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Inside your Observer HARRY BEITZEL’S ‘FOOTY WEEK’ ROUND-UP: PAGE 48
INDECENT ASSAULT CASE APPEAL PAGE 11
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Aardvarks star at Comedy Festival
WENDY HUGHES PROFILE Page 16
DENTIST’S JEWISH CONSPIRACY
● Aardvarks Anonymous (top row from left) Blake Willoughby, Michelle Mammana, Kate Wilkinson, Nick Zull, Gemma Duncan and (front row from left) Drew Belsten, Steve Varley and Tim O'Leary present Aardvarks in Time from March 31 to April 10 at the Word Warehouse, Goldie Place. Photo: Roy Varley ■ Eight core members of Aardvarks to undercover the mystery and absurdity of Anonymous will present Aardvarks In Time their predicament. The Melbourne based group produces and for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival at 7pm on March 31 to April 3, then creates comedy in a variety of mediums inApril 6 to 10 at the Word Warehouse, Goldie cluding stage, film, radio and web based. Tickets: $20/$16. Group (5 or more) $14. Place, Melbourne. Bookings: 0403 897 264 or Aardvarks In Time tells of having being thrown back in time by a mad scientist and aardvarkstix@gmail.com Tickets will also available at the door. the Aardvarks team, a ragtag group of mis- be fits, must find their way home, travelling www.aardvarksanonymous.com through hilarious periods and places in order - Cheryl Threadgold
GEELONG dentist Dr Paul Gardner engaged in unprofessional conduct by advancing his theories of a Jewish conspiracy to a patient in the Today Dental Solutions treatment chair, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has found. VCAT members C Aird, Rowan Storey and Dr Colin Riley found that Dr Gardner crossed professional boundaries by talking about religious issues, and offering a DVD to the patient. The Tribunal found that the 63-minute DVD was “very graphic and disturbing”, contains many Holocaust images and images of violence including the 9/11 attacks. “There was no explanation as to why he would consider offering a DVD of such graphic and disturbiung content to a new patient in the first five minutes of a consultation,” VCAT found, in a judgement published this month. The patient complained that Dr Gardner and his wife, Victoria, a dental nurse, had made
Clamps stun shoppers
■ Your next visit to a shopping centre car park might cost you more than you expect ... if you owe money on unpaid fines. Some 40 shoppers discovered this when their cars had wheel clamps attached at the Werribee Plaza Shopping Centre as part of a blitz by Sheriff’s Office staff. The fine dodgers were unable to move their cars until their outstanding penalties were paid, or suitable arrangements made. Almost $¼-million in fines was owed by the local drivers, said the Department of Justice. Shopping centre and tourist attraction car park are now a regular part of Sheriff’s Office operations.
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Visitors to the Sovereigh Hill theme park at Ballarat have also been surprised to return to their vehicles to find wheel clamps attached by the Sheriffs Office. Motorists are directed to call the Sheriffs Office, with details on large signs posted on windscreens and side windows. At Laverton, some 32 cars had clamps attached, while motorists were visiting the Rubble and Riches Market. Sheriffs Office staff use the latest technology when driving through the car parks. They scan number plates which instantly link the owner’s names to any unpaid fines.
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comments about a Chinese tattoo on the client’s foot, and said that it meant ‘black dragon’. Dr Gardner was accused of steering the conversation towards Christianity and Biblical matters. Dr Gardner stated that there were 19 prophecies about the nation of Israel in the Bible, 16 of which have already been fulfilled, VCAT was told. “Dr Gardner outlined to the notifier the Biblical perspective of the global village and the new world order. “Dr Gardner stated that a European Union is the first real step towards a new world order with a single governing body, a single currency, a single way of life and a single system of religious belief. “Dr Gardner also commented on the rise of the nation of Israel and the Jewish people in a manner which the notifier found to be antiSemitic,” VCAT members heard. “Dr Gardner offered the notifier a DVD about the End Time entitied Israel, Islam and Armageddon, described as outlining what is really going on in the world and the manifestation of evil. “Dr Gardner did not supply the notifier with a copy of the DVD only because he had run out and was unable to find a copy of it at his surgery,” VCAT was told. The matter is to be listed for a furtherhearing on the first available date.
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● Tommy Clifas and Lucinda Burney ■ Written and directed by Josie Parrelli, Mirror Image is the story of the soulmates eternal search for one another after they where split apart many lifetimes ago. “The eternal search for reconnection… the eternal search for one another…the eternal search for love," promoters say. Mirror Image will be performed as a contemporary play featuring music at Revolt Productions, Kensington for three shows from Thursday April 28 - Saturday April 30 Actors Lucinda Burney and Tommy Clifas bring to life the story and characters, soulmates Annie and George written and directed by Josie Parrelli , assisted by Kim Morrell, this marks Josie's first play to be performed in Australia. Josie's previous play The Weekend was performed on stage in New York as a part of the Strawberry One-Act Festival in February this year where it was a semi-finalist. After the Melbourne theatre run, Mirror Image will be touring regional Victoria and will then be adapted for the film version where it will be filmed in Melbourne and New York. This marks a new creative chapter in Josie Parrelli's professional career. Tickets: $20 + booking fee Where: Revolt Productions, 12 Elizabeth St, Kensington When: Thursday April 28 and Friday April 29, 7.30pm Saturday April 30, 6.30pm.
Ronnie Charles at The Fleece
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French theatre
● Ronnie Charles ■ Seen recently at The Go!! Show reunion concert, Ronnie Charles will feature at The Fleece Hotel, South Melbourne, tomorrow (Thurs.) from 8pm. Ronnie Charles is branching out with a new line-up and a new set list featuring some of the classic songs from the past four decades. His emerging band includes Ronnie on vocals, Dave Hertzog and Steve Ely on guitar. The exciting trio will perform songs from The Beatles, Stones, Elvis, Wilburys, The Band, Pink Floyd, Steven Stills, Dobbie Bros and The Groop. Admission is free. The Fleece Hotel, 120 Montague St, South Melbourne. Phone: 9682 0208. www.thefleece.com.au
Last Emperor tours
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Di Rolle’s Column
The coffee is the best coffee I have had for a long time and remember Melbourne is the coffee capital of the world. Tucked away in 2 Maddock St, Windsor. I recommend it highly. Phone 9078 5007 – I am going back. The pedigree by the way of the restaurant is excellent. John Garcia is the son of Pepe Garcia, who founded – with veteran Vincent Rosales – Maxims in South Yarra, a Melbourne institution of a bygone era. John Garcia established Port Willunga’s Star of Greece in 1997. A restaurant that played host to some important chefs, including David Swain (Fino, Willunga) and Michael Ryan (Provenance, Beechworth). John was also with caterers Rowland’s. At Garcia & Son, you will find the Garcia’s immersed in their Spanish heritage in Maddock St, off Chapel, in Windsor. A must. Oh and I bumped into Tiffany Cherry, gorgeous sports presenter who looked as fabulous as ever.
■ The Melbourne French Theatre will present an Australian premiere of Le Medécin Volant (The Flying Doctor) and La Jalousie du Barbouillé (The Jealous Husband or Barbouillé’s Jealousy) from May 3-7 in Collingwood College, cnr Cromwell St and McCutcheon Way, entry from Cromwell St, Collingwood. These two classical comedies previously unknown Molière masterpieces were discovered in the 18th century by JeanBaptiste Rousseau and published for the first time in 1819. Written by the great 17th century French playwright at the beginning of his career, they are full of energetic performance and humour, highly inspired by the repertoire of the Commedia dell’Arte. These French plays will be surtitled in English. Executive Director and Producer is Michael Bula. Director : is Iris Gaillard Tickets: from $12 to $32 – see website for details ■ Next week stories of my travels to Alice Springs, I promOfficial website : www.mftinc.org ise! - Di Rolle
● Liaoning Ballet’s exquisite balletic retelling of The Last Emperor, based on the astonishing life
of China’s Last Emperor Puyi and choreographed by Ivan Cavallari, is touring Australia throughout June and July this year. The Last Emperor will be in Melbourne at the Princess Theatre from June 18 to 22. Tickets are on sale across Australia from Tuesday (April 5).
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■ Rachel Taylor and Amanda Harrison celebrate the launch of The Production Company’s 2011 season which includes Anything Goes, Kismet and Grey Garden. A photo spread of the launch is on Page 41.
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