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ember for Marrickville Carmel Tebbutt has criticised the State Government for its tardiness installing flashing lights in school zones. Ms Tebbutt said the Government promised to have the lights installed at all 3,150 NSW schools by December 31, 2015. However as of March 13, 2014, the Centre for Road Safety reported that only 1,350 schools now had flashing lights near an entrance with more than 1,760 schools still awaiting installation. “In NSW, we know speeding is a factor in about 40 per cent of road deaths, and for pedestrians the risk is even greater,” Ms Tebbutt said. “I support flashing lights as they are an effective way to reduce car speeds and they are proven to reduce the risk of injury to children.” She was particularly concerned that the delay in the rollout would have an impact on local schools like Marrickville Public School, where parents have been advocating for stronger road safety measures for more than two years. “Despite questions to the Minister in Parliament, the Baird Government have still refused to confirm when Marrickville Public School will receive their flashing lights,” she said. Minister for Roads Duncan Gay defended the Government’s record in the area, saying they were on track for completion by the end of next year. “[We have] rolled out school flashing lights at more than three times the rate of the former Labor Government,” Minister Gay said.

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I attended a panel discussion on the ethics and economics of sharing earlier this week. At the end of the discussion each panellist was asked what trends they saw in the future that would increase sharing in society. City of Sydney CEO Monica Barone said she had an optimistic view of the future where people are able to live in a compact city, taking up less personal space while sharing communal space including public transport and parks. What she said makes a lot of sense but she has a lot of work in front of her to win that argument. She’s talking about increased housing density and even in the enlightened, ideologically pure Inner West, people baulk at the idea of higher density housing in their neighbourhoods. Why? Are we so obsessed with the concept of the wide, brown land that we each have to have a patch of it in our backyards? Greater Sydney’s population density is about 400 people per square kilometre. Greater London has a density over 5,000. Paris is approaching 4,000. Even Los Angeles, which we tend to think of as the epitome of urban sprawl is well over 2,000. The average density of the Marrickville local government area is over 4,000 people per square kilometre, putting us on a par with the average densities of London or Paris. But we’re also right on the doorstep of the city with good public transport coverage. If we’re to increase the overall density of Greater Sydney then places like Marrickville have to become more dense too. Now I accept that there are reasonable arguments people make against individual large developments relating to traffic, shadows and capacities of local schools. But the alternative is urban sprawl. And the greater the sprawl, the less likelihood of public transport near to where people live, the greater use of cars which end up clogging up the main roads into the city and many side roads as drivers try to find rat-runs around the snarl.

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I like the idea at the heart of Monica Barone’s argument, that we need to start thinking about urban planning in terms of sharing. When I take my daughter down to the bike training facility in Sydney Park at St Peters, I often look at the blocks of flats across the road and think, wouldn’t be cool to live there, to have this amazing park as your backyard – not as a private backyard but one shared with your neighbours. And not just your immediate neighbours but people from neighbouring suburbs and the suburbs beyond them. St Peters Station is a short walk away if you want to go into town and if you don’t, you can go for a walk up King Street and see what you find. It feels like the vision Monica Barone was talking about, where your personal footprint is smaller but you have easy access to shared public facilities. Last week, I was down at Marrickville Station, thinking about how it might look when it gets its makeover to make it safer and more accessible. I couldn’t help looking at the large apartment complex that appears to be nearing completion on the old RSL site. For its location, that’s a pretty good development. It is literally next door to the station so residents can walk out the front door and jump on a train within minutes. A few steps more up and down Illawarra Road and you can go to one of the fantastic Pho restaurants. It doesn’t have anything like Sydney Park on its doorstep but it’s only a healthy stroll or short bike ride from the Cooks River. I often see posts on local Facebook pages complaining about big, new, intrusive developments next to particular train stations or shopping areas. Isn’t that where we should be encouraging greater density? Who knows, it might even enliven some of the smaller commercial areas and make them more pleasant to visit. People in the Inner West like to talk of the village atmospheres of their communities. Aren’t they really talking about shared places?

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ith Newtown, Enmore and Marrickville increasingly becoming night spots, NSW Ambulance is reminding motorists and pedestrians to be mindful of each other. The Ambulance Service studied callouts made between 8pm and 5am in an eight month period from September 2013 to April 2014 in the Sydney Metropolitan Region and found paramedics attended at least 189 collisions between pedestrians and vehicles. Incidents identified in the Inner West included a man hit by a car in Camperdown on April 16, and a woman who was knocked out and suffered fractures after being struck by a car in Marrickville on March 27. Also, a 22-year-old man was hit by a car in Enmore about 10.30pm on January 31, and a woman was trapped under a 4WD in Marrickville just after midnight on December 14 last year. Sadly, there were also two incidents on November 16 in Marrickville, one involving a 75-year-old woman, the other a 20-year-old woman; and a woman was taken to RPA with head injuries after being hit by a car in Petersham the day prior.

NSW Ambulance Inspector James Porter said while not all of these cases could be linked to drugs and/or alcohol, it was a factor in some cases. “Our main concern is people walking from one licensed venue to another, or making their way home, while intoxicated. Their judgement is impaired and they are not making the wisest of decisions when negotiating the traffic,” Insp Porter said. “More and more people are jaywalking; more and more people are taking risks.” Insp Porter said another concern was the increasing number of people walking while talking or texting on their mobiles. “We’ve had a few people go under cars because of this. I had a young bloke lose his foot in this way. He was talking on his mobile phone and put his foot out while a truck was coming around the corner. This was a few years ago, but nothing changes.” Also included in the figures were a number of people who had been either hit by taxis or had fallen out of taxis. Insp Porter advised that pedestrians intending to catch or flag down transport, be it public or private, remain on the footpath and provide plenty of room for vehicles to pull over. He reminded motorists to be especially mindful when travelling through areas where there were high volumes of pedestrian traffic.

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News in Numbers Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe is reminding parents of the dangers coin-sized lithium button batteries pose to young children. New statistics for 2013 show that 120 people presented to NSW hospitals’ ac-

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“These tiny objects can do enormous damage and even be fatal if swallowed, with children four years and under most at risk,” Mr Stowe said. “Almost 80 per cent of cases reported last year involved toddlers and sadly, in Queensland there was one death of a four-year-old. “While these types of batteries are often found in children’s toys, these products are heavily regulated. It is unlikely a child will be able to remove a battery from a toy that meets Australian Standards. “However, other household items such as car keys, remote controls, reading lights, calculators, kitchen scales and wrist watches commonly require these batteries.”

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arrickville Greens councillors have criticised the amount Council is spending on installing synthetic turf at Arlington Reserve in Dulwich Hill although Council says they’re not comparing like with like. In response to a question on notice from Cr Max Phillips, Council staff advised that the original allocation for work at Arlington in the 2013-14 budget was $1 million, which didn’t include ancillary works such as fencing and lighting improvements, and the current estimates are the project will cost $2.05 million including ancillary works. Cr Phillips said ratepayers would be upset that the cost of the project was more than double the original estimate and more cost increases were possible as contractors struggle with unstable soils. “Residents are entitled to feel furious about the massive cost blow out. Labor are wasting more and more ratepayers’ money on a folly that is unwanted by the local community,” Cr Phillips said. He said the project has already exceeded expenditure on footpaths ($1.2 million) and is approaching that of local roads ($2.2 million).

“Mayor Jo Haylen needs to explain how a 200 per cent budget blow out is acceptable and why Marrickville Council is now spending more on installing plastic grass than on footpaths,” Cr Phillips said. “The Greens fear this is just the beginning of cost blow outs to be borne by the ratepayers of Marrickville.” A Council spokesperson explained the original estimate made it clear additional funding would be required for the ancillary works which, when it was factored in, pushed the actual tender cost up to $1.878 million. Marrickville Mayor Jo Haylen said research commissioned by Council indicated there would be a 14 per cent increase in demand for sporting fields by 2031 and the work at Arlington will help address that demand. “Both Dulwich Hill and Stanmore Hawks Football Clubs have told us they want to introduce women’s competitions, a Youth League (12 to 15-year-old juniors), and Skill Acquisition Programs (eight to 11-year-old juniors),” Mayor Haylen said. “This simply wasn’t possible at the old Arlington. I’m really looking forward to seeing our local schools and youth players training and playing at what will be our area’s newest and finest recreational facility.”

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Paper tickets scrapped as Opal takes over

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ransport Minister Gladys Berejiklian has announced that a number of paper tickets including monthly, quarterly and yearly tickets are to be retired to make way for new electronic ticketing. But not all are happy with the announcement – the Opposition claims this will result in commuters paying more for their tickets. Minister Berejiklian said from September 1, there will be 14 paper ticket types retired across public transport, meaning customers have three months to obtain an Opal card or choose to use shorter term paper tickets. There are more than 20 other paper tickets still available. “Since the start of the Opal rollout 18 months ago we have said that the timing of the retirement of paper tickets would be dependent on how many customers are using the system, and so far we are very happy with the popularity of Opal,” Minister Berejiklian said. Because of the long lead time required to retire some tickets such as the MyTrain yearly and MyMulti yearly, she said they needed to start retiring them soon. These paper tickets can still be purchased up until September 1, 2014 and can still be used until they expire.

Minister Berejiklian said retiring old paper tickets will allow the NSW Government to continue to modernise the transport network and that the Opal card offers cheaper fares, with around 90 per cent of customers the same or better off financially under Opal. Opposition Transport Spokesperson Penny Sharpe disagreed, saying that many commuters would be left paying more for their travel following the retirement. Ms Sharpe said the 47,000 rail commuters who purchase monthly, quarterly and yearly MyTrain tickets would be most affected by an end to the paper ticket and a forced move to the Opal. She said commuters travelling from inner west stations such Marrickville or Newtown would end up paying an extra $147 a year using the Opal card compared to the current MyTrain Yearly. “The introduction of Opal shouldn’t be used as an excuse to increase fares for commuters,” Ms Sharpe said. “This Minister said there wouldn’t be fare increases unless services improved. Yet... the cost of travel will secretly increase under Opal while commuters continue to experience many delays each day across the network. The Transport Minister should be more up front with commuters about what this announcement will mean for their weekly budget.”

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Police are appealing for information about a collision involving four vehicles at Stanmore last weekend. About 2.20am on Saturday, May 31, a Holden Omega travelling east along Stanmore Road and a westbound Toyota Camry taxi collided. As a result of the collision, the Toyota hit a stationary Cherry 4WD and came to rest across an eastbound lane on Stanmore Road. The driver of an eastbound Mercedes 4WD was unable to stop in time and hit the driver’s side of the Toyota. The driver and a passenger of the Holden got out of the car and were last seen running through the car park of the Cyprus Club. The taxi driver was taken to hospital with a fractured sternum and suspected wrist fractures. The rear passenger of the Holden sustained soft tissue injuries.

About 9.50pm last Friday, May 31, a 27-year-old male is believed to have fallen asleep with a cigarette in his hand in his room at a Lewisham hotel. He woke about 20 minutes later to thick smoke in his room. He attempted to put out the fire with a fire hose in the corridor. Eventually overcome with smoke he ran from his room and onto the footpath outside. Police and the Fire Brigade arrived at the scene a short time later and were able to extinguish the fire. The room sustained damage to the floor however the majority of the room structure was undamaged. Personal property belonging to the man was also damaged or destroyed in the fire. Police believe that the man fell asleep while smoking and are not treating the fire as suspicious.

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About 3.50am last Sunday, June 1, a car was observed stopped at traffic lights in Dulwich Hill. The 28-year-old male driver was seen opening and closing the door of his vehicle while attempting to drive forward. Traffic was backing up behind the vehicle. In response to the driver’s actions, police stopped the vehicle and submitted him to a breath test. This returned a positive reading. Police noticed that the front driver’s side wheel was buckled and the tyre completely flat. There was also fresh panel damage on the front driver’s side of the vehicle. The man was charged with high range drink driving, his licence suspended and is due to face court on June 24.

Police have charged a man with ‘assault occasioning actual bodily harm’, ‘common assault’ and ‘resist police’. About 12.30am on Sunday, June 1, police will allege that a 34-year-old male and his friends were walking along Meeks Road in Marrickville when another group of males approached the 34-year-old and verbally abused him. The accused male punched the 34-year-old to the face causing his nose to bleed. The accused then continued to punch him to the jaw and back of the head. Another man intervened and stopped any further assaults. The accused and his cohorts ran from the scene but police were able to apprehend them.

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ums-to-be attending Royal Prince Alfred Hospital’s Women and Babies Unit now find themselves sharing their journey with a 2.5 metre long pregnant rhinoceros, one of the world’s most dangerous and endangered beasts. The spectacular sculpture was kindly donated to RPA by obstetrician and gynaecologist, Dr Po-Yu Huang, who spent $5,400 to help fund Taronga Zoo rhino conservation programs. “I’ve been at RPA for 18 years – since I was an intern – and being able to donate this to the hospital is nothing compared to what I get out of working here every day,” Dr Huang said. The sculpture, called Beauty and Hope, was delivered to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital last week and has been a talking point with visitors since its arrival. Lake Conjola artist Penny Lovelock spent 10 days painting the life-sized rhino sculpture as part of Taronga Zoo’s ‘Wild! Rhino’ community art project, which saw 125 brightly decorated sculptures of adult and calf-sized rhinos exhibited throughout the streets of Sydney’s CBD in February. The project is designed to raise awareness and funds to support Taronga’s rhino breeding and field conservation programs.

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he Petersham Bike Shed celebrated its first birthday last week with a barbecue, a bike auction and a pit stop challenge, which involved teams competing to remove a flat tyre from a bicycle, pump it up, then reattach it in the fastest time. The Shed was founded in May last year when the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre was awarded a $6,000 grant to help kick-start the project from StreetSmart, which raises funds to help projects and organisations dealing with homelessness. The StreetSmart funding went towards purchasing a secure shed to store tools

and parts and deliver bike-specific training to local residents. The Marrickville Mayors Office also awarded an additional $1,500, which has funded bike parts and tools. Bikes are either donated or brought into the shed for repair by the volunteers working there. Volunteers will discuss what needs to be done and work together to get the bike back in working order for the owner for little to no cost. Bikes that are donated have been sold very cheaply to locals, or at the Newtown Markets each Saturday. 12 bikes have been sold so far, with all proceeds going back into the Shed for more parts.

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Artists who contributed to the project included Ken Done, fashion designer Camilla Franks, Archibald Prize winner Kevin Connor and street artists, such as Numskull and Beastman. The plight of the critically endangered Javan rhino, of which only 50 remain in the wild, inspired Ms Lovelock to use an Indonesian fabric style pattern on her sculpture, which also features a baby rhino in the womb, representing the life cycle and breeding programs aimed at saving the species. A total of 45 rhino sculptures went under the auctioneer’s hammer on May 14, raising an impressive $460,000 for Taronga Zoo’s world leading Black Rhino breeding and field conservation projects.

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roadcaster and long term gay activist Julie McCrossin will be the facilitator for Marrickville Council’s third annual LGBTIQ Forum next week. Ms McCrossin, best known for her work on ABC Radio National and ‘Good News Week’ on ABC TV and Channel Ten, will utilise an interactive panel format to encourage discussion on a range of emerging issues relating to Marrickville’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and questioning communities. “It’s fantastic that Marrickville Council gives local LGBTIQ people the opportunity to gather and discuss local issues of personal concern and raise them directly with staff and councillors,” Ms McCrossin said. “This frank, open, democratic process helps to improve mainstream services and provide ideas for new special initiatives. I’m proud to be part of it.” Speakers will include Kelly Robinson, on the ‘Growing Up Queer’ research project at the University of NSW; Sujay Kentlyn from Outrageous Ageing, the LGBTI Elders’ Wellbeing Project; Teresa Avila, from the Red Rattler, on spaces that are creative, safe, inclusive, accessible; and Duncan

McGregor from the gay rugby competition the Bingham Cup on the recently signed homophobia protocol for major sporting leagues. Marrickville Mayor Jo Haylen said she hoped the evening would spark conversations around LGBTIQ life in Marrickville, and help Council better consider the needs of its LGBTIQ residents, workers, and visitors. “Marrickville prides itself on being a leader in its celebration of inclusivity and diversity,” Mayor Haylen said. “I strongly encourage community members to embrace this unique opportunity, and take a hands-on approach to making our society a better, stronger and more inclusive place to live and work.” Council will also use the forum to launch its new ‘History Project: A glimpse into the rich history of LGBTIQ communities in the Marrickville area’. Last year’s forum attracted more than 150 people and many of those attendees shared their own personal stories. The organisers expect a similar crowd to attend this year. The Marrickville LGBTIQ Forum will be held on Wednesday, June 11, from 5pm to 8pm at the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, 1 Bedford St, Newtown. RSVP to 9335 2143. For more information go to Council’s website or Facebook page.

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Car sharing just the beginning Forum looked at how resources in the community can be better shared CHRIS CONNOLLY

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o material goods make you happy? If you own something but don’t use it, can you really claim ownership? Would you be willing to share things you don’t use with others if it was easy enough? As part of Global Sharing Day last weekend, online sharing platform TuShare and the St James Ethics Centre organised a panel discussion on ‘The Ethics and Economics of the Sharing Economy’ which discussed a range of issues relating to sharing and ownership. TuShare CEO James Bradfield Moody said polls show 80 per cent of people would be willing to try sharing if it was easy enough but the difficulty has been making it easy. The prime example of sharing was in car ownership. “Cars are only utilised five per cent of the time. That’s why car sharing works. GoGet has statistics which shows each of their cars supports 10 families,” Dr Moody said. City of Sydney CEO Monica Barone agreed, saying that while a car is an asset that can be shared, the road is also a public asset that needs to be shared. “I get lots of complaints about car sharing spaces,” Ms Barone said.

Panellists Monica Barone from the City of Sydney, Natalie Isaacs from 1 Million Women, James Bradfield Moody from TuShare, Tim Fung from AirTasker, Wendy Machin from the NRMA and Simon Longstaff from the St James Ethics Centre “I explain it’s not just the car being shared, everything is shared. Without that space, there might be 20 more cars on the road, competing for parking space or adding to congestion.” Ms Barone quoted American Bliss Browne who argued that we should work

towards an “economy where nothing and no one is wasted”. Simon Longstaff from the St James Ethics Centre drew on the work of English philosopher John Locke and said: “We can’t claim to own goods if they’re going to waste”.

When asked if there was a misguided perception that owning more possessions led to happiness, Dr Longstaff said the research indicated the opposite, that happiness had more to do with meaning and purpose and sharing unused items was more likely to achieve that.

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Step closer to carbon neutral Sydney Airport receives level one certification for carbon mapping CHRIS CONNOLLY

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ydney Airport has achieved the first step in an accreditation process for the management of its carbon emissions. The certificate of Level 1 accreditation was presented to Sydney Airport Chief Executive Officer, Kerrie Mather by Airports Council International AsiaPacific Regional Director, Patti Chau at the ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly in South Korea last week. “I wish to congratulate Sydney Airport on becoming Airport Carbon Accredited at the Mapping Level of the program,” Mrs Chau said. “The program is the only institutionally endorsed carbon management certification standard for airports worldwide. I am pleased to welcome Sydney Airport’s accreditation, symbolising its commitment to starting on the road to carbon neutrality.” In order to achieve certification at Level 1 (Mapping) of Airport Carbon Accreditation, Sydney Airport had to map the various sources of CO2 emissions on the airport site and then have its specific carbon footprint independently verified. It also had to provide details of its carbon

Sydney Airport CEO Kerrie Mather (far left) receives the accreditation in Seoul last week management processes. Kerrie Mather said they were committed to managing Sydney Airport in an environmentally sustainable way. “Working to reduce environmental impacts is an essential part of our strategy. We have mapped our carbon footprint and are now working to reduce our carbon emissions,” Ms Mather said.

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“We’ve developed a five-year environment strategy and an energy savings plan to identify new energy saving, greenhouse gas emission reduction and energy efficiency opportunities.” She said recent environmental initiatives at the Airport include installing new energy efficient lighting at various locations, saving water through a water

recycling plant, offsetting vehicle fleet carbon emissions by planting trees, and investing to facilitate cleaner, next generation aircraft. “We also work collectively with the broader aviation community to reduce environmental impacts, while continuing to provide global air connectivity,” Ms Mather said.

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There are plenty of eye-catching gimmicks in tourist centres around the world, but there’s one that is always guaranteed a reaction from the crowds. Tourists marvel at a number of Indian “levitators” who spend their days seemingly suspended in mid-air with their arms resting languidly on top of a wooden stick on Rome’s Via degli Annibaldi – while gullible passers-by happily toss Euros into a bowl in appreciation of such magic. But Aussie travel writer, Malcolm Andrews, who was amongst those pondering the mystery of one levitator recently, says he was deflated when his tour guide started happily chattering away as to how such mystery was achieved. “They arrive before dawn with an associate. The levitator is covered with a large blanket, which also covers a mat that in turn covers a solid steel plate. The wooden stick is, in fact, an incredibly strong steel shaft attached to the plate, with a cantilever hidden up the performer’s arm – and with the levitator’s robes concealing a lightweight seat also off the steel pole, he is able to sit on the seat without anyone knowing. “After they think they’ve collected enough Euros and American dollars for the day, the associate, who has been sitting in the background, comes forward, covers the levitator with the blanket again, they pull the whole thing apart and go home to count the day’s

ENVIRONMENT

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lthough the International Court of Justice’s historic decision earlier this year means there will be no whales hunted in the Southern Ocean for the first time in 100 years, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is concerned that Japan’s whaling program will start up again. As part of National Whale Day this Saturday, June 7, the organisation is calling for people to send a message in support of a permanent end to whaling. They say Japan has already stated that they intend to come back with a revised “scientific” whaling programme in 2015. So IFAW is looking for 100 reasons why a return to whaling should never happen that they can share with politicians and diplomats. “There are many reasons to end whaling forever and the simplest of these is that the slaughter is completely unnecessary,” said Australian author Tim Winton. “The nations that are still hunting whales are wealthy industrialised states; they’re not whaling to feed themselves, they do it to indulge themselves. This is what is so grotesque about 21st century whaling: the perversity of it, the pointless waste.”

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Arrests over robberies Three men have been charged following investigations into multiple alleged armed robberies across Sydney’s inner west. In May 2014, a number of armed robberies occurred at licensed premises in Homebush, Petersham and Strathfield. Strike Force Drave was established by the Metropolitan Robbery Unit to investigate the incidents. Following extensive inquiries, officers stopped a car on Pigott Street, Dulwich Hill, about 10pm on Tuesday. The occupants ran from the car; however, one was arrested a short time later.

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Federal Member for Grayndler Anthony Albanese has also thrown his support behind the campaign. “I have always believed that whaling is a cruel and unnecessary practice that should remain firmly in the past,” Mr Albanese said. “I am proud to have been part of the Labor Government that saw Australia commence its case in the International Court of Justice in 2010, a policy put in place while I was the Shadow Minister for the Environment (2004-2007). “I urge the people of Grayndler to also share their reasons why they support a permanent end to whaling.” Submissions should be sent to nationalwhaleday@ifaw.org by June 30. They must be original and not contain abusive language. National Whale Day was founded in 2008 to raise awareness of the threats facing whales and their environment including whaling but also noise pollution, vessel strikes, marine debris and by-catch, entanglement and climate change. IFAW suggest other ways of celebrating National Whale Day could involve going whale watching or organising a clean-up of a beach or waterway to prevent rubbish making its way to the ocean that might harm marine life.

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After a career change or three, SeaDream’s five-star chef has now found his calling DAVE ELLIS WITH MALCOLM ANDREWS

zech-born Ondrej Havlicek gives a whole new meaning to “being good on the tooth”. Because like so many youngsters finishing high school, he wasn’t quite sure just what direction he wanted his life to take him, and while tossing-up on a choice of careers was told on good advice that his country had a shortage of dentists – and just as importantly that the job paid very well. So he put himself through university, qualified as a dentist and for four years plugged away at his new-found career. But deep down he wasn’t enjoying himself and one day in 1996 walked out of the surgery, went down to the wharves of his country’s capital Prague and signed up as a junior officer on a Polish cargo ship. To this day he’s not quite sure why he decided to go to sea, but says that the ocean was in his blood. “Yet while I loved the sea and travelling to far-flung destinations, there was still something that was missing,” he says. And it turned out to be food. “I had done some part-time work along

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the way in hotels and enjoyed preparing and presenting food.” And so as to fulfil his desire, he changed direction once more, this time heading inland to the Swiss capital of Zurich for culinary training before, in 2001, graduating and heading back to sea… this time in the galleys of cruise ships sailing the Caribbean and Alaska. In April 2011 he joined SeaDream Yacht Club who are rated world’s best for dining, service and value thanks to the likes of 36-year-old Ondrej and his galley staff. “On SeaDream there is no pre-cooking, everything is prepared a la minute and everything is fresh: I can go off at any port we visit and buy what fruit and vegetables are available, planning that night’s menu accordingly. What I buy at the markets in the morning, is on the passengers’ plates that evening,” he said. Of course, they do also bring on board some 3,000kg of the finest produce at the start of each voyage such as Alaskan crabclaws, New Zealand lamb and lobsters from Maine. He even takes the cruise liner’s guests food shopping. “The passengers see why I buy certain foods. It is one of the most popular of our shore excursions.” That’s why he’s good on the tooth!

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HOROSCOPES

Ambitious Aquarius – do you fantasise about upsizing your lifestyle? Friday’s Full Moon stimulates your hopes and wishes zone but make sure you have the cold, hard cash to finance your super-sized dreams. In the current economic climate, small and sustainable is the sensible way to live. Expect family problems or workplace friction.

PISCES FEBRUARY 20 TO MARCH 20

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Express your individuality! Friday’s Full Moon aspects put an extra bounce in your step and a glint in your eye, as you initiate projects with passion and enthusiasm. Be inspired by birthday great Judy Garland: “Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” But Saturday’s Mars/Pluto square amps up your bossy, assertive side.

TAURUS APRIL 21 TO MAY 21

Lions can be very vain creatures. There’s nothing wrong with looking good, but don’t make it your main focus. Look deeper to find the real beauty within. Reflect on the wise words of Michael J. Fox: “One of the things I’ve learned is that vanity is worthless. Whatever you look like is such a complete and utter waste of time.”

Star predictions for the week beginning June 8

VIRGO AUGUST 24 TO SEPTEMBER 23

Retrograde Mercury continues to regurgitate unresolved issues, and it will take patience and persistence to work your way through the long list. Friday’s Full Moon fires up your home zone, so it’s not the ideal time to get the long lost relatives together for a reunion, or to bring up sensitive issues with fractious family members.

LIBRA SEPTEMBER 24 TO OCTOBER 23

You have a strong desire to communicate via activities like teaching, public speaking, serious study, intense discussions or neighbourhood negotiations. But (with Mercury retrograde, and Venus opposing Saturn) don’t be dismayed if people misinterpret the message you are trying to convey. Be patient Libra! Others will eventually come to appreciate your point of view.

SCORPIO OCTOBER 24 TO NOVEMBER 22

Issues involving your finances could come to a head over the coming week. If your money is tied up with someone else (either personally or professionally) then make sure you adopt a conservative approach and keep the lines of communication open. Friday’s Venus/ Saturn opposition pours cold water on a close relationship.

You’re set for a tricky week, as Venus opposes Saturn in your sign and Mars squares Pluto (your ruling planet). When it comes to close relationships, expect anything from fiery confrontations to stony silences. Friday’s Full Moon magnifies money matters and selfesteem issues. Have confidence in your inner worth.

GEMINI MAY 22 TO JUNE 21

SAGITTARIUS NOVEMBER 23 TO DECEMBER 21

Geminis are the grandmasters of distraction, but avoiding responsibilities won’t work this week. And with your ruling planet Mercury in retrograde mode until July 1, you need to apply the brain brakes and think carefully before you speak. Otherwise you’ll say the wrong thing at the wrong time, and unintentionally upset others.

With Friday’s Full Moon falling in your sign, your positive Sagittarian traits are amplified and so are your negative ones. Aim to be generous, gregarious and optimistic (rather than bossy, belligerent and impatient). Attached Archers – Saturn favours stability in relationships, as you focus on solving problems rather than running away!

CANCER JUNE 22 TO JULY 22

CAPRICORN DECEMBER 22 TO JANUARY 20

This week’s stars shine a bright spotlight on power issues within a major relationship. You both need to cool down and compromise, otherwise the emotional tug-of-war will just continue. Single Crabs – have you been looking for love in all the obvious places? Pluto encourages you to be more subtle and strategic.

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Have you been procrastinating Pisces? With this week’s Full Moon lighting up your work zone, you need to shake up your daily routine and be bold and brave as you plan your future career path. If you have the confidence to listen to your intuition, you’ll be one step ahead of the professional pack!

ARIES MARCH 21 TO APRIL 20

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LEO JULY 23 TO AUGUST 23

AQUARIUS JANUARY 21 TO FEBRUARY 19

In your desire to get ahead this week, you’re likely to arouse intense opposition. Avoid the temptation to boss others around, as it will only make matters worse. Take a chill pill Capricorn! Instead, try channelling your excess energy into regular physical exercise. Activities like golf, jogging, biking, hiking and rock climbing suit you.

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A fashion statement or objectification? KATHERINE TWEED katherine.tweed@ innercityweekender. com.au

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This week whilst innocently browsing around the local shopping centre, I was confronted by a naked woman. Now, when I say confronted I don’t mean that a physical naked woman came up to me in a hostile manner, in fact, she wasn’t even there in the flesh, but that didn’t make the experience less confronting. I don’t pay too much attention to men’s fashion, appreciating it from a distance – admiring a well dressed man or an expertly designed suit. But what I certainly don’t admire is seeing men walk around in t-shirts depicting images that wouldn’t be shown on television before 10pm, if at all, and are only found deep in the folds of those magazines that are censored at the petrol station. Until this week, I had no idea that naked pictures on t-shirts was seen as normal and since I first came face to face with it, I have not stopped noticing it. A quick Google search for “naked girl on t-shirt” came up with thousands of results, many that were censored from the online shopping websites – all the proof I needed to confirm that men wearing X-rated t-shirts is in fact a ‘thing’. Not only do I find the idea inappropriate and tacky, although I could maybe understand if it is a famous female, I find it just plain stupid. Obviously a man is going to purchase a shirt because he likes the image for himself but unless he hangs it on his bedroom walls, he isn’t likely to have time to bask in the beauty of the naked woman on his shirt, especially when he is wearing it. Now, if he bought it so that other people would look at it, fair enough, but I hate to say it, I can’t imagine many girls would be checking him out when he’s wearing a top like that... I wonder if he’d feel awkward when other men gawk at him? In addition to it being a pretty stupid concept, I also thought it was strange that this trend in men’s clothing isn’t translated to women’s clothing – why aren’t women walking around with naked men on their shirts? In the same way that I searched for naked woman t-shirts, I looked up “naked man on t-shirt”, and it took some serious snooping around to find anything of the sort. Some say these shirts are ‘art’, others ‘objectification’. I’m undecided.

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What makes us healthy? Choices.

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This week’s column is a letter a Doctor wrote in... What makes us healthy? Accepting responsibility for our exclusive control over our own body, also the flow on effect of our choices to others. I have sat down with patients and their family to talk about these things that make them healthy. I have explained the repercussions of poor lifestyle choices, such as having to be in my office talking about their health, or lack of. I have seen them walk out with nodding smiles and their assurances changes for the better will take place. Far too often though, sometime later I have seen the same family waiting outside a room that now contains the lifeless body of their father or brother or daughter. There are no more smiles. No more “I’ll be alrights”. Only now do they realise the amount of control they had over their state of health. At least those still alive that is. The medical profession loves giving everything a name and it seems we have a name for this one. Sedentary Death Syndrome. It is responsible for millions of deaths a year. So how does one catch this insidious disease? Choose to have it! It is entirely preventable. Yet people choose to succumb to it and let others around them witness their slow demise. People cannot be forced to exercise or eat well, certainly not long term. What can make us healthy may be as simple as looking around and seeing our family or friends or 100 other good things we have and deciding to want these things so much, that anything which helps us experience them for a few years longer, is not a chore but a gift. Your column last week mentioned ‘I don’t make time’ would be more accurate for the people claiming they don’t ‘have’ time. It is definitely the conscious choice and state of mind that is failing, well before the body fails. But at any moment we all have the potential to decide; I want to live well, vibrant and active, radiating energy that influences others. We all have this power of choice between two completely different paths. Choose wisely.

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British India shed the shackles of their punk past

hough the thought of a life without British India scares guitarist Nic Wilson he does have one idea for what he might do if the band ever fell

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“I’m sort of interested in films and film making. I’m not sure exactly what I’d do, maybe wedding videos,” he joked. “I’ve got to get a card, that’s what I’ve got to do. ‘Nic Wilson, Wedding Videographer’.” There’s not much chance he will be moving into the wedding industry anytime soon though. It’s been eight years since the indie rock band released their first music video for ‘Black and White Radio’ and since then there’s been four albums, countless singles and plenty of radio play. British India have also gained a reputation for their intense touring schedules. You won’t find many articles on these guys that don’t mention the phrase ‘hardest working band in Australia’. “I don’t know how much truth there is to that, because it doesn’t feel like work to us,” Wilson said. “I think we all go a little bit mad if we’re left at home for too long. We love playing live and also, I mean there’s an obvious sort of state of affairs with music sales these days that a lot of our income comes from playing live not from records anymore. But that’s not the main motivation, it’s just a good one.” Wilson also attributes this love for life on the road as one of the reasons the band has remained successful for all these years – which anyone trying to make a life in the arts will tell you is no mean feat. “I think a lot of it has to do with how much we tour. Like going to places where people generally don’t, or don’t think to. There’s nowhere too far away or too small for us to go to,” he said. “By going to those places you find people who genuinely have never heard of the band but will just go for the sake of going out and you go and play those shows and you give it your best and that’s how you make new fans. “I think that’s the way we’ve been able to do it for eight years, just going out and finding new fans, and new generations of fans is the other thing. There’s always someone turning 18 every year.” British India’s back catalogue includes their debut album ‘Guillotine’ which was released in 2007 and won them the AIR Award for ‘Best New Independent Artist’ followed by ‘Thieves’ in 2008, which spawned the singles ‘I Said I’m Sorry’ and ‘God is Dead, Meet The Kids’. The band’s third album ‘Avalanche’ debuted in the

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Top 10 on the Aria charts. Three years after the release of ‘Avalanche’ came British India’s most recent release, ‘Controller’. That time between albums wasn’t easy for the band, Wilson admits. “British India was sort of starting to lose its way a little bit and when it came down to it, it was like ‘are we going to do this or not?’ When it finally came time to put the album together it came together really well and it had our biggest song to date. We were against the ropes and we sort of came out of it smiling so we’re all quite proud of the success of ‘Controller’,” he said. Since their first album, the band’s sound has inevitably evolved, broadening their punk roots in the process. “I think the biggest change is that we’re not as embarrassed to try stuff now, like I don’t think the onus is to always just be a punk band with a punk mentality. We’re a bit older and wiser and feeling a bit deeper about things and less ashamed to try a keyboard line or even a song about more weighty emotional things. (We’re) not as callous as we once were,” Wilson said. After their current tour, which has seen them playing gigs consistently since the start of the year, the band will be heading to Germany to record their new album, which they are hoping to have released by the end of the year. Followed, of course, by a tour in 2015, with the band planning to get some international dates in as well.

“So, that’s sort of the long-term goal at the moment, just an album, tour and have a look overseas,” Wilson said. So after eight years and much success what is Wilson’s advice to those trying to follow in British India’s footsteps? “Our advice is always write – just write, write, write, write. You can never write enough. The key to all this stuff at the end of the day is good songs and getting those songs on the radio, because without things like Triple J the music scene in this country would be a disaster because that’s the only way you can really get songs out to the masses,” he said. “I mean one of the reasons that we can go out and play these little places is because of Triple J going out to every pocket of Australia and being able to get two or three songs on the radio every year. You know that’s the key to it, you have just got to keep writing and putting your best foot forward with songs.” With the new album and touring plans there is no sign of British India slowing down but Wilson hopes when it does all come to an end their legacy is simple. “Just being remembered as a tough working, touring band would be nice, but as I said just to be remembered at all would be sweet.” British India will be playing at the Newtown Social Club on June 12, 2014 at 8pm. Tickets are $25. For more information visit www.britishindia.com.au.

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The politics of sexual harrassment Insightful and disturbing play about a university professor and his student is sure to get a reaction...

tion, threatening his tenure. The power relationship between the pair ebbs and flows throughout the play and is exploited by both characters at different times, leading to an explosive conclusion. American playwright David Mamet, best known for ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ and ‘Wag the Dog’, wrote ‘Oleanna’ in 1992 and was inspired somewhat by the real life debate over whether Clarence Thomas was a fit person to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court after allegations of sexual harassment were made against him. The play has been performed around the world and was made into a 1994 film with William H Macy and Debra Eisenstadt. Every performance has provoked fierce debate about sexual harassment and gender politics, often dividing audiences with its controversial, disturbing insights. Lead actor Jerome Pride has over 25 years of experience as a professional actor and has been a senior acting tutor at Sydney Theatre School since 2009. Petersham’s Grace O’Connell is a second-year student at the school. It is believed this is the first time the play has been performed between an actual teacher and student. Pride also directs the play and it is co-produced between his company Actors Not Feelers and the Sydney Theatre School. After this Sydney run, they are planning to take it to the Edinburgh Festival. ‘Oleanna’ plays at the Sydney Theatre School, 45 Chippen Street, Chippendale for two weeks from June 25 on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7.30pm and Sundays at 5pm. Tickets are $20-$25. Visit www.trybooking.com/EWHP.

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avid Mamet’s powerful play ‘Oleanna’ is about the relationship between a university professor and one of his students. The piece is to be performed at the Sydney Theatre School by acting teacher Jerome Pride and his star pupil Grace O’Connell. The real-life connection between the two actors will surely add an edge to a play that explores sexual harassment, political correctness and manipulation. The story begins with student Carol seeking help with her studies from her professor John, a self-centred individual who likes to exploit his position of power and hopes to consolidate his position at the university with a tenured appointment. John makes an inappropriate suggestion on how he might help Carol, which leads to an official complaint of sexual exploita-

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GREEN SQUARE MARKETS Every Saturday Joynton Park, Zetland Rotary South Sydney is the organisation that is the mastermind behind Green Square’s Fresh Food and Artisan Market. The weekly market draws people from across Sydney keen to get their hands on fresh produce, great food and innovative products. From 9am there will be kids events, live music and other entertainment in addition to the markets themselves.

VIVID SYDNEY Friday, May 23 until Monday, June 9 Various Locations This 18-day festival is anticipated by Sydneysiders each year. Sydney’s iconic buildings will be transformed after dark in Vivid Sydney’s largest program of light, music and ideas yet. The Sydney Opera House, the Harbour Bridge, Customs House and the MCA will all be bathed in light once again but for the first time, the harbour will join in like never before, with Harbour Lights. The festival is free to check out but there are tours available. Visit www.vividsydney.com for information.

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This free Boot Camp event is for anyone looking for a workout and an experience rolled into one. The Boot Camp tours a range of works on Cockatoo Island, allowing participants to receive insights into the works as they stop at each one to perform a set of exercises. This is your last chance to check it out so get yourself down to Warf 5, Circular Quay at 8.45am. Visit www.biennaleofsydney. com.au.

THE AUDREYS Sunday, June 8 The Factory Theatre Adelaide based duo Taasha Coates and Tristan Goodall, also known as The Audreys, are back for a one-off show at The Factory Theatre. The ‘’Til My Tears Roll Away’ national tour will see the duo play all their tracks from their recent album and some favourites too. Tickets are $30. To book call 9550 3666.

HEAD ON PHOTO FESTIVAL Until June 8 Various Locations This weekend is your last chance to check out Sydney’s photographic talent in the country’s largest photography festival. If you haven’t visited one of the 100 venues, now is your last opportunity. Visit headon.com.au to view the program of events.

INTERNATIONAL FILM SCHOOL OPEN DAY Saturday, June 14 International Film School Sydney

GOAT ISLAND HERITAGE TOUR From June 8 Goat Island

The IFFS is opening its doors to Sydneysiders who are keen to experience a unique approach to film education. There will be the opportunity to learn about the school’s student productions and visit film and audio production studios. Register at ifss.edu.au.

For history buffs keen to learn about our city’s earlier years, the Goat Island Heritage Tour is not one to miss. Bookings are now open for historic tours during June on onwards. Explore the 1836 Queen’s powder magazine and the convict quarry, as well as their cramped sleeping quarters. This is a unique opportunity to learn about what life was like for convicts on the island and the soldiers who watched over them. Tickets cost $37.50 for adults. Visit www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au.

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Channel Nine’s ‘The Voice’ star, Mitch Anderson and his band bring down the house at the Cooper’s Hotel Auditorium every Wednesday night from 8.30pm. Anderson is a seasoned pub rocker who made it to ‘The Voice’ finals last year and enjoyed amazing popularity. The group never ceases to draw a crowd so come and join them for a dance, a bite to eat and some beverages.

BIENNALE BOOT CAMP Sunday, June 8 Cockatoo Island

THE LION KING Until August 31 Capitol Theatre

LIVE JAZZ Daily Lazybones Lounge, Marrickville Lazybones Lounge Marrickville is a lounge bar that endeavours to play live music nightly. Located in the heart of Marrickville, Lazybones Lounge has great music, friendly helpful staff, fantastic food and a comprehensive range of beverages. Lazybones Lounge has a unique, relaxed atmosphere with its stylish eclectic decor, creating an atmosphere where people can meet, chat and listen to live music. Persons under the age of 18 years are welcome with a responsible adult. It’s open Monday to Wednesday from 5pm-12am, Thursday to Saturday 5pm-3am and Sundays 5pm-10pm.

AFGHANISTAN Until June 15 NSW Art Gallery The artefacts in this exhibition had been feared lost for many years. But museum staff in Kabul ensured that these treasures were kept safe and now they are on display at NSW Art Gallery. These items come from important sites at Silk Road. Adult tickets are $10 and more info can be found at www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au.

TLC Monday, June 9 Enmore Theatre

THE STRICTLY BALLROOM STORY Until November 9 The Powerhouse Museum

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The Capitol theatre will be alive with the sounds of beloved Disney film, ‘The Lion King’, as it is transformed into a spectacular theatrical experience playing until August. The production will stun you with its glorious colours, stunning effects and the unforgettable music you will remember from your childhood. The show never ceases to amaze its audiences. Visit www.lionking.com.au for imformation.

It has been 30 years since ‘Strictly Ballroom’ sent the world into ballroom frenzy. This exhibition brings to you the design drawings, cast and set photos, performance and rehearsal clips and 40 amazing costumes created by Catherine Martin. Check out www.powerhousemuseum. com for all the details of the exhibition.

LADY GAGA’S ARTRAVE: THE ARTPOP BALL August 30 and 31 Allphones Arena All those little monsters out there, if you haven’t heard already, tickets for Lady GaGa’s much anticipated Sydney concerts went on sale this week. Fans can walk under runways made of translucent material that reach out over the audience from the main stage. It will be a show like none other. Visit www.ladygaga.com for full ticketing information.

TLC are the biggest selling American female group of all time with a phenomenal 65 million record sales worldwide. Now the duo are in Sydney to perform their biggest hits including ‘Waterfalls’, ‘No Scrubs’, ‘Unpretty’ and ‘Creep’ at the Enmore Theatre. Tickets start at $82.60. To book call 9550 3666.

19TH BIENNALE OF SYDNEY: YOU IMAGINE WHAT YOU DESIRE Friday, May 2 – Monday, June 9 Various Locations Juliana Engberg is the artistic director of this three month exhibition that is an exploration of the world. The art will be displayed in the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia as well as Carriageworks and Cockatoo Island. It is the biggest art party of the year. Entry is free and more info can be found at www.biennaleofsydney. com.au.

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ide by side is an interesting new label from Brothers in Arms at Langhorne Creek in South Australia, and whose Metala Vineyard is one of the oldest in Australia – William Formby buying the property 130-odd years ago, and first planting grapes there in 1891. Today his great, great grandson, Guy Adams, is the fifth generation to live on and work Metala – side by side with his wife Liz, with the farm still side by side with the vineyard, and the vineyard in turn side by side with the winery. Little wonder they chose the name for their new label, recently releasing under it a Cabernet Sauvignon, a Shiraz and a Malbec, all nicely priced at $27 a bottle each. Their 2012 Malbec is a beauty, reflecting why Malbec is grown more in Langhorne Creek than any other Australian wine region. Fruit for this one came off vines planted 12 years ago, the resultant wine a lovely floral and fragrant style, and which, as Liz says, is simply made for foods, chargrilled meats being particularly suited to it. One to note: Lerida Estate in the Canberra District’s Lake George has released a ripper 2012 Chardonnay from a vintage that owner Jim Lumbers sums up as “simply magnificent”. This 2012 Lerida Chardonnay is a wonderfully fruitfilled, crisp and mouth-filling wine that epitomises just why Chardonnay is the world’s most-appreciated white wine. Pay $24.50 and match it with roast chicken.

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Sharknado 2 July 31

The ABC’s revived show ‘Spicks and Specks’ is in crisis with the public broadcaster planning to pull it from Wednesday nights due to poor ratings. It’s understood two more episodes will air before it’s a goner. It was always going to be a tough sell to match the great job Adam Hills did all those years ago. The ABC plan to air the remaining episodes later in the year.

A new Foxtel channel will launch on August 3 called BBC First. The new channel will launch with all 10 episodes of ‘The Musketeers’ from 9.30am. BBC First will air a lot of ‘binge’ television, which is air entire seasons in one hit across the day. Other shows to air on BBC First include: ‘Peaky Blinders’, ‘The Politician’s Husband’ and ‘Burton and Taylor’.

Fans of axed US comedy ‘Community’ will be delighted to hear the show may come back to our screens after all. Digital platform, Hulu, is in talks with Sony Pictures TV to produce more episodes. But discussions are in the very early stages.

Edgy talk show queen, Chelsea Handler, will end her long running E! show ‘Chelsea, Lately’ on August 26. Her seven-year run will finish with a one hour episode following a month of celebration episodes. Chelsea is in talks for other projects.

Prepare to stay indoors because ‘Sharknado 2’ is just around the corner. The new movie will have its global premiere on July 31. ‘Sharknado 2’ will this time be based in New York and include most of the original cast (that didn’t get eaten by sharks!). I don’t even know what to say.

Basketball fans rejoice because the ABC has signed a huge deal to air the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and FIBA World Championship for Women for the first time. All Boomers and Opals games will screen live and in full on ABC2 from Sunday, August 31.

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Lexus Australia has partnered with NSW Police to provide two hybrid powered highvisibility police vehicles for its Road Safe and Snow Safe campaigns. Launched as part of the kick-off to the official ski-season, Lexus GS and RX 450h models will patrol the state’s Southern Region, stretching from the Royal National Park on Sydney’s outskirts through to the snowfields. The vehicles will be used at a variety of regional and community based activities across the state, including roadside campaigns, sporting and community events and motorsport events. Lexus Australia Chief Executive, Sean Hanley, said Lexus’ involvement with NSW Police has two purposes. “Lexus’ involvement with NSW Police will assist in their efforts to engage with the community, while also highlighting the flexibility and diversity of the Lexus hybrid vehicle range,” he said. Inspector Jim Fryday from NSW Police Force’s Southern Region said the Lexus hybrids will play a pivotal role in local road safety campaigns. “Road safety remains one of the top priorities for police, and unique cars like a Lexus are a great way to engage with the community and discuss safe driver behaviour,” he said. “The Lexus hybrids will give us an opportunity to talk to people on an informal basis and hopefully make a positive impression about police and what we do.”

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he Newtown Jets showed no signs of stage fright at the Sydney Football Stadium last weekend, recording a convincing 36-18 win over Mount Pritchard in the warm-up game to the clash between the Sydney Roosters and Canberra Raiders. With an unconvincing start, the Jets conceded three tries in the first 23 minutes to be down 18-4. However, three minutes later a kick charge-down and re-gather by Brad Barrett led to backrower David Harris putting in a short kick near the Mounties line and regaining the ball to score. Newtown started to play with more purpose and in the 38th minute, centre Tautau Moga showed poise and strength as he shrugged off Mounties backline defenders to score out wide leaving the half-time score just 18-14 against them. Errors by Mount Pritchard early in the second half gave Newtown some extended possession and favourable field position. A nice piece of play saw the ball travel through several pairs of hands before centre Matt Evans dived over

Tautau Moga leaves two Mounties defenders in his wake at the Sydney Football Stadium last Saturday. Photo: Gary Sutherland Photography in the northern left-side corner to level the scores. Then in the 57th minute they took the lead for the first time when winger Brett Lane went over the line. The momentum had well and truly shifted by this point. Five minutes later Arana Taumata put through a kick into the Mount-

ies in-goal which was seized upon by Evans for his second try. A try to fullback Jonathon Reuben, a penalty goal to Arana Taumata and a second try to winger Josh Davis saw fulltime rounded out at 36-18. Newtown travel to North Sydney Oval this Sunday, June 8 at 3pm to take on the Bears.

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