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Life is a colourful complex tapestry
AHH...the memories, Little Pattie, Normie Rowe, Gough Whitlam. You will find a picture of each of these inspirational Australians in this edition, and for me with each picture comes a memory, if not of the person, then the time and its culture, defined forever by a unique blend of politics, people, power and of course, music. In many ways Pattie Amphlett shaped our image of Australia in the 1960s. She was healthy, happy and upbeat and yet at the same time willing to dive into the harder parts of history, which includes supporting Australian forces in war zones. Pattie’s interview is an uplifting read about a person who was born with certain gifts and has used them not only to better herself, but also the lives of others, including a whole new generation. One would have to say: “Go Pattie”. But we all have different life journeys and this month I also give it up to
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the older adult woman who has owned up to being ripped off by an online scammer who she linked up with on an online dating site. That’s not to say, this doesn’t happen in person, nothing really stops a con, but this sort of scumbag has certainly found a fresh operating field on the internet. Thank goodness victims have the courage to speak out. It is a brave person who speaks their truth, when they feel hopeless and perhaps not blameless. As with the #metoo campaign, (which I also speak to social commentator Jane Caro about in this edition), it’s up to us to listen and acknowledge their stories, to let them know that it’s
not their fault, it could happen to anyone, and also understand their story offers support to other victims and hopefully stops more people from suffering the same crime. This publication covers a range of sections and we endeavour to share good information in all of them. This month we share professional advice on cervical cancer and screening together with a report on how childhood polio sufferers are again coping with this disease. At the moment we are all talking about hikes in private health premiums and many of us are not just talking about it, we are dropping out of health funds. More on this on our regular Talk’n’Thoughts page. In this edition our finance expert Tony Kaye discusses the implications of various policies mooted by political parties and the possible impact on
Australians who are members of self-managed superannuation funds and many other self-funded retirees who fall outside the age pension safety together with those who qualify for the age pension. Besides this print story, there is more online on our website: www.seniors news.com.au. This month our travel section focuses on Aussie travel and we really have some great holiday ideas; from your choice of transport (have you ever thought of travelling on a cargo ship) to finding food and wine in Victoria and 10 top spots to experience in the Northern Territory. Life is indeed a colourful tapestry, I trust we reflect that in our stories. And please for more news check out our website and facebook page www.facebook.com/ seniorsnews. Enjoy Gail.
Local group offers support for those with MS THE Hervey Bay and Maryborough Multiple Sclerosis Support Group meet on the first Friday of each month on the Deck at the Hervey Bay RSL at 10am for a coffee and a chat. At the last meeting, Andrew told his MS story. He is a teacher and only 36, diagnosed with MS last August and retired in September due to his MS symptoms. This is sad, not just for Andrew and his family but male teachers are needed in our schools as role models for all students. Andrew knows he has the support of his MS family, who are there for him and his extended family as he comes to terms with the rollercoaster ride of living with MS. The MS Support Group welcome anyone with MS and newly diagnosed to come to a meeting and discuss their own situation and ask questions. Contact Bev on 4128 2692 or email bev_cornwell@ hotmail.com for more. CARE & SUPPORT: Christine Peterson and Amanda Johnson are regional service co-ordinators for Multiple Sclerosis, pictured enjoying breakfast during a NDIS workshop in Hervey Bay.
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Pattie completes cycle of giving and receiving At 69 years old, her music underpins the many new directions she has undertaken in her life SONGBIRD Patricia (Little Pattie) Amphlett thrives on being busy, whether she is teaching or learning, singing or volunteering, as long as it involves giving back to the world that still loves her. Music remains at the heart of her life, but at the end of the silken tendrils of her music is a life richly filled with professional and volunteer activities that reflect her intellectual depth. Pattie’s journey started with a hit record at age 14 before she headed to Vietnam in 1966 at age 17, where the petite singer found herself the youngest person to entertain the troops. “They’ve got a big place in my heart,” she says. Since then she has been to many other countries where there has been conflict. “We were in convoy in the southern part of Iraq, travelling from one camp to another,” Pattie says. She was told there was an outside chance of being fired at, but her long-standing trust of the Australian army gave her enough confidence to jump in the front seat of the Bushmaster for the journey of several hours. Beside her was a 19-year-old solider who was tasked with looking after Pattie’s group. “We could see where we were going more than the passengers who were in the back, and I didn’t
want to miss a thing. I must have asked this kid Simon a hundred questions about where we were, his life in the army and about his family.” Once they finally arrived at their destination where the group was performing, Simon rang his family back in Australia. “I rang my mum and dad last night,” Simon told Pattie. “I told them about you and how you asked me all these questions, and said your name was Pattie and described what you looked like. “My dad said you better look after her son and he really lectured me that I had to really look after you because you were very special to him because he was a Vietnam veteran.” “He was a terrific young man: he never left our side after that,” Pattie said. Pattie’s music teacher once made her promise she would teach singing, because of her temperament. More than 20 years ago, she started doing just that and works for four Sydney high schools, including a performing arts school. “I have learnt so much from them,” Pattie says. “I learn about life and constantly kept up with the attitudes of young people. Who wouldn’t want to know about young people? “For all the bagging some people give them, I get to see a terrific side of
Former prime minister Gough Whitlam with singer Little Pattie during the election campaign in 1972. PHOTO: FILE PHOTO
ALWAYS A STAR: Petite songbird Littie Pattie.
young people and I can honestly say I know we will be in good hands. They are going to be looking after us and I am really happy with that.” Pattie, or Miss Patricia as the students call her, has devised a modified curriculum which uses her experience as an ongoing performer, rather than one that is technique only. “Most of the time I let the kids choose their songs,” Pattie said. She finds many of the children have been to musicals and often choose songs from those performances. “I like imparting the knowledge I have and I genuinely like helping kids get better in what they love to do,” Pattie says. There are always a few stars among the students, but it’s the “triple threat” ones she really keeps an eye out for – ones who
can sing, dance and act at the same time, and do it well. Back in 1972, Pattie formed a strong friendship with Gough Whitlam. She was part of the group that performed It’s Time for his election campaign. “I remained close to the principles he espoused, became a Whitlam-ite, and a friend of the Whitlams,” Pattie says. One of the former PM’s legacies is the Whitlam Institute at the Western Sydney University, which pursues the causes he championed. Pattie sits on its volunteer board, which oversees debate on public policy in the areas of equality, indigenous recognition and improving talented Australians’ access to the broader community. She also sits on the board of the Jessie Street
Little Pattie and actor/singer Normie Rowe warm up in 1997. PHOTO: KELLY DAVID
Trust, which was set up in recognition of one of Australia’s 20th century Australian activists, Jessie Street. Each year the trust conducts a luncheon that raises funds to provide grants for projects similar to the ones Jessie championed, such as the rights of women and indigenous people, peace and disarmament, and the elimination of discrimination. Pattie still performs often, mainly at private
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Heartbreaking love scam a lesson for all Ann Rickard
JAN Marshall, now 64, is an intelligent, educated woman who held good corporate jobs in Brisbane and Melbourne. But five years ago, in a quest to find love through a legitimate online dating site, she was scammed out of $260,000, her entire life savings. Now facing a bleak future on welfare, Jan is sharing her story to show other seniors how easy it is to be hoodwinked, and to prove that anyone, no matter how smart or worldly you may think you are, can fall victim to professional scammers. “Scammers target people looking for love,” Jan said. “I hadn’t had much experience with online dating. I was a victim.” Jan thought she’d met the man of her dreams when he contacted her after she’d been on the dating site for just a day. He told her he was a self-employed civil engineer who travelled the world on projects. He said he was working in Canada at the time and would shortly be travelling to Dubai for another large project, but was not averse to coming to Australia to meet her at the end of the Dubai job.
Then the “love bombing” started, a barrage of emails and messages showering Jan with attention, compliments and then passionate declarations of love. “Scammers get you off the legitimate website quickly, saying they would rather communicate with your private email,” Jan said. “Then they close down their profile on the website and all communication is done through your email and Messenger. They target you, showering you with compliments and making you feel special, loved. “This can change the chemicals in your brain, bring on oxytocin a powerful hormone. They deliberately generate that, changing the brain state so you will be less anxious, more trusting.” While many people reading this might wonder at Jan’s naivety and gullibility – and she has had more than her share of people saying “how could you be so stupid?” – the scammers are professional and ruthless, and for someone who has a trusting and nonsuspicious mind, it is easy to fall prey. “I did look at Scamwatch,” Jan said of the time she was in the
first heady days of emails and SMS messages. “But at the time I didn’t believe anybody could build this level of intimacy and be a scammer.” By the time Jan’s “dream man” asked for money she was deeply in love, had indulged in cybersex with him, said yes to a marriage proposal and was looking for a property they could buy in Australia to spend their future together. Jan’s scammer did not ask for money directly, rather a loan to help him with taxes due on product being held in Dubai on the job he was working on. Jan sent her first lot of money through bank transfer believing it to be a loan. Then came other requests for money, always with plausible reasons why his own money was being held temporarily frozen. He even showed Jan a copy of his bank statement with more than enough money to repay her (a false document, obviously). “At this stage the scammer will often introduce a ‘family person’ to normalise the element of it,” Jan said. In her case, it was his teenage daughter who joined in the email and SMS conversations and even asked Jan if she minded being called “Mom”. Jan says in the beginning the scammer
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The campaign, she says, has put men on notice. Because, women not only now have a voice, they have a voice that is being listened to, believed, respected and acted upon. And that’s when the shock occurred; this was the first-time women had spoken out in public and been believed. “This re-balancing of power has made the world a safer place, particularly for the vulnerable.” Ironically, Jane said it may have been a man that initiated this cycle of change, and that man is one of most powerful in the world – Donald Trump She has interpreted his election as a watershed moment. “No matter what you thought of her, Hilary Clinton was the best qualified, most experienced candidate, yet she was defeated by a nutty buffoon with the intelligence of a gnat, and a raging narcissist.” “The injustice of this made women as mad as hell and that’s why there were all women’s marches on Washington.” On the other hand, there have been benefits for our sons and grandsons and this is seen reflected in modern relationships. Where once women asked a partner’s permission to act on a variety of her life decisions, these days, there is more discussion. “Instead of a woman asking permission, couples now negotiate.”
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The boy from the bush musters up goosebumps The themes of this year’s muster, ‘Mates, music and making a difference’, resonate with Lee Alison Houston
CROWDS at the Gympie Muster this August will get the first taste of new music from Lee Kernaghan, with his latest album to be released in October. Speaking to Seniors Newspapers , Lee spoke of the “magic when a new song is born” but said it was no easy process, with this album involving hundreds, if not thousands, of hours of songwriting. “Maybe 90 per cent of them aren’t that good, but every now and then you get a gem that puts goosebumps on your arm – I’m a big believer in the goosebumps factor; they never lie,” he laughed. One song that continued to give goosebumps, he said, was 2013’s Flying with the King, about his journey to Perth as a young man sitting beside the iconic Slim Dusty, a tribute which still brings tears to the audience’s eyes every time he plays it. Lee said he had been honoured when Slim had agreed to record Leave Him in the Long Yard with him on his second album, Three Chain Road. “He was always incredibly supportive of new talent and we won the Golden Guitar for Best Duet Performance of the Year,” he said. But it was Boys from the Bush, from his 1992 debut album The Outback Club, which put Lee on the map, although it caused a bit of consternation among the pundits, who argued it was “too rock” to be country. He said that was his dad Ray’s influence, playing the records of 1950s rockers like Chuck Berry and Elvis, but he’d always been “country to the core”. “Country music tells the story of our country, our people and our way of life – that’s what keeps me so passionate about it,” Lee said. While he now lives south of Brisbane, and has as many fans in the city as the country, Lee
said he had spent his formative years growing up “a regular country kid” riding horses and motorbikes around Albury-Wodonga. His mum’s parents were dairy farmers and his father’s father, Pat, was a drover for 50 years. Lee said he loved doing concerts in the small, more isolated country towns, like Longreach where he had just played. “They may be little towns but they’ve got huge hearts and great community spirit,” he said. “A lot of those places have provided the inspiration for so many of my songs over the years … and the people there don’t just know the songs, they’ve lived them as well.” The Gympie Muster has a big place in his heart, being his first outdoor show back in August 1992. In the 25 years since, Lee has released songs, albums and videos at the Muster, but particularly recalls releasing Three Chain Road there in 1993 in “a relentless downpour of rain”. “Everyone stayed out in it, and after the show I signed autographs and there was such a huge line-up of people waiting there in the rain … I wasn’t going to let one person go without an autograph or saying g’day. “It was about five in the morning by the time I finished and people were all recovering in their swags and a new day was dawning – it was incredible.” He loves the theme of this year’s Muster, ‘Mates, music and making a difference’, which are the cornerstones of his life. Lee was named Australian of the Year in 2008 for his support of regional and rural Australia, and his Pass the Hat around Australia, Spirit of The Bush and Farmhand concerts have raised millions of dollars for drought, flood and bushfire relief and beyond. MUSTER-ING FACTS The Gympie Muster is from August 23-26, Other artists on this year’s line-up include Lee Kernaghan, Troy Cassar-Daley, John Williamson, Ian Moss, Beccy Cole, Sara Storer and the Wolfe Brothers. Book now at www.muster.com.au. PHOTO: MICHAEL DANIEL
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Talk’n’thoughts Hurdles, highjumps and solutions
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AUSTRALIA’S health system does work for most people. Good medical staff, hospitals and treatments are available, that’s one of the reasons longevity is increasing. But, it’s a slippery slope to a “no money, no treatment” climate. The kind of world that may enable many of us to live longer, but in poorer health and ultimately wonder what’s the point of going on when constant pain is a daily companion. The country’s middle class is rather like the country’s private health system, membership fees are rising and there’s a reduction in the social benefits. The article below from National Seniors Australia advocate Ian Hensche is calling for the
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government to check the system that sees “Older consumers being forced to give up their health insurance because of rising costs, while private health funds made $1.4 billion in after-tax profit in 2017 an increase of 7.3 per cent over the previous year. These are taxpayer-subsidised businesses and we question the appropriateness of this level of profits.” - Gail Forrer Seniors Newspaper supports National Seniors Australia in a renewed
appeal to the Federal Government to focus on inefficiencies in the health system, saying average out-of-pocket expenses had increased by three times the inflation rate over the past decade. National Seniors’ chief advocate Ian Henschke said revelations to our newspaper owner News Corp report that the Australian Medical Association was recommending specialists charge up to three times more than the Medicare fee for hospital procedures showed why many older people were struggling to pay health costs. “The industry data showed some specialists were stripping pensioners of their superannuation by
charging $20,000 for out of pocket fees for Parkinson’s disease deep brain stimulation and $10,000 for hip and knee replacements,” Mr Henschke said. “According to these reports, some doctors are charging 10 times more than what even the AMA recommends, contributing to the $1.6 billion a year in gap payments not covered by patients’ health funds or Medicare. “Medicare statistics show 86 per cent of anaesthetics and 53 per cent of operations cost more than the schedule fee.” Mr Henschke said the high cost of specialist fees and the affordability of private health insurance were the two
biggest health concerns for older Australians, according to National Seniors research conducted last year. The Federal Government must address the issue of affordability for older consumers. Insurance premiums had increased by more than 40 per cent between 2010 and 2017, and would rise another 3.95 per cent from April 1. In its 2018/19 Federal Budget submission, National Seniors Australia said a survey of members, many on low and limited incomes, revealed that 74 per cent could not afford an average four per cent jump in premiums, forcing them to cut or cancel their cover and back into the
public health system. “People who have worked hard all their lives cannot afford to pay health insurance premiums, or get the cover they need, when they most need it, for operations such as a hip or knee replacements,” Mr Henschke said. “What we said last year still holds true: despite ever increasing premiums, when seniors come to make a claim for a service it’s either excluded or the out-of-pocket expenses have skyrocketed. The current system of government-approved premium setting lacks transparency and improving competition in the private health insurance sector is needed urgently.
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ANZAC DAY
Respecting our heroes Service listings for your local RSL club HERVEY BAY SUB BRANCH INC.
★Dawn Service 5.30–6.15am – Lighthorse Memorial, Freedom Park, Main St, Pialba. Parade at 5am at the RSL Club, service 5.30am at Lighthorse Memorial. ★March 8.45–10.45am – Hervey Bay RSL Sub Branch carpark, 11 Torquay Rd, Pialba. The main parade will form at the Hunter St carpark and proceed to Torquay Rd and Main St before finishing at Freedom Park. ★Main Service 9.45–10.30am – Lighthorse Memorial, Freedom Park, Main St, Pialba. The main service will starts once all participants are in place.
WOODGATE BEACH SUB BRANCH INC.
★Dawn Service 5–6am – Anzac Centenary Memorial in Community
Park, Esplanade Woodgate. ★Main Service 10–11.30am – Anzac Centenary Memorial, Community Park, Esplanade, Woodgate. March followed by Citizens Service.
MARYBOROUGH SUB BRANCH INC.
★Dawn Service 5.45–6.15am – Cenotaph, Queens Park, Sussex & Bazaar Sts, Maryborough. Dawn Parade will step-off from Maryborough RSL at 5.30am for service at the Cenotaph, Queens Park 5.45am. Parade will return to the Maryborough RSL. ★March 9–9.30am – Maryborough RSL, Adelaide St, Maryborough. ★Main Service 9.30–10.30am – Cenotaph, Queens Park, Cnr Sussex & Bazaar Sts, Maryborough.
TIN CAN BAY BRANCH INC.
★March 8.30–9.30am – 6 Gympie Rd, Tin Can Bay. ★Main Service 9.45–10.45am – Community Hall, 45 Gympie Rd, Tin Can Bay. Main service and presentations followed by morning tea. Free sausage sizzle and two-up at the back of the hall.
TIARO SUB BRANCH INC.
★Dawn Service 6–6.45am – Tiaro Cenotaph, Tiaro Memorial Gardens, 1 Mayne St, Tiaro.
RAINBOW BEACH SUB BRANCH
★March 10–10.15am – Town Library, Rainbow Beach Rd, Rainbow Beach. For more or to confirm times and location details, go to: rslqld.org
LEST WE FORGET: Younger generations at an Anzac Day dawn service. PHOTO: ADAM HOURIGAN
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TO ALLOW for readers’ requests for the publication of more neighbourhood news, please keep notices short and to the point (100 word maximum). If you would like to submit a photo please ensure it is at least 180dpi or 500kb to 1mb in size and of faces, in a nice bright setting. The deadline for the May issue is May 9. Email editor@seniors newspaper.com.au
BUNDABERG PCYC
WE WILL be holding a market on Sunday, May 13. Why not take Mum to the market and enjoy a great breakfast before browsing all the stalls. There will be plenty of great gift items for sale and lots of bargains. On offer will be beautiful orchids, jewellery, handmade cards, homemade cakes, slices and tarts. Also, you will find plants, toys, wooden items and lovely polished bowls, etc. If you would
like to hold a stall, contact Irene on 0437 645 941 or email: irene.petretic@ pcyc.org.au. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mums!
MIXED PROBUS CLUB OF HERVEY BAY CITY INC.
PROSPECTIVE members are very welcome to come along and see for yourselves what a great club we are at a terrific venue. Our next meeting is at The Boat Club in Buccaneer Drive on Thursday, April 26 at 9.15am for a 9.30am start. Join now to be in time to share in the fun at FUNFEST in August. For inquiries phone Judith on 0458 008 087.
BARGARA AND DISTRICT MIXED PROBUS CLUB
OUR meetings are always on the second Wednesday of the month at Bargara Golf Club overlooking the sea. Come along at
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: Sandra Holebrook, president of the Hervey Bay Chamber of Commerce, received a certificate from Heather Ramm, president of the Hervey Bay VIEW Club.
9.30am for a 10am start. There will be a guest speaker and morning tea is served. There is a $5 meeting fee. Visitors are always welcome. Our club is a busy one with many activities each month. You are sure to find some things to interest you from cards and games, lunches and morning teas, a
writers’ group and book club. On the last Sunday of each month we have a gathering at a coastal location for morning tea and picnic lunch. These smaller groups are a great way to make new friends. Phone Patti on 4154 7668 for further information.
HERVEY BAY VIEW CLUB
THE Hervey Bay View Club (Voice, Interest, and Education of Woman) meetings and luncheons are always the second Monday of each month at the Club House, Tooth St, Pialba from 10.30am and usually includes a guest
speaker. Monthly socials are on the fourth Monday at various venues from 9.30am. Our guest speaker at our March meeting and representing International Women’s Day was Sandra Holebrook, president of the Hervey Bay Chamber of Commerce, who took us on her life journey from an accountant to higher positions to where she is today. A visit to the Hervey Bay Boat Club cinemas to see Hugh Jackman in The Greatest Showman was our March social and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. We continue to raise funds for the Smith Family with our monthly trading table that is well supported by our members thus helping our Learning for Life student Cohen with his education. New or interested ladies are always welcome to join our fun and friendly club. For more, phone Mary on 4128 3908 or email: herveybay.viewclub95@ gmail.com.
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HERVEY BAY JAZZ CLUB
IT’S not easy keeping live jazz going in the regions, but, despite the odds, it has been achieved it this year with around 80+ members (mostly seniors) coming to the Hervey Bay Jazz Club each month, watching bands perform at the RSL, Pialba. One of the club’s favourite bands and vocalists are The Kitty Kats – always a fabulous cabaret of the beautifully dressed trio, backed by their five-piece band. With a sassy mix of three-part harmonies, cabaret, swing, blues and rockabilly, The Kitty Kats have everyone dancing, singing and laughing out loud. The show runs from 7pm until 10pm in Hervey House, Pialba RSL on Friday, April 27. Tickets will be on sale at the RSL reception desk two weeks prior. Cost: Jazz Club Members $20, non-jazz club members $25. For more go to herveybayjazzclub.org.au.
SUNDAY RIVERSIDE
MORNING MELODIES - JAMES BLUNDELL
ICONIC Australian country singer songwriter, James Blundell is this year celebrating 30 years in music. In 1986, Blundell decided at the 11th hour to submit an entry into the prestigious Star Maker talent quest at the Tamworth Country Music Festival. The judges saw past his hand-written biography and witnessed a superstar in the making. He was green, he was nervous, but once he opened his mouth and sang, the judges knew there could be only one winner –- the charming young cattle hand from southeast Queensland with that voice. At 11am Thursday, April 26 at Brolga Theatre, 5 Walker St, Maryborough. Cost: $13-$15. Phone: 4122 6060, email: brolga @frasercoast.qld.gov.au or go to ourfrasercoast. com.au.
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RELAX by the Mary River and take in the sounds of free live music. This free, laidback afternoon by the river includes giant lawn games, family-friendly, fun activities, wood-fired pizzas, coffee and drinks service. Full bar facilities – no BYO alcohol. Proceeds from the bar help fund this event. Sunday, May 6. Phone 4122 6060, email: brolga@fraser coast .qld.gov.au or go to ourfrasercoast.com.au.
ART AFTER DARK
GOOD TIMES: With around 80+ members (mostly “seniors”) The Hervey Bay Jazz Club has bands performing each month and playing at the Pilaba RSL.
HERVEY BAY CRAFTERS MOTHER’S DAY CRAFT FAIR
STALLS of 100 per cent locally handcrafted items ready for Mother’s Day. Gold, silver, pearl, bead and crystal jewellery, patchwork, quilting and more on Saturday, May 5.
Adelaide and Ellena St, Maryborough. Phone 4120 5630 or email: events@fcte.com.au.
MARYBOROUGH CITY HEART MARKETS
EVERY Thursday, Maryborough’s city centre undergoes an amazing
transformation into a colourful outdoor heritage bazaar. Wander around over 120 stalls with an amazing array of produce and unique wares. Original hand-made craft, home-made treats, artwork, jewellery, clothes, accessories, natural beauty products and gorgeous cut flowers.
BE INSPIRED, listen to free live music and enjoy some drinks while you peruse the latest exhibitions at the Hervey Bay Regional Gallery exhibition, 166 Old Maryborough Rd, Pialba. Art, entertainment, music, nibbles and a cash bar from 6pm on Friday, May 11. Phone 4197 4206, email: regionalgallery@ fraser coast.qld.gov.au or go to ourfrasercoast.com .au/art-after-dark.
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Time for politicians to learn about dementia Tracey Johnstone
A RECENT conversation between the Aged Care minister Ken Wyatt and dementia services innovator, Noosacare’s Sandra Gilbert, highlighted the importance of politicians knowing more about dementia. Mrs Gilbert voiced her concern to Mr Wyatt that state and federal politicians need to be across the issues around dementia now and into the future. Dementia Australia estimates there are 425,000 Australians living with dementia. That number is expected to
Dementia Australia estimates 425,000 live with the disease increase to more than 530,000 by 2025 and more than one million by 2056, unless a medical answer is found. Through NoosaCare’s consultancy arm Dementia and Living, Mrs Gilbert works on improving dementia knowledge and empathy within the local community. With a waiting list of 40 for the Carramar facility, Mrs Gilbert knew education could help make the community more dementia friendly for those families on the list. “So, we decided to start
educating local businesses,” she said. They have so far worked with councillors, Westpac, the butcher and hairdresser, dog catchers and art gallery staff. After that meeting, Mr Wyatt advised Seniors News, “I welcome Sandra’s work in this important area and will work with my parliamentary colleague Llew O’Brien MP to support her engagement with federal politicians. “This could complement the work of Dementia Australia, which
raises dementia awareness among politicians through networking events through the Parliamentary Friends of Dementia at Parliament House.” Parliamentary Friends of Dementia The Friends’ events are run twice a year. They bring together federal MPs from both sides of parliament, which Dementia’s Australia executive director consumer engagement, policy and research, Dr Kaele Stokes, said ensured a bipartisan approach to informing and educating federal politicians. “The intent is to get
dementia as an issue into the attention span of our politicians,” Dr Stokes said. Educational dementia immersive experience Dr Stokes said the most effective education tool for politicians is Dementia Australia’s portal virtual reality goggles, which show the wearer the perspective of a person living with dementia. “It puts people in the perspective and shoes of someone living with dementia and shows how cognitive impairment can affect their ability to do something as simple as go to the bathroom in their own house,” Dr Stokes said.
Consultative meetings Dementia Australia meets with Mr Wyatt regularly to discuss broader aged care reforms and the NDIS sector. The organisation is also represented on several health department and ministerial committees, such as the Aged Care Sector committee. Policy consultation “We provide written submissions to government inquiries, Senate committee hearings, and attend meetings,” Dr Stokes said. “In terms of influencing politicians and political positions, that’s one other way we achieve that.”
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WOMEN’S HEALTH: A specialist explains the new cervical screening test and why you should keep having it done until your mid-70s.
PHOTO: EVA KATALIN KONDOROS
Important Pap tests news
New screening process for cervical cancer detection Tracey Johnstone
WOMEN’S cervical screening is a confronting and, for many seniors, an unpleasant experience, but a necessary medical exercise, at least until the age of 74. Up until December last year, Australian women aged 25 and upwards were encouraged to have a Pap test every two years by their GP. A new testing regime is now in place, called a Cervical Screening Test which collects cells in a similar way to the Pap test. But this test is looking for human papillomavirus which can lead to cell changes in the cervix, while the Pap test was used to look for existing changes in cells. When a CST is normal, testing will be done every five years by a GP.
This timeframe is based on that being the minimum time cervical cancer can develop. Gynaecologist Dr Bogdan Benga explained that the change in the testing regime was in response to false negatives in some Pap test results and some missed lesions. “The main driver for us to change the screening is because nearly all cervical cancers are due to an infection from a high-risk papilloma virus,” Dr Benga said. “The new test can pick up the high-risk viruses that are linked with cancer. “It revolutionises the way we look at screening for cervical cancer.” The Pap test still exists, but will only be used to obtain further information on abnormal cells where an HPV screening test
returns a positive. The specimen collected in one examination will be used for both tests. Dr Benga expects the viral test combined with the Pap test will become the “mainstay” in cervical screening. Risks ■ The new screening test is particular to asymptomatic women such as a woman who is post-menopausal and hasn’t had any more bleeding. ■ If a woman experiences abnormal symptoms like bleeding with intercourse or in between periods she then needs to be assessed by a specialist even if her cervical screening test was negative. ■ “Women aged 70 to 74 with negative viral test are eligible to safely exit cervical screening,” Dr Benga said. However, if they get a positive during their last tests they will need to see a specialist for further
assessment. ■ The risk increases with changing sexual partner as this exposes the woman to new high-risk viruses that she has no immunity for. Dealing with discomfort For women who have gone through menopause
and then find the use of speculum, which opens up the vagina, a painful experience, they should talk to their GP about using topical oestrogen cream, such as Ovestin, before being tested. “This treatment needs to be done for a short period of time prior to the
examination and is very safe even in women with prior history of breast cancer,” Dr Benga said. In the future “We are still in the process of testing to see how easy it is for patients to self-collect their screening test,” Dr Benga added.
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Childhood polio virus catches up with seniors
Some people are experiencing the residual effects of disease Tracey Johnstone
AS WE age, natural cell degeneration has started to raise health issues in some people that may seem inexplicable unless they unknowingly had polio as a child. Australia has been announced as polio virus-free since 2000, but as we are ageing after experiencing the polio epidemics of the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s and as late as 1962, there are residual effects from those earlier years that are surprising. Whether you had polio or were living in a household where there was polio, the gastrointestinal virus could have had an impact on you. Polio Australia’s national program
manager, Maryann Liethof, said if you are experiencing symptoms such as muscle weakness which don’t seem the norm for you, particularly if you are 65 or 70, it’s important you tell your GP and your physiotherapist about your family’s history of polio. Paralytic polio sufferer Eric Rushton, 72, suggests going even further, ensuring that any medical personnel you are working with know about any polio history you have. During his late-50s, Eric started to again experience gradual decline in muscle function. “I wasn’t aware polio was something you could mostly recover from only to have symptoms return decades later,” he said. Eric found medical personnel from dentists to
physiotherapists and even hospital surgical staff were not aware of the late effects of polio. “It’s not the polio virus you have got to worry about, it’s what the polio virus did to your body,” Ms Liethof said. Could you have had non-paralytic polio? Ms Liethof said if a baby had flu-like symptoms, they may have been diagnosed with encephalitis. “Everyone who contracted polio would have had some form of encephalitis or inflammation of the brain because that is what the disease does,” Ms Liethof said. “You may not have been diagnosed with polio, but that doesn’t mean that you weren’t infected with the virus.” Subclinical damage
means a child had minimal motor neuronal damage and if the child had anywhere between 10 and 30 per cent of their motor neurones killed off, they would have had some form of muscle weakness. “As a child, that may have looked like slow physical development without it appearing to be anything more sinister,” Ms Liethof said. “Where the motor neurones were killed off they would have regrown little sprouts to take up the innovation of the muscle.” However, as cell degeneration starts to occur in older Australians, those who contracted the polio virus as a child may find themselves experiencing Post-Polio Syndrome where the sprouts retract from the muscles leading to
CHILDHOOD POLIO: Paralytic polio virus survivor Eric Rushton is on the road educating other seniors about the return of the virus symptoms to some ageing Australians. PHOTO: SPINAL LIFE AUSTRALIA
muscle atrophy, muscle and joint pain and even respiratory problems. What is paralytic polio? “You have to have had at least 50 per cent or more of your motor neurones killed off at the time of the viral infection for paralysis to have set in,” Ms Liethof added. Paralytic polio would
Men: When was your last tune up?
ARE you in your 60s? Then you are in a time of major change where most men have plans for life outside the workforce into the future. The importance of good health is realised and there can be room for improvement. Good health can provide an opportunity to enjoy retirement, travel and spend time with family. Seniors News will present in the coming months tips from Foundation 49 Men’s Health for what you should be looking for to keep healthy and happy. You can use the following checklist for some of the items you should consider talking to your GP about and to find out more information. ■ Alcohol (fuel additive) therightmix.gov.au ■ Anxiety (computer system) beyondblue.org.au/the-facts/ anxiety/signs-and-symptoms ■ Dementia (computer system) dementia.org.au/risk-reduction ■ Depression (lacking power) beyondblue.org.au/the-facts/ anxiety/signs-and-symptoms ■ Drug Use (fuel additives) druginfo.adf.org.au/drug-facts/ drugs-the-facts ■ Hearing Protection (doof doof sound system) www.hearing.com.au/
protecting-hearing ■ Hearing Tests (doof doof system testing) www.hearing.com.au/hearingassessments ■ Macular Degeneration (headlights) mdfoundation.com.au/ page122150.aspx ■ Medicine Use (fuel additive) nps.org.au/medicines ■ Skin Cancer (duco rust) melanomapatients.org.au/ what-is-melanoma/factsabout-melanoma ■ Smoking (smoking exhaust) cancer.org.au/preventingcancer/reduce-your-risk/ quit-smoking.html ■ Stroke (computer malfunction) strokefoundation.com.au/ about-stroke/preventingstroke/stroke-risk-factors ■ Tinnitus (feedback in the doof doof system) hearing.com.au/tinnitus-treat ■ Vision (headlights) visionaustralia.org/eye-health/ eye-conditions Now might be a good time to book in for your annual health check and discuss your health issues with your GP. For more men’s health information, go to malehealth.org.au.
MEN'S HEALTH: Check out the list of health items and talk to your GP about at your annual check-up. PHOTO: AUSTRALIAN MEN'S SHED ASSOCIATION
have left a child with a residual disability such as slight limp, smaller foot or shorter leg, or with upper body conditions like a withered shoulder and respiratory problems. Seniors diagnosed with late effects of polio, they are invited to join the Polio Australia register. Details: www.poliohealth.org.au.
Dementia talking book helps carers and sufferers A NEW digital talking book, Information on Dementia in English, which provides information in plain English, aims to make important information easily accessible for people with dementia and carers. The book can be viewed or listened to on a computer or tablet. It presents information on how to look after yourself in a way that is easy to understand. It is accessible for everyone, including people with low general literacy, disabilities such as vision impairment and people who would receive the information through an interpreter. Topics included are diagnosis, dementia and communication, dementia and behaviour, self-care information for people with dementia, safety, how to support people with dementia with daily tasks, driving and travel and planning for the future. It’s available online, go to boltonclarke.com.au/ talking-books/information -on-dementia/english.
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including DISCOVER AUSTRALIA feature
New ways to travel DISCOVER Australia a different way, transporting yourself along the waterways and highways to the many corners of this magnificent country using transport that isn’t the norm but still offers an exciting experience. You might have to use a car, coach, plane, cruise ship or train to get to your newest destination, but once there why not book yourself a cargo ship, houseboat, motorcycle, or go cycling or on a walking tour. Better still, why not try a combination of these experiences.
CARGO SHIPS, NO NEED TO DRESS UP The only booking agency around for cargo ship cruising in Australia
seems to be Freighter Expeditions. They offer a weekly experience on board the 28-passenger, 80m ship Trinity Bay, which works between Cairns and Thursday Island. The working ship delivers supplies to isolated communities located inside the Great Barrier Reef. Freighter Expeditions also offers a trip on the MV Malu Titan, which sails from Horn Island for a seven-day round trip, departing on a Sunday. This ship has only five cabins.
FLOATING HOTELS
Well, you can’t actually travel around Australia on a houseboat, but you can try hiring one in different locations during your tour. Here are some places where houseboats are
available for hire: About two hours drive from Melbourne in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range is Lake Eildon, with 540km of shoreline, bays and coves to discover. Just outside of Sydney, head north to the Hawkesbury River where there are at least eight houseboat hire businesses on the stunning waterway. . Discover Walpole on Western Australia’s far south coast where the tranquil waters of the Frankland and Deep rivers will help calm your travelling soul.
rentals for touring. Here are just a few. The Victorian business Scenic Wheels has discovery tours plus short and long-term rentals of new and late-model BMWs. BikeRoundOz does several tours plus rentals in Australia for touring on sealed roads and off-road, short and long distances. They have offices in all capital cities. Southern Cross Motor Bike Tours are in Darwin. They offer small group guided tours to locations “where no other operator can”.
RUMBLE HIGHWAYS
GET FIT WHILE TOURING
There are actually a surprising number of companies offering guided and self-guided motorcycle tours, and
Do the distance at leisure and by a healthy method; go cycling. Better still, load your bike up on the
back of your car or caravan and stop in interesting places. Cycling Tours has small-group guided and self-guided tours across some fantastic locations. Each tour includes accommodation, luggage transfers, vehicle support, airport transfers, GPS navigation and cycling equipment. Australian Cycling Tours has guided and self-guided tours in Victoria and NSW, plus long-distance tours, with everything down to the last detail looked after. The Melbourne company All Trails organises fully supported tours in various locations around Australia.
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Sometimes walking is the best way to discover a new place. Simple to do, cheap, healthy – with a friend, group or on your own. No need to be a mountain climber, just enjoy the great outdoors. Check out Park Trek. They specialise in small-group walking holidays, visiting destinations all over the country. The small-group Australian Walking Holidays team can take you on the Larapinta Trail, Overland Track and many more fascinating trails. Great Walks of Australia offers guided day and multi-day tours through Australia’s World Heritage-listed national parks. You get to experience incredible nature during the day and luxury during the night.
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Victoria: Food and Wine
Have you mixed a holiday with a culinary adventure? IMAGINE learning new cooking skills using local produce and then enjoying the fruits of your labour over a glass of chilled wine. Regional Victoria offers travellers the opportunity to indulge in the pleasure of using their love of food and taking on new challenges by joining in culinary experiences which go from masterclasses to simple joys. Add in some food festivals, craft markets, the odd sculpture park, fine art galleries and even finer wines, and you have the makings of a wonderful experience. Mornington Peninsula George’s Boutique B&B & Culinary Retreat offers gourmet hands-on cooking retreats and new half-day classes for small groups. Half-day classes include Chocolate Unwrapped, Patisserie and seasonal produce. Tre Gusti at T’Gallant is a ‘three tastes’ cooking class combining food, wine and song in the
winery’s cucina barrel garden. Daylesford and Macedon Ranges Discover the secrets of perfect wood-fired sourdough bread at the RedBeard Historic Bakery in Trentham. Spoons Kitchen provides a rustic country-style cooking-class experience utilising fresh local produce that changes with the seasons. High Country At Rinaldo’s Casa Cucina cooking classes in the King Valley, chef Adam Pizzini shares with students his experience, knowledge and Italian family traditions in a relaxed and informal setting. And at Pizzini Wines, learn how to make dishes like antipasti and tapas, ravioli and gnocchi, delectable desserts and, of course, The Dinner Party. Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges It’s where ‘Italy meets
Daylesford offers great food and wine.
DISCOVER VICTORIA: Montalto Vineyard and Olive Grove.
the Yarra Valley’. Al Dente Cooking offers a banquet and hands-on informative cooking lesson complete with wine from Sticks Yarra Valley and Italian espresso. Bella Vedere has cooking classes with charismatic head chef Gary Cooper two days a week. Great Ocean Road Hands-on cooking classes at Sunnybrae Cooking School in Birregurra run every Monday. Bread baking in
one form or another is covered and the wood oven is often used. Gippsland The flavours and ambience of Sri Lankan village life are enjoyed at the Claypot Cooking School in Woolamai. At Culinaire Cooking School, participants actively engage in the food identification and preparation. Lessons range from Seafood Cookery to Basics for Blokes and Girls, to
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guest chefs and specialty workshops. Philip Island At Cleanskin Kitchenware and Larder Store, cooking classes can be either participatory or through demonstration depending on the individual’s preference. Discover knife skills or Spanish paella. For more cooking school ideas and to find out more information on any of these regional venues, go to visitvictoria.com.
A country hotel in the heart of the Yarra Valley. PHOTO: ROBERT BLACKBURN
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Discover the wild side along Limestone Coast Explore and indulge in SA SOUTH Australia’s Limestone Coast stretches down the south-west coastline which offers visitors a diverse experience. The coast goes from the mouth of the Murray River and to the Glenelg River. Beaches and caves, stunning coastline, delectable local coastal and country food, and famous South Australian wine are there to be seen, touched, smelt and tasted. The wild coastal scenery, natural wonders and World Heritage site at Naracoorte are an adjunct to the renowned Coonawarra region inland from the coast. It’s the jewel in the region’s wine-making crown and is well-regarded as Australia’s top producer of premium red wines thanks
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: The Oberlisk, a stunning landmark located on the Limestone Coast. PHOTO: BEN GOODE
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You can explore the park on foot along one of many walking trails, in a kayak, or by four-wheel driving along beach tracks. WINE REGIONS The coast’s wine industry was founded in 1891. Start with Coonawarra and its red wines before sampling wine from cellar doors in Wrattonbully, Mount Benson and Padthaway. COAST DELICACIES Salivate over the local honey, native preserves, pickled walnuts and emu mettwurst, plus lobsters and Wagyu beef. Keep an eye out for Eat Local signs. There are visitor information centres at Beachport, Bordertown, Millicent, Mount Gambier, Naracoorte, Penola and Robe which are open every day. For more information, go www.southaustralia. com.
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DISCOVER NT: A memorable moment; sunset at Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park.
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WARM welcomes and laidback living is at the heart of the Northern Territory. But don’t be fooled; there is a lot of great things to do in this amazing part of your Australian backyard. Fish for silver barramundi Try helifishing for the ultimate barramundi adventure or join one of the many tours from Darwin that go into Arnhem Land where the fishing is some of the world’s best. Meet local artists and watch them work Meet Aboriginal artists and watch them create their magnificent artwork. Visit the galleries on the Tiwi Islands north of Darwin or sit with the Maruku artists near Uluru, or join in the art festivals like the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Walking with Spirits at Beswick near Katherine or Desert Mob in Alice Springs. Cruise Nitmiluk at dawn Wake early and cruise peacefully up Katherine Gorge as dawn breaks. Drift past Aboriginal rock art with the changing colours of the dawn light, mist rising from the water and wildlife stirring on the bank. See ancient rock art in Kakadu National Park Kakadu’s rock art is world class and one of the reasons for its dual World Heritage status. Visit Kakadu’s rock art galleries at Ubirr, Nourlangie and Nanguluwur and see their fascinating record of life over thousands of years. Watch the changing colours of Uluru at sunset Catch an Uluru sunset from one of the viewing areas or join a gourmet dinner, watch it from atop
There are lots of indigenous tourism tours to choose, including this experience with Davidson's Arnhemland Safaris.
camel or on the back of a Harley Davidson motorcycle, or you can even do a sunset skydive. Walk Kata Tjuta domes Take a walk to experience Kata Tjuta’s 36 steep domes which are only a 20-minute drive from Uluru. Choose from three walking trails. Explore the West Macs Swim in the Glen Helen Gorge, Ellery Creek Big Hole, Ormiston Gorge or Redbank Gorge waterholes. Explore the desert country and its escarpments where the walls glow bright red at noon. Enjoy the Mindil Beach Markets On Thursdays and Sundays during the May to October, the Darwin markets have food stalls that serve dishes from every corner of the earth. Eat on the beach as the
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Aboriginal women at their creative work at Maruku Arts, Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park.
sun sinks into the ocean right in front of your eyes. Swim at Litchfield National Park Just over an hour away from Darwin, experience the double cascades of Wangi and Florence waterfalls that drop into sublime natural swimming holes, or soak in the rock pools at Buley Rockhole. Catch Karlu Karlu sunset
Plan a sunset stop at Karlu Karlu (the Devils Marbles), an hour south of Tennant Creek. The hundreds of granite boulders scattered around a shallow valley turn a fiery red as the sun sets—an unforgettable sight. For more details on these activities and other Northern Territory travel ideas, go to northernterritory.com.
The Mindil Beach Sunset Markets in Darwin. PHOTO: NORTHERN TERRITORY TOURISM
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Hobart: Defined by a style of stately charm Erle Levey
IT’S a part of Australia yet it’s apart. A place steeped in history that relies on those foundations to look to the future. Mention its name and most associate it with the sea … sailing in particular. Yet we were on a plane, a direct flight from Brisbane even though there are more flights available with stopovers at either Sydney or Melbourne. Our destination? Hobart. Its co-ordinates: 42.8 degrees south, 147.3 degrees east. That’s the thing about Tasmania. The different air … cleaner, crisper. The pace, not as hectic. Time is your friend, not your enemy. It’s like that first date ... dinner and fine wine, music, maybe a visit to an art gallery. There is a gentleness in the air ... of caring, sharing secrets. It’s so easy to fall in love with Hobart. There’s a sincerity, a friendliness. Old-fashioned sense and sensibility mixed with the flirtiness of modern times. As an introduction, we are whisked off from the airport to the Museum of Old and New Art, as much an attraction now as the convict settlement at Port Arthur, the view of Hobart and the Derwent River from Mt Wellington. There is no traffic jam on the expressway. Bellerive Oval is off to the left. The limousine glides along the highway beside the river before pulling up a curved drive and we are at the gallery. MONA is the largest privately funded museum in Australia. It deliberately underwhelms you from the outside – Hobart and Mt Wellington are reflected on an entry wall. Step inside and be confronted by one of the most controversial collections of art in the world. Comparisons are immediately drawn with Queensland’s Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane. They are similar but not the same. While GOMA is above ground and a celebration of the light and space of Queensland’s sub-tropical climate, MONA is cut deep into the sandstone – dark and confronting. MONA will seduce you,
MODERN TRADITIONS: Henry Jones IXL Art Hotel, Tasmania.
The Salamanca Markets, Hobart.
provoke you, inspire you. To truly see Hobart is to arrive by sea. Standing on the docks, with tributes to Antarctic explorers, you realise how much of Hobart’s history is bound up with the ocean. Ships, ferries, yachts and fishing boats pull up in the city centre at Sullivans Cove. At the end of the Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race weary sailors make it to the safety of Constitution Dock in the heart of the city. But you think back to the early settlers in Van Diemen’s Land. Think of whalers and sealers who fished the southern ocean. The early explorers in their square-rigged sailing ships. How did they navigate through raging oceans from their ports in the northern hemisphere to the other side of the
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world ... one step from Antarctica? The docks open on to the streets; to the south is historic Salamanca Place with its sandstone warehouses converted into bars, coffee shops and restaurants as well as art galleries and theatres. To the north is the Henry Jones Art Hotel that includes the IXL Atrium, once the factory for IXL Jams. You’re in a city ... but you’re not. Hobart is a very walkable place. Battery Point with its beautifully preserved early buildings and inviting bakeries and tea houses. The Saturday markets at Salamanca Square are a good example of how connected Tasmanians are with the land and the sea, with what they grow, with what they produce.
The view from Mt Wellington, Hobart.
Ask a waiter or chef at a restaurant the origin of the food they are serving and they will most likely be able to tell you the farm it has come from. It’s like seeing the way things are supposed to be. Grounded yet open to ideas. That’s the way I felt walking around the streets of Richmond, a classified historic town in the Coal River Valley, about 30km north-west of Hobart. Initially, the banks of the river were the source of coal for the newly founded settlement of Hobart. That was in 1803. Today, the picturesque valley is the source of another valuable resource in the form of outstanding wines. Richmond is the most recognisable name on the Coal Valley map, the home of more than 50 historic
buildings and structures. None is more famous than the bridge that straddles the crystal clear waters of the Coal River. So clear that platypus are said to live in its shadow. The second-most photographed bridge in Australia and the oldest still in use, it was built in 1823 by convicts from sandstone quarried at Butchers Hill and hauled by hand carts to the site. Sitting high on the hill is St John’s Catholic Church (1837) and burial ground, the oldest Catholic Church still in use in Australia. Richmond Gaol was built in 1825 as part of Governor Arthur’s system of police districts. Originally, Richmond was an important military staging post and convict station linking Hobart with
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Port Arthur. Today, accommodation ranges from Georgian-style cottages to B&Bs, historic inns and hotels to farm-stays or lofts and studios among vineyards. However, it is wine that has got heads turning. It is now home to more than 200 vineyards and demand for Tasmania’s high-quality pinot noir and other premium wines now exceeds the capacity to supply. The beauty of Tasmania is its size ... small enough to explore easily, large enough to be enthralled by its diversity. Expect the unexpected, expect to be surprised, expect for your senses to be captured by the softness of a shower of rain or the chill of a breeze from the Southern Ocean against your cheek.
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Labor wants franking changes
THE spectacular u-turn by the Labor Party on its plan to remove the ability of retirees on the pension who own shares to claim a cash rebate on the tax-paid company dividends is certainly a welcome step. But it will do little if anything for close to one million Australians who are members of self-managed superannuation funds and many other self-funded retirees who fall outside of the age pension safety net. If the ALP is elected at the next election, and manages to get its planned legislation enshrined into law, there is likely to be considerable upheaval in the retirement space as people are forced into selling assets, to shift capital into other
FINANCE TONY KAYE areas, and perhaps even to sell and spend up some of their retirement funds to qualify for the age pension. Indeed, the latter strategy may become the favoured choice of many who are outside of the age pension qualification limits but who actually earn less from their retirement savings than those being paid a part or full government pension. After pressure from the Federal Government as well as superannuation and financial lobby groups, Opposition leader Bill Shorten went back to
the drawing board and came up with a new draft of his plan to tax retirees. The political olive branch from the ALP is there would be a “Pensioner Guarantee” on its policy. That means any pensioners owning shares and receiving either a full or part age pension, a disability support pension, carer payment, parenting payment, Newstart or a sickness allowance, would be able to avoid the planned dividends slug. SMSFs with at least one pensioner or allowance recipient also would be exempt from the changes. The revised plan will reduce the additional revenue Labor’s policy was estimated to make in its first two years from $11.4 billion to $10.7 billion.
But even those revised figures show many Australians benefiting from the current dividends policy will still be caught in the crossfire. Those people are the trustees and members of SMSFs and other self-funded retirees, who will be bearing the brunt of this proposed legislation. Actuarial research house Rice Warner says the plan is “extraordinarily bad policy”. These are six reasons why: ■ It is product-specific, attacking SMSFs but no other types of superannuation funds. ■ Labor’s forecast additional revenue figures do not take into account the major tax changes which took effect from July 1, 2017 and mean retirees with larger balances already face
reduced franking credit refunds or an increase in their tax bill. ■ It is easily avoided by a change in asset-allocation, or by partial or full transfer into an APRA fund, so it will not deliver much of the tax claimed. ■ It signals that retirees should shift away from Australian shares to less appropriate assets, weakening our domestic capital market. ■ It will lead to some SMSF retirees earning less and moving to a part age pension earlier. ■ It further weakens confidence in the stability of government policy towards superannuation – even those not directly affected may experience reduced confidence that saving extra for retirement will be rewarded.
“We accept that there are still many members of SMSFs with very large balances (which Labor ignored when it did its comprehensive review of superannuation),” Rice Warner says. “If it is deemed that they need to pay more tax, there is a relatively simple solution. Simply have a limit on the total amount allowed to be held in superannuation at retirement.” SMSF Association CEO John Maroney says many SMSF members receiving a partial age pension will be subject to an “unfair, two-tiered and complex” system. Tony Kaye is the editor of Eureka Report, which is owned by financial services group InvestSMART, www.investsmart.com.au
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Tasty homegrown tomatoes
HOME-grown tomatoes are the tastiest and they are very easy to grow from either seed or seedlings, provided you follow our simple, step-by-step program.
PREPARATION
Garden Beds: Add one barrowload of 5-in-1, Real Compost or animal manure per square metre to growing area and dig thoroughly into soil. Sprinkle with garden lime at the rate of one handful per square metre. Mulch thoroughly. Raised beds are usually best unless soil is naturally very well drained. No-dig method: Beds can be built up from layers of organic material topped with compost or potting mix into which seeds or seedlings are planted. One method is to make a
newspaper base to suppress weeds and then add successive layers of lucerne or cane trash, animal manure, straw, another layer of animal manure and well-made, mature compost into which seeds are planted. Each layer is about 20 cm thick and must be watered. Sides can be left open or contained by boards or wire mesh. Growing from seed: Use a proprietary Searles Seed Raising mix and make shallow holes about 0.5cm deep and 10cm apart. Cover lightly with the mix, firming it down and watering gently. Thin out seedlings to 3cm apart when they are 2cm high. Plant out when about four weeks old and the same size as bought seedlings.
Growing from seedlings: In hot weather plant out in the late afternoon or evening; about 50cm apart in rows 1.2 metres apart. Set roots firmly in place, leaving plenty of top growth above the surface and removing any leaves which might be buried. Dose each plant with a dilute application of SeaMax Fish & Kelp to promote strong root growth. Put 2m stakes next to each, train one or two shoots up the stake and secure with a soft binding material tied loosely round the stem but not right under the leaf. Watering Tomatoes: Give plants a good soaking around the roots every other day, keeping the soil slightly moist below the
surface. In extremely hot weather watering once or even twice a day may be necessary; heat stress is shown by wilting. Overwatering can cause root rot. A perforated soaker hose or trickle/drip irrigation system is best. Feeding Tomatoes: Keep soil healthy with regular mulching and applications of 5-in-1 or Real Compost and/or animal manures. Tomatoes will grow very well in a healthy soil that is rich in nutrients, particularly if boosted with applications of SeaMax Fish & Kelp to the leaves and soil. Pruning: Not strictly necessary but occasional pruning of top growth will encourage a low, bushy plant. Pests: Most common pests can be kept at bay
GROW YOUR OWN: Tomatoes grow well in a healthy soil.
with an all-purpose organic spray such as Ecofend Vegetable & Garden. Always try organic solutions rather than chemical solutions. Fruit can be covered by paper bags just before it starts to colour up. Diseases: Visible signs are blotches on fruit and/or leaves, wilting of leaves or whole plant, unsightly patterns on fruit,
leaf-yellowing or distortion, sudden collapse of plant. Most common prevention and control methods are copper-based fungicidal dusts and spray of Mancozeb but seek advice from your garden centre, taking a specimen of the problem with you. More info at: searlesgardeniproducts. com.au
Quinoa, tomato, asparagus and goat’s cheese tart INGREDIENTS
190g (1 cup) quinoa, rinsed, drained 1 teaspoon Massel vegetable stock powder 500ml (2 cups) water 400g grape tomatoes 2 bunches asparagus, trimmed, halved 2 eggs 50g (1/2 cup) parmesan, finely grated 150g soft goat’s cheese 150g low-fat ricotta 2 tablespoons fresh continental parsley, chopped 2 tablespoons fresh chives, chopped 2 teaspoons lemon
Tomato pie.
rind, finely grated Fresh basil leaves, to serve Balsamic vinegar, to drizzle
METHOD
Step 1 Place the quinoa in a small saucepan with the stock powder and water. Stir to combine and bring to the boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer for 12 minutes or until the water is absorbed. Remove from the heat and then set aside to cool.
Step 2 Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan forced. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Place the tomatoes and asparagus on prepared tray. Spray with olive oil. Roast for 8-10 minutes or until tender. Set aside. Step 3 Place the cooled quinoa in a large bowl. Add the eggs and grated parmesan. Season and stir until well combined. Step 4 Lightly spray a 26cm non-stick fluted tart tin with a removable base with oil. Press the quinoa
mixture evenly and firmly into the base and side of tin to form a thick crust. Place on a baking tray and bake for 15 minutes or until light golden. Step 5 Combine the goat’s cheese, ricotta, parsley, chives and lemon rind in a bowl. Mix until smooth. Spread the cheese mixture over the quinoa base. Top with the roasted tomatoes and asparagus. Roast for a further 5–10 minutes or until warmed through. Sprinkle with the basil leaves and drizzle with balsamic vinegar.
Staying connected with the free Wi-Fi available MOST of us with mobile phones are on a plan with a service provider that includes some data. It is important to not exceed your data usage and be hit with unexpected charges. One way to avoid this is by taking advantage of the free Wi-Fi available in most public places. Wi-Fi technology may be used to provide Internet access to devices that are within the range of a wireless network that is connected to the Internet. One gigabyte (GB) is made up of 1024MB. The most popular plans offered by mobile phone companies, (unless you
BE THRIFTY AND THRIVE NICKY NORMAN have unlimited usage) are 1GB, 2GB or 5GB of mobile data allowance. Devices that can use Wi-Fi technology include personal computers, video-game consoles, phones and tablets, digital cameras, smart TVs, digital audio players and modern printers. Wi-Fi compatible devices can connect to the Internet via a WLAN and a wireless access
point. Such an access point (or hotspot) has a range of about 20 metres indoors and a greater range outdoors. Hotspot coverage can be as small as a single room with walls that block radio waves, or as large as many square kilometres achieved by using multiple overlapping access points. Your Apps can be busy running updates, checking for new emails or backing up content to the cloud like your photos – without you doing anything. Therefore, you can be using data without realising. Be sure to close the windows/opened
pages from your phone to avoid this from occurring. Wi-Fi provides service in homes, businesses as well as in public spaces at Wi-Fi hotspots set up either free-of-charge or commercially, often using a captive portal webpage for access. Organisations and businesses such as airports, hotels, and restaurants, often provide free hotspots to attract customers. If travelling overseas and you’re concerned about data roaming charges – simply keep your phone settings on ‘Aeroplane mode’ and this will disable any access to
TAP IN: Wi-Fi provides service in private homes, businesses, as well as in public spaces at Wi-Fi hotspots.
data, yet still enabling you to access free Wi-Fi. How to access free Wi-Fi: 1. Tap the Settings icon to open the Settings menu. Tap WiFi. 2. Select the name (SSID)
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The challenge is to rearrange a crossword which has been broken into 25 sections. One letter has been given to get you started. Work out which 3 3 s uare ts in with that letter and write in the letters. ou can also shade the black s uares i you nd it hel ul. ter co leting the rst 3 3 area work out which s uare oins on to it and continue until you have ade a co lete crossword.
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