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Student shaken by thoughts of home

Cyberbulling: a socially transmitted disease

Paula Anderson shows us life in the Fast Lane

A taste of Nepal from Santosh Gc

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FROM THE EDITOR

Friday 08.05.2015 to Sunday 10.05.2015 John Ryan

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Student shaken by thoughts of home PAGE 08

The mother load Sometimes the “most natural thing in the world” isn’t so easy... or natural PAGE 18

Cyberbulling A socially transmitted disease PAGE 24

Max Walker

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Meet one of Australia’s great sportsmen, author, commentator and architect PAGE 28

Business

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Paula Anderson helps keep Dubbo on the move and fuelled up on caffeine PAGE 42

In the kitchen

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A taste of Nepal from Santosh Gc PAGE 48

Entertainment “Blue Love can make or break a relationship…”

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Careful what you wish for SSSHHH. Hear that?

That’s the golden silence and peaceful harmony of the empty nest that is now Casa del Cowley.

Praise the Lord and pass the Sav Blanc – my house is clean. I have joint custody of the TV remote and the stereo. My fridge contains stuff I actually want to eat (and can find) and there’s even a bit of cash in what used to be the black hole of my wallet.

For the past two decades, my Mother’s Day wish list has been humble, if consistent. It’s never included flowers or fluffy slippers, although I’ve always received those gifts with equal gusto. Over the years, my pleas have been far more practical – and predictably ignored.

Many’s the Mother’s Day I’ve wished for just a bit of bloody shush. A few hours’ free from the cacophony of life with two rambunctious and busy kids – no slamming doors, no techno beats thumping loud enough to wake the long dead; no “Muuu-uum, where’s my…?”, no “Muuuuu-um, what’s for dinner?”

I’ve woken on Mother’s Days past with the vain but eternal hope of a clean house – tidy would have done just as well. No half chewed crusts down the back of the lounge, no Lego bits lying in wait for unsuspecting bare feet, no Vegemitey hand prints at kneeheight on glass doors, no flotsam and jetsam from everyday pursuits lying like a messy trail of cavalier disregard through every room in the house.

No lunchboxes breeding in dark caverns under unmade beds. No socks festering away quietly between long discarded homework books. Away with the Milo-encrusted cereal bowls left to cement in desk drawers (because, hey, it’s a long way back to the kitchen, apparently).

Just a little break, please, from the sound of my own voice repeating, with increasing shrillness, a litany of instructions over and over into whichever teenage orifice wasn’t solidly jammed with an iPod earphone.

I’ve often wished for just one day when the pervasive scent of the house wasn’t Eau-de-Football Boot or Rotting Lunchbox No. 5, and for the universe to send my offspring enough nous to hang wet towels anywhere but the middle of the bed.

The ability to morph myself easily to three different sporting locations every weekend at opposite ends of the state was often on the wish list, along with enough skill to put together a model of the solar system using toilet rolls and pipe cleaners at midnight before a school project is due and to somehow make store bought Tim Tams look… well… less store bought before they land on the school fete table along with the lovingly prepared baked goods of-

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fered by mums whose Mother’s Day wishes were obviously granted more readily than mine.

“Please, God,” I’ve beseeched over the years, “Can I just have one day without having to scale a mountain of washing so high I need a Sherpa to guide me safely back to Laundry Base Camp. And while you’re at it, could you please teach my children that it’s not actually easier to fling clean stuff on the laundry floor than to put it back in the wardrobe?”

I’ve long wished to cast of the chains of maternal servitude long enough to spend a day in my pyjamas watching West Wing re-runs without having to share the lounge with a thumping great big lump of smelly testosterone grunting disgust because it would rather watch wrestling.

Give me strength, I’ve pleaded, to endure the endless fart jokes that seem to be hard-wired into little lads at birth (Doctor: It’s a boy! Father: Yippee – pull my finger!), and the blow-by-blow descriptions of bodily functions and morning ablutions; and to withstand the pressures of overseeing a teenage girl’s fashion choices without inciting World War III. A respite, please, from picking up and putting away, and cleaning and cooking and remembering stuff and thinking for four people; from turning off lights and straightening beds and collecting the countless bobby-pins with which my daughter seems to mark her territory.

Ahhhh… the list seemed endless.

But no more. Now I can take a shower when I want to and indulge the simple pleasure of quiet contemplation during loo time without being interrupted.

I can go to my wallet, confident that it won’t have been cleaned out sometime during the pre-work/school/sport kerfuffle.

I’m practically a stranger in the laundry – I’m even wandering ‘round the house looking for enough grubby fabric to make up a full load. Ditto the dishwasher.

No more throwing a side of beef on the back lawn for a marauding horde of teenage boys and yelling “crouch, pause, engage!” I could plan, cook and present a gourmet, candle-lit dinner for two (you see what I did there? I said I “could” – I won’t, of course, but I could… just sayin’…) and I can watch what I want when I want (as long as it’s football – hey, I still have The Oracle at home, remember).

So as I sit with the lounge all to myself and look around my clean, quiet, bobby-pin- and football-boot-free house, there’s just one thing on my list this Mother’s Day. I just want it all back.

Careful what you wish for.

I’ve often wished for just one day when the pervasive scent of the house wasn’t Eaude-Football Boot or Rotting Lunchbox No. 5.

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Wild dog sightings are on the rise

BY KIM V. GOLDSMITH MITH JOURNALIST

NE of Local Land Services (LLS) Central West’s most experienced invasive species officers is describing the unusual number of wild dog sightings in the region over the past 18 months as the start of a concerning “wave” of dogs coming over from the east.

Over the past few weeks, three dogs have been caught and destroyed in the Merrygoen, Dubbo and Numalla/ Bruie Plains area near Forbes.

Lisa Thomas says until now the Central West has had few problems with the native predator and while reports of domestic dog attacks have been quiet lately, she describes the creep of wild dogs into some of the more remote parts of the region as alarming.

Thomas explains that typically most of the dog problems have been around townships or localities like Mogriguy and Eumungerie, where domestic dogs are left to their own devices for periods of time.

It’s the behavior of wild dogs that sets them apart from domestic cousins, including their tendency to roam in areas away from townships.

“All of them to date have been that very dingo colour, which is quite a concern.

“We’ve had very little evidence of stock being attacked except in the Mendooran/ Neilrex area – where there has been some killings.

“We did have one that was reported in the Goonoo area for a number of years that we

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Graham Woods of Dubbo with the wild dog trapped on his property

kept picking up on the camera, but no reports of killings.

“We did get that dog, or what we think is that dog.”

Thomas says the dogs seem to be coming from the Coolah Tops area, moving into areas around Neilrex, Mendooran and up to Coonabarabran.

The other hot spot is along the eastern side of the Cudgegong River near Burrendong Dam, with reports coming in

via the Feral Scan website from as far the Turon River, across

to the Macquarie River, and more recently on a property 15 kilometres on the eastern side of Wellington, backing on the Wuuluman range.

“We’re not seeing them coming in from the west...not to say that’s not happening, but the bulk of the activity is coming from the east.

“It’s really no surprise as the numbers of wild dogs on that eastern seaboard are certainly growing all the time and a dog’s home range is going to be impeded by other dogs breeding there.

“So they’re starting to move out and we’re now seeing the start of this wave coming over.”

Current monitoring suggests most of the dogs sighted in the region so far have been solo animals. However, reports this week from the Coonabarabran/ Neilrex area suggest there are several dogs in that area operating in a pack.

With LLS running awareness and training sessions on wild dog trapping, as well as spreading information through fox baiting meetings, Thomas says the key to getting on top of the issue will be landholder awareness, monitoring and most critically, reporting.

“As soon as we get contact from a landholder regarding

potential dog movements or sightings on their place, we instruct them to phone their neighbours and to put everyone on alert.

“There are signs to look for and we follow up by taking out the remote cameras to put those areas the dogs typically gravitate towards. We monitor for about a fortnight and review that for evidence.

“Dogs set a routine with a home area of about 10 kilometres square, if there’s a food source available. They’ll keep circulating through that area, marking their territory and maintaining it.

“We then go in and put traps out or encourage the landholder to use traps.”

Thomas says landholders are on the front line of the problem and need to be aware that if they don’t take action, wild dog numbers in the region will grow.

She is encouraging landholders in forested, undulating areas of the region to work with LLS and their neighbours to take action on sightings immediately.

Domestic dog attacks in and around the city should be reported to Dubbo City Council so the dogs responsible can be tracked down.

Dogs set a routine with a home area of about 10 kilometres square, if there’s a food source available.”

– Lisa Thomas, Local Land Services (Central West) invasive species officer

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Finally free but fight continues

BY JEN COWLEY EDITOR

T’S been a long wait for the Sedghi family but the news for which they’ve been hoping over the past four years finally came last week.

Farhad Sedghi, brother of well-known local businessman Nasser, has been released from a Tehran prison after being held for four years without charge by Iran’s extremist Islamic regime.

A university professor, Farhad’s only “crime” was to be an educator and a devotee of the gentle Bahai’i faith, followers of which have been mercilessly persecuted since 1979, when hardline Islamic fundamentalists seized power in the country that is the birthplace of the faith.

Here in Dubbo, where Nasser Sedghi and his wife Farzan settled nearly 30 years ago after fleeing their homeland, it’s been a distressing four years for the family, separated by geography and the different cultural and political climates in which the two brothers now live.

Sedghi says he could not allow himself to celebrate his brother’s release until the very last minute, given the Iranian captors’ penchant for “playing mind-games”.

“Even up until two hours before Farhad’s release from the prison, I was in constant contact with my brother’s wife – and even they didn’t know right until the last minute whether he was actually going to be released, and even how he would contact them. Nothing was clear and with the track record of the government, they could have changed their minds at the last minute. That uncertainty was very difficult.”

Such is the nature of modern communication, Sedghi – who runs an IT business – says confirmation of the news for which they’d waited four years finally came through social media.

“Can you believe this?” he laughs. “It was bizarre, but because of the time difference between Tehran and here, I was

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at work and really distressed that I hadn’t heard. So I went home, then at 9.30pm (AEST) Farzan rang to say the family had posted photos of Farhad’s release on Facebook!”

Sedghi says it took about an hour for his brother to get from the prison to his family home in Tehran, where again the miracle of technology enabled the brothers to reunite after four years – with a Skype session.

“It was wonderful to see his face! It was so exciting. He was in very high spirits and he was so dignified. It was very uplifting for us all. It was a very emotional time and we were thrilled to see that he was also in good health.

“They had been expecting the authorities to demoralise the three prisoners who were released but they actually treated them with respect,” says Sedghi, who credits this with the refusal of his brother and his fellow Baha’i captives to abandon their dignity throughout the term of their imprisonment.

“Nothing happened to them because they maintained their strong resolution, because they knew they hadn’t done anything wrong. They maintained their dignity and the courage of their belief and faith.”

HILE the family celebrates Farhad’s release, they know freedom is a relative term in Iran, particularly for followers of the Baha’i faith.

“There is still a very long way to go,” says Sedghi. “This month is the seventh anniversary of the imprisonment of the seven Baha’i leaders, who remain in prison. The top ranking leaders were sentenced to 20 years – one of them is 80 years old.

“Their only “crime” is to be Baha’i – they were caretakers of the community in Iran. The Baha’i administration has been banned in Iran.”

Given the ongoing persecution of followers of the faith, Sedghi says it’s quite “miraculous” that his brother and the two other Baha’i prisoners were actually released.

“They could have continued

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to hold them.”

For the Sedghi family, the fight for Baha’i followers in Iran continues, and he is urging the international community to keep shining the spotlight on the extremist Islamic regime.

“We are pleased with the release of three prisoners, including my brother, who were forced to spend four years of their precocious lives confined to their prison cells only for assisting young people to study, a vital human right to which

the Iranian authorities unjustly have deprived the young Baha’is.

“However, we are still very concerned about the seven others who remain in prison for charges related to the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education.

It is also equally worrying that more than 100 Baha’is continue to languish in Iranian jails.”

According to Sedghi, no written copy of the verdicts has ever been provided to the prisoners or their lawyers.

“However, transcripts made

by those present at the hearing as well as the accusations leveled against some later indicate that the Baha’is were found guilty of such charges as “taking actions against the security of the country” and “collaboration with the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education”.”

The assertions made against these individuals were vague and completely without foundation.

“The question is, what is illegal? To study? To learn? To accompany others in their

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Nasser and Farzan Sedghi. PHOTO: CONNOR COMAN-SARGENT quest to gain knowledge?”

Sedghi asks. “Why debar Baha’i youth from studying or gathering together to learn, or disallow a We are still very concerned about dismissed professor from sharing his or her learnthe seven others who remain ing with young people who in prison for charges related to are deprived of higher education? And why imprison the Baha’i Institute for Higher those who teach science Education. It is also equally and other subjects at home to these youth?” worrying that more than 100 Despite the breadth of Baha’is continue to languish in the challenge that lies Iranian jails.” – Nasser Sedghi ahead for Baha’is in Iran,

Sedghi is buoyed by the support of both his local, and the international community.

“The support from around the world and here in Australia and Dubbo, has been wonderful, with people voicing their outrage at the systematic persecution of Baha’is. It shows that no one wants violence and we can achieve a great deal by peaceful action and demanding a dignified human rights for all.

“The support from our federal MP Mark Coulton and his office has been great and we are so grateful for his practical support at local and federal level. The Dubbo Weekender passionately highlighted the plight of Baha’is in several news articles and even well-known former Dubbo journalist, Richard Lawson who is based in Canberra now, played an important role in formulating a Parliamentary Motion that

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was debated in the Federal Parliament in this year condemning the persecution of Baha’is in Iran.

“We love Dubbo and its people so much for their genuine understanding. So many people, even those I may not know, would come to me and ask “how is your brother?” – that is why we call Dubbo a home for us in the past 27 years. Please convey our sincere appreciation to Dubbo and its people.”

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A state of disaster

BY NATALIE HOLMES JOURNALIST

IXTY years to the day after its inauguration, the State Emergency Service (SES) has been dealing with the very same kind of natural disaster that first brought the organisation together.

Remarkably, it was a severe storm in the Hunter region in 1955 that led to the call for the SESs formation. For the past two weeks, members have repeated that initial call to arms and re-enacted history.

It was an ugly event to mark the occasion, with severe damage to thousands of homes and properties, power outages and widespread flooding. Many were left isolated, some buildings floated away.

Sadly, there were evacuations, deaths and destruction everywhere – of lives and livelihoods.

But it was all in a day’s work for a statewide volunteer unit in charge of storm and flood response. It turned out to be more like two weeks of work, with helpers from the Macquarie region only returning to their home base this week following the April 20 storms that battered the Sydney, Central Coast and Hunter regions for days.

According to SES Macquarie Region deputy region controller Phil Lalor, it was even worse than the horrific weather which led to the Pasha Bulker emergency, when the mighty cargo ship ran aground off Nobby’s Beach in Newcastle in 2007.

At that time, many shops and businesses flooded and there were nearly 20,000 calls for assistance to the SES over an 18-day period, the second largest event in its history to that point, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

This time around, more than 8000 people called for help in the Hunter in the days following the storm and there was a massive 31,831 jobs recorded altogether.

“It was an event that was unprecedented,” Lalor said of the largest single response effort in the history of the NSW SES. Premier Mike Baird declared a natural disaster and SES crews from across

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the state flocked to help. Assistance even came from the ACT, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

“We also had support from the Rural Fire Service and Fire and Rescue NSW,” Lalor confirmed.

SES Macquarie Region controller David Monk said more than a quarter of the local resources were deployed to the Hunter during the past two weeks.

“We sent two teams – one last week and one this week, from 13 crews; 35 people this week and 22 last week from the Macquarie Region of 220 volunteers.”

Volunteers attended from Dubbo, Mudgee, Wellington, Glengarry and Lightning Ridge in order to clear the backlog of work. When they left the storm-affected area this week, there were still 100 jobs outstanding, but the situation was well under control.

With people leaving their jobs and families behind and putting their lives on hold, Lalor said it was an outstanding contribution in the wake of natural disaster.

“It was a massive effort by all concerned,” he told Weekender.

“Photos of the event really amplify the technical nature of the jobs the crews had to deal with. Access, height and size of the jobs were all added complexities the crews had to deal with.

“The tenacity, initiative, professionalism and commitment of the crews from across NSW and indeed Australia was remarkable and a true testament to the ability of the hundreds of emergency service volunteers involved in the response to the Hunter storm emergency.

“There was a considerable amount of damage from storms, wind and rain and they responded accordingly. They’ve taken leave from their jobs, left home, and really dug deep and delivered an incredible amount to the people of Newcastle and NSW.” Monk, who travelled to the Hunter to help out during its time of need, said the area had been a real mess, but was getting better every day, thanks to the speedy response, with local volunteers

in place less than three days after the storms hit.

“Things are looking pretty good at the moment, our crews have been returning this morning (Wednesday). But it will take some time to return to normal.”

Monk has been involved in plenty of other severe storm events, but for some of the crew, the experience was a real eye-opener.

“It was comparable to the amount of damage to people and property and road closures that I have seen before – it would certainly be in the top three severe weather events we’ve had. It was a huge event. For some of our new members, it was a little bit overwhelming.”

With the Northern Rivers region also affected by flooding this week, Monk said crews were on standby, but expected that the region in that area would be able to handle the 350 jobs without back-up assistance.

As for the SES’s 60th birthday celebrations, they will take place later in the year.

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Student shaken by thoughts of home

BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

IRED, scared, and feeling very much alone, Diwash Adhikari’s XPT service arrived at Dubbo just 12 hours after he’d had news that his parents were still alive.

Just the day before, the Newcastle University radiography student had seen a news bulletin showing his homeland of Nepal had been literally shattered by a mammoth earthquake estimated at having a magnitude of 7.8.

The quake has left infrastructure in ruins and a still-rising death toll of more than 7000.

“I was at work on the day and saw the news at 6:30pm,” Diwash says.

“When I saw the pictures I could see the devastated landmarks in the capital city.

“It made me feel sick; the first thing in my mind was my family.”

Fearing the worst he spent the next four hours trying to ring his parents until at about 10:30pm he heard his father’s voice on the end of a faint line before the connection was lost after five seconds.

“At least I knew dad was alive’, Diwash says.

“About midnight I got through to both Mum and Dad and it was a huge relief to find out they were both safe.”

Living in the Chitwan District, Diwash’s parents were on safer country than those in the Nepali capital Kathmandu and many isolated outlying districts.

Diwash’s first thought was to jump on a plane and fly home to help but his mother convinced him to focus on his studies.

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Even so, he couldn’t sleep for a couple of days which included the long roundabout rail journey to the state’s west.

He was on his way to the unknown city of Dubbo for a five week work placement and found it surreal to think he was travelling even further away from his country and family in the midst of one of that nation’s worst natural disasters.

That meant a 4:45am start at Newcastle, to get to Sydney to jump aboard the XPT which arrived in Dubbo at 1:45pm.

“I nearly didn’t come to Dubbo but in the end it was the sensible thing to do’, Diwash says.

“The people at Orana Radiology, where I’m working, have been really supportive, otherwise it would have been much harder being here by myself.

“It’s been great for me that I have some people I can talk to about the earthquake.”

Now he’s hoping he can galvanise central west residents to do whatever they can to help, along with the Australian government.

With a population of 27 million, Nepal isn’t far ahead of Australia numbers-wise but Australia is so wealthy in comparison, he’s keen to see our first world nation open its hearts and treasury to help rebuild his country.

“Before the disaster people in Nepal had trouble getting the basics’, Diwash says.

“We don’t have a constant electricity supply, it’s cut off during the day and in the remote areas there’s no basic hygiene, polluted drinking water and little education.

“Local government isn’t efficient, you have to go to the capital, Kathmandu for everything, and there’s a lot of political unrest – government can’t properly utilise funds and government is letting people down, creating a huge level of »

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» frustration – politicians are looking at getting the aid money into their own pockets but the people are warning them not to misuse funds.”

According to Diwash, the most pressing need is for the basics – and the international will to deliver them to the people in need, both through the Nepalese government, which has a poor record in delivering the basics at the best of times, and charities where the aid often doesn’t reflect the amount of money they’ve been given.

“Some remote villages still have had no relief because of a lack of resources,” Diwash says.

“What they need most is medicine and pure drinking water, because people will be dying with other diseases after this earthquake.

Some areas are so polluted with dead animals, creating health hazards, so there’ll be long term consequences.”

Many fond images of his homeland have flitted through his mind since the day of the quake, including the majestic and historic Dharahara Tower.

“I’ve never climbed the tower but always planned to. I was going to do it the last time I was home in Nepal but something came up so I couldn’t get there.

“Now it’s gone.”

On April 25 Nepal time, the very day Australia commemorates its war dead, the mountain nation suffered a warlike blow.

On April 25, 1915, the best guess is that about 650 Australians were killed with another 2000 or so wounded at Gallipoli.

In its “ANZAC Day”, Nepal has not only lost more than 10 times that number, this time it was civilians of all ages who weren’t marching to a battle cognisant of the dangers.

In our first ANZAC Day, Australia wasn’t mourning over destroyed infrastructure and the almost certain threat of serious disease outbreaks at home.

Bad as our baptism of fire was, and it continued throughout “he war to end all wars”, our home front wasn’t touched by death and destruction.

Surely if we, as a nation, can spend $400 million commemorating the landing at ANZAC Cove, we can be generous enough to offer proper succour to the Nepalese in their time of need.

Government is letting people down, creating a huge level of frustration – politicians are looking at getting the aid money into their own pockets but the people are warning them not to misuse funds.” – Diwash Adhikari

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“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin” In 2012 a group of Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Orange Daybreak and other teacher professionals began a project called Nepal Friendship – Community Development and Training, with teachers and nurses from across NSW joining throughout the project’s four year duration. The project, which aimed to train teachers and health professionals, was based in the village of Maidi in Nepal’s Dhading district.

Orange-based Rotarian Mary Brell was a part of the project, which was completed in April this year – just one day before the fatal 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck.

Brell, who is now safely home in Orange, shared these observations and thoughts with Weekender this week, along with a plea for ongoing support to help the Nepali people: T saddens us to know that the Maidi Village where we have been working is now almost completely destroyed, and the wonderful people we know are now trying to rebuild particularly as the monsoon season is about to start.

Our Rotary Club has been raising funds in the past few days that will allow us to send disaster aid (Shelterbox) boxes to the village as the people are unable – or reluctant – to return to their houses.

I am concerned that a lot of funds that have been sent to various aid agencies may not get to where they are destined. I am aware that the funds we raise go directly to the cause, as has been the case with what we have been doing for the past four years.

Being in an earthquake of such magnitude is certainly something I would not like to experience again, but my team and I feel incredibly sad for the people we left behind. I do know that they will rebuild.

Rajan Sakya, the manager of the hotel where we were staying at the time of the earthquake, sent through a letter that I think summarises the attitude of the Nepali people: “(The earthquake) was a grueling event especially for the people who were here. Nepal and the Nepalese people have suffered losses in gigantic proportions from every aspect – personally, economically and historically. If you talk to any Nepali, someone’s relative, house, business and the very fabric of Nepalese history and culture has been affected. The aftermath of (the earthquake) has left the country in tragic disarray.

The sustainability and rebuilding of this great nation will now be defined by how fast we back get back on the saddle. Rescue teams, donations and aid have been flowing into the country (through) the love and sympathy of the international communities and friends, but after a couple of months when the rescue teams have gone and aid runs out, it is going to be every Nepali’s responsibility to re-build this great nation.

There is no better way to revive the economy than through tourism; which succors every level of Nepali society. We will always be grateful for all your help in these difficult times, so please make a plan to come to Nepal soon and be a part of rebuilding our country.

Having gone through this event, I suddenly realised what William Shakespeare meant: “one touch of nature makes the whole world kin”. For a couple of days as tremors came and went, all guests and staff gathered and slept in different areas of the hotel we instantly became a family comforting and cheering each other.

Such bonds are enduring. Moreover, what is making us all proud is the indomitable spirit of all Nepalese uniting and helping each other. Our resilient attitude is giving each of us hope and strength to overcome this calamity and revive all that we have lost.”

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Rotarian Mary Brell with local Nepali children

incredible experience but our experience is nothing compared with what is still happening in Nepal. Many people have asked me how they could donate to the Nepali cause and know that the dollars will get to where they should go. Our Rotary club has been doing work in Nepal or the past four years, and now I’m asking people to help with continuing support for the Maidi village and for the wonderful people there.

My contact in the village, Prakash, with whom I have worked and who is regarded as a member of our family, is calling out for help. This week he told me that 90 per cent of the houses of the village are not liveable.

The people have been experiencing more shocks and are too terrified to go into their homes. They are sleeping outside their homes and are also worried about robbers. There is also concern for the health of the children as the monsoon approaches.

When I was in Kathmandu last week, I left Prakash with some money and also tents and blankets which he has taken to the village. He has bought rice, rice flakes, more tents, mattresses and cooking oil.

I am hoping people will feel inclined to support this project via a Rotary grant that we manage for the Rotary Club of Orange Daybreak. The grant account needs to now continue the community development by providing funds to support the purchase of food, tents, blankets and materials to reconstruct houses (and pay local workers’ wages). This will be an ongoing need.

If you would like to support the continuation of this project grant, go to the Rotary Club of Orange Daybreak’s website www.rotaryorangedaybreak.org.au and follow the link to the Nepal Friendship project. All donations, which should be specifically marked “earthquake” are fully tax-deductible.

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The week’s top stories from around the region Compiled by NATALIE HOLMES

Elephants arrive two by two, hurrah!

OUR Asian elephants have now made their home at Taronga Western Plains Zoo, following a transfer from Sydney’s Taronga Zoo. The elephants arrived in two transfers one week apart, with Porntip and her calf Pathi Harn arriving on Friday April 24, and Tong Dee and her calf Luk Chai on Friday, May 1.

Zoo general manager Matthew Fuller described it as an exciting time for the open range facility.

“The transfers went smoothly, with all four elephants arriving in the early morning after travelling overnight by road in purpose-built transport crates,” he said.

Fuller said the elephants walked out of their crates straight into the zoo’s new state of the art facility, to be greeted by their keepers, some of whom had travelled with them from Sydney.

“They’ve settled in well and we’re giving them lots of time to explore and become familiar with their new surroundings.”

The four new elephants takes the total numbers to seven –with six Asian elephants and one African elephant.

“The arrival of new elephants on the scene has caused a stir amongst our older female elephants, with Cuddles, Burma and Gigi all interested in the newcomers.”

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Fire in Talbragar St LOCAL firefighters were called out to a blaze in a Talbragar St eatery just after 7.30 on Thursday morning. The fire started in the kitchen and spread to the ceiling before being brought under control just before 9am.

The street was blocked off for part of the morning before re-opening before 10am. The numerous Fire and Rescue personnel in attendance were able to stop the fire spreading to neighbouring properties. However, there was smoke damage and a broken water pipe on the premises.

Council releases draft operational plan RATEPAYERS can expect future development ahead following the release of the city’s 2015/16 draft Operational Plan today.

Included in next year’s budget is upgrade of the Dubbo Sewage Treatment Plant, development of the proposed Dubbo Regional Organics Processing Plant and accompanying organic kerbside collection, along with completion of the Eumungerie Water Supply Scheme. On the flipside, rates will go up by 2.4 per cent and water up from $1.85 to $1.91 per kilolitre.

The council’s Dubbo Mining Areas Land Use Strategy and Coal Seam Gas Position Statement have also been revised following a public exhibition period.

The revised draft strategy includes a number of amendments as a result of the comments, recommendations and updated data provided by public submissions and government agencies.

The amended documents were adopted by council and will now inform land use decisions at a policy level.

There’s a new herd on the block, with the arrival of four elephants at Taronga Western Plains Zoo this week. PHOTO: RICK STEVENS

Sporting champions honoured SIX Dubbo district athletes received a Local Sporting Champion certificate for their contributions yesterday (Thursday), thanks to the Federal Government initiative. Included in the honours list was tennis star Emily Rath, hockey players Maddi Café and Phoebe Bloink Hollier, cricketer Leah Robins and cyclists Luke Ensor and Kurt Ether.

The Local Sporting Champions program is an Australian Government initiative designed to provide financial assistance for young people aged 12-18 towards the cost of travel, accommodation, uniforms or equipment when competing, coaching or officiating at an official national sporting organisation (NSO) endorsed state, national or international sporting championships or a School Sport Australia state or national championships.

Robbery footage released POLICE investigating a bottle-shop robbery in Dubbo have released CCTV images of a man who may be able to assist with their inquiries.

The man depicted in the images is described as being of Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander appearance, with a slim build, and aged 18 to 25 years. He was wearing a black hat, black jacket, pink and grey shorts, and white sneakers at the time. Meanwhile, police from Orana Local Area Command are appealing for information to locate a man wanted for outstanding warrants for supplying prohibited drugs.

The 36-year-old is described as being

of Aboriginal appearance, about 180185cm tall and 100-120kg with a solid build. He has grey eyes and may have a shaved head.

Agreement reached for gold exploration CLANCY Exploration has entered into a farm-in agreement with Ramelius Resources for the exploration of gold and base metals at Condobolin.

Ramelius will be project manager, while Clancy will be the project operator during the farm-in phase.

Clancy’s managing director Gordon Barnes said that the farm-in agreement with Ramelius will strengthen Clancy’s exploration program in NSW. A review of the project completed late last year identified the requirement for a funding partner and we are looking forward to working with Ramelius to advance exploration at Condobolin,” he said.

The partners expect work to commence in the June quarter.

Four new police officers for Dubbo THE Orana Local Area Command will be home to four additional police officers, following the graduation ceremony of 109 new recruits from the Goulburn Police Academy this week.

NSW justice and police minister and Dubbo MP Troy Grant welcomed the newcomers to the city.

“Today’s recruits will be welcomed by the local community and I look forward to seeing them continuing the fantastic work of our local area command,” he

said.

“I thank the new officers who are taking on this challenging and rewarding role and for their commitment to service.”

Grant is also a former police officer.

Bookkeeper charged with fraud A GULGONG bookkeeper has been charged after fraudulently obtaining approximately $147,000 from a client. The 48-year-old woman was charged with obtaining benefits by deception and concealing an accounting record with intent to obtain financial advantage.

Its alleged that she fraudulently transferred approximately $147,000 from her client’s bank accounts into her own during 2014.

Firearms stolen from property Yet another landholder is lamenting the theft of firearms after a break-in at Woodstock, west of Cowra last Friday evening.

Officers from Canobolas Local Area Command are investigating the theft of a.22 bolt action rifle, a.45-70 classic break action rifle, a shotgun and a single barrel shotgun.

A crime scene was established at the property and will be examined by specialist forensic officers.

Trial weed control at Gin Gin Bridge Reserve WITH the assistance of RiverSmart, Narromine Shire Council is trialling weed control at Gin Gin Bridge Reserve.

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Dubbo businesses rewarded for excellence A NUMBER of Dubbo businesses have emerged as winners following the 2015 Central West Orana Business Awards at Rydges Mount Panorama in Bathurst last Friday night.

NSW Business Chamber Central West Orana regional manager Vicki Seccombe was thrilled with the excellent response from local businesses.

“The NSW Business Chamber Awards recognises excellence in business, leadership, entrepreneurship, ethics, sustainability, innovation, business growth and employment practices,” she said.

Winners were:

- Young Entrepreneur Abraham Damen, Kitchen and Renovation Concepts, Dubbo (pictured above)

The Gin Gin Bridge Reserve.

- Young Business Executive Elise Edwards from Crowe Horwath, Bathurst - Business Leader of the Year Michael Adams, Golden West Holden, Dubbo - Excellence in Small Business Bobbies, Orange

- Employer of Choice EMS Group, Dubbo (Tom Kavanagh from EMS is pictured above)

Weeds such as green cestrum, castor oil plant and white cedar were becoming a nuisance within the reserve.

Phase 1 of the operation included use of a power mulcher excavator to mulch and grind selected weed species while Phase 2 will involve chemical control measures to further restore the area.

RiverSmart’s federallyfunded Green Army team (consisting entirely of Narromine youth) has also worked tirelessly in the past months collecting litter and regenerating several reserves

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- Excellence in Innovation Trang Imagineering, Orange and Regand Park Early Childhood Education Centre, Dubbo (dual winners - Justine Richards from Regand Park Early Childhood Education Centre is pictured above).

- Excellence in Business John Davis Motors, Orange & Forbes - Excellence in Business Ethics Alive Health, Orange - Local Chamber of Commerce Award Forbes Business Chamber Winners will now progress to the NSW Business Chamber’s annual State Awards later this year.

within the Narromine and Warren Shires.

The team will now begin planting native understorey species at Gin Gin Bridge Reserve.

Input encouraged into Wellington beautification program WITH the Wellington CBD set to get a makeover, members of the public are encouraged to comment on the CBD Beautification Development Application on display in the

Wellington Council foyer.

The DA includes work to the Council-owned portion of the Cameron Park wall, including removal of some sections, removal of specific trees, bluestone garden beds and the path wall in Cameron Park.

Community feedback is imperative as the opinions from residents will influence the assessment process. The CBD Beatification project is funded by Infrastructure NSW as part of the Cobbora Restart program.

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My thanks and very, very deep appreciation to Jen Cowley, Tony Webber and John Ryan for their comment and analysis this week on the issues of housing, the creation of IS and the truth behind the ANZAC mythology. I would struggle to use my own awareness and historical research to address these issues as well as they have done.

About the only thing John missed on the Anzac story was the ever-increasing amount of crass commercialisation of the day, which of course is only in line with the equal commer¬cialisation of any of our annual days – I have become so “over-dayzed” with the constant appeal to my hip pocket by those urging me to buy more and more trash at the cost of the essential meaning of each of these memorial days, whether they be

1. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of sea turtles called?

2. SCIENCE: For what field of science was Tycho Brahe best known?

3. LITERATURE: How many booklength novels about Tarzan did Edgar Rice Burroughs (pictured) write?

4. GEOGRAPHY: What part of the world was once called Caledonia by the Romans?

5. HISTORY: Which French king greatly expanded the Palace of Versailles and

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Re: Western role in creating IS must mort be white-washed – Weekender 1/5/15 (TONY Webber’s comment piece) is what I expect from journalism – the back story.

Excellent reading as a summary of the rise of the IS phenomenon.

This article causes me to question not just our motives for military intervention, but also the consequences.

Mr Webber’s column alone is worth the purchase price.

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6. MATHEMATICS: How many zeros are in the number 1 billion?

7. US PRESIDENTS: Who was the only Roman Catholic president of the United States?

8. MOVIES: What early movie star made a career based on his portrayal of “The Tramp”?

9. LANGUAGE: What word describes the next-to-last event or item?

10. ANATOMY: What is the scapula more commonly known as?

11. GOLF: Name the three men in golf’s

modern era to have top-five finishes in each of a PGA season’s four majors.

12. FILM: Which pop star played the title role in the 2006 film “Hating Alison Ashley”? And who wrote the book it was based on?

13. LYRICS: Name the song that contains this lyric: “What’s your name? Who’s your daddy? (He rich) Is he rich like me. Has he taken, any time. (To show) To show you what you need to live.”

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Tony Webber

Tony Webber is a fallen Catholic and crest-fallen Republican.

New princess free to be female, but not Catholic HARLOTTE ELIZABETH DIANA – the new royal baby has been named.

Apparently it was in honour of her great grandmother, Liz, her late grandmother, Di, and the fictional spider.

To be honest I was hoping for something a bit more colourful with some individualism.

Given the poor little bugger will likely be condemned to a life of stiff conformity, infidelity and closet alcoholism, the least we could have hoped for was something unique.

Not necessarily from the Bob Geldof stable: Hendrixietta Catweasel or Wolfsbane Goblin Trumpet.

But maybe her name could have recognised that as a female she is no longer considered a second rate contribution to the aristocracy, as was the case only a few years ago.

I saw a female Apache leader interviewed one time, whose surname was Mankiller, which does rather have the ring of emancipation to it.

In 2011 it was decreed (my word, not God’s) that a female should be given equal billing in the succession ranking to the throne.

Previously women born to royalty could only be appointed monarch if there was not a male heir in the family line, and assuming no beloved palace pets or perhaps distinguished military mounts were also vying for the job.

This progressive move to gender equality comes only decades after the rest of the civilised world, many Amazon tribes, and The Black Panthers, but well before most criminal gangs, world tennis and the boardroom culture of corporate Australia.

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But the real good fortune of the new princess – apart from the obvious standout of an unjustifiable life of phenomenal wealth and privilege at the expense of the British taxpayer – is that she wasn’t born Catholic.

Even we Catholics can breathe a sigh of insubordination, because as a second class community we remember our discriminatory treatment at the hands of the protestant establishment, both here and in the mother country, until recent times.

Because despite the reforms of 2011, had little Charlotte been Catholic she could not have ever been in legitimate line to the throne.

To be clear, she could one day conceivably be a protestant Queen and also be married to a Catholic – certainly out of the question prior to the 2011 changes – but I suppose the treasonous Papist bastard would need to be kept chained in the tower of London or something just in case.

And on that I suppose there is no end to the good fortune of her birth as far as what she isn’t: black, poor, Rastafarian or close friends with a convicted child sex offender, as is the case with her great uncle Andrew.

Strident efforts will be underway shortly to establish little Charlotte’s bona fides as a commoner, just like us, all of whom were retrieved from the palatial private maternity hospital by our father, the Prince, in a top of the line Range Rover.

We saw this image-laundering most recently with Prince Harry’s arrival in Australia to spend time with our military, where TV commentators reinforced that he will be treated no different to any other soldier, as footage showed him

Britain’s Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, appear with their baby daughter outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital, in London, Britain May 2. The Duchess of Cambridge, gave birth to a girl on Saturday, the couple’s second child and a sister to one-year-old Prince George. PHOTO: REUTERS/CATHAL MCNAUGHTON

Charlotte does however enjoy the distinction of having a remote chance of being an Australian head of state one day, unlike Australian citizens.

making his way past adoring thousands of well-wishers, just like every other soldier presumably was at that exact minute somewhere out of camera shot.

In contrast media efforts to reduce Charlotte’s mother, Kate, to a put-upon neurotic mess continued with her early departure from hospital being criticised as a poor example and a potentially life-threatening publicity stunt, though one performed in a stunning maternity frock and with typically effervescent good

humour.

Little Charlotte can also look forward to repaying her life of idle luxury with similar scrutiny of all aspects of her life and behaviour, including any weight fluctuations that will be the subject of more intrusive rudeness than her birth.

Charlotte does however enjoy the distinction of having a remote chance of being an Australian head of state one day, unlike Australian citizens.

So at least we know how the Catholics felt.

Self-destructing emails on the way in new app

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LAS VEGAS: A startup company wants to make your emails vanish forever – but in a good way.

Confidential CC has created an application that lets people send self-destructing messages from whatever email accounts they fancy.

Unlike rival apps dedicated to sending messages or images that vanish after being viewed, the Confidential CC app is designed to work with existing email accounts such as Gmail and Outlook.

“You receive all your email like usual – we just add a new address line that lets you send a CCC selfdestruct email,” said company co-founder Warren Barthes at the Collision technology conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

The Confidential CC app for iPhones and other Apple mobile devices is now available on the App Store and will become fully functional on May 21.

Versions for Android-powered devices and desktop computers

are also planned.

Confidential CC serves as a central hub on a smartphone or a tablet to manage any or all email accounts.

After firing up the app, people log into their email accounts as they normally would.

A “CCC” address line appears below the “BCC” box that email users are accustomed to seeing.

CCC messages cannot be printed, forwarded or saved and vanish after being closed. They are

also encrypted from end-to-end.

To thwart those who might think to take a picture of an ephemeral email, identities of senders and recipients are not displayed simultaneously and text in messages shifts from blurred to focused as readers scroll through.

Additional features include cancelling accidentally sent messages, fetching attachments and setting times for email to be sent.

The app will be free at the outset, but may charge in the future. AAP

WOULD YOU SUPPORT A FOOD & GARDEN WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE? The proposal Dubbo City Council has been investigating options for a regional organics processing facility and the potential introduction of a Food And Garden waste, kerbside collection service.

If the proposal goes ahead, a third bin, or Food and Garden Waste bin could be collected weekly, and the mixed waste bin and yellow recycling bin would be collected fortnightly.

For this option, collection charges would increase by approximately $1.20 a week Alternatively, a weekly garbage collection as well as a weekly Food and Garden waste collection would increase costs by approximately $1.60 a week.

Dubbo City Council wants to know would the community support the introduction of a Food and Garden Waste Collection, and which collection service would suit their household.

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This weekend there’ll be an avalanche of cards and flowers and fluffy slippers for Mother’s Day as Australians celebrate the sanctity of motherhood, but for some women it’ll be the most difficult day of the year. Sometimes what’s been hailed as “the most natural thing in the world” doesn’t come easily... or naturally. AS TOLD TO Jen Cowley PHOTOGRAPHY Connor Coman-Sargent ALLY Yeomans and her daughter London walk hand in hand along the path that wends its way through manicured park lawns and autumn hued trees, the late afternoon’s golden sunlight striking the angelic four year old’s impossibly blonde hair as the photographer clicks shot after picture-perfect shot.

It’s the kind of image that will grace thousands of Mother’s Day cards and advertisements this weekend – the kind of chocolate-box perfection that encapsulates the idea of motherhood being the most natural thing in the world.

But this seemingly idyllic picture tells only part of the story.

For Yeomans, and for thousands of women across Australia every year, the journey to motherhood has been anything but easy... and it certainly wasn’t what most of us would deem “natural”.

Little London is a living, breathing miracle according to her mum – who, together with husband Murray, spent 15 frustrating, heartbreaking years trying to achieve that state so many take for granted – parenthood.

This weekend, amid the avalanche of flowers, chocolates and fluffy slippers, there will be grief and sadness for the one in six Australian couples who are infertile, and for the one in three women over the age of 35 who are unable to have a baby.

Currently in Australia, around one in 25 babies is born thanks to the use of assisted reproductive techniques and that number is on the rise.

With stats like that, surely society is more accepting of and sensitive to the difficulties faced by so many women who want but can’t have children, yes?

Well, no, according to Yeomans – whose 15 year journey to motherhood made her keenly aware of just how difficult a time Mother’s Day can be.

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EOMANS met her husband to be at school and says they would have been married the day they walked out the school gates if they could have.

“But we waited a little while,” says the now 40 year old. “We travelled overseas quite a bit and had bought our first house – then the natural next step was to start a family.”

Both from large families, having children had always factored into the young couple’s equation. But it wasn’t to be that easy.

“We tried for about three years and had two miscarriages. So we sought some advice and looked at diet and nutrition and then at the nuances of my cycle and what was happening there. And we had tests and formulas and timetables and diets ... it makes it very clinical. It took all the romance away and to be honest, it

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began to feel like a chore.”

But for all the frustration, Yeomans says she never once gave up her dream of being a mother.

“After three years, we looked into adoption and we went down the path of IVF. We did 18 IVF cycles, some of them very invasive. We’ve had nine pregnancies in total – some lasted to the 20-21 week mark,” she says.

As if on cue, the bright little button that is her daughter runs up laughing and holding out a flower.

“Look, Mummy – I picked a flower and Daddy took a photo of me,” she squeals with delight.

Little London was try number 19.

Yeomans watches the little blonde miracle skip away, and our talk turns to how it felt for all those years to watch others having and raising children, seemingly so easily.

“It was hard,” she says. “I worked in childcare for a while and it was very, very difficult – particularly when I worked for a time in a small, disadvantaged community and saw a lot of neglect of children. But no matter how hurtful it all was, I always believed in my heart that one day I’d be a mother.”

One of the hardest things, she recalls, was when otherwise well intentioned people would ask why the couple didn’t have children.

“It seems when you get to a certain number of years married, people assume children is the next step and that if you don’t have kids, it’s a choice. And until I went through it, I guess I was like that too because I had the same expectation – that we’d be married for a certain period then we’d travel and work and then buy a house and then have kids.”

When her birthdays ticked over into the mid-30s, “a real panic” set in.

“I really began to panic about the time – I heard the clock ticking really loudly. I always thought I’d have children young and grow up with them. The desperation was consuming. I actually shut myself off from people for quite a while because I couldn’t face things.

And there were reminders everywhere.”

I know how hard it must be for those who are still trying, or who haven’t been so blessed. And it’s something we really need to talk more about.”

– Sally Yeomans, whose daughter London was born through IVF

Her voice catches and tears threaten as she recounts a particularly painful memory.

“I went in to have surgery at one point and because the surgical ward was full, I was put in with all the new mums... sorry, I still struggle with that. Just the sound of the newborns...”

Years of sadness gave way to unmitigated joy at the news that Yeomans had finally, with the help of specialist intervention, managed to carry a pregnancy successfully to the “half way mark”, but it was a time also mired in tremendous apprehension.

“The fear when I was carrying London was horrific.

I’d had nine miscarriages and I was absolutely terrified it would happen again. We had a bit of a scare at 20 weeks when I had a scan and they found London was engaged and ready to go. I spent the rest of my pregnancy in hospital and she was born at 34 weeks.”

Despite the fear, Yeomans still says she “thoroughly enjoyed” being pregnant.

“Because it’s what I’d spent so long wishing for. Then when London was born early, she didn’t have any problems at all. It was wonderful.”

LTHOUGH her dream of motherhood is now a reality, Yeomans says she still feels a great sadness when Mother’s Day rolls around – given her empathy with others who haven’t been as fortunate.

“I feel so much for other women who are going through the same thing, or who can’t have children.

And that’s why I’m happy to talk to you about this – because I’ve lived it, and I’ve been blessed because we have our daughter now, and I know how hard it must be for those who are still trying, or who haven’t been so blessed. And it’s something we really need to talk more about.”

One of the things Yeomans would like to see discussed is the exorbitant cost of assisted fertility.

“You have to be realistic – in our country, IVF is so expensive. It’s all very well to say you’ll get a bundle of joy at the end of it, but it can take a huge financial toll.

And it also takes a massive emotional toll, and that can put real pressure on a marriage. You’re constantly questioning yourself. And when you combine that with financial pressure, well it means a lot of people give up – good people who would make great parents. I think IVF should also be subsidised. I know that’s putting it back on taxpayers but there must be a way to make it more accessible. There are people out there taking out loans to fund their IVF journey.”

The same applies, she says, to adoption.

“I’d like to see Australia’s adoption laws revisited to involve people more closely, and to make it easier for people to adopt particularly when there’s so much

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need for children to be cared for and loved.

“And even with surrogacy laws – they’re different in every state, and that can make it difficult. So the whole fertility thing – from adoption to IVF to surrogacy – needs to be seriously investigated to find ways to get rid of all the red tape and the waiting and the hoops you have to jump through.”

This Mother’s Day, Yeomans has a simple message for society at large: “Spare a thought for those who can’t be mums – and don’t make assumptions. Because your assumptions can make women who are going through what I went through feel like a failure. Society expects that women will reproduce and when you can’t do that, yeah, it does make you feel somehow like less of a woman.

“Be mindful – if you know someone is having difficulty, just talk to them – don’t ignore it, because that makes it worse in many ways.

“We all need to talk about it more. It’s a very private thing, but society has these expectations that create a stigma around people who can’t have children, and that just makes it even harder to talk about openly.”

••• HIS Mothers’ Day, Weekender sought the thoughts of a number of women for whom, for various reasons, “the greatest job in the world” is either out of reach or out of mind.

It’s telling that these women felt comfortable to share their stories and insights only on the condition of anonymity.

Yes, the biology and intimacy of the procreation processes, both natural and assisted, make it a very personal and private subject, but how much of that reluctance to speak publicly is a nod to decorum and how much a fear of being judged by a society with expectations that motherhood should and does come easily and naturally? That

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We asked three women – all successful, intelligent, capable and insightful – how they feel about Mother’s Day and the importance placed on motherhood as the defining role of a woman.

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“I just feel like there’s a big gap and I don’t know how to fill it.” » Kate* is in her early 40s and does not have children. Her partner has children from a previous marriage and they have just endured their third unsuccessful attempt at IVF.

’D always wanted to be a mum. My exhusband and I tried but tests showed he couldn’t have children, and after we broke up I just resigned myself that it was probably never going to happen and I was quite sad about that. I went through a phase of thinking I might do it alone, and I had friends who were very supportive, but I just couldn’t do it.

I was 40 when I met my partner and I was so happy, and so grateful for having such a good relationship that I began to think it might be possible. We talked about it, but I didn’t want to push. His children are not little anymore and I didn’t think it was fair to ask him to go back. But he was the one who suggested it, so we went through all the “what ifs” and decided to pursue IVF. We were told we’d have about a 20 per cent chance.

We went through all the ups and downs of tests and timing and changing doctors and everything that goes along with IVF that they don’t tell you about. The first time we tried, five of the six eggs had fertilised

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 08.05.2015 to Sunday 10.05.2015 but didn’t last long enough to be inseminated. That was devastating to not even get to the second stage. We tried again immediately and that time we had six eggs and we made it to the critical two week mark, but on the day before our appointment, I got my period. And we were devastated again.

I don’t think I was prepared for how devastating it would be. I went into it with a really pragmatic approach – but all that goes out the window once you get the point of jabbing yourself every day, and the endless tests and the waiting... in terms of the emotional investment it’s huge.

They often say the third go is, on average, the successful one, so we decided to try again. This time, they said, “If we get two fertilised embryos, would you be happy for us to put both in?” and it was a no-brainer. We said yes, absolutely. And that’s what happened. By this stage we were so invested we were talking about names and decisions we’d make and things we’d do. Again, we get to the two week mark and the same thing happened.

Nothing could have prepared me for the devastation I felt. I knew that was the end.

I’d invested so much hope and I’d wanted it so much – and for that to be gone was just awful. I really fell to pieces.

We hadn’t told anyone, and that made it worse because we felt like we were going through it alone. There were reasons we kept it to ourselves, but not having anyone to talk to about it was hard.

I went to a counsellor who asked if I’d ever try again, and I just said, “enough’s enough”. I just couldn’t go through it again.

How much more damaged do you need to be? It had also started to affect our relationship because I was so emotionally drained and all the little things began to upset me.

I just feel like there’s a big gap and I don’t know how to fill it.

This year’s Mother’s Day is going to be really difficult. Already people at work are talking about what they’re doing for the day – and suddenly, this year it’s a reminder of what we’ve lost. It’s a real sense of grief.

We’re grieving the loss of something we’ve planned for and now it’s not there.

Everywhere you go, the whole “mother” thing is all around – and the retail world is relentless around Mothers’ Day. And the media – it’s all so in your face. There’s nothing anyone who’s grieving – for whatever reason – can do to escape the hype. It’s hurtful for so many people.

I guess I’d like people to be more sensitive around Mothers’ Day – to be more aware that being a mother doesn’t always come easily or naturally, or that you always have a choice.

I feel really judged sometimes because I don’t have children, and I’m trying to work out what I can say that lets people know it’s not my choice not to have children. When people ask “Do you have children?” if you just say, “No” they assume it’s a choice.

It would be nice for people to stop and think there might be a reason the woman they’re about to ask that question of doesn’t have children.

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“There’s this expectation that you’re a more “solid” person because you have a family.” » Jane* is in her 50s. She and her partner of 30 years were not able to have children.

DON’T talk about it because it’s a very private thing, but mostly because if I don’t talk about it, it doesn’t hurt.

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that my purpose in life was to be a mum. There were always other things I was going to do.

I earned a degree and then went to work in a merchant bank (which is what they were called at the time) and so by my early 30s, I was busy achieving all that. There had been no thought about children until that stage – but I made myself a promise then that if it hadn’t happened by the time I was 40, then it wouldn’t make much sense to pursue it. I’m a scientist – you can do the maths pretty easily. Having children in your 40s means that by the time they’re starting to grow up, you’re in your 60s. That seemed awfully old to me back then!

The motive and opportunity was something I began to think about in my mid-30s and my partner and I did start to try then. But after what they tell you is a “normal” amount of trying without success, I had a barrage of tests which showed nothing conclusive. That dented my faith in science because I realised the whole procreation thing is not something the medical profession really understands.

We tried for a while and it just didn’t happen. Then I was staring down the barrel of 40 and it didn’t seem right for us to go down the intervention road, in terms of IVF. I had a big slap-up 40th birthday and that was it – I closed the door on it.

Mother’s Day isn’t something that really gets to me – perhaps because when I was growing up, in our house it was felt that mothers should be special every day and that one day of the year wasn’t a big thing.

What I found more upsetting was Christmas. When you don’t have children yourself, people assume it’s okay for you to have to leave your home and surroundings and fit in with others who have kids. I found that really heartbreaking at times. It just pointed the whole thing out.

A few years back, we got a dog. Now, I know it’s not a child and I understand that – but it has helped to create more of a sense of family than we had. It added another dimension to the relationship and my partner and I now feel more a sense of home and family. In some ways, that’s the realisation of what I was missing out on by not having children.

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thing you can ever do – I know it’s not aimed directly at me, but yes, I do feel judged sometimes.

The worst thing is when I’m sitting around a boardroom table – and everyone is introducing themselves.

It’s taken me ages to come up with a statement that I feel comfortable with because women are so often defined by their marital and family status – and I’m neither married nor a mother. There’s this expectation that you’re a more “solid” person because you have a family.

There’s an element of regret that I didn’t make the best of decisions in terms of trying intervention. But I had a really nice lifestyle in my 20s and 30s – new cars, expensive overseas trips, dinners out whenever I wanted... and I don’t regret that for a minute, but maybe I should have pursued it harder when I finally did think about having children.

Still, there’s no point in regret, is there?

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“I may be missing the motherhood gene” » Thirty-something Melanie* is single and has no interest in having her own children:

AM single so the concept of children for me is off the radar – but I am “of age” so it does apply to me in a grander societal type way.

I know single people who really, really want kids, but that’s not me. It’s kind of putting the cart before the horse. If I had children it would be because I wanted them but also because I’d met someone I could trust and like enough to raise another human being with, without worrying about being left to carry the load.

I’ve never wanted kids. I’m waiting for the 30-something epiphany; for the clucky bell to ring, but alas, I feel I may be missing the motherhood gene. I’ve never felt sad about this – just a sense of indifference.

Women are definitely defined by their parental status. Women (particularly famous women) are often described as “mother of four kids” and so forth but the equivalent is not used to describe famous men. “How DO they do it?” isn’t a phrase allocated to males. And there’s a gender bias to the judgement – women are

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barren, men are bachelors.

I’ve recently read journalist Anabelle Crabb’s The Wife Drought, which touches on the fact that although women are now entering the workforce, none have a “wife” at home, so they’re still taking on domestic duties AND full time work. Nothing much has changed for men except for seeing more women in their workplace.

All this makes me very hesitant to consider having children, even if I wanted to. I feel it would make me bitter and regretful. I often say to my friends and siblings who are parents “You’re just not selling it” – the motherhood sales pitch is pretty poor.

No one ever asks “why did you decide to have children?” but people always ask “why don’t you want kids?” It’s rude and I often want to ask parents why they did choose to have children – because it seems really hard and really expensive, with very little pay off.

I think modern mothers use parenthood as a form of identity, and it overtakes their individuality. I just have other things I want to do instead of being a mother – but I feel women think I am judging them when I say that.

I don’t feel judged – I feel like I have freedom, but I do feel like some women pity me, and that’s ironic because I actually pity them.

It’s possible I’m selfish, but that’s my choice. I have time for other things like community, family and friends. I have children in my life whom I love and adore and would do anything for.

I don’t feel I’m lacking – in fact I think I have a great balance. *Not their real names. Three of the women Weekender spoke with shared their thoughts on the condition of anonymity. do feel like some women pity me, and that’s ironic because I actually pity them.

It’s possible I’m selfish, but that’s my choice. I have time for other things like community, family and friends. I have children in my life whom I love and adore and would do anything for.

I don’t feel I’m lacking – in fact I think I have a great balance. *Not their real names. Three of the women Weekender spoke with shared their thoughts on the condition of anonymity.

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Cyberbulling: a socially transmitted disease The first generation of digital citizens who don’t know a world without social media are about to embark on their teenage years. The online lives of these children will be fun and exciting but exposes them to the potential for cyberbullying. How to protect and teach them online etiquette, is a whole-of-community concern, from government policy to rules in the home. WORDS Yvette Aubusson-Foley PHOTOGRAPHY Connor ComanSargent WELVE years ago social media didn’t exist which means anyone who is below the age of 15 today won’t remember a world without it. To that cohort, there has always Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or something similar like Snap Chat, Vine, Kik or Whisper.

Back then MySpace was in its infancy along with a phenomenon we now call cyber bullying.

It’s an extension of your stock standard push and shove, taunting and name calling in the playground but according to a research commissioned by government in 2014, one in five (or 450,000 Australian children and young people), predominantly aged 10 to 15, have experienced cyber bullying.

A spokesman for Paul Fletcher, parliamentary secretary to Communications Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, told Weekender the feedback received by government during two public consultation processes is that many parents and schools feel ill equipped to deal with the challenge of protecting children from online dangers.

Cyber-bullying comes with nasty twists and turns causing deep seeded after-effects for the teenage brain.

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NNE Heath, area manager central west, Interrelate, a family relationships services provider currently delivering a bullying awareness campaign to schools, says Australia has been ranked number one worldwide for bullying on social networks and children who are bullied are nine times more likely to have suicidal thoughts.

No surprise then to learn the legal consequences are serious. The 1995 Criminal Act states that being found guilty of using a carriage service (in other words, social media or a mobile phone) to menace, harass or cause offence attracts the penalty of three years imprisonment.

And so cyber bullying has right-

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ly found a place in public policy, with the Australian Government’s Enhancing Online Safety for Children Act set in stone on March 24 this year, and its first amendment registered three days later.

“It creates a new statutory office, the Children’s e-Safety Commissioner and provides for the commissioner to administer a complaints scheme in relation to harmful cyberbullying material targeted to an Australian child,” says Fletcher’s spokesman.

The e-commissioner (designate), Alistair MacGibbon starts his daunting job in earnest next month.

“It’s obviously difficult to predict the precise volume of complaints the Commissioner will receive prior to the office being set up, however we have developed plans for the Commissioner’s operations based on reasonable assumptions,” says the spokesman.

However, he suggests the government’s research has found the prevalence of cyber bullying has “rapidly increased” since it first emerged as behaviour.

Also on the increase are the think tanks created to combat it.

Nationally and internationally recognised researcher into cyber bullying, Dr Barbara Spears is also research leader for the Safe and Well Online project for the Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre; member of the management committee of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (Cyberbullying); member of the National Centre Against Bullying Advisory Board; member of the National Technology and Wellbeing Roundtable; a research leader for the SOSO (Smart Online, Safe Offline) project in the Young and Well CRC which investigates the capacity of social marketing strategies to change the beliefs and attitudes of young people to make online communities safe and supportive environments

where young people can interact.

“Cyberbullying is really just an extension of traditional bullying. It is the technology which enables it to occur, but the acts have the same deliberate intent to harm; are about power relationships and mostly repetitive, though this concept has a different perspective when online.

“The event might only happen once, but it can be forwarded, or viewed countless times, resulting in ongoing harm. Whereas before, when you went home, it was left behind: now it really is with the person all the time,” Spears told Weekender this week from London.

Wendy Protheroe, general manager, Kids Helpline says there have always been bullies but the sheer number of

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ways bullying can occur is putting a level of stress on today’s youth not seen before.

“The result is manifesting as serious mental health issues for kids of all ages.

Last year, the most downloaded topics from the Kids Helpline website were cyberbullying and bullying, highlighting the growing demand from children, young people, parents and carers to find evidence based support on the issue,” Protheroe says.

Fighting fire with fire, a government funded $27 million dollar study into how technology can help prevent and treat mental illness in our youth will be completed next month, with Dr Barbara Spears at the helm.

“This is not a problem for only today.

It is an ongoing problem with every new

group of children who start school, with every set of 11 year-olds who embark on pubertal changes which impact on their relationships, with every adolescent who falls in and out of friendships and relationships and seeks revenge,” Spears says.

On a flyer distributed internally for teachers addressing the many facets of this issue, there is one piece of text highlighted to stand out above all others, which reads: “Addressing cyberbullying is a whole-of-community responsibility, and requires a whole-ofcommunity response.”

HE future is one of ongoing vigilance. This is going to affect every family in the country, if not directly, as a victim, or a bully, then indirect-

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ly, as supporters of the victim, or supporters of the bully,” says Spears.

Schools currently provide one of the most comprehensive support networks.

The NSW Government Education and Communities are active in educating students, teachers and parents on the risks of cyberbullying creating the Antibullying Plan to comply with the Preventing and Responding to Student Bullying Policy of 2011.

“Schools have developed good policies around the cyber world and cyberbullying but students need to be aware of their rights and responsibilities. We have used the Police Youth Liaison Officers and they are a fabulous resource.

They bring the reality of the situation home to students,” says Andrew Jones, principal of Dubbo College Senior

Schools have developed good policies around the cyber world and cyberbullying but students are need to be aware of their rights and nd responsibilities.”

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Dubbo students and parents will have another opportunity to delve into those realities on Tuesday, May 26 when the Macquarie Regional Library hosts two workshops on sexting and cyberbullying. The workshop targeting parents will explore cyber safety and the laws on privacy.

Presented by the Children’s Legal Service, Legal Aid, NSW, spokeswoman, Julianne Elliott, solicitor, community legal education, explains that the workshops are about addressing cyberbullying before it starts, to avoid problems down the track.

“We always do work for teachers and parents. The more they know the more they can assist young people in their lives, if they have more of an idea of what’s going on,” she says.

“Young people have a different relationship with technology. Some parents are down on technology and some are accepting. Fears arise if they don’t understand how the technology works and they imagine it’s worse, or not as bad,” says Elliott.

“We want kids to know about the law to keep them safe and out of trouble not because we want to be boring, bossy adults. We cover a broad variety of situations; both intentional and unintentional.

“We unpack joking on social media a little bit, explaining what some people think is funny may not be funny to others, and they must never threaten to hurt someone or trash someone. A winking emote after a threatening joke is not enough. If someone has that on their phone, it’s evidence,” she says.

Typically cyberbullying is used as power play by keyboard warriors who can hide behind anonymity and collude with many to join in on the act in some cases creating websites to “bash” victims.

“Sometimes bullies choose to bully online because it lets them be anonymous and they don’t have to see the person they are hurting. Bullying online is even more cowardly because they aren’t doing it face-to-face,” says Interrelate’s Anne Heath.

N the emotional roller coaster ride of teenage life, broken relationships can also lead to heat of the moment cyberbullying – revenge attacks online.

If a young couple has engaged in sexting, which falls into the realm of child pornography and is a criminal activity if either party is under 18, those images shared in a revenge scenario invite enormous emotional problems for all concerned.

“A girlfriend asks the boyfriend for a sexy pic, then the relationships ends. He asks her to delete it, she says no. She takes revenge and sends it around to other people, who might go on to make a Facebook page or use it as a profile picture for the page,” Elliot says.

While kids may know right from wrong, they can lack resistance to impulse behaviour, which is not usually under control before around 16 years of age. Facebook comes with an age restriction of 13 years.

There are other factors at play, such as the fear of missing out (FOMO) which has a strong pull on children and youth, and can be the draw card to participate in a bullying event.

“Children are easily influenced by their peers and sometimes the collusion is a result of peer pressure. It can also be the case that they are concerned, if they aren’t in the group that’s picking on someone, they may be picked on themselves – safety in numbers,” Heath explains.

Right now the numbers are skewed the wrong way.

In a typical group of four or five friends, one of them is likely to be victimised online.

“All forms of bullying can have detrimental effects on the victim. This includes causing feelings of anxiety, insecurity, low self-esteem, loss of confidence, fear for safety, loneliness, embarrassment, shame, sadness and depression,” according to Heath.

“It can also cause anger, decreased academic achievement, increased risk of substance abuse, poor mental health, self-harming thoughts and behaviours and negative impacts on the quality of their relationships with family, peers and authority figures.”

All reasons cyber-aware parent, Kathy Smart, mother of Samantha, 15 and Patrick, 17, talks “constantly” to them about cyberbullying and its risks.

“I worry about cyberbullying but once they get to 14 or so, it’s too hard to monitor their online lives.

They need to be aware and alert themselves to keep safe and respond appropriately to trolls and so forth,” Smart says.

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Need help? Some useful links: 9 Cybersmart www.cybersmart.gov.au 9 Julia Weber Twitter @nobullyingjulia Facebook: facebook.com/nobullyingjulia ullyingjulia 9 Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 or www.kidshelpline.com.au 9 Legal Aid, NSW www.legalaid.nsw.gov.au/webinars or Hotline 1800 101 01 810 9 eheadspace www.eheadspace.org.au 9 Bullying No Way! www.bullyingnoway.gov.au 9 Digizen www.digizen.org 9 Kids Matter www.kidsmatter.edu.au/ 9 Mind Matters www.mindmatters.edu.au 9 National Centre Against Bullying www.ncab.org.au 9 Reach Out www.teachers.reachoutpro.com.au 9 School A to Z www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/technology/cyberbullying g

Stop cyberbullies in their tracks:

• Never give out personal information and double check the information they are sharing through photos; • Only share passwords with a trusted adult; • Block, unfriend, unfollow and report the cyberbullying; • Close down your profile and start a new one; • Practice a supply of quick (not insulting or vengeful) responses – for example, Do you think I care?

That’s your opinion, etc; • Remember you never really know who you are talking to unless you have actually met them.

affected her children, would mean switching off their online life from the social media they enjoy – Tumbler, Snapchat, Facebook, Kik and Twitter.

“The only way would be to ignore and block, or turn off from a bad campaign. Learning how to shake it off and ignore literally and figuratively is important. Support to learn these skills are necessary, and part of the school’s program of anti-cyberbullying training.

“As parents it’s our responsibility to give kids boundaries and some time when not online. It is hard once they get to 14 though,” she says.

QUALLY hard is being that person – particularly a teenager – who will stand up and speak out on behalf of a victim.

Research suggests when a bystander does act there is a 50 per cent chance the bullying will stop.

“Students who are ‘defended’ are better adjusted and report less peer victimisation one year later. Reconciliation is more likely when bystanders intervene than when teachers intervene. The majority of peer interventions are effective,” reads a cyberbullying flyer distributed to staff in schools.

One Australian teenager in particular knows this only too well and has made a name for herself promoting the empowerment of bystanders to take action.

Eighteen year-old Julia Weber, a Macquarie University psychology and philosophy student wrote the book ILY (I Love You): One Teen Girl’s Guide to a Bully-Proof Adolescence, when she was just 14.

In 2012 she travelled to New York with representatives from the UN Commission for Human Rights, UNESCO and UNICEF to seek advice on how to combat

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It is critical that a bystander doesn’t ‘like’ or contribute to bullying behaviours online as bullies start to feel invincible and will victimise endlessly until they are forced to stop.” – Julia Weber, promoting the empowerment of bystanders to take action.

the world’s bullying crisis, carrying a petition asking for changes to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to include explicit words about bullying.

“When someone speaks up for the victim, they are providing invaluable support which is key on the healing process to take place following the incident. Even if this occurs in private, it is hugely significant to the victim. Similarly when a bully is shown that their behaviour is not accepted by their peers they will usually back down and not repeat the behaviour. It is critical that a bystander doesn’t ‘like’ or contribute to bullying behaviours online as bullies start to feel invincible and will victimise endlessly until they are forced to stop,” says Weber.

Much of the dialogue around cyberbullying does focus on the victim but what about the bully who research shows experiences the same level of emotional turmoil as the their quarry.

“Sometimes bullies learn the behaviour from their parents, which is why whole families need to practice and encourage healthy relationships. Interrelate runs a range of programs in schools, and from our centres, which are designed to help people develop respectful relationships, including our Bullying Awareness Program for primary schools,” says Heath.

“In the future the issue is only going to become more and more relevant but what is really important is to protect our teenagers from themselves. Teaching them what they post on line is out there for everyone to see and doesn’t go away. What they put out there today can affect their tomorrows for a long time to come,” says Principal Andrew Jones.

“This is a community issue and it requires community vigilance, action and commitment. It is never done.

New technologies present new ways of being hurtful, nasty and of bullying. While they are fantastic communications devices, we must harness parental responsibility in how they oversee their children’s use of them.

Government policy is critical, not as a big stick, with penalties for all, but as a way of shaping community standards, of what is acceptable and what is not,” Dr Spears says.

Interrelate’s anti-bullying campaign: 9 Launched on 20th March 2015 for the National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence (this took place at an awards ceremony for a NSW anti-bullying poster competition which more than 5000 students from 174 schools entered) 9 The goal is to raise $150,000 to expand delivery of Interrelate’s Bullying Awareness Program to an additional 10,000 primary school students across Australia 9 $15 can provide a child with education on a range of strategies for dealing with bullying situations and help schools to implement strategies to break the bullying cycle 9 The money raised from this appeal would allow Interrelate to run bullying education program in schools based on need, not whether families can afford it.

9 Schools can nominate themselves to be a recipient of the program by emailing schoolservices@interrelate.org.au. Interrelate will get in touch with nominated schools to identify those most in need based on set criteria.

9 The appeal has currently raised $2052 (enough to deliver the program to 136 students). Donations to the appeal can be made at https://www.chuffed.org/project/interrelate/

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I yearn for a world where teens wake up to happiness ... where they can open their Facebook page and see compliments on their profile pictures and positive statuses filling their newsfeed.

Through 16 year-old eyes AS a teenager living in the 21st century, I’ve been exposed to the joys of education, technology and the advantages of employment. But within these opportunities Dubbo has given me, I’ve also been exposed to a confronting world of not only bullying, but cyberbullying. Threats, abuse, exploitation and manipulation is what comes to mind when I think of cyberbullying – a widespread concern, affecting the teenage population of Australia.

To just ponder on the thought of countless, helpless youths sitting behind a phone screen, or a computer screen really affects me. Not only are students, colleagues or equals distressing and tantalising the innocent, media is playing on the ideas of “perfection” and the expectations of the teenage world.

To know we live in a world where we can’t escape the torment of people is extremely scary. Although I can’t speak from experience, I can speak for the people who are afraid to.

I believe teens are unprotected from the relentless taunting of a “perfect world”. Whether physical abuse, emotional abuse or online abuse, all are unacceptable.

But we have to face the inevitable

– we’ll never be rid of bullying/ cyber-bullying.

To get rid of the “mean” in people would be the thing to make us inhuman. And to get rid of technology – well that’s unmanageable.

I also believe a lot of adults are uneducated on the topics of social networking and technology. The cluelessness when it comes to this topic only comes from the different expectations and lack of technology they grew up with. Both teenagers and adults need to be educated on the ways of social networking and the support networks that are out there for these situations.

I yearn for a world where teens wake up to happiness, where they desire to get out of bed, to go to their friends at school and enjoy their day; where they can open their Facebook page and see compliments on their profile pictures and positive statuses filling their newsfeed.

I believe our community can make a change together. And for the people out there who are being bullied, or cyberbullied, don’t be afraid to stand up for yourselves because you were born for a reason, so live the happy life you deserve.

Just keep swimming.

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TASSIE DEVIL His CV says he’s a storyteller extraordinaire, and that’s no mere exaggeration for one of Australia’s great sportsmen who’s also been an author, commentator and architect with a wicked sense of humour and a devilish grin. Weekender got tangled up with multi-talented Aussie icon Max Walker. WORDS Natalie Holmes

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paper bag with Max Walker written on it in thick black text and left at the MCG. “Mine lives in the bottom drawer now, but for most boys and teens, there is that dream to become a Wallaby or a Socceroo. My dream started in Room 8 of the old Empire Hotel.”

REAMS did become reality and Walker turned heads with his unique bowling style which also led to his well-known nick-name which is an abbreviation of Tanglefoot.

As a player, he admired former West Indian representative player Sir Viv Richards.

“Viv Richards was just incredible, and one of the greatest batsmen in the world.”

Walker also pays homage to a recent loss in the cricketing world, that of Richie Benaud, whom he also greatly admired as a commentator.

“We lost one of the greats and no-one is quite the same as the man in the beige jacket.”

A lot has changed in the game since Walker’s days of playing, including pay packets and crowd numbers.

“We were paid $2700 on our first trip to England for the Ashes, it’s more like $2M now. We would have had 20,000 people at Lords and 50,000 for a World Cup but now, thanks to cyberspace, there are two billion sets of eyeballs watching.

“The game has certainly changed. World Series Cricket was quite ground-breaking in that regard.

They paid more to get better players, it was a natural progression.

“But it was a different skill set altogether and like going back to uni for me.”

After injuring his Achilles tendon, Walker waved goodbye to playing sport and turned to commentating instead.

“I thought it would be a bit of fun but it started a whole career path,” he laughs.

Walker started working for ABC Radio doing cricket commentary before switching to the Nine Network where he worked on Sports News and hosted the renowned Wide World of Sports.

This element of his career lasted until early 2000 and during this time, Walker clocked up more than 3000 hours of television.

He did scores of advertising campaigns, and the marketing machine behind him has propelled him forward over many years. In terms of recognition, Walker insists he became more famous from the Aeroguard commercial than any other television appearance or otherwise.

In fact, the words “Have a good weekend, Mr Walk-

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I pinch myself at times, that I have come all this way from the backyard of the Empire Hotel to here.

er” became synonymous with his whole persona and became one of his most frequently asked questions.

That and “How’s the cricket going, Max?” – a mere 30 years after his last match.

“It’s taken me a long time to shake the image; I was just the bloke that played cricket, or hosted Wide World of Sport,” he admits, when asked about his current jaunt as an in-demand motivational speaker who has given presentations all around the world.

In his talks, he’s known for his energy and passion, and if this interview is anything to go by, an ability to have a chat and skip from topic to topic as fast as a seasoned channel-surfer with their television remote.

“It’s a big privilege to be invited to speak. But you have to know your audience, every audience is different.

“My attitude is your next speech has to be better than your last.”

HERE’S also Walker’s writing career, which he’s slotted in between other pursuits. He’s the proud author of 14 books, and loves to entertain.

Learning how to hypnotise a chook was a talent this journalist actually picked up from one of the books.

“I actually wanted to hypnotise a chook live on Hey Hey it’s Saturday,” he laughs.

“But they wouldn’t let me. They wanted me to use a rubber chook but it just wouldn’t have had the same effect. I think Plucka Duck got his nose a bit out of joint.”

Just as he likes a good yarn, Walker loves to joke around and blames his heritage for sometimes mischievous behaviour.

“Being a Tasmanian, that’s been one of my standard outs in life,” he says. “I could say whatever I liked because I’m Tasmanian.”

When it comes to his philanthropy, Walker’s tone again turns serious.

He’s vice chairman for the Association for the Blind Centenary Appeal, is a patron for the Lighthouse Foundation, the Victorian Blind Cricketers’ Association, and ambassador for Australia Day and the National Gallery of Victoria. He’s a Member of the Order of Australia and a Paul Harris Fellow.

He also works with the Rotary Overseas Medical Aid for Children.

From publishing in braille to helping people after an earthquake, Walker finds giving to be enjoyable.

“It’s an opportunity to help someone else in all sorts of ways,” he says simply.

“You get far more out of giving than taking. To be able to have a window into something and make a small contribution is just wonderful.”

On his recent visit to Dubbo for Dads for Kids, Walker enjoyed participating in the annual event and celebrating his role as a parent.

“Being a father is the biggest achievement of my life.

This miracle of creation is there. It’s a lifetime commitment, it’s not a straight flat line and it’s a huge challenge – from early childhood to teen relationships.”

Another aspect of Dads for Kids that he enjoyed was talking to people and hearing about their lives.

“It was great to have the opportunity to come and meet people, and taking home their stories, that’s special.”

No doubt, they’re stories to be told another day.

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NE thing’s for certain, Max Walker loves a good yarn and he’s a born storyteller to boot. In fact, the phrase “talk under water with a mouthful of marbles” comes to mind after a 40 minute chat with this legendary bloke who’s always one step ahead in the conversation.

It must be a talent he learned from his father, after growing up in a beer garden in downtown Hobart.

“My dad sold a lot of beer,” he says of his publican father. “He taught me, “don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story”!”

As the special guest at last Sunday’s Dads for Kids Festival in Dubbo, Walker shared his thoughts on his own dad and on being a father of five himself.

“He was a terrific dad and a great mate as well,” he says.

The multi-talented author, sportsman, commentator, architect and public speaker who’s affectionately known as Tangles across the land also spoke about how’s he’s managed to fit multiple careers into just 66 years of being alive.

“I pinch myself at times, that I have come all this way from the backyard of the Empire Hotel to here,” he muses.

As well as being a publican, Walker’s father was also a master builder, which led to his son’s initial career choice of architecture.

Educated at Friends’ School in Hobart, Walker completed a Fellowship Diploma of Architecture at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1973.

Although it was a significant part of his life, architecture later took a back seat to sport and writing.

“People often ask me if I’ve designed something better than a chookhouse,” he laughs.

“I started out as a trainee and helped to design a few buildings.”

Among them are an agricultural college, apartment housing and various houses and factories.

“Everything from a refurbishment to a new house,” he explains.

What Walker enjoyed most about designing homes was helping a mere inkling come to life.

“To see an idea or concept from your mind turn up on a sheet of paper gives you a lot of satisfaction.”

He has the same attitude to sketching and water colour painting, which he does these days as a pastime, along with travelling.

Almost at the same time as he was studying architecture, Walker’s Australian Rules football and cricket careers began taking off.

He was a member of the VFL/AFL and the Melbourne Football Club from 1967 to 1972 and played Sheffield Shield cricket for Victoria from 1968/77 and 1979/81.

Known as a medium-fast bowler, Walker went on to represent Australia in 38 tests from 1972-77, then World Series Cricket including six Super Tests and 29 One Day Internationals from 1977/79.

It was an illustrious time for Walker and the beginning of his becoming a household name.

But, as he points out when showing off his Baggy Green at the Dads for Kids Festival, he was just chasing a dream.

“The dream was to have your own Baggy Green.

“These days, it’s all about wearing it with distinction and conviction. Back then, it was lumped in a brown

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Weekender regular Lisa Minner continues with a weekly series highlighting some of the interesting faces, places and hidden gems along our own beautiful stretch of the Macquarie river.

As artist Brett “Mon” Garling packs away the remnants of a piece he’s been waiting for years to complete, the township of Gilgandra tips its hat with pride to the sculpture for which its citizens spent 22 months fundraising.

The much anticipated Coo-ee Digger now stands tall and proud in the main street, a solid and everlasting reminder of the young men who bravely defended their country at war. WORDS and PHOTOGRAPHY Lisa Minner E’S a bloody good artist,” is how Gilgandra Mayor Doug Batten describes Wongarbon painter and sculptor Brett (Mon) Garling who was commissioned by the town to create a life-sized bronze statue of the ‘Coo-ee Digger.’

Garling used an image of an Australian soldier calling out to his countrymen from the shores of the Dardanelles in Turkey as his inspiration for the sculpture, the image featured in a recruitment poster designed to encourage more men to enlist in the war.

The statue commemorates the 100 year anniversary of the first Coo-ee March that wound its way through the townships along the route from Gilgandra to Sydney, in 1915. On October 10 of that year around 20 young men began the march to Sydney from the small yet patriotic township of Gilgandra, covering over 500 kilometres in the process. Recruitment numbers had fallen following the Gallipoli campaign after news filtered through to the country detailing the horrors and bloodshed.

Cr Batten says by that time it was well and truly understood the war was an “adventure” from which recruits in all probability, might not return. Despite or perhaps because of this realisation, two brothers William and Richard Hitchen from Gilgandra along with John Lee and Alex Halden Miller, decided to undertake the march and gather recruits as they went in an attempt to support the call of their countrymen.

Named the Cooee Recruitment March, it was the first of its kind in the British Empire. Travelling from town to town on their way to Sydney, the Gilgandra men encouraged others to join them with the distinct Australian catchcry, “Coo-ee”. It’s estimated that by the time the group arrived in Sydney, close to 300 men had taken part and this success triggered similar marches within Australia.

Batten says the unveiling of the sculpture was quite appropriate after having just acknowledged the 100 year anniversary of the Gallipoli landing at the 11am ANZAC service this year. April 25, 2015 may well go down in history as the most memorable ANZAC celebration the town of Gilgandra has seen, with more than 1000 people lining the streets to pay their respects to those who have defended the nation in the theatre of war.

According to Batten the opportunity was ripe to recognise the way the Gilgandra community answered the call from the Dardanelles, “Will you come?” all

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those years ago. He says the March was of not only historical significance but also illustrated the extent of community volunteerism, adding that it’s a little known fact that two of the ten recruitment drives conducted in World War I, theirs and the Kookaburra March from Toorawenah in 1916, originated from the Gilgandra Shire.

ARLING’S contribution to the town will trigger memories for those old enough to remember and serve to educate those curious to know. Gilgandra’s Cultural Officer Kylie Moppett says she and Garling chatted about the initial idea for the sculpture after she dropped in to Garling Gallery on a trip back from Sydney.

The conversation created a spark which caught fire

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and culminated in the unveiling of the sculpture Garling cast for the cost price of $45000, on ANZAC day this year.

Fundraising Coordinator for Gilgandra Lions Club OAM Douglas Diggs took on the momentous task of fundraising $54000, which covered all associated costs. Without Diggs’ commitment to the project, Moppett says she’s quite sure the sculpture would not have become a reality.

Diggs’ Dollar for a Digger fundraising strategy included mailing a letter to each and every listing in the Gilgandra phone book requesting donations. He and his wife Kay travelled the route of the Coo-ee diggers, stopping in at RSL clubs along the way and securing further donations. They also sold limited edition marquettes of the work (a small bronze version) to assist with fundraising.

Twenty two months after they began, the town closed the appeal with $54000 in hand, and Diggs is keen to acknowledge the 16 Lions Clubs that donated more than $6000 to the project.

The towns involved in the fundraising efforts included everywhere from Wagga Wagga to Foster-Tuncurry and even a small town in Canada called Magnetewan, whose Lions Club members also saw merit in the project and kindly added their small, but considerate contribution.

“The bronze Coo-ee sculpture will stand the test of time and ensure future generations will always know and remember the Coo-ees, their family and friends and the story that changed a nation,” says Diggs.

HE creation of the sculpture had a special place in Garling’s hear from the outset. He’s always had the idea but the enthusiasm of the town and its fundraising efforts helped see it to fruition.

“It was exciting for me because Gilgandra’s the Garling family’s old home town,” he says proudly. “I’m about the only Garling that wasn’t born in Gilgandra but we returned to the district shortly after I was born; we were also the founding family in Tooraweenah.”

He says the district has always taken great pride in its veterans and being an old farming community, nearly every farm family sent young men off to war.

As Garling sits in an antique lounge chair in his Wongarbon gallery amid a mix of old and new architecture, he notes the Coo-ee March actually stopped exactly where his premises are. Exactly.

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“The Coo-ee March stopped here, where we are sitting, back in 1915.

They had supper here and stopped overnight,” he says, smiling at the uncanny familial connection.

When the Coo-ee March arrived in Wongarbon four days after leaving Gilgandra, the township rallied its young men, aged between just 18 and 35 years, with emotional pleas to support their countrymen fighting overseas. The township farewelled up to 70 young locals that night with many enlisting on the spot.

In keeping with the visit, the artist adds poignantly that he sculpted the digger from clay, slowly and thoughtfully and then cast it in the bronze foundry out the back of his studio.

It’s exactly where the men would have gathered the night they set off for a journey that altered the course of their futures.

And 100 years later, that night has been ensured a place in history – a reminder of the sacrifice of many well intentioned country boys and men.

“Because of this, the project has certainly had some layers of meaning to it for me,” Garling says, adding that the combination of coinci-

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dences was always in the back of his mind as well as the fact that many of his own family served and died in the war.

“You’re almost not just sculpting a tribute to the town but to your own family, too.”

The response to the unveiling of the sculpture on ANZAC day overwhelmed the artist.

With the entire main street filled to overflowing with locals and visitors who had attended the 11am memorial service, it was almost impossible to find a spot to view the sculpture, so keen were people to finally witness the culmination of an epic fundraising effort.

It was clearly a testimony to the value the townsfolk have placed on their latest treasure.

Reflecting on the finished piece, Garling’s only regret is for those who never had the chance to see the sculpture realised.

“I only wish there has been a lot of my family members there to see it, a few of them have died in the past ten years.

“My father and my grandfather in particular; Gilgandra meant a lot to them, but that’s life,” he says with a smile.

The Coo-ee March stopped here, where we are sitting, back in 1915. They had supper here and stopped overnight.

OAM Doug Diggs unveils the sculpture on Anzac day this year.

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Wongarbon’s welcome THREE hundred people met the march a mile out of town. The Wongarbon band, the school children and the members of the rifle club, joined the great procession, and citizens, mounted and driving, and on foot escorted the force to its rendezvous, cheering all the way. After pitching their tents and washing off the grime of the roads, the recruits marched to the local hall, where they were they guests of the citizens of a banquet to which over 500 persons paid for admission....

Captain Nichols and Mr Hitchen briefly responded and recruit Lee made a recruiting speech, the quality of which is suggested by the fact that at its close thirteen men stepped forward and gave their names, either to march under Captain Nichols, or to come after harvest. A collection for wayside expenses brought in 18 pounds.

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Left, Mayor Doug Batten gives a speech at the unveiling of the Coo-ee Digger. Middle, Artist Brett Garling with the sculpture. Right, the crowd at the unveiling on Anzac day.

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Kirrily and Derek Blomfield The NSW Farmers of the Year have turned their passions into produce by putting health before profit. They told Weekender about making their thousand hectare property on the Liverpool Plains a farm of the future. AS TOLD TO Natalie Holmes Kirrily Blomfield: HAVE always been involved in agriculture and grew up on a farm near Yass where we had fine wool Merinos. I used to help out with the drenching and mustering and all the fun farm jobs. I have an older brother and we just loved the lifestyle. What I learned from farm life was that I loved being in that industry and being active outdoors. Later, I studied rural science at Armidale, where I continued my agricultural journey. I worked in the field for some years in a conventional space and in a commercial capacity, I advised on agriculture, cropping and pasture work. That was at Moree and when I moved to Quirindi, I met Derek socially. It’s a small town, so you tend to meet most people your own age!

When I was working as an agronomist, I started to ask questions about if there was a different way of doing things; a better way that was more sustainable.

Derek had been having difficulties keeping things going on the farm and had done a holistic management course. For Derek, it was a complacency with the system they were using on the farm that drove him to seek new things.

Derek redid the holistic management course and we did it together. It’s quite goal-based in terms of what you can do with your business. We also did a NutriTech course in Queensland. My passion for the industry grew as I learned more too – we both like to be learning something new.

As people, it keeps us going. It’s important to do these things with the people you’re on your life journey with. It also encouraged us and tied in with our goals and cemented some of our ideas about why we need to do it.

On the farm, I always like to think from the point of view of what did nature intend? When some of those things you’re doing in farming are not in line with that, then you naturally question what you are doing. We wanted to produce food that was nourishing and sustainable for people that are conscious of what they are consuming.

In particular, we also wanted to regenerate the land and soils and pastures. We wanted to have clear running water and a healthy safe place for our stock and our children. We started producing grass-fed beef 12 months ago. It wasn’t a lightbulb moment or anything. It actually came from a place of apathy with Derek and being in the CSG licence area – we were just letting that get on top of us. But we got to the point where we said no more. But commercially, at that time, we weren’t any different than the man next door.

The next thing was to offer a healthier choice and it was the way that we could feed our livestock and allow people that option. By just selling it, we weren’t really allowing that process to happen.

Winning the NSW Farmer of the Year Award was pretty exciting. We were judged on innovation, sustainability, profitability and our ability to be agrovators (agricul-

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tural innovators). We were really pleased to have regenerative agriculture in the spotlight. It’s a mainstream award too, not a landcare award so that was really valuable. It’s been quite amazing too, that people have taken ownership of us, it’s an interesting reaction and we love it.

We each have our roles in the business. I’m the CEO (Chief Executive Officer), Derek is the COO (Chief Operations Officer). It’s about claiming the role that suits the personality type. We can all get caught up in who’s doing what, so by assigning roles, you are able to be more efficient and we know what things we are accountable for. It just makes it easier doing everything and seems to work well. In terms of mindset and how we operate, it allows us to keep each other on track. Derek is very observational in the paddock and what happens on the ground. He is a very great communicator and listener – I tend to be more direct. He’s great with our customers and handles all the direct customer relations. I write our blog about regenerative agriculture. We both work on planning. We work really well together. I have the ideas and Derek puts them into reality. We really love what we do and going that extra mile to help people is rewarding.

Derek Blomfield: GREW up here on the farm and I’m the third generation; we’ve been here for 70 years. Traditionally we did cropping and had sheep and cattle. A third of the country is black soils and the rest is loamy slopes and hill country. It’s good to have that balance. It looks a lot different than when I was growing up, there’s more tree regeneration.

When I was younger, I don’t ever recall being really passionate about the farm, but I wasn’t passionate about another job either. I didn’t have my eye on any particular career. When I finished school, I went off to Ag College at Orange and then went on working trips. I did harvesting in the (United) States then went around Australia working. I did building, haymaking, station work. I almost settled in Kununurra on the Kimberley Plains but I ended up back here. When I came home Dad asked me if there was anywhere I’d rather be, and there wasn’t.

But at the same time, I didn’t think there was a big future here – something didn’t fit right.

Dad and I attended holistic management training and something really resonated with me. Kirrily and I have explored more things and gained a better understanding of the ecosystem and how to work within it. I have found my passion and really glad that I came back.

Dad is quite proud of what we’re doing and what we’ve achieved in terms of getting the soils and pastures established.

He is really good on the ground too. We had always done zero tilling and followed best management practices. The buzz word these days is sustainable. People

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throw it around a lot and we (as a society) tend to spend more to grow less which is not sustainable. For us, that wasn’t good enough. We gave up chemicals and stopped growing grain six years ago. We have adopted a different business model and we see a different future. In terms of neighbours, I don’t actually get much feedback from people in the district or whether they agree with what we’re saying. I’ve had the conversation, but

instead of preaching from my book of farming, I get them to come up with their own answer for change.

Innovation is about doing what you do and what you believe in. There’s some really progressive people who are at the leading edge of what they are doing – beef producers and grain growers and I admire what they do.

There’s some really good businesspeople out there and I admire what they do. Kirrily and I back ourselves

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in terms of what we do and we are much more engaging with people. It leads to a lot more fulfilment and we are very happy and contented.

We have enterprises coming at us from all sides with the CSG and that’s partly why we’re doing what we’re doing. It’s something I feel deeply and as far as our two boys, I don’t mind what they do with their lives. They may choose farming, they may not. We just want to raise them to be conscious of

the future and do things that are good for the planet. We own this bit of country but it belongs to the future of producing food and helping to regenerate the population. There are real parallels with human health and nourishment and farming practices. It’s the key to keeping us healthy. And if you can lead by example, hopefully others can do what they think.

Kirrily has a real knack for extracting the value or the real story out of people.

She writes the blog and it’s great for our business so I’m glad she’s there.

She can get to the gist of what people are trying to achieve and asks the right questions to get the right information and disseminates it into something that’s understandable. Kirrily has a good set of practical grounding and experience in agriculture from a handson and consulting side of things. She understands agriculture and grazing practices and market analysing. We still

have a lot to learn in the business, but in terms of planting and farming systems, it’s not me that has to hold her hand – it’s the other way around!

When we met, I was looking for a girlfriend, she didn’t have to be from a farming background but here we are. In the future, we envisage people working here and our customers being able to share a meal on the farm, and getting more city people out here to get their hands dirty. It’s exciting.

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COMMENT

James Eddy

James Eddy also exercises his freedom of speech on stage with Dubbo Theatre Company, in his classroom at Dubbo College and from the stands at any good AFL match.

“Blue crude” a fuel alternative to swear by E’RE a pretty resourceful species in many ways. With predictions of an apocalyptic future lurking perpetually in the shadows of the public psyche, perhaps a bigger worry lies in the impotency big fears impose on we common folk. If we feel like a problem is too much to handle, collectively we tend to roll up into a foetal ball, cover our heads with a blanky and hope the trouble passes. But, I iterate, as a group of 7.1 billion people, there are a small number among us looking to turn things around for the species and the planet.

I refer to a couple of big, promising steps that have recently been made in dealing with the ominous energy crisis towards which we seem to be hurtling. You know, that major global issue where burning the last dribbles, the last crumbs and whiffs of our fossil fuels is likely to spell the end of how we do everything here in Australia. The issue about which our current government’s solutions appear to lie in holding steadfastly onto the methods we’ve utilised for the past 160 years (that is, where we change nothing and hope that Sludgy, Crumbles and Stinkor – the gods of the fossil fuels – use their boundless magic to sustain our postWWII way of life, and all free of global warming worries to boot).

Meanwhile, in the other 98.8 per cent of the real world, some headway is being made. Last week, the happy elves at Tesla (the makers of the world’s first electric sports car) announced they’ve found a marketable way for Joe Average to store the power he generates from the renewable sources that are becoming more and more common the world over. Thus far, solar-voltaic technology has been awesome, supplying owners with excellent power throughout the day. But for most solar power consumers, the system is flawed in that the power not used is passed back into the grid and so the value of the solar cells extends only while you are at home, using electricity, during the day.

Storing the unused power has been hindered by the size of batteries required to be effective. Tesla isn’t the first, but at this stage it seems to be the best at it. Rath-

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er than having one big converter and a humungous battery housed in the garage, the company is looking to sell smaller converters and batteries that are more visually appealing and can be hung inoffensively up on an inside wall. This way, if there is a failure in one, it can be easily replaced without interrupting an episode of Game of Thrones.

Incorporate into your home of the future a solar-voltaic driveway and you’ll be making your living space work for you in ways that will force those cigar-puffing bean-counters in Canberra to find an even more creative way to get hold of your hard-earned cash.

While Tesla is offering the latest in Lithium-ion technology, competitors are looking at Vanadium options which may prove to be longer lasting; decades, rather than years. One thing is for sure, this is a new, competitive market that will ultimately benefit the consumer.

With the world’s oil set to run out by 2055, the world is going to need a new way to move its vehicles other than on petrol and diesel. This is going to require something slightly more efficient than the patient wait required for trillions of tonnes of plankton to decompose under immense heat and pressure for several millions of years. A friend of mine used to run his dieselpowered SUV for a couple of years from diesel he was making from the used plant-based oil from his local fish and chip shop. Biodiesel as fuel is not a new concept and seemed to be a very positive step in the right direction environmentally. But costs in maintenance

By cleanly extracting carbon dioxide from the air, burning this fuel makes the whole process carbon-neutral which is a good thing for our choking planet.

of engines, poor quality and reduced efficiency have hampered its emergence in the market on a broader scale.

Thanks to Audi, we may have a really neat alternative as of last week. The new product is called “e-diesel” or “blue crude” and it’s derived from carbon dioxide and fresh water, the very products made when a fuel burns cleanly. Audi has set up a plant in Dresden, devoted to producing the fuel, using clean, renewable energy sources to drive the reactions where pure hydrogen from water is combined with carbon monoxide molecules derived from carbon dioxide, to produce the hydrocarbons needed to power your standard diesel motors.

By cleanly extracting carbon dioxide from the air, burning this fuel makes the whole process carbon-neutral which is a good thing for our choking planet, and a million bagillion times better than what we’re doing now. The unfortunately named German federal minister for education and research, Johanna Wanka (I don’t like that name...Johanna...), boasted that this is “a crucial contribution to climate protection and the efficient use of resources”. Provided the patent can be protected from sabotage by existing oil companies, this is set to revolutionise the transport industry. Currently their only hold up is the rate of production which is set to improve as investors come on board.

The challenge in saving this planet is to turn meaningful environmental actions into money-spinners. So many green ideas that are not cost-effective don’t get much further than a small group of passionate, selfsacrificing volunteers, pushing their barrow. The bodies behind the ideas in this article stand to make a great deal of money should the ideas take on.

There are very few martyrs to be found in the board rooms of Tesla and Audi. Good luck to them all the same. The gains for an ailing planet should these take hold may see our children’s children with a reason to be grateful. As a potential new industry that requires few imports, it may even turn the heads of the movers and shakers in Canberra. Here’s hoping...

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Sally Bryant

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Weekender regular Sally Bryant was born with her nose in a book and if no book is available, she finds herself reading Cornflakes packets, road signs and instruction manuals for microwaves. All that information has to go somewhere...

In my book, the human body can be a fiendish enemy ’M often in awe at how well our bodies work to regulate themselves; we’re so well designed in so many ways. It’s a source of amazement that our bodies can maintain a constant temperature, keep our cells supplied with oxygen and nutrients, remain hydrated and run a complex electrical system – all without us having to consciously manage it. Marvellous stuff.

And, if we don’t derail the system through greed or hard living, the body will regulate its health pretty well in most cases. If we need nutrients, we get hungry. If we need hydration, we get thirsty. If bugs attack our organs, we have a complex and well-regimented army of systems to defend them.

However, every so often, something happens and the human body starts to behave in the most irrational and ridiculous fashion and it’s the devil of a job to get it back on track.

Say for example, in the spring or the autumn, when there’s a plethora of irritants around to stir up the immune system. I’ve heard it described as “nature trying to kill us”, and there are times when that’s a pretty fair description. There’s some sort of pollen in the air, there’s more dust than usual and suddenly your eyes and your sinuses are going nuts. You can wake up in the morning feeling perfectly chipper and half an hour later, your throat is raw, your eyes are streaming and your sinuses are producing mucus that is almost solid and is every colour of the rainbow. And unlike the rainbow, that’s not pretty. ‘S’not indeed.

In my (long-past) youth, I used to be quite dismissive of people who suffer from allergies but that’s come back and bitten me in a big way. In recent years, my body has started to object to any number of natural substances and the objections are pretty vociferous.

And random.

I can be sailing along perfectly happily without a care in the world, and suddenly, for no reason, I’ll have a rash that would appear to indicate the arrival of some scrofulous disease. It’ll turn up, out of the blue, causing panic and huge amounts of on-line and self-indulgent self-diagnosis. And then, just as sudden-

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ly, it’s gone. Just about the time I’m ready to take my three page list of likely and very obscure health complaints to my long-suffering health professional, the symptoms will evaporate. And, if you know how long it can take to get an appointment at your local surgery, it can all get pretty tricky. You’ll turn up at the doctor’s, hale and hearty with not a sign of a scabby rash, and try to explain why you are there.

Or you might have a dose of the solid sinus and be convinced t’s a solid lump of tumour pressing on your hypothalamus and causing the whole system to shut down. No sooner do you find yourself an appointment with the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) surgeon, than the whole thing returns to something approaching normal and you turn up at his/her rooms and look like a massive hypochondriac.

And, correct me if I’m wrong, but there’s something particularly dyspeptic in attitude about the average ENT surgeon. (Which is odd because they’re meant to be helping you keep your airways clear and fabulous, being a breath of fresh air as it were; as opposed to keeping the **** off your liver.) So when you trot into their rooms with your litany of worries about your nasal passages – blocked – and what we so laughing refer to as the “sinus cavities”, you’re pretty likely to

You’ll be sailing along perfectly fine and the next thing you know, it’s all out of whack and nothing is as it used to be.

get short shrift unless you are actually sick unto death.

Bastards. Not so much of the sympathetic ear there (or nose, or throat for that matter...).

And all this is even before you start to factor in what happens as your body ages.

Things you used to take for granted, like joints working and flexibility and your digestive system chewing its way through your diet? You’ll be sailing along perfectly fine and the next thing you know, it’s all out of whack and nothing is as it used to be.

Your joints can totally pack it in, you know. One minute you can bend over and get stuff out of the bottom cupboard, genuflect when you face the altar, climb a ladder or get on your pony; next thing you know you’re flat out, literally. You get down on the floor and that’s where you stay.

Your sight will crack it as well. You go from the old 20/20 vision of the world to having to squinny up your eyes to see anything at all. You find yourself in a situation where instead of bounding out bed in the morning and just leaping into the day, you are reduced to scrabbling around on the floor for your glasses so you can see what the time is on the face of your mobile phone.

Is it in fact time to get up? Or has your body clock gone out of whack as well and do you now have to try and go back to sleep? And then, once you’ve found your glasses down there on the floor, you have to get back on your feet. Not so much of the leaping left there.

And the body clock which used to be so firmly in tune with your digestive system? Well, that’s gone out the window too. They both become quite cranky, individually, so forget the idea of the two working in tandem. Maybe it’s been brought on by too many years of eating Rice Bubbles for dinner, but suddenly you have to be careful about what you eat and when you eat it.

Lying in bed with acid reflux, or is that in fact a heart attack? It makes you a lot more careful about what you eat, and when.

And then there’s your memory. Who knows where that went?

Nurse! My pills. If you can find them.

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HELICOPTER VIEW

Cr Mathew Dickerson

Mayor Mathew Dickerson was born and bred in Dubbo and is married with four children.

Learn to fail and you’re on a winner HE ability to fail is an important ingredient in any organisation.

That may sound like a crazy statement – surely the ability to succeed is preferable. In a utopian world, sure, succeeding at everything you do sounds fantastic. But the reality is that if everything you touch is met with success, you probably aren’t pushing yourself to your limits. Jason English, multiple winner of the 24 hour World Solo Championships Mountain Bike Race, was recently asked for his greatest piece of technical advice. I perhaps took his message too much to heart with my recent MTB accident, but he said, “If you aren’t falling off you aren’t riding fast enough.” His point is that the only way you learn your real limit is to keep pushing until you go slightly past it – then presumably pull it back just a notch.

Thomas Edison, perhaps the world’s single most influential inventor, was once criticised by his critics for failing with a particular invention. He famously replied, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”

In a government arena, failure is frowned upon. There are a range of people, media and various organisations

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who are sweating on failure from governments of all levels and are then ready to pounce to point out any such failure.

The result is that you end up with governments which are typically very conservative in their approach to absolutely everything. They take low-risk options and therefore perform well below their potential. There are obviously certain things from government where we want low-risk. When we provide water to our residents, we don’t want to experiment with a new treatment process that will be cheaper but has risk of water-borne disease. We don’t want to build a bridge with a revolutionary new method that hasn’t been properly tested with expected loads that will be carried over it. When it comes to the lives of people, then obviously we want very riskaverse methods employed, but there are a range of other activities that governments are involved in where I am sure more creative and innovative methods could be employed.

If I go back into the dark annals of Dubbo City Council history, I had a feeling that council was so criticised by so many quarters that both councillors and staff shrunk down into their bunkers and

went through the motions without going anywhere near pushing the envelope.

When I became Mayor, I actually spoke to our staff and asked them to put their heads up above the parapet. Assuming ideas were honest and thought through clearly, I would defend our staff against the critics as I wanted them to feel confident in coming forward with ideas. We have a lot of clever staff who had a lot to offer.

It takes time and you have to gain some credibility to actually have permission to fail but I believe this council has done exactly that. We have performed well for a number of years and, in general, the public has more confidence in the entire organisation.

That then gives us the ability to push some envelopes. The entire Dubbo Ignite program we are now running is a perfect example of this. The process we are going through – and the ideas we are putting forward – are not mainstream council. Even the submission process whereby any social media tool can be used to send a submission to council just by using #dubboignite is revolutionary.

An organisation that has permission to fail also has permission to dream. No

longer are the people in that organisation constrained by “the way it has always been done”. They can start to look at the data and facts and make decisions based on that information rather than making decisions based on simply historical repetition.

I sometimes hear the maxim that “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” but fortunately humans have always tried to improve what we have. That started way back with Ugg in his cave chipping away at some rocks to make an axe through to the almost daily improvement we see in our modern electronics. Inventors and evangelists are solving problems we don’t even know we have, but once we have a solution, we can’t believe how we lived without it. The first smartphone in the world was released on 29 June 2007 and today, less than eight years later, penetration in Australia has gone past the 90 per cent mark.

It is a complex concept and the definition of failure is dramatically different dependent upon your point of view of any situation but my belief is that all organisations, including government, need to have permission to push themselves to realise their full potential.

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If violence is the answer, the question was stupid VER the past few weeks we’ve seen violence rip families apart and divide a nation. Whether it was the vicious death of young woman in Brewarrina; the shooting of eight unarmed men in Bali or the reports of a western NSW school where “violence” is so common place “police (are) attending almost daily” – the proof that violence begets violence is quite clear.

Violence is nothing new. It’s been around since we crawled out of the primordial slime. Yet time and time again we see that if violence is the answer, then the question asked was a stupid one. Does shooting two men for being drug couriers stop drug crimes? No it doesn’t. Does beating your wife or girlfriend make them love you more? Absolutely not.

Is it surprising when we continue to hear about the “endemic of domestic violence” in Western NSW that kids who see it firsthand are committing violent assaults at school against teachers and each other? It is not.

In my world I see violence is linked.

The only way we are ever going to get on top of it is to stand up and say “No. No more.” I cannot get my head around how people could stand around at a party and apparently watch an 18 year old girl be allegedly beaten to death. What sort society would allow that to occur?

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Comment by TOM CHESSON Bogan born and bred Tom Chesson has worked all over the world in a myriad different roles including in the media and politics – and tracking illegal stock movements in South East Asia.

nity has normalised domestic violence to the point that no-one is prepared to intercede and by doing nothing allow someone they know to be (allegedly) murdered in front of them? What sort of community believes domestic violence between partners is none of its business? How do we work towards a society where it’s acceptable for someone to stand up and step in when one witnesses a person being violently assaulted by someone who supposedly loves and cares about them? In situations like that doing the right thing may take a hell of a lot of courage, but if we don’t break the cycle and the culture of violence then more kids will become damaged goods and potentially tomorrow’s abusers.

Violence at Walgett Community College is nothing new. If you Google “Walgett high school principal” you will see a story saying parents pulled their kids out of the school back in 2004 be-

cause it was too violent. Violence begets violence and the cycle must be broken.

If the kids committing these violent acts are witnessing domestic violence at home or in their community, then it becomes okay. It is a shocking indictment that schools like Walgett’s are being forced to have “police attending almost daily”.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that “in his 45 years as a teacher and principal, Mr Rule had worked at some of the most challenging schools in NSW, but what he saw in Walgett shocked him. “I had worked in Green Valley and Blacktown, but I had never seen children so wilfully disobedient and violent.””

This isn’t a record anyone in western NSW should be proud of.

Thankfully for every violent act in recent weeks there are courageous people who are prepared to stand up and say enough. The people who marched down the main street of Brewarrina against domestic violence, the anonymous source at the Walgett Community School who tipped the media off to the sorry state of affairs at the school, or the strangers who stood as one against the state sanctioned murders in Bali should be applauded. They are everyday people saying “No, no more”. This takes more courage than doing nothing and staying silent.

The only way to stop violence is for men particularly to call time on this

terrible culture of disrespect for others that’s infecting our communities. Committing a violent act, whether you’re a world champion boxer who hits women outside the ring, a boyfriend who hits his girlfriend to teach her a lesson or a president ordering unarmed men to be strapped to a cross and shot should forever mark you as a thug who doesn’t deserve respect.

The 18th century Irish philosopher, Edmund Burke got it right when he said; “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” It could be one of our loved ones caught up and impacted by a violent incident tomorrow.

We must make a stand against violence where ever it is tacitly condoned or in whatever form it takes. We can’t keep blaming the violence in our homes and schools on the government, the police, teachers, drugs, grog or lack of resources. Individuals must stand up and be counted or the death toll will continue to grow and the number of broken and distraught families impacted by violence will stretch in an unbroken line to the horizon. Violence reverberates across social, economic and cultural lines. It doesn’t have boundaries.

There is no excuse for anyone to inflict pain on someone else and it’s time we stopped making excuses for those who do.

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Business

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Paula Anderson

Life in the Fast Lane She’s been helping keep Dubbo on the move and fuelled up on caffeine for five years. Now Paula Anderson has taken the leap into franchising, introducing the good folk of Rockhampton to life in the Fast Lane. Weekender drove through for a regular skim latte and a chat to the dynamic entrepreneur. AS TOLD TO Jen Cowley PHOTOGRAPHY Connor Coman-Sargent The Fast Lane (drive-through coffee) is your brainchild. Tell me how it came about.

I’m the kind of person who’s always thinking of something new to do. I love creating new challenges. My friend, Karen Chant (who was my original business partner) were bouncing ideas off each other in 2009 – looking for some kind of quirky or innovative business to bring to Dubbo. My husband, Brett, was in Victoria and saw a couple of drive through coffee businesses, and he brought a menu home from one of them. It was sitting on the dining room table and when Karen came over one day, we looked at it and thought, “Yes! That’s it.”

How did you go about setting the business up and what were some of the challenges?

The main challenge was our very limited experience in coffee! I had been in business before, so I did know about setting a business up, but finding a site was our first hurdle. We needed an area where we could safely get cars off the road and we needed a space for the coffee machines. Our original site in Bultje Street ticked those boxes although it’s in a flood zone, so we had to have a structure that was moveable. Then we visited some sites in Victoria to get an idea of how they worked, and we did a lot of research about design and so forth.

We sought advice and did our homework – and with my husband and father both in business, I had great role models around me.

How important was it to work with Dubbo City Council in getting development approval for the site?

Very – and council was very supportive; they’ve been amazing to us. Having dealt with councils in other centres, and let’s put it this way – there are no complaints about our »

I needed to grow my own businesses to the point where I could be sure and happy that franchisees could actually make money from the model – that’s really important to me.

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Paula Anderson

» council! They’ve been more than helpful.

You now have two outlets in Dubbo, and you’ve just stepped into the world of franchising (with an outlet in Rockhampton).

How did that come about?

Again, it’s how my brain works! I like to see things evolve, and I like flexibility in my own workplace. As I’ve evolved in this business, I’ve worked out what I’m good at – and setting up new businesses and finding new frontiers are the things that keep me stimulated. That’s my role in the Fast Lane. I have fantastic staff that look after the day-to-day running of the business, but I felt it was time to take it all to the next step. And it’s such a quirky and easy to reproduce business that it really lends itself to franchising, which is a great way for people to get into the marketplace without having to outlay huge amounts of money.

There are some of the pitfalls with franchising – how have you gone about minimising the risk?

I’ve sought the best advice I could get. I’ve paid for the expertise of people who have been in the business (of franchising) and I’ve dealt with an organisation called the Sherpa Group, which has advised me on policy and procedure, and on the best way to go about setting up the franchise. They helped set the foundations.

The main thing for me was to get my head in the right place and to believe it could happen – I actually started looking into it in 2011.

I needed to grow my own businesses to the point where I could be sure and happy that franchisees could actually make money from the model – that’s really important to me. I want all the stakeholders to be happy – if you’re flogging yourself in a business and all your money is going to the franchisor, that’s not conducive to a happy working environment. I had to get my business to a level where I was comfortable enough with its success to move ahead.

Did you choose your first franchisee, or did she choose you?

A bit of both! The Rockhampton franchisee is Patti Mules, who worked with me from the beginning at Bultje Street then she managed the White Street store when we opened that one. She moved to Rockhampton for personal reasons, and after she’d been working up there for a while she came to me and said, “Okay – I’m ready to bring a Fast Lane to Rockhampton…” So there’s been a bit of nepotism in getting the first one started (laughs) but I’m grateful that I have Patti to start with, because she knows and trusts me, she knows the business.

Where do you see Fast Lane going from here?

My vision is to go to every medium to large sized regional town and see a Fast Lane – so you could get a good coffee wherever you travel. Coffee is such a big market at the moment – everyone’s busy and we’re travelling a lot, so the drive-through option fits into society’s needs.

Is that the essence of Fast Lane’s success as a business model?

It’s a niche, there’s no doubt. We just tweaked something (coffee) that’s been a part of our culture for ages.

I think one of the other reasons for our success is making sure we apply a personal element to our service. We’re not just a face at a drive-through window taking your order – we get to know our customers. We’re not perfect, but our motto is to treat customers as we’d like to be treated.

They say it’s important to know your product, but you didn’t drink coffee when you first started Fast Lane, did you?

(Laughs) No – I didn’t! I had to develop a taste for it. I started out with an over-ice caramel latte and I thought I was such a big girl. Now I’m a small flat white. I love my coffee now; I love a certain taste and I can tell when a coffee’s been well made.

Has Fast Lane turned you into a bit of a “coffee snob”?

Well…I know what I like – but if that’s what you want to call me, then yes, I guess I’m a coffee snob (laughs)! I’ve seen the Dubbo market change in five years – and I think Dubbo has really evolved. There are loads of coffee shops now in town, and the fact that we’re all still open and all still going well, I think that indicates that we’ve has really come a long way from the instantcoffee days.

What’s Dubbo’s favourite coffee?

I can’t speak for the other outlets, only for the Fast Lane, but our best seller is a large full cream cappuccino with three sugars. Our market is a lot of workers and mostly in the morning, and I guess they need that sugar hit, and large is our biggest selling size.

I guess you know people as much by their coffee order as by their names?

Absolutely! And we have some very particular orders. One well-

known local – who will recognise herself by this order – has a half almond milk, half full cream with half an extra shot cappuccino.

We often say, oh here comes “double shot caramel latte on skim”…

It’s actually really nice – for the customers too – getting to know them and what they like. It’s a personal touch.

Being in business for yourself is a lot of work. Have you reached that magic point at which you’re able to work on the business rather than in the business?

I’ve been there for a while now – but that’s because I’ve learned my limitations. I’m a big picture person. I couldn’t have done any of this without having staff to run the business day-to-day – that’s allowed me to work on the development of the model. If I was working there seven days a week, I honestly don’t think it would have grown as much. I’ve been fortunate enough to step back and see the big picture.

What would be your advice to people looking to set up their own business?

I have lots of advice – but I don’t always take my own advice (laughs)! But it’s important to have a big vision – and on those days when your vision doesn’t look like it’ll ever be realised, just keep focussed. There will be good days and bad days. Persevere.

Look for solutions, not blame.

It’s also important to get professional advice and to do your research. I am the best outsourcer in Australia – or, as my husband would say, delegator! In the beginning I think you need to know everything about your business and to be able to do everything in the business – that’s really important. When I started I was working 12 hours a day, seven days a week. I did everything – and now I know everything about all facets of the business. But now, I outsource much of the bookwork and so forth to people who are so much better at it than me – and that leaves me to concentrate on developing the business.

Plan to cut fuel tax credits “disastrous”

BUSINESS IN BRIEF

PARKES MP Mark Coulton is all fired up over an Australian Conservation Foundation plan to cap fuel tax credit claims, saying such a move would be “disastrous for farmers and the state’s regional economy”.

Coulton, whose federal electorate is the biggest in NSW, has joined famers

in “slamming” the proposal which would seee fuel tax credit claims capped apped at $20,000 per claimant mant by 2018-19.

He says ACF claims aims the proposed cap would not adversely rsely affect farmers were re ludicrous and proved ed the Greens-affiliated organisarganisa-

tion was ccompletely out of touch wit with rural and regional communities. co “They simply don’t understand the complexities faced fac by the agriculture sector and how this se shallow, shallow unrealistic and ill-conceived idea would ill-concei damage the th economic viability o of the farmers and

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 08.05.2015 to Sunday 10.05.2015 ADVERTORIAL

Media & Marketing Minute Compiled by the Sales & Marketing team at Dubbo Photo News/Dubbo Weekender

May 2: Not just a date for a Princess E thought this ad by Pampers had a nice sentiment (while still pushing their brand effectively). Timed to appear in newspapers soon after the birth of Princess Charlotte on May 2, the message in the ad says: “To us every baby is a Prince or Princess.”

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Some points to consider when planning your ad campaign WHERE does one start?

Sure, you have the product line that you want to advertise, but how do you go about writing your ad? Surprisingly, the process starts way before you get to the product you want to advertise. Consider these factors first and you’re job will be a whole lot easier: z What are the demographics of your customers? z What one market or customer segment would you most like to reach? z What primarily motivates a customer to buy your products? z How do you differ from your competition? z Why should a consumer spend their money with you instead of your competitor? z How much are you willing to spend to make your Dubbo Photo News/ Weekender campaign a success?

Once you have the answers to these questions, you should have a clear roadmap to the design and copy in your ad: z How to arrest their attention with a punchy headline (demographics and segment) z Persuasive arguments in your subhead or body copy (answer their primary motivation) z Key points of difference (is your service, product quality, or price better than the competitor?) z Setting the allocation for your ad campaign: it’s a big ask to expect just one ad to do the job We believe in ‘frequency’ which keeps your brand and message in front of the reader over a longer period of time – and our advertising consultants can help tailor a campaign that achieves all this economically.

producers of our nation.

“The rebate ensures that farmers are not being taxed for road-use when they are not using our roads and covers fuel used for activities such as irrigation and harvesting.”

He said the fuel tax credits scheme (FTCS), more commonly known as the diesel fuel rebate, had been the subject of a lot of discussion particularly in the lead up to last year’s Federal budget.

“Much of my electorate is still in the grip of one of the worst droughts in history and farmers are battling to stay on the land so for the ACF to suggest a cap on fuel tax credits are an absolute insult.

“Most broad acre famers and irrigators in my electorate use large amounts of diesel and a $20,000 cap would be a fraction of what they currently claim.”

A word on how to handle pictures in your ad.

THE word is “carefully”.

A lot of care is necessary because

the images you select for your ad have to make sense to the reader and effectively back up your selling message. Here are a couple of simple points to remember: 1. When using a large image as the headline for your ad, always keep the text headline right up there with it.

The text headline should relate logically to the image that you chose to be the visual ‘grabber’.

In fact, try visualising your ad without the key image. The ad should still make sense using the text headline alone, yet the right image will definitely give it added impetus, or impact. After all, a picture tells a thousand words, right?

2. When using images in the body of the ad, whether they be product shots or images chosen to trigger emotion, try to ensure that each image has its own caption; the simpler the better, be it a description or model number or even price.

When readers see an image in the newspaper, they are used to seeing an explanatory caption beneath it. If there is no caption, the readers can feel somewhat cheated and if this happens in your ad, they could ultimately develop negative sentiments towards your business or products. nti ne t ti e, se we

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Curry?

No worry

BY KATE WRIGHT INSPIREDMOOD.COM

OTHING beats a curry on a cold night – it’s rich, it’s warming, and it’s incredibly satiating. Indian is one of the easiest and cheapest curries to make at home. You don’t need dozens of random herbs and spices you’ve never heard of and you can use the more economical cuts of meat such as lamb spareribs, lamb neck, beef shins, even goat meat – it will all end up falling off the bone and melting in your mouth!

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Indian curry with lamb and vegetables Ingredients: 6 lamb spare ribs (or neck, or beef shins, or goat) 2 teaspoons of salt for marinating, 1 tablespoon extra for the sauce (or to taste) 1 tablespoon of curry powder for marinating, 1 tablespoon extra for the sauce 1 tablespoon of coconut oil 1 medium brown onion 4 small tomatoes (I use Romas) 5 cloves garlic, finely sliced Juice of 1 lemon 1 small eggplant, cubed 1 cup coriander for the sauce, 1/4 cup extra for garnishing 4 shallots, thinly sliced 2 cups of brown rice, cooked and cooled 2 handfuls of baby spinach leaves Method: 1. Place the lamb spareribs in a non-reactive

container with the curry powder and salt. Leave in the fridge to marinate for about 8 hours (I do this prep work before I head off to work in the morning and it’s ready when I come home at the end of the day).

2. Melt the coconut oil in large heavy saucepan over medium heat, then fry lamb spare ribs, turning once, until browned (throw in all the loose curry powder and salt from the container too).

Remove the lamb from the saucepan and turn off the heat.

3. Place the tomatoes and onion in a food processor and blend until smooth.

4. Place garlic in saucepan (still off the heat) and stir to coat with spices. Turn the heat to medium-

high and add the tomato and onion puree and lemon juice. Bring to the boil then turn the heat to low and add the eggplant and one cup of the coriander.

5. Return the lamb spareribs to the saucepan and coat with the sauce. Cover and cook for about half an hour or until the meat is tender.

6. Meanwhile, add the rice to a frypan over lowmedium heat, stirring occasionally so it doesn’t stick to the bottom and burn. Once warmed (about 5 to 10 minutes), add the spinach and cook for another 5 to 10 minutes.

7. Serve rice topped with lamb curry, sprinkled with shallots and extra coriander.

Serves 4.

Health H E A LT H | F R O M T H E P R O F E S S I O N A L S

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Food for thought

BY CAMILLA BARLOW W WESTERN REGION CANCER ER COUNCIL COMMUNITY PROGRAMS COORDINATOR OR R

HERE is so much information out there on nutrition and eating well – all with the end goal of living a long happy healthy life. In fact, it almost makes me nervous writing this article, as by doing so I’m contributing to the overwhelming glut of data that helps form our opinions on what we should and shouldn’t be consuming – teamed with the plethora of diet regimes – more recent fads include Paleo, 5:2, Atkins, No Sugar Diet, Dukan, DASH, Lemon Detox, Cabbage Soup Diet. Take your pick!

The work I do in health promotion and cancer prevention, specifically when it comes to nutrition, is really all about getting back to basics. Let me break it down: 1. Eat plenty of vegetables, the fresher the better – but canned and snap frozen are fine too; 2. Eat lots of fruit; 3. Avoid foods that are highly processed and/or unnaturally high in salt, sugar, saturated fat or anything you can’t pronounce.

But how do we achieve this with common 21st century lifestyle barriers such as time and money?

Cancer Council NSW’s free nutrition program, Eat It to Beat It, which is available to all primary schools in the Dubbo catchment, can help show you how the abovementioned approach is both easy and cost-effective.

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For instance, when it comes to time and fo preparation, yes it probably is more timefood co consuming to cook a meal from scratch than o heat up something ready-made. But the adto v vantage is you know exactly what is going i in into the food you’re making – which means no unnecessary nasties.

The best part of eating lots of fresh fruit and veg is that you don’t need to cook them for hours for them to taste great. In fact, most of the time, the less you cook them, the more flavour and nutritional benefit they can provide.

When it comes to cost and money, here’s a question for you: Did you buy bananas back in 2006 when Cyclone Larry hit North Queensland, wiping out 90 per cent of Australia’s banana production? Banana prices soared up to around $22/kg in some areas. I’m not sure about you, but I sure didn’t have a banana for at least a year until prices came down to the normal $5/kg or so.

So, why would you buy a packet of chips which could cost around $22/kg? It’s convenient, yes – but make a fair, nutritional and cost comparison to the banana and we both know which is going to come up trumps.

But you can’t cook? You don’t need to be a MasterChef to create simple, healthy and tasty food. Check out what’s in season first

You don’t need to be a MasterChef to create simple, healthy and tasty food.

before planning your meals and with the help of recipes on the internet, you’ll be whizzing around the kitchen in no time.

The best part of all of this is that there are lots of awesome programs out there, starting from school level, such as Cancer Council NSW’s Eat It to Beat It which is an evidencebased, volunteer driven nutrition program for parents of primary school aged children that goes over all of the above and more – including: • How to save time and money making healthy, delicious meals the whole family will enjoy; • Clever ways to entice fussy eaters to eat more fruit and vegetables; • The importance of eating lots of fruit and veg for overall health and disease prevention; • Menu planning and recipe medication to decrease cost and increase nutritional benefit; • How much is a “serve” of fruit and veg and how many serves do we need?

• Easy, family-friendly recipe ideas.

With the program comes terrific free takehome resources and you’ll get that boost of motivation you need to avoid those scary middle aisles of the supermarket.

Think you have what it takes to be an Eat It to Beat It program facilitator? There are always openings at Cancer Council’s Western Region office for volunteers who are passionate about health and beating cancer. To find out about a volunteer training session coming up in Dubbo soon, call 6392 0800. But you can leave your Cabbage Soup Diet at the door.

If you would like more info about Eat It to Beat It, visit www.eatittobeatit.com.au or call us on 6392 0800.

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FOOD | IN THE KITCHEN WITH...

EPALESE chef, Santosh Gc has been a familiar face in the Grapevine Café’s commercial kitchen for almost three years now. The 26 year-old arrived in Australia seven years ago with little more than hope for the future.

“I had not been cooking in Nepal. I was a kid when I came here when I was 19. Now I’m 26. I came alone. It was hard,” he recalls, standing in the small kitchen, which feels crowded with three of us in it.

“It was a big change but we can speak English and understand things.

“Aussie slang brings him unstuck a bit,” pipes in Tim Houghton, the Grapevine Café’s owner of twoand-a-half years.

They share a laugh about that and many more things during Weekender’s visit to the café’s engine room, clearly sharing a close rapport. (“He can’t swim but we take him waterskiing anyway,” Houghton jibes).

Santosh made his way to Dubbo after cooking for two years in Sydney before then signing up to participate in the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme which helped land the job as the Grapevine’s chef.

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and quickly prepares a customer’s meal, his own lunch going cold on a silver bench top.

They are both enjoying the café’s signature winter dish, presented on white porcelain plates.

It’s a mildly spiced beef curry served with rice and poppadums.

“It’s what customers ask for the most in winter,” Santosh says.

It’s far too secret a recipe to share with our readers – however, all he and Tim reveal is that Santosh does give it a touch of Nepal.

“Eating curry in Nepal is very common. We use cumin, garlic, ginger, mostly grown fresh ourselves,” Santosh says.

“We do call it a Nepalese curry because Santosh puts his own ideas into it,” says Houghton, who’s trying to suppress a little cough thanks to a dash of an “idea” called Ultra Death Sauce.

“It’s got raisins in it,” the boss rasps.

Satisfied, like a friend who’s just pranked a mate, Santosh casually refers to it as the hottest curry in the universe while turning to stir some ingredients heating in a pan on the stove.

A gift from Houghton’s son, the sauce has found pride of place on the Grapevine’s kitchen shelf.

Having the extra heat is optional of course.

“I mostly follow the recipe but not everyone likes food from other countries.”

That’s one reason the curry dish is beef, rather than chicken based.

“Chicken curry is a bit dry without bones but if we do it with bones customers don’t like it, even though it gives more flavour,” explains Santosh.

“It’s how they would do it over there,” adds Houghton.

BREAK “Over there” is Nepal, which in the aftermath of last week’s earthquake, makes living in Australia feel just as far away from his family as it is geographically. Thankfully, all are okay.

“They live in Butwal, near the Indian border and about

I mostly follow the recipe but not everyone likes food from other countries.”

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Kim and Tim Houghton with Santosh Gc

260 kilometres from the epicentre at Barpak, which is far to the north,” says Santosh.

As the news broke and during the days that followed, Santosh says he was ringing them almost every hour.

“They are okay but I feel very far away from them.

They will work together to rebuild. But it is very hard in the country,” he says, outlining steep mountain slopes in the air with his hand. “It is all up and down and very steep. They need help.”

Around 120 Nepalese nationals live and work in Dubbo in nursing, hospitality and at Fletcher International so Santosh has been able to share support from people who understand first hand what the country is going through and reciprocate where need be. His most recent visit back to Nepal was in October last year.

On May 30, Santosh and Houghton will be involved in a Nepalese fundraiser night at St Brigids Church, which will be open to the public who will be invited to also gather around the Dubbo’s Nepalese residents who are worrying about home.

“It’s a bit hard. Everywhere is difficult to get to.

There are rescue teams from all around the world but it will be too hard to go back to a normal situation given the way the Himalayas are; everywhere is very steep,” Santosh says.

It’s probably a good thing then the busy Grapevine Café’s kitchen is there to occupy his time and mind.

Not that Santosh seems to be someone who stands still for very long. Last year he bought a house for himself and finds living in Dubbo an easy life.

In the kitchen I notice a large frosted white, widetopped plastic bottle with lemon and orange halves floating in water inside.

“It’s Santosh’s energy drink,” says Houghton.

“The other staff come in here and say it doesn’t look good but when I say come and try it, they like it. If you’re not a person who likes just plain water, it adds a bit of flavour and there’s no sugar; it’s better than soft drinks,” says Santosh.

“Sometimes he puts mint in to add a little bit of a crisp flavour into it,” says Houghton.

“Yes, the drink is mine,” adds Santosh, referring to another of his ideas.

“There’s a bit of a story behind that,” Houghton interjects. “Last year he went to the doctor...”

Santosh takes over: “I had a big problem with cholesterol. I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, but I had high cholesterol, “It was off the scale,” says his boss, but the chef says he thinks “it’s already under control”.

“How would you know?” Houghton says. “You haven’t been back to the doctor. Dr Santosh!”

They laugh together, again.

So if they’re keeping mum on the curry’s ingredients, do they have a recipe they can share?

“Barbecued prawns, prosciutto and watermelon salad. It’s a simple, simple dish,” says Houghton. “But very tasty. It’s a summer dish but we can get fruits all year round so available all year round.”

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Santosh with the barbecued prawns, prosciutto and watermelon salad

Barbecued prawns, prosciutto and watermelon salad Serves 4 Prep 15 minutes Cook 5 minutes Ingredients: Green prawns, 20, peeled, tails intact Ÿ cup, olive oil 1 cup, watermelon flesh, chopped (alternatively try fresh orange or blood orange wedges) 1 cup, rockmelon, seed, peeled, chopped 1 cucumber, large, chopped 2 cups, rocket leaves ½ cup, mint, chopped 1 lemon, juiced (alternatively use orange juice) 100g prosciutto 100g, marinated feta Method: Heat a char-grill pan on high.

In a bowl, toss prawns with one tablespoon oil Season to taste.

Cook prawns 1 minute each side, until colour changes. Transfer to a plate. In a salad bowl, toss watermelon, rockmelon, cucumber, rocket, mint and dill. In a jug, whisk remaining oil and half lemon juice together. Season to taste. Drizzle over salad just before serving and toss well.

Arrange prosciutto and feta on salad and top with prawns. Drizzle remaining lemon juice over.

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“Blue Love can make or break a relationship…”

What do Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge, So You Think You Can Dance, the London Olympics cultural festival and Blue Love (showing at the DRTCC this weekend) all have in common?

Shaun Parker, that’s who. The dynamic talent behind Shaun Parker & Company, which is currently rocking the contemporary dance theatre world, will be joined in Dubbo by stunning TV and film actress, Lucia Mastranone. Together on stage in Blue Love, the pair navigate the clichés of pop culture, romance, coupledom and suburbia with an intense fusion of physical theatre, film and dance, as lovebirds Glenn and Rhonda.

WORDS Yvette Aubusson-Foley Shaun Parker: HE idea from Blue Love came when I was singing in a Karaoke bar in Vienna, with my friend and collaborator Jo Stone – who appears in Blue Love in a short film. I loved the fact that so many pop songs were about love, and that some of the lyrics were so bad they were good.

Everybody can relate to these lyrics. Everybody’s heart has been broken at some stage in their lives. So I thought what a perfect way to begin was to create a short dance film, which was later developed over a number of stages into a full-length dance theatre production.

I wanted to create a work about romantic love. I was inspired by how romantic love runs rampant through all art forms, both popular and high-art, and provides such juicy thematic fodder for artists and audiences alike.

Glenn and Rhonda come from my imagination and are possibly a composite of many romantic couples I have witnessed, including elements of my own marriage. They believe they are the perfect couple and in believing so, become the tenuous, sometimes fabricated, sometimes real storytellers of Blue Love.

They and their “sketched-out” living room become the canvas for our story as they reference film, dance, text and song in playing out their relationship.

A perfect relationship exists only in a gratuitous sitcom or Hollywood rom-com. But don’t worry ... Glenn and Rhonda celebrate all this!

I think people love seeing parts of themselves on stage through the guise of Glenn of Rhonda. I honestly believe the closer you get to the truth, the more contradictions there are, and some of these contradiction can be hysterical. And music and songs go hand in hand with the notion of romantic love. I am sure everyone can remember certain songs, which were their couples’ “song”. I remember driving in the car with a friend and when a song came on the radio they said, “Oh my god! This was our song before I broke up with my boyfriend!” It brought so many memories back for her. Love lost is a very potent thing.

My favourite scene is when Glenn and Rhonda have a “love argument” composed entirely of one-liners from famous pop songs about love! And of course, pop songs from the 80s do get a special look-in. The songs from the 80s were filled with heart-ache. But do not despair my younger love enthusiasts – Britney Spears, Sia and Rhiannon also get

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to be featured too. No-one will miss out!

Be warned young lovers: Blue Love can make or break a relationship. Young couples will either get married after watching Blue Love ... or divorced! We supply both marriage and divorce certificates at the door. There was an incredible situation in Brisbane, at La Boîte Theatre, when a young man, after watching Blue Love, was so inspired by the show he brought his girlfriend on the last night of the season and proposed to her onstage after the show. It was incredible! Blue Love seemed to work for this young fellow, because he got his girl.

The shows are loads of fun and the audience will be up for a good time! The characters in Blue Love are quite naughty and a bit racey ... so, I think the Dubbo audience will love them. And besides, our characters Glenn and Rhonda Flune give out free beer at the beginning of the show. And popcorn.

Lucia Mastanone: THINK Blue Love is inspired by the sixty shades of love. This piece always reminds me how extreme the emotion of love is. It can fill you with pure joy and then seconds later pure misery! That same person you find irresistible that swells your heart with love is the same person in another instant that you can’t wait to get away from and swells your spleen with bile! I think everyone knows a Glenn and Rhonda or has a bit of Glenn and

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Rhonda inside their own relationship.

They represent to me the facade we sometimes put up as a couple in public; everything is very civilised, loving and respectful between these two when they are very conscious of being watched but when they forget about the audience we see that behind the Glen and Rhonda front, their relationship is filled with highs and lows.

Relationships are something we are all fascinated by. We love to be the voyeurs of other people’s relationships and to identify with their struggles or reflect on how ridiculous or petty we can sometimes get. But mostly we all want to see people in love as we all have the need to be loved or to love so it’s a great theme for audiences to invest in.

My favourite moment/scene is when Rhonda has had enough of Glenn not giving her attention so she gives him a taste of his own medicine and becomes a floppy rag doll and completely oblivious to him as he tries to have an elegant dance with her during a great Frank Sinatra ballad, For Once In My Life.

Expect the unexpected!

This show flies through different forms and genres throughout the night so the audience is never sure where it’s going to be taken. The main journey will definitely involve the audience hearing this throughout the night – audible smiles to doubled over roaring laughter.

It is good honest thigh slapping fun mostly but it secretly does go to some darker places ever so briefly.

“The Dubbo audience will cack their dacks, I reckon!” – Rhonda. Yes! Glenn and Rhondas – where have you been? It is unashamed performance therapy for Glen and Rhonda, even though they don’t see it that way. They unwittingly are working out their relationship while they’re thinking they are being the experts of love and imparting the pearlescent Lessons of Love. They feel they are airing their dirty laundry as a couple but ultimately this is to benefit the audience not themselves.

I think everyone has experienced a song or piece of music that perfectly puts into words or sound, the indescribable immense emotions of falling in love or losing love, more articulately than we can ourselves when we are in either one of those states. Blue Love is a roller coaster as is all the best relationships you have in life. » See Shaun and Lucia live in Blue Love tomorrow night (Saturday, May 9) at the DRTCC – tickets available at the box office or online.

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History shows we are doomed to repeat it

BY ANDREW GLASSOP P MANAGER WESTERN PLAINS INS CULTURAL CENTRE

T used to be obligatory at university, and high schools with lightly demented history teachers, to read Barbara Tuchman’s book The March of Folly.

In it she writes about situations where a government has taken actions which are quite clearly not in the nation’s best interests. In fact, are so clearly not in the nation’s best interests that they are usually easily seen as positively awful or absurd. By way of example she takes on the famous Trojan Horse. When the Greeks finally seemed to give up trying to break down the walls of Troy and sailed away into distance, they left behind a large wooden horse on wheels.

The Trojans decided, there and then, to drag this equine statue into their city, without ever thinking to ask why the Greeks had left them a horse, why it was on wheels, and why the occasional giggle seemed to emanate from its bowels.

The rest, as they say, is history. The hiding Greeks snuck out during the night, opened the city gates, allowing the rest of the Greek Army to run inside and lay waste to everyone and everything. Tuchman points out there was no possible benefit to bringing the horse into the city and there could only have been negative outcomes. Yet that was the choice the Trojans made.

We have seen in the last week many articles and stories about the Anzac landings in the Dardanelles. Many of those pointed out the incompetence of the British in leading the attacks, but very few have considered the foolishness of the entire campaign. It is assumed, for it would seem churlish to suggest otherwise, that the campaign was needed, prudent and strategically important. It is one thing to honour those who have fallen in fighting a good fight; it is another to deal with a campaign that seemed to serve no purpose at all. Witness the difficultly Australia has had in dealing with the Vietnam War and its returned soldiers.

Back in the Dardanelles there is much to suggest the entire campaign was conceived in folly and executed in kind. Prior to the landings at Gallipoli the British Empire had, with its Indian Army, commenced a campaign against the Ottoman Empire in what was then the Mesopotamia, and is now Iraq and Iran.

It was motivated in part by the stated need for the British to preserve the interests of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company – a charmingly imperial business interest where a canny Brit bought the rights to Iran’s total oil supplies from the local Caliph for the equivalent of a few carpets and the promise of a pony ride. From such inauspicious beginnings arose a campaign of such monumental stupidity that the catastrophe at Gallipoli seems to pale in comparison.

It began with the landing of troops in Bahrain, watched by no doubt bemused

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British troops marching to relieve the Indian Army in Kut. The attempt was an ignoble failure.

locals, as the Indian troops tried to master for the first time the concept of oars and tides, which saw many of them washed out to sea or dashed against the rocks. Keep in mind the enemy was nowhere in sight so it could have fared much worse. Some months later the British marched to the aid of a local friendly sultan who as in danger of being attacked by the Ottomans. A forced march in full summer led to two deaths by heatstroke and that same night the exhausted troops had to contend with the enemy who marched into the town square as the British army tried to recover its strength. The fight that ensued saw the British shoot dead the very sultan they had gone there to protect which resulted in another forced march the next day back to where they came from at the cost of another 30 odd lives lost to the heat.

It somehow got worse. In late 1915, with the withdrawal from Gallipoli stinging British pride, the decision was made to make a statement and march on Baghdad. The statement they appeared to be trying to make was “We are a bunch of colossal fools.” A series of

forced marches through the desert saw the British forces (again almost entirely Indian in makeup) get lost time after time, often having to leave exhausted men behind to try to catch up as they could. The Ottomans staged a number of retreats at night, meaning they preserved their strength, and their weapons, for when it would be needed. The British marched through the day, dug in during the night, and then marched again the following day. Finally reaching the outskirts of Baghdad they were exhausted to breaking point, but were immediately thrown into a three day battle, often at bayonet point, with no supplies or reserves. Most of the men fighting saw no food for those three days and the decision to retreat was mad, in one the wars great ironies, just as the Ottomans were also retreating.

Unfortunately for the British the Ottomans noticed first and by the time the British had logged on to the fact the Ottomans had returned and dug in again.

The retreat saw suffering of a type not seen before. Dysentery hit the forces, and hospital ships that made the damningly slow trip down the river to Basrah (often taking 14 days) arrived almost full to the gunwales with stricken soldiers covered in their own, and others, faeces.

The rest of the army took shelter in the town of Kut, which was quickly sur-

rounded by the enemy. A three month siege endured where starvation became the main enemy, with British Officers gradually eating every animal the army had whilst the mainly Hindu and Muslim soldiers refused to eat meat and hence lived, and died, on grass and a small bread ration of a slice a day. When the end came 13,000 men were taken captive, the greatest surrender the British had endured in its long, proud, imperial history.

It was at this point, or soon after, that the British Navy declared that it didn’t really need the oil from the Anglo-Persian company in the first place, and the attention of the world turned again to other, equally tragic, theatres.

The failure of the ancient Greeks and Macedonians to ever fully control the area, the like wised failure of the various regional Caliphates, the failure of the Ottomans to truly control (they did not even have maps of the area) was ignored by the British in their attempt to shore up national pride. In turn, the failure of the British would be ignored by the Russians, who would then be ignored by the USA in Iraq and now by the western world in Syria.

It is said that if we ignore history we are doomed to repeat it. A better saying would be simply that we are doomed to repeat history.

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Memories of Cloudland

BY NATALIE HOLMES CULTURE VULTURE

HE heady days of Brisbane’s Cloudland Dance Hall will soon be relived in this city, thanks to an upcoming evening concert.

Renowned for its prominent arched entrance and lavish ballroom, the Art Deco building was opened in 1940 and also featured huge decorative columns, stunning chandeliers, sweeping curtains and domed sky lights, and later a spinning mirror ball on the ceiling of the ballroom.

Cloudland quickly became the place to go for an evening of live music, dancing and romancing and was the venue for numerous formal balls, concerts, weekend dances and civic events.

Former Dubbo resident Lynn Youngson, who has now returned to her hometown of Brisbane, has fond memories of the venue.

“I went there as a teenager, it was perched on a large hill and offered panoramic views of the city,” she explains.

“I remember going there for a fancy dress ball too and college balls when I was older. When I was at teacher’s college, we also went there for our end of year prom.”

Youngson says the decadent ballroom was a beautiful venue in its heyday and hosted many elegant events.

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glamour there.”

Recalling the ballroom’s history, Youngson says it had been popular with the military during World War II. “It was popular during the war. A lot of American soldiers went there for their r ‘n’ r.”

With the bankruptcy of Cloudland designer and entrepreneur TH Eslick a short two years after its opening, the military actually stepped in to keep what was described as the “best ballroom in the Southern Hemisphere” going, and replaced the dance floor as a gift to the people of Brisbane.

During its 35-year existence, Cloudland featured the talents of national and international musical stars including the Bee Gees, Little Pattie, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Normie Rowe and the wild one himself, Johnny O’Keefe.

The dance hall certainly held a unique presence in the hearts of Brisbane residents, which was later evidenced by the strong opposition to its demolition in 1982.

“There was certainly nostalgia for Cloudland,” Youngson recalls.

“It was part of our lives for more than 30 years. Everyone had been there as they grew up. It was a place they went to and knew.”

Sadly, despite its National Trust listing, the building was destroyed overnight by the Deen Brothers, a company often used by the state government and Brisbane City Council for controversial

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HE show is unique in its concept in that audience members are able to get up and dance, along with the cast. Dubbo dancers Cassandra Donnelly and Joel Tongue are among the cast members, and excited to be joining in the fun.

“I’ve heard about Cloudland,” Donnelly says.

“It sounded like a pretty cool venue back in its day.”

As state and national champions, Donnelly and Tongue don’t often get to dance for a hometown audience.

“We will be doing a tango showpiece,” Donnelly explains.

“It’s always good to perform in front of a local audience, they don’t really get to see us dance very often.”

The brother and sister duo already has a connection with the show’s producer, Kylie Wall, who is an adjudicator and coordinator on the dance circuit they frequent.

“Our industry is very connected,” she says.

Donnelly and Tongue’s most recent achievement is winning the East Coast Classic National Championships late last year.

The upcoming dance extravaganza will also feature the talents of local musicians in the show band.

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demolition projects.

“I think there were structural problems, although a lot of buildings were pulled down by the government. There was a lot of uproar at the time. Cloudland was the place that everyone went to and knew. It was an old style dance hall for people looking for entertainment.”

Audiences will be in for a treat at the upcoming show in honour of Cloudland, Paul Hayman’s ‘Strictly Not Ballroom’, as dancing’s heyday is relived in style with a musical journey from the swinging ‘40s to the disco ‘70s.

» Strictly Not Ballroom, The Story of Cloudland will be performed at Dubbo RSL Club on Saturday, May 23.

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Age Of Ultron with Scarlett Johansson.

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New Avengers film keeps up our appetite for Marvel Comics

BY DAMON SMITH FILM OF THE WEEK AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON (M, 141 mins) Action/Sci-Fi/Thriller/ Romance. Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L Jackson, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Thomas Kretschmann and the voice of James Spader.

Director: Joss Whedon.

AS the roaring success of last year’s Guardians Of The Galaxy confirmed, our appetite for films set in the Marvel Comics universe is voracious.

This eagerly anticipated sequel to the 2012 action adventure Avengers Assemble is

poised to smash box office records with the same unstoppable clobber of a rampaging Incredible Hulk.

Director Joss Whedon is back at the helm to lay the narrative groundwork for the 2016 blockbuster, Captain America: Civil War, which will tear the eponymous team apart as governments worldwide prepare to pass an act regulating superhuman activity.

In many respects, Avengers: Age Of Ultron is business as usual.

Whedon’s film fleshes out the back stories of existing characters, introduces new friends and foes to the fray, and continues the relentless cross-pol-

lination of this menagerie of mighty misfits.

Marvel Comics chairman Stan Lee makes his traditional cameo and Whedon’s script glisters with polished one-liners, including one gem to pithily illustrate how quickly an evil artificial intelligence can infect the World Wide Web: “He’s spreading faster than a Catholic rabbit.”

While the sequel delivers exactly what we expect, it lacks some of the pizzazz of the first film and pacing noticeably sags in the middle, plus overly enthusiastic editing of set pieces reduces some skirmishes to an incomprehensible blur, which strain the eyes in 3D. In the breathless action se-

Selma’s strong but subtle message

HOME VIEWING PICKS (& A DOG) OF THE WEEK

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David Oyelowo in “Selma”

PICKS OF THE WEEK Selma (M) – This stirring drama focuses on the pivotal moment in 1965 when a series of protests – beset by stubborn opposition and violence – led by Dr Martin Luther King Jr. helped catalyse the movement to change racist voting policies.

King (David Oyelowo) is shown not as the shining figure projecting powerful rhetoric, but a man driven by urgency and stung with doubt.

While the march from Selma to Mont-

quence which opens the film, the Avengers storm a Hydra stronghold in the central European city of Sokovia under the control of Baron von Strucker (Thomas Kretschmann) in order to reclaim Loki’s magical staff, the Chitauri Scepter.

During the melee, emotionally scarred siblings Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) and Pietro Maximoff (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), who have been subjected to secret Hydra experiments, are unleashed.

Wanda infects the mind of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr), using her dark sorcery to convince the billionaire that he will bring about the deaths of the entire team.

gomery, Alabama, is the focal point, the action also includes King’s discussions with President Lyndon Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) and the struggles of other activists.

Director Ava DuVernay impressively integrates the many personal and public factors driving the action. Refreshingly, “Selma” avoids that glossy look that so many historical movies fall into, making them look like videos you’d see at a memorial or museum.

The movie feels important without beating you over the head with it.

Black or White (MA15+) – Kevin Costner stars in this melodrama that bellies up to big issues of race – fumbles, and

Tormented by his nightmarish vision, Stark secretly plans to harness the power of the Chitauri Scepter to awaken a dormant artificial intelligence program to protect mankind.

“I don’t want to hear that ‘man wasn’t meant to meddle’ medley,” Stark tells scientist Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) as justification for his covert operation.

Instead, Stark unwittingly unleashes the villainous Ultron (voiced by James Spader).

Steve Evans aka Captain America (Chris Evans) clashes with Stark for control of the Avengers comprising Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Natasha Romanov aka Black Widow

then retreats.

Elliott (Costner) has charge of his biracial granddaughter, Eloise (Jillian Estelle), when Rowena (Octavia Spencer), Eloise’s black grandmother, files for joint custody so the little girl doesn’t completely lose touch with her side of the family.

Much of it is played out in courtroom drama with a series of stereotypes swirled in. Everyone seems to be standing in for some outdated belief, which makes the characters difficult to believe in.

Mr. Turner (MA15+) – J.M.W. Turner was a much loved and hated romantic English painter. His talent was undeniable, his proclivities questionable, and

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Avengers: Age Of Ultron with Aaron Taylor Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen.

Unfriended. PHOTO: PA/UNIVERSAL.

(Scarlett Johansson), Banner aka The Incredible Hulk and Clint Barton aka Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner).

Rivalries intensify and fragile bonds of trust fray as mankind’s survival hangs in the balance.

Thankfully, the Avengers have a new, yet familiar, ally: an android called Vision (Paul Bettany).

By introducing a hulking automaton arch-nemesis, Avengers: Age Of Ultron duplicates some of the large-scale digital destruction of the Transformers franchise.

Spader’s vocal performance lends gravitas to his mechanised megalomaniac while Downey Jr predictably snaffles the majority of the droll quips.

Seeds of romance between Ruffalo and Johansson, sown in the first film, are heavily watered as a diversion from the

bone-crunching.

Running jokes about Captain America’s aversion to swearing and the size of Thor’s hammer don’t run out of puff before the 141 frenetic minutes come to a suitably bombastic close.

Marvel films have a habit of sneaking a teaser into the end credits.

Age Of Ultron doesn’t disappoint the ardent fan boys and girls on this front either. :: SWEARING :: NO SEX :: VIOLENCE :: RATING: 7/10**

ALSO NOW SHOWING UNFRIENDED (MA15+, 83 mins) Horror/Thriller/Romance. Shelley Hennig, Moses Jacob Storm, Will Peltz, Renee Olstead, Jacob Wysocki, Courtney Halverson, Heather Sossaman. Director: Levan Gabriadze.

AN online prank spirals out of control in Unfriended, which takes the philosophical concept of a ‘ghost in the machine’ to

the outlandish next level.

Directed by Levan Gabriadze and written by Nelson Greaves, this sleek horror pits a group of high school students against an online predator, one year after their classmate committed suicide.

In a neat twist, the film unfolds on the laptop of one heroine.

Browser windows, video chat links and instant messengers open and close on her cluttered desktop with a click of her trackpad button, seemingly in real time.

Occasionally, director Gabriadze exploits this stylistic conceit for maximum impact, like when the heroine begins to disclose a secret about the dead girl, then deletes and repeatedly edits her response before clicking Send.

From each amendment, we piece together unsettling facts

Avengers: Age Of Ultron with Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth. his personality a bit of a challenge.

His landscapes are gorgeous, refined and bucolic, while his own personality could be righteous and lecherous.

Timothy Spall brings this complex character to life in a biopic with visual sensibilities much like the painter’s – seemingly calm and conventional, but intense in detail and movement.

DOG OF THE WEEK Fifty Shades of Grey (MA15+) – The trashy romance novel that has taken over pop culture with its persistent, unwelcome advances has finally courted the big screen.

The story follows the hilariously named Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson), a mousy,

Pollyannish college senior who is overcome by enigmatic millionaire CEO Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan).

The draw is that these two meet and have lots of sex with all the whips and stuff that Christian collects. He’s a closed-off, abusive dolt, and she’s desperate to get into a romantic engagement with him.

It’s not porn, but it really wishes it could be. Without the sexy bits (which aren’t that graphic, considering what’s in the mainstream these days), it’s just a boilerplate romance flick, complete with one-dimensional characters and cheesy, overplayed scenes of standard drama.

The movie doesn’t push any boundaries, just patience.

that are never spoken aloud.

By exploiting technology from a first-person perspective, Unfriended keeps us at a safe distance from the blood-curdling terror, which lessens the impact of the obligatory jolts.

And even though protagonists are supposed to be savvy teens, they evidently haven’t watched enough horror films to instinctively know that you don’t investigate noises in the dark on your own.

It is the one-year anniversary of the death of California high school student Laura Barns (Heather Sossaman), who committed suicide after someone posted a humiliating video of her at a party.

Laura’s best friend Blaire (Shelley Hennig) is on her laptop, enjoying an intimate video chat with her boyfriend Mitch (Moses Jacob Storm), who wants to lose his virginity with her at prom.

Their flirtation is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of friends Adam (Will Peltz), Jess (Renee Olstead) and Ken (Jacob Wysocki) for a group conflab.

Blaire notices that an uninvited user with the screen name billie227 has gate-crashed the conversation.

The friends assume it is a

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technical glitch.

Soon after, Blaire receives a cryptic message, apparently from Laura’s dormant Facebook account.

The school friends are convinced that classmate Val (Courtney Halverson) is responsible and they attempt to unmask her as the troll.

“You each have dirty little secrets,” explains billie227 in a message. “I want to expose them.”

Unfriended sustains dramatic momentum but does have a couple of unintentionally hilarious moments like when Blaire is directed to a web forum dramatically headlined: DO NOT ANSWER MESSAGES FROM THE DEAD. Hennig and co deliver solid performances straight to camera, as if they are staring into webcams.

The intriguing set-up promises more than the film can ultimately deliver.

Even though the ghoulish payoff is a let-down, director Gabriadze has undoubtedly stumbled upon an intriguing new way to unsettle audiences, who will think twice about logging onto social media as soon as the end credits roll. :: SWEARING :: SEX :: VIOLENCE :: RATING: 5/10***

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YouTube star’s debut book is “a must-read for all teenagers” about the Murphys – beginning with Sara and Gerald as children, exploring the way that their friendship progressed to understanding, then to love, marriage, children, the book is fully fleshed out, which confirms that it’s not just another Jazz Age novel.

This is one to read slowly, on a beach... with sherry in hand.

7/10 Review by Emma Herdman

BY KATE WHITING THE BOOKCASE z BOOK OF THE WEEK All I Know Now: Wonderings And Reflections On Growing Up Gracefully by Carrie Hope Fletcher is published in hardback

by Sphere.

OK, it’s official: YouTubers are taking over the world. Following on from the huge success of her fellow vloggers and bloggers Zoella, Tanya Burr and Alfie Deyes, to name just a few, Carrie Hope Fletcher is the most recent internet superstar to take over the book charts.

For those over the age of about 25, who are unaware of the latest phenomenon, YouTube stars create video content, usually of them sitting in front of a camera, in their bedroom, talking about whatever they fancy. General day-to-day life, gaming, beauty, fashion... the list is endless, and their thousands (or millions) of subscribers (in Carrie’s case, the ‘Hopefuls’) sit in front of their computers and eagerly await their latest upload fix.

Carrie originally started posting covers of popular songs to YouTube, as well as some original material. But as her audience grew – to half a million subscribers no less – so did her content, and she began to post vlogs, stories and sitdown videos.

As YouTube’s “honorary big sister” 22-year-old Carrie, otherwise known as ‘Tom from McFly’s sister’ or, if you’re a fan of her videos, her channel name ‘ItsWayPastMyBedtime’, has taken a different approach to other YouTuber’s literary debuts by writing a book about growing up, full of help and advice she wished she had as a young teenager.

Not only is her offering hilariously witty, exceptionally well written and full to bursting with anecdotes, urging her fans to be individuals rather than following the crowd and doing things they feel they ‘should’ be doing, she also delves into her own life, including what it was like growing up with a famous big brother and her journey to becoming a singer and West End star.

It’s a must-read for all teenagers... that’s if you can grab a copy quick enough.

9/10 Review by Emily Pawson z FICTION A Song Of Shadows by John Connolly is published in hardback

by Hodder and Staughton.

THE latest in Dublin-born Connolly’s Charlie Parker series starts with the private eye recovering from a gun attack that almost killed him and, by the end of more than 400 pages of this dark thriller, he

Carrie Hope Fletcher’s debut book shares her wonderings and reflections on growing up gracefully.

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is not much better off.

With the sort of luck that has kept him in cases for more than a decade, Parker’s move to a small town in the US state of Maine to recuperate coincides with a series of brutal murders which seem to have their beginnings back in the horrors of World War Two. Connolly maintains the plot’s pace expertly and stocks the story with a cast of grotesque gangsters and killers who give the book more than a hint of horror fiction that

makes its stand out in the over-crowded crime genre.

This is a dark tale told with a light touch that will send many of it readers chasing down the other dozen books in the series.

8/10 Review by Rob Dex Villa America by Liza Klaussman is published in hardback by Picador.

VILLA America, Liza Klaussman’s follow-up to her 2012 debut Tigers In Red Weather, takes its name from the An-

tibes home of Sara and Gerald Murphy – the nurturing couple upon whom F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Dick and Nicole Diver are based in Tender Is The Night.

And so, accordingly, this is a novel littered with the glitterati of that time: we watch John Don Passos, Picasso and the Fitzgeralds themselves pass through Villa America as the Murphys create a utopian ideal of America in France, drawing others to them.

It should be made clear, though, that this is a book

A Robot In The Garden by Deborah Install is published in hardback by Doubleday.

BEN Chambers is a mess: unable to accept his parents’ accidental death six years ago, unable to keep his job and unable to understand his wife, Amy. When they discover a broken robot, Tang, in the garden, an unlikely friendship develops and the pair set off on a globetrotting road trip to find Tang’s creator.

Set in a technologically advanced, yet recognisable future, Install’s debut novel is a sweet metaphor for parenthood, with Tang’s increasing sentience and innocent confusion mimicking a toddler’s tantrums and joy.

While not delicately crafted, Install addresses several issues of modern society: the emasculating effect of powerful women, the ‘extended adolescence’ of adults and the terror of not meeting expectations – from others or yourself.

The travel buddy concept is fun but a little weak, and the big reveal in the second third of the novel is cartoonish, but the book’s strength is Tang, who – like Pixar’s Wall-E – captures the imagination.

7/10 Review by Natalie Bowen Eagles At War by Ben Kane is published in hardback by Preface.

IF you spent countless hours as a child recreating the battles of the Roman Empire, Eagles At War is for you. If you are a history buff who craves an insight into an empire so strong it stretched across Europe and Asia, then read on.

Ben Kane has cut a swathe through the world of historical fiction in much the same way as Rome’s legions forged a bloody path through nation after nation.

Set in what is now modernday Germany, the first part of his new trilogy centres on the worlds of Arminius, a tribal chieftan, and centurion Lucius Calvinus Tullus. Based on actual events and with fascinating detail, it tells of the beginning of the end of the mighty Roman Empire.

Arminius plots a hazardous path, ally of Rome with a bitter resentment towards his country’s conquerors. Tullus also has to balance his

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 08.05.2015 to Sunday 10.05.2015 suspicions of the tribal chief against the political landscape where friend could be foe or foe in fact friend.

Kane has put himself at the top of the historical fiction writing tree and with Eagles At War has begun a new trilogy which will leave his fans eager for parts two and three.

7/10 Review by Roddy Brooks z NON-FICTION Billie Holiday: The Musician & The Myth by John Szwed is published in hardback by Cornerstone.

ANYONE looking for a sensational and melodramatic biography of Billie Holiday will be severely disappointed by John Szwed’s latest offering. But for those looking for an insightful, investigative and even technical look at the iconic jazz singer, born 100 years ago this month, and her seminal influence on jazz and pop culture will find a lot here to sink their teeth into.

There are plenty of entertaining and illuminating anecdotes about her upbringing, rise to fame and adventures with famous contemporaries like Orson Welles and Frank Sinatra, but where this book really stands out from other biographies of the singer is with the author’s technical understanding of Billie’s

songs, his in-depth analysis of her singing style and her songwriting ability.

The book is slightly let down by the fact nothing is in chronological order, which is at times confusing, but on the whole it’s a wonderfully engaging and revealing look at the great Lady Day. 8/10 Review by Alison Potter Breakthrough by Jack Andraka with Matthew Lysiak is published in hardback by Scribe.

IT’S a rare 15-year-old who finds additional homework for himself.

Rarer yet is one who sets his mind to and discovers an early detection test for pancreatic cancer. But in Breakthrough, Jack Andraka does just that.

Now 18, Andraka’s memoir details the events leading up to his

innovative discovery.

Born into a clever and supportive family who fed his passion for learning, Andraka spent many happy days with them and his adored Uncle Ted. But at school, it was a gloomier picture.

Tormented for winning prestigious science awards, Andraka found solace in his studies.

When Ted was diagnosed with and subsequently died from pancreatic cancer around the time Andraka came out as gay, his thoughts turned to suicide.

Helped (both emotionally and practically) by his family and finding acceptance with new friends, Andraka galvanised his efforts into finding a way to diagnose pancreatic cancer, potentially saving lives and money in the process.

Despite the odds – including 199 rejections from universities who snubbed the young innovator’s requests to perform the tests in their labs – one university took Andraka up on his offer and are currently working on his test.

While the tone of the memoir at times feels a bit formulaic, the story is anything but. A heartening and inspirational read.

5/10 Review by Keeley Bolger

Eroding Australia’s wealth NEW book written by James Richards has the title “The Death of Money” in which he puts his views about the coming collapse of the international monetary system.

It explains how the system has collapsed three times in the last hundred years and that another collapse is rapidly approaching.

This time the institution of money itself is at risk. The US dollar has been the global reserve currency since the end of WWII but now its biggest competitors, China, Russia and the Middle East, are doing everything possible to end that position.

The author argues that it is not too late to handle this situation, and among the commentators is the 2013 quote from Pope Francis saying, “I think that at this time, this global civilisation has gone beyond its limits... because it has created such a cult of money.”

The dollar’s demise will take one of three paths: the first is world money (the SDR), the second is a gold standard, and the third is social disorder.

In the course of Australia’s history there were three key drivers that have seen us create wealth. The first was the discovery of gold – and a crisis which identifies the character of the nation was the Eureka Stockade. Clare Wright is the author of “The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka” in which she reveals many issues often hidden in legend. Apart from developing a source of wealth, the miners were involved in what amount-

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ed to a revolution.

At the other end of the continent, gold attracted diggers to Northern Queensland as revealed in “The River of Gold” by Hector Holthouse. Time passed and this source of wealth emerged in Kalgoorlie, Cobar, Mudgee and other regions.

The second key driver was the establishment of the wool industry. In 1909 Charles Bean wrote articles on the wool industry as he travelled western NSW – he later published “On the Wool Track”. Michelle Grattan wrote “Back on the Wool Track” in 2004. In the century between these texts being written, that industry rose and fell, putting wealth in the hands of many landholders and then receding.

Employment on farms and rural towns reflected these earnings.

Charles Massy wrote “Breaking the Sheep’s Back” which explains the decline of our wool industry. Today the wool business is but a third of its size, compared to when Australia “rode on the sheep’s back”. Those losses incurred were 40 times that related to the Australian Wheat Board scandal, with huge social and economic damage done.

Another livestock revenue generator for the country has been cattle. With Northern Australian having a heavy incidence of cattle stations, breeds have been developed to han-

dle that climate and vegetation since the 1890s. An example is the story of Victoria River Downs Station, “The Big Run” written by John Makin.

Smaller stations exampled in a book “Beyond the Big Run“

by Charlie Schultz, who started work there in the 1950s, and Terry Underwood, a Sydney nurse who married a Territory cattleman and describes their lives “In the Middle of Nowhere”.

And whilst all these people are subject the forces of rain and drought, a dramatic financial blow came when Canberra – without notice – shut down the export trade to Indonesia in 2011. It forced so many operators to the wall through no fault of their own.

Paul Cleary has written “Too Much Luck” in which he discusses the mining boom (the third of the three key drivers) and Australia’s future.

He sees this resource boom, which seems a blessing, could become a curse. We have never seen a boom quite like this one.

It has been undertaxed and under regulated, multinational companies are making colos-

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z CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK Wild Song by Janis Mackay is published in paperback by Picadilly Press.

JANIS Mackay has often used her time living by the coast in the far north of Scotland as the inspiration for her children’s books, including the Magnus Fin trilogy. And the sea plays a major part in her latest novel Wild Song.

It’s about a boy called Niilo. He is angry at his mum, his dad, his brother – well, at everybody really.

He is not scared of much, as he is a thief, but there is one thing he has always been afraid of. The sea. Wet and vast.

After he is sent to the Wild School for his unruly behaviour, he becomes angrier.

Until he meets Hassan, who teaches him to swim and not to be afraid.

But Niilo uses his new-found courage to try and escape. Can Niilo get away forever?

This book was heart-warming and cleverly put together. It was great and sweet. The characters were as believable as a hand in front of your face.

Niilo himself was actually someone I grew to like, as at the beginning, I did not understand him. I didn’t want to put this book down.

9/10 Review by Noah Sanders, aged 9

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Another was the development of coal mining but because the nature of mine ownership depended much on corporate, the wealth created stayed with the corporations with miners paid what the unions dictated.

Like other countries Australia has been pushing for free-trade agreements. Joseph Stiglitz wrote “Freefall” which explains the challenges associated with free markets that he maintains will result in the sinking of the global economy.

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To quote the text, “When he took office in 2001, George W. Bush inherited the strongest economy in American history.

He inherited its largest federal budget surplus and the prospect of the entire national debt in just eight years. He inherited a strong dollar and sound financial policy.”

The book describes how Bush wasted the surplus on massive tax cuts to the hyper rich. He talked down the economy for short-term political gains, then passed an economic program that put 1.8 million people out of work and cost investors $4.4 billion.

With such an example provided for the rest of the world to see, Australia went on to replicate this model to help produce the situation we have to day.

The title of Begala’s book is “It’s Still the Economy, Stupid”.

Enjoy your browsing, Dave Pankhurst.

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30th Anniversary for Cursillo Movement

BY ROB THOMSON THE Cursillo movement is a worldwide movement of the Christian Church. Introduced to Australia in the 1960â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, the movement came to the Bathurst Diocese in 1985. On the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd of May, people from all round the Bathurst Diocese gathered in Dubbo to celebrate 30 years of the Cursillo Movement. Members came from across NSW, Victoria, South Australia, and as far as Western Australia.

Jock Bidwell from Moss Vale and Lew Hitchick from Bathurst

Raye Johnston and Liz Smith

Betty Somers, Pem Bembrick and Fay Ridley from Orange

Raye Johnston, Dee Melville, and Jan Tanswell from Parkes

Lorraine Day, and Beryl Smith from Narromine

Robyn Plant of Dubbo with her mother Joan Causley from Casino

John Oldfield, Rev Stewart Boundy, and Graeme Young from Melbourne

Judith Schmalkuche from Trundle-Condobolin, and Lorraine Phillips from Raymond Terrace

Pam Byrnes (Canowindra), Ruth Wilson (Mudgee), Natalie Quince (Parkes), and Liesll Walters (Parkes)

Garry Roth (Medowie), Bruce Fraser (Killcare), Brian Walsh (Cessnock), Dereck Corless (Umina Beach), Brian Taylor (Charlestown), and Rev Gary Priest (Adelaide)

Back, Norm Bembrick (Orange), Wayne Stewart (Newcastle), front, Alan Ridley, Graeme Davidson, Michael Sinclair (Parkes)

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Annual Ex-Bourke Reunion

BY ROB THOMSON THE annual reunion for exresidents of Bourke was held at Holy Trinity Hall on Saturday afternoon, May 2.

“The first reunion was held in 1990 and numbers have declined over the years, but it is still great to catch up,” said June Rayner, an organiser.

Organisers Eileen Brotherton, Ann Sharpe, June Rayner and Sheila Gilligan.

Viv Cameron, Kay Chapman, Kevin Cameron, and Warren Flann

Margaret Jackson and Ian Fraser

Alma Johnston, John Simmons, and Iris Cameron

Toni Sharpe, Sue Suckling, and Marion Ross

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NALAG National Dinner for Delegates

BY ROB THOMSON NALAG (National Association for Loss and Grief (NSW) Inc.), is a not for profit organisation which aims to encourage and promote professional and community education in loss, grief, bereavement and trauma. To celebrate NALAG volunteers a meeting and dinner were held at The Commercial Hotel on Saturday, May 2.

Shirley Heron, Marg O’Leary, and Judy Kelly

John and Sue Ballard, also celebrating their 46th anniversary

Jen Cowley, Julie Dunsmore and Trudy Hanson alongside one of the watercolour paintings from Jen’s children’s book

Maxine and Wes Toogood with Kris Moore

Natasha Ireland and Neville Shackleton

Maria Holden, Jo-Anne Craik-Cooper and Patricia Harvey

Denis O’Leary, Bob Hanson and Gary Frost

Mary Matthews, and Ruth Gobbitt

Lesley Watkin and Marie Bartlett from the Mid North Coast division of NALAG

Guus Brunnekreef, Mark Horton, and Sarah Dunk

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Party with Heritage Gardener Paul Kirkpatrick

BY ROB THOMSON DUNDULLIMAL Homestead hosted a celebration and educational seminar held by Paul Kirkpatrick on Saturday night, May 2. After working as a secondary history teacher for many years, Paul retrained in horticulture to follow his passion of gardening and heritage gardens. He currently runs Estate Gardening, based in Jamberoo, and was eager to share his knowledge and experience with the guests. Paul was joined by landscape architect Catriona Glanville of Outscape from Grenfell.

Dundullimal Homestead was beautifully decorated with many floral arrangements from the weekends gardening

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Rotary Book Fair attracts bargain hunters EVERY year, local booklovers mark the Michael Egan Memorial Book Fair on the calendar, and this year organisers from the Rotary Club of Dubbo Macquarie were delighted with the turnout of eager bibliophiles and with the funds raised from the popular annual event.

Michael Egan was a much-loved and founding member of the club, who lost his battle with cancer in 2007, and in whose name the book fair is staged. Proceeds from the day – which this year totalled a whopping $7000 will be divided equally in donations to the local support group of the Royal Flying Doctor Service and to the Bill Walsh Cancer Research centre. The Rotary Club of Dubbo Macquarie is sincerely grateful for all the donations of books and for the overwhelming community support, and looks forward to again getting plans underway for next year’s book fair.

Deputy Premier and Member for Dubbo Troy Grant stopped by the book fair, chatting with Sally Egan and co-ordinator Peter Bartley

Robyn Blake and Peter Kuhner

Julie, Jye and Emma Langley

Laura Carter and Emily Phimmachanh stocking up with books

Judy Jakins and Peter Standford minding the shop

Jean Halliwell (RFDS support group) with Gerard O’Leary and Rotary Club of Dubbo Macquarie President Lorraine Croft

Narromine Councillor Les Lambert bagged himself some bargains at the book fair

Melissa Fletcher with Devin and Miriam Weir enjoying the children’s activities at the Michael Egan Memorial Book Fair

Sean and Malak Dubois load up with bargain books

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hear The Beggars Sing the Seekers THE Beggars Sing the Seekers: A World of Their Own is a musical homage to The Seekers.

From their early days in the Melbourne cafe scene in 1962 to London, the swinging centre of the pop universe, The Seekers were on a rollercoaster of hits! All the hits are here - I’ll Never Find Another You, The Carnival is Over, Morningtown Ride and, of course,

Georgie Girl - they are all faithfully reproduced, along with The Beggars’ originals and rollicking standards such as Open Up Them Pearly Gates and Sinner Man. See them at Dubbo Regional Theatre from 8pm on Friday, May 15.

Not Strictly Ballroom The show Not Strictly Ballroom is the complete history of the iconic building, Cloudland and the stage set is a concise

replica of the band stand of the original venue. The cast of 20, comprises a seven-piece band identical in line up to the original house band of Cloudland, complemented by some of Australia’s best ballroom and rock ‘n’ roll dancers and hosted by entertainer, producer and director Paul Hayman.

Not Strictly Ballroom - The Story of Cloudland is a show for your eyes, ears and feet to be staged at Dubbo RSL Club from 8pm on Saturday, May 23. Doors open at 7.30pm.

Push for Palliative DR Yvonne McMaster will update the group on the progress she has made to get an improved palliative care service for Dubbo.

All interested people are cordially invited to attend the gathering at Starlight Room 2, Dubbo RSL Club on Monday, May 25. Contact Barbara O’Brien on 0427 251 121 for more information. National Palliative Care Week will be held from May 24.

see Pink Angels’ birthday celebration CRACK out the pink choc tops, it’s that time of year again! Pink Angels will celebrate four years of helping the Dubbo community by hosting a film night at Reading Cinemas from 7pm on Friday, May 8.

Get your friends together, grab a ticket and head for a fun night out, with a private screening of Pitch Perfect 2 and a chance to wish the Pink Angels a happy birthday!

Butterfly Effect Photographic Exhibition IN association with Head On Photo Festival, TAFE Western Diploma of Digital Imaging students will host their exhibition Butterfly Effect at the Fire Station Arts Centre from May 6 to 17.

Kent Buchanan from Western Plains Cultural Centre will officially open the exhibition at 6pm on Friday, May 8.

Objects & Energies OBJECTS & ENERGIES features three artists from different backgrounds who share a fascination with making the invisible visible.

Joyce Hinterding, Agnes Martin and Linda Matalon have an abiding interest in natural phenomena and in creating abstract images that convey our experience of the world.

The exhibition will focus primarily on drawing; a medium that is central to each of the artists. Whilst their works are divergent and distinct what they share is an engagement in repetition, the process of marking time and the delineation of spaces. At Western Plains Cultural Centre until May 31.

Joyce Hinterding Dirty Drawings: Loops and fields Induction Drawings series 4-25/11/2010-6/7/2011, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2010, graphite ink and metal contacts on Arches 100% rag watercolour paper 58 x 76 cm. Collection of the artist. PHOTO: ANTHONY WHEELAN COURTESY THE ARTIST. FROM WWW.WESTERNPLAINSCULTURALCENTRE.ORG/#!CURRENT-EXHIBITIONS/CRZS

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ARTIST Laura Holland will host a twoday ink and mixed media workshop where participant will create two finished artworks using various mixed media techniques.

The inks we will be using create vibrant images with beautiful movement and flow with preliminary instruction on drawing and composition, choosing the right subject matter and then how to give it some splash and that all-important wow factor. Find your inner artist

at the Soul Food Design Depot and Gallery, Narromine on May 23 and 24.

The workshop will run between the hours of 11am and 5pm on Saturday and 10am and 4pm on Sunday. Visit www.laurahollandart.com for more information.

Sporting workshops SPORTING associations and clubs are invited to attend a series of workshops hosted by the Dubbo Sports Council to learn about the importance of strategic planning to sporting groups in the

region.

The workshops will equip participants with the direction and tools to ensure their club and sport is in the best position to grow, is aware of and can access support to services, resources and funding available and get assistance from council with writing and submitting quality, successful grant and funding applications.

The first of the two workshops, Grow Your Sport Introduction will be held at 6.30pm on Tuesday, May 12, at DCL Park (formerly Barden Park).

Riverside Markets

don’t want you to know, as well as what to do if you are sued. A free information session will be held at the Dubbo Branch Macquarie Regional Library at 12.15pm on Tuesday, May 12 with Patrick O’Callagahan, principal solicitor with the Community Legal Centre. Reserve your spot by calling 6801 4510.

Biggest Morning Tea

A VIBRANT market atmosphere located on the banks of the Macquarie River bringing buyers and sellers together to the picturesque venue.

The Riverside Markets showcases stall holders with a range of quality mixed merchandise; fresh produce, art and craft, collectables, plants, clothing, tools, toys, new and pre-loved. Stall holders most welcome. Trading from 8.30am to 12.30pm on Sunday, May 10, free entry at Ollie Robins Oval.

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Christine Sutherland on 0428 873 221.

Orchid Autumn Show DUBBO and Orana Region Orchid Society will host an Autumn Show on Saturday, May 9, from 10am to 4pm and Sunday, May 10, from 10am to 2pm, in the meeting rooms near the Orchid House, Victoria Park.

FOR further information, please contact

Debt management HAVING trouble with a debt? Many people owe money to banks or individuals through personal loans, credit cards or mortgages. Learn how to deal with creditors, including some tips they

GEURIE Craft Group is holding a Biggest Morning Tea on Wednesday, May 20, at the Geurie Bowling Club from 9am to 2pm. There will be mini mart stalls, books, plants, raffles and food available all day.

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RSL AQUATIC & HEALTH CLUB KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ϳ͘ϯϬĂŵͲϱƉŵ Open Sunday 8.30am-3pm 'LJŵ͕ /ŶĚŽŽƌ ƉŽŽů͕ ^ĂƵŶĂ Steam room ^ƋƵĂƐŚ ĐŽƵƌƚƐ Cnr Brisbane and Wingewarra Streets, 6884 1777

DUBBO GROVE PHARMACY

KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ϵĂŵ Ɵ ů ϭϮ ŶŽŽŶ 'ŝŌ ǁĂƌĞ͕ :ĞǁĞůůĞƌLJ ,ŽŵĞǁĂƌĞƐ 59A Boundary Road, 6882 3723

THE ATHLETES FOOT KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ϵĂŵ Ɵ ů ϮƉŵ ǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ LJŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ Į ƚ for your foot 176 Macquarie Street, 6881 8400

SHOPPING DUBBO ANTIQUE & COLLECTABLES

Open Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 3pm ŶƟ ƋƵĞ ĨƵƌŶŝƚƵƌĞ͕ ĐŚŝŶĂ͕ ĐĂƐƚ ŝƌŽŶ͕ ŽůĚ ƚŽŽůƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽůůĞĐƚĂďůĞƐ͘ 4 Depot Road, 6885 4400

COFFEE & MEALS OLD BANK RESTAURANT KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ϭϮ Ɵ ů ůĂƚĞ 'ŽŽĚ ĨŽŽĚ͕ ŐŽŽĚ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ŐŽŽĚ Ɵ ŵĞƐ Ψϭϱ ůƵŶĐŚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ 232 Macquarie Street, 6884 7728

CLUBS & PUBS

TED’S TAKEAWAY

Open Saturday and Sunday 8.30am-8pm dŚĞ ďŝŐ ǀĂůƵĞ ŝŶ ƚĂŬĞĂǁĂLJ ĨŽŽĚ͘ 'ƌĞĂƚ ǁĞĞŬůLJ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ͘ 26 Victoria St, 6882 7899

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VILLAGE BAKERY CAFE

Open Saturday and Sunday 6am to 5.30pm.

Gourmet pies DŽƵƚŚͲǁĂƚĞƌŝŶŐ ĐĂŬĞƐ ĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ ƉĂƐƚƌŝĞƐ 'ŽƵƌŵĞƚ &ƌĞŶĐŚ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ ƐĂůĂĚ ďĂŐƵĞƩ ĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĂůĂĚƐ͘ WĞƌĨĞĐƚ ďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ ĂŶĚ ďƌƵŶĐŚ 113 Darling Street (adjacent to the railway crossing), 6884 5454

STICKS AND STONES

Open Saturday and Sunday ƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ ϳ͘ϯϬ ʹ ϯƉŵ >ƵŶĐŚ ϭϮD ʹ ϯƉŵ ŝŶŶĞƌ ϲƉŵ ʹ YƵŝĞƚ ŝŶĞ ŝŶ Žƌ dĂŬĞĂǁĂLJ͘ tŽŽĚĮ ƌĞĚ WŝnjnjĂƐ Homemade pastas ʹůĂʹĐĂƌƚĞ ĚŝŶŝŶŐ Žī ĞĞ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƐƐĞƌƚƐ ůů ĚŝƐŚĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŵĂĚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ ĨƌĞƐŚĞƐƚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ ƚŽ ĞŶƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĞ Į ŶĞƐƚ Ň ĂǀŽƵƌƐ ĨŽƌ ĞǀĞƌLJ ŵĞĂů͘ 'ůƵƚĞŶ ĨƌĞĞ ĂŶĚ ǀĞŐĞƚĂƌŝĂŶ ŽƉƟ ŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͘ 215A Macquarie St, 6885 4852

THE GRAPEVINE

Saturday and Sunday 8.30am-4pm 'ŽŽĚ ĨŽŽĚ͕ ŐŽŽĚ ĐŽī ĞĞ ĂŶĚ ŐŽŽĚ company 144 Brisbane St, 6884 7354

HOG’S BREATH BREKKY

Open Saturday and Sunday

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Open Saturday 10am to 4am, Sunday 10am to 9pm.

ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ŽƉĞŶ ĨŽƌ ůƵŶĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ͘ ůů ĚĞƐƐĞƌƚƐ ŚŽŵĞ ŵĂĚĞ͘ Open Saturday and Sunday ĂůĐŽŶLJ ďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ͛Ɛ ĨƌŽŵ 8am - 11.30am ^ĞƌǀŝŶŐ ŝůů͛Ɛ ĞĂŶƐ Žī ĞĞ 110 Talbragar St, 6882 4219

THE BOOK CONNECTION

Open Saturday 8.30am to 4pm.

Sunday 10am to 2pm.

EĞǁ ĂŶĚ ƵƐĞĚ ďŽŽŬƐ KǀĞƌ ϲϬ͕ϬϬϬ ŬƐ ŝŶ ƐƚŽƌĞ͘ 178 Macquarie St, 6882 3311

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Saturday and Sunday from 5am- 1pm.

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3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE.

Friday 08.05.2015 to Sunday 10.05.2015 | Dubbo Weekender

Friday, May 8 MOVIE: The Dark Knight GO!, 8.30pm, M (2008) Heath Ledger’s portrayal of The Joker cemented his place as one of Hollywood’s greats. The Dark Knight sees Gotham’s rising superhero (Christian Bale) making progress in his vigilante quest, with the help of Lt Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and newly appointed District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart). That is, until the appearance of psychopathic mastermind The Joker, whose escalating violent games throw the city into a new era of darkness.

Director Christopher Nolan and his co-screenwriter brother Jonathan Nolan (Memento, The Prestige) have created what could very well be one of the best superhero movies ever made.

ABC

MOVIE: Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed GO!, 6.30pm, PG (2004) This sequel reunites the gang of Mystery Inc. who are trying to unmask the culprit behind the resurrection of many of their classic ghostly foes. Added to this are Shaggy (Matthew Lillard) and Scooby’s attempts to become serious detectives and an assortment of supernatural spookiness that never crosses the line from comic to creepy.

Three-quarters of the Mystery Inc. gang (Freddie Prinze Jr, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Linda Cardellini) again have little to do (the same goes for new faces Seth Green and Alicia Silverstone). This briskly paced ride never outstays its welcome.

PRIME7

Miss Fisher’s Murder er Mysteries ABC, 8.30pm Smooth and stylish sleuth Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis, right) is back on the case for a third season of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries and tonight’s crime is a doozy. ty When an assistant in Mighty Mackenzie’s Magic Show loses her head – literally – it’s up to Phryne and Detective Inspector John “Jack” Robinson (Nathan Page) to find out whether it was a terrible accident or ister. something much more sinister.

They soon uncover a dark past and an illusion too tricky for even the Mighty Mackenzie.

WIN

TEN

SBS ONE

6.00 ABC News Breakfast.

(CC) 9.00 ABC News Mornings.

(CC) 10.00 To Be Advised.

12.00 News. (CC) 1.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) Fiona Bruce returns to Exeter Cathedral.

2.00 Rake. (M, R, CC) Follows the adventures of a criminal defence barrister.

2.55 Kitchen Cabinet. (R, CC) 3.25 Ruth Rendell’s 13 Steps Down. (M, R, CC) A man struggles to contain his impulses.

5.00 News: Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 The Drum. (CC) A discussion of the events of the day.

6.00 Sunrise. (CC) 9.00 The Morning Show.

(PG, CC) 11.30 Morning News. (CC) 12.00 MOVIE: Reaper. (M, R, CC) (2000) A novelist becomes a murder suspect. Chris Sarandon, Catherine Mary Stewart.

2.00 The Daily Edition.

(CC) Presented by Sally Obermeder, Monique Wright and Tom Williams.

3.00 The Chase. (R, CC) Hosted

by Bradley Walsh.

4.00 News At 4. (CC) 5.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R, CC) Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

5.30 Million Dollar Minute.

(CC) Hosted by Simon Reeve.

6.00 Today. (CC) 9.00 Mornings. (PG, CC) Topical issues and celebrity interviews.

11.30 News. (CC) 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. (CC) 1.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG, CC) Variety show featuring celebrities, musical guests and ordinary people with interesting tales to tell.

2.00 Extra. (CC) Entertainment news program.

2.30 Alive And Cooking. (CC) Easy-to-cook recipes.

3.00 News Now. (CC) 4.00 News. (CC) 5.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (CC) Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 Ent. Tonight. (R, CC) 6.30 GCBC. (R, CC) 7.00 Huey. (R, CC) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (R, CC) 8.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG, CC) 11.00 The Living Room.

(PG, R, CC) 12.00 Dr Phil. (CC) 1.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 1.30 Entertainment Tonight.

(CC) 2.00 The Doctors. (PG, CC) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, CC) 3.30 Ben’s Menu. (R, CC) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (CC) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (CC) 5.00 Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 Soccer. (CC) 7.15 Al Jazeera English News. (CC) 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News From Cyprus. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News.

12.00 Arabic News.

12.30 Turkish News.

1.00 NITV News Week In Review.

1.30 France 24 International News. (CC) 1.45 The Journal. (CC) 2.00 PBS NewsHour. (CC) 3.00 Al Jazeera News. (CC) 3.30 Inspector Rex. (PG, R) 4.25 Coast: The Hidden History Of Harbours.

(R, CC) 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

(R, CC)

6.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) Fiona Bruce reveals stories and remarkable tales of sacrifice from unsung heroes of war.

7.00 News. (CC) 7.30 7.30. (CC) Current affairs program.

8.00 QI. (PG, R, CC) (Final) Guests Sean Lock, Ross Noble and Ruby Wax join host Stephen Fry for an “H”-inspired discussion.

8.30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. (M, CC) (Series return) After an assistant in a magic show is beheaded on stage, Jack and Phryne’s investigation unravels a murder in the past.

9.30 Silent Witness. (M, R, CC) British Army Corporal Scott Lambert requests Leo’s expertise in identifying human remains unearthed in Afghanistan.

10.30 Lateline. (R, CC) News analysis program featuring up-to-the-minute coverage of current events.

11.00 The Business. (R, CC) The day’s business and finance news, including a look at the latest trends on the international share and currency markets.

11.15 Rage. (MA15+) Continuous music programming.

6.00 PRIME7 News. (CC) 6.30 News. (CC) 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (CC) Joh catches up with Home and Away’s Lynne McGranger. Adam tackles some DIY jobs for his mum. Ed serves up a delicious Mother’s Day feast. Graham shares some fool-proof secrets to a no-dig garden.

8.30 To Be Advised.

6.00 News. (CC) 7.00 WIN News. (CC) 7.30 Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 9. Sydney Roosters v Wests Tigers. From Allianz Stadium, Sydney.

9.30 Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 9. Brisbane Broncos v Penrith Panthers. From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

11.30 Rugby League. (CC) Queensland Residents v NSW Cup Representative.

From Tapout Energy Stadium, Brisbane.

Commentary from Mathew Thompson, Scott Sattler and Peter Psaltis.

6.00 Family Feud. (CC) Two families try to win big prizes by guessing the most popular responses to a survey of the public.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. (CC) Join the hosts for a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 MasterChef Australia.

(PG, CC) The eight contestants from the losing team in yesterday’s task must face off to stay in the competition.

8.30 The Living Room.

(PG, CC) With Mother’s Day approaching, Miguel and his daughter Claudia make perfect pancakes for mum. Baz helps out mum Kylie who unintentionally demolished her bathroom, in an attempt to remodel it.

9.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, CC) Irish comedian Graham Norton chats with Sean Penn, Celia Imrie, Ross Noble and Kelly Clarkson.

10.30 NCIS. (M, R, CC) The team follows a trail of money in order to solve a murder investigation.

11.30 The Project. (R, CC) Join the hosts for a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

6.00 Heston’s In Search Of Perfection. (CC) Chef Heston Blumenthal travels to Italy to dissect the humble and delicious spaghetti bolognese.

6.30 World News. (CC) 7.30 Twilight Of Civilisations: Angkor – The Kingdom With Feet Of Clay. (R, CC) Part 2 of 2. A look at the decline of previous human civilisations, including the rise of Angkor’s Kingdom in Cambodia.

8.30 Easter Island: Mysteries Of A Lost World.

(PG, R, CC) English archaeologist Dr Jago Cooper looks at the rise and fall of Easter Island’s Rapa Nui civilisation.

10.10 Grand Tours Of Scotland: Far From The Madding Crowd. (CC) Presenter Paul Murton travels to the Isle of Mull and its satellite islands.

10.45 World News. (CC) 11.10 Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

(PG, R, CC) Jake’s father comes to visit.

11.35 Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

(PG, R, CC) After a streak of bad luck, Jake thinks he’s being sabotaged by an enemy, so Holt assigns Amy and Rosa to investigate.

5.00 Rage. (PG, CC) Continuous music programming.

12.00 MOVIE: Mexico City.

(M, R) (2000) A woman desperately searches for her missing brother in Mexico City. Stacy Edwards, Robert Patrick, Jorge Robles.

2.00 Home Shopping.

1.30 WIN’s All Australian News. (CC) 2.30 A Current Affair. (R, CC) 3.00 Impractical Jokers.

(M, R, CC) 3.30 Anger Management.

(M, R, CC) 4.00 Extra. (R, CC) 4.30 Good Morning America.

(CC)

12.30 The Late Show With David Letterman. (PG) Join David Letterman and special guests for his Top 10 and more.

1.30 Infomercials. (PG) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R, CC)

12.05 MOVIE: Casanegra.

(M, R) (2008) Two petty crooks pull one last job.

Anas Elbaz.

2.25 MOVIE: Lemon Tree.

(PG, R) (2008) Hiam Abbass.

4.20 Countdown. (R, CC) 5.00 Korean News.

5.35 Japanese News.

CLASSIFICATIONS: (P) For preschoolers (C) Children’s programs (G) General viewing (PG) Parental guidance (M) Mature audiences (MA15+) Mature audiences only (AV15+) Extreme violence.

(R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions. Please Note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to late change by networks.

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3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE.

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 08.05.2015 to Sunday 10.05.2015

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Friday, May 8 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

8.30pm Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) Comedy.

Jason Segel, Kristen Bell.

(MA15+) Comedy

7.30pm Andre Rieu: Magic Of The Violin. Andre Rieu demonstrates his love of the violin. Arts

8.30pm Deadline Gallipoli: The Full Story. (M) History

7.30pm Rugby Union. Super Rugby. Round 13. Rebels v Blues. Fox Sports 2

8.35pm Valkyrie (2008) War. Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy. (M) Masterpiece

8.30pm Silent Witness.

(MA15+) UKTV

10.40pm Locke (2014) Drama. Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman. A man’s life unravels after he leaves a construction site and drives to London to be present for the birth of a child conceived during a one-night stand.(MA15+) Masterpiece

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 2.10 Gaspard And Lisa. (R, CC) 2.25 Q Pootle 5. (R, CC) 2.40 Fireman Sam. (R, CC) 2.50 Yo Gabba Gabba! (R, CC) 3.20 Bert And Ernie. (R, CC) 3.30 Play School. (R, CC) 4.00 Bananas In Pyjamas. (R, CC) 4.10 Pingu. (R) 4.20 Mister Maker Comes To Town. (R, CC) 4.40 The Furchester Hotel. (R, CC) 5.00 Sarah And Duck. (R, CC) 5.10 The Hive. (R, CC) 5.25 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.30 Olivia. (R, CC) 5.45 Ben And Holly. (R, CC) 6.00 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.15 Tree Fu Tom. (R, CC) 6.35 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Doctor Who. (PG, R, CC) 8.15 That ’70s Show. (PG, R, CC) 8.35 The Midwives. (M, R, CC) 9.35 I Am An Adult Baby. (MA15+, CC) 10.25 Jimmy Fallon. (PG, CC) 11.05 World’s Toughest Jobs. (M, R, CC) 12.05 The Undateables. (R, CC) 12.50 That ’70s Show. (PG, R, CC) 1.15 Jimmy Fallon. (PG, R, CC) 1.55 News Update. (R) 2.00 Close.

5.00 This Is Scarlett And Isaiah. (R, CC) 5.05 Tilly And Friends. (R, CC) 5.15 Waybuloo. (R, CC) 5.35 The Magic Roundabout. (R, CC) 5.50 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 8.55 Pixel Pinkie. (R, CC) 9.10 Corneil And Bernie. (R, CC) 9.25 Oggy And The Cockroaches. (R, CC) 9.30 Dancing Down Under. (R, CC) 10.00 Lockie Leonard. (R, CC) 10.25 What I Wrote. (R, CC) 10.30 A Journey Through Asian Art. (R, CC) 10.40 The Art Of Australia. (R, CC) 11.35 BTN. (R, CC) 12.00 The Crust. (R, CC) 12.45 Round The Twist. (R, CC) 1.10 Ocean Girl. (R, CC) 1.35 Bindi’s Bootcamp. (R, CC) 2.00 Arthur. 2.25 Pearlie. (R, CC) 2.40 Hairy Legs. (CC) 2.50 Tashi.

(R, CC) 3.05 SheZow. (R, CC) 3.15 The Day My Butt Went Psycho. (R, CC) 3.40 Almost Naked Animals.

(R, CC) 3.50 Riders Of Berk. (R, CC) 4.15 The Penguins Of Madagascar.

4.40 News On 3. (CC) 4.45 Studio 3. 4.50 Camp Lakebottom. (R, CC) 5.20 Operation Ouch! (R, CC) 5.50 The Next Step. (CC) 6.15 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 6.50 News On 3. (CC) 7.00 The Adventures Of Merlin. (PG, R, CC) 7.45 Heartland.

(R, CC) 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) 8.55 Kobushi. (R, CC) 9.00 Naruto. (PG, CC) 9.20 Sword Art Online. (PG, R, CC) 9.45 Deltora Quest. (R, CC) 10.10 Close.

9.30pm Everybody Loves Raymond. Ray buys Frank an expensive aquarium. (PG) TV1

8.30pm Rock Legends.

Explore the life of Paul Simon, of the duo Simon & Garfunkel.

(PG) Biography 9.30pm Tony Robinson’s Tour Of Duty. Tony Robinson shows off memorabilia of people’s ancestors. (PG) History

7.30pm Soccer. A-League.

First Semi-final. Fox Sports 4 8.30pm Golf. Asian PGA Tour.

Mauritius Open. Round 2. Fox Sports 3

Kristen Bell and Russell Brand in Forgetting Sarah Marshall

7TWO 6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Shopping.

7.00 Flushed. (C, CC) 7.30 DaVincibles. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Jay’s Jungle. (P, R, CC) 8.30 Man About The House. (PG, R) 9.00 Home And Away. (PG, R, CC) 9.30 Shortland Street. (PG) 10.00 Homes Under The Hammer. (R) 11.00 Kingswood Country. (PG, R) 12.00 Taggart. (M, R, CC) 2.15 Pie In The Sky. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 The Martha Stewart Show. 4.30 60 Minute Makeover. (PG, R) 5.30 Homes Under The Hammer.

6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 The Indian Doctor.

(PG, R, CC) The mine collapses.

8.30 Escape To The Country.

Jonnie Irwin joins the house hunt in East Anglia.

9.30 House Wreck Rescue.

(PG) Presented by Gary McCausland.

10.30 Make My Home Bigger.

(PG) 11.00 Best Houses Australia. (R) 11.30 Homes Under The Hammer. (R) 12.30 Taggart. (M, R, CC) 3.00 Kingswood Country. (PG, R) 4.00 The Martha Stewart Show.

(R) 5.00 Home Shopping.

7MATE 6.00 Home Shopping. 6.30 Home Shopping. 7.00 Handy Manny. (R) 7.30 Jake And The Never Land Pirates. (R, CC) 8.00 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. (R) 8.30 Art Attack. (R, CC) 9.00 NBC Today. (R, CC) 11.00 Motor Mate. (R) 1.00 Nitro Circus Live. (M, R) 2.00 The Border. (M, R) 3.00 Inside West Coast Customs.

(PG, R) 4.00 Turtleman. (PG, R) 5.00 How I Met Your Mother. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 MythBusters. (PG, R, CC) Adam and Jamie look at big rig myths.

7.00 AFL Pre-Game Show. (CC) Pre-game coverage of the big match.

7.30 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 6. Collingwood v Geelong. From the MCG. 11.00 MOVIE: Surrogates.

(M, R, CC) (2009) A cop investigates the murder of a student. Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell.

1.00 MOVIE: Two Hands.

(AV15+, R) (1999) Heath Ledger.

3.00 Nitro Circus Live. (M, R) 3.30 Motor Mate. (M, R) A look at motor racing accidents.

4.45 Motor Mate. (R)

GO! 6.00 Robocar Poli. (R) 6.30 PAW Patrol. (R, CC) 7.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 7.30 Kitchen Whiz. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Move It. (C, CC) 8.30 Rabbids. (PG, R) 9.00 Magical Tales. (P, CC) 9.30 SpongeBob. (R) 10.00 Green Lantern. (PG, R) 10.30 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 11.00 Power Rangers. (PG, R) 11.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. (R) 12.00 Extra. (CC) 12.30 TMZ. 1.00 TMZ Live. 2.00 Auction Hunters. (PG, R) 3.00 SpongeBob. 3.30 Rabbids.

(PG, R) 4.00 Kids’ WB. (PG) 4.05 Looney Tunes. (R) 4.30 Tom And Jerry. (R) 5.00 Ben 10. (PG, R) 5.30 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 6.00 Regular Show. (PG, R) 6.30 MOVIE: Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

(PG, R, CC) (2004) 8.30 MOVIE: The Dark Knight.

(M, R, CC) (2008) Batman fights to stop The Joker.

Christian Bale, Heath Ledger.

11.30 Gotham. (M, R, CC) 1.30 Rabbids Invasion. (PG, R) 2.00 TMZ Live. (R) 3.00 TMZ. (R) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. (PG, R) 4.00 PAW Patrol. (R, CC) 4.30 Robocar Poli.

(R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. (R)

GEM 6.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Skippy. (R) 7.00 Supernanny USA. (PG, R) 8.00 Gilmore Girls. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 New Style Direct. 9.30 Global Shop. 10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Alive And Cooking. (R, CC) 11.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Secret Dealers. (PG, R) 1.00 MOVIE: Night Boat To Dublin. (PG, R, CC) (1946) 3.00 Alive And Cooking. (R, CC) 3.30 Tigers About The House.

(PG, R, CC) 4.30 Ellen. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Gilmore Girls. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 A Current Affair. (CC) 8.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) Hosted by Fiona Bruce.

8.30 MOVIE: Open Range.

(M, R, CC) (2003) Two cattle herders fight against a corrupt sheriff and a greedy rancher. Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening.

11.15 MOVIE: Cool Hand Luke.

(M, R, CC) (1967) 1.40 MOVIE: The Hand Of Night.

(M, R, CC) (1968) Diane Clare, William Sylvester. 3.25 MOVIE: Derby Day. (R, CC) (1952) Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding. 5.00 Gideon’s Way. (PG, R)

ONE 6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 8.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 9.00 RPM. (R, CC) 10.00 Working With Dangerous Animals. (R, CC) 11.00 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 12.00 NYC 22. (M) 1.00 Common Law. (M) 2.00 The Living Room. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Totally Wild. (R, CC) 4.30 ET’s Fishing Classics. (R, CC) 5.00 Fishing Edge. (R) 5.30 iFish. (R, CC) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) Hosted

by Grant Denyer.

6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) Hawkeye and Margaret get lost.

7.30 World’s Toughest Trucker: Cape York Cattle Haul. (PG, R) Truck drivers head to Cape York.

8.30 Cops: Adults Only. (M, R) Join dedicated police officers as they patrol the streets of the US. 9.30 MOVIE: Enemies Closer.

(AV15+, R) (2013) Two sworn enemies deal with a drug cartel. Tom Everett Scott, Jean-Claude Van Damme.

11.20 Bellator MMA. (M) 1.20 Home Shopping.

2.20 Cops: Adults Only. (M, R) 3.30 Ross Kemp: In Search Of Pirates. (M, R) 4.30 Wild Racers.

(PG, R) 5.00 Sport Science. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 8.00 Vic The Viking. (C, CC) 8.30 Toasted TV. 9.30 Wurrawhy. (P, R, CC) 10.00 Touched By An Angel. (R) 11.00 Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 Taxi.

(PG, R) 12.00 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 JAG. (PG, R) 2.00 Judging Amy. (M, R) 3.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.30 Cheers. (PG, R) 4.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 4.30 Laverne & Shirley. (PG, R) 5.00 Mork & Mindy.

(PG, R) 5.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 Neighbours. (CC) Terese is pushed to her limit.

7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 American Idol. (PG) Hosted by Ryan Seacrest.

9.30 Glee. (PG) (Final) After the glee club competes at Nationals, the dreams of the members are realised.

10.30 Snog, Marry, Avoid?

(PG, R) 11.10 Movie Juice. (PG, R) A look into the world of movies.

11.40 Wonderland. (M, R, CC) 12.40 Frasier. (PG, R) 1.05 Judging Amy. (M, R) 2.00 Touched By An Angel. (R) 3.00 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 JAG. (PG, R) 5.00 Home Shopping.

SBS 2 6.00 Urdu News. 6.20 Indonesian News. 7.00 Russian News. 7.30 Polish News. 8.00 DW Global 3000. 8.30 Macedonian News.

9.05 Croatian News. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 Portuguese News.

11.05 Japanese News. 11.40 Hong Kong News. 12.00 Hindi News.

12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Italian News. 1.35 German News. 2.05 Spanish News. 3.05 Greek News.

4.00 Iron Chef. (R, CC) 4.45 Vs Arashi. (R) 5.40 American Ninja Warrior. (R) 6.30 UEFA Europa League Highlights.

7.30 Friday Feed.

8.00 Parks And Recreation.

(PG, R) Leslie finds out Jerry is retiring.

8.30 Geeks. (New Series) Four geeky girls head to Marbella.

9.30 How To Lose Your Virginity. (R) Filmmaker Therese Shechter explores myths behind virginity.

10.45 American Swing. (MA15+, R, CC) 12.15 Friday Feed. (R) 12.45 Live At The Electric. (M, R) 1.20 PopAsia. (PG) 3.20 NHK World News In English From Tokyo. 5.00 French News. 5.50 Urdu News.

NITV 6.00 Welcome To Wapos Bay. 6.30 Bizou. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Waabiny Time. 9.00 Go Lingo.

9.30 Bushwhacked! 10.00 Around The Campfire. 10.30 Kriol Kitchen.

11.00 The Marngrook Footy Show.

(PG) 12.30 Burned Bridge. 1.30 Milpirri. 2.30 Mugu Kids. 3.00 Bizou. 3.30 Bushwhacked! 4.00 Go Lingo. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 5.30 NITV News. 6.00 The Medicine Line. 6.30 Kriol Kitchen.

7.00 NITV News.

7.30 Rose Against The Odds.

(PG) 8.30 I Heart My People.

(PG) Narrated by Aaron Pedersen.

9.00 Go Girls. (M) 10.00 Eternity.

11.00 NITV News. 11.30 The Medicine Line. 12.00 Away From Country. (PG) 1.00 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. 2.00 Rugby League. Queensland Murri Carnival. 3.00 Rugby Sevens.

4.00 Football. 2011 Lightning Cup. Ntjalka v Plenty Hwy. 5.00 Defining Moments. 5.30 Kriol Kitchen.

6.00 ABC News Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. (CC) 12.00 News. (CC) 1.00 Capital Hill. (CC) 1.30 News. (CC) 4.00 News With The Business. (CC) 5.00 News With Grandstand. (CC) 6.00 News. (CC) 6.30 The Drum. (R, CC) 7.00 News. (CC) 9.30 Lateline. (CC) 10.00 The World. (CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 7.30. (R, CC) 12.00 News. 12.30 The Drum. (R, CC) 1.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. (R) 2.00 BBC World News. 2.30 7.30. (R, CC) 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 BBC Focus On Africa. 4.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. (R) 5.00 BBC World News. 5.30 Lateline. (R, CC)

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Saturday, May 9 2015 Melbourne Comedy Festival Debate TEN, 8.30pm The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is a distant memory, but many of the funny men and women who made the trip Down Under are still performing around the country and this special might just motivate you to go out and see them. Now in its 26th year – only two years younger than the comedy festival – the Annual Great Debate sees some of the funniest people from Australia and abroad take to the stage to argue with each other and earn a few laughs from the audience in the crowd and at home. Waleed Aly plays MC to comedians including Ronny Cheing, Katherine Ryan and Rich Hall.

ABC

Louie

MOVIE: Sherlock Holmes

ABC2, 10.30pm

WIN, 9pm, M (2009)

The world of Louie is often strange, sad and funny, but not always all at once.

Sometimes it is just sad, other times it is simply strange. Tonight, we get a bit of everything in the premiere of season four with a double episode. First up, in “Back”, Louie is not only back on our screens, but has injured his back while shopping for a vibrator, and his doctor, the gloriously eccentric Dr Bigelow (Charles Grodin), just doesn’t really care. Next, in “Model”, Louie finds himself in a position he has probably only ever dreamed about – yet it’s all kinds of awkward – when he crosses paths with a beautiful woman (Yvonne Strahovski, Chuck). Jerry Seinfeld also drops in for a cameo.

d of this Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would be proud adaptation of his famous super-sleuth, brilliantly brought to life by director Guy uy Ritchie.

The story pales in comparison to the chemistry hemistry between Robert Downey Jr (right) as Holmes tly and Jude Law, who hams it up brilliantly as trusty sidekick Dr Watson. On the hunt for a serial killer, they meet all manner of London baddies, including the dubious Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams) and as the bodies start piling up, their list of suspects grows by the day. With a score by Oscarwinner Hans Zimmer, and brilliant cinematography depicting 1890s Britain by Philippe Rousselot , it narrowly missed the two Oscars it was nominated for.

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6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 11.30 Spicks And Specks.

(PG, R, CC) 12.00 For The Love Of Cars: Land Rover Series I. (PG, R, CC) 12.45 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) 1.50 The Restaurant Inspector. (R, CC) Fernando Peire heads to Northampton.

2.35 Kitchen Cabinet. (R, CC) 3.10 River Cottage Veg Every Day. (R, CC) 4.00 One Plus One. (CC) 4.30 Saturday Landline.

(R, CC) Presented by Pip Courtney.

5.00 Midsomer Murders.

(PG, R, CC)

6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) 12.00 World’s Strictest Parents.

(PG, R, CC) 1.00 MOVIE: Tinker Bell And The Lost Treasure. (R, CC) (2009) Tinker Bell creates a magical sceptre. Kristin Chenoweth.

2.30 MOVIE: Nim’s Island.

(PG, R) (2008) A girl searches for her father.

Abigail Breslin.

4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. (R, CC) Hosted by Johanna Griggs.

5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

(PG, R, CC)

6.00 PAW Patrol. (R, CC) 6.30 Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) 7.00 Weekend Today: Saturday. (CC) 10.00 Mornings: Saturday.

(PG, CC) 12.00 Recipes That Rock.

(PG, CC) Presented by Alex James and Matt Stone.

12.30 Hot In Cleveland.

(PG, R, CC) Victoria’s journalist daughter visits.

1.00 Reno Rumble. (PG, R, CC) Renovators transform homes for deserving people.

4.30 Fishing Australia. (R, CC) Rob heads to Papua New Guinea.

5.00 News. (CC) 5.30 Getaway. (PG, CC)

6.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. (R, CC) 6.30 Fishing Edge.

(R, CC) 7.00 Fishing. (R, CC) 7.30 Good Chef Bad Chef.

(R, CC) 8.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10: Saturday. (CC) 10.00 Studio 10: Saturday Extra. (PG, CC) 11.00 The Living Room.

(PG, R, CC) 12.00 Tour The World. (CC) 12.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 1.00 The Talk. (PG, CC) 3.00 Car Torque. (PG, CC) 3.30 iFish. (R, CC) 4.00 What’s Up Down Under.

(CC) 4.30 Escape With ET. (CC) 5.00 Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 Japanese News. 6.10 Hong Kong News. 6.30 Chinese News.

7.00 Al Jazeera English News.

(CC) 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News.

9.30 Greek News From Cyprus.

10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 12.00 Arabic News.

12.30 Turkish News.

1.00 PBS NewsHour. (CC) 2.00 Notre Dame De Paris. (R) 3.40 Tim Marlow’s Virtual Gallery. (R, CC) 3.45 Pink Floyd: The Story Of Wish You Were Here.

(PG, R) 4.55 Smart Secrets Of Great Paintings. (CC) 5.30 Who Do You Think You Are? David Dickinson.

(R, CC)

6.30 Gardening Australia.

(CC) Costa gives tips on how to bring potted shrubs and trees back from the brink. Jerry shows a great way to nurture garden ecology.

7.00 News. (CC) 7.30 Father Brown. (PG, CC) After Sir Raleigh’s new bride insists on seeing his Egyptian mummy, her body is found in a locked room.

8.20 DCI Banks. (PG, CC) Banks and his team now have a murder inquiry on their hands, as the body found on the moors is identified.

9.05 Scott & Bailey. (M, R, CC) The detectives investigate the murder of a wealthy man whose double life left him vulnerable to exploitation.

9.55 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (M, R, CC) A satirical news program exposing the humorous, absurd and downright hypocritical.

10.25 Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey. (PG, R, CC) Comedian Judith Lucy visits Byron Bay. 10.50 The Moodys. (M, R, CC) Terry is not feeling well.

11.20 Rage. (MA15+) Music videos.

6.00 News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Men In Black II. (PG, R, CC) (2002) A secret agent who specialises in monitoring and policing aliens living covertly on Earth, enlists the help of a former partner whose memory has been wiped.

It seems he may be the key to finding a mysterious object known as the Light of Zartha, before a ruthless criminal does. Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rosario Dawson.

9.00 MOVIE: Bad Boys.

(MA15+, R) (1995) Two detectives search for a fortune in heroin that was mysteriously stolen from their police station’s evidence room. They are contacted by a woman who claims she can identify the villain responsible but will only speak to a specific officer, leading to a case of mistaken identities. Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Téa Leoni.

11.30 Hustling America: Las Vegas. (M, CC) Alex heads to Las Vegas where he tries his hand at a few cons created by hustler Amarillo Slim and finds himself in a legally precarious position.

6.00 News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Clash Of The Titans. (M, R, CC) (2010) After the gods demand a king offer his daughter as a sacrifice to them, he instead recruits a warrior to find a way to kill their enemies’ monstrous champion. Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes.

9.00 MOVIE: Sherlock Holmes. (M, R, CC) (2009) Sherlock Holmes and his colleague Dr Watson battle a murderous cult leader who has seemingly returned from the grave and whose evil plot is a threat to all of England.

Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, Rachel McAdams.

11.30 MOVIE: Dorian Gray.

(AV15+, R, CC) (2009) A young man is lured into a life of hedonism by an older nobleman, which culminates in the death of his former fiancée.

Losing himself in a life of corruption, he finds a form of immortality through a magical painting which reflects all the evil he has perpetrated. Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall.

6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PG, R, CC) Follows the work of lifeguards in charge of safety at one of the world’s busiest beaches. After a man dislocates his shoulder in the water, he tries to pop it back into place himself.

6.30 Jamie’s Food Fight Club.

(PG, CC) Comedian Jennifer Saunders cooks an Italian porchetta.

Jimmy shows how to make a DIY cider and the boys discover a forgotten pastie.

7.30 Bondi Vet. (PG, CC) Dr Chris is in country Victoria working with a local vet clinic to help out an old friend.

8.30 2015 Melbourne Comedy Festival Debate. (M, CC) The annual battle of brains and wit as comedians take part in a comedic debate.

10.00 MOVIE: Almost Famous.

(M, R, CC) (2000) A rockobsessed teenager is given a chance to prove his worth as a journalist by accompanying a band on tour, where he gets involved in the tumultuous world of the lead guitarist’s girlfriend. Patrick Fugit, Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson.

6.30 World News. (CC) 7.30 Great Continental Railway Journeys. (CC) With his 1913 guidebook in hand and clad in a luminous pink jacket, improbable Bohemian Michael Portillo explores the stunning art nouveau architecture of the Czech capital. In Marianske Lazne, Michael samples the sulphurous waters and wallows in peat and mud.

8.35 MOVIE: Harry Brown.

(AV15+, R, CC) (2009) An elderly ex-marine, living on a dingy English housing estate, decides to take revenge on local lowlifes after his best friend is murdered. Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, David Bradley.

10.40 Cycling. (CC) UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 1.

San Lorenzo al Mare to Sanremo. 17.6km team time trial. From Italy.

5.00 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

12.30 Home Shopping.

1.40 MOVIE: Striptease.

(MA15+, R) (1996) Demi Moore.

3.50 Nine Presents. (M, R, CC) 4.00 Impractical Jokers.

(M, R, CC) 4.30 Extra. (R, CC) 5.00 The Middle. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

12.40 48 Hours: Kiss Of Death And The Google Exec.

(M, R) A look at the death of a Google executive.

1.30 Infomercials. (PG, R, CC) 2.30 Home Shopping.

4.30 It Is Written. (PG) Religious program.

5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program.

1.30 Usain Bolt: The Fastest Man Alive. (PG, R, CC) 2.35 MOVIE: The Spear Of Destiny. (M, R) (2010) A man tries to rescue his mentor from a cult. Kai Wiesinger.

4.45 Haram.

5.00 Korean News.

5.35 Japanese News.

CLASSIFICATIONS: (P) For preschoolers (C) Children’s programs (G) General viewing (PG) Parental guidance (M) Mature audiences (MA15+) Mature audiences only (AV15+) Extreme violence.

(R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions. Please Note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to late change by networks.

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6.25pm Deliver Us From Evil (2014) Horror. Eric Bana, Olivia Munn. A police officer joins forces with a priest.

(MA15+) Premiere

6.05pm Sex And The City.

Aidan finally tells Carrie he loves her. (MA15+) SoHo

7.30pm A Great Welsh Adventure. Griff Rhys Jones follows his Cambrian roots. (G) History

6.30pm Golf. Asian PGA Tour.

Mauritius Open. Round three.

Fox Sports 4

8.30pm Transcendence (2014) Sci-fi. Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall. A researcher creates a sentient machine. (M) Premiere

8.30pm Australia’s Next Top Model. FOX8 11.30pm The Graham Norton Show. Hosted by comedian Graham Norton. UKTV

7.30pm Treehouse Masters.

Pete builds an a adventurethemed treehouse. (PG) Discovery 11.30pm MythBusters. (PG) Discovery

7.30pm Rugby Union. Super Rugby. Round 13. Force v Waratahs. Fox Sports 2 8.00pm Football. AFL. Round 6. Fremantle v Essendon. Fox Sports 3

10.35pm Don Jon (2013) Comedy. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson. A sex addict sets out to change his ways. (MA15+) Premiere

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 2.50 Yo Gabba Gabba! (R, CC) 3.20 Bert And Ernie. (R, CC) 3.30 Play School. (R, CC) 4.00 Bananas In Pyjamas. (R, CC) 4.10 Pingu. (R) 4.20 Mister Maker Comes To Town. (R, CC) 4.40 The Furchester Hotel. (R, CC) 5.00 Sarah And Duck. (R, CC) 5.10 The Hive. (R, CC) (Final) 5.25 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.30 Olivia. (R, CC) 5.45 Ben And Holly. (R, CC) 6.00 Peter Rabbit.

(R, CC) 6.15 Tree Fu Tom. (R, CC) 6.35 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (R, CC) 7.30 Total Wipeout. (CC) 8.25 Australian Encounters. (R, CC) 8.30 Build A New Life In The Country. (CC) 9.20 Live At The Apollo. (M, CC) 10.05 The Inbetweeners. (M, R, CC) (Final) 10.30 Louie. (M, CC) 11.15 Portlandia. (M, R, CC) 11.40 This Is Jinsy. (PG, R, CC) 12.05 This Is Jinsy. (R, CC) 12.25 This Is Jinsy.

(PG, R, CC) 12.50 This Is Jinsy. (R, CC) 1.15 This Is Jinsy. (PG, R, CC) 2.50 News Update. (R) 2.55 Close.

5.00 This Is Scarlett And Isaiah. (R, CC) 5.05 Tilly And Friends. (R, CC) 5.15 Waybuloo. (R, CC) 5.35 The Magic Roundabout. (R, CC) 5.50 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 7.20 Dr Dimensionpants. (R) 7.40 Grojband. (R, CC) 8.00 SheZow. (R, CC) 8.15 Numb Chucks. (R, CC) 8.25 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk.

(R, CC) 9.00 Good Game: SP. (CC) 9.25 Total Drama: Revenge Of The Island. (R, CC) 9.55 Slugterra. (R, CC) 10.35 Endangered Species.

(R, CC) 10.50 You’re Skitting Me. (R, CC) (Final) 11.15 Almost Naked Animals. (R, CC) (Final) 11.25 RAWR. (R, CC) 11.35 Lockie Leonard. (R, CC) 12.00 Mortified.

(R, CC) 12.20 Shaun The Sheep.

(R) 12.30 Camp Lakebottom. (R, CC) 2.20 Spectacular Spider-Man. (R, CC) 2.45 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 3.15 Wacky World Beaters. (R, CC) 3.45 Studio 3. 3.50 You’re Skitting Me. (R, CC) 4.15 Iron Man: Armored Adventures. (R, CC) 4.35 Detentionaire. (R, CC) 5.00 Young Dracula. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Operation Ouch! (R) 6.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R) 6.25 Figaro Pho. (R, CC) 6.30 Mortified. (R, CC) 7.00 Heartland. (R, CC) 7.45 Great Big Adv. (R, CC) 8.00 Deadly Pole To Pole. (R, CC) 8.30 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 9.00 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) 10.45 Close.

Talk show king Graham Norton

7TWO 6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Shopping.

7.00 Saturday Disney. (CC) 9.00 Jessie. (R, CC) 9.30 Shake It Up. (R, CC) 10.00 Shopping. 11.00 Animal Academy. (PG) 11.30 Great South East. (CC) 12.00 Creek To Coast.

(CC) 12.30 Sydney Weekender.

(R, CC) 1.00 Qld Weekender. (CC) 1.30 WA Weekender. (PG, CC) 2.00 Coxy’s Big Break. (R, CC) 2.30 Lyndey And Herbie’s Movable Feast. 3.00 Rugby Union. Shute Shield. Round 8. 5.00 Make My Home Bigger. (PG, R) 5.30 Four Rooms. (PG, R) 6.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) 7.30 Life On The Edge: Sydney Harbour. (PG) (New Series) A look at Sydney Harbour.

8.30 Taggart. (M, CC) A mechanic is found murdered.

10.00 Wire In The Blood.

(MA15+, CC) The team fears a serial killer is on the loose.

12.00 Four Rooms. (PG, R) 1.00 Taggart. (M, R, CC) 2.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) 3.30 Animal Academy. (PG, R) 4.00 The Kitchen Job. (PG, R) 5.00 Country Calendar. (PG, R) 5.30 Lyndey And Herbie’s Movable Feast. (R)

7MATE 6.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 7.00 A Football Life. (PG) 8.00 Shopping. 9.00 Shannon’s Legends Of Motorsport.

(PG, R) 10.00 Motor Racing.

AHG Sprintcar Series. WASHPOD Sprintcar Westernapolis. 11.00 Zoom TV. (PG) 11.30 Timbersports.

2014 World Championships.

Highlights. 12.00 Bush Pilots.

(PG) 1.00 Money Barn. (PG, R) 2.00 Swamp Men. (PG, R) 3.00 Footy Flashbacks. (CC) 4.30 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 6. GWS v Hawthorn. From Spotless Stadium, Sydney.

7.15 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 6. Melbourne v Sydney. From the MCG. 10.30 MOVIE: Four Brothers.

(M, R) (2005) Brothers take revenge for their mother’s death. Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson.

12.40 MOVIE: Apocalypse Now. (AV15+, R) (1979) Martin Sheen.

4.00 Motor Racing.

AHG Sprintcar Series.

WASHPOD Sprintcar Westernapolis.

5.00 Zoom TV. (PG, R) 5.30 Home Shopping.

GO! 6.00 Thunderbirds. (R) 7.00 Kids’ WB Saturday. (PG) 7.05 Looney Tunes. 7.30 Dogstar. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Green Lantern. (PG, R) 8.30 Scooby-Doo! (PG, R) 9.00 Looney Tunes. (R) 9.30 Adv Time. (PG, R) 10.00 The Batman. (PG, R) 10.30 Ben 10. (PG, R) 11.00 Heidi.

(C, CC) 11.30 Move It. (C, R, CC) 12.00 Kitchen Whiz. (C, R, CC) 12.30 SpongeBob. (R) 1.30 Danoz.

(R) 2.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG) 3.00 Thunderbirds Are Go! (PG, R) 3.30 Gumball. (R) 4.30 Looney Tunes.

(R) 5.30 Scooby-Doo! (PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: Igor. (PG, R) (2008) 7.40 MOVIE: Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs.

(R, CC) (2009) Anna Faris.

9.30 MOVIE: The Hangover 2. (MA15+, R, CC) (2011) A family member goes missing. Bradley Cooper.

11.30 Two And A Half Men. (M, R, CC) 12.00 MOVIE: Clerks. (MA15+, R) (1994) Brian O’Halloran. 2.00 The Darren Sanders Show. (M, R) 2.30 Gumball. (R) 3.30 Yu-GiOh! (PG, R) 4.00 PAW Patrol. (R, CC) 4.30 Robocar Poli. (R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. (R)

GEM 6.00 MOVIE: Night Boat To Dublin. (PG, R, CC) (1946) 8.00 Danoz. 8.30 MOVIE: For Better, For Worse. (R) (1954) Dirk Bogarde.

10.15 MOVIE: The Passionate Stranger. (PG, R, CC) (1957) Ralph Richardson. 12.15 Destination WA. (PG, R, CC) 12.45 Duncan’s Thai Kitchen. (R) 1.15 Postcards. (CC) 1.45 MOVIE: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. (PG, R, CC) (1958) Elizabeth Taylor. 4.00 MOVIE: Quo Vadis.

(PG, R, CC) (1951) 7.30 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) Items are brought in to be appraised.

8.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. (M, R, CC) Along with members of the local law enforcement community, the team reluctantly agrees to hit the streets.

10.30 The Mentalist. (M, R, CC) 11.20 Golden Boy. (M, R, CC) Clark investigates a priest’s murder.

12.20 MOVIE: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. (PG, R, CC) (1958) Elizabeth Taylor.

2.30 MOVIE: Quo Vadis.

(PG, R, CC) (1951) 5.30 Postcards. (R, CC)

ONE 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Netball.

ANZ Championship. Round 10.

NSW Swifts v Melbourne Vixens.

Replay. 10.00 Garage Gold. (PG, R) 10.30 Big Fish, Small Boats. (PG, R) 11.00 4WD Touring Australia.

(PG) 12.00 RPM. (R, CC) 1.00 World’s Toughest Trucker. (PG, R) 2.00 Motor Racing. V8 Ute Series.

Round 2. 3.00 Undercover Boss.

(PG, R) 4.00 Fishing. (R, CC) 4.30 Reel Action. 5.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 6.00 Garage Gold. (PG, R) 6.30 Monster Jam. 7.30 Cops. (PG, R) Police officers patrol the streets.

8.30 Elementary. (M, R, CC) Holmes is reunited with a criminal who seems to have followed him to New York.

9.30 48 Hours: The Bizarre Saga Of Robert Durst.

(M) A millionaire is charged with murder.

10.30 Ross Kemp: In Search Of Pirates. (M, R) 11.30 Blokesworld. (MA15+, R) 12.00 The Killing. (M, R) 1.00 48 Hours. (M, R) 2.00 NYC 22. (M, R) 3.00 Cops.

(PG, R) 4.00 RPM. (R, CC) 5.00 Sport Science. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 8.00 Totally Wild. (C, CC) 8.30 Scope. (C, CC) 9.05 The Loop. (PG) 11.35 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 12.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 2.00 Brady Bunch.

(R) 3.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.30 Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 4.30 Laverne & Shirley. (PG, R) 5.00 Mork & Mindy.

(PG, R) 5.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) Ray helps Ally track down Frank’s aunt.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, R, CC) Irish comedian Graham Norton chats with Sean Penn, Celia Imrie, Ross Noble and Kelly Clarkson.

9.30 Sex And The City.

(M, R, CC) Carrie is set up by married friends.

10.00 Sex And The City.

(MA15+, R, CC) Carrie and Samantha date guys in their 20s.

11.00 Empire. (M, R, CC) 12.00 The Loop. (PG, R) 2.30 Everybody Loves Raymond.

(PG, R, CC) 3.00 Diagnosis Murder.

(PG, R, CC) 5.00 Home Shopping.

5.30 Mass For You At Home. (CC)

SBS 2 6.00 Urdu News. 6.20 Indonesian News. 7.00 Russian News. 7.30 Polish News. 8.00 Hungarian News. 8.30 Macedonian News.

9.05 Croatian News. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 Portuguese News.

11.05 Japanese News. 11.40 Hong Kong News. 12.00 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Soccer. (CC) A-League. First semifinal. Replay. 3.00 American Ninja Warrior. (PG, R) 4.00 Monster Moves. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Departures. (PG, R) 6.00 Knife Fight. (PG, R) 6.30 Heston’s Feasts. (R, CC) 7.30 If You Are The One. Hosted by Meng Fei. 8.30 Vikings. (R, CC) Emperor Charles must make a difficult decision.

9.30 Hunted. (M, R, CC) Sam investigates a mysterious assassin.

11.35 MOVIE: Guilty Of Romance. (MA15+, R) (2011) 2.05 MOVIE: The Girl From Monaco. (M, R, CC) (2008) Fabrice Luchini, Roschdy Zem, Louise Bourgoin. 3.50 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.20 Latin American News. 5.50 Urdu News.

NITV 6.00 Welcome To Wapos Bay. 6.30 Waabiny Time. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Bizou. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Go Lingo. 9.00 Bushwhacked! 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 NITV On The Road: Saltwater Freshwater. (PG) 11.00 Fusion With Casey Donovan. (CC) 12.00 NITV News Week In Review.

12.30 The Marngrook Footy Show. (PG) 2.00 Kriol Kitchen.

2.30 Surviving. 3.00 Desperate Measures. 3.30 Our Footprint.

4.00 Around The Campfire. 4.30 Unearthed. 5.00 Ngurra. 5.30 NITV News Week In Review.

6.00 Maori TV’s Native Affairs. Current affairs show.

7.00 Flying Boomerangs.

(PG) Aboriginal footballers travel to South Africa.

7.30 Roots Music. (PG) 8.30 NITV On The Road: Yabun.

9.30 Marley Africa Road Trip.

(PG) 10.30 Express Yourself. (MA15+) Hosted by comedian Sean Choolburra.

11.30 In The Frame. (PG) Hosted

by Rhoda Roberts.

12.00 Volumz. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 News. 11.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 12.00 News. (CC) 12.30 Big Ideas. (R) 1.00 National Press Club Address. (R, CC) 2.00 News.

(CC) 2.30 The Mix. (CC) 3.00 News. (CC) 3.30 Saturday Landline. (CC) 4.00 News. 4.30 The World This Week. (CC) 5.00 News. 5.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 6.00 News. (CC) 6.30 Foreign Correspondent. (R, CC) 7.00 News. (CC) 7.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 8.00 Four Corners. (R, CC) 8.45 The Quarters. 9.00 News. (CC) 9.30 Australia Wide. (CC) 10.00 News.

(CC) 10.30 Landline. (R, CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 Big Ideas. (R) 12.00 Big Ideas Arts. (R, CC) 1.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. (R) 2.00 BBC World News. 2.30 The World This Week. (R, CC) 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 4.00 BBC World News. 4.15 BBC Sport Today. 4.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 5.30 Australian Story. (R, CC) 0905

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Sunday, May 10 MOVIE: The Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad!

ELEVEN, 8.30pm, M (1988) The late Leslie Nielsen’s bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin is a genuine delight in this relentlessly funny comedy from Jim Abrahams and David and Jerry Zucker (Flying High!).

Based on Police Squad!, a short-lived TV series which sent up police dramas, non sequiturs and sight-gags are the order of the day as Drebin blindly foils an assassination attempt on the Queen at a major-league baseball game. Too many classic moments to mention, although the “Look, it’s Enrico Pallazzo!” scene takes the cake.

ABC

MOVIE: Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes ONE, 9.30pm, M (2011) While this modern-day instalment of the Planet of the Apes franchise doesn’t quite match the 1968 original, it’s much more high-paced and thoughtprovoking than expected. Quirky actor James Franco proves he’s blockbuster material as leading man Will Rodman, a genetic scientist who raises the cute baby chimp Caesar.

But after being taken from Will’s care and caged up, the super intelligent animal organises a primate revolt.

Impressive computer technology brings Caesar and his simian cohorts to life as the scientifically engineered breed battles for supremacy.

Entertaining, funny and emotional.

PRIME7

Top Of The Lake ABC, 9.30pm In a remote, mountainous part off New Zealand’s ing. A 12-yearSouth Island, a mystery is unfolding. old pregnant girl, the daughter off a local drug d from the baron, walks into a lake. Rescued o reveal the freezing waters, she’s unwilling to identity of the father and quickly disappears. e Robin Gutsy but inexperienced detective s, right) is Griffin (Mad Men’s Elisabeth Moss, called in to investigate, but the town’s wn’s locals are not going to make it easy for her. This h first aired award-winning miniseries, which on pay-TV in 2013, is a true gem. With writer/ director Jane Campion at the helm m and a cast including Moss, David Wenham, ham, m, Holly Hunter and Robyn Malcolm, it’s one of those rare shows that will stick with you long after the credits roll.

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6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 Insiders. (CC) 10.00 Offsiders. (CC) 10.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 11.00 The World This Week.

(R, CC) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. (R, CC) 12.00 Landline. (CC) 1.00 Gardening Australia.

(R, CC) 1.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 2.00 Dr Sarmast’s Music School: Part Two. (R, CC) 2.40 The Human Scale. (R, CC) 4.00 Restoration Home.

(R, CC) Presented by Caroline Quentin.

5.00 Father Brown. (PG, R, CC) A new bride is found dead in a locked room.

6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) Latest news, sport and weather.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) Highlights from the past week.

11.00 Dr Oz. (PG, CC) Dr Oz looks at health issues.

12.00 Camp. (PG, CC) Mack and the team prepare to host the annual mixer with Camp Ridgefield. Buzz is excited to be the DJ for the event.

1.00 To Be Advised.

5.00 News. (CC) 5.30 Sydney Weekender. (CC) Mike heads off on a family island holiday.

6.00 PAW Patrol. (R, CC) The adventures of six puppies.

6.30 Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) 7.00 Weekend Today. (CC) 10.00 Wide World Of Sports.

(CC) 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show.

(CC) Hosted by Peter Sterling.

1.00 Wild Life Of Tim Faulkner. (R, CC) Hosted

by Tim Faulkner.

1.30 Rugby League. (CC) Womens Test Match.

Jillaroos v Kiwi Ferns. From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

3.30 Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 9. Parramatta Eels v Melbourne Storm. From Pirtek Stadium, Sydney.

6.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries.

(CC) 6.30 Hillsong. (CC) 7.00 Mass For You At Home.

7.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 8.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

(R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10: Sunday. (CC) 10.00 The Bolt Report. (CC) 11.00 All 4 Adventure.

(PG, R, CC) 12.00 The Talk. (PG, CC) 1.00 Let’s Do Coffee. (CC) 1.30 Huey’s Kitchen. (R, CC) 2.00 iFish. (R, CC) 3.00 The Bolt Report. (R, CC) 4.00 RPM. (CC) Matt White is joined by Will Davison and Dale Wood.

5.00 Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 Japanese News. 6.10 Hong Kong News. 6.30 Chinese News.

7.00 Al Jazeera English News.

(CC) 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News.

8.40 French News.

9.30 Greek News From Cyprus.

10.30 German News.

11.00 Spanish News.

12.00 Arabic News.

12.30 Turkish News.

1.00 The World Game. (CC) 2.00 Speedweek. (CC) 4.00 Football Asia. (CC) 4.30 UEFA Champions League Magazine. (CC) 5.00 World Of Cycling. (CC) 5.30 Spying On Hitler’s Army.

(CC) A look at a spying operation in WWII.

6.00 The Checkout. (PG, R, CC) Julian Morrow and Craig Reucassel present an irreverent and entertaining look at consumer affairs.

6.30 Compass: Whatever Happened To The RSL. (CC) Host Geraldine Doogue is joined by guest panellists to debate moral, ethical and religious controversies.

7.00 News. (CC) 7.40 Animal Super Senses: Sound. (CC) Part 2 of 3.

Biologist Patrick Aryee and physicist Helen Czerski go beyond the limits of human perception, using specialised technology, to explore the world of animal senses.

8.30 Poldark. (CC) Demelza gives birth and resolves to help Verity reconcile with Captain Blamey. Ross welcomes an old friend to Cornwall.

9.30 Top Of The Lake. (M, CC) (New Series) A detective returns home to New Zealand to investigate the disappearance of a 12-year-old girl.

10.30 Foyle’s War. (M, R, CC) Foyle’s investigation into the death of a Russian leads to a military facility run by a respected officer.

6.00 News. (CC) 7.00 House Rules. (PG, CC) It is judgement day in Melbourne as the first home renovation is unveiled. However, one team will get one of the lowest scores ever. Hosted

by Johanna Griggs.

9.00 Sunday Night. (CC) Current affairs program.

Hosted by Chris Bath.

10.00 Castle. (M, CC) Castle and Alexis travel to London.

However, their routine flight turns deadly when the plane’s air marshal is found murdered. They rush to find the killer before he can strike again.

11.00 Castle. (M, R, CC) After Homeland Security seals the crime scene of a car bombing, Castle and Beckett find themselves searching not only for a killer, but the reason why the government is so interested in the case.

The mystery only deepens when they discover the truth about the strange nature of the explosion which claimed the man’s life.

6.00 News. (CC) 7.00 Reno Rumble. (PG, CC) Despite being one team member down, the Blue Tongues do their best to unite as the week ends. The competition heats up with the harmonious Red Backs feeling confident about their renovation.

8.00 60 Minutes. (CC) Current affairs program. Featuring reports from Liz Hayes, Tara Brown, Allison Langdon, Michael Usher and Charles Wooley.

9.00 Stalker. (M, CC) Beth and Jack investigate an attack by a stalker who preys on his victims’ phobias. Beth learns a friend is seeing someone who, unbeknown to both women, has ties to her.

10.00 Love Child. (M, R, CC) Joan’s new career as a doctor is threatened after she helps a pregnant teen.

Viv’s estranged mother tries to take control of her life. Annie learns a harsh lesson as a single mother in ‘70s Kings Cross.

11.00 The Following. (AV15+, CC) Ryan continues his search to find the correlation between the recent tragedies in New York City and the Havenport cult.

6.00 Family Feud: Sunday.

(CC) Two families try to win big prizes by guessing the most popular responses to a survey of the public.

6.30 Modern Family. (PG, CC) Phil and Jay run an errand together to pick up Lily’s secondhand princess castle for Joe. Gloria helps Haley stand up for herself at work.

7.00 Modern Family. (PG, CC) While Alex competes in order to obtain her valedictorian title, Gloria studies to become an American citizen.

7.30 MasterChef Australia.

(PG, CC) The mystery box is revealed as the day’s challenge. The winning dish will gain an advantage going into the invention test.

9.00 Shark Tank. (PG, CC) A man tries to capitalise on a task that most men put off, buying underwear.

10.00 NCIS: New Orleans.

(M, CC) In order to send a message to Pride, Baitfish murders someone close to the NCIS team which prompts a citywide manhunt.

11.00 Empire. (M, CC) (Final) Lucious tries to heal his family’s rift.

6.30 World News. (CC) 7.35 China’s Great Wall.

(PG, R, CC) Part 2 of 2.

Explores the key role the Great Wall of China plays in understanding the country’s history.

8.30 She Wolves: England’s Early Queens: Isabella And Margaret. (PG, R, CC) Part 2 of 3. Historian Helen Castor explores the stories of seven queens who challenged patriarchal dominance.

9.35 Sex, Death And The Meaning Of Life: Life After Death. (M, R, CC) Part 1 of 3. Professor Richard Dawkins explores whether science can provide answers to questions usually left to religion.

10.30 Grand Tours Of Scotland: A New Island Life. (CC) Presenter Paul Murton explores parts of Scotland which have charmed visitors for over two centuries.

11.05 Cycling. (CC) UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 2.

Albenga to Genoa. From Italy. Hosted by Michael Tomalaris and Henk Vogels, with commentary from Matt Keenan and David McKenzie.

12.00 Junior Doctors: Your Life In Their Hands.

(PG, R, CC) 12.55 MOVIE: Impact.

(PG, R, CC) (1949) 2.50 MOVIE: Along The Rio Grande. (PG, R, CC) (1941) 3.50 Top Of The Lake. (M, R, CC) 5.00 Collectors. (R, CC) 5.30 Eggheads. (R, CC)

12.00 To Be Advised.

12.30 Home Shopping.

5.30 Early News. (CC) Local, national and overseas news, including sport and the latest weather.

12.00 Almost Human.

(AV15+, CC) Terrorists bomb a building’s server room.

1.00 The Strip. (M, R, CC) 2.00 Spyforce. (PG, R) 3.00 20/20. (R, CC) 4.00 Good Morning America: Sunday. (CC) 5.00 News. (CC) 5.30 Today. (CC)

12.00 48 Hours: Gone. (M, R) A look at the murder of Michelle Warner.

1.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 Life Today With James Robison. (PG) 4.30 CBS This Morning. (CC) Morning news and talk show.

1.30 MOVIE: The Sinking Of Japan. (M, R) (2006) Japan begins sinking into the ocean. Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kou Shibasaki.

3.55 Order And Disorder.

(PG, R, CC) Part 1 of 2.

5.00 Korean News. News from Seoul.

5.35 Japanese News.

CLASSIFICATIONS: (P) For preschoolers (C) Children’s programs (G) General viewing (PG) Parental guidance (M) Mature audiences (MA15+) Mature audiences only (AV15+) Extreme violence.

(R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions. Please Note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to late change by networks.

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6.05pm Divergent (2014) Sci-fi. Shailene Woodley, Theo James. A woman uncovers a conspiracy to destroy her kind.

(M) Premiere

6.00pm Shakespeare – The Animated Tales. In

7.30pm Crimes Of The Century. Explores historic news events with in-depth analysis. (M) Crime & Investigation

3.00pm Football. AFL. Round 6. Carlton v Brisbane Lions. Fox Sports 3

7.30pm Hacking The System.

(PG) National Geographic

4.30pm Football. AFL. Round 6. Port Adelaide v West Coast.

Fox Footy

7.30pm Tony Robinson’s Tour Of Duty. Tony Robinson shows off memorabilia of people’s ancestors. (PG) History

5.10pm Netball. ANZ Championship. Magic v Steel.

Fox Sports 2

6.40pm The Lunchbox (2013) Drama. Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui. (M) Masterpiece 11.55pm Pompeii (2014) Action. Kit Harington, Kiefer Sutherland. Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love. (M) Premiere

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 1.00 64 Zoo Lane. (R, CC) 1.15 The WotWots. (R, CC) 1.30 LazyTown.

(R, CC) 1.50 The Numtums. (R, CC) 2.00 Abney & Teal. (R, CC) 2.10 Ha Ha Hairies. (R, CC) 2.25 Q Pootle 5. (R, CC) 2.40 Fireman Sam. (R, CC) 2.50 Yo Gabba Gabba! (R, CC) 3.20 Bert And Ernie. (R, CC) 3.30 Play School. (R, CC) 4.00 Bananas In Pyjamas. (R, CC) 4.10 Pingu. (R) 4.20 Mister Maker. (R, CC) 4.40 The Furchester Hotel. (R, CC) 5.00 Meet The Small Potatoes. (R, CC) 5.50 Ben And Holly. (CC) 6.00 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.15 Tree Fu Tom. (R, CC) 6.35 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Total Wipeout. (CC) 8.30 Fahrenheit 9/11. (M, R, CC) 10.25 I Am An Adult Baby. (MA15+, R, CC) 11.15 Tattoo Tales. (M, R, CC) 11.45 Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends.

(PG, R, CC) 12.35 The English Surgeon. (M, R, CC) 2.10 The Real Hustle: New Recruits. (PG, R, CC) 2.40 News Update. (R) 2.45 Close.

5.00 This Is Scarlett And Isaiah. (R, CC) 5.05 Tilly And Friends. (R, CC) 5.15 Waybuloo. (R, CC) 5.35 The Magic Roundabout. (R, CC) 5.50 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 6.55 Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist.

(R, CC) 7.20 Dr Dimensionpants.

(R) 7.40 Grojband. (R, CC) 8.00 SheZow. (R, CC) 8.15 Numb Chucks. (R, CC) 8.25 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. (R, CC) 8.55 Operation Ouch! (R, CC) 9.25 Total Drama: Revenge Of The Island. (R, CC) 9.55 Slugterra. (R, CC) 10.35 Endangered Species. (R, CC) 10.50 Camp Lakebottom. (R, CC) 11.10 Dr Dimensionpants. (R) 11.35 Lockie Leonard. (R, CC) 12.00 Mortified.

(R, CC) 12.20 Shaun The Sheep.

(R) 12.30 The Next Step. (R, CC) 2.20 Spectacular Spider-Man. (R, CC) 2.45 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 3.15 Wacky World Beaters. (R, CC) 3.45 Studio 3. 3.50 Endangered Species. (R, CC) 4.20 The Dukes Of Broxstonia. (R, CC) 4.30 Roy. (R, CC) 5.00 Studio 3. 5.05 Life With Boys. (R, CC) 5.30 Bushwhacked!

(R, CC) 5.55 RAWR. (CC) 6.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R) 6.25 Figaro Pho. (R, CC) 6.30 Mortified.

(R, CC) 7.00 Heartland. (R, CC) 7.45 Great Big Adv. (R, CC) 8.00 Deadly Pole To Pole. (R, CC) 8.30 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 9.00 Splatalot. (R, CC) 9.30 Rage. (PG, R) 2.15 Close.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, confusion occurs when two couples, along with a troupe of comic actors, enter a magic forest ruled by fairies. (PG) Arts

6.30pm Project Runway All Stars. Marchesa’s showroom inspires bridesmaid dresses for a real wedding ceremony officiated

by Alyssa on the runway with guest judge Cat Deeley. (M) Arena

ESPN

Tony Robinson unearths hidden treasures in Tony Robinson’s Tour Of Duty

9.30pm Jane The Virgin. (M) FOX8

7TWO 6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Shopping.

7.00 Tomorrow’s World. (PG) 7.30 Leading The Way. (PG) 8.00 David Jeremiah. (PG) 8.30 Shopping.

9.30 Home And Away Catch-Up. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 To Be Advised.

2.30 Downsize My Pet. (R) 3.00 The Great Australian Doorstep.

(PG) (Final) 3.30 Life Inside The Markets. (PG) 4.00 Neighbours At War. (PG, R) 4.30 Four Rooms. (PG, R) 5.30 Mighty Ships. (R, CC) 6.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) 7.30 Escape To The Country.

(R) Presented by Jules Hudson.

9.30 Nick Knowles’ Original Features. Presented by Nick Knowles.

10.30 Best Houses Australia.

Gary Takle travels to Darwin.

11.00 Front Of House. Presented

by Oliver Heath.

11.30 Four Rooms. (PG, R) 12.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. (PG, R) 1.00 The Travel Bug. (PG, R) 2.00 Best Houses Australia. (R) 2.30 Travel Oz. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Downsize My Pet. (R) 4.30 Neighbours At War. (M, R) 5.00 Home Shopping.

7MATE 6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG, R) 7.30 Shopping.

9.30 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG, R) 10.00 AFL Game Day. (PG, CC) 11.30 Fifth Gear. (PG) 12.30 Ultimate Factories. (R) 1.30 The Border. (PG, R) 2.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. (CC) 3.00 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 6. Carlton v Brisbane Lions.

From Etihad Stadium, Melbourne.

6.00 Seinfeld. (PG, R, CC) Jerry wears a ridiculous shirt.

7.00 MOVIE: The Addams Family. (PG, R) (1991) Con artists infiltrate an eccentric family. Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia.

9.00 MOVIE: This Is 40.

(M, R, CC) (2012) A married couple turning 40 are mired in a midlife crisis with unruly kids, mounting debt and a failing relationship. Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jason Segel.

11.45 MOVIE: Van Wilder 2: The Rise Of Taj. (MA15+, R) (2006) Kal Penn.

2.00 Repo Games. (MA15+, R) 3.00 The Border. (PG, R) 4.00 Ultimate Factories: Eurofighter. (R) 5.00 Fifth Gear. (PG, R)

GO! 6.00 Thunderbirds. (R) 7.00 Kids’ WB. (PG) 7.05 Looney Tunes.

7.30 The Skinner Boys. (C, CC) 8.00 Green Lantern. (PG, R) 8.30 Scooby-Doo! (PG, R) 9.00 Looney Tunes. (R) 9.30 Adv Time. (PG, R) 10.00 Young Justice. (PG, R) 10.30 The Batman. (PG, R) 11.00 Rabbids. (PG, R) 12.00 Tom And Jerry. (R) 12.30 SpongeBob. (R) 1.30 Danoz. 2.00 Power Rangers.

(PG, R) 3.00 Green Lantern. (PG, R) 4.00 Teen Titans Go! (PG, R) 4.30 The Batman. (PG, R) 5.00 The Batman. (R) 5.30 Scooby-Doo! (PG, R) 6.00 Thunderbirds Are Go! 6.30 MOVIE: 17 Again. (PG, R, CC) (2009) Zac Efron, Leslie Mann.

8.30 The Big Bang Theory.

(PG, R, CC) Sheldon plans to make new friends.

9.30 MOVIE: Mad Max III: Beyond Thunderdome.

(M, R, CC) (1985) 11.30 Two And A Half Men. (M, R, CC) 12.00 Nikita. (AV15+, R, CC) 2.00 Beware The Batman.

(M, R) 2.30 The Batman. (PG, R) 3.00 The Batman. (R) 3.30 Yu-GiOh! (PG, R) 4.00 PAW Patrol. (R, CC) 4.30 Robocar Poli. (R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. (R)

GEM 6.00 Skippy. 6.30 Tasty Conversations. (R, CC) 6.40 MOVIE: Beautiful Stranger. (PG, R, CC) (1954) 8.30 Danoz. 9.30 Antiques. (R, CC) 10.30 MOVIE: A Hill In Korea. (PG, R, CC) (1956) 12.00 Cycling. National Road Series. The Mersey Valley Tour.

Highlights. 12.30 Garden Gurus. (R, CC) 1.00 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 1.30 Customs. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 MOVIE: Merrill’s Marauders. (PG, R, CC) (1962) 4.00 MOVIE: A Distant Trumpet. (PG) (1964) 6.30 River Cottage: Winter’s On The Way. 7.30 Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds: Out Of Sight. (PG, R, CC) Part 2 of 3.

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ONE 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Sport Science. (PG, R) 9.00 Escape With ET. (R, CC) 9.30 4WD Touring Australia. (PG, R) 10.30 Reel Action. (R) 11.00 Motor Racing. FIA Championship. Formula E. Long Beach. Highlights. 12.00 Netball.

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(PG, R, CC) 8.00 Last Man Standing.

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(PG, R, CC) 9.00 Bondi Rescue. (PG, R, CC) 9.30 MOVIE: Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes.

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(PG) 2.30 Neighbours. (R, CC) 5.00 Mork & Mindy. (PG, R) 5.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. (CC) 6.30 The Simpsons. (R, CC) 7.00 Futurama. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 The Simpsons. (R, CC) Lisa helps Mr Burns build a recycling centre.

8.00 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) Fat Tony ends up behind bars.

8.30 MOVIE: The Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad! (M, R, CC) (1988) A bungling detective foils an assassination. Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley.

10.15 Californication. (MA15+) 10.55 Star Trek: The Next Generation. (PG, R) 1.00 The Brady Bunch. (R) 2.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (R) 3.00 Mork & Mindy. (PG, R) 3.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. (PG, R) 5.00 Home Shopping.

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8.30 Macedonian News. 9.00 PopAsia. (PG) 11.00 Portuguese News. 11.30 Croatian News. 12.00 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News.

1.00 Be Your Own Boss. (PG, R) 2.05 Foodie Planet. (R) 3.05 Bunk. (PG, R) 3.35 Eurovision Quiz Contest 2014. (PG, R) 4.10 Eurovision Song Contest Junior 2014. (R) 6.10 Cycling. (CC) UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 1.

Highlights. From Italy. 6.40 Duck Quacks Don’t Echo. (M, R, CC) 7.30 If You Are The One. 8.30 South Park. (M, R, CC) Ike hits puberty early.

9.00 The Birthday Boys.

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9.30 Housos. (MA15+, R, CC) Shazza’s plans are derailed.

10.00 Pizza. (M, R, CC) 10.30 Toast Of London. (MA15+, R) 11.00 In Her Skin. (M) 12.40 24 Hours In Emergency. (M, R, CC) 1.35 MOVIE: The Girl On The Train. (M, R) (2009) 3.25 CCTV News In English From Beijing.

5.00 French News. 5.50 Urdu News.

NITV 6.00 Welcome To Wapos Bay. 6.30 Waabiny Time. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Bizou. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Go Lingo. 9.00 Bushwhacked! 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Soccer. (CC) A-League. Second elimination final.

Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne City FC. 12.00 NITV News Week In Review. 12.30 Football. NEAFL. 2.45 Rugby League. Queensland Murri Carnival. 3.45 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. From Raymond Terrace, NSW. 5.00 Te Kaea 2014. 5.30 NITV News Week In Review.

6.00 Awaken. Hosted by Stan Grant.

7.00 Native Planet. Hosted by Simon Baker.

8.00 The Deerskins. (PG) 8.30 Fonko: Francophone West Africa. A look at the great music revolutions of our time that have come from Africa.

9.30 MOVIE: The Strength Of Water. (M) (2009) The lives of twins are changed by a stranger.

Isaac Barber, Hato Paparoa.

11.00 Express Yourself. (MA15+) 12.00 Volumz. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 News. (CC) 12.30 Big Ideas. (R) 1.00 News. 1.30 Saturday Landline. (R, CC) 2.00 News. 2.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 3.00 News.

(CC) 3.30 Offsiders. (R, CC) 4.00 News. 4.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 5.00 News. 5.30 News Update. 5.35 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 6.00 News. (CC) 6.30 Australian Story.

(R, CC) 7.00 News. (CC) 7.30 News Update. (CC) 7.35 The World This Week. (R, CC) 8.00 Insiders. (R, CC) 9.00 News. (CC) 9.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 10.00 News. (CC) 10.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 Big Ideas. (R) 12.00 Landline. (R, CC) 1.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. (R) 2.00 BBC World News. 2.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 The World This Week. (R, CC) 4.00 BBC World News. 4.15 BBC Sport Today. 4.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 5.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 1005

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ARIES (MAR 21-APR 20) Whatever

mood you are in to start the coming week off, the only way is up!

The spring in your step lightens and the warmth in your heart glows. Those who are looking for love are extra receptive to charmers and rogues alike, so be aware!

Still, don’t be over-pessimistic, and generally give the benefit of the doubt. Soak up all of that wonderful optimism. The outlook is brighter and will be even better if you take a step into the future.

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ing Leo will be in their element this week. The joy of adding beauty and practicality to the home is welcomed. Spruce up the walls and garden, plump up the cushions and mend that leaking tap. Plans for a holiday or going to see relatives can bring loved ones together. It seems that any excuse for a party is good enough! Older members of the family may need some extra help or attention. Give it willingly if you can.

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VIRGO (AUG 24-SEP 23) Loving encounters at home can be offset by scratchy relationships at work. Certainly it is a mixed bag this week. Tune in to your instincts and be guided by them, especially when it comes to work. Finances do not need much attention now but look at this area to avoid problems in the future. On a lighter note, getting together with others to plan a holiday or unusual trip can be great fun.

love in the air it is easy enough to indulge your loved ones and fantasies, especially in the evenings.

Enjoy this light-hearted period by exploring your more artistic and spiritual side. The influence of Venus flows through all of your meetings and greetings, bringing out your sympathetic nature. Those who need your advice should be sure to make a beeline for you! Any care and love that you give to others this week will build on friendships and liaisons.

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LIBRA (SEP 24-OCT 23) Now is

the time to look a bit further into the future. Being so easygoing you often let life take you in a ‘natural’ direction. However, gather up your thoughts, hopes and dreams and start to make them reality. Getting out and doing new things gives you both knowledge and confidence. Give yourself a three-year plan and just see how much of it you are able to get through. Not only do you need a challenge to get you started, Libra, but you need to find an incentive.

GEMINI (MAY 22-JUN 21) This is

a week for the home-lover in you.

With the nesting instinct strong there is the urge and the joy of creating a good atmosphere around you. Time spent with loved ones takes on a special meaning. Working together to make decisions brings you closer together. For those who are rather freer-spirited or unattached, there are many options. Getting into some kind of voluntary work is great if you are looking to improve the life of others.

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CANCER (JUN 22-JUL 22) Being a time of giving and sharing, this is a week when really good memories can be made. Be with people who are important to you and let them know that they are appreciated. This is also a sensuous time when personal relationships, even those of long standing, gain a sense of revival. If that sounds boring, it isn’t! Who knows what passions could ignite? Lost opportunities are not for you, Cancer, so get out there and make your mark!

SCORPIO (OCT 24-NOV 22)

You can decide to take on challenges, both big and small, this week. They are there waiting for you and will certainly serve to sharpen your mind. Puzzles always give you a kick-start in the brain department and this is a great time to show what you can do.

Don’t try to prove something to others.

Prove it to yourself. Love life should be running smoothly but this will not stop you from noticing what others have, however – naughty you.

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Monday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday!

You share your birthday with actress-singer Holly Valance (pictured) who turns 32. In the coming months you will regularly hear the call of freedom. The urge to break out and have less to be responsible for will be strong. Using your intellect and practical nature you will find a balance.

preciative week you are likely to be spending a lot of time with your chosen partner. Don’t feel guilty about taking the time to enjoy every moment of their company. Some moments are magical this week, even for those who are unattached. Young relatives, in particular, bring joy. High emotions, perhaps centred around work, may flare up as the week beings. Speak your piece but try to stay calm.

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CAPRICORN (DEC 22-JAN 20)

A decision or remark that you made last week is still showing its influence. If this was on the subject of romance there could be mixed reactions. Keep up your confidence by reminding yourself of all that you have to offer the right person. Closeness is indicated next weekend. Make sure that you are with the right person. Give in to the need to show someone how much they are appreciated.

Why should you deny how you feel?

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AQUARIUS (JAN 21-FEB 19)

Those who are looking for love may have a slow start this week.

Even so, the grounds for leaping ahead can be laid. An early holiday throws up opportunities if travelling with a ‘singles’ theme. Why not book it now? As an ongoing search this becomes fascinating. Those who are attached find joy in doing something new together. Keep your wits about you when dealing with finances. There are some tricky people out there.

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call of the open road and the smell of freedom are serving you up a whole bundle of options this week. Throughout the month, indeed, a sense of adventure keeps you sparking.

Inspiration may come in the shape of a past relative whose story fascinates you.

Where did their journey take them and how does that touch your heart? When your imagination is this fired up it is possible to experience some magical insights. Choose carefully with whom you share these.

Tuesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Taurus, the call of the wild is all around you. Starting something new may not be enough to satisfy this. Is it possible that, by going back to the past, you will find the answer? It is worth a try.

Wednesday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! If you start to lose your way a little in the coming months, keep an eye on your horoscope. To find solutions look to your more spiritual side and speak with older members of your family.

Thursday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! You may decide that you want a more settled life now, Taurus. What could be holding you back is the thought of more responsibility. Consider the rewards, not just now but also in the future.

Friday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday!

We all love a bargain: something that costs little or nothing but gives us great benefits.

When it comes to life-changing matters, though, it is not the bargains that count. It is the good deals.

Saturday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Although those around you seem to be shooting ahead in many matters, don’t panic, Taurus. You need to be in the right frame of mind to take on certain things.

Do what is right for you instead of following the herd.

Sunday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Being willing to embrace change is only part of your future, Taurus. You can also learn many things from the past, not only yours but from the success and failures of others. You see this within your own circle.

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Down: 1 Present; 2 Spinach; 3 Armed; 4 Theatre; 5 Viola; 6 Stand; 9 Heaviness; 14 Prophet; 15 Diverse; 16 Grating; 19 Spare; 20 Staff; 21 Blade.

QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 7 Subdue; 8 Polish; 10 Hurtful; 11 Prior; 12 Abet; 13 Queue; 17 Pixie; 18 Char; 22 Curve; 23 Looming; 24 Lavish; 25 Covert.

Down: 1 Excheat; 2 Aborted; 3 Quaff; 4 Pompous; 5 Vivid; 6 Whirl; 9 Plausible; 14 Disease; 15 Shrivel; 16 Frigate; 19 Scull; 20 Brave; 21 Robot.

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Now offering boarding for Years 7-12

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