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THE FIRST WORD

CONTENTS 10

Quick chat

PUBLISHERS Anar Higgins Darryl Olson Michael Kramer Noel Olson

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Fast facts

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Cover story

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Socials

EDITOR Richard O’Leary

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Star style

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News summary

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Profile

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My body

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My life

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My opinion

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Travel

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Business & finance

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Home style

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My style

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My time

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Motoring

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My Property Preview

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TV guide/surf & fishing report

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Crossword/sudoku/stars

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The last word

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OUR STORY My Weekly Preview is a high quality magazine delivering more of what matters to the Sunshine Coast. It features news, business, regular columnists, interesting facts and figures for that hot topic at the dinner table, motoring, socials, travel, health, lifestyles and more, as well as the most up-to-date information on local real estate. The magazine is 100% locally owned, which means we don’t just talk about being local, we are local, we live it every day. Delivered fresh every Friday. We’re also conscious of the environment at MWP – all our home delivered magazines are wrapped in biodegradable plastic.

t’s easy to get caught up in the abstract when talking about children’s vaccinations; this report, that study, those statements. But a personal plea from a grieving parent really puts it into perspective. In this week’s cover story My Weekly Preview’s Candice Holznagel talks with Toni and David McCaffery about losing their daughter Dana to whooping cough when she was just four weeks old. Their story is one of heartbreak, courage and resilience.

Also this week you get the chance to travel to Iceland in the middle of winter (it’s better than it sounds), have a quick chat with former MotoGP champion Chris Vermeulen, test drive the new Mazda MX-5, learn about the power of positivity from Jodi Chapman and find out why goannas give Sami Muirhead the heebie jeebies.

In property, our suburb in the spotlight is Caloundra – it’s well worth a look.

Enjoy, and I’ll see you next week.

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QUICK CHAT

THE RIDE OF HIS LIFE

Retired MotoGP champion Chris Vermeulen became a proud dad for the second time last week when daughter Matilda was born at home in Yandina. And there’s still nothing he loves more than riding a motorbike with his mates.

FIRST JOB?

born. There’s no better moment. I’ve won a world championship, won 15 world championship races, but nothing beats the birth of your first child.

I worked in my parents’ bakery in Yandina.

Mum and Dad have had it there for 34 years. When I left school I worked there seven days a week to pay for my motorbike racing. My old man said I was the only person who worked for him that ate more than he produced.

CAN YOU NOMINATE A DAY IN YOUR LIFE THAT TURNED OUT TO BE A TURNING POINT?

WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY WORKING ON? I retired from racing three years ago. We have a small property in Yandina, 35 acres, so that keeps me busy. I commentate for motorcycle racing for Fox sport and I also have other business interests. Lots of little things. I’m probably busier now than when I was racing.

YOUR FAMILY INCLUDES. . .

Wife, Toni, daughters Georgia, two, and newborn Matilda. I’ve got a little bike that Georgia hops on with me. She’s got a little helmet and boots – she loves it. I’m not going to push her into racing but I really think everyone should have the opportunity to experience a motorbike.

FIRST VEHICLE? My first motorbike I got for my first Christmas when I was six months old; it was a Yamaha 250. I was riding it on my own just before I was three. Some of my earliest memories were being three or four and riding it in my backyard. Dad had a trail bike and I tried to follow him and go over little rocks.

FAVOURITE BOOK? The best book I reckon I ever read was Andre Agassi’s biography. I’ve been a professional sportsperson so I realise what people go through to get to the top.

BEST ADVICE YOU’VE BEEN GIVEN?

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE PLACE ON THE COAST?

The late great Barry Sheene who was a world champion and a mentor of mine, said don’t look behind. When you’re racing motorbikes, when you’re in front or leading, you have tendency to look behind. Barry was always adamant whenever anyone looks behind, you slow down. You’re not concentrating on going forwards.

I do like being out in the hinterland bush on my motorbike, Mapleton State Forest and Kenilworth State Forest.

WHY DO YOU LIVE HERE?

WHAT ACHIEVEMENT ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF?

For me it is home. I have had the opportunity to travel around the world and I’ve been to some pretty cool places. I lived overseas for nearly 13 years, nine of those years I lived in Andorra, I’ve lived in Europe, America, Asia, but for me there is no place like the Sunshine Coast. We’re very lucky here, it’s hard to beat this place.

IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ON THE COAST, WHAT WOULD IT BE? The traffic. We’re not that populated yet the traffic drives me nuts. It’s just horrible.

How we fix it, I don’t know.

Probably the World Supersport Championship I won in 2003 from a career point of view. There’s nothing like it. I was 21 at the time, the youngest world champion in that category.

BEST DAY IN YOUR LIFE? Two years ago when my first daughter was

I reckon the main one would be when I had that crash in 2010 at Phillip Island where I did the injury to my knee. I didn’t realise at the time it was so severe and it was basically going to force my retirement from racing. Racing had been my life since I was 12 or 13. It took me a while to accept it. I had a lot of support from my family, my wife and my parents, I was so driven at going faster and being better on the motorbike but it took their support and the realisation that I did have a fantastic career, I won all those races and loved every minute of it. It wasn’t going to go forever so maybe it was the time to stop.

I’m a very different person now, I’m very relaxed. I never had any patience. Now I’m a lot more chilled out.

YOU ARE HAPPIEST WHEN? When I’m riding a motorbike. When I’ve got that helmet on and I’m on a bike, that’s definitely when I’m happiest. You’re free and you’re on your own. Whatever happens on that bike, it’s down to you. A lot of my riding was about going very quick. Now I ride a lot more for fun, going out in the bush with my mates. There’s just nothing like getting on a motorbike, there’s nothing like it in the world.

ADVICE TO YOUR 18 YEAR-OLD SELF? Be more patient and relaxed, it will happen.

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COVER STORY

INJECTION OF COMMON SENSE

With whooping cough on the rise, the heartbroken parents of Dana McCaffery are urging people to get vaccinated. WORDS: Candice Holznagel

“In those final days she started focusing on us…

It was almost as if she knew there was something wrong… It looked as though she was pleading for our help”

Left: Dana McCaffery was four weeks old when she lost her battle with whooping cough.

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ana McCaffery should have been celebrating her seventh birthday next month with her parents and three siblings. She should have been enjoying the summer school holidays, the beach as her playground. However little Dana never had the opportunity to experience such simple pleasures.

The beautiful newborn girl was taken far too young at the hands of a vaccinepreventable disease: whooping cough.

No parent should ever have to sit beside a hospital bed and watch as their baby’s tiny body is wracked with a coughing attack so severe they turn blue.

No parent should have to hope that their baby’s gasp of air was not their last.

Dana is one of an average of four newborns to die from whooping cough – also known as pertussis – in Australia each year.

Last month, New South Wales reported a 300 per cent increase in cases and the Sunshine Coast Health Service predicts that our region is headed for an epidemic.

Dana’s parents, David and Toni McCaffery have vowed to share Dana’s story with the world, in order to help spread awareness.

“What started as a blocked nose escalated into our worst nightmare,’’ the McCafferys wrote in an open letter following Dana’s death.

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positive for pertussis, we went straight to the hospital.

“However, we were not alarmed because we thought antibiotics could treat it. Wrong. The antibiotics only stop you infecting others. There is no treatment to cure whooping cough and we had to watch in horror as the pertussis took its course.

“Our tiny daughter coughed uncontrollably until she turned blue and required oxygen to regain her breath.”

The McCafferys stood by helpless as their little girl developed pneumonia and

precious moments with his daughter.

“Little babies tend to have their own personalities… in those final days she started focusing on us,’’ he recalls.

“It was almost as if she knew there was something wrong. She seemed to be more worldly than our other children had been… it looked as though she was pleading for our help.’’

The 2009 death of Dana, followed by that of four-week-old Riley Hughes in March 2015, renewed the vaccination debate with a vengeance.

The Australian Government has taken

“People started to realise that if they protect the mother and stop her getting whooping cough, it can protect the newborn up to six to eight weeks” Professor Robert Booy was airlifted to the Brisbane Mater Children’s paediatric intensive care unit.

On the fifth day, Dana had an aggressive reaction to the disease’s toxin, which attacked her immune system and heart. After nearly 10 hours of blood transfusions she went into cardiac arrest and died.

Speaking with My Weekly Preview almost seven years on, David recalls

a strong stance with its No Jab No Pay policy coming into effect on January 1.

Parents who do not fully immunise their children are no longer eligible for child care and family tax benefits.

It also struck a chord with thousands of new parents who support the ‘no jab, no visit’ campaign.

Researchers and health professionals agree – the best way to protect your

newborn child is with a booster shot during the third trimester of pregnancy as children do not receive their first vaccination until eight weeks of age.

Head of the Clinical Research team at the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS), Professor Robert Booy, has spent the past decade investigating new vaccines to protect the community against disease.

He says while most vaccines do prevent people contracting viruses, there are a couple of strains, such as whooping cough, where immunisation prevents only around two-thirds of cases.

But there is good news: as more and more people are vaccinated, it builds a chain of protection.

You are also more likely to have a milder dose if you do contract the illness.

“Until recently babies got very little protection from their mothers. They are now getting a lot more protection that makes it safe,’’ Booy says.

“Children are most at risk between the age of two weeks and two months.

“People started to realise that if they protect the mother and stop her getting whooping cough, it can protect the newborn up to six to eight weeks.

“By vaccinating mothers you do get that short-term protection of the baby that works really well.’’

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population,’’ Booy adds.

“When the bug comes up against someone somewhere – a baby, a child, a parent – it can’t spread because it comes up against an immune person.

“The chain is everyone in that circle who is immune.’’

Dana’s death left her parents shattered and distraught upon hearing that their home town of Lennox Head and the surrounding Northern Rivers region was a hotbed for contagious and deadly viruses due to low immunisation rates.

“Toni was busy and… was out and about. We didn’t understand or know about the epidemic and what we needed to protect her from,’’ McCaffery says.

“It’s a disease from the past that has made a horrific comeback.’’

The statistics don’t lie.

The number of children with a conscientious objection recorded on the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register has grown from just under 5000 in 1999 to almost 40,000.

Figures from the Healthy Communities: Immunisation Rates for Children 2012–13 show that 660 Sunshine Coast children under the age of five had a conscientious objection recorded while 1400 were not fully immunised.

In the year until December 11, 2015 there were 20,670 reported cases of whooping cough across Australia. This is similar to the average number of reported cases for the five years prior.

In Queensland, there were 1719 notification counts in the year up to December 20. This figure increased from 1377 in 2014 but thankfully was significantly lower to previous years.

Dr Andrew Langley, Director of the Public Health Unit at Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service, says 226 Coast residents were diagnosed with whooping cough in 2015 as at December 21. This is about 40 per cent lower than the annual average for the five years prior.

“In November and December however, a surge in reported cases has occurred, potentially signalling the start

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of another epidemic,’’ Langley says.

“Notifications for Queensland overall have also increased in recent months.’’

The Sunshine Coast has one of the lowest immunisation rates in the state.

Recent figures released by the Australian government show that the Sunshine Coast has the fourth highest number of children under five who are not vaccinated.

Langley says there are a number of reasons why parents do not keep their children up-to-date with immunisations.

they get a booster vaccination every 10 years to maintain good immunity,’’ Langley says.

But with reports of vaccine shortages, people are asking how they can access it.

“There is no shortage of the vaccine for children younger than 10 years of age in Queensland or the Sunshine Coast,’’ Langley says.

“There has been a shortage for some time of the booster vaccines in the private market in Australia for people over the age of 10 years.

dangerous these diseases are and have access to reputable medical information, not Dr Google.

“They need to go and see their doctor or access the State and Federal Health Department’s information.

“We always consider the rights of others… we just want them to understand from us that vaccine-preventable diseases can be deadly.’’

As the family attempts to move forward with their lives – the memory of Dana always in their hearts – McCaffery hopes to leave one clear message with the wider community.

“Pure and simple: vaccinate your child, your family and yourself.

“You need to have that conversation with medical professionals and make a decision that impacts positively on your family and the entire community, that helps prevent illness and saves lives.

“It is real. It’s deadly and we’ve seen it.”

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These include convenience; complacency, where parents may not perceive a need for a vaccine; and where a parent may have misinformation about vaccines or misunderstand how vaccines work.

“The pertussis vaccine used widely for the past 10 years has far fewer side effects than the older vaccine,’’ he says.

“Vaccination is well tolerated. Serious adverse events are very rare. Allergic reactions can be seen with any medication but are also rarely seen with pertussis vaccine.”

Adults have a responsibility to not only immunise their children, but themselves.

“People who were vaccinated as young children will have little protection unless

“This is understood to be due to an increased global demand for whooping cough vaccine.

“However Queensland Health has been able to secure sufficient pertussis booster vaccine for the School Immunisation Program, which offers the vaccine to year seven and year eight students, and... to vaccinate women in the third trimester of pregnancy.”

The McCafferys encourage people to keep a record of their booster shots to ensure they stay up to date.

“It comes down to the choices people have. They all have a choice and can do what they jolly well like,’’ David says.

“But they’ve got to realise how

• Parents who do not fully immunise their children (up to 19 years of age) are no longer eligible for the Child Care Benefit, Child Care Rebate and the Family Tax Benefit Part A. • Families will be contacted by the Department of Human Services and encouraged to speak with their immunisation provider about updating vaccination records or starting a catch-up schedule.

• All states and territories will be distributing free National Immunisation Program immunisations for all children under the age of 10 who require a catch-up.

• A free catch-up program for children aged 10 to 19 from families who currently receive family assistant payments will be available until December 31, 2017.

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The region’s best of the best, including markets, nature hot spots, golf courses and health retreats, will be put on show when 100,000 copies of the Sunshine Coast’s Official Visitor and Event Guide 2016 is distributed. The 88-page publication will be available at information centres as well as travel and trade outlets throughout Australia. Visit Sunshine Coast chief executive Simone Ambrose says the publication showcases experiences that suit a wide range of interests and time frames.

Author and Gluten Free Grain Free founder Tania Hubbard will guest speak at the Maroochydore Library on February 18. Hubbard has been recognised for her nutritional work as the founder of Australia’s first award-winning free-from café as well as with a Sunshine Coast Outstanding Business Woman of the Year Award in 2012. She will speak about life as a food entrepreneur and the release of her new book Abundance. Tickets are $15 and bookings required.

Visit library.sunshinecoast. qld.gov.au.

CONSERVATION GRANTS Residents planning a conservation project are invited to lodge an expression of interest for Sunshine Coast Council’s Landholder Environment Grants program. Grants are available for projects that will protect and enhance the region’s natural assets and biodiversity. Councillor Jenny McKay says the grants process allows the council and private rural land owners to work together to protect the environment. Submissions close February 22. For more information email grants@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au.

SUMMER RACING CARNIVAL The Sunshine Coast Turf Club will be a hive of activity this weekend with the second annual Coastline BMW Summer Racing Carnival underway. A gala ball will be held tonight followed by the $210,000 2YO Classic Raceday tomorrow, January 16. The event aims to attract not only locals but visitors from inter and intra-state. The carnival will continue on Australia Day with the $100,000 Access Insulation Sunshine Coast Cup Day.

Buy a snag and support the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service and Rural Fire Service next weekend. Bunnings is raising much needed funds for the local groups with a barbecue on January 23.

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COAST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FALLS New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals the Coast’s unemployment rate has dropped below 10 per cent. The figure is one of the lowest rates in Queensland. Statistics show the unemployment rate of 9.8 per cent is significantly lower than the 14.2 per cent recorded in November 2014.

Mayor Mark Jamieson says the youth population is not in decline, but growing. “In the end, jobs are created by business and we are creating the environment for business to succeed and grow and help create jobs for all sections of our community.”

CRUISE SHIP BRINGS 1000 VISITORS Sunshine Coast businesses and tourism operators received a welcome boost at the weekend when the five-star cruise ship Azamara Quest docked off shore. More than 670 passengers and some of the 400 strong crew disembarked to spend the day sightseeing around the region’s tourism hotspots. Mayor Mark Jamieson greeted passengers who were the latest to visit the region.

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3104 The Sunshine Coast’s development activity has been ranked third in Queensland, according to the June Residential Land Development Activity Profile. In the 12 months to the end of June, the Sunshine Coast was ranked second in the state in lot approvals, fourth in standard lot registrations, third in new lot sales and third in detached dwelling approvals. The region recorded a 28 per cent increase in residential dwelling approvals compared with the previous year and had a total of 3104 approvals. In addition, 8866 new and established dwellings were sold during the past 12 months.

RALLY HONOURS ONE-PUNCH VICTIM

Thousands of people gathered in Brisbane’s King George Square on Monday to rally in honour of one-punch victim Cole Miller. Rugby league legend Wally Lewis was MC at the event. Eighteen-year-old Miller, who was a promising water polo player and son of former Mooloolaba Surf Club president Steve Miller, was fatally attacked in Brisbane on January 3.

His funeral was held in Brisbane on Wednesday.

USC STUDENTS JOIN SUN BEAR CAUSE Four University of the Sunshine Coast students travelled to Malaysia recently to help design a brighter future for sun bears in Borneo. Stacey Goebel, Haijing Li, Kym Franklin and Jana Stadelman spent 10 days with the Sabah-based Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre and produced a new website and educational materials for the organisation. The centre provides care and rehabilitation for the species, which are listed as vulnerable following a 30 per cent drop in population.

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FIGHTING FIT AT 80

Dawn Morgan is gearing up to celebrate her 80th birthday with an 80-kilometre bike ride– one kilometre for every year of her life. WORDS: Leigh Robshaw

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n January 19, Dawn Morgan will wake up before the birds, put on her coral coloured cycling jersey, hop on her Specialized road bike and cycle from Maroochydore to Noosa and back to mark the milestone of turning 80. This is the mother of three and grandmother of five’s idea of fun.

“I have a group of riders that are going to do it with me,” she says. “On a Friday, my group leaves Fisherman’s Road in Maroochydore and we normally ride up to Peregian, have a cup of coffee and come back again. It’s about a 57-kilometre ride. I thought, I’ll extend it to 80 kilometres by getting them to come with me up to Noosa.”

The lively Bli Bli lady cycles with friends three to four days a week and also does three to four ocean swims a week at Mooloolaba. In early December, her partner of 14 years, Richard Tallents, encouraged her to do her first triathlon with the Caloundra Triathlon Club.

“I’ve never been a runner, that’s why I’ve never done triathlons before. It wasn’t my idea; it was all Richard’s idea. He just entered me into it, so I went along as all good sports do. I was a bit stiff the next day.”

“Dawn has a great amount of energy, although an hour’s nanna nap in the afternoon has become a daily essential need,” Tallents says.

Morgan discovered her love of cycling at the age of 64.

“I used to read these little notices in the local paper about where the club was riding and what they were going

to do and I thought, how nice to be out with a group of people riding a bike, so that’s how I got started.”

While she had a relatively late start with cycling, she’s always been a swimmer.

“For as long as I can I’ll keep on doing it,” she says.

“I just think swimming is a wonderful way of keeping fit.”

She casually mentions she was once the New Zealand national springboard diving champion.

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“I competed from the ages of 15 to 21,” she says.

“I used to swim and I thought I’d try the diving as well and see if we could get a few extra points. I won that and seemed to be quite a natural.”

She missed out on competing in the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne but came to Australia to watch the games.

“I was married and had a family by then and I didn’t start diving again until I was 32 or 33 to get my children involved. I did a Queensland championship and I got a second placing. After that I didn’t dive again.”

Morgan raised her daughter and two sons as a single mother and drove long distances to satisfy their love of surfing. Having moved to Brisbane in 1966, she took them away in a VW Kombi van and often camped overnight at Mooloolaba Beach in the 1970s and ‘80s. She also spent 12 years cruising the northern waters of Australia on a catamaran.

“I regularly say that some places where she swam were dangerous and she is only alive because she swam faster than the crocodiles,” Tallents jokes.

While Morgan says she loves her weekly swims and rides, she doesn’t push herself too hard and does suffer “the usual aches and pains and a bit of arthritis”.

“I’m trying to keep my knees going without having to get a knee replacement,” she says. I just keep going and doing it because once you stop and start seizing up, you just don’t get into it again.”

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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

Barrister and former co-convenor of the Queensland chapter of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, Alex McKean says Turnbull’s charm hides his party’s unfair policies.

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Irrational Animal Dislike I call it. IAD. It is similar to Irrational Celebrity Dislike where you just do not like a famous person even though you do not know this person from a bar of soap. My Irrational Celebrity Dislike is Nicholas Cage. I just think he is a bit of a dill. And Kim Kardashian. But I think everyone thinks that self-obsessed celeb is annoying.

So from one creature with a big booty to another, my Irrational Animal Dislike is the goanna. Even writing the word gives me goosebumps.

So you can imagine my horror when we checked into a Rainbow Beach unit for our relaxing week away and there in our unit courtyard waiting to greet me was a huge goanna. It smirked at me when we made eye contact. Inside my twisted head it had the accent of the Terminator, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. It looked at me in slow motion and said in a mocking tone, ‘get out’. Yes. This was actually going on inside my head.

We stayed on the ground level because we have little kids. I was already a bit peeved we did not have the ocean view of the other units. And then I saw the native killing machine. Surely the kids would land in the gardens if they fell over the balconies?

You see, everything about goannas freaks me out. The way their tongue comes out of their mouth so

unexpectedly. The way those claws look like they could rip you to shreds. So the week became a crazy dance of me avoiding going into the courtyard, which made it rather difficult since that was where the barbecue was located and where we kept the kids’ toys.

Goannas are a form of monitor lizard. They can grow to be 2.5 metres in length and can use their tails as a weapon. They swallow their prey whole and they are believed to have venom. I know this stuff because I have a pathological fear of them. I was bitten by a lizard as a child when I accidentally stood on it and I think that’s where my fear stems from.

I was obsessed with watching my little toddler as he waddled around the garden. I carried a broom with me as I thought the goanna would be stalking him, thinking what tasty snacks the juicy rolls of fat on his thighs would make. And one night, my husband suggested we go and lie under the stars with our glass of wine as all the kids were asleep. I told him I did not fancy having my neck torn open by the murderous goanna and sat on the couch sulking.

So I left Rainbow Beach a little worse for wear and defeated by my old mate the goanna. It was no doubt smirking as I left and thinking, ‘hasta la vista, baby’.

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t is perhaps unsurprising that the Coalition government led by Malcolm Turnbull is supported by billionaires, given that the conservative policy agenda appears aimed at preventing a fairer distribution of the common wealth.

What is puzzling is that any individual with a lesser net worth would support Turnbull and Co. This is particularly true of people with a family to support.

The Liberal Party of Australia federal policy platform states that the party believes in ‘the family as the primary institution for fostering the values on which a cohesive society is built’. The platform goes on to state the Liberals recognise that the ‘interests of families should be at the centre of national policy making’.

These policy statements are in stark contrast to the actions of the last two Liberal prime ministers, who have sought to burden Australian families with the economic responsibility for their children, well into their young adulthood.

A suite of legislation has been proposed which would produce this effect.

First up was the move to prevent people requiring income support from Centrelink from accessing benefits for six months. For families living in areas of high unemployment, contributed to by the failure of successive governments to support innovative industry in this country,

this policy would mean parents would either have to support their kids for six months after they left school, or watch them struggle to survive on no income.

This policy appears to have been based on a view that school leavers should either get a job or enrol in further studies. That latter option was placed under serious threat by the move to introduce $100,000 degrees for university students. So parents can either chip in for these exorbitant fees or otherwise support their children through their studies, and thereafter, once they have been saddled with massive debt.

Other moves hostile to families include the slashing of funding for schools, the imposition of a copayment for Medicare and restricting access to Family Tax Benefit Part B. Analysis by independent economic modellers, NATSEM, showed that these changes would impact on families in the lowest 20 per cent of income distribution, producing losses of around 7.5 per cent of annual income in that group.

It remains to be seen whether Prime Minister Turnbull’s thin veneer of charm is adequate to win over the electorate later this year.

Engaged and intelligent voters, particularly those with children, would be wise to carefully consider what those in the Liberal Party say about families, and how they act toward families.

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Ahead of him towers the glacial arm of the mighty Eyjafjallajökull glacier. Behind him, on the other side of the stream, awaits a group of travellers.

The tour guide stretches out his arm and helps one person after the other to cross the crystal clear stream. Then he leads them up the steps he has carved into the deep snow as they trek onwards.

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On their own, the travellers would not have gotten any farther. But with Ingi paving the way, they stomp through the virgin snow to reach the shimmering blue, smooth ice of the glacier.

From here, one has a view into the broad Thorsmark Valley and to the snow-capped chain of mountains on the other side of the valley.

In the summer, the valley is a lush deep-green, a fairytale landscape that hikers love. But now in winter, it is even more magical.

“Many people don’t realise how beautiful Iceland can be in the winter,” says Thorbjornsson.

Promote Iceland, the tourism association, wants to get people to come to Iceland in the winter.

Thorbjornsson drives a Superjeep, a specially-equipped all-terrain vehicle and can quickly get out into the wilderness.

In the middle of what appears to be a sheer endless landscape of snow, there suddenly appears a collection of cabins.

Soft sofa seating and warm soup await visitors to the Volcano Huts located on the hiking trail of Laugavegur.

In order to attract vacationers in the winter, the rates for overnight stays have been reduced by around 30 per cent.

Tourist operators want to show people what Iceland is really like in the winter – freezing cold, ice, wind and snow. To say it’s an experience is an understatement.

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Weak earnings in the last couple of years have contributed to the recent pullback in the market.

Overall, Ord Minnett predicts that earnings per share (EPS) for the ASX200 will decline four per cent in 2016.

This is being dragged down by the materials sector (including miners) where Ord Minnett predicts a 31 per cent decline in EPS, and also by Consumer Staples with a forecasted eight per cent drop in EPS. Intense competition among supermarket retailers and weaker commodity prices point to difficulties in the near-term.

More positive results are expected in the industrials, utilities and energy sectors with a prediction that the EPS will rise by 17 per cent, 16 per cent and 13 per cent respectively.

Now, to specific sector and company opportunities where Ord Minnett believes attractive returns may be found.

Firstly, Ord Minnett remains positive on companies exposed to the burgeoning consumer society in China.

Many of the companies are involved in food safety and quality. While a number of these stocks have run hard, Ord Minnett sees further upside: • Bellamy’s – offers a range of organic food and formula products for babies and toddlers • Blackmores – develops and markets health supplements and vitamins • Tassal Group – Tasmanian-based

company engaged in all aspects of Atlantic salmon farming and marketing • Vitaco – development, manufacture and distribution of nutritional products with exports to more than 30 countries.

Secondly, Ord Minnett is positive on the tourism sector, which is experiencing significant growth thanks partly to an increasing number of Chinese visitors.

Opportunities in this sector include Amalgamated Holdings (hotels), Flight Centre (travel agency), Sealink (tourism travel), Qantas and Village Roadshow (theme parks and cinema).

Finally, with the US Federal Reserve likely to continue raising interest rates, Ord Minnett is still keen on select companies that may benefit from a falling Australian dollar: • Consumer – Aristocrat, Caltex • Financials – Macquarie Group, Magellan Financial • Healthcare – Cochlear, CSL, Ramsay and ResMed • Logistics and transport – Brambles • Paper and packaging – Amcor, Orora • Real estate – Goodman Group, Lend Lease, Westfield.

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The Australian outfit will perform at Maroochydore’s Solbar tonight. The tour comes off the back of lead singer Mat McHugh’s critically acclaimed album WAVES, which was released in 2015.

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 17 CHRIS RAMSAY, Mooloolaba Surf Club, 2pm THE LYRICAL, Alex Surf Club, 3pm PAUL B CLEMENT, The Yacht Club, 3pm ELLIOT MAGINOT, Solbar, 4pm BLACK RABBIT GEORGE, Solbar, 7pm

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 SOLAR, Maroochy Surf Club, 6pm

THURSDAY, JANUARY 21 ANDREA KIRWIN, Maroochy Surf Club, 6.30pm TAYLOR MOSS, Alex Surf Club, 7pm

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SIMPLE LEMON AND LIME POSSET Courtesy of Steve Hillen of Ocean Ended, Maroochydore

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MOTORING PREVIEW

JOY MACHINE Peter Atkinson from AAP reviews the MAZDA MX-5.

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t’s a tricky thing to define, and an even harder thing to find. Yet we all need it in our lives. And the more the better. Here’s one place to get it. The brand new Mazda MX-5.

The long-awaited fourth generation of one of Japan’s most successful cars ever has arrived Down Under, bringing joy to the world, just in time for Christmas.

Not that it’s all that much better, or all

that much different from the three previous models to have worn the MX-5 badge. But rarely has a car become so good by not changing much at all.

Let me explain. Since its launch 25 years ago (yes, that long) – more than a million MX-5s have been made and sold – making it easily the best-selling two-seat roadster of all time. That’s more impressive when you consider it has

eclipsed classic machines like Britain’s iconic MGs and Austin Healeys – cars upon which the original MX-5 was modelled.

The genius of the first MX-5 was its simplicity. It was small, agile and affordable, bringing the delights of open-top motoring to a fairly broad range of people. Yet despite its accessibility and youth appeal, the car attracted a fairly

mature demographic – middle-aged men old enough to remember those wonderful British and Italian roadsters. Interestingly, Fiat will rebadge this new MX-5 to create its own homage to another classic roadster – the Fiat 124.

Mazda is hoping to target a more youthful market this time around, with some sharper styling and, most importantly, a radically lower entry price.

Whatever your age, the MX-5 brings a whole lot of joy for the money.

You’ll feel joy each time you walk up to it, because it’s beautiful to look at. A bit more swoopy and sculpted than the previous versions, perhaps, but unmistakeably cut from the same cloth.

You’ll feel joy when you push the start button and the crisp, slightly raspy little four-cylinder engine kicks to life.

You’ll most certainly feel joy every time you unclip the little latch atop the windscreen and push the soft-top roof back behind your shoulders. No elaborate electric folding roof here – just a fabulously simple, uncomplicated two-second operation to let the sunshine in, or keep the rain and cold night air out.

You’ll feel joy every time you steer the MX-5 into an inviting corner and the little roadster digs in, gripping the tarmac and continued page 38>

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MOTORING

<continued from page 36 effortlessly dancing from side to side without ever feeling unbalanced.

You’ll feel joy when you scythe your way through the notchy little six-speed manual gearbox – short, sharp throws as each ratio clicks precisely into place.

The biggest joy though, is that Mazda has taken a chainsaw to the price of this glorious little machine. You can buy it for just over $31-grand, which is $15,000 cheaper than the previous model and barely $2000 more than the very first MX-5 cost a quarter of a century ago.

How rare – and how delightful – that Mazda has resisted the temptation to mess with a proven formula, returning closer to its roots than ever before.

The engineers have eschewed little luxuries and pointless gimmicks to keep two things as low as possible – the price and the weight.

It’s the shortest MX-5 ever at just 3915mm in length, and it tips the scales at barely 1000 kilograms – about 90 kilograms lighter than the previous model.

That, in turn, means the smaller 1.5-litre engine of the base model is more than adequate. And those ballerina-like handling traits are sharper than ever.

Not that the slimming regime will necessarily please everybody. Much of the

trim feels a bit plasticky – the sun visors, for instance, are quite flimsy – and there’s no glovebox or door pockets.

The hand-operated roof, the slightly spartan look of the dash and the lack of any superfluous adornments all form part of the plan.

There’s Bluetooth, sat-nav, electric windows, a decent audio system, airbags and high-tech electronics to help it handle, brake and grip better. But driving this new model remains a wonderfully raw, stripped-bare experience.

For those who love cars, and particularly those who love to drive them, it’s intoxicating.

It seems hard to imagine it’s a quarter of a century since that first MX-5 rolled off

the production line. We were all much younger then and, perhaps, better able to stoop down into its impossibly low-slung seats.

That task hasn’t become any easier mind you – it still means driving with your derriere barely a few centimetres above the road surface. But that discomfort is worthwhile.

So far we’ve only tested the new MX-5 in its most basic form, with that fairly modest 96 kilowatt, 1.5-litre four-cylinder engine. A beefed-up, 118-kilowatt two-litre GT model has recently been added to the list, giving MX-5 buyers a choice of engine for the first time. No doubt it will step things up a notch or two in terms of power and equipment, which may or may not be a good thing.

Too much power – not to mention the option of an automatic transmission – might just be enough to compromise the experience.

And that’s kind of the point about the MX-5. It’s not fancy or finicky. It’s not particularly fast or powerful. Not lavishly equipped. It’s just pure, unadorned motoring as it was always meant to be.

Pure joy.

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HOW FAST? Adequately, but not fabulously. It would probably get dragged off in a straight sprint by most family sedans with big engines – but around corners or darting through traffic, very few cars will keep up with the Mazda.

HOW THIRSTY? Official thirst for the smaller, 1.5-litre engined version is 6.1L/100km. If you opt for the more powerful 2-litre version you’ll also spend more.

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GEM OF THE COAST Looking to buy and not sure which region suits you best? Here, My Weekly Preview, shares a snapshot on one of the Coast’s most popular townships – Caloundra. Words: Dorothy Whittington.

“T

he Gem of the Sunshine Coast” was Caloundra’s original announcement to motorists leaving the Bruce Highway and heading to the region’s first port of call from the south.

Once the biggest of the early seaside townships, Caloundra became the family destination, the quieter and more sedate end of the Sunshine Coast where children could paddle in the still waters of Pumicestone Passage or young surfers could always find a wave.

Bulcock Street, a dirt road in 1960, still looked like the main street of a country town long after it became a tourist centre but during the past two decades, Caloundra has shed any hint of being a bit tired and old-fashioned, and is now right up with the best as a pedestrian friendly, social hub where lifestyle meets amenity.

Over time, original beach houses and old brick six-pack holiday units have been replaced by elegant apartment

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On site 11.30am, Improvements consist of a highset steel framed house built in 1974 with 30 January 2016 hardwood timber T & G flooring, granny flat, a 6x7m steel lock-up machinery shed, a dam and bitumen driveway. There are a variety of fruit trees and a few ROSS BELLINGHAM 0409 476 899 other surprises. The house is serviced by rainwater tanks and town water. ross@nlre.com.au This is flood free land, within easy walking distance to Eumundi, schools, BILL LEBHERZ shops and the markets, with lots of upside. Develop now or land bank 0417 249 054 and rent the house. Whatever your current and future property aspirations, bill@nlre.com.au DON’T MISS THIS PROPERTY!! Sunshine Coast Council report available nlre.com.au/61528280 upon request.

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complexes and Caloundra has become the apartment capital of the region.

Unit blocks, many of them high-rise, line the waterfront from Golden Beach north to Moffat Beach.

Bulcock, the only Sunshine Coast beach beside a traditional CBD, has been tidied up with the addition of the ultra-slick Rumba Resort precinct where cafes overlook the water and boardwalk and a landscaped park.

Caloundra is big on parks and for the length of its coastline, the foreshores have been fashioned into some form of public recreation space.

One of Caloundra’s strongest features though, remains its spectacular views both west across Pumicestone Passage to the Glass House Mountains and east to the shipping lanes off King’s Beach

headland, itself a highlight of the Sunshine Coast coastal path from Diamond Head to Noosa.

Caloundra is tidily contained in a promontory, bounded by the ocean and Pumicestone Passage, that peaks at the King’s Beach Headland.

It includes Kings, Moffat and Shelly Beaches and although popular opinion puts Dicky Beach also as part of Caloundra, the statistical district has it with Currimundi next door.

With the Nicklin Way as its western border, it officially covers an area of 580 hectares and at the 2006 census, had 17.91 people per hectare, due mainly to the abundance of apartment blocks.

SUMMING UP As an old township in its own right, Caloundra is fully self-contained with a CBD, separate shopping mall, hospital, schools, a large entertainment and events centre, golf course and everything else that makes up a town, all beside the sea. It has a complete range of housing opportunities, from luxury penthouses to townhouses and residential homes.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? Newer masterplanned communities worth checking out include Stockland’s Bellvista and Bell’s Reach, AV Jenning’s Creekwood, Ivadale Lake and Meridan Springs.

If a beach unit is what you are looking for, try Kings Beach, Happy Valley or the Golden Beach Esplanade.

Older, traditional homes including beach shacks, can be found throughout Caloundra surrounding

the CBD and also in Golden Beach.

According to the Real Estate Institute of Queensland’s September Quarter 2015 market monitor report, the annual median sale price for a home in Caloundra West was $437,000, Dicky Beach was $745,000, Meridan Plains was $429,750 and Moffat Beach was $623,500. The annual median sale price for a unit in Kings Beach was $392,000.

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PROPERTY

PROTECTING YOUR PROPERTY Leisa Toomey, Practice Group Leader of STOLaw, part of the Slater and Gordon Group explains the importance of engaging a lawyer when separating.

Why is it important to engage a lawyer in the early stages of separation?

To understand your rights and

obligations and to ensure you make an informed decision on matters regarding children and property settlement.

How can a lawyer assist someone going through a separation?

By providing relevant advice and guide them through those things that have to be considered to ensure a fair

and just outcome for them.

What is the most important factor/s to consider when separating?

Seeking out skilled and informative advice from a lawyer that specialises in this type of work to understand what options are open to you to resolve your matters.

There is a common misconception that seeing a lawyer will mean you will have to go to court. Is that correct?

No. Lawyers should always investigate settlement prospects through mediation to avoid unnecessary expense and the wasting of valuable time.

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• This freehold lot offers generous setbacks providing you with diverse design & building options.

• This freehold lot offers generous setbacks providing you with diverse building opportunities.

• With titles expected within the next few weeks, this is a very exciting time for those lucky enough to have secured their homesite within our first residential precinct across the lake. Soon we will see the first Mackenzie homes being built and we can’t wait.

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AUCTION RESULTS The easiest way to check out the latest auction results. Email auctions@myweeklypreview.com.au.

9 OAK COURT, MINYAMA SOLD @ AUCTION FOR $2,000,000 / 4 bed, 2 bath, 3 car Platinum Properties 5437 8806 Geoff Ohmsen 0412 103 147

20 Wappa Outlook Drive, Yandina 3 HEATH COURT, LITTLE MOUNTAIN $420,000 / 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car RealWay Property Consultants Caloundra, Darren Ide 11/37 ASPLAND STREET, NAMBOUR $325,000 / 2 bed, 1 car Carolans First National Real Estate, Warren

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20 WAPPA OUTLOOK DRIVE, YANDINA $380,000 / 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car

10/78 BURNETT STREET, BUDERIM $315,000 / 2 bed, 1 bath, 1 car RealWay Buderim, Richard Meacle 2 JARRAH ROAD, BUDERIM $530,000 / 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car RealWay Buderim, Matthew White

Carolans First National Real Estate, Andy Sharma 26 WAPPA OUTLOOK DRIVE, YANDINA $382,000 / 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car

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2/12 BLUE FIN CIRCUIT, MOUNTAIN CREEK 3 bed, 3 bath, 2 car High $400,000s Platinum Properties 5437 8806 Steve Kealey 0437 935 369

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Endless Possibilities In Chevallum Road 50 acres sloping gently towards an area of rainforest ensuring privacy. This property opens up a world of opportunities with over 200 mango trees and plenty of room for horses, riding motor bikes, whatever your family is into.

• Immaculately presented home with elevated northerly aspect • Short drive to state and private schools • Optional tax advantages with mango orchard • Quiet location approx 100m from the road • Modern kitchen with stone benches and stainless steel appliances • Owners genuine about selling and prepared to meet the market

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• 1500m2 of prime, deep water riverfront land

• 3 storeys with lift to all floors

• Private master suite with its own sitting room, his and hers walk in robes and deluxe ensuite

• Tiered theatre room with projector and surround sound

• Outdoor entertaining pavilion • Deep water direct access to the Coral Sea

• Stunning landscaped private grounds with lush gardens and inlaid lighting

• Zoned security system with separate control room

• 8 car basement garage

• Resort style pool

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• Spacious master with WIR, 2 BIR, dual vanities and large spa • Open plan kitchen/living, dining opening to the covered entertaining area via bi-fold doors • 3 good size additional bedrooms with built in robes • Large north facing inground pool with plenty of undercover • 3 well appointed bathrooms entertaining • Quality kitchen with stainless steel appliances • Four living areas – media, lounge, open plan kitchen/living/ • Fully zoned ducted air conditioning with security alarm and front dining and upstairs leisure room with kitchenette security door

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verything you love about the Mooloolaba lifestyle is at your doorstep in this renovated canal-front home, located in a quiet cul-de-sac. Raked ceilings and polished concrete floors showcase the new modern kitchen and bathroom. Three bedrooms plus separate rumpus room/office provide comfortable living, while there is still potential to value add and personalise the home. Cafes, restaurants, shopping and swimming are just a short stroll away. Drop your board in for a paddle around the many waterways, access is easy with your 4 metre frontage.

4 YULUNGA PLACE, MOOLOOLABA 3 bed, 1 bath, 1 car Auction on site Saturday January 30 @1pm Next Property Group 1300 400 777 Karen Jones 0405 122 526 Kristin Hosking 0427 244 466

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2/12 Blue Fin Circuit, MOUNTAIN CREEK This spacious duplex provides generous indoor and outdoor living spaces and is located very close to all the amenities in Brightwater.

• Comprising of open plan living/kitchen/dining with seamless access to the entertaining • 3 bathrooms, full sized dedicated study plus study nook • 2 internal and 2 external living areas • Your choice as a great investment or a place to call home

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Investor Special or First Home Buyers Dream 3 GHOST GUM AVENUE, KULUIN Priced to sell, this 3 bedroom home in Kuluin will make a very smart investment or the perfect choice for the first home buyer.

• Massive 61m2 timber deck alfresco/entertainment with north aspect • New tiles, carpet, bathroom and freshly painted inside and out • New landscaping, large lockable storage area • Ceiling fans, new electric cooktop, split system air conditioner • Rental appraisal at $450/week

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NEW IN EUMUNDI

48 CAPLICK WAY, EUMUNDI 4 bed, 2 bath, 3 car Auction on site Saturday January 30 @11:30am

KULUIN 8 BOXWOOD AVENUE

FROM $269,000

2 VILLA APARTMENTS FOR SALE

The ne The new w ow owne owner nerr of tthis hiss pr hi prop property oper erty ty w will ill have ha ve tthe he opp ppor ortu t nity tto o develop deve de velo lop p it opportunity immediately or land bank it and rent the house, with the land designated “Low Density Residential” under the Sunshine Coast Council 2014 Planning Scheme. The land size is 7,519-square metres, almost 2 acres in the heart of Eumundi. Includes steel framed house,T and G flooring, granny flat, and machinery shed.

• 1 x 2 Bedroom apartment plus single car accommodation • 1 x 3 Bedroom apartment with double car accommodation • Both apartments have very large courtyards • Positioned in quiet cul-de-sac of Kuluin • Self-managed complex with affordable body corporate fees • Plenty of visitors car spots • Good size living area • Air conditioned

INSPECT Saturday 16th January 2:00-2:30pm MAROOCHYDORE 07 5409 9910 SHANE PURSSELL 0402 012 142 WEB www.mfnre.com.au

Noosa Lifestyle Real Estate 5447 6888 Bill Lebherz 0417 249 054

WATERFRONT DREAMING - OCEAN ACCESS - 952M2 BLOCK 59 MARAWA DRIVE, PARREARRA Live the dream in this spacious waterfront stylemaster home.

With expansive multiple living areas, cathedral ceilings, wonderful design use of abundant light and walking distance to the beach.

• 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, master with spa and huge WIR • Kitchen with granite benchtops and quality appliances • Multiple living areas, large covered outside entertaining area • Massive side access with room for boat and caravan

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Price: Contact agent Inspect: Saturday 12-12:45pm Bill Howcroft 0431 354 076 Jacque Howcroft 0431 815 991

DESIGNER HOME JUST ONE ROOFTOP TO THE BEACH 2 ROSELLA STREET, BUDDINA Open plan design that flows seamlessly inside and out, this elegant home will not fail to impress. Surrounded by beautiful waterways and only a short stroll to transport and Kawana Shopping World.

• 4 generous bedrooms, master with large ensuite with bath • Modern kitchen with stone bench tops, pantry, plenty of storage • Timber outdoor entertaining area wraps around inground pool • Garaging for 3 plus side space for the boat or caravan

4 Bed 2 Bath 3 Car

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Price: Contact agent Inspect: By appointment Bill Howcroft 0431 354 076 Jacque Howcroft 0431 815 991

FOR A FREE MARKET OR RENTAL APPRAISAL PHONE 0431 354 076

SOLD Thanks MPP!

KAWANA ISLAND INVESTOR SPECIAL U75 OCEAN REACH, 57 GRAND PARADE, KAWANA ISLAND High demand – high yield, modern waterfront complex with unmatched facilities and features.

• 2 generous bedrooms, master with WIR, ensuite and balcony • Open plan living area flowing onto balcony with water views • Modern kitchen with stone benches • Lagoon pool, heated lap pool, spa, bbq, gym and theatre

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LOWSET WATERFRONT LIVING - OCEAN ACCESS 3 Bed 2 Bath 2 Car Price:

Water Views

Offers over mid $300,000

Inspect: Sat 11:00 - 11:30am Bill Howcroft 0431 354 076 Jacque Howcroft 0431 815 991

17 CUBA COURT, KAWANA ISLAND Live the opulent luxurious lifestyle you deserve in low set, ultra modern contemporary waterfront elegance.

• 4 oversize bedrooms including a brilliant master suite • Stunning open plan designer kitchen, stone benches, gas hob • Ducted reverse cycle air conditioning and ducted vacuum • Jetty, pontoon in place and ready for direct ocean access

4 Bed 2 Bath 2 Car Price:

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Offers over $1 Million

Inspect: Saturday 11 - 11:30am Bill Howcroft 0431 354 076 Jacque Howcroft 0431 815 991

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AUCTION

UNIT 25 ‘84 THE SPIT’

BETWEEN HEAVEN AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA Panoramic ocean and shoreline views stretch from Point Cartwright, along Mooloolaba beach, past Maroochydore river and on towards Noosa. Watch the boats come in and out of the harbour.

Look at all the happy people on the beach! This is an amazing unit. ‘84 The Spit’ is an iconic building, in excellent condition and cannot be replaced as Parkyn Parade is now limited to 3 floors.

With northern exposure, Unit 25 is on the 9th floor, just below the penthouses. The kitchen has been renovated but I am sure you could say generally a ‘renovation review is required’. Great on site managers to look after everything for you. Holiday bookings assured.

AUCTION Saturday 23rd January at 1:00pm, On site INSPECT Sunday 17th January 12:30-1:00pm MOOLOOLABA 07 5444 0800 JEAN HAMER 0419 034 500 WEB www.fnmooloolaba.com.au

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LISTEN TO THE SOUND OF THE SURF! This cheerful light and bright unit is right on the beachfront and we are loving it! Walk straight out from your unit, follow the path and you are right on the lovely beach at The Spit.

Immediately you enter and know you are some where you can really relax – a lovely wide living area leads out to the balcony, with bedrooms on each side, each with its own bathroom. This unit is sold fully furnished ready for holiday letting. Experienced on site managers. RENOVATE, REDECORATE AND CAPITALISE. An opportunity you should not miss out on.

AUCTION Saturday 23rd January at 1:15pm, On site INSPECT Saturday 16th January 12:30-1:00pm MOOLOOLABA 07 5444 0800 JEAN HAMER 0419 034 500 WEB www.fnmooloolaba.com.au

Beerwah - 5494 6444

Maroochydore - 5479 6600

Nambour - 5441 1344

Caloundra - 5438 2166

Mooloolaba - 5444 0800

Sippy Downs - 5450 1515

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AUCTION DESIGNER DREAM HOME - MOOLOOLABA WATERFRONT 53 Neerim Drive, Mooloolaba This timeless masterpiece on the Mooloolaba Riverfront offers a magnificent lifestyle in a highly sought after location. Expansive water views and cooling breezes provide the perfect setting for waterfront living, within close proximity to the patrolled beach and vibrant Esplanade of Mooloolaba. Entertain in style in this open plan design, with three separate living spaces, as well as a stunning undercover outdoor area, enhanced by a full outdoor kitchen and pizza oven. The contemporary finishes including Oak timber floors, imported Italian marble floor tiles, cedar doors and window frames, giving this residence a warm and homely ambiance. This stunning modern home is a rare offering in this established location.

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Auction: On site, Saturday February 6th at 2pm Inspect: Saturday 1-1.45pm & Wednesday 5-5.45pm Loren Wimhurst 0415 380 222 Karen Jones 0405 122 526

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AUCTION TREAT YOUR FAMILY IN 2016 – THE COMPLETE PACKAGE! 5 Burwood Court, Kuluin

5 Bed | 2 Bath | 4 Car

This lovely family entertainer’s home will tick a lot of the boxes and is located in a safe, family orientated cul-de-sac only minutes to all amenities. Extra large separate living zones allows space for all and the vaulted ceilings add to the charm and feel. The whole family will enjoy the outdoor entertaining area whilst making a splash in your own pool this summer. Boasting a very generous 892m2 block with room for the largest of vans or boats. So many features – you’d expect to pay way more!

• Separate office • Ducted air conditioning • Walking distance to nearby school/shops • 5 minutes to Maroochydore beach • Space for 6 cars undercover • Room for a large van/boat etc.

Auction: On site, Saturday January 30th at 11am Inspect: Saturday 10-10.45am Craig Porter 0411 554 880 Anne Wallace 0418 769 466

AUCTION DUAL LIVING VERSATILITY IN PRIME BUDERIM LOCATION 13 Woodhill Court, Buderim

4 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car

Positioned at the end of a lovely quiet court, this versatile home boasts some very unique features. The elevation allows cooling breezes and tranquil vistas over green pastures to the Maroochydore skyline. With four bedrooms in total over two levels, this character filled home will suit the ever growing family. Be quick to view!

Auction: On site, Saturday January 23rd at 10am Inspect: Saturday 11-11.45am Anne Wallace 0418 769 466 Craig Porter 0411 544 880

OPEN FOR INSPECTION THIS WEEKEND Your dream home could be just a click away!

Visit nextpropertygroup.com.au/opentimes for all our open homes this weekend.

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ENTRY LEVEL MOOLOOLABA DEEP WATER – JUST IMAGINE THE LIFESTYLE! 5 Culbara Street, Mooloolaba Culbara Street, the private cul-de-sac in the heart of Mooloolaba Deep Water may just be one of the most tightly held and desirable streets on the Sunshine Coast. This beautiful large two level family home sits proudly upon its 698m2 block, with a stunning northerly aspect to the water and only moments to the mouth of the Mooloolah River. A masterfully built home with high ceilings and stunning voids offers an abundance of natural light throughout. Dream living will become a reality with the convenience this location offers as this home is an easy walk to Mooloolaba beach, shops and restaurants, as well as access to world class waterways from your very own backyard.

5+ Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car

• Expansive family home • North facing water frontage • 6m pontoon with direct ocean access • Superb waterfront entertaining areas • Sparkling salt water pool • Enviable lifestyle and location • An opportunity not to be missed

Price: Low to mid $1 millions Inspect: Saturday 12-12.45pm Alan Riley 0422 723 719

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BUDERIM 137 Lindsay Road

MONS 2 Mountain Top Court

HALF AN ACRE WITH SUBDIVISION POTENTIAL

PRIVATE SANCTUARY

A rare opportunity exists within walking distance to Buderim Village to secure this wonderful property of 2095m2. Presently consisting of an original 2 bedroom cottage on established gardens, this property offers various options to enhance, improve or start afresh.

• Suitable for subdivision - subject to Council approval • Can accommodate a large house with room for pool, tennis court or extra garaging With a frontage of almost 60 metres and almost flat contour the property will suit a variety of designs. Easy access to highway, beaches, schools and university.

2 BED | 1 BATH Inspect: Saturday 10:00 - 10:45pm Auction: Saturday 13 February at 11:00am Web: Ref No. 12163738 Marg Deighton: 0411 399 514 Rob Gardner: 0409 720 148

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5 BED | 2 BATH | 2 CAR Inspect: Saturday 12:00 - 12:45pm Price: $1,195,000 Web: Ref No.121338950 Marg Deighton 0411 399 514

MONS 192 Mons Road

BUDERIM 23 St Martins Terrace

SEEING IS BELIEVING – PROPERTY IS STUNNING

PRIME BUDERIM LOCATION WITH MAGNIFICENT VIEWS

This home is a haven! Magnificent gardens, a forest backdrop and spectacular hinterland views. Treat yourself to an inspection!

• Formal and informal living/dining areas • Country style timber kitchen with views • 4 double bedrooms, master with ensuite • Deck across the back of the home - with views • Downstairs features informal lounge area • Plus TV room, built-in bar and games room • Plus bathroom and kitchenette • Easy conversion to suit dual living • Huge 8m x 10m shed and 2 car garage • Air conditioning, solar panels and water tank

You will instantly feel at home. Set on 750m2 with a north easterly aspect and right on the doorstep of the Village, there is a classic feel to this quality residence.

Spectacular ocean views.

• 2 spacious living rooms at entrance level • High ceilings, air conditioning, sea views and breezes • Kitchen with ample bench space and cupboards • Deck leads off formal and informal living areas • 3 bedrooms at this level, master with ensuite and views • Guest suite downstairs with its own entrance • Lift from street level; DLUG; gardens with reticulation

4 BED | 3 BATH | 4 CAR

4 BED | 3 BATH | 2 CAR

Inspect: Saturday 1:00 - 1:45pm Price: $1,200,000 Web: Ref No.121047386 Marg Deighton 0411 399 514

Inspect: Saturday 11:00 - 11:45am Price: $839,000 Web: Ref No. 121487522 Marg Deighton 0411 399 514

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Enjoy the indoor/outdoor lifestyle with this superbly presented Queenslander situated on a 2000m2 block in a quiet cul de sac in a picturesque and peaceful setting.

• Spacious open plan living with high ceilings and timber floors • Both formal and informal areas open onto stunning wide covered verandahs • 5 extra large bedrooms - master with ensuite • Downstairs - entertainment/media room • Double lock up garage and office or small workshop • Sparkling inground pool set in private low maintenance gardens • Close to Buderim Village with its cafes, restaurants, boutiques and medical facilities

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CLASSIFIEDS HOUSES FOR SALE Real Estate

2/18 Blackall St, WOOMBYE

5442 1888

OPEN FOR INSPECTIONS & BEST BUYS SIPPY DOWNS: 3 Peppermint Cres. Sat 10-10.40 Family home. 4 brms, ensuite + sep. media room, 2 car accomm + outdoor entertaining.

Well designed, modern home. Close to public and private schools, University of the Sunshine Coast and local conveniences.

$549,000 PALMWOODS: 79 Petigrain Ave Sat 11-11.40 Neat and tidy 4 bedroom Grandview home in sought after Palmwoods. Established, quality estate. 2 bathrooms, large open plan living + 3 sep. living areas. Covered outdoor entertaining area. Close to walking paths, Higher $400,000s parkland and lake.

WOOMBYE: 1/11 Sweetwater St. Sat 11-11.40 New! Easy stroll to Woombye. Spacious layout – family and meals area adjacent to kitchen, 3 good sized bedrooms, master with ensuite. Outdoor covered patio area with $423,000 rainforest outlook.

TOWEN MNT: 149 Towen Mnt Rd Sat 12-12.40

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Surr Su r ounded ed b y be beau a tiful wa wate terways an Surrounded by beautiful waterways and only a short stroll to transport and Kawana Shopping World. Four generous bedrooms, master with large ensuite with bath. Boasts modern kitchen with stone bench tops, pantry, and plenty of storage. Timber outdoor entertaining area wraps around inground pool.

Garaging for 3 cars, plus side space for the boat or caravan.

2 ROSELLA STREET, BUDDINA 4 bed, 2 bath, 3 car Contact agent Howcroft Real Estate 5413 9207 Bill Howcroft 0431 354 076 Jacque Howcroft 0431 815 991

Quiet lifestyle! 4brm, 2bath home, formal lounge, sep dining. Situated on 2 acres. Full length covered verandah provides northerly views. Pool, level grassed area, short drive to shops/schools.

$589,000 ROSEMOUNT: 11 Woodchester Cl. Sat 12-12.40 “Sought after Woodchester Close. Small acreage established trees and lush gardens.

4brms, 2bath + 4 car carport. Living area that can create a ‘kids zone’. 1.2 acre block, spacious level yard. North facing verandah.

Buyer Interest from $800,000 KIELS MNT: 282 Kiel Mnt Rd Sat 12-12.45 AUCTION: January 23 at 2pm, on site Stunning views, unique home taking advantage from most rooms of the expansive skyline. 4brms,3bath, 2 car + 2 carport.

Detached multi purpose structure offering options! Prime mountain top residence.

MAPLETON: 78 Spring Pastures Dr 1st class quality, stylish modern home, 4brms, 2bath, 2car accomm + more secure car spaces, rumpus family room, extensive list of features. Geared for Horse Lovers.

Buyer Interest from $795,000 Gary De Paoli 0408 731 412 John Pyne 0418 710 209 Kirk Patrick 0439 395 599

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25 NIMBUS DR, FLAXTON INSPECT SAT 9.30-10.00 AM AUCTION 6TH FEBRUARY, 2016 Mortgagee in Possession. 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom. Open plan living, double tandem carport, level block.

GARY LANGFORD 0412 348 533 3 NIMBUS DR, FLAXTON INSPECT SAT 10.00-10.30 AM $410,000 Mortgagee in Possession.

2 storey home, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, on a good level block, double garage.

GARY LANGFORD 0412 348 533

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Double lock up garage and parking bay.

28 THOMPSON ROAD, DULONG 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car $720,000+ buyers RE/MAX Property Sales 5470 7000 Steve Perry & Cheryl Bromley 0409 342 706

RENTALS

56 MCKENZIE RD, WOOMBYE INSPECT SAT 11.00-11.45 AM Priced to Sell!!!!

3 bedroom, 1 bathroom.

Contemporary style open plan.

Private cul-de-sac road.

HANNES MARAIS 0411 743 354 43 IMAGINATION DR, NAMBOUR INSPECT SAT 11.00 – 11.30 AM Price Reduced 4 bedrooms including large master suite, 4 living areas, DLUG IAN BLACK 0407 587 503

1 1 MERIDAN PLAINS $350pw 2 Brand new unit in new area, close to schools and handy to all amenities. Unit offers air conditioning and ceiling fans, with lovely fenced lawned courtyard. Small pet on application. Available now.

BUDDINA $360pw 1 1 2 This well designed first floor unit is just metres from the beach, shopping and public transport. Open plan living, good size balcony, stylish kitchen and air conditioned to main living area. No pets. Available 17 February.

1 1 LITTLE MOUNTAIN $375pw 2 Brand new unit close to schools and handy to all amenities. Air conditioning, ceiling fans with a lovely fenced courtyard. Lawns and garden included in rental amount. Pets on application. Available now.

BUDERIM $420pw 2 2 3 Leafy street with panoramic views, lovely brick home, easily maintained. Large back yard with a great undercover area for summer entertaining. Pets on application. Available 5 February.

2 2 MERIDAN PLAINS $460pw 4 Quality home located close to the school and family parks. Air conditioned, gas cooking, dishwasher, fully fenced, pets on application. Available 20 January.

KAWANA ISLAND $470pw 2 2 3 This beautifully presented family home has so much to offer. Immaculately presented interior and features air conditioning and open plan living. Available now.

MAROOCHYDORE $470pw 1 1 4 This home is set on the second level and is ideally located in the heart of Maroochydore. Ideal for someone who works from home as there is an office space separate from the home. No pets, Available now.

BUDDINA $470pw 2 2 3 Positioned a short walk to the beach, ceiling fans throughout, separate study, fully fenced. Two doors down from walking path to beach access. Pets on application. Available 19 February.

LITTLE MOUNTAIN $475pw 2 2 3 Brand new unit in new area. Unit offers air conditioning and ceiling fans throughout. Fully fenced, lawns and gardens included in rental amount. This unit is a must to inspect. Pets on application. Available now.

MOUNTAIN CREEK $495pw 2 2 4 Lovely big family home situated in the quiet end of Glenfields. Large bedrooms, separate dining, separate lounge. Pets on application. Available 8 February.

1 2 WARANA $500pw 3 Here is the opportunity for you to enjoy beachside living.

Fresh new carpets and repaint throughout. Large office, new kitchen, all with new appliances, split system air conditioning. Available now.

LITTLE MOUNTAIN $500pw 2 2 4 This near new home in Ivadale Lakes is a must to inspect.

Air conditioning in master and lounge, ceiling fans throughout, large kitchen. Elevated position to catch the summer breezes. Pets on application. Available now.

BIRTINYA $650pw 3 3 4 Stylish dual living opportunity, stylish kitchen, media room, outdoor alfresco. Fully self contained retreat/ granny flat. Air conditioning, pets on application.

Available 29 January.

MINYAMA $770pw 2 2 4 Don’t miss out on this waterfront delight with everything you desire and more. Two spacious living areas, outdoor entertaining over-looking the water, inground pool, pontoon. Pets on application Available 22 February.

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TV GUIDE

ABC (CH2)

SEVEN (CH6)

WIN (CH8)

TEN (CH52)

SBS (CH3)

FRIDAY

6.15pm Pointless. (PG) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 A Taste Of Landline. Part 3 of 5.

8.30 DCI Banks. (M) Part 3 of 3.

10.00 ABC News: Late Edition.

10.15 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. (PG) 10.55 Rage. (MA15+)

6pm Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer.

8.30 MOVIE Think Like A Man. (2012) (M) Chris Brown, Gabrielle Union, Kevin Hart. Four couples struggle with their relationships.

6pm Nine News.

6.10 WIN News.

6.30 Cricket. One Day International.

Australia v India. Game 2. Evening session. Continued.

9.00 MOVIE Law Abiding Citizen.

(2009) (MA15+) Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Leslie Bibb.

11.15 MOVIE Rock Star. (2001) (M)

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 The Living Room. (PG) 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M) 9.30 Joel Creasey’s Comedy Offensive. (MA15+) Montreal Comedy Festival highlights.

10.30 MOVIE Almost Famous.

(2000) (M) Kate Hudson.

6pm Poh’s Kitchen.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 MythBusters. (PG) 8.30 Treasures Of Ancient Rome: The Empire Strikes Back. (PG) Part 3 of 3.

9.30 MOVIE Apocalypto. (2006) (AV15+) Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernández, Jonathan Brewer.

SATURDAY

7pm ABC News.

7.30 Our Zoo. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE Agatha Raisin: The Quiche Of Death. (2014) (PG) Ashley Jensen, Oliver Lansley, Mathew Horne. A PR agent becomes a murder suspect.

10.00 Agony Aunts. (M) 10.30 Agony Uncles. (M)

6pm Seven News.

7.00 MOVIE The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. (2004) (G) Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Hector Elizondo.

9.20 MOVIE Ghostbusters II. (1989) (PG) Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis. The Ghostbusters decide to revive the business.

6pm Nine News.

7.00 MOVIE Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. (2012) (PG) 9.00 MOVIE The Switch. (2010) (M) Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Jeff Goldblum.

11.00 MOVIE Something To Talk About. (1995) (M) Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid, Kyra Sedgwick.

6pm Cricket. Big Bash League.

Game 30. Sydney Sixers v Sydney Thunder. From the SCG. 8.15 Cricket. Big Bash League.

Game 31. Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Stars. From the WACA, Perth.

11.15 48 Hours: Death At Cottonwood Creek. (PG)

6.30pm SBS World News.

7.35 The Wonders Of Britain: Our Royal Story. (PG) Part 2 of 5.

8.30 MOVIE Misery. (1990) (M) Kathy Bates, James Caan, Richard Farnsworth. A novelist is involved in a car crash.

10.25 RocKwiz. (PG)

SUNDAY

7pm ABC News.

7.40 Grand Designs. (PG) Hosted by Kevin McCloud.

8.30 Vera. (M) After a woman is murdered in a hedgerow, her son escapes the attack only to fall through the ice of a frozen pond.

10.00 The Last Impresario. (M)

7pm Border Security: International. (PG) 7.30 Motorway Patrol. (PG) 8.00 The Force: Behind The Line. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE Grease. (1978) (PG) John Travolta, Olivia NewtonJohn, Stockard Channing. A naive schoolgirl falls for a rebel.

6pm Nine News.

6.30 Cricket. One-Day International Series. Game 3. Australia v India.

Evening session. Continued.

9.00 60 Minutes.

10.00 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. People’s Choice Classic.

Adelaide to Adelaide. Highlights.

11.30 Person Of Interest. (MA15+)

6pm Family Feud Favourites.

6.30 Modern Family. (PG) 7.30 MOVIE Ice Age: Continental Drift. (2012) (PG) 9.15 MOVIE Taken. (2008) (M) Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen. A former spy’s daughter is kidnapped.

11.10 To Be Advised.

6.30pm SBS World News.

7.35 Roman Britain From The Air. A look at life in Roman Britain.

8.30 Secrets Of The Lost Graveyard. (PG) A look at a 500-year-old graveyard.

9.25 James Cameron’s Deep Sea Challenge. (PG) Takes a look at ocean exploration.

MONDAY

6.15pm Pointless. (PG) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Back Roads: Clarence River.

Presented by Heather Ewart.

8.30 New Tricks. (PG) The team looks into a student’s death.

9.30 Miniseries: Exile. (M) Part 3 of 3.

10.40 Jimmy Fallon. (PG)

6pm Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Tennis. Australian Open.

Night 1. From Melbourne Park.

Hosted by Johanna Griggs.

11.30 Border Security: International. (PG) Airport officers are on the lookout for a traveller with an outstanding warrant.

6pm Nine News.

7.00 WIN News.

7.30 To Catch A Smuggler. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE Ocean’s Eleven. (2001) (M) George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon. A team of thieves try to rob three casinos.

11.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. (M)

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 Cricket. Big Bash League.

Game 32. Melbourne Renegades v Adelaide Strikers. From Etihad Stadium, Melbourne.

10.10 CSI: Cyber. (M) The team pursues a criminal known as Trigger.

6pm Poh’s Kitchen.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 The Mystery Of Dark Energy.

A look at dark energy.

8.30 Trawlermen: The Catch. An insight into deep-sea fishing.

9.25 The Tribe: For Better Or For Worse. (PG) Part 2 of 4.

10.25 SBS World News.

TUESDAY

6.15pm Pointless. (PG) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Kangaroo Dundee.

8.30 Restoration Man. Hosted by George Clarke.

9.20 Miniseries: Inside Men. (M) Part 3 of 4.

10.25 Jimmy Fallon. (PG)

6pm Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 2. From Melbourne Park.

11.30 Border Security: International. (PG) A street performer is caught in an escape act. Questions about the past of a cheeky bus passenger are raised.

6pm Nine News.

7.00 WIN News.

7.30 Big Bang. (PG) 8.00 Border Rico. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE The Tourist. (2010) (M) 10.35 Mom. (M) 11.05 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. Stage 1. Prospect, Adelaide to Lyndoch. 130.8 km. Highlights.

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 Territory Cops. The authorities crack down on violence.

8.30 NCIS. (M) DiNozzo heads to Paris.

9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. (M) Eric witnesses an attack.

11.30 The Project.

6pm Poh’s Kitchen.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Queen Victoria’s Children.

(PG) 8.30 Is Binge Drinking That Bad? (PG) Takes a look at binge drinking.

9.30 One Born Every Minute. (M) 10.25 SBS World News.

WEDNESDAY

6.15pm Pointless. (PG) 7.00 News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 8.30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. (M) Phryne hosts a tennis tournament.

9.30 The Musketeers. (M) 10.35 Jimmy Fallon. (PG)

6pm Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 3. From Melbourne Park.

11.30 Border Security: International. (PG) The policy of three strikes and your out may be a concern for a trio of Americans.

6pm Nine News. 6.10 WIN News.

6.30 Cricket. One-Day International Series. Game 4. Australia v India.

Evening session. Continued.

9.00 To Be Advised.

10.00 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. Stage 2. Highlights.

11.00 Anger Management. (M) 11.30 Extra.

6pm Family Feud. Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 Modern Family. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE Rush. (2013) Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl, Olivia Wilde. Two Formula 1 drivers form a fierce rivalry.

11.10 Hawaii Five-0. (M)

6pm Poh’s Kitchen.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Australia With Simon Reeve. (PG) 8.35 24 Hours In Emergency. (M) A look at an emergency department.

9.30 The Missing. (M) The case is thrown into disarray.

10.35 SBS World News.

THURSDAY

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6.15pm Pointless. (PG) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30. Current affairs program.

8.00 QI. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Fry. 8.30 Sherlock. (M) Sherlock returns to London.

10.00 The Agony Of… (M) 10.40 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. (PG)

6pm Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Tennis. Australian Open.

Night 4. From Melbourne Park.

11.30 Border Security: International. (PG) A traveller’s textbooks teach him an unexpected lesson and a tourist hits a snag instead of the slopes.

6pm Nine News. 7.00 WIN News.

7.30 Matt And Kim To The Rescue. (PG) 8.30 World’s Most Expensive Food. (PG) 9.30 The Truth About Exercise. (PG) 10.30 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. Stage 3. Highlights.

11.30 Extra.

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 Cricket. Big Bash League. First semi-final.

10.10 NCIS: Los Angeles. (M) An exmarine is pursued by al-Qaeda.

11.10 Blue Bloods. (M)

6.30pm SBS World News.

7.30 Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook: London.

8.00 Food Safari Fire.

8.30 The Family Law. (M) Things are tense before Christmas.

9.00 Poh & Co. 9.30 The Bridge. (M)

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DIGITAL CHOICE FRIDAY

ABC2 (CH22) 7pm Spicks And Specks. (PG) 7.30 River Monsters. (PG) 8.30 This Old Thing. 9.15 Ladyboys. (PG) 10.00 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (M) 10.35 Burger Bar To Gourmet Star.

(PG) 11.20 The Midwives.

7TWO (CH62)

5pm Tennis. Apia International. Night 6.

From Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre.

9.30pm Escape To The Country. 10.30 Storage Hoarders.

11.30 60 Minute Makeover. (PG)

4-DAY FORECAST 7MATE (CH63) GO! (CH88)

GEM (CH80)

ONE (CH50)

11 (CH55)

6.30pm MOVIE Smokey And The Bandit II. (1980) (PG) 8.30 MOVIE The 6th Day. (2000) (M) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sarah Wynter, Michael Rapaport. 11.00 MOVIE The Frighteners. (1996) (M)

6pm Cricket. One-Day International Series.

Game 2. Australia v India. Evening session.

6.30 Friends. 7.30 Tigers About The House. (PG) 8.40 MOVIE The Dirty Dozen. (1967) (M)

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.30 The Indestructibles. (PG) 8.30 Black Ops. (M) 9.30 MOVIE Stash House. (2012) (MA15+) 11.35 Operation Repo.

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 Neighbours. 7.05 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.30 Rules Of Engagement. (PGC) 8.00 New Girl. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE American Dreamz. (2006) (M) 10.40 American Horror Story: Hotel.

6pm Regular Show.

(PG) 6.30 MOVIE Ella Enchanted. (2004) (PG) 8.30 MOVIE Into The Blue. (2005) (M) Paul Walker, Jessica Alba, Scott Caan. 10.45 MOVIE Into The Blue 2: The Reef.

(2009) (MA15+)

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SURF REPORT

SATURDAY

6pm Tennis. Apia International. Night 7.

From Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre.

9.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Storage Hoarders.

11.30 60 Minute Makeover.

6.30pm Air Crash Investigations. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE The Lone Ranger. (2013) (M) Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Helena Bonham Carter. 11.40 1000 Ways To Die. (M)

6pm MOVIE The Iron Giant. (1999) (PG) 7.30 MOVIE Just Friends.

(2005) (PG) 9.30 MOVIE She’s Out Of My League. (2010) (MA15+) Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve, T.J. Miller.

11.35 Sun, Sex And Suspicious Parents. (M)

6.30pm Heartbeat.

(PG) 8.45 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple.

(PG) 10.45 Dalziel And Pascoe. (M) 11.45 MOVIE Times Square.

(1980) (M) Tim Curry, Trini Alvarado, Robin Johnson.

6pm Cops. (PG) 6.30 Monster Jam. 7.30 Black Gold. (PG) 8.30 The X-Files. (M) Mulder and Scully review what happened before they meet Assistant Director Skinner. 10.30 Bellator MMA. (M)

6.05pm Becker. (PG) 7.00 Raymond. 7.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE It Could Happen To You. (1994) (PG) Nicolas Cage, Bridget Fonda, Rosie Perez. 10.35 The Loop. (PG)

SUNDAY

7pm Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Build A New Life In The Country. 8.30 MOVIE The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1. (2011) 10.15 Buzzcocks. 10.45 Ladyboys.

6.30pm 60 Minute Makeover. (PG) 7.30 House Wreck Rescue.

(PG) 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Best Houses Australia.

11.30 Dealers Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. (PG)

6.30pm MythBusters.

(PG) 7.30 Big Bang.

(PG) 8.30 MOVIE The Kingdom. (2007) (M) Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner. 10.40 MOVIE Terminal Velocity.

(1994) (M)

6pm Thunderbirds Are Go. (PG) 6.30 MOVIE The Brady Bunch Movie. (1995) (PG) 8.30 MOVIE A Very Brady Sequel. (1996) (PG) 10.30 MOVIE Going The Distance. (2010) (MA15+)

6.30pm Scam City.

7.30 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away. 8.30 Emergency On Our Streets. 9.30 MOVIE Gone Baby Gone.

(2007) (MA15+) Casey Affleck.

6.30pm M*A*S*H. 7.30 Extreme Collectors. 8.00 Extreme Collectors.

8.30 Cops. 9.00 Cops: Adults Only. 9.30 MOVIE Scent Of A Woman. (1992) (M) Al Pacino.

6pm Family Feud Favourites. 6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 Futurama. 8.00 The Simpsons. 8.30 MOVIE Along Came Polly.

(2004) (M) 10.25 Raymond.

7pm Spicks And Specks. 7.30 River Monsters. 8.30 Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends.

9.20 Ross Kemp On Gangs. 10.05 Adam Hills: The Last Leg.

6pm Tennis. Australian Open. Night 1. From Melbourne Park.

Hosted by Johanna Griggs. 10.00 Tennis.

2005 Aust Open.

Round 4. Rafael Nadal v Lleyton Hewitt.

Replay. From Melbourne Park.

6pm Tennis. Aust Open. Night 1. 7.00 Border Security: International. (PG) 7.30 MythBusters. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life.

(1983) (M) 10.50 Travel Unravelled. 11.50 Canadian Pickers.

6pm Regular Show.

(PG) 6.30 Adventure Time. (PG) 7.00 The Middle. (PG) 7.30 Top Gear. (PG) 9.00 ManSpace. (M) 10.00 MOVIE Summer School. (1987) (M) Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Robin Thomas.

6.30pm Friends.

(PG) 7.30 A Current Affair. 8.00 RPA. (PG) 9.00 What’s Your Emergency? (M) 10.00 Embarrassing Bodies. (M) 11.00 Amazing Medical Stories. (M)

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 32.

Melbourne Renegades v Adelaide Strikers.

7.30 Undercover Boss.

8.30 Undercover Boss.

(M) 9.30 MOVIE All Good Things. (2010) (MA15+)

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 Neighbours.

7.05 The Simpsons.

7.30 Rules Of Engagement. (PG) 8.00 New Girl. (PG) 8.30 The Simpsons.

(PG) 9.30 American Horror Story: Hotel.

10.30 Medium.

TUESDAY

7pm Spicks And Specks. 7.30 River Monsters. 8.30 Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week. 9.30 Banged Up Abroad. 10.20 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 10.50 Ross Kemp On Gangs.

6pm Tennis. Aust Open. Night 2. From Melbourne Park. 10.00 Tennis. 2005 Aust Open. Men’s singles.

Quarter-final. Lleyton Hewitt v David Nalbandian. Replay.

From Melbourne Park.

6pm Aust Open. Night 2. 7.00 Border Security: International.

7.30 Highway Patrol.

8.00 Motorway Patrol.

8.30 Ice Road Truckers. (M) 9.30 Counting Cars. (M) 10.00 Car Chasers.

6pm Regular Show.

6.30 Adv Time. 7.00 The Middle. 7.30 For The Love Of Cars. (PG) 8.30 Storage Hunters UK. (PG) 9.00 Storage Hunters. (PG) 9.30 MOVIE The Town.

(2010) (MA15+)

6.30pm Friends.

(PG) 7.30 A Current Affair. 8.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot.

(PG) 9.10 Silent Witness. (MA15+) 11.30 Luther. (MA15+)

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.30 Extreme Fisherman. (PG) 8.30 Extreme Fishing. (PG) 9.30 48 Hours. (M) 10.30 The Americans.

(MA15+) 11.40 Black Ops. (M)

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 Neighbours. 7.05 The Simpsons. 7.30 Rules Of Engagement.

(PG) 8.00 New Girl. (M) 8.30 Graham Norton.

(M) 9.30 MOVIE Mallrats. (1995) (MA15+)

WEDNESDAY

7pm Spicks And Specks. 7.30 River Monsters. 8.30 Burger Bar To Gourmet Star.

9.15 2000 Tattoos But Don’t Judge Me. 10.00 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 10.45 Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week.

6pm Tennis. Australian Open. Night 3. From Melbourne Park.

10.00 Tennis. 2005 Australian Open.

Men’s singles.

Semi-final. Lleyton Hewitt v Andy Roddick.

Replay. From Melbourne Park.

6pm Tennis. Aust Open. Night 3. 7.00 Border Security: International. (PG) 7.30 Cajun Pawn Stars. (PG) 8.30 Pawn Stars. (PG) 9.30 Hardcore Pawn.

(M) 11.00 Beverly Hills Pawn. (PG) 12am Lights Out. (PG)

6pm Regular Show.

6.30 Adv Time. 7.00 The Middle. 7.30 Two And A Half Men. 8.00 Two And A Half Men. 8.30 Strassman: Live – Vol 2. 10.00 Balls Of Steel Australia. 10.30 Balls Of Steel Australia.

11.00 To Be Advised.

6pm Cricket. One-Day International Series.

Game 4. Australia v India. Evening session.

Continued. 6.30 Friends. (PG) 7.30 New Tricks. (M) 8.40 MOVIE The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button.

(2008) (M) Brad Pitt.

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.30 Megafactories.

8.30 Cops. (PG) 9.00 Cops: Adults Only.

(M) 9.30 MOVIE Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes.

(1972) (M) 11.30 Extreme Collectors.

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 Neighbours. 7.05 The Simpsons. 7.30 Rules Of Engagement.

(PG) 8.00 New Girl.

(PG) 8.30 The Simpsons. (M) 9.00 Futurama. (PG) 9.30 The Simpsons. 10.00 Bob’s Burgers. (PG)

7pm Spicks And Specks. 7.30 River Monsters. 8.30 The Office. 9.00 Extras.

9.30 Buzzcocks. 10.05 Inside Amy Schumer.

10.25 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 11.10 Penn & Teller: Fool Us.

6pm Tennis. Australian Open. Night 4. From Melbourne Park.

10.00 Tennis. 2005 Australian Open.

Final. Marat Safin v Lleyton Hewitt.

Replay. From Melbourne Park.

6pm Aust Open. Night 4. 7.00 Border Security: International.

7.30 Big Bang. (PG) 8.30 Storage Wars. (M) 9.30 Baggage Battles.

(PG) 10.00 Hardcore Pawn: Behind The Deal. (M)

6pm Regular Show.

(PG) 6.30 Adventure Time. (PG) 7.00 The Middle. (PG) 7.30 Criss Angel Mindfreak. (M) 8.30 MOVIE Alexander. (2004) (M) Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer.

6.30pm Friends.

(PG) 7.30 A Current Affair. 8.00 Monarch Of The Glen. (PG) 9.10 Spooks. (M) 11.30 Miniseries: The Great Fire. (M)

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 Big Bash League.

First semi-final. 7.30 Last Man Standing.

8.30 The Last Man On Earth. 9.00 Man Seeking Woman. 9.30 MOVIE Hot Shots!

(1991) (M)

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 Neighbours. 7.05 The Simpsons. 7.30 Rules Of Engagement.

(PG) 8.00 New Girl.

(PG) 8.30 Futurama.

(PG) 9.00 MOVIE Sixteen Candles. (1984) (PG)

MONDAY

7pm Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 8.10 Lie To You? 8.45 Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow.

9.30 Live At The Apollo. 10.15 Inside Amy Schumer. 10.40 The Office.

THURSDAY

with MWP’s man in the water

An interesting time this weekend. It appears there will be a significant jump in swell with strong winds attached. The crowds are slowly easing so enjoy what is on offer.

My pick would be the Maroochydore stretch. Point Cartwright has been OK however it also tends to be a cast of thousands in the water.

But, if you have time a road trip down to Northern NSW would produce a lot more options.

And for those lucky enough to be in Bali four to five foot perfection! Now’s the time to start planning your assault on Indo – get motivated and get active.

FISHING REPORT with Wayne Nilsson from Maroochydore Fishing World

ESTUARY: Mangrove jack and mud crabs are up in Petrie Creek and around the Bli Bli islands. You can find jew and estuary cod around the motorway bridge pylons using live baits. There are flathead, bream and whiting from Twin Waters to Cotton Tree with prawns and yabbies the best baits.

SURF: The coffee rock at Mudjimba is returning bream and tarwhine with the better quality at night using fowl gut. You can get flathead and dart near the textile bags at the Maroochy River bar, and quality tailor just after dark.

OFFSHORE: Mixed reef fish are taking squid and fish fillet from The Gneerings to Murphy’s Reef. Black tipped reef sharks are a bit of a nuisance. The Barwon Banks are returning pearl perch, red emperor and squire using whole pillies and squid.

FRESHWATER: At Borumba you can get saratoga on floated shrimp and flies. Lake Macdonald is the best for small bass and jew with bait out-fishing lures. Somerset Dam is firing for bass. You can get golden perch and jew on live shrimps and deep diving lures at Queen Street and down to Red Rock. Jig plastics in the old river bed. You can find red claw off any clay area.

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TAURUS [April 21-May 21] The focus is on travel or education as you confirm plans for the future. A loved one wants to hurry you up, but it’s best to keep going at your own pace. You’ve got so much to do that the last thing you need is a domestic drama but that’s what you’ll get on the weekend.

GEMINI (May 22-Jun 21) Communication is the buzz word this week but (with Mercury still retrograde) make sure you consider what you say as you converse and chat.

Powerful Pluto helps focus your mind but Uranus increases your inclination to put your foot in your mouth!

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 23) Are you stuck in a career rut?

If you resist changes at work, then you’ll be left behind in the dust. Look for exciting ways to inject fresh ideas into your professional life – but make sure you consult with loved ones and include them in your plans.

LEO (Jul 24-Aug 23) Uranus unsettles your gypsy gene this week, as work and travel seem to be an incompatible mix. Be patient – your time in the sun will come. Attached lions – strive to get the balance right between personal projects and cosy companionship.

VIRGO (Aug 24-Sep 23) Life at planet Virgo can resemble being in the army, as your days are organised squeeze every last drop out of the time available. But you’ll need to be more flexible this week as Jupiter, Uranus and the moon toss your timetable out the window.

LIBRA (Sep 24-Oct 23) This week the sun, Venus and Jupiter all encourage you to channel your inner hedonist as you eat, drink, socialise, entertain, love – and live life to the Libran max. And with Venus shifting into your home zone, plan to host a dinner or party sometime soon.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 22) Obsessive thoughts and behaviour will get you nowhere fast (especially on Friday).

Subconscious forces are driving you, so avoid making decisions that you’ll regret. The weekend full moon sees you at your best (and worst) as you swing between sexy and secretive.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23-Dec 21) Sagittarians are the zodiac’s masters of excess. Moderation and common sense certainly go out the window this week as you socialize up a storm, spend too much, overdo just about everything, and make a multitude of mistakes. But you’ll have a lot of fun along the way.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 20) This week the fiery full moon shines the spotlight on lust and loot. An intimate relationship could soar – or crash and burn.

All business transactions must be examined, and a joint financial venture may cause some stress as you strive for a mutually satisfying agreement.

AQUARIUS (Jan 21-Feb 19) Many Aquarians are rebels at heart but remember there’s a fine line between being rebellious and reckless. You’re impatient to shake up your life (especially involving travel, education or your online profile) but don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater!

PISCES (Feb 20-Mar 20) In 2016, task-master Saturn continues to stall work plans and raise your frustration levels.

Be patient Pisces! Struggling from caterpillar to butterfly can be daunting but you’re slowly getting there. Red planet Mars gives you a warm and welcome boost on Monday, when your

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JUNIOR X-WORD: Piano, tiger, icing, seven, crawl, awake, snack, jeans (PRINCESS)

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WHY HAVE WE FAILED OUR ELDERS? Australia is not such a lucky country for our pensioners, writes Richard O’Leary.

M

any Australians describe their home as The Lucky Country – a term which became popular after the release of a book with the same name by Donald Horne in 1964.

What most people don’t realise was the author was using the term as a negative, rather than a positive.

In a nutshell, he was saying Australia’s power and wealth was based on good fortune rather than good economic or political planning.

More than 50 years later and there’s little to suggest Horne would have changed his mind, if he was still around to see the Australia of 2016.

The recent findings of the OECD report, Pensions at a Glance 2015 shows Australia’s political elite have badly let down the country’s senior citizens.

Australia had the second worst level of social equity compared to the 33 other countries used in the study, with

36 per cent of pensioners living below the poverty line.

That means more than one in three pensioners are living on less than half of the country’s median household income.

A shameful figure when you consider the average for the OECD countries was one in every eight pensioners.

Australian pensioners fared worse than their counterparts in Estonia, Chile and Slovenia.

The Australian government spends just 3.5 per cent of GDP on the pension, less than half of the OECD average.

More than 2.4 million Australians claim the age pension – a single pensioner can expect $22,000 a year while a couple gets about $34,000.

That means old Beryl and Bob who live just down the street from you could be surviving on just over $300 each a week.

I don’t know how lucky they would

be feeling.

This comes at a time when Australia has just come out of the biggest mining bonanza the country has ever experienced.

During those boom years Howard, Rudd, and co squandered billions of dollars for electoral bribes courtesy of middle class welfare – pensioners were not so fortunate.

I’ll leave you with the opening lines of the chapter which gave Donald Horne’s book its name – maybe the most damning assessment of Australia’s politicians since Federation.

“Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second rate people who share its luck. It lives on other people’s ideas, and, although its ordinary people are adaptable, most of its leaders (in all fields) so lack curiosity about the events that surround them that they are often taken by surprise.” roleary@myweeklypreview.com.au.

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