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Search for Sam scaled back

Missing teenager feared drowned in treacherous surf beach as the land and sea search continued this week which involved scores of police, surf lifesavers and Police scaled back the search for volunteers. missing teenager Sam Macharia late The disappearance of the popuyesterday afternoon after a four-day lar young lad and rising soccer star, sweep of the sea and land around who was orphaned as a child, sent Cabarita Beach involving police dishockwaves through the school and vers, surf-rescue boats, jet skis and council communities. a helicopter.

Sam would have turned 17 on The talented 16-year-old Kenyan Tuesday and was just days away from student, who went missing on Sun- Vigil on the beach Distraught friends and family of his year-10 graduation when he went day afternoon after going for a run and swim at the beach, is believed to the student from Lindisfarne An- missing.

Just last week, Sam was honoured have drowned in rough surf condi- glican Grammar School, who came to Australia five years ago under by his school with a number of awards tions.

His backpack with his clothes a Tweed Shire Council mentoring for his exceptional soccer skills and afterwards entertained students and and mobile phone was found on the program, maintained a vigil on the track and field performances and staff with his ball skills.

Principal Chris Duncan told media Sam was a very popular member of the school community ‘and our thoughts and prayers are with the student’s family during this very difficult time’.

The school has offered support services to students affected by his disappearnce.

Council general manager Mike Rayner was instrumental in bringing the boy to Australia after Sam met Tweed Kenya Mentoring Program (TKMP) coordinator Olita Ongonjo some five years ago at a soccer tournament in Nairobi.

He was welcomed into the home of council officer Bernie Zietlow and wife Sandra and their sons and became a much-loved part of the Ziet­ low family at their Clothiers Creek home.

Sam was seen to have a bright future ahead of him. In August, the Tweed Echo reported that his soccer skills had impressed Gold Coast’s premier soccer team, Gold Coast United, and that Sam had been trialled by the club.

Sam started playing soccer in the Sam Macharia (centre) and his adopted dad Bernie Zietlow meet the Kenyan High Commissioner Stephen Tarus slums of Nairobi where his talents (left) in July this year during the launch at Tweed Shire Council chambers of the SafeWater Four program for the were soon recognised at a soccer rehabilitation of the Gona Dam in Kenya. Photo Luis Feliu Luis Feliu

beach late on Sunday by his adopted Tweed family who raised the alert.

Treacherous surf conditions yesterday forced police divers to abandon their bid to explore caves at the headland. The divers and local surf club lifesavers are expected to resume their search this morning (Thursday).

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Surf rescue boats and jet skis scour the sea off Cabarita Beach in the search for missing teenager Sam Macharia. Photo Jeff Dawson

tournament by Olita Ongonjo, who was taken by the youngster’s skills, his volunteer work and his pleasant and engaging personality.

Mr Ongonjo offered the youngster the required support to come to Australia on a three-month cultural exchange visit, which was later extended to cover his secondary education.

New life in Australia Sam said he loved his new life in Australia and was particularly impressed with the beautiful beaches in the Tweed.

‘I had never seen a beach before I came here,’ he said.

Sam’s ‘second dad’ Bernie said that when he took him to the beach for the first time, Sam was utterly mesmerised by the crashing waves and didn’t want to leave his new favourite place.

In August, the Zietlows organised a charity soccer tournament to cover some of the impending bills associated with Sam’s stay, which was well attended.

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Boulders used to protect foreshore Steve Spencer

Heavy machinery is being used to dump boulders onto the Kingscliff foreshore in an urgent bid to stop erosion from destroying a sewage pumping station vital to the councilowned caravan park.

Work began on Monday after council engineers decided to take advantage of this week’s extremely low tides, which allowed council staff and contractors to work on the beach for much of the day.

Erosion had crept just six metres away from the pumping station and other infrastructure, including an electrical circuit board. If endangered, park tenants would have to be sent packing.

Tweed Coast Holiday Park Trust executive manager Richard Adams said action had to be taken before the busy Christmas period, which coincides with extremely high tides and a potential increase to the erosion threat.

He said the prospect of having to evict 400 unhappy campers from the park during the holiday season made it vital the work was done now.

‘The tides will be 1.92 metres on Christmas Day. It’s not just the potential inconvenience; people who stay there spend a lot of time across the road at

Excavators hard at work on Tuesday to shore up the eroded frontage of the Kingscliff caravan park. Photo Jeff ‘Tonka’ Dawson

Kingscliff ’s shops and restaurants,’ said Mr Adams.

‘We have taken advantage of a window of opportunity.

The low tides this week allow work to go on for much of the day which will save time and money.’

Mr Adams said the 60 metres of ‘temporary’ rock wall would cost $152,000 and safeguard the northern end of the caravan park’s foreshore, which was not protected earlier this year during the construction of a sandbag wall at the southern end of the caravan park.

During the construction of

the sandbag wall, just north of the surf club, contractors were forced to switch to much larger sandbags after some of the smaller one-tonne bags washed out to sea. Delays caused by the switch added to the cost of the project and the money allocated ran out before the wall could be built to protect the northern end of the foreshore and the sewage pumping station.

The boulder wall will cost less than a sandbag structure and can be removed after sand replenishment begins on the beach, hopefully next year.

Mr Adams said council chose to used boulders rather than sandbags because of a shorter approval process. If sandbags had been used the work could not have begun until February. The boulder wall should be finished before Christmas.

The council eventually wants to spend $6m to pump sand from Cudgen Creek on to Kings­cliff beach. It is seeking half of that money from the state and federal governments.

That would be followed by annual sand replenishment estimated to cost $100,000 a year.

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Tweed community-activist group, the Northern Rivers Guardians (NRG), has set its sights on inappropriate development, beginning with the controversial mini-city proposal at Kings Forest, which it says is just one example.

A rally against the development and its impact on koalas will be held this Saturday, December 10, at the site, where locals will be urged to lodge objections as submissions are set to close later this month.

NRG spokesperson Michael McNamara said that ‘for too long putting the environment at the bottom of the priorities, unrealistic and overblown population targets and inadequate legislative and regulatory frameworks have buoyed up a development industry that is out of control.

‘The Kings Forest development is a case in point, but it is not the only example in the Tweed,’ he said.

Mr McNamara said NRG is calling on planning minister Brad Hazzard to extend the deadline by two months to February 23 ‘because of the complexity of the application and the timing in the lead up to Christmas’.

The closing date for public submissions on the first stage of Kings Forest is December 23.

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‘There are over 100 documents involved in this application. To expect members of the general public to give them proper consideration and then frame a submission at this time of year, in the lead up to Christmas, when they have jobs and families and other commitments, is unreasonable,’ he said.

Fate of koalas NRG is urging people to support Saturday’s rally, organised by locals concerned about the fate of koalas on the Tweed Coast, in front of the entrance to Kings Forest at the intersection of Old Bogangar Road and Tweed Coast Road from 10am to noon to discuss the plan for the Kings Forest development and for help with submissions.

Mr McNamara said the first stage of the development will impact on vital koala habitats

and major corridors despite a rapidly accelerating decline of Tweed’s coastal koalas.

‘In 2005 the NSW Planning Department overrode strong and repeated recommendations from the NSW Environment Department which wanted to remove the development from both the eastern portions and from the Cudgen Paddock to the south,’ he said ‘The current Tweed Shire Council and council staff endorsed this position for the recent concept plan proposal but were also overridden by NSW Planning, as were the views of largest number of community submissions in NSW history.

‘Tweed Council’s latest koala study proves just how wrong these planning ministers have been with coastal koalas plummeting to an estimated 144, way below viable population levels.’

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Leda’s bid to remove planners stalls Staff reporters

Leda’s campaign to strip Tweed Shire Council of its powers to deal with its two massive housing developments appears to have hit a brick wall.

Mayor Barry Longland revealed this week that both the local government department and minister for local government Don Page had indicated they wanted to stay out of the row.

‘They seem happy for us to resolve the conflict between ourselves,’ said Cr Longland.

He said council staff were talking with Leda staff over the company’s concerns, adding that there was a ‘significant meeting’ held last week.

Mr Page’s hands-off stance is a major blow to developer Bob Ell whose Leda group published two volumes of so-called dirt files to try to discredit the council’s approval process and set up an unelected panel to deal with future approvals.

Leda called on Mr Page to

intervene in October after giving him copies of the files which allege bias and misconduct by some council officers and others in dealing with his 4,500-home Kings Forest and 5,500-home Cobaki developments.

The government and the council are yet to formally reply to Leda’s conspiracy allegations, with a council spokesman saying they are still waiting to hear from a government advisory agency, the Division of Local Government.

Push to sideline Leda’s push to sideline the council comes as planning staff prepare to deal with a raft of applications by the developer, including changes to original consents for its Cobaki project recently issued by the Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP).

The JRPP gave the green light to the first development applications (DAs) for around 1,000 lots on the estate, but there were also a ‘complex

series of further approvals’ to follow the initial development applications (DAs), a council spokesman said.

He said Leda had also sought to vary several conditions and developer contributions, which were being currently assessed.

The two JRPP-approved DAs also needed further construction certificates to be assessed and approved before the development could start.

‘The conditions also require submission of further landscaping, stormwater and sitespecific environmental management plans to be approved prior to issue of construction certificate, as well as a range of other requirements prior to commencement of works,’ the spokesman said.

Construction certificates were being assessed for earthworks in the central openspace precinct, trunk services and the southern portion of the Cobaki Parkway while construction approval has been given for the bridge, town-

Student’s love of gardening awarded Wollumbin High School year 8 student Kurtis Foulkes (pictured), who tends to his own garden at school, has won a prestigious environmental award.

Kurtis was awarded the Sustainable Futures Australia 2011 Environmental Excellence Award by consultancy group Sustainable Futures Australia (SFA).

The young student participates in Agriculture and Earth and Environmental Science classes and also helps clear lantana, camphor laurel and other weeds from the rainforest around the school.

Each year, SFA recognises high school students across the Northern Rivers who demonstrate commitment towards environmental awareness and sustainability. Students at schools from Coffs Harbour to the Tweed Coast are eligible for the award, and each school is able to select student win-

ners based on their action and involvement at school and in the wider community.

Kurtis was nominated for this award by his teachers, who noted the marked progress and improvement he had made both in his personal garden and in his other school work since getting involved with agriculture and developing his interest in the environment.

SFA’s director of education Dr Elizabeth Bragg said all winners ‘show outstanding interest, action and leadership towards creating a sustainable

future, and they inspire us greatly’.

‘We have been running these awards since 1994 and many participating schools now consider the Environmental Excellence Award to be a key divisional award, alongside their traditional academic, cultural and sporting awards,’ Dr Bragg said.

Kurtis’s interest in the environment began earlier this year, when he started his agriculture class.

‘What we were doing in Ag was really interesting and I liked it. Ms Stevenson showed us lots of different things about seed germination, growing plants and looking after them.

We are gardening organically and using natural ways of controlling garden pests, he said.

‘I did my Personal Interest Project on organic pest control because controlling pests without chemicals is good for the environment.’

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Meanwhile, Greens councillor Katie Milne has hit out at council’s lacklustre response to Leda’s attack, saying she was ‘very disturbed’ that Mr Rayner is refusing to seek legal advice on Leda’s reports.

‘We have a duty to ensure the public is aware of the truth in these matters,’ said Cr Milne, who is leading the charge to convince the state government that Leda needs to put aside more land for koalas.

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‘In my opinion Leda’s Kings Forest and Cobaki developments for up to 30,000 residents next to vital koala habitats will be the nail in the coffin for Tweed koalas,’ she said.

‘Leda should have provided an adequate wildlife corridor along the Queensland border at Cobaki, and spared the Cudgen paddock and the eastern side of Kings Forest if they really cared about Tweed Coast koalas.’

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Storms delay extensive pruning of iconic fig tree Steve Spencer & Albert Elzinga

A week of strong winds has delayed the mass pruning of Chinderah’s historic giant fig tree which has been under threat since one of its limbs collapsed during bad weather last year.

Workmen were poised to begin removing about 30 per cent of the white fig’s branches on Monday but were forced to postpone the operation because of 54km/h wind gusts.

A small number of protestors gathered at the tree early on Monday morning calling for a postponement of the proposed work.

An arboriculture consultant originally recommended giving 60 per cent of the branches the chop to help prevent more limbs from crashing down.

The 132-year-old fig, in the Chinderah Tavern’s car park, is not diseased but burdened by the weight of climbing cactus plants, which put extra strain on the limb, causing it to split and crash down.

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Cr Katie Milne and arborists Brett Hamlin and Luke McVeigh discuss a report on the historic fig tree at the Chinderah Tavern on Monday. Photo Albert Elzinga

District Residents Association, Felicia Cecil, says the fig, the oldest in the village, has historical significance for the community and urged the council to order an independent assess-

ment into what can be done to save it.

She said the infestation of cactus and umbrella plants would have been completely removed ‘if they were fair-dinkum’.

‘If they had taken 60 per cent of it down it would almost certainly have died,’ said Mrs Cecil, who believes the tree would be sound if the climbing cactus infestation

was completely removed.

‘Our association applied for the tree to be heritage listed by the Tweed Shire Council in the late 80s or early 90s. We know that it was listed but is no longer heritage listed. We don’t know why the listing was removed.’

Mrs Cecil said council should also push for the removal of bitumen, which surrounds the fig’s trunk.

‘Chinderah’s football team had its first meeting under the fig in the 1940s,’ said Mrs Cecil.

‘It would be a terrible loss to the community. So much of the history of Chinderah is attached to that tree.’

Tavern licensee Justin Fletcher refuted the claim that up to 60 per cent of the tree would be removed and said he and the tavern’s owners were committed to keeping the fig tree.

Mr Fletcher said cutting such a large percentage of the tree’s canopy was unnecessary and no hidden agenda to get rid of the tree existed. He said he would be happy to look at any new data and would pass the

information on to the tavern’s owners.

Tweed Greens Cr Katie Milne said she intended to seek an interim heritage order at the next council meeting to give an independent, arboricultural consultant enough time to produce a professional report.

Cr Milne said she was concerned to see the same consultant who advocated a total removal of the tree when it lost a limb some 18 months ago involved again and questioned the necessity of the suggested work.

In September last year Tweed councillors baulked at seeking a fresh heritage order to protect the fig, despite assurances from experts that it was in reasonable health and could last another 100 years.

Murwillumbah arborist Luke McVeigh said the risk was far from significant and statistics proved few were ever injured by falling tree limbs.

‘It’s still a lot more dangerous to cross the road’, Mr McVeigh said.

Alex Mitchell sums up challenging life and times as an old-school intrepid reporter Story and photo Luis Feliu

Veteran journalist Alex Mitchell singled out two of the institutions he once admired for a severe caning when he launched his memoir Come The Revolution at a packed function in Murwillumbah last week.

The respected journalist, who retired to the Tweed Valley with his wife Judith White several years ago, told a captive audience of around 100 people at Murwillumbah Services Memorial Club that the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the Murdoch press had both sunk irrevocably into disrepute and become part of the ‘system’ he now loathed and fought against.

Mr Mitchell, an occasional writer for The Echo, said the ALP had changed for the worse over the years and was no longer the reformist party that he, his parents and grandparents

had grown up with as ‘true believers’.

He recalled the time when the Labor Party under Arthur Caldwell contained 26 different professions ‘but now they only have six’.

As an example of how the party had lost its way, he described the debate over samesex marriage which took up a big slice of media attention at last weekend’s ALP national conference as a ‘waste of time’, as the policy should have been adopted ‘50 years ago’.

He said the ALP was now run by the right-wing faction which was more interested in its own power and was easily influenced by big business to the extent where ‘foreign mining interests can get their way and in fact got rid of Rudd’ when the former prime minister proposed a super profits tax on them.

But it was the influence of

Alex signed many copies of his book at its launch this week, including one for visitor Cathy Martin, from Wollongong.

media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who gave him his first big break in the heady world of metropolitan journalism nearly half a century ago, which he reserved for a special bucketing.

Mr Mitchell said that when he started working with Murdoch’s News Ltd in the early 1960s, first with the Mt Isa Mail then with Sydney’s Daily

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He said the Murdoch em-

pire’s naked intrusion into and corruption of politics and national affairs was ‘vile’ and the political system as he knew it had been ‘perverted’ in Australia, the UK and the US where his newspapers have the most influence.

Mr Mitchell said Rupert Murdoch, whom he once respected, had over the years as his power grew, transformed into a shadow of his former self, which was strikingly highlighted at the recent UK parliamentary hearings into the phone-hacking scandal which engulfed his newspapers.

‘I couldn’t help thinking how far he’d fallen and how much he’d changed since I knew him.

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Minister asked to sideline council over lakeside DA Luis Feliu

The state planning minister has been asked to refer a controversial bid to build 32 homes at Kingscliff ’s Noble Lakeside Park to an independent arbitrator rather than allow Tweed Shire Council to assess it.

Submissions on the project closed late last month.

Developer Keith Noble has reduced the number of homes he wants to build on the lake edge at the manufactured home estate to 32 after the Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) rejected a bid for 45 homes last year.

Earlier this year, Mr Noble appealed to the Land and Environment Court over his $10.4 million project which Tweed council had recommended for approval when first lodged in November 2009, but pulled the pin on the appeal on the first day of the hearing.

The development, which

involved diverting a drainage canal to widen a peninsula on which some homes would have been built on stilts over water, sparked fierce opposition from many park residents.

Because the scheme was over $10 million, the JRPP became the consent authority but the five-man panel was unanimous in rejecting it on the grounds it was an overdevelopment of the site.

Resident’s request Kingscliff resident Jerry Cornford recently wrote to planning minister Brad Hazzard calling on him to replace both the shire’s planning department and council with an independent arbitrator to decide on the most recent application.

Mr Cornford says the new 32-home application was ‘virtually identical’ to the one rejected by both the JRPP and the environment court, but

with the number of proposed dwellings reduced to 32 ‘thereby bringing it, on a cost basis, out of the jurisdiction’ of the planning panel and ‘within the purview of council’.

(Council is allowed to deal with development applications costed at under $10 million.)

‘This places council and its planners in an impossible dilemma. Both planning department and councillors will have to try either to justify their approval of the original DA, knowing that it has been roundly rejected by both overview authorities, or to reject the new DA, thence admitting that their original assessment was flawed and could not be substantiated,’ Mr Cornford said.

‘The conflict is manifestly unfair on both planning staff and councillors and is unlikely to result in a fair and equitable assessment for either the applicant or objectors.’

Blind cyclist arrives to inspire hope

Albert Elzinga

Blind cyclist Lorin Nicholson reached Tweed Heads this week on the first leg of his ‘Blind Courage’ fundraising ride from Brisbane to Melbourne.

The classical guitarist and motivational speaker and his support crew face a gruelling 1800km ride and hope to arrive at their destination on Christmas Eve, in time for Lorin to perform at Vision Australia’s Carols by Candlelight, held at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

Lorin, 42, aims to raise $10,000 to support Vision Australia’s services for people who are blind or have low vision and has secured the support of more than 20 clubs which will provide accommodation and meals during the ride.

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(l–r) Andrew and Lorin Nicholson with Mark Berends at Jack Evans Boat Harbour this week. Photo Albert Elzinga

from Perth to Sydney.

The hardest part of the journey was the mental side, Lorin said.

‘You hit the wall but have to keep on going.’

However, he said the effort was well worth it because of the great people he met on the road.

Lorin said he was pushing himself to complete the ride to inspire people that anything is possible, and to raise awareness of the large number of Australians who are vision impaired.

‘It’s about giving blind Aussies hope and the rest some inspiration’, Lorin said.

His seventeen-year-old son Andrew will ride alongside him to complete the journey on a tandem bike, piloted by close friend Mark Berends.

Lorin has been blind since he was four and is one of six siblings, three of whom are blind. He has been an athlete, children’s author and one of

Australia’s leading youth motivational speakers on antibullying as well as being nominated for Australian of the Year in 2009.

More than 20 clubs, including Twin Towns services Club, are supporting Lorin, providing him with meals and accommodation.

Lorin said he is pushing himself to complete the ride to inspire people that anything is possible, and to raise awareness of the large number of Australians who are vision impaired.

‘There are 300,000 Australians who are blind or have low vision. With an ageing population this number will grow to about 600,000 by 2020. Hopefully by completing this tandem bike ride I will help change the public’s perception of what blind people can do.’

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A taste of Sicily in Murwillumbah Story and photo by Albert Elzinga

Murwillumbah’s Caldera Farmers Market is one of the few places where lovers of local olives, olive oil and olive products can buy the fruits of Summerland Olives’ labour of love.

Summerland Olives is a Northern Rivers based cooperative of olive growers who banded together to process and market their produce.

In 1999, the growers, whose individual crops were too small to make a living, agreed to work together and decided to form the company.

In 2000 Summerland Olives started work and purchased an olive press to produce olive oil.

The growers soon realised their local olive variety produced relative low oil yields and decided to put their main focus on the processing of table fruit.

Summerland succeeded in producing some of Australia’s finest table fruit and around five years after the company entered the marketplace, it won the first of numerous national awards for its Manzanillo olives, tapenades and dried olives.

Production manager Alan Hodgson played a major part in the company’s success and Alan’s increasing knowledge and skills allowed the company to expand its range and operate sustainably.

Alan visited the historic home of olive production, Sicily, in 2006 with his wife Denyse.

Denyse, the company chairperson, said numerous visits to traditional olive farms inspired the couple and gave

Summerland Olives’ Denyse Hodgson at her stall at the Caldera Farmers Market in Murwillumbah.

them rare insight into the local culture and history of the olive growers.

Denyse said the couple watched growers on small Sicilian farms stick to tradition while competing in a fastchanging industry and gained a high level of respect for the age-old methods employed by the farmers.

In 2007, Alan decided to learn more about waste management and applied for a Churchill Fellowship.

The fellowship helps Australians study overseas, and in 2008 Alan was one of a select few who received the fellowship from NSW governor, Marie Bashir.

Alan returned to Sicily to study and although his aim was to learn about

waste management, he also learned how to process green olives in the traditional Sicilian way.

Summerland’s ‘Sicilian-style cracked Green Olives’ have since won several Australian Table Olive Association awards.

Denyse, who now sells the company’s products at local farmers markets, said Summerland’s olives were different, healthier and tastier because the company did not use chemicals.

Olives had a natural bitterness which was often masked by the use of chemicals, Denyse said.

The farmers markets are held every Wednesday morning at Murwillumbah showground.

Council email probe kept secret Tweed Shire Council general manager Mike Rayner has defended his decision not to tell councillors that their emails were being scrutinised by property mogul Bob Ell under a freedom of information (FOI) search to create so-called dirt files.

The councillors’ emails are among scores unearthed by Mr Ell’s Leda group in a massive fishing expedition aimed at exposing an alleged multilevel conspiracy which the billionaire says is impeding two major residential projects in the shire.

Greens councillor Katie Milne says she learnt through her own FOI search that Leda sought information on comments ‘by any councillors about the Kings Forest project’ in July last year, but as far as she was aware staff did not tell her or other councillors.

‘I am not very happy that staff chose not say anything to us. Councillors are like a board of directors and the general manager is supposed to be working for us. They could have told us if they wanted to,’ she said.

But a spokesman for Mr Rayner said there was no obligation to advise councillors of an FOI request if it related to council business and did not disclose information that was of a ‘personal’ nature.

He said if it did, the councillor would be consulted on whether all, part or none of the information would be released, but this did not apply to any of the emails subject to the request.

Leda’s FOI request sought ‘all correspondence, notes of conversations, internal memos and deleted emails’ about their developments dating

back to January 2007 when the council was still under administration and nearly two years out from an election.

Leda used some of the emails to compile two volumes of documents accusing some council and government agency staff, ecologists and certain councillors of being involved in a plot to impose unreasonable restraints on the development of the proposed Kings Forest and Cobaki developments totalling 10,000 homes.

One of the emails cited in the files was sent by Cr Milne and forms the basis of a defamation action against her by Mr Ell after it was leaked by Cr Warren Polglase, but Mr Rayner’s spokesman denied it was one of the emails released under the FOI search, even though it was in council’s possession.

The spokesman said legislation prevented him from confirming or denying a tip-off that Leda was again trawling through more council files and emails under a new application.

The company, which gave copies of its files to councillors and local government minister Don Page in October, wants the government to order an inquiry and remove the council from the approvals process.

Tweed Council has yet to formally reply to Leda’s five-week-old conspiracy allegations, saying they are waiting on advice from the Division of Local Government.

(Note: the term FOI is used here for consistency with previous stories; the FOI Act has been replaced by the Government Information Public Access Act or GIPAA).

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Labor con riles the Murdoch goons

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ay marriage, according to the pundits of The Australian, is a bouVolume 4 #15 December 8, 2011 tique issue. This must be the reason they have written about little else for the past fortnight.

Apparently under the impression that they are actuCr Warren Polglase claims there is nothing wrong with his tipping ally employed by the Catholic off billionaire developer Bob Ell about an email sent by Greens Cr Weekly (or possibly the Daily Katie Milne to the press detailing alleged links between the Leda Grouper) they have devoted group owner and murdered standover man Michael McGurk. the vast majority of their covThe veteran councillor said if someone was saying ‘derogatory erage of Labor’s National Conthings’ about himself, he too would ‘want to know’. That’s all well ference to the manoeuvrings, and good, but the email, however it came into Cr Polglase’s possesarguments and tiffs about sion, was sent to the developer soon after and used nine months same-sex unions and the relater to mount a defamation case against the outspoken Greens action to them – so much that councillor.

Monday’s front page summary Cr Milne, who is defending the defamation action, has been rewas a essentially a gleeful exlentless in opposing plans by the developer for two massive townhortation to the religious in ship developments at Cobaki and Kings Forest because of their the community to launch a impact on the environment, and on koala habitat in particular. crusade (or a jihad, dependIndeed, Leda has complained in some recent ‘dirt files’ critical of ing on personal preference) council planners, consultants and others, that these actions have against the blasphemers who cost the company millions. voted for equality.

Understandably, the suspicion is therefore raised that Cr Polglase The vote would cost Labor was acting in the interests of the developer first and foremost, the next election, the paper rather than his colleague on council. crowed. Julia Gillard, yet again, Surely, if he felt so strongly about what he perceived to be had failed. And it wasn’t that derogatory comments in her email, he should have raised the issue she had not been warned: for in a confidential session of council, instead of secretly passing the most of the preceding week email on to the developer. the examination board of the What was he hoping to gain from his action? Cr Milne says it national daily, the pompous demonstrates he was serving the interest of Mr Ell, who gave pontificator Paul Kelly, the $80,000 to a war chest to fund the election campaign of the promagisterial professor Peter van development council led by Cr Polglase in 2004, which was sacked Onselen and the bumptious by the state government the following year and replaced with blow-in Troy Bramston, had administrators. spelled out in painstaking deThe report on the inquiry which led to the sacking, by Professor tail the tests she was expected Maurice Daly, was damning of the role played by a developerto pass and the assignments to funded group calling itself Tweed Directions, which bankrolled the be completed if they were to pro-development faction’s campaign to the tune of hundreds of give her a grudging B. thousands of dollars.

Well, perhaps technically she Professor Daly famously described Cr Polglase and his faction as hadn’t done too badly; uranimere instruments or ‘puppets’ of this group and its slush fund. um sales to India will go ahead, He found that the candidates ‘were imposters, being puppets of the principle of off-shore proTweed Directions’ and that ‘effectively they lied to the community.’ cessing of asylum seekers has For his part Cr Polglase and others said they had done nothing been confirmed and although wrong or illegal, but public trust and confidence in the council, as the juggernaut of same-sex Professor Daly observed, had been severely eroded as a result. marriage has proved unstopRatepayers can therefore be forgiven for feeling not much has pable, at least she has stalled changed since then. it for the time being through her insistence on a conscience Tweed Shire Echo vote. The left, as the board dePublisher David Lovejoy manded, has been put firmly Editor Luis Feliu back in its box.

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So what’s the problem? Well, the conference and Gillard squibbed the vital, the crucial, the essential issue of party reform, that’s what. The proposals made in the report by John Faulkner, Bob Carr and Steve Bracks for opening up the conference to the party’s rank and file, of reducing the dominance of the unions and breaking down the power of the factions were tossed aside; the only concession allowed

If Gillard and Swan persist with their manic determination to run budget surpluses irrespective of the circumstances it will hurt both us and them.

by Mungo MacCallum was to refer a few of the more innocuous suggestions for consideration by a committee run by the powerbrokers themselves. The cowardice, the shame of it.

But hang on a minute: the push for reform is in fact coming from the dreaded left, the bunch of latte-sipping, basketweaving anarchists The Australian, along with all its right thinking readers (and by golly they are right thinking – most of their thinking is to the right of Genghis Khan) wants wiped from the face of the earth.

These are the people totally out of touch with ordinary Australians. Give their airy-fairy ideas any real credence or substance and it would mark the end of society as we know it.

And if not quite as bad as that it would certainly mark the end of the ALP National Conference as we know it. After all, it is only the rigid factional control that delivers the results The Australian insists

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upon – uranium sales to India, the endorsement of offshore processing and a conscience vote on gay marriage, to name but three. So why is the examination board so keen to see it overthrown? Could they, perchance, not quite have thought it through? Are they a touch inconsistent? All over the place like a dog’s breakfast? As crazy as a tin full of worms? We must leave it to a higher authority (Rupert? The Pope?) to decide.

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on to beat up this boutique issue into a national crisis. The voters, however, are hardly likely to regard it as a pressing issue. After all, The Australian kept telling us that they didn’t – at least until it launched its own holy war.

In practice most of what happened at Darling Harbour last weekend will not be of any lasting significance. When we get down to the nitty gritty of the next two years it will, as always, be the economy, stupid, and here is where both sides of politics are likely to flounder. There is now a growing belief among professional economists that Europe may prove unsalvageable and even if complete collapse can be avoided, the threat of it is likely to provoke a crisis of confidence among investors and lenders which will produce something horribly similar.

Australia is in a stronger position than most, but cannot escape some fairly dire consequences: there is not a lot of money left for stimulatory measures this time around. If Gillard and Swan persist with their manic determination to run budget surpluses irrespective of the circumstances it will hurt both us and them, and given the fact that there is no-one in the opposition’s economic team who can count up to 21 without removing his trousers, there is not much hope from that side of the house.

By the time the next election comes around, we’ll have more things to worry about than gay marriage.

Indeed, even The Australian may be pushing it to find an open boutique to house its pet issue.

Meanwhile, back at the conference; yes, the results were entirely predictable, as they always are. There were plenty of passionate speeches and much steam was let off and not a little shit removed from livers, But the participants were under no real illusions about the outcomes: the leader was to be supported, or at least not humiliated, and this is exactly what happened. Much has been made of the fact that she is now stuck with a party policy which she purports not to believe in, but this is a minor embarrassment and one which Labor leaders have frequently had to deal with in the past.

Where Gillard’s problem is different is that her resolve and conviction will be tested on the floor of the House of Representatives: a private member’s bill to change the marriage act will inevitably be introduced early ■ See Mungo live at next year and the Prime Minister can hardly avoid voting on it. The Australian can be relied www.echonetdaily.net.au

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Easy GM fix

In relation to the appointment of a new general manager of Tweed Shire Council, why all the fuss?

Why the need to call extraordinary meetings of councillors for discussions? Why the need to appoint consultants to advise? Tweed Shire is no different from hundreds of councils Australia wide, so why all the theatrics?

The previous general manager exited under the cover of darkness, the present general manager has signalled his exit from the rooftops.

Let’s cut the bullshit and the exorbitant salary, place a position vacant advertisement in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Tuesday local government section and canvass applicants.

Let’s fast-track the process and ignore any input from past mayors or administrators and put in place a person who displays real CEO integrity and calibre.

How about we also exclude all the current Tweed Council management staff, especially the ones who don’t live in the shire and who have been tugging on the current GM’s coat tails and licking his boots for too long.

They know who they are.

Paul D Taylor

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Rally for the koala

Kings Forest is very much in the news lately.

We can all try to help this housing development to have a better outcome (while still far from our ideal) for the 450+ species that live in the area (including the beloved koala) by writing a submission to Planning Dept before December 23 regarding the current Stage 1 on exhibition (see http://majorprojects. planning.nsw.gov.au/index.

No support for role of Cr as stool pigeon I am very concerned about the behaviour of Cr Warren Polglase in the role he played in landing Cr Milne in court, sued for defamation by Bob Ell. One thing the court case has proved very clearly is where Cr Polglase’s loyalties really lie, when it comes to his mayoral role in Tweed Shire Council. He was elected to support the people of Tweed Shire, not Bob Ell and his high-density mini-city projects. Cr Polglase says he did nothing wrong in passing on Cr Milne’s email, without her permission, to developer Bob Ell. An ethical person realising their colleague could get into trouble for saying certain things would have taken her aside and suggested she changed it. But not Councillor I-did-nothing-wrong Polglase.

He rats on her instead, to get her into trouble. Irrespective

of different politics Cr Milne is Polglase’s colleague and, by doing what he did, he not only acted shamelessly, he betrayed every elector in Tweed Shire by showing his true colours.

It is now quite obvious that Cr Polglase had and has a conflict of interest between his role as a shire representative of the people and his underhand support of Leda’s very questionable major projects in Kings Forest and Cobaki lakes. Has Cr Polglase ever declared any conflict of interest at a council meeting?

If he has one then he should do so at the next meeting and withdraw from any business concerning the Leda projects.

pl?action=view_job&job_ id=2642).

If you are too busy to do this, at least write to heather. warton@planning.nsw.gov.au and request a month’s extension, since in December most people are too busy to do submissions before Christmas.

Please also attend the koala rally this Saturday (10th) from 10am to 12 noon where you can learn how to make your submission and have your say.

Let’s show the planning department how many people care about this area.

There are 20 threatened species and six threatened ecological communities at Kings Forest and they all need maximum protection. Bring a placard (and maybe an umbrella?) and your kids. It’s their future too.

tunate place where their client group, the crims, are more honest and trustworthy than their own department and the pollies. Cop that, Mr Secretary Geoff.

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ferring to Cr Polglase as ‘Bob’s informant’. But it may be a little premature to tar him with that brush.

To earn that nickname he’d have to prove that he was a repeat offender. He’d have to show us evidence that this wasn’t the only time that he’d voluntarily passed on information of interest to Bob Ell. At the moment we don’t have any such evidence, but if it did exist, would Cr Polglase voluntarily hand over such information to us, even though it is of interest to us?

I don’t think so. I think it’d take another freedom of information request to convince him to tell us about any other times he may have acted as Bob’s informant.

And anyway, why on earth would Cr Polglase be tempted to act as billionaire Bob Ell’s informant?

Chris Degenhardt

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Now that Cr Polglase has been forced to admit that he was the one who leaked Cr Milne’s email to billionaire Bob Ell, I’ve heard people re-

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Murwillumbah

likes of which one can only see at competitive events. Perhaps Polglase and Holdom could consider competing in the Commonwealth Games, not for their physical prowTim Smerd ess, but for their dual double Bogangar backflip about-face on the false Goorimahbah gardens, What’s Warren’s word which could win a gold medal, if there was an event for monworth?

‘Guaranteed, this will happen.’ ey wasting.

Polglase promised the GooriJames McKenzie mahbah gardens at Jack EvMt Wollumbin ans Boat Harbour, then voted against it. What is your word Uranium sale anger I believe that Justine Elliot worth, Warren?

Dot was so desperate to MP has failed the electorate of defend their development Richmond as our representadebacle that lost $10.65 mil- tive. In November, prior to lion in withheld federal funds the recent ALP conference, I that she abused council to de- asked Justine ‘do you support fame and attack me: ‘ignorant, prime minister Gillard’s prowhite man’ were her chosen posal to sell uranium to India, slurs. Then, Dot too, votes and if so, why?’ I received no against funding the fabricated response, not even so much as Goorimahbah Gardens, in fa- an automated reply.

As someone who is (or was) vour of Arkinstall Park, council claiming Commonwealth supportive of the Labor government, I have to admit to Games is now the priority.

The Goorimahbah gymnas- being somewhat aghast and tics by Crs Polglase and Hol- disenchanted by the proposal dom are political backflips the continued overleaf

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I would like to thank you for your front page story last week informing me that the wealthy, and often controversial, property developer Mr Ell is bringing a defamation case against Cr Milne for allegedly implying that Mr Ell had links to the arsonist and shady character Michael McGurk, who was murdered in Sydney a couple of years ago.

Other than that he had been murdered, I didn’t know anything about Michael McGurk so I looked him up on Wikipedia and was stunned by what is written there.

The Wikipedia article contains quite a lot about the alleged relationship between Bob Ell and Michael McGurk and lots of other shady characters.

I’m surprised Mr Ell hasn’t sued Wikipedia yet.

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Of course I don’t believe any of the scandalous lies that are written in that article but please don’t take my word for it – I suggest you read it for yourself: en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Michael_Loch_McGurk.

We should all be outraged that Wikipedia can besmirch the good name of such a fine upstanding member of our community in this way. Bob Ell has done so much for our community – he deserves better than this!

Cr Polglase will be pleased to know that his name does not appear in the Wikipedia article about Michael McGurk, and that though Cr Polglase has admitted to corresponding with Bob Ell, no inferences should be drawn from that.

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of the prime minister to sell uranium to India. If you support the concept of selling uranium I sincerely hope to dissuade you.

I am a father of one, and step-father of three other children; a world polluted by radiation imperils their future. I consider the expansion of uranium mining within our own borders and its sale to unstable countries such as India a serious problem.

The negative health effects and reproductive impacts of radiation are well established, and need not be repeated. I have indirect experience with the health effects of atomic explosions; my maternal grandfather was exposed to the British atomic, biological and chemical tests at Maralinga.

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The proposal to sell uranium to a country that even now unashamedly sells asbestos housing materials to its poorest citizens (as reported on ABC’s Foreign Correspondent) does not provide me with hope that India’s government has a mature attitude towards safety and compassion for human life.

Nuclear fallout has been poorly handled in our own ‘developed’ country, with milk contamination being a major issue in the 1950s and 60s, and our servicemen, such as my Grandpa Bill, being irradiated, mutilated and then neglected by the government. How can we expect India to do any better?

It would appear that Justine Elliot and the federal ALP is in favour of polluting the world to make a few dollars. They have just lost my vote.

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10 December 8, 2011 The Tweed Shire Echo

New aged care rules harmful The Productivity Commission has completed a report into aged care and has submitted it to the federal government along with a number of recommendations. One of these recommendations is that in valuing the assets to determine the amount of bond an elderly person must pay to enter a nursing home the value of the family home should be included.

The ramifications of this are enormous. Nursing home bonds amount to some hundreds of thousands of dollars and to most people, if this recommendation is adopted, it would mean the sale or reverse mortgage of the family home.

We all know what a sale is but a reverse mortgage is fairly new to the financial world. A money lender (bank, credit union, etc) would pay the bond to the nursing home

and would take out a mortgage on the family home. Interest would be charged on the mortgage and would not be paid but would accumulate.

Before long interest would be charged on that interest and then interest on that interest and so on.

If one partner of a married couple were to need to enter a nursing home, the other partner could stay in the family home for life but the interest would go on. After both partners die, the bank gets first bite and what’s left goes to the kids.

Nobody has said what will happen to the spouse living in the family home if or when the amount owing to the bank exceeds the value of the house but banks have kicked people out of their houses many times before and from the bank’s point of view I can’t see why

this would be any different.

Most of us have worked more than half a century to reach retirement and have paid a lot more in taxation than the value of our house.

This recommendation is like a genetic disease. It doesn’t just devastate us, its effects are passed on to our kids.

Those who wish to object to the adoption of this recommendation should write to The Hon Julia Gillard MP, PO Box 6022, Parliament House, Canberra, ACT 2600 or email her via the prime minister’s website www.pm.gov.au.

The letter should clearly state that the writer wishes to express opposition to the Productivity Commission’s proposal to include the family home in the aged care means test.

val involving young people was being conducted on the beach. Parents were selflessly sacrificing their free time to ensure that young people gained the skills to be good, healthy citizens.

Later in the day, groups of young families came to the nearby playground on the beach reserve to enjoy the facilities provided by federal and local governments during the height of the global financial crisis. It was good to be home in a caring community.

That idyllic picture was shattered during the following week as tenants in neighbouring apartments disturbed our peace with loud, abusive arguments and bad language.

At the same time they failed to provide adequate supervision for their offspring who played in dangerous locations where traffic was passing.

On the following Saturday night, late-night parties were held in nearby homes with large numbers of young people keeping us awake, drinking alcohol, swearing and urinating in our driveway while removing palings from our back fence. Two calls were made to local police without avail, so around midnight I confronted some of the people involved.

One inebriated girl, lying in front of an illegally parked four-wheel drive, greeted me cheerily as she sat amongst a pile of empty beer cans and asked why I was recording the registration number of the offending vehicle.

On ABC TV each Saturday night, we have seen the gauche and socially inept Doc Martin harassing (and being harassed by) passing parades of teenage girls. We know it happens here as well. However, we also know that creative young people from local schools are being inspired by dedicated teachers at the Schools Spec-

tacular in Sydney. I recently took part in a village choir performance where teenage girls joined a mutual admiration society with fellow choir members old enough to be their grandparents.

In writing this, I make a plea to adults in the community. Please provide positive role models for your children.

Here is a message for young people. Don’t allow the bad behaviour of some adults to be an excuse for your own behaviour. You have a brain; use it.

Seek out those adults who respect you, respect themselves and contribute positively to society. Enjoy the coming season of goodwill. May it extend throughout the year.

publicly available. Otherwise, what purpose that meeting, other than allowing for the ticking of boxes which, in truth, cannot, with clear conscience, be ticked?

Issues of such urgency and magnitude demand honest and heartfelt assurance that responsible, environmentally and socially sound decisions have been made on behalf of residents and landowners.

I cannot help but wonder how the relevant decisionmakers and gas company shareholders would feel should they one day wake up to discover that they’ve poisoned their loved ones. Would they weep?

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Neville Jennings

Kingscliff

Lockers out locked out

The coal-seam gas (CSG) issue is causing dangerously high levels of stress and anxiety in many constituents. It is endangering the health of life and land. People need information; a closed-door policy is not the answer. If the lack of space/time to adequately address all relevant concerns presented a problem for Mr George, that surely indicates, unambiguously, constituents’ overwhelming concerns regarding CSG. Interestingly, those persons to whom Mr George demonstrated so little care and respect yesterday included, amongst others, those same persons who have, for years, supported him.

People that one would assume must be invited were overlooked. Given that the closing of doors was, as stated

by Mr George, due to the need for lack of interruption, and not in order to keep the majority uninformed, one would hope that the minutes of that meeting will now be made

Jim O’Regan

Murwillumbah

Linnie Lambrechtsen

Cawongla

Disability Day thanks

Congratulations to Uki and Stokers Siding primar y schools for participating in activities to celebrate the International Day for People with a Disability on December 3, and also to OnQ for holding a special morning tea for staff and visitors from the community.

Thanks to NICAN, all students were provided with a variety of mementos and educational tools to celebrate the occasion and the Rehab Unit at Murwillumbah Hospital enabled the children at Uki to experience a range of mobility aids.

A special thank you to Jeff Robinson and the staff and students of Uki Primary School for not only raising awareness of the difficulties people with disabilities encounter every day, but for also raising $250 for the Rehab Unit.

We hope more schools will become involved in this valuable awareness-raising program next year.

Maggie Wilkins-Russell and Julie Lewin

Uki

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Deadline Tuesday noon.

10.30am at the library to discuss recently reads books. New members welcome. If you can help call Rosalind on 07 5524 3342.

Garden Club

Banora Point Community Centre senior program has various groups available on Tuesday afternoons and all day Fridays.

If you are interested in card playing, Stretch your Mind, Tai Chi, Mah Jong, scrapbooking, art, Scrabble, gentle exercise with weights call Lyn on 0755 232030.

The centre is on the corner of Leisure and Woodland Drives, Banora Point.

Murwillumbah and District Garden Club annual presentation: overall pointscore winner John Bennet, runner up Ted Chilcott.

Next meeting Monday, January 23, at the Jesse McMillan Hall, Wollumbin Street, Murwillumbah. New members welcome.

AGM on Monday, February 27.

Christmas dance

Lions Club of Tweed Coast South Christmas dance with Darryl Honeyman’s Biggish Band at Burringbar Hall, Saturday, December 17, 7.30pm till late. Adults $10, children $5, tea, coffee and supper included.

Christmas carols

Lions Club Park, Marine Parade, Kingscliff, adjacent to Cudgen Surf Club, on December 15 from 7pm to 8.45pm (DST), a talented line-up of various singers plus the children from Cudgen, Kingscliff and St Anthony’s schools.

Drinks and food stalls.

tion a gold coin. Next monthly meeting is December 11, beginning with morning tea at 9.30am in the community room at the shopping centre.

View Clubs

Tweed Coast View Club (Kingscliff to Pottsville) are holding their Christmas luncheon meeting at the Beach Bar, Cabarita, on Monday, December 12 from 11.30am. Come along and enjoy the entertainment. AGM to be held in February. For info call Heather 02 6670 4013.

Twin Towns Evening View Club meets for the final time this year on Wednesday, December 14, 6.30pm (DST) at Tweed Heads Bowls Club. Christmas celebrations include entertainment by Kerry Stephens. Please bring a $5 Kris Kringle donation and goods for hampers. Meetings resume February 8, 2012 with AGM. For info call Barbara on 07 5523 1057 by 1pm Monday prior.

Banora Point community

Volunteers

NORTEC Volunteering’s Five Most Wanted positions this week: Pottsville, site assignor; Tweed Heads, food assistant, boating assistant; Murwillumbah, administration assistant; Tweed Heads South, artist.

Horse skills volunteers

Volunteers with horse skills or willing to learn to lead and exercise horses are needed at Riding for the Disabled, Tweed Valley Centre, Murwillumbah. Riding sessions are held on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings during school terms. Lots of jobs for willing workers. Make lots of friends and have fun in a caring atmosphere. For info call Sylvia 0419 437 217.

Men’s acappella

Are you of the male variety, can sing and possess a sense of comedy, then come and join Men Wot Sing acappella singers.

We perform at various functions, weddings, corporate gigs, festivals, and charities. Check us out on menwotsing.com.au or call Lou on 0419 735 633.

Toastmasters

People interested in establishing a Toastmasters Club based near the NSW/Qld border, as well as being members of the start-up committee working towards a Toastmasters convention to be held at Twin Towns in May 2013, are urged to visit www.hightevents.zoomshare.com.

Computers for seniors Dragons Abreast

Mt Warning Dragons Abreast is a member club of Dragons Abreast Australia which aims to improve the quality of life of its members, who are breast cancer survivors and their supporters. Dragon Boat paddling with a Dragons Abreast club provides a sense of purpose and support for breast cancer survivors and represents a beacon of hope to individuals newly diagnosed with cancer and their families.

The Mt Warning Dragons Abreast members, called Warning Belles, paddle on the Tweed River, Condong. If you have had a diagnosis of breast cancer you would be warmly welcomed to join us. For info call Robyn on 6672 4774 or 0427 368 819.

Dance workshop

A professional integrated dance workshop for people with and without disabilities will be held December 17 and 18 at Murwillumbah High School from 9.30am to 5pm. The Heart Beat Dance Workshop is presented

by Restless Dance Theatre from Adelaide and ends with a short community performance. On December 16, a masterclass is on offer to any dance teacher or participants, cost for both is $50, for info call Leanne on 02 6672 6965.

Red Cross

Tweed Heads Red Cross gift wrapping is being carried out at Tweed City shopping centre every day until Christmas, dona-

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ZONTA

ZONTA Club of Southern Gold Coast/Tweed meets third Monday of each month in Secret Garden Room, South Tweed Sports Club, 4 Minjungbal Drive, South Tweed. For info on community and international projects call Marie-Elise 0412 632 304 or Carolyn 0416 637 771.

Library storage needed

Friends of Tweed Heads Library need storage space for books accumulated by donations for our annual book sale. An unused lockable, easily accessible dry garage would be ideal. All profits from our book sale are spent on improving library facilities.

Friends of the Library meet fourth Wednesday of the month at

Computer Association Tweed Seniors meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 10.30am in the Seagulls Club. Get computer advice and learn computer skills at your own pace in a friendly social environment. All welcome. For info call Noelene on 07 5599 8939 bh.

Lifeball

Lifeball is an exercise sport similar to netball but played at walking pace by senior men and women. Chinderah: sessions every Tuesday 9.30am–11.30am at Tweed Supersports Centre, Chinderah. For info call Jill 02 6674 0636 or George 02 6624 4558.

Pottsville: men and women players needed, sessions every Thursday 9.30am to 11.30am at Pottsville Community Hall, Coast Road, Pottsville. For info call Ruth 02 6676 0411.

Nashos Tweed Valley Murwillumbah National Servicemen’s Association meet the third Tuesday of the month at 10am at the new address of Murwillumbah Sporties (Bowls Club) Condong Street, Murwillumbah. For more info call Peter at 0458 060 765 or Keith at 07 5524 5679. New members welcome.

ECHO BUSINESS PROFILE

New store manager signs on with Pottsville’s NightOwl Super

NIghtOwl Super Pottsville Waters has welcomed its new store manager Phil Ryan.

Mr Ryan (pictured, right) brings a wealth of retail experience to the store, which opened at the end of September.

‘I worked for Coles for about 23 years, most recently commuting between Pottsville and Ballina,’ he said.

Mr Ryan has also worked in Moree and Armidale.

The chance to work locally was a major drawcard for Mr Ryan in securing a role with NightOwl Super Pottsville Waters. Eliminating the commute to work has allowed more time for Mr Ryan to spend with his wife and three children, aged 12, nine and four.

‘I love living in Pottsville and I’m just five minutes down the road from work, as opposed to when I was travelling from 45 to 50 minutes between Pottsville and Ballina,’ he said.

‘Pottsville is a great village right on the beach. It is a fantastic lifestyle here without the hustle and bustle of the city.’

Mr Ryan has worked at the NightOwl Pottsville store since last Monday and has been very busy this week learning the ropes.

‘Along with our team of around 20 staff members, I am looking forward to welcoming customers to our store and showing what

NightOwl has to offer,’ he said.

NightOwl Pottsville Waters is located at Pottsville Waters Shopping Centre, 28–40 Overall Drive, Pottsville Waters and is open daily from 6am until 10pm.

For more information check out NightOwl Convenience on Facebook or visit www.nightowl.com.au.

Low cost groceries

Finding it tough going? Come and see us at Elevation Care, 56 Caloola Drive, Tweed Heads, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 10am to 2pm. Huge variety and quality food. Bring your bags. For info call 07 5507 6999.

Mad Millie showing the whey with home cheesemaking kits

Justices of the Peace

Tweed Justices of the Peace will cease witnessing signatures at Tweed City on December 15, returning on January 19 and Centro on December 13, returning on January 17. For info call Donna on 0414 894 368. Also, JP witnessing at Red Monkey Cafe, Kingscliff, Tuesday and Thursday 9am-midday, call Norman on 0412 473 575.

Become an expert cheesemaker in your own kitchen!

Make cheeses from Feta and Halloumi to Camembert and Blue Cheese Beginners Italian cheese kit $34.90 (great starting point)

End of Life Choices

For information about End of Life Choices workshops and meetings that will be held during the rest of the year, call Elaine on 0421 796 713.

Museum

Tweed River Regional Museum (Tweed Heads) will be closed from Wednesday, December 14 to Tuesday, January 3.

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In 2012 and 2013, the Orient Pandaw will be operating regular upstream and downstream cruises through this amazing and varied country.

Bangalow Dining Rooms Only the Orient Pandaw can take you deep into a heritage Bangalow Dining creates great food that showcases a spanning 2000 years and 135 ethnic groups. Orient Pandaw selection of world-class produce that the north coast is a replica of the colonial steamers that plied Burmese waters hinterland is renowned for. early last century. Your exploratory shore excursions are led The lovely dining space on the high verandah and the intimate by local guides so you will experience the ‘true’ Burma while dining room play elegant host to a modern, sophisticated gliding through this rich and varied collection of wetlands, menu. In the hotel, enjoy a clever interpretation of the classic wildlife and wondrous people.

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This amazing journey covers the iconic sights and sounds of Bangalow Dining also offers a catering service for off-site Burma over 13 days and 11 nights. Departures commence in weddings, parties and functions.

June 2012 and run regularly through the rest of the year and Visit Bangalow Dining Rooms at the Bangalow Hotel for into early 2013. Priced from a low $4,999 per person this is excellent food, affordable prices and friendly service. one cruise you really must consider before it books out.

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We have collected the menus from some of the best local restaurants in one convenient place.

Pin this guide up or leave it on the coffee table to make your dining out choices easier.

BON APPÉTIT!

Cabarita Beach Hotel Breads

Oven Baked Garlic Bread 7.50 Trio of Dips with Grilled Turkish Bread 10.00 Bruschetta 9.00 Toasted ciabatta with fresh tomato basil, garlic & balsamic

Oysters – Natural 1/2 dz 14.00 – Kilpatrick 1/2 dz 15.00 Lemon Pepper Calamari

1 dozen 27.00 1 dozen 29.00

15.00

Calamari lightly dusted, flash fried on a bed of salad with lemon and roasted garlic aioli

Coconut Crusted Prawns

16.00

Antipasto Plate Della Casa

19.00

served with baby salad and curry lime mayo a selection of cured meat, olives, cheese and grissini croutons

Steamed Seasonal Vegetables Fries Wedges with sour cream & sweet chilli Side Salad

350g Rump Steak with chips & salad 500g T-bone Steak with chips & salad 200g Eye Fillet

25.00 27.00 29.00

300g Rib Fillet

26.00

with roasted garlic mash, field mushrooms, baby spinach & roast tomato with roasted garlic mash, field mushrooms, baby spinach & roast tomato

Starters

Sides

Authentic Restaurant

Steak

Choose a Sauce • Red Wine • Dianne • Peppercorn • Mushroom • Blue Cheese • Additional sauce $2 Steak Topper – 1/2 Doz Garlic Prawns

Mains

Trio of Mushroom Risotto

7.00

19.00

Chicken, Pumpkin & Baby Spinach Fettucine 19.00 tossed in a creamy oven dried tomato pesto

18.00

with olives, roasted peppers, mushrooms, shallots in a tomato & white wine sauce

Beef Burger

14.00

Chicken Burger

15.00

Steak Sandwich rib fillet, salad, bacon & chutney Chicken Schnitzel with fries & salad Chicken Parmigiana with fries & salad Caba Fish & Chips with salad & tartare Beer Battered Flathead Fillets

17.00 14.00 16.50 12.00 15.00

with lettuce, tomato, cheese, egg, caramelised onion, bbq sauce & fries with lettuce, tomato, cheese, bacon, brie aioli & fries

with fries & salad

Seafood Basket with fries & salad Warm Thai Beef Salad Caesar Salad 16.00 w chicken 19.00 Prawn & Roast Pumpkin Salad Greek Salad

Chilli Prawn & Chorizo Fettucine

20.00

Grilled Barramundi with chips & salad Crispy Skin Salmon

20.00 24.00

Chicken Supreme

24.00

in a fresh tomato & basil sauce with baby spinach & shaved parmesan

on roasted garlic mash, sauteed greens & balsamic glaze

chicken wrapped in proscuitto stuffed with mushroom & cheese duxelle on garlic mash, sauteed greens & rich roasted pepper sauce

Light meals

17.00 18.00 w salmon 20.00 20.00 14.50

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OPEN THROUGHOUT THE CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR PERIOD Normal opening hours 11am til late, 7 nights.

CHRISTMAS DAY 5.30 – 8.30pm Open for Christmas Lunch for group bookings $35/pp (Advanced bookings essential) BOXING DAY 5.30 - 9.00pm New Years Eve & New Years Day open normal hours

with a porcini & rosemary base tossed in whlte wine & parmesan cream

Mediterranean Penne Pasta

6.50 sml 4.00 lge 7.00 8.90 4.50

Dine in / takeaway / delivery PH: 02 6676 4288

Shop 1/29 Tweed Coast Rd, Cabarita Beach (next to Southern Cross Credit Union)

Kids

12 years and under

Kids Beef Burger & Chips Steak ’n’ Chips with Salad Fish ’n’ Chips with Salad Cheesy Penne Napoli Chicken Nuggets & Chips Lasagne & Chips All kids’ meals come with ice cream

9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00

Monday-Friday 12-2.30, 5.30-8.30 Saturday & Sunday 12–8.30pm Book ahead to get best tables with a view

02 6676 0033

ENTREES Dim Sims (steamed or fried) $7.65 Satay Chicken $7.95 Vegetarian Spring Rolls $6.95 Vegetarian Curry Puffs $6.95 Coconut Prawns $8.50 Money Bag $7.50 Mixed Entrée for 2 (spring Roll, curry puff, satay, calamari) $14.50 New Mixed Entrée for 2 (coconut prawn, money bag, fishcake, fried dim sim) $15.50 MAIN DISHES All our stir-fries come w/ mixed vegetables. Choose your own sauce, ingredients & meat.

Oyster Sauce $11 / Oyster Sauce + Ginger $11.50 / Sweet & Sour Sauce $11.50 / Cashew Nut + Chilli Jam $12 / Fresh Chilli & Basil (Hot) $12 / Garlic & Pepper Sauce $12 / Satay Sauce $12.50 / Curry Pastes Sauce (Hot) $13 / Green Curry(Hot), Red Curry (Medium), Panang Curry(Medium) $13 Add: Chicken, Pork 1.50, Beef $2, Prawns (7-8) $3.50

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FESTIVE SPECIALS Catering available for functions & parties for dine-in. Banquet menus starting from $19.95/pp, no corkage.

Home catering available.

Most dishes can be altered to vegetarian, to your choice of meat and / or made gluten-free.

Menu

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Television Guide

SATURDAY 10 ABC 1

1. Huang Wen Bin plays the child Li Cunxin in Mao’s Last Dancer (NBN, Saturday, 9.40pm), Bruce Beresford’s film of the book of a dancer growing up in the Cultural Revolution and going on to world fame. To find out what Li Cunxin is up to these days, visit Li Cunxin www.licunxin.com. If you’re not into the terpsichorean arts you can catch the classic comedy Some Like It Hot with Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon on ABC2 at 8.4opm.

2. ABC1 continues its heartening series When Teenage Meets Old Age (Sunday, 9.35pm), in which British teens mingle with an older generation.

According to the BBC guide, ‘… four young people who have little or no contact with the elderly have volunteered to work as carers in a retirement village.

It’s the start of an inspirational and emotional journey of discovery for both sides of the generation gap.’ It’s also an experiment which would have great value in Byron Shire with its ageing population.

FRIDAY 9 ABC 1

4.00 rage (G) 5.00 Can We Help? 5.30 The New Inventors 6.00 ABC News 10.00 Kids’ Programs 11.30 One Plus One 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Land Girls 2.10 National Cultural Policy 3.00 Kids’ Programs

5.00 rage (PG) 11.00 Choccywoccy- SBS 2 6.00 Save Point doodah 11.30 At The Movies 12.00 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.30 WWE Experience My Family 12.30 Elders: Clive James 6.00 A Fork In The Road 7.30 Fear Factor 1.00 WNBL Basketball LIVE – Canberra Washington DC 8.30 Forensics Under Fire (M) v Sydney Uni 3.00 W-League Football 6.30 Food Trip 9.30 48 Hours (M) LIVE – Brisbane v Adelaide 5.00 Bowls: 7.30 Pray The Devil Back To 10.30 NBL Basketball Cairns v Australia v RSA

Hell 6.00 Men’s Champions Hockey 8.40 European Film Awards 7.00 ABC News 2011 7.30 The One Ronnie 10.25 Movie: Everything Will 8.20 Miss Marple Be Fine (MA 2010) Danish 9.50 Graham Norton Show (M) thriller 10.40 Gunrush (MA) 12.10 rage (MA)

SBS 1

Subs In Pearl Harbor 9.30 World News Australia 10.05 Dad Made Dirty Movies (MA)

11.10 Movie: Human Touch (MA 2004) Australian drama. Jacqueline McKenzie, Chris Haywood 1.00 Movie: A Love To Hide (MAV 2004) French WWII drama 3.00 Weatherwatch

10.40 Movie: The Front Page (M 1975) US comedy. Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau 12.20 Queen: Days Of Our Lives (M) 1.25 Scrapheap Challenge 2.10 Close

ABC NEWS 24

2

10.50 The Late Show 11.50 Movie: Pollock (M 2000) US biography. Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden 2.25 Burn Notice (M) 3.30 Infomercials 5.00 Religion

11.00 Designing Women 11.30 Beautiful Homes And Great Estates 12.00 Brothers & Sisters (M) 1.00 Ghost Whisperer (M) 2.00 Five Mile Creek 3.00 Murphy Brown 3.30 Growing Pains 4.00 Mad About You 4.30 Who’s The Boss ELEVEN 5.00 Doctor At Large 5.30 One Foot 6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 The Brady In The Grave Bunch 8.30 Neighbours 9.00 Touched

By An Angel 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 6.00 Bargain Hunt The Love Boat 12.00 Diagnosis Murder 7.00 Are You Being Served?

1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 The King 7.40 One Foot In The Grave Of Queens 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Roseanne 9.10 Escape To The Country 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 10.10 To The Manor Bowen 11.10 The Lakes 11.40 Movie: Half The Brady Bunch 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch Broken Things (M 2007) UK thriller.

Daniel Mays, Penelope Wilton 1.40 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond Australian Open Tennis 2005: Saffin 7.30 So You Think You Can Dance v Hewitt 4.00 Coronation Street 4.30 Emmerdale 5.00 Home Shopping 10.00 Sex And The City (MA)

7MATE

6.30 Six Million Dollar Man 7.30 The Incredible Hulk 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 Simon And Simon 1.00 The Equalizer (M) 2.00 Malcolm And Eddie 2.30 Newsradio 3.00 Xena 4.00 Hercules ONE HD 6.00 Bundesliga Football – Bayern 5.00 The Drew Carey Show Munich v Werder Bremen 8.00 NBL 6.00 My Wife And Kids Basketball – Cairns v Gold Coast 6.30 Gary Unmarried 10.00 ATP World Tour Tennis 10.30 7.00 That ’70s Show NFL America’s Game 11.30 National 7.30 Gene Simmons Family Jewels Football League – LIVE 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 Jeopardy! 4.00 Beach Patrol 4.30 8.30 My Name Is Earl 9.30 Reaper (M) Airline 5.00 4x4 Adventures

6.00 Jeopardy!

6.00 Kids’ Program

7.00 Monkey Thieves 7.30 Heston Blumenthal’s Perfect Christmas 8.30 At The Movies 8.40 Movie: Some Like It Hot (PG 1959) US comedy.

Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis

6.30 Beach Patrol 7.00 Cops 7.30 Master Of Disaster SBS 2 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 8.30 An Idiot Abroad (M) 9.30 Miami Swat (M) 6.00 Global Village 10.30 Out Of Control 6.30 Chef At Home South 11.30 Pro Bull Riding 12.30 Omnisport America 1.00 Serie A Football 3.00 Arsenal 7.00 Peta Unplugged In Football Marrakech PRIME 7.30 Brick City 8.30 The Staircase (M) 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 9.30 Movie: Silmido (MAV 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Shark 2004) South Korean Swarm (M) 2.00 Dr Oz 3.00 Find My action Family 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven

5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 1.30 Breaking Boundaries 2.30 The Squiz 3.00 Letters And Numbers 3.30 World News 4.00 The Journal 4.30 11.10 The Late Late Show 12.00 Newshour 5.30 Global Village Roseanne 12.30 Sabrina The Teenage 6.00 Letters And Numbers Witch 1.00 The King Of Queens 1.30 6.30 World News Australia Happy Days 2.00 The Love Boat 3.00 7.30 Coast Diagnosis Murder 4.00 Touched By An 8.30 As It Happened Killer Angel 5.00 7th Heaven

ABC 2

1

6.25 World Café Asia Calcutta 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 My Family 8.30 Midsomer Murders (M) 10.05 The Old Guys 11.55 Movie: Blood Brothers News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 10.35 Late Edition News 10.45 Adam (MAV 2007) Mandarin drama 1.40 6.00 Prime News Hills In Gordon St Tonight (M) 11.45 Weatherwatch 6.30 Seven News Tracey Ullman’s State Of The Union (M) 7.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue TEN 12.10 rage (MA) 6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 7.30 Better Homes & Gardens ABC 2 9.00 The Circle 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 8.30 Lewis (M) 6.00 Kids’ Programs The Doctors 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 10.30 Natural Mysteries 7.00 Spicks And Specks 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 11.45 Perfect Couples 12.15 Movie: Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And The Chasing Papi (PG 2002) US comedy.

7.30 River Monsters Sofia Vergara, Roselyn Sanchez 2.00 8.30 Friday Night Lights (M) Beautiful 5.00 Ten News Home Shopping 6.30 The Project 9.30 Dogs In Space (M) 11.15 Marathon Boy (M) 12.15 Cold 7.30 Jamie’s Great Britain 7TWO Feet (M) 1.05 Blade Of The Immortal 8.30 Movie: Mission 6.30 Martha Stewart Show 7.30 Dr Oz (M) 1.30 Root Of All Evil (M) 1.55 Close Impossible (M 1996) US 8.30 Sons & Daughters 9.00 Home & action. Tom Cruise, Jon Away 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 ABC NEWS 24 Voight Coronation Street 10.30 Emmerdale 4.00 7.30 4.30 State To State 5.00 ABC News 12.30 Australia Network News 1.00 ABC News 2.30 One Plus One 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital Hill 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 Technology Quarter 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Contact Sport 8.00 ABC News 8.30 One Plus One 9.00 The World 10.00 ABC News 10.05 The Drum 10.45 Technology Quarter 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Asia Focus 12.00 ABC News 12.30 7.30 Select 1.00 ABC News 1.30 Contact Sport 2.00 Newshour 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 One Plus One

12.30 Malcolm And Eddie 1.00 Six Million Dollar Man 2.00 Quantum Leap 3.00 The Incredible Hulk 4.00 Xena: Warrior Princess 5.00 Hercules

NBN

5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 9.30 Hi-5 10.00 Second Cricket Test LIVE – Australia v New Zealand 12.30 The Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues

6.00 Evening News 6.30 A Current Affair 7.30 Two And A Half Men 8.30 Movie: No Reservations (PG 2007) US comedy.

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart

10.40 Movie: Catch And Release (M 2006) US comedy. Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant 12.50 Movie: Sum Of Existence (MA 2004) Australian thriller. Brooke Anderson, Simone Kessell 2.30 The Avengers 3.30 Entertainment Tonight 4.00 Danoz 4.30 Good Morning America

GO!

6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Seinfeld 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 TMZ 2.30 Married With Children 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs

6.00 Movie: Scooby Doo And The Cyber Chase (G 2001) Animation 7.30 Movie: The Pink Panther (PG 2006) US comedy.

Steve Martin, Kevin Kline 9.30 Movie: The Island (M 2005) US action. Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson

12.30 Undercovers (AV) 1.30 Rubicon (M) 2.30 Reno 911 (M) 5.00 Bratz 5.30 Tamagotch!

GEM

6.00 Today 9.00 Alive & Cooking 9.30 The Zoo 10.00 Friends 11.00 Murder, She Wrote 12.00 Movie: Saturday Island (PG 1952) WWII romance. Linda Darnell, Tab Hunter 2.00 Sea Patrol 3.00 McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 The Golden Girls 5.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show

6.00 Friends 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds 8.30 Law & Order (M) 9.30 Movie: The Prestige (M 2006) US drama. Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale

12.00 Conan (M) 1.00 Psychic TV 2.30 Movie: Sweeney! (M 1976) UK drama.

Dennis Waterman, Barry Foster 4.20 Murder, She Wrote 5.30 The Golden Girls

10.30 Jersey Shore (M)

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2.10 Weatherwatch

Polo In The City 1.30 Serie A Football The Incredible Hulk 3.00 Six Million 2.00 World Championship Sailing Dollar Man 4.00 Quantum Leap 5.00 LIVE – Perth 5.00 Holiday Dream Team Adam 12 5.30 Home Shopping 5.30 I Fish

4.00 Big Ideas 5.00 ABC News 6.00 7.30 6.30 Message Stick 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Contact Sport 8.00 ABC News 8.45 Technology Quarter 9.00 ABC News 9.45 Consumer Quarter 10.00 ABC News 10.30 7.30 11.00 ABC News 11.30 7.30 12.00 ABC News 12.30 7.30 Select 1.00 Big Ideas 2.00 ABC News 2.30 7.30 3.00 ABC News 3.30 Foreign Correspondent 4.00 ABC News 4.30 State To State 5.00 ABC News 5.30 One Plus One 6.00 ABC News 6.30 Australian Story 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The World This Week 8.00 Four Corners 8.45 Arts Quarter 9.00 ABC News 9.30 State To State 10.00 ABC News 10.30 7.30 Select 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Foreign Correspondent 12.00 Big Ideas 1.00 BBC World News 1.30 7.30 2.00 Newshour 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 7.30

SBS 1

5.00 World News 5.05 World News 1.00 The Infernal Comedy 2.45 The Trouble With Tolstoy 4.00 Terry Jones 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Prototype This

Melbourne

12.30 The Ultimate Fighter (M) 1.30 NBL Basketball: Sydney v Adelaide 3.30 Omnisport 4.00 Serie A Football – Parma v Palermo

PRIME

12.10 Movie: Phileine Says Sorry (MA 2003) Dutch romantic comedy 1.50 6.30 Kids’ Programs 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 9.00 Kids’ Programs 2.00 V8 Weatherwatch Xtra 3.00 Motorsport 4.00 That ’70s TEN Show 4.30 A Man And His Dogs 5.30 6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Landed Sydney Weekender Music 12.30 Hit Rater.Com 1.00 6.00 Seven News Stories From The Harbour 2.00 Rok 6.30 No Leave No Life Adventure 3.00 Good Chef Bad Chef 7.00 Movie: Chicken Run (G 3.30 Making Tracks 4.00 Escape With 2000) Animation ET 5.00 Ten News 8.50 Movie: Doubt (M 2008)

6.30 Movie: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (PG 1992) US comedy. Kirsty Swanson, Luke Perry 8.30 Movie: Taken (M 2008) French action. Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace 10.25 Movie: Soapdish (M 1991) US comedy. Sally Field, Kevin Kline

11.30 Cheers 12.00 Roseanne 12.30 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 1.00 King Of Queens 1.30 Happy Days 3.00 Diagnosis Murder 4.00 Touched By An Angel 5.00 7th Heaven

6.00 NBN News 6.30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 7.30 Movie: Polar Express (G 2004) Animation 8.40 Lotto 9.40 Movie: Mao’s Last Dancer (PG 2009) Australian biography. Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood

12.00 Movie: Henry Poole Is Here (PG 2008) US comedy. Luke Wilson, Radha Mitchell 1.50 Movie: Convoy (M 1978) US action. Sam Peckinpah, Kris Kristofferson 4.00 Infomercials

GO!

6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Bewitched 1.30 Married With Children 2.30 Teen Mum 4.30 Dukes Of Hazzard 5.30 Total 11.00 That ’70s Show 12.00 Movie: Wipeout UK Dying On The Edge (M 2001) US drama. John Heard, Andrew Hawkes 6.30 Top Gear USA 7.30 Two And A Half Men 2.10 Home Shopping

US drama. Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman

7TWO

6.30 Kids’ Programs 8.30 Sandcastles 9.00 Better Homes And Gardens 10.00 The Great Outdoors 11.00 Queensland 12.30 Burn Notice (M) 2.00 Infomercials Weekender 11.30 Great South East 4.00 Religion 12.00 Creek To Coast 12.30 The Travel Bug 1.30 Weekend Kitchen 5.00 The ELEVEN 6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 The Good Life 5.40 Are You Being Served?

Brady Bunch 8.30 Everybody Loves 6.50 To The Manor Born Raymond 9.00 Touched By An Angel 7.30 Heartbeat 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 The Love 8.30 Taggart (M) Boat 12.00 Diagnosis Murder 1.00 10.40 Rome (MA) Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 The King Of 11.40 Movie: Storm Center (PG 1956) Queens 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Roseanne US drama. Bette Davis, Brian Keith 1.30 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 Australian Open Tennis 2001: Clement v Grosjean The Brady Bunch

6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 6.30 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.30 Frasier 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 8.30 Frasier 9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 9.30 Star Trek: Voyager

NBN

6.00 Danoz 7.00 Weekend Today 9.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 First Cricket Test LIVE – Australia v New Zealand 12.30 The Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues

8.30 Movie: Sphere (M 1998) US drama. Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone

11.10 South Park (M) 12.00 Total Wipeout UK 1.00 Top Gear USA 2.00 V (M) 3.00 Rock Rivals (M) 4.00 The Moment Of Truth 5.00 Bratz 5.30 Tamagotch!

GEM

6.00 Movie: Saturday Island (PG 1952) WWII romance. Linda Darnell, Tab Hunter 8.00 Infomercials 9.00 Movie: Mr Forbush And The Penguins (PG 1971) UK adventure. John Hurt, Hayley Mills 11.10 The Avengers 12.10 Movie: A Summer Place (PG 1959) US romance. Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire 2.50 Movie: 55 Days At 7MATE 6.00 The Jeff Foxworthy Show 6.30 Peking (G 1963) US drama. Charlton Six Million Dollar Man 7.30 The Heston, Ava Gardner Incredible Hulk 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 6.00 The Golden Girls NBC Today 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 7.30 Antiques Roadshow SCU: Serious Crash Unit 12.30 Panic 8.30 CSI: NY (M) Mechanics 1.00 Zoom TV 2.00 Great 9.30 CSI: Miami (M) Grand Prix Racing Heroes 3.00 Monster 10.30 CSI (M) Garage 5.00 The Drew Carey Show 5.30 11.30 Conan (M) 12.20 Psychic TV 1.50 Monster Fish Movie: Jules Verne’s Rocket To The 6.30 Mighty Structures Moon (G 1967) UK scifi. Burl Ives, Troy Donahue 4.00 Movie: Mr Forbush And 7.30 Mega Movers The Penguins 8.30 Shockwave (M)

6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Big, Bigger, Biggest ONE HD 8.30 Mythbusters 6.00 World Rally Championship 7.00 9.30 Mega Disasters 9.30 RocKwiz 10.20 Movie: Priceless (M 2006) Pro Bull Riding 8.00 NBL Basketball 10.30 The Universe 11.30 Unsolved Mysteries (M) 12.30 French romantic comedy – Sydney v Adelaide 10.00 WWE Jeff Foxworthy Show 1.00 SCU: Serious 12.15 SOS (G/M) 1.15 South Park (M) Experience 11.00 X Venture Corporate Crash Unit 1.30 Panic Mechanics 2.00 Games 12.00 World Cup Triathlon 1.00

SUNDAY 11 ABC 1

UFC 140 Prelims – LIVE 1.00 Airline 1.30 8.30 Movie: Smokey And The Fear Factor 2.30 Australian Swimmer Of Bandit (M 1977) US comedy.

10.10 Movie: I Always Wanted The Year Awards 3.00 Jaguar Adventure Burt Reynolds, Sally Field 4.00 4x4 Adventures 5.00 World 10.30 Warehouse 13 (M) To Be A Gangster (M Championship Sailing LIVE – Perth 2007) French comedy 12.30 Caprica (M) 2.30 Man V Food 12.10 Movie: 53 Winter Days 8.00 Cops 3.00 Six Million Dollar Man 4.00 (M 2006) Spanish drama 1.50 8.30 Movie: The Happening Quantum Leap 5.00 Adam 12 5.30 (MA 2008) US thriller. Mark Home Shopping Weatherwatch

5.00 rage (PG) 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 ABC News 9.30 The World This Week 10.00 ABC News 10.40 Christianity: A History 11.30 Songs Of Praise 12.00 Beachcomber Cottage 1.00 7.30 1.30 Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel Message Stick (M) 2.00 The Story Of SBS 2 10.45 NBL Basketball India 3.00 The Magnificent Tati 4.00 5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News Wollongong v Perth Making War Horse 5.00 Dance Academy 6.00 More Than A Fiesta 12.30 NBL Basketball – Cairns v 5.30 Men’s Champions Hockey 6.35 Italian Food Challenge Melbourne 2.30 ATP World Tour 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Ninja Warrior Tennis 3.00 World Of Free Sports 3.30 7.30 Restoration Home 8.00 Unbeatable Banzuke Omnisport 4.00 NFL Total Access 5.00 8.30 Upstairs Downstairs 8.30 Escape To The Legion (M) National Football League – LIVE 9.35 When Teenage Meets

Old Age

9.30 Movie: The Mystery Of

The Yellow Room (M 10.35 Wuthering Heights 11.50 Ladies 2003) French mystery Of Letters 12.15 Restoration Home 1.20 Sisters (M) 2.00 When Teenage 11.35 Movie: Darling (M 2007) Meets Old Age 3.05 Desert Lions Swedish drama 1.15 Weatherwatch

ABC 2

6.00 Kids’ Programs

7.00 At The Movies 7.30 Voyage To The Planets Uranus and Neptune 8.30 Sunday Best (M) 10.10 London Live The Courteeners Special

PRIME

6.00 Religion 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 10.00 Business Builders 10.30 Under The Hammer 11.00 Kids’Programs 2.00 That ’70s Show 2.30 Movie: D2 – The TEN Mighty Ducks (G 1994) US comedy.

6.00 Religion 7.00 Kids’Programs 12.00 Emilio Estevez, Michael Tucker 4.45 Ironman Preview 1.30 I Fish 2.30 The Fawlty Towers 5.30 New Zealand On Biggest Loser 3.30 Everybody Hates A Plate Chris 4.00 All 4 Adventure 4.30 Ozzie 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Christmas With The Stars Holiday 5.00 Ten News

6.30 Merlin 7.30 It’s A Knockout 8.30 Movie: Mission Impossible II (M 2000) US action. Tom Cruise, Thandie Newton

10.40 R.E.M. At The BBC 11.40 Beautiful Noise: Ron Sexsmith 12.35 triple j tv’s One Night Stand 2008 (M) 1.05 Scrapheap Challenge 1.50 Close 11.05 Movie: Match Point (M 2005) UK drama. Scarlett ABC NEWS 24 4.00 Big Ideas 5.00 Newshour 6.00 Johansson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers 7.30 6.30 Message Stick 7.00 ABC 2.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion News 7.30 7.30 Select 8.00 ABC ELEVEN News 8.30 Big Ideas 8.45 Health 6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 The Quarter 9.00 ABC News 9.30 The Brady Bunch 8.30 Everybody Loves World This Week 10.00 ABC News Raymond 9.00 Touched By An Angel 10.30 7.30 11.00 ABC News 11.30 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 The Love 7.30 12.00 ABC News 12.30 Tonic Boat 12.00 Diagnosis Murder 1.00 1.00 Big Ideas 2.00 ABC News 2.30 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 The King Of 7.30 3.00 ABC News 3.30 Australian Queens 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Roseanne Story 4.00 ABC News 4.30 State To 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 State 5.00 ABC News 5.30 Catalyst The Brady Bunch 6.00 ABC News 6.30 Foreign 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch Correspondent 7.00 ABC News 7.30 One Plus One 8.00 ABC News 8.30 6.30 Everybody Loves Raymond Big Ideas 9.30 Tonic 10.00 ABC News 7.30 The Simpsons 10.30 The World This Week 11.00 8.00 Futurama ABC News 11.30 Australian Story 8.30 Movie: The Rocker (M 2008) US comedy. Bradley 12.00 Big Ideas 1.00 BBC World News Cooper, Rainn Wilson 1.30 7.30 Select 2.00 Newshour 3.00 10.30 Everybody Loves Raymond 11.30 BBC World News 3.30 7.30 Cheers 12.00 Roseanne 12.30 Sabrina SBS 1 The Teenage Witch 1.00 The King Of 5.00 World News 8.30 PopAsia 10.30 Queens 1.30 Happy Days 2.00 The Football Asia 11.00 Football Feature Love Boat 3.00 Diagnosis Murder 4.00 12.00 UEFA Champions League 12.30 Touched By An Angel 5.00 7th Heaven Speedweek 2.00 World News 3.00 Chris Botti Live 4.00 The Chilean Mine Rescue ONE HD 6.00 Serie A Football 6.30 Pro Bull 5.00 Cycling Central Riding 7.30 World Of Free Sports 8.00 6.00 Thalassa Volvo Ocean Race 9.00 Rok Adventure 6.30 World News Australia 10.00 World Rally Championship 11.00 7.30 The Bible A History Australian Rally Championship 12.00 8.30 The Promise (M)

7.00 The Vicar Of Dibley 8.00 Coastwatch 8.30 Bones (M) 9.30 Castle (M) 10.30 Royal Pains (M)

11.30 Love Bites (M) 12.30 Home Shopping 5.30 Seven News

7TWO

6.30 Step By Step 7.00 Head Of The Class 7.30 Perfect Strangers 8.00 The Hogan Family 8.30 Ugly Betty 9.20 Route 66 10.15 Naked City 10.45 Murphy Brown 11.15 Movie: Cruisin’ Down The River (G 1953) US musical. Dick Haymes, Audrey Totter 1.00 Movie: Pepe (G 1961) Mexican comedy.

Cantinflas, Dan Daily 4.30 All Creatures Great & Small

NBN

6.00 Infomercials 7.00 Weekend Today 10.00 Second Cricket Test LIVE – Australia v New Zealand 12.30 The Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues

6.00 NBN News 6.30 Christmas With The Australian Women’s Weekly 7.30 60 Minutes 8.30 The Mentalist (M) 9.30 CSI (M) 10.30 The Commander (M)

11.30 Flashpoint (M) 12.30 The Baron 1.30 Spyforce 2.30 Home Shopping 4.00 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO!

6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Picture This With Quickflix 1.30 Take 40 Live Presents… 2.30 Spin City 3.30 The Bachelor 5.30 Survivor: South Pacific

6.30 Teen Mum 7.30 Two And A Half Men 8.30 The Big Bang Theory 9.30 Movie: xXx (M 2002) US action. Vin Diesel, Samuel L Jackson

12.00 Gossip Girl (M) 1.00 South Park (M) 1.30 Reno 911 (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Married With Children 5.30 The Flintstones

GEM

6.00 Religion 6.30 Movie: Tales Of Beatrix Potter (G 1972) The Royal 6.30 Test Kitchen Ballet 8.30 Infomercials 9.30 Movie: San Antonio (PG 1945) Western. Errol 7.00 Country Calendar Flynn, Alexis Smith 12.00 Movie: 7.30 The Royal 8.30 Escape To The Country Travels With My Aunt (PG 1972) US adventure. Maggie Smith, Lou Gossett 10.30 Homes Under The Jr 2.00 Getaway 3.00 Movie: PT 109 Hammer 11.45 The World At War 12.50 No Going (G 1963) WWII drama. Cliff Robertson, Back 1.50 Movie: Duplex (M 2003) US Robert Culp 6.00 The Golden Girls comedy. Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore 6.30 Antiques Roadshow 3.40 Route 66 4.30 Leyland Brothers 7.30 As Time Goes By 8.00 Yes Minister World 5.30 Home Shopping

7MATE

6.30 Six Million Dollar Man 7.30 The Incredible Hulk 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 V8 Xtra 10.00 Man V Food 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 SCU: Serious Crash Unit 12.30 Zoom TV 1.30 Panic Mechanics 2.00 Riding With Rossi 3.00 Monster Garage 5.00 Drew Carey Show 5.30 Smash Lab 6.30 Verminators

7.30 Mythbusters

8.30 Movie: The Wedding Planner (PG 2001) US comedy. Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey

10.40 Movie: Wag The Dog (M 1997) US comedy. Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman 12.30 Friends 1.30 Yes Minister 2.00 Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 The Golden Girls 5.30 Today

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7.30 Psych 8.30 Burn Notice (M) (M 2004) French drama 2.25 9.30 Blue Bloods (M) ABC 1 Weatherwatch 10.30 The Ultimate Fighter (M) 4.00 rage (G) 5.00 Stuff 5.30 Collectors

9.30 Family Guy (M) 10.30 My Name Is Earl

11.00 Boston Legal (M) 12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 Six Million Dollar Man 2.00 11.30 World Rally Championship 12.30 Quantum Leap 3.00 The Incredible Hulk SBS 2 Omnisport 1.00 MotoGP Classic 2.00 4.00 Hercules 5.00 Adam 12 5.30 Home 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News Serie A Football 2.30 Arsenal Football Shopping 6.00 Global Village 5.30 500 Great Goals NBN

6.00 ABC News 10.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Best Of Landline 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Monarch Of The Glen 1.30 The Free Range Cook 2.00 Bed Of Roses 6.30 Chef At Home South 3.00 Kids’ Programs America

6.00 Grand Designs 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 Who’s Been Sleeping In My House?

8.30 The Hour (M) 9.30 Kevin McCloud’s Grand Tour (M)

7.00 Peta Unplugged In Marrakech 7.30 The Truth About Cigarettes 8.30 Underwater Dream Machine 9.30 The World Game 10.30 Movie: Empire Of 10.35 Silent Witness (M) 11.30 Darling Passion (MAV 1978) Buds Of May 12.20 The Hour (M) 1.20 Japanese horror Poirot (M) 3.00 Bowls: Australia v RSA

ABC 2

6.00 Kids’ Programs

7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 Three Hungry Boys 8.00 Outnumbered 8.30 Haven (M) 9.30 Breaking Bad (M) 10.15 Graham Norton Show (M)

11.05 River Monsters 11.55 London Live: Maroon 5, The Magic Numbers, Akon, Kaiser Chiefs 12.25 Zoo Days 12.50 Scrapheap Challenge 1.35 Close

ABC NEWS 24

4.00 ABC News 4.05 The World This Week 4.30 One Plus One 5.00 Newshour 6.00 ABC News 12.30 Australia Network News 1.00 ABC News 2.30 Australia Network News 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital Hill 5.45 Environment Quarter 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 Environment Quarter 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 ABC News 8.30 Dispatches 9.00 The World 10.00 ABC News 10.05 The Drum 10.45 Environment Quarter 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Asia Focus 12.00 ABC News 12.30 7.30 1.00 BBC News 1.30 Australia Network News 2.00 Newshour 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 Dispatches

SBS 1

5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 The Hidden Face Of Fear 2.00 India Reborn 3.00 Letters And Numbers 3.30 World News 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Futbol Mundial 5.00 The Crew 5.30 Global Village

PRIME

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Morning News 12.00 Movie: All I Want (PG 2002) Canadian comedy.

Elijah Wood, Mandy Moore 2.00 Dr Oz 3.00 Find My Family 3.30 Kids’Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal

5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 9.30 Hi-5 10.00 Second Cricket Test LIVE – Australia v New Zealand 12.30 The Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues

6.00 NBN News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 The Big Bang Theory 6.00 Prime News 8.00 Hot In Cleveland 6.30 Seven News 8.25 Lotto 7.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue 8.30 The Mentalist (M) 7.30 SCU: Serious Crash Unit 9.30 Harry’s Law (M) 8.00 Drug Bust 10.30 Extreme Makeover 12.25 Weatherwatch 8.30 Criminal Minds (M) 11.30 Undercovers (M) 12.30 The TEN 9.30 Air Crash Investigations Avengers 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’Programs 9.00 10.30 Royal Pains (M) 2.00 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning The Circle 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Dr Phil 11.30 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 1.00 The Doctors 2.00 Ready Steady (M) 12.00 Cannibal Crusade 1.00 Home Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial Shopping 5.30 News 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And 7TWO The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.30 Martha Stewart Show 7.30 Dr Oz 6.30 The Project 8.30 Sons & Daughters 9.00 Home & 7.30 Modern Family Away 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 8.00 Rules Of Engagement Coronation Street 10.30 Emmerdale 8.30 The Glades (M) 11.00 Designing Women 11.30 9.30 Offspring (M) Beautiful Homes And Great Estates 10.30 Go Girls (M) 12.00 Ghost Whisperer (M) 1.00 Hart 11.30 The Late Show 12.30 Infomercials To Hart 2.00 Five Mile Creek 3.00 4.00 Religion Murphy Brown 3.30 Growing Pains 4.00 Mad About You 4.30 Who’s The Eleven 6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 The Brady Boss 5.00 Doctor At Large 5.30 Are Bunch 8.30 Neighbours 9.00 Touched You Being Served?

By An Angel 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 6.00 Bargain Hunt The Love Boat 12.00 Diagnosis Murder 7.00 Are You Being Served?

1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 The King 7.40 Heartbeat Of Queens 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Roseanne 8.40 Some Mothers Do ’ave ’em 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 9.40 The Bill (M) The Brady Bunch 10.40 Six Feet Under (M) 11.45 Dawn 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch Goes Lesbian (MA) 12.50 Mad About You 1.15 Who’s The Boss 1.45 Movie: 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond Government Girl (G 1943) US comedy.

Olivia De Havilland, Sonny Tufts 3.40 7.30 Futurama Shortland Street 4.00 Coronation Street 8.30 Smallville (M) 4.30 Emmerdale 5.00 Home Shopping 10.30 The Late Late Show 11.30 Cheers 12.00 Roseanne 12.30 7MATE Sabrina The Teenage Witch 1.00 The 6.30 Six Million Dollar Man 7.30 The King Of Queens 1.30 Happy Days 2.00 Incredible Hulk 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC The Love Boat 3.00 Diagnosis Murder Today 10.00 NBC Meet The Press 11.00 4.00 Touched By An Angel 5.00 7th Quantum Leap 12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 Heaven The A Team 2.00 Malcolm And Eddie

America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO!

6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Seinfeld 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 TMZ 2.30 Married With Children 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.00 Aria Awards 2011 6.00 Seinfeld

6.30 Wipeout USA 7.30 I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here 8.30 The Big Bang Theory 9.00 The Inbetweeners (MA) 9.30 Movie: Fired Up! (M 2009) US comedy.

Nicholas D’agosto, Eric Christian Olsen

11.40 South Park (M/MA) 12.40 Ladette To Lady USA (MA) 1.30 Reno 911 (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Married With Children 5.30 The Flintstones

GEM

6.00 Today 9.00 Alive & Cooking 9.30 The Zoo 10.00 Friends 11.00 Murder, She Wrote 12.00 Movie: An Elephant Called Slowly (G 1970) UK adventure.

Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna 2.00 RPA 3.00 McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 The Golden Girls 5.00 The Ellen Denegeres Show 6.00 Friends

11.30 The World Game 12.30 6.30 Beach Patrol Movie: My Father Is An Engineer 7.00 Cops

7.00 The Zoo 7.30 Michaela’s Animal Road Trip 2.30 Newsradio 3.00 Xena: Warrior 8.30 Extreme Parental Guidance Princess 4.00 Hercules 5.00 The Drew 9.30 Hell’s Kitchen (MA) Carey Show 10.30 Secret Diary Of A Call 6.00 My Wife And Kids Girl (MA) 6.30 Gary Unmarried 11.30 Friends 12.30 Murder, She 7.00 That ’70s Show 7.30 How I Met Your Mother Wrote 1.30 The Golden Girls 2.00 Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 8.30 Family Guy (M) The Golden Girls 5.30 Today 9.00 American Dad (M)

Tuesday 13

Fish 6.00 Jeopardy!

6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Mythbusters 8.30 Man vs Wild 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Housos (MA) 10.30 Skins (MA)

ABC 1

4.00 rage (G) 5.00 Gardening Australia 5.30 First Tuesday Book Club 6.00 ABC News 10.00 Kids’Programs 11.00 Rivers 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.30 Meerkat Manor 2.00 Bed Of Roses 3.00 Kids’ Programs

6.00 Turn Back Time 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 Nigella Kitchen 8.30 Grumpy Guide To The Eighties (M) 9.30 The Real King’s Speech 10.20 Late Edition News 10.30 Spooks (M)

ONE HD

6.00 National Football League – LIVE 11.15 Omnisport 11.45 World Of Free Sports 12.20 National Football League – LIVE 3.30 Jeopardy! 4.00 Beach Patrol 4.30 Airline 5.00 I Fish

6.00 Jeopardy!

6.30 Beach Patrol 11.40 Movie: December Heat (M 2008) 7.00 Cops Estonian drama 1.20 Embedded With 7.30 Expedition Impossible Sheik Hilaly (M) 2.20 Weatherwatch 8.30 Cops (M) 9.30 Rush (M) SBS 2 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 10.30 24 (M) 11.30 The League (MA) 12.00 Save 6.00 Global Village Point 12.30 National Football League 6.30 Chef At Home 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 Serie A Football 7.00 Taste Takes Off 5.30 FA Cup Classic 7.30 Lost Worlds The Heritage PRIME Of Genghis Khan 8.30 As It Happened The 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Morning News 12.00 Movie: A Children’s Odyssey (M) 9.30 Movie: Les Choristes (M Perfect Day (PG 2006) US drama. Rob Lowe, Paget Brewster 2.00 Dr Oz 3.00 2004) French drama

11.15 Movie: Yes Nurse! No Nurse!

(G 2002) Dutch musical comedy 1.05 11.25 The Pursuit Of Excellence 12.25 Weatherwatch Grumpy Guide To The Eighties 1.25 Monarch Of The Glen 2.15 Movie: High, TEN Wide And Handsome (PG 1937) US 6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’Programs 9.00 musical. Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott The Circle 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Doctors 2.00 Ready Steady ABC 2 Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 6.00 Kids’ Programs 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And 7.00 Spicks And Specks The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News

7.30 Dirty Jobs 8.30 Peter Serafinowicz Show Christmas Special (M) 9.00 Harry And Paul (M) 9.30 Green Wing (M) 10.25 Root Of All Evil (M)

6.30 The Project 7.30 Modern Family 8.00 Rules Of Engagement 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles (M) 9.30 Offspring (M) 10.30 Go Girls (M)

10.45 Arrested Development (M) 11.10 11.30 Late Show 12.30 Infomercials Torchwood (M) 12.00 Billable Hours (M) 4.00 Religion 12.25 What Would Happen If…1.10 Eleven Scrapheap Challenge 2.00 Close 6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 The Brady ABC NEWS 24 Bunch 8.30 Neighbours 9.00 Touched 4.00 7.30 4.30 State To State 5.00 By An Angel 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 Newshour 6.00 ABC News 12.30 The Love Boat 12.00 Diagnosis Murder Australia Network News 1.00 ABC 1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 The King News 2.30 Australia Network News Of Queens 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Roseanne 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital Hill 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 5.45 Health Quarter 6.00 ABC News The Brady Bunch 6.05 The Drum 6.45 Finance Quarter 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.30 Foreign 6.30 Neighbours Correspondent 9.00 The World 10.00 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond The Drum 10.45 Finance Quarter 11.30 7.30 The Simpsons Asia Focus 12.00 ABC News 12.30 7.30 8.00 Futurama 1.00 BBC News 1.30 Australia Network 8.30 The Office News 2.00 Newshour 3.00 BBC World 9.30 American Horror Story (AV) News 3.30 Foreign Correspondent

SBS 1

5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 Movie: Good Hands (PG 2001) Estonian drama 3.00 Letters And Numbers 3.30 World News 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Global Village

6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Do You See What I See? 8.30 Go Back To Where You Came From (M) 9.30 World News Australia 10.05 Hot Docs

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7.30 Mythbusters 9.30 The Border 10.30 All Worked Up (M)

11.00 Boston Legal (M) 12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 Six Million Dollar Man 2.00 Quantum Leap 3.00 The Incredible Hulk 4.00 Hercules 5.00 Adam 12 5.30 Home Shopping

NBN

5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 9.30 Hi-5 10.00 Second Cricket Test LIVE – Australia v New Zealand 12.30 The Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues

6.00 NBN News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 The Big Bang Theory Find My Family 3.30 Kids’ Programs 8.00 The Middle 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 8.30 Two And A Half Men (M) 6.00 Prime News 9.00 Mike And Molly (M) 6.30 Seven News 9.30 Survivor: South Pacific 7.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue 10.30 Nothing Trivial (M) 7.30 Happy Endings 11.30 The Unusuals (M) 12.30 20/20 8.00 How I Met Your Mother 1.30 Home Shopping 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning 8.30 Movie: Out Of Time (M 2003) US drama. Denzel News Washington, Eva Mendez GO!

10.50 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Seinfeld 1.30 (M) 12.15 House Calls To The Rescue Entertainment Tonight 2.00 TMZ 2.30 1.00 Home Shopping 5.30 News Married With Children 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Seinfeld 7TWO

6.30 Martha Stewart Show 7.30 Dr Oz 6.30 Wipeout USA 8.30 Sons & Daughters 9.00 Home & 7.30 I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here Away 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 Coronation Street 10.30 Emmerdale 8.30 Movie: Rush Hour 2 (M 11.00 Designing Women 11.30 2001) US action. Jackie Beautiful Homes And Great Estates Chan, Chris Tucker 12.00 Ghost Whisperer (M) 1.00 Hart 10.30 The Inbetweeners (MA) To Hart 2.00 Five Mile Creek 3.00 11.30 South Park (MA) 12.00 Eclipse Murphy Brown 3.30 Growing Pains Music TV 12.30 Rock Rivals (M) 1.30 4.00 Mad About You 4.30 Who’s The Reno 911 (M) 2.00 Home Shopping Boss 5.00 Doctor At Large 5.30 Are 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 You Being Served?

Married With Children 5.30 The 6.00 Bargain Hunt Flintstones

7.00 Are You Being Served?

GEM 7.40 Dad’s Army 8.15 Keeping Up Appearances 6.00 Today 9.00 Alive & Cooking 9.30 The Zoo 10.00 Friends 11.00 Murder, 9.50 The Bill (M)

10.55 Six Feet Under (M) 12.00 No Going Back 12.30 Mad About You 1.00 Who’s The Boss 1.30 Movie: The Woman On Pier 13 (PG 1949) US 10.30 The Late Late Show film-noire. Laraine Day, John Agar 3.00 11.30 Cheers 12.00 Roseanne 12.30 Room For Improvement 3.30 Shortland Sabrina The Teenage Witch 1.00 The Street 4.00 Coronation Street 4.30 King Of Queens 1.30 Happy Days 2.00 Emmerdale 5.00 Home Shopping The Love Boat 3.00 Diagnosis Murder 4.00 Touched By An Angel 5.00 7th 7MATE 6.30 Six Million Dollar Man 7.30 The Heaven Incredible Hulk 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 ONE HD NBC Today 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 6.00 Serie A Football 8.00 Ironman: Knight Rider 1.00 The A Team 2.00 Texas 9.00 The Storming 10.00 NBL Malcolm And Eddie 2.30 Newsradio Basketball – Wollongong v Perth 3.00 Xena 4.00 Hercules 5.00 The Drew 12.00 NFL America’s Game 1.00 Serie Carey Show A Football 1.30 Lost Prophets 2.30 Save 6.00 My Wife And Kids Point 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 Jeopardy! 6.30 Garry Unmarried 4.00 Beach Patrol 4.30 Airline 5.00 I 7.00 That ’70s Show

She Wrote 12.00 Movie: The Constant Husband (G 1955) UK comedy. Rex Harrison, Margaret Leighton 2.00 RPA 3.00 McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 The Golden Girls 5.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show

6.00 Friends 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 As Time Goes By 8.00 Yes Minister 8.30 The Closer (M) 10.30 Rizzoli & Isles (M)

11.30 Friends 12.30 Murder, She Wrote 1.30 The Golden Girls 2.00 Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 The Golden Girls 5.30 Today

Wednesday 14

7.30 Ice Road Truckers 8.30 Cops (M) 11.50 112 Emergency (PG/M) 1.20 9.30 The Killing (M) ABC 1 Weatherwatch 10.30 NFL Total Access 4.00 rage (G) 5.00 Strictly Speaking

NBN

6.00 Country House Rescue 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 Outnumbered 8.30 QI (M) 9.00 The Thick Of It (M) 9.35 Absolutely Fabulous 10.05 The Trip (M)

7.30 RBT 8.25 Lotto 8.30 Sherlock (M) 10.30 True CSI (AV)

5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 Danoz 12.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1.00 The View 2.00 Days Of Our 11.30 National Football League 2.00 Lives 3.00 Entertainment Tonight 3.30 5.30 Spicks And Specks 6.00 ABC News SBS 2 10.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 How Earth 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News Omnisport 2.30 Bundesliga Football Kids’ Programs 4.30 Afternoon News 5.30 FA Cup Classic Made Us 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 6.00 Global Village 5.30 Hot Seat Henry VIII 1.30 Bush Slam 2.00 Bed Of 6.30 Chef At Home South 6.00 NBN News PRIME Roses 3.00 Kids’ Programs America 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 7.00 A Current Affair

10.35 Late Edition News 10.45 Comedy Roadshow (M) 11.30 The Neanderthal Code 12.20 Ten Minute Tales 12.30 Absolutely Fabulous 1.00 The Trip (M) 1.30 Chaser’s War On Repeats (M) 2.00 W-League Football: Brisbane v Adelaide

ABC 2

6.00 Kids’ Programs

7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 Mega Builders 8.30 Undercover Princesses 9.30 The 27 Inch Man 10.20 S&M: Short And Male (M)

7.00 Taste Takes Off 7.30 Inspector Rex 8.30 The Killing (M) 9.35 Movie: Eastern Plays (M 2008) Bulgarian drama

11.30 Morning News 12.00 Movie: Love’s Unfolding Dream (PG 2007) US drama. Erin Cottrell, Scout TaylorCompton 2.00 Dr Oz 3.00 Find My Family 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven 11.10 Movie: The Murmuring Coast News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (M 2004) Portuguese drama 1.15 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News Weatherwatch

TEN

6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’Programs 9.00 The Circle 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Doctors 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News

6.30 The Project 7.30 Glee 8.30 Hawaii Five-O (M) 9.30 Offspring (M) 10.30 Go Girls (M)

11.30 Late Show 12.30 Infomercials 11.20 Across The Andes (M) 12.20 4.00 Religion Animal Cops 1.10 Scrapheap Challenge Eleven 1.55 Close 6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 The Brady ABC NEWS 24 Bunch 8.30 Neighbours 9.00 Touched 4.00 7.30 4.30 State To State 5.00 By An Angel 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 Newshour 6.00 ABC News 12.30 The Love Boat 12.00 Diagnosis Murder Australia Network News 1.00 ABC 1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 The King News 2.30 Australia Network News 3.00 Of Queens 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Roseanne Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital Hill 5.45 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 Arts Quarter 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The The Brady Bunch Drum 6.45 Culture Quarter 7.00 ABC 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch News 7.30 7.30 8.00 ABC News 8.30 6.30 Neighbours Dispatches 9.00 The World 10.00 ABC 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond News 10.05 The Drum 10.45 Culture 7.30 The Simpsons Quarter 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Asia 8.00 Futurama Focus 12.00 ABC News 12.30 7.30 1.00 BBC News 1.30 Australia Network News 8.30 The Simpsons 2.00 Newshour 3.00 BBC World News 9.00 Futurama 9.30 The Cleveland Show (M) 3.30 Dispatches

SBS 1

5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 Movie: Mataharis (PG 2007) Spanish drama 3.00 Letters And Numbers 3.30 World News 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Global Village

6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Explore Patagonia to the Pampas 8.30 One Born Every Minute (M) 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Movie: Heading South (M 2005) French drama

10.30 The Late Late Show

11.30 Cheers 12.00 Roseanne 12.30 Sabrina 1.00 The King Of Queens 1.30 Happy Days 2.00 The Love Boat 3.00 Diagnosis Murder 4.00 Touched By An Angel 5.00 7th Heaven

ONE HD

ABC 1

7.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue 7.30 World’s Strictest Parents GO! 8.40 Criminal Minds (M) 6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Seinfeld 1.30 9.40 The Pacific (M) Entertainment Tonight 2.00 TMZ 2.30 11.35 30 Rock 12.10 Sons And Married With Children 3.00 Just Shoot Daughters 1.00 Home Shopping Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 5.30 News 6.00 Seinfeld

7TWO

6.30 Martha Stewart Show 7.30 Dr Oz 8.30 Sons & Daughters 9.00 Home & Away 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 Coronation Street 10.30 Emmerdale 11.00 Designing Women 11.30 Beautiful Homes And Great Estates 12.00 Ghost Whisperer (M) 1.00 Hart To Hart 2.00 Five Mile Creek 3.00 Murphy Brown 3.30 Growing Pains 4.00 Mad About You 4.30 Who’s The Boss 5.00 Doctor At Large 5.30 Are You Being Served?

8.00 Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam 8.30 The Family (M)

10.50 Six Feet Under (M) 12.00 McCallum (M) 1.40 Shortland Street 2.00 Home Shopping 3.30 Room For Improvement 4.00 Coronation Street 4.30 Emmerdale 5.00 Home Shopping

7MATE

6.30 Six Million Dollar Man 7.30 The Incredible Hulk 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 The A Team 2.00 Malcolm And Eddie 2.30 Newsradio 3.00 Xena 4.00 Hercules 5.00 The Drew Carey Show

6.00 My Wife And Kids 6.30 Garry Unmarried 7.00 That ’70s Show 7.30 Pimp My Ride 8.30 Hardcore Pawn (M) 9.30 American Pickers 10.30 Banged Up Abroad (M)

6.00 Jeopardy!

6.30 Beach Patrol 7.00 Cops 7.30 Extreme Fishing 8.30 Movie: The Skeleton Key (M 2005) US drama. Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands

4.00 rage (G) 5.00 National Press Club Address 6.00 ABC News 10.00 Kids’ 9.30 World News Australia Programs 11.00 Country House Rescue 10.00 Movie: Dirty Pretty Things (MAV 2002) UK 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Tess Of drama 10.45 The Ultimate Fighter (M) 11.45 The D’Urbervilles 1.30 Mother And Son 2.00 Bed Of Roses 3.00 Kids’ Programs 11.45 Movie: The Colonel (M 2006) UFC 140 Prelims 12.45 National French drama 1.45 Weatherwatch Football League 3.15 Omnisport 3.30 6.00 River Cottage Serie A Football 7.00 ABC News SBS 2

7.30 7.30 8.00 Jimmy’s Food Factory 8.30 Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Christmas 9.25 Greatest Cities Of The World New York 10.15 Late Edition News 10.25 Bastard Boys (M)

5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News

6.00 Global Village 6.30 Chef At Home South America 7.00 Taste Takes Off 7.30 Trails From The East The Balkans 8.30 UEFA Champions League 11.25 Live From Abbey Road: The 10.00 Movie: Volver (M 2006) Enemy, Antony And The Johnsons Spanish drama 12.15 Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate

PRIME

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Morning News 12.00 Movie: The Colour Of Magic (PG 2008) Part 1 of UK adventure. Sir David Jason, Sean Astin 2.30 Dr Oz 3.00 Find My Family 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal

6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 12.05 Movie: Carnage (M 2002) French 7.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue Christmas 1.05 Elephant Nomads 7.30 The Amazing Race drama 2.25 Weatherwatch Of The Namib Desert 2.00 WNBL 9.00 Movie: The Waterboy (M Basketball: Canberra v Sydney Uni TEN 1999) US comedy. Adam 6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’Programs 9.00 Sandler, Kathy Bates ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Programs

7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 Bega Builders 8.30 Arrested Development (M) 9.00 Warehouse Comedy Festival (M) 9.30 Graham Norton Show 10.15 Ideal (MA)

10.45 Peep Show (M) 11.15 Psychoville (M) 11.45 Beautiful Noise: Kathleen Edwards 12.45 What Would Happen If… 1.10 Scrapheap Challenge 2.00 Close

ABC NEWS 24

4.00 7.30 4.30 State To State 5.00 Newshour 6.00 ABC News 12.30 Australia Network News 1.00 ABC News 2.30 Australia Network News 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital Hill 5.45 Consumer Quarter 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 Food Quarter 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 ABC News 8.30 Best Of Australian Story 9.00 The World 10.00 ABC News 10.05 The Drum 10.45 Food Quarter 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Asia Focus 12.00 ABC News 12.30 7.30 1.00 BBC News 1.30 Australia Network News 2.00 Newshour 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 Best Of Australian Story

6.30 Wipeout USA 7.30 I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here 8.30 Mike & Molly 9.00 The Big Bang Theory 9.30 Movie: Layer Cake (AV 2004) UK crime. Daniel Craig, Sienna Miller

11.40 South Park (MA) 12.40 Ladette To Lady USA (MA) 1.30 Reno 911 (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Married With Children 5.30 The Flintstones

6.00 Bargain Hunt 7.00 Keeping Up Appearances GEM 6.00 Today 9.00 Alive & Cooking 9.30 7.40 Heartbeat The Zoo 10.00 Friends 11.00 Murder, 9.45 The Bill (M)

6.00 Liverpool Football 9.00 Pro Bull Riding 10.00 NBL Basketball – Cairns v Melbourne 12.00 Rok Adventure 1.00 World Rally Championship 2.00 NFL Total Access 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 Jeopardy! 4.00 Beach Patrol 4.30 Airline 11.30 The Sexy Ads Show (MA) 12.00 5.00 I Fish Knight Rider 1.00 Six Million Dollar Man 6.00 Jeopardy!

2.00 Home Shopping 3.30 Room For 6.30 Beach Patrol Improvement 4.00 Quantum Leap 5.00 7.00 Cops Adam 12 5.30 Home Shopping

Thursday 15

11.30 Weeds (MA) 12.00 Eclipse Music TV 12.30 Take 40 Stars Of Summer 1.00 Entertainment Tonight 1.30 Home Shopping 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

The Circle 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Dr Phil 11.00 Outsourced 11.30 30 Rock 12.00 1.00 The Doctors 2.00 Ready Steady Trauma (M) 1.00 Home Shopping 5.30 Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial News 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And 7TWO The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.30 Martha Stewart Show 7.30 Dr Oz 6.30 The Project 8.30 Sons & Daughters 9.00 Home & 7.30 Recruits Paramedics Away 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 8.00 Keeping Up With The Coronation Street 10.30 Emmerdale Joneses 11.00 Designing Women 11.30 8.30 Law & Order (M) Beautiful Homes And Great Estates 9.30 Go Girls (M) 11.30 The Late Show 12.30 Infomercials 12.00 Ghost Whisperer (M) 1.00 Hart To Hart 2.00 Five Mile Creek 3.00 Murphy 4.00 Religion Brown 3.30 Growing Pains 4.00 Mad About You 4.30 Who’s The Boss 5.00 Eleven 6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 The Brady Doctor At Large 5.30 Rising Damp Bunch 8.30 Neighbours 9.00 Touched 6.00 Bargain Hunt

By An Angel 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 7.00 On The Buses The Love Boat 12.00 Diagnosis Murder 7.30 The Royal 1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 The King 8.30 Stonehenge Decoded Of Queens 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Roseanne 9.40 The Bill (M) 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 10.40 Six Feet Under (M) 11.45 The Brady Bunch America’s Court 12.10 The Mole 1.10 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch Australian Open Tennis Classic: 2006 6.30 Neighbours Baghdatis v Nalbandian 3.30 Shortland 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond Street 4.00 Coronation Street 4.30 Emmerdale 5.00 Home Shopping 7.30 The Simpsons

She Wrote 12.00 Movie: Summer Catch (PG 2001) US comedy. Freddie Prinze Jr, Jessica Biel 2.00 RPA 3.00 McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 The Golden Girls 5.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show

6.00 Friends 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 Movie: Guarding Tess (PG 1994) US comedy.

Shirley Maclaine, Nicolas Cage 9.30 Hoarders 10.30 My Strange Addiction

11.30 Conan (M) 12.30 Murder, She Wrote 1.30 The Golden Girls 2.00 Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 The Golden Girls 5.30 Today Please note The Echo takes great care producing this guide, but unfortunately TV stations like to tinker with things at the last minute and sometimes make changes after we have gone to print.

12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 Six Million Dollar Man 2.00 Quantum Leap 3.00 The Incredible Hulk 4.00 Xena 5.00 Adam 12 5.30 Home Shopping

NBN

5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 Danoz 12.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1.00 The View 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Entertainment Tonight 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Afternoon News 5.30 Hot Seat

6.00 NBN News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Getaway 8.30 Unforgettable (M) 9.30 CSI: NY (M) 10.30 Nothing Trivial (M)

11.30 Rubicon (M) 12.30 The Baron 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO!

6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Seinfeld 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 TMZ 2.30 Married With Children 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Seinfeld

6.30 Wipeout USA 7.30 I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here 8.30 Two And A Half Men (M) 9.00 The Big Bang Theory 9.30 Movie: Into The Blue (M 2005) US adventure. Paul Walker, Jessica Alba

11.40 South Park (MA) 12.30 The Moment Of Truth 1.30 Reno 911 (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Married With Children 5.30 The Flintstones

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6.00 Today 9.00 Alive & Cooking 9.30 The Zoo 10.00 Friends 11.00 Murder, She Wrote 12.00 Movie: His Majesty O’Keefe (G 1953) US action. Burt Lancaster, Joan Rice 2.00 RPA 3.00 McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 The Golden Girls 5.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 6.00 Friends

7.00 The Zoo 7.30 Friends 8.30 Movie: Brokeback Mountain (M 2005) US 8.30 Star Trek Next Generation 7MATE drama. Heath Ledger, Jake 10.30 The Late Late Show Gyllenhaal 11.30 Cheers 12.00 Roseanne 12.30 6.30 Six Million Dollar Man 7.30 The

Sabrina 1.00 The King Of Queens 1.30 Happy Days 2.00 The Love Boat 3.00 SBS 1 Diagnosis Murder 4.00 Touched By An 5.00 World News 6.45 UEFA Champions Angel 5.00 7th Heaven League – LIVE 9.10 World News 3.00 Letters And Numbers 3.30 World News ONE HD 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 6.00 Serie A Football 8.00 Bundesliga Football 10.00 NBL Basketball – Sydney Global Village v Adelaide 12.00 MotoGP Classic 1.00 6.00 Letters And Numbers Save Point 2.00 Jaguar Adventure 3.00 6.30 World News Australia Omnisport 3.30 Jeopardy! 4.00 Beach 7.30 My Sri Lanka Patrol 4.30 Airline 5.00 I Fish

Incredible Hulk 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 The A Team 2.00 Malcolm And Eddie 2.30 Newsradio 3.00 Xena 4.00 Hercules 5.00 The Drew Carey Show

11.15 Conan (M) 12.10 Murder, She Wrote 1.05 Friends 1.30 The Golden Girls 2.00 Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 The Golden Girls 5.30 Today

6.00 My Wife And Kids 7.00 That ’70s Show 7.30 Swamp People 8.30 The Blasters 9.30 Operation Repo (M)

10.30 Jail (M) 11.30 Campus PD (M)

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Deya Dova

With her extraordinary voice, pumpin’ band and primal World Dance sound, Deya Dova delivers a spine-tingling, genre-defying show that is rapidly earning her a devoted following around the country. Think the primal power of the Drummers of Burundi meet the refined sonics of Trentemoller, mashed with a twist of Bjork and the radical vocal layering of someone refreshingly unique.

Onstage Deya is a sensual feminine bomb performing a stunningly visual and theatrical show that features live versions of album tracks as well as selected remixes from her latest international remix release Deya Diva Remixed.

Deya Dova is utterly mesmerising as she loops her ethereal vocals and harmonised layer after lush layer – accompanied by totally infectious dance beats she seemed to be possessed by something otherworldly.

Influences come from indigenous sounds from across the world, tapping into something primal. Currumbin Soundlounge Friday.

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The Dice are always Loaded Loaded Dice are an international cover duo that have worked for the Shangri-la and Hilton Hotels in China and Japan. They have also worked at casinos across the country from Melbourne’s Crown Casino, Conrad Jupiter’s Casino, The Treasury, Brisbane, Townsville Casino, The Country Club Resort Casino and Westpoint Casino Tasmania. They have headlined for some of Queensland’s top corporate events including Indy 500, Australian Designer and Fashion Awards, A La Carte in the Park, The River Festival and have provided music and entertainment at events for US president Bill Clinton, the premier of China, prime minister of Australia, the All Blacks (NZ national rugby team). Singer Kate O’Reilly starred on Channel 9’s Hit TV show Starstruck. Not only a fabulous singer and entertainer, Kate has won two national modelling competitions. Fernando O’Reilly, the musical coordinator of the band, is a very established and talented musician. He has performed on New Zealand’s Top of the Pops TV show, recorded for many radio shows and has written a guitar syllabus for a Music Academy and was under contract with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Loaded Dice are a first-class band with an impeccable reputation. They look fantastic, they sound fantastic and they are guaranteed to entertain you all night long. Currumbin RSL Friday.

program guide

NEW SUMMER PERIOD NOV 1 2011 – 30 APR 2012

MONDAY 6am The Morning Mix Kabes 9am The Lighthouse Lounge Andrew & Pollyanna 11am Belly BellySisters 12pm Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond Hunna & Lara 1pm That’s Amore The Italians 2pm Q’s Jazz ‘n Blues Quentin Watts 4pm Cruizy Beatz DJ Cruizy 6pm Grailey Whole Celtic Show Margaret Wyatt 8pm Sounds of Africa DJ Massaganda 10pm Freedom Run Callum TUESDAY 6am Clockwise Gary Street 9am Under Construction Sarah Ndiaye & Gina Baker 11am Byron Business Phil Daly 12pm Wirritjin Terra Nullus 2pm The Music Garden Michael Brereton 4pm Below the Radar The Invisible Man 6pm Post Modern Backlash Hudson 8pm Radio Mundial Steve Snelgrove 10pm Shel’s Place Shel Kronich WEDNESDAY 6am Catch and Grab DJ Holly Holster 9am 2481 Undone Nicqui Yazdi 11am Go Earthcare Ros Elliott 12pm Suara Indonesia Francesca & Kirana 1pm Afternoon Tea Party Adelaide & Fai 2pm The Junkyard Stuey 4pm Olylamas Beanbag Olylama 6pm Bongo Gum Brett Diemar 8pm Basswize/Good times Crucial D/Big B 10pm All Funked Up Mr Mantiki 12am Live from Earth Dane

THURSDAY 6am Planet Luv Glitter 9am Arts Canvass Karena 11am Bohemian Beat Riddhi 12pm Juke Joint Tony Parker 2pm Audio Chocolate Rich 4pm Future Classics Matt Meir 6pm Crossroads Paul Martin 8pm Cruisin’ for a Bluesin’ The Honeydripper 10pm Booty Call Lainie 12am Gimme Shelter Rockstar Fee FRIDAY 6am That Friday Feeling Nicky 9am The Spin Cycle Karin Kolbe 11am Page Turners/ Pip Morrissey Social Savvy Networking Russell & Maxim 12pm Mystery Train Mary Cannon 1pm Whirled Music Phil Hirst 2pm Grooveyard Teesha & Nilesh 4pm The Village Manie 6pm Chopsuey Rachy 8pm Submerged/Down & Out Si Clone/Slinky 10pm Rotation/B-BoyMixers POB/Elixza

CATCH DEYA DOVA AT CURRUMBIN SOUND LOUNGE ON FRIDAY

Broaden your horizons Following a hectic weekend of touring in the Coffs region Broadfoot return to the Tweed Coast, launching into their supersonic repertoire.

Having played five gigs in four days, Broadfoot will be well rested and full of energy to achieve their fabled musical fusion, leaving the audience charged with pleasure and an overwhelming desire to dance. Cabarita Beach Sports Club Friday.

Bantoo not bamboo Approaching soul and jazz from the angles of hip hop and electronica, Red Bantoo is an ingenious and charismatic intersection. Red Bantoo based in the Byron Bay area of northern NSW, drawing on the wealth of talent present and relishing the casual vibes and verdant landscape of the area.

This four-piece band features Si Fixion as MPC and producer, laying down luscious beds. Sonia Leeson and Shelly Hughes vocalise hooks and harmonies. Dan Brown is the keyboard player adding a layer of live groove and solos.

Having recorded two Killer albums Yesterday to the Rescue (2009) and Strip Club Etiquette (2010) Red Bantoo have a diverse wealth of dance floor tracks and chilled beats. See the Bantoo at the Currumbin Soundlounge Friday.

THE ANGELS

BREWSTER GLEESON BREWSTER BAILEY “ WA I T I N G F O R T H E S U N ” TO U R

JACK THOMPSON AND THE ORIGINAL SINNERS PLAY AT TWIN TOWNS ON SATURDAY

RED BANTOO PLAY AT THE CURRUMBIN SOUNDLOUNGE ON FRIDAY

SATURDAY 6am Bay Rock Tark 8am Musical Kaleidoscope Jill 10am Cowboy’s Sweetheart Carrie D 12pm Blues from the Bay Anthony & Ken 2pm Paris Cat Alley Lou 4pm The Festival Express Tegs 5pm Radio Re-Generation Mother & Child 6pm Random Rhythms Ashgirl 8pm Diggin in the Archives Undertaker & Joan of Arc 10pm In the Vaults/ Matt Wardle/ The Hypnagogic State Ice Creme Kid SUNDAY 7am Astro Alchemy Iris & Michael 8am Sounds of the 60’s Alan E. 10am Jazz Moods Jean Brown 12pm Omnibus RG Pedicini & Les Schmidt 2pm Radio Latina Yolanda, Salvador & David 4pm The Bay Lounge aqua 6pm Roots & Culture DJ Selector 8pm Ice Cream Truck Fulton Hobbs 10pm The Space Between Mr Hugs

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SATURDAY 17 DECEMBER TICKETS: $40 Wharf St, Tweed Heads Ph 07 5536 2277 Bookings 1800 014 014 www.twintowns.com.au

ANDY PLAYS AT THE SHEOAK SHACK ON SATURDAY

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HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? The amazing thing about the young generation is their ability to create fashion trends out of things that shock their parents. A decade ago men wore their pants so the top of their Calvin Klein undies were exposed. I mean if you’ve spent $40 on a pair of man briefs you want the world to know. At the time I noticed that very few men chose that particular fashion option to expose their pack of 10 Kmart jocks. We all laughed at the trend but noticed that our own husbands’ pants dipped a centimetre or two to make themselves more appealing to young women. I mean what young thing doesn’t swoon when she spies a little grandad crack?

The underpant trend has reached a new low tide of late with teenage boys wearing their undies under their actual bum cheeks.

This requires the wearer to have the belt firmly strapped so as to not lose the pants completely. In fact it would appear that the penis and balls play a vital role in securing the trouser to the wearer. I have watched these boys run and notice that their body movements are dictated by the challenge of keeping what’s left of their pants on.

I am concerned about the Occupational Health and Safety risks posed by such a low pant line. I’m surprised that more skateboard riders don’t suddenly become tangled in their own trousers and meet an unfortunate end where they must suffer not only the shame of being dead, but also being publicly dacked.

I cannot think of anything more uncomfortable than a continual sensation that my pants are falling down. I’m overweight and my pants are afflicted with the constant waistline rolldown. It’s a constant cause of fatty bombah irritation. And why the entire arse out? Now we don’t just get the branded band, we get the sweaty round underpant-clad cheeks as well.

A homosexual friend of mine (I feel so Oscar Wilde saying that!) informed me that in jail, the exposure of the bottom in such a manner is a signal that you are available for anal loving. I wonder whether the fiercely heterosexual and very often homophobic young gangsters I spy around town with their derrieres exposed in such a provocative manner are aware of the message they are sending the general public?

Low pants originate from the belt-free trend. Because of the risk of self-harm, men in jail must go belt-less and so, consequently, pants droop. It would appear that the low-pant look is all about emulating the ‘prison culture’. Wow. If you love prison culture so much, why don’t you just try the real deal and then see how much you like low pants? I am not sure prison inmates were aware that Calvin Klein has been looking over the barbed wire fence for inspiration for his man fashion.

Why is it that male fashion is inspired by prison pants? I find it somehow surprising that people who are imprisoned are shunned as a menace to society, they find it difficult to get employment and housing, yet what authorities use to protect them from self-harm becomes the height of fashion. It’s akin in its awfulness to that dreadful period in the nineties when the Paris runways featured ‘heroin chic’.

I don’t think misery or suffering is chic. Or poverty. Or sweaty prison bum. I look at the low pants now and shudder, really, what is next? Perhaps the lowering of the pants is an indicator that we are nearing the end of human civilisation. Perhaps the Mayan Calendar is right, except we’re not just out of time, we’re out of clean undies.

Cold Chisel to headline Bluesfest

Bluesfest is excited to announce that Cold Chisel will headline the 2012 event, with the legendary Australian band’s exclusive festival appearance closing the main stage on Thursday April 5.

It will be the first time that an Australian artist has ever headlined this iconic musical event.

Bluesfest’s announcement is testament to the special place Cold Chisel’s music has come to occupy in Australian hearts and minds.

The band’s record breaking Light The Nitro tour is currently drawing to a close, with a final gig scheduled for Brisbane next Tuesday night. The tour has been the biggest ever by an Australianbased band; drawing nearly 300,000 fans across 36 huge shows. It’s also been unanimously hailed by critics and fans alike across Australasia.

In addition to performing classics like Forever Now, Khe Sanh and When The War Is Over, this special Bluesfest appearance will also see Cold Chisel premiere new songs from their forthcoming album. The as yet untitled collection of new tunes was recorded over the last two years – partly with original drummer Steve Prestwich and partly with new drummer Charley Drayton.

‘Most of us have played Bluesfest solo over the years, but it feels great to be playing there for the first time as Cold Chisel and also be the first Australian band to ever headline the whole festival’, said frontman Jimmy Barnes. ‘We’ve all

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One man and how many instruments?

Andy plays a high-energy uplifting roots, gypsy, dance, reggae style with guitar, vocals, cajon, djeme, ankle bells, ukulele, kazoo and an assortment of other percussive instruments. It’s an explosive mustsee for the eyes, feet and soul.

Andy, formerly of Roots, Reggae duo and Triple J favourites Shoebox which supported such acts as G Love and Special Sauce, Ozomatli, Tijuana Cartel and played a string of festivals including Blues Fest 2010.

Andy’s new solo venture has him already playing festivals such as Festival of Love, Byron Bay Reggae Festival and supporting acts such as Ash Grunwald,

King Tide and Raz Bin Sam and Lion I, and also recently headlined Cavestock 2011.

Andy has just released his debut single Lets get Messy which is currently being played on national radio, EP out soon. Sheoak Shack, Saturday.

Here’s the Original Sin An Aussie super group – Jack Thompson (words and harmonica), music legends Normie Rowe (vocals, guitar), Kevin Borich (vocals and guitar), Harry Brus (bass), Mick O’Shea (drums), make up the band Jack Thompson and The Original Sinners. Jack Thompson AM is the quintessential all-Australian actor, thinker, social activist, poet, larrikin, all-round

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had an amazing 2011 and this should be a great way to kick off an even bigger 2012’.

Thursday April 5 – Day 1 of Bluesfest, is fast becoming a day not to be missed. Other artists so far announced for Thursday include: My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams, John Hiatt & The Combo, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Seth Lakeman, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Nick Lowe, Alabama 3 with many more to be released.

Artists already announced for 2012 include: Crosby Stills & Nash, Roger Daltry performs The Who’s Tommy , Earth Wind & Fire, The Pogues, The Specials, John Butler Trio, My Morning Jacket, Yes, Buddy Guy, Maceo Parker, Lucinda Williams, G3 feat: Joe Satriani, Steve Vai & Steve Lukather, Brian Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot, John Hiatt & The Combo, Donovan, Angelique Kidjo, Seasick Steve, Keb Mo, Nick Lowe, Rosie Ledet, Steve Earle, Justin Townes Earle, Yann Tiersen, Bettye Lavette, Great Big Sea, Seth Lakeman, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jonny Lang, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Alabama 3 and Harry Manx and there are more major artists for 2012 yet to be announced.

The 23rd Bluesfest will take place between Thursday April 5 and Monday April 9th at its permanent festival home at Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm near Byron Bay. For the Bluesfest playing schedule or ticket info, visit :www.bluesfest.com.au.

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Gig Guide

THURSDAY 8 ■ BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 6PM MR JOHN ■ CLUB BANORA 6PM SCOTT WHATMAN ■ COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL 7PM JAM NIGHT ■ KIRRA SPORTS CLUB 8PM PHIL EIZENBERG’S OPEN MIKE NITE ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6PM DARBY BURGER

FRIDAY 9 ■ BILAMBIL SPORTS CLUB 8PM DR SCRUBBY & THE BLUES HEALERS ■ BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 7.30 PAUL HAYMAN ■ CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB BROADFOOT ■ CHINDERAH TAVERN 8PM LINZ ■ CLUB BANORA 7PM RUSS LEIGH ■ COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL 7.30PM PAUL JONES AND MASON RACK ■ CURRUMBIN RSL 7PM LOADED DICE ■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB 7.30PM PAUL ATKINS

■ CURRUMBIN SOUNDLOUNGE 7.30PM DEYA DOVA + RED BANTOO ■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 8.30PM DAVE MURRAY DUO ■ KINGSCLIFF SURF CLUB CLAY BLITHE ■ MARTY’S @ CABA, CABARITA BEACH 7.30PM EILISH ELLEN ■ POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 7PM PHIL & GAZ ■ SALTBAR KINGSCLIFF CABOOSE ■ SEAGULLS LAKEVIEW LOUNGE 8PM JAYNE HENRY DUO ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 11AM MICHAEL 7.30PM THE STREET

SATURDAY 10 ■ BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 7.30PM GREG & LAURA DOOLAN

■ CHINDERAH TAVERN 3PM DAVE TONKS ■ CLUB BANORA 7PM THE BLACK CATS RELOADED ■ COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL 8PM CHRIS BOINZ ■ CURRUMBIN RSL 7PM THE REAL DEAL ■ JAKES @ KINGSCLIFF 6.30PM MR TROY ■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB 7.30PM KARAOKE ■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 8.30PM BRETT GANNON ■ MARTY’S @ CABA, CABARITA BEACH 7.30PM NORTH COAST TIME ■ POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 6PM GEOFF DUTTON ■ SALTBAR, KINGSCLIFF 8.30PM ONE 2 MANY BAND

■ SEAGULLS LAKEVIEW LOUNGE 8PM STREET CAFE ■ SHEOAK SHACK 7PM ANDY ONEMANEIGHTINSTRUMENTS ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 7.30PM 4BH’S SOUND OF THE 60S ■ TWIN TOWNS 8PM JACK THOMSPON & THE ORIGINAL SINNERS ■ UKI HALL 8PM GLO DANCE WITH DJ PULSE

SUNDAY 11 ■ BABALOU, KINGSCLIFF HOTEL, 2.30PM JACKSON DUNN ■ BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 2.30PM POCO LOCO ■ CHINDERAH TAVERN 2PM DARREN MARLOW ■ CLUB BANORA 11.30AM AMY LAPTHORNE 12.30PM GLENN BRACE ■ COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL 5PM JONESY ■ CURRUMBIN RSL 7PM DARREN J RAY ■ DOLPHIN HOTEL, TWEED HEADS 2PM MR TROY ■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 1PM RICK BARRON

■ KINGSCLIFF SURF CLUB PAUL ATKINS ■ KIRRA SPORTS CLUB 4PM HAVE-AGO-KARAOKE ■ NEVERLAND COOLANGATTA EASY SUNDAYS ■ POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB MICHAEL EOTVOS ■ SHEOAK SHACK 4PM THE CAT & THE FIDDLE ■ SPHINX ROCK CAFE MT BURRELL 4PM WILD MARMALADE ■ SURFERS BEER GARDEN SUNDAY SESSIONS ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 5PM CRAIG SHAW

ANNETTE ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM CHRIS DOYLE ■ TWIN TOWNS 10.30AM THE GASLIGHT CO PRESENTS THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS

WEDNESDAY 14 ■ CLUB BANORA 6PM ROB KEITH ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 11AM MARCO 6.30PM DAVID LEE

THURSDAY 15

■ BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 6PM DAVID LEE ■ CUDGEN LEAGUES ALICE ■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB 12 ANDERSON NOON CRAIG SHAW ■ CLUB BANORA 6PM JEFF ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 11AM CAMILLERI ALICE ANDERSON MARCO 6.30PM ■ COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL JAM DICK BARNS NIGHT ■ KIRRA SPORTS CLUB 8PM PHIL EIZENBERG’S OPEN MIKE NITE ■ CUDGEN LEAGUES TUESDAY MARKET DAY WITH JAYNE HENRY ■ SHEOAK SHACK RAPSKALLION ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6PM ■ MARTY’S AT CABA CABARITA VEENIE’S – SWIZZLE BEACH 7.30PM JAM NIGHT WITH

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THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS ON TUESDAY AT TWIN TOWNS

MASON RACK AND PAUL JONES PLAY AT COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL

Status Quo, Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, Santana and BB King. See the three at Twin Towns on Saturday.

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Wild Marmalade shows Sphinx Rock how to party.

Byron Bay’s favourite sons Wild Marmalade will take good bloke and of course much loved and respected centre stage to send their distinctive organic dance trance beats into the universe for all to enjoy. star of acclaimed films.

It’s hard to believe that Wild Marmalade is just two Normie Rowe, Australia’s most popular male star men. Si Mullumby, known as Si Didge, plays the in the 1960s has had more hit records than anyone else in the history of Aussie music including, Shaken didgeridoo, overtone flute and the beat box. He all Over, It Ain’t Necessarily So, Stay With Me Baby, Que uses flamboyant acrobatics to give his sound even more dimension. Matt Goodwin plays drums, the Sera Sera, Tell Him I’m Not Home and more.

Cook Island log drum and the Jaw Harp. It’s the way Kevin Borich is one of the most celebrated guitar players in the history of Australian rock. The leader of he plays his drum kit that leaves audiences wideeyed with memories of an ecstatic tribal drummer.

Kevin Borich Express, 1970s hit band La De Das and founder member of Party Boys, Kevin has supported Over the last 10 years this duo has played festivals, concert halls and huge outdoor raves around the many shows for international acts also including S TAT I O N S T R E E T S T U D I O S P R ES E N T S

end of the line

FIVE ARTISTS, FIVE SENSIBILITIES, ONE WEEKEND ONLY Multimedia art event to take you to the end of the line and back Nathalie Verdejo, Frida Lezius, Cristina Sharratt, Steve Waller, Hannah Massey

Opening 6pm Friday 9 December with music by Stu Beaumont 10am–4pm, Saturday & Sunday 10th & 11th December

world. Their touring has taken them around Japan and Europe many times, their legend is alive and well throughout Canada, France and Austria. Music hubs such as Ibiza, the Edinburgh Festival and the Woodford Festival have become their playgrounds.

Always their audiences are left knowing they have just experienced a unique phenomenon.

With the release of their fourth album Thermic Lift Wild Marmalade has given the global Roots and Trance scenes a whole new Australian sound track to buzz over.

This event will kick off at 12 noon with Audio Chocolate by radio DJ Rich Bell and Wild Marmalade will open their transmission on Sunday at the Sphinx Rock Cafe.

Getting into the festive spirit The Spirit of Christmas show starring Australia’s most popular Morning Melodies Company – The Gaslight Company is coming to get you ready for the festive season.

Join The Gaslight Company featuring leading Australian tenor Roy Best and Compere Chris McKenna in a wonderful Christmas Morning Melodies.

You can be ensured the show will be packed with a great mix of traditional Christmas carols and contemporary Christmas songs all spiced with fun and humour.

This is one highly talented Christmas performance to well and truly get you into the Christmas spirit. Tuesday twin Towns.

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After a self-imposed winter exile spent recording in northern New South Wales, Rapskallion will take to the road this summer, to launch their brand new album Vagabond King.

Like buccaneers gone electric, the ’Skallions explode onto the stage like a jack in the box, in a flurry of

feathers, corsets and subversive accordion riffs, mixed into a concoction of old-world romance, junkyard theatrical blues, and vaudevillian rock’n’roll.

With tales of silver moon witches, pirate captain crows, Dickensian rat brigands, and the vagabond king himself, the Rapskallion rogues insure their blend of titillating tangos, wacky waltzes, and punk rock polkas, are the key to a Pandora’s box of sweaty good times. Rapskallion will be swashbuckling up the east coast this December, from Melbourne to Brisbane, and as part of this musical odyssey, they will be performing one show at The Sheoak Shack in Fingal Heads with a garnish of sideshow performers and musical treats. So saddle up the mules, hoist the main sail, and lets party. See them at the Sheoak Shack on Thursday December 15.

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66 Chinderah Bay Drive, Chinderah Ph 02 6674 1137 www.taphouse.com.au Open 7 days Lunch 12pm-2.30pm Dinner 5.30pm–8.30pm

COORABELL

Wilson’s by The Creek Open Fri, Sat, Sun Lunch 12-3pm Dinner 5-10pm 139 Newes Rd, Coorabell 6684 7348 Bookings essential

CURRUMBIN

Alleys Currumbin RSL Club Currumbin Creek Road, Currumbin Open 7 days lunch and dinner 07 5534 7999 www.currumbin.com.au

FINGAL HEAD

Sheoak Shack 64 Fingal Rd, Fingal Head Ph 07 5523 1130 Wed-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 11am-10pm Sun 9.30am-8pm www.sheoakshack.com

The ‘Chindy’ is an ideal place to bring family and friends of all ages for a real country pub experience. Kick back and watch the kids play on our brand new playground while you enjoy an ice cold beer and a dozen of our famous $12 oysters on the deck overlooking the Tweed river. Open 7 days for lunch and dinner, with afternoon entertainment on the weekends. Come and see why everyone is talking about the new Chinderah Tavern.

Fins

Discover Wilson’s By The Creek Restaurant tucked away in the Byron hinterland. Newly open to the public, the elegant restaurant offers a truly gourmet experience, accompanied by Peppers renowned personal service.

Savour the incredible flavours of the hinterland for a romantic dinner or gathering with friends, as Head Chef Adam Hall inspires you with his seasonal menu brimming with local produce.

Blue Pacific Bistro

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Open 7 days Lunch: 12pm-2:30pm Dinner: 6pm-8:30pm, 6pm-9pm Fri & Sat Marine Parade, Kingscliff 02 6674 1404 www.kbbc.com.au

Throughout daylight saving Alleys will open at 11.30am (QLD time) Enjoy award winning, contemporary dining along the banks of the picturesque Currumbin Creek

If you are looking for delicious food, coffee or a romantic sunset cocktail on the riverbank, the Sheoak Shack is the beach shack for you with a funky laid back daytime vibe and a party atmosphere with live music on Saturday nights at 7pm and Sundays at 4pm. This gallery/cafe showcases the work of high quality local artists and is available for private functions… more Byron than Byron, in sleepy Fingal Head.

Lunch from 10.30am Dinner from 5.00pm Brunch Sundays from 10am Phone: (07) 5536 2277 or visit www.twintowns.com.au

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Windhorse Gallery in Bangalow is currently hosting the premiere exhibition of local Kingscliff artist John Fittell.

Nomads, Nudes and Nouveau is a collection of works from John’s recent travels to Morocco, the Greek Islands and France with some alluring bodyscape images also included to showcase another of his artistic interests.

An eye-catching addition to John’s art is his exquisite framing. John chooses to frame his pieces in single, duo, triple and quad panel antique silky oak windows, gathered from renovated colonials and Queenslanders across the state. This style enhances the individual characteristics of each piece and ensures that each is exclusive and unique. It also presents more of a pictorial journey for the multi-panel pieces.

While he has achieved popular success with numerous galleries and interior designers within northern NSW, the Gold Coast and Brisbane, John is thrilled to present his first gallery collection close to home. His one-touch colour pieces of the Greek Islands are a standout.

The exhibition is on now and will run until December 31.

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2009 and has been a huge success, placing more than twenty poets in cafes all over the country. The program has also connected cafe poets with various opportunities including working with RMIT media students and being published in the 2009 edition of Blue Dog: Australian Poetry.

An exhibition of cafe poems and afternoon of poetry at the Gallery Cafe as a finish to the Cafe Poet residency of Heather Matthew at the Gallery Cafe - Friday afternoon December 16 at 3pm. Heather has crafted more than 30 poems with people from all over Australia (and some international) who have visited the Tweed River Art Gallery and cafe over the past four months.

Coffee and rhymes The Cafe Poet Program places poets in cafes as ‘poets in residence’ for a six-month period.

The poet is given space to write (maybe two or three times a week – in consultation with the cafe) as well as complimentary tea and/or coffee and in return the cafe gets to be part of this community, promotion and the opportunity to plan events with the poet enriching the cultural life of the cafe. The program began in February

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s r a t S WITH LILITH

The secret to dealing with this week’s stressy combo of Mercury retro mixed with the season of unreason? Keep reminding yourself that if Plan A bites the dust, the alphabet still has twenty five more letters…

 ARIES: In physical astrology Aries rules the head, which should be kept cool when Mercury’s retrograde. While this week’s exciting, sometimes unnerving, twists and surprises, could incline you sparky types to turn snappy and fractious, but it’s in your own best interests to play calm and charming.  TAURUS: Taurans love their comfort and the astral subtext underlying this seasonal mayhem is change which rocks the comfy couch of habitual assumptions to its core. The good news is this week’s handing out prizes for patience and determination – something you could win hands down.  GEMINI: If people waffle on incessantly, mistaking you for someone who gives a fig, best don’t let them know, because this week runs on goodwill and extending it sets the law of payback into action in your direction.

Best window of opportunity? Friday’s Gemini moon.  CANCER: This challenging week could turn anyone into the Leunig cartoon with the rain cloud over its head, but do your good deed for the year and lower stress levels by hanging with your calmest compats and nourishing yourself with whatever momentary connections or temporary gems pass your way.  LEO: Right now success depends on communications,

Mungo’s Crossword

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so delete arguing from your December activities list. some hard cards, so stay calm and lock into cruise If the support you’re expecting doesn’t eventuate, so control. Don’t rush or take risks which could cause what – it will come from somewhere else. And if that accidents, wrangles or personality clashes. Of course doesn’t go as planned, there’s still plenty of earthly you’re in your usual exuberant birthday mood, but try enjoyment this week to revel in. to resist unnecessary spending.

VIRGO: Don’t make the mistake of insisting others  CAPRICORN: A romantic transit for both single and carry out the role you assign them. They might, they attached Caps as Venus in Capricorn buffs up your might not, or they might throw you a learning curve bedroom stars. Getting business sorted during retro on the love road. The unexpected works in your favour Mercury isn’t easy, but in the words of this week’s this week if you resist the urge to micro-manage. birthday author Samuel Butler: The principle business of life is to enjoy it…

LIBRA: Remember Libran Winston Churchill’s famous phrase about success being the ability to move from  AQUARIUS: Communications aren’t easy with failure to failure without losing enthusiasm? This week everyone talking and nobody listening. And your could fail around communication, so be clear and if astrological tendency to insist everything’s fine when you aren’t getting through, have another go – in a that ain’t necessarily so, makes this week’s hardest different way, from another angle. but most helpful word listen – to your own oftenunacknowledged inner voice and even to people you SCORPIO: This week’s biggest ask is withholding vehemently disagree with. unsolicited opinions. Second is not getting upset by people who don’t seem to understand the line  PISCES: This week needs eyes wide open to the between assertive and offensive. Third is not taking universal turbulence between the turnover of old Mercury retro’s glitches personally. How to take them ways, present conditions and new paradigms as our then? Sympathetically, because they’re affecting galaxy draws towards The Great Attractor. If reality everyone, not just you. reshuffles your party plans, doing something special for someone else is a guaranteed mood improver.

SAGITTARIUS: This week’s moving fast and dealing

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ACROSS 1. Novel by Charles Dickens featuring Sidney Carson (4,2,3,6) 9. Gripping, demanding attention (9) 10. Suggest, give an impression (5) 11. Antenna or tentacle (6) 12. Description of small, unimportant town (3,5) 13. Poison from South America (6) 15. Begin a word with an H sound (8) 18. Person in charge of filming (8) 19. Assyrian goddess of love (6) 21. Above; up in the sky (8) 23. Fishing boats (6) 26. Item of protective clothing (5) 27. Not living (9) 28. Story by Charles Dickens featuring Ebeneezer Scrooge (1,9,5)

ACROSS 1. Wet toilet fiasco diaster? What the Dickens? (4,2,3,6) 9. Stopping rivetting (9) 10. Suggest a thousandfold (5) 11. Antenna’s iron reel collapses (6) 12. Small town’s single nag (3,5) 13. Poison dog with crooked ear (6) 15. H, a little buccaneer (8) 18. Morrisey, clergyman, takes charge of filming ... (8) 19. ... island’s hot pitch for a goddess; (6) 21. o, heavenly! (8) 23. Fishing boats are hits (6) 26. Cover for a bad porn (5) 27. Silly about one carpet – it’s lifeless (9) 28. Socratic marshal composes a song to go with 1 across (1,9,5)

DOWN 1. Trade, transportation (7) 2. Seaside town near Melbourne (5) 3. To do with midwifery (9) 4. Journey (4) 5. Living being (8) 6. Nationality of Oscar Wilde (5) 7. Significant, urgent (9) 8. Synthetic rubber (7) 14. One of the elements cerium, lanthanum or ytterbium (4,5) 16. Suffering from sleep disorder (9) 17. Supporter of the crown (8) 18. Three dimensional model of a battle or some other dramatic scene (7) 20. Actor ....... Crowe (7) 22. Official language of India (5) 24. Piece of furniture (5) 25. Crazy, nuts (4)

Last week’s solution

DOWN 1. 101 Fahrenheit; break, wind up trade (7) 2. Behold river north-east of beach resort (5) 3.Set crib to work for midwifery (9) 4. Journey was a mistake (4) 5. Instrument is medieval, being ...

6. ... one royal individual, quiet, like James Joyce. (5) 7. Bring in a worker, it’s urgent (9) 8. Synthetic rubber enclosure over Rivkin (7) 14. 13 heart break -- not copper, but cerium (4,5) 16. Murderer, male, overweight, northern individual is back – he can’t sleep (9) 17. Faithful follower changes sides to become a monarchist (8) 18. Ten in the play – a 3D production!

(7) 20. Soft, crackling noise? Sounds like Crowe (7) 22. Language for one following deer (5) 24. Take charge of the furniture (5) 25. Mad lady? (4)

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their team is doing, (these girls are identified by a stripe on the helmet), Jammer, who wears a star on her helmet, and scores points for the team by passing the opposing team, and the Blockers, who help their team’s Jammer through the pack to score points, while trying to stop the opposing team’s Jammer.

On Sunday the Tweed Valley Rollers will be holding a bout at Epic Skate called Festive Fury.

This will be the last game of the year with The Voodoo Dolls taking on the Sugar Skulls.

As this is Tweed Valley Rollers’ last bout so close to Christmas, they are getting into the spirit with a raffle, barbecue with many prizes to be won. There will be plenty of fun to be had on the night for all ages. Tickets will be available on the door of the Epic Skate rink – doors of the open at 5pm for a 5.30pm start.

Skaters (pictured right) Shelley ‘Poisonality’ Henderson and Jacqui ‘Jack Nippleson’ Walker are ready to rumble and roll on Sunday.

strength of his opposition and

by Ian Rogers their willingness to agree draws when requested or to resign Play at Seagulls Club, Thurs 6pm when in trouble rather than play for tricks. A 1960 exhibition of 52 boards by Hungarian Janos Flesch was never accepted as a record, in part because quite a few of Flesch’s opponents were amateurs who became bored and decided to resign after a few hours.

The following games from the exhibition show Lang’s sharp tactical eye.

CHESS

Marc Lang (above), a little known FIDE Master from Germany, last Saturday broke the world simultaneous blindfold record.

At a 21-hour session in Sontheim an der Brenz, Lang played 46 games simultaneously without sight of the board, winning 25, drawing 19 and losing only two games.

Lang, 41, thereby broke the long-standing 45 board record set by Polish-Argentinian Grandmaster Miguel Najdorf in Sao Paulo in 1947.

No doubt there will be a few question marks raised about the

Sontheim an der Brenz 2011 White: G Gritsch Black: M Lang Opening: Nimzo-Indian Defence 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.d4 O-O 5.e3 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O d5 8.Bd2 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Ne4 12.Rc1 c5 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.exd4?! Ng5 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16 dxe5? 16.Qxe5 would keep the balance.16...

Nf3+!! 0-1 After 17.gxf3 Qg5+ 18.Kh1 Qg4!!

Black wins, while 17.Kh1 Qh4 18.h3 Qf4 19.g3 Qf5 is no better.

Sontheim an der Brenz 2011 White: D Reinhold Black: M Lang Opening: Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Be2 Ne7 7.O-O O-O 8.Kh1 8.c4, here or earlier, was stronger. 8...Nbc6 9.f4 d5 10.e5 f6! 11.exf6 Rxf6 12.Nc3 Nf5 13.Bd3??

13.Rf3 was necessary. 13...Ng3+! 0-1

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The blubber-lipped bream (say that ten times fast) David Solano

What could be the catch of the year – Ben ‘The Bass’ Kelly’s blubber-lipped bream is more than a small mouthfull on several levels.

SPORT RESULTS

BOWLS Cabarita Beach Men Wednesday.November 30-Winners by a margin of one shot were Serge Brecaud and David Crow.Runners up were Graham and Peter Schofield.Consolation Winners,by a large margin were Brian Moore and Barry Sheppard.

Saturday,December 3-Winners were Barry Jones,Ken Woodward and Tony Cox.Runners Up were Ian Creelman,Gary Minnards and Ken Ross.

Monday,December 5-Winners by a large were Gary Rasmussen and Bill Davey.Runners Up were Bob Mackay and Geoff Westall-but still well behind the winners.Consolation winners were Les Rootsey and Tony Wonka.

A reminder and others about the Christmas Function/Presentation Night on next Monday ,December 12 at 6.30 at the clubhouse.

Cabarita Beach Women December 6: Social Bowls Winning rink Patricia Little, Lorraine Rice and Valerie Dudley.

Consolation prize Barry Petty, John Andrews and Open Potter. Lucky raffle winners were Pam Kennedy, Barbara Cox and Margaret Rae. Congratulations folks.

December 12: Xmas Party and Presentation Night: A fun filled night is promised. SOooo come along for a great night out. Fun starts at 6.30 pm. Looking forward to seeing all our lovely bowlers there. December 13: Social Bowls last day for the year. Dress Mufti Xmas theme a must. Lots of fun on the menu. Girls, bring a plate please. Coaching: Saturday December 9 will be the last day for this year as the coaching team is going into recess until next year.

Cudgen Leagues Ladies After the group photo was taken last Thurs, 2011 Cudgen Leagues WBC Club achievements were awarded to the following Members.TBDWBA District Championship Singles,Runnerup,June Wotherspoon.TBDWBA District Sheild Winners-Side;Ann Revie,Pat Pieterse,Lorraine Sandall,Bev Hall & Faye Turner,Michelle Van Runt,June Wotherspoon,Liz Fleming.Cudgen Leagues Mixed Pairs Championships- Winners-Liz Fleming & Val Schiemer,Runners-up, Helen Wylie & Brien Murray.Cudgen Leagues Mixed Fours Championships-Winners-Ann Revie,Helen Wylie,Graeme Border,Brien Murray;Runners-up,Marion Hull,Rosalie Lowe,Darby Lowe,Coog Prichard.2011 Consistency Singles(sponsored by Bill Deal) Prizes already presented to,Winner-Liz Fleming;Runner-up,Joanne Dent;Semi Finalists-Helen Wylie & Faye Turner;PresentationsClub Selected Fours,Runners-up,Marion Hull,Rosalie Lowe,Faye Turner,Lorraine Sandall;Winners-Marie Ellen,Isabel Nipperess,Pat Pieterse,June Wotherspoon.

Club Selected Triples,Runners-up,Sharon Hinks,Ann Revie,Pat Pieterse;Winners-Yvonne Pritchard,Di North,Faye Turner;Club Selected Pairs-Runners-up,Beryl Mapp,Lorraine Sandall;Winners-Eileen Burke,Bev Hall.Novice Singles;Not played in 2011-insufficient entries.2011 Major Club Championships,Club Championships- Open Fours-Runners-up,Ann Revie,Pauline Bowen,Rosalie Lowe,Colleen Wein;Winners-Maureen Alcorn,Michelle Van Runt,Di North,Liz Fleming;Club Championships- Open Triples-Runners-up,Clarice Blake,Sharon Hinks,Roni Stevens;Winners-Ann Revie,Pat Pieterse,Bev Hall;Club Championships-Open Pairs;Runners-up Faye Turner,Liz Fleming;Winners-Ann Revie,Bev Hall;Club Championships-Open Singles;Runner-up June Wotherspoon;Winner-(Club Champion) Liz Fleming;Most Improved Club Player for 2011-Marie Ellen.Congratulations Everybody.

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Murwillumbah Men Tuesday 29th winners R.Shoobridge, T.Payne & R.Brown ,losers B.Goodwin & R.white. Clubs 90th anniversary Carnival Thursday December 1st 34 teams entered with the winners J.Mills & B.Creedon from Cabarita Club 2+28, r/u A Maloney & M.Conaghan, 2+18,3rd R.Watson & B.Gregg 2+17,4th R.Erickson & T.Lee 2+16, Round 1 winner R.Norris & J.Mcardie +20 round 2 winner T.Martin & R.Shoobridge +17.

Saturday December 3rd 90th anniversary tournament winners N.Vlahovic & N.Separovich from Tweed Heads Club 2+35 r/u W.Clifford & P.Ayres 2+19, 3rd J.Turner & J.McGill 2+18,4th J.Clarke & D.Aldridge 2+17,5th C.Neave & B.Preist 2+17,6th B.Marin & G.Andrews 2+14 round 1 winners A.Maloney & M.Chilcott +13 round 2 R & S Hickman +22 lucky losers B & L Moore. The final of the Club “B” grade triples was played with C.Pickering,R.Toms & M.Brown def D.Knight, A.Stone & J.Jenkins 22/16.

Pottsville Men Wednesday November 30th 2011 Winners: S. Lofts – B. Kent Runners-up: R. Parker – B. Stephen – J. Rae Consulation: B. O’Brien – B. Gilchrist – R. Hall.

Saturday December 3rd 2011 Winners: B. Moore – J. Rae Runners-up; B. Wilson – R. Bryant – G. Reading Consulation: L. Swift – K. McInnes. Championship Mixed Pairs Winners: G. Sawtell – M. Comerford Runners-up: C. Royan J. Royan.

South Tweed Wed AM Pairs: 1st B Dare & M Halsey. 2nd K Banks & P Willmott.

Wed PM Social: Winning rink: D Bateson, A.Reid & A Potts. Losing Rink: T Cotham,D McGrigor & R Bates.

Sat. PM Pairs: Winners D Bennett & J Brown.

Winners of Losers: G Thomas & D Maxwell.

Sat PM Social: Winning rink K Davis, G Fraser & J Kirk.

Losing rink; J Scully, J McBain & P Johnston.

South Tweed Ladies Thursday 1st December: Winning Rink: M.Tapper & S.Cancillier: Winner Losing Rink: C.Martin & D.O’Neill: Tuesday 6th December: Winning Rink: J.Solly, S.Johnston & S.Carroll: Winner Losing Rink: A.Howard, N.Renwick C.Stephens: Raffle Winner: J.Sutton: Next Tuesday 13th December Christmas Break up: Bowls Lunch Concert Extravangaza: Merry Xmas to all and hope to see you all back on the greens on Tuesday January 10, 2012: Tweed Byron District Women December 5: District Break-up and Presentation Day was held at Cabarita Beach W.B.C. The day commenced with a lovely morning tea and a warm welcome to bowlers by Cabarita Beach President Helen Muller and District President Anne Mackay.

The cooler weather conditions ensured that the ladies had a lovely morning of bowls, after which presentations were made to our District Champions.

Rink winners for the day were Glenys Johnson, Elaine Foster, Valerie Dudley and Joan Towner.

Consolation prize went to Diana Abraham, Jean Lee, Daphne Edwards and Elizabeth Fleming. Lucky raffle winners were Fay Lean, Lois Dunlop, Di Lobb, Robyn Darling, Shirley Brown, Margaret Overall, Dianne North, Jean Kidman, Joy Lake and Judy Martin. Money board winners were Dianne North, Joanne Dent, Di Lobb and Jean Kidman. Congratulations ladies.

After a day that provided so much wonderful fun, frivolity and high jinks together with rekindling friendships amongst our district bowlers Tweed Byron District W.B.A. would like to

thank Cabarita Beach W.B.C. for hosting this extremely successful event that was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Tweed Heads Men National RSL Lawn Bowls Carnival To all bowlers in the area that this is another reminder that the 45th National RSL Lawn Bowls Carnival will be held at Tweed Heads Bowls Club from December 27 2011 until January 6, 2012. Limited social bowls will be held between these two dates.

Bowls Super Challenge: This competition starts in mid January 2012 and the finals series is over the weekend March 31 and April 1, 2012.

Social Results Sun Nov 27: Green 1: Bev and Ray White, Joan and Bill Dangerfield; r/up: Don McDonald, Fred Brown, Ian Simmonds Green 2: Diane and Murray James; r/up: Michele and Fred Axford Tues Nov 29: Winners Men: Roger Bell, David Nelson, Ean Quested, Jim Smith; r/up: Jim O’Neill, John Heath, Tony Laycock, John Sieben Winners Ladies: Jennifer Youl, Carmel Keane, Elaine Hunt, Shirley Ganter; r/up: Bev Bitmead, Val Philpot, Jean Smith, Stephanie Goldsmith Wed Nov 30: Random Rink Draw Green 1: Brian Bitmead, Ron Parker; r/up: Max Pearce, Gary Pickett Green 2: Ray White, Tom Wotton, Rod Stebbins, Kim Stephenson; r/up: Jim O’Neill, John Easter, Allan Wood, John Thomson Green 3: Jim Bryant, Leon Harvey; r/up: Allan Davis, Brian Pearce.

Green 4: David Dodge, Roy Nuttall; r/up: Jack Maloney, Frank Parsons Fri Dec 1: Green 1: Bern Jacobson, George Gorgenyi, Ron Hottinger; r/up: John Easter, Tom Reeves, Allen Jackson Green 2: Ian McLean, Ray Bates, Les Morrison; r/up:Cliff Dury, Fred Fry, Doug Grenfell Green 3: Bob Chapman, Robert Young, Ron Parker; r/up: Oscar Cunningham, Fred Axford, Tony Halloran Sat Dec 2: Jackpot Saturday Green 1: Les Hughes, Ron Edwards; r/up: Robert Carnes, Ron Parker.

Green 2: Bill Boyle, Keith Downey; r/up: Colleen Graver, Bill Grose Green 3: Clive Weston, Alan Stephen; r/up: Kevin Connelly, Dylan Cooper.

The Jackpot of $1,000.00 was not won again and there is now only 9 envelopes left on the board with the second Jackpot now reaching $672. The consolation prize went to Russell Luland and Gordon Smith.

Tweed Heads Tourers The Tourers celebrated last Sunday with their traditional Christmas break-up game to contest the Bill Brooks Memorial Shield with a total of 30 players.

Winners names to be inscribed onto the shield for 2011 were Ric Ware, Jenny Ware and Margaret McConville That was the last official game for 2011 and they will return to normal bowls on Sunday January 8, 2012 and they wish all bowlers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

DARTS GOLF Chinderah Seniors Social 28/11/11 Stroke & Monthly Medal Winner Monthly Medal Robyn Beattie. Winner A grade Glen Henry net 57(c/back) new h/cap 5, R/ up Geoff Mobbs net 57(c/back) new h/cap 11.

Winner B grade Coral Rasmussen net 55 new h/cap 13, R/up Frank Aaron net 56(c/back) new h/cap 15.

I got a call from Ben ‘The Bass’ Kelly, a Pottsville local, last week. He was telling me I needed to come down to his workplace and check out a video. After watching the footage, I considered Ben’s catch pretty extraordinary. ‘Catch of the Year’ maybe in the Tweed River?

Here’s what happened. Ben, Jimmy Walle and Tony Pope were chasing live bait in Jack Evans Boat Harbour. Ben got a little bored, picked up his light 1–4kg rod, spooled with 6lb main line braid topped with 8lb fluoro carbo leader and cast a 3-inch minnow out into the shallow sand. Something big grabbed it and ran, almost spooling the rod. Ben held the rod tip up high. Somehow he managed to turn its head then slowly bring the big fella in.

Ben had attracted quite a Winner C grade Robyn Beattie net 50 new h/ cap 23, R/up Jill Collings net 53 new h/cap 28.

Winner putting Bruce McGregor 24putts. Ball rundown to net 59(c/back).

1/12/11 Stroke Winner A grade David Frazer net 55 new h/cap 12, R/up Mal Saggus net 57 new h/cap 14.

Winner B grade Frank Featherstone net 54 new h/cap 22, R/up Tom Maye net 56 new h/ cap 19. Ball rundown to net 59.

Murwillumbah Sunday 27th November Women’s winner P.Buckler 34 pts, Members B.Spencer 44 pts b.r.d. to 39 pts c.b. Monday 28th November Veterans 4.B.B.B.Stableford Winner Mixed J.Baker 7 G.Hughes 46 pts R.Up E.Wheeler & M.Biltoft 44 pts B.R.D.to 42 pts Members Winners K.Blyth & J.Kuhne 47 pts R.Up R.Pols & R.Green 45 pts N.Pins 2nd B.O’Reilly & J.Bertrams 8th K.Bullen 10th B.O’Reilly & G.Chadwick 14th BO’Reilly & K.Dawson .

Wednesday 30TH Individual Stableford Winner a.grade p.Taylor 42pts.R.Up S.Brazel 40 pts. B.winner R.Btadford 45 pts. R.Up J.Clark 41 pts. N/Pin 2nd M.Calvert 10th S.Andrews Veteran Winner M.Biltoft 39 pts b.r.d. 39 pts c.b 4.B.B.B.Aggregate in conjuction Winners P.Taylor & G.Sharp 78 pts c.b R.Up D.Veares & R.R.Dicksonn 74 pts Wednesday 9 hole sporters Winner W.Kendrigan 43 pts n.pin 8th P.Dawes 14th D.Watts b.r.d. to 19 pts.c.b. Friday 2nd December Blue Marker Day Winner J.Groff 2nd T.Taylor 3rd T.McDonald b.r.d. 75 nett c.b Saturday 3rd monthly Medal Winner A.Grade J.Prichard 67 nett R.Up J,Moen 70 nett B.G T.Prichard 69 nett R.Up L.Travers-Jones 70 nett C.Grade A.Dempster 67 nett R.Up P.Van

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Kingscliff 0406 724 323 The Channon (02) 6688 6433 Chillingham 0437 041 023 Lennox Head (02) 6672 2874 Coolangatta (07) 5533 8202 Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714

3rd Sat Mullumbimby (02) 6684 3370 3rd Sat Murwillumbah Cottage Markets 0417 759 777 3rd Sun Ballina (02) 6687 4328 3rd Sun Nimbin (02) 6689 0000 3rd Sun Pottsville (02) 6676 4555 3rd Sun Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714 3rd Sun Uki (02) 6679 5921 4th Sat Kingscliff 0406 724 323 4th Sun Bangalow (02) 6687 1911 4th Sun (in 5 Sun month) Coolangatta (07) 5533 8202 4th Sun Murwillumbah 0422 565 168 4th Sun Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714 5th Sun 5th Sun

Nimbin (02) 6689 0000 Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714

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crowd at this stage: there were people on the shore line, on paddle boards all yelling and clapping. The funniest bit was it took 12 guesses before anyone got the species right – cobia for sure! No, snapper; der, it’s a dirty stingray … and on it went. Finally when Ben picked up the monster a guy came over to tell him it was a blubber-lipped bream. That’s pretty good stuff, buddy, and to top it off it was Benny’s birthday.

Here’s the good news: you can actually see him catching the fish as Jimmy Walle filmed it; you can find it at this address: www.youtube.com/fishhuntmedia. It’s a great watch, well worth a look.

Now to something a bit more normal, as I’m still trying to get my head around Benny’s catch! Wow! Saturday was pretty windy.

How to fish? I ducked into the canals for a cast. Bingo! The

bream were everywhere. I had a young lad yelling at me from a highrise above me, ‘pull now mate, there’s millions of ’em’ – ‘calm down young fella you don’t jag them, let them take the lure’. Oh, Okay. It was funny stuff alright. Sometimes things go very very well. Almost every cast I either lost, caught, had a lot of attention paid to the lure.

This particular canal was the spot on Saturday, alright.

Having a good pair of sunnies when you’re fishing from a yak is important. I recommend a good set of polarised sunnies.

I lost my last good set down at Iluka chasing jew, over the side in 60ft of water. Finally I got the money together for another pair of Spotters; down to Anglers. I grabbed Aaron and together we went through all the models and would you guess it – I chose the most expensive ones. I wasn’t even looking at the tags either.

Trier 70 nett D.Grade G.Percy 66 nett R.Up P.Dunne 68 nett N.Pin 2nd J.Fredericks 8th M.Imm 10th S.Murnane 14th A.dempster b.r.d. to 75 nett.

Coming Events Monday december 12th Veterans Individual Stableford in 2 Grades . Wednesday 14th Individual Stableford Friday 16th Individual stableford medley. Saturday 17th Individual Individual Stroke in 4 Grades Medal of Medals .

SHOOTING Murwillumbah Rifle Club The Murwillumbah Rifle Club held the Annual Christmas Shoot on 4th December at 700 yards in good conditions with little wind and not too hot a day.

A record number of members and friends attended with the day, starting with a 15 shot Fullbore match and then a 50 metre Smallbore match, and on completion a delicious lunch

provided by Janet, Dave and Gordon.

After everyone had finished backing up for seconds, Captain John Macgregor-Skinner presented the days trophies, and the yearly competition Trophies.

A most enjoyable day was had by everyone and to finish the day Alan Cronk and David George gave a demonstration with their Black Powder Firearms including plenty of smoke.

Trophy winners. Fullbore Off Rifle A Gray, D Phippard, S Waddell.

Handicap W Shoobridge, T Matthews, S Dolan.

Scope Off Rifle G Morris, P Weeks, M Setright.

Handicap P Loxley-Lewis, M Sforcina, Zoe Helyer.

Rim Fire Off Rifle Sherie Sunderland, J MacMahon, R Couch.

Handicap Michelle Morris, P Cassis, G Burfoot.

Next events: Smallbore on December 9, Fullbore December 10 at 500 yards.

Daily surf reports with Rusty Miller!

– echonetdaily.net.au First quarter December 2 Full moon

20:52

December 11 01:36

Third quarter December 18 11:48 New moon Day of month 1 T 2 F 3 S 4 S 5 M 6 T 7 W 8 T 9 F 10 S 11 S 12 M 13 T 14 W 15 T 16 F 17 S 18 S 19 M 20 T 21 W 22 T 23 F 24 S 25 S 26 M 27 T 28 W 29 T 30 F 31 S

Sun rise 0540 0540 0540 0540 0540 0540 0540 0540 0540 0540 0541 0541 0541 0541 0542 0542 0542 0543 0543 0544 0544 0545 0545 0546 0546 0547 0547 0548 0549 0549 0550

December 25 05:06 Sun set 1929 1929 1930 1931 1932 1932 1933 1934 1935 1935 1936 1937 1937 1938 1939 1939 1940 1941 1941 1942 1942 1943 1943 1944 1944 1944 1945 1945 1946 1946 1946

Moon rise 1120 1215 1308 1400 1452 1545 1638 1731 1825 1918 2009 2056 2141 2222 2300 2337 0013 0050 0129 0213 0301 0355 0454 0557 0701 0804 0905 1003 1058 1151

Moon set 0018 0051 0122 0153 0226 0300 0337 0418 0504 0554 0648 0745 0844 0944 1043 1144 1245 1347 1452 1559 1706 1811 1912 2007 2055 2137 2215 2249 2321 2353

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DECEMBER 2011 Astronomical data and tides

High tide, height (m) 0145,1.27; 1340,1.53 0241,1.27; 1432,1.41 0336,1.30; 1530,1.31 0430,1.34; 1630,1.25 0520,1.41; 1730,1.23 0606,1.48; 1824,1.23 0649,1.56; 1913,1.25 0729,1.62; 1957,1.26 0808,1.68; 2038,1.28 0845,1.73; 2117,1.29 0922,1.77; 2157,1.29 1000,1.78; 2237,1.30 1041,1.78; 2319,1.30 1122,1.76 0005,1.31; 1205,1.71 0055,1.32; 1252,1.64 0148,1.35; 1345,1.55 0245,1.40; 1445,1.46 0345,1.47; 1553,1.39 0445,1.56; 1704,1.35 0545,1.67; 1814,1.34 0642,1.78; 1917,1.35 0737,1.88; 2015,1.37 0830,1.94; 2110,1.38 0920,1.97; 2200,1.39 1008,1.94; 2248,1.39 1054,1.88; 2334,1.37 1137,1.77 0020,1.36; 1219,1.64 0105,1.34; 1300,1.51 0151,1.34; 1342,1.38

Low tide, height (m) 0722,0.62; 2027,0.44 0821,0.68; 2115,0.49 0927,0.71; 2201,0.52 1034,0.70; 2247,0.53 1141,0.66; 2333,0.52 1238,0.59 0015,0.51; 1326,0.52 0056,0.51; 1408,0.45 0134,0.50; 1447,0.40 0213,0.49; 1525,0.35 0250,0.48; 1601,0.32 0330,0.48; 1640,0.31 0410,0.48; 1720,0.31 0454,0.50; 1801,0.31 0542,0.52; 1845,0.32 0634,0.55; 1932,0.34 0732,0.57; 2022,0.36 0839,0.59; 2115,0.38 0952,0.57; 2211,0.39 1109,0.51; 2308,0.40 1220,0.42 0005,0.39; 1325,0.31 0100,0.38; 1422,0.22 0153,0.37; 1515,0.17 0245,0.36; 1603,0.15 0335,0.38; 1649,0.17 0425,0.41; 1733,0.22 0513,0.46; 1815,0.29 0600,0.52; 1855,0.37 0648,0.59; 1934,0.44 0739.0.66; 2014,0.49

Times Eastern Daylight Saving Time. Time lags: Ballina Boat Dock: 15 min; Byron Bay: nil; Brunswick River Highway Bridge: high 30 min, low 1 hr; Mullumbimby: 1 hr 10 min; Billinudgel: 3 hr 55 min; Chinderah: high 1 hr 30 min, low 2 hr; Terranora Inlet: high 2 hr 10 min, low 2 hr 25 min; Murwillumbah: high 2 hr 30 min, low 2 hr 50 min. Tides in bold indicate high tide of 1.7m or more and low tide of 0.3m or less. Data courtesy of the National Tidal Centre.

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• Air conditioned lounge area • Double lockup brick garage with rumpus or sun room.

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I absolutely love this 2.98 acre (1.21 Ha) property that is ready for you and a couple of horses.

This superb property is well positioned with easy access to the Gold Coast Airport and surf beaches.

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6pm (Qld) Wednesday 21st December Currumbin RSL View Private Inspection Brad Franks 0404 051 111 brad.franks@raywhite.com 02 6672 3737 raywhiteruralrealestate.com.au Ray White Rural Tweed Valley

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Vacant Land

Kyogle, 377A Fawcett Plain Road Lot B in DP 381264 Receivers Appointed

Auction – Rural Kyogle, 181 Fawcett Plain Road Lot 170 in DP 755707 Receivers Appointed Comprising approximately 118 acres of Fawcett Creek alluvial land, laser levelled with underground mains and three phase power connected. The property has been used for cropping and grazing over the last 5 years. Buildings include a 3 bedroom homestead, old dairy building and stockyards.

Approximately 2 kilometres to Kyogle township, 1 hour to Byron Bay 1.5 hours to Gold Coast.

Acting under instructions from Receivers and Managers, Taylor Woodings 371 Queen Street, Brisbane Qld 4000

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We have been instructed to sell this vacant lot of approximately 52 acres, only minutes from the Kyogle township. With access to Fawcett Plain Road and a springfed dam, this undulating lot offers a country life style with the added convenience of a nearby town. Power is available to the property.

Acting under instructions from Receivers and Managers, Taylor Woodings 371 Queen Street, Brisbane Qld 4000

Auction: This Saturday 10th December, 1pm, Kyogle Bowling Club Inspect: Farm Tour Saturday 10th 11am Contact: Bob Elks 0428 322 250 bob@elkspropertymarketing.com.au

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In the latest of a growing trend for small community film societies, Crabbes Creek will stage its opening film night this Saturday, December 10, with Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. The village’s film society president Louiza Egan said film nights ‘are great occasions for bringing the community together, sharing the magic of film and supporting our local halls’. The family event begins with food served from 6pm and the film starting at 7.30pm. The society aims to show films every two months. For info call Diedre on 02 6677 1523.

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Good works by Tweed environmentalist were noticed across the Queensland border, during the recent 15th annual Gecko Awards. The gold Gecko went to Richard Murray, president of the Tweed Heads Environment Centre. The silver Gecko went to Team Koala founder and president, Jenny Hayes, of Murwillumbah for her ‘tireless dedication to the welfare of Australia’s koalas and in particular the protection of their habitat in the Gold Coast and NSW border region’. Jenny says she was ‘greatly touched’ by the award, but that the real credit went to ‘the members of Team Koala and the community that has been so supportive of saving our last three koala colonies on the Tweed Coast. Anything that can draw attention to their plight and the scientific measures needed to save our remaining 144 Tweed Coast koalas is greatly welcomed. It’s great to see the Gold Coast City council appreciating the fact that we still have koalas at all.’

Murwillumbah TAFE Certificate IV Visual Arts student Judi Lee in front of her work My Kaite (mixed media on board) which she sold during last week’s ‘Verge’ exhibition at the TAFE which showcased 60 works by the 12 students who did the course this year. Judi said she was always interested in studying and creating art but had to put it off while bringing up her three children.

Head teacher Craig Elliott said the course offered a cross-section of disciplines with students training in painting, ceramics, printmaking, drawing and sculpture before they go on to specialise in their chosen field. Photo Luis Feliu

rmann’s allegations are ‘nothing more than unsupported and damaging assertions’ containing ‘errors of fact and distortions’. Huh? The very same words would more than apply to the two volumes of unattributed rants released by his Leda group seeking to undermine the integrity of people doing their jobs. Leda’s so-called dirt files rely on a confused mishmash of half-truths and paranoid theories to try to prove the existence of a multi-level conspiracy to nobble his projects. Even the mythical release of a ‘hopping rat’ onto Kings Forest more than a decade ago is recycled in a bid to besmirch the character and reputation of ■ ■ ■ ■ As they say in the movies, the some of the alleged co-conspirirony is so thick you could ators.

■ ■ ■ ■ choke on it. After copping a comprehensive bucketing in It comes as no surprise that a state parliament, the Kings letter containing the full text Forest and Cobaki Lakes de- of Ell’s bleats about copping veloper, Bob Ell, has cried foul. an ‘appalling’ attack in parliaThe property mogul, in seeking ment was leaked to one of his an official right of reply, says propaganda arms, the Gold Upper House MP Cate Faeh- Coast Sun, which shares the

same pro-developer bias as its Rupert-owned stablemate, the daily Bully, as well as a desire to protect valuable real estate revenue. The two papers earlier splashed details of his bizarre conspiracy theory after also getting lucky with other leaks.

They have managed to all but ignore the scathing criticism in parliament a month ago, apart from one article which helpfully reminded Mr Ell he could face a $1 million fine if suspicions raised in the legislative council about clearing part of a nature reserve next door to Kings Forest prove to be founded.

■ ■ ■ ■ A face from the Tweed’s nottoo-distant political past reemerged centre stage at the weekend’s ALP national conference. Jenny McAllister, who was re-elected last week as ALP national president, chaired the big event which saw same-sex marriage endorsed as part of the party’s platform. As the former ALP candidate for Rich-

mond, she stood unsuccessfully against Larry Anthony in the 2001 federal election. Born in Murwillumbah, Jenny is the daughter of former senior Tweed Shire Council engineer Don McAllister and his wife Alma, of Kingscliff and now lives with her family in Sydney.

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Speaking of Larry, the former MP now living in Brisbane joined his dad, ex-deputy prime minister Doug Anthony, at veteran journalist Alex Mitchell’s book launch at Murwillumbah Services Memorial Club last Friday. To some it may have seemed a little odd to see the National Party stalwarts attending the book launch of a former Trotskyist writer and oncetrue-believing Labor man, but it only showed the respect with which the retired journalist is held around Australia, highlighted when Alex thanked Doug for his thoughtful gift of a small device for cracking pecan nuts inscribed with the words ‘to help crack the revolution’.

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