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27 full-time jobs go in latest health cuts

Queensland Nurses Union’s Cooktown Branch Members, Debbie Slater, Peta Lyons, Jola George, Cheryl Bess and Kaye Clarke with placards expressing their views on the Newman government health cuts at the Cooktown airport in January, awaiting the arrival of the Premier.

MORE than 27 full-time jobs are to be made redundant under the Health Department’s latest razor attack on jobs - this time across the Cape York Health District.

At the time of going to press, the Cooktown Local News was unable to determine how many would be in Cooktown.

The latest measures were revealed in a video conference with Cape York Hospital and Health Service Chief Executive Susan Turner to Cooktown Hospital staff on Tuesday.

Cooktown staff were told 27.5 full-time jobs had been identified as being surplus to the health service’s needs.

Ms Turner’s announcement is the aftermath of a similar process used in January this year, when staff were offered the option of voluntary redundancies after being told that jobs would be cut by June this year.

Twenty staff members had submitted expressions of interest in a voluntary redundancy, which Ms Turner said would be accepted.

Ms Turner said that, unfortunately, staff in the remaining 7.5 FTE affected surplus positions will face retrenchment unless they can be redeployed to other areas, but she said the future was not all gloomy for those staff, with a number of positions within the HHS unaffected by the redundancy process and are currently vacant.

“Staff whose positions have been made redundant and who do not wish to take a redundancy package will have the opportunity to apply to fill those vacancies, should they have the necessary skills to do so.” she said.

It is expected the restructure of the Cape York HHS will achieve an overall budget saving of about $2.5 million with the redundancies.

Ms Turner said the restructuring was the result of a recent, extensive organisational review by consultant Ernst and Young who were recently engaged to help identify more effective and cost-efficient ways of delivering health care to Cape York communities.

“This is part of a broad process to restructure our services so that we can deliver them more efficiently, reduce duplication and focus on the core areas of acute care,’’ she said.

Ms Turner said five of the 27.5 FTE affected positions were in clinical areas, while the remainder were all either administrative or operational.

“Three of these clinical positions are senior Directors of Nursing who have elected to take a voluntary redundancy package as we restructure our nursing workforce to focus more on direct patient care and less on back-office management duties,’’ she said.

“A further two clinical nurses within the sexual and women’s health service and the mental health service also have elected to take a voluntary redundancy, so we have redesigned the workload within these services to absorb the duties previously filled by the departing staff.

“As we are still in negotiations with some staff it would be unfair and a breach of confidentiality for us to be any more specific about the positions involved in this process.

“Obviously, this is deeply unsettling for people and I want to offer my assurances we will support all staff affected, including those who are not taking redundancies but whose workplaces are affected by the departure of colleagues.

“We intend to be as compassionate and understanding as possible as we work through the complexities surrounding these types of changes.

“Throughout this process, we have been very mindful of both our industrial obligations and our obligations to affected staff.

“I would like to assure all Cape York residents and the rest of our staff that, painful as this process of adjustment may be for us internally, it will have absolutely no impact on direct service delivery.

“Indeed, the savings that will be achieved will allow for sensible streamlining and realigning of our service delivery systems and processes.

“All this change we believe will be at no cost to our core priorities of delivering improved patient care and patient outcomes.’’

Local Queensland Nurses Union representative Jola George said the plan outlined in the video conference concentrates on restructuring administrative positions in the hospital and primary care services, including management positions.

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Winners are grinners . . .

Karen Johnstone was all smiles on Friday night after winning $1000 in the Cooktown Bowls Club Members Draw. Offered the choice of a cheque or cash, and excited Karen was happy to take the cash. Asked whether she was concerned her win might have used up all her luck for a lotto prize on Saturday night, she replied, “Bugger lotto!” Winners are grinners. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.

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LNP blueprint puts profits before patients THE Newman Government’s “blueprint” for selling-off public hospital services fails to provide details of the fate of smaller hospitals in Far North Queensland.

Our network of large and small hospitals has been built by decades of investment by Queensland taxpayers.

Now the LNP wants to hand it over to the highest bidders who will be putting profits before patients.

MARCH

Thu 14. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from

9.30am to 10.30am.

Thu 14. Cooktown State School P & C meeting in the staff room, administration building at 5.30pm on Thursday, March 21 when school bus behaviour will be discussed.

Sat 16. Cooktown SSAA Safety Course from 8.30am.

Sat 16. Cape York SSAA working bee.

Sat 16. Cooktown Pool - Aqua Aerobics - from noon to 1pm.

Sun 17. Cape York SSAA Black Powder Shoot from 9am.

Sun 17. South Cape York Catchments tree planting at the Annan River. Meet at the Lions Den at 9am.

Sun 17. Cooktown Amateur Turf Club meeting at the race clubrooms from 9.30am.

Sun 17. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 1.30pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details.

Tue 19. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 9.30am to 10.30am.

Tue 19. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 8pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details.

Wed 20. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 9.30am to 10.30am.

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Sat 23. Cape York SSAA Rifle Shoot from 9am.

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Sun 24. Cooktown SSAA Practical Shoot from 9.30am.

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Tue 26. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 9.30am to 10.30am.

Tue 26. Endeavour Lions Club meeting at the Lions Hall in Amos Street from 7pm.

Tue 26. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 8pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details.

Wed 27. Cooktown Pool - Aqua Aerobics - from noon to 1pm.

That is bad news for smaller hospitals within the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service region as well as in the regions covered by the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula HHS; and the Cape York HHS. The LNP’s ‘Contestability Units’ will force every part of every hospital to justify why it should not be replaced by a private contractors whose aim will be to turn a profit.

AS the ALP’s Candidate for Leichhardt, I am calling on Queensland Premier Campbell Newman to stop cutting jobs and start delivering better health services for locals in Cooktown.

The $3 billion the Newman Government has slashed from its health budget is risking lives in the region.

Everyone I talk to knows someone who has been sacked or has been impacted by a service that has been cut by the Newman LNP Government.

We are being hit hard and my thoughts are with the workers and their families who have been impacted by these cuts.

Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch had been far too silent on the issue.

It’s time Warren Entsch took up the fight for local health workers by calling on his LNP colleagues to focus on delivering health services and stop these cuts.

These are real people we’re talking about here.

The Newman LNP Government is undermining the progress being made to improve our health system - one of the first acts of the Newman LNP Govern-

ment after being elected last year was to sack more than 4000 health workers and cut funding to breast screening services and other preventative health programs.

These short-sighted, irresponsible decisions will have a serious impact on our community.

It’s time the Newman LNP Government started to treat locals with respect and showed some commitment to improving health outcomes.

The Federal Labor Government is delivering record funding to Queensland - it will increase by 21 per cent over the next four years, an extra $600 million so the Newman Government should be using this unprecedented investment in Queensland health services to deliver better outcomes for patients, including here in Cooktown.

It is becoming clearer that Campbell Newman’s cuts in Queensland will be the blueprint for Tony Abbott’s Australia.

We can’t let Tony Abbott do to Australia what Campbell Newman has done to Queensland.

Billy Gordon, ALP Candidate for Leichhardt.

27 full-time jobs go in latest health cuts << From Page 1 “Some positions have been cancelled from today (Tuesday) and their functions reallocated,” Mrs George said.

“The people concerned can apply for the newly created positions if they are the same level (some of the new positions are at a higher level) or take redundancy.”

Mrs George confirmed that no nurses working on the wards are affected by the announcement.

“There are no details of exactly which admin-

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istrative positions have been cancelled, but the people concerned will be notified in the coming days and given support and guidance, “ she said.

“The position of lower grade support staff is not yet clear, but some cutting seems to have happened.”

She said the Cape York management seems to have done their best to minimise the impact of the cuts on nurses and other frontline staff.

“We don’t have a complete picture of how the restructuring will affect

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safe from the LNP’s privatisation plans.

Everyone except the LNP recognises that job losses in rural and regional centres have a huge impact on the local economy as families stop spending or leave town to seek other work.

The LNP’s privatisation plans do nothing for the health of local economies.

Jo-Ann Miller State Shadow Health Minister

Stop the health cuts: Gordon Entsch asks:

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The quickest and easiest way to do that is to have fewer jobs, lower wages and conditions, and reduced service standards.

Another way to turn a profit is to cut services in smaller country hospitals and centralise them in the nearest major provincial centre such as Cairns or even in Brisbane.

The end result of the LNP’s “blueprint” is that no hospital service and therefore no job in our state health system will be

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us, and will have to wait and see,” she said.

Where’s Stuart?

IN response to Stuart Traill (Cooktown Local News, Union brings back ‘Where’s Warren’ campaign, 7-3-13), if Stuart was serious about not being a slave to the Labor Party he would legitimately be campaigning for his members’ best interests with the party that is in government.

I’m disappointed that he and other unionists are so bogged down in their political idealism that they lose sight of the big picture, not like the AWU’s Darryl Noack and his ‘fighting for your rights’-style representation.

When was the last time anyone saw Stuart Traill in the Torres Strait?

As for Senator Jan McLucas, where does she stand on current issues?

We don’t hear her talking about the Rehabilitation Centre, blanket World Heritage, the Coral Sea marine reserve or building jobs and infrastructure in the region, and the only time she mentions TB is when she’s rehashing the flawed figures given to her by AusAID - an organisation that doesn’t even know what’s happening in the Western Province.

And as for her effort to redirect blame for the health funding cuts, will she be apologising to Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service head Bob Norman for her incorrect statements in the Senate on February 28 that he has taken her to task on in a letter last week?

Sen. McLucas and her foot soldier, Stuart, should put their ideology aside and realise that this is not about politics, it’s about people.

Warren Entsch MP Federal Member for Leichhardt

Logging plan puts habitats at risk PEOPLE I speak to are confused about the nature of the logging proposed for re-commencement in Far North Queensland.

It is neither rainforest nor selective.

The state government proposal, with no Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service participation in the five-year harvest plans, is targeted at the clearfelling of sensitive ecotone forests in the Herberton, Ravenshoe and Kuranda areas.

These are mostly wet sclerophyll habitats, which are our rarest regional type of forest, wedged between rainforest and dry sclerophyll.

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As well as devastating significant habitat for native wildlife, including cassowaries, there are far better timber alternatives to destroying fragile, native forests - the sustainable plantation industry.

To propose systematic logging of our precious forests without proper process or public consultation is extraordinary in the modern age, where more and more, we place value on these precious, diminishing habitats that are also a rich source of income and employment in the tourism sector.

Steve Brech, FNQ Greens spokesperson.

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Greens name Leichhardt candidate THE Queensland Greens have selected small businesswoman and sustainability student Johanna Kloot (pictured) as their candidate for the seat of Leichhardt.

Ms Kloot was preselected unopposed by the Far North Queensland local branch.

“I am very pleased to be selected to represent the Greens in Leichhardt at the upcoming federal election,” Johanna said.

“I know the importance of preparing for changing times ahead.

“Ensuring our community is best placed to tackle the climate challenges that will come our way is very important to me.

“The real and measurable effects of climate change are unmistakable in the north.

“Leichhardt has higher rising background temperatures compared to the rest of Australia and the world, farmers are aware of the changes affecting their land.”

Ms Kloot said she is a passionate supporter of farmers: “It is the people who work their

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land who know it best.”

She said she knows what primary producers and Greens can accomplish when they come together, pointing to the campaign to stop the CSG industry taking over farming land as an example.

Ms Kloot is seeking meetings with representatives of local fishing groups to talk about fishing policies and will also be talking with representatives of farming organisations, including the peak body for horticulture, Growcom, in the coming weeks.

She also seeks to work with Indigenous communities in raising the profile of Indigenous recognition and to create partnerships in which tens of thousands of years of Indigenous knowledge is appropriately valued.

She said her vision, one of an inclusive community, working towards food and job security through progressive thinking makes her the best candidate to represent the people of Leichhardt.

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KIRSTEN Fletcher has won her second $25 meat voucher in this week’s Cornett’s IGA Cooktown and Cooktown Local News photo competition with her image titled, To Beyond.

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Is Wallaby Creek bridge an accident waiting to happen?

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Rocks have been used to keep Wallaby Creek support beams in place.

Photos: PAUL GAVIN JR. SHIPTONS Flat resident Paul Gavin Jr is questioning the structural credibility of the Wallaby Creek bridge, and who can blame him after viewing photos he has taken of the underside of the bridge.

“Has the bridge seen its day,” he asked.

“Is it time for a new bridge?

“The ‘old girl’ has done her work.”

Mr Gavin, who has lived about 500 metres from the bridge for the past 20 years, said he fished and swam from the bridge every day, so had been witness to a gradual deterioration over the years.

He said, as well as other issues, there was rot in all the supports and bolts without nuts on them while he believed the bridge alignment had shifted.

“I’m no expert, but it looks like the pillars don’t line up any more,” he said.

“They’re only held together by four bolts.”

And, of the wooden pillars that form the bridge structure, he said some had been cracked down the middle.

“Some have been cut-and-shunted, some have been plated,” he said.

One of a number of photos Mr Gavin supplied to the Cooktown Local News shows engineering ingenuity more consistent with 19th century bridge building techniques.

“That photo shows three, 44-gallon drums filled with cement on the north-eastern end of the bridge; they’re what are holding the bridge up,” he said.

“And they’re rusted and cracking.”

Other photos Mr Gavin supplied, along with those taken by the Cooktown Local News show the deterioration he described.

He said recently-completed roadworks on the Bloomfield Road further along the southern side of the bridge had seen the bridge exposed to excessive heavy vehicle usage.

“I reckon B-Doubles (semi-trailers) would have crossed the bridge up to 30 times a day,” he said.

And he also believed the excessive speed of most vehicles crossing the bridge had contributed to its condition.

“It’s a 100kmh zone and not too many slow down to come across,” he said.

“They really hammer her.”

Mr Gavin is calling on the Department of Transport and Main Roads to send a fully qualified engineer out to make an inspection of the bridge and provide an honest assessment of its condition.

The Cooktown Local News has advised the Minister’s office of Mr Gavin’s concerns and requested an official response in relation to the issue.

At the time of going to press, an answer had not been received.

Any such answer will be provided in next week’s edition.

ABOVE: Another view of how rocks have been used to hold the Wallalby Creek Bridge supports in place.

BELOW: Cement-filled 44 gallon drums, which are now rusting, were used as vertical supports on the Wallaby Creek Bridge.

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Cooktown according to Mary Thackeray Story and photo

By ERIC GEORGE DOWN at the bottom end of Howard Street, on the unfashionable eastern side of town, the Peninsula Caravan Park nestles under the trees.

At this time of year, it is a garden of peace and tranquillity. The rush of tourists will start soon and the park will be full of caravans, campervans and tents.

The owner and operator of the park, Mary Thackeray, has her home and office on site and we met on her verandah to chat about her life, work and her view of Cooktown into the future.

Mary is not a Cooktown girl, but has been here for 38 years: “We have had the caravan park for that long, we bought it straight away and it has been a full time job.”

Mary was born in Bowen, in mango country.

She was already established in life when she arrived here. She had met her husband while working in the Solomons, and had two children: “We came here and my husband did not like sandflies. He said to the children, ‘Run around, and if you get bitten by a sandfly, we are off’. So I’m still here - no sandflies.”

The family made the difficult trip up with a caravan: “We did stop at Palmer River - it was a bit much to come all the way.

“We did not much like the wind, but we soon got used to it. We had this property and started to get it going.

“It had a licence, but we pulled up the caravan next to a shack. It was a great shack, but I was just glad to get out of the caravan with the kids.”

Cooktown was much smaller then, and Mary has seen big changes: “There is huge development that has gone on now, mainly with the Council and all the houses. There was little or no bitumen then, but they have really done a lot to improve the town.”

In spite of the improvements, Mary is worried about Cooktown at the moment: “We’ve got the shops but they are closed, or closing, or something.

The whole of Cooktown, there is something going on, something going drastically wrong.

“Something has to be done. There are too many places for sale. It is going to be a ghost town in no time at all.

“It all goes back to the local government. In previous years, everyone coming through went and bought land.

“That has ceased, and those that do buy go up to Council and sit down with them but after five minutes say: ‘That is it. They want money for everything.’ It puts them off.”

Does the Shire affect Mary directly?

“I try to have as little to do with them as possible. We have 25,000 bricks here, to put up 10 motel rooms.

“It was all signed and settled, and the man jumping on the plane, but they would not allow it. So that’s it. We moved the bricks and we’re not doing another thing.

“I have seen it over and over again.”

Recently the Council decided to start a subsidised camping scheme in the town centre. What does Mary think of that?

“They are a law unto themselves. Their idea is that they are going to attract more people into the town. The town needs it.

“All the shops are starving, everybody needs more people, but to put them where they have put them . . .

“Look, that is ridiculous, what they are doing?”

The new arrangements are meant to be for big vehicles only: “They say it is, but ‘recreational vehicle’ covers a lot of things, from little vans to the huge big things.

“They just have to have their toilet on board. The Shire is going to police it.

That’s a load of rubbish.

They can’t police it.”

For those of us who have never run a caravan park, can Mary describe what sort of job it is?

“The worst thing about it is the phone. It rings incessantly, non-stop. You need the phone for your bookings; most of them come on the phone.

“You meet a lot of wonderful people. They have travelled, and you can travel with them, if you’ve got the time to talk.

“That’s why I like the slack period because you have got time to talk. In the season, you just take their money and say, ‘Go here, go there’. There is no time for chit-chat.

“I just feel I should pull out now, and let somebody younger take over, with more energy, more ideas. I’ve got the park up for sale, but I don’t think anybody can read.

“It is a beautiful park. It should be a health resort or something.

“It is eleven and a half acres, licensed for 80 sites and 12 cabins. It is very relaxing.

“People love the trees, they love the birds, they love the amenities.”

What do Mary’s customers expect from Cooktown?

“My business seems to be with the Golden Oldies, and they just love it. There’s not that much here for the younger ones really, apart from the hotels and a bit of night life.

“There is horse riding - we used to go on picnics with them.

“Mainly, it is catching fish. They LOVE that.

“Definitely. And they love walking. They’re all moving to walking now, that is what I notice.

“It is a health thing. Everybody wants to be healthy and live longer.

“I had a walking track through to the beach, they loved that, but it’s all over-grown now.”

Are most of Mary’s customers equipped to go out on day trips?

“The RVs normally have a little car behind them. Or they have bicycles or a little motorbike. I hand them maps when they arrive.”

Is there anything new Mary and her customers would like to see in Cooktown?

“A regular bus service, to pick them up and take them to town. A shuttle bus, up and down the town, and up to Grassy Hill.

“That would be the best thing.”

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Increase in child abuse and 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-ofhome 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.

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NEWS

A Trunding Creek close croc encounter

By GIEMBRA BUSMER

Close encounter: these photos were captured by the fishermen at Trunding Creek last Thursday, March 7, at around 4pm.

A COUPLE of Weipa men almost got more than they bargained for during a fishing trip last Thursday afternoon, March 7.

The fishermen were casting for bait on the western side of Trunding Creek when one of them spotted what he estimated to be a three-metre crocodile rapidly approaching them through the water.

“Luckily I had polarised sunglasses on and the water was clear as I would never have seen it,” one of the fishermen said.

“There was only about 2cm of water over the croc and even though it was moving really quickly there was not a ripple to be seen. If the water had been muddy I reckon it would have had us,” he said.

The fishermen beat a quick retreat further up the bank of the creek as the crocodile emerged from the water.

“We weren’t sticking around after that - it was a close one,” the fisherman said.

There have been several incidents involving crocodiles at Trunding Creek in the past, and people are again reminded to be cautious when fishing or boating in any of our waterways.

Crocodile sightings can be reported to the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection at any time on 1300 130 372.

Personal trainers ready and raring to go into their new roles MANY Cooktown residents have been awaiting this moment - when the Certificate IV Fitness trainees have graduated and become qualified personal trainers.

Now our region has a dynamic, multi-talented and diverse group of fitness professionals rearing to offer their services.

Clare Richards, the Healthy Communities Coordinator responsible for organising the training said that: “It is now possible for people to work with fitness professionals in the PCYC gym or in a

home gym or personal trainer arrangement because we have enough people trained.

“Our new graduates bring a burst of possibilities in our region when it comes to professionally-guided physical activity.

That may be weights and gym circuit or it may be as straight forward as a walking group, whatever the community is interested in and willing to support. For professionals working long hours there’s often not a lot of after hour options. With these new personal trainers, it is possible to contract them so that you can get your

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own regime happening at a time that suits you.

Clare said:” From now until the Healthy Communities project completes in June, we have the opportunity to subsidise people engaging with our new personal trainers.

“For that reason, from International Women’s Day last Friday, March 8 through to April 8, we are providing women with the opportunity to access a free, individual fitness assessment with the personal trainer of their choice.”

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She said she was also keen to see local organisations utilise this new workforce.

“This is a group of people who can be contracted in to run specific activities with different clients groups, whether under existing programs and funding or in planning grant and funding applications,” she said.

“My vision is to see lots of interaction between this talented group and local organisations, as I believe they will help open up a range of extra program and activity options for local organisations,

clubs and community groups.”

And don’t worry fellas, there will be an opportunity coming up for you to access free individual fitness assessments as well, so stay tuned!

For further information, or to register, contact Clare (4069 5073 or 0407 481 356) or by email: crichards@cook.qld. gov.au.

BELOW: Trainers and students involved in the Certificate IV Fitness program completed last Friday.

Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.

NEWS

Call for ‘more culturally appropriate’ health staff

By ALF WILSON ABORIGINAL activisCt Professor Gracelyn Smallwood and her brother, David, have called on health authorities around the country to employ many more “culturally appropriate” Indigenous people.

That follows the death of a nine-year-old boy in Townsville.

The Queensland Government had started an investigation into the death after medicos failed to diagnose his illness.

The boy died from viral pneumonia at the Townsville Hospital in late February - a month after being diagnosed by a GP with “flu-like symptoms” and given painkillers.

The boy had initially been taken to a suburban Townsville Medical Centre on 3 February.

Following that the boy was taken to the Palm Island Joyce Palmer Health Clinic three times before he was given antibiotics.”

A doctor at the clinic ordered an X-ray of the boy’s chest on February 14 which revealed a spot on his lung, a

sign of pneumonia.

He was given antibiotics and sent home, which didn’t work, and was taken back to the island clinic on February 20 but his condition did not improve and he was airlifted to Townsville Hospital on February 25.

Twelve hours later he was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit, struggling to breathe. He died 12 hours later.

Professor Smallwood and David Smallwood called a press conference on February 27 which was attended by Federal Member for Herbert Ewen Jones.

“I can’t comment on this death which is under investigation but this is terrible and this has been going on for 50 years,’ Professor Smallwood said.

David Smallwood was in tears as he spoke of the death of his five-year-old son Terry 35 years ago.

“Terry had a high temperature and was taken to emergency at the Townsville Hospital three times and we were told he was a naughty boy and given panadol. He later died from meningitis.

Wujal Wujal township is ‘streets ahead’

Professor Gracelyn Smallwood and David Smallwood with media. who know our culture.”

Nothing has changed,” Mr around the country.

Smallwood said.

“When our people go to Professor Smallwood said.

A qualified mid wife and Professor Smallwood said hospital they consider it a millions of dollars was being place to die and they need registered nurse, Professor wasted by health authorities Indigenous health workers Smallwood has a Certificate

in Indigenous Mental Health and a Master of Science in HIV/Aids, and said she had worked in the desert area of Western Australia many years ago.

“The Indigenous health workers there were wonderful and when our people go to hospital they need a culturally appropriate person,” Professor Smallwood said.

Professor Smallwood has worked for 45 years nationally and internationally in rural, remote and western areas and said “Closing the Gap” would not occur until more money reached the grass roots and such culturally appropriate workers were

given fulltime jobs.

Mr Jones faced a barrage of questions from electronic, radio and print media about the issue.

“The Federal Government is spending $25 billion a year and the money is not closing the gap. It is not just on Palm Island but around Australia.

We need a major overhaul of where the money is going.

Obviously if 25 people are living in a house that is not good for health outcomes,” Mr Jones said.

Professor Smallwood said that no black or white child in a developing country in the 21st century should die of pneumonia.

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Warren Entsch speaks to Jackey Ball, a member of the Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council Parks and Gardens team, as he does the rounds with a whipper snipper. Photo submitted.

FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch has congratulated the Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council for the positive changes he has seen around the community in recent times.

Mr Entsch stopped off at Wujal Wujal last Tuesday on his way through from Daintree to Cooktown to catch up with the local council and discuss any issues they might be facing.

“As soon as I drove in I noticed the difference - it felt very strange not to see all the horses and their droppings over the road,” Mr Entsch said.

“Then I saw how neatly kept the common areas and homes were looking - several crews were busy mowing the grass and trimming trees and the place looked an absolute picture.”

Mr Entsch commended the tri-council effort that saw 32 horses removed from the area in the last 18 months with the assistance of DEEDI and FNQROC. “I’d also like to congratulate the Womens’ Justice Group - made up of Kathleen Walker, Doreen Ball, Lily Yougie and Alma Ball - for their work,” he added.

“I’m told that they’re doing a great job dealing with youth crime, alcohol, substance abuse and other issues in the community. It’s good to see how a team like this can be effective and assist the police.”

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NEWS

Skateboard progam set to excite local youth

COOKTOWN’S Skate Park will be buzzing on April 4 and 5, with local skating enthusiasts receiving expert advice on how to improve their skills, but community support is needed to help fund airfares for the experts.

PCYC Cooktown has secured funding to celebrate National Youth Week 2013 to fund Drawing Boards, the Skateboard Development Program that features two days of skateboard demonstrations, lessons and board giveaways.

The skaters coming to Cooktown are Aaron Cooper, Chris Baldwin and Oscar Somerville.

PCYC administration officer Ali Ward said with the huge popularity of the Cooktown Skate Park, some skateboard skill development seemed like the obvious next step to developing the abilities of the skate park users.

“We posted some initial information about the program on facebook this week and within 48 hours we had 700 views, so we’re hoping the program will be popular,” she said of the initial interest in the program.

“But we really need some community support by way of donations to help pay for the airfares for the skaters coming up to teach our kids.

“The kids using the park are gifted and have already achieved some high levels of skill, hopefully bringing these guys up will help them go to another level again.”

Other National Youth Week activities being run by PCYC Cooktown during that weekend will include a community barbecue on the evening of April 4, which will incorporate the launch of Cook Shire Council’s Youth Economic Advisory Committee and a family movie, on the evening of the April 5.

More information about the program can be found at http://www.drawingboards.com.au/events An exact itinerary for the weekend will be advised in due course.

Pledges of financial support can be made by either going the the PCYC Cooktown Events Centre office or calling 4069 5890.

Ensuring rural communities benefit from our Blueprint for better healthcare.

We’re bringing a new generation of care to residents in rural and remote communities. Our new network of Telehealth facilities will bring remote residents straight into the examination rooms of the most advanced hospitals in this state.

As the scope of the new facilities is developed, improved training and workplace arrangements will enable local emergency access for patients at-call, up to 24 hours a day. There are six trial sites for the Rural Telehealth Service locked in for 2013, with more planned to come.

P f Performance reports t ffor each hH Hospital it l and d Health Service will be published quarterly.

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To find out how we’re providing a better state of health, visit health.qld.gov.au/blueprint or look out for our quarterly performance reports.

COMMUNITY

Cooktown wireless in 1913 READERS may remember the first story for this year, mention was made of the construction of the wireless station in Cooktown and the rivalry with Cairns.

The national system of communication in 1913 could be compared with the current national broadband installation, in 2013.

By Marc,h 1913, our station in Cooktown was still under construction and would not open until later in the year. However, the Postmaster General released the following statement in March.

The Mercury (Hobart,), Tuesday, March 25 1913.

LONG-DISTANCE WIRELESS. “The Postmaster-General (Mr Frazer) was delighted last week to be able to announce what he regarded as a triumph for the Commonwealth system of wireless telegraphy.

“He stated that reports had been received to the effect, that on three consecutive nights the operator on Macquarie Island, in the vicinity of the Antarctic circle, had been able to maintain regular communication with the wireless stations at Port Moresby and Thursday Island - a distance of considerably over 2000 miles.

“This news was conveyed to the Melbourne station by Mr. Sawyer, the operator in

charge at the “farthest south” plant. The station on Macquarie Island was erected by the Mawson Antarctic Expedition for keeping in touch with the explorers based at Adelie Land.

“The northern stations are two of the latest erected by the Commonwealth, and were opened for public business only last month.

Mr Frazer further intimated that it was the intention of the Federal Government to go right ahead with its own system, which would be worked in conjunction with the Imperial wireless chain.

“Arrangements were already being made for constructing a high-power station at Darwin, and as soon as the gangs of artisans at present employed in preparatory work at Broome and Wyndham, on the north west coast of West Australia, and at Cooktown, were released they would be concentrated at Darwin.

“He was not prepared to say how long it would take to complete the Northern Territory station.

“Judging by the good results obtained by the low-power station, Mr Frazer said he was confident that the high-power plant to be erected at Darwin would be able to do all that was required of it in the direction of communicating with Singapore.”

offenders - “A student may also be refused travel on journeys directly involving school excursions, sport and study trips.”

Attending the meeting will be representatives of the bus company, the Principal of Endeavour Christian College and representatives of Cooktown State School.

So please, parents/carers of students attending either the Cooktown State School, Rossville State School or Endeavour Christian College, if you have anything you would like to contribute to the meeting, make the effort to attend,

especially if your child is not using the bus service due to behaviour School issues.

News The meeting will be held in the Cooktown State School staff room, located in the administration building at 5.30pm on Thursday, March 21.

There will be light refreshments and nibbles available.

Safe travels.

Nikki Darvell, President, Cooktown State School P&C.

Something to think about I WAS thinking again today of the three things that every person needs in life.

Someone to love (and to love you). It’s always nice have someone to love and to be loved in return.

Something to do. Ever looked forward to a holiday and decided to stay home, but became bored after an hour? Next time save up and go away!

Something to look forward to. Most of us spend our lives looking forward to promotion, retirement - just make sure you live each day to the full while you wait!

On a spiritual level this is true too.

We have someone who loves us. Our Lord said, “I have loved you with an everlasting love” (Jer 31:3).

John’s gospel (3:16) reminds us how much God loved the world that he gave us Jesus.

1 John 4:19 describes our response to our Lord’s love for us - “We love Him because He first loved us.”

We have something to do. We are to love like Jesus did. John 13:34-35 “Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”

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Construction of wireless station in Cooktown, well under way in 1913. Photo submitted.

Meeting to discuss bus behaviour THE Cooktown State School Parents and Citizens Association has arranged a meeting addressing the “Code of Conduct for School Students Travelling on Buses”.

This code is available at the Main Roads web site http:// www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Traveland-transport/School-transport/ Code-of-conduct.aspx.

At the meeting, we will be discussing the Code, including the right of the bus operator to refuse students travel on the buses for a period of up to 10 weeks, depending on the circumstances.

And for repeat or dangerous

Step Back

Now that’s a challenge!

Have you ever noticed how fulfilling, positive and uplifted you felt after you had showed the love From the Pulpit with which Christ loved? (and that’s a sacrificial love!)

Ever loaned some cash and gone short yourself?

Stopped and helped someone on the road and that made you late or got you hot and dirty? Gone to pay a visit instead of having your customary afternoon nap?

Forgave someone whom you have really found hard to like? Perhaps endeavoured to befriend that person?

We have something to look forward to as well.

Jesus promised to those who love him - a good life (John 10:10) and the certainty of a home in heaven (John 14:3).

Someone once said, “Life with Christ is an endless hope; without Him a hopeless end.”

Blessings.

Pastor Peter, Cooktown Baptist Church.

Many a dream couched in poetic form MANY a dream has been couched in poetic form as we see with this week’s poet, Fiona Mitchell, our creative local musician, artist and writer.

“I Wish For A School Room” That redefines teaching and schooling; A laboratory for exploration With every sense driven by open-ended discovery and untrammelled expression; With organised shelves of materials donated and recycled to express with A creative explosion; A studio untamed; A place to find deep, unexpected connections; Writers’ A vital, dynamic expression; Corner An empowering sense of freedom; A territory defined by the rich experiences held within it With documented past journeys to inspire and guide; Encounters and revelations; Unexpected solutions; An intimate, safe space of trust Like creating music together, Have you outlined Making something beyond our separate selves; some of your hopes in Teachers showing, kids teaching. rhyme or free verse?’

An authentic schoolroom, Share them in The cure for conformity and boredom, our column. Email Which encourages making meaning out of life experiences; to either: editor@ Not just the ABC drill cooktownlocalnews.

But learning one hundred languages of expression, com.au or thekellers@ One thousand techniques; bigpond.com or mail A catalyst for innovation, to: P O Box 645, Invention, Cooktown, 4895.

Passionate diversity and individuality, Communication, Exchange of ideas Filled with fascination and significance; The world of the possible, A living manifestation of the richness of children’s potential; Joy in the present, Hope for the future, Working together In creative cooperation, The antidote to violence, fear and control; A personal and social revolution; A creative revolution!

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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY AT THE LIONS DEN

ABOVE: Jen Midgley displaying the powerful International Women’s Day message at the Lions Den.

ABOVE: Tayla Crosby and Ocean Mitchell-Croft sampling some of the clothing available.

RIGHT: Amber and Julie Frame combining their talent.

BELOW: International Women’s Day was a family affair for Doran and Sylvian Croft and mum Fiona Mitchell.

PHOTOS: GARY HUTCHISON

ABOVE: Cheryl Storch and Susan Forsythe.

BELOW: Bobbin Sheehan, Estelle Reddel and Waratah

Mauren Grieve and Di Keller.

ABOVE: Kate Hawkins painted a message of ‘Joy’.

BELOW: Carol Gavin with her grand daughter Ackron Gavin.

Just getting acquainted were Sunshine Coast visitor Sue Bell and Rossville local Jayne Gallagher.

Tash Taylor and Kelly Schoffellen showing their artistic talents.

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Georgie Foster and Savannah Frame.

Becky Payne and Sandy Jones sorting through BEAT IT information advice for a healthier lifestyle.

Different events to mark INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day was celebrated in two entirely different events last Saturday, with the first having the Shipton’s Flat rainforest as its backdrop at the Lions Den. About 30 women and their children attended the location where the theme revolved around empowering women.

Those who attended were invited to paint a panel for a quilt that will display that message when it is hung at different covered venues in the coming months.

Jen Midgley, one of the organisers of the day, said they were looking for other venues to hang the quilt.

“Some real talent has gone into painting those panels, and it’s really turned out to be quite

beautiful,” she said.

“Most importantly, it’s getting the message across.”

Event organisers who might want to display the quilt, can contact Jen (4069 6878).

Other activities during the day included free fitness assessments by the BEAT IT program team and a clothing stall.

Jen said the afternoon, which started at 2pm and finished at about 7pm, was very successful.

“Everyone enjoyed themselves I think,” she said.

“And we finished up with some of our local musical talents involved in a jam session.”

While the girls at the Lions Den were soaking up the humidity, cooled by intermittent, cooling

ABOVE: Di Fursdon, Margaret Plant and Margaret Warwick preferred chatting to bowling.

BELOW: Pat Venables giving Sayah Scott and Fran Maddern some tips on the sport.

rainforest breezes, the “townies” had the blow driers and straightening irons out and were donning their “glad rags” for the soiree organised for the Cooktown Bowls Club at 5pm.

Fifteen ladies turned out in their best 9-5s, but the stilettos, high heels and other fashionable shoes had to be removed on their arrival as the first activity on the itinerary was a game of lawn bowls.

Newbies to the game were give a quick coaching lesson by some of the club’s members who were also part of the evening’s activities.

After testing their skills on the green, they adjourned to the club to enjoy the hospitality, which included addresses from Cook Shire Mayor Penny Johnson, Cook Shire’s Australia

Day Citizen of the Year Jill Williams and Fran Maddern, the event’s keynote speakers.

Organiser Karen Olsen said she had hoped for more ladies to attend, but attributed the short notice of it being run to the lack of numbers.

Karen said despite this, she was happy with the number who participated, and guaranteed a better turn-out next year.

“We’ll definitely be doing it all again next year,” she said.

“But with better planning and more notice.

“We’ll also be making it clearer that any lady is welcome to come along, it’s not just for business women or women involved in government.

She said $318 had been raised, which will go to the Premier’s Flood Victims’ Appeal.

ABOVE: Karen Olsen and Bethne Webber.

BELOW: Jo Stevenson sets her sights on the kitty at the other end of the green, while Nadine Scholz waits her turn.

ABOVE: Bev Stone, Carol McKinna and Marilyn Clark.

BELOW: Loretta Sullivan and Ronnie Mead.

KINDERGYM LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS COOKTOWN’S Kindergym is looking for more children to join in their Friday morning fun.

Held at the PCYC Cooktown Events Centre, their one-hour classes are held between 10.30am and 11.30, with the children supervised in their activities by volunteer teachers, their parents and

PHOTOS: GARY HUTCHISON

care-givers.

Kindergym President and voluntary teacher Jenny Martin said classes, which are open to babies and children up to the age of five years, had been held since 2006.

“Being a remote community, there are limited opportunities for physical

activity,” Ms Martin said.

“In our classes, we encourage our children to learn by exploring and discovering their abilities through movement-based activities.

“We aim to develop balance, co-ordination and confident body movement in young children.”

PHOTOS: GARY HUTCHISON She said a recently-received Community Benefit Fund grant of about $5000 would help with the purchase of more specialised equipment which would help improve the programs already on offer.

“We think we are already wellequipped, but we can buy new

equipment which will provide not only variety, but is more specialised for different outcomes.”

New members to the class will be very welcome, and only have to attend at 10.30am at the PCYC Cooktown Events Centre on any Friday morning to join in the fun.

ABOVE: Rolling down hills is better when they are padded, as Mia Bass finds out.

Mitch Dyer and Teila Hunt test their strength on the parallel bars.

Archer Giese gets some help from mum Kim on the curvy ladder, while Lavinia Tree seems to be doing ok by herself.

LEFT: Mitch Dyer was having a ball, using all the equipment with confidence.

Teaching balance is an important aspect of Kinder Gym activities, here Mystie Winslow tests hers on the balance board with some help from mum, Alex De Carteret.

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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 QLD 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

6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 National News Now 4:00 Extra 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 Imparja’s Live Friday Night Football: St George Illawarra Dragons Vs Brisbane Broncos 9:00 The Block: All Stars 9:30 Getaway 10:00 TBA 12:30 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.

2:00 The Avengers: Never Say Die 3:30 Danoz Direct 4:30 Good Morning America

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 The Midday Movie: “The Ballad Of Lucy Whipple” (M a) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Wild Vets 3:30 Minute To Win It 4:30 Seven News 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 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. 7:30 Better Homes And Gardens - Joh visits the home of new MKR judge Colin Fassnidge and finds out his favourite recipe.

9:00 TBA 11:30 TBA 1:40 House Calls To The Rescue 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 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 QLD 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 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 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL - Shaun Micallef is back and he’s MADDER than HELL! We really should have changed the name but it’d cost us a fortune in letterheads and show graphics. Anyway, he’s back and this time he knows what he’s doing (slightly).

10:45 Laid 11:10 Rage: Guest Programmer 5:00 Rage

6:00 Bubble Guppies 6:30 Dora The Explorer 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 Danoz Direct 11:00 Getaway 11:30 Alive & Cooking 12:00 The Bottom Line Icon Series 12:30 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 1:00 The Middle 1:30 TBA 2:00 Who Do You Think You Are? 3:00 Movie: “Arthur 2: On The Rocks” (PG a,l) 5:00 National News 5:30 4WD TV 6:00 National News Saturday 6:30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 7:30 TBA 9:30 TBA 11:30 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.

1:20 Movie: “Captivity” (AV v,h,l) 3:00 The Baron 4:00 Danoz / 5:30 Wesley Impact

6:00 Saturday Disney 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show 12:00 Dr Oz 1:00 That ‘70s Show 1:30 Movie: “The Aristocats” 3:00 Movie: “Avalon High” 5:00 Creek To Coast 5:30 Queensland Weekender - Dean Miller and his team cover the length and breadth of Queensland with great suggestions for weekends, short breaks and holidays.

6:00 Seven News 6:30 TBA 9:00 TBA 11:30 Family Guy: Bango Was His Name-O 11:30 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.

2:05 House Calls To The Rescue 3:00 Harry’s Practice 3:30 It Is Written Oceania 4:00 Home Shopping 5:00 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

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

6:00 Bubble Guppies 6:30 Dora The Explorer 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 Wide World Of Sports 11:00 The Sunday Footy Show 1:00 Australian Athletics Tour 2013 2:00 2013 Intrust Super Cup 4:00 Imparja’s Sunday Football: Wests Tigers Vs Penrith Panthers 6:00 National News Sunday 6:30 TBA 7:30 60 Minutes 8:30 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.

9:30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Double Fault 10:30 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.

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

6:00 Stitch 6:30 Handy Manny 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 AFL Game Day 11:10 Iron Chef Australia 12:10 That ‘70s Show 12:30 Movie: “Minutemen” (G) 2:30 Movie: “Wild Child” (PG l,s) 4:30 Live Healthy, Be Happy 5:00 Drive Thru Australia 5:30 Great Southeast 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Sunday Night 7:30 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line 8:00 The Force - Behind The Line 8:40 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?

9:45 Castle 11:40 Law & Order: LA: Angel’s Knoll 12:35 Harry’s Practice 1:00 Spacial: The Passion Of Spain - Part One 2:00 Home Shopping 3:00 NBC Today 4:00 NBC Meet The Press 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 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

SBS

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

6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 10:00 National Morning News 11:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 National News Now 4:00 Extra 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 TBA 8:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Herb Garden Germination 8:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Closet Reconfiguration 9:00 Two And A Half Men: Fat, Flying Baby 9:30 Person Of Interest: Revelance - Reese and Finch encounter a formidable foe when an attractive government operative goes on the run.

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

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Love With A Perfect Stranger” (PG a) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Wild Vets 3:30 Minute To Win It 4:30 Seven News 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 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.

7:30 My Kitchen Rules 8:40 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.

9:40 How I Met Your Mother 10:40 Private Practice 11:40 Happy Endings 12:10 Last Chance Learners 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Harry’s Practice 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 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

7 CENTRAL

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

6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 National News Now 4:00 Extra 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 TBA 8:00 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.

8:30 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.

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

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Held Hostage” (M v,a,s) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Wild Vets 3:30 Minute To Win It 4:30 Seven News 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 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.

7:30 My Kitchen Rules 9:00 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.

10:00 Parenthood 12:00 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.

1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 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

IMPARJA

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

6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 National News Now 4:00 Extra 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 TBA 8:00 TBA 9:00 TBA 10:10 TBA 11:10 TBA 12:00 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.

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

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Schemes” (M s,l,v) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Wild Vets 3:30 Minute To Win It 4:30 Seven News 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 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.

7:30 My Kitchen Rules 8:40 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.

10:30 World’s Wildest Police Videos 11:30 I Shouldn’t Be Alive 12:30 Harry’s Practice 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Room For Improvement 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 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

THURSDAY 21

ABC

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Movie: “Dangerous Mission” (PG) 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News Early Edition 6:00 Grand Designs: Garden House: Exeter 6:55 Clarke And Dawe 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 The Checkout 8:30 Kangaroo Dundee 9:30 The Midwives: Fighting For Life - Follows the specialist midwives at Manchester’s Saint Mary’s Hospital who help parents through pregnancies that are high risk.

10:35 Lateline 11:10 The Business 11:35 Seven Ages Of Britain: Age Of Money - David Dimbleby looks at the 18th century, a time when the triumph of commerce led to the emergence of a new ‘middle’ class: a group of people who craved pleasure and novelty, and developed their own tastes in art.

12:35 The Clinic 1:30 Parliament Question Time: The House Of Representatives 2:30 NTFL: Grand Final 5:30 Eggheads

6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 National News Now 4:00 Extra 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 TBA 8:00 Imparja’s Thursday Night Football: Melbourne Storm Vs Canterbury Bulldogs 9:45 The NRL Footy Show 11:15 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.

1:15 Extra 1:45 Nine Presents 2:00 Home Shopping 3:00 Danoz Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “About Sarah” (M a) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Wild Vets 3:30 Minute To Win It 4:30 Seven News 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 TBA 8:30 Bones: The Doll In The Derby / The Shot In The Dark - Brennan and Booth investigate the death of a female roller derby skater whose body was dismembered. In order to get more answers, they enlist Angie to go undercover as a derby skater.

Meanwhile, Cam tries to uncover the details behind Booth’s secretive hospital appointments.

10:30 Castle: A Death Dance 11:30 The Suspects - True Australian Thrillers 12:30 Last Chance Learners 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch And Music 5:05 World News 1:00 The Food Lover’s Guide To Australia 1:30 William Shatner’s Weird Or What?

Freaks Of Nature 2:30 My Family Feast: Mandaean Iraqu 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 Wainwright Walks: Scafell Pike 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Food Safari: Lao 8:00 Gourmet Farmer: Chickens, Vegies and Poly-tunnel 8:35 Yotam Ottolenghi’s Mediterranean Feasts: Israel - Yotam’s Mediterranean journey concludes in the country where he grew up - Israel. In Tel Aviv, Yotam explores the national obsession with hummus and begins by making the popular dish shakshuka, where eggs are gently poached in a spicy sauce of tomatoes, onion and hot chilli peppers.

9:30 24 Hours in Emergency: Snow 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 The Divine Joe Sarno 12:05 Movie: “Blackout” (M a,v) In Tagalog and English.

1:45 Weatherwatch Overnight

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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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MUDDY RIVER

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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NEWS 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, published 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.

The great shark massacre: 100m a year

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Are they living on another planet?

The

SOMETIMES I watch the news on television and think that them down south must live on another planet.

Mind you, I understand that when you get to my age it is easy to become An irreverent, satirical (and totally fictional) comment confused, so perhaps upon the issues of life, by our faceless correspondent. it is me living on the other planet.

What is going on?

It certainly looks that way when One of the grandsons thinks the grand kids send me updates on it is all a big plot to use cheap their Facebook pages. I understand Iranian flight crews to operate the words, but what do they mean? Qantas flights here.

I ask, and sometimes they are That might make sense. After patient enough to explain, but it all, anything has to be better than can be very difficult. I mean, look the way Jetstar crews operate at Qantas sending jumbo jets to them now, and I don’t suppose the Iran - what is that all about? maintenance standards will be much Perfectly good planes, I believe, different. so it is not like Brisbane selling all Perhaps that is how they do its worn out, clunky cars to us up things on the other planet. here. It must be a business deal, This morning I got seriously but the Iranians are meant to be the confused. My granddaughter from Spawn of the Devil, aren’t they? Melbourne (the astronomist one)

Eye f the

o Cyclone

sent me a news story. “Although the Opportunity rover is not quite finished with her work at Matijevic Hill in the Cape Yo r k a r e a o f the Endeavour Crater rim, she will get back on the road, heading south for Solander Point.”

What? I thought the Opportunity rover was one of those clever machines trundling Gina and the Quinkans. Image submitted. around Mars, taking pictures with Quinkans, and will be up here and rock samples. What on earth is shortly to cherish them. it doing on Cape York?

Quinkans are famously tall and Although, although, there was skinny beings, and not naturally another snippet. Gina Rinehart loveable. has announced that she is in love On the other hand, they are vora-

Other sides might join the Three Rivers League

By ALF WILSON A SIDE from Kowanyama community may play in two different remote rugby league competitions in the 2013 season.

Kowanyama are the reigning premiers in the Cape York Cluster competition. The other sides in the 2012 Cluster comp were runners up Coen, Lockhart River, Pompuraaw, Weipa Raiders, Aurukun and Mapoon. Players from Napranum also competed.

Kowanyama coach Dave Kennedy said his club and several others

had wanted to switch to the Three Rivers League, which last season consisted of two teams from Hope Vale, and one each from Wujal Wujal and Cooktown.

Hope Vale Backstreet Warriors won their first Three Rivers premiership title last September 30, defeating the Cooktown Crocs 38-20 in a classic, hard-hitting, no holds barred grand final arm wrestle.

“We and Pormpuraaw have to travel a long way for Cape Cluster away games and the cost of fuel is $1000, so we were looking at changing to the Three Rivers League,”

Kennedy said.

David Maiden, the Queensland Rugby League Regional coordinator attended a meeting in Weipa early this month and said it was decided that the Cape Cluster competition would remain almost as it was in 2012.

“Kowanyama will get a home game in the coming season and that is what they wanted. We are looking at the possibility of having a side from the Northern Peninsula Area in the Cape Cluster as well,” he said.

However Maiden said Kowanyama and some other Cluster clubs

could be invited to compete in an Extended Three Rivers competition.

“The Three Rivers games have been played fortnightly and an extended competition would be held on the other weekend,” Maiden said.

Maiden was to travel to Cooktown yesterday to discuss the possibility of the extended league with Three Rivers officials.

Kennedy said Kowanyama would jump at the opportunity to compete in such an extended league.

“I have spoken to Three Rivers players and officials and they would welcome us,” he said

Hashers remember cultural ties to Rome THE week’s Hash fell on the Ides of March, so it was natural the citizens of a city the size of Cooktown should think deeply and remember their cultural ties to Ancient Rome.

But that came later.

First of all, they had to find their way round a trail laid by the hare, Archive.

He has been having a troubled couple of weeks, and was on crutches as his walking frame is down at the Golden Spanner for a retread.

Instead of laying a proper trail, he had Barran drive him around the east side of Cooktown so he could photograph various way-points. The pack set off clutching a folder of numbered envelopes, each containing a picture of the next way point.

The photo trail took us along Hope Street and through the bush to the old dam.

More bush to get to the school playing field, then along Garden and Power Streets to the caravan park.

Here we opened the last envelope to find a picture of home.

Seated on Archive’s verandah, dressed in togas and with beers in hands, we had a quick Roman history quiz and found - to no one’s surprise - the only things the Hash remembers about Rome’s great days are various bloody or perverse stories from school.

Appalled by our ignorance, Archive led us inside to watch newsreel footage of Julius Caesar coming to an unpleasant end on the floor of the Senate, on the Ides of March, 44 BC. After that, a subdued Thermo treated us gently (she did not want history to repeat itself).

Fakawe had reached her 14 carton run (336), Titus was punished for whinging beyond all reason, and F&*t for having difficulty interpreting the run instructions.

He got caught again, this time for forgetting Hash names. You would think he would remember by now. It was time to sit down to dinner, and consider our place in history as we ate.

Next week’s run will be hosted by Oyster at her new house, and she has pointed out that it will be just about on St Patrick’s Day. Just turn up at 5.30pm on Monday,March 18 to join in the fun a get a little exercise. Contact Moses on 4069 5854 or 0409 686 032 for details.

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Along the BLOOMFIELD TRACK

Dung beetles living the lowlife DUNG HO! Scarab beetles give a sense of mysticism. Sitting high on top of the heap. Being aloof and above the humdrum of life.

In Ancient Egypt, scarabs were considered sacred because they were believed to transform death into life by rolling and burying balls of decayed matter into the ground from which life itself emerged.

Of course, we usually know scarabs as dung beetles.

The name conjures up a very different feeling. Dung beetles are really important. They roll up and bury the pooh, they eat pooh, aerate the soil, transfer nutrients around and by doing so can help stop flies becoming a nuisance.

Without imported dung beetles, many parts of Australia would be grassless under metres of cow-dung.

Deep stuff.

With about 350 Australian species, why then, have we had to import 25 species into Australia? Until their

European introduction, Australia never had hard-footed mammals such as cattle, sheep, goats and horses. And because dung beetles and most insects are very specialised, the Aussie dung beetles found the mountains of dung a bit steep.

Whole paddocks were unable to grow grass because of the layers of dung. So, we had to bring in some overseas heavy rollers.

The beef industry funded CSIRO to do some research, and now we bring in specialist dung beetles from Mexico, Spain and South Africa.

In our Wet Tropics rainforest, because we don’t have as many macropods (kangaroos) and very few introduced species, there’s less dung.

However, there is still some dung from possums, rats, melomys and birds.

Normally, dung beetles don’t seem to eat bird droppings as the uric acid (the white part of bird pooh) is generally too strong for dung beetles. However, there is evidence emerging that some scarabs do eat cassowary pooh.

The majority of dung beetles feed on dung, both in their adult and larval phase. However, many dung beetles feed on a variety of things, including mushrooms, roots, decomposing leaves and other rotting matter.

Adult dung beetles have mouth parts which are specially adapted to feed on liquefied material and can break down a dung pad very efficiently by burying the dung underground to use when breeding.

One of the world’s enormous dung beetles is called the Giant Amazonian Amazon scarab beetle. Photo submitted.

Carrion Scarab Beetle. As its name group of scientists from the CSIRO implies, it prefers to eat dead vertebrate and Universities to the Wet Tropics to meat, not dung. It is up to five centime- examine dung beetle behaviour. tres, incredibly strong and both males They are among many highly and females have horns which they use committed people who are quietly, in fighting. and without fuss, helping expand our Our Wet Tropics rhinoceros beetle knowledge about our rainforest. is just as big, and is responsible for the As an aside, Geoff explained that, loud hissing under night lights. over history, the local mountains Dr Geoff Monteith, formerly Head pushed up higher, and insects have Curator of insects at Brisbane Museum, had to adapt to cooler, wetter climates. is a regular visitor/researcher to the These regions are subject to very area and recently accompanied a high winds, so flying insects have to

l l e W g n i v i L

face the threat of being blown away.

So, how have they coped? They have learned not to fly! With less cross-breeding, they have become even more specialised. I’ve always known our rainforest breeds special people and insects.

Now we have proof!

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Making labne - a yoghurt with many uses YOGHURT is created by a range of friendly bacterial cultures.

The kinds of bacterial cultures that create yoghurt are also essential to healthy digestion in humans, which is why yoghurt is known as being beneficial for our digestion. It has cooling and soothing properties, which is why it is often served with highly spiced and chilli-hot dishes.

People who are intolerant of milk can sometimes eat yoghurt. There are several reasons this may be the case, from the boost the bacteria give to our gut health, to changes that occur as the friendly bacteria that turn milk into yoghurt break down the proteins and sugars into more digestible forms.

Yoghurt drinks are common throughout the world where yoghurt is traditionally made and they all begin with the natural or Greek style yoghurts.

A plain lassi, the well-known Indian drink, is made with yoghurt, a pinch of salt and enough water, fruit or juice to create a very runny consistency.

It may also have some ground spice such as cumin,

Making labne. Photos: CLARE RICHARDS. RIGHT: Labne plated.

nutmeg, cardamom or cinnamon added to it, a pinch per glass. Alternate flavourings are fresh mint (about 6 leaves, pureed with the yoghurt in a blender), rose water or ginger (1/2 to 1 teaspoon) per glass. Some honey is often added if fruit is not used (up to 2 teaspoons per person), and common fruits to blend with yogurt include papaya, banana and mango.

Labne is a simple ‘cheese’ formed by draining yoghurt for 1 to 3 days until it becomes as thick as cream cheese.

Typically, labne is served slightly salted, spread in a thick layer on a plate and drizzled with extra virgin olive oil and dried herbs such as mint or oregano. It is accompanied by flat bread and pickles or salads. It is also great to use as a butter or cheese substitute, spread onto sandwiches and wraps.

To make labne, drain 1kg of yoghurt over a large jar for 1-3 days through clean muslin/cheesecloth or a new chux rinsed well with boiling water and secured to the jar mouth with a large rubber band. Discard the whey that drains out of the cheese (or keep it to mix through home made

sauerkraut) and mix ¼ to ½ teaspoon salt through the finished cheese and store in a sealed container in the fridge for up to a week. Serve plain or in the manner described above. Labne can also be served as an accompaniment or ‘sauce’ for grilled lamb or goat.

There are entire cookbooks written about the uses for yoghurt, so don’t restrict it to a snack or topping for your cereal. In its drained, thickened form, try it as a substitute for cream cheese or sour cream in recipes, as a base for dips, or in its pure state as a substitute for cream in sauces.

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ABOVE: Mel Thomason needed husband Scott’s help to hold this 29kg Spanish mackerel she landed recently. Also enjoying the capture were: (at back from left) Luke Barkley and Kyra, Rocco and Sienna Thomason. Photos submitted.

ABOVE RIGHT: Thomas Nevins with a giant trevally.

Muddies on the move with fresh-water flush

THE flush of fresh water has pushed a few muddies out of hiding, with some crabbers nabbing a good pot full last weekend.

On the angling front, the Endeavour River has been productive with the new section of rock wall at the fishing club lease proving a great fishing platform with a number of solid finger mark and grunter being landed there.

The Thomason family showed their fishing skills recently, displaying a cracker of a Spanish that tipped the scales to 29 kg, and a solid reef mangrove Jack.

These were captured during the last break of calm

weather.

If the weather for the weekend drops, it will be a great chance to chase a monster Spanish by trolling the edge of the dirty water in the inshore areas.

This should stir the barra up as well, and running a few crab pots could be productive if the rain plays its part in the equation.

Tight Lines Russell Bowman The Lure Shop

Handicaps get a ‘pretty good haircut’ A FEW more members managed to make it out during the week for last week’s Italian Restaurant Stroke competition, with Peter Shields the clear winner with a nett score of 62.

Hot on his heels was Paul Haley with 63. Both handicaps have now had a pretty good “hair cut”!. Congratulations Pete and Paul.

As members were coming out in dribs and drabs, the 4BBB competition was cancelled and a Stroke competition played instead. Steve Butler achieved a personal best with a nett score of 57 (not a typo!). Well done Steve!

Big brother Rick was next in line in the runner-up position with his nett 61.

Well done Butler Brothers.

Nearest-the-pins were landed by

Graham Burton for 2/11, Steve Wilton for 14 and Steve Butler with an impressive 9/18.

Steve Wilton had a great game in the Cape York Tyres Sunday 9-Hole Stableford competition, returning a score of 22 points for the front 9.

Next in line in runner-up was Brian “Terr” Lemon with 20, which was also achieved for the front 9.

Steve Wilton is also leading this week’s Italian Weekly competition on 39 Stableford points. This week’s competition is being played off the red tees.

A big welcome goes to our newest members - George Brew, Donna O’Neill and Erol Avard. Thanks for joining and supporting our local club. No doubt you

will enjoy our little piece of paradise?

In the Just a reminder to everyone that Bunker we are back to the old ways of pay as you play. The member’s account book will only be used when you book it all up for one day and pay at the end of the day - using EFTPOS. If I am away sick or have left for the day to go to lunch or do my town duties, you are requested to come in on my next work day and pay. At all other times, the honesty slot is to be used.

Happy golfing everyone Kelly Barnett Manager Cooktown Golf Club

First timer is a surprise packet

Calm conditions give good score

EVELYN, a first-time shooter, was the surprise packet at the 50-shot Standard Rimfire Match, returning a score of 379 out of a possible 500. She finished second. Mal won the event with 465, while Clint and Janne each returned scores of 370.

Please note, that although we have filled all places for the Firearms Safety Course starting on Saturday, we have received a lot of interest in another one, which could be held soon.

Please advise if you are interested. ssaacooktown@gmail. com Dates for your diary for March: Saturday, March 16 - Firearms Safety Course from 8.30am; Wednesday, March 20 - Sunset Shoot from 5.30pm; Sunday, March 24 - Practical Shoot from 9.30am; and Wednesday, March 27 - General Meeting and Sunset Shoot from 4.30pm.

If anyone would like to come out and see what pistol shooting is all about, call in any Wednesday at 5.30pm. Just bring photo ID and wear closed-in shoes.

Janne Stewart Secretary/Treasurer

RIFLE Discipline Captain Toby Graves reports calm conditions were enjoyed for the Combined Services Shoot at Cameron Creek range last Sunday in which some good scores were achieved. In the 3-position Core event with a possible score of 150.30 points, the results were: Accurised class: 1st Toby Graves 142.11 and 2nd Bernie Snape 118.

Standard class: 1st Andy Gardner 137.4 and 2nd Toby G 120.

For the 300 metre Deliberate, from a possible score of 50.10 points the results were: Accurised class:1st Toby G 42.2 and 2nd Bernie S 30.

Standard class: 1st Andy G 48.3 and 2nd Toby G 42.

Andy G won the 300 metre gong event with five hits from five shots.

This Saturday, March 16, a working bee will be held. Check with your discipline captain for details.

Then on Sunday, March 17 the Black Powder shooters will be commencing their shoot at 9am.

Anne Williams Secretary

RIGHT: It is not just the adults who enjoy local fishing. Seen here are Anna Barkley, Sienna Thomason (holding a giant mangrove jack) and Rocco Thomason and Luke Barkley who look pretty impressed with this Spanish mackerel.

Cooktown Bowls Club

BUILDING EXTENSION Attention members and visitors: Extension works at the Cooktown Bowls Club are on schedule with Thomason Constructions on target to open up our new section for use within the next month.

Prior to that happening, the following important stages must occur: 1. On Monday, March 11, a partition will be erected in the club to allow the rear wall between the new and old section of building to be removed. Unfortunately we will temporarily lose some seating during this time.

2. On Monday, March 18, a partition will be erected in front of the existing bar area and kitchen to allow construction of new amenities, cold rooms and bar area. As such, the club will be closed on the morning of Monday, March 18, but will open at 2pm.

From Monday, March 18 we will be operating a small, temporary bar out of the bowls office with limited drinks and snacks for sale. This will allow trading to continue for bowlers and club members. The kitchen will be closed for at least a week during relocation to the new section of the club. There will be no meals available during this time.

The management committee is excited that Cooktown Bowls Club will soon reaffirm its position as the premier club in town with a new dining area, new kitchen, new lounge area and extended bar area, while continuing to offer great meals and excellent service.

We appologise for any short term disruption our extension works may cause.

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Chat with Matt G’DAY again, Well, we’ve got the first game out of the way with our victory against the Bulldogs on Saturday night, and it was so good to be able to record a win away from home.

We were a bit “dusty” to start the game off with and the Bulldogs really put it to us for the first quarter.

But we were lucky enough to get a good run with penalties during the last 20 minutes of the first half, that allowed us to not only dominate possession, but to also keep the game in their half all that time.

Full credit to the Dogs, they defended aggressively during that extended period of time and made it very difficult for us to score.

In saying that though, we’re very happy with the way we kept the pressure on them, as well as defending very well ourselves.

How often do you see a team with lots of possession finding it difficult to score, cracking as soon as there is a turn-over in possession and allowing their opponents to score and take control of the game?

That’s the situation we were in at that time, and to our credit, we maintained our discipline to be able to go into half-time with an 18-12 lead.

At half-time, we spoke about keeping the Bulldogs scoreless in the second half, which we did and we’re real happy about that.

And along the way, we were able to pick up another try in the second half for us to take the game, 24-12.

There has been media comment about the Dogs playing without Ben Barba, Sam Kasiano, James Graham and Frank Pritchard, but people forget the culture within that club.

There is only one word to describe any team playing in those colours, and that is “tough”.

While ours wasn’t the most polished

performance, you have to give a lot of credit to the young blokes who stood up to the challenge last Saturday night. They certainly didn’t make it easy for us.

Congratulations has to go to our winger Ash Graham for picking up a brace of tries, he looks set for another good year, while Kane Linnett looks like he is going to have a better year to follow a great 2012.

On my personal performance, I was disappointed with the amount of involvement I had in the game and it’s something I will be working towards to have a big improvement in that area for our match against the Melbourne Storm on Saturday night at home.

I’ll be looking to getting my hands on the ball a lot more that’s for sure.

Our ground is now called 1300SMILES, so we’ll be looking to christen her with a victory against last year’s premiers.

We’re very confident going into the game, with everyone pulling up without any injuries and looking to play much better for our home crowd.

And it was great news for the club that Johnathon Thurston has re-signed for the club for another four years. Not only great for the club, but for North Queensland as well.

Don’t forget to tune into Fox on Saturday night and give us your full support against the Storm. We’re scheduled to play at 6.30pm, but I think the Fox program listings are still running on daylight savings time and will say the game is starting at 7.30pm. So turn your TVs on at 6.30pm.

The official Toyota North Queensland Cowboys team list for Saturday night’s match is: 1 Matthew Bowen, 2 Ashley Graham, 3 Brent Tate, 4 Kane Linnett, 5 Antonio Winterstein, 6 Johnathan Thurston (c), 7 Ray

Upsets throw NRL tipsters

Thompson, 8 Matt Scott (c), 9 Scott Moore, 10 James Tamou, 11 Gavin Cooper, 12 Glenn Hall, 13 Dallas Johnson. Interchange: 14 Rory Kostjasyn, 15 Ashton Sims, 16 Tariq Sims, 17 Jason Taumalolo, 18 Clint Greenshields (one to be omitted).

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Social Bowls:

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Barefoot Bowls:

Cancelled until further notice.

Pokies Lucky Seat:

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Bush Bingo:

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AUSTRALIAN, Queensland State of Origin and North Queensland Cowboys star Johnathan Thurston 2013 is the ambassador for the Queensland Reconciliation Awards.

Thurston said he was looking forward to his new role.

“It is a great honour to be asked to take on such a key role in acknowledging the fantastic initiatives and the organisations that are delivering them through the Queensland Reconciliation Awards.”

For more information about the awards visit www. reconciliation.qld.gov.au or 07 3405 5215.

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NOT one tipster correctly forecast all eight winners so far in the Cooktown Local News/Hinterland Aviation/Inn Cairns NRL tipping competition for 2013 which kicked-off on the weekend.

In fact, not only did no one correctly forecast all eight, but only two correctly selected seven.

Those on the ball were: wombat_101 and Team Terr.

Only one - Prickly - nominated six winners.

A further six tipped five winners - Beagleb2, solo-man, Paul Scott, Kintaine, Wazza and bubsie1981.

At the other end of the table, there is one with only one winner.

But the season is a long one, and there are still many games and many selections still to be made. Even those who missed the opening whistle of this tipping comp. have as much chance as onyone else.

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

You can enter more than once - remember it’s free - so that you can enter different tips for each weekend.

Tips are not transferrable between entries.

This year’s tipping competition is sponsored by Hinterland Aviation, Inn Cairns and the Cooktown Local News.

The winner will receive a return flight to Cairns for one, courtesy of Hinterland Aviation and three nights’ accommodation in the heart of Cairns at Inn Cairns - a prize worth more than $1000.

The runner-up will receive $250 from the Cooktown Local News.

The Hinterland Aviaton/Inn Cairns/Cooktown Local News NRL footy tipping competition is free - there is no joining fee and no charges whatsoever are associated with it.

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

Neither the Cooktown Local News nor sponsors can access the website, and all results are generated by the website operators.

The results will be provided in the Cooktown Local News, the Cooktown Local News website and the competition operator’s website after each round.

Staff from the Cooktown Local News and sponsors are ineligible to enter. In the event of a tie, the prize value will be divided among the joint winners.

Only residents with local post codes and subscribers to the Cooktown Local News are eligible to enter.

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