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Issue 98

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March 31, 2015

The Quiet Achievers 2015

Night of Recognition

he recipients of certificates at the MalT tese Welfare (NSW) Quiet Achievers – Night of Recognition 2015 during Seniors

Weekend photographed with special guests and MW committee members at the Annunciation Hall, St Dominic’s Blacktown. Those honoured for their distinguished voluntary work are in the first two rows holding their certificates. Front row (from left): Sister Giorgina Sultana, Joe Vella, Catherine Vella, Charles Scicluna, Christine Sapienza, Doris Meilak. Second row: Charles Zarb, Lycia Manche’, Josephine Grima, Antonia Fenech, Emanuel Debono, Ronnie Borg, Frank and Marlene Baldacchino, Marie Louis Muscat. Third row: Clr Greg Cummings, Clr Lisa Lane, John Robertson MP, Martin Todorovitch, and Lawrence Dimech. Back: Prof Stephen Gatt, Andrew Rohan MP and Emanuel Camilleri. (See full report on page 4)

he start of Spring on March Tportant 21 in Malta heralded an imday for the Church as

Mgr Charles J Scicluna was formally installed as the Archbishop of the island in a ceremony at the Cathedral in Mdina. The highlight was reached with the reading of the Papal decree dated February 27 - appointing Mgr Scicluna (left) to head the Church in Malta. It was the first installation since that of Archbishop Joseph Mercieca in 1976, who, like Mgr Scicluna, was already bishop when he was appointed to head the Maltese Church. Mercieca’s successor, Mgr Paul Cremona was ordained bishop after he was nominated, at an ordination ceremony at St John's Co-Cathedral.

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Mary Dimech: Honoured for her significant and exemplary contribution

he fourth annual Harmony Dinner at the Grand Pavillion Rosehill Gardens attended by some 1,300 invited guests bringing together people from different cultures, faiths and linguistic backgrounds, was again an event showcasing the cultural diversity and unity of the State of NSW. The highlight of the evening was the presentation of the Premierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Awards, amongst the many an addition to the NSW Multicultural Honour Roll that is a permanent public record of the significant and exemplary contribution by people of our multicultural society. This posthumous inscription marks the legacy of those people who have made a lasting contribution to the community in New South Wales that extends beyond their passing. Mary Dimech - 1951 - 2009 Mary came to Australia with her family as a one-year-old baby and grew up in a Maltese home environment at Queenstown (Tasmania) and Wentworthville (NSW) with all the difficulties new arrivals faced in their initial settlement. Mary started her tertiary studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music but felt a desire for a change of career to social work obtaining a degree as a social worker from the University of NSW. This line of work fitted her perfectly. It reflected her innermost personality - gentle soul, firm in her convictions, meticulous in her tasks and infinitely generous. She also spent some time working in London. The Maltese community of NSW owes Mary a lasting gratitude, as she was the one who laid the foundations for the infrastructural development in Maltese welfare in the

seventies. She was a committed mentor in every aspect of her helping profession, particularly on the workings of beaurocracy and how to steer the community in the right direction to obtain muchneeded funding. It was through her support that for the very first time, the Maltese community benefitted from the employment of two Maltese-speaking health-care interpreters and a full-time healthcare worker. Mary was instrumental in the birth and growth of the Maltese Welfare Group in 1977 and kept guiding it until 1980. Her guidance was always professional and worth its weight in gold. However, her talents were needed elsewhere and so she moved on to working with mainstream service providers. Mary was active in numerous roles including being the first Chairperson of the Ethnic Childcare Cooperative, working for the Ethnic Communities Council of NSW and also being the Director of the Race Discrimination Unit and the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. Another of her key achievements included working as the National Programmes Manager for Multicultural Arts at the Australia Council where she initiated the Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first multicultural arts policy. She was a passionate and dedicated advocate for ethnic communities, minority groups and women. Her commitment to marginalised communities is an inspiration. Mary Dimech died on November 3,

Maltese community of NSW owes Mary Dimech a lasting gratitude

Mary Dimech

2009 after a protracted illness at the aged of 58 years. The dinner under the chairmanship of the Premier of NSW, the Hon Mike Baird was also attended by a number of other Ministers, ConsulGenerals and community leaders. The Maltese community was represented by the president of the Maltese Community Council of NSW, Lawrence Dimech and Mrs Dimech, the v/president, Emanuel Camilleri and his wife, the Treasurer George Bartolo and the principal of the Maltese Language School of NSW, Mary Pace-Feraud and her husband Tony. Harmony in action *NSW is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse states in the world. *Our multicultural society is no longer a small segment, it is a vital piece of our collective NSW identity. The people of NSW 245 ancestries, 215 languages, 125 religious beliefs. 45% of the people in NSW were either born overseas or have at least one parent born overseas. 23% of the people in NSW speak a language other than English at home. New South Wales (NSW) is one of the States in Australia. The others are, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia and Queensland.

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Giuseppe Grima: Was he the first Maltese in South Australia? residence of D. Gollan Esq. Burnside, Strathalbyn, died search in Australian newspa- from apoplexy, Jospers, available online through eph Grima, aged 75 the National Library of Aus- years. The deceased tralia, records a man by the name of was a Maltese, and Giuseppe Grima obtaining a general was highly respected publican licence. This detail is by Mr. and Mrs. recorded in the South Australian Regis- Gollan, with whom he had lived for some ter dated April 2 1842. That year marks the end of the con- time as coachman. The above death vict era in Australia and one would assume that Giuseppe Grima would notice clearly stathave arrived in Australia before this es that Joseph Griyear to be in position to apply and ob- ma, then aged 75, was Maltese. He tain a publican licence. Ten years later in 1852, Giuseppe was identified by Grima applied for a hackney carriage his friends as a proprietors and driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s licence to Maltese and was known to have work as a coachman. One year later, the South Australian been born in Register of August 22, 1853, records an Malta. He died unclaimed letter that could be picked from apoplexy (a up at the Post Office, listed under the stroke or a brain section Foreign Letters, in the name of hemorrhage) and is buried in the Giuseppe Grima. Year 1855 must have been a hard one Iron Knob cemefor Giuseppe, whose occupation is tery. Iron Knob is a stated as labourer, who was declared an insolvent, while the last entry on workplace where, Giuseppe Grima, in the SA Register, is many years later, on the April 26, 1864 where it is stated a number of Maltese found employment in the Steel that: GRIMA. On the 24th March 1864, at the Works of this mining town in South Australia. What I found of The Whyalla cemetery, where Giuinterest is a note seppe Grima is buried, as it is today in the names on the headstones of the Whyalla cemetery that is, that on July 1, 1923, sixty years after his death. Joseph Grima had a headstone erected by friends. He must have had no family in South

By Mark Caruana

Australia but was remembered by his friends. It is hoped that his name will also be remembered by the Maltese community of SA as one of its first (if not the first) pioneer in this State. It would be appreciated if a photo of the headstone of Giuseppe Grima at the Whyalla cemetery could be taken to be deposited in the Migration Museum, Adelaide and the Fred Fenech Maltese Resource Centre in NSW.

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Mog˙tija g˙arfien annwali fil-qasam tal-volontarjat I

ssir kull sena, iΩda lorganizzaturi dejjem isibu mod kif dan lavveniment ji©i ppreΩentat b’mod professjonali u differenti. Quddiem sala ppakkjata bin-nies, il-Maltese Welfare (NSW) ippreΩentaw il-15-il edizzjoni tal-Quiet Achievers – Night of Recognition. Diddarba 13-il persuna ta’ nisel Malti ©ew onorati g˙ax-xog˙ol li wettqu fil-qasam tal-voluntarjat fl-isferi differenti tal-komunita` generali. Dan huwa wie˙ed mill-avveniment li jsiru waqt NSW Seniors’ Week li dis-sena kellha b˙ala tema, “Be Inspired”. Çertament li dawk li rçevew iç-çertifikat tal-g˙arfien g˙ax-xog˙ol u l-eΩempju tag˙hom jispiraw lil dawk ta’ madwarhom. Kif qal il-president tal-Maltese Welfare (NSW), Lawrence Dimech “issodisfazzjon ta’ min jag˙mel xog˙ol voluntarju ma ji©ix mill-flus jew mis-suççessi persunali, iΩda mill-fatt li dawn qeg˙din jikkontribwixxu biex titjieb il-kwalita` tal-˙ajja tannies. Dan hu l-akbar valur taxxog˙ol voluntarju”. Dawk onorati din id-darba kienu: Frank u Marlene Baldacchino minn Pemulwuy, Ronnie Borg minn Old Toongabbie, Emanuel Debono minn

Sezzjoni mill-mistednin li attendew g˙all-funzjoni li ilha ssir g˙al dawn l-a˙˙ar 15-il sena.

Dan ifisser li dan l-avveniment hu uniku g˙ax jinvolvi fih lill-komunita’ Maltija kollha tal-iStat fuq baΩi ©enerali u mhux biss minn xi g˙aqda wa˙da. G˙al din il-lejla li saret fl-Annunciation Hall tad-Dar tal-Anzjani San Duminku fi Blacktown attendew, minbarra r-residenti tad-dar, Sister Giorgina Sultana u s-sorijiet l-o˙ra, iç-çerman tal-bord tad-diretturi, lAssoc. Profs Stephen Gatt, is--CEO lgdid Martin Todorovitch kif ukoll il-membri tal-Parlament Statali, John Robertson (Blacktown) u Andrew Rohan (Smithfield). Kien hemm ukoll is-Sindku ta’ Holroyd Greg Cummings u s-sinjura tieg˙u, il-kunsilliera Lisa Lake u Marie Louis Muscat mill-Fiducian Financial Services li sponsorjaw din il-lejla, flimkien ma’ Ωew©ha Frank. It-taqsima muΩikali ©iet fdata f’idejn il-popolari Joe Apap li tassew ferra˙ u nissel nostal©ija blg˙aΩliet muΩikali tieg˙u. Il-preΩentazzjoni taççertifikati saret minn John Robertson MP u Andrew Rohan MP waqt li dan tal-a˙˙ar g˙amel ukoll id-diskors talg˙eluq. Frances Montesin u Doris Grima kienu l-qarreja waqt li Nathalie Gatt g˙amlitha tal-MC, b’Lawrence Gatt ikun ilkoordinatur tal-lejla. Il-Maltese Welfare Il-kumitat tal-Maltese Welfare (NSW) 2015 li kellu x-xog˙ol li jag˙mel l-g˙aΩla finali. Wara ˙aqqhom prosit ta’ (mix-xellug): Charles Micallef, Lino Vella, Lawrence Gatt, Mark Caruana u Emanuel Camil- preΩentazzjoni o˙ra li leri. Quddiem (mix-xellug): Frances Montesin, Rita Kassas, Marlene u Lawrence Dimech, Doris g˙amlet unur lill-komuGrima, Nathalie Gatt u Maria DeCarlo. nita` Maltija. Gwandalan, Antonia Fenech minn Umina Beach, Josephine Grima minn Horsley Park, Lycia Manche` minn Fairfield Heig˙ts, Doris Meilak minn Greystanes, Christine Sapienza minn Moorbank, Charles Scicluna minn Gorokan, Catherine Vella minn Russell Lea, Joe Vella minn Blacktown u Charles Zarb minn Greystanes. (ara ritratt fl-ewwel faççata) Il-proçedura biex ji©u mag˙Ωula la˙˙ar tnax tibda minn Jannar wara li membri tal-komunita` jibag˙tu nnominazzjonijiet tag˙hom lill-kumitat fejn jispjegaw bid-dettal ix-xog˙ol li jkun wettqu fil-qasam tal-volontarjat tul hajjithom.

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A happy Bill Borg with his latest award presented to him by Mulgoa MP Tania Davis

For Outstanding Service to Rugby League I

n recognition and appreciation of his outstanding service to the Community, at Peppertree Reserve the local State Member for Mulgoa, Tania Davies presented Bill Borg, Secretary of St Clair Junior Rugby League Club, with the NSW Government Community Service Award. Members of Parliament are allowed to nominate only two people per year to receive this award and Bill, born in St Lawrence Gozo, Malta, is one of them for 2015. He arrived in Australia with his family 50 years ago. He is the second eldest of nine to George (deceased) and Rita Borg of Greystanes NSW. During the presentation, Member of Parliament for Mulgoa Tania Davies said. “Today I am proud to honour a true blue, gentleman and humble man, Bill Borg, for his tireless work as a volunteer on the committee of the St Clair Comets Junior Rugby League Club as Secretary since 1990. He has dedicated a large portion of his personal life encouraging children to be active participants in team sports”. The Gozitan has been instrumental in the club’s growth and plays a vital role in the day-to-day operations of one of the largest Rugby League clubs in the Penrith district with an annual playing roster of almost 700 players. He has played a leading role in many major improvements to the playing field amenities. In 2010, Penrith City Council approved the naming of the

mini field used by the Club in Bill Borg’s honour (see photograph) in appreciation of his many years of service to the community. It is the first time this honour has been bestowed on a person still living. Bill Borg’s other accolades throughout his voluntary service in the community include: 2001 - Made life member of St Clair Junior Rugby League Club. 2007 - Made life member of the Penrith District Junior Rugby League Club, becoming the only non-Penrith Junior Rugby League Committee member to achieve this honour. 2008 - Centenary of Rugby League Medal. 2008 - Penrith City Council Australia Day Sports Achievement Award. 2010 - Naming of the Mini Field at Peppertree Reserve to The Bill Borg Mini Field. 2011 - Penrith Valley Sports Foundation Sports Administration Award. He has also received an ‘ING Volunteer of the year’ award. *St Clair is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 39 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. St Clair is within view of the Blue Mountains.

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Melbourne’s Moomba Festival M

oomba is celebration time in Melbourne that takes place every year in March. It’s a festival of many days similar to Malta’s “Carnival”, which reaches its peak on the Monday with the Moomba Festival Parade that this year attracted around 70,000 people. On the Sunday and Monday water skiing competitions are held, attracting performers from all over the word. On the same day there’s also the Birdman Rally, where contestants try to fly in their makeshift flying gadgets from a platform onto the Yarra River. The winner will be the the one that “flies” the longest distance. Some “fly” several metres; others fall straight into the river as soon as they leave the platform. In all my 50 years in Australia, this was the first time I managed to make it to see the Moomba Festival Parade… and I loved it. Since its establishment in 1955, the Moomba festival has become something of an institution, unfolding in the city’s parks, along its streets and on the waters of its Yarra River. The festival is as familiar to post-war Melbourne as the AFL and the Melbourne Cup have been for more than a century. Moomba has touched the lives of millions; it has had hundreds of administrators, tens of thousands of performers and legions of spectators. This is the event that helps the streets to come alive with colour and fanfare while the fireworks that

by Paul Vella

(Photos by Caesar Vella)

light up the night sky. Moomba provides something for everyone and has at times had up to 200 different events spread over 11 days; most of them free. From waterskiing to parades of decorated trams, and from street theatre to worldclass opera, Moomba has sought to respond to the times and to engage a diverse audience in a popular community festival. It is of little surprise that it has been subject to criticism for its populism. But Moomba’s success can best be measured by

the great numbers of supporters who come to the city annually to participate in the entertainment. Moomba is marked by both continuity and change. It has reinvented itself through the years to remain relevant and vibrant to festival-goers, who, since the mid-1980s at least, have had no shortage of events to choose from. With its changing festival directors, administration and funding; its backdrop of shifting social, cultural and political environments; and the inevitable criticisms to which such populist events are subject, Moomba necessarily has a rich and complex history. The story of Moomba is in effect a composite of many stories. But there is some continuity that forms a core to the past of this outdoor festival. These relate primarily to place and the nature of the events that have occurred, and still do, in those places. For many, the most memorable experience is the grand parade down Swanston Street, which has served historically as the defining event of Moomba Continued on page ??

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Paul Vella lura fuq Radju 3ZZZ W

ara waqfien ta’ kwaΩi sena Paul Vella re©a beda jxandar programmi bil-Malti fuq ir-Radju Komunitarju f’Melbourne 3ZZZ 92.3 FM. B˙alissa qed jippreΩenta l-programm ta’ nhar ta’ Ìimg˙a, fil-5 pm u ie˙or is-Sibt, fl-10 am, darba fix-xahar. Matul il-waqfien tieg˙u mill-programmi, ˙afna semmieg˙a, fosthom g˙add ta’ anzjani, g˙amlu kuntatt mieg˙u ˙alli jer©a’ jibda jxandar g˙ax ˙assew in-nuqqas ta’ siltiet mill-programmi tal-Ìimg˙a li jinkludu l-qari u t-tifsir tal-Evan©elju talÓadd. Fil-programmi tieg˙u, Paul jipprova jda˙˙al laqtiet differenti li jog˙©bu lis-semmieg˙a, fosthom marçi minn baned Maltin, muΩika u g˙ana Malti. Barraminhekk, min˙abba li hu mda˙˙al sew fil-Grupp Letteratura Maltija ta’ Victoria, jinkludi wkoll qari ta’ proΩa u poeΩiji Maltin min˙abba li

b˙all-o˙rajn fil-grupp, jemmen fil-˙tie©a li wie˙ed jie˙u ˙sieb l-Ilsien Malti u l-Kultura Maltija. Kemm ilu li re©a’ jxandar Paul rçeva g˙add ta’ telefonati u emails ta’ mer˙ba, u anke messa©©i ta’ nkora©©iment. B˙ala ˙arsa ©enerali lejn ir-Radju Komunitarju 3ZZZ f’Melbourne, ta’ min jg˙id li dan ixandar programmi b’aktar minn 60 lingwa differenti. Il-Maltin t’hemmhekk g˙andhom g˙alihom tlett programmi ta’ sieg˙a fil-©img˙a - it-Tnejn u l-Ìimg˙a fil-5 pm, s-Sibt fl-10 am. G˙andhom ukoll programm ie˙or kull l-a˙˙ar Erbg˙a taxxahar fis-1 pm. Ix-xandara l-o˙ra li wkoll jag˙mlu l˙idma tag˙hom b’dedikazzjoni, huma, Lewis Stafrace (Convenor), Mario Sam-

Melbourne’s Moomba Festival Continue from page ?? Nowadays the Moomba Parade takes place in St. Kilda Road. At its height, from the 1950s until the 1970s, it drew hundreds of thousands of people to central Melbourne. In the early years these pageants embodied the glitz and high times of the 1950s, livening up what was a lifeless city centre. Horse and tractordrawn floats - sometimes swan-shaped or festooned in flowers created an incongruous procession against the grey, Victorian façades of Swanston Street. Sadly, the number of floats (karrijiet) has declined over the years, but the marching girls, brass bands, children from different sports, children from different dancing schools, children from talent schools and participants from a large number of nationalities, such as Italians, Greeks, Thai, Chinese, Japanese, and others, are all, still there. Disappointingly, no Maltese Community was represented this year at the festival. Years back the Maltese Community used to take part with floats, some of them very artistitically made, most often with the initiative of Freddie Asciak, his friends and helpers from the Maltese Community Council of Victoria. One would at least expect that the Maltese Community would be represented by at least one of the three Maltese Bands in Victoria on such occasions. But apart from that, this year Moomba was yet another successful festival.

Paul Vella waqt wie˙ed mill-programmi tieg˙u fuq 3ZZZ

mut, Paul Vella u Emmanuel Brincat. Fost dawn, Mario Sammut, li joqg˙od Morwell, jag˙mel vja©© ta’ sag˙tejn bil-ferrovija lejn Melbourne u lura, kull nhar ta’ Sibt biex jippreΩenta l-programm li ilu jipproduçi g˙al aktar minn 25 sena, ˙afna drabi aspejjeΩ g˙alih. It-3ZZZ huwa l-ikbar stazzjon komunitarju f’Melbourne b’xandara voluntieri u programmi li jistg˙u jinstemg˙u ma’ Victoria kollha. Barra dan jistg˙u jinstemg˙u ukoll mad-dinja fuq l-internet, dirett jew on demand - sieg˙a wara li jixxandar u jibqa’ hemm g˙al ©img˙a s˙i˙a sakemm jid˙ol programm ©did. Biex wie˙ed jisma’ l-programmi ta’ 3ZZZ, g˙andu jmur fuq dan is-sit tal-internet, http://www.3zzz.com.au. Fuq ixxellug hemm kaxxa "listen to a show". Minnha, minn fost il-lingwi ag˙Ωel "Maltese" u l-programm Malti li trid. Ag˙fas fuqu u wara ag˙fas ukoll "listen". Fl-a˙˙ar "OK". Hekk jibda l-programm. Wie˙ed jin˙tie© li jkollu s-software "Real Player" jew "Real One". Jekk ma jkollux jista’ jniΩΩlu b'xejn minn fuq linternet. Il-programm ta’ nhar t’Erbg˙a hu mniΩΩel ta˙t il-lingwa “Armenian” min˙abba li dan hu ˙in tal-istazzjon u mhux tal-Maltin. Fil-programmi wie˙ed isib, l-a˙barijiet, marçi ta’ baned Maltin, reli©jon, kanzunetti Maltin, letteratura, umoriΩmu, sports u affarijiet o˙ra. Korrispondent Speçjali

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Dewmien esa©erat

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J. Sciberras minn Parramatta NSW jikteb: r-reazzjoni tieg˙i meta qrajt l-ittra “Dewmien esa©erat” (˙ar©a Nru 97) kienet, kif jista’ jkun li xi ˙add i˙alli tinholoq sitwazzjoni b˙al din? Niftakar meta l-Konsulati kienu anke jift˙u

Expensive exercise

Paul Pisani from Perth, WA writes: am very honoured to be receiving such a professional service as The Voice of the Maltese online magazine, and I want to comment on a letter that was published in Issue No. 97. It was in Maltese, but I could only get a small grip on it, regarding Maltese Passport Applications. I understand that to get a renewal, one has to make an application for an appointment to the Maltese Embassy in Canberra. If you reside in any other part of Australia, it becomes an expensive exercise to get to Canberra for a Passport renewal. We reside in Perth WA, and the expense is a huge amount when you take into account the cost of the air fare as well as the cost of the renewal of the Passport. We cannot justify the extra expense so we will have to forego Renewals. I hope that the High Commissioner of the Maltese people will look at this anomaly.

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l-Ministeru g˙all-Affarijiet Barranin jirreferi g˙all-allegazzjonijiet li qed isiru dwar dewmien ta’ ˙ru© ta’ passaporti u jixtieq jinforma li min˙abba g˙add sostanzjali ta’ applikazzjonijiet g˙all-passaporti, l-appuntamenti fil-Konsulat Ìenerali ta’ Sydney qed jie˙du aktar tul missoltu. Il-Ministeru st˙arre© is-sitwazzjoni u qed jie˙u passi immedjati biex jinqata’ x-xog˙ol b’lura li hemm. Il-Konsulat Ìenerali ta’ Sydney ntalab biex iΩid l-appuntmenti kuljum ˙alli jinqata` x-xog˙ol b’lura u l-istess talba saret ukoll lill-Konsulat Ìenerali ta’ Melbourne. Nota editorjali: Dak li qed nippubblikaw m’humiex allegazzjonijiet iΩda ilmenti mill-qarrejja tag˙na.

Appreciation Marisa Previtera from NSW writes:

just want to let you know how much your E-newsletter is appreciated by the Maltese seniors in Sydney. I am always letting people I meet know that it is a great read and full of interesting information about the local Maltese community and what is happening in Malta; great pictures and stories. I especially enjoyed reading the article about the MAYC Fete that was held recently at La Valette Social Centre. Keep up the great work.

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MCA (NSW) Choir a hit at Holroyd City Fest 2015 T

he Maltese Cultural Association (NSW) Choir took part in the Holroyd Family Festival held in Holroyd Gardens, Merrylands was a great hit with the large crowd made up of young and old that enjoyed a wonderful family atmosphere. The festival went down well with everybody. It included many different arts and craft stalls, an amazing selection of food stalls from many different countries as well as live entertainment that included “Commando” from The Biggest Loser, Chinese Dragons, The Holroyd City Brass Band and Dance Groups, as well as many rides for the children. The live entertainment at the festival was greatly appreciated by the attendees and the performance of the MCA choir on the Community Stage later in the evening in particular went down

Above: the MCA choir in their colourful costume at the Holroyd City Fest. They regaled the audience with Australian and Maltese folk songs

extremely well. The members of the Choir, dressed in their very colourful folk costumes drew many compliments from the audience as they sang a selection of Australian/Maltese folk songs. The choir’s performance even got the audience to join them in the singing of the popular Australian Folk songs and a few of them got up and danced the Waltz to the Maltese tune of Ghanja lil Malta, which is a popular Maltese song, written by Alfred Grech from Malta and made popular by Enzo Guzman. All had a good time and the Maltese community was well represented by this delightful and very active Choir. The Choir continues to attract new members; it is open to anyone who has a love of singing to join. For information on joining this choir one should contact Jim Borg on 96367767.

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Perspettiva Id-Djaletti

A version of this series in English may be found in the author's blog at: http://www.ivancauchi. blogspot.com

kitba ta’

IVAN CAUCHI

an l-a˙˙ar, inzertajt artiklu fuq l-ABC, imsejja˙ 'L-Istorja tal-IngliΩ Awstraljan: g˙aliex nitkellmu kif nitkellmu'.1 Lartiklu jitkellem fuq pubblikazzjoni tal-awtur Kel Richards bl-istess isem. Richards jg˙id li biex tifhem kif il-lingwa tinstema f'dan il-pajjiΩ, trid tifhem l-istorja riçenti tal-pajjiΩ, ji©ifieri wara l-wasla tal-IngliΩi mitejn sena ilu. Dawn ©ew fuq ˙dax-il bastiment minn postijiet differenti fl-Ingilterra, u lkoll kellhom id-djaletti IngliΩi tag˙hom. Kienu jinstemg˙u differenti, u kellhom kliem differenti wkoll, u biex ikunu jistg˙u jikkomunikaw, biΩ-Ωmien il-varjazzjoni fid-djaletti bdew jitnaqqsu xi ftit. Fl-a˙˙ar tas-seklu dsatax kien hemm tentattiv sabiex ji©i stabbilit mod standard kif ji©i mitkellem l-IngliΩ fl-Awstralja. Intg˙aΩel id-djalett tal-klassi edukata tan-nofsinhar tal-Ingilterra, fejn hemm l-Universitajiet ta' Oxford u Cambridge, li ©ie kkunsidrat b˙ala it-'tajjeb'. Il-bqija tad-djaletti, naturalment, kienu '˙Ωiena'. Dan id-djalett 'standard' illum jissejja˙ Pronunzja Rçevuta (Received Pronunciation - RP). Illum jing˙ad li hemm tliet aççenti prinçipali fl-Awstralja, anke jekk dawn ma jidhirx li huma bbaΩati fuq re©juni ©eografiçi 2: *Ikkultivat (li ©ej mill-RP), li eΩempju tieg˙u tista' titqies l-attriçi Cate Blanchett; *Ìenerali, eΩempju tkun l-eks Prim Ministru Awstraljana, Julia Gillard; *Wiesa', eΩempju jkun il-persuna©© Steve Irwin, illum mejjet. Ìewni Ωew© ˙sibijiet meta kont qed naqra dan kollu. L-ewwel hu li ma kien qed jissemma xejn fuq il-massa kbira ta' lingwi u djaletti Abori©ini tal-pajjiΩ. Dawn naturalment m'g˙andhomx x'jaqsmu mal-IngliΩ, ˙lief li sellfu lill-IngliΩ il-kliem u lismijiet antiki tag˙hom, b˙al billabong g˙al g˙adira, jew Parramatta b˙ala post. It-tieni kien li hemm differenzi imma anke xi similaritajiet bejn il-proçess u l-istat tad-djaletti fl-IngliΩ Awstraljan u dawk ta' Malta. Differenza li tispikka hi li hemm varjazzjoni ikbar f'Malta, kif ukoll li d-djaletti ivarjaw ©eografikament. Fl-istess Ωmien li l-IngliΩi kienu qed 'jiskopru' l-Awstralja, Mikiel Anton Vassalli kien di©a` semma d-djaletti Maltin,3 u kien qasamhom f'˙ames gruppi fuq baΩi ©eografika, u kull grupp ikollu l-varjazzjonijiet tieg˙u: 1. Il-Belt Valletta u madwar il-Port il-Kbir; 2. Djaletti tal-Lvant 3. Djaletti Çentrali 4. Djaletti tal-Punent 5. l-G˙awdxi Jien il-familja tieg˙i minn G˙awdex, miΩ-Ωew© na˙at, u meta kont Ωg˙ir kont immur spiss sa din il-gΩira. Niftakar sew lill-©enituri tieg˙i jisimg˙u lil xi ˙add jit˙addet, u minnufi˙ jirrimarkaw “Eh, dak Ωgur minn Ta' Sannat”, jew “Dik qisha mir-Rabat (t'G˙awdex)”. Peress li huma kienu speçifikament mill-G˙arb, G˙awdex, kultant kont nisma' f'xi triq jew pjazza xi kelma bl-ittra 'g˙' jew 'h' jinstemg˙u qishom '˙', meta illum ikunu mistennija li ma tinstemg˙ux, b˙all-kelma 'dahru' (his back) tinstema 'da˙ru'. F'dawn is-sentejn li ilni ng˙allem il-lingwa Maltija hawn f’Sydney, bqajt immeraviljat ninnota li d-djaletti Maltin g˙adhom ˙ajjin anke hawn fl-Awstralja, u mhux biss fl-immigranti talewwel ©enerazzjoni li ©ew hawn, imma wkoll f'dawk tat-tieni u anke t-tielet ©enerazzjoni, li ma twildux Malta imma fl-Awstralja. G˙alkemm jien naturalment ng˙allem il-lingwa u l-aççent standard Malti, ikolli nistqarr li nitpaxxa nisma' l-istudenti jitkellmu, min b'djalett mill-iM©arr (ta' Malta), o˙ra b'aççent mill-Mellie˙a, o˙ra titkellem bil-'k' minflok bil-'q'.

Pa©na bit-titlu tal-’lessiku' ta' Mikiel Anton Vassalli Similarità mad-djaletti Awstraljani, hija l-attitudni ta' xi w˙ud li d-djaletti huma ta' min iwarrabhom, jew huma tal-misthija. Jien niftakar lil nanna wa˙da tieg˙i, li meta kont inΩurha kienet toqg˙od attenta ˙afna li titkellem 'bil-Malti pulit', kwaΩi pulit (pooleet) iΩΩejjed. Smajt b'kaΩ ie˙or ta' tifel li staqsa lil ommu g˙aliex it-tali persuna ra˙lija 'titkellem bil-pastaΩ'. G˙all-grazzja t'Alla qed ikun hawn qawmien ta' interess fiddjaletti Maltin. Hemm grupp fuq Facebook fejn ji©u diskussi ddjaletti (fittex g˙al 'Djeletti Maltin'). Hemm ukoll pro©ett mir-radju tal-Università ta’ Malta Campus FM biex ji©u mxandra ntervisti ma' nies bi djalett minn diversi r˙ula madwar Malta u G˙awdex. Il-programm jismu 'Kollu Malti'4 u hekk hu! Huwa çar li d-djaletti g˙adhom qawwija anke 'l bog˙od minn xtut missirijietna, u g˙adhom ukoll il bog˙od milli jmutu. Qed jistennew biss biex jer©g˙u ji©u misjuba fis-s˙i˙, u ççelebrati. Il˙olma tieg˙i hi li nkun parti miç-çelebrazzjoni ta' dan il-wirt qawwi tag˙na l-Maltin. Referenzi [1]http://www.abc.net.au/news/20150316/thestorybehindaustralianenglish/6315078, retrieved 24/3/2015 [2]http://dialectblog.com/2011/07/10/typesofaustralianaccents/, retrieved 24/3/2015 [3]Ktŷb yl klŷm Mâlti mfysser byl-Latîn u byt-Taljân; Michaelis Antonii Vassalli; 1796; p16 [4]http://campusfm.um.edu.mt/pages/webcastspages/kollumalti.htm, retrieved 24/3/2015

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Maltese High Commission in Canberra Glass Project

he High Commission of the Republic of Malta was one of eight countries that participated in the project Diplomacy: Translations in Glass organised by Canberra Glassworks. Basically this is a project showcases decorative glass collections that was later viewed by the public. An Australian glass artist was attached to each participating Embassy and created original works inspired by the country he is attached to. In the case of Malta, renowned artist Andy Baldwin produced fantastic pieces of glass inspired by Maltese lace. The works of eight famous glass artists inspired by the respective countries were exhibited at Canberra Glassworks in an event at the Canberra Glassworks in February in the

tatives of the ACT government, the artists themselves, the media and personalities from the Australian artistic world. Malta’s High Commissioner to Australia, Mr. Charles Muscat, accompanied by his deputy, Dr Joseph Pirotta, attended the event that put items of Maltese decorative glass in the limelight as it was exhibited at the entrance of the Australian exhibition. The Maltese glass was also accompanied by pieces of exquisite Maltese lace personally made by Mrs. Victoria Muscat, the spouse of the HC. An exhibition of all the Maltese glass, sent over H.E. Charles Muscat and Mrs. Victoria from Mdina Glass and Muscat (first left), with Glassworks' Gozo Glass, will also be Guest Curator Ms. Ivana Jirasek held later towards the end presence of the Ambassadors of the of this month at Canberra Glasseight participating countries represen- works.

Malta Stand at Canberra Multicultural Festival

alta also put up a stand at the Canberra MulM ticultural Festival that was held in the centre of the Australian capital. This annual event draws im-

mense crowds from Canberra itself and interstate as all countries try to give a glimpse of their culture, traditions and also their food. This year Malta built a stand in the EU Village along with other EU Member States. Manned by diplomats at the High Commission and also by members of the committee of the Maltese Australian Association of Canberra and Queanbeyan, the stand attracted hundreds of visitors. Enquiries were also made, mostly regarding studying in Malta, tourism and possibilities of dual citizenship by Australians who have a Maltese parental connection. Australian political dignitaries, among them the Hon. Yvette Berry, ACT Minister for Multicultural Affairs who was introduced by the EU Head of Delegation HE Mr. Sem Fabrizi, also visited the stand. A considerable amount of publicity material and souvenirs were distributed during

Malta’s stand at the Canberra Multicultural Festival

the day. High Commissioner HE Charles Muscat and Deputy HC Dr. Joseph Pirotta coordinated the organsation of the Malta stand.

One good turn deserves another Kull qalb trid o˙ra

iex tipproduçi magazine b˙al dan, li wara kollox hu edication we have lots of; when it comes to time, we find it as B frott tal-passjoni li g˙andna biex inwasslu t-tag˙rif D when dedicatiing oneself to a cause, it’s there. A third ingredilill-Maltin barra minn art twelidhom, ma jin˙tie©x biss ent needed to produce an online magazine such as The Voice of the

Maltese is financial. To offset that, of late, the production team has been seeking sponsors to help us share that burden with us. Some have responded positively by advertising the services they offer to their clients on our publication. There is need for more, but at least it’s a start. We call upon others to follow them. One good turn deserves another; therefore in return, our readers too have a part to play. They are therefore urged to use the services and buy products of those sponsoring The Voice of the Maltese.

xog˙ol u ˙in, imma wkoll spejjeΩ. Biex jittaffew u˙ud mill-ispejjeΩ nippruvaw insibu sponsors ˙alli jg˙inuna. G˙ad m’g˙andniex biΩΩejjed minnhom, imma bdejna, u ta’ min jag˙tihom ˙ajr. Kull qalb trid o˙ra, g˙alhekk in˙e©©u lill-qarrejja biex i©ibu dan quddiem g˙ajnejhom u kemm jista’ jkun juΩaw is-servizzi u/jew jixtru l-prodotti ta’ dawk li qed jirreklamaw/jisponsorjaw fil-magazine.

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Roundup of News About Malta

€200m. investment hailed as important milestone for healthcare in Malta, Gozo

he Maltese Government has signed a €200 million investment agreement in Malta’s healthcare infrastructure with Barts, one of Britain’s leading medical and dental schools, that would pave the way for what is by far the biggest direct foreign investment Gozo has ever seen. Presiding the signing of the agreement in Gozo, Prime Minister Dr Joseph Muscat described the investment as an important milestone for Malta and Gozo, “an important moment in the history of this island”. Barts, which is ranked 4th in the UK for medicine and 1st in the UK for dentistry, has a reputation for impressive research across many disciplines, will be setting up the Barts Gozo Campus and with 1,600 undergraduate and 750 postgraduate students. Dr Muscat said that this investment “places Gozo on the world map – as an island that will become known for producing some of the finest medics in Europe.” The government expects the Campus to attract a good number of students from Europe, North America and the Middle East as its undergraduate courses are to be marketed around the globe. It would host 300 mostly foreign students with an intake of 60 students for every academic year. Malta is also eager to benefit from its research mission in fields such as oncology, cardiac, dentistry, inflammation, genomics, neuroscience and primary care, and also from their teaching excellence. The Prime Minister said this is “a winwin agreement”, thanks to it health care in Malta will become even better, and would

The chairman of Malta Enterprise, Dr Mario Vella (left) and Prof Anthony Morris for Barts signing the agreement in the presence of (from right): Anton Refalo (Minister for Gozo), Chris Cardona (Minister for Economy), the Prime Minister, Louis Grech (Deputy PM), Konrad Mizzi (Minister for Health and Energy) and Chris Fearne (Parliamentary Secretary for Health)

ensure health care to remain free. The Barts’ Medical and Dentistry School project, standing alone, is already a massive boost to Gozo and the economy, however, this is part of a larger, more ambitious step change in healthcare in Malta; there will be improved facilities, more beds and more professionals. Moreover, the presence of Barts will provide new opportunities for Maltese medical scientists and practitioners as well as for scientists in Life Sciences generally. As a result of the deal, three other hospitals will be upgraded to be in the Mater Dei

... and a new hospital in Smart City in 2017 P

rime Minister Joseph Muscat announced Saturday that a new private hospital to be called ‘St John Paul II Hospital’ resulting from a €100 million private investment is to be built at Smart City that should start operating in 2017. Dr Muscat said that this 200-bed state-ofthe-art private hospital that is to be built through a new investment company with

Summer Time: 8 hrs difference

ummer Time in Malta began last Sunday S when clocks were put forward one hour. It ends at 2am on October 25.

In Australia, Daylight Saving Time that began on the first Sunday in October, ends next Sunday when clocks are put back one hour. It is only observed in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory so the time difference beween them and Malta will be eight hours.

Maltese and Italian interests, will become a “medical centre of excellence” that will operate mainly in the fields of sports medicine, orthopaedics and neurosurgery. It will include a strategic partnership with Johnsons and Johnsons, one of the largest worldwide companies in the health sector, and would also be collaborating in the provision of materials, research and technology, with Maltese professionals, the university and other training institutions. The hospital will operate mainly in the field of orthopaedic with surgical and outpatient activity and employ 500 people. Fifty of its 200 rooms will be suites and the hospital will collaborate with Maltese professionals, the university and other training institutions. The hospital to be run by Synesis Ltd Malta, together with Italian Society of Personalised Medicine will look at the molecular and metabolic footprint of the individual to come up with products tailored for individual patients.

class. They include, the existing Gozo General Hospital that will be redeveloped, increasing the total capacity from 291 to 450 beds, with 125 of them being utilised for medical tourism, while at the same time expanding the spaces and services for locals. As part of the investment, St. Luke’s Hospital, that was left to rot for 15 years will come back into life. It will have a rehabilitation area, fully equipped labs for CT Scans, PET Scans and MRIs and a new dermatology centre servicing about 35,000 outpatients yearly, and the Karin Grech premises will also be renovated to accommodate 270 long term geriatric patients. All this will relieve pressure on Mater Dei Hospital that, the PM said, “has been plagued by endemic problems as a result of a lack of proper planning primary healthcare services. It will enable it to provide top of the range medical care without bursting at the seams,” the PM said. At the same time the government also plans to continue expanding capacity at Mater Dei. The new investment would be creating 1,200 new healthcare related jobs in the Maltese islands. He said that Malta is building a health care system that will make it proud,” which is good news for all of Gozo, for all patients, all health professionals, and for everybody who is optimistic and believes in a strong, free universal healthcare system built for the 21st century. Health Minister Konrad Mizzi said the project would take place over a period of four years, while Parliamentary Secretary Chris Fearne said that this was a dream come true for the medical professionals.

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Charles J Scicluna installed as Malta’s new Archbishop

alta’s new Archbishop, Mgr Charles J Scicluna was formally installed during a ceremony at the Mdina Cathedral on March 21. It was the first installation since that of Archbishop Joseph Mercieca in 1976. After the reading of the Papal decree concelebrated Mass was celebrated, but the day for him started several hours earlier when he arrived in the parish church of his hometown Lija where he was greeted with a fireworks salute and a small crowd that huddled below umbrellas on this rainy but important day. After leading the crowd in prayers, Mgr Scicluna left the village and escorted by police outriders proceeded to Rabat where he made his first stop in the Franciscan church of Our Lady of Good Health. There he met the sick and volunteers. Afterwards he visited St Dominic Church also in Rabat where, amid more applause his predecessor Mgr Paul Cremona warmly embraced him on the altar. The two then prayed together in the Grotto of Our Lady beneath the church. Before proceeding the the Mdina Cathedral he also made stops at St Paul’s Church, Ta' Giezu Church and St Mark Church, where he was greeted by all the parish priests of Malta. They all prayed together before he proceeded to Mdina Cathedral in a procession.

The new Archbishop Mgr Charles Scicluna (left) greeted by his predecessor Mgr Paul Cremona

The highlight of the ceremony was reached in the cathedral with the reading of the Papal decree and after Archbishop Eme-ritus Paul Cremona led prayers, the Papal Nuncio, Mgr Aldo Cavalli symbolically handed the new responsibilities to Mgr Scic- luna by leading him to the cathedra on the side of the altar. Applause broke out as Mgr Cavalli and the dean of the parish priests congratulated Mgr Scicluna. The new Archbishop then led the concelebrated Mass. The co-celebrants included Cardinal Prospero Grech, Mgr Cavalli, the Bishop of Gozo Mario Grech, Archbishop Emeritus Paul Cremona, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Secretary for relations with States at the Holy See and Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O.Carm. from the diocese of Rome. Some 160 priests took part. Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Mercieca was indisposed. President Marie-Louise Coleiro led the congregation in the Cathedral accompanied by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, Opposition leader Simon Busuttil, members of the judiciary and Mgr Scicluna's parents. In his homily, Archbishop Scicluna said that

Promise of 25% Energy tariffs cuts for businesses kept

alta’s economy has received yet another boost when as promised, at the end of March, the government cut energy tariffs for businesses by 25%, a decision that is bound to help businesses become more competitive and help them grow.

It would also fuel consumer spending and Malta’s economic growth. With the reduction of energy tariffs for households last year and the current cuts the government estimates it would be directly pumping €70 million in Malta’s economy

Malta becomes first European country to enact legislation for family businesses alta has become the first European SMEs for the European Commission deM country to propose a comprehensive scribed the Act as a pioneering law, the first legislation in the creation of the Family in the EU. Al-

Business Act, that also addresses access to finance and investing for the future. Announcing the legislation, the Minister for the Economy, Investment and Small Business, Chris Cardona said this was a pioneering law and that if it works well it would allow businesses to considerably increase their chances of survival and to prosper in an ever-increasing competitive market. He emphasised the importance of Family Businesses for the Maltese economy referring to them as ‘its beating heart’, based on the fact that about seventy per cent of Maltese businesses are run or controlled by families and they employ about forty thousand people. Mr. Marko Curavić, Director General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and

though Family Businesses are highly important for the EU economy, Mr. Curavić said that they are an even more important element of the Maltese economy and that they need to be always considered for the long term.

to tend the flock of the Lord was now his call and duty and he would seek to achieve it with word and deed as well as love for everyone, while using his staff when faced by the wolf. He also prayed for the Lord’s help that the faithful might see in him as a source of help, solidarity and encouragement.

March 31 is Freedom Day

he coming days are quite hectic in Malta. Today (March 31) it is commemorating the 36th Anniversary of Freedom Day (Jum il-Ħelsien). This is the anniversary of the withdrawal of British troops and the Royal Navy from Malta. It is a Maltese national holiday celebrated annually on this day in 1979 when the last British Forces left Malta. *On April 11 the citizens will be called to vote at Local Council elections, and also at a referendum on spring hunting. Voters will be asked to decide whether they want this tradition to continue as per a derogation on the EU Birds Directive, which the Maltese Government had negotiated prior to accession to the European Union. This Derogation, permits the hunting of turtle doves and quail for a limited time in spring. *Along with the Catholic world, in the first week of April, Malta will be celebrating Holy Week, culminating in Good Friday (April 3) and Easter Sunday (5th).

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Malta biss

L-Arçisqof Charles Scicluna fi triqtu biex ji©i ordnat

inkejja li Malta hi wa˙da mill-iΩg˙ar imsie˙ba talM Unjoni Ewropea, qed ta’ sikwit tkun fl-a˙barijiet fejn tid˙ol din l-UE. Li jag˙tina pjaçir u sodisfazzjon hu li Malta qed tissemma’ b’mod poΩittiv. Propju g˙ad kif ˙ar©et l-a˙bar li Malta kienet l-uniku pajjiΩ fl-UE li g˙adda mit-test mag˙ruf b˙ala l-Energy Efficiency Directive li jitkellem dwar kif g˙andhom jo˙or©u l-kuntratti u dwar energy audits fost l-o˙rajn. Malta kienet l-uniku pajjiΩ li segwa d-deadline biex jimplimenta din id-direttiva, sa Ìunju 2014. Min˙abba f’hekk l-UE qed tie˙u passi kontra is-27 pajjiΩ l-ie˙or li ma g˙addewx mit-test. Min˙abba f’hekk dawn il-pajjiΩi qed jiffaçjaw il-˙las ta’ multi kbar ta’ kuljum sakemm jimplimentaw dak li tg˙id din id-direttiva.

“Nirrifjuta li nitla’ fuq karru...” l-Arçisqof

-Arçisqof til-©did ta’ Malta, Mons Charles Scicluna qal li jirrifjuta li jitla’ fuq karru”. Ma kienx qed jg˙id g˙al xi karru mi©bud miΩ-Ωwiemel, imma g˙al karru ie˙or... li f’Malta nippruvaw inrikkbu lil kul˙add, l-aktar jekk dak li jkun ikollu xi kariga mportanti. Kien qed jg˙id g˙all-karru politiku. Forsi min˙abba dak li se˙˙ fl-img˙oddi, g˙ad g˙andna dawk li malli ssir xi ˙atra mportanti mill-ewwel ideffsu fin-nofs il-politika u jibdew jispekulaw jekk min ikollu çerta responsabbilta’ u nfluwenza fuq is-soçjeta Maltija, hux se ja©evola, direttament jew indirettament, lill-˙omor, lill-blu jew lill-˙odor. Bla dubju li mat-t˙abbira tal-˙atra talArçisqof il-©did kien hemm min beda jispekula. Ma nistag˙©ibx jekk kienx hemm ukoll min sa wasal g˙al xi konkluΩjoni wkoll. Kemm dak li qed nikteb hu minnu jidher mill-fatt li fl-ewwel intervista li saritlu wara l-ingress tieg˙u fil-Kattidral tal-iMdina, min kien qed jintervistah ˙ass il-˙tie©a istaqsih dwar il-poΩizzzjoni tieg˙u dwar il-politika. It-twe©iba tal-Arçisqof kienet skjetta. Stqarr b’emfasi qawwija: “Jien m’hinix, u

nirrifjuta li nitla’ fuq karru politiku, u nirrita ru˙i meta l-partiti jippruvaw juΩawni. G˙andi, ippermettuli nghidilkom, allergija kbira.” G˙alkemm kif ikkkonferma fl-istess twe©iba Mons Scicluna qal li ma kienx be˙siebu jid˙ol fil-politika, fl-istess ˙in qal: “imma ma jfissirx li se noqg˙od f’rokna wiççi mal˙ajt u nin˙eba.” Kif sostna Mons Sciculna, u bir-ra©un, ilKnisja trid titkellem u jekk irridu “knisja relevanti bilfors irrid knisja li tirfes il-kallijiet.” Allura jista’ jkun hemm reazzjoni g˙al dan. IΩda sostna l-Arçisqof “..... m’g˙andix nibza’ mir-reazzjoni g˙ax jekk jien nippretendi li tkellimt jien u kul˙add qag˙ad kwiet, nibda ninkwieta, g˙ax inkellha g˙adna blidea li g˙ax tkellem l-Isqof, kul˙add irid jinΩel g˙arkubjeth u jbaxxi rasu.” Kliem li juri kura©© u fl-istess ˙in bidla mill-passat fejn ftit li xejn, min kien imexxi kien jistenna li kul˙add ibaxxi rasu u miskin hu min jipprova jikkritika jew ikollu fehma differenti. “Jiena minix komdu f’dak l-ambjent anke g˙aliex mhux l-ambjent tal-lum.” Bla dubju li din il-bidla fil-mentalita’, mhix marbuta biss mall-fatt li d-dinja nbidlet, iΩda

Ikunu jistg˙u jie˙du kunjom l-omm ukoll Li xi ˙add i©ib Ωew© kunjomijiet, ji©ifieri li hawn li min isej˙ilhom ‘double barrel’, mhux xi ˙a©a ©dida. Sa minn Ωmien ΩemΩem kien hemm ©enituri li jiddeçiedu li ma jag˙tux lil uliedhom kunjom il-missier biss, iΩda wkoll dak tal-omm. Kultant dan isir anke g˙ax kunjom l-omm ikun wie˙ed minn dawk il-kunjomijiet li bil-mod il-mod ikun qed jisparixxi. Jidher li fil-li©i mhemm xejn li jirregola din is-sitwazzjoni, iΩd’issa se jibda ji©i diskuss abbozz ta’ li©i li se jkun jag˙ti dritt lil ulied li, jekk iridu, jag˙mlu talba formali biex flimkien mal-kunjom tal-missier iΩidu wkoll dak ta’ xbubiet l-omm. Dan jfisser li jekk l-ulied ikunu jg˙ixu

mal-omm, irrespettivament jekk il-©enituri humiex separati, divorzjati jew miΩΩew©in jistg˙u jag˙mlu talba formali lir-re©istru pubbliku biex ikunu rre©istrati b’Ωew© kunjomijiet. Il-missier ji©i nnotifikat dwar ittalba u jing˙ata ˙ames t’ijiem biex jekk jemmen li dan mhux fl-a˙jar interess talDan se jkun japplika wkoll g˙al tfal li twieldu barra Ω-Ωwie©. G˙al dawk l-ulied li jitwieldu fuq il-ba˙ar, bejn sema u ilma - u llum g˙andna numru mhux ˙aΩin b˙al dawn min˙abba l-immigranti llegali li ji©u Malta bil-ba˙ar - sar arran©ament biex dawn ji©u rre©istrati f’Malta, iΩda ma jing˙atawx iç-çittadinanza Maltija.

wkoll g˙ax Mons Scicluna kellu esperjenza twila barra minn Malta. Kif stqarr hu stess: “...gej minn esperjenza tal-kurja rumana fejn l-ewwel ˙a©a li tg˙allimt hi li mhux se nitkellem bil-Malti, ˙lief nhar ta’ Óadd meta konna niltaqg˙u s-saçerdoti Maltin u kienet g˙alija oasi, g˙ax kont nista’ nitkellem bil-Malti’ il-bqija trid titkellem bil-lingwi kollha ma©©uri u trid titg˙allem ukoll li hemm mod u mod kif tesprimi ru˙ek”. G˙amilha çara wkoll, li filwaqt li wie˙ed ma jistax jinsa’ r-rwol importanti li kellha lKnisja fit-tiswir tal-identita’ tal-pajjiΩ, fl-istess ˙in irid ikun hemm çerta bidla fir-rwol tal-Knisja: “A˙na rridu nammettu li l-Knisja Kattolika, u din hija storja, u ma nistg˙ux ninsewha jew in˙assruha, kellha sehem importanti millbinja tal-identita’ kulturali u anke nazzjonali ta’ pajjiΩna, imm’issa wasal iΩ-Ωmien li dak l-irwol mhux ninsewh, imma jinbidel. “L-Istat Malti m’g˙andux jiddependi iΩjed fuq l-Awtorita’ morali tal-Knisja biex jiddefinixxi lilu nnifsu. G˙andna l-Kostituzzjoni tar-Reppublika li tiggarantixxi l-liberta’ reli©juza u l-libertajiet essenzjali u drittijiet fundamentali lil kul˙add, hu min hu, u dik hija garanzija tal-liberta` ta’ kul˙add, inkluz tal-Knisja. “Issa l-knisja m’g˙andiex tibΩa li meta titkellem, se jkollha l-messa©© tag˙ha jekk hu g˙all-©id komuni, jekk jekk fuq il-faqar, jekk problema soçjali jkollu nfluss politiku, imma mhux qed nag˙mlu politika partiggjana jew politika ta’ partit.” G˙amilha çara li meta jitkellem dwar ˙wejje© b˙al dawn ma jkunx jag˙mel hekk b’xi g˙an poltiku. Spjega li “....il-problema mhux f’dak li ng˙id, imma hija kwestjoni ta’ kultura,” g˙alhekk “hemm bΩonn li a˙na filpolitika nimmaturaw iΩjed u nilqg˙u wkoll il-fatt li biex tipprogredixxi trid tisma’ verament anke ideat kontra tieg˙ek. “Mhux l-idea li kull ma jg˙id bilfors irid ikun ˙aΩin g˙ax qed jg˙idu min qed jg˙idu. Imma din hija xi ˙a©a li ti©i maΩ-Ωmien.”

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Mix-xena tal-˙ajja Maltija 2 Min jitlef u min jirba˙ Single parents tit ilu ktibt dwar kemm wie˙ed irid joqg˙od attent x’jikteb dwar il-qag˙da fil-Libja, g˙ax nistg˙u b’kitbitna ngerrxu tturisti. Kemm f’˙akka t’g˙ajn pajjiΩ jista’ jie˙u daqqa l-isfel fl-ekonomija fejn tid˙ol lindustrija tat-turiΩmu deher minn dan l-a˙˙ar fit-TuneΩija, wara f’dan il-pajjiΩ ©ar sar attakk fuq xi turisti, li w˙ud minnhom inqatlu. Mill-ewwel ©iet ir-reazzzjoni min-na˙a tal-organizaturi tal-vja©©i bil-ba˙ar li waqqfu jibag˙tu aktar il-vapuri lussuΩi tag˙hom fil-portijiet tat-TuneΩija. Veru li parti minn dak li tilfet it-TuneΩija, reb˙ietu Malta, billi w˙ud mill-vapuri, issa, jibdew ji©u f’pajjiΩna, imma xorta jibqa’ lfatt li rridu noqog˙du b’g˙ajnejna miftu˙a g˙ax it-turiΩmu f’Malta huwa wie˙ed millpilastri tal-ekonomija tag˙na

-g˙add ta’ single parents (fejn fil-familja hemm il-missier jew l-omm biss) kulma ma jmur t dan l-a˙˙ar fil-Parlament intqal lil l-Ministeru tas-Sigurta’ Soçjali qed jo˙ro© g˙ajnuna finanzjarja lil 10,547 familja.

umpanija privata se tag˙ti ˙ajja ©dida lill-bini tas-Suq tal-Belt, kif ˙afna jafuh u li fl-a˙˙ar snin safa abbandunat. Il- grupp Arkadia ˙abbar li se jinvesti €7miljuni fil-pro©ett li mistenni jitlesta sa Diçemrbu 2016. Se jinbidel f’suq modern li b˙alhom wie˙ed isib barra minn Malta T˙abbar li l-grupp ing˙ata l-inkarigu li jattwa l-pro©ett u jmexxih minn fost kompetizzjoni minn g˙add ta’ intraprendituri o˙ra. Huwa ng˙ata çens ta' 65 sena. Direttur tal-Arkadia Group, Antoine Portelli qal li meta l-pro©ett jitlesta, isSuq se jkun imqassam fi tlett livelli; wie˙ed ta˙t l-art fejn jinbieg˙u prodotti friski b˙al la˙am, frott, frott tal-ba˙ar, ˙ut u ˙axix; il-livell tat-triq g˙all-ikel li jissajjar dak il-˙in u li jinbieg˙ biex ji©i ççelebrat il-wirt gastronomiku tal-kçina Maltija; u t-terrazzin ta' fuq ikun bi spazju miftu˙ g˙al min jixtieq jirrilassa, fejn ikun hemm muΩika u attivitajiet li jikkumplimentaw il-kalendarju kultur-

Ûuru M©arr ix-Xini

Investiment privat ta’ €7m. fil-pro©ett tas-Suq tal-Belt

Sintendi dan ma jirrflettix lg˙add attwali ta’ familji b’©enitur wie˙ed, g˙ax xi ©enituri, li g˙andhom çertu d˙ul, g˙alhekk ma jikkwalifikawx g˙all-g˙ajnuna finanzjarja. Ftit wie˙ed jista’ jg˙id kemm fir-realta’ hemm familji b’©enitur wie˙ed, g˙ax kif isostnu xi w˙ud, u jien g˙andi na˙seb b˙alhom, fost dawk li jirre©istraw b˙ala single parents, hemm min jag˙mel dan biex jikseb il-benefiççji li jag˙ti l-Gvern, g˙ax fil-fatt jg˙ixu ma ra©el jew mara. Jidher li l-Gvern jaf b’dan u qed jie˙u l-passi biex kemm jista’ jkun jaqta’ abbuΩi minn dawn il-familji.

-istazzjoni tat-televiΩjoni Amerikan CNN qed i˙e©©e© lit-telespettaturi jΩura M©arr ix-Xini f’G˙awdex b˙ala wie˙ed minn 10 postijiet fid-dinja, li skont hu qeghdin filperiklu li ma jibqg˙ux kif inhuma llum. Jidher li l-fama ta’ din il-bajja waslet sew fl-Istati Uniti wara li fiha n˙adem il-film By the Sea b’Angelina Jolie u Brad Pitt b˙ala protogonisti. Qed ikun imbassar li wara l-wiri tal-film, din il-bajja se ssir aktar popolari mat-turisti. G˙alhekk hemm il-periklu li t-trankwilita’, jekk mhux ukoll l-ambjent tal-bajja jinbidel. G˙alhekk is-CNN qed j˙ajjar lit-telespettaturi jΩuru l-post qabel jinbidel. Attwalment, xi snin ilu l-bajja wkoll ing˙atat prominenza fil-midja internazzjonali billi l-eks-President FrançiΩ Nicolas Sarkozy, qabel kien ˙a l-˙atra kien qatta’ btala fuq jott li kien ankrat f’din il-bajja.

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A quick glimpse at Australia

Liberals/Nationals retains govt. back despite large swing to Labor The State of NSW bucked the trend of ditching first term governments opting to stay with the Liberal/National coalition led by Mike Baird as the LNP cruised to a comfortable victory although recording a 10% swing against them and losing 14 seats (12 to Labor and 2 to the Greens) The coalition withstood a strong highly negative Labor scare campaign warning of foreign ownership of the state’s electricity if poles and wires are sold off.

NSW election 2015 As we went to press, the state of the parties was: Liberal/National Coalition 52, Labor 33, Green 4, and undecided 4. Before the March 28 election the state of the parties was: Liberals/Nationals 67, ALP 23, Independent 2 and 1 Green: total 93 MPs. Luke Foley, Labor leader for only 88 days said that Labor is now a credible opposition and headed for a win in 2019. Labor needed

a uniform swing of 17 percent to win majority Government. There were 5,040,662 voters enrolled as of March 7. There were 540 candidates in the Legislative Assembly, 393 in the Legislative Council, 19 registered parties, 2808 polling places and 184 pre-polling stations. The final results of the Legislative Council (the Upper House) will not be known for many days yet.

Mike Baird at Coalition HQ in the Sydney after win

Former PM Malcolm Fraser dies aged 84 F

Back at Martin Place

inety-five days after gunman Man Haron Monis terrorised Sydney, the Lindt Café in Martin Place Sydney again opened for business. Crowds queued alongside the flagship store hoping to be the first customers to brave the return for coffee or a box of chocolate. It was December 16 when the gunman held 18 people hostage and killed two of the café’s customers. Sydney responded by laying thousands of bouquets in Martin Place.

ormer Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (pictured left) has been remembered as “a giant of Australian politics” and a “great moral compass” following his death at the age of 84. Mr. Fraser who was Australia's 22nd Premier died after a brief illness. Fraser, born into a wealthy pastoral family in 1930 first entered Parliament in 1955 as its youngest MP. He spent nearly 20 years as a backbencher and in the ministry until in 1975 he became opposition leader facing off against Gough Whitlam. Mr. Whitlam's dismissal later that year led to persistent debate about the new government's legitimacy and Mr. Fraser's role. But he went on to win the next three elections. His contribution to multiculturalism was significant and the implementation of the 1977 Galbally Report paved the way for the end of the white Australian policy and

united Australia. He launched the SBS in 1980, and welcomed the first Vietnamese refugees including the first “boat people”. He championed Aboriginal land rights, led the Commonwealth push to end apartheid in South Africa and argued for an independent Zimbabwe. The nation's finances were managed with traditional conservatism and cutbacks at first but later the political pressure grew and the purse strings loosened. However, in 1982 the country was facing recession, drought and social unrest. After suffering a back problem and being treated in hospital, Mr. Fraser called a snap election on the same day Bob Hawke became opposition leader. But the strategy backfired and Mr. Fraser was defeated. Life after the Lodge remained busy for Mr. Fraser; he became a key figure in humanitarian and diplomatic circles. But the former PM always kept an eye on the political arena and became a staunch critic of the Liberals under the next Coalition PM, John Howard, speaking out particularly on indigenous issues, refugees and antiterrorism laws. Just this February Mr. Fraser launched a scathing attack on Tony Abbott over the Government's treatment of the Human Rights Commission and, in particular, its president Gillian Triggs following The Forgotten Children report. Eventually he quit the Liberals citing his belief that the party he had been a member of for more than six decades had tilted too far to the right. “The party is unrecognisable as Liberal,” Mr. Fraser said. His political life has been dogged by his old throw away-line “life wasn’t meant to be easy.”

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Remembering those Nazis

he Prime Minister got into hot water again when he described Labor Leader Bill Shorten as Dry Goebbels of economic policy. The German was the infamous Nazi propagandist and anti-Semite under the regime of Adolf Hitler. He served as minister of propaganda for the Nazi German government of the Third Reich, and is generally held responsible for presenting a favourable image of the Nazi regime to the Germans. The comment provoked outrage and again sparked discussion over Abbott’s judgement and aggressive style in politics. Two Jewish MP marched out of the room as Mr. Abbott swiftly withdrew the comment. Some weeks ago the PM came out with a similar controversy when he accused the Labor Party when in Government of having caused a “holocaust” of job losses. He also apologised for that remark.

Women Parliamentarians (from left): Eleni Petinos (Lib candidate for Miranda), Jodi McKay (ALP candidate for Strathfield), Verity Firth (ALP candidate for Balmain), Jo Haylen (ALP candidate for Summer Hill), Bronnie Taylor (Nationals upper house candidate), Jessica Price-Purnell (Nationals candidate for Cessnock), Jenny Leong (Greens candidate Newtown)

Women in Parliament

e will have to wait a little longer for the full result of the March 28 NSW election to access what proportion of women would be elected. However, since Queensland boosted its representation of women in Parliament to 28.1 per cent, after the last election that put Annastacia Palaszcuk as Premier, NSW has replaced Queensland as the state with the lowest proportion of women in Parliament, at 24.4 per cent. Ms Palaszcuk and her deputy, Jackie Trad, head a new cabinet with eight female and six male ministers, including the state’s first Indigenous female MP. The Australian territories have the highest proportion of women in Parliament, it takes” to recover from the devastation. the Northern Territory with 44 per cent Prime Minister Joe Natuman thanked Aus- and ACT with 41.2 per cent. tralia for its help in the wake of the severe The proportion of women in Federal ParTropical Cyclone Pam, a maximum category liament is 30.5 per cent; in Victoria and in five storm that destroyed homes and crops and Tasmania, it is 37.5 per cent. contaminated water supplies in Vanuatu, inUp till July 2014, across Australia womcreasing the risk of the spread of infectious and en were significantly under-represented in water-borne diseases. The cyclone also severally damaged the econ- parliament and executive government, omy that is dependent heavily on tourism. Ms and internationally, Australia’s ranking for Bishop (above right) visited Vanuatu with the women in national government had conChief of Defence Forces, Air Chief Marshal tinued to decline when compared with Mark Binskin. other countries.

Helping Vanuatu’s recovery from Cyclone Pam

hile a UN-led meeting has been discussing Vanuatu's long term recovery from Cyclone Pam, it has emerged that Australia is Vanuatu’s biggest aid donor providing more than $10 million to non-government organisations. Total number of Australian personnel helping in Vanuatu is nearly 600. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop vowed Australia would remain in Vanuatu for “as long as

Charging too much?

ata shows that some specialists were D charging more than 10 times more the Medicare fee for procedures including

plastic and reconstructive surgery. Government is being urged to define what constitutes unreasonably high fees, and make debts on these unenforceable. Terry Barnes a policy consultant said while the bulk of specialists behave reasonably, “a few bad apples” charge excessively. He presented Australian Bureau of Statistics data that showed the cost was more often a barrier to specialist care than it was for GP visits. Almost 8 percent of patients said they were deterred from seeing a specialist by cost, compared with about 5 per cent who reported being deterred from seeing a GP due to coast. Between 2007 and 2013 out-of pocket costs for operations increased by more than 25 per cent in real terms, more than any other category covered by Medicare.

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Feast of Jesus the Redeemer in Melbourne by MHBA

The procession with the statue of Jesus the Redeemer outside the Church grounds

n a very nice autumn and sunny afternoon in MelO bourne the Hobsons Bay Association led by their President Chev Joe Attard and his hard-working committee, association members, and the Maltese community filling the great Heritage Listed and Historical Parish Church of St Mary Star of the Sea, in West Melbourne, took part in the feast of Jesus the Redeemer. For the occasion, that was also attended by the Consul General for Malta in Victoria, Mr. Victor Grech and his wife Mrs. Patricia Grech as guests of honour, Miss Miriam Belli, superior of the ladies section of the Society of Christian Doctrine (MUSEUM) prayed the Holy Rosary, while Fr Karm Borg celebrated mass assisted by the Parish Priest of St Mary’s Fr Anthony Bernal and Fr Denis Carabott MSSP. Fr Borg also delivered the homily. The Choir of Victoria with Mrs Lydia Gusman as leader was in the hands of Mro. Charles Schembri, while Consul

Chev Joe Attard, presdient of the Hobsons Bay Association reading his “thank you” speech

General Mr. Victor Grech and Mrs. Miriam Vella were the readers. Prayers of the faithful where read by Emmanuel Brincat, the wife of the Consul General, Mrs. Patricia Grech, the senior v/president of the Association Mrs. Carmen Gauci and other ladies of the committee presented the gifts. Trumpeter for the occasion was Mr. Steve Azzopardi. Sacristan Frank did a marvellous job as master of ceremonies. A great number of Associations were represented for the occasion with their standards that were then placed on the side of the main alter during the Church service, and later they taken out in the procession. In the end, the president of the Maltese Hobsons Bay Association read his “thank you” speech and after Benediction a procession with the statue of Jesus the Redeemer was held outside the church grounds amidst conThe celebrants (from left): Fr tinuous prayers. Denis Carabott MSSP, Fr Karm Report and photos by Borg and Fr Anthony Bernal Emm. Brincat

New addition to the GFC at Cringila T

he George Cross Falcons Centre at Cringila NSW now has a new Men’s Shed, a workshop funded by the community building partnership NSW. The Men’s Shed was inaugurated by State Member of Parliament, Noreen Hay During Seniors Week 2015. For this occasion the Centre was packed by its members. This new

initiative that will provide amongst other things toys and other woodwork for persons with disability. As they do every year during Seniors' Week, two groups from the Greenacre Disability Service attended and shared lunch and the best of Maltese food. The Maltese Nuns from the nearby convent

also attended. Club president Louis Parnis told The Voice of the Maltese that the George Cross Falcons Club Inc is doing great and receiving the support of the local community. The club is at 25-27 Lake Ave, Cringila NSW 2505. It can be reached by phone on (02) 4273 0906.

On left: State Member of Parliament, Noreen Hay inaugurates the Shed in the presence of Mr Louis Parnis. Right They are joined by other members

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ÌUÛE` MUSCAT AZZOPARDI, poeta u rumanzier (1853-1927)

uΩe` Muscat Azzopardi (ÌMA) twieled Óal Qormi fl-1 ta’ Settembru 1853. Studja s-Seminarju tal-iMdina u fl-Università ta’ Malta fejn ˙a d-diploma ta’ prokuratur legali fl-1875. Huwa ΩΩewwe© lil Tonina Fenech u kellu tlett itfal: Ivo (kittieb), Ìino (kittieb) u Anton (kompoΩitur). Peress li Muscat Azzopardi kien avukat li jispikka la˙aq President tal-Kamra tal-Prokuraturi Legali u kien membru tal-Giunta Teatrale tal-Gvern. B’˙erqa kbira kien jippromwovi d-drama Maltija u kien l-editur ta’ diversi perjodiçi fosthom In-Na˙la Maltija (1878) u Il-Óabib (1911), u kkontribbwixxa wkoll f’publikazzjonijiet o˙ra b˙al Id-Dawl (1892) u Il-Óabbar Malti. Kien hu li, flimkien ma’ Mons. Pawl Galea ˙ajjar lil Dun Karm jibda jikteb bil-Malti fl-1912. ÌMA kien membru fil-Kunsill tal-Gvern u waqqaf l-G˙aqda Kittieba tal-Malti (li aktar tard saret l-Akkademja tal-Malti). Fl-1920 ©ie elett b˙ala l-ewwel president tag˙ha, kariga li baqa’ jΩomm sa mewtu. Fl-1924 sar l-ewwel editur ta’ Il-Malti, il-˙ar©a perjodikali talg˙aqda. G˙all-kitbiet u l-attivitajiet reli©juΩi tieg˙u, ©ie onorat darbtejn mill-Papa Piju X. L-ewwel kitba tal-proΩa tieg˙u kienet Il-Óajja ta’ San Ìor© (1874), li kienet traduzzjoni mit-Taljan. Hu kien involut b’mod attiv fil-˙ajja soçjo-kulturali, tant li fl1875, fl-età Ωag˙Ωug˙a ta’ 22 sena nsibuh imniΩΩel b˙ala segretarju tas-Soçjetà Filarmonika Pinto ta’ Óal Qormi. Óames snin

wara, fl-1880, huwa kiteb il-versi tal-ewwel innu f’©ie˙ San Ìor©, il-Qaddis patrun tar-ra˙al. Kien ukoll president tal-istess Soçjetà mill-1906 sa l-1917. Muscat Azzopardi spikka wkoll b˙ala rumanzier. Fost ir-rumanzi storiçi tieg˙u nsibu Toni Bajjada (1878), Mattew Callus (1878), Vicu Mason (1881), Susanna (1883), Çejlu Tonna (1886), Çensu Barbara (1893) u Nazju Ellul (1909). Fir-rumanzi l-istorja ssir indikazzjoni tal-©ejjieni u rrumanzier i˙allat valuri nazzjonalistii mal-istorja vvintata. ÌMA kien ukoll poeta mirqum. Óafna mill-poeΩiji tieg˙u jinstabu f’Ìabra ta’ PoeΩiji bit-Taljan u bil-Malti (1876), Óamsin poeΩija bil-Malti (1890) u Ìabra s˙i˙a ta’ Sunetti bi Studju fuqhom tal-Kittieb Innifsu (1956). ÌMA miet fl4 t’Awissu 1927, il-Belt Valletta.

(Tag˙rif me˙ud minn le˙˙ il-Malti tad-Dipartiment tal-Malti fi ˙dan il-Kulle©© San Injazju, Malta)

Biex tikteb Malti tajjeb X’nikteb timlih jew timlieh?

˙andek tikteb timlieh. F’kaΩi b˙al dawn g˙andna g˙aqda bejn Verb u Pronom MehmuΩ. Issa l-verb mela huwa verb nieqes (jew l-a˙˙ar konsonanti tal-G˙erq tieg˙u hija dg˙ajfa: 1-2-J) u l-verbi neqsin fl-Imperfett (PreΩent) jispiççaw u˙ud bil-vokali –a u w˙ud b’-i. Jekk g˙al mument tifred il-Pronom minn mal-Verb, mill-ewwel tinduna jekk il-verb jispiççax bil-vokali –a jew b’-i, u minn hemm tkun taf kif g˙andek tikteb.

Taf xi jfissru dawn? BALDAKKIN Tinda mag˙mula mid-damask li tintrefa’ minn erba’ jew sitt ir©iel. TintuΩa waqt il-festi talEwkaristija, b˙al Corpus, meta s-Sagrament jinΩamm ta˙tu. Fl-img˙oddi kien jintuΩa wkoll mill-g˙arajjes fil-festa tat-tie© (ta˙t)

Jekk il-verb (mifrud mill-pronom) jispiçça bil-vokali –a, din issir –ie-. Jekk il-verb (mifrud mill-pronom) jispiçça bil-vokali –i, din tibqa’ –i-. G˙alhekk issa nifred il-verb mill-pronom mehmuΩ (= timla + lilu), ninnota biex jispiçça l-verb (= -a) u la, skont ir-regola, –a ssir –ie-, nikteb timlieh. Xi eΩempji o˙ra: iksihom (g˙ax iksi lilhom) // insieha (g˙ax insa lilha) Ilbiera˙ ippretendieh (g˙ax ippretenda lilu) // illum nippretendih (g˙ax nippretendi lilu).

Tg˙allem ikteb: hena hekk heda hinn sehem

dehen xehed deher dahar xahar

rahan sahar leh©a dehxa xehda

fehma ©mied fsied Ωnied smid

qbid ©did Ωerrieg˙a dullieg˙a g˙orfa

BEKBIEKA Reçipjent g˙all-inbid li ftit ’l isfel mill-g˙onq ikollu g˙atu tal-fu.˙˙ r mimli bit-toqob. Óadet isimha min˙abba li meta jo˙ro© l-inbidminnha, jo˙ro© bil-mod mit-toqob u jag˙mel ˙oss ta’ bekk, bekk, bekk. HLIEFA Il-qoxra ta’ ©ewwa tal-qam˙, il-ful tal-miΩwed, il-karawett u xi frott b˙all-g˙eneb. G˙andna lespressjoni ‘˙a l-qam. u ˙alla l-.˙iefa’, li tfisser ˙a l-a˙jar u l-ag˙ar ˙allieh g˙al ˙addie˙or.

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Community News Lejla M©arrija

THE MALTESE GUILD OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA INC.

Il-Horsley Park Community Social Group, Horsley Park se jorganizzata din il-leja

Maltese Cultural Centre 6, Jeanes Street Beverley S A 5009 Phone Tuesday’s only: 8243 0868. AH: 8254 6988/0421 791 327

Email: malguild@adam.com.au Website: www.malteseguild.webs.com

Invites you to attend the Easter Monday Luncheon to be held on MONDAY APRIL 6, at the Maltese Cultural Centre 6 Jeanes Street Beverley Lunch Menu: potatateos with meat (Patata l-Forn bil la˙am) and afterwards desert. THE MALTESE GUILD BAR WILL BE OPENED FROM 10.00 AM ONWARDS ADMISSION: Members -$7.00 Non-Members -$10.00 Children - $5.00 After lunch we will be playing Bingo and other games TO BOOK: See or phone: President JOSEPH BRIFFA on 8254 6988, or anytime on Mob. 0421 791; MARY CRAUS on 8281 2329; RITA BORNHOEFT or see anyone from the committee ALL ARE WELCOME

SAINT NICHOLAS FESTA COMMITTEE Important dates for the remainder of 2015

Sunday July 5: Lejla fil-Buskett ; Sunday October 18: Spring Fiera Sunday December 6: Feast of St Nicholas For further information call Bill Schembri: 0416 261 415.

The Voice is not just a news portal; We comment,..... We get your message across...

We fight for your rights...... We believe in freedom of expression... and we are read in the right places.

g˙all-iM©arrin u l-Óbieb Nhar is-Sibt 25 ta’ April f’Mandavilla Events Centre Horsley Drive, Horsley Park Divertiment ipprovdut minn Charlie Muscat u Joe Xuereb Mistednin speçjali: Natasha Vella u Martin Vella $65.00 kull persuna li tinkludi Antipasto Malti, ikla ta’ tlett korsi, birra, inbid, soft drinks te` u kafe`. Ikun hemm: “Lucky Door Prize”, “Raffle”, wirja ta’ ritratti u ˙afna iktar.

Biex tibbukkja çempel lil: Theresa Quattromani 0402-178781, jew Josephine Borg 0402-040-954

Il-qlieg˙ kollu jmur g˙all-Cancer Council

L-IMÌARR HUWA RAÓAL ÛGÓIR B’QALB KBIRA

The Cittadini....Present: . .

Zwieg Bla Hsieb

Sunday April 19 at 2.00 p.m.at Wentworth Leagues Club

Special guest, direct from Melbourne:

George Spiteri

For tickets: Monica: 9896 0712 or 0414 859386; Doris: 9636 2295 Donation of $12. Kids: ¢6.00 Iç-Çittadini sponsored by: MALTA TRAVEL

MCC Oral history project - Maltese Personalities I

n order to preserve our Maltese-Australian heritage for posterity, the MCC of NSW has embarked on videorecording the settlement experiences of Maltese personalities. The oral history interviews are con-

ducted in English on Wednesdays mornings. The time taken varies from 60-90 minutes and are done by Mark Caruana, who has been doing such interviews since 1982. At the end of the interview, the person interviewed is asked to do any necessary editing and to furnish four photos to be included in the DVD cover.

The MCC will produce seven DVDs, five of which go to the family, one to the MCC Archives and one to the National Library in Canberra. A donation of $50 to cover costs would be appreciated. Anybody wishing to have his settlement history recorded, is requested to contact Emanuel Camilleri on 9822 0228.

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Community News Tune In to Radio and Television

Maltese Radio Programmes MELBOURNE, on 3ZZZ 92.3FM or on www.3zzz.com.au. Mondays 5pm, Fridays 5pm, Saturdays 10am.; Last Wednesday each month at 1pm. MELBOURNE on 98.9 North West FM, each Friday 6.00 - 7.00p.m. Presenter Emmanuel Brincat. MELBOURNE: STEREO 974 (93180930): 97.4FM Wed (Maltese Magazine) & Thursday (Merhba): 6.00pm to 8.00 pm Co-ordinator – Ray Anastasi In SYDNEY, listen to the MCC radio programme Sunday at 11am 2GLF FM 89.3, or

on demand: www.893fm.com.au

In BRISBANE listen to the Maltese Program on 4EB on Tuesdays 6.00 -8.15am; Sundays 4.15pm to 5.15pm UNCLE SAM DJ (Maltese Radio) tune in to link: www.unclesamdj.com

Maltese Programmes on TV and Web

The GDAY MALTAUSSIE SHOW on TVS is broadcast in Sydney Every Saturday at 2pm. Repeats on Mondays 5 pm and Tuesdays 7.30 am Watch direct via HYPERLINK:

http://ww.tvs.org.au; http://ww.tvs.org.au

The SBS MALTESE NEWS

Isma’ l-programm tar-radju bil-Malti mill-Kunsill Malti ta’ NSW minn fuq l-istazzjon 2GLF 89.3FM. Jista’ wkoll jinstema’ On Demand minn fuq l-Internet www.893fm.com.au (On Demand >Ethnic >Maltese Council 11am) Fi programm ta’ sieg˙a nhar ta’ Óadd fil-11.00 ikun fih l-a˙˙ar a˙barijiet minn Malta, muΩika, tag˙rif, kultura, avviΩi u su©©etti ta’ interess g˙allMaltin On SBS Radio - Day Time Analogue Digital Tuesday: 12:00-13:00 SBS Radio 3 Thursday: 12:00-13:00 SBS Radio 3 Friday: 12:00-13:00 97.7fm SBS Radio 2 Saturday: 14:00-15:00: 97.7fm SBS Radio 2 To tune into digital radio you need receiver or device with a DAB+ chip. Tuning in is by station name not frequency. Digital radio can also be heard on digital TV. SBS Radio 2 is on Channel 38 and SBS. Radio 3 is on Channel 39. Analogue is the present FMwavelength. Digital radio can also be accessed by a smart phone and/or by going online at HYPERLINK: http://www.sbs.com.au, www.sbs.com.au VIVA MALTA VIVA MALTA on Central Coast Radio: on April 9th and 23rd - from 6 pm -7 pm on COAST FM 96.3 Community Radio in Gosford NSW. Presenter: Nathalie Gatt. Web streaming on: www.coastfm.org.au.

L-A˙barijiet on SBS TV twice a week nationwide Sunday at 8.00 am on SBS2 (Chan. 32); Thursdays at 8.05 am on SBS2

Follow The Voice of the Maltese online magazine every fortnight and also join us on our facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/thevoiceofthemaltese

Meetings of Day Care Maltese Groups in NSW Fairfield Active Maltese Seniors Meets on the first Tuesday of the Month from10:00am to 12 noon. The group meets in the Parish Hall, cnr of Stella Street & The Boulevard, Fairfield Heights.

Daceyville Maltese Seniors Meets on the last Wednesday of the month in the Meeting Room One, No. 3 General Bridges Crescent, Daceyville. Note: The Groups also arrange regular Bus Trips Come and join us and make new friends..

Merrylands Social Maltese Seniors Meets every second Friday of the month; Miller Room, Memorial Avenue Merrylands from 10.30am to 12.30 am

Llandillo Maltese Seniors Meets on the first Wednesday of the month at the Llandilo Community Hall, Seventh Avenue, from 11am to 1pm.

Greystanes Maltese Seniors Meets on the second Monday of the month n the George Preca Centre of

Maltese Community Council NSW Alfred Fenech Maltese Resource Centre, 59b Franklin Street (cr with Young Street) Mays Hill NSW. Phone: 02 98220228 Group Meetings for Maltese living at the Central Coast: are held every second Monday of each month from 10 am to 12 at Wyong RSL, cnr Anzac & Margaret Street Wyong

For more information Tel: 02 439 000 12 or 0414 267 652 Maltese Community Council of NSW would like to announce that the current course for seniors in Computer skills is veing held every Friday from 10am to 12 noon at the Alfred Fenech Maltese Resource Centre (AFMRC). Phone Emanuel Camilleri on 0409744 376 or 98220 228. Places are limited so you must book.

The Maltese Language School of NSW The Maltese Language School of NSW invites applications for Maltese language classes at the Alfred Fenech Maltese Resource Centre located at 59b Franklin Street (corner with Young Street) Mays Hill (next to Parramatta West Public School). Both young and adult students may apply. For more information contact Mary Pace-Feraud on 9601 2189 or email: malteselanguageschoolnsw@hotmail.com OLQP Church, 198 Old Prospect Road, Greystanes from 10 am to 12 noon

The Sutherland & St George Maltese Group Ongoing: We meet every First Wednesday of the Month from 10:00am-1:00pm Our Meetings/Get Togethers are interesting, informative & entertaining. Come Join us and make new Friends For more information contact our Coordinator: Charles Mifsud J.P.Phone (02) 9501 5525 – mobile 0421 662 298

*(All Groups are Sponsored by The Maltese Community Council of NSW). Please contact the MCC Welfare Officer: Marisa Previtera JP on 0414 863 123. The MCC offices are at 59b Franklin Street Mays Hill NSW (next to West Parramatta Primary School)

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Community News ÓAMRUN ASSOCIATION LTD

100 Jackson Street, Marsden Park, NSW 2765 Ph: 02 9838 1111 Email: hamrunassociations@three.com.au President: George Zahra 0407434651 Secretary: Robin McGarrigle 0407701004

MOTHER’S DAY DINNER DANCE

IL-klabb se jorganizza Dinner Dance g˙al Jum l-Omm nhar is-Sibt 9 ta’ Mejju fis- 7.00pm fil-klabb stess, f’100 Jackson St. Marsden Park. -------------------------------------------------------Se jkun hemm 3-course meal b˙al ta’ New Year’s Eve bil-©elat b˙ala deserta. Xorb ie˙or inkluΩ alcohol jista’ jinxtara mill-bar. -------------------------------------------------------Id-divertiment se ji©i pprovdut nill-Brandy Rock ‘n Roll Band ---------------------------------------------Prezz: Kbar $45; Tfal ta˙t it-12-il sena $20 G˙al tag˙rif u biljetti: Mary Said: 0421 285 698, jew George Zahra: 0407 424 651

La Valette Social Centre Programm ta-G˙id 175, Walter Road Blacktown NSW Óamis Ix-xirka 2a ta`April: 7.00pm: Quddies u l-˙asil tar-ri©lejn. Wara jsiru s-seba’ visti u l-addorazjoni. Il-Ìimg˙a l-Kbira 3 ta April: fit-3.00pm tibda l-funzjoni fil-Kappella Sibt il-G˙id 4 ta’ April: fil-4.30.p.m. Iç-çentru jifta˙ g˙all-ikel; 7.p.m.: Il funzjoni tal-G˙id. Wara ssir il-bingo. Ma ssirx quddies f’dan i-jum. Óadd il-G˙id 5 ta’ April: fl-10 am: Festa ta Lirxoxt bl-statwa, il quddiesa u wara l-purçissjoni bil-marçi G˙al tag˙rif çemplu: Iç-Çentru 9622 5847; Il- Kappella 9622 5850 Il-kumitat jixtieq l-G˙id it-tajjeb lil kul˙add

L-G˙aqda Kulturali Maltija ta’ NSW Se ttella’ il Via Sagra bil Malti xog˙ol ta’ Frank Zammit, nhar it Tlieta 31 Marzu fis-7pm fil-Knisja ta’ Our Lady Queen of Peace, Old Prospect Road, Greystanes. Iç-Çelebrant ewlieni se jkun Fr Noel Bianco. Il Via Sagra se tkun animata mill-Kor tal G˙aqda Kulturali Maltija. Wara kul˙add mistieden g˙at-te jew kafe fil-sala ta San George Preca. Ghal aktar tag˙rif cemplu lil Jim Borg: 9636 7767.

Our Lady of Victories Parish, Horsley Park

Good Friday Activities Preparations for the Good Friday Procession in Horsley Park, NSW are well underway and the Organising Group wishes to advise readers of upcoming important activity.

St Helena Maltese/Aust. SC Full Programme for 2015 APRIL 18 (Saturday): Function at Albion MAY 2 (Saturday): Mother’s Day function at Melrose MAY 16 (Saturday): Function at Albio MAY 24: (Sunday): Half yearly meet t Parkville JUNE 20: (Saturday): Function at Albion JULY 18: (Saturday): Function at Albion AUGUST 21: (Friday): Feast Mass at Ardeer AUGUST 22: (Saturday): Feast dinner dance at Melrose AUGUST 23: (Sunday): 35th Anniversary feast at Ardeer SEPTEMBER 19: (Saturday): Functioin at Albion OCTOBER 24: (Saturday): Function at Parkville OCTOBER 25: (Sunday): AGM meet at Parkville NOVEMBER 14: (Saturday): Function at Holy Eucharist DECEMBER 19: (Saturday): Xmas function at Melrose. (For bookings or more information phone Victor: 0412 99 13 25)

Friday April 3: Good Friday: Help is greatly needed early in the morning to install outdoor equipment necessary for the procession such as PA systems, lights and barricades. The Church service begins at 2.30pm. The Church can only hold a certain amount of people, so come early. At 4.00pm, the Maltese Cultural Association NSW Choir begins performing traditional dirges and hymns, alternating with Our Lady Queen of Peace Maltese Band which will play funeral marches. The procession begins at 5.00pm. All participants should be present by 4.00pm to change and prepare for the procession (come rain, hail or shine). There’s a possibility that costumes would be available to wear, particularly for adults. For more information about costumes, or anything concerning the activity, one should phone: Fred Cauchi on 0407 914 051.

FRIENDS OF PROVIDENCE HOUSE NSW (Formed in November 2011) ANNOUNCES

18 Day Fly – Cruise – Stay – Tour Commencing September 19, 2015 Visiting Perth – Bali – Thailand – Malaysia – Singapore. Fantastic Tour – Great value – All inclusive from $3650 p/p Proceeds to be donated to Id-Dar tal-Providenza, Malta. For brochure or bookings call Jim Borg on (02) 9636 7767. Note: Donations to Id-Dar tal-Providenza can now be made in Australia at any Commonwealth Bank. A/C Name: Friends of Providence House NSW BSB: 062 416 A/C No. 10199448 This will save you the normal bank fees. Please supply name and address so an acknowledgement can be issued. Proudly supported by: Cnr Main & Campbell Sts, Blacktown. Contact George Vella Tel (02) 9622 7799

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Community News Coach trip to Australian War Museum & Memorial in Canberra As part of the 100th Anniversary of the Anzac’s Commemoration, the Sutherland & St.George Maltese Group will be visiting the Australian War Museum & Memorial in Canberra on Wednesday April 8. It will be an official guided tour, but those who decline to participate in the guided tour are free to do so. This War Museum is the Fifth largest of its kind in the World, therefore it would be a very interesting and informative visit. The Museum also has a small section dedicated to Malta. We will be travelling in a modern and luxurious 5 Star Coach that will leave from Miranda at 8:00am sharp. Another pickup is from OLQP Church in Old Prospect Rd at 8.30am. Then we travel to Canberra stopping on the way for morning tea, etc, at Goulburn. We will then have Lunch and visit the Museum. We plan to leave Canberra to return home at approximately 4:00pm, again stopping at Goulburn for Afternoon Tea or a meal. We expect to get back to Liverpool at around 7:30pm, and Miranda by 8:00pm. We aim to stick to these times as much as is possible. However, some variances may occur. The Coach is equipped with a toilet and a TV monitor, allowing us to watch a feature film on the return trip. In order to ensure that passengers enjoy maximum comfort, we are restricting the number of passengers to 48. The total cost for the coach trip is $42 per person. Anybody interested is advised to contact Charles Mifsud on his mobile: 0421 662 298 A.S.A.P.

UTS Sydney - Free English classes As part of its Teachers Training for 2015, the University of Technology (UTS) Sydney - Insearch is offering free English classes designed to improve one’s speaking and listening skills. Following is the programme for this year:

Up till May 28 (6.00pm-8.00pm Tuesday & Thursday evening) July 6 - July 31 (1.30pm to 3.30 pm Monday to Friday) August 11 - October 15 (6.00p.m-8.00pm Tuesday & Thursday evening) October 20 -December 23 (6.00pm-8.00pm Tuesday & Thursday evening) If interested call 92188646, fax 92114334 or email: david.noble@insearch.edu.au Student Centre, Ground Floor, 187 Thomas Street Sydney NSW 2000 (corner Quay & Thomas Street Chinatown). Students must be at least 16 years old

Fuq Radju Malta (www.pbs.com.mt) kull nhar ta’ Ìimg˙a fis-2.30 p.m. TippreΩenta Josephine Zammit Cordina

MALTESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL OF NSW Maltese language teachers wanted: paid positions

Learn Maltese!

Classes are available for students from 6 years to adults at all levels of ability in the Maltese language. We have trained and experienced teachers qualified in language teaching and with Maltese study credentials. Learn the Maltese language, the culture, lifestyle, cuisine, traditions and about the amazing history of the island. Classes at: HORSLEY PARK - SEVEN HILLS - LUDDENHAM For more information and enquiries Call Mary on 9601 2189 Or email: malteselanguageschoolnsw@hotmail.com Supported by the Minister of Education and Training and the NSW Community Languages Schools Programme. Member of the NSW Federation of Community Language Schools of NSW; Member of the Federation of Maltese Language Schools of Australia; Supported by 16 Maltese associations affiliated with the MCC of NSW. The Maltese Language School of NSW is a Not-For-Profit organisation.

GEORGE CROSS FALCONS CLUB Inc.

(25-27 Lake Ave Cringila NSW 2502, (02) 4273 0906 gcfc@exemail.com.au)

Seniors’ Day Every Monday

Home-made cooked twocourse meal, tea and coffee Bingo and dancing lessons, computers available for usage. Cost only $5.00. Sponsored by MCCI Illawarra.

Phone 42 746121 and leave message

Malta Society of New Zealand

We now have a Facebook page that former members are invited to join. It is: Mainly-Maltese-in-Auckland: https://www.facebook.com/pages /Mainly-Maltese-in-Auckland/ 396193070527203?ref=hl. It is open to all who have an interest in the Maltese culture.

L-a˙barijiet tal-PBS (Malta) G˙alkemm il-PBS ta’ Malta tforni lillSBS fl-Awstralja bis-servizz tag˙ha, ilqarrejja m˙e©©a li x’˙in iridu jid˙lu fil-website: www.tvm.com.mt u jsegwu la˙barijiet ta’ Malta. Din tkun a©©ornata l-˙in kollu bi stejjer li jkunu qed ise˙˙u. Mhux biss, imma min irid isegwi dak li jkun g˙addej, kull filg˙odu ˙in ta' Malta fuq il-website jittellg˙u wkoll l-a˙barijiet tal-jum ta' qabel.

Tinteressak il-kitba? Id-direzzjoni ta’ The Voice t˙e©-©e© lillqarrejja li j˙ossu li jew g˙andhom talent g˙all-kitba, laktar bl-Ilsien Malti, imma mhux biss, inkella li ja˙sbu li bi ftit g˙ajnuna jistg˙u jrabbu l-kun- fidenza g˙allkitba, biex jekk iridu, jew jitolbu lg˙ajnuna, inkella jistg˙u jibag˙tu x-xog˙ol tag˙hom lil: The Voice of the Maltese. Email address: maltesevoice@gmail.com Lesti nippublikaw i-kitbiet tag˙kom f’dan il-magazine.

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Sports Malta hosts Euro Snooker Championships

arryl Hill, an18-year-old representing Isle of Man claimed the U-21 D European Snooker title at the end of the

Championships that attracted 87 players and was hosted in Malta during last week. Hill defeated England’s Louis Heathcote by 6 frames to 3 in the final at the Dolmen Hotel, Qawra where 258 matches and a total 1,026 frames (731 frames in group phase, round-robin stage) were played. The losing finalist had earlier ended Brian Cini, Malta’s best player’s dream by beating him 5-0 with a superb performance in the last eight stage. Cini managed to compile the highest break in the tournament, an impressive run of 133 that sealed a comfortable 3-1 victory against Michal Kotiuk, of Poland in the last 64 stage. Cini then teamed up with Tony Drago in the European Team Championships that followed the U/21 event at the same venue. Alex Borg and Duncan Bezzina were defending the title they won last year in Bucharest, Romania. Malta started with six teams in the men’s open. Duncan Bezzina/Alex Borg (Grp C) and Tony Drago/Brian Cini (Grp F) defeated Switzerland and Norway respectively with identical 5-0 scores. Bezzina/Borg then lost 2-3 to Scotland 2, but along with Drago/Cini and Busuttil/Peplow Malta 4-Grp E are all still with a chance to progress. The Grand Finals are scheduled for Wednesday April 1. The women’s tournament is also being staged.

Malta Premier League Football

Hibs drop points but extend unbeaten run

ith the Malta national football team engaged in international commitments, only one round was played in the Premier League, and as a result of a surprising 2-2 draw against relegation-haunted Naxxar, Hiber- nians’ lead at the top has been reduced to eight points. But they still managed to extend their unbeaten run to 27 ma-tches. Nearest challengers, Birkirka-ra and Valletta both won to reduced the gap with the table- toppers to eight and nine points respectievely. Balzan Youths and Sliema Wanderers won five-goal thrillers with Balzan strenthening their hold on fourth position by beating bottom-place Tarxien 3-2, and Sliema defeating Ûebbu© by a similar score. Floriana dropped a place after failing to go beyond a scoreless draw against Qormi.

Goals each side of interval down Malta M

alta lost its Euro 2016 qualifier in Baku against Azerbaijan by 2-0, a defeat that pushes them down to bottom spot in the Group H standing as Saturday’s victors leapfrogged over them in penultimate position. The disappointing result leaves the Maltese with just one point from five

Malta’s World champion powerboats driver Aaron Ciantar (on right) and his trottleman, Italian Domenique Martini are pictured after receiving their trophies at the UIM Gala Awards ceremony in Monaco, after winning the Offshore Class 1 category in the UIM Championships Results Round 27 Hibernians v Naxxar L.

2-2

Rodolfo Soares, Edison L. dos Santos (H) 2-1

Birkirkara v Pietà H.

Zach Muscat, Maurisio Mazzetti (B); Leonardo F.dos Santos (P) 3-1

Valletta v Mosta

Ikenna P. Hilary, Llywelyn Cremona, Hamza Barry (V); Gary Roberts (M) 3-2

Balzan v Tarxien R.

Dylan Grima, Bojan Kaljevic (B); Justin Grioli og, Mohamed Soly (T) 0-0

3-2

Bocar Djumo 2, Mark Scerri (S); Yessous Camilleri, Rashid Yussuff (Û)

Standings P W D L Pts Hibernians 27 23 4 0 43 Birkirkara 27 17 5 5 35 Valletta 27 18 2 7 34 Balzan 27 12 8 7 27 Floriana 27 10 10 7 26 Sliema W 27 9 7 11 21 ------------------------Naxxar L. 27 7 8 12 18 Mosta 27 8 5 14 17 Qormi 27 5 7 15 13 Pieta H. 27 5 7 15 12 Ûebbu© R. 27 5 6 16 12 Tarxien R. 27 4 9 14 11

matches, still searching for their first victory after five outings, and the only team from the six in the group still without a win. Azerbaijan, looking for their first victory made the perfect start with a goal inside three minutes and then sealed victory with a second two minutes into added time. The hosts went ahead from a Javid Huseynov header when he caught the Malta defence unaware following a right win cross. Malta reacted with an Effiong

effort that was saved by the home goalkeeper. But from then on it was the Azerbaijanis who dictated play and it was only in the final third of the game that Malta showed any semblance of confidence tey coud salvage something. Which was much too late, particularly as they conceded for a second time, a goal scored by Dmitri Nazarov. *Three days earlier Malta conceded two goals in the final seven minutes in a friendly international at the Meskhi Stadium against Georgia to lose 2-0. Malta conceded the first goal on 83 minutes in controversial circumstances when Laba Kankava used his arm to deviate the ball past Haber, and then substitute Valeri Kazaishvili hit a low drive past Haber.

Football: PS4 NPL 1 NSW

Second loss on the trot for Parramatta

fter such a good start to their I Division campaign when they won away at Marconi, Parramatta FC (Melita Eagles) lost their next two matches, 4-0 at the Melita Stadium against Sydney Olympic when they had no answer to a vastly superior opponents who were already two goals inside the first 10 minutes, and on 3-1 against Blacktown City on Saturday at the Lilys Football Centre. The Eagles took the lead through F. Marty on 10 minutes but City responded with goals by Macura 2, and Antelmi. Parramatta, who deserved a draw, play their next game at home at Melita Stadium on Saturday April 4 at 7.30pm against Sutherland Sharks FC.

Australia A-League

Good news is that their supporters are being revived. For more information go their facebook page. Results

Round 3

Blacktown C v Parramatta FC 3-1 2-4 Blacktown S v Sydney U 2-5 Marconi S v Apia LT Sutherland S. v South Cst W. 2-2 Sydney O. v Brownrigg WE 2-2 0-0 Manly U v Rockdale CS Round 2 Parramatta FC v Sydney O. Blacktown S v Rockdale CS Brownrigg WE v Marconi S Sydney Utd v Sutherland S. South CW. v Blacktown Apia LT v Manly U

0-4 4-2 4-0 3-0 1-4 3-1

PS4 NPL 2 NSW Mounties W. v Northern T. 0-2 --U/20: Parramatta v Sydney O.2-0 U/18: Parramatta v Sydney O.2-4

Title race thrown wide open

he title race continues to be thrown wide open with only two points separating the top five teams, particularly after Sydney’s 3-0 away victory over

table-toppers Wellington. The next four teams all won their games with Melbourne V, Sydney and Perth now all locked just a point behind the leaders.

Round 23 Wellington Ph. v Sydney FC 0-3 Melbourne Vic. v Central Coast 2-1 Perth Glory v Western Syd. 3-2 Newcastle Jets v Adelaide U. 0-1 Melbourne City v Brisbane Roar 1-0

Round 22 Brisbane Roar v Wellington Ph 1-2

Adelaide U v Melbourne Victory 2-2 0-1 Sydney FC v Melbourne City 1-1 Central Coast v Perth Glory Western Syd. v Newcastle Jets 1-2