, learn of each other, to forward plan, trade surpluses and problem solve, she said. Each gardener is expected to nurture their own plot and to volunteer a small amount of time to overall garden maintenance, such as planting, weeding, and harvesting. “We hope to see a community build from it,” Ms Dentith said. The beds are available for free for individuals, families, groups, clubs and community groups. In addition to individual plots, there are common plots for flowers, herbs and fruit. For now, the group is looking for a permanent space, and providing hands-on learning. In the interim, Lions have given the group access to its compound where another group Growzone, which worked with disabled children, had previously established a shadehouse. Growzone, which has since wind up, has also donated its resources, such as the shadehouse, plants, tools and gardening supplies to the group. IGA also have donated their spoiled

scrapes for compost, a wheelbarrow for transporting items and pineapple tops for planting. The group hoped that people leaving town will donate their tools, plants, seeds and watering equipment to the project. The gardeners have recycled old baths and polystyrene bins to plant vegetable and fruits best suited to the tropics, such as sweet potatoes, snake beans, Brazilian spinach, gai lan (Chinese broccoli), spring onions, pineapples, dragonfuit, a special hybrid of tomatoes, as well as herbs, like chives, coriander and four varieties of basil, and ornamental and flowering plants to attract bees and other beneficial insects. Ms Dentith said the group was in talks with Rio Tinto and the Nhulunbuy Corp. Ltd. about acquiring a permanent plot for the garden. It has surveyed several blocks, but the most promising is one off Wuyal Rd., near the Peninsula Bakery. The NCL may declare the disused area parkland and open it to the public, Ms Dentith said. “It’s a really good use of some space the Corporation has no plans for at the current time.” She said while Nhulunbuy is interested, there still is “a lot of work to do” on the management side, but so far, there is a high amount of optimism. For now, she would like to see the project get more community support. Having people with skills, such as the knowledge of how to build beds that withstands the wet and dry seasons, would be invaluable, Ms Dentith said. The young gardeners also would like to have a few advisory master gardeners to look in, and “see what we’re doing and what we could do better,” she said. They wanted people who know about horticultural skills, such as trellising, composting, weed control, irrigation, general maintenance, to mentor people how to plant and provide for themselves. With more hands in the garden hopefully will grow into something Nhulunbuy can take pride in and generate more produce for all involved. No two community gardens are alike so the general public is welcome to view the children’s work between 9am and noon on Sundays, and at other times nominated on the Gove Community Garden page on Facebook. More information join the Facebook page, which already has 190 members, or contact Haidee on 0409 586 078.

ENTERTAINMENT

Lights shining bright for local favourites LOCAL band East Journey have been recording their new single, Bright Lights, Big City, in the suitable location of the big city of Sydney. Earlier this month the band was joined in the recording studio by big names in music, including original members of Yothu Yindi and LA-based producer, Stevie Salas. The eightpiece band have been honing their exciting mix of contemporary and Local band East Journey at last year’s Deadly Awards. traditional sounds for the release of to make that music and twist it ferent to anything I’ve ever their new single and second around into contemporary.” heard but somehow like a lot of album this year. Mr Salas told media that Indigenous language, they sing East Journey lead guitarist the inclusion of traditional some parts that I don’t know Patrick White recently told Yolngu-Matha language in what they are saying at all but NITV: “When we break down East Journey’s album makes I can feel what they are saying, to the traditional part, that’s them uniquely different to other and it turns out what I’m feeling where the feeling is and hearing emerging artists. from the lyric is actually what that in the land itself inspires us “The language is so dif- they’re saying,” said Mr Salas.

Y o t h u Y i n d i ’ s drummer Ben Hakalitz also joined the boys in the studio as a mentor, sharing his knowledge of the music industry with the lads from East Journey. Mr Hakalitz has said he was confident the young band would be just as successful as Yothu Yindi. “They are Yothu Yindi. These are the kids that carry the blood line of the old man and if they want to be the next Yothu Yindi then by all means we are going to get them out there sounding like that.” Their new single will be released on May 5, with the album set to be launched later this year.

Hark to the sounds from underground Sound the Underground by King of The North Review by: ANGELA MADDEN THIS week our feature of not using any prealbum is a straight-up, recorded loops, triggers no holds-barred, sticky- or samples in any of their pub-floor modern Rock live performances or recordings. ‘n Roll. King of The North are The duo comprises an Aussie drums/guitar Andrew Higgs (Guitar/ duo intent on bringing Vocals) and Danny Leo us hard-rocking, uncom- (Drums/Back-up Vocals) plicated music with a and is based in Melbourne. There are plenty of minimum of fuss. And they certainly reviews, hype and sweatydeliver on this promise. photos around to suggest King of The North these guys deliver a solid make a heck of a lot of live show, and this recordsound using just two guys, ing certainly allows you to two vocals, drums, one easily picture yourself in a guitar and lots of amps. crowded pub band-room, They make a point wearing black t-shirt and

jeans, and rocking out amongst fellow punters. Sound the Underground has just recently been released, on March 14 this year, and is the debut long-player for these guys, following on from a self-titled EP released in September 2011. King of The North appear to have a growing, and wide-ranging, fan base. The website for the group states; “The duo has rocked everything from rock, metal and stoner-rock bills to blues, folk and alternative music festivals such as Apollo

Bay, Gumball, Cool Summer, Folk Rhythm and Life, Queenscliff and Rock The B a y, ” a m o n g others. If you like your rock loud, energetic and likely to grab you around the throat, check out King of The North. Each week we feature an album by an Australian artist or group. Listen out as we play a track from the feature album Monday to Friday this week, just prior to the midday news. A full interview be-

KINGS OF THE NORTH: Andrew Higgs (Guitar/ Vocals) and Danny Leo (Drums/Backup Vocals).

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Kings of the North drummer Danny Leo rocking out.

INDIGENOUS Ambassadors for the Human Papillomavirus vaccination program Jacinta Price and Troy CassarDaley are urging young people to make sure they are fully covered by getting the full three doses of the vaccination. The second dose of the vaccinations is being rolled out in schools across Australia from this month, with the third and final dose available later this year. HPV is a common virus that affects men and women. It can cause the development of HPV-related cancers

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GOVE ARTS THEATRE GREAT DEBATE By MATT GARRICK THE mob from Gove Arts Theatre had a crack at tackling some of the lofty questions of the universe last Thursday night, for the inaugural GAT Great Debate. Two teams battled it out at the podium in The Cell to debate an issue that continues to plague mankind; Is

God a Man or a Woman? Representing the region’s blokes, Chris Putland, Shane ‘Shiny’ Guiney and Robbie Stewart pulled out their big guns to try to prove that the good lord was indeed a sheila. But they were no match for the speakers from the fairer sex, Wendy Troe, Jo Carroll and Raewyn Huddy, who managed to hold together the

winning argument that God was actually a man. After an intermission, a second less lofty question was also argued, on the heated topic of; Are Farts Funny? The audience decided at the end of the debate that letting one rip was indeed rather humorous, and the affirmative team took home the win. GAT stalwart Chris Andrews

came up with the idea for the event after watching all the argy-bargy that happens on facebook site, the Gove Notice Board. “I put the call out on facebook to see if some of those people who sit there on social media would get up here and actually say it in public. “And we ended up getting excellent speakers; it was hilarious, it was

fun, it was light-hearted.” This weekend, GAT are putting on their brand new play, Blurred, about an frenetic series of adventures on the way to Schoolies Week. Tickets are available but selling fast, and are for sale at Nhulunbuy High School front office. Full details of Blurred times in the What’s On guide, page 8.

LEFT: Winners of the second debate topic, ‘Are Farts Funny?’ Lawrence Walker, Jo Carroll and Robbie Stewart. RIGHT: BASKING IN GLORY: Winners of the first GAT Great Debate, Joanne Carol and Raewyn Huddy and Wendy Troe (seated). BELOW LEFT: Chris ‘Putty’ Putland trying to convince the audience that God is a woman. BELOW CENTRE: GOD IS A MAN: Adjudicator Shelley Martin watches on as Team Captain Wendy Troe delivers her argument.

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LEFT: Robyn Pellenat and Tiff Kynigopoulos. ABOVE: WINE O’CLOCK: Shelley Martin, Dot Pietre and Lee Peters. RIGHT: Social butterflies Louise and Graham Hughes.

Ange Morris and Liz Pickett.

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Thommo, Pascoe team up for cricket tournament

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TWO of Australia’s greatest fast bowlers will be the special guests at annual Nhulunbuy cricket tournament on June 7 and 8. Tearaways Len Pascoe and Jeff Thompson will attend the weekend and present prizes to the winners and runnersup at a dinner on Sunday, June 8. Competing teams will play a round robin for a substantial cash prize. Each team will consist of eight players who will play in a match of five overs over half an hour. The teams bowlers will bowl one over each and the remaining three players must bat before the any of the bowlers. Gove FM will provide music and commentary during the game. Entry in the tournament is $120 a player and includes the dinner night. Tickets for partners for the dinner can be purchased for $50 each. To entry the tournament or for more information, email muldoons.n.t@bigpond.com or call 0400633043

LEN PASCOE. photo dailymail.co.uk

Stress is an inevitable part of life and impossible to eliminate. But it can be managed. While some reach for a bottle to deal with crises, hitting the road, track or beach were better solutions, increasing self-confidence and giving you a sense of command over your body and your life that resulted in higher energy levels and optimism, which will can help you feel clearer and calmer, Ms McDonald said. “With so much worry and uncertainty about the future of the town, it is more important than ever for Territorians to stay healthy and active,” she said. Ms McDonald organises personal fitness training and group classes for all sexes, shapes and ages, as well as consulting on diet. But it doesn’t matter what form your exercise or physical activ-

ity you chose, do want you love, she said. Virtually everything from aerobics and stair climbing to yoga and cycling, it all can act as a stress reliever, and relax tense muscles and tissue, Ms McDonald said. Human beings were designed to move, not sit on chairs. If you’re not cut or even if you’re downright porky, a little exercise go a long way toward stress management. She recommends building up your fitness level gradually. A workout of low to moderate intensity will burn fat and makes you feel energised, while a gung ho program can lead to overdoing it and possibly even injury. Ms McDonald said while some woman and young mums initially took up exercise for weight loss, once they achieved their goal they have continued exercising to sculpt their bodies, maintain social contacts

NHULUN boys and girls are in store for a unique cinematic experience this Friday night, with the Gove Film Society’s screening for May. This month, audiences will step inside the world of Aussie author Tim Winton, for the screen adaptation of his collection of short stories, The Turning. Featuring a stellar cast of homegrown talent including Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving and Rose Byrne, The Turning showcases 17 of those short tales, each one constructed by a different director. Many of the stories include

interwoven narratives, creating an intriguing and twisting central plotline that generally centres around protagonist, Vic Lang. The movie premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival in August last year, and has since received huge amounts of critical acclaim. As Margaret Pomeranz from ABC’s At The Movies put it, she was “absolutely engrossed for the whole three hours”. She gave it a solid four stars. Film Society organiser Simone Gianelli said there would be no better

way for locals to cap off their week than by coming along to watch this highly lauded flick. “For the hungry punters we’ve also organised some incredible gourmet delights, and drinks will be served from 6pm by exuberant and charming bar staff,” Ms Gianelli said. The movie will be screened at the Gove Regional Arts Centre in 4C’s (opposite the bakery), Friday, May 2. Doors, dinner and bar will open from 6pm, with the movie to start at 7pm. There will be an intermission

TEST STATISTICS LEN PASCOE tests 14 innings 27 wickets 64 runs 1668 average 26.06 best innings 5-39 best match 6-96 strike rate 53.1

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Feel better, cope better REGULAR exercise has greater benefits than boosting your sense of wellbeing beyond the physical, believes Nhulunbuy trainer Anna McDonald. Being active can distract you from daily worries and put more pep in your step every day, she said. “Exercise has been proven to combat feelings of depression and anxiety,” Ms McDonald said. “It can also help reduce stress levels, increase self esteem as well as improve quality of sleep.” Physical activity bumps up the production of endorphins, or chemicals in the brain that act as natural painkillers, which are often referred to as a runner’s high, a rousing game of tennis, brisk walk, meditation, acupuncture even deep breathing also can contribute to this same feeling. Regular exercise, a fast-paced game of touch footy or several laps of the pool can be diversions from daily stress. You will often find you have forgotten the day’s irritations, and are more alert and concentrating only on your body’s movements. As you begin to regularly shed your tensions through movement and physical activity, you may find that this focus on a single task, and the resulting energy and optimism, can help you remain calm and clear in everything that you do.

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or it has become part of their social commitments. There was no need to spend big on gym membership, when the outdoors provided just as challenging venues and conditions to improve health, Ms McDonald said. Stair climbing, jogging, tai chi or gardening, the most important thing is to pick an activity that you enjoy. All her classes were held outdoor, which added the benefits of fresh air and sunshine. “There are plenty of great exercise groups to join,” she said, citing Sam from Territory Fitness, who oversees fitness classes, Rachel from the Aquatic Centre, who organises Cross Fitness, and Erin from Active Fitness Training. All are registered fitness professionals. For more information, call Anna on 0404318517.

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